thet: we're approaching 50th anniversary of the assassination of jfk and the -- john f. kennedy. kennedy remains with us today. his legacy is so contested. views of him are still all over the map. historians to rate him that high. the put them in the top 20. americans rate him extremely high. he remains the most popular president of the 20th century besides of franklin roosevelt. "atlantic" has been around for a long time. we covered the kennedy administration thoroughly. our writers have struggled with the question of what impact his administration had, and what he was like as a man. forommission new stories the insights and revelations of the 50 years since he was killed. putting that together with great pieces by walter litman and other writers. trying to produce a composite orchard of the man and his moment, it is president. -- and his presidency. pas conversations, past editions, publications. new essayse are about kennedy struggles with joint chiefs. i think it is the most clear portrait of how he handled the human missile crisis. we have been on all sides of this. condemnin

john f. kennedysident faces a big crisis. to the author of the kennedy half century who draws distinctions. larry, big difference between the cuban mills crisis and syria but i want to harken back to something about the urgency that was there and the president back then immediately shared the gravity and why an immediate response was required. john f. kennedy more than a half century ago. >> the 1930's taught you have us a lesson, aggressive conduct if allowed to be unchecked and unchallenged leads to war. this nation is opposed to war. we are also true to our words. our unswerving objection must be to prudent the use of missiles against this or any other country and secure their withdrawal or elimination from the western hemisphere. >> neil: the present president is using an government from history and the fact the civilized world and this civilized country as a super power cannot count countenance this sort of activity. did that pitch last night work as effectively as kennedy's did back then? >> no

so dekunick's experiences trying to capture the essence of john f. kennedy confirmed my suspicion as i started writing this book that discovered they essence of the secret of men who compartmentalize his life. you had to look into every compartment and to understand why he was called a prismatic president you have to look at him through every prism and did my case writing a narrative that wove together the personal the political and the presidential in ways that eliminated each other and by doing that i hope to solve what i have come to believe is the most enduring and tantalizing mystery about john f. kennedy. not to kill him but who he was when he was killed and where he intended to lead us and i say intended because of course we would never know if he would have succeeded. so because more than most middle-aged men and more than most presidents kennedy was a constant work in progress changing, a moving target. i decided to solve the mystery of what he would done after dallas if he had survived you have to look at the man in the last hundred days. in other

john f. kennedy to lyndon johnson. this is about an hour. >>> i think the question when you write a book like this, the first question that you have to answer is do we really need another book about the kennedy assassination? is there anything new to be said about the assassination of president ken i can? are there new materials that have suddenly become available not available for the past 46 years that allow us to see these event in a different light? obviously my answer to that question is yes, for selfish purposes. most of the people. -- it's because of initiatives that kennedy had taken. these issues are fascinating, and they have inspired what is and remain and will remain a passionate debate among people on all different sides of this issue. that's not what this book is about. i am not writing a book about what shot jfk. i have no new theory to offer about where the bullets came from or who shot jfk. actually a very different book. what i'm interested in is not who shot jfk. i'm interested in the trants for of p

al-qaeda is in the final stages of planning massive attacks on los angeles international airport and john f. kennedy in new york the he claims three columbia university students would wear suicide vests at john f. kennedy and others posing at george cab drivers would carry out a second bombing. news sources say authorities are skeptical because to man is promising more information if he gets paid. >> today is the first anniversary of the attack from the consulate in libya that killed bay area native ambassador stevens. the high school library in piedmont will be named the ambassador christopher stevens memorial library in his honor, contributions to the community. he graduated from piedmont high school in 1978 and killed with three staff members in the attack in benghazi a year ago today. on this anniversary a car bomb exploded in benghazi libya outside a foreign ministry building and it blew away large parts of the foreign ministry and damaged a bank and injured a security guard. the blast did not affect the computer systems. a witness said if the car bombing helped an hour later the street would h

