[applause] after she visited with ted kennedy he asked her to go to the york and visit. steve smith. he had been in contact with the family. >> i will go through a few questions addressed to all three of us where were you when president kennedy was shot? i have to disqualify myself. i was not alive but my mother is your i was born several years after the assassination of you certainly remember where you were. briefly tell us where you were and how you found out. >> i was at home having a meeting at my house of doctors' wives and all of a sudden his office overlooked the emergency room all the said and he appeared he could not tell us what happened because all the lines were tied up so he came id and said turn on the television. we did a and we stood around and he said president kennedy was shot in the head. i said is there a way he survived? so that is how i found out. >> i was leaving my last class at high-school. i was a senior and involved with the newspaper for the school and a feature editor and news editor a and ran around with a transistor radio. we were walking d

in 2007 there were 3 united states senators then senators hillary clinton, ted kennedy and barack obama that proposed in congress a flexible work environment. they having asked for changes in job shifts and to tell commute or share a job. this came from other countries like great britain and ireland and new zealand where this policy has been an excellent one. it adds a penny to the expense of an employer if the employer is unable to make clients services or other good faith services they're able to deny the requests. it would be enforced and it will apply to all caregivers. but based on feedback we've expanded this measure to care of of not only their children but take care of a spouse or domestic care imperative. their taking care of of their parents like many elder adults. when we centered. some of this limits the employees who are laerg than 20 employees and for employees that have worked at least 8 human resources a week. and i appreciate that with those all the times the business community no longer opposed those measures. i'm recommending we move it forward. when we have discussio

in 2007 there were 3 united states senators then senators hillary clinton, ted kennedy and barack obama that proposed in congress a flexible work environment. they having asked for changes in job shifts and to tell commute or share a job. thisme

in 2007 there were 3 united states senators then senators hillary clinton, ted kennedy and barack obama that proposed in congress a flexible work environment. they having asked for changes in job shifts and to tell commute or share a job. this came from other countries like great britain and ireland and new zealand where this policy has been an excellent one.

individuals from our united states senate recognize this a former inasfar from massachusetts senator ted kennedy two helped to sponsor this bill. of course, everyone will recognize our president who in 2010 helped a white house assistants and you'll recognize hillary clinton as she stepped down she talked about the importance of those issues. the person in the button right are corner is senator bob casey who reintroduced the legislation. now earlier this year national and state advocates asked my office to implement the right to request but vermont beat us. earlier this summer they became the first in the country to pass the legislation. i want to make sure that san francisco is the first city i in the country to build on this idea. in the an idea that's been good for business and employers. i you know from my own exercises i had a lot of employees in their 20s and 30s. we decisions to error on the side of over and over be flexibility. we found that over and over this we see an increase in job satisfaction and employee loyalty and productivity and we saw a decrease in turnover. in fact, over the

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ted kennedy and mondale were in a similar position. a mixed political party, period. that seems to me to be what's different here. what i find striking is not the desire to repeal obama care. i'm not surprised by republicans fighting on the debt ceiling. there was an argument there that if only the presidency would have been up, they would have won it, but they did not win the last election. they did not have the mandate for this kind of hostage taking this time. >> no, they just convinced themselves that because obama care is unpopular, they're going to win. the public will blame barack obama and not them for what happens. not just ted cruz, but activists saying it has been pretty well internalized, that has been repeated when john boehner talks about the default, the possibility of default, he blames it on barack obama. again, i wish i had a great insight as to how they're going to convince the american people that is the case. they've just convinced enough of themselves and the base that they believe this and no, they don't really h

