in fact ted kennedy never did. he did but he followed his political career but never went face to face her toe-to-toe with his father when he did that and robert kennedy as a boy to do that. there was a way in which the boys created space and distance between themselves and their father partly to advance their political careers because the democratic party at that time there was no advantage to being the son of joseph kennedy ideologically speaking and financially speaking so there was that kind of dynamic. let's focus on ted as we should and go back to his childhood a little bit. before we go there want you to tell the story about his first communion because it's like you know how could you lose an election in the senate and i had my first communion with the pope. >> with the pope, that's right. that's why i'm joe kennedy was the ambassador to great britain and they were probably america's most notable catholic family and with the investiture of the new pope they went to the vatican and little ted kennedy, little t

when you look at ted kennedy, all we talk about is kennedy, kennedy. as i point out in the book, ted was much more fitzgerald in many, many ways than he was a kennedy. by that his father, honey fifz as he was called, he was very different kind of character both morally and esthetically from the kennedy family. he was boisterous, loud, all of those things on the esthetic side and on the moral side he was a person that cared deeply for ordinary people and empathized deeply. and when ted was young and in many ways ted -- the kennedys side of ted was a hard side. i want to add that. i can go on at greater lengths about that but i will just say this about that before i get back to honey fitz, the kennedy and fitzgerald sides, rose kennedy is often portrayed as sometimes mother, what a great mother she is. joe kennedy was the ice and rose was kind of a fire, the warmth, the heart of the family. completely mischaracterization of the family. rose kennedy was self-centered, completely interested in esthetics of the family, how everyone looked rather than in any

i'll never forget the days when ted kennedy would come to the floor and talk about the compromise and the bargain that he'd struck with you. i thought, what a political odd couple. but the two of you did some remarkable things. poles apart in terms of political philosophy they treated each other with respect and they had amazing successes to show for it. even when he had differing views, mike enzi has shown a willingness to come to the table and discuss the areas where we can agree. in 2012, senator dorgan retired and i called after he left and i said could i take up byron's position in your work in the fairness act? he said let's do t we brought in senator lamar alexander, that was a pretty smart move and then senator heidi heidkamp. and it made the marketplace fairness act necessary, and we were an unexpected group of senators, two republicans, two democrats, literally from all over the united states. we disagreed on some things, sure, but we agreed that main street business needed a break and deserved fair treatment. we kept working on it with microenzi's leadership and in 2013, it

i'll never forget the days when ted kennedy would come to the floor and talk about the compromise and the bargain he'd struck with you. i thought what a political odd couple. but the two of you did some remarkable things. poles apart in terms of politicallo philosophy. they treated each other with respect, they had amazing successes to show for it. even when he had differing views on the t best way to resolve issues, mike enzi has shown a willingness to come to the table and discuss the areas where we can agree. in 2012 democratic senator dorgan retired. i called mike after byron had left and said could i take up byron's position in the fought for the workplace fairness act. he said, let's do it. we brought in senator lamar alexander -- that was a pretty smart move -- and then-senator heidi heitkamp who both made great contributions to our work with. it was our luck that heidi heitkamp was the petitioner in the 1992 supreme court case which made the marketplace fairness act necessary. we were an unexpected group of senators;wo two republicans, two democrats literally from all over the

alexander: ted kennedy used to say there is a lot that comes through here. if you want to fix something, this is where you come.

bush did not call her on her birthday and get ted kennedy called her on that day and said topy birthday and danny boy her on the phone. reagan's hadnd the an interesting personal dynamic between them. >> invited ms. kennedy back to the white house. a beautiful portrait of john f. kennedy. it was a verye] powerful point in time, returned to the white house. here is a question about state dinners and entertaining, how that differed from president prior to them or even following. i would say that her or tickets were very much sought after because she would bring in the most celebrated artists and personalities in the country. it was not just government people or political people, but the arts and other people who were very cerebral and many people wanted to attend those dinners and they were quite famous, and i think it was the beginning of saying i really want to go to wait white house state dinner and many prominent people since that time have wanted to go to state dinners because they have been elevated a bit more than they had in prior administrations. was there and oh wow moment most

