senator ted kennedy made -- ted kennedy jr. made us all laugh and he made us all cry almost in the same sentence. how irish. how kennedy. how true were the emotions of every man and woman in that church from the president to the vice president to former presidents, to senators, to members of the house, t close friends and so so many, many of the kennedy family. i think of being sworn in to this body, madam president, as a 34-year-old nervous senator. one of the fst to came up to shake my hand after being sworn in was ted kennedy. and mike mansfield and howard baker. and i was just. >> ed to think i was in the presence of such people. and thenerving with ted for 35 years, speaking with him almost every single day, i look over at his desk -- something i have seen over the 35 years when we have lost colleagues but i don't kow of any time it has hurt so much to see the black drape across his desk. to see the vase ofhite no white owers. i went by yesterday and put my hand on th on the des i was overcome with emotion and left the flo

>> ted kennedy, jr.: i'm 47.e having that kind of responsibility. >> stahl: yeah, think about when you were 37. >> ted kennedy, jr.: exactly. >> stahl: could you have done that? >> ted kennedy, jr.: no, i don't think i could've done that, no. >> stahl: one of the issues ted kennedy confronts in the book is whether he really wanted to be president when he ran in 1980. >> roger mudd: why do you want to be president? >> well, i'm --. >> teddy says his stumbling wasn't because of ambivalence of the race but about "displeasure" with roger mudd for blindsiding him with the question before he'd announced his candidacy. he writes that he did want to be president in 1980, and again in '84, but teddy, jr., his brother patrick and sister kara were afraid of his running, and begged him not to. >> ted kennedy, jr.: most people keep coats and umbrellas in their coat closet. my father kept bulletproof vests in his coat closet. and believe me, we would walk by that coat closet every day, fearful about some crazy person out there

and my ranking member would be ted kennedy. senator kennedy came to me on the floor within a few hours of me being notified of that and he said, he said, saxby you and i need to sit down and discuss some immigration issues that we want to accomplish during the next two years and i just want to talk with you about it, get your thoughts and give you my thoughts. i said, well, sure, ted, that would be great. i'd be happy to come to roar office and sit down with you. he said, no, that's not the way the senate works. you're the chairman and i will come to your office. so the next day a senator who had been in office for well offeover40 years came to the ofa member of the senate who had been here a little over 40 hours and sat down and had a conversation. that was a lesson about the way the united states senate works that i will never forget. as we begin working together on the immigration subcommittee we worked for about a year. it was in excess of a year, i guess, on an issue that we talked about that first day in my office and it i

because he knew he could never compare with ted kennedy and he didn't even try. but you could see then how fundamentally ted connected with people because they trusted him and they knew that he was working on their behalf. i remember again ted in 1978 when he supported paul against an incumbent united states senator, somebody who was his colleague, a republican, as he did so often, kept his word, supported his colleagues, whether they were seeking the presidency, as they in turn supported him. well, i haven't had the opportunity to serve, unfortunately, with ted as long as others here, do i have a couple of remembrances from the past several years. one was when he did agree to come and campaign for me, again in lawrence, massachusetts, the cities of the fifth district of massachusetts. this time, though, he came with a van, he brought sunny and slash, the dogs, robbie who was with him in 1974 was there at his side, yet again, along with vickie. and we started out, we went to an old diner that was owned by a greek-american family, barbara's mother brought pastries

ted kennedy was an upstart. i backed kennedy. well, it didn't work out and ted called me and said, i'm withdrawing from the race. we're going to support president carter 100 -- 100%. but though you're not going to nominatee for president, i hope that you will still introduce me to the convention. i said, absolutely, but one day i hope to be able to nominate you. that night, as i took the podi podium, it was the famous speech that everyone remembers that ted kennedy gave about the work going on, the cause enduring, the hope still living and the dream never dying. what was amazing about that speech was that -- was the way ted kennedy used not a moment in his life that some would have viewed as a defeat, but he used it as a time to redefine hself in public service and to claim the mantle of being one of the best senators that america has ever seen. and he used that speech not as a retreat but as a reaffirmation and a recommitment of what he would do. that night i did introduce himself, and while all of my colleagues were in boston --