john f kennedy was a friend of mine. you are no john f. kennedy. it is so amos. the camera was on dan quayle, getting his expression in the headlight. i thought it if the camera had been reversed that the outcome might be just a little differently. how the people who came out said how are we going to deal with what they thought was a bad moment. they said i think we just wanted to bathe in that moment. this is a very complicated piece. a lot of people were asking do you think senator benson was too over the top. we thought it would clarify some of the distinctions between these candidates. it was a demonstration that vice presidential debates are important and produce moments. they do not have a lot to do at the outcome because it is more candidates at the top of the ticket. >> we did win that one if i recall. >> you did. >> that business of trying to go out and create commotion and commentary, the debate is out of hand now. there is no way to control it. you all are the ultimate arbiters. if you turn that off and turn and say let's look at what matters to us at

the assassination of abraham lincoln and now he returns with and of days, the assassination of john f. kennedy and it will be out around the 12th of november. there is also from a different vantage point this is sort of a counterfactual. you have jeff greenfield who will be publishing its kennedy lived the first and second terms of jfk and alternate history. he is done alternate histories before with much success and it will be interesting to see what he posits whether jfk had lived. >> host: sarah weinman putting jfk on the cover of the book is that a good marketing tool? >> guest: i think it remains to be seen. it certainly can't hurt. it's certainly a very recognizable image and certainly because there is there is a strong tie-in and people are already reflecting on history and its a very interesting and politically volatile volatile time at the palm and certainly his face on the cover will produce a lot of interest. >> host: i also wanted to ask you about a couple of new history books coming out by sumwalt not historians. margaret macmillan on world war i and doris kearns goodwin has a new

i want to focus it in john f. kennedy.ause 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 stability guide first. we need stability to figure out how to deal with assad. obama seemed to be more leaning to be a bush 41 guy. >> the division has been confusing if are sure. when you look at kennedy and obama, you see a lot

and now he returns with the assassination of john f. kennedy and it will be out around the 12th of november. there's also from a different vantage point, sort of a council factual. we have jeff greenfield will be publishing if kennedy lived, an alternate history. use an alternate history before with much success to go be interesting to see what exactly he posits about whether jfk, if jk had lived. >> putting jfk on the cover of the book, is that a good marketing to? >> i think it remains to be seen. it certainly can't hurt. he's obviously a very recognizable image and because there's that strong diane and people already reflecting on history, it's a very interesting and politically volatile time at the moment. serving i think putting his face on the cover will produce a lot of interest. spent also want to ask you about a couple of new history books coming out by some well-known historians. margaret macmillan on world war i, and doris kearns goodwin has a new book spent just. let's start with margaret macmillan. i mean, she first came to serious

she'll work to bolster bilateral ties in line with the wishes of her father, the late president john f. kennedy. kennedy said her father hoped to be the first sitting president to make a state visit to japan. >> if confirm as ambassador i would be humbled to carry forward his legacy in a small way and represent the powerful bonds that represent our two societies. >> she testified in front of the senate foreign relation's committee prior to her confirmation as u.s. envoy to japan. this is the first time she's publicly discussed policies on japan. in 1978, she visited hiroshima with her uncle, the late senator edward kennedy. she said she would think of no other country she'd rather serve than japan. they said the u.s. alliance is the cornerstone of peace, stability and prosperity in asia and members of the juried to facilitate active youth exchanges. >> i'll work to increase exchanges between american, japanese students scholars and citizens so future generation also understand and bind our nations closer. >> if approved by the senate, kennedy, the first woman to become ambassador to japan as ea

i was the first one suggested john f. kennedy was killed by spontaneous combustion.turned out to be wrong. heehee. [laughter] >> jon: do you know for sheer accumulation roughness wrongness there's really only one source that matters. >> this is cnn. >> jon: a little bi.>> a littl, i don't know what that means. a couple officers rushing down the streets toward those flashing lights. you see some tactical vehicles moving around here. we saw at least four swat team members with helmets on what appeared to be night vision goggles, we see some squad cars around here. this apparently is some kind of a rescue chopper and we've seen kind of a rescue basket or something. that's about as low as we've seen him go. so that is kind of an interesting development. >> jon: no, no that's not an interesting development. those are not interesting developments. you're standing in front of a camera naming [bleep] you see. it's not anything. [cheers and applause] >> it's like walking down the street with a five-year-old. [laughter] police. fire hydrant. they have their search for the no,

