but ted kennedy, i think ted kennedy, i'm a massachusetts guy and ted kennedy was when i was at the "boston globe," arguably my best source for about 15 years and i think ted kennedy was as we all know, one of the greatest snoring ever. they called him the lion of the senate. i think ted kennedy spent his 50 years in the senate not trying to emulate his brother, jack. because jack was a short-term senator and didn't make much of a set of waves when he was in the senate. i think ted kennedy spent those 50 years trying to be bobby. he so adored his brother, ted was a senior snorenator. ted kennedy gave bobby, he was the older and in the kennedy family. everything mattered who was the elder. and bobby kennedy got to choose his issues, he chose veet nam as his issue and ted kennedy looked to other issues. they adored one another. ted emulated bobby and when bobby died, ted kennedy for the rest of his life felt the pressure that i mentioned before, when one of the sons died, the mantle fell to the next one. i think ted kennedy never wanted to run for president, i don't think he especially

ted kennedy's question would never come up. tech kennedy i think and i am a massachusetts guy and ted kennedy was, when i was at the boston globe for 15 years, i continued -- i think ted kennedy was one of the greatest senators ever. they called him the lion of the senate 50 years in the senate not trying to emulate his brother. check was a short-term senator and did not make much of the waves in the senate. i think he tried to be bobby and he adored his brother when they were senators. ted was the senior senator and he was elected before bobby. the only time that the staff never knew where they were was when they were visiting the offices and ted kennedy gave bobby, he was the older and the kennedy family, everything mattered who was the elder and bobby kennedy got the key position. he chose vietnam for his issue ain't ted kennedy looked to others. they adored one another and ted emulated bobby and when bobby died, ted kennedy for the rest of his life felt the pressure that i mentioned before when one of the sons died, the mant

i got to interview ted kennedy once and almost outed myself to ted kennedy. i didn't.so there are so many moments of just pure cowardice that i, because, passing is, passing is seductive, right? like, it's easier to just lay low, do your thing, not rock the boat. so i did that for like 12 years. i passed. so i think for me it was either someone was going to out me or i screwed up myself, so cleared i chose the latter. >> host: "dear america: notes of an undocumented citizen." jose antonio vargas is the author, and it's available in september. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend booktv, television for serious readers. >> host: professor jeremy bailenson, in your new book, "experience on demand" you write that consumer virtual-reality is coming like a freight train. it may take two years. it may take ten, but mass adoption of affordable and powerful vr technology combined with vigorous investment and content is going to unleash a torrent of applications that will touch every aspect

i knew senator ted kennedy. we were in the same class at harvard and ratcliffe. but i was not a close friend, just said hello. , jack let a glamorous life. much more glamorous than i was leading. the kennedys were one of the chief people i met. then i ended up taking ted kennedy and his wife and two children as their escort translator to the soviet union in 1974. brian: i want to read what you said about jack. he was controlling, insanely jealous, and wanted me to be at his beck and call, regardless of my children and other commitments. he had an explosive temper and, when angry, would frequently keep me up most of the night. sleep deprivation became a constant part of my life. how did you deal with that? how was your way out? ms. kennan warnecke: in the end, leaving. i walked out the door. and this is partly what may be become a photographer, i started studying photography, which jack hated because i -- because he would he could not call me up when i was in the photo lab. he would calmly five or six times a day, to make sure i was where i was supposed to be. up f

he did senator ted kennedy's house, bobby kennedy's pool house.urbine orsis's wind something like that. i knew senator ted kennedy. we were in the same class at harvard and ratcliffe. we vaguely knew each other from back then. but i was not a close friend, just said hello. it was a very glamorous life for me for a while. much more glamorous than i was leading. the kennedys were one of the chief people i met. then i ended up taking ted kennedy and his wife and two children as their escort translator to the soviet union in 1974. brian: before we get there, i want to read what you said about jack. "he was controlling, insanely jealous, and wanted me to be at his beck and call, regardless of my children and other commitments. he had an explosive temper and, when angry, would frequently keep me up most of the night. haranguing me although he knew i needed to get up in the morning with my children. sleep deprivation became a constant part of my life." how did you deal with that? what was your way out? ms. kennan warnecke: in the end, leaving. i think th