that was ted kennedy. ver an over reaching outo -- and over reaching out to others, trying to help,rying to provide encouragement, trying to provide a lift. that was ted. i remember so well about a decade ago when we were engaged in legislation on tobacco. and we had a circumstance in which there was a -- an important court decision and there had to be laws passed to deal with it. and i was asked to lead a task force here in the senate to try to bringogether different sides to deal with that legislation. of coue ted kennedy had been for a long time a leader on those issues as was senator frank lautenberg. and there were others as well. ted far outstripped me in seniority and, yet, i was asked to lead this tkfore, and he came to me and said, sign me up as a soldier in yourffor and we had dozens of meetings. d ted was always tre. pitching in, helping to make a difference even when he wasn't the person leading the effort. somebody much more junior -- of course, he had many other responsibilities. but over and

what is it like to be a kennedy, to be ted kennedy? i mean it. you drive around and there's the kennedy center. then there's the kennedy -- the grave site. it can never leave you. it can't leave you. you live and you work here. what is that like? >> well, i think the first impression that i always had is how fortunate i've been to have grown up in a family and been able to learn what i tried to learn and continue to learn. but most of all learn what i did from wonderful parents and great brothers and sisters. my sisters do very many interesting and caring things as well, as you're familiar with. >> larry: does it ever become common mace? >> so you have the challenges of being measured against the past. but that's really sort of a challenge, isn't it? that's to measure up. it's a high standard and you work at it and some days you measure up. >> larry: do you feel emotional? >> oh, well, that's another, you know -- personal sense of loss is obviously -- continues to -- >> larry: can't leave you because it's always around you. >> well, that's true. b

that day, the cartoonist drew a cartoon of a much younger ted kennedy. it's caption "viva kennedy." so as i sat in boston with our colleagues lt week, i thought of all ted kennedy did to better the lives of so many americans and i thought of those two wor words -- those two words over d over again -- "viva kennedy." he was a man who truly believed in the idea and ideal that is america and though we may have come from different backgrounds, different places, different cultures, though we may speak different languages, we are one nation, indivisible, forged from shared values and common principles, each of us united in our differences working for the betterment of all of us and no one worked harder for the betterment of all of us thated kennedy. so it's my my scere belief in his passing he has once again worked his magic, given us an opportunity to come togetr united in a deep and profound feeling of loss and. ness as we are even at this day. it would be like him to be lookg down upon these tributes today nodding his head and smiling but he would beaying don't way for my memorials to

barack obama has really learned a lot from ted kennedy. president obama it is sort of my age. f. kennedy, we were children when we had the cuban missile crisis, but ted kennedy was out there fighting my whole teenaged years and into my 20's and 30's and 40's. the great act of heroism when he endorsed barack obama made such a big difference, basically taking the baton of camelot and handing it to barack obama, doing it in conjunction with caroline kennedy. dramatic moment. i know that president obama will sorely missed ted kennedy, not because he was just a health care warrior, but he always gave the senator and now president obama unvarnished advice. since chappaquiddick, he was not trying to run for president, he was tried to help the american people in many ways as act of redemption for his ethical lapses in life. he worked triple hard to try to make up for a, and the net effect is stunning. bill after bill, law after law, ted kennedy stamp is on it. tavis: to your point about ethical lapses, it seems to me that he was trying to balance his personal failings, shortcomings --

speaking of ted kennedy, massachusetts attorney general martha coakley is the first person to jump into the race to fill kennedy's seat. she will be here tonight to answer the kind of questions, "hardball" questions, a senator has to answer. and finally, who's the hollywood celebrity people would most like to see in the congress? interesting results coming your way tonight on "hardball." that is in the side show. >>> let's start with attacks on president obama's speech. next week the school children. jim greer is the chairman of the republican party in florida. he joins us right now. mr. greer, thanks for coming on. you have put out a pretty strong statement the other day. you said the president, you referred to him as the pied piper obama. pied piper is the guy who took children away and they were never seen again. is that what you think, really? >> i don't want him to take children away but i don't want him to take their minds away either to push his agenda. i will tell you, chris, as a parent, i want to know what my kids are going to be taught, what they're going to be exposed to in

