she and john kennedy, then senator john kennedy met in this alcove. the meeting happened because john kennedy was running for the presidency of the united states in august of 1960. he wanted eleanor roosevelt's support. the democratic convention had nominated john kennedy. she really wasn't especially fond of john kennedy. she felt he was a little bit too young to be president and she was worried about his commitment to civil rights legislation. but he needed her support, he felt, in order to win what he knew would be a very close election. she was very powerful woman in the democratic party at a time when women didn't have a lot of power in politics, but eleanor roosevelt did. she was well respected and she knew that without her support, he might not win that election. he came literally here, wanting to get her support, asking for support. they had a very intense meeting here together. she wanted him to promise that he would support civil rights legislation if he became president. that was a cause very close to her heart. she made him promise that. w

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how do you think john can kennedy is bearing up? >> i think it's only at a point where we can really start to pass judgment. truman said you have to wait 50 years for the dust to settle, it's not been 50 years. it's not just to it before him, but who has followed him. and how does he compare and one of the consequences of decisions he made her didn't make. we need to look more the importance of decisions the presidents didn't make that were as important as decisions they did. the decision eisenhower made not to go to vietnam for example, the decision that john adams may not go to war with france which the country was dying to do which would've been catastrophic ever done so. the problem with kennedy is that is cut off too soon. we rarely take a president seriously as the others who has only served one term. and here is a president who didn't serve one term. but look at the footprints and marquis left in a sense of who we are. >> one of the interesting parts to me is these are terrific books and tell great stories, but it is interest

john kennedy. the catholic president. the alliance for progress. you would not be hard-pressed, much as in the united states, to still find in the homes of latin americans, a portrait of john kennedy. carter, numero uno, perceived as a saint in latin america. he pushed to the animal command -- pushed through the panama canal treaty. bill clinton. free trade between the united states and mexico. also he and exceeded a plan -- he initiated a plan was colombia that basically rescued colombia. most americans don't know we have been giving money to colombia every year since 1999 and that has transformed the country into a peaceful and prosperous place. barack obama, wildly popular in latin america. free-trade agreements with places like peru and panama. respected for normalizing relations with cuba. obama perhaps received the highest honor a u.s. leader could receive in latin america. he was at a state dinner in 2008 in one of sarah's -- in buenos best, and the world's tango dancer asked him to dance. the president did do very well. sure, not all latin

john kennedy, the catholic president. the alliance for progress. you would not be hard-pressed, much as in the united states, to still find in the homes of latin americans, a portrait of john kennedy. jimmy carter, numero uno, perceived as a saint in latin america. he pushed through the panama canal treaty. bill clinton, a good deal of respect in latin america. he pushed through nafta and free trade between the united states and mexico. also he initiated a plan was colombia that basically rescued colombia. most americans don't know we have been giving money to colombia every year since 1999 and that has transformed the country into a peaceful and prosperous place. barack obama, wildly popular in latin america among people of color. free-trade agreements with places like peru and panama. respected for normalizing relations with cuba. obama perhaps received the highest honor a u.s. leader could receive in latin america. president obama was at a state dinner in 2008 in in buenos aires, and the world's best tango dancer asked him to dance. if you have

john kennedy. the catholic president. the alliance for progress. you would not be hard-pressed, much as in the united states, to still find in the homes of latin americans, a portrait of john kennedy. jimmy carter, numero uno, perceived as a saint in latin america. he pushed through the panama canal treaty. bill clinton. free trade between the united states and mexico. also he initiated a plan was colombia that basically rescued colombia. most americans don't know we have been giving money to colombia every year since 1999 and that has transformed the country into a peaceful and prosperous place. barack obama, wildly popular in latin america. free-trade agreements with places like peru and panama. respected for normalizing relations with cuba. obama perhaps received the highest honor a u.s. leader could receive in latin america. he was at a state dinner in 2008 in in buenos aires, and the world's best tango dancer asked him to dance. the president did do very well. to be sure, not all latin americans would want to dance with democratic presidents.

