is the kennedy administration covering up here? did the kennedy administration even manufacture this october surprise in order for political gain? this breaks when khrushchev breaks down. there's an intense period of political attacks coming. in the leadup to the election, but actually dragged on through the middle of fab 1963. they drag on for months because there's questions here. it's a good question. why didn't the u.s. find out about these earlier? >> host: for the audience, this is taped in the middle of october 2012, very comparable to republican accusations about obama and libya. >> guest: contactually right. >> host: it's a perennial thing. when there's an issue of an attack, you go with it. >>>> guest: there's a strong attack from the right, lead up to the midterm election, and it endures after that. this is what -- part of what kennedy's facing with trying to control the message. it's not just about making kennedy look good. any president is going to want to -- want good press, anyone wants good press. part of it is just

us self-evident but no one actually wanted to say it so the pentagon the management of the kennedy administration and this is an enduring subject of interest in the foreign affairs. we need to take a quick break and we will comeback. >> you are talking about kennedy's news management and the relations with the press. one of the fascinating things about your book is it can surprise those looking back in the period lyndon johnson's paranoiacs and pingree views of the press during the escalation of the vietnam and the press turned against him and his relations with press secretaries that have to deal with it and you think of richard nixon and plummer isn't going after leaks and that led him down the slippery slope to watergate. has jfk gotten a free ride because he is remembered as being sort of buddy buddy with reporters and he had actually reported and his younger life and had good relations. >> guest: there is a general perception that kennedy's press coverage was performing in the was at the beginning. but, as you point out, kennedy knew this world very well. he had been a reporter and had a fas

you mentioned the kennedy administration. rom president obama accusing mitt pushing trickle down economic theory, the perhaps best thing he could do to quote john f. kennedy and clear and specific about supporting idea of lowering tax rates in order to increase economic activity. he said back until 1962 it is paradox cal truth the soundness way to raise revenues in the long run to cut tax rates now. the purpose of cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit but to achieve a more prosperous expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus. could you have said it any better? >> no, i could not. the other thing kennedy said a rising tide lifts all boats. in other words he was getting away from the class warfare stuff. the class warfare thing makes a lot of sense politically but only politically. i don't think, obama knows this because he was asked this question back in 2008 and he understood sometimes you jack up the tax rate you get less and sometimes you bring it down and you get more but, his goal obviously is not to

is the kennedy administration covering up?hey suddenly break with this intense period of political attacks. four months. there are some good questions. why didn't they find out about these earlier? >> host: tate 2012 and is comparable to libya. with any avenue of attack. and president once a good press. but in controlling the message to not let his critics define him. what would have happened if republicans turned this into a kennedy failure? as a great moment in america's cold war battle. white house this is another bay of p.i.g.s.? or any of those aspects. the implication for kennedy at the tide is enormous. if he is further weakened by a a perceived failure he will have more difficulty through the election by fending off the attacks possibly the political capital to do the american in universities speech. maybe not having the political capital. by a day she would want to control the message and the attacks going on during this period. >> i have to challenge you. with the domestic political and all it is clear jfk had an int

later in life, the man from the south dakota prairie refocussed on cause he worked on in the kennedy administrations agricultural strength of feat families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best saying the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the later one to be admired. he would say what others would not. martin savidge, cnn. ack. actually... that way i could split my payments up into little bite-size chunks. i mean you feel me right? yeah. uh, sir... ah... [ male announcer ] shop now. and put it on layaway so you have more time to pay. walmart. if you're a man with low testosterone, you should know that axiron is here. the only underarm treatment for low t. that's right, the one you apply to the underarm. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18. axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increa

later in life, the man from the south dakota prairie refocused on a cause he worked on in the kennedy administration. using america's agricultural strength to feed families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best, saying the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the same quality many later admired. george mcgovern's ability to say what others would not. remembering the life of george mcgovern who died today at the age of 90. >>> in other news in lebanon, there is growing rage over the assassination of that country's intelligence regime. protesters clashed with security forces today after al ahsan's funeral. an outspoken critic of the regime was killed in an attack on friday. they protested that it was led by hezbollah. he refused to step down despite an earlier effort to have him do so. >>> foreign policy will be the main subject of tomorrow's final presidential debate. both president obama and governor romney will be called on to give their vision for that region. cnn's jones gives us that vision. >> the third