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guest: obviously we are approaching the 50th anniversary of the assassination of jenna kennedy -- john f. kennedykennedy, 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 insights and revelations of the 50 years since he was killed and putting it together with some of the great leases by walter litman and other writers over the years and tried to produce a composite portrait of the man and his moment and his presidency. host: what would you sa

a report card from john f. kennedy from 1930. house floor here -- heroic john f. kennedy from 1930.gion. fair, poor, good, good. i love this -- look at this line here. in case you are wondering this is new milford, connecticut. 1930 report card. eighth grade. "this report is not so good as the last one. the damage was done chiefly by poor effort in latin in which jack got a mark of 55. he can do better than this. in fact his average should be well into the 80s." >> he was in the eighth grade. he had a long time to get better. >> pacing himself. >> saving the good stuff for later. >>> really quickly, interesting or weird, i haven't figured it out. bloomingdale's is attaching big bulky tags to their merchandise. any dress that costs more than $150, if you take the tag off you can no longer return it. >> a lot of people take the tags off and wear them. >> it's called return fraud. it's costing the industry $9 million a year. >>> polka time. ♪ ♪ politics and foreign wars all the numbers and all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ it's late at night you're wide awake ♪ ♪ and you

and yet john f. kennedy had the vision to say americans can do things, whatever we set our mind to. >> putting a man on the moon is the same thing as defunding obama care. that's one small step for cruz, one giant leap off a cliff. but he still wasn't finished. he compared his doubters to appeasers of nazi germany. >> you go to the 1940s. nazi germany. look, we saw in britain neville chamberlain who told the people accept the nazis. yes, they'll dominate the continent of europe, but that's not our problem. let's appease them. why? because it can't be done. we can't possibly stand against them. >> ted cruz comparing those who support obama care to appeasers of nazi germany. it's sick. it's a charade. this reality show would be fun to watch if it weren't so dangerous. joining me now is dana milbank and goldie taylor. thank you both for being here. >> hi, reverend. >> thank you. >> i mean, dana, you've reported on ted cruz and followed his political rise. what is he doing right now? i mean, what's his end game?

i was the first one suggested john f. kennedy was killed by spontaneous combustion. turned out to be wrong. heehee. [laughter] >> jon: do you know for sheer accumulation roughness wrongness there's really only one source that matters. >> this is cnn. >> jon: a little bi.>> a littl, i don't know what that means. a couple officers rushing down the streets toward those flashing lights. you see some tactical vehicles moving around here. we saw at least four swat team members with helmets on what appeared to be night vision goggles, we see some squad cars around here. this apparently is some kind of a rescue chopper and we've seen kind of a rescue basket or something. that's about as low as we've seen him go. so that is kind of an interesting development. >> jon: no, no that's not an interesting development. those are not interesting developments. you're standing in front of a camera naming [bleep] you see. it's not anything. [cheers and applause] >> it's like walking down the street with a five-year-old. [laughter] police. fire hydrant. they have their search for the no,

they started to cover the white house and the john f. kennedy era, and i thought that he was inspired. he had his eyes on the stars and he did have that vision will. he learned from his mistakes to the cuban missile crisis. we survived it all were bomb. they obviously have a vision. he didn't live to see it but we did it with an electrifying defeat in space. he created the peace corps and signed the first nuclear test ban treaty. but when we asked on air force one what would happen if the aircraft crashed? i know one thing, he said your name will be just a footnote. [laughter] during the 1960 campaign riding in an open car throughout the massachusetts passed the catholic church as kennedy spotted that his most ardent fans for the nuns who came out to see the motorcade passed by and with his aide sitting by asked him do you think they are going to vote for you? he said i don't know but i know the money is well. well, the world decried when he died. i think everyone had a sense of loss even though they didn't know him, a loss of hope and as for be

