-- robert f. kennedyhan 40 years ago and kennedy said the film shows the cost of overdevelopment in the waterways and hopes the officials will start paying tang to how our own fresh drinking water is in danger. >> meanwhile, the reservoirs are 100 feet below what they should be. we're headed for a train wreck and have a bunch of short- sighted politicians who don't seemso to see it coming. the film was shot on location and in combination with -- combination with the 3d and e max and heading down the colorado and you might know he sounded the group water keepers which, has been spotlighting water quality issues. and the anacostia rivers in our area. he told us there is a lot more that needs to be done in the nation's -- nation's capitol. >> of course, washington, d.c., has, you know, the potomac which is beautiful and people take care of it. the anacostia is an unseen river, you know and among the kind of dominant populations, going to minority neighborhoods and should be a national treasure. instead, it's

night, and she was performing that night as artists-- she was one of those who had campaigned for robert kennedy. a lot of artists went out on the campaign trail for candidates, and i was with her that night. and actually, at the moment that senator kennedy was shot, i remember that it was the last time i've seen her, which was 32 years ago. she was supposed to sing at the overflow room downstairs, and the senator was supposed to exit one side of the stage where-- to see rosemary clooney, and at the last minute-- you can hear it on the tape. someone says, "this way, senator." and he goes the other way. what happened that night was obviously, for a kid-- i remember seeing people in shock, and i--you know, when you're 12, you've never seen that. i didn't understand why adults were crying, and people were doubled over and, you know, just absolute wracked with emotion. and i couldn't process it, really, you know? i think i'm lucky for having had it happen at that age, because i was just young enough to be able to sort of step back from it, but what did happen, i remember a month later looking at mag

robert kennedy, is an inspiring speaker, eloquent speaker. people who say, oh, that's just words, just rhetoric. just words, just rhetoric is what made this country great. >> and ted sorenson was 82 years old. >>> coming up here on "world news" this sunday, could president obama's legacy be a flood of black candidates running against his policies? >>> an extraordinary behind the scenes look at one of this election season's busiest campaigners. he's a former front-runner for the republican nomination, a multi-multimillionaire. so, why is he flying coach? >>> and on this halloween night, meet a real zombie, declared dead in a hospital then buried, but the story did not end there. hi, andy griffith here. that new healthcare law sure sounds good for all of us on medicare. starting next year, we'll get free check-ups, cancer screenings, lower prescription costs. and better ways to protect us and medicare from fraud, so it will stay strong for our kids and grandkids. now, that's music to my ears. ♪ now, that's music to my ears. [meow] desperate for

stayed a part of the extended kennedy family, after the passing of president kennedy and senator robert kennedyd kennedy's universe. see him from time to time, at the kennedy funeral. had an extended conversation with him. he would always ask what's going on in politics. >> loyal to the end. wolf? >> anderson, thanks very, very much. left me wrap it up with some programming notes. i'll, of course, be here

prominent in them to and makes it a family photo and the bible and the last supper and john and robert kennedythe image but they were not champions of the civil rights movement, when you look at history and the image is powerful and destructive. it led to my brain washing. >> mike: you wrote, companion guide for the life of frederick douglas and you parallel the issue of slavely he was articulate about and talk about political slavery. what do you explain to them when you say you are' frederick dougla douglass. >> when you invoke his name, in terms of being an american icon you get their attention. it piques interest and you get' chance to engage and it is powerful when i say as a black american, that is my ethnicity and when someone not a black american says they are a frederick douglass republican it gives them a chance to engage. and create atmosphere for political dialogue, would i be considered a racist or uncle tom. >> mike: tell me what is key to your basic core principles as an african-american male that cause you to say i really ham a frederick douglass republican. >> those values i a

so john and robert kennedy became my first cousins, but they were not supporters in the chapters of the rights movement if you go back and read history and so powerful-- >> you wrote a book, narrative life of fredericking douglas and fascinating because you take parallels between the issues of slavery that douglas kwas so articulate about and talked about political slavery. what do people say and how do they react when you explain to them what it is to be a frederick douglas republican? >> well, i found out whether you vote the name of a beloved family member like frederick douglas not just in terms of the black community, but in terms of being an american icon, it gets their attention and piques interest and when i say it as an african-american, that's my ethnicity. when someone who is not a black america says they're a frederick douglas republican, gives them a dialog. >> give me an examine of things you feel like are key to your basic core principles as an african-american male that says i really am a frederick douglas republican. >> that's that he advocated respect for the constitut

