it wasn't jfk jr. who was going to come out. it was actually jfk sr. the president this whole time and still alive. >> wow. >> and then his son jfk jr. who was murdered by hillary clinton in order to get the senate seat in new york in 1999 was going to declare himself as trump's vice president. by the way, jim, did you know that the kennedy blood line is the same as jesus christ's blood line? and not a single word of what i told you is wrong about their belief. that's literally what they thought. >> wow. and, um, yeah, my brain hurts after what you just said. but can you help explain this obsession with jfk jr.? because this is a big part of the qanon thing. i remember seeing this out on the campaign trail. you would see this from time to time. and i would think to myself, what the hell going on with jfk jr.? after things in dallas didn't go as planned some qanon supporters were actually running with another crazy theory that none other than keith richards of the rolling stones is actually jfk jr. in disguise. this one doesn't make any sense to me beca

for the ghost of jfk junior, and jfk himself. to reinstate trump as president because they're going to be his zombie running mates, or whatever. and, you know, trump is endorsing republican candidates all over the country who pledge that really he should be reinstated as president. and jonathan carl's reporting in this part of the book does actually jive with something that really made no sense at the time, last december, december 4th 2020. right around the time that he reports this was happening, rioters put out a fact check about some of the trump election claims that were circulating online. and their fact shacked -- included this bewildered statement from an actual cia spokesperson, quote, cia spokesperson nicole da told -- via email this is the most absurd inquiry i've ever addressed, but i'm happy to tell you that director has pell is alive and well and at the office. it was so confusing at the time that the cia had to bother to put out a public statement from a named spokesperson asserting that the cia director was in fact

and jfk jr. a few weeks ago, right? as of midnight, they apparently all thought jfk jr. and jfk sr. would be coming back, so they all went to dallas again by the hundreds to wait for the lightning bolt or whatever. at one point last night, as they were all assembled there at dealey plaza waiting for the resurrections, some police cars went past with their sirens on, and the whole crowd of qanon folks at dealey plaza lost their mind. it must have been him. it must have been him. oh, my god, i have chills. what happens to these folks? what happens to them in the short run? do these people now leave dallas again? they thought this was going to happen in 2019, they thought it was going to happen two weeks ago, they thought it was going to happen last night at midnight, it seems like it hasn't happened. do they stay in dallas now, because they're going to get another date? right? the guy is going to pick some numbers in the squiggles in his ramen noodles and tell them, oh, actually, it's wednesday. do

how disappointed would jfk jr.e if he did come back and this was the crowd that showed up to welcome him? [ laughter ] one of the leaders of the group spreading this madness is a youtuber named mike penny, who i guess reluctantly had to admit that there was no jfk yesterday. >> things so far have not happened the way we wanted them and were told were going to happen, told were going to happen, uh-huh. >> jimmy: told by who? q? [ laughter ] how many times does q have to be wrong about something before they realize he's just making stuff up? they don't even know who he is. maybe i'm q! you ever think about that? [ laughter ] it's not out of the question. if i was, this is exactly how i would do it! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] neither of the jfks showed up to the big party. but they did see some other un-deceased celebrities. >> whatever is happening, it will be revealed in this -- in his timing, yes. amen to that. >> uh-huh? >> like i said yesterday, michael jackson, debbie reynolds, and some other -- yes, g

>> jimmy: you're dating jfk jr.? >> i know. he's so hot!t to talk a lot because -- >> jimmy: because he's not alive? [ laughter ] >> no, because he can't use the same phone twice or else bill gates will know where he is. okay? [ laughter ] so he calls me from different numbers every day. it's really sweet. >> jimmy: that sounds very sweet. brittanee, there's no way you're dating jfk jr. >> and why is that, jimmy? because he "died" in a "plane crash?" >> jimmy: yes. that's exactly the reason why, yeah. that's like the top reason. >> i swear, liberals are all about being open-minded until you tell them you're dating jfk jr., then they're all, "oh, no, you can't be, he's dead!" phone ringing ] oh, look who it is. hello? >> have you or a loved one been injured by farming equipment? >> baby, i was just talking about you! [ laughter ] >> press 1 for a representative. >> jimmy: is that jfk jr.? >> don't say that, or else he'll hear you. >> jimmy: okay, britaineee, i'm going to let you chat. >> adrenaphobe! daddy's on the phone! >> dad? hello? >> j

