kennedy's father, john fitzgerald. the president is named after his maternal grandfather. he was a two term mayor of boston. so both of jfk's parents were coming from political families. they definitely had some great connections. mrs. kennedy would dedicate herself as a full-time mother to her children, a job that she took very seriously, and a job that became very busy for her as she ended up having nine kids. so this is a picture of the two boys. it is taken right outside of the birthplace and it's looking northward. you can see all of the open space behind the boys. the house that the kennedys bought was actually the last house on the street when they moved their. one of the reasons why they chose this home is so they would have lots of open space for their children to play outside. and joe junior, he's the older brother on the right, jack kennedy is the little guy on the left. jack is not looking very happy in this picture, and we usually like to ask our audience members if they can kind of guess what is making jack unhappy. so what is going on here is actually a littl

did john kennedy ever visit his old home or did robert kennedy or ted kennedy? yeah, so an interesting thing after the kennedy's moved to their second home their family friends and mr. kennedy's been business associate edward moore and his wife mary. they actually bought this house and lived there in the seven years that the kennedys were living at their second home and they were very close with the family and they would often take care of the kennedy children. in fact, eddie moore was that's who ted kennedy is after actually named after edward moore kennedy. so that's how close they were with him. he also became rosemary's godfather. and at one point when mrs. kennedy was pregnant with one of her daughters and about to give birth. she actually sent the boys to live back in the birthplace with the moors for several months. now after that after they moved out of brookline, i haven't seen anything about john f kennedy ever returning to the birthplace, but what's actually very interesting is martha pollock, who is the elderly woman living in the house in the 1960s

administer to the president elect by the chief justice of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you, john fitzgerald kennedy solemnly swear. >> that will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. >> and we'll, to the best of your ability. >> and we'll, to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. [applause] >> vice president johnson, mister speaker, mr. chief justice, president eisenhower, vice president nixon, president truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of body, but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing in and, as well as a beginning, signifying renewal, as well as change. four i have formed before you and almighty god the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. the world is very different now, four man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms o

>>> on january 20, 1961, senator john f. kennedy, a democrat from massachusetts, was sworn in as the 35th president of the united states. next on the presidency, we'll see the inaugural ceremonies and oath of office on the west front of the u.s. capitol. ♪♪ >> members of the house of representatives were preceded by kenneth r. harding deputy sergeant at arms in charge of the mace. this is an indication that it really was cold. representative joseph w. martin, former speaker and minority leader and presently representative from massachusetts. senator edward dirkson, minority leader, senator mike mansfield majority leader lead the members of the united states senate. former president truman is escorted by senator clinton anderson. more members of the united states senate. former senator from rhode island, theodore francis green. robert kennedy, who was to be the next attorney general. ♪♪ ted kennedy, another brother of the president-to-be. members of the united states supreme court arrive on the stands. ♪♪ ♪♪ mrs. eisenhower and mrs.

kennedy national historic site. the white house historical association hosted this event and provided the video. >> welcome to john fitzgerald. then his family moved to a second home just down the road three blocks

kennedy with secretary of state went to the palace escorted by robert st. john, press association. nnedy came to address mention of 400 news men. to him, he spoke of the problems we face to secure a lasting peace. >> we must ensure be constantly striking all of our forces. of all kinds, at all levels. deterring war and keeping the peace. by making certain that those who will oppose us know that we are determined to resist aggression. whatever its forces and whatever kind of force has needed to resist it. the calls of freedom is under pressure all over the world but because of the rebirth of western european strength. the struggle has been switched to other areas. the time has now come for us to associate more closely together. then ever in the past. in a concerted attack on poverty, injustice and oppression. we overshadows so much of the globe. >> in the stately ruins -- adorned with tapestries that are among the artistic pleasures of friends. president kennedy with ambassador gavin at his side was host at that diplomatic -- many cars were formations that had become independent in r

john f. kennedy lamented that all the powers of the presidency he was unable to control the columnist. lbj did his best to co-op them? the nixon put him at the top of his enemies list. and then to register some international perspective on all this winston churchill once dubbed drew pearson the most colossal liar in the united states. so tracking down all of these accusations i discovered a pattern. pearson certainly made his share of mistakes usually through haste of misunderstanding. and sometimes the people who leak to him were less than honest about their intentions. but i never found it instance where a pearson knowingly lied. instead it was his accusers who lied regularly to cover their own tracks. raised as a quaker drew pearson regarded truth-seeking as both a moral obligation and a self-defense mechanism. he was sued for libel at least 120 times more than any other journalist and he won every case except for one. and that one he would have tried to appeal except his lawyer said it would be c

