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These lines -- only kennedy could give them. >> behind the scenes he was saying to bobby and others you cant believe how screwed up this place is. they were very tough on the people around him. there were other things. we think of him as this well oiled machine. he never met mcnamara before he made him secretary. it was an all white male eastern administration. republican, secretary of treasury. bobby was his closest confidante. as time went on, his circle got smaller and smaller. he was listeni...

Game because your game is not working. thats why so many people like him right now. >> i want to get to those lines youre drawing there among some of the republicans in a minute. but patricia, i read your article and you point out because of this, this racket he created, hes going to make millions of dollars. >> in this case, he is not making millions of dollars, but i dont think he wants to make millions of dollars personally. the groups that he supports are making millions of dollars. the cons...

And within an hour was an amazing coordinated effort. we saw set up a triage and doctors in scrubs ready to treat patients who have not been able to get [ indiscernible ] in whatever capacity they can. but they needed a central location. so its always important to have that and the agency coordinating all the people. >> everybody is a real professional. the volunteers are professionals. they really have this finely oiled machine how to help. thank you very much. and the threat this is the bad ...

410,000 customers in west virginia didnt have power as of last night. ohio, 400,000 folks in ohio without. 340,000 in virginia, same deal there. power authorities and local governments say many of those people might be in the dark until this weekend. those people are going to have to deal with more soaring temperatures, 12 states under heat advisories this morning and the heat wave is forecast to last all week long. sandra endo is live in arlington, virginia, looks a bit of a mess behi...

snowstorm barrelling across the northeast bringing heavy winds, rain, and wet heavy snow, up to 16 inches expected in some areas. the storm stretches from west virginia up the coast to western new york. the april storm comes after a mild winter. march was also the warmest on record. and it could bring record snowfall for this time of year. coming up, well head to dubois, pennsylvania. the latest on the community and transportation. well, the weapons are new but the battle is as old a...

help elect other true public servants to office. well, why now? scott conroy of role clear politics and co-author of "sarah from alaska"s has spoken to the palins since the decision. youve been rushing to get on the phone with us. so what can you tell us? >> erin, great to be here. i spoke to some members of palins inner circle tonight and two points, one, they say that the family was a big issue, that they, you know, couldnt get the entire family on board for a presidential run and th...

Take us a couple days probably to sort out. >> youre young to the senate. new to the united states senate. there are sometimes criticisms about how this process works, how the state keeps in contact with the federal government, sharing resources, sharing information. whats your sense early on in this one? hows it going? >> i think the communication as far as i know is working pretty well. i think unfortunately we have enough disasters in our country that we have a pretty well-oiled machine as fa...

Now because of the deficit. >> you guys expect me to come on your show to express my opinion, but im tempted to just sit back and let rob represent the view of liberalism that a public option would lead to an efficient well-oiled machine that would pay for itself. most americans understand what a public option means. we understand what nationalized healthcare means. but if the democrats wants to continue to go down this path i say let them. november is just a couple months away and they will los...

Put it up against bart. >> jesse: is that tremendous pressure? >> it is grass root, anti-establishment. >> jesse: theyre not grass roots. theyre getting financed with dick armey. follow it. theres no grass roots. >> you have to pick one or the other. are they an unorganized grassroots operation, or are they this highly sophisticated functioning well oiled machine? which one is it? at the end of the day. >> theres dick armey. >> at the the end of the day they will cause trouble for democrats and ...

And "x," i say, this is a false choice. the reality is, when you have a system that is not working effectively, and i think most would agree the senate is not a particularly well-oiled machine, right, the way to fix that is to change your behavior. not to change the rules, but to change your behavior. >> the other unnamed senator, joe manchin of west virginia, told reporter to keep the faith in this damn senate, and well make it work out. well make it bipartisan. keep the faith in what? last wee...