so of course it was robert kennedy and he was talking about g.n.p. that would be gross national product and under the first bush regime we suddenly started following gross domestic product or g.d.p. so why the change. well all the criticisms that robert kennedy made the gross national product also applied to gross domestic law now the reason they changed it is the gross domestic product excludes the trade balance imports and exports. which are included in the national problem and in because the united states has such a huge trade deficit moving from g n p g d p makes growth look higher because it excludes the loss from the trade deficit. you know it any your trade deficit is a subtraction and from the gross national product. it's not as traction from gross domestic product so that's why they may shift it makes it look like they're counting money is stronger or growing higher so are any of these national accounting identities that were pretty much invented in the mid one thousand forties by keynes himself are they valuable in any way. i don't think so

and robert kennedy was counsel, and senator kennedy was on the committee. in this picture was taken -- this picture was taken in 1968. and it was taken a few days before the assassination. and it is the photograph that earth them kennedy -- ethel kennedy decided should be on a postage stamp. so this was the picture. stanley was so slammed by the assassination of robert kennedy that he took four months off his job and didn't work for a while. and i think he kind of lost his heart for coverage. i mean, he kept on working all of his life up until the time he'd had a stroke. and, in fact, he covered the carter campaign, and president carter asked him to come to the white house and be the white house photographer. i remember asking stanley why didn't you do that? and he said, oh, i just didn't think that carter would give me the kind of access that a white house photographer really needs. and that might have been true, but i do think that stanley had lost a little bit of heart. he was especially close to robert kennedy and traveled with him every single day and

-- robert kennedy and richard nixon all ran for president.i don't think the best candidates in the republican party ran last year. this is duriisturbing. i don't think it has ever happened before in u.s. history. in my judgment, since you asked me, i think that there is a very large number of americans that felt instinctively that the national media and political establishment had unjustly destroyed a distinguished administration mr. nixon had in his first term and scuttled the effort in vietnam and never ceased to congratulate themselves for doing it and the country is uneasy about doing that and why rushbaugh has 30 million listeners. >> at the end of all this you have a sunny optimism about america. >> it's fundamentally a powerful country, a rich country, nothing wrong with it in my opinion leadership won't get it and in the habit of history a country that neither leadership gets it. few people expected great things of abraham lincoln or either of the roosevelts, let alone a less glamorous personality like harold truman. many people dispa

subpar's latest book is is a biography of rose kennedy mother of john robert and ted kennedy.he author was recently interviewed by "washington post" news editor vincent bzdek. this is an hour. >> host: barbara's good to be here with you to talk about the kennedys. i think both of us having grown up catholic i think the kennedys have it particular resonance for us but i wanted to start off an ask you view our supreme court and presidential scholar. how did you get interested in rose? is going up and interest in the kennedy family since i was a little tyke. when i was four years old my mother took him my brothers to downtown louisville kentucky. she piled a sinner 56 chevrolet and drove us downtown to the courthouse. she was completely drawn to this new candidate on the scene in the presidential race, senator john f. kennedy. >> host: do you think it was because she was catholic? >> guest: i have to think that was a major part of it in addition to which he was about. so see with that new generation to which the torch was being passed that i point out that while she loves history

race riots and anti-war riots, assassination of martin luther king and robert kennedy, in that year,lyndon johnson, hubert humphrey, robert kennedy, ronald reagan and richard nixon all ran for president. you can say lots about all of those people but they were all qualified to be president. i don't think the best candidates, for example, in the republican party ran in the election last year. and this -- this is disturbing. i don't think it has ever happened before in u.s. history. and in my judgment, since you asked me, i think that there is a very large number of americans that felt instinctively that the national media and the political establishment had unjustly destroyed a distinguished administration, which mr. nixon had in his first term, and had scuttled the effort in vietnam and never ceased to congratulate themselves for doing it. and the country is uneasy about that. i think that's why rush limbaugh has 30 million listeners and the network newscasts have declined. >> at the end of the day, though, you balance this with an overall sunny optimism about america. how? >> it's f

in september the president's brother attorney general robert kennedy asked for and received more stringent regulations. by the end of 61, public transportation throughout the south was integrated. >> after the violent response to the freedom riders, president kennedy sent a bill to congress. he talked to the nation about why it should pass. >> now the time has come for this nation to fulfill its promise. the events in berming ham and elsewhere have so increased that cries for equality that no city or state or legislative body can choose to ignore them. the fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city. in demonstrations, parades and protests. which create tension and threaten violence and threaten lives. a great change is at hand. and our task, our obligation is to make that revolution, that change peaceful and constructive for all. >>> up next on a second look, as that civil rights bill stalledded in congress, civil rights groups pushed for action. at that march came the moment that stands out in history. >> free at last, free at last, thank god all mighty, we are free at las

