he had known robert and his mom for years. robert looked up to randy, trusted him.nead, now a detective with the albemarle county police, came looking for robert after the fire, sandy told him without hesitation where he could find her son. >> i says, is robert in trouble? he said, he's in serious trouble. >> but sandy had no idea just how serious or what was about to happen in that parking lot where robert was hanging out with his friend. >> guns pointed at you. you're -- you're wondering what is going on. i mean i was scared. i was shaking. >> why robert? because the fugat siblings told police they had accomplices from their high school and he was one of them. another one was pulled in that same night and interviewed by text giles a detective giles and his partner. at the end of the interview we looked at each other and we were like this kid has no idea what we're tea talking about. >> the fugats lied when they fingered him and he was released. but robert had a far different experience in the interview room and different detective. >> and sitting across from you w

robert: 1994.: you worked there for a while, and then how did you decide you wanted to go into technology banking? robert: right. well, like all things, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. at the time, technology for us was defense contractors. we had another company we had taken public called microsoft. we had another company we called on called ibm. that was the world of technology as far as goldman was concerned. david: were there are a lot of african-americans in technology at the time? robert: very few. very few. i was our first m&a banker on the ground in san francisco focused on tech and then we decided to form a tech group and that created a whole other nexus and dynamic of opportunity. david: your job is to convince clients to hire goldman and give them good advice. robert: right. david: did you meet steve jobs? robert: i did not meet steve jobs personally, but i was on the team that we actually got engaged. we had to, at the time, you may not remember this, apple was under

robert: very few. david: what propelled you to say i am going to give this all up and start my own company? robert: very few software companies were actually efficiently run. we took the kernels of best practices. david: you became very involved in philanthropy. robert: philanthropic endeavors were a part of my family and my family dynamic. one thing we have to do is ensure our society is a just society. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? when you were growing up in denver, the son of school teachers, did you ever think you would become the wealthiest african american in the united states? [laughter] robert: i was basically

robert: yeah.nd yet, i think part of the thing that makes the story so compelling is you deal with it. you make the best of things and you even form sort of a family or a community at the motel, right? kelly: yes, we did form a community in the motel because we had these customers who were the weeklies. and they paid by the week, and we became a little family, and we even had like thanksgiving together, and they were the ones who told us--taught us a lot about america and the way it really was. and it wasn't necessarily this fairytale story where everybody lives in a house with a dog. and we--but they also--you know, we had to deal with some tough issues like racism, police mistreatment. the police would come all the time and sometimes harass customers. so it was--you know, a lot of that is woven into the story. robert: yeah, and we talked a little bit earlier about how the weeklies also pointed out that mr. yao, the owner, was not as nice a guy as he seemed to be. he's a very greedy person, manipu

robert: very few. david: what propelled you to say i am going to give this all up and start my own company? robert: very few software companies were actually efficiently run. we took the kernels of best practices. david: you became involved in philanthropy. robert: philanthropic endeavors were a part of my family and my family dynamic. one thing we have to do is ensure our society is a just society. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? when you were growing up in denver, the son of school teachers, did you ever think you would become the wealthiest african american in the united states? [laughter] robert: i was basically raise

of the humanity of robert kennedy. of that idealism of robert kennedy. the deep and abiding intellectual integrity that he had and displayed every day of his life. and that is why we honor him. remembering him, feeling sorry for ourselves that we didn't have him as our president. he would have made such a difference because he brought such moral commitment to that job, and like all of us, he grew. we all grow. we all become more knowledgeable. we all become more sensitive. and he did that. which is the mark, of course, of a wise human being. and in chris' book, i felt more the love and the depth of caring for average working people facing challenges every day. for the farm workers in california. kerry, he'd be so proud of you for keeping that torch high and alive and bright for so many people here and around the world. an extraordinary family composed of extraordinary individuals who have made our country better. john kennedy said it much better than, frankly, it's been said recently. he said, this is a great country that can be greater. and robert kenne

