ted, do you really believe that you are cured from your gayness? if gayness is a word. >> that's a different story than mine is. >> larry: your story is your story. do you think it will never happen again? >> here's what i think. i think i've gotten healthier and i think growth in life is a process of dealing with issues that happen to us and trying to remain as healthy as we can. i've become more of the man i wanted to be. i believe i'm more of the man god wants me to be and i'm a healthier man. >> larry: we'll be back with more of gayle haggard and her husband, ted. ♪ check it out, gas prices blowing up sky high ♪ ♪ - ditched my used subcompact for a two-wheeled ride ♪ ♪ - now i'm rolling eco-friendy but i still look bad ♪ ♪ when the bike store saw my credit ♪ ♪ they said this was all they had ♪ ♪ i'm singing- f to the r to the to the e ♪ ♪ to the c to the r to the e-d-i-t, ♪ ♪ re to the port to the dot, to the com ♪ ♪ come on everybody grab your bike and sing along, ♪ ♪ it's easy... f to the r... ♪ vooffer applies with enrollment in triple advan

ted, do you really believe that you are cured from your gayness?arry: well -- >> that's a different story than mine is. >> larry: your story is your story. do you think it will never happen again? >> here's what i think. i think i've gotten healthier and i think growth in life is a process of dealing with issues that happen to us and trying to remain as healthy as we can. i've become more of the man i wanted to be. i believe i'm more of the man god wants me to be and i'm a healthier man. >> larry: we'll be back with more of gayle haggard and her husband, ted. >> larry: anderson cooper standing by in port-au-prince. he'll host "a.c. 360" at the top of the hour. what's the lead tonight? >> larry, a lot of stories here from port-au-prince. just a few seconds ago i wanted to show you what we saw. an impromptu parade of hundreds of people dancing, singing down the street, expressing their faith in god. expressing their faith in this country. their faith in their own survival. sign that even in the worst of times the people here are strong and they are c

what are you going to say to people, ted? what should they do about this?> well, do what they can. that's what we decided to do this morning. it's a terrible tragedy in a part of the world where they don't have a lot in the way of resources. so it really is helpful for wealthy americans to help out. >> we have a fund, larry, which goes right -- >> larry: what is the foundation doing? >> the foundation, our job is to help the u.n. and the u.n. and the united states government together are the major coordinators for this kind of humanitarian disaster around the world. both of them, they have the capability, and the u.n. operates on voluntary contributions. and so we're very involved in that. the website is unfoundation.org for people who want to contribute. this is the best kind of coordination. the u.n. and the u.s. work very closely together, as i think your earlier discussions with president clinton suggests. it's pulling people together, it's the communications, it's the health, all the things you've heard about. it has to be operated centrally and it has

this for ted kennedy's senate seat. the republican scott brown maintaining a significant lead, 53% to 46%. he's got a lead of about 100,000 votes, larry, so far. there are still plenty of precincts left out there, but it's become increasingly more and more difficult to see a way she can narrow that 100,000 gap right now. but we'll wait. we'll count the votes together with everyone else and see what happens. but this republican is getting ready, it looks like, for a huge upset, larry. >> larry: i'm not an expert, but it's going to take something in that last 30%. back we go to port-au-prince and ivan watson. we had a bad signal earlier, ivan. what were you telling us about that body coming out? >> this was a priest that was pulled out, and it was a very touching moment, larry, where the mexican rescue team which helped save a woman earlier today at this very location, they knelt and prayed along with the participation of a catholic nun over the body of this priest with a rosary placed on his body. the procession is under

kennedy and his brother ted.oudly -- let me say proudly take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my very, very best for massachusetts and america every time the role is called. [cheers and applause] i go to washington as the representative of no faction, for no special interests, answering only to my conscience and to you, the people. [applause] however, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate: but i know who i am and who i serve. i'm scott brown. i'm from wrentham. and i drive a truck! [cheers and applause] let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support. i'm nobody's senator. i am nobody's senator except yours. thank you! [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> ♪ i got a feeling that tonight's going to be a good night tonight's going to be a good, good night a feeling that tonight's going to be a good night that tonight's going to be a good nigh