. >> robert kennedy gave that critique of gdp as an indicator of america's success in 1968. 42 years later, david cameron says he wanted a new measure, gwb, or general well-being. >> the gdp does not give the full story of the economic growth, but it gives a useful indicator of where we're heading. i believe a new measure will not give the full story of our nation's well-being or happiness, but it could give us the general picture of whether life is improving. >> according to arianna huffington, it is time to redefine success beyond money and wealth because of the state of the country's mental health. thinks she is on to something. he used to be a gdp kind of guy. >> i was fortunate. i did not have to worry about money. i could plan a holiday without thinking about it. >> he was a very wealthy banker at goldman sachs. now he runs have been as workshops teaching people money does not matter as much as they think it does. -- now he runs happiness workshops teaching people money does not matter as much as they think it does. it is leveled every person in society. yacht club,n the you ar

differently think about this kitty family has not said anything until just about six months ago robert kennedy jr said that he. thought it was a conspiracy and then we had to look at it but the family and that it was it was going on is people are frightened people are frightened to say anything the kiddies of are frightened when howard was breaking in on the watergate burglary there was a plan that he did with g. gordon liddy to kill jack anderson and ted kennedy and they were called all but this gives you the i mean these people are not playing this is very serious now and i think i read that jackie o. on her deathbed actually said something that is to the same thing that she had questions as well unfortunately you know it takes someone who's almost to come out and actually acknowledge that she thinks that there was something more to this story why is this so damaging and why what does this do to discredit really the fundamental of a democracy our system of government is based on the idea that citizens are vigilant we have a check and balances system because we assume that the leaders will ab

. >> bill, you are right about robert kennedy helping the blacks but mistaken when you say the republicanse done nothing. jack kemp made a big effort to help blacks. that is true. the party as a whole has been timid. brian out of greensboro, north carolina, o'reilly, you rightly blacked jay-z for his comments about americans but then you let colmes praise the president who also branded americans. the problem is that there is a reason for income inequality and that's not being dealt with. mr. o., your reporting on race has been powerful. you do not have to walk in black man's shoes to recognize the problems. the facts walk for you. kathleen from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, bill you should apologize for your comments about sylvia's restaurant aunld i believe your talking points will be seen in a more positive light. i will never apologize kathleen. if you don't understand what i said, i can't help you. steve, o'reilly, police stop your cruel bashing of black people, you even look like the people who did the lynchings 100 years ago. you need to get some help, sir, quickly. bill, your tip that i

because kennedy's reputation today, people think of him as one of our great presidents and remembered for some of his speeches, as a courageous president. but the reluctance he had, that robert f. kennedy had, when initially faced with the prospect of this march, they didn't want it to happen. >> because the narrative has become a civil rights fable. we don't really look factually what the environment existed in 1963. you know, when we talk about the fear of 100,000 african-americans coming to washington, but we don't really talk about the uncontrolled rage of white segregationists. you know, the 1963 march was a moment of disciplined outrage that you had civil rights leaders, and we had institutions -- that's the other point we miss. you know, we had institutions, naacp, core, national urban league, that had done a brilliant job of organizing. you had a. phillip randolph. the march, while there was fear on the part of white political leadership, i think the confidence of the civil rights leadership was, look, we've done this before. we're just doing this on a larger scale. and it did take a lot of courage for that many african-americans to come to washington, d.c. in 1963,

on c-span3's american history tv, 1968 from the assassination of martin luther king junior and robert kennedyto the tet offensive sunday at 1:00. " continues.journal host: now on your screen is congressman lee terry, a republican from nebraska, a member of the energy and congress committee. represent omaha. we were talking about the budget process this morning in our for segment of the "washington journal," and the fact that the congress is leaving and there are some budget issues coming up and the potential shutdown october 1. what are your thoughts? well, this happens every year this time of year where we start worrying about the continuing resolution because the appropriation bills have not been passed. we have past four or five in the house, struggling to even do that. and so it just means september it's going to be an interesting month. host: what is a happen every year? and what would you like to see happen in september? with regard to a c.r. guest: it happens every year because there are different philosophies on passing appropriation bills between a house in the senate. it seems like