robert: yeah, that's true.ichard: i mean, i do remember when we used to start out with $25,000, and now it's over $100,000 plus. so we're also having the young folks learn how they have to find the money or the funding to do the street fair every year. robert: what are some of the acts that are gonna be there that also sort of help kinda foster that connection with young people? e' into the entertainment now, right? richard: yeah, we do more bands that do more modern music that's related to cu to do the oldies and everything. and in addition to a lot of dance groups that we are catering toomore with, like, hawaiian music and introducing the hawaiian culture and exposing these young folks to those type of things, that there's more than just this arts and crafts and everything else on there. robert: yeah, wayne, give me an idea here. you were talking about your children growing up and everything like that. what were some of the attitudes that you saw in them? you know, sort of the, maybe, a little bit of reluctan

robert: all right.ow about for you? is this festival kind of a unique thing, or are there a lot of places for reggae artists and pacific islander reggae artists to perform and to showcase themselves? sammielz: yeah. i mean, out in new zealand, they hold one of the biggest i guess reggae festivals, pacific--polynesian reggae festivals, which is called one love festival. but every year, i believe there's quite a few festivals that happen throughout the year. not only that, i mean, there's a lot of shows happening as well and stuff. so yeah. robert: is the bay area a pretty big scene for this, or still growing? or where is it at right now for that kind of thing? sammielz: i wouldn't really know. probably danny would know, but i guess-- robert: what do you think, danny? danny: i think it's still growing. and that's the reason for the festival is to showcase the polynesian artists not only in music, but in arts and crafts, dancing and various other art forms. robert: do you think that this festival is a good

and "the revolution of robert kennedy" is the study of years from 1963-1968, what made robert kennedy the unique politician that he was. so i thought we could open this today by asking jules, all these years later, when you think back on robert kennedy, what first comes to your mind? >> i think he was his brother's brother. that is how he got going in politics. he was devoted to him. in such an extreme way that he worked with his brother and when john kennedy died, robert kennedy died too in a sense. without any ideas you how he was going to continue the legacy of his brother. by this time he had been in the u.s. senate and the evolution of his deciding to run for president was a rather painful one. he evolved in a personality in his own right. he was not just john kennedy's brother. in a sense the leader of a younger generation who endured the assassination of john kennedy and eventually tried to carry out his agenda and his legacy. >> thank you. >> that is a good point. robert kennedy, at the time of his brother's assassination, had had no job that was not related to his brother's p

ray: robert f. kennedy was running for president of the united states when he was assassinated in california, just hours after winning the california primary on june 5, 1968. and he died a few hours later on june 6. 1968 was one of those years that historians and journalists alike call a watershed. a time when major change occurs that echoes down through history years later. the united states, of course, has had many watershed date in history, but the year 1968 will always be one that will live in our history books. our panelists today will explore some of the reasons why. we're honored to have with us distinguished veteran journalist jules witcover, who was an eyewitness to the kennedy assassination. he was covering the kennedy campaign and traveled extensively with kennedy during that campaign. his book, which you will be able "85 days: thes last campaign of robert kennedy." mr. witcover wrote for the "baltimore sun," the "washington star," the "los angeles times," the "washington post," and toget

mugabe robert mugabe again who robert mugabe is not one of the twenty three candidates tomorrow these are the people we should be talking about robert mugabe is yesterday's news overnight so you know he really had a long to what nic was saying there do you have a response and you have a response to what he was saying look. we're not going to cut nick was saying about robert i'm going to look some of us record saying you know robert mugabe at ninety four is yesterday's man so earnestly for anyone to seeing that they will get political traction from getting in doesn't direct or indirect from robert mugabe just as in the end. led by honorable don't have to go that it could but it is tantamount to the kiss of death. to be responsible for the mess that is in baba today he was a man who was in power for close to four decades. run that country through iron. and rushes through you should actually be the last man to complain about liquid. lick of democracy so when i heard him talk of course is now live. i almost thought love him and i say oh my god what is he talking about look it is no no no