it's built on the site of the ambassador hotel where robert kennedy was assassinated in 1978. >>> themincing words. in their eyes it's time to pay the bills but that would mean sweeping and painful changes, everything from higher payroll tacks to higher taxes. let's bring in amy and erin billing, deputy editor of rollcall.com. they're calling for significant cuts. let's put up a list of some of the proposals here. as we check this out, i'm going ask for your take on all of this. a.b.? >> yes. >> raising social security, curtailing medicare spending, eliminating tax credits, adding gas taxes, slashing budgets. what do you think about all this? >> it's drastic. they put in very hard work to make this fair, alex, you can see that. the proof of that is in the fierce opposition that came from both the left and the right saying this was unacceptable from the anti-tax groups and american tax reform saying anyone republican who supported this would be violating their pledge to sign to not raiseny taxes. i think they made an effort to make this fair to both sides. it's a two-to-one tax cut rat

it fee you ares robert f. kennedy, jr.he anacostia here in d.c. >> of course, washington, d.c. has the potomac which is beautiful and people take care of it. but the anacostia is an unseen river and among the kind ofdom national populations, it goes through minority neighborhoods. it should be a national treasure. instead, it is an emblem of national neglect. >> the epa says 40% of our nation's rivers are too polluted to swim in or fish if. >>> the new movie unstoppable tells the story ofest to stop a runwith a train going through small town america. it is based on a true story and marks the fifth collaboration between director tony scott and star denzel washington. kevin m 1 c 0 carthy with 106.7 the fan sat down with denzel washington to talk about the film. >> the greatest thing about this movie is that the train itself is a character. >> it is the star. >> yeah, it is the star. talk about what you think tony scott did so well to make that character such a villain in the movie. >> when i first went to the office to talk

robert f. kennedy at the dinner table with journalists and photographers on the eve of the democratic primary summarizing his lessons he learned in the time of the voters. peering from under the trade, he said it's class, not color, what everybody wants is hope and a job. here he was, along with other people trying to reestablish the devicive politics of race and vietnam and put it on a material foundation, unevenly as it turns out in the book, but as paul collins put at the time, many believed he was quote the last liberal politician who could communicate with white working class america. robert kohls, the famous harvard psychologist said he was the final hope. there's a search going on at this time for this sin. it proved difficult to sustain, but there were all these sparks going on. at one point, i think i write the hammer of the labor movement hit the 60s and sparks flew everywhere, but only few caught fire. the reason it didn't catch fire is from another character in my book, probably my favorite

robert f. kennedy junior and explorer wade davis.the film's goals is to present realistic solutions to provide access to fresh drinking water. >>> now we head to time saving traffic. >> prince george's county, outer loop beltway heavy and slow heading up to the v.w. parkway northbound v.w. parkway itself. stop and go zone. inner loop will be looking at stop and go from i-95 going down to 214 but all lanes should be open. looks like slowing on the beltway. inner loop from around old georgetown road. no incidents in the roadway there. virginia. southbound 395. that slow spot really all the way from washington boulevard down to duke street. slowing beyond 123. back to you. >> thank you so much, richard. >>> a clash of the titans in chinatown tonight. coming up we will tell you why tonight's wizards game has millions tuning in halfway around the world. >>> topper? >> time for your help. food drive 9. we need soup cans, tuna. fill up the bags. they will pick them up saturday morning. they left you a bag last saturday. go to any safeway lo

the school was built on the site of the ambassador hotel where robert f. kennedy was assassinated in 1968. it cost more than $578 million to build. >>> why would thousands of people bid thousands of dollars to get madoff's old slippers and underwear. nbc's glen zimmerman has the story. >> with a -- and a -- >> a lot of yelling and really fast talking. >> hundreds of people filled the conference room at the new york's sheraton hotel and more than a thousand others joined the bidding online. all of them were trying to buy the possessions of the now infamous ponzi scheme bernie madoff. >> my boyfriend works in finance. it's a big thing for him. i'm here for him. >> but you're having fun. >> yeah, i'm having fun. >> she spent more than $900 on flasks and a cigar cases. and, yes, the auctions was fun as they tried humor. this foot stool went for 3ing $300. a steinway grand piano fetched more than 40 grand and a 10 1/2 karat engagement ring brought in. >> i think she was a frontal boundary of it. i don't know how she was able to amass such a collection, but for one pers