there are fake jfk junior accounts there. by the way, they sell ethereum -- they don't sell ethereum. they try to get people to give them that cryptocurrency. and these two guys, they don't even use their real names, they're a bunch of words with letters at the end of it. they have hundreds of thousands of followers on telegram and that's who showed up today, it wasn't even the name brand qanon people that you would know maybe from the insurrection. it was a bunch of people who have grown a following since then. this has kind of grown its own new life since then. >> and by necessity you have to think of things that happen in the real world, not just online, as an escalation, right? once people leave the keyboard, get out from behind the keyboard and actually physically go somewhere and show their face and dress up and get the t-shirt and hold the flag, it is an escalation. it is a renewed commitment, in effect, to that subculture and to those beliefs. >> yeah, i mean, two major points there. first of all, once you deplatform

this one says trump/jfk junior 2024.live and they're going to run for president and vice president in 2024. >> did we land on the moon? >> did we land on the moon? no. they also shared cool new thoughts on the moon landing. did we land on the moon? no. john f. kennedy jr., according to these votes, was expected to reveal himself at 12:29 p.m., the exact time president kennedy was shot, at precisely that time the crowd piously recited the pledge of allegiance. but then, weirdly, he didn't turn up. neither jfk junior nor his dad nor anybody else from the kennedy blood line was, you know, -- appeared mystically at daley plaza. these people who think democrats and celebrities are blood-drinking pedophiles stood around for hours to watch the son of john f. kennedy join donald trump, his first cousin, on the presidential ticket to 2024. if you talk to people who follow qanon, who sort of track this strain of online extremism, the whole jfk junior is coming back to run with trump thing is considered a fringe belief even within

this one says trump jfk junior, 2024. they threw big campaign banners to.ng to run with donald trump in 2024. >> did reliant on the moon? >> did we land on the moon? no? >> they took this chance to let -- [noise] gianna kennedy junior was expected to reveal himself as 12:29 pm, the exact time that john f. kennedy was shot. i precisely that time the crowd receptive the pledge of allegiance but then weirdly he didn't turn up. neither did jfk junior, nor his dad, nor anybody else from the kennedys bloodline. you know, none of them appeared at daily plaza, mystically. this is all insane, right? but it's hundreds of people who believe democrats and celebrities are secret blood drinking pedophiles, sit around four hours to witness what they believe would be the re-incarnation of the seas democrat of celebrities that are certainly not blood drinking pedophiles, to watch the son of john f. kennedy watched donald trump his first cousin on the ticket to 2024. if you talk to people who follow qanon, who sort of track this train of online extremism, the whole jfk junio

>> well, the '90s, of course, trump and jfk jr.t really picked up in 2018 as qanon, the conspiracy group started to talk to each other. there was this idea that jfk jr. was still alive, perhaps still in hiding. maybe joe biden was lee harvey oswald, and over time, the conspiracy, like a choose your own adventure when we were kids, it would evolve online and people would be able to tell different parts of the story. these things got weaved together and someone called for this day where they believed he would show up to complete the ride, which i think is pretty sinister. >> yeah, they haven't left. they were at daley plaza just yesterday. many may be back. q himself, by the way, dismissed the theory and yet followers were out by the hundreds waiting for a dead man to reappear. what does this tell you about the movement and really where it's going? >> many movements are comprised of numerous factions. this faction of the movement tends to believe in this set of conspiracy series that not just jfk, but mlk, kobe bryant, tupac are all