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. >> senator ted kennedy. >> monica. >> four towering conservative minds, bob novak, jim kemp, and billapphire. >> two of the journalistic figures and fortunately, they didn't live to see the decline of newspapers in america. i'm sorry to see them go. >> i would echo all of the above and sorry to see you go, senator ted kennedy. democrats and republicans feel his absence. okay, 15 minutes of fame. pat. >> the salahi's. >> now, they were the gate crashers. >> the unwanted guests at the white house. >> eleanor. >> i would agree, the red sorry. >> monica. >> tiger woods numerous extramarital friends. >> tom delay dancing on dancing with the stars, saying it is connecting him to his feminine side. >> 15 minutes of side has to go to the salahi's. the gate crashers of the white house. their story is going to be spun out further. we haven't heard the end of them. best spin of the year, pat. >> i am resigning because i want to spend more time with my family. >> eleanor. >> president obama and his nobel speech, swearing the circle between committed more troops to afghanistan the just war. it was

. >> in massachusetts, the numbers are narrowing -- >> for ted kennedy apostasy. -- ted kennedy's sea. >> the pennsylvania seat held by all inspector could be in jeopardy, to -- heldy arlen specter could be in jeopardy, too. >> we have republicans -- have a bunch of republicans leaving. >> chris van hollen, you had on, democratic chairman of the house campaign committee -- when republicans had a big year in 1994, picked up 52 house seats, 30 of those seats were open seats -- that is, they were retired in spirit 95% of incumbents still get reelected, and in bad times were good times. the good chance for the party to take over a seat is when there is open -- when it is open, no incumbent. up until now, democratic retirements are limited. >> could i add one thing on chris dodd and his swan song? i thought it was a gracious speech, and unusual in a classy way that he admitted that one of the reasons he is leaving is because he is in trouble, and secondly, where he said help that it is one of the people who step out of politics -- how pathetic it is that other people is about politics say

ted kennedy's seat in the u.s. senate which he occupied for 46 years until his death last year has been won by a republican, scott brown, defeated democrat martha cokely in a special election which changed a lot of things including the balance of power and president obama's agenda, which could well be in jeopardy. with us in this first segment of this special hour, wolf blitzer the anchor of "situation room" and john king the anchor of "state of the union," jessica yellen is at the coakley headquarters at the scherr ton hotel in boston and dana bash, cnn's senior congressional correspondent. how did brown win, wolf? >> he got out the independents. he was impressive in doing that, convincing a lot of independents and probably a lot of democrats at the same time that he would be a better united states senator. it was an uphill struggle. it was only a few weeks ago, larry, that everybody assumed that ted kennedy's seat would be -- remain in democratic hands, martha coakley was a pretty popular attorney general. she ha

and republic has taken ted kennedy's senate seat. democrats, call 202-737-0002, republicans, 202-737-0001. if you are an independent, call 202-628-0205. some of the other headlines on the front page here say, frustration with the status quo fuels emotions and turnout. a rebellious air sweeps even kennedy turf, a story from hyannisport there. scott brown 1, 51.9% of the vote. martha coakley, 47.1%. and joe kennedy won that one percent -- that 1%. that is from "the boston globe." if you look at the "boston herald," their right that a revolution begins. it was the second time in massachusetts history, the shot heard round the world from coast to coast and surely in the halls of congress. scott brown won this one fair and square with his down-to- earth charm, hard work, and his forthright position on issues. with the help of that much disparaged by the opposition pickup truck. he was the right candidate at the right time with the right message, and that message is one that the white house and congressional democrats can no longer ignore.

one of them was cowritten with ted koppel. and it was a great spy novel. but i asked ted one time what was the toughest thing writing the book. he said the sex scenes. after i had -- after i had read the book i understood why. [laughter] >> marvin is currently working on a book on the american experience in vietnam. and we're delighted to have him here this morning as one of our speakers. marvin? [applause] >> thank you. let me start by telling you about the sex scene. [laughter] >> ted and i were working on this book for about a year or two and always delaying handling this problem because both of us felt rather uncomfortable. and yet our publisher was telling us that if we really wanted to make it big, you have to have a sex scene. he called it the o.s.s., the obligatory sex scene. so i said to ted, you're so much smarter than i, why don't you write it. and he said, no, for, you're taller than i am. why don't you write it. [laughter] >> and i said well, you have four children. i only have two, which means you're twice as good at it. so why don't you writ