same ideological divisions, five conservatives still on the bench, chief justice john roberts and sca leah, kennedy, thomas, and alito on one side and the liberal appointees from presidents clinton and obama on the other side. that emerged, for example, in one case, the justices by a 5-4 vote let an arizona murderer be executed with a lethal injection that was part from chemicals obtained abroad. it was the very first time that apparently lethal injection had gone forward with chemicals that were not manufactured here and it was the conservative majority led by john robert saying no, we don't think there is any problem, but the liberals protested, elena kagan cast her first major vote there. >> joan, there are a lot of interesting cases ahead, is there one in particular that is worth talking about? >> that's a tough question. they're all so interesting. let me tell you that is under the radar screen in light of the fact that we're in two wars right now in afghanistan and iraq. there is a case that will be heard on december 6, monday, in the new sitting where the justices will look at a veteran from

a catastrophe and a tragedy for democrats if in fact the same year they had lost edward kennedy's seat and robert byrd's seat in west virginia. they did lose edward kennedy's seat earlier this year when scott brown pulled the upset in massachusetts. >> lehrer: blumenthal went in in connecticut, coons in delaware and manchin in west virginia. did they overcome a tide or were they just better candidates or were the candidates against them flawed candidates? >> i don't think there's any question that in the case of the republican establishment, their choices, the candidates they backed in the primary who would have been stronger against both blumenthal and coons in delaware, blumenthal in connecticut, they backed rob simmons the former moderate republican congressman with distinguished military record of his own in connecticut. he was overwhelmed and outspent by linda mcmahon of the world wrestling enterprise. and in delaware, i don't think there's anybody who questions that mike castle in this year, the nine-term republican congressman, former governor, two terms, enormously popular, lost to christ

kennedy huddled with his brother robert, trying to avert a nuclear war during the cuban missile crisis. with all the praise given to ronald reagan and what he achieved in 1980, there is a sense that carter's political in implosion offered an opportunity succeeded in 1980. the story that best captures the position of jimmy carter toward the end of his presidency, took place in the summer of 1979. the story is not the infamous malaise speech that he delivered in july but rather a story about a rabbit. in august, press secretary joan powell in formally told the associated press reporter brooks jackson a story that carter had told him. the president had been on vacation in spring in georgia and while he was fishing on a canoe a rabbit tried to make its way onto carter's boat. the president batted the rabbit away with his paddle. jackson liked the story and published a humorous peace which he sent out on the wire. some of the networks picked up on the story and the washington post published it right on the front page. the title was rabbit attacks president. what started as an innocent story

between the solicitor general, the question came up and it was chief justice roberts and me and to really push it and anthony kennedy and alito were pushing the issue too are going finally said yes a corporation can be barred from publishing a book that mentioned a candidate for federal office or advocated election of a candidate for election from its treasury account. the court decided it wanted a to hear a second argument in this case that came back in september of 2009 because they want to look at the underlying presidents. elena kagan this was their first first argument supreme court. ruth bader ginsburg a liberal justice asked at the beginning of the argument early in the argument, last time you guys came in here you said you would ban things like campaign biographies. can you really do that? kagan said they have rolled back from that little bit. but, john roberts asked her about a pamphlet. she said a pamphlet would be different because the pamphlet is electioneering. she asserted there was other media that they could in fact ban political speech. so is john roberts wrote in his concurring opinion since united

well good evening through the administrations of truman eisenhower kennedy johnson nixon ford and carter more generally like yours robert reich. and then a real media man came into power what i worked faithfully execute the ronald reagan was the keen deregulation of his f.c.c. deregulated t.v. and radio active so one person could own dozens of broadcast ations nationwide and said the free market would provide fairness in broadcasting so they got rid of the fair to start. anyway back then republicans and democrats passed a bill to reinstate the fairness doctrine newt gingrich and trent lott were co-sponsors. but ronald reagan vetoed it. the nine hundred ninety six telecommunications act suddenly allowed big companies like clear channel to own twelve hundred stations nationwide brown program them with conservative talk radio was. to sit at the bars. and looking at the five largest operators what we found was a nine to one or ten to wanted fan which conservative talk show hosts self declared conservative hosts versus folks who declare themselves liberal or progressive. vantage of roughly twenty five hundred hours of conser