here's who john f. kennedy was, and here's how he died. >> and you really think he was a better man the second half of his term. >> when his baby, patrick, died, john kennedy changed dramatically for the better. and we lay that out in vivid terms as well. i'm really proud of "killing kennedy." it's an honest, really good book. if you're interested in the subject, you don't have to believe me. but what we present is compelling. >> november 10, the national geographic channel. >> rob lowe plays jfk. he has the accent down. we were on the set. i'm the executive producer of the film. it's a really good film. and, again, good for children. they need to know about their country. >> to those who will never believe. that was lee harvey oswald. >> you're an american. you're entitled to your opinion. what can i do? my job is to tell you what we know and how we know it. if you don't want to believe it, s the that's it. geraldo will come to your house. >>> up next, dr. wick is here to debate mark fuhrman. both live after t

here's who john f. kennedy was, and here's how he died. >> and you really think he was a better man the second term? >> when his baby, patrick, died, john kennedy changed dramatically for the better. and we lay that out in vivid terms as well. i'm really proud of "killing kennedy." it's an honest, really good book. if you're interested in the subject, you don't have to believe me. but what we present is compelling. >> november 10, the national geographic channel. >> rob lowe plays jfk. he has the accent down. we were on the set. i'm the executive producer of the film. it's a really good film. and, again, good for children. they need to know about their country. >> to those who will never believe. that was lee harvey oswald. >> you're an american. you're entitled to your opinion. my job is to tell you what we know and how we know it. if you don't want to believe it, geraldo will come to your house. >>> up next, dr. wick is here to debate mark furman. both live after this. [ sneezes, coughs ] i've got a big date,

the anniversary of the assassination of president john f. kennedy. liveington journal" is every morning starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span. today marks the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the u.s. that killed nearly 3000 people. president obama, defense secretary hegel, and chairman dempsey take part in a ceremony at the pentagon where they will be joined to relatives of the victims and members of the military. you can see that life starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. , theon c-span3 congressional 9/11 ceremony. members will gather on the east capitol steps at 11:00 a.m. eastern. >> 15 years ago, book tv made its debut on c-span2. money, theseand are the three main human concerns. we are all keen students of love. we are fascinated by every aspect of the matter in theory and in practice. maybe not quite as much as can starts, but fascinated. >> since then, we have brought you the top nonfiction books and authors every weekend, more than 9000 officers have appeared on book tv, including presidents. lex i wanted to give the reader a chanc

john f kennedy was a friend of mine. you are no john f. kennedy. it is so amos. the camera was on dan quayle, getting his expression in the headlight. i thought it if the camera had been reversed that the outcome might be just a little differently. people who came out said how are we going to deal with what they thought was a bad moment. they said i think we just wanted to bathe in that moment. is a very complicated piece. a lot of people were asking do senator benson was too over the top. we thought it would clarify some of the distinctions between these candidates. thats a demonstration vice presidential debates are important and produce moments. they do not have a lot to do at the outcome because it is more candidates at the top of the ticket. >> we did win that one if i recall. >> you did. of trying to go out and create commotion and commentary, the debate is out of hand now. there is no way to control it. you all are the ultimate arbiters. if you turn that off and turn and say let's look at what matters to us at citizens, that replaces the cacophony and towe