back when he was steering the health committee the democratic counterpart was ted kennedy. fs city a small government guy from wyoming in the liberal line from massachusetts. call it the 8020 rules final exam. but they passed that exam, they work together to create bipartisan outcomes on things like worker safety, pension reform and mental healthre pari. so to be clear madam president no lack of conservative conviction in c mike's career, just test our democratic colleague about the times mike landed in the 20% and that's when the gloves came off, this is the senator broadcaster in 2013 called the paul revere of obamacare but mike never lost sight of the mission he kept up the hunt for common ground, autism research, vocational training, carrying the torch in the historic fight against aids in africa. mike's sensational appetite remaking a difference brought interesting characters into his life, it turned out quite a few high-profile celebrities were happy to meet with one of the chief champions on the aids issue. but let the record reflect the east coast, washington, d.c.

ted kennedy. they gave me a clue and i. started having one question after the other. and i was overwhelmed just by the number of patients coming in with very complex problems and also by backing on one side behind. several of these patients had stories behind the article injuries which i also like that kind of emotional stress. when you don't want to kind of. base your medical decision on. emotions. i shouldn't wonder if. you. do so but i hate how. what the whole. the for the whole evil but isn't on the other. vision of what another study of the. party if there was. any different. than. and the middle of a bit firstly while. the mass of the un in all that had a player but i've had all but the little me i'm about to finish or philosophy but c.n.n. has a computer out of the home s. out under the out of either left buffet or generally a sadly i thought. showed america. gun finish we take. in though and yes it might have had a lot of say. alas the wish to kill. who wish to saudi haven't had halle in the eye she in a shock to them you who was were going to be one of the vi

>> when it comes to mental illness, he and ted kennedy have been active in this. they wanted to make sure that people saw mental illness and addiction as mental diseases that needed to be treated and not as failures of religious belief or will. benjamin rush wrote about that in the 1780's. we are still unfortunately debating this today. one of the reason the mental health parity act had to be passed was because these illnesses are not treated the same and we are backsliding on it right now in our coverage of it. it is the right place to talk about health care. everybody got health care at home. hospitals were only for the indigent. the pennsylvania hospital, which was the first hospital in america cocreated by benjamin franklin -- the idea was doctors would take care of sick people. it was for free. people at homewood pay them. that is how society did that. some institutions were created before benjamin franklin died, some after. he wanted to continue these ideas of voluntary associations who would take care of these problems. there is not a direct link because th

it's another example how friendships get you the finish line my partner like ted kennedy and orrin hatch friendship political odd couple looking at those big problems before us will never forget the dinner we had after frank passed away we decided to take on a reform we looked at each other and shook cans and said we will get this done. we did to pass the senate unanimously and we agreed there was aro problem and found common ground on the solution. but i didn't come here to list accomplishments you can check my twitter feed for that but i doeen what share final thoughts we face before i leave the senate for all of us here public services the calling for me in my life i had the privilege of learning from many dedicated servants one of them was senator john mccain a friend to me and to my family and when he first came to the house my uncle took him under his wing. he did the same for me and work together on issues like campaign finance reform, native american issues and others. he often said to me, we disagree in politics but not life. my great-grandfather help to settle st. john's and th

ted kennedy. they gave me a clue and i. started having one patient after the other. and i said i was overwhelmed just by the number of patients coming in with very complex problems and also by side behind. several of these patients had stories behind their injuries which i also like that kind of emotional stress. when you don't want to kind of. base your medical decision on the. emotions. person one little bit of thought and then you do. you do so but i hate how the. what's the whole. before the whole. decision on the. issue of the one that i started the. party that you're stuck with. me. and the much wanted to be pushed around a lot. of the any and all that had i would add. to what i had. with me i'm about to finish or so not cause effect but c.n.n. has not taken fish out of the home i thought i don't have you don't know if buffett is george w. bush. and showed america. again finish we take. in no and yes it might have a legacy. but alas the wish to kill who wish the saudi haven't had halle dash into show to knew who was going to leave one of the video. that you saw

