ted kennedy killed the bill.t was that a president, jimmy carter, who led a unified party or in lock step with its liberal wing. that carter was ever nominated by the democratic party in the first place, itself, was a credit to his savviness. long before the powerful forces of his party, he grasped the significance in what in 1976 was a radically expanded primary season. he amassed momentum and in delegates very early that made him unstoppable. when the rest of his party realized what he was pulling off, it was too late to stop him and he had the nomination. that's what bothers me. the history of it. we can debate the carter presidency. the caricature of him that republicans have been relying on is our official socialist president is off base. the simpler question is this. it has been 33 years since jimmy carter left office. why are republicans so intent on still beating him up? why are they obsessed with trying to turn every democratic president into another jimmy carter? joining us now is jonathan alter, msnbc

you remember back in day when i worked for ted kennedy.kennedy was used repeatedly to raise money for republican causes. so symbols do work in politics. but this symbol isn't well enough known to enough people to have an impact broadly. but they're well enough known in their communities so that when harry reid is talking about them, they're getting asked about it at cocktail parties and business meetings and board meetings. >>> thank you. >>> all of the sudden vladimir putin invades the ukraine. nobody knows what is going on. so we put together an informative segment for you tonight called understanding the ukraine crisis. take a look at this. >> the current crisis can be traced back to -- >> there is nothing to understand. here is all you need to know. mind your own business. ptoo. >> i think we've been hacked. >> time for the sideshow. that was, of course, david letterman's not so subtle commentary about vladimir putin's control of the media. it's not so far from the truth, actually. yesterday putin blocked two ukrainian tv channels from

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as a matter of fact, i don't think it was as racist as what president clinton said to ted kennedy trying to get him to help his wife in the 2008 election when he said, ted, a few years back, this guy was carrying her bags. >> governor perry, thank you so much. we come back, we'll talk to jeffrey goldberg about his interview. ♪ >> unease continues in ukraine as president obama threatens more sanctions on russia. for that, we bring in jeffrey goldberg. but start with your exclusive interview with barack obama. this is the fifth or sixth in a continuum. what changes have you seen in him, either in substance or style? >> in foreign policy, the world, basically, i think that he has become much more confident and fluid in the way he talks about his issues. i think he feels he has mastered the subject. when he was in the senate in 2007, it was more talking point-ish at that stage. he feels he has a real mastery and he feels as if he has a long view that he is hovering above. >> that leads me to what he was trying to achieve. you are the most distinguished columnist on this subject. obama was cl

in 1980, carter defeated ted kennedy in a hard-fought primary, and went on to win the greatest title of all, the man who lost to ronald reagan. ronald wilson reagan was born in tampico, illinois -- what? still not doing reagan? fine. deal's a deal. after his loss to reagan, president carter became "former" president carter, a title he has successfully defended for 33 years, including a 1987 split decision against hector "macho" camacho. i lost a "lot" of money on that. within years of leaving office, jimmy carter founded the carter center, a humanitarian organization which has fought for human rights and disease prevention. and for three decades, he has worked with habitat for humanity, building houses for the poor all over the world -- in an obvious attempt to launch his hgtv show, "nail to the chief." [ cheers and applause ] in 2002, jimmy carter was awarded the nobel peace prize, making him the only native georgian besides martin luther king to have won the award. but good luck next year. hulk hogan. in summation, when talking about our nation's presidents, history will recognize

remember back in day when i worked for ted kennedy. ted kennedy was used repeatedly to raise money for republican causes. so symbols do work in politics. but this symbol isn't well enough known to enough people to have an impact broadly. but they're well enough known in their communities so that when harry reid is talking about them, they're getting asked about it at cocktail parties and business meetings and 3w0rd 3450e9s. he is wants to make it socially unacceptable for them to do this. they're in business, and half of their customers are democrats, and they know it. and they don't want to be as controversial as they're becoming. they don't want the spotlight. >> i don't think it hurts them in their little social set. >> i don't think it does either. they don't want the publicity. they like to do this, they think they're doing the right thing. i think they're doing the right thing. they're allowed to do it. it's legal. i think we should go further. i don't think citizens united went far enough. but that's the law. >> we encourage peo

you remember back in day when i worked for ted kennedy. ted kennedy was used repeatedly to raise money for republican causes. so symbols do work in politics. but this symbol isn't well enough known to enough people to have an impact broadly. but they're well enough known in their communities so that when harry reid is talking about them, they're getting asked about it at cocktail parties and business meetings and board meetings. that's really what this is about. he wants to make it socially unacceptable for them to do this. they're in business, and half of their customers are democrats, and they know it. and they don't want to be as controversial as they're becoming. they don't want the spotlight. >> i don't think they want the controversy but i don't think it hurts them in their little social set. >> i don't think it does either. they don't want the publicity. they like to do this, they think they're doing the right thing. i think they're doing the right thing. they're allowed to do it. it's legal. i think we should go further. i don't th