tonit, a conversation with the eldest son of the late senator edward kennedy, ted kennedy jr. thiseek marks the releasef the kennedy memoir, "true mpass." he pes toee a health-care bill pass this year which he believes would be a laing tribe tois father's legacy. ted kennedy ., coming up right now. >> there a so many things that wal-mart is looking forwarto doing, like heing people live better. but moly, we're helping build stnger communities and relationship with your he, the best is y to come. >> natioide insuranceroudly suppor "tavis smiley." taviand nationwide, working together to improve fancial teracy and the econom empowerment thatomes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on yo side ♪ >> and by contributis to your pbs station from vwers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible b kcet public television] tis: ted kennedy jr. is th co-founder and president of the rwood group, a healthce advisory and financiaservices firm. he is also aongtime advocate for the disabled. his psion stems from his own experience. t age of 12, he loshis leg to cancer, one of the sjects in the much t

and he shares the sense of service that so distinguished senator ted kennedy. paul will not seek the open seat in the special election that's coming up in january. but for the next few months, he will carry on the work and the focus of senator kennedy. mindful of his mission and his values and his love of massachusetts. i know i join so many other citizens in thanking paul for his willingness to serve. and now, ladies and gentlemen, it's my great pleasure and honor to bring to the podium the interim senator of massachusetts, paul kirk. congratulations. >> thank you very much. thank you, governor patrick for your important words and your kind and generous comments about me. this appointment is a profound honor. and i accept it with sincere humility. i want to express my thanks, as well, to the leadership and members of the great and general court who enabled senator kennedy's last public wish to become a reality. as the governor said and just so you hear it from me, consistent with senator kennedy's wishes and the expectations of the governor and the legislator,

colleague but a dear personal friend, and i think i speak for all colleagues when i say senator ted kennedywill be missed and the senate is a sser place without him here. people have often remarked up a working relationship i had with senator kennedy. oftentimesalling us the, quot odd couple, end of quote. we used to laugh abo that, but the truth be told he and i didn't really agree on a lot of things. over the years, senator kennedy and i were on opposite sis of some of the fiercest battles in the history. while we have been long good friends, we didn't throw punches on each other. if we were in a debate, senator kennedy would come to the floor and in his classic style lee a to me with his boys raised and he had a terrific voice and his arms flailing and of course i would let him have the right, but then after he finished, he would finally come over and put his arm around me and say how was that? well, i would alway laugh about it as we did. we laughed at each other all th time. that is what set senator kennedy apt from many in washington. for him pnlitics got personal. he was never afraid

joining us in new york, congressman patrick kennedy, the younger son of ted kennedy and ted kennedy jrhe older son of the senator. has it all finally set in, patrick? >> no. frankly, larry, it's still a blur. after the immense funeral that took place and the outpouring from the american public, which, quite frankly, was just amazing, beyond any expectation any of us could have ever had, and certainly fitting for our father we felt but certainly something that was beyond our wildest expectations, and then to come back and have the president address the joint session of congress in which he read a letter from my father, you know, talking about the importance of passing health care during this very difficult time in american history, i mean, it's just never ended. and quite frankly, this memoir is an opportunity for us to have something permanently during the long term for us to keep coming back to my dad and reflecting and thinking about what he meant to us. right now, it's still been something that's happened very shortly ago. and it's hard for us to really fully absorb right now. >> la

kennedy. they knew him as dad. patrick and ted jr., on the revealing memoir their father didn't live long enough to tell us about, taking us inside america's most famous political dynasty. intimate insights into a political icon. ted kennedy, the father, remembered by his still grieving sons. >> i love you, dad. i always will and i miss you already. >> larry: next on this special edition of "larry king live." good evening. a great american no matter what your politics, a great american passed away on august 25th. he had written a memoir to be published shortly. turned out shortly after his death. the book is "true compass: the memoir by edward m. kennedy." i have spent time reading this book. it is one of the best biographies-memoirs i have ever read. i commend it to you completely. joining us in new york, patrick kennedy, democrat of rhode island and ted kennedy jr., the older son of the senator. has it all finally set in, patrick? >> no. frankly, larry, it's still a blur. after the immense funeral that took place and the outpour