and she said john f. kennedy was a cardinal. and i think that was a wonderful touch to that flash of red that really catapulted him into the center of american paolitics an american history. so we have some microphones. we'd like to invite all of you, whoever who would like to come up and ask a question of our dwo authors, please come forward. and i would ask that you do ask a question. you've seen how tempting it is for us to go on and on, and we'd love to talk longer with all of you. but to give people a chance to ask questions. if you could keep it brief, that would be great. and we'll take the first. go ahead. >> you mentioned in your talk that kennedy deviated somewhat from the main stream of the democratic party and then in the 1690s it was clear that the -- what did it say about it at the time? >> well, there's one break through. both parties took a deep breath and embraced the civil rights movement at their conventions. it seems like that's ancient history, but at that moment when the movement was starting to reach fever

she said john f. kennedy was a cardinal. it was i thought a wonderful touch to that flash of red that really catapulted him into the center of american politics and american history. so we have some microphones. we'd like to invite all of you, whoever who would like to come up and ask a question of our two authors, please come forward. and i would ask that you do ask a question. you've seen how tempting it is for us to go on and on, and we'd love to talk longer with all of you, but to give people a chance to ask questions, if you could keep it brief, that would be great. and we'll take the first. go ahead. >> you mentioned in your talk that kennedy deviated somewhat from the mainstream of the democratic party and then in the 1960s it was clear the new deal roll was going out the window. what role did they play in transforming the democratic party and what did it say about the trajectory of the party at the time? >> good question. >> well, there was one breakthrough that's worthying about. actually it occurred on the republic

former president john fitzgerald kennedy was born on may 29, 1917. to mark the centennial of the smithsonian american art museum collected dozens of images that chronicle the life of the 35th president. >> my name is larry schiller, and the smithsonian american art museum allows me to the guest curator of this exhibit on jfk. i photographed a lot of politicians. i started with richard nixon, governor brown in california and john f. kennedy and many of the events he was present at. why this exhibit here in the american art museum at this time? it is the centennial of his birth 100 years ago on may 29. how do you put an exhibit like this together? first you start with a few researchers. we collected 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. it took about six months and became the basis of a very important book that we published. from those 400 odd pictures in the book we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jf k and his life and times. john f. kennedy was a president who saw america's place in the world. he was a man who un

i'm executive director of the john f. kennedy library foundation. on behalf of all of my colleagues at the library, we are thrilled all of you are here. you are in for a special, special treat tonight. before i talk about the book, a few other quick things first. first, to thank our sponsors for tonight and for the forum series, the bank of america, the lowell institute, media sponsors, "the boston globe," xfinity and ber. in addition to tonight, on your chair is a brochure of different activities. as you know, a week from today is the actual centennial birthday for john f. kennedy. we have a variety of things. we hope you come back to some or all of these as your schedule permits. we also want to welcome those that are watching this streaming or those on c-span. we appreciate their participation as well. after the presentation tonight, our authors have kindly agreed to sign books. if you don't have them, they're also available in our gift shop for sale and they will be signing them out to my left, your right afterwards. this is a treasure. this boo

john kennedy had the bay of pigs. >> neil: absolutely. >> a disaster. sadly, they don't come in well-formed. >> neil: what is interesting, they tipped themselves by -- i want your reaction, for the love of lincoln, someone tell him, referring to tax cuts and muslim bans, he should be paving i-95 and slapping paint on the chesapeake pay bridge. they were for infrastructure spending. that's fine. but to say the other things are a waste of time shows a bias and dismissal of what are legitimate points. >> where do you get the resources to paint buildings? where do you get the resources? get it from a prosperous economy. that's why the tax cut is critical. if he gets a good tax cut in, makes it retroactive, they cover a multitude of since and people feel good when things are going up. ride this stuff through. >> neil: thanks, steve forbes. i saw this and people say, neil, you're selling a bunch of news weeks and la-z-boys. they're comfortable. fast food and potato chips, while you're sitting in a chair? fine by me. my only point is, when you see this stuff a

something about john kennedy. there is people doing great things so that is the take away from the book so a fascinating woman you couldn't have dreamed up no matter what kind of novel you were trying to write. >>> you are watching book tv on c-span2 in prime time tonight they invite them to tell about their travels and she saw big pictures they say each picture tells a story of the things that capture a. it's like a church choir singing hallelujah at easter. fort hunter has existed since the revolutionary war. it's used for strategic purposes but over time when the united states won its freedom its place became owned by the name of mcallister and that they were entrepreneurs so as a child i knew that it was here but i didn't know until 50 years i was out of high school at the time of my 50th high school reunion that there were enslaved people at fort hunter and this is located just 8 miles north of my own home in harrisburg. i was fascinated and very fortunate to come across this website that featured artifacts.