we've had two leave us in the last year, senator robert byrd and senator ted kennedy. they were truly men of the senate. and it's not a title bestowed easily or lightly or frequently. chris dodd is a man of the senate in the category of ted kennedy and robert byrd in terms of his abilities to get things done, his ability as a legislative craftsman, of somebody who's able to combine idealism and practicality, of somebody who's able to sit down with someone as mentioned before of a totally different viewpoint and get them to compromise and be on his side and be part of the effort that he is leading. he's a man of the senate. he will always be a man of the senate. i will miss him personally for the guidance and friendship and i think every one of us will. chris, god luck. godspeed. -- good luck. godspeed. a senator: mr. president, if there is no other senator seeking recognition, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the role. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr.

brands, douglas brinkley robert caro, robert dallek doris kearns goodwin, david kennedy, kenneth mackills. did you attend that one? and i understand there's -- i've heard there's been a second one. >> yes. i attended both of them, and it was a -- i was very proud to be there. and michelle and barack obama were basically hosting a book club with some historians. the second meeting david mccullough was there, so we got to talk about john adams and jefferson. and doris kearns goodwin was there, and she always likes to talk about john kennedy and lincoln, who the president loves a lot. so, i would think of it -- i don't think we influenced the president. i look at it more that he really does read presidential biography as a hobby, that he had us all come in. it's off the record what we talked about. but there's nothing that secret about it. i talked a lot about theodore roosevelt, because i just wrote a book on t.r. and i found it -- i think he uses it as a form of relaxation. and it helps to remember what other presidents went through. so, i think it's very healthy that the president doe

robert mcnamara for donald rumsfeld. >> you say the hypnotism of fame grew cold as did much during the kennedy years. where do think this came from? >> there are about half a dozen that are consistent that come from deep within the keel of american culture, the way we think about ourselves, the way we interpret tradition and miss. -- myth. this comes from being a democracy. democracies love star individuals. it is harmless if one is making a star out of britney spears or a share, but if one takes this notion of stardom into national security realm, there lies the mistake. americans give wives but now the stars and wizards really might not be what they are cracked up to be, but in that amount of time, chaos and mayhem can come to rain. >> how did they get to be stars? >> the ivy league credentials have given extraordinary weight. they are made stars by the press. for example, when nixon resigned, one of the first announcement that his successor made to the white house press corps was that henry kissinger would be retained as both secretary of state and national security adviser. the press corps jumped

robert downey jr. swears he doesn't care about winning an oscar. your early morning entertainment headlines are straht ahead. >>> plus, monday was the 50th anniversary of jfk's election. coming up, we'll tell you about what kennedy fan who stumbled upon a cherished epsake. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this wednesday. a rather quiet weather day out there. just showers lingering in new englandtoday. pretty tranquil in the southeast. dallas was all right today. we will be watching, though, a storm moving from the rockies into the middle of the country. not today, but mre tomorrow and then as we go into friday. veterans day forecast, east coast looks nice. we will see a chance of snow in denver. not a huge storm, but just a little bit. rain will be developing here on thursday and friday in the middle of the country. we can pick up a couple inches of rain in oklahoma, missouri and possibly into iowa. if you're watching us on wttz news channel 5 burlington, vermont, looking to get published? aspiring fiction authors can learn all about it at the workshop how writers doet at the fletcher library pap that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this

robert downey jr. swears he doesn't care about winning an oscar. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, monday was the 50th anniversary of jfk's election. coming up, we'll tell you about one kennedyan who stumbled upon a cherished keepsake. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back pup need the umbrella traveling through much of the high country of nevada and also portions of the cascades here. even down into northern california, showers activity. higher elevations snow. salt lake city could see this. a cold morning through arizona, nevada. tomorrow doesn't look better. a chilly weather pattern through much of the west. just the pacific northwest on veterans' day, unfortunately another storm with rain for you. >>> if kwur watching on kcra 3 s sacramento learn about america's railroads in hollywood. movie scripts, sheet music and more at the california state museum of railroads. that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> all right, bill. thanks. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. for someone who insists that he doesn't care about winning oscars, robert downey jr. sure sounds like he thinks a lot about them. the twice nomi