. >>> we have just learned who will fill the senate seat vacated by ted kennedy. good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: a friend and colleague will temporary fill ted kennedy's seat. paul kirk was nominate to the post. a boston attorney was close friends to the senator and according to an aid is knowledgeable and supportive of ted kennedy's work. he will hold the seat until january 19th when voters elect a permanent replacement. both sons lobbied for this appointment. >> kennedy died after a year long batter with brain cancer. >>> leaders of the world's largest economies are traveling from new york to pittsburgh for the g-20 summit. hoping to prevent a meltdown like the one we've been experiencing over the past year. protesters have a different agenda. >> downtown pittsburgh looks like it's bracing for a hurricane. most small businesses have decided to close up shop before floods of protesters fill the street. >> we're worry about the windows getting broken and we had to pay someone to come in. >> he runs a shoe shine operation, shutting down with cost hundreds of doll

he set the high mark in our family. >> reporter: reggie often photographed ted kennedy. of his most famous, kennedy with his pet dogs and kennedy standing at the cape cod shoreline. they were both osen for chnnkey's memorial and funeral service. the photograph at cape codnn is now the cover of ted kennedy's memoirs true compass due out late they are month. >> to be around him was just to be around a man of great power, though to sense his heart and where his priorities were, that's what i'll remember most about ted. >> reporter: bill liss 9news now and wusa9.com. >> tomorrow night at 11:00, in a bear arlington conference room with nothing more than a clock, a can of soda and some tissues, his vee being recorded. the -- history is being recorded. it will be part of the september 11th memorial museum. >>> we have a little taste tonight of pro football but we're really wait for the redskins on sunday. >> right now i'm still optimistic about everything. because sunday night i'll be complaining about what they didn't do. >> no, no, no. no. >> can't you just leave the glass hal

but carter was slow and inconsistent on health care policy, and is bothered ted kennedy a lot. he wanted to take this and for mental approach and senator kennedy was rigidly opposed to that -- he wanted to take this incremental approach. and the other was the so-called malaise speech. this outraged ted kennedy. i don't think people realized this. i was surprised to read this. but when president carter made that speech, he was speaking about america in a melancholy tone and it was against the tenor of everything that ted kennedy's brothers had stood for -- the idea that we could do anything. and he took it personally. he felt it was wrong for america. the one positive thing that ted kennedy said to me over and over again about ronald reagan was that president reagan made people feel good about america and made people feel good about the possibility of america. and when ted kennedy heard jimmy carter make about -- make that speech, he decided at that point he had to seek the presidency. that was one aspect of the relationship. let me tell you something else i saw in the notes whic

it's not about ted kennedy. this is the thing.f we are going to look at compromise on health care, that's what everybody is talking about. >> now the far left wants single pair universal. that's gone. far right wants status quo. laura: far right? how about 55% of the country? far right? i don't think that's necessarily working now when you look at these polls. it's broad based opposition. nancy, we appreciate it very much. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. obama care supporters have money blizzed protest around the united states. and some of them are, yes, getting violent and did authorities drop the ball in the case of the little girl missing for 18 years? we have disturbing details on the investigation. and we hope you stay tuned for those reports. is some lunch. you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is mark with broadview security. is everything okay? no. someone just tried to break in. i'm sending help right now.

that is ted kennedy.ted kennedy's life was driven by hi love of a family that loved him and his belief in a country that believes in him. ted kennedy's dream was one for which the founding fathers fought and wch his brothers sought to realize. the liberal lines by the war may fall silent but his dream shall never die mr. president. is all this brother killed in world war ton-- world war i, recognizing he would never come back. his brother the president assassinated, h brother the senator running for president assassinated. e liberal line's mighty or may fall silent but mr. president his dream shall never die. >> mr. president. >> the republican leader. >> mr. president too would like to speak about our departed cully, ted kennedy whose passing last month focus the attention of the nation d his extraordinary life has been memorialized over these past weeks in so many poignant stories and heartfelt expressions of gratitude and grief. today the senate also grieves not only beuse he was a friend, but beaause