in one last gesture of reconciliation with ted kennedy, kennedy wanted stephen breyer appointed to a vacancy in the first circuit. i went into see carter he said it would be a tribute to the judiciary in us. that's what got him on the first circuit. my book is not just about policy comments about people. i have interesting profiles. ms. lillian was his inspiration from the beginning. registered nurse she tended the black and white when it was highly unpopular and into the peace corps at 68. a wonderful story, new york reporter came down and quizzed her on the essential pieces of the campaign i will never lie to. she said, certainly you know that your son must have lied, certainly. she said yes, you're white. he told white lies all the time. the reporter said what you mean by that and she said well remember when i said how wonderful it was to have you here, that was a white lie. [laughter] i saw a roselyn carter going from a shy campaigner who could barely speak to an accomplished first lady. and one last story, and that is, pass along the powerful chairman of the senate finance commi

perform policy advisor to ted kennedy. historian doug who is a professor at the university of maryland maryland. so, in reading blurbs from a broad spectrum of commentators about the book i was moved by several. alan greenspan said", president carter anticipated many programs his successor, ronald reagan embrace. he fostered major deregulation of transportation, communication and thinking. most importantly appointed paul one of the most committed fighters to the chairmanship of the federal reserve. he succeeds in offering a balanced view of the carter presidency. a splendid read. david ignatius said this. he called carter smart, decent but unlucky man in the white house. i was deputy secretary of the cabin and i had a second row seat to the first half of the presidency. i left in 1978 but stayed in touch. my late husband and i met in the roosevelt room and the west wing. president carter credits himself with our over 30 years of marriage. sydney surfer a time which has played a big role in the carter post presidency. that

i remember once talking to ted kennedy, i had been in washington with robert kennedy during the riots after the assassination of martin luther king, and we were in one of the black neighborhoods of downtown washington and a woman came up to him sand said, darling, i knew you would be here. so he had that -- he had that emotional appeal. part of it was his youth. he could be -- he could be very brash, but in what he considered his people and that would -- any people who were -- who were needy, who had -- were disadvantaged in some way. he reacted to them and they reacted to him. allow the driving force in politics as has already been mentioned was to carry out the agenda of his brother, it was also an emotional adventure for him to do it in a way that he could advance the needs of these people who looked to him as almost a savior. >> john, in your book you talk about some of the frenzies when he went out into the public, even ripping his shoes off i think in a couple of instances. can you talk about that? >> i mean, he talked about himself as a symbol of what his brother represented, a

here's actually a photo of in 1969 withens senator ted kennedy. pilot station, alaska. and given that it was 1969, no e-mail. phone service was spotty, as were telegrams. our photo person was able to of theown the daughter post master who is in the photo and ask her the story behind photograph. the daughter relayed that at the time, they had no idea that someone was coming. and they saw two big military aircraft approaching. and everyone in the town thought the soviets were attacking them. landed andlanes obviously senator stevens and kennedy got off the plane. so that's another thing that we is to try and track down the stories behind the photographs, to give a more complete view of alaska's history and the senator's role in that. where the heart is, mr. president. if that is so, i have two homes. is right here in this chamber. and the other is my beloved state of alaska. i must leave one to return to the other. left ther stevens 2009. in january of and we unfortunately lost him in a plane crash on august 9, 2010. the reaction at the time was disbelief. kind of beenns

he later became the aa for senator kennedy -- senator ted kennedy when he was the majority whip. he was at true believer in the kennedys. he gave me my first job. it was not exactly what i wanted but it was a good job for a while. i would work in the office for the day, starting at 3:00 every day. i was doing two jobs. i could almost right a book about how much i learned as a cop here. i learned a lot. i learned a lot about the guys who live out in the country. they have a point of view. one of them said, you know why that little man loves his country, it's because -- one thing i learned about the capital police was there was one democrat, one senator, who always made a point of saying hello and actually greeting all the capital police when he went by in the morning. he made a real effort to say hello to them as equals and important people to him. that told me so much about him. he was well known are looking out for those in the country who had gotten bad treatment from police. he would have been very sympathetic to the black lives movement. he would've been part of it. he also be

