ted kennedy, not only an inspiration but also a leader in establishing the affordable care act, he died 11 years ago yesterday. two years ago yesterday, john away, a hero in saving the affordable air act. -- affordable care act. so people have acted with liens and courage for the good of the american people. the president is acting with chaos, catering to pharma, catering to insurance companies and not telling the truth about it. he is about chaos. we are about science. science, science, science instead of the resident -- the 's mumbling about different cures that he knows nothing about. it is chaos and how to ease treating the affordable care act. it is chaos how he is treating fda, instead- the of science dominating the approval process, politics is doing so. i am pleased to be fighting for the affordable care act end expanding access to quality, affordable care act all americans. senator chuck schumer. schumer: thank you, speaker and thank you to the biden campaign and dnc for holding this call. . republicant and one that you mentioned, essential in expanding health care. john mccain

i just want to say, i talked about ted kennedy and i talked about john mccain coincidentally dying on the same date. as we go forward, that is what joe biden has been so famous for , about respecting other people's point of view, having empathy for the concerns of the american people, and finding a path that is sustainable to it iss them, whether about job security, health security, preserving the planet. how do we do that in the most bipartisan way, the way ted kennedy and john mccain, in their way, in their time, both advanced the affordable care act. leader schumer: leader schumer: i would make one more point about the vice president. two points. first, he is head of the coronavirus task force. i would not be proud of that if i were him. we have done.y so clearly the response of the administration, and if pentz was leading it, it is a severe indictment of him that will be a stain on his record no matter what he does afterward. and when trump just allies to the detriment of the country, pence is quiet as a little mouse. first leader would have gone to the president and said, you can

introduced a moment ago by one of the most eloquent and courageous voices in this land senator ted kennedy. [applause] my nomination is all the more precious and that it is a gift of the most open political process in all of our political history. [applause] it is the sweet harvest of the work of tens of thousands of tireless volunteers, young and old alike, funded by literally hundreds of thousands of small contributors in every part of this nation. [applause] those who lingered on the brink of despair only a short time ago have been brought into this campaign, heart, hand, head and soul, and i have been the beneficiary of the most remarkable political organization in the history of this country. [applause] it is an organization that gives dramatic proof to the power of love and to a faith that can literally move mountains. [applause] as yeats put it, "count where man's glory most begins and ends, and say: my glory was i had such friends." [applause] this is the people's nomination and next january we will restore the government to the people of this country. [applause] i believe that ame

ted kennedy raising his first but never clenched the hand of jimmy carter.t was a contention convention, jon, and it had all the drama and messiness. this was not that, these four days we just mentioned. and i had guest after guest say in many ways it was better and more intimate. >> i think so. and i think it's where a huge part of the country is. so many people at least in information age jobs are living on these screens. and so it was actually meeting where a huge part of the country is, meeting them in their current vernacular and we've always talked about how these are made for tv, but those big halls are not made for tv. and these -- this was a chance -- it's interesting. the vice president's speech, many of the speeches, were really intimate addresses, more in the fireside chat sphere of the american political tradition than in the rousing great hall that is not a particularly tv friendly way to do it. if the job of a convention is to communicate a message, why wouldn't you take the simplest and most direct route to delivering it, which is to have a c

but in 1965 we passed the immigration act Ãbdue to ted kennedy. it was a high speed rail. country from 1924 to 1965 we put a hold on most immigration practices. we assimilated. we went to a world war together, the korean war, mass media, international highways system, we grew more tolerant of one another, things happen to make us more of one country. it's not easy and it doesn't happen by accident. it's really easy to break down, sweden and finland were the same country for 800 years and they couldn't make it work. they are practically the same people. creating a tower of babylon saying, it will all work because we have america as a nation of ideas, is no effect "bull crap". we took a long time to get here to make ourselves a commonality to be an american people. it doesn't happen by accident. the book breaks down the transformation on a cultural level and why that caused backlash. and bigger backlash Ãbthe percentage of americans feel like they are a stranger in their own country. it's something you see in country after country after country after country whether brazil o