but john f. kennedy didn't live to see his programs enacted. instead, on that fateful november day, lyndon baines johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the united states. johnson pursued kennedy's economic proposals and pushed the tax plan through congress. how well did it work? perfectly. business week, which isn't exactly a liberal pro-kennedy publication, said it probably was the most successful tax cut in history. it came out of the textbooks. it went back into the textbooks as the fiscal measure that came closer to carrying out what people had projected for it. that was a tax cut that worked. the economic policies of the kennedy-johnson administration had stimulated demand, creating growth in the economy. busiss was boomi. jobs were plentiful, unemployment near an all-time low. but many observers, including the president's council of economic advisors, were concerned about the appearance of inflation as the ecomy heated up. [james duesenberry] but in 1965, the real aggregate demand was risi [james duesenberry] but in 1965, it was co

whether it's john f kennedy's advisers who had come from iran who had written all kinds of theoretical works on nuclear war. when they saw the targeting, and when they saw the number of weapons that would be used, and when they saw the fact that this war plan once it was begun couldn't be stopped. they were stunned. but then, you know, years later, henry kissinger, who made his career out of the nuclear weapons strategies comes national security adviser. gets grief on the single integrated operational plan, and is amazed at how destructive and how powerful -- >> host: he begins to take steps to put more flexibility to those plans? >> guest: he does everything he can. yet, there's an ongoing tension that lasted really to the administration of george h. w. bush. between the civilians in the department of defense who want to get control over nuclear war fighting strategy and targeting, and the officers in omaha who actually control it through their computers, and who set the war plan. they, you know, had a good argument themselves. they had seen with civilian interferes with with the viet

where there has been so much contentious debate, memories of another time, 1957 when then senator john f. kennedy sat on this same foreign affairs committee. caroline kennedy was born that year. but now it's her moment in the spotlight. >> i'm conscious of my responsibility to uphold the ideals that he represented. >> reporter: for one brief shining moment, senators from both sides of the aisle seemed to harken back to the so called camelot days. >> certainly appreciate the wonderful legacy that you and your family have in public service. >> reporter: caroline describing japan as deeply engrained in her father's story. >> as a world war ii veteran who served in the pacific he had hoped to be the first sitting president to make a state visit to japan. >> reporter: she's said to be looking forward to learning japanese, living in tokyo where she can make her own history. >>> and now to made in america and the championship round. this week we've been showing you american inventors and their simple ideas that could make a fortune at walmart. tonight you get to help pick a winner. it's not just about c

my favorite quote and the entire book is from john f. kennedy. the rising tide. >> we have been talking with stephen moore who is the fairest of them all the truth about opportunity, taxes and wealth in america. you are watching book tv on c-span2. >>> now more from the freedom fest. >> we want to introduce you to jim powell whose newest book is called the fight for liberty lessons from the greatest champions of the last 2000 years. what is your approach on this book? >> nobody has advanced separate tracks. a poverty rights developed with people over a long period of time. those are different people than were involved in the movement to eradicate slavery. again, very different people than those who are involved in religious freedoms out of any particular time some tracks are very well advanced than others and not fairy much is happening. savitt is not just one interconnected thing. it's a lot of separate battles. somebody that played an important role in just one track such as frederick douglass in the abolitionist movement or william who was ear

i've read about was the b-52 bomber that broke apart in north carolina just a few days after john f. kennedy's inauguration. and that came very close. >> host: we agree we want it to be 100%. >> guest: i think enormous praise and credit must go to the designers. it must go to the ordinary servicemen who i really try to write about at length. there's been hundreds of books written about the nuclear weapons and very few of them are written about the management and people that risk their lives and lost their lives trying to prevent the nuclear catastrophes. at the same time there is an inherent risk in having the nuclear weapons that are capable of being used quickly. and as long as the weapons are maintained in that status, there's going to be a possibility that one going off when it's not supposed to. >> host: you show the history to make the weapons themselves safer. and you can talk about the fact that in the past many of them are what we call alert and ready to come quickly but lots has changed since the end of the cold war and you are the first to say that. so do you think that -- it's hard

