but then she so she started telling me something about ted kennedy that jimmy didn't want her to tell. so just gives her a stern look and rosa, he only has hour and rosalynn gave him a stern look back and proceeded to tell the story and. boy, was that informative about the kind of stuff i was trying to learn. i could i could give other stories, too. but we ran short of to whenever i would get the second hour and, i was running out of questions, you know, and he was still the library when they visit. but right before i left my office and and start at the university had a graduate student in my office name is ken vickers. and i said, ken, what would you like me to ask you, jimmy, you know, just kind of joking and ken said, well, why don't you ask him if willie nelson really smoked and dope? the white house roof and i had nothing else to ask him at that point. so i said, did willie really smoke dope on the white house roof? and i can't remember, jimmy said. he kind of laughed, didn't deny it, but rosalynn spoke immediately, and she said, oh, his wife wrote me a letter for that. she didn'

voted for four or five different compromises on border security, starting back with larry craig and ted kennedy. once again, a very constructive bipartisan bill that would have put more resources into protecting our border, got killed by republicans who would rather campaign on the issue than actually solve the issue. what is really important, i think, for washingtonians, is we take care of our dreamers. that we have a comprehensive immigration law that allows people to come here, work, and return to their home country, like so many do from mexico, and to make sure that we continue to focus on what the right asylum laws are, not what president trump would do, put children in cages or separate families. this bill, as separated by -- this was a great idea, giving the resources to the border, but republicans chose to kill it. i want to make sure that when we go back, we make another attempt to get this over the goal line. ms. laven: earlier this year, a comprehensive bill on border security failed to pass in congress. would you support the bill if it came up again? dr. garcia: i wasn't there for t

steve got his start in politics working for senator ted kennedy. he's been a strategist for dozens of senate, gubernatorial, and mail campaigns across the country. and he served in senior goals and three presidential campaigns, including the democratic national committee for barack obama's 2008 presidential campaign. he is cofounder and ceo of purple strategies , a firm which develops comprehensive reputation and advocacy campaigns for organizations and industries operating in a challenging environments. many of you will know him from his on-air political commentary over the years on msnbc,, cnn and fox news. steve is one of the most thoughtful people you will find in the field. he understands not just the odds of the race, but the stakes involved. we are grateful to have him meeting tonight's conversation. thank you, c. steve: thank you, michael pitt does not sound like my mother wrote that -- dosn't that sound like my mother wrote that? [laughter] starting from when this building opened up and continuing until 20 i taught at nyu. one of the great

steve got his start in politics working for senator ted kennedy.e's been a strategist for dozens of senate, gubernatorial, and mail campaigns across the country. anhe served in senior goals and three presidential campaigns, including the democratic national committee for barack obama's 2008 presidential campaign. he is cofounder and ceo of purple strategies , a firm which develops comprehensive reputation and advocacy campaigns for organizations and industries operating in a challenging environments. many of you will know him from his on-air political commentary over the years on msnbc,, cnn and fox news. steve is one of the most thoughtful people you will find in the field. he understands not just the odds of the race, but the stakes involved. we are grateful to have him meeting tonight's conversation. thank you, c. steve: thank you, michael pitt es not sound like my mother wrote that -- do't that sod like my ther wrote that? [laughter] starting from when ts builng opened up and continuing until 20 i taught at n. one of the great joys of my life w

since we're in 2009, don't quote me on that, it was when ted kennedy had a share of the health education labor pensions committee and it's been a while. and it hasn't been indexed in inflation and it is true that as a result, a lot of lower wage workers, the majority of which are not represented by unions as you mentioned with those numbers from the bureau of labor statistics have not gotten a raise in a long time. it's an issue on a federal level that has been deadlocked again for quite a look time like i mentioned. there has been a lot more progress in the states. you see a lot of states that are well above the federal minimum wage of $7.25. so from the perspective of effectuating change, it could be argued had the state route was the more effective way to go. obviously, you have states that are going be resistant to that but are still at the federal minimum wage. but in recent history, a lot of these policies have been effectuated by states and cities as well. if you look at the start of the $15 minimum wage movement a decade or so ago, it started in cities. i believe seattle was the