. >>> on this day in 1962, ted kennedy goes after the senate seat once held by his brother, presidenttoday my candidacy for the senate of the united states. i make this decision with the full knowledge of the obstacles i will face, the charges that will be made and the heavy responsibilities of the office. >> kennedy would go on to serve in the senate for nearly 47 years. >>> happy birthday to billy crystal, turns 66, academy award winner, michael caine, turns 81, and quincy jones, also 81. >>> i'm brian shactman. have a >>> protesters clash with police at one bay area college, this morning some are camped out in a campus buildings. >> crews working on a gas pipeline. why the work could actually drive people out of their beds in the next few minutes. >> a bay area water district approves emergency water restrictions and they take place immediately. >> a live look outside this morning, it's friday, march 14th, this is "today in the bay." >>> good friday morning to you. it's 4:30. i'm peggy bunker.

on men stormed into an auction with ted kennedy to calmly and went into semi final and die ms who was sent in to give the new zealand beat on tuesday. he concluded that if for just one day he just wants press news agency. his wife and two if a student up the phone for foreign nationals. even on the nbc did not gain any copy for the attack on the nissan has and the caustic use pockets of sending minute and across the water. joe kennedy held actual clients. the statement also points to the presence of the box i need it to max who was seen sitting outside in the ten on thursday i was before the attack. and if the predicted the people that aren't fond of getting out the attack. it said that dotted line on the one who was not even a day off. it did. why didn't they know what to unleashing a way to disrupt the presidential point two one the fifth the board has known the queue started one minute in strange and box condescending and he's off getting outdated attacks in the country focused on was one of the few countries that supported the cause a twenty minute on this front beach was ousted b

it's modelled on a federal law, championed by ted kennedy, signed by bill clinton. it says if you are going to substantially burden someone's exercise of a religion -- there has to be a compelling governmental interest at stake. >> pretty big -- >> the anti-gay, it was completely false. >> let me say a couple things about that. first of all, that minor expansion, it opened up a whole pandora's box. the only justifications were anti-gay justifications. that blew it up. not 57 problems, it's to do with gay folks. i'm going to tell you one thing. i'm passionate about this and a lot of people are. the one great achievement of the last century, we took out of the american lexicon six words, we don't serve your kind here. we took those out. e civil rights movement to do it. dr. king got killed trying to do that. we don't serb your kind here is not acceptable anymore. those no blacks allowed signs came down, we don't to want see no gay signs in this country. it was a very emotional issue -- >> that's not what it would have done. >> absolutely. >> if you own a coffee shop a

as a matter of fact, i don't think it was as racist as what president clinton said to ted kennedy trying to get him to help his wife in the 2008 election when he said, ted, a few years back, this guy was carrying her bags. think that -- >> i don't. i don't. >> governor perry, thank you so much. we come back, we'll talk to jeffrey goldberg about his interview. ♪ unease continues in ukraine as president obama threatens more sanctions on russia. for that, we bring in jeffrey goldberg. but start with your exclusive interview with barack obama. this is the fifth or sixth in a continuum. what changes have you seen in him, either in substance or style? world,oreign policy, the basically, i think that he has become much more confident and aboutin the way he talks his issues. i think he feels he has issued -- mastered the subject. when he was in the senate in 2007, it was more talking point-ish at that stage. he feels he has a real mastery and he feels as if he has a long view that he is hovering above. that leads me to what he was trying to achieve. you are the most distinguished columnist on th

remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn't have begrudged any member of my family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything that would have mitigated the chemo therapy. >> it's why he's meeting with everyone, from the fda to the white house, to speed things up. but it takes time. time the wilsons don't have. they're finally going to try their new homemade cannabis oil. >> we weren't able to get it tested or anything, so we have no idea what it is, which is why we have to be really cautious. >> behind closed doors, brian tries it to make sure he doesn't get high. he doesn't. so vivian is next. it doesn't work. nothing in new jersey seems to work for them. vivian's seizures won't stop. is moving the only option left for the wilsons? >>> the wilson's optimism is fading as fast as the falling february rain. they've rented their house, packed up their lives, finally headed to colorado. >> we figured there would be a way to make it work. >> it's crazy. just crazy that the program is such a failure. >> that's vivian's nurse s

remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i woulded any member of my family. >> it's why he's dealing with anyone to speed things up. but it takes time. time the wilsons don't have. they're finally going to try their new homemade cannabis oil. >> we still don't each know what it is. which is why we have to be cautious. >> behind closed doors, brian tries it to make sure he doesn't get high. he doesn't. so vivian is next. it doesn't work. nothing in new jersey seems to work for them. vivian's seizure won't stop. is moving the only option left for the wilsons? and the capital's been invested? or when your company's bought another? is it over after you've given back? you never stop achieving. that's why, at barclays, our ambition is to always realize yours. ♪ >>> the wilson's optimism is fading as fast as the falling february rain. they've rented their house, packed up their lives, finally headed to colorado. >> we figured there would be a way to make it work. >> it's crazy. just crazy that the program is such a failure. >> that's vivia

remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn'tbegrudged any member of my family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything that would have mitigated the chemo therapy. >> it's why he's meeting with everyone, from the fda to the white house, to speed things up. but it takes time. time the wilsons don't have. they're finally going to try their new homemade cannabis oil. >> we weren't able to get it tested or anything, so we have no idea what it is, which is why we have to be really cautious. >> behind closed doors, brian tries it to make sure he doesn't get high. he doesn't. so vivian is next. it doesn't work. nothing in new jersey seems to work for them. vivian's seizures won't stop. is moving the only option left for the wilsons? ♪ >>> the wilson's optimism is fading as fast as the falling february rain. they've rented their house, packed up their lives, finally headed to colorado. >> we figured there would be a way to make it work. >> it's crazy. just crazy that the program is such a failure. >> that's vivian's nurse screa

remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn'tgrudged any member of my family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything that would have mitigated the chemo therapy. >> it's why he's meeting with everyone, from the fda to the white house, to speed things up. but it takes time. time the wilsons don't have. they're finally going to try their new homemade cannabis oil. >> we weren't able to get it tested or anything, so we have no idea what it is, which is why we have to be really cautious. >> behind closed doors, brian tries it to make sure he doesn't get high. he doesn't. so vivian is next. it doesn't work. nothing in new jersey seems to work for them. vivian's seizures won't stop. is moving the only option left for the wilsons? ♪ >>> the wilson's optimism is fading as fast as the falling february rain. they've rented their house, packed up their lives, finally headed to colorado. >> we figured there would be a way to make it work. >> it's crazy. just crazy that the program is such a failure. >> that's vivian's nurse screami

remember his father, ted kennedy, died of brain cancer and his brother lost his leg to cancer. >> i wouldn'ty family with cancer, and they've all had cancer, anything that would have mitigated the chemo therapy. >> it's why he's meeting with everyone, from the fda to the white house, to speed things up. but it takes time. time the wilsons don't have. they're finally going to try their new homemade cannabis oil. >> we weren't able to get it tested or anything, so we have no idea what it is, which is why we have to be really cautious. >> behind closed doors, brian tries it to make sure he doesn't get high. he doesn't. so vivian is next. it doesn't work. nothing in new jersey seems to work for them. vivian's seizures won't stop. is moving the only option left for the wilsons? (vo) you are a business pro. seeker of the sublime. you can separate runway ridiculousness... from fashion that flies off the shelves. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rental customer satisfaction by j.d. power. (n

i was telling folks earlier that i saw ted kennedy deliver the midnight ride of paul revere here many years ago which was kind of cool, so it's hard to make me, like, really nervous, and i'm kind of nervous now, so thank you all for showing up, really appreciate it. [laughter] and i guess we're just going to start with a realizing so that we can get to -- with a reading so that we can get to questions as soon as possible. this is, actually, from the beginning of part two. chapter's titleed "bloom where you're planted." obama's vetting team gathered in greg craig's wood-paneled corner office on the second floor of the west wing. the small set of senior aides typically shuffled through the paperwork of as many as 15 job candidates. on this day one name conjured such sering memories from the campaign trail that it stood out from the others; capricia marshall. they considered marshall to be an enemy combatant. like many of the women who surround hillary, she's down home brassy, graceful and disciplined. a brunette with a chic short haircut, marshall -- who favored rigorous p90x workouts -