. >> and caroline kennedy, course, a child when president ken dean his robert kennedy were greeting theivil rights workers after they came back. right now forest whittaker is at the podium. he plays the white house butler in lee daniels "the butler," an extraordinary film about a man who served eight presidents. >> at first glance may seem separate and exclusive. but we all share a common bond. your presence here today says you care. and want to bring more peace, love and harmony into the world. together we must embrace this moment. in my travels as a goodwill ambassador for peace both here and abroad i've observed revolutions and social change firsthand. i've seen youth senselessly killed, people struggling for food, for decent homes, education and justice. and i'm often reminded of the marches and sit ins we experienced here during the '60s. i remember the words of dr. martin luther king which is i have decided to stick with love, hate is too great a burden to bear. we've all seen images from those days of the civil rights movement. pictures of segregated water fountain, public waitin

we had, in 1968, the assassination of robert kennedy, george wallace, and of course martin luther king, himself. all of those events either directly or indirectly helped to bury the policy and the issues of segregation for a large part of the people who were living in the united states at that time and for many of these marchers here today, people like the holloway brothers of mobile, alabama who grew up as children in that segregated environment. i spoke with them on the passage way earlier. >> it was rough. segregation was alive and well. it was hard for black people to stick together to achieve things because of the violence. the bombing that was going on in birmingham and medgar evers and all these things were going on at that time, so your parents was a little reluctant to let you participate, because they knew the consequences, you could probably lose your life. >> there's work in progress, and there's a lot of work that's left to be done and that's up to us to pass on to our -- those of my great nephews. being a part of the movement and the action, you know, and to volunteer and

we had, in 1968, the assassination of robert kennedy, george wallace, and of course martin luther king, himself. all of those events either directly or indirectly helped to bury the policy and the issues of segregation for a large part of the people who were living in the united states at that time and for many of these marchers here today, people like the holloway brothers of mobile, alabama who grew up as children in that segregated environment. i spoke with them on the passage way earlier. >> it was rough. segregation was alive and well. it was hard for black people to stick together to achieve things because of the violence. the bombing that was going on in birmingham and medgar evers and all these things were going on at that time, so your parents was a little reluctant to let you participate, because they knew the consequences, you could probably lose your life. >> there's work in progress, and there's a lot of work that's left to be done and that's up to us to pass on to our -- those of my great nephews. being a part of the movement and the action, you know, and to volunteer and

its inmate population includes charles manson, robert kennedy's assassin sirhan sirhan, and some of themost violent prison gangs. "lockup" crews have also been frequent guests at california state prison corcoran. >> you might have to fight. you might have to kill. you might have to stab. you never know. depends on the situation. >> a lot of times it's just fistfights out here. but i would say maybe every other month we get a righteous stabbing. when they do stab each other they go for the kill. they don't just stab each other to play around. >> every morning you wake up you dealing with a thousand different attitudes. you never know what could happen on that certain day. all you can do is think the worst, hope for the best. >> we met two inmates on the yard at corcoran who are much more pro-active when it comes to surviving life in this powder keg. they gave our crew a tutorial on how they do it. >> some of the rules that you want to live by behind these walls is you want to give everybody the same respect that you expect to receive from them. >> without order we have anarchy. when we h

and robert kennedy to -- martin luther king jr. and robert kennedy, sunday at 1. >> we've never really known what to do with our first ladies, and that is particularly true in more recent times as on the one hand they're expected to have causes. you can't imagine a first lady today without a cause. on the other hand, those causes are not permitted to intrude upon law making or an official capacity. so it's always been a tight rope. and seeing how each of these women walked that tight rope tells you a lot not only about them, but about the institution and about the society that they represented. >> next week we'll begin our encore presentation of our original series "first ladies: influence and image," examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and influenced the presidency. next week martha washington to angelica van buren. first ladies, weeknights all this month starting monday at 9 eastern on c-span. >> now, the farewell ceremony for outgoing fbi director robert mueller. he served 12

and robert kennedy. we never really know about what to do with our first lady. that is particularly true in more recent times. on the one hand they are expected to have causes. you can't imagine a first lady today without a cause. on the other hand, those causes are not permitted to intrude upon law making or an official capacity. so it's all what has been a tight rope, and seeing how each of these women walk that tight rope tells you a lot. not only about them but institution and the society they represented. >> next week, we'll begin our encore presentation of our original series "first ladies; influence and image." next week martha washington to an mrs. van buren. starting at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >>> coming up tonight on c-span2. a senate foreign relations hearing that looks at way to improve security at u.s. embassy overseas. and governors from as cro the country meet in milwaukee for the official national governor association summer meeting. >>> today the state department issued world wide travel alert focused on regions in the middle east and north afri