senator ted kennedy's memoir. >> the but imagine a three weeks after his passing.days, he was still thinking about health reform when the great things i learned is that no reform is a virtually complete. he said that was the simple pleasures -- that it was the simple pleasures he was enjoying the most. he had some advice that was good to tell the kids. i have always tried to have one. >>> we should enjoy the weather while we can. >> to the evening hours it will be very nice. temperatures will fall into the 70's. wednesday, it cold front will come into town. we will get stuck with things. clouds will be increasing, a chance of rain from thursday to friday. that will begin the 22nd. summer is just about over. >> we are enjoying it. >> enjoy it while you can. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. the

senator ted kennedy lives in our hearts and in his good works and his life's work. and i just wanted today to join my colleagues in saying, "ted, godspeed. rest in peace. and all members of this senate miss i you dearly." madam president, i yield the floor and make a point of order that a quorum is not presents. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quoash quorum calquorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: if i may, once again, i'd just advise our colleagues -- i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you. i note that no colleagues are on the floor. the floor is open for amendments. i'd like to urge our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, if you have an amendment, please bring it to the floor. thank you, ma madam chairwoman. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call:

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. >> and senator ted kennedy's final interview.to bookstores. >> sometimes in your life you have to recognize that there is an extraordinary opportunity to put down some thoughts that you have that are relevant to your service in the united states senate. that's what i've tried to do. >> presidential historian michael beshlov joining us. first, the big story at the white house. we begin at the white house with the president's speech on wall street. savannah guthrie joining us now. what was the president's purpose? what was he trying to achieve today? >> reporter: for one thing, he wants to make a big pitch for financial regulatory reform. this is a big issue, one we haven't talked about too much because of the focus on health care reform. earlier this summer, the administration sent over a bill to overhaul the way the financial system is regulated. he wanted to make a pitch for that and take credit for some improvement that's gone on in the financial markets while acknowledging there is a huge problem in unemployment for everyday a

ted kennedy jr., congressman patrick kennedy, good to have you both. thanks very much for sharing your memories. again, senator kennedy's memoir is called "true compass." >>> we're back right after this. >>> now to general motors' unprecedented campaign being launch dad to improve sales and win bachus mers. general motors is now offering car buyers a money-back guarantee. mr. lutz, good morning. you're saying in 60 days if they don't like the car they can bring the car back and you'll give them all their money back? >> that's exactly right. no questions asked. if not completely satisfied you get your money back. >> you know people are going to take advantage of that, just take out the car and bring it back. why is it worth the risk? >> first of all, this has been tried once in the uk and the return rate was about 2% to 3% and the abuse of people just taking a car was less than .5%. so, yes, it is a certain risk and it will cost some money but i think it is a way of breaking through and really getting kind of undecided americans to take a look. >> is th

our special guest tonight, after the publication of his father's memoir, ted kennedy jr. limbaugh and the continuing coarsening on the public discourse. howard dean on racists, denying to each other they are racists and on the fears of nancy pelosi who witnessed political anger turn into political assassination in the time of harvey milk. >> i saw for myself. in the late '70s in san francisco this kind of rhetoric or -- this was very frightening. >> now czarers. lou dobbs drinks the kool-aid. >> 34 czars appointed by president obama during his first eight months in office was during the clinton administration and he only had ten czars. a remarkable change of emphasis. unczardom. >>> "the washington post" reports the bush had 46 czars in 36 czar jobs. new developments in watergate? what john dean found in documents in a book published over 17 years ago is nothing less than the answer to the question, what exactly were the burglars looking for inside democratic headquarters? what exactly did richard nixon want? john dean reveals it exclusively tonight on "countdown." >> i'm

it was from our beloved friend and colleague, ted kennedy. he had written it back in may, shortly after he was told that his illness was terminal. he asked that it be delivered upon his death. in it, he spoke about what a happy time his last months were, thanks to the love and support of family and friends, his wife, vicki, his amazing children, who are all here tonight, and he expressed confidence that this would be the year that health care reform, that great unfinished business of our society, he called it, would finally pass. he repeated the truth that health care is divisive for our future prosperity, but he also reminded me that it concerns more than material things. what we face, he wrote, is above all, a moral issue. at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country. i thought about that phrase quite a bit in recent days. the character of our country. one of the unique and wonderful things about america has always been our self-reliance, our rugged individualism,