so, john f. kennedychusetts becomes president-elect of the united states. as president of all the people, his family also becomes the center of nationwide interest. is three year old daughter caroline. as lovely white -- wife. shortly after after the election in the afternoon of november 9th. kennedy it appears in massachusetts -- with him are his family after congratulatory wires are acknowledged, he then addresses all of america. >> do all of americans i say that the next four years are going to be difficult and challenging for all. the election may have been a close one, but i think that there is general agreement by all of our citizens that a supreme national effort will be needed in the years ahead to move this country safely through the 1960s. i ask you or help in the thin fruit, then i can assure you that every degree of skill that i possess will be devoted to the long term interests of the united states and to the cause of freedom around the world. so, now, my wife and i'm prepare for new adminis

so john f. kennedys president-elect of the united states. ♪♪ as president of all the people, his family also becomes the center of nationwide interest. his 3-year-old daughter, caroline, and his lovely wife, jacqueline. shortly after vice president nixon officially concedes the election on the early afternoon of wednesday, november 9th. senator kennedy appears before the press in hyannisport, massachusetts. with him are his wife, his father and mother, his many brothers and sisters. after acknowledging congratulatory wires from president eisenhower and mr. nixon, he addresses all americans. >> to all americans i say that the next four years are going to be difficult and challenging years for us all. the election may have been a close one, but i think that there is general agreement by all of our citizens that a supreme national effort will be needed in the years ahead to move this country safely through the 1960s. i ask your help in this effort, and i can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit

the president of the united states of america, john f. kennedy. his own words provided the title of this documentary report. ♪ a 21 gun salute welcomes america's 46-year-old president. for the first time in his two and one half years in office, president kennedy steps on german soil. a chance to meet the german people during a four day working visit. over germany, a bright sky greets the american, whose timely visit to europe coincides with unique international developments. western europe on the brink of political change as the east bloc falters in ideological disunity. this is the turbulent atmosphere that surrounds the impending discussions, a climate of change as john f. kennedy meets the [indiscernible] ♪ [star spangled banned] ♪ the commanding officer of the west german armies under guard reports. then the president reviews the guard unit accompanied by chancellor audenauer, defense minister and inspector general. ♪ formalities are relaxed a bit as president kennedy greets the federal cabinet. many of the ministers are already familiar to th

john f. kennedyd said "to our sister republics south of the border, we offer a special pledge to convert our good words to good deeds in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty." now, that alliance is in the process of being forged as president and mrs. kennedys step onto latin american soil. ♪ -- mrs. kennedy step onto latin american soil. on this, president kennedy's first visit to let america, his -- first visit to latin america, his objective is to learn about the problems firsthand from distinguished leaders like president betancourt and demonstrate the interests and concerns of the people he represents to their friends to the south. i welcome received by the visitor reflects the statement of president betancourt. "we receive as friends those who are our friends." [cheering] >> then, by helicopter from caracas to an agricultural region 50 miles west, his purpose, to see for himself the progress of a new land reform and rural housi

>> yes, they do butng you know, the tax cuts do work and john kennedy cut taxes and the economy took off. ronald reagan cut taxes and the economy took off. to his great clinton credit clinton balanced the budget andt who heard of that? that's in the distant past but there have been some tax revenue in the united states government takes in more revenue than ever every quarter and the problem is spending. republicans and democrats, youic know, it is democrats like the republicans who d say we will be for this but we just want to spend a little less than you do. that just doesn't work with republican voters. >> cal thomas' latest book is called america's expiration date: the fall of empires and superpowers in the future of the united states. is fightols, his book for the soul for the democratic party and let me get your reaction to the comments by former vice president mike pons who was in new hampshire last thursday and the speech we carry live in new hampshire hosting the first of the nation primary in 2024 and vice president pence looking with a possible run in 2024 but he had this t

then there was john kennedy. i realized that eisenhower was elected president as if he to -- 62. john kennedy was someone i admired and i have been involved in a number of things at the kennedy center, library, school, because i admired him. i did work for his chief speechwriter for a number of years. he wasn't when i looked up to. -- he was someone i looked up to. jim baker, i admired him a great deal as well, i got to know them as well. >> thank you. any advice for our current secretary of state? madeleine bright: i think he is somebody that knows the whole situation and the environment better than most people that become situate -- state. my best advice to him is that there are -- is it that it is important to understand the unintended consequences of decisions and that the most important thing, is appropriate information. having a really very important a good relationship with a part of our government that provide that intelligence. he is one person i think does not need advice in this way. he has been added for a while. he knows the people, the challenges, and then, finally