of the blue states, but is there actually a chance that a republican might win a seat once held by ted kennedy? new polls show a much tighter race than anyone expected. i'm brian wilson, i'll ab the news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. it's a frightening message from the grave. a short time ago a videotape surfaced of the suicide bomber who killed seven cia employees in afghanistan. in it he calls for militants to attack u.s. targets. this is what we are up against. caroline shively joins us from washington with details. hello, caroline. >> hello do you, brian. revenge in a just released videotape released the jordanian says that's why he killed operatives in afghanistan because they killed a pakistani taliban leader with a missile strike in august and says he turned down millions of dollars from the u.s. and jordan who wanted him to spy on other militants and the authenticity of the tape hasn't been confirmed by officials, but the father says it is his son. the man thought to be him taped the video shortly before he went on the u.s. base and blew up seven

the lawyers, joined on the attack, are david boies and conservative ted olson who beat him in the supreme court. >> it's not just california and just people who wanted to get married. it's civil rights in the country and decency and fairness. >> reporter: and one last novelty. of a case about a new way of looking at marriage. for the first time, the proceedings in federal court will be recorded on camera and posted on youtube. for "good morning america," brian rooney. abc news, los angeles. >>> and joining us to discuss it all, from san francisco this morning, attorney david boies. good morning, david. >> good morning. >> with no clear tie to this issue, why did you decide to take on this case? >> i think it's one of the most important civil rights cases of our generation. as the supreme court has repeatedly held, marriage is a fundamental right for every human being. to deprive gay and lesbian couples of this right causes them enormous damage without gaining society anything. >> and yet, proposition eight bans same-sex marriage. in new york and new jersey, they voted against allowing gay

ted olson has been a dear friend. "hillary" was dedicated to barb olson, and we have known each other a long time. for ted to argue this case not once, but twice, means a lot. michael rose, who is our vice- president and general counsel, who hold this case in hand for the last many years, all the way up through its inception when we walked to his office one day and give him this idea and concept of the case and believed in it and believed in what we were trying to do, and now todayçó is the culmination of that. floyd abrams and mitch mcconnell, sometimes we do not know what is good for us, and having floyd be part of the team and arguing the case at oral arguments last time was a tremendous honor for us and brought a lot to the table, and i think having senator mcconnell be part of this case was part of a terrific asset to us, and we're grateful to both of them. my co-producer, co executive producer, lawrence, he and his wife are tremendous supporters of citizens united over the many years have we have been friends, a

one of them was co-written with ted koppel. it was a great spy novel that i asked ted one time, what was the toughest thing about writing the book? he said the sex scenes. after i had read the book, i understood why. marvin is currently working on a book on the american experience in vietnam and we're delighted to have him here this morning as one of our speakers. marvin. [applause] >> thank you. let me start by telling you about the sex scene. [laughter] >> ted and i were working on this book for about a year or two and always delaying handling this problem because both of us felt rather uncomfortable. and yet our publisher was telling us that if we really wanted to make it big, you had to have a sex scene. he called it the o.s.s., the object bigtry sex scene. -- obligatory sex scene. i said to ted, you're so much smarter than i, why don't you write it. he said no, you're taller than i, you write it. i said you have four children, i only have two which means you are twice as good at it. so why don't you write it? so finally, h

the democratic party you might have had eastloand of mississippi and ted kennedy.Ñííthe coalitions were made up n the basis of philosophy and public policy. that is to say, the conservative element in the democratic party worked with the conservative element of the republican party. similarly, on the progressive side, both parties and coalitions and there was a moderate middle of worked together. you had people that work across the aisle by necessity in order to advance the political agenda. now, regrettably, on one side of the aisle, it is basically we will not reach across the aisle. we want to take this legislation down. the difference is, there is a different view from the minority point of view. they are very narrow. the breadth of political ideology is in the democratic party. russ feingold saione and at one end. it is much easier to discipline the republican party, particularly if their agenda is to stop any legislation rather than to constructively work with the majority party and try to improve whatever faults they five in the legislation. i say it is wall

