she has been to events at the kennedy center, harvard's kennedy school of government, and the kennedy library and supported all of those in the memory of her father. robert from athens, alabama. robert: you just presented something from caroline kennedy that spoke about something i was. people in the united states, we were so proud of president kennedy and president lincoln. they started something that gave us hope. passedlook today as time peopleare here today, are still china to take away the rights of black people gerrymandering every states -- state where republicans control. why do they want to take away the rights of black people? we served in the military. i thank you so much for this presentation today. we love president kennedy. thank you. >> thank you for the call. you are right. he were making it a moral issue. in some ways we have come a long way since the early 60's, in other ways we have so much more to go and there's so much more discrimination, racial injustice, and economic separation. we have to continue to work in those areas in our neighborhood s, volunteer activities, and legislation. thank you for the call. >> can you talk about the

kennedy, martin luther king, and now robert kennedy. kennedy'sssassination 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 discussio

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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 division of john f. kennedy and especially this particular month. my interest is seemingly so many writers have written about president kennedy as a liberal and certainly when he first came on the scene, when he announced in 1946 his july 4th speech, he was very much a conservative. that seemingly has been lost. even the first few years of his presidency he was much more of a conservative than richard nixon was. certainly if you put that on a continuum, nixon is more of a liberal than

kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination precipitates a broader national morning and it grows -- it throws the democratic nomination into turmoil. >> lynne cheney, author of the book "james madison: a life reconsidered." >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it is often recommended today for people who suffer epilepsy. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. kennedy's nephew reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated veteran. he did believe in a strong had a muchut he broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace corps in 1961, an incredible program for young people. anything -- he engaged in the space race. >> for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> president trump spoke about the firing of the james comey during a meeting with henry kissinger. following the remarks, we will hear from mike pence. >> one final matter. whateve

kennedy, martin luther king and now, robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination facilitates a broader national mourning. now, it throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> lynne cheney discusses president madison's personality, health problems and political career. >> medicine was lucky enough to encounter doctors who pulled him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew and douglas brickley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military. he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. inlaunched the peace corps 19 to q1. -- 1961. engaged in the state race. >> for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. q&a, the on comparisons between presidents donald trump and andrew jackson. our guest on his book "andrew jackson: southerner." >> i don't think he represents the positive values that jackson represented. he represents the negative value

kennedy, art luther king, now robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination like kings precipitates a broader rning.al morning -- mou doubt the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> sunday 2:00, the book james madsen, a life reconsidered. madsen's person -- medicines -- madison's personality. >> he was lucky to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. it is often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. at sunday at 8:00, jfk's nephew and historian douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career. >> he was a combat veteran. in strongieve military. but he had a much broader inception about what american identity really was. he reached out across the aisle, launched the peace corps on may 1 of 1961. incredible program for young -- he started the alliance for progress, and he engaged the states. >> for our schedule go to c-span.org. sunday on "u.n. day" -- q&a, our guest mark cheetham on his book, andrew jackson: southerner. >> i do not think he represents the positive val

kennedy, martin luther king, and now robert f kennedy. the kennedy, like king, precipitate a broader national morning. rose the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> at 2:00 p.m. eastern on sunday, lynne cheney, the author of a book, discussions president madison. >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think, often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this is president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday this month and sunday at 8:00 p.m., his nephew, stephen kennedy smith, and a historian reflect on the life of an career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran and believed in a strong military. he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace corps, started the alliance for progress. he engaged in the space race. for our complete schedule cookie c-span.org. -- go to c-span.org. on march 30, 1980 one, ronald reagan survived an assassination attempt outside the washington h

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

kennedy. government doesn't save martin luther king jr.. 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

people who were the supporters of robert kennedy, but on a broader public that already had been devastated by other assassinations. hero after hero is slain. john f. 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

kennedy and now robert f. kennedy. so kennedy's assassination just like king's assassination precipitate broader national morning. now, it throws the democrat democratic -- sunday at 2:00 p.m., lynch cheney offers the book of "james madison" discusses madison's perm personalities and health problems and political career. what a modern thing to do. it is often recommended today for people who suffers from epilep epilepsy. douglas brinkley reflecting on the life and career of the 30th president. he did believe in strong military. he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the isle and he launched the peace core on pmay 1st, 1961 of incredible program for young people. he started the alliance for progress and he engaged in the space race. >> go to c-span.org for a completely schedule. >> sunday night, elizabeth rosenthal examines the business side of healthcare on her book "an american sickness." >> she's interviewed by blumenthal. >> i wonder if your book given any thoughts of w

kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination precipitates a broader national morning. now there is the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> send it to p.m. eastern, lynn cheney author of the book, james madison discusses madison's personality, health problems and political career. >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors to tol who tod him to exercise. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month is president kennedy's 100th birthday. at apm jfk's nephew and historian reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reach out across the aisle, he watched the peace corps on may 1, 1961. an incredible program for young people. he started with the alliance for progress. he engaged in the space race. >> for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> on monday, "washington journal" will be life from the offices of ac

she had been to events at the kennedy center for the arts, kennedy government and the kennedy library and supporting all of those in the memory of father. host: to robert joining from athens, alabama. morning, thank you for waiting. caller: good morning. you just presented something kennedy that spoke about something that i watched, people in as black the united states, we were so president kennedy and started lincoln, they something that gave us hope. passedlook today as time and we're here today, people are away the ng to take rights of black people. state whereng every republicans control, and i am why, what do g they want to take away the rights of black people? served, i'm a veteran, we served in the military. thank you so much for this presentation today. we love president kennedy. thank you. alabama, frert athens, thank you. steven rothstein. guest: robert, thank you for the call. are right, something very important to president kennedy, e worked, as the earlier clip talked about, making it a moral issue. in some way we have come a long since 1961, 62, 63, in other go and have more to there is more discrimination, racial injustice, economic to c

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

people who were the supporters of robert kennedy but on a broader public that already had been devastated by other assassinations. hero after hero is slain, john f. kennedymartin luther king, now robert kennedy. so 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

kennedy, president kennedy. government doesn't save martin luther king jr. 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 d

kennedy, r two of the king and now robert kennedy. kennedy'sssassination -- martin luther king and now robert kennedy. it throws the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> lynne cheney, author of the book, james madison: a life reconsidered. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern way to think. it is often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday . they reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military but he had a broad conception about what an american identity was. >> he launched the peace corps on may 1, 1961, an incredible ram for young people. he started the alliance for progress. >> for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> president trump spoke about the firing of fbi director james comey. following the remarks we will hear from mike pence. pres. trump: everybody knows dr. kissinger. right now we are talking about

kennedy of massachusetts, age 36. >> there is no mercy. >> robert kennedy was your grandfather? john f. kennedy your great uncle. is it hard walking in those shoes? >> you don't. how do you possibly live up to what giants and titans have done? >> he knows that nostalgia cannot overcome the challenges of today. o> you do what you can to try t leave the world better than you found it. >> he is fighting to carry the torch for a new generation, a living legacy. >> and impressed the boss. maybe, it's time to be your own. transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it, america. >> a man flies in on a drone to deliver the ball. he floated 30 feet off the ground and handed the ball to the referee. the drone me remind you of the hoverboard flown by the green goblin character in spiderman. what if it loses batteries at that moment. >> at least it isn't too high. >> talking about soaring, we are soaring into this day, much better than it was. >> finally some sunshine. of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. i

kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f>> kennedy. kennedy's assassination precipitated a broader national mourning . now what does the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> lynn cheney, author of the book of james madison, discusses president madison's career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors that told him to exercise. n cheney, author of the book of jameswhat a modern thin. it is often recommended for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100th birthday and jfk's nephew reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military, but he had a much broader discussion about what american identity really was. >> he reached across the aisle. he launched the peace corps in 1961, an incredible program for young people. he started the alliance for progress. he engaged in the space race. >> for a complete american schedule, go to c-span.org. >> some democrats have called for a special prosecutor to investigate the trump administr

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 to hold out on the hope that the division here in america will bring about a peace without defeat for that ene

kennedy, martin luther king, now robert f kennedy. kennedy'sassassination precipitates the broader itional mourning, and now throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> lynne cheney discusses president madison's personality, political problems, and career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors are told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it is often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. sunday, reflecting on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a directed combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached across the aisle. he wants the peace corps in 1961. fortarted with the alliance progress. he engaged in the space. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. q&a, comparisons between donald trump and andrew jackson. >> i don't think he represents the positive values that jackson represented. he certainly represent some of the negative values that jackson represented. but i think

. >> 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

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 his own family, in front of his own interests. because that is what jackson did most of his life. "q&a" at 8:00t on eastern. authors larrie ferreiro and francois furstenberg talked abou

kennedy of massachusetts, aged 36. >> there is no mercy in the system that makes health care a luxury. >> robert kennedy was your grandfather. john f. kennedy uncle. >> hard working 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 kwan to try to, make the world a little anwhile on facebook at .rse.e, wnnfans.com. >>> making news in america this morning, a chaotic scene in texas overnight. protests erupt over the state's new law cracking down on sanctuary cities but it's the lawmakers, not the protesters, getting physical. we're live with details. >>> a notorious dictator dies overnight. manuel noriega, what we're learning about his death. >>> tiger woods is explaining his dui arrest and says alcohol was not a factor so what was? >>> base-brawl. a lot of punches and hair flying all over the place after a baseball star gets hit by a pitch. >>> and the slo-mo does look like a

kennedy, martin luther now robert f. kennedy. ennedy'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's00th 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 anshington state at the