kennedy in europe." at his inauguration as president of the united states in january 1961, john f. kennedy said >> so let us begin a new. civility is not a sign of weakness and sincerity is always subject to proof. ♪ >> from the white house in washington on june 6, 1961, president kennedy spoke to the american people. >> good evening, my fellow citizens. i returned this morning -- morning from a weeklong trip to europe. i want to report to you on that trip in full. it was an unforgettable experience. >> the presidential plane landed in paris. president charles de gaulle greeted the american chief executive. mr. kennedy described the purpose of is unity these words. two aims of american foreign-policy above all others were the reason for the trip. the unity of the free world and the eventual achievement of a lasting peace. ♪ >> president kennedy described the conversations he held with the french leader during his three-day stay in paris. "my talks with general de gaulle were profoundly encouraging to me. certain differences in our attitude on one or another problem became insignific

camargo. ♪ a children's hospital in bogota. ♪ misses john f. kennedyndreds of children are being treated, children who are now being helped along the road to recovery by medicines and techniques unavailable only a few years ago. a friendly wave. words of encouragement. and the warmest wishes for the oncoming christmas season to the children, from the first lady of the united states. ♪ and that evening, at a state dinner at san carlo's palace, the president of the united states describes the hopes for millions of a better life, and how the alliance will meet those aspirations. president kennedy: [speaking spanish] the alliance is designed to transform this hoping to new reality. it calls for vast and immediate effort on the part of all americans to satisfy the basic needs of our people for work and land, and homes and schools. it expects within the next 10 years a decade of development will be well on the way to satisfying these basic needs, for the workers, campesinos on the farm, to the women who toil everyday for the benefit of their children. to all

you can purchase your copy of the book mercury rising john kennedy and the new battleground of the cold at our local bookstore partner. our office receives a 10% discount by using the code. we have a full schedule of programs so remember to check out the website for newly scheduled events and now i'd like to welcome peter to moderate tonight's conversation. peter is "the new york times" chief correspondent for 20 years at the "washington post" including four years as moscow bureau chief in collaboration with journalist susan glasser and he's authored six award-winning books. thank you for joining us again. the floor is yours. thank you so much. >> thank you for that kind introduction. i think you've got a terrific background there so we should be seeing more of that. i can't tell you how excited i am to be here tonight. jeff knows this story, so i'm going to tell you anyway. he's written the book because a few years ago i was thinking about who hadn't been the subject of a good biography and a long time and his mind came to mind so i started researching a little bit and went to calling

he's known for his 1-liners and senator john kennedy's new campaign ad does not disappoint. >> not lettingld rather drink weedkiller. >> more on his plan for the future. plus pay to play. reporting college athletes into close it is to becoming reality. todd: democrat melanie stansbury where it -- want a special house election, will fill the house he formerly held by deb holland, defeating republican state senator mark morris. he campaigned on biden administration initiatives like infrastructure spending and climate change. republican senator john kennedy announcing he will run for reelection next year and in a video for senator faust to support louisiana residents in a way only he can. >> i promise i will always be your voice during good times and bad. i will not let you down. i would rather drink weedkiller. todd: the lawmaker was a strong supporter of donald trump, trump endorsing the center in march months before his announcement, kennedy won 61% of the vote in the senate election adequate public service announcement do not drink weedkiller. over to you. jillian: college athletes in ill

the culmination of a challenge by president john f. kennedy. next, on american history tv, what's commonly referred to as his moon speech, president kennedy on september 12th, 1962 at rice university in houston. >> president, mr. vice president, governor, congressman thomas, senator wiley, congressman vanilla, mr. webb, tell, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor and i will assure you that my first electorate will be a very brief one. i'm delighted to be here and i'm particular delighted to be here on this occasion. we meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength. and we stand in need of all three. but we need in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear. and any age of both knowledge and ignorance. the greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. despite the striking fact that most of this societies of the world that has ever known or alive and working today, despite

but another thing about johnson and kennedy in terms of them wanting these agents away separate from john f. kennedy's romantic -- separate from that. the other reason was they didn't think the american r public wand a lot of secret service guards around their president. they wanted to feel like they were every man who waded into a crowd, normal joe, say hello to your voters. if you had a budget security around you to give the impression you need to be protected from your own public and they didn't like that and they thought taxpayers would be ticked off about it. so lyndon b. johnson for example, constantlyor tried to t the secret service budget or at least his detail because he thought voters didn't like it. >> isn't there something fundamental that we would rather have a live president with too many people riding that a dead president. the job is to protect the president and i find it remarkable the taxpayers won't like this argument holds any water. i'm more sympathetic to the argument that we want to have private lives, so whether it is john kennedy or michelle obama, we want the sec

