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Historian at harvard university, whos written an acclaimed book about John F Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy townsend, who is a politician in her own right, whose father Robert F Kennedy was the attorney general when the march on washington occurred. I want to start by switching rating this discussion in a in a bit, a personal way, because we have some personal connections among us. And i want to start in the summer of 1963, before the march and in june in particular, in june of 1963, kathleen, 11 years old, her uncle was the president. Her father was the attorney general. She was growing up in mclean, virginia, the wonderful house called hickory hill. I was growing up in chevy chase, maryland, a neighborhood called somerset. My father was a journalist, was covering the Kennedy Administration and the Justice Department. I was six years old that summer. I. And robert was growing up across the street and a few houses down from us in somerset with his brother burke, whos in the audience with
Welcome, everybody. My name is john harwood. Im a journalist and im going to be moderating this panel with robert doar, who you know, who is the chief executive of, the American Enterprise institute, fred log of all, whos a historian at harvard university, whos written an acclaimed book about John F Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy townsend, who is a politician in her own right, whose father Robert F Kennedy was the attorney general when the march on washington occurred. I want to start by switching rating this discussion in a in a bit, a personal way, because we have some personal connections among us. And i want to start in the summer of 1963, before the march and in june in particular, in june of 1963, kathleen, 11 years old, her uncle was the president. Her father was the attorney general. She was growing up in mclean, virginia, the wonderful house called hickory hill. I was growing up in chevy chase, maryland, a neighborhood called somerset. My father was a journalist, was covering th
funneled into parchment prisons as a way to hush them up. to hush them up quietly without the cameras rolling. the visual image was essential for movement area to be able to see the violence of jim crow. but it wasn t over. bobby kennedy and jack kennedy knew it. jack kennedy is giving his state of the union address and president kennedy is all, we are fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe because we have all of these people. it was the middle of decolonization. africans, asians arabs, latinos, , those nations are getting free. imperial bonds are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment for freedom in the global south. but he didn t mention the american south. in this freedom struggle. a kind of silence there. but he needed that silence, because what he was dealing with, he had just come back from the vienna summit. remember the one, his brother was trying to get the freedom riders to be quiet on? that
It will, at times, be wet now. The rain moving through marin county. It may be wet as you drive from the north bay to the south. Now, speaking of that, leltts head over to mike. You have a crash in concord . We do. A lighter commute because of veterans day. If you drive north of the bay, the sensors here, westbound, highway 4 and the transition ramp on southbound 242, a crash and potential traffic break from chicago highway. Word of debris and a uhaul trailer. Chp was taking a sweep through the area as well. Well track that. Over here, close to the bay bridge, the upper east shore freeway, blocked. Guys, back to you. Thank you, mike. 4 31. New safety rules for uber and lyft. California regulators are cracking down on background checks. Pete suratos is live at sfo with what you need to know. Reporter good morning to you, marcus. Important information for those using uber and lyft. The California Commission voted on this commission unanimously. Yes, there are background checks in place.