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senator ted kennedy dies. he was the 60th vote in the senate. after ted kennedy replaced. a republican in massachusetts, imagine that, scott browne. scot browne replaced ted kennedy. the democrats lost the filibuster majority. what happens now? they don't have majority. they send it to the house. nancy pelosi has to effectively pass the bill from the senate. but she wanted to make some changes. not just some changes, a lot of changes. but if she were to make any changes, as our separation power work it would have to go back to the senate. the democrats were afraid once it goes back to the senate it will be shut down by the fill -- filibusters. they changed the law and basically rewrote it and passed it on a straight partyline vote. 40 republicans across the aisle voted against obamacare. i'm sorry 34 democrats voted against obamacare which was remarkable. it was only a few pro-life democrats who got the law through. but the president was so happy. he signed the law. of it a gorgeous signing statement. it was the law of the land it was march of 2010. he made a statement at

we need ted kennedy. those are the words of his former ally, conservative brownback.l off that political balancing act, and this ad does that. stand strong but be a good enough person that those who disagree with you still like you, maybe even love you. we could all learn a thing or two from them. the last thing i want is to feel like someone is giving me a sales pitch, especially when it comes to my investments. you want a broker you can trust. a lot of guys at the other firms seemed more focused on selling than their clients. that's why i stopped working at my old brokerage and became a financial consultant with charles schwab. avo: what kind of financial consultant are you looking for? talk to us today. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i g

patrick kennedy, son of ted kennedy, announced he's expecting his second child with wife amy. kennedy served as a congressman until 2011. congrats to them. and that's this morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> late summer storm in south dakota lasted just a few minutes, but the headaches will be felt for months to come. nearly 4,000 cars, including inventory from a car dealership, were pelted with golf ball-sized hail at the sioux falls fairgrounds. it smashed windshields and you caused dents. damage estimated to be in the millions. and for a look at the rest of the nation's forecast, dylan dreyer is here. that stings. >> and i hope everybody took cover because you see what it does to a car. imagine standing outside. >> wouldn't want to hit you in the head. >> and today's best chance of severe storms will be in the interior pacific northwest. in the east, it's all about the cooldown. dew points crue points dropping the minute. so tell warm, but not excruciatingly humid like it has been.so tell warm, but not excruciatingly humid like it has been.the minute. so tell warm, but

senator ted kennedy dies. he was the 60th vote in the senate. after he dies who replaced him? a republican in massachusetts, imagine. scot browne. scott browne replaced ted kennedy. with that the democrats lost the filibuster-proof majority. they don't have a majority. they send it to the house. nancy pelosi had to effectively pass the bill through the senate. but she wanted to make some change, not just some changes, a lot of changes. but if she were to make any changes, as our separation-of-powers work, it would have to go back to the senate, but the democrats were afraid, once it goes back to the senate it will be shut down by the filibuster. the house shenanigans they went to the reconciliation process where they changed the law. they rewrote it and passed it on the straight party line vote. 30 or 40 republicans across the aisle voted -- 34 democrats voted against obamacare which was remarkingble. it was only the pro-life democrats who got the law through. the president was happy he signed the law. he had a gorgeous signing statement. this is the law of the land. it was ma

that the late senator from my state, senator ted kennedy made health care reform his project. , he keptr 30 years talking about it. he kept pressing it. he got it on the agenda. president obama rarely gets a tremendous amount of credit for being the president to put things over the top but senator kennedy was the champion of health care reform. we are going need a champion of national service. the second point is come a why would anybody agreed to serve in any capacity given our pretense -- our propensity for stupid wars, the issue there is there is a great urgency to critically assess what our infatuation with military power has achieved, especially in the greater middle the past 30out years or so. it is time for us to recognize that not simply that we failed anorak or afghanistan is likely to have an unhappy ending, it is time for us to recognize that ever since ronald reagan sent marines into beirut in the early 1980's down to the present achieve ourailed to purposes. we are not making the region more stable or more democratic. we are not making the people of the islamic world like us

it started with ted kennedy, , 19 73, attaching a campaign finance reform to the debt ceiling. the post says there were 25 germanees of non- amendments attached and obama has the chutzpah to say never in the history of the species has this ever occurred. is, theifference condition now, if you do not do these things, if you do not do what we want, we will not raise the debt ceiling. in 1973.the hill it was always understood that at the end of the day, you would do something with the date -- debt ceiling. politically there was cover. days of debate. the demand was campaign finance reform. in 1982, 1400 amendments. it took five weeks to debate. >> the understanding was at the end of the day the debt ceiling would be raised. in this case, the crazies are saying, let's let the whole house come down. >> all you need is a bunch of democrats in the house that support the non-shutdown of the government and it does not happen. it is not as if -- the small numbers of the ones in control. >> for more on the history of this, google debt ceiling. a word on chemical weapons and what to do abo