in 1970 two democratic senators, walter mondale and ted kennedy said we need to stimulate the economy by massive tax cuts and the nixon administration said we will stimulate the economy by massive federal spending. a complete role reversal in 40 years so on many issues the republican party has changed but it has been fairly constant since reagan's time which is an understood accomplishment of ronald reagan, he changed it for a lifetime what the republican party stands for. >> creating a dynamic republican party. >> precisely. i saw some other hands. we are going to go 123 and finish, 4, five. if you could number that there. >> how are you doing? >> how are you? >> you look at the recent polls and they show that -- >> paul, paul. >> joe biden is one of the greatest presidents according to some recent polling and ronald reagan seems to have hit a ceiling. do you see that changing over the next 50, hundred years? >> historians on us. i saw a poll about a bunch of political scientists who are notoriously left-wing and they had joe biden rated as the ninth greatest president which made me

[cheering and applause] my uncle ted kennedy wrote title nine which protected women's sports in collegese] it was the party that believed in voting rights and fought for the right of every american to vote for the person of their choice. today's democratic party is the party of war, it is a party of the cia, you have kamala harris giving a speech at the democratic convention that was written by neocons, it was belligerent, talked about domination of the world by the united states through our weapons of war is a party today that wants to divide americans, is a party that is dismantling women sports by letting men play women's sports bill mac. >> it is that the party of wall street, the party of bill gates you just gave for the million dollars to kamala harris. harris campaign is very proud that it received the endorsement of 50 former cia agents and officers. and of john bolton. and dick cheney. these are the people that gave us a war and -- a war in iraq. the worst foreign policy catastrophe that is ever happened in this country. these are the people that gave us the patriot act. [booin

in 1970 ted kennedy said we need to stimulate the economy by massive tax cuts. nixon administration said no, we will stimulate by massive spending, a complete run over by peers. republican party's changed but it'sai been constant since reagan's time which is another accomplishment for lifetime or even longer. >> a dynamic republican party. i think i saw some of the hands. one, two, three and 445. ... do you see that changing over the next 50 or 100 years? >> i saw a poll by a bunch of political scientists who are notoriously left-wing. theyens had joe biden which made gag.ib joe biden is a terrible, terrible president. he's going to go down in history by honest historians as the worst president in history if not the worst. it's not my standard jan patrick diggins wrote about books but the labor movement he wrote books about the women's movement he wrote books about civil rights. his last book he wrote and he and i became friends many years ago before he passed away. his last book was called and in this book for greatest presidency is very good criteria. fdr and

it was the first time he met ted kennedy who he thought was going to be his arrival and 76. it was the first time guns of journalists hunter thompson and countered carter. he was a blown away by his speech that day which wasn't an extemporaneous speech. he turned away his speech a not. he had made the sermon. it was a sermon where he talked about southern justice and how lawyers had not served the people by not representing the poor and getting them equal justice. and it was a passionate speech and hunter thompson became a carter advocate at that point. >> love to go back to that speech and teach that speech. it's a very timely speech because it is a sermon about injustices of the criminal justice system. it's remarkably timely in our own moment when we are going through its reappraisal of race and criminal justice in contemporary america. but the closing and that speech is remarkable when he reflects having read war and peace and it's ann 11-year-old i don't knw what 11-year-old reads war and peace. but it's a remarkable speech. this is the first ever cradle-to-gravepr biog

that was the first time he met ted kennedy, who he thought was going to be his rival in 76. and it was the first time the gonzo journalist, hunter thompson, encountered carter and thompson was blown away by carter's speech that day, which was an extemporaneous speech he had thrown away his speech notes, and he made this this sermon. it was a sermon where he talked about southern justice and how lawyers had not serve the people by you know, not representing the poor and giving them equal justice. and it was a passionate speech. and hunter thompson became a carter advocate at that point. yeah, i love to go back to that speech and to teach that speech. it's a very timely speech because it's really it is a sermon about the injustices of the criminal justice system. and it's remarkably, you know, timely in our own moment when we're doing going through this reappraisal of race and criminal justice in contemporary america. but the closing in that speech, too, was is a remarkable when he reflects on having read war and peace as an 11 year old. i don't know what 11 year old reads. wa

think we live in such a divisive world today, candidates at each other's throats, not that he and ted kennedynst ronald reagan didn't go against each other but nothing like today. what does he think of this and if -- if you can share that? >> yeah, you know, i mean, look, he came from a different political era. i run for governor of georgia ten years ago and even that was a different political era. urshela also much more out each other's throats now. i do think we're all ready to turn the page on that at least in my family and i think we can point fingers in all these different directions but one of the great things about my grandfather is politicians, small across the political spectrum will tell you i disagree with him on this but he did it help -- good man, you know, i do agree with him on these things but not these and we have the ability as americans and asked people to have those kind of conversations but it doesn't have to be able to recall all the time and i think we've got a mark -- model that. is called over to the rest of the world and, you know, we have the ability i think the lea

in 1972, democratic senators walter mondale and ted kennedy said, wouldn't it stimulate the economy by massive tax cuts? this is true. democratic senators say massive cuts and the nixon administration said, no, we're going to stimulate the economy by massive federal spending. i mean, clip complete role reversal in just 40 years. so party is on war on many, many issues. the republican party has changed, but it's been fairly constant since reagan's time, which i think is another understood accomplishment. ronald reagan and said he changed for a lifetime or even longer. what the republican party stands for, for creating a dynamic republican party. precisely, precisely. do we have. i think i saw some other hand. so we're going to go one, two, three and we'll finish. well, four and five. okay. so, mikey mag, if you can catch all that numbering there. hey, craig, how are you doing? good. how are you? all right. you look the recent polls and they show that joe biden. i got my glasses on. paul. i owe. yeah. you know, joe biden is now one of the greatest presidents to some recent polling and. a

started in this town and you would see these titans, these, these legislative titans on capitol hill, ted kennedy, john chafee, john warner a politically different orrin hatch, but they could get along. they didn't look at each other as enemies. they looked at each other as opponents when it came to politics, but not enemies what we've seen over, over the past 30 years or so, but even more so in the last five or six cheers or so, is donald trump is taking that into an entirely new level that if you're not with me then you are my enemy how effective is that a line of attack for kamala harris? >> because you're seeing democrats focus more on the idea that donald trump is unhinged and mentally with his comments that's about arnold palmer, but specifically his insinuating that the military should go after his political rivals right? >> so fight fire with fire, right? and that's what i think you've seen kamala harris do in some ways, but she's trying to use it, not with just her own voice. she's using other voices she's using trump military officials that are going out and making the case, or liz chen

very late, and there were 10,000 kids that were waiting there to greet john kennedy. ted -- had already gone off to a 24 hour cafeteria. they wanted to get something to eat. there was no speech for him. and john kennedy said, well i can't possibly go to sleep until i speak to them. so he 3 minutes he spoke to them. he said it was the longest short speech he'd ever made and it was really just a series of questions he asked them. he said how many of you would be willing to go to ghana or some developing country and help your skills of education or engineering to help the people there during time, there was a real battle between the war and the free world. who was going to develop the hearts and minds of latin american and the african countries. and that's what he was thinking. his mind. the kids responded immediately, not only clapping, but they decided to graduate students, to send a petition around to, see how many would sign up for this. there wasn't a mention of what this program was going to be. just sign up for this non-existent thing that he was talking about. it was

best writer of the new york new york times best seller, the last line the rise and fall of senator ted kennedy, his 2021 book, though, what brings us here today, the great dissenter was named one of publishers weekly best nonfiction books of the year and has earned praise from all corners of literary circles and all corners of this room from some of the commentary i've heard when we announced he was coming to join us here, we're so grateful to have him with us today for discussion of john marshall harlan america's judicial hero and one of kentucky's greatest sons. my friends, please welcome to our commonwealth, peter cornelison. thank you for that inspiring speech and inspiring introduction. it's been a great honor to me to share the harlan story with many people over the last three years. but i've never spoken before such an illustrious audience as this and people with as much personal stake in this story, jurists, historians. it only adds to the honor. and and i hope that what i say will ring true to you, that that'll be the greatest. sense of accomplishment i could ever imagine. it's also p

for senator ted kennedy, pictured here and supporters of the care act. even activists who may have private lee opposed the use of a quote politically safe symbol that passing the bill in ryan's name. for jesse and people like him, that meant supposedly protecting white and other so-called innocent victims from men who have sex with men, people who use intravenous drugs. hollywood elites and even certain congresspeople, through his character, mystically cruel remarks, helms sought to wrest control of ryan's name and image away from kennedy and other care act proponents. although in one sense his efforts failed. given the wide margins by which the white care act passed, they also revealed the limits the politics of innocence. in this context. specifically helms correctly identified white as an exceptional person with aids who helped direct public attention away from stigmatized groups disproportionately affected by the epidemic. through and related observations, helms reinforced the perceived symbolic and moral distance between white and other people with

that was against ted kennedy. that wasn't necessarily difficult. opposition research to come up with it. you didn't have to dig too deep for that. it was used in the way that opposition research is now. especially in the primary. you get a couple of journalists who do are again. a lot of the way that they do that now, they would say, what does jeff critic do for kennedy's chances? how is this going to effect? it is still the same story. most of those, when you hear a story about that one particular candidate in an election, that is one of the dirty things that the campaign does with the information. we get them. the journalists take it, and they do their horserace stuff with it. what will it do to a poll? that sort of thing. it is always the same way. how is this particular thing that is bad about that, affect their chances in the campaign? how well they're going to do in the states. >> once he wins the primary against kennedy, he said he didn't really run against jerry ford in 1976. he definitely feels like he needs to run against ronald reagan. w

that was against ted kennedy. so the wasn't opposition research to come up with. you didn't have to dig superduper that but it was used in the way that kind of opposition research is now. where it was, especially in the primary, you get a couple of journalists who do articles about chappaquiddick again. a lot of the way they do that now is they would say, what does chappaquiddick do for kennedy's chances? the new spin on it was how is this going to affect? but still the same story that's getting out. when you hear the story about one particular candidate in an election, that is one of the dirty things that campaign does with the information the people like me give them. and then, the journalists take it into their horserace stuff with it. so it's all, you know, what would you to his polls, and that kind of thing? you can always recognize it because it's always presented the same way. how would this particular thing that is bad about them affect their chances in the campaign or how well they are going to do in certain states, or that kind of thing. >> so once he wi

he does it without notes, and even critics like ted sorensen, that kennedy's masterful speech writerin the new republic give him an a-plus for for his his efforts in that convention. well, it was in chicago that the republican met after the democrats. here's part of richard nixon's acceptance speech 100 years ago in this city. abraham lincoln was nominated for president of the united states. the problems which will confront our next president will be even greater than those that confronted him. the question then was freedom for the slaves and survival of the nation. the question now is freedom for all mankind and the survival of civilization. and the choice you make you, each of you, listening to me, make this november and effect the answer to that question. what should your choice be and what is it? well, let's first examine what our opponents offered in los angeles two weeks ago. they claim theirs was a no program. but you know what? it was? it was simply the same old proposition that a political party should be all things to all men and nothing more than that. and they promised. t

but then the and that was against ted kennedy. yeah. so the chappaquiddick thing came up and that wasn't like necessarily difficult. and, you know, opposition research to come up with you didn't have to dig super deep for that, but it was, you know, used in the way that you know, kind of opposition research is now where it was, you know, especially in the primary, it was, you know, you get a couple of journalists to do articles about chappaquiddick again and, you know, a lot of the way that they do that now is is they would say, what does chappaquiddick do for kennedy's chances? you know, so that was the new spin on it was how is this going to effect? but it's still the same story that's getting out. so most of those, when you hear a story about that, about one particular candidate in an election, that is one of the dirty things that the campaign does with the information that people like me give them. and then the journalists take it and do their horserace stuff with it. so it's all, you know, what would this do to his polls and that k

whether president bush, ted kennedy trying to have a comprehensive immigration reform, president obamaght, marco rubio when he cared about doing something with immigration reform or attempts in this recent era, ted cruz has been somebody who got in the way of that every single time. it does include making sure that we find a pathway out of the shadows for folks here who are undocumented, securing the border and making our legal immigration system work much better. every employer i talk to in texas says the same thing, they want to to be making sure they are following the laws and want to bring in people from around the world. our immigration system is so broken. we need to fix that. we know for 12 years ted cruz will take down any bipartisan effort to reform our immigration system. i will make sure we get that done, fix this broken system and make sure we have pathways and accountability as well. >> congressman colin allred, your friend beto o'rourke questioned us on sleeping in texas, not just your race, but in the presidential. we track it. we will keep following it. come back and jo

james lankford other times john mccain and ted kennedy.n though it 78 or 80 votes are the united states senate conservatives did not just want to do anything to allow for a legal process to be established for the workforce we depend on in washington particularly in central washington. i do support and immigration policy that will allow us to bring people from mexico who want to live here and return to mexico. i'll do everything we can to continue to fight and getting gg appropriations for the border. >> thank you, senator. dr. garcia shipped 30 seconds to respond. >> i also want to talk about certain topics of immigration we may not come back too you. i am all in favor of the dreamers, the docket kids across the board not having 18 years of age to begin citizenship yesterday. okay? to the other people that have been four years and have paid taxes. and have been reputable people i iwill give permanent residency too. but, if you come to this country to commit crime you are out. >> thank you dr. garcia known to ask a follow-up question on thi

since we're in 2009, don't quote me on that, it was when ted kennedy had a share of the health education pensions committee and it's been a while. and it hasn't been indexed in inflation and it is true that as a result, a lot of lower wage workers, the majority of which are not represented by unions as you mentioned with those numbers from the bureau of labor statistics have not gotten a raise in a long time. it's an issue on a federal level that has been deadlocked again for quite a look time like i mentioned. there has been a lot more progress in the states. you see a lot of states that are well above the federal minimum wage of $7.25. so from the perspective of effectuating change, it could be argued had the state route was the more effective way to go. obviously, you have states that are going be resistant to that but are still at the federal minimum wage. but in recent history, a lot of these policies have been effectuated by states and cities as well. if you look at the start of the $15 minimum wage movement a decade or so ago, it started in cities. i believe seattle was the first

since we're in 2009, don't quote me on that, it was when ted kennedy had a share of the health education pensions committee and it's been a while. and it hasn't been indexed in inflation and it is true that as a result, a lot of lower wage workers, the majority of which are not represented by unions as you mentioned with those numbers from the bureau of labor statistics have not gotten a raise in a long time. it's an issue on a federal level that has been deadlocked again for quite a look time like i mentioned. there has been a lot more progress in the states. you see a lot of states that are well above the federal minimum wage of $7.25. so from the perspective of effectuating change, it could be argued had the state route was the more effective way to go. obviously, you have states that are going be resistant to that but are still at the federal minimum wage. but in recent history, a lot of these policies have been effectuated by states and cities as well. if you look at the start of the $15 minimum wage movement a decade or so ago, it started in cities. i believe seattle was the first

my uncle, ted kennedy, wrote title ix which protected women sports in college. fought for the right of every american to vote for the person of their choice. today's democratic party is a party of war, it is the party of the cia. you have kamala harris giving a speech at the democratic convention was written by neocons. it was belligerent and talked about the domination of the world by the united states through our weapons of war. it is the party today that wants to divide americans. it is the party that is dismantling women's sports by letting men play women's sports. it is the party of wall street. it is the party of bill gates who just gave $50 million to kamala harris. it is the party -- and the harris campaign is very proud that it received the endorsement of 50 former cia agents and officers. and of tom bolton and dick cheney. these are the people that gave us a war in iraq. the worst foreign policy catastrophe that has ever happened in this country. these are the people that gave us the patriot act and launched the surveillance state. these are the people

larry craig from idaho, people member him, add ted kennedy, not exactly like kindred spirits on policy. even now, kiersten sinema and james lenkford, john mccain and ted kennedy, and every time, even though 78 or 80 votes out of the united states senate would be killed by conservatives who just didn't want to do anything to allow for a legal process to be established for the workforce we depend on particularly in central washington. i do support and immigration policy that will allow us to bring people from mexico who want to work here and return to mexico and i will do everything we can to continue to fight and get appropriations for the border. >> thank you. you have 30 seconds to respond. >> i want to talk about certain topics of immigration we may not come back to. i'm all in favor of the dreamers, the daca kids across the border not having 18 years of age to be given citizenship yesterday. to the other people that have been here for years and have paid taxes and have been reputable people i would give permanent residency to but if you come to this country to commit crime you are o

he does it without notes, and even critics like ted sorensen, that kennedy's masterful speech writerin the new republic give him an a-plus for for his his efforts in that convention. well, it was in chicago that the republican met after the democrats. here's part of richard nixon's acceptance speech 100 years ago in this city. abraham lincoln was nominated for president of the united states. the problems which will confront our next president will be even greater than those that confronted him. the question then was freedom for the slaves and survival of the nation. the question now is freedom for all mankind and the survival of civilization. and the choice you make you, each of you, listening to me, make this november and effect the answer to that question. what should your choice be and what is it? well, let's first examine what our opponents offered in los angeles two weeks ago. they claim theirs was a no program. but you know what? it was? it was simply the same old proposition that a political party should be all things to all men and nothing more than that. and they promised. t

john mccain and ted kennedy, every time of the or 80 votes out of the u.s. senate would be by conservatives who just didn't want to do anything to allow for a legal process to be established for the workforce we depend on in washington so do not support immigration policy that will allow us to bring people from mexico is and i will do what we can to fight for appropriations the border. >> thirty seconds to respond. >> i want to talk about certain topics may not come back to. i'm in favor of the dreamers not having 18 years of age. to the other people who have been here for years and have been profited people people, i'll give of presidents but if you come to commit crime, you are out. >> a lot a follow-up question and thoughts on former president trump running the false rumors about haitian immigrants and an ohio town. a book to know about the rhetoric of immigrants. >> i'm going to be a champion of immigrants, i am one. i came to this country searching for the american dream and everyone in this audience, it may not have but you but it may have been your an

also joining us today, kennedy saves the world podcast post and cohost of the verdict with ted cruz podcast host of the ben ferguson podcast ben ferguson. they began with adam klotz who has been tracking hurricane milton from the fox weather center. what is the latest? >> unfortunately, this is a big scary storm. category four hurricane. the track, when will you need to be prepared for this? it's gonna take place tomorrow afternoon making landfall late tomorrow evening into the wee hours of thursday morning. you will notice the wind speeds died down a little bit. that is positive. lower wind speeds are good. when a storm like this slows down like that, it typically grows. we expect this to grow double in size. more people ultimately and unfortunately being impacted by milton when it makes that land developer and a larger storm pushes that while the water a little bit more intensely. use a bigger storm surges. this is the biggest storm surge forecast for tampa. up to 15 feet would be absolutely unheard of. double what they just saw a little bit further south. getting up to 10 feet of storm s

kennedy announced he would run for u.s. senate in new york, a race he ultimately won. his younger brother ted had been elected to jfk's old senate seat, and with both brothers in washington, it seemed the promise of a political dynasty lived on. but rfk, increasingly vocal in his opposition to the vietnam war, wanted more. in 1968, he declared his candidacy for president and immediately began campaigning across the country. he had the name recognition and with a victory in the california primary, seemed poised to win the democratic nomination. moments later, shots rang out at the ambassador hotel. like his brother before him, robert kennedy had been assassinated. compassionate ethel kennedy was just 40 years old, her 11th child, a daughter she named rory, was born six months later. she would never remarry, carrying on her life with quiet dignity and dedicating herself to her children and her late husband's causes. the matriarch of the kennedy family, she was a grandmother to more than 20 children and remained involved in politics to the very end. standing behind barack obama in his bid for th

kennedy jenks consultant inc. and a gs inc. joint vercher. >> may i have the slides please? good afternoon commissioners. ted lee, from the puc engineering management bureau. here this afternoon to request approval for amendment 1 for contract number pro168b engineering service for transmission pipelines. our transmission pipeline system vary in age from 5 years to 90 something odd years and run from hetch hetchy reservoir to the city through the east bay to the peninsula and towards the city. in 2020, we advertised pro168 a and b to support these pipeline projects. specifically 168b covers facilities shown here in the east bay and peninsula. by resolution 210117, the commission awarded pro168b to kennedy jenks consultants and a gs, a joint venture. the contract is $7 million 8 year pool contract where we list a selection of pre-determined projects that the contract will support. this type of contract provides for flexibility in professional service support through project planning, design and construction. the primary role of the consultant is to provide planning and engineering services for our large diame