ted kennedy was always on your side. and so many of the battles that led to this commonwealth and this nation forward. martha knows the struggles that massachusetts working families face because she has lived those struggles. those stories are her story. you heard her. she was raised one of five kids, her father had a small business. her mother was a homemaker. she worked her way up. she became a lawyer not to cash yen but to get hard working people a fair shake. she became a lawyer to fight for families, like the one that she grew up in, families who are the backbone of this commonwealth and of this nation. and that is what she has done. look at her record. as a prosecutor, she took on cases most of us don't even want to think about. putting murderers and child abusers away. as attorney general, she took on wall street and recovered millions for the massachusetts taxpayers. took on predatory lenders that are taking advantage of massachusetts families. she went after big insurance companies that misled people into buying

in a ted kennedy seat. that's a travesty.: why do you think that martha coakley lost the wide lead that she had coming into this race? caller: honestly this weekend i was pretty much all around the state and it just seemed like all you heard on the -- especially the radio, was nothing but scott brown ads. but scott brown adds. everything was him all weekend. and i think what helped it, too, was that we have -- three weeks ago she had a 40% side lead. so, nobody ever expected to say, i don't think, to ever go republican. i don't think nobody really in massachusetts thought that scott brown had a chance. but i would like to say to the people of massachusetts, we put scott brown in and definitely you are telling people that we are giving away a woman's right to choose. everybody remember this in massachusetts when you are voting today that this vote is really important. and we need to keep the democrat in so we can get health care. host: here is the piece in of "usa today." it says -- but texas, james on independent line. good m

most people expected that a democrat would just roll into ted kennedy's seat has ted kennedy has year after year. massachusetts is not as monolithic a liberal state as people think. they voted for reagan twice, elected a republican governor 16 straight years. right now there's a lot of anger among independents in particular about the obama health care plan. what are seeing is people are flocking to scott brown. he has narrowed the race it is a single race now. he's raising money from across the country. he could very well win this thing. he's an independent-minded republican not a rubber stamp kind of guy. but he brings energy, passion and experience that i think is galvanizing support in massachusetts. >> greta: it is interesting, should he win, suddenly the senate isn't filibuster proof it is so much more profoundly important to the nation not just to massachusetts whether you are a democrat or republican you have got to be watching this race. >> massachusetts would be in the catbird's seat the senator from massachusetts would be able to make key calls on key pieces of legislation.

i was going say, quoting somebody in the white house, a tragedy of greek pro portions if ted kennedy's successor is responsible for the delt of health care. they think as soon as it passes, they'll be able to argue it's terrible. the tax issue, the cadillac tax, the more likely of the two two come out of congress, is going to be so unpopular. we're already, the white house is preparing to try to sell this as something that is more positive than what the american people have heard. that people, up to -- children up to age 26 will be covered. children pre-existing conditions no longer an issue. there's a lot positive in here that people have not heard out. >> the health care, even if passed, will not be effectuated for another three years. the spin machines, because the public cannot feel health care reform for three or four years, the spin machines will be active effect upon passage. i don't think it will help or hurt the democrats. i think the jobs issue is issue number one. >> it will be who tells the better story over the next nine months. >> i'm not sure lit pass. the argument stwee

as soon as one dies, including ted kennedy, we have to lirksionize them.on has to be just perfect. >> bygones can be bygones. >> death can be a good career move. >> my first reaction with the michael jackson death was to be critical of him as a person for all those reasons. i got slammed by my listeners. i realized that the music was really important to a lot of people. >> absolutely. i don't want to denigrate that. let me move on to the creeping influence of the reality show culture. jon and kate wound up being interviewed on the tv show. it started as a fun, entertaining thing, and then it ends up on nbc. >> let's go back to the king to the personal who found touchdown "national enquirer." in the beginning he started in the 50s with these gory headlines and murders. all of the sudden, ding, he decided people, the personalities were the thing that were going to sell. by the '70s he had more than six million people were reading that -- magazine every week. so the point is here, it is what sells. >> the media went crazy, jessica, of the salahis, the white h

it showed the level of anger among democrats towards ted stevens. next one is the ultimate example of capturing a candidate's personality. we worked for david wu in oregon who is a great guy. when he first picked me up in 1998 when he was running for the first time he gave me a tour of portland, oregon. that is where i get my coffee and by my newspaper, he was given the guided tour in his suv of why he was running for congress. this add as you see, he is the only candidate who could get away with yelling at the camera. it was an example of an ad where we are talking about education and overcrowding and one of these issues that is done at nauseam. we want to figure out a new way to talk about a familiar issue. >> i am david wu and i think overcrowding is a serious problem in oregon. we decided to see how many kids could get into a classroom. you never know. the way things are going, this could be the future. if we have 100,000 police across the country we could hire 100,000 more -- when they are in the classroom no one learns anything. you can't even