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it was people who stood up for their belief and their record and people like ted kennedy in massachusettsnd had the toughest race of his life against mitt romney and chuck r robb in virginia and they did well in that election and didn't walk away from their beliefs. history suggests what democrats ought to do is stand up for what they believe in and the best way to win. cutting and running isn't the best way to way and being defensive isn't the best way to win. look. obamacare is an issue in this election. i think your voters in that focus group in florida are right. right now, the jury is out. they are not sure what they are going to do. republicans are going to try to push them on this issue but democrats have all of the high cards here. because the details which you're right are not very deep, are the heart of the matter and democrats have to campaign on that. >> i see that some democrats are fixated on running home saying they are running home on fixing on obamacare. i think that just plays into the negative that -- one of the reasons they have had held 50 some odd votes in the house

. >> it's not a slippery slope and con enacted this law in 1993 with the support of ted kennedy and billnd aclu because it's a law that strikes a reasonable balance between religious liberty and government interest. the problem for the government in this case is that the government can so easily achieve its interests in so many other ways. the government is exempted businesses covers tens of millions of people from the mandate but won't exempt the greens and hobby lobby because of relimgous beliefs. >> the companies exempted have been religious companies, not -- >> no, not at all. the government has exempted plans covering tens of millions of people under the president's promise, if you like your health plan you can keep it. the grandfathering provision. the government acknowledges this, under that provision, tens of millions of employees are in plans that don't have to comply with the con tra septemberive mandate at all. the problem for government today, they had to convince the supreme court they had a compelling interest in forcing hobby hobby. >> how do you decide what drugs are exem

he was the tea party favorite who captured ted kennedy's old seat in massachusetts.and now a home in new hampshire and has decided to at least get an exploratory committee going to run for senator from there. we're on top of that and we're on top of this. jon stewart saying something last night that got me laughing and then it got me thinking. it's not what conservatives are saying. it's how we're saying it. after this. [ male announcer ] this m has an accomplished research and analytical group at his disposal. ♪ but even more pressive is how he puts it to work for his clients. ♪ morning. morning. thanks for meeting so early. oh, it's not a big deal at all. come on in. [ male announcer ] it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. ♪ [ children laughing ] ♪ ...is the smell of salt in the air. ♪ it's the sound a seashell makes. [ seagulls calling ] away...is a place that's beyond your imagination, yet well within your means. find your away. for a dealer and the rv that's right for you, visit gorving.com. humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures, living in a

--y craft this legislation passed this legislation with the help of that great senator ted kennedy and, somewhat obscure at the time, john boehner. this is now law. it is adding billions and billions to the debt that george will was speaking of last night. there are all kinds of republican lobbyists who make a fair amount of change in washington making sure that this gets refunded over and over again. i would point out that ronald reagan had a position on federal education and he ran on it in 1980. it was "abolish the department of education," the whole thing. [applause] do something else with the money, maybe give it back to the taxpayers. get rid of it. he campaigned on that and won 44 states. the supremeed court. he didn't need votes in florida. in 1984.d 49 states what i'm saying is the tea party is basically carrying the reagan message here. and it is not something that is alone in america. one of the things we all know is that ronald reagan was great friends with margaret thatcher. margaret thatcher went through this battle in britain with the equivalent of the conservative party

yeah, we saw that with ted kennedy.ask you about -- the old jack germond, the old expert used to say these early polls don't mean anything. is that your view? or do you hold there is something of use there in figuring this whole thing out, the polls we're seeing now? >> i don't want to say that walt disney and jeff bezos wasted money on that, but he does name idea. it does show republicans don't have a strong front-runner. they've always had a strong front-runner. now the democrats have one. the electoral college is what matters. the bad news for them is they cannot win with nobody. and right now, i think that poll overstates the strength of the republican field to some extent. yes, they're not well known, but none of them have much time. this thing is going to be engaged in the blink of an eye. hillary clinton for all her flaws as a candidate, all the challenges she faces, she's ready to do this, ready to put a team together and go out on the playing field. these republicans do not have much time to find one, two, who

