the soviet union would withdraw its missiles from cuba kennedy would remove u.s. missiles from turkey and not invade cuba. despite with president kennedy had promised to. the christian off on. agreeing to get the missiles out of cuba. we suddenly were found again a new boss came in and we were back in action again to get rid of castro the castro regime. and it was during this period that we ended up with what was called the autonomous groups. to involved operations against against cuba provide money and materiel in any way to these groups do not try to direct them do not try to tell them what to do and do not ask them what they are doing the cubans are going to run their own operations and they do it and if it was a disaster the got about the bush plainly from for its bombing mission i feel hollow and i was going to be the plane left from a secret base log or you go on and. read about nine bombings across the above or this never for the right place we did one thing on a materiel we told them where to but buy their weapons and not get rooked by the mid one nine hun

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but this provocative recounting of the administration's policy toward castro's cuba suggests kennedy brought the crisis on himself. guest: the argument is quite persuasive. castro had every reason to be scared and to want missiles in cuba for defensive purposes because the kennedys had made very clear their desire to see him brought down. so, gary wills' argument is kennedy provoked the crisis in the first place. i think it is very important in a historical context of this. host: anyone seen a resemblance here between kennedy and mr. obama? brian, east sandwich, massachusetts. republican caller. caller: thank you for letting me come on. i remember when president kennedy was assassinated, and all the teachers and the students in a high school were crying. i have a couple of questions am a real brief. thank you for entertaining them. i understand douglas macarthur, the famous general of world war ii and the korean war, advised mr. kennedy, president kennedy, not to get involved in vietnam. i wonder if you have comments. and what about the lasting legacy of nasa and the peace corps for

everybody was you know oh my god the communists and so for two years kennedy during kennedy's presidency nixon was beating him up because he hadn't yet stopped cuba from being communist and nixon was planning on running for president again which he did sixty eight and and so there was a certain amount of like chest thumping testosterone going around around all this whole thing about cuba and so somebody at a press conference asked kennedy what would you do if there were offensive weapons in cuba and he said you know we would have a very vigorous response and he said something that was fairly strong to that effect that then set nixon off and nixon sort of run around the country gone he's not going to do anything he's a wimp baiting going to happen he's soft on communism and two weeks later kennedy opens a formal press conference with this. if at any time the communist build up in cuba were to endanger or interfere with our security in any way or become an offensive military base. nikken capacity for the soviet union then this country will do what it must be done to protect its own securit

but this provocative recounting of the administration's policy toward castro's cuba suggest kennedy brought the crisis on himself here: -- on himself here: guest: the argument is quite persuasive. castro had every reason to be scared and to want missiles in cuba for defensive purposes because the kennedys had made very clear their desire to see him brought down. argument iss' kennedy provoked the crisis in the first place. i think it is very important in a historical context of this. host: anyone seen a resemblance here between kennedy and mr. obama? sandwich,t massachusetts. republican caller. caller: thank you for letting me come on. i remember when president kennedy was assassinated, and all the teachers and the students in a high school were crying. amave a couple of questions a real brief. thank you for entertaining them. , understand douglas macarthur the famous general of world war ii and the korean war, advised mr. kennedy, president kennedy, not to get involved in vietnam. i wonder if you have comments. and what about the lasting legacy of nasa and the peace corps for president ken

everybody was you know oh my god the communists and so for two years kennedy during kennedy's presidency nixon was beating him up because he hadn't yet stopped cuba from being communist and nixon was planning on running for president again which he did sixty eight and and so there was a certain amount of like chest thumping testosterone going around around all this whole thing about cuba and so somebody at a press conference asked kennedy what would you do if there were offensive weapons in cuba and he said you know we would have a very vigorous response and he'd said something that was fairly strong to that effect that then set nixon off and nixon sort of run around the country gone he's not going to do anything he's a whip it is going to happen he's soft on communism and two weeks later kennedy opens a formal press conference with this. if at any time the communist build up in cuba were to endanger or interfere with our security in any way or become an offensive military base. nikken capacity for the soviet union then this country will do what it must be done to protect its own securit