senator ted kennedy dice. he was the 60 votes in the senate. after ted kennedy died who replaced him? a republican in massachusetts, imagine that, scott brown. he replaced ted kennedy, and with that the democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority. what happens now? they don't have a majority. they send it to the house. nancy pelosi has effectively passed the bill in the senate. but she wants to make some changes, and not just some, lot. if she were to make any changes we have to go back to the senate. we have the reconciliation process. it was remarkable. he was so happy. he signed the law. he was grinning. the line, when the law was passed the president was watching this on tv, probably cnn. of get back to that later. the president said he passed it. this is a big deal. this was caught on a live microphone. anyway, the law is signed. that is the end of the story. no. otherwise my book would be one chapter. a lot of other stuff happened. within nine minutes of the ink drawing on the president's signature lawsuits were filed across the countr

he later served as a top deputy for attorney general janet reno, he was special counsel to ted kennedy and served as the president's advisor on civil rights issues. he was also director for civil rights at the department of human health services. tom, you will find, is passion ate and committed to equality and justice for everyone. tom, more than anyone i know, makes every single day in his life matter, whether it's focused on anti-bullying work, voting rights, disability rights, housing rights, the eighth amendment, immigration, hate crimes or human trafficking. tom cares about all of those issues to his core and he works every day to make the world a better place. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome assistant attorney general tom perez. (applause). >> good morning, it's an honor to be back here. i got to spend some time last night with my brother who lives down the road apiece, his daughter is a sophomore in high school, she asked me if i wanted to go golfing at the presidio, i said i can't walk that much, i just had my knee replaced. melinda has been an incredible partner, it's a p

ted kennedy made deals. they knew how to get the deal. ted cruz has zero interest in that.t is not good for america. >> robert, make it quick. >> just quickly, the difference between a ted cruz and rick santorum and some of the others i mentioned is they love the game, they love politics. which is something that we're seeing -- something we don't see quite frankly from this president and from certain senators. that's the bad thing. >> not surprisingly we'll have to blister through the big three must reads coming up. to prove e is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfr

kennedy, your uncle ted was a good friend to me here in the senate, probably one of the best friends when i came here, and a good friend to many of our colleagues. stronglity to express convictions but find a way to reach across the aisle was a compelling example of what good governance is all about, and, vicki, it is great to see you here today as you join in your nieces africa here. you represent a legacy of the best and brightest in politics in a time of our history when we ae intellectualism and respect for public service and government. you bring to this opportunity to serve the nation an extraordinary range of qualifications beyond the oversimplified perceptions of your family pedigree. your own experiences, your own abilities, your own perspective that, uniquely, i believe, qualified you for this position. as an author and editor, president of the john f. kennedy library foundation, chair of the theor advisory many for politics, with the kennedy center for the performing arts, a board member of new visions for public schools, honorary chair of the american ballet ofater, board

the fire so things like mandatory sentencing which notably joe biden and other democrats like ted kennedy's so-called liberals were key and bringing in these sort of things that before people were a little skeptical about when crack starts to happen. you start to see that as an impetus to bring in things like three strikes laws and other mass incarceration policies that might have been a little bit on the fringe in the early eighty's late seventy's but then because of the crack epidemic they were able to push these these punitive policies very heavily on the state and federal level let's talk about private prisons which is something that's expanding greatly in this country the whole argument that we hear is that privatization was basically lead to better conditions for prisoners less of a burden for the taxpayers of course what's your response well i would say that you know it's not borne out by the facts i mean one thing that we point out in the book which people can get shackled and chained dot com is this massive growth since one thousand nine hundred five in private prisons i mean obvio

