it's a book we're excited about been it came in our first thought was assassination of jfk anniversary. we've not touching it. we brought the proposal home. we preeveryoned the next day. it's not a book about assassination. it's a biography of the city of dallas and the three years leading up to the assassination. it shows what was going on in dallas made it inevitable in the city. you had the head of the american nazi party. the head of the american kkk in dplas. you had walker who can be admired in dallas trying to run for president. you had a conservative right-wing political fashion there. the hero of the book is actually stanley marcus new nieman marcu. he had too step up. it takes you to the day. >> this is coming out november 2013. >> it's coming out the end of october to lead to the 50th anniversary of kennedy's assassination. >> who are the authorities? >> they are two major type of guys. they are universities now. he's most famous for writing the first biography of george w. bush. just after he was governor of texas. the program threat was being handed out in dallas the day k

it is marking the upcoming 50th anniversary of jfk's assassination. a chance to talk about the man of the legacy. sean, portland oregon. democratic caller. caller: i would like first of all to thank "the atlantic." i worked for jfk in 1960 as a student for kennedy when he was running for president. host: what did you do? caller: oh, he came to our little town and we met him and shook his hand -- and he said, those who can't vote, can you help us by putting papers under windshield wipers, under people's doors, will you hang them on the doorknobs, kennedy for president? it was an incredible, incredible time. i spent the last 50 years, i think, both mourning kennedy and studying him. it was a privilege to meet him. i think he would have gotten as out of vietnam. most of all, i really want to thank "the atlantic." i think people are starting to forget him and i do not want that to happen. i think he was the best. i thank you so much. host: before you go, can i ask you -- you work for him on his campaign. he was elected to office. in the three years that h

jfk is on the cover. marking the approved the -- approaching 50th anniversary of jfk's the.n studio, james bennet, editor- in-chief of "the atlantic" is joining us. tell us what this is about and why you decided to put out this commemorative edition. guest: obviously we are approaching the 50th anniversary of the assassination of jenna kennedy -- john f. kennedy. kennedy, unlike so many presidents of the 20th century, remains with us today. his legacy is so contested. over of hama are still all the map. historians do not rate him that high. they put him in the top 20 of presidents but americans overall it -- rate him extremely high. he remains the most popular president of the 20th century, besides franklin roosevelt. "the atlantic" has been around for a long time, 100 and 50 years >> and we covered the kennedy administration and in the years since our writers have struggled down the years consistently with the question of what impact his administration had and what kennedy was like as a man. it felt like an opportunity for us to step back, commission some stories with the i

did you knee today would have been jfk and jackie o's 60th wedding anniversary?i actually did know that, mario. did you know that jackie's dress was actually made of 50 yards worth of material? >> 50 yards? that is half a football field. she must have been hot that day. >> i'm sure she was. >>> rob lowe is bringing jfk to life for a new tv movie and renee has the new things. >> this is a very dawning rouse and uncertain world. >> rob lowe's first words as jfk. >> i immersed myself in hours and hours and hours and hours of just listening. >> your first look at "killing kennedy," national geographic channel's adaptation of bill o'reilly's best seller. >> jf ask. one of my personal heroes. >> "extra" sneak peeking the final days of camelot, recreating jfk's final speech just hours before his assassination. >> i'm confident, i look to the future -- it is not about getting the accent perfect or the hair or the makeup, it's about inhabiting a real, authentic man. >> lowe inhabiting kennedy, jennifer good win in jackie's pink pill box hat and the first time, we see the

the anniversary of jfk's assassination is coming up. magazine put together articles dating back to the time before kennedy took office to today. one of the readers from nuclear weapons to chemical weapons. the rhetoric hasn't changed much. i want to focus it in john f. kennedy. because the interventionist wing used to be a larger wing than today. it has roads in the conservatism. >> you hear echoes. what you error from john kerry today, he is carrying the torch of liberal idealistic intervention. >> this idea of democracy was interesting when bush was pushing his agenda that he called it. there were a lot of kennedy liberals who turned the republicans who were all part of that as well. >> there a lot of progressives who are pushing intervention and this red line is not just that president obama put it there, but progressives put this red line out there for many years. >> i thought it was interesting on friday. the question sorry we going to do that again sf. >> it has been interesting that it became more of a democracy. the first was a

since the 50th anniversary of jfk's assassination is just two months away the book is important for kids to 13. we hope you will get it for them. the kids deserve to know what happened here. also on another plane, tickets going fast in orlando where miller and i will be. the show will sell out. finally we posted the first chapter of "killing jesus" on the website. we hope you read it over the weekend or listen to it. >>> now the mail. alan johnson, hong kong. you claim to be a historian. i was surprised to hear you say the foundi ining fathers based constitution on judeo-christian philosophy. there were few jews around in america at the time. >> there is a reason they are hanging there. keith michaels, florida. i i understand your attitude that defunding obamacare isn't going to happen. we should never give up fighting for what we think is right. i i agree, but in order to overturn obamacare republicans need to regain the senate and the white house. it must be part of the strategy. kenneth from woodbridge, virginia. let the damn thing kick in and let everybody see what a train wreck it i