[cheering and applause] of carrying the spirit it is ted kennedy's.eering and applause] when we speak of patriotism, the andngth is john glenn's when we speak of the future the message is geraldine ferraro. [cheering and applause] now, we lead san francisco together. over the next 100 days, in every word we say, in every life we touch, we will be fighting for the future of america. [cheering and appaluse] joan and i are parents of three wonderful children who will live much of their lives in the 21st century. this election is a referendum on their future and hours. ours. tonight, i want to speak to the young people, and their parents, and their grandparents. i am walter mondale. [cheering and appaluse] have heard of me. [laughter] but you may not really know me. towns of in the farm southern minnesota. [cheering and appaluse] my dad was a preacher and my mom was a music teacher. dime,er, we never had a but we were rich in the values that are important and i have carried those values with me ever since. they taught me to work hard, to play by theown, t

>> ted sorenson who deserves a biography of his own, is kennedy's speech writer. ted sorenson leaves nebraska and arrives in washington and jack kennedy leaves the house and goes to the senate in 1953. sorenson doesn't know kennedy. he's interviewing with henry jackson, the senator from washington, and he's interviewing with jack kennedy. the speech writer is interviewing the senator. ted sorenson was considered so good out of nebraska. he led his law class. he was young at the time in his early 20s that he is advised to go with jackson but chooses jack kennedy. and there begins an association of 11 years which i would argue is the most extraordinary partnership between a president and an associate in the history of the modern presidency. there isn't anything that ted sorenson won't do for jfk. he reveres him. he's a master craftsman and a wordsmith. he works for jfk who himself is a writer and values writers, had written with ted sorenson's help, "profiles in encourage" but had begun his career as a journalist, appreciated eloquence and made eloquence and rhetoric

ted sorenson is kennedy's speech writer. he leaves nebraska and arrives in washington and jack kennedy leaves the house and goes to the senate in 1953. sorensen does not know kennedy. he's interviewing with scoop jackson, the senator from washington, and interviewing with jack hannity. interestingly enough, a senator is interviewing a senator. ted sorenson was considered so good, he led his class, he was young, in his early 20s at the time, that he is advised to go with scoop jackson but goes with jack kennedy. they're begins in association of 11 years, which i would argue, is the most extraordinary partnership between a president and an associate in the history of the modern presidency. there isn't anything that ted sorenson won't do for jfk. he reveres him. he is a master craftsman and a wordsmith. he works for jfk. he began his career after the war as a journalist. he called writers his friends. he appreciated eloquence and made eloquence and rhetoric a centerpiece of the style of the kennedy administration. with ted sore

chris: in the fight for the nomination, some delegates tried to draft ted kennedy.ntern landed a big interview. >> chris wallace caught up with desal who had this to say. >> ted kennedy called you this afternoon, what did he say to you? >> the senator asked me not to place husband name in nomination. chris: did he give any reasons for that? >> no. chris: what dud you say in return? >> i said i would respect his wishes but that this movement had gone too far to be stopped. chris: kennedy would play a big role in 1980s -- role in the 190 convention. when kennedy lost, the question was would he support carter. top kennedy aides tell us that kennedy will say he and carter will quote march together, ending all doubt he might not support the democratic nominee. but in the end, kennedy's peach did more for him than carter. >> the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. chris: convention speeches can make or break political careers. in 2004 a young state senator delivered the key note that headed him to the presidency four years

kennedy. the speech writer is interviewing the senator. ted sorenson was considered so good, out of nebraska, he led his law class, he was young at the time, in his early 20s, that he is advised to go with scoop jackson but chooses jack kennedy. and there begins an association of 11 years, which i would argue is the most extraordinary partnership between a president and an associate in the history of modern presidency. there isn't anything that ted sorenson won't do for jfk. he reveres him. he's a master craftsman and a word smith. he works for jfk, who himself is a writer and values writers, had written with ted sorenson's help, profiles and courage, but had begun his career after the war and admired writers ab called them his friends and made eloquence and rhetoric a center piece of the style of the kennedy administration. with ted sorenson, with kennedy's sense of occasion and ted sorenson's facility with a pen, they were magic, the two of them. and so at this time ted sorenson is not just writing the peace speech, he's writing a number of