but this provocative recounting of the policy towards castro's cuba suggested kennedy brought the crisis on himself. guest: the argument is quite persuasive is castro had ever -- every reason to feel scared and want missiles in cuba for defensive purposes because the kennedys had made very clear their desire to see him brought down. and so gary wills' argument is essentially kennedy provoked the crisis in the first place. i think it's very important historic context for this. host: anyone seeing a resemblance here between kennedy and mr. obama? guest: brian, mass marks republican caller, hi. caller: thank you for letting me come on. i remember when president kennedy was assassinated and all the teachers and students in the high school were crying. i had a couple of questions, real brief. thank you for entertaining them. i understand that douglas macarthur, the famous general of world war ii, and the korean war, advised mr. kennedy to, president kennedy not to get involved in vietnam. i wonder if you had any comments on that. finally, what about the lasting legacy of the nasa and peace co

the only differences were that kennedy was tougher on cuba, but he was not so tough on other things, as you remember those islands. and nixon was tougher on that and they were very close to each other in their philosophies and what they would do if nixon emphasized the private sector and kennedy more the public sector. but nixon made a mistake. many mistakes. one of them was what the first demand a trade debate beyond domestic policy. secondly, nixon campaign right up to the day of the debate, flu and the night before. neil: didn't he have a cold? >> he didn't have makeup on him he'd been in the hospital two weeks and yet continued with his 50 state campaign. the people around him, i blame them for that and i blame richard nixon himself. very stubborn individual and sometimes very irritable with his staff. reading his notes going into the debate the one i was doing that when you're talking now. [laughter] neil: can't wait until the book is finished. another great one, i am sure. by the way, don't assume that you remember that, i not nearly as old as it. [laughter] neil: pat buchanan,

the only differences were that kennedy was tougher on cuba, but he was not so tough on other things, as you remember those islands. and nixon was tougher on that and they were very close to each other in their philosophies and what they would do if nixon emphasized the private sector and kennedy more the public sector. but nixon made a mistake. many mistakes. one of them was what the first demand a trade debate beyond domestic policy. secondly, nixon campaign right up to the day of the debate, flu and the night before. neil: didn't he have a cold? >> he didn't have makeup on him he'd been in the hospital two weeks and yet continued with his 50 state campaign. the people around him, i blame them for that and i blame richard nixon himself. very stubborn individual and sometimes very irritable with his staff. reading his notes going into the debate the one i was doing that when you're talking now. [laughter] neil: can't wait until the book is finished. another great one, i am sure. by the way, don't assume that you remember that, i'm not nearly as old as it. [laughter] neil: pat buchana

he does not have the guts like kenneth t -- like kennedy in cuba. why doesn't he meet with assad personally? if he is supposed to protect our country against their enemies, russia supposedly not our ally, north korea is not our ally, get he met with all of those people. now he does not want to meet with assad? are you there? host: we are listening. we appreciate you calling him. joseph tweets in front page of "the wall street journal" -- we also want to share this article from "the new york times" with you -- -- "was affected by masked men last night and couple. they broke in two or her home in antique up. -- in anteeqa. that is in the new york times this morning. last call from syria. ahead. calling in, go caller: it has everything to do with hegemony. the reality with our government -- if you do the research, all of the military interventions and foreign governments we have overthrown, that we have made unstable using any number of search dishes means -- of -- this isus means another example of the united states, u.k., france alike using -- france

