kennedy, martin luther king, now robert kennedy. kennedy's assassination, just like king's assassination, precipitates a broader national mourning. now it throws the nomination into more turmoil. it is not clear who, if anyone, can bring them together. meantime, the republican party is debating who will be their nominee. by the early summer, it is clear that person who is going to be the nominee is the most unlikely of candidates, richard nixon. why is he unlikely? he lost a lot. he lost to kennedy in 1960 narrowly, but he loses. he runs for california governor in 1962, and he loses to pat brown, the liberal ronald reagan later defeats four years later and famously says you will not have richard nixon to kick around anymore after that. he had a very adversarial relationship with the press. enemy and was the highly adversarial. and is recorded again and again in the history books the pivotal moment of the 1968 elections was -- 1960 elections was the televised debate in which he suffered from all sorts of sweat and television was not

fortunately robert kennedy was fairly well-qualified. he served on the rackets committee in the senate. he had run a presidential campaign. there are legitimate concerns about appointing relatives to office. i think partially what should be considered is how qualified are these people, anyway, to be assigned what they are doing? if someone is well qualified for the job they shouldn't necessarily not be able to do it. susan: didn't congress change the law? douglas: they did an anti-nepotism law after robert kennedy. robert kennedy did a remarkable job as attorney general, but the danger is when you were in a meeting room people are afraid to maybe criticize or yell at -- i can imagine now with donald trump, no one will want to yell at ivanka. on the ivanka issue, i am perfectly fine if they feel working with jared kushner they are part of the circle. i don't have too big of problems with it. that said we need to keep our eye on the nepotism law so it does not get shattered. >> thank you for being here and thank you for sharing the divisio

and robert kennedy. her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. margaret: let's get started. welcome. 1968,we are talking about a year when a heck of a lot happened, including a presidential election. a year where there were a lot of social, economic, political parallels that are in some ways familiar to us now because, in part, some of the changes the y 21st century america alan thicke has experience were set to motion in this period -- america has experienced were set in motion in this period. i'd like to start with this news conference to the american people. march 31, 1968. president lyndon johnson gave a televised address to the nation. 's subject was the vietnam war.

kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination, just like king's assassination brings a broader national mourning. now it is for the -- it throws the democratic nomination into turmoil. it is not clear who can bring them together. meantime, the republican party -- republicans are debating who will be their nominee. early summer, it is clear that the person who is going to be the nominee is the most unlikely of candidates. richard nixon. why is he unlikely? he is lost, a lot. kennedy in 1960, narrowly, but he loses. he runs for california governor in 1962, he loses to pat brown, the liberal that ronald reagan later defeats four years later. and famously says you are not going to have richard nixon to kick around anymore after that. yet a very adversarial relationship with the press. enemy and ass the highly adversarial. it is recorded again and again in the history books. the 1960'soment of -- in which heed flustered and television was not kind to him and it was very kind to john f. kennedy. was that the rea

there is a piece in the metro section of the "washington post" and roberte kennedy kennedy. like to be around for those who remember him? >> i did not know him personally. from all the people i have talked to, he was funny, he had great like to be around for those who remember wit, he t not himself seriously, he loved the water, and he found energy in the water. the reason why the kennedy library is right on the water is because mrs. kennedy felt that was a fitting tribute to her husband. time with hisof kids. he loved being with them. he traveled extensively. when he was younger, he traveled internationally. he started early running for president. he did not take himself seriously. he took the issue seriously. family, being a particularly in hyannisport. >> how serious were his health issues during his white house years? >> he had health issues throughout his life. one of the things in our museum is that his mom, rose kennedy, kept notecards of all of the kids immunizations. it showed the number of things that he had, smallpox and other things early on. after world war ii h

had to robert kennedy not been shot and murdered one year after that, who knows? it is quite possible you could have seen ronald reagan and running against each other -- rfk running against each other. granted today.or at the fact that the students were in london via satellite was a big idea. >> it was. thewill notice during video, ronald reagan was tugging on his earpiece, struggling to get a connection. kennedy seems to be having better audio. impressiveit was an logistical defeat. they could pull that off from 10:00 eastern time in the united states, pretty impressive. playat role did don hewitt and all of this? all up.id it became the later brains behind 60 minutes, basically. --arently new reagan, gmail he knew rfk. both of these guys were hollywood savvy. ronald reagan had his own tv show on cbs. theater. ronald reagan was the host. so ronald reagan would probably have known that hold room. , pray ok go to this. you get excited about this later. 50 years as a historian and author, why? captures two important americans when they were on the rise. this is rona