the fire so things like mandatory sentencing which notably joe biden and other democrats like ted kennedy's so-called liberals were key and bringing in these sort of things that before people were a little skeptical about when crack starts to happen. you start to see that as an impetus to bring in things like three strikes laws and other mass incarceration policies that might have been a little bit on the fringe in the early eighty's late seventy's but then because of the crack epidemic they were able to push these these punitive policies very heavily on the state and federal level let's talk about private prisons which is expanding greatly in this country the whole argument that we hear is that privatization was a lead to better conditions for prisoners less of a burden for the taxpayers of course what's your response well i would say that you know it's not borne out by the facts i mean one thing that we point out in the book which people can get shackled and chained dot com is this massive growth since one thousand nine hundred five in private prisons i mean obviously what we've seen thro

we met when jack was an intern for senator ted kennedy.e tell ya, jack was the most liberal guy-- da, da, da, da, da. the thing is, the g.e. garbage car isn't quite ready yet. but while you're here, what do you say you throw on a pair of green tights and a cape, and tell the kids how big business is good for the environment? i have no interest in doing that. al, we're with you on this whole planet thing. i mean, look at the set we built with the smiley-face earth and some green things. jack, look, we're way beyond that. if your network really wants to demonstrate a commitment to the environment, why don't you start by, for example, having an entire week with nothing but environmental themes on all the programs? use entertainment for substance. you could have a character in prime time making a passionate argument to the american people that we need co2 taxes to replace the payroll taxes. your parent company could lobby congress and the president to pass the treaty and save the climate. yes, or... you could put on a silly hat and tell the ki

washington post" looked at it, found several examples, including one where nixon was held up by ted kennedy and other democrats who attached a campaign finance bill after watergate. >> bill: this is a little historical back and forth. >> the republicans have found more than 20 examples going back to eisenhower. the bottom line is they are gerding for this major debate. and the rhetoric on each side is flying around and they are having their facts checked and they don't like that. >> it all comes back to obama care defunding because they put -- the republicans put the defunding of obama care on the back of the budget bill. saying are not going to pass any money. you are not going to get any money. shut everything down unless you throw obama care under the bus which of course will not happen. >> which he won't do. >> bill: as i told lou dobbs. lou fight is worth having the american people will rally to the republican's cause, i don't think so. what dues. >> there are a certain number of republicans in this country last two nominees didn't stand up for the principles they want to espouse. this

or 20 years, half of the big champions are republicans, senator hatch co-authored the bill with ted kennedyose champions and supporters to get out and really pound the pavement and work with congress to get the issue back on the front burner. >> it's certainly a bipartisan effort. you are celebrating the 20th anniversary. 50% of americorps is in education and you're sharing 20 stories over 20 days to help people better understand what it is you do. and i've read some of these stories and their incredibly inspiring. is there one that stick out that best exemplifies what you do? >> the work in education is incredible. there's one to the states and spoke no english, and through her work with an americorps member, started the year with a list of ten reasons she didn't deserve to go to college, self esteem was down, and no english. and over the course of the year, this americorps member, kate, worked with her, day in, day out, to sumpt the work of the teachers and by the end, had ten reasons why she does deserve to go to college and is looking to pursue a career in medicine and science. >> wow.

was a top advisor to senate majority leader harry reid and press secretary for the late senator ted kennedyu guys have been in the battles before, you're happily on the sidelines now but as you watch the two debateds, ron bonjean, approaching, the government, the debt limit next month, funding the government, which is potentially more damaging for which party? >> right now i think shutting down the government would be much more damaging for the republican party. but let me say this: republicans want to negotiate with the president over avoiding all of this. they want to talk about reducing spending, they want to talk about delaying obamacare and the president is saying he won't negotiate and to republicans that is very surprising consider that the president is the saying he will negotiate with syria, will negotiate wpl vladimir putin and his secretary of state will be talking to iran. and why isn't he picking up the phone and calling john boehner. >> ifill: let me ask jim manley that question. we heard the president saying he's not going to negotiate about the full faith and credit of the u