. >>> on this day in 1960, the first ever televised presidential debate between john f. kennedy richard nixon, which was the turning point of the election. >>> and happy birthday to tennis star serena williams, who's 32. olivia newton-john turns 65. and donna douglas is 80. >>> coming up on the "today" show, an exclusive as shelley zimmerman speaks out for the first time since the confrontation with her husband. >>> and global style icon tory burch talks about her battles. thanks so much for watching "early today." have yourselves a great thursday. bay town hours from deciding the fate of two pit bulls accused of attacking a young boy. >> growing concern about a big weekend event in mountain view and why it's prompting a warning from police. >> public transit strikes a thing of the past t the thing to get voters on board. those are the waters where team oracle usa made a huge comeback yesterday. did you see it? this thursday, september 26th, this is "today in the bay."

john f. kennedy was a friend of mine and you're no john f. kennedy. the camera was on dan quail getting his expression caught, frozen, deer in the head lights. i always thought if the camera had been reversed and on benson the out come of that moment might have been judged a bit differentli. the interesting thing was all the people said how are we going to deal with what they thought was a bad moment. and we said, i think we just won the debate with that moment. the spin room, it was a very complicated piece because a lot of people were asking, do you think the press was coming up to the benson folks saying, do you think senator benson was a little over the top with that and we said, we think that was clarified some of the distinctions between these two candidates. frankly, it's a demonstration vice presidential debates are important and they produce moments, but ultimately they don't have a lot to do with the outcome of the general election because ate more about the cabb candidates at the top of the ticket. >> i think we did win that one. >> that bu

this is the daughter of former president john f. kennedy and told the foreign relations committee that she would carry forward her father's legacy if confirmed by the senate to be the next u.s. ambassador to japan. she would value this chance to improve economic and diplomatic relations between the two countries. it is an annual festival that burns -- that brings millions of people together in china. after the break, we will enjoy some moon cake, part of the mid autumn festival. >> we are cctv america. >> take a look at this. big waves have attracted tens of thousands of tourists to the banks of the chin tong river located in east china. they were there to watch the great title boards. the world-renowned national wonder is caused by the graph and dictate us by the gravitational moon -- is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon. stock markets in most asian countries are closed during the mid-autumn festival and people are enjoying their holidays with friends, families and, as, moon cakes. on thursday, shanghai unveiled a 2.5 ton moon c

and john f. kennedy's daughter caroline comes back to washington. this time to reveal if she will be america's ambassador to japan. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. there were fierce gun battles and a town just outside the egyptian capital cairo today. security forces were trying to round up supporters of the ousted president. armored cars backed up by to theters moved in stronghold for supporters for the former president. our correspondent was caught up in the gunfire and sent this report. >> the army and police came just after dawn, not are from cairo, the town was besieged and about to become a battle zone. support the ousted president morsi. his portrait hangs from the lamppost. it was not clear who was shooting, but the town has been bracing itself for trouble for weeks. scramblethe streets for cover. huge guns out here firing from all sides. it seems someone has been firing on security forces from high up in one of the buildings here. the authorities were driven out when this police station was

ambassador to japan said he intends to follow the advice of her father, the late president john f. kennedy. caroline kennedy said if she's confirmed she will work in lines with her father's wishes. >> i will carry forward his legacy in a small way and represent the powerful bonds that represent our two democratic societies. >> kennedy testified before the senate foreign relations committee. it was the first time she has publicly discussed policies on japan. she visited hiroshima in 1978 with her uncle, the late senator edward kennedy. she said the u.s. alliance with japan remains the cornerstone of peace, stability and prosperity in asia. and she said she can think of no other country in which she would rather serve. >> i will work to increase exchanges between american and japanese students, scholars and citizens, so that future generations will understand our shared history and continue to bind our nations closer. >> japan's top government spokesman expressed hope that kennedy would soon be confirmed. >> translator: japan welcomes president obama's nomination of caroline kennedy to be th