the kennedys established a friendship which lasted till today, robert kennedy and his family and ted kennedy as well. john glenn was there, the hero of the hour, he sat at mrs. kennedy's table. he had just orbited the earth. anyone who wanted to talk to john glenn would soon run for the senate for ohio for the first time, lester pearson, canadian liberal party leader, won nobel peace prize on suess crisis, he would be elected prime minister of canada the following year. robert frost was there, he was 88, he was a magnet all evening for people. of course, frost was -- had become famous for his reciting of the gift outright poem in inago intraiciÓn -- inauguration and president kennedy would send him on a mission, cultural affairs mission to the soviet union. katherine anne porter was there, she had written one novel, she mostly wrote short stories but her one novel on that very day reached number one in "the new york times" best seller list. only nobel female was there, mary hemmingway, as mentioned in the introduction, she sat at president's kennedy table but she also got into an argument ov

certainly in terms of the great society, the kennedy brothers were promoting some of that legislation, ted kennedy was sponsoring, more of a legislator in that respect. it wasn't as if there was a huge chasm between kennedy and johnson on domestic issues. i think we have time for one more question. two more questions, that is ok. we have time for two more questions. >> i will make it quick. my name is jessica, thank you for the work you do. , so a peace corps volunteer i feel connected to the kennedys. i believe martin luther king jr. sensed there was a coming assassination that was coming in his future, and i'm wondering if the kennedy had any inclination he would get shot. thank you. kennedy was a fatalist. he knew what the situation was in the country. but i don't think that was his way -- i don't think that got in his way. he was determined to do what he had to do. don't know if he was surprised or not surprised, but he knew what the temper was of the country and he was aware that something could happen. he ever had ank death wish or was in that sense said, thoseas you who write don't shoot, a

i remember months talking to ted kennedy, i had been in washington with robert kennedy during the riots, after the assassination of martin luther king. we were in a black neighborhood in downtown washington and a woman came up to him and said "darling, i knew you would be here." so he had that emotional appeal. part of it was his youth. he could be very brash, but, what he considered -- they were what he considered his people, people who were needy, who were disadvantaged in some way. he reacted to them back they reacted to him. all the driving force of politics has already been mentioned, to carry out the agenda of his brother, it was also an emotional adventure for him to do it in a way that he could advance the needs of these people who looked a savior. >> you talk about some of the frenzies -- even ripping his issues off at a couple of instances. can you talk about that. >> he talked about himself as a symbol of what his brother represented. when he would go in public people would want to touch him, that was said, the ideas where marching up and down broadway and everyone who sees t

i'm surprised ted kennedy didn't say that. associate justice, she had a very interesting way of dealing with tough questions. watch this exchange from 2010. >> christmas day bomber. where are you at? >> i should ask exactly what you mean? >> where are you out on christmas? >> [laughs] you know, like all jews, i was probably in a chinese restauran restaurant. >> laura: she was hilarious. speak about hearing was like stand-up comedy. brett kavanaugh should watch something. he can take that light touch which we saw some of tonight when he was announced. he has warmth. he needs to get in touch with his inner jerry seinfeld on have a good time. let me tell you the admissions we heard tonight that he was an altar boy. his jesuit training. that may come back to haunt him because they are going to try to use the catholic thing against kavanaugh. your boss clarence thomas had similar problems and that they brought -- they threw everything it clarence thomas including the kitchen sink. he decided to respond with righteous indignation. t

a former cop from new york, whose first job was to tail ted kennedy because nixon thought ted kennedy would be his 1972 and so he wanted to get the goods on him. he always wanted to get the goods on people. the main person he wanted to get the goods on was dan ellsberg who had the pentagon papers. next -- he was for a worked up about this and had gotten nixon all worked up. then, he committed probably the most dangerous -- and nixon understood this. he was far more concerned about the following having been found out than the watergate break-in. thethat is the burglars -- plumbers they were called. they were plumbing for leaks. they went to california and the office ofd dan ellsberg's psychiatrist to get his psychiatric files. now, imagine that. the white house sending somebody out to examine his psychiatric files. there was just one problem. there were no files. they broke into okay. they had their picture taken. the leaders had their picture taken and they were so proud in they were using c.i.a. equipment, cameras, voice changers, wigs. so the c.i.a. got these pictures. they said, wh

kennedy and john kennedy and ted kennedy was enormous. his ability to relate the message of robert f. kennedy to today was powerful and deep. and his message today is something that i think reflects to the american people his ability to understand what robert f. kennedy was trying to signal to our country. i give you my friend the great congressman from the state of florida marco rubio [ applause ] >> thank you. and i'm honored to be here. a personal story -- my parents arrived in this country in 1956. they did not become citizens until 1976. but my mother tells me she was an american well before she was a citizen. i remember one day asking her when did you know you were an american? and she said she knew she say an american in november of 1963 when she wept at the loss of a young president, and she realized at that moment she had been fully americanized and shared the dreams and hopes of new era, that inspired people that were registered to vote and those that were not, inspired people that were americans and that were not. and so my fami