but but did you see a kind of a pattern of animosity in those files towards john kennedy. well i think there was animosity arising out of the bay of pigs situation in which the cia was heavily involved in training and putting the anti castro cubans forward and then there is a feeling that the kennedy administration did not give sufficient support that day which led to the failure i think there was. a misunderstanding between the president and the agency of course removed not long thereafter john mccone who was heading the cia at the time of the kennedy assassination was a good friend of the president's he was a trusted ally of the president's but that doesn't say much about what was going on further down as we learned from the church committee investigation in the one nine hundred seventy s. the cia at the time elements of the cia were relatively lawless and not controlled by anyone and it's entirely possible that they could have harbored some level of animosity toward the president over the bay of pigs and the removal of mr dulles. for forty years textbooks that told us t

kennedy. well i think there was animosity arising out of the bay of pigs situation in which the cia was heavily involved in training and putting the anti castro cubans forward and then there was a feeling that the kennedy administration did not give sufficient support that day which led to the failure i think there was a. misunderstanding between the president and the agency dulles of course removed not long thereafter john mccone who was heading the cia at the time of the kennedy assassination was a good friend of the president's he was a trusted ally of the president's but that doesn't say much about what was going on further down as we learned from the church committee investigation in the one nine hundred seventy s. the cia at the time elements of the cia were relatively lawless and not controlled by anyone and it's entirely. i suppose they could have harbored some level of animosity toward the president over the big pig soon the removal of mr go. for forty years textbooks have told us tha

what did you see a kind of pattern of animosity in those files towards john kennedy. well i think there was animosity arising out of the bay of pigs situation in which the cia was heavily involved in training and putting the castro cubans forward and then there was a feeling that the kennedy administration did not give sufficient support that day which led to the failure i think there was. a misunderstanding between the president and the agency of course removed not long thereafter john mccone who was heading the cia at the time of the kennedy assassination was a good friend of the president's he was a trusted ally of the president's but that doesn't say much about what was going on further down as we learned from the church committee investigation in the one nine hundred seventy s. the cia at the time elements of the cia were relatively lawless and not controlled by anyone and it's entirely possible that they could have harbored some level of animosity toward the president over the bay of pigs and the removal of mr dulles. for forty years textbooks that told us that

what did you see a kind of a pattern of animosity in those files towards john kennedy. well i think there was animosity arising out of the bay of pigs situation in which the cia was heavily involved in training and putting the castro cubans forward and then there is a feeling that the kennedy administration did not give sufficient support that day which led to the failure i think there was a. misunderstanding between the president and the agency of course removed not long thereafter john mccone who was heading the cia at the time of the kennedy assassination was a good friend of the president's he was a trusted ally of the president's but that doesn't say much about what was going on further down as we learned from the church committee investigation in the one nine hundred seventy s. the cia at the time elements of the cia were relatively lawless and not controlled by anyone and it's entirely possible that they could have harbored some level of animosity toward the president over the bay of pigs and the removal of mr dulles. for forty years textbooks that told us that t

they talked about the book the at john f kennedy president shall library in boston. interviewed by historian ellen fits patrick. >> welcome, we are so thrilled you're all here. this is part of our centenial activities and part of the special week of centenial opportunities. my name is steven rothstein and i'm director of the john f kennedy library foundation and behalf of allel the colleagues at the library we're thrilled you're all here and in for a special treat. before i talk about the book just a few other quick things first. first, to thank our sponsors for tonight and for the forum series. the bank of america, the low wel institute and our media sponsors, the boston globe, xfinity and bur. in addition to tonight on your chair is a brochure of different activities. as you know, a week from today is the actual centenial birthday for john f. tendy. we have a variety of things. we also want to welcome those that are watching this streaming. or those on c-span and appreciate their participation as well. after the presentation tonight, our authors have kindly agreed