. >> do you mean to say you really believe that john kerry and ted kennedy do not believe in defendingallenges miller's position in front of a live audience. >> i wish i was over there, where i could get a little closer up into your face. >> this idea that somehow his face in my face would be somehow intimidating. and then -- somehow that would be almost a -- a aggressive move toward me. it was really hilarious. >> you believe, senator, truthfully, that john kerry wants to defend the country with spit balls. you believe that? >> that was a metaphor, wasn't metaphors have to be for something? what are you actually saying here? and he just got very angry at me. >> i think we ought to cancel this interview. >> well, i don't mean -- >> playful banter explodes into an old-school challenge of honor. at 20 paces. >> get out of my face! if you're going to ask me a question, step back and let me answer. >> senator -- >> you know, i wish -- i wish -- i wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel. now that would be pretty good. but don't ask -- >> i need that, senator. >

brown, you might remember, rose to prominence in the wake of ted kennedy's death by campaigning on stopping the health care law. when brown won the special election to fill kennedy's seat in an upset victory, he was going to be the guy who stopped president obama's signature legislation. breaking the filibuster-proof majority of democrats. despite in all the fuss, scott brown did not derail the affordable care act. here he is four years later, still at it. while in richardson's home, brown reportedly characterized obamacare as a, quote, monstrosity that's hurting the middle class. then something really remarkable happened which is that reality entered in. herb richardson, the guy who was hosting him, the republican state representative whose house he was in, spoke up to say that obamacare had been a financial life saver after he was injured on the job and his old pre-obamacare health insurance had eaten up most of his workers comp. "thank god for obamacare" richardson's wife exclaimed. brown, according to the reporter who was there, had no response, because really what could you possibly sa

as you know, brown eserved two years in the senate, winning ted kennedy's former seat in a 2010 specialbeth warren. >>> set to be released today, another set of documents likely to show what it was like in the white house during the end of the clinton administration. the national archives will put out another 4,000 pages that were held under seal since president clinton left office. this will include documents related to the 2000 presidential campaign and florida recount and the transition of the presidency -- to the presidency of george w. bush. it is likely the papers could shed some light on how the clintons viewed that period. that will be interesting to pore through. >>> and this morning, oil giant bp is once again back in the running for government contracts, some four years after that gulf oil spill. the company has now reached a deal with the epa to implement new safety and compliance rules in exchange for lifting a ban on performing government work. bp's stock was up on the news in after-hours trading. >>> and will the selling continue on wall street this morning? that is a rea

when i was chairman of the help committee, the late senator ted kennedy and i worked to eliminate duplication and overlap in programs under our jurisdiction. got it down from about 119 to 69 but could not look at any of the programs administered by other agencies. we knew there was room for streamlining programs at other agencies but we couldn't work on it which was frustrating, and shows how far-flung these programs are. let me report again, the 45 programs administered by multiple agencies -- that includes not only education but health and human services, agriculture, interior, justice, labor, housing and urban development, general services administration, and the appalachian regional commission. now, you got to believe we ought to be able to do some consolidation there and save some money and improve the quality of the programs while we're at it. in recent g.a.o. report issued on february 25, 2014, the g.a.o. noticed -- noted that as of december, 2013, education and health and human services has taken initial steps toward greater coordination but had not yet included all federal agencies t

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you knew ted kennedy. to be around people, and it's important, and i think this is something that's particularly applies to the irish. they don't take themselves too seriously. they always have a joke to, you know, to break the tension. >> what about bill o'reilly? what about bill o'reilly? they don't take it seriously, bill o'reilly. >> well, i'm talking about -- he never ran for office. and i do think -- >> okay. >> -- there's been a turn to the right. and, you know, we got a whole lot of irish catholics who would cause some of our fore bearers to turn over in their grave given their conservative leanings. >> why is peter king -- why is peter king a republican? he's not a right winger but a republican. let me go to feehery. >> john can answer that. >> our family's republican. the bosses of the philadelphia republican machine, the meehan family, all irish, all catholic. boston it may be a new thing. >> for me, it was ronald reagan. i thought he was the -- i became republican because ronald reagan -- my da

i think jimmy carter might have beaten ronald reagan had he gone into the fight with ted kennedy insteadto stay out of that fight. i think people want to see a fight, even if it's fighting with dan rather like bush sr. did. clarence, i'm a big believer, you got a warm-up for the fight, you can't take on the general election without a really good prespring fight. but i don't know what hillary thinks. what do you know? does she want to take on joe biden on his turf and her turf which is the same turf? >> if they're going to have that elevated debate that hillary clinton and barack obama had in 2008, rather than going for the jugular, you remember how al gore really undercut michael dukakis, bring up willie horton in the primary. that's going or to the jugular that you want to watch out for. >> good memory there. it was al gore that brought up willie horton. not the republicans. >> even in my old age, i remember. >> that's a nugget, sir. thank you, both, have a good weekend. >>> up next, "hardball" goes hollywood. the year's academy awards are dominated by real events, and in many cases pol