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ted kennedy. they gave me a clue and i. started having one patient after the other. and this one i was overwhelmed just by the number of patients coming in with very complex problems and also by side behind. several of these patients had stories behind their injuries which i also like that kind of emotional stress. i mean you don't want to kind of. base your medical decision on. emotions. but still in the middle of all of them you do. you do so but i hate how the. what's on hold. for the whole. this isn't on the. patient is what i've been studying the. market if you're stuck with. me. and i want to be pushed around a lot. the mass slaughter any and all that had i would add. to what i've had. me i'm about to finish off a lot of the faith but c.n.n. has not taken prisoner out of the home i thought and i have you done your welfare as your gentleman has said. and showed america. again finish we take. in no and yes it may have a lot of things. unless we wish because. who wish the saudi haven't had halle in the ash ina shuttle knew who was going to be one of the really. fi

when it comes to mental illness, he and ted kennedy and ted kennedy's two sons who were active in were right in lockstep. which is that they wanted to make sure that people saw mental illness and addiction as medical diseases that needed to be treated by medicine and not as failures of religious belief or failures of will. what is amazing is that benjamin rush wrote about that in the 1780's. and we are still unfortunately debating this today. part of the reason the act had to be passed was because these illnesses are not treated the same as everyone else. and we are actually backsliding on it right now in our coverage of it. it is the right place to talk about health care. keep in mind, health care was different then. everybody got health care at home. hospitals were only for the indigent. at this time, the first hospital in america, which was cocreated by benjamin franklin -- the idea was that doctors would take care of poor people. it was their responsibility to do that and they would do it for free. the people who are treated at home would pay them and that is how society would do t

after that address ted kennedy without my knowing it went around and got 20 democratic cosponsors. in the house, were roger whitaker, marsha blackburn helped pass the bill where they were. the teachers who came to the floor before we open invariably go to our desks to find daniel webster's desk. they look for the kennedy brothers desk. they ask where is jefferson davis's desk. jefferson davis resigned the senate to become president of the confederacy because they heard the story the chalk mark on the desk that was imposed by union soldier when they captured washington. they are there to save the union not to destroy it. >> what would you like us to take back for being a united states senator? my reply is always the same. please suggest they look at washington dc as if it were a put screen television. on the other side democratic and republican senators strengthen national defense, national laboratories, national institutes of health. please remind what a remarkable country this is and best universities. tell them we are not perfect. the constitution says we work to form a more perf

my friendship with david vitter, my partner on tsca reform was sort of like ted kennedy and/or run hatch's friend -- and orrin hatch's friendship, a political odd couple. me the son of mormon pioneers, david a son of new or liens, two -- or liens, two different political backgrounds and different views on the big problems before us. but i will never forget the dinner we had after frank lautenberg passed away when we decided to take on tsca reform. we looked at each other after that dinner and shook hands and said, we're going to get this done. and we did. it passed the senate unanimously. we agreed there was a problem. we found common ground on a solution. that's still possible in the senate. but i didn't come here to just list accomplishments. you can check my twitter feed to see -- if you want to see more of that. i do want to share some final thoughts about challenges our nation faces before i leave the senate. i believe that for all of us here, public service is a calling. it certainly is for me. in my life i've had the privilege of learning from many dedicated servants. one of them wa

after that address, ted kennedy, without my knowing it, went around and got 20 democratic cosponsors. in the house, roger wicker and marsha blackburn helped pass the bill there where they were then. the teachers who come to the floor before we open invariably go to our desks and try to find daniel webster's desk. they look for the kennedy brothers'-esque did -- brothers' desk. they ask where is jefferson davis' desk because they've heard the story there is a chop mark on the desk that was imposed by a union soldier when they captured washington and the soldiers was chopping the desk until his commander said, stop that. we're here to save the union, not to destroy it. invariably a teacher will ask a senator, what would you like for us to take back to our students about being a united states senate. my reply is always the same -- please suggest to your students that they look at washington, d.c., as if it were a split-screen television. on one side are the confirmation hearings and the tweets. and on the other side you have democratic and republican senators working together to strength

