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♪ america's new ambassador to britain, joseph p. kennedy, faces a cameraman as he's about the depart for st. jameses court. >> when president roosevelt sends joseph p. kennedy in 1938 across the atlantic to be the ambassador to the united kingdom, he was a star, a celebrity. he had run a studio in hollywood. and he was already a scess in business and politics. he was among the top 20 richest men in america. it was big news. >> the rise of joseph kennedy is as remarkable as it is seemingly unstoppable. >> joe kennedy came from an irish family, and they worked their way from the bottom to th...

My are show at wbai, and then over the last four months, i have been to london and i visited him three times. so we communicate. >> what do you think of him? >> he's a great guy. he's a great journalist. i look at him the same way i look at elijah lovejoy or any of those other abolitionist journalists in the 1830s, 1840s, elijah lovejoy, people hated him, he was an abolitionist. i look at julian assange the same way, he has never ever published a lie. nothing has been refuted. >> you say that his materials tend to be authentic rather than forged? >> absolutely. >> do you ever carry messages fr...

The great potato famine of the 1840s to boston. so the family is just tw generations removed from the asantry of ireland. >> mr. joseph kennedy, the american ambassador, left for buckingham palace to present his credentials to the king. >> having an irish catholic in the job, it was just like the perfect victory in the struggle of my grandfather to feel accepted. >> as for me, i'm delighted to be here. >> you cannot underestimate joseph kennedy's ambition in 1938. my grandfather had ambitions to be president himself. >> what do you think he finds? >> what about the family, mr. kennedy? >> jose...

>> his grandparents came during the great potato famine of the 1840s to boston. so the family is just two generations removed from the peasantry of ireland. >> mr. joseph kennedy, the american ambassador, left the palace to present his credentials to the king. >> having an irish catholic in that job, it was just like the perfect victory in the struggle of my grandfather to feel accepted. >> and as for me, i'm delighted to be here. >> you cannot underestimate joseph kennedy's ambition in 1938. >> my grafather hadambitions, right, to be president himself. >> and what do you think he finds, all e...

America's new ambassador joseph p. kennedy faces cameramen as he is about to depart for st. james court. >> when president roosevelt sends joseph p. kennedy in 1938 across the atlantic to be the ambassador to the united kingdom, he was a star, a celebrity. he had run a studio in hollywood. he was already a success in business and politics. he was among the top 20 richest men in america. it was big news. >> the rise of joseph kennedy is as remarkable as it is seemingly unstoppable. >> joe kennedy came from an irish family. they worked their way from the bottom to the top. they were outsiders. >...