but in 1965 we passed the immigration act -- >> thank you, ted kennedy. >> thank you, ted kennedy, and it was a high-speed rail. and this constant narrative we have in this country about nation and immigrants from 1924-1965, we put a hold on most immigration practices. we assimilated. we went through a world war together and the korean war and, you know, mass media and our international highway system, and we grew more tolerant of one another. things happen to make us more one country. it's not easy and it doesn't happen by accident, and it's really easy to break down. sweden and finland were the same country for 800 years, and they couldn't make it run are. and, i mean, they're practically e the same people. so sitting there is and creating a tower of babel and say it will all work because america's a nation of ideas is, no offense, bull crap. it just is. it took us a long time to get here to make ourselves, you know, a commonality to be an american people. it doesn't happen by accident. it's very, very difficult. so the book breaks down really the transformation on a cultural level a

wrong,pair has been more more loudly, more often, than the two senators from massachusetts, ted kennedy and john kerry. [cheers and applause] together, kennedy-kerry have opposed the systems that won the cold war and that are now winning the war on terror. listing all the weapon systems that cannot -- that senator kerry tried his best to shut down sounds like an auctioneer selling off our national security. but americans need to know the facts. the b-1 bomber that senator kerry opposed dropped 40% of the bombs in the first months of enduring freedom. the b-2 bomber that senator kerry opposed delivered airstrikes against the taliban in afghanistan and the command post in iraq. tomcat that senator kerry opposed shot down qaddafi's libyan mig. the f-14 that senator kerry opposed delivered missile strikes against tora bora. the apache helicopter that senator kerry opposed took out those republican guard tanks in kuwait in the gulf war. the f-15 eagles that senator kerry opposed flew over our nations capital and this very city after 9/11. i could go on and on and on against the patriot missi

men like ted kennedy and my friends who know that you were home free fritz hollings to no one. and convince me to stay to stay 6 months to over numbers are going to stay 6 months he couldn't allow the suffering to debilitate him this like he couldn't allow this factory to define him that's the backbone there is something bigger than joe suffering in. the senate turned out to be a wonderful place for him. he had a real gift for bringing people together. the 3 of them had a on that was forged in sorrow and expanded into joy when joe entered they had built this beautiful family this circle of trust and then the next year gift of actually. growing up it was full of adventure laughter. we do everything as a family and we've always done everything as he was always a good loving father i mean there's nothing more important in joe than his children it's hard to explain how ever. present game was their lives you don't have to guess what my dad believes the great benefit of being my father is that he doesn't have to think for himself it's a difficulty for different hours boa's going to d

kennedy. interesting mainly enough the speech writer is interviewing the senator. . ted sorensen was considered so good out of nebraska. he was young, at the time in his early 20's. he is advised to go with jackson, but chooses jack kennedy. they're begins in association of 11 years, which i would argue is the most extraordinary partnership between a president and an associate in the history of the modern presidency. there isn't anything that ted sorenson won't do for jfk nikki. he's a master craftsman and a words smith. he works for jfk we himself is a writer and values writers and had written with ted sorensen's help profiles and courage. he admired writers and called them his friends. he appreciated eloquence and made eloquence and rhetoric a centerpiece of the style of the kennedy administration. with sorenson, and kennedys sense of occasion and sorensen's facility with a pen, they were magic, the two of them. so at this time, ted sorenson is not just writing the piece speech, he is writing a number of speeches including the speech that jfk will give in berlin two we