created by the legislation, introduced in maden an address, 18 years ago rid after that address, ted kennedy, knowing it when rhonda got 20 democratic cosponsors. in the house, marsha blackburn another so fast the bill there. the teachers and come to the floor before we open iariably go through our guests, to try to find webster's. look for the kennedy brothers and they asked where is jefferson davis' desk. it jefferson dav became president of the conderacy. because they heard the story that there's a check mark on the desk that was imposed by a union soldier when the captured washington. and thehe soldier was his commander said, stuff that, we are here to save the union, not to destroy it. and invariably is the last senar he said what would you like f us to take back to her stents about being a united statesbe senator. andhe my reply is always the sa. please suggest to your students that they look at washington dc as if it were a split screen television. on one side of the confirmion hearing,nd tweets and on the other side you democratic and republican senators working together to strengtn

i remember him saying that when he would work with ted kennedy and their again, you know, friendship and i remember he said that many times to me as we worked on bills together. one of the first bills that i worked on a few years coming in here was with senator enzi, it was about our paramedics and using the experience that they'd gained, serving in the iraq and afghanistan conflict, making sure when they came home that they could use that experience immediately and put it to work and being paramedics in our own country because we had a shortage, we still do, and we wanted to respect that experience. so many of them in small towns where they would have to travel then to get the final degree that they needed to be able to continue working as a paramedic, and mike and i wanted to make sure that that experience that they had serving our country would be put to good use and would allow them to get those degrees faster. was also fortunate to work on mike trying to turn the page on u.s. cuba policy and forge a new pact. he was always willing to be one of the co-sponsors of my bill to lift

former senator ted kennedy from massachusetts and i used this tool when we led the health, education, labor and pension committees together. and it worked great. it worked even though we were on complete opposite sides of the political spectrum. i once showed senator kennedy an article that mentioned how unusual it was for the most conservative senator and the third most liberal senator to work together to which he said, so who is ahead of me? [laughte [laughter]. we were able to get legislation passed that others had been trying to do for years. here is how we started working together. i wanted to change things with osha, occupational safety. and senator kennedy did let me take it through a section at a time. that's the way we did it. he said in all of my time legislating, i never had somebody take me through the bill a section at a time. i'm still going to have to vote against it. lathe he called me about a safety bill he had been working on for over a decade. a bill to save nurses and medical janitors from accidental needle sticks. and asked if i'd take a look at it. i did. the big

i remember him saying that when he would work with ted kennedy and their genuine friendship and i remember he said that many times to me as we worked on bills together. one of the first bills that i worked on a few years coming in here was with senator enzi and it was with our par medics and using the information they gained in the iran conflicts, making sure that they could use that experience and use it in our own country because we had a shortage, we still do and we wanted to respect that. so many small towns where they would have to travel to get the final degree that they needed to be able to continue working as a paramedic and mike and i wanted to make sure that the experience they had serving our country would be put to good use and allow them to get degrees faster. i was fortunate to work with mike on trying to work on new cuba policy. he was willing to work with me on that and was one of my cosponsors to lift the embargo. i hope that it will get done in his honor as he understood the way to get to democratic change in cuba is by enhancing our relationship and that the cuban people

formerrer senator ted kennedy from massachusetts and i used this tool when we led the health education labor and pensions committee together, and it worked great. it worked even though we were on complete opposite sides of the political spectrum. i once wrote an article that mentioned how unusual it was for the most conservative senator and the third most liberal senator to work together, to which he said -- so who's ahead of me? [laughter] we were able to get legislation passed that others had been trying to do for years. when i first got to the senate, i wanted the change some things with osha, the occupational health and safety. finish senator kennedy was -- at the urging of my predecessor, senator simpson -- did let me sit down and take him through the bill a section at a time. that's something we always did in the wyoming legislature. when we marked up the bill in committee, senator kennedy said in all my years in the senate, i've never had anybody take me a bill a section at a time, but i'm still going to have to vote against it. it still got out of committee. later he called me

