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Everyone else in extending our condolences to you and remembering him. >> thank you, brian. indeed im so glad to be on with you because the tribute you gave to him was so incredible that it meant so much to me and my kids. ive spent a lifetime telling stories about people who are no longer alive. and having stories told now about everything my husband did for jfk, for bobby kennedy, more importantly for the country, for lbj, and having that out there, its everything i care about. its how a perso...

Ive spent a lifetime telling stories about people who are no longer alive. and having stories told now about everything my husband did for jfk, for bobby kennedy, more importantly for the country, for lbj, and having that out there, its everything i care about. its how a person lives on after theyre gone. so it meant everything, and im so glad to share it with you tonight. >> well, were grieving with you. as i tried to point out that night, he helped so many americans who never knew his name or ...

And thats, i think, the measure -- >> he was the best. >> -- of a life well lived. lets talk about pardons. lets talk about this president, who your husband did not serve and had his own opinions about. where is the business of pardoning versus where you know it from the standpoint of a historian, the standpoint of the brilliant framers who gave this all to us in parchment? >> well, what makes me so sad about these pardons right now is when you look at the pardons that mattered in history, they ...