kennedy. >> phil schiliro, who was the top staff guy for henry waxman. >> in the communications department, robert gibbs, who worked in the senate, who's now the press secretary. >> so they had a very, very strong team of people who knew the hill, knew how to work the hill, knew how to have success on the hill. >> narrator: and to run it, they brought back the quintessential washington insider, former senate majority leader tom daschle. >> it was an enormous signal that this really is a priority for the administration. they're not messing around. they're bringing in the pros, they're bringing in the big guys to get this done. >> narrator: obama decided he would stay in the background. he would encourage congress to come up with a plan, fast-track it, relying on good will and personal relationships to get it passed. but the idea of hiring insiders almost immediately hit a snag. >> abc news has learned of problems faced by another of president obama's cabinet choices, tom daschle... >> tom daschle is trying to save his nomination to become... >> an unwanted distraction for the obama administration..

kennedy's defense mechanism. after so much tragedy, the death of his oldest brother in world war ii, the assassination of his brothers jack and robert and the death of nephew's including john jr. whose body identified when it was pulled from the cold dark waters off martha's vineyard, if after all those things simply could not look upon another grievous tragedy. 9:45 after george made a brief statement to the nation which we watched clustered around a small television that was perched on the desk, ted kennedy, judd gregg and i walked out to the reporters my briefing had been postponed. i said you heard from the president this morning and senator kennedy and senator gregg and i joined his statement in saying that our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of this act of terrorism and our support goes to the rescue workers and all of our prayers are with everyone there right now. as i turned to exit, lawrence mclaughlin asked a question. you know children are struck by all this. is there a message you could tell to the nation? i didn't wait for him to finish but began. parents need to reassure their children everywhere in our countr

was at a panel in the kennedy school -- can you imagine a republican shooting and had -- shooting a gun in an an? the examiner was shrewd about this of a couple levels. senator robert byrd died, and governor manchin appointed a replacement, and then said he would run for the seat. you can be a popular governor but they may now want to send you to washington if your and the wrong party. if you support legislation by the president of your party. three or four weeks later polls showed that the race was manchin ahead, and voters did not seem like it wanted him in washington. he is an intelligent guy, and he pivoted very sharply and decided that in politics you cannot be too subtle some time, and i am not going to be -- president obama shopped the cap and trade bill on the air. manchin shooting a gun, and it turned out to be a very shrewd tactic. he ran an excellent campaign to survive in west virginia. now he is the senator from west virginia, and fred wrote a piece about this on thursday. we have democrats who survived the on flight, several of them from distancing themselves from the administration. we should talk about the democrats, their challenges, and the republ

was at a panel in the kennedy school -- can you imagine a republican shooting and had -- shooting a gun in an an? the examiner was shrewd about this of a couple levels. senator robert byrd died, and governor manchin appointed a replacement, and then said he would run for the seat. you can be a popular governor but they may now want to send you to washington if your and the wrong party. if you support legislation by the president of your party. three or four weeks later polls showed that the race was manchin ahead, and voters did not seem like it wanted him in washington. he is an intelligent guy, and he pivoted very sharply and decided that in politics you cannot be too subtle some time, and i am not going to be -- president obama shopped the cap and trade bill on the air. manchin shooting a gun, and it turned out to be a very shrewd tactic. he ran an excellent campaign to survive in west virginia. now he is the senator from west virginia, and fred wrote a piece about this on thursday. we have democrats who survived the on flight, several of them from distancing themselves from the administration. we should talk about the democrats, their challenges, and the republ

was at a panel in the kennedy school -- can you imagine a republican shooting and had -- shooting a gun in an an? the examiner was shrewd about this of a couple levels. senator robert byrd died, and governor manchin appointed a replacement, and then said he would run for the seat. you can be a popular governor but they may now want to send you to washington if your and the wrong party. the president of your party. three or four weeks later polls showed that the race was manchin ahead, and voters did not seem like it wanted him in washington. he is an intelligent guy, and he pivoted very sharply and decided that in politics you cannot be too subtle some time, and i am not going to be -- president obama shopped the cap and trade bill on the air. manchin shooting a gun, and it turned out to be a very shrewd tactic. he ran an excellent campaign to survive in west virginia. now he is the senator from west virginia, and fred wrote a piece about this on thursday. we have democrats who survived the on flight, several of them from distancing themselves from the administration. we should talk about the democrats, their challenges, and the republicans, who had theirs. >> ther