weekend, on american history tv on c-span3, on real america, a new york broadcast with robert kennedynd california governor robert reagan. they are taking questions the a satellite from students in london. >> with the candidates like to comment on this and perhaps the america'sy learn from experience? we have just begun to recognize the plates -- the plight of minority groups, and have just now begun to do with them. >> next, we talk about the emancipation in the civil war. >> the idea that a rebellion of the seven states may have been to a 40 -- the authority emancipate slaves for the civil war is not a novel idea. it was presented by john quincy adams on a number of occasions. aboutn come up with talk slavery and race. >> antislavery activists and especially the pennsylvania abolitionist society put forth a vision of a new nation that imagined a racially occlusive republic with the basic rights of enslaved africans were respected. professoristory charles discloses -- discusses letters. >> they were encouraged to be expressive about intimacy, connection, and love. oflong as the bound

so that was the convention where hubert humpry won and there was eugene mccarthy and robert kennedy and they felt they had been short changes in the ability to get support at the convention. >> did the republicans follow suit? >> no, they didn't really do much with rules until around 2000. they were likely to leave it up to the states and the states selected with the primaries. when >> when were the first primaries held in the political system? >> in the early 1900s. 1912 turned out to be a disaster because that was the year teddy roosevelt decided he wanted to be president again. the republican president howard taft was getting the traditional support. >> did they stop that behavior? stha >> it put a halt on it and the presidential primaries were not as important. they were not always connected to the delegate selection. they got somewhat important. >> when did the smoke filled back rooms fade away? they faded away in the 1800s not so much because of presidential primaries but other out siside influences. you started getting polling in the 1930s and since the aim of the convention is t

from 50 years ago with then california governor ronald reagan, republican and new york senator robert kennedy. the topic vietnam and questions via satellite from students in london. but first here is an excerpt from that cbs news program. >> i believe the war is illegal, immoral and economicall

was the convention that hubert humphrey won but there was the opposition of eugene mccarthy and robert kennedy delegates. they felt they had been shortchanged in their ability to get their support at the convention. there was flooding on the lower -- fighting on the floor so they were going to develop a commission to look for the rules for the delegate selection. >> guest: republicans didn't do much with the rules. they were going to leave it up to the states and they needed. or they could have caucuses or a state convention. but generally, the process kind of came to life. >> host: when were the first primaries ever held in the system? >> guest: in the early 19 hundreds, so the presidential primary was 1912 that conducted the disaster. they were getting the support from the traditional players in the party and roosevelt won most of the primaries but it wasn't enough to get him the nomination so he stopped out and created the party that resulted in the republicans losing the presidential race. it's kind oit kind of put a holr a while. the presidential primaries were not until after world war i

in eight minutes, a discussion with then governor ronald reagan and new york senator robert kennedy. the topic, vietnam, and questions via celibate -- the a satellite

had robert kennedy not been shot and murdered one year after that, who knows? it is quite possible you could have seen ronald reagan and rfk running against each other. you could have seen them running against each other in 1984. what could have been is really fascinating to think about. >> we take it for granted today. 50 years ago the fact that the , students were in london via satellite was a big idea. >> it was. you will notice during the video, ronald reagan was tugging on his earpiece, struggling to get a connection. kennedy seems to be having better audio. in a most like reagan was having trouble with the noise, i don't know. for back then, it was a pretty impressive technical logistical feat. 1967, that they could pull all about off from 10:00 eastern time in the united states is pretty impressive. >> what role did don hewitt play all of this? >> he was the one who set it all up. he became the brains behind 60 minutes. he knew reagan, he knew rfk. both of these guys were very much sort of new york hollywood media savvy. fromd reagan prior to this 1954 t