crisis and gave a very bellicose speech and then later on they said well these missiles in cuba are not really alter the strategic landscape but i have to do something about it kennedy said because i made this bellicose. beach and i think the same thing happened with obama here he made this red line speech and then he had to do something and then he decided he wanted to let the congress bail him out one way or the other and of course. you know you hope to get approval of some some sort for this i think because this presidency the effectiveness of his presidency is on the line then of course the vote doesn't look very good because the congressman went and the senators went home and got an earful from their from their constituents almost this this strike on syria is very very low popularity in the united states and it's very dangerous and i think obama knows this it's very dangerous to start a war when the american people or any in any democracy to support it because if you have to do more and i think in this case we probably would have to do more against syria than just one step one

crisis and gave a very bellicose speech and then later on they said well these missiles in cuba are not really alter the strategic landscape but i have to do something about it kennedy said because i made this bellicose. speech and i think the same thing happened with obama here he made this red line speech and then he had to do something and then he decided he wanted to let the congress bail him out one way or the other and of course. you know you hope to get approval of some some sort for this i think because this presidency the effectiveness of this presidency is on the line then of course the vote doesn't look very good because the congressman went and the senators went home and got an earful from their from their constituents almost this this strike on syria is very very low popularity in the united states and it's very dangerous and i think obama knows this it's very dangerous to start a war when the american people or any in any democracy to support it because if you have to do more and i think in this case we probably would have to do more against syria than just one step on

crisis and gave a very bellicose speech and then later on they said well these missiles in cuba are not really alter the strategic landscape but i have to do something about it kennedy said because i made this bellicose. beach and i think the same thing happened with obama here he made this red line speech and then he had to do something and then he decided he wanted to let the congress bail him out one way or the other and of course. you know you hope to get approval of some some sort for this i think because this presidency the effectiveness of this presidency is on the line then of course the vote doesn't look very good because the congressman went and the senators went home and got an earful from their from their constituents almost this this strike on syria is very very low popularity in the united states and it's very dangerous and i think obama knows this it's very dangerous to start a war when the american people or any in any democracy to support it because if you have to do more and i think in this case we probably would have to do more against syria than just one step one

compare his actions to cuba to obama's on syria. there's great differences. of course jack kennedy was a war hero to start with and one of the great presidents in history, i believe. i think one of the reasons he's one of the great presidents, the way he dealt with the fact we almost went to nuclear war against the soviets. what he saw in the last minute was neither side was going to give. those missiles were in place in cuba. he had to find a way to deal with the soviets and allow a chance for khrushchev to back off. he took some missiles already placed in turkey and said okay, secretly to khrushchev, you'll need this to take to your generals. tell them if i promise to pull them out secretly, you can pull the missiles out of cuba. at a certain point you have to give the other side a chance to back away or you're go i think to have war. i think in this case putin, we'll wait and see. trust and verify and all that stuff. but i think putin has a chance to be a great world leader for a few months leading up to his winter olympics next year. so don't put down the

crisis and gave a very bellicose speech and then later on they said well these missiles in cuba are not really alter the strategic landscape but i have to do something about it kennedy said because i made this bellicose. each and i think the same thing happened with obama here he made this red line speech and then he had to do something and then he decided he wanted to let the congress bail him out one way or the other and of course. you know he hoped to get approval of some some sort for this i think because this presidency the effectiveness of this presidency is on the line then of course the vote doesn't look very good because the congressman went and the senators went home and got an earful from their from their constituents almost this this strike on syria is very very low popularity in the united states and it's very dangerous and i think obama knows this it's very dangerous to start a war when the american people or any in any democracy to support it because if you have to do more and i think in this case we probably would have to do more against syria than just once one set

missile crisis and gave a very bellicose speech and then later on they said well these missiles in cuba are not really alter the strategic landscape but i have to do something about it kennedy said because i made this bellicose speech and i think the same thing happened with obama here he made this red line speech and then he had to do something and then he decided he wanted to let the congress bail him out one way or the other and of course. you know you hope to get approval of some some sort for this i think because this president see the effectiveness of his presidency is on the line then of course the vote doesn't look very good because the congressman went and senators went home and got an earful from the from their constituents almost this this strike on syria is very has very low popularity in the united states and it's very dangerous and i think obama knows this it's very dangerous to start a war when the american people or any in any democracy to support it because if you have to do more and i think in this case we probably would have to do more against syria than just one step