from the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education, this is an hour and ten minutes. >> just hours after winning the california primary on june 5th, 1968, and he died a few hours later on june 6. 1968 was one of those years that historians and journalists alike call a watershed. a time when major change occurs that echos down through history years later. the united states of course has had many watershed dates in history, but the year 1968 will always be one of them and will live in our history books. our panelists today will explore some of the reasons why. we are honored to have with us the distinguished veteran journalist joules witcover who was an eyewitness to the kennedy assassination, he was covering the kennedy campaign and traveled extensively with kennedy during that -- those last -- during that campaign, and his book which you will be able to purchase is "85 days: the last campaign of robert kennedy." mr. witcover wrote for "the baltimore sun," the washington star, the los

this is robert mugabe's project that projects that robert mugabe is no isn't that that project was to born . he has decided again to try to steer things in that appeal robert mugabe is out of the nepean by by merely the fact that he formed another another another political entity to contest again is an appeal so what everybody will get to see is always the something that opposition politician would say again this is an opiate it's an consequential zamfir of his most leadership in the past including the running style of the founding president and the subtlety of his going on robert mugabe of robert mugabe does not understand is that zanu p.f. his name is an institution you thought he was the embodiment of zanu p.f. he is not he cannot process that he cannot live with that for the last a few days before the last whatever period is left with you on this is something that he cannot fathom but unfortunately for him this is something that is up and zanu p.f. held an extraordinary congress without robert mugabe does not appear chose and endorsed its current presidential candidates in most of

♪ robert: bomhell indictment.he justice department charges 12y russian milit officers with election interference. i'mobt costa. inside the laters turns in the mueller probe and president trump's confrontational diplomacy. tonight on "washington week." >> charges 12 rsian military officers by name for conspiring interfere with the 2016 presidential election. robert: the justice department has charged 12 russian military officers with hacking intoto cls 2018 campaign. they directly link the kremlin with election interference that went beyon just targeting democrats. >> in a second conspiracy, they hack the website of a state election board and stole information from about 500,000 voters. robert: the latest on the expanding mueller probe, plus, president trumpea sparks overseas when he criticizes teresa may's brexit plan and warns it could put a trade deal in jeopardy. president trump: most lik by we'lle dealing with the european union instead of dealing with the u.k. so it will probably kill the deep. robert: may re

robert: plus,'s mr. tru long-time attorney, michael cohen, accuses the president of having prior knowledge about 2016 meeting at trump tower that included his son, campaignvi rs, and russians who were offeringti incrimi information about hillary clinton. president trump: just remember, what you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening. robert: we cover it all nt. announcer: this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided by -- newman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. koo d patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator, robert costa. robert:good evening. president trump held up today's 4.1% growth report as vindication of his economic policies

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senators, like robin byrd -- robert byrd. was he much of a legislator? jules: i wouldn't say he was much, but he was regarded as kind of a one-man senate. he was different, and he wasn't very approachable. he approached them too much. dida senator, i thought he a lot of things in the state of new york, but it wasn't presidential level. no -- wascarthy with no great it is later either. -- legislator either. john: bobby was really unconventional as a senator coming in. i think jfk waited a year or so before he gave his first senate speech or remarks in the well. teddy waited a year and a half before she did. bobby waited four weeks. the first bill was related to the appalachian aid bill. it was part of the campaign promise that they were going to include these southern tier counties in upper new york state into this bill that provided aid that was being championed by jennings randolph, the senator from west virginia. bobby goes, and he makes over the weekend, writes this amendment and delivers a speech, first comments on the fl

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robert wilkie: mr. president, vice president pence, secretary tillis chairman, senator , family, colleagues, and friends, i am deeply grateful to the president for the opportunity to serve for him and for america's veterans. i am taking speakers choice and engrossing for my prepared remarks. as the president noted, i am the son of a gravely wounded combat soldier. i have been an officer into services. a senior leader in the pentagon. and the acting secretary of the department of veterans affairs. acting secretary is something that the jesuits have told me as being in ecclesiastical limbo. in this case, i was amazed and stunned by the amount of time the president spent with me on the phone, in this office, and at dinner, talking about veterans, asking about them, and showing me a commitment i have not seen in my 23 years in and out of this business. i'm part of the president of the united states when it comes to the care of those who have protected america. i thank you sir --, sir. i'm grateful to isakso