barack obama, he had nine months where he had 60 votes in the senate and unbridled power and then ted kennedyat. they will have that authority for two full years. you look at the judicial juggernaut that the republicans had with judges because they got rid of the filibuster, apply that to the green new deal, medicare for all, the rest. >> dana: the filibuster is not a fringe issue and we should be talking more about that. you get an issue for saying that. stick around. we want to talk next. all eyes are on kamala harris as she is getting ready for her big speech tonight. ♪ ta-da! did you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? given my unique lifestyle, that'd be perfect! let me grab a pen and some paper. know what? i'm gonna switch now. just need my desk... my chair... and my phone. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ >> dana: it's the bottom of the hour or so time for some top headlines. the trump campaign suing new jersey for the voting plan. the campaign argues it's a recipe for disaster. new jersey's governor

. >> on the democratic side that year, senator ted kennedy came close to unseating jimmy carter. 1989 the last time drama was allowed to attend. when the curtain lifts the nominee is well known and the only drama has been well known dramatics from the candidates who lost. the only surprise left in the convention was howong the evening would wear on as audiences on a hair trigger to holler with too much applause. even that will be gone this week. during a pandemic, you can't back slap from six feet away. we got a preview of that last week when joe biden announced his running made to a silent room instead of booming cheers. this minimalist version is necessary because there is so much drama. america is in the middle of a pap democratic, economic collapse, and a public reckoning with systemic racism. joe biden's message will be that he can build bridges to heal a fractured country. his choice of kamala harris more than 20 years his junior is a bridge to a future of a diversifying america. withit m l rs m tixned the america of bides youth in scranton, pitch, where he was born 77 years ago

at the last minute he even called up ted kennedy and said, make the case for chris dodd who is helpingen this year, although dodd was from a neighboring state, another catholic liberal. so all this happens. history shows us a lot, but each vice presidential selection unfolds in its own way. we'll see that soon. >> michael beschloss, shawna thomas, great to have you both. and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." stay tuned to msnbc. we'll likely have breaking news. chris jansing picks up our coverage including a special report about education secretary betsy devos who has spent the summer living in her multi-million-dollar mansion, her summer resort in michigan with federal protection while being absent from the debate about how to reopen schools. stay with us on msnbc. with secret, you're unstoppable. no sweat! try it and love it or get your money back. since you're heading off to dad... i just got a zerowater. but we've always used brita. it's two stage-filter... doesn't compare to zerowater's 5-stage. this meter shows how much stuff, or dissolved solids, gets l

. >> ted kennedy called this afternoon, what did he say to you?place his name in nomination. >> did he give any reasons for that? >> no. >> what did you say in return? >> i said that i would respect his wishes, but that this movement had gone too far to be stopped. >> kennedy would play a big role in the 1980 convention, waging a bitter floor fight against president jimmy carter. when kennedy lost, the question was what he support carter? >> top kennedy aides -- they will "march together" ending all doubts that he might not support the democratic nominee. >> been in the end, kennedy's speech did more for him then carter buried >> the work goes on, the cause indoors, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. >> chris: convention speeches can make or break political careers. in 2004, a young state senator delivered the keynote that headed him to the presidency four years later. >> there is not a black america and a white america and latino america, and asian america, there is the united states of america. >> chris: senator obama think so

i mean, maybe ted kennedy endorsing barack obama, but, mii mean, other than that, clyburn giving his stamp to biden so then you suddenly have the black community standing up as one saying this is our guy, biden is our guy, and that creates this entire thing where you get biden as a pick of black voters and get kamala harris with the black women in our party leading for that. so i think you do now have the opportunity to energize the black vote. i think it's going to take more than just having a rising star like kamala harris. i agree with nia 100%. it's going to take a full-court press. it's going to take both obamas, both clintons, anybody else with their last name and their mama, but there is a chance now to get that excitement. >> andrew, how do you sense excitement out there? >> i spoke to a couple of asian-american groups and organizations over the last couple of days, anderson, and they are thrilled that kamala harris is the vice presidential nominee because many asian-american communities are incredibly eager to have someone of asian-american descent in that high-end office. s