they decided that jfk jr.as donald trump's running mate and that there is a bunch of elaborate conspiracies around this, and he would basically become president again, donald trump this week. >> uh-huh. it's so fringe. it is certainly rejected by some of the most about qanon followers. what does it tell you overall about the movement and about what we saw in dallas? what is going on within qanon itself? is it divided into competing layers and factions? >> it is divided. i don't know if they're competing. they're all trying to build their own personal history. these people don't really hate each other. they are just excited about the fact that they all believe donald trump is still the president, and this is a very niche version of this. this is people following two specific telegram influencers with hundreds of followers. the much larger, broader section of qanon followers do not believe this. they kind of make fun of this. if you believe in qanon, you believe that there is this large pedophile gang running th

big innovation in television came with jfk. jfk did have live press conferences. this was a format that was particularly good for jfk. number one, he got the reporters. he understood them culturally. he had briefly in fact been a reporter himself. after he got out in the second world war. he didn't need the money, obviously. but he wanted to be able to say that he had a civilian job. so his father arranged him a reporting gig. and he understood the press, he understood how to handle himself at a press conference. he was very good at it. and in -- he came across well on tv in part as we'll talk more about this as we get into the debates. ironically because of medication he was taking. if you look at pictures of jfk in the early 1950s he looks kind of sickly. by 1960s, he looks much better. because he was taken cortisone, which sometimes has the unfortunate effect of distorting people's features but jfk was so thin, it actually filled him out and made him look good. and his health was not in the best of shape. during his presidency his problems were much worse than

everybody in that movement believes that whether they believe jfk, jr.ming back or not. >> ben collins, i'm glad you're able to bring this reporting here today on msnbc. >>> next up, with the backing of dozens of states one attorney is taking facebook to court trying to stop sex traffickers from luring in young people on the platform. >> you seem to be arguing that facebook uses algorithms to actually connect older men, for example, with young girls. >> yes. girls. >> yes your eyes. beautiful on the outside, but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on inside. it's true, with diabetic retinopathy, excess sugar can damage blood vessels, causing vision loss or even blindness. so remember this: now is the time to get your eyes checked. eye care is important to your long-term diabetes management. see a path forward with actions and treatments that may help your eyes— and protect against vision loss. visit noweyesee.com and take control of your sight. ever notice how stiff clothes and protect against vision loss. can feel rough on

needless to say, neither jfk junior nor his father showed up to this party.itical thinkers did not give up. some members of the group came to the logical epiphany that he must be disguised as keith richards, the rolling stones guitarist. as interesting as that may be to us keith richards fans, i'm not going down that rabbit hole because there's only so much crazy one can take. it's thriving today, last december, after trump lost the election, the elusive leader of the group, who is named q, appeared to have a come to jesus moment. according to ben collins, he addressed their nation of followers and made three revelations. jfk junior is, in fact, dead. two, the earth is not flat. three, elections are safe. just one month after that, trump supporters stormed the capitol motivated by the big lie that the election was stolen from donald trump. seems like q doesn't even control believers anymore. this past week, voters elected at least ten republicans to office who attended the rally on january 6th, which turned into a deadly insurrection. i know this sounds absol

i got to say one of my favorite parts about the jfk jr. is that he would fake his death for decades, only to come back as a vice president. when you're down there and you're speaking to these people, what is going through your mind saying john f kennedy is going to run with the most republican of republicans. it's like even if he is alive, they're not even aware of what the kennedy brand, name represents. >> if he was alive he wouldn't be donald trump's running mate. there's too much logic in that. anything you look for, any threat of logic, it doesn't go anywhere. apparently to a lot of these people, jfk is a real guy who lives in pittsburgh, has a family, works as a fm analyst. there's a real guy that shows up to trump alleys that has stood near trump enough times.ug and if it is jfk jr., it's an incredible disguise. he was seven inches shorter than jfk jr. is. it is an actually belief. you can laugh about it if you want, butyo like jason was talkg about, he bet this woman a hundred dollars and she kind of had a smile on her face but the