all i had to do back in tennessee was to stir up the republican crowd was to mention ted kennedy. and i did that on a regular basis. however, when he made my maiden address, without my knowing it, ted kennedy went around and got 20 cosponsors for the legislation i introduced that day. and i got a good dose of what it means to be an effective united states senator, somebody who sticks to his or her principles principles, and at the same time those were here to try to work on some sticky issues and get a result that most of us can vote for and that the country can accept. well, in his time here doug jones did that. i got to watch him because he was a member of the health, education, labor, and pensions committee. senator kennedy used to chair that committee, working with senator enzi, senator gregg, senator hatch and others to produce a lot of legislation. he used to say that committee has a third of all the jurisdiction in the senate. maybe that's about right. doug jones was one of the newest senators. we have 23 members. he was way down at the end of the line. but i noticed he alw

i remember when ted kennedy passed away, we were one vote short so we had to settle for what we got. of course, some of the have been trying to kill it all off from day one. i think that would be a tragedy. everyone is entitled to health care. health care is a right, not a privilege, particularly in the richest country in the world. so helping working people, average people, people who worked hard all their lives, helping the government service the people, that is what i feel very strongly about. greta: was there ever a moment during the debate over the 2010 health care law that you didn't think it was going to happen? representative engel: sure. first of all, i wanted a medicaid program. and we were also looking at various ways we could do these things, and it was very hard. we couldn't get a majority. and as i said, teddy kennedy passed away and we didn't have what we wanted. but we have been pushing, i think we are going to still push, and we are not going to stop until people have the health care they deserve. other issues, climate change, the paris climate accords, we have got t

michael dannon berg a former senior aide to the late senator ted kennedy asserts that biden can use existing statutory authority to forgive loans equal to average public college tuition on a rolling basis for 2 and 4 year public colleges affectively making college free and guess what having more educated citizens without debt means a better society in general whether you're one of them or not because if your neighborhood isn't educated people often can't make a good living and then the neighborhood goes into disrepair which is when the crooks in the headbangers and the con men and the witch whispers charge showing up and for you know it your little girl has lost her mind virginity to a charlatan ride around in a private bill we'll talk about the monocle but rather than make it college free it seems biden sallies of slowly decreasing the amount of student debt they say they plan to erase 1st they said everything under $50000.00 then $25000.00 now for some of them say $10000.00 and under pretty soon biden will be proudly saying these going to raise $13.00 of student debt for every american and

i remember when ted kennedy passed away, we had to settle for what we got. of course, people, some of the toublicans had been trying kill it off. i think that would be a tragedy. everyone is entitled to health care. right, not as a privilege, particularly in the richest country in the world. so helping working people, average people, people who work hard over their lives. book -- helping the government give service to these people is something i feel strongly about. >> was there ever a moment that you do not think it was going to happen? sure.ngel: we tried -- i wanted a medicaid program, and we were also looking at the various ways that we can do those things. it was very hard. majority.get a -- we could not get a majority. then teddy kennedy passed away. we did not have what we wanted. still push, and i think we are not going to the other issue and climate change and the climate accords. we had to get back in there and lead the world, not be a country that sits and watches on the sidelines. there are a lot of bad players out there, bad governments. if the

alexander: ted kennedy used to say there is a lot that comes through here. if you want to fix something, this is where you come. if you want to get medical miracles into the doctor's office rapidly, you come here to pass 21st century cures. the opioid crisis, here. the big argument over labor, here. a lot happens here. we have 23 members in the senate, from elizabeth warren to bernie sanders to rand paul. so, if we can get a consensus here, we figured the country can live with it as well. >> highlight your chairmanship over the years? sen. alexander: highlights? well, one emotional highlight was when i was sitting there at nd all 23 senators voted to report the bill fixing no child left behind. it may sound silly to viewers, but think about elementary and secondary education. i mean, everybody is an expert. it's like being at the university of tennessee's football stadium, with 100,000 people, all of whom have played a little football, so they know what play to call. that is the way they all were. everything from sexual orientation to common core. yet we wer