men like ted kennedy and mike mansfield and hubert humphrey and fritz hollings, they convinced me tostay six months, joe, remember, danny? just stay six months. >> he couldn't allow the suffering to debill at a tiitat. just like he couldn't let the stuttering define him. that's the backbone, there's something bigger than joe's suffering. >> the senate turned out to be a wonderful place for him. he had a real gift for bringing >> the three of them had a bond that was forged in sorrow and expanded into joy when jill entered. >> they had built this beautiful family, this circle of trust. >> and then the extra gift of ashley. >> growing up, it was full of adventure, laughter. >> we do everything as a family. we've always done everything as a family. >> he was always a good, loving father. i mean there's nothing more important to joe than his children. >> it's hard to explain how eve ever-present he was in their lives. >> you don't have to guess what my dad believes. the great benefit of being my father is that he doesn't have to contort himself into different people at different times. >

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on the democratic side that year, senator ted kennedy came close to unseating jimmy carter. 1980 wasdipity. when the curtain lists, the nominee is well-known, and the only drama is the low-grade theater ticks frotheatericsthe cante lst. t even mh p ring a pandemic, you can't back slap from six feet away. we got a preview of that last week, when joe biden announced his running mate to a quiet room instead of billowing cheers. but if conventions have had to manufacture drama recently, this year's minimalist version is necessary because there is so much drama. america is in the middle of a pandemic, economic collapse, and a public reckoning with systemic racism. joe biden's message will be that he can build bridges to heal a fractured country. his choice of kamala harris, more than 20 years his junior, is a bridge to a future of aolike hers than of biden's youth in scranton, pennsylvania, where he was born 77 years ago, and which will be part of the week's reintroduction of a politician who has spent 48 years in public service. but biden wilsoll elas a bridge to the past. a past that re

and then like ted kennedy and mike mansfield, fritz hollins, danny norwood, they convinced know stay.ust stay six months, joe. remember, danny? just stay six months. >> he couldn't allow the suffering to debilitate him. it's like he couldn't allow the stuttering to define him. that's the backbone. ere's something bigger than joe suffering. >> the senate turn out to be a wonderful place for him. he had a real gift for bringing people together. >> the three of them had a bond that was forged in sorrow and expanded into joy when jill entered. they had built this beautiful family, this circle of trust. and then the extra gift of ashley. >> growing up it's full of adventure, laughter. >> we do everything as a family, and we've always done everything as a family. >> he was always a good, loving father. i mean, there's nothing more important to joe than his children. >> it's hard to explain how ever-present he was in our lives. you don't have to guess what my dad believes. the great benefit of being my father is that he doesn't have to contort himself into different people at different times

long time attorney counsel to several democratic senators, including the late ted kennedy. he served as vice president al gore's director of congressional affairs then became bill clinton white house secretary and former chairman of the u.s. postal service, and currently a board member with the campaign legal center. paul lobe has spent 45 years researching and writing about sifng responsibility, and empowerment. his books include of the soul citizen, living with conviction in challenging times, his organization the campus election pen gaugement project in 2018 work with more than 400 colleges and universities and is on track to pass 500 this year. paul thank you both very much for joining us today. >> great to be here. >> we will accept questions from our audience, i'll ask as many of those questions as time permits to submit a question please e-mail, headliners, at press.org. let's begin by level setting as we enter the fall sir good marshall jr. can you describe in general terms key problem that the absence of college create for vote or turnout among americans in this ag

ted kennedy was right down to his last disease wracked moment. i was wrong about the lovable nature of politics that i was sure that i was righ i was righe preeminent place that freedom should have in the political system. but there are lots of definitions of free. 36 definitions in webster's third international dictionary. plenty of people are theoretically in favor of freedom. we are all that overrun with theoretical allies in freedom's cause. we have got collaborators in the fight for freedom that we don't even want. the proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. it's the second to last sentence of the manifesto there's a creepy echo in the refrain. announced leading 100 flowers blossom and 100 schools contend as the policy. half a million people died in the definition of freedom. and we should probably keep in mind that the original definition of the word free in english is not in bondage. the most meaningful thing is mankind has a sickening history of slavery. now here in america, we have freedom because we have rights. the same way

