joining us now, president kennedy's nephew, ted kennedy's son, patrick kennedy. really appreciate this. >> thank you, lawrence. >> i can't imagine what it feels like to hear ted cruz say that your uncle jack would be a republican. >> well, i think anybody who was there back in those days, certainly people i've met over my public career remember president kennedy with such hope. and they felt a sense of belonging and meaning in his leadership. i think it's the furthest thing from what ted cruz represents. it's hard to imagine ted cruz asking people to give of themselves to this country. it's hard to imagine ted cruz launching a peace corps, an alliance for progress. you know, it's hard for me to imagine him writing a profile in courage book about how people crossed the aisle and actually worked for the national interests, not the parochial or partisan interest. you couldn't almost make up someone who was further apart from the true legacy of john f. kennedy than ted cruz. so -- and the list could go on. and, of course, my cousin jack really did a terrific job with

paul kirk was the appointed senator who took ted kennedy's seat, lifetime friend of ted kennedy.e democratic party. lifetime massachusetts resident. here he is endorsing bernie sanders today. >> of all the presidential candidates, bernie sanders is that one choice speaking consistently, courageously, passionately, and credibly about what he and i and i suspect most americans believe, and that is that the core value of our democracy have been seriously endangered and need to be renewed by this generation. i am here tonight to join in this untiring effort. and as a former chairman of the national democratic party to proudly endorse bernie sanders for our party's nomination for president of the united states of america. >> jonathan allen, part of the braen trust of the kennedy machine with that endorsement. >> certainly the left has fallen in love with bernie sanders. i think what will be interesting to see is -- and i think this has been the issue for bernie sanders all along. is he going to be able to pick up people of color? is he going to be able to pick up votes of women in the

at the time, senator ted kennedy, who sponsored the bill, said it would not from clinton. claim an 'a'. with only e even days left until the caucusese both the democrat hillary clinton have both been able to use their name recognition to help stay near the top of the polls. as a result, both have run campaigns counter to the traditional efforts that focus on grassroots and small events. trump, in particular, has mostly appeared behind podiums in larger arenas and ballrooms. " 17:20 his celebrity allows him to do well in polls without having to engage in retail politics that normal candidates running for nomination, whether they are democrats or republicans, have to do that kind of thing. the questions with that strategy is whether that will pay off for him when it comes to february 1st. " tonight on the kcrg-tv9 news at six, chris earl will look at the stylesesf caucus campaigns and the big factor that could end up deciding who wins the caucuses. a new poll out today from loras college in dubuque shows republican presidential among likely iowa caucus- goers. the poll showe

, a very controversial figure, people had a lot of views about ted kennedy.couldn't set aside those views, they were excluded from the jury. in the end, of course, when kennedy smith was acquitted. heather: and in this particular case itself, we mentioned that the victim, 14 years old, had been stomped to death and beaten to death. is there physical evidence in this case? >> that's the problem for prosecutors. there's no dna, no fingerprints, no fiber, no see men, no hair -- siemen, no hair. none of the usual physical evidence and scientific evidence, forensic evidence that is so persuasive to jurors. instead what you have is some allegedly incriminating statements he made to his girlfriend, you've got some other potential eye witnesses on the list, and you have video surveillance of his motorcycle allegedly going by the crime scene right about the time of the crime. but a lot of that can be knocked down by a good defense attorney, and he's got a good one. heather: he's facing a lot of charges though. interesting how they got to that. apparently she was weari

adam: four years later, carter -- president carter faced a challenge from ted kennedy. and jeanne shaheen helped beat the biggest name in democratic politics in his own backyard so convincingly he didn' t seem to know how to react. >> we got almost 40% of the vote. adam: in ' 84, a win for the ages with gary hart. >> i love new hampshire, haha. adam: 2000, she guided al gore past bill bradley. 2004, she stood by john kerry in a crowded field, and he won. why does this matter? well, if hillary clinton really is trailing bernie sanders by a couple touchdowns, it doesn' t hurt to have someone on your team who can do in the new hampshire primary what tom brady can do on a football field. >> she' s absolutely incredible because jeannie has such a good adam: as for why this perennial champ is picking hillary over bernie, she says she wants a president who can do their job. jeanne shaheen: who knows how things work and can go to washington and be president and doesn' t need any on-the-job training. stephanie: the patriots are in denver getting ready to take on the broncos for

at the time, senator ted kennedy, who sponsored the bill, said it would not have passed if not for clinton. that's why we again give the claim an 'a'. clinton and her democratic opponents bernie sanders and martin o'malley will be in des moines monday night for a town hall meeting. the presidential hopefuls will answer questions from democratic caucus- goers. it starts at eight o'clock, and you can see it on kcrg 9 point 2. c-n-n's chris cuomo will moderate the event. the old capitol museum in iowa city is getting children involved in the caucus buzz. it is hosting a mock caucus and next friday from 6 to 8 p-m but instead of debating about the real candidates, the kids will focus on choosing which superhero deserves the hawkus nomination. it does cost 20 dollars and children must register before hand. the iowa department of education is recognizing four iowa schools for their work to eliminate the achievement gap. state officials presented the breaking barriers award to.. washington high school for its work with african american students. riverdale heights elementary school was recognized

finally, ted kennedy made some comments and then bill graham. bill graham from texas. there are the poles of the two parties. very liberal line of the democrat and conservative line of the republicans. it sounded like they were saying the same thing. i looked down at my buddy and he nodded and i said that's it, we had the kennedy graham solution. everybody was so excited. we had an agreement on how to proceed. tom set i think we should tell the press we've reached this agreement. we were going down the hall and i don't know which one set it, exactly what did we agree to? i think i probably set i don't really know either. why don't we get some key players like bill graham and ted kennedy and put a minute room and have them write up what we agreed to. we got the agreement and we proceeded. we did our constitutional responsibility. we didn't remove him from office but we did it in a way that we thought was fair to all and we came out the other side with the ability to go back and do legislation for the people. that was a pretty incredible achievement. >> i've made this po

rudy guilana or ted kennedy. but name recognition is not enough, in iowa you have to go out and shake hands and judge the character, you may have name recognitioio but if you don't connect with people. you are not going anywhere in iowa, and that is what happens. >> tell us what your name is. >> i am carter, from iowa, and a student here at the university of iowa. my question reflects the politicalness of iowa and the importance of the caucus? does that have any effect? >> dr. kaufmann what do you think, on one side of that purple color. >> it's very important, if you lay the ground work and the organizational framework as a candidate here. each of the two parties are able to utilize that again. one thing for sure about iowa it's a contest in the general election. i think you will have more emphasis and more money and time spent to put that organizational structure together. because you know you will be back, we w wl see individuals back in july or august and doing it all over again. but this time they will have

however, ted cruz, ben carson he is not. kennedy deployed humor in his campaign and it's not always funny. i did like the jumping the shark thing. but does trump have a point? is this an issue that could be tested in court or are democrats just so released republicans didn't do that with president obama that they will leave the issue alone. >> they will test it in court but john mccain was born outside the united states to american parents, mitt romney's dad george was sworn outside of the united states to american parents, he was an american, both could run for president it's been discussed in the past and from cruz's points of view, there will be a legal challenge. cruz's point is somebody will file the challenge and'. last night on hannity, donald trump got hannityized calling out bill's promiscuous past. >> she went after the women strongly and viciously according to the women and other sources. a major book has been written about it it's a book that's a well-respected book and it was not a pretty picture what she did. kennedy:

kirk was a long time aid to the late senator ted kennedy briefly filling kennedy's senate seat afterhe died in 2009. kirk is one of the few matter officials to endorse sanders over hillary clinton. >> speaking of hillary clinton, she weighed in on last night's republican debate in south carolina. when it was over clinton tweeted, #tbt, #gop, love trump's hate. >>> the democrats will get their turn this weekend, they will take part in their final debate before the iowa caucus and new hampshire primary, you can watch hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley square off sunday night at 9:00 right here on nbc 10. >>> now, to a developing story in michigan where the governor is asking president obama for an emergency disaster declaration to deal with the flint water crisis. the governor is also asking for more federal aid to help agencies and the community provide clean drinking water to residents of flint. despite those efforts protestors marched yesterday to the state capital building calling for governor rick snider's resignation, tap water in flint became contaminated with t

kirk was a long time aid to the last senator ted kennedy, briefly filling kennedy's senate seat afterhe died in 2009. kirk is one of the few party officials to endorse sanders over hillary clinton. speaking of hillary clinton, she weighed in on last night's republican debate in south carolina. when it was over clinton tweeted #tbt, #gop. love trump's hate. the democrats will get their turn this weekend to debate. they will take part in their final debate in the new hampshire primaries. you can watch hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley square off in the debate, it's sunday night at 9:00 right here on nbc 10. >>> and now to a developing story in michigan where the governor is asking president obama for an emergency disaster declaration to deal with the flint water crisis. the governor is also asking for more federal aid to help agencies and the community provide clean drinking water to flint residents. despite those efforts protestors marched yesterday to the state capital calling for governor rick snyder's resignation. tap water in print became contaminated with too muc

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very unlikely thousand eight when you had guys like take kennedy and -- ted kennedy who were sticking out for a young senator named barack obama even though hillary clinton was seen as the front runner and you know what happened there. state,rom washington independent line, brian. theer: this climate on congressional agenda, it appears that the democrats congressional agenda appears to get hillary elected 2016. republican congressional agenda same since itthe has been since 2008, to prevent the black men in the white house and getting this country down the road and progressing into the future. this election, 2016, if you watch the sunday news this weekend and scored it, bernie is ready for the super bowl. ofid not see what the team the republicans had on sunday, but it appears that bernie is seasoned. if he goes into a debate with donald trump, the first question asked will be the iraq war, donald trump is against it, bernie is against it, we will have a debate on the next subject. is the iraq war still a factor as far as voting records are concerned? guest: hillary will have to expla

ted cruz's mom was a u.s. citizen, here -- natural born. kennedy: there some gray area in british common law. t you have to be born within the square confines. when -- and how can we resolve this issue? how can ted cruz move forward. >> i think that jaip james madison on a blog on point, there are two keep are there are natural born, there are naturalized. i am a natural citizen. british parliament later first congress, legislated what it means through its powers under the constitution, to be the child of an american. who is abroad. under all of those rule, cruz fits. kennedy: all right we will see, there are already legal challenges, people make this much bigger issue than it needs to be. great stuff we're going to put your article on our facebook page. >> he is not the canadian surprise that we've been fearing. >> coming up. >> i got a puppy. everything changes now for the better. he is going to join me on set. meet the little guy. that is next. nobody move! get on the floor! do something! oh i'm not a security guard, i'm a security monitor. i only notify people if there is a robbery. there'

at the time, senator ted kennedy, who sponsored the bill, said it would not have passed if not for clinton. that's why we again give the claim an 'a'. clinton and her democratic opponents bernie sanders and martin o'malley will be in des moines monday night meeting. the presidential hopefuls will answer questions from democratic caucus- goers. it starts at eight o'clock, and you can see it on kcrg 9 point 2. c-n-n's chris cuomo will moderate the event. the iowa department of education is recognizing four iowa schools for their work to eliminate the achievement gap. state officials presented the breaking barriers award to.. washington high school for its work with african american students. riverdale heights elementary school was recognized for a second year in a row for helping latino students. denison elementary school got the award for its work with students whose first language is not english. and the state is awarding west union elementary school for its work with students who come from low-income families. 52 percent of west union elementary students qualify for free and reduced lunch

actually helped reagan win in 1980 because of the fight ted kennedy and jimmy carter had.t is not quite, this is a very fractured party somehow has to come together once the fight between the establishment and these outsiders is finished. can they pull it back together. rubio is somebody who could do that. jon: lisa, let's go back and take a look at joe's earlier point. he says this might not be the year when the republican candidate should be looking for establishment support. what do you think about that? >> well, i think especially if you look at a race like the iowa caucuses, having the establishment support might not help marco rubio. right now ted cruz is incredibly well-positioned to win the iowa caucus but may help him in a state primary like new hampshire but right now things are incredibly fluid. we haven't even begun the nominating process. we're looking iowa caucus, new hampshire, south carolina, nevada caucus cull in february alone. with such a crowded primary field things will change next couple months. things will look dramatically different. we've seen indi

i loved working for ted kennedy. t was another thing that kennedy had an goldberg two, were out there to help. help who? help him. help yourselves. and help people who need help. and do it with a little bit of lightness of tone. don't take yourself too seriously. when i would come in in the morning i just loved going in there because it's going to be interesting and fun and we may get something accomplished. >> i know that you've got a lot of cases that you could hear. we won't talk about one that could be fast tracked but when you have to decide which cases, do you just sit around and say okay we have to do a gay rights case in a civil rights rights case how do you make those decisions, not that they are super speedy and have to be exabyte expedited but how do you make those decisions. >> can i add to that, how does that relate to, given that your job is discretionary, you could could choose to have more or fewer cases that situate the court in the world or define these parameters, to to what extent is that a legitim

senate for 2009 2010 after center ted kennedy passed away. sanders will address the public is expected to discuss the tuition free higher education climate change and what his campaign calls a corrupt political system. >> like many people tuned out present obama's final state of the union. his speech lowest tv ratings in 15 years. once a president speak while the future of the country tuesday night however that number does not clued those who streamed the speech or watched it online. >> local police sergeant is in trouble. exit 6 stories accused of making up and how best is that he cashed it because of it. plus a man with a 100 children such resulting trying to get released from state custody. why has plans to move to maine if he does become a premium. >> firefighters rescue a dog after all still the ice what sparked wyatt to run on the ice in the first place. new patriot chandler jones breaking his silence to meeting you made a mistake over the weekend it's one of our top stories tonight. johnson showed up a foxboro police station disoriente

tickets are sold.but during this recent craze 3 thousand have >> grant: major delays ted kennedy's difference is going out of the tracks and the state power down between paul civic center station in san francisco the track is powered down our police are trying to catch a suspect the delays could. people trying to get in the east bay. >> reporter: progressively get better as we go to a week and. all said and done storms by tuesday as to much as four the 2 in. of rain in the bay area and then not a hell setscrews mounds as much as scattered showers from live storm tracker the heaviest came through in heavy rain. white ran from center fell stretches into canfield mill valley and across the center fell richmond bridge and to richmond and all and then were seeing some the scattered showers for this evening eventually taper off by midnight tonight a fairly strong system but notice for the heavier in as all yellow orange pretty much all north of the bay area getting the tail and the system behind it. another system riot heels. this is coming in for tomorrow night and will bring a little more rain pe

about immigration reform comes a lot formed by senator john mccain by his efforts with senator ted kennedyk in the day, original push for immigration reform. meghan: immigration reform is totally different thing than accepting syrian refugees especially. >> i totally agree. i totally agree. meghan: don't invoke my father that way unless it is warranted. >> i am telling you it was very warranted. i was complimenting your dad who i have tremendous respect for. jump to angela merkel known as competent leader led her to the cover of "time" magazine now says she should have put more controls in place. duh. what angela merkel absolutely wrecked possibility of logical immigration reform going forward with all the refugees coming in. allowed a flood of people in. didn't vet anybody. in the process not only destroyed the civic tranquilty in her own nation, she devoid the possibility that europe as a integrated unit can exist without borders. melissa: the economy, there is big economic point, european union, idea was all one economy, predicated driven by germany on idea you could move freely. they w

kirk was a long time aid to the late senator ted kennedy. briefly filling kennedy's senate seat after he died in 2009. kirk is one of the few party officials so endorse sanders over hillary clinton. >>> democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton weighed in on last night's republican debate in south carolina when it was over clinton tweeted tbt, gop, love trump's hate. the democrats will get their turn this weekend, they will take part in their final debate before the iowa caucus and the new hampshire primary. you can watch hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley square off in the democratic debate, that's sunday night at 9:00 right here on nbc 10. >>> now to a developing story in michigan where the governor is asking president obama for an emergency disaster declaration and more federal aid to deal with the flint water crisis. despite those efforts protesters marched yesterday at the state capital calling for governor rick snider's resignation. tap water in print became contaminated with too much lead after the city switch

you can look at critical and crucial endorsements when ted kennedy endorsed barack obama in 2008.hat was a critical endorsement. another was elizabeth warren. if elizabeth warren stepped in and endorsed hillary clinton, that would be in norm us and would have a huge impact in new hampshire. she brings a lot of the sanders type voters. elizabeth warren being a populist candidate, attractive to the same voters that bernie sanders is attracting. i think she could really take away from bernie and health hillary if she were to give the stamp of approval for hillary. i do not say she is to and elizabeth warren will hold out until later in the cycle and perhaps bernie is weaker. not think elizabeth warren wants to get in and alienate those are her people as well. there are generally rare cases where it really makes a difference. in overall does not make a huge impact, frankly. in new hampshire, do evangelicals matter as much to the electorate? emily: it is more independent voters. they are unpredictable. we do not know what they will do. the polls are limited place. the: but we are ready

now, a few decades ago, there would have been old bulls in the senate, ted kennedy, robert byrds, who would have said, no, you don't have the authority to trample on the authority of the united states senate. what is amazing how servile the entire democratic party is right now. i guess the ends justify the means. by the way, as you know, it went to the supreme court. 9-0 they said of course obama doesn't have the authority to make appointments and declare the senate in recess when it's it's not in recess. >> let's talk about that. the house and the senate republican led just sent to president obama a bill to overturn obamacare. he vetoed it. paul ryan speaker of the house says we're going to have the vote to override the president's veto. we'll probably not succeed but this it how we're going to do it. what do you saying to the republican colleagues in washington and the capitol, the cartel, you refer to, who say this is how we should have been doing it not your way, which was shutting down the government. their way, which is the constitutional way and the proper way. what is your res

sanders doesn't have democratic surrogates like ted kennedy.lary has a huge lead with democratic super delegates which means sanders starts out behind. the latest poll shows sanders maintaining strong nine point lead over clinton. there is something, a de ja vu factor. if you are hillary how do you deal with the gradual drum beat of it is like before? >> the drip factor here is unmistakable as is the echo of 2008 where she watched it just slowly peel away from her. the great fear is that does repeat in iowa. they already were ready to lose in new hampshire and chalked that up to sanders next door neighbor factor from vermont and considered that a bummer but a survivable loss. if she loses in iowa that is a sucker punch and it hobbles her campaign. she basically bet the farm and organized the whole start of her campaign around we get iowa this time. we understand it and we are going to do it right. if she loses it it raises a lot of questions about her as a candidate and the way she designed her campaign. >> in fairness to secretary clinton 43%

. >> steve kornacki fact-checked the former president and ted kennedy, neighboring state, he lost thepshire primary, but he did lose to a sitting president of the united states in jimmy carter in 1980. but let's go back here and now exeter, i believe we have bill clinton who is about to do yet another event today. he started off a little bit rusty, but you could see him get some momentum. >> oh, did he ever. by the time he got to a very popular restaurant and ice cream shop in manchester, he was going table to table, asking people about their french fries. it really reminded me of the "snl" parity. it was just incredible. and as you can see, he's right behind me, on cue, here in exeter. standing room only. the fire marshall had to close the town hall. and people are lined up around the block in this sub-freezing weather. but they've closed the doors. nobody else is getting in. >> and the most important part of your rope-line conversation was the pause that said nothing, but said everything when it came to your donald trump question. >> clearly they have made a decision. hillary clinto

actually jimmy carter beat ted kennedy by ten points in new hampshire in 1980. now, there's a reason why bill clinton is downplaying hillary clinton's chances in new hampshire. with 36 days left until the nation's first primary, vermont senator bernie sanders is topping many of the polls there. even while hillary clinton is in the lead nationally. according to his campaign, sanders has raised $33 million in the last fund-raising quarter, which is just 4 million shy of the 37 million that hillary clinton reported. steve kornacki, msnbc host and political correspondent. i thought it was sort of interesting to see bill clinton explicitly doing expectation setting in new hampshire. >> they've tried this a couple times. they've been doing this in iowa too and they've got a whole sort of complicated formula to lower the bar to under 50% for how hillary clinton will do out there. now you have new hampshire. the other one he mentioned out there, 2004 howard dean but of course kerry from another border state, massachusetts won that year. but obviously, look, hillary clin

somebody is looking for the ted kennedy moment barack obama had in 2008 where he was really the torcheneration to the next and so far this just hasn't happened. everyone, i think, everybody thought there would be a strategy and so far they look like there are hopes and prayers at this point. >> john king, we were talking a moment ago about the establishment coming around to the notion donald trump is a real possibility now, just reading right now a new article on "the washington post" saying spencer is wick, the great mitt romney fundraiser saying that romney fundraisers, romney money men are trying to elbow their way in a little bit to the trump world. they are looking at donald trump saying if this is going to be the guy we got to get some connecti connection. >> if your boat is floating, they want to get aboard. they said no way he'll run and said he may win a few states. now they are facing a fact trump is here to stay and there is something in the water in republican politics trying to make nice in case there is a possibility. there are many in the establishment that would prefer