. >> hero after zero is slain, john kennedy, martin luther king, now robert f kennedy. sir kennedy's assassination like king's assassination is a national mourning, and now the democratic nomination is an even more turmoil. announcer 2: lynne cheney, author of the book james madison , discusses president madison's personality, health problems, and political career. >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors to tell him to exercise. what a modern think the tank. -- thing to think. announcer 2: this marks the 100th birthday for john f. kennedy. and jfk's nephew, stephen kennedy smith, and historian reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military, but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. he reached across the aisle. he launched the peace corps, made first in 1961, an incredible regret for young people. he started the alliance for progress. announcer 2: for the complete "american history tv" schedule, go to c-span.org. in a world of ambiguity and temptation, you need a mora

kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f. kennedy. so kennedy's assassination, just like king's assassination precipitates a broader national mourning and now it throws the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern lynne cheney authority of "james madison, a life reconsiders" discusses his health problems and more. >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy.

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.

kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f. kennedy. so kennedy's designation, just like king's assassination. >> lynne cheney author of the book "james madison" discusses president madison's personality. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday and p steven kennedy smith and historian dowling las brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace corps in 1961, an incredible program for young people. he started with the alliance for progress and he engaged in the space race. >> for our complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >> saturday, at noon eastern on book tv, military historians discuss their books on world war i at th

to demolish rfk stadium prompt predominant mayor bowser to announce plans for the robert kennedy memorial project. kennedyney general during his brother's presidency. rfk was assassinated in 1968. the kennedy family is involved in planning details of a kennedy monument. >> a research center in northern virginia. scientists from the university of virginia and george mason university will be a part of the committee. governor terry mcauliffe says the state is withholding the funds to build the project until more universities agree to be a part of it. >> 5:15. checking in with mike thomas on this rainy thursday morning. you know, we've been talking about the rain and how miserable it is but on the bright side, it is good for all the plants as tucker reminds us, you know. >> yes, it makes everything green and it makes the grass grow so you have to cut it nonstop as we head through the next few weeks here. the good news is that after today things are much improved for us but we have to get through the next 24 hours first. ststorm track radar showing ref rain about to cross the border. they're more scattered but

robert f kennedy. competing with robert f kennedy that was the situation. that brings the racial issue of. >> yes, sir. >> buckley was not a racist. and do the opposite. he had no room for you people here and yet, like goldwater who is not a racist, integrating his own family department story out in arizona. he, buckley and goldwater opposed the 64 civil rights act. which i think plays a very significant role in giving conservatives, including conservatives themselves that have been activists and civil rights movement people at richard neuhaus and marianne trebloc gave them a reputation for not being racist, if not against the dismantling of segregation bears are refusing to support the civil rights activist. >> before we do that. remember national review begins in the mid-1950s. and is not around 1954 but also -- in a very big way. and this is not national review's finest hour. there have been many finer hours. i would say it's finest hour was in the last few years. but buckley was operating under many, let me explain this. both his parents or southerners.

robert f. kennedy competing with robert f. kennedy that is the situation. that brings up the racial issue. buckley wasn't a racist, he was the guy that drove it out of the conservative movement and said there is no room for you here. the integrated their own family department in arizona, they opposed the 64 civil rights act which i think played a veryvery significant role in giving the conservatives who themselves had been active in the civil rights movement with richard john neuhaus gave the conservative movement a reputation for being so what accounts for buckley and goldwater refusing to support the civil rights act? >> before we do the civil righti act, the national review begins in the 1970s, and it's also a notch national review's finest hour. there have been many fine hours. i did see the finest hour was i the last few years, but it was under many. the lineage is what i would call the southerners who said we can take care of our problems, thank you very much we don't believe in violence or exploitation and we will take care of ourel community, thank you very much. these were very we

kennedy of massachusetts, aged 36. >> there is no mercy in the system that makes health care a luxury. >> robert kennedy was your grandfather. john f. kennedyat 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 hearing.

robert kennedy and georgie bulshibov. our friend wrote a biography about robert kennedy that laid this out. , 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 sion from new york, married to the president's daughter. i was saying the

kennedy, robert kennedy, precipitating mourning, throwing the democratic nomination into turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m., lynn cheney, author of "james madison: a life reconsidered." >> madison encountered doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. sunday, 8:00 p.m., his nephew, stephen kennedy smith, and douglas brinkley, reflect on his life. >> he was a dedicated combat veteran. he believed in a strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace corps on may 1st of 1961, an incredible program for young people. he started with the alliance for progress. and he engaged in the space race. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> veterans affairs secretary david shulkin testified recently on his department's operations. he addressed several efforts to better serve veterans who seek and receive care, including full implementation of choice 2.0, wait time reduction, and improving and modernizing the department's i.t. systems and veterans crisis line. this is two hours and 20 minutes. >> good morning. today we're pleased to welcome back a good friend, dr. david shulkin, the new secretary of