>> to impeach the kennedy character? >> no. he wanted to be the sole investigative lead. the fbi did not have the investigative capacity to do what they wanted in this case because the dallas police department had jurisdiction. and hoover told 80 agents that he sent to dallas the next day after the assassination, find me a conspiracy because if he had, if they had found it, then hoover himself would have been the sole jurisdiction over the investigation. they never found it. and they tried. they being the 80 fbi agents. we saw all of the data. and lee swill, a contributor for fox news, her father was one of the lead fbi investigators in dallas. he was appointed to follow lee harvey oswald's wife, marina, for months. and, i mean, i talked to the guy and said, is there any shred of another presence in dallas with a firearm aiming at the president? none, zero, doesn't exist. so, therefore, we returned on the fact that j. edgar hoover wanted there to be a conspiracy, because he couldn't find it. >> what about the physical difficulty of oswald taking that bolt action rifle and

>> to impeach the kennedy character? >> no. he wanted to be the sole investigative lead. the fbi did not have the investigative capacity to do what they wanted case because the dallas police department had jurisdiction. and hoover told 80 agents that he sent to dallas the next day after the assassination, find me a conspiracy because if he had, if they had found it, then hoover himself would have been the sole jurisdiction over the investigation. they never found it. and they tried. they being the 80 fbi agents. we saw all of the data. and lee swill, a contributor for fox news, her father was one of the lead fbi investigators in dallas. he was appointed to follow lee harvey oswald's wife, marina, for months. and, i mean, i talked to the guy and said, is there any shred of another presence in dallas with a firearm aiming at the president? none, zero, doesn't exist. so, therefore, we returned on the fact that jay edgar hoover wanted there to be a conspiracy, because he couldn't find it. >> what about the physical difficulty of oswald taking that bolt action rifle and firing

the islands that kennedy didn't do it. khrushchev said to his son sergei i don't understand kennedy. perhaps he blacks determination. and at that moment he changed his mind about kennedy. he decided that there was no sense talking to this man on an even basis because this man was weak. he called him a boy in short pants. khrushchev respected agent did not respect people who were too young and certainly did not respect people who did not at the way he would have acted. he was a fighter. if his friends were losing he would do everything he could to make them win. kennedy did not do that and khrushchev decided that he was facing a weak american president. he was reinforced in his opinion by len shook off the soviet ambassador for washington and said -- excuse me who wrote to khrushchev that quote when there is a real crisis kennedy will drop a load in his pants. that is not a nice thing to say about the head of state to whom you are credited but that is what he believed and that was cruised -- what khrushchev was beginning to

a week after kennedy was killed and said we want to go ahead with this this plan to invade cuba and castro. l.b.j. at that point in time thought and this was before vietnam and l.b.j. at that point time thought that maybe castro played a role in killing kennedy and he just went nuts according to what he told me personally he said l.b.j. started screaming about those blank and cubans and all this kind of stuff and he said i'm going to make my stand against communism as far the hell away from those countries i can get i'm going to do it in south vietnam. and that was like this obligatory thing if you were a democrat you had macho the republicans on communism back i'm wondering if you think that the heart of this is something very similar to that which was when obama had his macho moment he said you know we're drawn a red odd drawn a red line rather than the united nations is draw a red line that's you know i think look this is a very popular in congress as is becoming known the people been pushing this all along are these hard right neo cons the people that were operating back then john mcca