a statue of a man probably a prominent roman general who bears an uncanny resemblance to ted kennedy.then there is the boy runner. >> you should think of him as being shiny, copper, brassy. >> brown: originally.originally. >> brown: george maysonuniversis studied and written wildly on the bronze sculptures. >> he was destroyed in the he are you tune-- eruption of mount ve suv iu s which also preserved him in this wonderful condition, along with a companion who looks just like this statue. both in the same gard en. we can conclude they come from the same workshop. >> brown: this idea of theworksf things being mass produced, right. >> uh-huh. >> brown: is that a fair analoga sense mass produced? >> i guess the best way to describe them is that they were mass produced or produced in editions and so its question is, are they really originals when we know there are so many of them. we thought so until we started finding two or three of the same thing made in bronze. >> brown: so do we just notworrd what is a so called copy any more? what do you think about it? >> i think that it's best to

kennedy. the iowa caucuses monday. ted cruz says this is the last best hope to stop donald trump from trumping to the republican nomination. >> if donald wins iowa, he has a substantial lead in new hampshire. if he won new hampshire as well, there is a good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee. kennedy: let's bring in my diamond entrusted party panel tonight. megyn mccain knows a thing or two about the primary process. and today vine mcinnis. gavin, i'll start with you. a few months ago you were a cruz guy. so what ted stood up and said, was that an impassioned plea to a group of like-mind the pastors or was that total desperation? >> i don't know if you have groin with two dads, but when they fight, it makes your stomach, and they say shut up or i'll give you something to cry about. i'm dreaming of a batman, superman ticket. cruz and trump. they have been fighting a lot. i still love cruz but i think trump is what we need to destroy the liberal culture taking over america. immigration and culture are more imp

when we had a courageous republican run for to senate -- and he had remind everyone it was not ted kennedy'seat, it was the people's seat. he is our host a day. reporter and his wife gail, i am proud to introduce them as my friend -- the united states senator scott brown and gail brown. thank you very ladies first in my house. start?wn: when did that this is from many months ago. something i thought would be a good idea, to get candidates to meet you face to face. you would have a chance to ask questions. exciting very candidate and we also have a very important game. i, i hope you are enjoying -- hope you enjoy. i will turn it over to scott. scott: thank you, honey. hank you for coming. a very exciting time. thank you for participating in the democratic process, and growing and understanding the issues. we have someone i have known. a supporter of mine, a dear friend, a business leader, a philanthropist, a real estate mogul, someone who understands issues are not just something people talk about in their living rooms. they're talking about the debt, deficit, taxes, spending. he is someone w

what a guy named ted kennedy decided he could do a better job he said, let's go to iowa. you set a check for him -- a trap for him. i think bill clinton, even though he was not necessarily a product of that -- certainly, president obama has done that. there is a lack of consensus. i think iowans have to listen to the critics. that is one of encouraging things about this process. you coverthis thing -- it one year, when you're in a half ahead of the election, you cover the campaign. then, you cover the process. who gave us this turkey? iowa did that. losers the reason every lost. it is a throwaway for him to say, let's rethink about the process. i think it will stay because of the inertia, because there will be an incumbent, and there will be losers in the cycle who run again. john edwards is a good example. you think he wanted to change the rules of the game four years later? candidates on the republican side and democratic side, one party will win, one party will lose. the candidates in the losing party who spent time in iowa, they have an infrastructure in place. they d

i loved working for arthur goldberg and ted kennedy. hat was another thing that kennedy had and goldberg, too, to a degree, but kennedy really had it, you know, we're out there to help. help who? help him. help yourselves. and help people who need help. and do it with a little bit of lightness of tone. don't take yourself too seriously. when i would come in in the morning i just loved to go in there because it's going to be interesting and fun and we may get something accomplished. >> ma'am? >> sharon dove at voice seven moderate. i know that you've got a lot of cases that you could hear. now, we won't talk about one that could be fast tracked, but when you have to decide what cases, do you sit around and say, we've got to do a gay rights case or a civil rights case? will you make those decisions not some that are super speedy that have to be expedited but can you give insight to regular people? >> sure. very good question. >> can i add to that question? how does that relate to -- given that your docket is discretionary, you could choose

i loved working for arthur goldberg, ted kennedy. that was another thing kennedy had. are out there to help. help who? help them. help yourself and help people who need help. and do it with a little bit of lightness of time. don't take yourself too seriously. it's going to be interesting, and we may get something accomplished. >> sharonville, voice of a moderate. i know that you've got a lot of cases that you could hear. we won't talk about one that could be fast tracked. when you have to decide what cases, do you sit around and say do we have to do a case, civil rights case, when you make decisions not some better supers beauty that had to be expedited but just how the process, can you give some insight? >> and i had to the question? how does that relate given that your docket is discretionary, you could choose to have more or fewer cases that situate the court in the world or define these parameters. to what extent is that a legitimate consideration that hey, we walked through the aggregate docket to do more work in situate in the court in the world area where we wan