to highlight the big roll out chet huntly and david brinkley interviewed president john f. kennedy. prior to that it was a 15-minute newscast. that was the industry's standard a half century ago. cbs was the first to go to a half hour. not to be outdone, nbc news followed a week later. >>> when we come back here tonight, what a recently discovered document can tell us about how much we've changed at school. >>> finally tonight this next story is for all those parents who proudly display bumper stickers saying their child is an honor student. in kentucky they have unearthed a century-old high school entrance exam that would make a lot of folks proud just to say their child got into high school. the story tonight from kevin tibbles. >> reporter: life was likely simpler in rural kentucky a century ago, but don't assume for a second it was a cinch for the kids in the old one-room schoolhouse. >> i probably could not pass it. >> reporter: the history museum unearthed this high school entrance exam from 1912 to prove it. do you think bill gates could pass this test? [ laughter ] >> i can'

the daughter of president john f. kennedynate committee thursday and faced gentle questioning from democrats and republicans. kennedy says she hopes to continue her father's commitment to public service. >> if confirmed as ambassador, i would be humbled to carry forward his legacy in a small way and represent the powerful bonds that unite our two democratic societies. >> if confirmed, kennedy will be the fefrt woman the first woman to be u.s. ambassador to japan. >>> and get ready for a showdown in gilbertson, pennsylvania. town officials voted thursday to fire potty-mouthed police chief mark kessler. they suspended him two months ago after he posted questionable videos. couple of weeks. >>> and a joking judge in jersey is out of a job. in court he is judge sicari. but when he's doing comedy on stage his name is vipps august. on thursday the state supreme court ruled that he can't do both, so sicari decided to hang up his robes and resign, but he said he will continue to practice law. >>> coming up after your local news of "c

about people who are overrated in history who we need to bring down to where they belonged like john f. kennedyor martin luther king for some of these people who are lionized by the left as prophets and saints and nelson mandela. how do we come across as not being mean when we criticize these heroes of the last? >> it's a very difficult question but you are right. there are certain taboos you just cannot criticize. take franklin roosevelt. my second book is mostly about president roosevelt and the conferences at the end of the war and what he did basically giving away half the world to joseph stalin and i go into some detail. this is where you don't say this. it's just not said and certainly jack kennedy and phyllis and i, we were there were now that was going on and in fact some of the stuff that is happening today in terms of what obama is doing was done by the kennedys 50 years ago. using the irs to crack down on conservatives. that was done back then. try reading to silence conservatives on the radio. that was done back then. trying to stifle conservative opinion in any way whatsoever was d

president john f. kennedy could become the new ambassador to japan.rmally nominated for the role and now needs senate approval. she says she would be humbled to carry forward her father's legacy. the oil field services halliburton has pleaded guilty to destroying evidence related to a spill in the gulf of mexico they were fined $200,000 given a probation, the 2010 disaster was the worst in u.s. history. green peace says russian coast guards have stormed one of their ships in the arctic. the russian action came after green peace activists tried to climb onto an offshore drilling platform on wednesda wednesday. the environmental group says warning shots were fired and 29 of its activists have been arrested. he's one of the most famous scientists in the world. and now professor steven hawking is the star of his own moving. he's releasing a documentary showing how he copes day-to-day balancing an amazing mental ability with extreme physical disability. al jazerra had a look. >> reporter: think of cambridge, think art, think science, think history. but mov

it took time mark 50 years since president john f. kennedy was assassinated as well as five decades since the beatles performed on the ed sullivan show. country singer carrie underwood took the stage to mark the historic occasion sing the beatles classic but not all were pleased with her rendition saying some saying she butcheree the song. something wrong i long for yesterday ♪ ♪ yesterday >> hmmmm. all right. you can be your own judge here. but some say she murdered the sock. >> yes and her her formance was unnecessary. >> i think it's a little hash. i do, too. >> you could butcher that song. i promise. >> i'm sure. >> yeah you this they wouldn't put up there, tucker. >> when you have a classic like that especially when you are remembering. >> it's a tough song to do. >> i don't think you should play with it. i think she tried to put her own spin on it. >> we've seen simon colin powell saying don't miss with a classic. >> it isn't sound like the same song.so >> wisdom it wasn't that bad,ad was it? >> i couldn't tell it was a sofnlg i didn't