robert kennedy then came out against johnson and the vietnam war. if you read his biography of robert kennedy, he is quite pleased with himself in figuring out that the vietnam war and the -- can be used against lyndon johnson to deny him the presidency and open up a way for robert kennedy to become president. he is pulling together different people to write a new narrative. this is his book from 1966. the bitter heritage, vietnam and american democracy. if you go to this book and the other book, for its vietnam hearings, you will go back to french scholars only. none of these people site vietnamese. they don't read vietnamese, they don't speak vietnamese, they don't know any vietnamese, and yet they're coming to judgments about the war in vietnam. another frenchman had this book, which he made sure bobby kennedy read and was introduced to. bobby kennedy then turns against johnson in the war in march of 1967 on the grounds that it is an independent movement not controlled by hanoi, a spontaneous revolution by southerners who were not communist and d

she's written a letter to robert kennedy and robert kennedy has passed this on to the aclu attorney, who's played by nick kroll in this film. calls her and says, "look, i'd like to meet with you. "we'd like to represent you. "it's not gonna cost you anything. "i've got an office in washington." that turns out to be only partly true. "come see us." and she pauses before she answers and then, she eventually says, "okay, we'll come." and you see sort of, that's really the crucial moment. she might've decided, "actually, nevermind." and then, none of this happens. - for sure. - she made the decision, "nope, we're going to accept this. "we sort of set this in motion." and they go and even when they go to meet with him, they're kind of reluctant, you know. the joel edgerton character, loving, says, "well, can't you just go back to "the court in virginia and deal with this?" the scope and the magnitude of it is not lost on the aclu attorney, but they're not entirely sure that they want to go. i love that because the genuineness and the authenticity of those characters is so evident in their

this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, at 10:00 ameri a on reel broadcastc witha robert kennedy and ronald reagan taking questions via satellite from students in london. in england there is movement against racial discrimination. ont america like to comment this or the country may learn from america's experience? to ourave been unjust minority groups, as well as mexican-americans and native americans. we have just begun to realize it and are starting to deal with it. georgetown university professor on the military strategy and political goals of emancipation during the civil war. >> the idea that a president in the event of a sectional war over slavery and rebellion of the southern states might have the authority to emancipate slaves the military measure predates the civil war. it is articulated by john quincy adams on a number of occasions. >> 6:45 p.m. eastern, talking about the first u.s. congress' debate on slavery. antislavery activists and the pennsylvania abolitionists society put forth a vision of a new nation that imagined a racially inclusive republic rights ofbasic en

the world, produced by cbs news, with california governor ronald reagan and new york senator robert kennedy. stephen marks: senator kennedy, i'd like to ask you what you think of dean rusk's recent claim that the effect of anti-vietnam war demonstrations in the states may actually be to prolong the war rather than to shorten it? senator robert kennedy: the war is going on in vietnam, being extended in vietnam, really because of the determination of those who are our adversaries, the north vietnamese, the vietcong, national liberation front. i don't think a particular action takes place -- a military action takes place in south vietnam because of the protests here in the united states. i think that if all the protests were ended, and even if all of the objections to the war came to an end here in this country, that the war in vietnam would continue. i'm sure to some extent the fact that there are some protests gives some encouragement to ho chi minh and to others. but i don't -- i certainly don't think that that's the reason the war is continuing, and why the casualties are going up. governo

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eastern on "real america" -- a 50-year-old cbs broadcast with new york senator robert kennedy and governor ronald reagan taking questions via satellite from students in london. >> in england there is a growing movement legislation against discrimination. what best candidate would like to comment on this and perhaps other countries may learn from america's experience? mr. kennedy: we adjusted to the minority groups and especially the negros as well as some other groups, the mexican americans, the indians. we've just begun to recognize it and now starting to deal with it. >> at 8:00 on "lectures and history," brian taylor on the military strategy and political goals of emancipation during the civil war. brian: the idea that a president in the event of sectional war over slavery and rebelian states may emancipate slaves as a military measure predates the civil war. it's not a new idea. it's articulated by john quincy adams on a number of occasions. >> 6:45 p.m. eastern, history professor paul talks about the first u.s. congress' 1790 debate on slavery and race. >> in a series of petitions tha