he survived that year certainly against ted kennedy, but went on to a huge defeat against ronald reagansaturday night live legend with us now. politicians from that point on became political foder, didn't they. >> you had billy murray there. thank you for showing that. i'm still in awe of all the great writers from that time and we tried to follow up and follow the path that they blazed, but it's more exciting than ever. you can't make this up now. i have a trump shrine at my house now. i walk into the radio show every morning and they go they caught el chapo. i go how? sean penn. we couldn't write that on snl. you couldn't make it up. >> real life is providing the script here. going down to the street and talking to the people is understanding the phenomena that each of the candidates bring with them. a lot of them have a great sense of humor and the voters themselves, i want you to look at this and how a certain singer comes up in the discussion. >> do you know how you're going to vote for? >> rand paul. >> hillary or bernie sanders is fine with me. >> hillary. >> cruz. >> do you know

when senator ted kennedy died in 2009, senator brown ran what he calls the people's seat. do you remember him saying that? and he won his seat in the u.s. senate where he served until 2013. i bet there are several of you, along with the in this room, who went to massachusetts and worked on that race and celebrated his degree that day. -- his victory that day. senator brown is a longtime member of the national guard and we thank him for his service to our country. wife decided to move to new hampshire and make their longtime second residence their primary residence, and their permanent home on our coast, senator brown was our republican nominee in the u.s. senate seat in 2014. he has jumped in the first in the nation's process, hosting most if not all of our candidates at his backyard argues. lee's welcome senator scott brown. -- pleasee welcome welcome senator scott brown. [applause] you.rown: thank i want to wish you a happy new year. excitement without -- throughout the country with everything going on. athletic teams, the patriots playing tomorrow. let's hear a yeah for

ted kennedy was go to kill jimmy carter and that never happened.ay cruz squeaks it out here in iowa and knocks off trump by a couple of points. new hampshire, maybe christie comes in second. then they go to your state and it could be the rubber match. your state could decide the pattern of where it goes from there. >> as you know historically it has. ever since there has been the nomination process, i think it is not a caucus state. it is a much bigger and diverse state than you see in new hampshire. south carolina, i think we will be so goes the nomination. but time will tell. trump has the edge and i didn't see anything that knocked him off. >> south carolina is an interesting state. nikki haley is a conservative but not a right winger. graham, a conservative but not a right winger. they know when to do a compromise on the battle flag or immigration and i think it is a reasonable conservative state. is that a good estimate of the state? not hard right, or is it? >> that depends where you are in the state. if you go to the i-85 corridor, upstate,

myt is ted kennedy, husband, president obama. even somebody like president george w.ush was trying to push reform and gave up too easily. we do need to have secure borders. what that will take is a combination of technology and physical barriers. >> you have said that. >> i voted for border security. some of it was a fence. i don't think we ever called it a wall. it was aimed at controlling the borders. i think we have to to have comprehensive immigration reform with a path to full citizenship, but i think we need to keep the border secure. i don't see a contradiction. what i object to about what the republicans are saying is that they always -- at least the person you are referring to -- he always combines building the porting people. that's a me is not only for offensive.is we need to do both. >> democrats have introduced a plan that bernie sanders is pay her but you are against. would you veto it in order to make good on your tax pledge? secretary clinton: i do not in any way up those the plan. my good friend jill -- senator gillibrand introduced the bill and ice u

kennedy: i don't flow wait is about sweet, sweet ted. but he has a way of getting people squarely against him. they are saying whatever you do, don't vote for ted cruz. >> trump had his palin announcement. ted cruz is following that with glenn beck. if you are a neck and neck in iowa, that probably neutralize the other endorsement. that was smart. kennedy: it's very interesting. when do you have deploy your endorsement? how important is that timing? >> i think the element of surprise really helps. in the last two weeks when you have need to make sure that enthusiasm about your race is starting to lock in so voters will show up and be there for the caucus in iowa. but there is something to be said about getting some one early. i do think the endorsement jeb bush got from lindsey graham in south carolina, the military based state,. kennedy: and lindsey graham loves to bomb stuff. i hope jasper feels better. >> i'm sure he will. kennedy: libertarian presidential candidate gary johnson is joining me. is he the lib dwrairn overt conscience. t