a week after kennedy was killed and said we want to go ahead with this this plan to invade cuba and castro. l.b.j. at that point in time thought and this was before vietnam and l.b.j. at that point time thought that maybe castro played a role in killing kennedy and he just went nuts according to what he told me personally he said l.b.j. started screaming about those blank and cubans and all this kind of stuff and he said i'm going to make my stand against communism as far the hell away from those countries i can get i'm going to do it in south vietnam. and that was like this obligatory thing if you were a democrat you had macho the republicans on communism back i'm wondering if you think that the heart of this is something very similar to that which was when obama had his macho moment he said you know we're drawn a red odd drawn a red line rather than the united nations is drawn a red line you know i think look this is a very popular in congress as is becoming known the people been pushing this all along are these hard right neo-cons the people that were operating back then john mccain and

in cuba, it was eight or ten days before he made a decision. this is a time, i think, for what it may be worth, americans need to be alert, studying the situation and study as we go. we know whatever your party or political slant, that in president obama and secretary of state kerry, we have two very smart, very experienced, in kerry's case somebody that seen this war up close. >> yeah. >> and two men who hate war, don't want to go to war. so, it right to remain skeptical, not scenical but skeptical and see a few more cards. president obama is running a risk, his press secretary was doing the best he could today. there is the danger in terms of his reputation and rest of his presidency. we know dillydally and delay are the horse men of presidential failure or the perception of failure and he's walking that fine line. i do think that the public large doesn't want to get involved in syria. instinctively they see it as a snake bit who knows what can happen there. on the other hand, the power of the presidency is the power to persuade and president

we want to bring you developing news out of cuba. nbc news confirmed that the cuban communist government is shifting away from decades of official policy and now allowing the athletes to compete in leagues overseas. here's what this means. athletes who play in other countries would be allowed to return to cuba as well as keep money earned if they pay taxes in cuba. those who stay in cuba and receive bonuses that mean we may see the beginning of a professional cuban baseball league. trivia time. we asked george washington is buried here in mount vernon. where was he supposed to be buried? believe it or not, the u.s. capitol. it was planned to be washington's final resting place, but in his will, washington specified that he was to be buried in the family vault at mount vernon. so that crypt in the capitol is empty. congratulations to today's winner. send your suggestions to "the daily rundown". ♪ even superheroes need superheroes, and some superheroes need complete and balanced meals with 23 vitamins and minerals. purina dog chow. h

if you look at kennedy and khrushchev in 1961, where khrushchev took kennedy's measure and thought he was weak at that summit in vienna. you had almost immediately the construction of the berlin wall, and sending missiles to cuba. people these kind of crises. if they sense weakness, whether it's iran, whether it's russia, whether it's north korea, you could see syria's reo see serios here. >> schieffer: why is it in russia's interest for syria flotto have cems? >> i think they don't want the attention. assad is their client. this has been bad for assad, fomented opposition to his regime generally. if they remove the threat of chemical weapons, i think the rest of the world is going to say there's a terrible civil war going on there, it's terrible for the syrian people, we're not going to do very much about it. >> bob, forbe policy experts say in part russia is concerned about chemical weapons getting in wrong hands and being used against them and their own people back home. but the larger issue here, as they say, is russia's strongest interest is to keep assad in power. that gives the

kaiser, by the way, is the president of the kennedy center and a close friend of begins burg. in june, beginning burg voted for gay marriage. >>> diana nyad is in the swim again, the 54-year-old is trying to swim from cuba to florida. this is the 5th attempt at the 1 on he 3 mile crossing. her previous efforts have been cut short by jellyfish stings. this time, she is wearing a body suit and face mask to fend off the ce tires. the swim could take more than three days to complete. she is being followed by a support crew by four boats and 40 people needed to help navigate her swim. >> that's it for al jazeera. as always, much more news at the top of the hour and you can stay connected 24 hours a day on aljazeera.com. we also continue to follow all of the effects unfolding surrounding the crisis in syria, 101 east is next. so, stay with us. ♪ ... >> dadu, southern pakistan, just a few months ago. a man is caught burning papers to keep warm. someone says they include pages of the quran - an act of blasphemy.