the iconic twa hotel at jfk airport in new york.sive, mcr hotels chairman and ceo, tyler morse joins us live from the twa hotel. let's get to it, tyler, what have you seen, let me throw it out since last late thursday night when the word omicron suddenly became part of the worrisome lexicon. >> liz great to be here, omicron, very difficult word to say. liz: i know. >> it's even harder than the variant right now. we have seen about 10% of bookings cancel in the last 72 hours, but notably, you've seen greater in the day for the day, both on saturday, sunday, and monday, after this news broke. there is a lot of people out there, a lot of people that don't care. they are happy to travel, they want to go out and see their loved ones. if you look at room rates in manhattan, for the next three saturdays, they're between $600 and $1,000. it is, the city is full. liz: what about elsewhere? you're in 33 states, 115,000 guest rooms, 110 hotels, what about the other states? >> you know, they don't move at the speed that manhattan or london or s

and try to see jfk jr.n, all the democrats are going to be rounded up and sent to guantanamo bay. it is tough to see where one conspiracy begins and another one ends. jfk and his son jfk jr. did not show up yesterday. so these people didn't get to meet their hero. i do want to show you one quote from the daily beast picked up on, on live stream, a lot of people live streaming this event yesterday, a person, one of the attendees said some of them are home, speaking about this event, feeling lonely. they had nobody there. we heard these stories for months about people, people feeling alone, having nobody they can talk to and now you have a thousand people in dallas. i think that's just a really important point to hit on here, john. amid all the political stuff. so many folks that we speak to who go down these rabbit holes of conspiracy theories, especially online, are looking for community. they are looking for people to interact with and that is what a lot of these conspiracies give folks that sort of outlet

today is the 58th anniversary of the jfk assassination. and like linus waiting for the great pumpkin, they are waiting for jfk and/or his son to come back from the dead and take his place alongside trump in the white house. at this point, it seems like maybe these people are just trying to get out of going home for thanksgiving. these qanoners they keep coming up with dates on which these crazy things are supposed to happen, and then the things don't happen, but they just keep blindly believing that some biblical victory is coming. this must be what it's like to root for the clippers. that's all i can think of. belated birthday wishes are in order for joe biden, who on saturday, became the first president to turn 79 while in office. to give you perspective on how old that is, bill clinton, you remember him? the guy who was president almost 30 years ago? h's 75 now. biden kicked off his birthday weekend with a colonoscopy. doctors said there were no traces of malarkey. everything looked good. or as good as the inside of an old man's butt ca

. >> lyndon johnson channelling the country paying the day after, the assassination of jfk. >> joiningeat to have all three of you with us. >> thank you so much for being with us, here we are on november 23rd, jon meacham, when i ask you the difference between 1963 and november 3rd, 1963, talk about that dividing line in america's history. >> men with guns changed history. john kennedy was a remarkable example. one of our best in american history of watching someone grow in office. there was evident evolution. he saved us from nuclear armageddon and moved by the courage of the non-violent resistance in the south. he and his brother slowly but finally certainly embraced civil rights. he's given a speech in june of '63 who says civil rights is a moral issue and important as our constitution. civil rights bill was in the works and he ended up passing. the scale was cut down and a lot of our distrust in government and erosion of faith in our institutions begin in dallas. obviously exacerbated by vietnam and watergate and the crisis of our own time. not saying if he had live, the king of go

ros: neto tour fix spent the day at jfk airport.ter: the whole tourism industry was frankly starving for those big spending foreign tourists. here in new york, they have launched their most aggressive campaign called "it is time for new york." we know airlines are already flying into numerous cities, british airways here where they just landed, their first plane from heathrow. they are flying into 17 cities. by december, they hope to fly to 23 cities and expand that more by the summer. certainly that is going to help. they are seeing bookings coming in, and hoping that does continue into the winter holiday season, so that it will give a big boost for the tourism industry. the big focus here today was the reunion of family members. it was an emotional moment. they set up this big scene with balloons and focused on the fact that while this man -- band has affected business, it has also affected personal relationships that you can't have over videoconferencing. personal and braces, seeing new family members for the first time. we got t