kennedy and his brother ted. as i proudly take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my best for massachusetts and america every time the roll is called. i go to washington as the representative of no faction or interest, answering only to my conscience and to the people. i've got a lot to learn in the senate, but i know who i am and i know who i serve. i'm scott brown, i'm from wrentham, i drive a truck, and i am nobody's senator but yours. let me to say in conclusion, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's heart. thank you for your continued support, but i am nobody senator except yours. [applause] thank you prada thank you very much. ♪ i've got a feeling that tonight is going to be a good night at tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good, good night i feel it ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night. that tonight is going to be a good nin

sheila johnson and ted and hear their vision for the mystic organization and their passion for the young women on the team and for what we could do in this market, there is no doubt that i wanted to be a part of it. >> i couldn't ask to be in a better organization. ms. johnson is an unbelievable person, an unbelievable owner. i think they're the most passional owners in this league, and if you look around the wnba, you don't have as many passionate owners because you have the people, the owners associate with nba teams and sheila will do anything she can to make sure we are set. she wants nothing more than the team to win and we step out on the court and do what we have to do and handle our business we know off the court everything is for us. >> everything about her represents what we are and what we are trying to become. she is a positive female role model. she is a positive female african-american role model. she is involved with the mystics because she has a passion to help women. she has a passion to help african-american women and uses the mystics as a platform to do that. >> if you

based on testimony given in 1995 by ted stroup, calling for additional funds in the army, we have, since that time, over the years, we have made the marines larger and the army larger. let's to see how it works out on the figures that we authorized. >> with the larger numbers in the army and marine corps, and the stress on the budget, do you see it as possible to sustain a larger military? >> that is what america does not do really well. it is the ups and downs of budgeting for our national security. after the cold war, the peace dividend came along. a good number of professionals, they left the military. noncommissioned officers, officers. then along came the johns that we had in iraq and afghanistan. we wished we had some of those folks back. i was there was some way to keep a substantial non-seesawing military during times of peace. during times of peace, the military can and does train. it sharpens the edges, so that when we are in conflict, they would be all the more ready for it. >> can we ask about don't ask, don't tell? what you think should be done? >> i am not for changing bell

ted, you say you expect this to be the most darwinian recovery in history. what does that mean? >> company, getting more confident about bringing people into their organization from where we were in the summertime but looking for the absolutely best talent. it inside it's organization and out. a jobs recovery for the best and brightest in their field, and i think what has that means is you've got to be on top of your game every day. >> a huge pool of people to choose from. 29 million people under employed, unemployed or drop out of the labor market. a lot of folks in the country with a good education system in general and there's a lot of people out there. >> and people are seeing a trend in the changes where the job, going to be. they're using this as a chance to change industries. take their financial and analytical skills applied in financial services and go to energy, where they see a future brighter than maybe what they saw before. >> nuclear engineers. these kinds of things. stuff i couldn't do are the places the jobs are going to be, right? >> clearly, look at unem proimt

and you have to acknowledge even senator ted kennedy worked his last days to make this something for the people this was a genuine man in politics for over 40 years, and as his last year in office tried his very best to push this off. i also wanted to say that now, you know, that we lost the filibuster, the democrats of course, there's hopefully something inside where they can push something through before mr. brown gets his hands into this any further meeting in the next week or so. president obama might be able to do something that will help the people. i believe that mr. brown winning and saying things about taxes and what have you really go to the crutch of scare tactics. >> host: he has his first thought post only a few pieces went to light by scott brown, a stunning political upset over state attorney general martha coakley ranks as one of the biggest shockers in modern political history. and is likely to set off a will to the repercussions both large and small. chris cillizza says martha coakley lost in the rearview mirror the attention of the political world will turn to the

but ted olson is an interesting person to be arguing this. making a conservative case for gay marriage? >> it is a surprise to a lot of people. in fact initially there was quite a bit of skepticism about it particularly from the main line gay rights groups who were wondering about him as this kind of johnny-come-lately to this issue. i think they have been convinced of his sincerity. it's a risky move. i think he , from having spent some time interviewing him, i would say he very much believes in this case. he would argue, i think, that marriage... the supreme court has repeatedly held that marriage is a fundamental right. while they were certainly not held that it's a fundamental right to marry someone of the same sex, i think he is going to argue that it's an extension of that right which the supreme court has repeatedly recognized. >> suarez: you mentioned risky move. a lot of the gay civil rights organizations thought so too. initially they opposed this effort. didn't they? >> they did. they thought it was premature. they worried about it