. >> and i worked for -- in the bush administration around the time that you were working for ted kennedy. >> mm. oh, wow. >> ...on comprehensive immigration reform. >> yeah. >> if you had the opportunity to really reimagine it, right, beyond the conversations about ice, what would be your priorities? >> i think we have to look at it in the context of greater policies -- what our foreign policy is, what our local criminal-justice policies are, to have a very large impact on who's coming in and who's coming out. we have always legislated from a place of how do we exclude, and who do we exclude? and i just think that that's the wrong question. i think what we need to do, as we look at our foreign policy, for example -- when we decide to intervene militarily in a place abroad, i think, in that same conversation, we need to say, "how many refugees are we willing to accept as a consequence of our involvement?" we need to have those conversations right there in the same time and place, because i think it will force us to recognize the consequences of our decisions, the potential consequences of

they will use every dirty trick in the book to block this nomination. >> sean: ted kennedy about roberts a disgrace to the u.s. senate. what they did to clarence thomas was a disgrace but it's going to happen. i've been saying this for weeks. it's predictable. >> it doesn't matter who president trump would have nominated, these same smears would have occurred but i admire president trump. he had the courage to make the right choice notwithstanding the fact that he could have chosen somebody who would've been an easier confirmation but no. he made an important choice, the right choice, a brilliant dressed, no question. >> sean: what i read to you about his judicial philosophy, what he said. >> he is a textual list an end originalist. >> no doubt whatsoever. 300 opinions plus prove it. >> sean: this is why i keep saying, dr. gorka, we have less than a minute. this 2018 midterm election is the most important in our lifetime. all of those senate seats that could change hands and become republican, the republicans have a very slim margin and that means rand paul, ted cruz, susan collins, lis

dirty trick in the book to block the nomination but we can't get it through. >> sean: i played ted kennedy. it was a disgrace to the u.s. senate. and what they did to clarence thomas was a disgrace to the u.s. senate. but, it's going to happen. i've been saying this for weeks. it's predictable and it doesn't matter who president trump would have nominated, the same smearst would have occurred. but i admire president trump. he had the courage to make the right choice, notwithstanding the fact that he could have chosen somebody that would have been an easier confirmation, but no. he made an important choice, tha right choice, a brilliant jurist, there is no question. >> i read to you about his judicial philosophy. what did you say? >> is a text list when it comes to the constitution. no doubt 300 opinions plus, prove it. >> okay this is why i keep saying, dr. gorka, and we have less than a minute, the 2018 election is the most important in our lifetime. all of those senate seats that could change hand and become republicans, the republicansm have a very slim margin which means rand paul, ted

court and was never confirmed because of lying and fear mongering and smearing like the senator ted kennedy>> robert bork's america that the segregated lunch counters and then to break down citizens doors in midnight raids and schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution. >> and then to be inspired a new term and years later that was in full play during the confirmation hearings of supreme court justice thomas one of the best we have ever had on the core in our lifetime. ic and a former colleague anita hill made allegations that it was so nasty that justice thomas called it a high tech lynching. >> a national disgrace and from my standpoint as a black american it is a high tech and to think for themselves or do for themselves and it is a message unless you kowtow this is what will happen to you. to be destroyed or caricatured by a committee of the u.s. senate. >> it has already begun right now by democrats to judge kavanaugh and his family as we speak it doesn't matter who the president would have picked my grandfather sign written by justice thomas enemies the book but as we speak so