here we are with john f. kennedy. for john f. kennedy we have on loan from the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum a model of his book from world war ii. it was important to him because it was the boat he commanded in the pacific which was sunk by the japanese. and he and 10 of the crew survived and able to swim to an island and able to get rescued that way. as a result, kennedy received the navy and marine medal as well as the purple heart. here we are with lyndon johnson. for lyndon johnson, we have we have the telephone from his desk at the white house. it is a mass of buttons for different lines. there's even an extra side panel for more buttons added on the side to contact more people. lyndon johnson was always on the telephone. he had a telephone installed in his bathroom and he would talk with people. he would bring people in there and talk to them in the bathroom which could be disconcerting. he also recorded telephone conversations he had. those were supposed to be not open to the public until 50 years after he had died. however that changed in 1993

john kennedy. everybody loves john kennedy. we think of him as an admirable and tragic figure. in his first you months, he made a serious mistake. he was not sure how to handle this great problem of cuba. he allowed a process that was already in place, the invasion of cuba to unfold. that was april, 1961. >> let the record show that our restraint is not inexhaustible. should it ever appeared that the inner american doctrine of non-interference merely conceals or excuses a policy of nonaction, if the nations of this hemisphere should fail to meet their commitments against outside communist penetration, then i want it clearly understood that this government will not hesitate in meeting its primary obligation, which are the security of our nation. >> what should he have done differently? he did not subject that plan to sufficient rigor. he did not go through this area is. he did not go through a long period of thoughtful analysis. he felt he needed to act bold. he felt he needed to show that he was a hawk, that he was an active president. he criticized eisenhower for being asleep

this is john f. kennedy. i have down here playboy millionaire catholic for president. he inherited -- he was the son of a very wealthy man, joseph kennedy, who made a ton of money in the liquor industry, in the movie industry, in hollywood. and he really wanted his sons to not sort of be businessmen working on the margins. but he wanted them to be presidents or senators. there's a scene in one of my favorite movies "the godfather" with don is sitting there looking at his youngest son michael about to take over the mafia. he said michael, i never wanted this for you, i wanted you to be senator corleone, judge core rer corleone and instead you became the mafia boss. that's what joseph kennedy wanted. they go to harvard. it was the oldest son that joseph, the dad, was priming for the presidency. the oldest son gets killed in world war ii, so it's the second oldest son, john f. kennedy who becomes the heir apparent. after the war he runs for the house op representatives from massachusetts where he's from. gets elected. becomes a senator. and at a very young age, he's 43 ye

so when the election came and we won, barely, as you know, john kennedy came down to the lbj ranch and i'm sure that lbj set him up for this, but john kennedy was leaving and he turned on the porch of the lbj ranch saw me leaning in the corner, came over and said, "i hear you're not coming with us." i said, "no, i'm going to teach at a baptist school "and i'll get my phd." and he said, "don't you know harvard was founded "by a baptist preacher?" he said, "we need you in washington," so i went. and just a few months into working in the vice president's office, boring job, he was bored out of his mind, it was a non-job at that time, and i had written a speech for lbj, he said, "i don't have a speech, i'm going to speak "at this university give me a speech." so i sat down on my little portable typewriter and wrote a speech proposing a youth corps, where did i get the idea? from hubert humphrey in minnesota he had b been advocatg a youth corps a peace corps, kennedy of course picked it up but so did we. and after the election i realized as kennedy announced that he was going to start the p

this is the equivalent of john kennedy's moment for president trump. and he and his administration so far are rising to the challenge in the way the american people want to see. >> harris: well, and the american people want to hear that confidence. they need to hear that confidence. because, as you lay this out, this is different over a fight that might be policy that will roll out down the road. this is immediate and life-threatening if they can reach us with what i'm reading about. we have a general to talk about minutemen and all we're ready for. sir, we appreciate your time on what we are ready to do politically and what it looks like down the road in that regard. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. i'm glad to be able to report we are a bipartisan group on these issues. >> harris: got it. congressman, thank you. >> than thanks, harris. >> harris: so you heard congressman issa talking about the white house, the president there. let's go now with our reporting and get reaction with laura ingle in bridgewater, new jersey not far from the

