he became ill but former d.c. mayor anthony williams will take his place in mid september. again locally and jenkins longtime and fierce advocate for d.c. statehood said kennedy as recently last year reiterated his strong support for the determination. ted kennedy is a tremendous loss for d.c. he supported statehood from the very beginning. he believed in us. he said that d.c. should not be the nation s last colony. reporter: jenkins walked up to kennedy and barack obama last year at american university. and i went right up to them and they informed me enthusiasticallyhat yes, we support full statehood. we will hear more about local people who fell the kennedy impact right here in the nation s capital. wendy, back to you. tom sherwood, thanks, tom. senator kennedy was a true champion of health care. one of his life s long goals was to achieve universal health care for america. a goal he would never see completed. it was one year ago that he spoke about that at t