ted kennedy held that seat for many decades.r, and we fully expected the senator seat in massachusetts would be filled by a democrat, but the fact is we are all temporary occupants, and the people of massachusetts have their own idea of the people they wanted to send here at this moment. fist i think in many ways it is a wake-up call. the american people want to send a message to congress. i think all of us understand that message. we have got to get the fiscal policy in order. we have to find ways to give people confidence over the future of this country. >> hereñr comes president in abt -- president obama in 2009. we have 1.60 votes. we have all the popularity in the world. he couldÑi not get health care done. he could not give financial reform. if you could not get those things done under those circumstances, why is there any chance you could get anything done with the reduced majority heading into a tough election. >> first, we have no cooperation on anything. those of you that cover capitol hill understand, even on noncontr

kennedy and his brother, ted.romise to do my very, very best for massachusetts and america, every time the role calls. [cheers and applause] i go to washington, i go to washington as the representative of no fashion or no special interest answering only to my conscious and to you the people. [applause] however, however i know, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate, but i know who i yam and i know who i serve. and scott brown -- and scott brown and i drive a truck. [cheers and applause] [chanting] and let me just say, let me just saying conclusion, let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support, but i'm nobody's senator. i am nobody's senator accept yours. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ .. ♪ ♪ i gotta feeling ♪ that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ ♪ that tonight's gonne be a good night ♪ ♪ a feeling ♪ that tonight's gonne be a good night

i had a number of conversations with ted kennedy in the last years of his life. even ted kennedy, his key issue of health care, had become an incremental list -- incremental ist. let's start with this first part. health care for children. let's get it done. i am hopeful because even people in the administration have begun to talk not about health care reform about health insurance reform. that is a good place to start. covering a pre-existing conditions, better portability, allowing parents to keep their post-college age children on their policy until they can get health insurance on their own. those are all things that can make a big difference without turning health care system on its ear. especially in a state like massachusetts where we are insuring 94.8% of our population, but we do not want overtures. host: if you want to read more about what the president said, you can read their reaction in "the boston herald." reaction to state of the union, focusing on education. let's listen to what the president said about the education proposal. >> to make college mo

kennedy and his brother ted.ause] as i probably take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my best for massachusetts and america every time the roll is called. [applause] i go to washington as the representative of no special interest, answering only to my conscience and to you, the people. however, i know i have a lot to learn, but i know who i am and who i served. i am scott brown. i drive a truck. [applause] let me just say in conclusion -- first, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support, but i am nobody's senator except yours. thank you. thank you very much. ♪ >> ♪ i got a feeling that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ ♪ i have a feeling that tonight is going to be in a good night, that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night, that tonight is going to be a good night, that tonight is going to read a good, did night -- good night ♪ ♪ that tonight is going to beat a good night ♪ ♪ tonight, tonight, i got the feeling. le

i lost a beloved sister in july, and in august, ted kennedy.he midst of all of this, found myself in the toughest political shape of my career. let me be clear. i'm very aware of my present political standing here at home in connecticut. but it's equally clear that any certain prediction about an election victory or defeat nearly a year from now would be observed. strange as it may sound, i'm not confident that i would be standing here today making this announcement, if these situations had not occurred. none of these events or circumstances, either individually or collectively, is the cause for my decision not to seek re-election. yet together these challenges have given me pause, to take stock and to ask questions that too few of us in elected public life ever do. why am i running? on a cold morning, two weeks ago tomorrow, i asked myself that very question. in the early frigid dawn of december 24, christmas eve, with snow piled high along the streets of our nation's capital, i cast one of the most important if not the most important, votes o