so when the election came and we won, barely, as you know, john kennedy came down to the lbj ranch and i'm sure that lbj set him up for this, but john kennedy was leaving and he turned on the porch of the lbj ranch saw me leaning in the corner, came over and said, "i hear you're not coming with us." i said, "no, i'm going to teach at a baptist school "and i'll get my phd." and he said, "don't you know harvard was founded "by a baptist preacher?" he said, "we need you in washington," so i went. and just a few months into working in the vice president's office, boring job, he was bored out of his mind, it was a non-job at that time, and i had written a speech for lbj, he said, "i don't have a speech, i'm going to speak "at this university give me a speech." so i sat down on my little portable typewriter and wrote a speech proposing a youth corps, where did i get the idea? from hubert humphrey in minnesota he had been advocating a youth corps a peace corps, kennedy of course picked it up but so did we. and after the election i realized as kennedy announced that he was going to start the p

in that time, in that day, obviously john kennedy, john f. kennedy stood down and he didn't let fidel castro no. he let the russians come in the soviet union know it wouldn't be tolerated. we are now in a similar situation that we have a rogue state, but it only owes its existence to china's protection going back more than 60 years if not for china it would be no north korea then or now. julie: that is a good point. so then, you have enforced the idea behind sanctions. the question now is where does china fall into all of this? is china doing enough? a phone call between president trump and the president of china yesterday and he is asking the president of the united states actually cool down his rhetoric because he doesn't want this to risk further hostility. this is the first time a president has used strong rhetoric against kim jong un and a north korea rogue regimes basically taking advantage of the united states for decades. is that not the rhetoric that needs to take place here in order to send a strong message to pyongyang? >> in the e

kennedy was writing and when he was assassinated. matt: my name is matt anderson. we are inside the henry ford museum of american innovation. just outside our driving america exhibit, we look at the history of the united -- of the automobile in the united states. we are standing in front of the series of presidential limousines which show presidential transportation over the last 117 years or so. behind me is the 1902 carriage used by theodore roosevelt. by the time of roosevelt's administration, it is a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. roosevelt, interestingly enough, for all the reputation he has as a forward-looking progressive, really never cared much for automobiles. he wanted to remain in horse-drawn vehicles. i think partly he's out there is a formality involved with horse-drawn transportation appropriate to begin to see -- appropriate to the agency -- appropriate to the dignity of the office. remained in that for his primary transportation when moving around washington, d.c. vehicles like this would have been fairly common, especially

would join john kennedy in the u.s. senate. not this former senator john kenne kennedy. this john kennedy, the republican senator from louisiana. again, no relation tofully of the kennedys that have been mentioned. that's all for tonight. the beat starts right now. i hope at some point we will put out a programming note to help people identify all the various kennedys. in it's a lot of kennedys and names matter in politics, as you well know. have a good night. >> take it easy. >>> donald trump junior's russia meeting back in the news tonight for one reason. his father insisted on getting involved.

would join john kennedy in the u.s. senate. not this former senator john kenne kennedy. this john kennedy, the republican senator from louisiana. again, no relation tofully of the kennedys that have been mentioned. that's all for tonight. the beat starts right now. i hope at some point we will put out a programming note to help people identify all the various kennedys. in it's a lot of kennedys and names matter in politics, as you well know. have a good night. >> take it easy. >>> donald trump junior's russia meeting back in the news tonight for one reason. his father insisted on getting involved. >>> donald trump junior hired a criminal defense attorney like many officials under scrutiny but these new reports are showing when he faced the biggest legal test about his contacts with russians offering election help it was president trump who insisted on being criminal defense attorney in chief. the white house confirming today president trump did have something to do with crafting that statement on his son's secret meetin

he assumes the presidency when john kennedy is sass natured. and you know toward the end of his life john kennedy was becoming very progressive. he was -- in his earliers as president very hesitant in some ways to overly support civil rights actors. but he definitely moved toward that prior to his assassination. so when lyndon johnson comes into office he tries to carry forth the spirit of reform that john kennedy wanted to enact. one of the ways he does is by launching a war on poverty, right. when you're looking across the united states in the 19 sixth it's a period of economic growth for certain segments of society. but for others it's absolutely not. and johnson had this brief that if we're the richest country in the world we shouldn't have people living in the conditions i've been describing. in curran county, that same organization i was talking to you about the curran civic unity movement p one of knows organizations that made it up was called the community service organization. and the community service organization is where caesar chav