all my troubles seemed so far away ♪ >> many calling her tribute to the beatles and 50th anniversary of the jfk unnecessary. host kneel patrick didn't resist breaking out into song and dance in the middle of the show also causing controversy. jam jack klugman excluded from the tribute. >>> new york yankees honored their closer mariana rivera during his last weekend in pinstripes. the team retired his number 42. metallica did a live performance of sand man. rivera spent his entire 19 year career with the yankees. baseball's all time saves leader. >> jake jilgyllenhaal prisoners taking the top spot. >> i am going to find your daughter. >> show me your hands right now. >> took in 21.4 million bucks. insidious came in 2nd with 14.5 million and "the family"" in third with 7 million. >> the weather is getting a little bit chilly. >> before you leave the house this morning we are going to get the first degree weather update with maria find out if we need to bring an umbrella today. >> if you live in the great lakes, northeast midwest you need a jacket early this morning. you might need it later on in

farÑi away >> many people on social media calling her tribute to the beatles and the 50th anniversary of jfk'sy. meantime,Ñi host neil patrick harris did not disappoint, breaking out into a song and dance in the middle of the show. check it out. ♪ at this point ♪ could choose ♪ just to coast i for that ♪ ♪ i say ♪ thank you but no ♪ someq give you ♪ their least ♪ i give you my most ♪ as a number ♪ in the middle of the show ♪ >> let's look at some of the night's best dressed. here's modern family star sophia stunning in red. showing off her figure. kerry washington hit it out of the park with this cream park and tina fey passed the test in this tight blue number. i think my vote goes to sophia. she could wear a brown paper bag and look amazing. >>elisabeth: she looks incredible. >>brian: kerry washington was voted the most attractive -- excuse me. the best-dressed celebrity on these events. she knows what to wear and how to wear it. >>elisabeth: she does look good. >>steve: a little bit of history was a made last night. they awarded an emmy to a show that was not on television or cable -flt "ho

. >> as we approach the 50th anniversary, we're continuing our probe of the jfk assassination.old why he believes it was physically impossible for one shot that hit the president to also wound the governor of it can. mark lain, you've suggested in your various writings it was the cia. a cia plot. tell us why you think that. >> first of all, let me say i agree and it's important to understand why it's been said that it required a bullet to do something which tno bullet coul ever do. it was the clock for the assassination. the time is important because from the first shot to the last, 5.6 seconds at the most elapsed and we can tell that by the film and other evidence which had been available for some time. the weapon that was used required too much time -- it was hand operated weapon, too much time to get a new round in there and fire without aiming. we know it was impossible with that weapon. then we get to who set this all up. well, we have david phillips who ran the united states for the cia from his office in mexico city. this was set up a long time before. they claim that le

. >> as we approach the 50th anniversary, we're continuing our probe of the jfk assassination.old why he believes it was physically impossible for one shot that hit the president to also wound the governor of it can. mark lain, you've suggested in your various writings it was the cia. a cia plot. tell us why you think that. >> first of all, let me say i agree and it's important to understand why it's been said that it required a bullet to do something which tno bullet coul ever do. it was the clock for the assassination. the time is important because from the first shot to the last, 5.6 seconds at the most elapsed and we can tell that by the film and other evidence which had been available for some time. the weapon that was used required too much time -- it was hand operated weapon, too much time to get a new round in there and fire without aiming. we know it was impossible with that weapon. then we get to who set this all up. well, we have david phillips who ran the united states for the cia from his office in mexico city. this was set up a long time before. they claim that le

published, but that's a fascinating book amongst the many, many books that come out on jfk this fall on the 50th anniversary of the assassination. >> now, mr. gibson, this comes out in the fall of 2013, what's the process for a book like this? when did you start working with larry on this book? >> we acquired the book two and a half years ago. >> 20 # 11? >> 2011, and larry's been pretty much working on in -- >> 2010. >> yeah, that's right, 2010. he's been working on it steadily ever since, a lot to do with the university, and that turned into a long book and project. the manuscript just went into production monday. we're late with it. we'll catch up in the production process, and so we should have been in production two months ago ideally, but we'll make up the time. >> when you say "production" now, it's the end of may, -- may 20 sp, the book comes out in november 2013. what do you mean by "production"? >> to copier, then gets printed, and the beginning process, the beginning of the process is the copy edit so it's accurate and not only in punctuation and style, but copy editors check facts and there's fa