the first person who would agree with that was ted kennedy. [applause] the only thing he loved more than the people of this commonwealth was serving the people of this commonwealth. he waged a personal battle on behalf of every single one of you, even if you do not know it. for seniors who are living off of fixed income, families struggling to get health coverage for their children, for students, those who dream of a college education. [applause] he fought for the working men and women, longshoremen in new bedford. he was always on your side. for so many battles, he led this commonwealth. martha knows the struggles massachusetts working families face because she has lived those struggles. their stories are her stories. she was one of five children. her dad owns a small business. her mother was a homemaker. she worked her way up. nothing was handed to her. she became a lawyer, not to cash in, but to give people a more perfect state. [cheers and applause] she became all lawyer to fight for families, like the one she grew up in, the families who

one of them was co-written with ted koppel. it was a great spy novel that i asked ted one time, what was the toughest thing about writing the book? he said the sex scenes. after i had read the book, i understood why. marvin is currently working on a book on the american experience in vietnam and we're delighted to have him here this morning as one of our speakers. marvin. [applause] >> thank you. let me start by telling you about the sex scene. [laughter] >> ted and i were working on this book for about a year or two and always delaying handling this problem because both of us felt rather uncomfortable. and yet our publisher was telling us that if we really wanted to make it big, you had to have a sex scene. he called it the o.s.s., the object bigtry sex scene. -- obligatory sex scene. i said to ted, you're so much smarter than i, why don't you write it. he said no, you're taller than i, you write it. i said you have four children, i only have two which means you are twice as good at it. so why don't you write it? so finally, h

, who i've since met and is a wonderful journalist and wonderful person, ted koppel said something likeif television had not been invented, sam donaldson would have gone door-to-door. he just would have been in your face, would have gone door-to-door. nange way with what we're doing now with social media, journalists are going door-to-door. even if you don't see our report at a specific time on television, we're pushing it to you on your iphone through the redesigned cnn.com. anderson cooper right now in haiti, if urent following him on twitter, you should be, because the lights may go out on his show at midnight. he's doing two-hour live programs every night from haiti, but on twitter and other social media, the reports continue throughout the night and are on cnn.com. and so, in a way, we are going door-to-door now. because you don't just have that one at 6:30 p.m., getting that one romplet it's constantly being updated. >> how in this world of splintered media, where you can go 50 million places for your information, how are campaigns going to cut through that to reach pope terrible

a special visit, al koken chatting with ted leonsis.ighlights and stats are coming your and a that magic illustrator back in gear. a very high octane 2nd period favoring the caps. they have a lead after two. >> joe: when it comes to home gauges no one scores like the washington capitals. a three goal eruption for them in that middle stanza outgunning the canadiens 3-1. this is net star intermission live on comcast sportsnet. as we continue the chairman and majority owner, ted leonsis joined al koken earlier today. >> joe, thanks. war your thoughts on number 8 wearing the c? >> he's a grown up now. oscar wild said the two tragedies are getting what you want and not getting what you want. he wanted to be captain. he said he wanted to be captain but he wanted to make sure his teammates wanted that. unanimous and standing ovation when announced to the players. certainly the right thing to do. i think it will help alex to the next level. he has to be more mature and responsible and he's not just playing for himself and the team but as the ca

mentioned they had the possession arrow burned the time-out, that's come back to haunt them down the tedr at purdue. she was a point guard and a fiery one. crawley, of course, final four mvp of the national championship north carolina team. she was a low post player with some great moves. their coaching styles contrast as well. >> absolutely. sylvia crawley very calm on the bench. she likes to be calm because her players feed off of that, not necessarily creating energy. she wants them to be at peace throughout the ball game. coach joseph, we saw some of the heat she exhibited. she wants to generate intensity and have that translate to her mare. >> we are halfway through the first half number 21 georgia tech on the road and boston college right now in control. up 11. johnson, shields up for the three. the boston college eagles outrebounding, a good rebounding team in georgia tech. >> when you have players like murphy and swords underneath, your guard can launch it up you feel confident they are going to get a hand on it. swords doing a nice job working around the rim there getting the lo

in between periods 2 and 3,al koken talked to ted leonsis about the subjected and other ideas they cross midway mark. feathered it back to the point. georges to the wall. >> craig: erskine came up with a good shoulder check and ovechkin sails it away. >> joe: carey price miss handled that one. georges is there to clean up the mistake. poti walking in pirets away. even in full strength these two squads, no scores past the eight minutes mark and the fans get into it. >> craig: the capitals would like to get back to their winning ways. the canadiens were shot out sunday. >> joe: play for us semin. backstrom fires. price was in good position to make the stop. >> craig: alex semin has had the best two opportunities to beat the netminder. >> joe: the long stretch pass stopped by price with a good pad save. >> craig: make it three. >> joe: green loads it up and fires. that one gets wide of the goal. shaone morrisonn jumping in from point position. set for brooks laich booted away by pouliot. corralled by brooks laich. offsides call coming here. offsides against montreal. >> craig: all the chanc