kennedy's grave. this was the weekend after jacqueline kennedy onassis had been buried. the 1960's and whens and 1980's, jacquelineonassis -- kennedy was picking that position of the grave, she wanted it to align with the lincoln memorial. she wanted to be able to see the national capital to the right and the white house to the left representing john kennedy's contributions to the nation. the same thing happens in other places. i used to live in texas. i used to be focused on texas history. proud of thery texas war of independence and this was in 1835 and 1836. the commemoration emerged very gradually. the first commemoration was 50 years later. they wanted to be buried with their comrades near houston. by 1905, the alamo, which had ,een completely abandoned becomes curated by the daughters of the republic of texas. 100 years later, you have the tallest masonry obelisk in the world. over a span of 100 years, this becomes an incredible invention of how the tradition has been built and described. it hap

>> john kennedy. >> neil: why? >> he's a gorgeous human being an an infinite concern for this country and these americans that he loved so much. >> neil: i remember that he said of you that you were one of the few that could make him laugh. >> yeah, i was very proud of that. very proud of that. but i'm sure that when you announce that you were john kennedy's biggest fan, you lose some of your audience. the same thing with choosing a politician. >> neil: when you take sides. >> but i can do it aesthetically. i can do it emotionally, passionately. it doesn't go anywhere. you don't help anybody by butting in is the way i feel. >> neil: many know jerry lewis as one of hollywoodist most successful duos. he and dean martin made more than a dozen movies together. in the 1950s pulled in $30,000 a week in the 1950s performing at the copa cobana. the pair broke up and the bitterness was deep. >> you broke up and reunited many years later on a big muscular dystrophy telethon you did. how did you finally part when he left this

kennedy ♪ kennedy >> sabato: and john f. kennedy had the "kennedy, kennedy, kennedy, kennedy" ad that would literally drive you insane if you listen to it too many times. >> ♪ try something new >> sabato: well, in 1964, we began the era of professional television advertising that really did have an impact. >> ♪ >> mann: doyle dane bernbach was an up-and-coming advertising firm on madison avenue that was making a name for themselves with advertisements for up-and-coming firms and products that included volkswagen. john f. kennedy saw the spots and told his brother-in-law steve smith, "go find me that firm. i want to talk to them about maybe doing my advertising for my reelection in 1964." and that's how ddb came into the orbit of lyndon johnson and the dnc in 1964. johnson and the people around him, his aides and his advertising firm, wanted to portray goldwater as a dangerous man who, if he got control of the nuclear arsenal, might threaten the peace of the world. >> goldwater, jr.: the mood of the country at the time wa

and the nixon people remained quiet and john kennedy placed a phone call to mrs. king, coretta scott king to express his great concern and support for her. and it made a differece. it sent a clear signal. i think the president's team ought to be devising a series of steps that would be healing. and show a recognition and acceptance on his part that we're dealing with terrorists. he has been -- you know, he's gone way over board to condemn islamic terrorism, but there are studies that have shown in the last decade or so, the number of domestic cases of terrorism have been double that of islamic related terrorism in this country. so -- and this administration is proposing to cut the funding for the programs that deal with domestic terrorism. >> that fight domestic terrorists and some of these hate groups. exactly. this morning on "state of the union." the mayor of charlottesville accused the president of emboldening some of these hate groups. >> look at the campaign he ran, look at the intentional courting both on the one hand of all these white supremacists, white

kennedy's grave. this was the weekend after jacqueline kennedy onassis had been buried. by the time of the 1960's and 1970's and 1980's, when jacqueline onassis -- jacqueline kennedy was picking that position of the grave, she wanted it to align with the lincoln memorial. she wanted to be able to see the national capital to the right and the white house to the left representing john kennedy's contributions to the nation. the same thing happens in other places. i used to live in texas. i used to be focused on texas history. texans are very proud of the texas war of independence and this was in 1835 and 1836. the commemoration emerged very gradually. the first commemoration was 50 years later. they wanted to be buried with their comrades near houston. by 1905, the alamo, which had been completely abandoned, becomes curated by the daughters of the republic of texas. 100 years later, you have the tallest masonry obelisk in the world. over a span of 100 years, this becomes an incredible invention of how th

