said, i know it was funny. former president making his first comments as the house to vote repealing obamacare. while excepting a profile in courage award at the jfk library in boston. mr. obama calling on congress to show courage, put politics aside to save the affordable care act. watch. i hope that current members of congress recalled that it actually does not take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful. already comfortable, already influential, but it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable. and the sick. and the infirm, i understand hope they understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right. kennedy. obviously was not very courageous at all of
have the same surnames or pray the way we do. and at such moments courage is necessary. at such moments we need courage to stand up to hate. not just in others but in ourselves. well, that s former president barack obama giving what i thought a very eloquent speech tonight talking about division in our politics as he accepted the profile in courage award tonight. back with our panel. i thought that was the most direct shot at trump. because that s the world we live in. right, but it did not name trump. he sort of setup the opposite of he talked about trump sort of by omission or by contrast, sort of enumerating the virtues that one seeks in public life. and he just sort of let the contrast be created with what,
and to all of the members of the kennedy family that are here tonight, thank you. i could not be more grateful to the profile in courage award committee for this honor. i am also grateful that unlike the nobel prize committee, you waited until i was out of officeoffice [ laughter ] how fitting that we gather here this month, the 100th anniversary of president kennedy s birth. i was born the year he took office which makes me 55 years old, and had he lived to finish two terms he would have been just 51 and he remarked on the possibility once. it has been suggested, he said, that whether i serve one or two terms in the presidency, i will find myself at the end of that
i m dara brown with the hour s top stories. france now has a new president. 39-year-old centrist candidate emmanuel macron defeated far right candidate marine le pen with more than 2/3 of the vote. current vice president francois hollande calls his victory a confirmation of france s commitment to the european union. president obama taking the spotlight in boston as he accepted the profile in courage award at the jfk library for some of his key accomplishments in office, including health care reform. now back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. in charleston, south carolina about 27,000 men and women were