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60 years ago, on may 30, 1961, president john f. kennedy traveled to europe with first lady jacqueline kennedy. next, on reel america "the task begun: president kennedy in europe." this u.s. information service film shows highlights of the trip, including meetings with french president charles de gaulle, two days of talks with soviet premier nikita khrushchev in vienna, and a stop in london to meet with british prime minister harold macmillan. >> at his inauguration as president of the united states in january 1961, john f. kennedy said -- >> so let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness and sincerity is always subject to proof. ♪ >> from the white house in washington on june 6, 1961, president kennedy spoke to the american people. >> good evening, my fellow citizens. i returned this morning from a weeklong trip to europe. and i want to report to you on that trip in full. it was in every sense an unforgettable experience. >> the presidential plane landed in paris. president charles de gaulle greeted

they have been done voting for us since 1960 when john kennedy was the last person, last democrat toale votes in this country. and democrats continue to find a way to cater to their interest first as opposed to catering to the wants and needs of the vibrant, multiracial democracy that has been forming for the last 40 years and will certainly dictate the demographics ander goe the electoral politics of the next 50 year. so if i had a little bit more confidence in where the democratic party was putting its resources and energies in terms of building a electoral vibrant democracy i would be a lot more confident in potential outcomes and how we could stop subversive efforts such as this. i'm also not that confident because i'm seeing state legislatures, democratic parties not filing the bills and building the infrastructure we should be building to build voter infrastructure. i'm proud of what the texas democratic did in the senate this past week to subvert that voter suppression bill, but we need a lot more of that and we need a lot more aggressive, affirmative voter protection agendas

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information agency film produced by movie to news the documents key events in president john f. kennedy's administration from the 1961 inauguration to the 1962 state of the union address. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> on january 20th 1961, john f. kennedy took office as president of the united states. on that day he made it clear that a new administration was on the move. a year has passed in which boulder new programs moved, sometimes with success, sometimes not, but always with vigor. president kennedy sets a keynote for his new administration in his inaugural address. so, let us begin a new. remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. >> throughout the year, kennedy assembled a group of friends with intellectual staff, and with records as doers. among them, howard hamilton heading the new foreign aid agency. >> john garber eight, ambassador to india. ed wynne rush hour, ambassador to japan. thomas spin letter, nato ambassador. theodore moscow so, progress head. men in wil

senator john kennedy just announced his 2022 re-election bid. he'll join us next with reaction.traight ahead. stay with us. you need an ecolab scientific clean here. and you need it here. and here. and here. which is why the scientific expertise that helps operating rooms stay clean is now helping the places you go every day too. seek a commitment to clean. look for the ecolab science certified seal. >> sean: now, tonight, following the path of new york governor cuomo, fauci is now use his pandemic failures to cash in on a book deal called "truth in service." it was just last week that fauci flipped and flopped and flailed on the lab leaked theory, maybe it is possible. of course, we've documented right here on this program he's flip-flopped on everything. masks can't fix anything, to one mask, to two masks, he flip-flopped on the risk of outdoor transmission to the thresh hold needed for herd immunity. and, of course, the issue of gain of function research being done at the wuhan lab partially funded by the nih. no word on whether it will address all the controversy surrounding

whether john f. kennedy or michelle obama we want the secret service to leave us to have our private life not to impose in the way. it has the word secret in it. but of course they do work for us. that tension the idea may be steeped in deference and indiscretion. but at the same time they may also reveal the secrets of a president or first family. that is going to be a concern about her work, right? >> there have been some presidents who have had better relationships with the secret service than others. the bushes had an incredible relationship with their circuit secret service detail pretreated them like family barbara bush bringing out coffee bring in food left over summer party. even to the point of telling a detail leader for her husband that she wanted him to wear her husband's hat and mittens because it was cold outside. very motherly attention and actually welcomes, right? when the clintons arrived they were not so sure about these agents looking out for them. and in fact in the first few weeks the s