, and all of this as the massachusetts governor gets set to announce a replacement for senator ted kennedy's seat to to make sure that the democrats have another yea vote in the senate. bob barr joins us. what do you make of this? >> we call this in the south being hoisted on your own petard. this is an historic opportunity that we as a nation have to reform health care, and this is why we need to seize the moment. now, they have been shown to be the emperor with no clothing. the reason for the rush to judgment on getting health care legislation through has nothing to do with an historic opportunity but has everything to do with the fact that the body blows, that they have been suffering in recent days with evidence that the plan will be much more costly than they are saying, that information is coming not from the republicans, not from the heritage foundation, but from the democrats themselves. the cbo and democratic staffers. and that is why they are absolutely terrified of what will happen if they do not get -- neil: we should just remind folks that the top guy from the congressional budg

we have a responsibility, all of us, in the absence of ted kennedy, to carry on. this is not the first time that the passing of a kennedy brother has brought the ball back into service to his state. after robert kennedy's assassination, he worked for him during the campaign, paul was ready to quit politics. that was until ted kennedy told him that he had a responsibility to fight on. he signed on to ted kennedy's staff in 1969. he became one of ted kennedy's most important advisers, a role bedbug he has continued until these last days. it was during paul's tenure on teddy stepped that he was first brought into the debate on health care and drug into it with a passion. he will represent massachusetts well in the fight to make ted kennedy's life work a reality. i also want a bunch and that was not always politics that brought tet and pull together. it was a deep and abiding pratt friendship between the two men. they celebrate thanksgiving together with their families and on the weekends, the harvard- yale football games and in recent months, they spent long visits of

joined now by the late senator's oldest son, ted kennedy jr. thank you for taking your time. my great condolences. >> thank you, keith. and my father was a huge fan of this program. and it's great of you to have me on tonight. >> i remain speechless at the thought. in the words of your father, the work goes on, on capitol hill, and health care reform. right now, though, it's getting hard to see where that work ends. how do you think your father would view the current state of the health care debate? >> well, you know, at times like this, i really do miss my father because, as you know, health care was one of the causes of his life. you know, he was the master. of bipartisan compromise. he was the guy who could -- really could manage a national health care crisis like the one that we're in. and, you know, i just think -- you know, i've been to spending the last week talking about my father's new book, which is in stores right now called "true compass" and in it he talks about not just his love of health care but in all the major legislative battles he went through in his 47 ye

interim replacement has been named for late senator ted kennedy and a recall involving tylenol children's products. >>> fairfax county police and fbi agents arrested more than a dozen people in connection to what is called the biggest mortgage fraud scheme in the county's history and may involve as many as 200 properties. neighbors complained of overcrowding at several of the properties. julie carey has our report. >> reporter: these are some of the suspects now under arrest and these are some of the houses that prompted a wide-ranging two-year investigation. whether they ared modest inside or turned into a mcmansion, most were boarding houses that had become a blight in certain springfield and falls church neighborhoods. now 20 people are under arrest, some realtors, some lenders and others straw buyers, allegedly engaged in a fraud scheme investigators say cost banks tens of millions of dollars and ruined neighborhoods. >> these individuals saw weakness. they saw the ability to bilk this neighborhood. they saw the ability to bilk this neighborhood and financial institutions and worked o

he, as you mentioned, is replacing ted kennedy.he work on the health care bill. but a note of caution, the work can be pushed into next week or the weekend. and then finally, president obama finishes up his work at the g-20 tomorrow before heading back to the white house. >> all right. a lot there. thank you very much, mark murray. another great show. we will be back tomorrow. check out "first read" in the morning. that's updated throughout the day. i'm tamron hall. >> and i'm norah o'donnell. up next is "hardball" with chris matthews. that starts right now. >>> the democrats have 60. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm mike barnicle, in today for chris matthews. leading off tonight, filibuster proof. the democrats got their 60th senate seat today. massachusetts governor deval patrick named paul kirk, cheese ally and former chairman of the democratic national committee to temporarily fill ted kennedy's seat until next year's general election. kirk is expected to be a reliable volt for the democrats' health care reform plan