robert kennedy helped himself. with his ability to touch heartstrings, owe kuwait his concerns with those people who were in the streets, made him much more effective politician in terms of dealing with the protest. >> jules, you covered that campaign, the main opponent at that time was eugene mccarthy that he was running against. can you talk a little bit in mccarthy and how he figures into this equation? >> mccarthy emerged in large part because of what robert kennedy declined to play that role. early on. two young men, allen lowenstein and curtis gantz, students in north carolina or duke created the dump johnson movement. and and it really wasn't going any place. and they tried to recruit first robert kennedy, who wasn't interested. and two or three other politicians. including george mcgovern, said why don't you talk to gene mccarthy? and because mccarthy was not a star in the senate, was not that well known. but he had a certain soft-key charisma of his own. he was not, he was not a bombastic candidate. he was

justice roberts: no. [laughter] first of all, because i think it is a terrible idea, these line centers and the people that pay them we have advised the members , of the supreme court bar that we think the line sitters are not an appropriate thing to do. members of our bar or not doing that. no i don't. phrasing the question of the time has come suggests the inevitability of the question. we have tried to make the court more accessible. the audio recordings that were not available for a long time are now available fairly quickly afterwards. transcript are available thetranscript are available immediately. but you know, television changes a lot. and i ask people which public , institution has been improved by being televised? some of the senators mentioned to me early on in my tenure that they thought televising the proceedings in the senate had a deleterious effect, that they use to do things on the senate floor and now they don't. now you can go it is nice to see speaking, but it is usually to an empty c

robert, thank you for your help. endureran should have to long waiting times for the care they have art. that is where the choice comes along. will not rest until veterans of the highest quality care anywhere on earth. robert wilkie, you are an outstanding man and also a great football player. we won't discuss that, right? he was a great, tough player. i know you will work night and day to protect those who protect us. our vets are very, very lucky and we are very lucky to have them. so i want to ask vice president pence to administered the oath. this is something very dear to my heart and all of our hearts. and you have to do a great job. with so many people, hundreds of thousands of people are counting on you. it is a tough job but a beautiful job. congratulations, very much. thank you. please, say a few words. mr. wilkie: mr. president, vice president pence, secretary kilis, family,ry colleagues, friends, i am grateful and deeply indebted to president trump for his help for american veterans. i will take speakers

gain, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. the decision looms. but president trump is still deciding. who will replace justice anthony kennedy on the the top three contenders all federal judges couldecure a conservative majority on the bench. but not before facing a political firestorm on capitol hill. president trump: i think you'll be very impressed. these are very talented, brilliant people like justice gorsuch. we hit a home run there. and we're going hit a home run here. robert: the finalists are kavanaugh and kethledge and amy coney barrett. barrett is the youngest at age 46. while both kavanaugh and kethledge are in their early 50's, a sign the president is intent on leaving a lasting legacy. president trump will make a formal announcement on monday. seun minute -- min welcome back. who is the president talking to as he makes the decision? >> the interesting thing i how th white house has handled this confirmation pcess, he's talking to everyone you could think of. advisors, g to members of congress. t up until 9:00 p.m. when we will know

robert: and he had an impact. if you think about not onl the greenhouse gas egulations and coal plant regulations, the climate paris accd. >> you saw his effect in terms of the envolonmentalies but at some point -- there was a point where for the administration and for the president it just went too far. and frankly, for senate republicans who had to deal with this mounting drama from the e.p.a. from the administration, that point where it went too far was months ago. i was talking with senate republicans in early june when the last batch of negative ruories towardst broke about his behavior at the e.p.a. i remember senator joany ernst who is not a trump antagonist by any means saide her patie levpl was "pretty much fed up." john thune told me he was wearing thin on pruitt. pruitt was supposed to testify citol hill some time in august before the senate environmental and public committee. but he was able to escape in time before he was able to go urn the grilling. robert: it s alle was isolated in the end, in the c

were thrown out the window despite the honest promises of justice roberts and justice gorsuch. at their hearings. so, when they say they will obey the law you cannot believe it. you can't believe it because it just hasn't happened in this new conservative court. they are so eager to make law, not interpret it. the second reason and maybe the more important, why the principle of quote, i will follow federal law no longer works. that is president trumps. we already know the president trump nominee will be prepared to overturn the precedents of roe v. wade. we know that because president trump has said so. when the president has a litmus test for his nominees and only chooses from a preapproved list of nominees designed to satisfy that litmus test it is certainly not enough for a judge to pay his or her moderation by invoking settled case. the respect the president can become an almost meaningless bar to set for supreme court nominee. at this critical juncture with so many rights and liberties at stake us senators and the american people should expect an affirmative statement of s