the bombs were dropped just three days after president john f. kennedy'sl address back in 1961 and it was after a jet exploded in midair. and even though the trigger engaged, one little low voltage switch prevent it had from detonating. the blast would have been 200 times more powerful than here me sheema with fallout as far as new york city. option. that will do it for this edition of the al jazerra news. i am stephanie sy. real money is next and news at the top of every hour and you can find us online at aljazerra.com. thanks for watching. >> house republicans angry about obamacare move the government closer to a shut down. not good news for a fragile economy. plus 11 days until obamacare enrollment kicks off. we'll look at some of the rates you have to pay. and striking it rich in america. where one man went from cleaning bar bathrooms, oning it rich. i'm david shuster and this is real money. >> this is real money and you are the most important part of the show.

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and john f. kennedy's daughter caroline comes back to washington.ll be america's ambassador to japan. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. there were fierce gun battles and a town just outside the egyptian capital cairo today. security forces were trying to round up supporters of the oustedresident. armored cars backed up by to theters moved in stronghold for supporters for the former president. our correspondent was caught up in the gunfire and sent this report. >> the army and police came just after dawn, not are from cairo, the town was besieged and about to become a battle zone. support the ousted president morsi. his portrait hangs from the lamppost. it was not clear who was shooting, but the town has been bracing itself for trouble for weeks. scramblethe streets for cover. huge guns out here firing from all sides. it seems someone has been firing on security forces from high up in one of the buildings here. the authorities were driven out when this police station was torched over a month ago. in the

. >> pelley: more than half a century after john f. kennedyon the senate foreign relations committee, his daughter caroline appeared before the same panel today as it considers her nomination to be ambassador to japan. >> if confirmed as ambassador, i will be humbled to carry forward his legacy in a small way and represent the powerful bonds that unite our two democratic societies. >> pelley: caroline kennedy got a warm reception from both democrats and republicans. she's expected to win confirmation easily. the "curiosity" rover made more news today, this time for what it did not find on mars. the rover's been exploring the planet for more than a year now and it has turned up evidence that the planet could have supported life in the distant past. but nasa said "curiosity" has not detected any signs of methane gas, making it very unlikely that there is currently any life on mars. it was smooth sailing for team u.s.a. at the america's cup, at least for today. it held off team new zealand to stay alive in the yachting competition in san francisc

>> the republican candidate is richard nixon and democratic candidate senator john f. kennedyen you wonder why kennedy won and why republicans all look like that today. >> that's a cheap shot. a very nice moment and then had to call republicans ugly. i've got 10 seconds. why bother? >> you're out. >> >> welcome to "red eye." it is like the man with the golden gun if by golden gun you mean a troubling medical condition. due to andy levy's tragic death of suffocating under a lounger with 30 pounds of cat hair there is no pre game report. let's welcome this merry band of jerks. she is so hot that easy bake ovens call her for career advice. i am here with fox business network anchor lori rothman. and filling in for andy levy is swedish glass blower henrick vaughn sam you sen. he makes replicas of bowls and blown thousands of male models. and my repull sills

as an author and editor, president of the john f. kennedyry foundation, chair of the theor advisory many for politics, with the kennedy center for the performing arts, a board member of new visions for public schools, honorary chair of the american ballet ofater, board of directors the naacp, as well as on the commission of presidential lifees, you have lived a that honors your family's commitment to the arts and education and the nation. i believe you will bring this commitment to serve in your new role as ambassador. if confirmed, as my colleagues have said, you will be the first woman to hold this position, a post that has been held by some of the most respected in our country. foley,nsfield, tom former vice president walter mondale. it is a post that has always been and remains one of the utmost importance to this nation and to the people of japan. your nomination underscores the regional importance of the relationship he between our two nations. japan this past august. i can tell you you will assume these new duties as the rise of the a