jimmy carter was the incumbent, but ted kennedy tried to unseat him. the nomination but won the night. >> and the dream shall never die. >> the crowd electrified chanted for him not to leave the stage. carter, however, was determined to protect a united front. kennedy did leave the stage but not before stopping to shake hands with a young bill clinton. carter lost to ronald reagan. reagan kept his party guessing. we may have a ticket, ronald reagan and gerald ford reported out of this 1980 republican national convention. a night of suspension and then cooler heads prevailed. reagan chose george h.w. bush as his running mate. >> i am recommending to this convention that tomorrow when the session reconvenes that george bush be nominated -- >> when his turn came in 1988, bush made a fatal error in his acceptance speech. >> read my lips. no new taxes. >> as president he had to raise taxes and deal with a third party maverick, ross perot. just when both parties nearly succeeded in making the conventions as predictable as possible along came covid and our ne

ted kennedy was the boil right down to his last aged disease racked moment. i was wrong about the lovable nature of politics but i was sure i was right about the preeminent place freedom should have any political system. but there are lots of definitions of free. 36 definitions of free in webster's third international dictionary. plenty of people are theoretically in favor of freedom. we are all but overrun with theoretical allies. we have got collaborators in the fight for freedom that we don't even want. they have nothing to lose but their change. the second to last sentence of the communist manifesto and there's a creepy echo of it in the refrain of kris kristofferson me and bobby mcgee. mao announce letting 100 flowers boston. half 1 million people died in the definition of freedom. we should probably keep in mind that the original definition of the word free in english is not in bondage. the most meaningful thing about freedom is that meant and as a history of slavery. here in america we have freedom because we have rights. the same way we can get mixed

everybody who was anybody in politics from left to right, from ted kennedy to george wallace, they all endorsed it. and i was asked to speak about it and made a speech about it which then turned into my phyllis schlafly report which i had started a few years before. it looked exactly the same for 45 years. the phyllis schlafly report. i wrote one called "what is wrong with equal rights for women?" and sent it out to my friends. i sold the report by subscription for five dollars a year so they were mostly women i have worked with in the republican party. and one day, the next month one of them called up and that said phyllis, we took your report to the legislature and they voted down the equal rights amendment. and so then i thought we had been. and i invited 100 women from 30 states to meet men in st. louis and put them on a bus and took them down to the riverfront. we went on one of these show boats and i climbed up on the stage where they do all of these melodramas and i told them we are going to go out and beat the equal rights amendment. at that point, nobody thought it was possibl

men like ted kennedy and mike mansfield, fritz hollings, they convinced me to stay, to stay six monthsnate turned out to be a wonderful place for him. he had a real gift for bringing people together. >> the three of them had a bond that was forged in sorrow and extended into joy when jill entered. >> they had built this beautiful family, this circle of trust. >> and then the extra gift of ashley. >> growing up it was full of adventure, laugher. >> we do everything as a family. and we've always done everything as a family. >> he was always a good, loving father. there's nothing more important to joe than his children. >> it's hard to explain however present he was in our lives. >> you don't have to guess what my dad believes. a great benefit of being my father is he doesn't have to contort himself into different people at different times. >> he's going to do fine things. he had it all and then he got sick. the whole world tilted and it felt like we were all falling off. >> once again, joe faced the unimaginable. >> my mother, she said, bravery resides in every heart and some d day it wi

