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Each other. bobby kennedy thought lbj was a bully. lbj thought bobby was an annoying runt. a bad match. >> the kennedys need the big texan to carry the south. and appease voters uncomfortable with electing a catholic. >> there will be some non-catholics who will vote against senator kennedy because of his religion. the governor of the state of north carolina said he felt that this problem or difficulty would cost us maybe 200,000 votes in the state of north carolina. >> it feels so silly. it feels so remote. but it really wasn't that remote in the grand scheme of things. it's not that long ago...

He brings the papacy directly into the homes of catholics and non-catholics alike. over the course of his 28-year reign, john paul ii makes the pope an international icon. >> i would channel anyone to think of the names of two or three popes before jpii. no pope under any circumstance has had the impact that jpii had. >> before john paul ii, the papacy is a quiet vestige of an ancient tradition. popes are religious figure heads atop a hill in rome measured for diplomacy in the face of war and injustice. >> in the earlier part of last century, it's like society wouldn't listen to papal authorit...

President and the pope, then we had the exchange of gifts and now we have the larger entourage. the president, the pope, the member of the president's traveling delegation. it's too bad that the audio was so low. they really pick up the sound coming from these at two men as they talk. the signal we are getting from vatican television doesn't give us enough to pick up. you can pick up a little body language, the president said beautiful a few times. >> julie: what are they being handed right here? >> i am trying to get a good look at it. usually in these circumstances they are giving it to the ...

>> what do they want to hear from the pope. what did they want his message to contain? . >> weave been speaking to a number of catholics and non-catholics in the slums who want his message to be focused on poverty. he's from the global south, he's well aware of what poverty really is. that's been a major focus of his. he's going to visit a slum here in nairobi and speak to people who have been working in the slum for decades who can tell them what the realities on the ground are. so they're hoping that poverty

Babies are being held aloft. >> in the dugout and ready to come out. >> it's like the lion king and the simba position hoping the holy father will summon them to his converted jeep, but it's really lovely. it is lovely. we saw a moment ago people have taken to trees. there were people on street lights. there were people on traffic signals clinging to the base trying to get a good view all of which, of course, makes the security detail nervous. here is another little girl. early on in the trip a little girl carried a message about immigration, her own family's story. we usually get to know thes...