>> robert kennedy understood vulnerability from the early age. his mother said he was born seven years after jack and joe and then another seven or eight years before teddy. he did not have any boy playmates to roughhouse with. he went to more schools that he could remember as a child and he i think really understood being alone and feeling of loneliness. children he could relate to well.>> i was told to get that attention. he was my favorite kennedy after that i think he was considered the runt of the brothers. he wasn't physical like his older brothers, especially joseph, the older brother and he needed to prove something and he had that double personality of someone who needs to prove something.>> he was not built for but he was lettered at hard -- harvard. he willed himself to be stronger and work harder.>> another question or comment? >> in 1968 i wrote a paper as a senior in college and i cited your book for sociology that i took at boston university. this may be a hard question and i want to thank you but a couple weeks ago it came out tha

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what is at stake for robert mueller? >> it is significant that the case is moving forward, and it is important that they win the case. if they don't,'m afraid it takes some of the steam out of the investigation and would give trump a chance to talk more thout a witch hunt and tha was made up. from bob mueller's side, he is ing the classic federal oiprosecutor move, it in a methodical way. this is by and large a paper case. it can be proven with docutents, bank snts and tax forms. he will lay the case out and show in fact that manafort is guilty of these offenses. on the other hand, manafort's veing the classic defense or his lawyers are, blaming the tests.ying witnesses like gate it is important. it is not directly implicating the pressoent, but it is thing that will prove the breadth and depth of investigative prowess of bob mueller and his team. jane: but it has nothing to do with russia interference. doesn't this lend weight when president trump does call it tch hunt? michael: i've talked for a long time about how thi

it's the robert mueller, why is he doing this? >> he's been calling it a witch hunt for how many hundreds of times. yes, you're right. this is definitely more personal meaning robert mueller specifically calling this a scam and investigation. republicans on the hill are successfully arguing that some people at the fbi have had some sort of bias against the president. they have held up these text messages between peter strzok and another agent saying they don't want trump to be the next president. they're going to stop it. what he's trying to do is take that strategy and pull it towards mueller. there are no text messages like this with mueller. he was appointed by a republican. he has served republican presidents. this is not going to stick. >> he is a republican. >> exactly. >> christopher wray was named by the president and is a republican as well. the president sads about robert mueller, we have a very nasty and contentious business relationship. yesterday rudy giuliani was asked on "new day" what are you talking about? and giu

robert e. lee, that they be fighting with lee in the army in northern virginia. the second thing is they had company and regimental level commanders, absolutely them and leading helping them to continue their effort. had a very strong personal belief that it wasn't just that they needed to serve but the confederacy needed them. was their -- either their pride or their arrogance, t will depend on your perspective, and texans and soldiers, but they were asolutely positive that they a unit, as the texas brigade, were essential to confederate not least last but and this is an important part of the book, and an important part of the way i think unit history written, it has to do with the support they had from families at home. from families who could support the level of sacrifice this war would require them. their families either could sustain themselves or they were able to sustain other texas families, if you go look at the governor's papers in austin, i was not able to find a from a texas brigad

could get asked about immigration and the latest attacks on robert mueller.gh will meet with joe manchin the next hour. it's his first meeting with a democrat. all of that and more on "the daily briefing". >> harris: in my interview with rudy guliani, he gave us more information about the tapes with michael cohen. >> there's 12 recordings of any substance. >> of the 183? >> yeah, call me back, the president did this, the president did that. some have some substance but nothing harmful. put them aside. there's 12 conversation. one as long as two hours. the only one i can mention, by the way. it has come out publicly. >> harris: guy benson and adrienne elrod back with us. >> there were a few wow moments while we were sitting there. he went on to describe how at times michael cohen apparently or allegedly would go to great lengths to pretend that he was not recording something. he would take one device and turn it off and somebody else would be reporting. rudy called this subterfuge. if that happened, it would make sense by the trump team is going nuclear on mic