. >> hero after he wrote martin luther king and now robert kennedy kennedy's assassination with the broadernal mourning in now the democratic nomination. >>. >> madison was lucky enough to exercise what the modern thing to think it is often recommended today from people who suffer from upset -- epilepsy. >> he was said decorated combat veteran with a strong military with a much broader conception of what it was. >> he reached out across the of vital on the first of 1961 and started with the alliance for progress stillnesses but public works committee called the endangered species act.

kennedy, martin luther king, and now robert kennedy. nnedy's assassination just like king's assassination precipitated the broader national mourning and throws the democrat nomination into even more turmoil. >> lynne cheney, author of the book "james madison: a life reconsidered," discusses his clinical career could >. tomadison was lucky enough encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. >> this month marks jfk's 100 birthday. his nephew and historian douglas wrinkly reflect on the life and career of the president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military, but he had a much robber conception about -- robert conception about what american identity was. >> he reached across the aisle. he launched the peace court on may 1 of 1961, incredible program for young people. he started the alliance for progress and he engaged in the space race. >> for a complete american history tv schedule, the deceased an go to c-span.org. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: we turn our

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government doesn't save robert kennedy, senator robert kennedy. in the 70s government can't win the vietnam war, can't stop hyperinflation, can't stop high interest rates, government can't stop gas lines. it seems carter runs in 76, was an outsider and was not wedded to the idea of big government. he will clean up washington, go after the corruption, cut taxes. he is more of a populist almost conservative who sees that people are frustrated in the 70s, don't believe government is working for them anymore but carter attacks from somewhat the left but not really. reagan is on the right which is why they emerge as the most interesting candidate in 1976. reagan loses the nomination to gerald ford by 69 delegates, 2269 cast in kansas city. for a lot of reasons. the mississippi delegation. the ohio delegation, the new york delegation, reagan is convinced ford is not stolen the nomination but not won legitimately and we are down to the weeds but this wets reagan's appetite to run again even though he is 65 years old and a lot of people said you have been

>> i would say jared kushner is the robert kennedy of the trump administration. i would disagree about back channels and secret channels. in the kennedy era, the knowledge was limited to the two brothers. they kept it out of the state department. they kept everything away from everybody. >> i get the comparison but at that point there hadn't been all the u.s. intelligence agencies saying russia had tried to involve themselves and had deeply involved themselves in the u.s. election? >> i think this is vastly over blown. >> what about the point of the changing story out of the white house? that we don't know why they had this meeting and no we do. >> i think there's some concern about secrecy, so they're not filling out forms saying some of this. i do think that's a concern. >> you're saying that's a legitimate thing to be concerned about? >> secrecy, of course. >> i don't understand that at all. if they're confirming on the record in march that they had this meeting, why say we have no idea why it is that kislyak would recommend kushner meet with gor kauv, why woul

meeting of the world produced by cbs news, california governor ronald reagan and new york senator robert kennedy. whatwould like to ask you you think of the recent claims of anti-vietnam war's in the state may prolong the war rather than shorten it. senator kennedy: the war in vietnam should be extended because of the determination of those who are adversary. north vietnamese, national liberation fun, i'll think their particular actions take place in theh vietnam because of protests here in the united states. i think even if all of the protester ended and all of the objections to the war came to an and here in this country, the war in vietnam would continue. i am sure that to some extent, the fact that there are some protests give some encouragement to others. i do not think that is the reason the war is continuing and why casualties are going up. former president reagan: i definitely think that the demonstrations are prolonging the war. believe the feet on the power of the two nations. there is encouragement to on the hopehold out that division here in america will bring about that piece withou

. >> kathleen kennedy-townsend, robert kennedy's eldest and joe kennedy iii, great to have you there.nk you. i'll start with the governor. kathleen, tonight, this torch passing has become very emblematic, very emblematic. why do you think your family chose to pass on the torch to the obamas? >> well, as you know, caroline was very instrumental in endorsing him and getting senator kennedy to endorse him. i think it made a big difference in that campaign in 2008. and he carried through teddy's cause, which was health care. and i think it made a big difference in getting the health care bill passed, and it was very important in providing health care for all americans and made the biggest difference. i think that when you think about profiles in courage, he really made a difference in doing that. and i think caroline and the people that are close to our family wanted to make sure that president obama was honored for the fight that he led, and for what he did as president. >> let me go to the congressman, thank you, congressman. it seems to me your career makes good sense already, you're a

i think the better one is robert kennedy. a biography laid this out a number of years ago. robert kennedy reporting only to his brother used a soviet cutout to exchange messages outside channels at the most dangerous hour in human history. that was a back channel that was entirely about national security and avoiding armageddon. that was a case where this worked. a case where it did not work was in the middle of the 1980s when the national security council went rogue, went operational and through israelis tried to establish a secret channel to iranian moderates. we know how well that turned out. that led to iran contra. and this, however, i don't think is like the others. neither of those examples ever potentially included the enrichment of the first family. and also by my count, it never -- at least if the conversations as reported were never about entirely leaving them in the control of enemy intelligence. >> or a 36 year old real estate scion from new york married to the president's daughter. it is as if fdr's aid had married the president's daughter and been born into a

the better is robert kennedy and georgy who our friend devin thomas wrote about that laid this out a. robert kennedy reporting only to his brother, the president used a soviet cut out to exchange messages outside channels at what arthur called the most determiningo dangerous hour. that was entirely about national security and avoiding armageddon. that was a case where this worked. a case where it didn't work was in the middle of the 1980s when the council under president reagan went rogue and operational and through the israelis, a number of staffers tried to establish a secret channel to iranian moderates and we know how well that turned out. that led to iran contra. this, however, i don't think is like the others. neither of those examples ever potentially included the enrichment of the first family. also by my count, it never was about entirely leading them in the control of enemy intelligence. >> or a 36-year-old real estate broker from new york married to the president's daughter. i was saying the other night it's as if fdr's aide harry hopkins had married the president's daught

." ♪ >> this weekend on american history tv, saturday on real rod cast with robert kennedy and ronaldeagan, taking questions via satellite from students in london. >> and there is a great movement for legislation against racial segregation. would you like to comment on that? >> a we are dealing with a heritage of 150 years. we have just begun to recognize it and we are starting to deal with it. 8:00, brian taylor on the military strategy and political goals of emancipation during the civil war. precedent in a sectional war over slavery and rebellion of the southern states line have the authority to emancipate slaves as a military measure predates the civil war. it is articulated john quincy adams on a number of occasions. talks about the first 1790 debate on slavery and race. >> they put forth a vision of a new nation that had a inclusive government. letterses stroessner on exchanged between abraham lincoln and joshua speed. that is the way to see this relationship. as long as the boundary against sexuality was absolutely and strictly maintained. host: our first guest is representativ

government doesn't save roberte kennedy, senator robert kennedy. and then in the '70s, government can't win the vietnam war, government can't stop hyperinflation, government can't stop gas lines and high interest rates. so it seems -- and carter runs in '76 as, basically, an out -- was an outsider and was not wedded to the idea of big government. he's a reformer. he's going to clean up washington. he's going to go after the corruption.en he's going to cut taxes. he's really much more of a populist, some would say almost conservative who sees that people are us from rated -- frustrated in the '70s.os they don't believe government is working for them anymore. reagan also sees this. carter attacks it from somewhate of the left but not really.ut reagan is on the right, which is why they emerge as the two most interesting candidates of 1976. reagan, to come to the convention, loses the nomination to gerald ford by 69 delegate votes out of 2,269 cast in kansas city. and for a lot of reasons, the mississippi delegation, the ohio delegation, the new york d

premiere in los angeles is expected to go go >> plans to demolish rfk in a announce plans for the robert kennedyn't that state of virginia approved a $20 million committee aimed at building and advanced medical research center in northern virginia. so far scientists from the university of virginia and george mason university will be part of the committee. >> good morning. thanks for joining us, i'm maureen umeh. >> and i'm wisdom martin. erin como talking about what's happening on the roads, mike thomas starts us off talking about the rain. >> we got rain outside right now and we're going to get you right over to futurecast just in case you're planning your day for this afternoon. there it is 7:00 a.m. rain steadily coming down according to futurecast but as we head towards your lunchtime hour probably more just spotty showers but a lot of clouds still around. in the afternoon we may see a little bit of sun. the more sun we see the more through around the evening rush hour. as we head into the overnight we'll finally start to clear things out in -- kind of setting us up for a mostly dry friday.

, tonight at 10:00 eastern on real america, a 50-year-old cbs broadcast with new york senator robert kennedynd california governor ronald reagan, taking questions from students in london. >> in england, there is a movement against the termination. would you like to comment on this and the countries may learn from america's experience. >> we are dealing with a heritage of what -- of what hundred 50 years of beginning on -- behaving unjustly to minority groups and we had just begun to recognize it and now we are starting to deal with it. >> at 8:00 on lectures in history, brian taylor on the military strategy and political goals of emancipation during the civil war. >> the idea that a president in the event of a secession a war over slavery and rebellion of the southern states might have the authority to emancipate slaves as a military measure predates the civil war. it's not a new idea. it is articulated by john quincy adams on a number of occasions. eastern, at 6:45 p.m. talking about the first u.s. congress's 1790 debate on slavery and race. >> any a series of petitions that generated this

kennedy, martin luther now robert f. kennedy.nnedy's assassination, like king's assassination precipitates broader national now rose the democratic nomination into more turmoil. lynn cheney, "james madison: a life reconsidered," madison's resident personality, health problems and political career. encountered doctors who told him to exercise, what a modern thing to think. recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. marks president kennedy's 100th birthday and nephew, steven kennedy smith and brinkley reflect on 35th fe and career of the president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military, but he had a much about what eption american identity really was. aisle,hed out across the started with the alliance for engaged in the space race. >> for complete american history go to c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our topic this morning, nuclear safety. edwin lyman, who is global security program senior scientist for the union of scientists here to talk about what happened in an

host: and so much has been kennedy, o robert f. from your perspective, how significant was that to the sne dy prez dense guest: critical. president kennedy had complete bobby kennedy and they knew each other so well for entire lives, that was very important. bobby played a critical role, we what-if, we're reminded in this sense, and then 47 years senator edward kennedy served in the senate and workingd the legacy and on issues like immigration and equity. 1958, wrote "a nation of immigrants," one of three books he wrote, that book as relevant today. the work that bobby and senator did, are part of the mix, as well as sisters from special olympics and kennedy smith and so many more. host: how many survive of the siblings today? guest: there were nine, jean kennedy smith, the nine of us, a it look courage people at. host: jeffrey from san diego, good morning. morning.good i'm really glad that you are peoplehis show to remind how important kennedy was to not whole r nation, but the world. on thankful you are putting this presentation.

another major development i think is in late february and early march, 1967, robert kennedy comings out against johnson and against the vietnam war. sh less singer is pleased with himself in figuring out that the vietnam war can be used against lyndon johnson to deny him the presidency and open up a way for robert kennedy to become president. this is his book from '66, the bitter heritage. if you go to this book and this book and the other book and fulbright's vietnam hearing, you will go back to french scholars only. none of these people cite n vietnamese. another frenchman -- bobby kennedy turns against johnson in the war -- by southerners who were not communist and do not want to be ruled by the north. the next week bunker is asked to go to vietnam for -- appoints two other people. he appoints comber to go out to saigon and set up a new organization called cords. the cords organization working with the south vietnamese. we defeats vie yet kong. and nobody knows it. he sent out general abrams to be the deputy to focus in on the south vietnamese forces. so bunker at the top level. comb

yes, i was scared. ..because jack kennedy was killed, robert kennedy was killed.think they were coming after you? not only that, the fbi was after me! they had a file on you. mm—hm. in washington. you never saw it, did you? uh, no, we were told about it and it's in my book, i wrote a book called i put a spell on you, and i did a film called nina simone — la legende, and it's in there that the fbi has a file on me, and indeed they went to curtis institute of music, where i was rejected for a scholarship, and asked vladimir sokoloff if i had ever been mixed up in the rebellion. and he said they never found anything but they actually went to curtis institute and enquired about me. dr simone, you were born in north carolina. yes, i was. very poor, your family. very poor, yes, very poor. a lot of love. a lot of love but not much to eat? at times... my mother had a saying, she'd say, well, we don't know what we're going to get dinner tonight but i'll pray and it'll come. and sure enough, she prayed and it came. she's been a minister for 57 years. she's now 97 years old.