they believe this man is what jfk junior looks like today.for jfk junior to be trump's running mate in 2024, and they have banners and flags to prove it. it is said, it's tragic, to a -- twisted, obscene. imagine a grievance filled life so devoid of purpose and disconnected with reality, and the country that cares for you, as to make someone leave home, as some of them have, and empty the savings, as some of them have, to go and be part of something where they claim their sense of insanity. behaviourist tell us we are not supposed to pity colt leaders. let's focus on the kennedy family instead. -- his brother, two assassination. hand the scent of the president of the united states, to a plane crash. let us also remember the beset family. they lost two daughters when that plane crashed in 1994. you don't get over that. you learn to wake up the day after and continue living a semblance of a life. the kennedys were deserve our -- they do not deserve the circus of lost souls that is now soiling the sacred place in american presidential history. t

and/or jfk jr.e idea, he would rise from the dead to reinstall donald trump as president of the united states. i guess it didn't happen, i don't know. [ laughter ] say what you will about these lunatics, but you have to admire their dedication. they've been there for weeks now. somebody's 20 minutes late, i go home. [ laughter ] sadly for them, thinking about this last night i thought, what if john f. kennedy and his son really did show up in dallas, what if they rose from the grave? how would we handle that? [ laughter ] what would we do? we'd have to rethink everything, right? or what if they were half right and ted kennedy showed up? [ laughter ] like a bunch of wine coolers or something, you know? [ laughter ] there are a lot of loo-loo lemons out there right now. the my pillow man, mike lindell has quite a weekend plan. he is hosting a 96 hour long "thanks-a-thon" on his website, doing all his greatest hits about election fraud and whatnot. lindell announced today that he's planning to bring hi

neither jfk showed up at the appointed time.came up with a new prediction, claiming the kennedys and other “deceased” celebrities would show themselves at a rolling stones concert in dallas later tonight. i guess charlie watts is back with the band, i don't know. this is like linus waiting for the great pumpkin. but without the charm. hundreds, maybe even thousands of americans believe this. it makes you wonder, where the hell do they come up with this stuff, and i think i may have come up with the answer here. >> looking for extreme conspiracy theories to believe? introducing maga libs. get ready for outrage. >> plural noun. >> croutons! >> okay, let's try it. those portly democrats are putting canadian microchips this the election croutons. >> i knew it! >> no, mama! why! >> from the makers of rubik's q and nazi. >> oh, my god, the fuzzy pedophiles are using robotic chipmunks to control our nipples? >> have to let the people know. >> they'll never get away with this. >> own the libs with maga libs. available at hobby lobby and

[ laughter and applause ] neither jfk showed up.me up with a new prediction claiming the kennedys and other deceased celebrities will show themselves at a rolling stones concert in dallas later tonight. [ laughter ] i guess charlie watts is back with the band, i don't know. [ laughter ] this is like linus waiting for the great pumpkin. but without the charm. it's crazy. hundreds, maybe even thousands of americans believe this. it makes you wonder, where the hell do they come up with this stuff? and i think i may have stumbled upon the answer here. >> looking for insane conspiracy theories to actually believe? introducing maga libs. >> all right! >> adjective. >> portly. >> nationality. >> canadian. >> just fill in the blanks and get ready for outrage. >> plural man. >> croutons. >> okay, let's try it. those portly democrats are putting canadian microchips in the election croutons! i knew it! >> no, mama, why? >> from the maker of rubic's q and nahtzee, with dozens of cuckoo conspiracies to keep your family furious for hours. >> oh m

you were expecting to see jfk jr.?d you expect him to show up, and what were you expecting? a man who has not aged an old man a zombie what do you have a sixth sense? what about senses one through five, what [ laughter ] who was he rolling with? santa, the tooth fairy, gehghis khan what are the rules then i found out that they thought jfk jr. was coming back to be trump's running mate and i was like, "what? [ laughter ] you think the famous democrat came back from the dead to be the republican vice president? a position, by the way, which almost got the last guy hung [ laughter ] what how do you function in your day-to-day life? because if you start out waiting for word from somebody who has been dead since 1999, you can't possibly run yourself a bath or open a jar [ laughter ] how do you send or receive mail? do you have a bank account what will you do to keep yourself safe from misinformation will you take your computer, and throw it into the sun? please take your computer, and throw it into the sun uncle joe, take y