it used to be years ago when a kennedy administration says we're going to space and nixon administration. now it comes to a point where they don't even react to one another. they don't sit with each other. having a conversation as, you know, individuals over a beer, it's something that needs-- we need to see more of. >> pelley: beer once in a while isn't a bad thing? ( laughter ) >> not at all. >> in moderation. >> pelley: if any of you could ask a question at the debate, what would it be? >> i would just ask them simply what policies are you going to put in place to see to it i have a good job when i graduate? not that i'm flipping burgers at mcdonald's-- which would technically count me as employed-- but a good job, i actually want to use my degree and be a productive member of society. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. we will be back at 6:00 o'clock with our live coverage of the presidential debate. for now, for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, i am scott pelley in them stead new york, hempsted, new york, see you in just a minute. captioning s,,,,,

the "bureau of public debt" has been around since the kennedy administration. americans really started to chip away at the $16 trillion debt last year. it was the biggest year for donations since 1994. still to come, fresh ideas on where to invest. but first, we are weaving through the numbers to find out what matters most of the latest data on the job market. that's next with bill moller. ent numbers came out on friday, and here we are monday morning and everybody's still seems to be scratching their heads over what it all means, because there seems to be some conflict within the numbers. the let's talk with brent scutte, he is market strategist for bmo private bank. ok. big news: the unemployment rate drops to 7.8%, one of the biggest drops we've seen in years. yet, the number of jobs created was fewer than last month. explain this. > > sure. this one's a little bit of a head-scratcher, and it has a lot of people coming out with conspiracy theories. i'm not usually one to subscribe to them, but it is a little odd. what youave en you measure employment ithis c

you alluded when you stated the united states was running murder and the the kennedy administration -- lyndon johnson said that -- knew he would get to robert kennedy and alluded to gm -- [talking over each other] >> johnson -- i don't want to be put in a position -- johnson did say that. in his retirement he said to the reporter the kennedys were running a murder incorporated down there in the caribbean. exactly what he -- documentation he had for that i don't know. >> he had a hand in killing him and it is happening here. >> that was quoted in the book. >> time for only one more question. thank you. >> thank you for your spellbinding reporting about lyndon johnson. [applause] >> can you elaboration little bit about his stance on civil rights before he was president and how he passed this landmark legislation and what the differences were and his outlook on that issue? >> elaborate on lyndon johnson's that's 7-stance on civil rights and -- his stance on civil rights -- glad you asked me that. people are always asking how sincere he was. i always felt lyndon johnson always wanted to h

later in life the man from the south dakota prairie refocused on a cause he worked on in the kennedy administrationerica's agricultural strength to feed families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best saying, the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the same quality many later admired. george mcgovern's ability to say what others would not. >> mcgovern's family issued a statement earlier today and it reads in part, we're blessed to know that our father lived a long, successful, and productive life advocating for the hungry, being a progressive voice for millions and fighting for peace. he continued giving speeches, writing, and advising all the way up to and past his 90th birthday which he celebrated this summer. and this morning on cnn's "state of the union" big names on the left and right shared their memories of george mcgovern. >> he was a great statesman. i knew him quite well, and i'm very saddened. i think he'll be remembered obviously for his stance on the war in vietnam, for his bomber missions, but

look back to the kennedy administration. you see income tax receipts doubled six year as time.hit more than 5%. unemployment dropped to 3.8%, the lowest in about 30 years. take a look at reagan. gop majority leader howard baker called the reagan tax cuts the ig riverboat gamble. look at federal revenue rises here. yes, you could say possibly due to the recovery taking hold. but for that steep incline is something that is not being picked up, i think in the analysis whether or not tax cuts actually bring in revenue. they could. also the clinton cut on capital gains actually, more than doubled capital-gains tax revenue in the door. more than would have been brought in with the estate hike or income tax hike on the upper bracket. interesting stuff, part of the debate. i think this will be ongoing because, still can't be proved whether or not tax cuts bring in revenue because no one really done the legwork to prove it either way. david: again. you can cut the tax rates you generate more economic activity. >> that's the key. david: very often that brings in more revenue. >> that's r

miller center presidential recordings program, utilizes his eagerly recorded tapes from the kennedy administration to examine the end of the cuban missile crisis. and a book on the life of charles darwin. in darwin, portrait of a genius. look for these titles and book stores this coming week. and watch for the authors on booktv and booktv.org.