sons, ted kennedy jr.patrick kennedy. this book had been in the works for quite some time. it was actually slated for release next year, but publication was accelerated when your father learned of his diagnosis. ted, why was it so important for him to get this book out? many people would have just said, oh, i've got to deal with cancer diagnosis, i don't have time to finish the book. >> well, you know, people are surprised when they learn that my dad actually took contemporaneous notes over the last 50 years of his life. but i didn't know that he wanted to write a book, really, until a couple of years ago. he really felt like he wanted to tell his story. i mean, so many books have been written about the kennedys and he just felt like he wanted to explain, because of his part in history, because, to straighten out the record, but mostly just to tell, what i think, is an incredible emotional life philosophy that he had, that he shared with us, but is still so revealing in these pages, even to me, his son. >>

. >>> and senator ted kennedy's widow vicki was a special guest of michelle obama last night. mrs. kennedy sat next to the first lady and the senator's children were there as well. the president spoke about sen e senatsenat senator kennedy's lifelong efforts for reform and the final letter he wrote to the president to be delivered on his desk. >> what we face is above all a moral issue. at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country. >> senator tom harkin is succeeding ted kennedy as chairman of the senate health committee, joining us now. senator harkin, i know this has been a very tough time for all of you who worked so closely with ted kennedy. you now have very big shoes to fill and a mandate from the president to perform on health care. are you on board with all of what he said last night? >> well, andrea, you're right, it is a daunting challenge that i now have, but it is a great honor and a privilege to now chair the health committee, otherwise known as senator kennedy's committee. but we're determin

the 71-year-old is a boston attorney and a close friend of ted kennedy. kirk will serve in the senate until january. that is when voters will choose a permanent are placement in a special elect. kirk says he will not be a candidate. we all learned that senator kennedy named kirk as the executor of his will. >>> and new this more than, a why would chase through d.c. ends with a crash and severa apartments evacuated but it all started as a carjacking on burrows in northeast. a car with four machine inside rammed the back of another car. one of those men then stole the car they slammed into. police spotted the car, chased the driver and he crashed into an apartment building on 18th and h streets northeast. three people are in custody. >>> we're following developing news concerning iran's nuclear program. coming up income, we'll tell you why concern maw be growing. >>> plus viefts have made a discovery on the moon but does it point to life there? >>> and the clean-up continues in flood-destated georgia but resident there could get some hope today. you are wat

senate debate over health care reform. >>> although often mentioned as a potential candidate, ted kennedy's widow victoria says she's not interested in the job. >>> now here's a look at some other news making news in america. a band of burglars chose the wrong house to break into it. the security cameras detailed the robbery outside and inside. the homeowner was previously robbed and upgraded to some high-quality cameras. clearly right move. caught the faces of those thieves. the resident hopes posting the video on youtube will help catch those crooks. >>> a college transfer student in florida had quite a first day taking on the phone with his mom. suddenly found himself staring down the barrel of two guns as cops rushed toward him. they mistook him for a suspect that stole a motorcycle earlier that day. the shocked student was released when police realized their mistake. >>> elsewhere in florida, a dump truck was hung up in orlando. it caused it to plow into an overpass, accidentally left the truck's cabin wedged up in the air trapping the driver. fortunately, though, he was not seriously

ted kennedy went and found the best doctor in america. he flew to duke university hospital and found the best man that could possibly help him with his cancer. under the health care that you're pushing and maybe even in his name, i would not have that option. why is it ted kennedy gets to pick his doctor, fly to duke to do it and now -- but he couldn't do that under the government plan you're going to possibly name after him. >> i'm not going to get into that. i don't think it's fair of you to try to foster that discussion on me when we're trying to have credible discussions about health care. >> it's a real question. >> no, i will not deal with that. if you want to talk about the bill -- >> let the congresswoman speak, please. >> if you want to talk about what's in the bill that we passed out of the house, i'm here tonight making myself available to you, to have a credible, decent conversation. i'm not here to talk about ted kennedy. i'm not here for that. >> we appreciate it. but now let me talk -- we've got tanya here. she's a huffingt

