kennedy, ted sorensen. and so sorenson is there, and, again, oliphant and wilke bring this out powerfully. the only thing i would add, is -- and this is something i'll talk about in my biography, is that john f. kennedy has a bigger hand in these speeches than i anticipated when i started my research. which is to say, you can see his distinctive scribbles on many of these speeches. it's also the case, and i think the library -- the library brings this out. that he quite often departed from his text. for fairly long stretches. and they're still -- you know, he still speaks in full paragraphs. but those are john f. kennedy's own words. so i think it's more of a partnership than maybe i anticipated when i started because i thought this was sorenson, to some extent dick goodwin. schlessinger has a role in some speeches but i think kennedy was more involved. >> i got to do a couple events with ted sorensen when he was alive at the jfk library, and it was such an honor, because he was a kind of hero. and we all t

so sorensen really struggles with the process, and that inevitably depressed, focus on the rivalry, , even with the let the white house within weeks of each other the white house staff through a party, and they produced a cake with sorensen and in kennedy kind of on the cake racing towards a big pot of gold and it said on the cake may the best man win. so this kind of sense of which this rivalry is stoked between the two. they felt it very intensely. >> i think it's about five years ago the library released schlesinger is interviews with jackson kennedy. jackson kennedy on those tapes, you should listen if you haven't already, very at ease, and your book explained why. what was the origin of his close relationship and partnership in the kennedy project? >> you're quite right. i think this is a good example of, that's available in kind of book format but also in a cd or through an audible, something that is really worth listening to them because the fact you can cure the clink of ice, the drinks are being poured and kind of solon. as a think it's well known natalie portman listen to th

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no score in the first and we take you to the second where sorensen makes a move. then they get on the scoreboard and that's all they needed. the sharks had another care in the third. it deflects off the skate and the sharks when it 2-0. the first one for the kings and san jose. while jones would not say it, he said it is especially sweet to beat his former team. >>> san francisco firefighter spent the day spreading holiday cheer. more than 400 children received toys and books yesterday. there's a letter rating -- there is usually a letter writing contest for kids who want toys, but this year they were able to give to them all. >> we all have our own families and we want to make sure all families are happy today and that they have a great day.>> reporter: the kids had a chance to take photos with santa and some of his elves. >>> a family lost everything in the north bay and i thought christmas would be spent in a one-bedroom trailer. >> coming up the act of crime and -- of kindness giving them the best christmas gift of all. >>> an emotional surprise for two young

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punished -- published that is a book and the fact he wrote profiles in courage which he writes with ted sorensenand wins a pulitzer and simple things like he read the book review pages, newspapers and circles and sends out to a local bookseller from hyannisport, reading all the time, the question is referred to the barbara tuchman book on the guns of august about the origins of war which is on his mind around the time of the cuban missile crisis. he is a great reader with a genuine sense of history and back to what we were talking about before that is why he likes having arthur schlesinger around, he likes talking history and thinking about things in that historical context and as the cuban missile crisis demonstrate he does inform his policymaking, thinking in this broader historical context. he thinks about other presidents particularly why he doesn't like presidents like wilson and theodore roosevelt because to use roosevelt's own praise, their bully pulpit, proselytizing presidents, he prefers presidents like pork or trilling because they are practical, improving presidents looking in a tech