later in life the man from the south dakota prairie refocused on a cause he worked on in the kennedy administrationgth to feed families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best saying, the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the same quality many later admired. george mcgovern's ability to say what others would not. martin savidge, cnn. >>> i am don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta.

later in life the man from the south dakota prairie refocused on a cause he worked on in the kennedy administration. using america's agricultural strength to feed families at home and then eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best, saying the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the same quality that he later admired. george mcgovern's ability to say what others would not. martin savage, cnn. >>> other news this morning, the white house says it would welcome talks with iran to keep that country from becoming a threatening nuclear armed power, but the obama administration insists that a "new york times" report that it has agreed to one-on-one negotiations with iran is not true. a national council spokesman said "the president has made clear that he will prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and we will do what we must to achieve that. it has always been our goal for sanctions to pressure iran to come in line with its obligations. the onus is on the iranians to do so. otherwise, they will continue to face crippling san

that is the moment where the -- sometimes the sluggish kennedy administration decides that civil rights is a major priority and it never looked back at that. >> there's a lot not on the audiotapes that come with it but another interesting part that i found curious was when he talk it is toward the end -- he reflects on his presidency and it turns out to be ten days before he's assassinated. let's listen to his thoughts. >> they had come a very long way, they put civil rights at the top of the agenda. in a moral crisis he called on all americans to move past the divisions of the past but as a result he was in danger of losing states in the south and he'd won by so narrow a margin in 1960 that reelection was not a fore ordained conclusion so he's a little bit worried looking ahead and he's got foreign policy problems and a difficult congress that -- including democrats that didn't always want to work with him. so he had his work cut out for him and that's an interesting moment because his voice is a little more fragile than it other -- throughout these meetings it's very decisive and comm

after the war, he served two terms in the house and a year in the kennedy administration before beingted to the first of three senate terms in 1962. he quickly became the upper chamber's most ardent critic of the vietnam war, winning his party's nomination in 1972 largely on the basis of his staunch opposition. although mcgovern ultimately fell short, his 1972 campaign helped launch the political careers of many who came after him, including a young couple by the name of bill and hillary clinton, who took time off from their studies at yale law school to run his campaign in texas. you know, it's really interesting, i will say full disclosure, my father was one of the many people who worked on the mcgovern campaign. look at the list. it's a who's who of democratic politics. gary hart, sandy berger, greg craig. amazing time in american politics but also one, i wonder, jonathan, is there a time that we will ever return to where someone can be so deeply liberal as mcgovern was, this is someone who never forget went out on to the floor of the senate speaking of vietnam and said every senat

it's now the smallest number that we have had since the -- the smallest in size since john kennedy's administration. during the last five years, texas's government has gone up in size. federal government has gone down, texas's government has gone up. now, my plan for the future, i see a time when we have smaller, smarter government where you don't have to wait in line because you can get services online cheaper, better, faster. we can do that. >> steve luecker has a question, and it is for vice president gore. mr. luecker? there you are. >> vice president gore. the family farms are disappearing and having a hard time even in the current positive economic environment. what steps would you or your administration take on agricultural policy developments to protect the family farms for this multi- functional service they perform? >> we've got a bumper crop this year. but that's the good news. you know what the bad news is that follows on that. the prices are low. in the last several years, the so-called freedom to farm law has, in my view, been mostly a failure. i want to change many of its provisions.