early. >>> at least three massachusetts democrats are weighing whether to run for the late senator ted kennedy'sn. kennedy's nephew, joseph kennedy ii, said he's not interested. aides said representative michael cap wan know is planning to file nominating papers as soon as today. representative ed marqukey doest know. >>> south carolina governor mark san ford is talking again. this time on radio. san fo sanford faces his biggest audience yet during the kevin cohen program. the governor will take questions from callers. it'll be his first radio appearance since that secret trip to argentina. by the way, he said to the daily beat, everyone goes through a secret agent mission some time in their life. hmm. while we're on the subject of governors, former illinois governor rob blagojevich has a brand-new mem hua out today. it's called "the governor." the truth behind the political scandal that continues to rock the nation. in it blago presents himself as an innocent man. he talked about his situation on the "today" show. >> when you want to tell the people who hired and trusted you you didn't let them

yesterday, i satown with ted kennedy, jr., to talk abt his father's autobioaphy.o good to ve you with us. >> thank you, judy >> reporter: as sit here, it's been three weeks sie your father pasd away. how is yr family doing? >> well, you know, we ve... it's been an incredie, you know, emotional perience, you know, experiencingeople who have come and just, u know, been sharing with me the wonderful work expience they had wi my father. but en just this afternoon, i went to myather's senate fice to talk to his staff,@e to thank his sta. and, you kno i just couldn't holdt together, because, you kn, so many of these people ha given their whole lives to my father. >>eporter: the book... "true compass," he... te us about when he arted working on it and how he wrote it beuse he was sick for much ofhe time. >> he was. we, writing a memoir is something that my faer has nted to do for several years and so he had actually bun writing this bk a number of yes ago. and you ani talked about, just before this broadcas how he took contemporaneous notes o his experiens, his meetings

it was from our beloved friend and colleague ted kennedy. he had written it back in may shortly after he was told his illness was terminal. he asked it be delivered upon his death. in it, he spoke about what a happy time his last months were thanks to the love and support of family and friends, his wife vicki, his amazing children who are all here tonight. and expressed that this would be the year that health care reform would finally pass. he repeated the truth that health care is decisive for our future prosperity. but he also reminded me that it concerns more than material things. what we face, he wrote, is above all a moral issue. at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country. i've thought about that phrase quite a bit in recent days. the character of our country. one of the unique and wonderful things about america has always been our self-reliance. our rugged individualism. our fierce defense of freedom. and our healthy skepticism of government. and figuring o

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ted kennedy's passion was born not of some rigid ideology but of his own experience.t was the experience of having two children stricken with cancer. he never forgot the sheer terror and helplessness that any parent feels when a child is badly sick. and he was able to imagine what it must be like for those without insurance, what it'd be like to have to say to a wife or a child or an aging parent, there is something that could make you better but i just can't afford it. that large-heartedness, that concern and regard for the plight of others is not a partisan feeling. it's not a republican or democratic feeling. it, too, is part of the american character. our ability to stand in other people's shoes. a recognition that we are all in this together. that when fortune turns against one of us others are there to lend a there to lend a helping hand. a belief that in this country, hard work and responsibility should be rewarded by some measure of security and fair play. and an acknowledgment that sometimes the government has to step in and make good on that promise. this ha

ted kennedy had written, handwritten, a letter to the los angeles district attorney who was prosecutingsirhan saying that bobby kennedy would not approve of the taking of someone else's life, even for someone who took his own. he circulated copies to his own family, they all agreed. ultimately sent a copy to the judge. he said that the judge disregarded it and in the end, the california supreme court found the death penalty unconstitutional and he was spared in 1972. again, i think the death penalty was much more palpable issue during that time, and he talked about it in terms of the concept of the catholic ethic of life and just believing that this isn't what bobby would have wanted. >> another story that involves robert kennedy suggests one of these tantalizing alternate routes for history in which president johnson might have sent bobby kennedy to negotiate a peace in vietnam? can you flesh that one out for us? >> yes. the book is chockablock, and interesting, meeting with the president, particularly the democratic presidents, lyndon johnson. he told of a story in which bobby kennedy