kennedy's grave. the reason there is so many people there, this was the weekend after jacqueline kennedy onassis had been buried. thousands of people came to pay their respects. the reason it is there, by the time of the 1960's and 1970's and 1980's, when jacqueline onassis -- jacqueline kennedy was picking that position of the grave, she wanted it to align with the lincoln memorial. which you can see in the distance there because this was another martyred president. she wanted to be able to see the national capital to the right and the white house to the left representing john kennedy's contributions to the nation. we had this whole cosmogony of all these historical sites and the way they line up. the same thing happens in other places. at city level or state level. i used to live in texas. i used to be focused on texas history. what i want to point out here, texans are very proud of the texas war of independence and this was in 1835 and 1836. even then the commemoration , emerged very gradually. the

everybody loves john kennedy. he's an admirable and tragic figure. he really wasn't sure how to handle this brave problem cuba. it unfold in april 1961. >> our restraint is not inexhaustible. should it ever appear that the inter-american doctrine of merely conceals or confuses a policy of non-action. if the nations of this hemisphere should fail to meet againstmmitments outside communist penetration, then i wanted clearly understood that this government will not hesitate in meeting its primary obligation which offers the security of our nation. >> what should he have done he didn't subject that plan to sufficient regular -- sufficient rigor. it was just the first few months of his presidency. he felt he needed to act bold, that he was going to be an act fist president. --he said invading can be invading cuba sounds like a bold plan. it was a disaster. back, becameeted more restrained and became wary of pre-existing plans that hadn't gone through sufficient rigorous analysis. >> he had such a disaster that he had decided in the midst of the cuban miss

here we are with john kennedy a model of a boat and it was important to him. andas the boat he commanded it was sunk by the japanese and andnd the crew survived were able to swing toward island and get rest you'd. the metalt, there was and the purple heart. here we are with johnson and we have the telephone from his desk there arete house and buttons from different lines and contactsside panel and more people. a telephone installed in his bathroom and he would talk with people and bring them in their. he also recorded conversations that he had and there were supposed to be not open to the public until after he died. with thethat changed kennedy assassination looking into that and the started of the recorded and you can find those on the internet. i don't know why they are so interested in what is up here. if i can get along, it looks like you can. i have more than anybody and, if like take this, it looks you can. we it, i don't know why go to washington at the end of the deal. >> you can download them and listen to them on your computer and they are interestin

david: john kennedy was once asked at a press conference what , do you think about this job and would you recommend it? he said i guess not to others so so i can finish my tenure. would you say it is worth the aggravation factor to become president, or would you recommend they pursue something else? mr. clinton: in a heartbeat. >> [applause] david: the highest calling of mankind i always thought was private equity. >> [laughter] david: you say being president of the united states is better than equity? mr. clinton: i don't know. mr. bush: we make $200,000 a year in pension. when you make? >> [laughter] david: money isn't everything. but yes. >> [laughter] mr. clinton: if we could say one serious thing, there are a lot of really big questions floating out there. a mexican multibillionaire is a really smart guy and he gave a speech during the campaign. the campaign being what it was, obviously no one was interested in asking about it, but he said i believe this will be the first technological revolution that will kill more jobs than it creates. and therefore, i believe we will either ha

david: john kennedy was once asked at a press conference, what do you think about this job and would you recommend it? he said i guess not to others so so i can finish my tenure. would you recommend the job to people, would you say it is worth the aggravation factor to become president, or would you recommend they pursue something else? mr. clinton: in a heartbeat. [applause] david: the highest calling of mankind i always thought was private equity. [laughter] david: you say being president of the united states is better than equity? mr. clinton: i don't know. mr. bush: we make $200,000 a year in pension. what do you make? [laughter] david: money isn't everything. but yes. [laughter] mr. clinton: if we could say one serious thing, there are a lot of really big questions floating out there. a mexican multibillionaire is a really smart guy and he gave a speech during the campaign. the campaign being what it was, obviously no one was interested in asking about it, but he said i believe this will be the first technological revolution that will kill more jobs than it creates. and therefor