there are a lot of stories about john f. kennedy and women.i'm just not going to repeat any of them and with that it basically is tell the world don't bother to ask and we got away with it. publishing a book is going to be like a campaign. you have to go out and knock on doors and say to people vote for me. and i could see that he understood the process and it was the campaign and it was very successful. >> you have a phone call at one point from a book agent who said i have a book by a young guy his name is barack obama. do you think you might want to take a look? >> they probably had loans and agents for $125,000 and he missed his deadline. simon and schuster canceled the book and wanted the $40,000 they had paid him back so the agent called and said would you meet with him so i did. the editor and i met and as i say in my book the meeting was more memorable for us so than it was for him. i came away from the meeting saying i get this guy. the story he went off to kenya and finished the book and we published it in 95 and it did okay. it didn

elizabeth: relate until louisiana republican senator john kennedy raises the problem he said he is anterest in dr. fauci funnel money to the wuhan lab through his friend doctor peter -- at echo alliance, can the hhs inspector general get to the bottom of how much money actually went to the wuhan lab, let's listen to senator john kennedy. >> dr. fauci funnel the money tu the lab from his friend doctor peter daszak, they both have been cheerleaders especially doctor peter daszak for the animal theory the natural theory of the virus. i guarantee when this thing first broke dr. fauci and doctor dossett both of them said oh my god, we gave taxpayer money to theab wuhan lab, what if they dd gain-of-function research as it's been done 11 times since 1992 in the virus mistake, i'm not saying you did or didn't but they both should have stood up and said wait a minute. i have a conflict of interest, i gave the money, we did not supervise them and i'm the wrong person to weigh in on the subject. elizabeth: he said a lot, convict of interest, dr. fauci admitted he wasn't monitoring what is going

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. > republicans like louisiana senator john kennedy and tennessee, senator marsha blackburn argue police departments can't fight crime if they're also under attack, they point to efforts in some cities to cut police budgets in favor of mental health services housing assistance and other programs. it has demoralized police forces and it has emboldened. >> criminal activity and this is something that has to stop. but john pierre says that's an empty argume t. the president has been very clear he does not believe in defunding the police. >> now, while this new plan does not require any congressional action that the president is urging lawmakers to pass his gun reform priorities. >> that includes universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse. if vice president kamala harris is going to travel to the border with mexico. this friday with some critics suggesting it's about time kron four's. catherine heenan is here with a look at details of this trip which has been. >> talked about for a while now or well, the vice president h

their mom and dad, come on. >> let's not forget john kennedy -- acting senator john kennedy of louisianan voigt do a little acting for him. >> you mean the john kerry supporter? >> yes, the guy -- yeah. >> and now he's, like, senator hokam from the oxford union. >> to your larger point, mike pence -- >> i think there was one in there. >> he's crystalizing things. >> to the larger point, of course we heard the "hang mike pence" chant on january 6th. there was a gallows built outside, the point was taken. and so for him to just kiss that off and say we don't see eye to eye, we have a difference of opinion about what happened on january 6th, and then immediately turn away to defending donald trump and attacking democrats. it tells you everything you need to know about where the party is in new hampshire. the central target of that mob wants to move on from the question of what happened on january 6th. >> "hang mike pence," "hang mike pence." and yet this guy now is defending donald trump. there are no parallels in american history, none. >> it's a weird syndrome, and i'm glad you brought up

john kennedy said, we are in the hour of maximum danger.y to our democracy, brian. those were from the battlefield. the military battlefield. our soldiers were the ones who were carrying the weight. here we are, in 2021, 80 years after 1940. in which joe biden feels compelled to say that our democracy is in danger, from within. that's something that we're not accustomed to. he knows that if he fails, there is a very good chance that the next president could be someone who is an autocrat. someone, who has contempt for democracy. and this could be the end. >> it is very possible, indeed. perhaps, likely, that our problems are way bigger than one man. but i'd like you to talk about the ability of a president to heal, at the same time, and -- and having asked that. the pressure, especially from fellow democrats, is enormous for joe biden. his healing instincts aside. to be more aggressive and take this as the emergency that it is. as the clear-and-present danger that it is. >> he knows how much is at stake. and he's got to make sure that the pa

what if your heroes you mentioned is john kennedy, he was one of mine. in 1961 he did a speech called the presidency and the press. he talked about the importance of informing the american people through the press and not having a biased press to the people what is going on -- tell the people what is going on. you had a great career in media, what do you see happening in terms of media, you have six or seven corporations that own all of the tv and radio stations. you have the social media, you have left, right. the media is important to inform the people, educate them so they can vote what they want. where do you see this going? i see it defining a fractured country because we have media from the corporate world and not a lots of people informing the american people about what is going on. a lot of noise but not information. that is what the president was talking about. guest: i do not know about the influence from the corporations. i never got directives from comcast or ge. it is wise to take that into consideration. try to figure out if there is a wall