it sounds like ted kennedy and those that attacked justice thomas. i told you this was coming. top democrats senators urging their colleagues in red state to risk their political futures by voting against kavanaugh. elections do have consequences. the 2018 mid-terms this november will be the most important mid-terms in history. these 6 senators from red states. they for a bind right now. what will they do? . manchin in west virginia. north carolina. indiana. missouri. montana. are you going to stick with the farr left of your party like always do? will you vote as a block or try to save your career and do what is only an election year conversion? it's important to remember. the 6 of you are supposed to serve the people of your state. it appears you all serve chuck schumer and company and america is watching. judge kavanaugh is about to face the fight of his life whachlth he and his family have to endure, it is sick and judge kavanaugh is qualified. his experience impeccable. he should be quickly confirmed by the u.s. senate. let's turn our attention to europe. the president now

near apocalypse, it is not, the left in this country has defended the rosenbergs, alger harris, ted kennedyn 1983 when he was colluding with the kremlin to defeat reagan. the left, the democrats, the media opposed fdr, the strategic defense initiative which had as its purpose to defend us against russian nuclear missiles, they called it star wars, to this day the left won't funded, the democrat party opposes it. bottom line is two entities interviewed in the election, the russians and the obama administration, the democrats defend the obama administration and all of a sudden they don't like the russians and kowtowing -- rob: despite nonstop claims from the democrats, no evidence of any collusion with the trump campaign and even more telling no collusion evidence has leaked out from that investigation. shannon: blue states taking tax cuts to court, new york, new jersey, connecticut and maryland are suing the administration claiming the law unfairly targets highly taxed states, arguing that 10,000 state and local deductions heard taxpayers as a second round of tax cuts had to the house, the n

by the late senator ted kennedy.s someone who represents very much the republican political establishment. why does that matter? because president trump campaigned on overturning that. but you know why it's a win they think at the white house is because this is an incredibly divided republican party. it's at war with itself. and as they hit the campaign trail in november to win over some of those seats, this is something that really unifies a divided republican party. they can say look at what the president has delivered, not just with two supreme court justices but also 29 federal court judges that they have pushed through what is really in many ways a stalled congress. >> been a huge focus of this president's term, which is why it will be a huge focus of the mid-terms as both sides try to rally, democrats against and republicans for. tell us about the room where this took place and what happened inside. >> this is not really a surprise president trump chose this but the president has made very clear he doesn't go o

ted kennedy voted for the tax cuts in 1986. the dnc chair said she is the future. liz: it's not we. across long line of democrats who can't believe this is democratic party. >> when you look at these figures and say unemployment is low and everything is fine. unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week. when we have this no holds barred wild west hyper capitalism. what that means is profit at any cost. capitalism has not always existed in the world and it will not always exist in the world. liz: china is moving to a capitalist system and russia wants to. was she correct with her facts? >> no, she is a 28-year-old millennial who has no idea what she is talking about. and she is the future of the democratic party. i want her to keep talking. off course you do because you don't have anything else to talk about. our president surrendered on foreign soil and you don't want to talk about that. the reality is we have a cry cities in this country. the economy is work for some people. i'm a job creator. i run a com

said we will not endorse anybody until nomination night people suspected that was that tragedy of ted kennedy but i think the evidence actually shows lbj would put the kebabs on that. that is why he didn't want the delegation to go. >> and the first case of fake news like the tet offensive was announcing a military victory and then it with that election that one reason it wasn't the people in the riots in the streets and with the radicals. >> america was so divided i guess that's true with the red state blue state phenomenon but what we and do her as a nation pales in comparison when shot in 196-8100 major cities were aflame in the riots campus riots on the university colleges all across the country were breaking out people were injured and losing their lives. by the end of 68 we really were as a nation looking like the possibility of civil war or a revolution talked about openly. i'm not sure if that really answers the question but, i served in congress i have no statements. [laughter] >> i look forward to reading your book but writing fiction compared to your nonfiction which is easier is t

and i expect, as i watch these hearings, and they put me in mind of ted kennedy. in 1987 he dredged up robert bork's history working for richard nixon. here's what he said. >> the man who fired archibald cox does not deserve to sit on the supreme court of the united states. robert bork's america was on the land in which women would be forced into black alley promotions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch towers, and school children could not be taught about evolution. writers as an artist would be censured at the whim ofe government. >> i think we will hear that type of language, that dystopiag nightmare will be printed againo those back alley distortions will be trying to paint kavanaugh with that same brush.k they worked in the case of judge bork because he was very defensive and sharp and didn't quite know how to do that. >> i loved him but the charm factor was on display. and he kicked a puppy is, too. i'm surprised kennedy didn't say that. remember elena kagan, she had an interesting way of dealing with tough questions. this is a good exchange. >> i should