it was reported out of committee and really shepherded to the who was ted kennedy, probably the mostral member of the u.s. senate of the time, and signed into law by bill clinton. and it was a very bipartisan thing. it was aborted by the aclu, it was supported by the southern theist commission, i was in christian coalition -- we supported it. and all it says is that if someone is forced by a public by a private individual acting within a public policy arena were under to law, forces someone violate their religious teaching, that that person has a claim in court based on the first amendment that their religious practice was up in front upon. what's in french upon. it absolutely does not allow someone who is a perfecting christian to her priest -- to refuse to survey gay lesbian customer. to the best of my knowledge, no professing person of faith has asserted that right under the law and certainly ted kennedy, who was probably the most gay rights member of the u.s. senate, neither he nor any of the people who voted for it, the legislative history is not what not if the pope was -- is w

i was telling folks earlier that i saw ted kennedy deliver the midnight ride of paul revere here many years ago,. [laughter] which was kind of school. so it's -- kind of cool. it's hard to make me really nervous, and i'm kind of nervous now, so thank you all for showing up, really appreciate it. [laughter] and i guess we're going to start with a reading so that we can get to questions as soon as possible. this is actually from the beginning of part two. chapter's title, "brook where you're planted." in the spring of 2009, obama's vetting team gathered in white house council greg craig's corner office on the second floor of the west wing. in lunchtime sessions, the small set of senior aides typically shuffled through the paperwork of as many as 15 job candidates. on this day, one name conjured such sering memories that it stood out from the others. the west wing crew considered marshall, a staunch hillary loyalist, to be an enemy combatant. like many of women who surround hillary, she's graceful and down home gas city. a brunette with a chic, short haircut, the half croatian and half m

orrin hatch and ted kennedy -- if anybody during the three years of deliberating said it also means that a for profit company can decide not to provide contraception spy a third-party, that coalition would have exploded like a watermelon being hit by a shotgun blast. it would never have been passed. you are fundamentally wrong about regulations. try not obeying other regulations. see if you can make the argument they do not count. congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. it applies to the states. i know you wanted only to apply to the federal government. they made sure that the bill of rights did apply to the states. that is the way the court has been moving. fundamentally, you are unwilling to recognize what the force of law is. free exercise of religion means you can freely exercise. until you start to violate the third-party. i do not think russell can come up with a single example used in all of the three years of debate. nobody assumed or said companies that make word houses have a right to tell their employees how to act. host: russell moore? guest: eve

people including many who are not on the record so i will not say, but one who is which is senator ted kennedy, a proponent of single care health care, and i feel good about reviewing this because it was in the public record, and i did l mri scans of him when he had a brain tumor. it's not that he was my patient. he sought out the best doctors to help him, even though in the political world he was a single payer health care like the rest of us. you make a prodder point i want to emphasize is when you look at other other countries whether it's canada or the others in the western, individually seek out out -- it's in the law they seek out medical care in private care centers in their country or even outside their own country because they cannot handle this from their own country, and so while we in the u.s., some of us leaning towards a more nationalized system. the countries that have the experience of nationalized systems, have made significant movements towards privatization. >> host: scott atlas, there's people watching this interview saying to themselves, well, you know, he's a doctor. he m

it's a big kick to be here because i've been sitting in the audience telling folks earlier, i saw ted kennedydeliver that midnight ride of paul revere here many years ago which was kind of cool. it's hard to -- i'm really nervous and kind of nervous now so thank you all for showing up. really appreciate it. i guess we are just going to start with the reading so we can get to questions as soon as possible. this is actually from the beginning of part two. chapter is titled -- in the spring of 2009 obama's vetting team gathered as it often did in white house counsel woodpaneled corner office on the second floor of the west wing. in lunchtime sessions a small set of senior aides typically shuffled through paperwork of as many as 15 job candidates. on this day one named conjures such searing memories from the campaign trail that stood out from the others. capricia marshall. the west wing crew considered marshall a staunch hillary loyalist to be an enemy combatant be like any of the women who surround hillary marshall's graceful discipline and down-home grassroots. a brunette with a short haircut h