and then like ted kennedy and fritz holings, dan owen, they convinced me to stay, to stay six months,derful place for him. he had a real gift for bringing people together. >> the three of them had a bond that was forged in sorrow and expanded into joy when jill entered. they had built this beautiful family, this circle of trust. and then the extra gift of ashley. growing up it was full of adventure, laughter. >> we do everything as a family, and we have always done everything as a family. >> he was always a good, loving father. i mean, there is nothing more important to joe than his children. >> it is hard to explain how ever present he was in our lives. you don't have to guess what my dad believes. the great benefit of being my father is that he doesn't have to contort himself into different people at different times. beau was going to do fine things. he had it all. and then he got sick. and the whole world tilted and it felt like we were all falling off. >> once again, joe faced the unimaginable. >> my mother, she said bravery resides in every heart. and some day it will be summoned

but men like ted kennedy and hubert humphrey, fritz hollins -- they convinced me to stay. six months. >> he could not allow the suffering to debilitate him. just like he could not allow the stuttering to define him. that is the backbone. there is something bigger than joe's suffering. >> the senate turned out to be in wonderful place for him. he had a real gift for bringing people together. >> the three of them had a bond that was forged in sorrow and expanded into joy when jill entered. they had built this beautiful family, this circle of trust. and then, the extra gift of ashley. ashley: growing up, it was full of adventure, laughter. we do everything as a family. ashley: he was always a good, loving father. there is nothing more important to joe than his children. hunter: it is hard to explain however present he was in your life. you don't have to guess what my dad believes. the great benefit of being my father is that he does not have to contort himself into different people at different times. ashley: beau was going to do fine things. he had it all. -- the whole world

[cheers and applause] president carter: i'd like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. ted, you're a tough competitor and a superb campaigner, and i can attest to that. [applause] president carter: your speech before this convention was a magnificent statement of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country and why a democratic victory is so important this year. i reach out to you tonight, and i reach out to all those who supported you in your valiant and passionate campaign. ted, your party needs and i need you. [applause] president carter: and i need your idealism and your dedication working for us. there is no doubt that even greater service lies ahead of you, and we are grateful to you and to have your strong partnership now in a larger cause to which your own life has been dedicated. i thank you for your support. we'll make great partners this fall in whipping the republicans. [cheers and applause] president carter: we are democrats and we've had our differences, but we share a bright vision of america's future, a vision of a good life f

in 1973 with men like ted kennedy and mike mansfield, others, convinced me to stay.member. just stay six months. >> he couldn't allow the suffe suffering to debilitate him. it's like he couldn't allow the stuttering to define him. that's the backbone. there's something bigger than joe suffering. >> the senate turned out to be a wonderful place for him. he had a real gift for bringing people together. >> the three of them had a bond that was forged in sorrow and expanded into joy when jill entered. >> they had built this beautiful family, this circle of trust. >> and then the extra gift of ashlee. >> growing up, it was full of adventure, laughter. >> we do everything as a family. and we've always done everything as a family. >> he was always a good, loving father. there's nothing more important to joe than his children. >> it's hard to explainow ever present he was in our lives. >> you don't have to guess what my dad believes. a grt benefit of being my father is that he doesn't have to contort himself into different people. >> beau is going to do fine things, he had i

[applause] i would like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. tedyou are a tough competitor and a superb campaigner, i can attest to that. [applause] your speech before this convention was a magnificent statement of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country. and while a democratic victory is so important this year, i reach out to you tonight, and i reach out to all of those in your passionate campaigns. ted, your party needs you. and i need you. [applause] and i need your idealism and your dedication working for us. there is no doubt that even greater service lies ahead of you. and we are grateful to you. and to have your strong partnership now. and the larger call to which your whole life has been dedicated. i thank you for your support. we will make great partners this fall in whipping the republicans. [applause] we are democrats. and we have had our differences. but we share a bright vision of america's future, a vision of a good life for all of our people, a vision of a secure nation, a just society, a peaceful