senator ted kennedy used to say the help committee had about a third of the jurisdiction of the senate. it does a lot of work and needs a lot of talented staff members. during my eight years as the senior republin the staff helped organize 209 hearings, 752itnesses, mostly bipartisan, meaning that he agreed with senator harkin first, senator murray the last six years on who the witnesses would be. and we produced 90 bills that it's a lot of work. weeks of work by the staff. securing each witness often with democrat committee staff. numerous phone calls with exerts. -- experts and every bl that takes law takes experts. from consultions from constituents and experts from the drafting to work with other members or outside groups to consulting to trying to soothe bruised feelings, work with other committee members, try to find an opportunity for it to be on the senate calendar and then build support and then remove holds there's a lot of work to do in passing a bill and making it law and staff do most of the work. senators do a lot but ty can't do it all. here's some of the achievements wo

when chairman enzi was steering the help committee his counterpart was ted kennedy, a small-government guy from wyoming and the liberal lion from massachusetts. call it the 80-20 rule's final exam. but they passed that exam. they worked together to create bipartisan outcomes on things like worker safety and pension reform and mental health parity. so to be clear, madam president, there has been no lack of conservative conviction in mike's career. just ask our democratic colleagues about the times when mike landed in the 20% and that's when the gloves came off. one broadcaster in 2013 called it the paul revere of obamacare. mike never lost sight of the mission. he kept up the hunt for common ground, autism research, vocational training, carrying the torch on pepfar, the fight against aids in africa. mike's appetite for making a difference brought some interesting characters into his life. it turned out quite a few high-profile celebrities were happy to meet with the chief champion on the aids issue. but washington, d.c., life never spoiled mike. i heard from a reliable source that after

george miller and john boehner, house democrat, house republican, ted kennedy, judd gregg, senate democratad the effort to find common ground. you don't get forward movement by jamming everything in an executive order and your job republican senate is to do what a democratic president tells you to do and put that into law. >> bill: we'll see if that happens. thanks, karl, with reaction on that. >> you bet. >> bill: watching the cdc advisory panel happening now in atlanta. big doings here now. there will be major headlines in the next hour on who should be the first in line for the vaccine and where it goes. stay tuned for that. and new information on how china mishandled the virus in the early days of the outbreak. greg palkot has been digging in on the story all day. he's here live with his reporting next after this. we're related to them? we're portuguese? i thought we were hungarian. can you tell me that story again? behind every question is a story waiting to be discovered. this holiday, start the journey with a dna kit from ancestry. >> continued questions about the timeline of the co

discussion o past pandemics and covid9 per coming up this evening is a two bgraphy the late senator ted kennedy. kris per body discusses how she was denied reproductive choice i healthcare for her childr. an mit professor and tech investor explores the impact social media algorithms have on public discourse on ections, public health and more pdefined more schedule information and booktv.org. or check your program guide. now here's a look at home grow extremists. >> welcome everyone. i am karen greenberg iirect the center national security. welcome to today's event. on t book i'm going to show you, home grown, isis in america. but before we get started today want to mention some sad news. in the world at the center on national security my world frank mead who is a longtime friend, advocate f an advisor to the center passed away on november 1f this year. we are going to miss him. and so i wanted to