other way. >> roberts wrote it the other way. things can change, rick. you're not giving any credence to what kavanaugh has done on his own bench. shouldn't you? >> well, look, i think if you look at what he's done on his own bench on this issue, he side stepped the issue. he actually referred to this as -- >> he criticized roberts' decision. doesn't that tell you what you need to know? >> but he also agreed with roberts in the sense that he thought this was a tax. he used, you know, a somewhat arcane measure to dispose of the case. the bottom line is i don't think this is going to be a particularly effective line because you have justice roberts, who seems pretty intent, at least from his rulings, on maintaining the aca. >> here's the thing. the reason that this issue is a legitimate issue, okay, they'll have political arguments about which side they're on, but what kavanaugh with the aca is a legitimate issue. but here's the problem. unless you can glean it from the two or three cases that have touched on it in the past, we'll

why doesn't robert mueller just subpoena the president?ning our discussion now, a former federal prosecutor whose new piece for nbc news is entitled why hasn't robert mueller subpoenaed trump? free theories about the mueller investigation. glen, lay out your theories about why we are where we are and there's been no discussion about the president and robert mueller. >> well, sure, lawrence. you know, first of all, i think we are past the point where any of us believe the president will sit down for a voluntary interview. that's not going to happen. so i spent literally decades in grand juries investigating and indicting cases and we have to make decisions as prosecutors about who we're going to subpoena, who we're not going to subpoena. now, the subpoena power is very broad and actually we can subpoena anyone who even if they don't have relevant evidence they could have information that could lead the grand jury investigation to relevant evidence. i think there are three possibilities here as to why robert mueller has thus far declined to

so when robert horton stepped in to become the head of the division of information, what he was doing while he was accused of doing five conservative coalition was again a war. and propaganda for bureaucracy. it doesn't get any worse than in terms of politicalrhetoric . what i find especially interesting is that there's some elements of popular memory about world war ii that really come to mind quite easily. we sell the drives for aluminum, pots and pans be recycled for military uses. you think of the newsreels of america's national parliaments. we think the shorter factories coming back to life to produce armaments. we think of civic patents promoting patriotism, families gathered around the radio to listen to programs about what was occurring with the federal government was doingas. we know about recruiting drives to get volunteers for civil defense.all before pearl harbor. all that was done by robert horton and the division of information so in american consciousness, there are not see and the soviet invasion of poland in september 1939. and then the next day is pearl harbor.what w

taking the rare step of calling out special counsel robert mueller by name. on sunday, he did it twice in a series of tweets. one slamming the witch hunt and the second is robert mueller ever going to release his conflicts of interest with respect to donald trump. the fact that we had a nasty and contentious business relationship. i turned him down to head the fbi and fired director james comey is his close friend. >> rudy giuliani slamming former trump attorney michael cohen calling him a pathological manipulator and liar after previously praising him as honest. more from boris sanchez. >> laura and dave, cnn reached out to the white house to see what business conflicts president trump was talking about in the tweet mentioning robert mueller. previous reporting may give us an indication of what the president is talking about. earlier this year, the new york times and washington post reported that president trump privately had expressed concerns about possible conflicts of interest on behalf of robert mueller based on a dispute over fees related to mueller's

to mark the 50th anniversary of robert f. kennedy's assassination in los angeles, arlington cemetery held a ceremony commemorating rfk's life and legacy. the organization founded in 1968 to honor his memory, hosted this event. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the invocation by father matt malone. let us pray. we meet up in a moment of mourning, but in an hour for hope. for this memorial not only our remembrance of things past, but the touch stone of our present. and a right of dedication to our future. we gather here in this sacred place where the memory of all our fallen heros repels our heart, the highest aspirations of the nation. to proclaim to our fellow citizens and to the world, bobby kennedy still lives in millions of hearts that seek a newer world. in millions of minds that dream things that never work and ask why not. in every ripple of hope. we make this proclamation, not only through mere human words or earthly gestures, but in this spirit of prayer. that privileged place in every soul were the grace of g