it's now the smallest number that we have had since the -- the smallest in size since john kennedy's administration. during the last five years, texas's governmentas gone up in size. federal government has gone down, texas's government has gone up. now, my plan for the future, i see a time when we have smaller, smarter government where you don't have to wait in line because you can get services online cheaper, better, faster. we can do that. >> steve luecker has a question, and it is for vice president gore. mr. luecker? there you are. >> vice president gore. the family farms are disappearing and having a hard time even in the current positive economic environment. what steps would you or your administration take on agricultural policy developments to protect the family farms for this multi- functional service they perform? >> we've got a bumper crop this year. but that's the good news. you know what the bad news is that follows on that. the prices are low. in the last several years, the so-called freedom to farm law has, in my view, been mostly a failure. i want to change many of its provisions. n

bush wanted to end that which set off a panic and led to romney and kennedy going to the bush administration cutting a deal with them. massachusetts could keep the money if they put it toward a universal health care plan. that's how it got started. romney and kennedy were trying to keep this federal money. they wanted that money. then the state did two other things. they first covered everyone they could cover in their medicaid problem so they could get the most possible match from the federal government. right now federal medicaid from the federal government -- that is an incredible deal for people in massachusetts. they're getting subsidized by the rest of the country. and then the third way romney paid for it is massachusetts had long before romney was governor, imposed a tax in order to reimburse hospitals for the the care they provided to the uninsured. romney took that tax and put it towards his law. so that's two pots of federal money sand a tax. so how much of romney's proposal relied on these funds? i asked jonathan gruber the mit who helped design the law. he told me 100%. that was

it's now the smallest number that we have had since the -- the smallest in size since john kennedy's administration. during the last five years, texas's government has gone up in size. federal government has gone down, texas's government has gone up. now, my plan for the future, i see a time when we have smaller, smarter government where you don't have to wait in line because you can get services online cheaper, better, faster. we can do that. >> steve luecker has a question, and it is for vice president gore. mr. luecker? there you are. >> vice president gore. the family farms are disappearing and having a hard time even in the current positive economic environment. what steps would you or your administration take on agricultural policy developments to protect the family farms for this multi-functional service they perform? >> we've got a bumper crop this year. but that's the good news. you know what the bad news is that follows on that. the prices are low. in the last several years, the so-called freedom to farm law has, in my view, been mostly a failure. i want to change many of its provisions.

the chairman and other members of the committee grilled ambassador kennedy and members of the state department. >> if any administration official, including any career official were on television on sunday, september 16, they would have said what ambassador rice said. >> reporter: the committee accused the administration of failing to provide adequate security at the embassy. the finger pointing is split down political lines. >> my goal is to try in some way to put this partisanship behind us and to focus on the security of personnel. >> reporter: mitt romney has used this to criticize obama. derek. >>> the washington nationals are on brink of elimination after an embarrassing loss. we're here and trying to keep a stiff upper lip, trying to keep optimistic. there is one game to go. >> you said another embarrassing loss. they got rocked again. it is hard to stay optimistic. they are at home. we got that as well. this is not where the nationals hoped or expected to be. we can use all the cliches we want. they are on the edge, do or die. no matter how you say it, one more loss and it is over for the nats. the st. louis ca

been part of their assessment, clinton's undersecretary, patrick kennedy, tried to rationalize the words and actions of the administration end of the u.n. ambassador come susan rice. rice famously appeared on five talkshows the sunday after that attack and asserted the link between the anti-mohammed video and the benghazi attack. kennedy appeared in front of an oversight committee, attacking the intelligence community and blaming the intelligence community for ambassador rice is false statements to the american people. >> we have always made clear that we were giving the best information we had at the time. that information has evolved. if any career official would've said something, they would have said something from the intelligence community. lou: fox news said two weeks ago that the obama administration knew within 24 hours that the events of september 11 in benghazi were coordinated and premeditated attacks by terrorists with ties to al qaeda. >> the security and benghazi was a struggle. the situation remains uncertain and reports from some indicated is getting worse. security remain weak. in april, there was only