. >> i not only agree but i accompanied ted kennedy here to this library to make his first trip. he never went to dallas but he came here to visit mrs. johnson in this library. he taid said walking through the exhibits and going up to mrs. johnson's office, he said he agreed with the warren commission report and he had no reason to doubt the warren commission report and he said that in this library. >> gentlemen, thank you, our time -- >> i would like to take about three minutes. >> we don't have three times. >> because i could run out of time and they won't see me again. >> actually. what we've got is we have got a hard time that we have to end the broadcast. but we will have the audience stick here to hear your remarks as soon as we wrap up. but we do need to wrap this up now in this regard because of the contrants of television time in this regard. larry temple, ben barnes, julian read, sid davis, you folks have added immeasurably to the history of this even with what you have said here tonight. and we thank you so much for being here. [ applause ] well, let's go ahead, sid, a

i was alone with beau, the dog that ted kennedy had given me.of health care. >> jimmy: oh, i thought you meant beau. beau was also a champion of health care. >> sure. >> jimmy: veterinary, i'm sure. >> you know, that night was the best night of my presidency. because i knew this was a hard thing, we got it done, and i was absolutely convinced that once it took, that the american people over time would see the benefits of it. and it survived a lot of efforts to get unwound. >> jimmy: many years ago i decided to do an experiment. we went out on the street, we asked people what they thought of the affordable care act. and then we asked those same, mostly republicans, asked those same people what they thought of obamacare. and it was comical. i mean, everybody liked the affordable care act and no one liked obamacare. and it's just so frustrating. and i would imagine it's very frustrating for you. but thank god you made that top of the list, really. [ applause ] >> it was a priority. we've got more work to do. and yeah, there's still people who don't

ted kennedy. he said i want to work with you on education reform.h john boehner and judd and see if he can do something. he doesn't need staffers going to "glamour" magazine and use accrued reference to talk about the opposition. they're not a bunch of blankers. people you have to work with. get used to it. >> bill: i was at that inauguration. rained like heck. >> it did. >> bill: thanks, karl. >> thank you. >> bill: in a moment, we're watching a major snowstorm in the northeast. the impact it could have on outdoor dining. how about zippo in new york city. restaurants across the nation asking for help from d.c. again. tom colliccio is here and is my guest after this. check it out. >> the restaurant act is the only bill that will keep restaurants open. that is it. that is our only hope. it has bipartisan support. we need to pass it and pass it now. joint pain, swelling, tenderness. my psoriasis. cosentyx works on all of this. cosentyx can help you look and feel better by treating the multiple symptoms of psoriatic arthritis. don't use if you're aller

. >> i was prepared to walk away in 1973 from that opportunity, but men like ted kennedy and mike mansfieldphrey -- they convinced me to stay, just stay six months, joe. >> reporter: in one early meeting mansfield instilled in biden a lesson he would account for decades. >> from that moment i tried to look past the caricatures of my colleagues and try to see the whole person. never once have i questioned another man's or woman's motive. >> reporter: it set the course for a career reaching across the aisle. >> he views his competitors as competitors, and he's been able to cultivate many unlikely friendships across the aisle with jesse helms, with strong thurman, with me. >> reporter: in the face of tragedy in 1972 and again in 2015 biden took on a new role as an ambassador of grief. >> you know it's going to be okay when the first instinct is you get a smile to your lips before you get a tear to your eye. >> reporter: that moment 48 years ago a formative one on biden's long road to the white house. >> mike memoli with that report. and exactly one year ago tonight the house of representatives

. >> ted kennedy said voting against the war in iraq was the best vote he ever last in the 40 years in u.s. senate is voting for the war the worst vote you ever cast in your mind? >> i don't think so. i think misunderstanding this administration is the worst miscalculation i ever made in my career i acknowledge it was a mistake to trust he wasn't going to go to war. >> was that on him or was that on you >> well, i -- i took his word for it and i acknowledged for a long, long time it was a mistake to have given him that authority and that he abused, he wasn't supposed to do that. so that was my fault for trusting his word. >> one lesson out of my generation, and i'm 36 -- now 37 years old, so-called vietnam generation, is that we cannot conduct foreign policy in a belligerent manner without the full, total backing of the domestic population of this country. >> he's in kabul, afghanistan, spent the last four days in the war zone. >> someone said to me in another interview do you want to own afghanistan? i said no, but we've got to rent it for a little while here this government needs at