of course, jfk jr.erialize last night in the hundreds of qanon supporters went home disappointed >> seth: i suspect going home disappointed is pretty routine for these folks. [ laughter ] "hey, today's the day ronald reagan is supposed to show up at the m&m store in times square and hand out free beef jerky to patriots." [ laughter ] "ah, damn it." [ laughter ] "we got to start bringing our own jerky. [ laughter ] must be a real bummer. it's like when you go to a billy joel concert and he doesn't play "piano man. "well, that sucked." "i don't know, i enjoyed 'root beer rag'. the point is, that's the coalition republicans are trying to build keep the far right maga base on board while also appealing to moderates and suburban voters. and using fake pro-worker populism to redefine their brand. republicans have spent decades being called out of touch with the needs of every day working people so, now they're trying to turn the tables by insisting it's actually the left that's out of touch. as florida senato

of course jfk jr. did not materialize last night and the hundreds of qanon supporters went home disappointed. but that's a little glimpse into where at least part of the maga movement is right now. and so republicans, they need to decide whether they want to return to the kind of, you know, coded politics of the past before trump or run with a guy whose diehard supporters believe a dead man will ascend to the vice presidency before trump can enact swift retribution on all of their enemies. alex covered the gubernatorial race from the ground in virginia. tom periello represented virginia's fifth congressional district from 2009 to 2011. he has a new opinion piece entitled "youngkin's victory in virginia is a warning." tom, let me start with you. i was in charlottesville on election night in 2010 where you lost that race in the big sort of tea party backlash. you have personally experienced this. what do you make of what happened last night? >> look, i think it is a warning in time for democrats to avoid

everybody referred to jfk as jack. but in 1917 the war came to america. world war i. is called the great war because you cannot number them until there is a second one. so he had a reserved occupation meaning he would not be drafted. he already received the draft notice but honey fits arrange for him to become a manager at the shipyard in boston. but joe is not properly briefed and that people were drafted in management and aware of all the workmen were promised to raise. the assistant secretary of the navy to condone roosevelt was angry because joe closed down one of the most important shipyards in the eastern seaboard and he who owned the shipyard had to step in personally to get the men back to work and joe was put into a lesser function until the war was over. after the war he went to work for the stockbrokers in boston and liked the idea of making money. so after a couple years there, he went to wall street. by 1925 he made his first millions set up million dollars trust fund. and then set about making his second fortune because he heard they were going to califo

if you want to get italy you take jfk to madrid and then off to naples.abbed him off the road to jfk, and we are forced interrupt his trip took a brief. -- his trip to capri. jon ferro steps in. if i cave-in -- if i came in unshaven, i would go to the timeout chair. your styling. jonathan: i was at the gym watching christmas with the cranks on the big screen. tom: we were all to an announcement. you've been out front on saying they are late. jonathan: punch ball reporting the fed chair announcement could be as early as 9:00. perhaps seven minutes away. what this will come down to is continuity and confirm ability. you want to make a change at the top of the federal reserve and what looks like it inflation point for monetary policy? will discuss that through the next several hours. and confirmability, whoever it is, this'll be a contentious one in d.c. when we go to those hearings. tom: what we will have is intelligent conversation on this , linking this decision into the markets. it is about economics, finance, and investment. lisa: arguably it has never

