king: do you ever fear your own health? my own health? yeah, there are nuts in this country. no. the kennedys must think about it. how could they not think about? it s not something that it s sort of, like, walking around wondering if you re going to be struck by lightning. it s kind of it s just not something that you really keep in the forefront of your mind much. but it might affect decision-making, right, going into politics, right? right, but it doesn t. hey, everyone. welcome to how it really happened. i m hill harper. to many americans, he s simply known as john-john, a nickname created by the press and one that jackie kennedy once admitted he hated. he was the heir to his father s legacy. however, john f. kennedy jr. strove to be his own man, aware of the expectations but set on creating a life of his own making, but that life was tragically cut short at 38 years old. tonight, an investigation into his mysterious plane crash. what really happened to jfk jr.? m
[applause] i know that youre applauding because youre here at the 2017 Miami Book Fair here in miami, florida. What a Beautiful Day it is here in miami this morning. Thats why we live here, and thats why such a wonderful destination for our visitors. Welcome again to Miami Book Fair, and we have a truly wonderful treat in store for you today. I hope many of you have had the opportunity all week to enjoy the outstanding presentations that have been taking place this year. I hope that you will continue with us through tomorrow evening when the sevenday fair closes. You know, this fair just would not take place each and every year without the cooperation, the collaboration, the passion, and the volunteerism of many people in our community. Namely, the students, faculty, staff of Miamidade College. [applause] and really hundreds of high school students, middle School Stunts and others in the community. So we truly thank everyone for coming together and unifying behind this Miami Book Fair.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum allowed me to be i guess what you would call a guest curator of this exhibit on jfk. See i was a photographer myself starting in the 50s and i photographed a lot of politicians. I started with Richard Nixon. Governor brown in california. And then of course john f. Kennedy. Many of the events he was present at and tragically i was in dallas when he was assassinated. Why this exhere in the American Art Museum at this time . Well, its centennial of his birth. 100 years ago, on may 29th, he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together . Where do you start . Well, first you start with a few researchers. And we collected, actually, 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months. And it became the basis of a very important book that we published with harper collins. And from those 34,000 pictures and the 400 some odd pictures in the book, we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jfk and his life and
In 1997 he began his program hard ball, which heirs on msnbc. He is author of seven bestselling cooks. Tip and the gipper, when politics worked, and kennedy and nix hardball. He. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome me in join me in welcoming chris matthews. [applause] thank you. What an intelligent crowd. I havent seen this much i. Q. , i dont know. It is great stuff. Well, i just came from seattle. The weather is nicer here and its great to come back here. It is wild, outdoorsy crowd here. I dont have to wear a coat or anything. I want to h talk about my book. We have until 11 15. I have only 35 minutes. I dont want to give away the book. It isce inexpensively priced. It is actually a beautiful piece of art. There is picture, my producer and i spent so much time peter and i wanted to get artwork for the book i wanted it to be a beautiful book for a beautiful guy. I wanted him with minority kids reaching out nobody like anybody haske done before. He was first white candidate reached i
Fiction addition, sunday live from noon to 3 00 eastern on cspan2. This year hosts the bison tell neil of Illinois Statehood the bicentennial of Illinois Statehood. Next, the journalists tell story about political leaders they have covered over the years and they discuss the National Role the state key figures have played in their lifetimes. This is about one hour and 10 minutes. 11 greetings to everyone. And greetings to everyone. We are glad to have such a wonderful turnout for this special program we have sponsored by the Illinois State society. We begin in kick off the state societys bicentennial celebration of 200 years of Illinois Statehood. We want to give a special welcome to all those who are viewing this event. Program topecial highlight the political contributions and the contributions of illinois political leaders here in washington and their legacies. We have a distinguished panel of folks we have gotten to know over the years who we watch on television and listen to on th