emmerson mnangagwa has tried to distance himself from robert moog obvious legacy -- robert mugabe's legacy. he has not supported emmerson mnangagwa all along. ,e supported another candidate who is one of the 23 candidates. large, i cannot say what his intervention would be. i do not think it would be much. your time andor analysis. thank you for coming in. vote counting is underway and mali. butas calm in some areas, there were problems in the central and north. some polling stations work able to open. the president, who has seen his popularity wane, is seeking a second term. we have a report. up the votes as the polls close in mali. some two dozen candidates are contesting the president's election. .ome polling stations disrupted others never opened over fear of violence. according to observers, that is too rigid to low voter turnout and has raised concerns about possible election fraud. observationl be an mission and it calls for the mali authorities to publish a list of polling stations where voting could not take place today. this is important for us as far as transparency is concerned

robert and more than 100 luminaries. that day a week after easter when the becon on the hill showed brightly in washington, you had a nuclear nonproliferation protestor, you had a scientist super star falling from grace on the roads of redemption. we do not serve brains, the main course is beef welling tennessee. it is my pleasure to welcome to the stage joseph esposito, author. [applause] >> thank you, thank you very much and thank you all for being here. it's a rather soggy day. first of all, i want to ask, how many people are aware of this dinner that took place in 1962, the nobel dinner, any familiarity with it? okay, well, i'm going to tell you a little more about it and hopefully you will find it as fascinating as i found it when i was doing the research and writing of the book. first of all, it took place on a a day, april 29th, it was allusion of easter egg heads, it was a week after easter, it was first day of daylight savings time and the midpoint of the kennedy administration and it was, i think, it was a high

robert. going to bring in jonathan capehart in a moment. let's talk about the president and the questions that he apparently is not answering because there was a photo opportunity. we'll play that tape back very quickly from the oval office in less than a minute. he was with the new prime minister of italy. and it's been a week since we've heard him answering questions. >> robert? >> oh, it is -- it has been a week since he's answered questions. sorry, i thought we were waiting for a tape to play right there. >> in a moment. >> got you. we're watching a president right now who has been unhappy with questions from the press about michael cohen, his longtime lawyer about the russia investigation. but there are questions he must answer in the coming weeks. most importantly with the mueller probe. will he sit down with mueller and his investigators? if not, would that lead to a subpoena? these are the summer questions hanging over this administration. and when it comes to congress, you have the midderms approaching fast. >> let me interrupt you

robert mueller could seek a subpoena. ken starr sought a subpoena against president clinton in the late 90s. and then clinton agreed to an interview in the app was gone. many don't believe that robert mueller would go the subpoena route. then again, this is washington, shep. anything can happen. >> shepard: the president reiterating that he's willing to shut down the government for border wall funding and other matters of immigration. >> this would be to believe that the president could alter what has been the established course of history. every time the government is shut down, it's republicans that take the brunt of the blame for it. the president is putting forward a case where he's saying look, this is about national security. we need to have immigration reform. we need a border wall built. i need the money to do that. if i don't do it, i will shut down the government and he believes that that is an argument a fight that he can win. listen here. >> as far as the border is concerned and personally, if we don't get bor

50anniversary of robert kennedy's death. these are all for sale in a museum store and can be purchased after the talk. ladies and gentlemen, a skilled author, leader, politician and great mentor to me, please join me in welcoming judge jim rogan. [applause] >> thank you. first i want to thank my good friend chris nordyke for that comprehensive introduction/book promotion. i really appreciate it. chris is an old friend and i think the wonderful people at the next library foundation. not only a great service and source for all of us in orange county but they do a wonderful job promoting the legacy, i want to thank all of them, they spent thousands of dollars, all volunteer work, giving thanks and a round of applause. [applause] >> in 2018, the 50th anniversary of the 1968 presidential campaign and that was a very important year for me. it was the year that generated my interest in politics, government and history and got me started on the path that i took. i started collecting books that year, 50 years later still collecting t