just as anthony kennedy has been siding strong with gay rights, it's not clear by the obama administration position that all discrimination based on sexual orientation should be subjected to the highest scrutiny. that could be a tight hotly- hotly-fought case as well. >> eliot: where kennedy goes with the liberal views on the court and roberts go to the conservative, and roberts saying, who is turning coats on us now. >> he likes it to be the kennedy court and not the roberts court he'll be back to be in the role of swing votes but he'll be sure to anchor both the left and the right on gay marriage. >> eliot: who ever thought that justice kennedy would be viewed as the swing vote given how conservative they are, that shows you how far the spectrum has moved to the right. >> and the fact that kennedy would not listen to roberts on the healthcare case and roberts took it back and made it his own, we'll see if he keeps it the roberts court this term. >> eliot: editor of the new republic, thank you for your insights tonight. >> thank you. >> eliot: the mile high city of denver we'll preview th

the administration has said about this and it strikes me the act of someone taking responsibility you as she says, and doing her job. is the president ultimately responsible? yes. as president kennedy said, i'm the ultimate responsible officer of the government but the idea that that is her being thrown under the bus is, seems to me, wrong. because to me, she looks strong, effective, rational and those are three things we have not seen to describe the reaction of the administration to this story u >>> when we come back, former mccain strategist steve schmidt and political columnist for "time" magazine, joe klein, are here to help us handicap tonight's big debate. >>> tomorrow, looking at the man playing the roam of mitt romney for obama's debate prep, senator john kerry, but first the forecast with bim karens. >>> this tuesday, we are watching a hurricane this one heading for new york america and about to make landfall. it's in mexico, the baja of

. >> eliot: a notion reiterated by ambassador patrick kennedy testifying today before the house oversight committee. >> no one in the administration has claimed to know all the answers. we've always made clear we're giving the best information that we have at the time and that information has evolved. for example, if any administration official, including any career official were on television on sunday, september 16th, they would have said what ambassador rice said. >> eliot: joining me now p.j. crowley, former assistant secretary of state for public affairs for president obama as well as former special assistant for president clinton for national security affairs. now a professor at george washington university. thank you for joining us tonight. >> appreciate it eliot. >> working for ambassador rice, the state department, what appears to be evolving understanding about the awful story of what happened in bengahzi. why did ambassador rice make statements so quickly if there was such fluid information flow at the time? why not just remain quiet at that point? >> well any of us who are in front of the podium, you're only as good as

kennedy. >> the vice president almost got dismissive when he tried to question the administration's business in afghanistan. >> at times joe biden used answers like marlakey over answers paul ryan gave. the romney/ryan ticket has been saying the united states has been pulling too many troops out of afghanistan leave doing small of force to defend itself in the eastern part of that country. now again here biden staying on the attack questioning ryan's understanding of the obama administration's policy to train afghan troops to take over the fight against the taliban. >> it's the most dangerous place in the world. >> that's why we don't want to send fewer -- >> that's why we should send americans in to do the job. you'd rather americans >> no. we are already sending americans to do the job but fewer of them. >> that's right. we're sending in more afghans to do the job, afghans to do the job. >> you know, this post debate spin has already gone into high gear tonight. republicans sending out dozens of e-mails to reporters tonight questioning the vice president's facts of what they say are distor

administration. >> mr. bide snoon that's incredible. >> jack kennedy. >> now you're jack kennedy. >> i think the vice president very well knows sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. i know you're under a lot of duress to make up for a lost round. >> the fox news crowd could hardly contain its distaste to biden's performance. >> i don't believe i have ever seen a debate in which one participant was as openly disrespectful of the other as biden was to paul ryan tonight. >> it was so disrespectable i agree with chris wallace. it was sort of almost unprecedented and hugely condescending. >> on msnbc where the gang was so depressed over president obama's lackluster outing the mood was downright celebratory. >> this was joe bide and he gave president obama's campaign a much needed victory. >> it was a man against a boy. >> so how did the media fall in analyzing and could we be possibly exaggerating its importance. joing me now kelly goff politil correspondent for the root.com. and steve watkins, president of public affairs after george washington university and david frum, a cnn contributor