and yet despite that, jfk's a up approval rating went up.bay of pigs happened in the first year of the kennedy administration pair the fall of saigon happened after the first year of the ford administration. americans give them a pass, even on the big things. especially in foreign policy. so with that in mind, it's worth taking a look at how joe biden's approval numbers had changed during his first year in office. of course, at seven disaster. only 36 apparent dolma percent has joe biden doing the marginally better at about 41%. down 15 points from just a few months ago. you should know that kamala harris' approval number is 28% which is right around jeffrey dahmer level. so two-thirds of americans do not want joe biden to run for president again. that includes most democrats. just ten months into biden's pregnancy del my presidency come want him gone >> it's gotten so bad that college students are mocking biden at football games. >> [bleep] joe biden! [chanting] >> [bleep] joe biden! >> tucker: so biden is deeply unpopular. the question is,

that wasn't a good thing for anybody, and yet despite that, jfk's approval ratings did not drop, in fact, they went up from 78% to 83% in the days after that disaster. the bay of pigs happened in the first year of the kennedy administration. the fall of saigon happened in the first year of the ford administration. it's clear when american presidents start out, americans give them a pass especially when it comes to foreign policy. how did joe biden's numbers change during his first year of office? according to a new quinnipiac poll, 36% of americans approve of the job joe biden is doing in office. the real clear politics polling average has joe biden doing margemally better at 41%. -- marginally better at 41%. kamala harris' approval number is 28% which is right around jeffrey dahmer level. so 2/3 of americans do not want joe biden to run for president again and that includes most democrats. just 10 months into biden's presidency, americans want him gone! as a historical matter, that's unheard of. how bad is it? it's gotten so bad that college students, typically not a right-wing demograp

kennedy and his son, jfk junior, who of course died in a plane crash, tragically, in 1999. they believe that the kind of these are not actually dead, and will receive veal themselves in order to help reinstate donald trump as president. now, it's supposed to happen at 12:29 pm on november 2nd. obviously, that did not happen. but a hard-core group remains in daily plaza, still waiting for something to happen. the leader of this called promised, quote, something big yesterday. you can look at all this and be forgiven for thinking that the country is going through a bit of a psychotic episodes. but look, all kinds of people with all kinds of politics and all kinds of places believe all sorts of bananas things, probably i do. so i don't necessarily want to single this group out, the reason they're noteworthy, is because they're pulling peculiarities and beliefs are associated with a certain fraction of the american right, that are adjacent to part of the bigger lie being pushed by the leader of the entire republican party. now it's worth noting that as bizarre as a country's po

in they did that because some qanon supporters believe that president kennedy's son, jfk junior, who tragically died in a plane accident back in 1999, actually faked is, death and is going to return to the public stage, to announce that he will be donald trump's vice president. and what's interesting about, this in newsworthy, why we're covering in showing you this footage. this is not a big hyped up event, this is one of those things with lots of press coverage leading up to the rally, and more reporters than there are protesters. in fact, a lot of reporters kind of stumbled onto it through social media, hundreds of people just congregating. of course, jfk junior did not materialize last night, in the hundreds of qanon supporters went home disappointed. but that's a little glimpse into where part of the maga movement is right now. and so republicans, they need to decide whether they want to return to the coated politics of the past, before trump. or run with a guy who's die hard supporters believe a dead man is going to ascend is the vice presidency, before trump can enact retributi

what's it like at jfk? >> reporter: it's excitement here for people coming into the country after not been allowed here. we're not allowed in the terminal to be face to face with families and friends as they connect with one another, so we're not seeing all of that emotion just yet, but we are seeing some very happy people who are pleased to be able to come back into the country. listen to what two people told us about the safety protocols and the certificates that they had to have in place before they got on the plane. take a listen. they told us that we have to have vaccinated certificate before we come into the united states >> and did you have to have a negative covid-19 test? >> yes. >> reporter: how many hours before? >> 72 hours. >> no, no, no, the procedure was very fast. it was just, just comfortable. >> reporter: another man traveling here to the united states said it was really easy. once you know what those safety protocols are that you have to be fully vaccinated and you have to come in with a