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. governor reagan: well, i definitely think the demonstrations are prolonging the war in that they're giving the e

kennedy and nikita crew r crew shav. after b kennedy became president indeed robert kennedy on behalf of his brother did establish a secretbackchannel to the russians which proved to be crucial right through the cuban missile crisis. this soviet attempt or russian ataemt to establish back channels took place before the reagan administration, for example. that's not new. what makes this interesting -- and remember, we're all talking about a leak. so we haven't seen the document. the trump people were the initiators that would make it unusual. it's usually the russians who initiate it. that's one. secondly, if the people ask for it to stay secret -- this isn't something that -- the normal relationship between transitions and the russians. they're always pushing for access. americans rarely give it to them, certainly not in a transition. >> plus the added layer of calling them out and these meetings happened in early december. i want to the bring in adwam the washington post what more can you tell us about the discussion between curb never and the russian ambassador? >> i think it's crucial what you just said, it's important

kennedy, martin luther king, and now robert f kennedy. assassination precipitates a broader national warning. and now it throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. author of the books james madison, a life we considered discusses president madison's personality, problems and personal career. >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told them to exercise. today.ften recommended >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birth a sunday at 8 p.m.. reflecting on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military. concessionch broader on what the identity was. >> he launched the peace corps in my desk peace corps in 1961. he started with the alliance for progress. -- >> for a complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> in a world of ambiguity and temptation you need a moral compass. you must develop and suppose you must compromise for no one, not for a loved one, not for a job and not for a chance at fame or wealth. actsether the individual or legal government or private realm, one concern dedicated person can meaningfully affect what some consider to be an uncaring world. the bottom is not humiliation, it is humility, an honest assessment of where you are in the learning curve. >> so, the goal, excellence. , peace, protection of the environment, pride in pluralism. >> just a few commencement speeches from the c-span vi

kennedy of massachusetts, who failed to take similar precautions. in 1971, kennedy was running for reelection as with, but was challenged by robert byrd. kennedy went into the election believing he had the votes to be reelected, but he did not. beat him in a nail biter. later that year at kennedy gave a speech describing his failed attempt to remain with. here is what kennedy had to say. thank the 28 democratic senators who pledged to vote for me, especially the 24 who actually did." [laughter] says i haveervice received more threatening letters than anyone else on capitol hill. it wasn't until the january flip election that i realize most came from my colleagues in the senate. since i lost the fight, many asked me when i realized i was in trouble. frankly, it was the morning of the vote when my staff told me we had nailed down robert gore and ted sorensen of new york. here was the problem. tidings, yarborough, gore, sorensen, had all been defeated for reelection and could not vote. " a broader truth about the challenges in leadership elections. ford learned his lessons and was unanimously elected majority whip in 1990, the number two position

robert bird of west virginia. ford got his commitments in writing, in writing. of wendell's predecessor was senator edward kennedy of massachusetts who failed to take similar precautions. in 1971, kennedy was running for reelection as whip, but was challenge that year by the aforementioned robert bird. kennedy went into the election believing he had the votes to be reelected as whip. but it turned out he did not. bird beat him in a nailbiter. later that year, kennedy gave a y describing his failed attempt to remain whipe. . to take this opportunity to thank the 28 senators are pledged to vote for me and the 24 who actually did." according to a story in the washington post, the secret service says i received more anonymous threatening letters than anyone else on capitol hill. it wasn't until the january election i realize most of them came for my colleagues in the senate. since i lost the whip fight, many people have asked me when i realized i was in trouble. friendly, it was the morning of the bow when my staff told me we had nailed down -- albert gore and ted sorensen of new york. here was the problem. been defeated for reelection a few weeks before and could not vote. while kennedy's

kennedy, and robert kennedy. this precipitates a broader national mourning. it throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> author of the book, james madison, a life reconsidered, discusses james madison's personality and political career. >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it is often recommended today. jfk's nephew8:00, and historian douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he believed in a strong military. he had a much broader conception about what american identity was. >> he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace accord in corps in 1961. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. historian annette gordon reed talks about thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family, who lived and worked on his monticello, virginia, plantation. she discusses sally hemming who she argues had six children by jefferson. the university of mary washington in fredericksburg, virginia, hosted this event, as

kennedy. martin luther king. and now robert f. kennedy. so, kennedy's assassination just like king's assassination, precipitates a broader national mourning and now it throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, lynne cheney, author of "james madison: a life reconsidered" discusses madison's personality, health probables and political career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday and sunday at 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew steven kennedy smith and historian douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity