his name is ted sorensen. ted was a speechwriter to take john kennedy and as we were walking through those marble corridors of the wonderful statues casting their shadows i think he might've been inspired that while the national archives is the place where history is stored, its the united states senate where our history is made in ways large and small. today history is being made. tomorrow history will be made. a united states senator excellent makes history with the very first moment they come into the united states senate and are sworn in. it's a tradition that a long-standing practice that has -- as a senator is sworn in is given a number and that number goes all the way back to the very first senate. the first distinction of the senators with the first two member -- numbers william clay and mcmorris numbers one and number two. we have had 1945 united states senators in our history. and i have the fortunate distinction of holding a very special number. my number is 1776. and so i have always thought very fo

. >> in know the name of ted sorensen, one of the great wordsmiths for the kennedy presidency. i don't know if he ran for senator from new york, but he tried to cut tried to get it going in 1970. rusher in 1970 is really in his prime, about 47 years old that point. he has been a staple on talk radio in new york for about the last ten years. there is a man who is still alive and a belief still this area show in new york convention and radio now, a very prominent host a greatly admired russia. and sorensen basically accuses national review of racism and extremism and associates that with nixon and george wallace and loves it all together, not a very intellectually impressive performance. and rusher goes after and it keeps going after an and finally says based on your performance tonight you may think you're qualified to run for senate from new york, but based on your hysterical performance tonight you would not be elected dogcatcher. so sorenson says, it seems to me you're being rather hysterical. and he says, yes, but i'm not running for the senate. earlier on the show somebody