they in fact believe this man is what jfk jr. looks like today. they say the plan is for jfk jr.y have banners and flags to prove it. it's sad. it's tragic. it's sick. it's twisted and obscene. imagine a grievance-filled life so devoid of purpose, so disconnected with reality and the country that cares for you as to make someone leave home, as some of them have, and empty their savings as some of them have, to go and be part of something where they claim their slice of insanity. behavioral specialists tell us we're not supposed to pity cult members or conspiracy theorists. so let's not do that. let's instead focus our pity on the kennedy family. they lost their modern-era patriarch, the president of the united states, to assassination. his brother to assassination. and the son of the president of the united states to a plane crash. let us also remember the bissett family. they lost two daughters when that plane crashed in 1994. you don't get over that. you learn to wake up the next day and the day after that and hopefully keep on living some semblance of a life. the kennedy and b

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bbc spent the day at jfk airport in new york city.] reporter: that first embrace, that flood of relief. none of them could have predicted they would spend such a longtime apart. the international arrivals at new york kennedy airport spring to life with heart wrenching transatlantic reunions as passengers deplaned the first flights from london heathrow. and ran into the arms of loved ones. >> it is the best thing ever. it's been so emotional. this is the best thing. reporter: sisters hav't seen each other in two years. >> thank you so much. [indiscernible] >> not being able to touch my sister and having my children has been the hardest part. [applause] reporter: so many have missed out on precious moments they can never get back. >> they missed the birth of my son, he is 3.5 months. they get to meet him. they haven't seen him since he was crawling, now he is a walking to other with opinions. it's going to be fun. reporter: airlines are hoping for many more scenes like this in the coming weeks, it's a major milestone for separated famil

a real reminder for us all that the pandemic is far from over >> reporter: gabe joins us live from jfk in new york. gabe, will the new travel restrictions apply to american citizens? >> reporter: no. restrictions don't ban flights or apply to american citizens or lawful permanent residents, but they do preven foreign visitors from south africa and seven surrounding nations from arriving in the u.s. >> gabe gutierrez in new york, thank you. we know you have a lot of questions about this we want to take a step back for a closer look at why the world is reacting so aggressively to the new variant and what you should do in your own day-to-day life. even as the world rushes to stop the spread of the new variant, there's still so much we don't yet know >> we just unfortunately don't have enough data yet. >> this is all early data we don't actually know if what we observed in this brief moment in south africa's epidemiology is really harolding that it might be a worldwide threat. >> what has officials so concerned are the large number of mutations seen in this strain what do we know about the

at jfk airport this afternoon, mark and jill chambers finally reunited with their american family. >>i can't explain because i knew i was going to see my sister, and it's been absolutely overwhelming, a whirlwind for weeks. and when they announced -- i love you so much. >> reporter: happiness replacing heartache as america reopens to the world. tom costello, nbc news at denver international airport. >>> new tonight the biden administration standing its ground after a federal appeals court blocked that new vaccine requirement for large businesses this comes as los angeles implemented a similar measure today. with more, here's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: tonight the white house is trying to fight off a legal challenge threatening the nation's most aggressive vaccine mandate, responding to a federal appeals panel that temporarily halted the new rule. the justice department says it will vigorously defend osha's plan to require businesses with 100 or more employees, ensure workers are vaccinated or wear a mask and face weekly testing. >> the department of labor has a responsibility to ke

few, if any direct flights from that part of the world most flights will connect through heathrow or jfk or another large airport. the emergence of this new coronavirus variant is very concerning because travelers are just now getting back to traveling the way they were before the pandemic. i talked to a couple of people here at sfo on monday who say they are concerned now it's become very scary. >> the fly because now that the book about the new. new of i don't. if covid-19 it's become to be scary. the job and especially in the afternoon. yeah. because of people like, you know, it's was a seat. don't know. indicated that is that's become a now, so far the travel restrictions only apply to those 8 countries from the southern portion. >> of africa. there are no indications that the travel ban or restrictions could be broadened to include other countries, although that is a possibility. if they find this variant coronavirus, there's a real danger. but for now at sfo, charles clifford kron. 4 news. >> now to the east bay and this group of parents and students protesting a vaccine mandate to