in the cuban missile crisis, they sensed weakness on kennedy's part and moved in to cuba. in afghanistan, however, reagan pushed back. they sensed strength and in the end, they were defeated. now the question is will we step into the same trap that we set for the soviets in afghanistan by getting embroiled in syria? >> steve: we'll see what happens. roger stone, always pleasure. >> great to be with you. >> steve: thank you. 20 minutes after the top of the hour. every parent wonders, what happens when you leave your kids with the baby-sitter? this family right here experienced their worst nightmare, but guess who saved the day? their dog! you got to hear this one to believe it. good dog. and is the family worth your money? the movie, "the family." our movie critic kevin mccarthy is next. he saw it. does he love it? stick around. at chico's we're famous for our so slimming jeans. ♪ now, meet our instantly slimming, secretly shaping dresses, skirts and pants. ♪ they slim, smooth, and shamelessly flatter, exactly where it matters. the so slimming collection. so fabulous. o

and needless to say bobby kennedy was shot. that was just the beginning. he proceeded to tell him that if the u.s. had gotten involved in a war with cuba he would not fight. the attorney general was aghast. this concept of conscientious refusal for military service was a little bit foreign to him. he looked around the room at the older members of this gathering for a little bit of support. he wanted them to put the young man in his place. they nodded and said, that's right. he is speaking what we want. this meeting lasted three hours. at the end of it robert f. kennedy walked out physical shaken. so did james baldwin, the author who organized the whole event in the first place i talked with a man who took him to a tv station for a live interview, henry morgenthau. and he told me that james baldwin was so shaken up, so physically to stir that he just said, henry, you need to take me to a bar and we need to get a drink. in refused. when need to take this interview. and in the interview fall plan was still physically shaken out. this was a pivotal moment for

in 1962, during the cuban missile crisis when there was a secret trade between kennedy and khrushchev, the united states agreed to remove its jupiter missiles from turkey in exchange for the russians removing missiles from cuba. that deal i believe saved the world from a real frightening situation. russian interests there, american interests there had nothing to do with ideology. but everything to do with common humanity. your thoughts about that today. >> yes, of course, during the cuban missile crisis, it was two leaders in the world,ing with not idea that -- they prefer negotiations. it was very different culture at that time. because they were adversaries, not friends. we negotiate with each other. through this crisis, it was very important to to this negotiation because both leaders understood that they can influence each other and better understand each other and then after the crisis, exactly 50 years ago, they created the direct line to easier negotiate with each other. unfortunately, we lost this culture. now we're not negotiate with our adversary. only our friends. we're not

the islands that kennedy didn't do it. khrushchev said to his son sergei i don't understand kennedy. perhaps he blacks determination. and at that moment he changed his mind about kennedy. he decided that there was no sense talking to this man on an even basis because this man was weak. he called him a boy in short pants. khrushchev respected agent did not respect people who were too young and certainly did not respect people who did not at the way he would have acted. he was a fighter. if his friends were losing he would do everything he could to make them win. kennedy did not do that and khrushchev decided that he was facing a weak american president. he was reinforced in his opinion by len shook off the soviet ambassador for washington and said -- excuse me who wrote to khrushchev that quote when there is a real crisis kennedy will drop a load in his pants. that is not a nice thing to say about the head of state to whom you are credited but that is what he believed and that was cruised -- what khrushchev was beginning to

the cuban missile crisis, john kennedy proposes to a diplomat in new york that the u.n. be approached with a deal where openly we would trade giving up missiles in turkey for the soviets taking missiles out of cuba as it turned out that was a secret deal but willing to do that in public. that's the kind of thing that really does take a while to really understand. >> michael beschloss, thank you very much. you've proved that you do know pretty much everything. >> i do try. >> state ahead, what the military makes of this from two different perspectives and we'll spin through the other stories making headlines today in the news cycle. in the market for a new phone? iphone. "the cycle is coming at you. ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like mul