king, john f kennedy and robert kennedy's assassination. it has been the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00, lynne cheney, who wrote "james madison: a life reconsidered." this moment marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. sunday, we reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he believed in strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached across the aisle. onlaunched the peace corps the first of 1961. he started the alliance for progress. he engaged in the space race. >> for the complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. sunday on "q&a," the comparisons between donald trump and andrew jackson. book, "andrewis jackson, southerner." >> he does not represent the positive values that andrew .ackson represented he certainly represent some of the negative values jackson represented. if trump wants to be like andrew jackson, he has to put nation in front of his own personhood, it in front of hi

. >> robert kennedy was your grandfather. john f. our great uncle. >> hard walking in the shoes. >> you don't walk in the shoes. how do you live up to what giants and titans have done. >> he knows nostalgia alone can't overcome the challenges of today. >> do what you can, at least i believe, you do what you can to try to, make the world a little better than you found it. >> he is fighting to carry the torch for a new generation. a living, legacy. david wright, abc news, washington. >> born in 1957, pulitzer prize, profiles in courage of course. >> more on that coming up. don't miss our updates. meanwhile on facebook at wnnfans.com. >>> good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >>> good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. here are top headlines we are following on "world news now." >>> president trump says he still has full confidence in his son-in-law, jared kushner amid allegations kushner tried to establish a back channel to secretly communicate with russian officials. prominent republican now says, he doesn't like what he is he

i think the better one is robert kennedy and georgie bulshibov.ennedy that laid this out. robert kennedy reporting only to his brother, the president, used a soviet cutout to exchange messages outside channels with kruschev, the most dangerous hour in human history. that was a back channel that was entirely about national security and avoiding armageddon. that was a case where ts worked. a case where it did nork was in the middle of the 1980s when the national security council under president reagan went rogue, went operational, and through the israelis, a number of reagan national security staffers, tried to establish a secret channel to iranian moderates and we know how well that turned out. that led to iran contra. and this, however, i don't think is like the others. neither of those examples ever potentially included the enrichment of the first family. and by -- also by my count, it never -- it was, if the conversations as reported, were never about entirely leaving them in the control of enemy intelligence. >> or a 36-year-old real estate sio

the program produced by cbs news with california governor ronald reagan and new york senator robert kennedy. >> senator kennedy, i would like to ask you what you think of the recent claim that the effect of antivietnam war demonstrations may be to prolong the war rather than shorten it. >> the war going on in vietnam and being extended in vietnam really because of the determination of those who are adversaries. the north veet etna meez. i don't think it takes place in south vietnam because of the protests here. i think if all protests ended and if all of the objections to the war came to an end here in this country that the war in vietnam would continue. i'm sure to some extend the fact that there are some protests gives some encouragement to others. but i certainly don't think that is the reason that the war is continuing and why the casualties are going up. >> i definitely think that the demonstrations are prolonging the war in that they are giving the enemy who i believe must face defeat on relative comparison of the power of the two nations, they are giving him encouragement to continue

kennedy, martin luther king, and now robert kennedy, so kennedy's assassination, just like king's assassination, precipitates a broader national throws thend now it democratic nomination into even more turmoil. announcer: sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, lynne cheney discusses president madison's personality, health problems, and political career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors lucky enough to tell him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it is often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. announcer: john f. kennedy's 100th birthday, and sunday, stephen kennedy smith and douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. and a stronge military, but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle, launched the peace corps, and incredible program for young people, and he engaged in the space race. announcer: for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. ♪ announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public serv

this brings to mind a quote from robert kennedy which is very specific. i believe that as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary. and there are people in distress who cannot help. according to research by the center on poverty and social policy at columbia university, 56% of children are, quote, low income as compared to 43% of adults 18 through 64. families with young children bear the heaviest burden, infants and toddlers among the poorest members of american society with almost half living in low income families. families across the board have been facing a financial squeeze, child related costs have skyrocketed in recent years, the cost of childcare, the cost of education, the cost of housing come of the cost of healthcare. from lack of government funding to daycare staffing. this represents 30% of the rising cost associated with pillars of the class economic security since 2000. we have an obligation. we have an obligation to do what we can to help households cope with these rising costs especial