kennedy at his inauguration said asked not what your country can do for years to put what you can do for your country. so of this summons was a response to the well-being of the republic was quaint in 2017 it is not in 1961. . . uniform with the south vietnamese troops. and cents out to the valley which was a desolate place in the northwestern part of old south vietnam's a few miles from laos. after orientation so why are we here? and the vietnamese commanders said this outpost is your to provide protection to guard the air strip and he said that makes sense but tell me why is the air strip their? and the south vietnamese officers said the air strip is there to supply the outpost. and colin powell would go there in the '60s said he was unsure he ever heard a better explanation as circular as it was for what we were doing. working on this but in addition to my research than reading and intellectual framing i certainly knew i needed to visit vietnam. not just a thriving city but to the delta and the high country out to the far reaches. where the baby boomer generation fought there were

john: kennedy: they have chee-tos crusted cheesecake that comes in three sizes. the new york yankees have won't same uniforms for 102 years. it's one of the most of time-honored traditions in sports along with the patriots cheating and the bengals going to jail. the bengals have the only team photo taken from the front and the side. but the yankees team photo will look different. for the first time ever they will be taking the field in uniforms that don't have pinstripes. it's part of players weekend. the promotion is creating so much buzz they are already selling the uniforms for $99 online. the yankees aren't the only local team making changes to their appearance. the new york mets announced they are changing their logo to a white flag. rumor had it he's so sick of the mets losing he demanltdsed a trade. but they can't find a that his size. the solution cardinals don't know anything about surrendering. last night they claude their way back with some help from a cat. the team was trailing 4-3 with two out when this baby demon beast made it across the outfield. t

that's the site -- we are looking from the mansion at arlington national cemetery, across john kennedy's grave. the reason there are so many people there -- it may look a little bit small there -- is this was the weekend after jack w jacqueline kennedy onassis had been buried and many people came to pay their respects. by the 1960s, '70s and '80, we had our history laid out on the ground. when jacqueline kennedy was picking that position for the grave, she wanted it to align with the lincoln memorial, which you can see in the distance there because this was another martyred president. she wanted to be able to see the national capitol to the right and the white house to the left, representing john kennedy's contributions to the nation. so we have this whole cos mography of all these historical sites and the way they line up. the same thing happens in other places at the state or city level. i used to live in texas. and i used to be focused a lot on texas history. texans are very proud of the texas war of independence. this was in 1835 and '36. even then the commemoration moved gradually.

kennedy, there are only three things that are real, god, human foley and laughter. since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do the best with the third. to the end be jerry lewis did laughed best. >> where is my baby? >> reporter: in los angeles, jonathan sari, fox news. >>> we brought you susan lewis's story act woman in northeast philadelphia who claims to be jerry lewis's daughter and says she took a dna test with the comedian's son ten years ago that says they do have the same father. she shared her story with our hank flynn >> a live look at the shore, wildwood new jersey beautiful weekend to be at the beach. meteorologist kathy orr has a check of your forecast. >> well, good evening. it's very exciting, it's night before the eclipse. a lot of folks will be on the boardwalk tomorrow afternoon with their eclipse glasses. just a beautiful night. temperatures today were just about at average. the normal highs 86. philadelphia and atlantic city, pretty close, reading, trenton, allentown and even the poconos a beautiful day, a perfect ten, 78 in the

even john kennedy, in 1960, had to deal with a lot of these prejudices. but we have come full circle, i think, on that. not many americans think that way about catholics. they do not think irish people are not white, in the way that they did. i think that is a really interesting category. what is notable is that white catholics did not really get admitted until the official world of white christian america -- really until the 70's, 1980's, and 1990's. in the 1960's, they were not in country clubs, for example. jews, catholics, african-americans, latinos -- not admitted. they were white, protestant institutions. that is a signal of the cultural power that they had. that is so much less true today. the most significant thing about catholics today is the huge divide between white and latino catholics, who are all under one holy catholic church, and yet live in very different political worlds. white catholics voted for donald trump. 2/3 of latino catholics voted for hillary clinton. host: memphis, tennessee, democrat. caller: i believe that everybody has hope