so when one knows the history, it is not shocking or surprising that robert kennedy as attorney generaleriously when the fbi warned him that king was subject to "communist influence". >> the other lesson to be learned from this, if there is a lesson to be learned from this is the legacy of government surveillance. and how we seem not to have learned that there could be abuses of justice in conferring great power on the government to survail citizens. what happened with dr. king seems like it should have been illegal. was it illegal? and how did the fbi have the authority to do this? what do you you think are the issues when we are building the state in the 21st century? >> that is exactly the right point to emphasize, alex. what we see in the fbi's story in the pursuit of dr. king is everyone else in government who believing the supposed expertise and claims that the fbi was making about the danger represented by king, based on their supposed better secret knowledge. the bottom line lesson is very straightforward, very powerful. people, whether in government, or citizens, should not def

that we would have a ang-african-american president probably 10 years before it happened, he and robert kennedy predicted it in their life. so they were able to see it because they were visionaries. but he would be proud of the fact that there are some individuals who are doing very well in corporate america, xerox has an african-american ceo. american express has an african-american ceo. and there are others. but he would be very concerned about the plight of the masses of people, and particularly, i talk about young people. he would be concerned about that. we are not creating opportunities for generations currently and yet generations yet unborn. and so he would challenge us because we have the ability. we have the ingenuity. we have everything that is needed. but we just have not identified the will. when ability meeting will, it yields results. >> martin luther king iii, the son of the reverend martin luther king, jr. he says it's up to the youth to make a big difference right now. he wants them to get out and vote. he wants them to get involved and be inspired by the events taking plays.

. >> that moment in 1964, a student here in washington, talking to attorney general robert kennedy at dunbar high school. it is only a hint of the role that this extraordinary school has played in african-american history for more than a century. the nation's first black public high school started in a church basement in 1870. only a few years after the end of the civil war. dunbar has played a role in educating the best and brightest of african-americans ever since. and the school's rise, its fall and its resurrection is chronicled in an extraordinary new book, "first class." allison stewart is the daughter of two dunbar high school graduates and joins me now from new york. allison, great to see you. congratulations. it is an amazing book, a beautiful story and beautifully told. tell me why -- i think i know -- but why you wanted to write this history which is really the history of african-american education, at large, across the country in this first public black high school. >> yeah. i was very concerned that the history of dunbar high school was going to be lost because so many of

from the assassination of martin luther king, junior, and robert kennedy to the tet offensive.sunday at 1:00. "washington journal" begins in a moment. we will look at today's news and take a look at your phone calls, e-mail, and tweets. the houses is in this morning and will finish a measure that aims to reduce government regulation. watch live health coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. transcanada announced plans yesterday to build a new 2700 mile pipeline within canada. as the keystone xl project stalls in washington. in 45 minutes, we will talk with nebraska congressman about the proposed keystone pipeline. and then california congressman tony cÁrdenas joined as to its best the budget negotiations and the prospects of the house passing and migration bill. host: and other several funds, federal spending proposals has reach an impasse, and i will be our discussion topic this morning on the "washington journal." later withk about it two members of congress. here is the front page of the morning --imes" this rifts latecomer suspending impasse.

have easy access it firearms is because of assassinations, martin luther king, jr., president kennedy, robertill haven't realized the promise because we don't give everybody background checks. the wrong people are getting guns. that's what we have to change. >> part of what we feel we have to hear, nra says, background checks wouldn't have solved that situation or assault weapons ban wouldn't have stopped that situation from happening. when it strikes me that argument we need to be making and i know mark you've done this, is this is a multifaceted problem and it needs a multifaceted solution and rather than taking down the rabbit hole of fighting about, you know this solution versus that solution, that we have to make a holistic conversation. >> we do. i think there is other kind of basic points that we have avoided here. we have this imaginary boundary people people who are lawful gun owners and people who are unlawful gun owners but the fact of the matter is if we have such leniency for lawful gun owners it makes it easier. there is no distinction between these two. a person can buy guns la

found to be most vociferous debunker of its findings as well as other health advocates such as robert f. kennedy, jr. appreciate if you all would take the time. it's only -- it's a short video, to look at it and consider its comments. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> carolyn johnston. >>> hi, commissioners. i am the vice president of the greater west portal neighborhood association and also the chair of the land use committee. and i just wanted to talk to you a little bit about west portal today and what i perceive to be the park needs of that neighborhood, which is a real family neighborhood. i mean, i chose that neighborhood because of the open space in the area, very green. it had two parks within each walking distance of our home. mount davidson and west portal playground, and my children both went to west portal school. and, so, i just -- some of the changes that i've seen in the neighborhood in terms of access to open space -- in fact, all of them have been for the worst. and i just wanted to talk to you about them and my ideas of how to address them. when i raised my kids in west por