and this is a description of spiro agnew. this is from the book "the president secret service". the next call comes from david in florida. >> caller: good afternoon, peter. and ron we have met. you autographed my book copy "of a matter of character." so i would like to discuss your biography that you wrote. completely exonerated kennedy joe kennedy from having been a bootlegger. and i would say that everyone here including you, included him on that. in that designation. a picture of him joe kennedy in kubo with a bunch of laggards, that is hanging in the house of and asked ernest hemingway in key west florida. and so i think that that discrepancy on to be discussed. [inaudible] >> guest: they were certainly not the most important revelation in the book. the book went into his admiration for hitler and his anti-semitism. and it also reveals that rosemary kennedy, who supposedly was retired, actually was mentally ill and that is why joe kennedy [inaudible] and so and and so they would say that we would never perform a lobotomy on someone who was. in addition with that, not only co

and so that is one reason why these stories are relevant. >> host: spiro agnew mr. and mrs. nixon. okay. this was from in the book "in the president's secret service: behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the presidents they protect." this question is from dave at in florida. >> good afternoon. we have met i have been talking about your book a matter of character. and we are talking about a discrepancy [inaudible] joe kennedy in your biography. completely exonerated joe kennedy from having been a bootlegger i would say everyone here to for including you including him in that and there is a picture of him in cuba with a bunch of bootleggers that is hanging in ernest hemingway's house in key west florida. and so i think that the discrepancy should be discussed. >> host: "the sins of the father" came out in 1996. >> guest: yes, it went into how he created this whole dynasty. the information about him being involved in the mafia was quoted but it was certainly not the most important revelation in the book, the book when an to his admiration for hitler, his anti-semitism

the governor of maryland at the time spiro agnew deployed thousand of national guard troops across the city of baltimore. tonight, almost five decades later, the city of baltimore is a different place but it is enraged in the streets again and national guard in the streets again. in response to the rioting, throughout the city today the governor of maryland larry hogan, has declared a state of emergency and he did tonighting andty straight the national guard. >> we know how hard people work to be able to have the city that we know and love and to watch a group of criminals go through our city with an intent to destroy. what does that solve? i understand anger. but what we're seeing isn't anger. it's destruction of a community. the same community they say they care about, they're destroy. you can't have it both way. >> that was baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. joininguous is baltimore city councilman brian mos by he represents district 7 where freddie gray was arrested and the area where many of the protests have been taking place. appreciate having you here. >> thanks for havi

the governor of maryland at the time, spiro agnew, the city of baltimore is a different place but is seeing rage in the streets again. and national guard in the streets again. in response to the rioting today, the governor of maryland, larry hogan has declared a state of emergency, and he did tonight activate the national guard. >> we know how hard people work to be able to have the city that we know and love and to watch a group of criminals go through our city with an intent to destroy, what does that solve? i understand anger. but what we're seeing isn't anger. it's destruction of a community, the same community they say they care about, they're destroying. you can't have it both ways. >> that was baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake speaking there. with us is a councilman. >> thanks for having me on. >> it looks like the city is a little quieter now than it was this afternoon and in the earlier part of the evening. do you think people are tired out? do you think that there's stuff going on that we don't know about? or do you think things may be calming. >> i think it's the mi

the governor of maryland at the time spiro agnew, the city of baltimore is a different place but is seeing rage in the industries again. and national guard in the streets again. in response to the rioting today, the governor of maryland, larry hogan has declared a state of emergency and he did tonight activate the national guard. >> we know how hard people work to be able to have the city that we know and love and to watch a group of criminals go through our city with an intent to destroy, what does that solve? i understand anger. but what we're seeing isn't anger. it's destruction of a community, the same community they say though carethey care about, they're destroying. you can't have it both ways. >> that was baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake speaking there. what us is councilman. >> thanks for having me on. >> it looks like the city is a little quieter now than it was this afternoon and in the earlier part of the evening. do you think people are tired out? do you think that there's stuff going on that we don't know about? or do you think things may be calming. >> i think it's th

familiar with and it said, it has been noted that a magazine has made an outrageous charge about spiro agnew, the vice president, thatting a knew is planning to cancel the 1972 election and repeal the bill of rights. and i thought -- i said, well, i knew spiro was a man of some rhetoric but i don't know quite how he'd do this. anyway, it went on to say that the action was -- it was recommended that some action be taken against this magazine. i wasn't quite sure what kind of action you'd take against this. i thought it was pretty ludicrous. the magazine was a brand-new magazine. i checked it. it had -- this was maybe the second or third issue called scanlon's monthly and just a total shoestring operation. when i called some people to ask them what is this magazine some people that i happen to know in publishing, and so i figured, you know, this was my first -- first of all, i didn't know why john brown was asking me this so -- the staff secretary. he was younger than i was at that point and still is. but i called brown and said, you know, what is this all about, john? and he said, well let me

and so that is one reason why these stories are relevant. >> host: spiro agnew mr. and mrs. nixon. okay. this was from in the book "in the president's secret service: behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the presidents they protect." this question is from dave at in florida. >> good afternoon. we have met i have been talking about your book a matter of character. and we are talking about a discrepancy [inaudible] joe kennedy in your biography. completely exonerated joe kennedy from having been a bootlegger i would say everyone here to for including you including him in that and there is a picture of him in cuba with a bunch of bootleggers that is hanging in ernest hemingway's house in key west florida. and so i think that the discrepancy should be discussed. >> host: "the sins of the father" came out in 1996. >> guest: yes, it went into how he created this whole dynasty. the information about him being involved in the mafia was quoted but it was certainly not the most important revelation in the book, the book when an to his admiration for hitler, his anti-semitism

right around here burned down in 1968 and it burned for two weeks and it burned for two weeks and spiro agnewin the national guard, as you know chris and you wrote about this period and called the national guard that made him a national star and he would be on the ticket based on his performance during those riots. i mean, people remember this neighborhood had really burned and burned for two weeks and it was pretty grisly. there was a real determination and nothing has settled yet, this is the first night after last night's riots, a real determination starting first thing in the morning to make today different. you saw elders out here and preachers and people in the crowd trying to manage the young people. that has been the theme throughout the entire day. >> okay. chris maize, thanks so much for reporting. "all in" coming up right after this. let me go to gene on this. you and i have been through this and '68, writing about this practically since then. >> yeah. >> what's coming to your head now? what is old is new again, right? >> yeah yeah. >> the -- the echos, the history's echos are very