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i will never forget ted kennedy coming out and saying the most god-awful things about clarence thomas that were not true -- i -- borkut robert burke that is not true. he was a genius on the law. and democrats put up to the supreme court easily get confirmed. why? because republicans are an honest group of individuals and look at the credit -- credentials. at the credentials. even though elena kagan was not a judge, they approved her. and they approved the other pick by obama. problems, no demonstrations. but the democrat is a party -- it has become the party, even more so lately, of lawlessness. getting rid of i.c.e. -- wrong. open borders. and the reason why is because the spanish people, when they come up here, nor the democrats are helping them, they are going to vote democratic. and they really are trying to forget the white working class people of america, especially in midwestern states, where trump won the election. we will win with identity politics. are looking at video of the supreme court justices. this is the annual picture taken. if you look at this -- what is a sense abo

a lot of people suspected to see if ted kennedy would get in the race, the evidence because johnson wantedthem to come out and break for him and that's why they didn't want -- he didn't want the delegation to go for humphrey. >> back in the room, sir. >> hey, jim, this is steve. nice seeing you. first case of fake news like the ted offensive that you pointed out was a massive military victory for the united states but walter was making it sound on as debeat and the real majority talked about the 1968 election and said that one nixon said, the young people on the riots and the streets that the american people were more concerned with the policemen than radicals, your ideas on that? >> you know, america was so divided in 19 68 and i know a lot think that we are divided. whole red state and blue state fe -- phenomena, what we endured paled in comparison. when martin luther was shot in 1986 a hundred major cities were a aflame in riots. campus riots in universities and colleges were breaking out. people were being injured, people were losing their lives. by tend of 1968 we really were as a nat

remember, within 45 minutes of the nomination of robert bork ted kennedy was out with his speech defining bork, robert bork's america. we will not be able to hear about thomas hardiman's america or brett kavanaugh's america. >> why not? >> because -- >> just answer that question first, harry. why not? >> in short, it won't sell in the same way. >> vanita. >> and chris, i want to say, look, we are at a point in this country where millions of americans who never thought of themselves as activists before are literally enraged by the vision of america that this administration is putting out. and the courts are a huge part of defining what fleemd looks like, what liberty looks like, what our civil and human rights look like, what health care and access to health care and women's rights are going to look like. and women are leading the charge. and i think that now is a moment where progressive's who care so much about the kind of what this current's about, and the kind of america we deserve are going to stand up and say look, yes, the democrats don't have the majority in the senate but there is

- the race in '94 was basically me saying, "look, ted kennedy may be a great guy, "and he has a big heartca "but he's taking ame in the wrong direction, and his policies are trapping people in poverty." if you believe that the promise and the bright future that our children deserve can achieved, i'd be honored to receive your support. that was a very, very long shot. - cnn tonight declares incumbent edward kennedy the winner. - it's nely that a mormon millionaire in massachusetts is gonna beat ted kenned but somebody's got to stand up and give him a run for his money. ♪ - i met romney working in salt lake city at the winter games. he had come out to save the day, so to speak, because the winter games of 2002 were med in controversy and scandal, and mitt romney was brought in to turn the games around. - they had a $300 million budget deficit. you know, sponsors were fleeing, and so he came up with a plan, and then he got everyone on side marco the same drum. - since he took over, he has demonstrated remarkable leadership. - as a community, they pulled off a fantastic olympics with $100 mil

i remember well his work with my friend ted kennedy on the patient's bill of rights. president johnson once said, and i'll repeat it because larry has already said it tonight, there are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves. your father understand this concept. for john mccain, it is not about the left point of view, or the right point of view, or a political party's point of view, it is about moving america forward. let's look at john mccain's example, our nation needs him today in 2018 more than we have ever perhaps needed john mccain. we need his moral compass, which directs him to stand up for what is right, especially when it is unpopular. when john mccain looks in the mirror each day, i know that he can say with confidence that he fulfilled his oath, he maintained his values, he stayed the course, and aids others at every opportunity. while the senator is not here tonight, we are truly humbled to honor him with lbj's foundations most prestigious award, the liberty and justice award. as the mission as larry said, to wri