[applause] i would like to say a personal word to senator kennedy. ted, you are a tough senator and a superb campaigner, i can attest to that. [applause] your speech before this convention was a magnificent sight of what the democratic party is and what it means to the people of this country. while a democratic victory is so important this year, i reach out to you tonight, and i reach out to all of those in your passionate campaigns. i need you. [applause] i need your idealism and your dedication. there is no doubt that even -- [indiscernible] lies a head of you. we are grateful to you. [applause] i have your strong partnership now. i thank you for your support. we will make great partners this fall and whip the republicans. [applause] we are democrats. we have had our differences. but we share bright visions of america's future, of a good life for all of our people, a secure nation, a just society, a peaceful world, a strong america. confident and proud and united. and we have the memory of franklin roosevelt 40 years ago when he said there are times in

he has spewed nonsense about ted cruz dad being part of the kennedy vaccination and joe scarborough committingenator kamala harris, born in oakland, california is not eligible for the vice presidency when she is. on friday president trump was asked if he believes the deranged qanon conspiracy ris and the president refused to answer the question. that's not a hard question. the correct answer is no. what's going on in the republican party right now is no longer about the establishment versus the maga forces of disruption. it's about those who still care about facts and truth and decency and those who have no allegiance to them at all and a message to those republican who is care about fact and truth and decency, your side in this battle is losing. thanks for spending your sunday morning with us. news continues next. vrm >>> this is gps. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. today on the show, america's attention was fixed this week on joe biden's choice of a running mate. beyond that, america and the world are still grappling with the pandemic. a f

after what most people agreed was a successful convention and he implied that ted cruz's father was involved in the kennedypretty much erasing much hope that he changed or tempered his conduct. that's exactly what you have going on here. what they've been trying to do from the convention in ads they've been cutting and running on facebook and elsewhere is the sense that really they're saying trump is not as bad as you think he is. we, the republican party, we're not as bad as you think we are. we don't coddle extremists, we're not racists. the president is a man of compassion who has a tremendous work ethic. he is fighting for you, he will be your voice. but the problem is, no high production value ad campaign can gloss over the fact that the voters overwhelmingly don't believe that. the numbers you were just showing they don't think he's done a good job by wide margins of handling the coronavirus pandemic. they don't think he's compassionate. there was a poll out that something like only in the 30s -- 36%, something like that, people felt that he was a compassionate person, compared with two thirds of peo

kennedy: no longer action at a distance and whatever movement and whatever momentum was created in the murder, in the wake of the murder of george floyd has clearly dissipated in portland. i called tedheeler the nutless wonder. it's disgusting what's happening. ted wheeler walking around this is bad, someone should do something. ted, you are the someone. you're supposed to be leading your city. you're supposed to be ensuring there is safety so people can protest. when there's a list of things people want changed, you can achieve them. you can't when we have what's going on. it's so absurd. i think ted wheeler is a trump operative. he has laid back so long and let his city burn because he knows it's a gift the trump campaign. i feel greg's frustration and every business owner and every cop and every person with a family who wants to live a good life and the beautiful city and they absently cannot because it's been hijacked. for those few -- those who are peaceful protesters. you better differentiate yourself from people who were trying to commit murder. if you don't, that's on you. >> trey: i was listening carefully and i think i heard a mayor's race in your future. stick around. the

jimmy carter was the incumbent, but ted kennedy tried to unseat him.t the nomination but won the night. >> and the dream shall never die. >> the crowd electrofied, chanted for him not to leave the stage. carter, however, was determined to project a united front. kennedy did leave the stage but not before stopping to shake hands with a young bill clinton. carter lost the election to ronald reagan, the gop choice. reagan kept his party guessing. >> we may have a ticket. ronald reagan and gerald ford reported out of this 1980 republican national convention. >> a night of suspense and then cooler heads prevailed. reagan chose george h.w. bush as his running mate. >> i am recommending to this convention that tomorrow when the session reconvenes that george bush be nominated. >> when his turn came in 1988, he made a fatal error in his acceptance speech. >> read my lips, no new taxes. >> whoops, as president he had to raise taxes and deal with a third party maverick, ross perot. just when both parties succeeded in making the convention as predictable as possi