most especially revere this young man because he has done extraordinary work, the creativity, the lucidity, the poetry of his expression. love you, robin kelly. read all of his books, he is a smart guy. i am like a kid at christmas, i remember when i saw this book, a nation under our feet, this is a brilliant historian. the university of pennsylvania, this book won all kinds of awards, the bancroft award, nominated for the pulitzer. another brilliant historian, very able scholar. because historians take a lot longer than critics to get their work done because they are digging in a different venue. they are working with a different case, a different set of texts and ideas that nourished the work of those of us, if we do our work right. when i see a book like this i devour it, i read it and i say i am going to use that in the future for something else. i don't always agree with the utilitarian calculus or reading this book for this particular purpose. there are a few of us who read without the purpose of conversation with others, to be able to engage them. this is a great book, singing in a

do you get the sense that since he was aware and lucid up until the end he was having some input or noteally? >> i wouldn't say input. i think his last conversation with dodd was about -- it was right before dodd went into surgery for his prostate cancer. i don't think kennedy was weighing in at all. i think he was following it as much as he could. but at a certain point it was really his staff. even that i think especially during recess a lot of the focus has been on the finance committee and so i think recently he really hasn't been much of a factor. >> ted kennedy spent time on the porch of his house. you talked about him enjoying the salty air, enjoying the sail boat, that sort of thing. was his entire family with him the entire summer? people coming and going? >> a lot of the summer. patrick has been in rehab but when he's gotten out he has been largely in hyannis port. ted jr. has a house down the street. kara kennedy was around most of the time. jean smith his oldest surviving sibling rented a place down the street for the summer. >> the shrivers as well? >> the shrivers were the

the opinion of the court by justice souter is not entirely lucid about what the standard is for what is excessively intrusive. he suggests that heroin might be different. it is very significant that the fourth amendment was extended to hold this search unreasonably intrusive, in violation of the fourth amendment. the court goes on to say there was qualified immunity, because the rule could not have been clear. the reason i say the oral argument might have had such impact is that you all recall that some of the justices made somewhat light of the strip search, with some of the male justice's referring to what is so bad about your underwear being snapped? in happen in the locker room when you were growing up. justice ginsberg in a rare departure gave a long interview to "usa today," in which she said i think my male colleagues may not have appreciated how sensitive roles of 13 are about their bodies and privacy in relation to their bodies. then you get an opinion where the court seems to have shifted over to the fourth amendment ruling. i think that justice ginsberg's presence there wa

the opinion of the court by justice souter is not entirely lucid about what the standard is for whatexcessively intrusive. he suggests that heroin might be different. it is very significant that the fourth amendment was extended to hold this search unreasonably intrusive, in violation of the fourth amendment. the court goes on to say there was qualified immunity, because the rule could not have been clear. the reason i say the oral argument might have had such impact is that you all recall that some of the justices made somewhat light of the strip search, with some of the male justice's referring to what is so bad about your underwear being snapped? in happen in the locker room when you were growing up. justice ginsberg in a rare departure gave a long interview to "usa today," in which she said i think my male colleagues may not have appreciated how sensitive roles of 13 are about their bodies and privacy in relation to their bodies. then you get an opinion where the court seems to have shifted over to the fourth amendment ruling. i think that justice ginsberg's presence there was a

the swedish institute. doctor, he seems so lucid. is there any chance he's leading us on here?> i don't think he's putting it on at all. i think he's gifted in being able to describe what he's going through. he describes beautifully the puzzle he's facing. at the same time, he tells us how bad he feels when he grapples with the issues. i think he feels it very, very much. and i don't think he's faking it at all. >> you know, his story is amazing. he taught english in china. he taught in vienna. he learned french cooking and european history. but despite all of that, his sister says he spent the last year and a half, in a room in her home. does that indicate a slow dissent into amnesia? how does this come on, typically? >> i don't know him. and i'm not his physician. i think if we were talking in general about disassociative reactions, i think we'd say that one has to have a real need to escape something, which is troubling. and i think the way he describes it, it happened all of a sudden. he may have had similar problems in the past. we really don't know. but this particular ev

the former president. >> to that point, former president clinton, he goes to kim joung ill and north korea, if you want a break through that's been so lucid to previous generations, should president obama go to north korea and talk to kim jong-il? >> that's the future relationship of our country is wholly dependent on the ability of the north koreans to understand where they are not only in terms of the united states but this big issue of nuclear weapons. >> but would you rule that out as a potential for a break through? >> i wouldn't speculate on hypotheticals. we are doing the right thing with the whole family of nations. proliferation is a huge issue in iran and it's a global debate. it's not just about bilateral relations. this is a very serious problem. >> let me go through a few other hot button issues. in pakistan, an important al qaeda figure, the head of pakistan's al qaeda leadership, reportedly killed. are you able to confirm that today? >> i wish i could, to be honest with you. totally. we think so. if you want to put it in the 90% category, pakistan has confirmed it. we know there are reports now from the tribe that he wasn't

the cafferty file." he really puts his whole soul, all of his passion into these stories, you have to admit, jack. >> it's very lucidy to issues that sometimes can be a little befuddling for us lesser mortals. you know, a lot of people suggest that they legalize that stuff in this country. you've got those cartels pretty fast. but that's another topic for another day. >>> top democrats called a protest against health care reform un-american. house speaker nancy pelosi, majority leader steny hoyer write in today's "usa today" op-ed piece that opponents of this debate are, quote, afraid, not just of differing views but of the facts themselves, they quote. they claim that drowning out the fact is what has failed this country so many times. they say dialogue is at the heart of democracy, pelosi and hoyer describe the protests as an ugly campaign that misrepresents reform and interrupts discussion. they point to tactics that have included hanging an effigy, one democratic congressman, holding a sign that showed a tombstone with the name of another lawmaker, and shouting "just say no" over those who wanted to have a real