ted kennedy started the want of it. lyndon johnson was in a good at it but kennedy was.e made the first punch into the war and to this day people will say i wrote a book that does a lot with the war but i learned a lot about other stuff so that became the identification for the buck but it's about 18 chapters assassinations that he was involved in with his son or his brother rather that they knew about that were described as a pacification this is exactly what orwell was talking about that we did i-indi in thed it just -- >> i didn't want to go back after. that's where i made my first game. my wife and my kids, the dog and cat, the gerbil, the mice, all the animals wanted me to go back. after some years i did. i wrote a piece for the new yorker about it. but i don't say it's more detail than ever. what he's talking about their is the great investigation if you read for church groups to publish stuff the 60s about what was going on in vietnam and if he just read some of the stuff that was being published i got into big troubles about this because mcnamara was lying about

this is an echo of the infamous speech given by ted kennedy. it's not helpful. it's not accurate. it's not real. i will suggest they believe republicans actually dislike people. actually dislike the rule of law and constitution. it east not fehr an fair. i call upon them to seize and decease. >> all right, well,i would probably wouldn't hold my breathe on that. i want to hear my thoughts on hillary clinton. she's entertaining another run for the white house. >> i welcome that. she was a disastrous candidate. if she wants to run ay again brg it on. >> you were on the list as well. you were still on the master list. i now you spoke on the phone with the president about this. i'm not how much you can share. share something? >> i had a nice conversation with him on the phony. phone.i spoke with him about thr the last year and half or so. >> did he tell him you were under broader consideration? >> sure. i was under consideration. we acknowledged that fact. i was honored to be under consideration as well as my brother. i started attending supreme court arguments to watch them for fun. o

like chairman ted kennedy, joe biden, and orrin hatch, i will hold hearings for circuit court nominees with negative or unreported blue slips if the white house consulted with home state senators. and i won't allow senators to abuse the blue-slip courtesy for political or ideological reasons. in the case of mr. bounds, the white house sought the oregon senator's input, seriously considered the one candidate suggested by the oregon senators and waited several months for the senators from oregon to establish their judicial selection committee, which is quite a tradition in that state. the selection committee itself even recommended mr. bounds. yet, the oregon senators still didn't return their blue slips. they say it was because mr. bounds didn't disclose some of his college writings through the selection committee. there's a very good reason he didn't. the selection committee never asked for his college writings. in fact, senator wyden's staff instructed mr. bounds not to disclose them. moreover, the oregon senators refused to ever meet with mr. bounds during this whole process. it's be

here is a photo of senator stevens in 1969 of senator ted kennedy.y are in pilot station, alaska. given that it was 1969, there was no email, phone service was spotty as for telegrams. our photo archivist was able to track down the daughter of the postmaster who is in the photo and ask her the story behind this photograph. thedaughter related that at time, they had no idea that someone was coming to pilot station. they saw two big military craft approaching. everyone in the town thought the soviets were attacking them. until the planes landed and obviously senator stevens and senator kennedy got off the planes. that is another thing we do. to try to track down the stories behind the photographs, to give them a more complete view of alaska's hitter -- history. is,ome is where the heart mr. president. if that is so, i have to homes. one is right here in this chamber. and the other is my beloved state of alaska. i must leave one to return to the other. theenator stevens left senate in january of 2009. we unfortunately lost him in a plane crash on august

i will never forget ted kennedy coming out and saying the most god-awful things about clarence thomast were not true -- i -- borkut robert burke that is not true. he was a genius on the law. and democrats put up to the supreme court easily get confirmed. why? because republicans are an honest group of individuals and look at the credit -- credentials. at the credentials. even though elena kagan was not a judge, they approved her. and they approved the other pick by obama. problems, no demonstrations. but the democrat is a party -- it has become the party, even more so lately, of lawlessness. getting rid of i.c.e. -- wrong. open borders. and the reason why is because the spanish people, when they come up here, nor the democrats are helping them, they are going to vote democratic. and they really are trying to forget the white working class people of america, especially in midwestern states, where trump won the election. we will win with identity politics. are looking at video of the supreme court justices. this is the annual picture taken. if you look at this -- what is a sense about t