think of a ted bundy. he was working on the crisis hotline helping suicide people.t interested in helping other people, but that's what they do. so eric was faking a life while other things are going on inside. >> who was cassie bernall? >> she was a christian martyr who believed in god. it became one of the biggest stories from columbine and one of the biggest redemption stories. there are a lot of great redemption stories in columbine and i go through a lot of them in the book. the particular one didn't have been and it was a misunderstanding. the story went that cassie was hiding underneath the table and a killer came up and asked her she believed in god at gunpoint. she said yes and then was killed. and she became this huge christian martyr worldwide. it was sort of a following of her. turned out there were two girls in the labor involved. and what happened with cassie is she was hiding underneath the table, praying for her life. eric walked up to the table, slapped it with his hand, said picabo, put the nose of a shotgun under the lip of the table and shot her

now the final debate for the open seat formerly held by ted kennedy. the candidates are scott brown and joseph kennedy. this event was held at done edward kennedy institute in boston. independent candidate joe kennedy is not related to senator ted kennedy, who died last summer. >> good evening. i want to welcome all of you to this closing debate among the candidates for next week's elections to the united states senate. tuesday will be a crucial time here in massachusetts. voters will go to the polls and select a person who may well determine the outcome of a long fight over health care legislation in washington. at stake it well is jobs, energy, the environment, abortion, the war's oversea. we have much to talk about. moreover, the candidates are seeking to fill a seat that is legendary in american politics. among the giants of the past, ted kennedy and his brother john, to henry cabot lodge, charge sumner, daniel webster, and john quincy adams. those are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united st

could do to ted weiss to scare him. for that reason vva made him the legislator of the year in '91 but i do want to correct something. the perception that creeps into the talk that american veterans, in fact, the problems have been addressed of american veterans and their families. and particularly the families of birth defects, the biggest concern right now of vietnam veterans is not our kids. it's grandkids. there's not a week that goes by that we don't have a young woman call the office and talk about her anomalies in her child -- wanting to know is it due to exposures to vietnam. the institute of medicine process that we have in place with the biannual review is a passive process so that they can only review original science done by somebody else. and currently there is not a single scientific study of agent orange of veterans funded by nih, by cdc, by arc, by va or by dod. so if you don't have science to review, you're not going to make progress. 95% of the articles reviewed in 2006 and 2008 by the institute of med

ted olson has been a dear friend.e have known each other a long time, so for ted to argue this case not once or twice for citizens united means a lot. our vice president and general counsel of this case's hand for the next many years -- held this case's hand for many years, and believed in it and believe in what we were trying to do, and now today is the culmination of that. floyd abrams and mitch mcconnell -- sometimes we do not know what is good for us, and having floyd be part of the team and arguing the case last time was a tremendous honor for us and brought a lot to the table below of the current senator recall be part of this case was a terrific asset to us -- and i think having senator mcconnell be a part of this case was a terrific asset to us. michael executive producer -- they are tremendous supporters to citizens united over the many years we have been friends, and i cannot thank him enough for standing by me through this. jim baca, our first lawyer who helped us get to the supreme court. he is one of the

[applause] >> the special election to fill the massachusetts senate seat of the late dan gaddy -- ted kennedy is today. you will see the results tonight on c-span. we spoke with a reporter about the outlook for the race. >> jonathon martin it is in massachusetts covering the senate race. several polls were released today about the race, including one for the politico. >> it shows scott brown has a sizable lead that is outside the margin of error, which is to say it surpasses the three or four-point margin. it is shocking. few democrats weeks ago thought that he had a chance to win. they thought the race would be closer than expected, but barry to people --and even -- very few people --even democrats were expecting him to win like this. he could pull off one of the most shocking upsets in recent political history. >> how are the campaign's reacting? >> the democrats are scrambling to sound the alarm, to shake up the democrat out of their complacency, by emphasizing the less favorable elements of his record. running as a republican in this state. democrats are trying to point out why th