. >> republicans like louisiana senator john kennedy and tennessee, senator marsha blackburn argue police if they're also under attack, they point to efforts in some cities to cut police budgets in favor of mental health services housing assistance and other programs. it has demoralized police forces and it has emboldened. >> criminal activity and this is something that has to stop. >> but john pierre says that's an empty argument. the president has been very clear he does not believe in defunding the police. now this new plan does not require any congressional action, but president biden is urging lawmakers to move forward with his gun reform priorities that include universal background checks. >> and bans on assault weapons live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse. vice president kamala harris will make her first visit on friday to the u.s. mexico border since taking office. today's announcement follows months of criticism from both parties for failing to go earlier kron four's. catherine heenan is here and has details on the here and has details on the upcoming visit.

the desk that president obama currently uses, and many of us who recognize the one where john f. kennedy junior's popped out from under the desk. that is used by most presidents. johnson however, because he wanted to take his furniture back to his library, he often instead to use the desk that he had as a senator. he used this when he was senate majority leader, he then used it as a vice president, and took it over to the oval office when he ascended to the presidency. that is his chair, that's his telephone. this is his suite of furniture. including the rocking chair, but he said in on meetings. you will recognize that as being similar to the rocking ris president for having signed into law the civil rights act of 1964 which broke the back of jim crow and our separate but equal laws throughout the south the voting rights act of 1965, which gave all americans unimpeded access to the ballot box and the fair housing act of 1968, which allowed for fair housing for all americans. that's a triumvirate of civil rights legislation. and i think is the principle legacy of lyndon johnson. here to

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. >> sean: senator john kennedy on. january 31, 2020 dr. fauci got an email suggesting there was evidence of the genome was tampered with in a laboratory that alter this virus. did we fund this with gain of function research? i think they are very damning. >> every time i i am asked about dr. fauci i say the same thing. i know dr. fauci. i like dr. fauci. i respect dr. fauci. but dr. fauci needs to cut the crap. this is not about dr. fauci. it's not about his feelings. i am sorry if his feelings were hurt. maybe he ought to buy an emotional support pony. we are not debating dance moves on tiktok. we are talking about millions of human lives. dr. fauci gave a lot of u.s. taxpayer money to the wuhan lab for chinese scientists to research bat coronaviruses. neither dr. fauci nor any of his people can guarantee us that the chinese scientists didn't use that money to do gain of function and turn a normal virus into a super charged virus. they were not monitored. dr. fauci's people did not monitor the lab. it's not like it hasn't happened before.

louisiana senator john kennedy and this response to doctor fauci. >> i know doctor fauci, i like doctori respect doctor fauci but doctor fauci needs to cut the crap. this isn't about doctor fauci. it is not about his feelings and i'm sorry as his feelings were hurt. maybe he should buy up emotional support pony. doctor fauci gave a lot of taxpayer money to the wuhan lab for chinese scientists to research that viruses. neither doctor fauci nor any of his people can guarantee us the chinese scientists didn't use that money to do gain of function research and turn the normal virus into a supercharged virus. >> senator kennedy made the point that if the virus really did occur naturally china would jump at the opportunity to prevent that evidence. >> country music's biggest starting the stage of the cmt awards in nashville. ♪♪ jillian: carrie underwood and john legend winning video of the year for hallelujah. she extends her record is the most decorated artists in history of the awards. laura: she's a pioneer in the industry performing solo at the grand old opry. she was watching from home.

the time that kennedy was killed have consistently believed that there was a conspiracy to kill john kennedyand one of the things that we found amazing in researching our book, "kennedy's avenger," was that a lot of the conspiracy theories emerged from the trial of jack ruby, right? oswald doesn't have a trial. he's dead. so jack ruby becomes the kennedy assassination trial. and there were a couple of moments where, for example, the defense attorneys say, we'd like to stipulate that lee harvey oswald acted alone. the prosecutors say, we're not stipulating to anything. aha, why are the prosecutors not stipulating to it? an fbi agent was asked at one point, did you find any evidence of lee harvey oswald and jack ruby having worked together or known each other? before he could answer the question, it was objected to. and so, again, there was this specter of all these possibilities. and it really is interesting to look back on the ruby trial and the kennedy assassination to examine the way conspiracies can develop. some of the conspiracies surrounding the kennedy assassination, you know, are bas