president kennedy said i do not like those options. so he said, i want a third. that is when mcnamara came up with the blockade. we are concentrating on two options. there is a third. if we think and sit down, there is a third but it takes vision and imagination. host: what is that third, mike? caller: i am calling ted cruz tomorrow. i think he has the most articulate and strategic mind we have in this country. there is one last comment that is important. we can no longer as we have said be the world policeman. saudi arabia has 25% of the world's oil resources. it is in their area. they should pay for this and willld direct the activity i be discussing with ted cruz tomorrow. host: any comment for that caller? guest: i am curious as to option number three is. host: he is gone and he is going to share that with senator cruz before he shares that with us. guest: i see. president obama, his election platform was that he was going to get america out of two wars. now the tables have turned slightly. he is pledging a limited military strike. i am not entirely sure what

and needless to say bobby kennedy was shot. that was just the beginning. he proceeded to tell him that if the u.s. had gotten involved in a war with cuba he would not fight. the attorney general was aghast. this concept of conscientious refusal for military service was a little bit foreign to him. he looked around the room at the older members of this gathering for a little bit of support. he wanted them to put the young man in his place. they nodded and said, that's right. he is speaking what we want. this meeting lasted three hours. at the end of it robert f. kennedy walked out physical shaken. so did james baldwin, the author who organized the whole event in the first place i talked with a man who took him to a tv station for a live interview, henry morgenthau. and he told me that james baldwin was so shaken up, so physically to stir that he just said, henry, you need to take me to a bar and we need to get a drink. in refused. when need to take this interview. and in the interview fall plan was still physically shaken out. this was a pivotal moment for

got involved with the war with cuba he would not fight. foril the attorney general wasim aghast with his conscientious refusal for military service was still a little foreign to him he looked around the room tois the p older members for support he wanted him --peakingt them to put the man in the place but they nodded and of said yes. this meeting lasted three so ds at the end robert f. kennedy walked outn physically shaken so did james baldwin in fact, im to tv talked with a man who took him to a tv station for a live interview.p, so in henry told me that james baldwin was so shaken up andar w physically disturbed that he re. said henry you need to take me to the bar. henry refused he said we have to get to the tv station for this interview momeo by in the interview on w baldwin was physically shaken up and this was pivotal. support only a few weeks later thatoverr president john kennedyn announced his support for the most over reach gene civil-rights legislation since reconstruction and in a speech on june 11 he gave the most far reaching

>> the problem here you look at june 1961, the disastrous summit between kennedy and khruschev. the russians said we can push this guy around. so it was a few months afterwards the soviets decided to start introducing long-range missiles spoke cuba. so you can draw the straight line from that summit in vienna to the cuban missile crisis in the following year. >> do you think that the people running the u.s. government, running our policy, including the president, have an appreciation for unintended consequences in this kind of thing? >> i think they you understand it could happen but haven't thought it through. this is a president focusing in on domestic priorities. >> yes. >> to the extent he has any interest at all about what goes beyond america's borders, it's probably palestinian issue. syria, china, japan. all the rest of this is so far beyond what they want to do. that's why i think they are really unprepared for what could happen. >> unprepared is the best word that could describe this. always great having you here with your expertise. >> thank you. >> thank you for that

it was close enough, but nixon was a more aggressive anti-communist than kennedy once. on this and many other issues. when eisenhower went to meet with chris taft and began to talk nuclear disarmament and he embarrassed eisenhower because he had flown over russian and soviet soil, and eisenhower first denied it and then admitted it and chris just said i'm not going to talk to you, eisenhower came home and there were no talks on disarmament. they said that it is more important to talk with your adversaries than to have the threat of war. eisenhower said we should never talk to the sky this guy and kennedy said if i am elected president, and if there were such an incident, i would apologize but that is what is necessary to get the settlement talks going. >> host: the next call comes from erin in lawrence, new york. >> caller: thank you very much, professor. there is so much that one could ask. what was actually the political ideology that joseph kennedy had been his son, john and bobby. because it seems that you have the first one elected president, the first irish cathol