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the kennedy assassination for the first few years. now, it is probably 75% of the people. they don't believe that. that's good that they don't believe the government. people ask me about the 9/11 investigation. all these investigations, are you for reopening these? >> well, if the government is going to do it, i'm not sure i want them to do it again. all these investigations, these commissions, i believe 99% are not looking for honest answers and the truth. they are looking for cover-up. they are looking to cover-up their connivings or mistakes that they made. >> people deserve to know. i don't think it is going to be coming from our government. it is good. people will say, well, and they had me quoted this week about, it is probably not going to make much difference who you vote for. all the same thing. why are you in the congress? >> very specifically, i was in the congress, because i didn't think i was going. i wanted to talk about monetary policy. my wife asked me, what are you doing this for? you have a good medical practice. we

>>> we continue our look back at the kennedy assassination 50 years later. and we continue my conversation with famed prosecutor vincent bugliosi who wrote a 1600 page book on reclaiming history. here bugliosi talks about the third shot, the fatal shot that killed the president. seen on the zapruder film, it seemed that the president's head snapped backwards and to the left indicating that he was shot from the front and the right. if true, oswald could not have acted alone. but bugliosi says, frame by frame, the zapruder film shows something very different. >> if you look at the individual frames of the zapruder film you cannot see it at all if you look athe film. you have to look at the individual frames which i put on the screen for the jury. at frame 312, the president's head is okay. at frame 313, one-18th of a second later, the president is struck in the head. you can see the explosion to his head. and in what direction is the president's head pushed at frame 313? slightly forward, 2.3 inches. of impact, the president's head is pushed forward, indicatin

. >> you remember kennedy was assassinated in late november of 63 and i was at that time president of the federation of republican women. beginning in december. and it just seemed inappropriate to give the standard speech so i walked up with a new speech. how they are stolen. starting the first week in december of 1963 and then i gave that speech on january and february and he to tell the story of how the rockefeller establishment had outmaneuvered the conservative's giving the domination and by march i realized i could put in a book and influence the convention. it was a whirlwind year. i wrote it on my standard typewriter at home at night. i self published it. and we needed it in 64. that is the little publisher i set up to produce this book. i sent it off to the printer in march and 25,000 copies arrived in my garage on april the 30th and i typed up a one page letter that's a different please read this book today i typed a stencil in those days and i have a memory graph machine in the basement. i put the central on the round thing and grabbed a hundred letters. who called up and sa

this week of famed attorney vincent a program i did with him on the 50th anniversary of the kennedy assassination. >> vincent, in reclaiming history, 1600 pages and some 20 years later, you have come to the conclusion of who killed kennedy. who killed him? >>well, there's no question in my mind, not just beyond a reasonable doubt, beyond all doubt, john, that lee harvey oswald killed kennedy. in reclaiming history, i set forth 53 separate pieces of evidence that point being the killer. you can't have 53 pieces of evidence against you and still be innocent. maybe one, two, three or even four, but not 53. let me give you five of those pieces of evidence. oswald's rifle. a 6.5 millimeter mannlicher- carcano rifle was determined by firearms experts to be the murder weapon. so we know that the weapon that shot and killed john f. kennedy was owned and oswald. after the shooting in dealey plaza, oswald was the only worker at the book depository building who fled the building. 45 minutes later, oswald shot and killed officer j.d. tippit of the dallas police department when tippit stopped him on the stree

he claimed that -- he insinuated that ted cruz's dad was a part of the kennedy assassination. he talked about ted cruz not being qualified to be president because of if potential niship issues. >> can't hillary clinton be the one to correct him on those if that's the case? >> i fully antis -- anticipate secretary clinton well out when donald trump has fun with facted. here's the real issue -- >> the same should apply to -- just to be clear -- the same should apply to hillary clinton if she exaggerates. >> i think if -- if it's a mott raider in media, if someone says something that's true they should be held account. just baas donald trump makes a routine about lying about his positions and secretary christians to's positions doesn't mean he should get a pass. this is about who has as coherent policy to make the can economy work. donald trump should be held to name standard as hillary clinton. >> the only thing that catches my attention there's hell to pay by many in your camp if hillary clinton is interrupted as matt lauer did and that rude and that's going too far and that's

of course no government conspiracy book would be complete without an investigation of the kennedy assassination. >> i have president johnson's telephone transcripts within >> reporter: roth miller hasn't come up with any documents describing a government conspiracy to kill the president, but in one transcript, discussion of his autopsy four years after president kennedy was killed. >> why is the president and the most powerful law enforcement person in the country worrying about the autopsy four years when they have already said there is nothing to see it's over and done with. when you see stuff like this, you can't help but feel that there are conspiracies. >> and he also details conversations president clinton had about iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the impending al qaeda attack on the u.s. >>> san francisco trying to clean up the streets, what they are doing to help the homeless and make the city a little nicer. >>> did you know, the cardinals are the oldest team in the nfl, and did you know, 100 thing yeah, it's the title of the newest book about the team from the cards team writer

, you know, it was treason to think we didn't know everything about the kennedy assassination for theirst few years. now it's probably 75% of the people don't believe that. that's good they don't believe the government. people ask me about the 9/11 investigation, all these investigations, are you for reopening these? well, if the government is going to do it. i'm not sure i want them to do it again. all of these investigations and commissions, i believe 99% will -- are not looking for honest answers in the truth. they are looking for cover-up and looking to cover up their mistakes they made. i don't think it's going to be coming from our government. it's good -- they say they have me quoted about it's probably not going to make much difference who you vote for, why were you in the congress? i was in the congress because i didn't think i was going. my wife asked me, what are you doing this for, you have a good medical practice, we're doing quite fine? she wasn't even interested in this. well, i've been reading, a dangerous thing to do even i've come to the conclusion we're going in the

, you know, it was treason to think we didn't know everything about the kennedy assassination for the first few years. now it's probably 75% of the people don't believe that. that's good they don't believe the government. people ask me about the 9/11 investigation, all these investigations, are you for reopening these? well, if the government is going to do it. i'm not sure i want them to do it again. all of these investigations and commissions, i believe 99% will -- are not looking for honest answers in the truth. they are looking for cover-up and looking to cover up their mistakes they made. i don't think it's going to be coming from our government. it's good -- they say they have me quoted about it's probably not going to make much difference who you vote for, why were you in the congress? i was in the congress because i didn't think i was going. my wife asked me, what are you doing this for, you have a good medical practice, we're doing quite fine? she wasn't even interested in this. well, i've been reading, a dangerous thing to do even i've come to the conclusion we're going in t

trump speculated that cruz's father was involved in a the kennedy assassination.e is to win back never-trump republicans. >> reporter: with the clock ticking down to round one of those debates with hillary clinton donald trump just brought a crucial new ally into his corner, ted cruz. the same texas senator who declined to endorse the gop nominee at the republican convention this center. >> vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. i appreciate the enthusiasm of the new york delegation. >> reporter: now, cruz says he's backing trump to keep the supreme court from tilting to the left. adding in a facebook post a year ago i pledged to endorse the republican nominee and i'm honoring that commitment. and if you don't want to see a hillary clinton presidency, i encourage you to vote for him. after the violence charlotte, trump is already previewing his lines of attack against clinton for the first debate accusing her of siding against the police. >> those peddling the narrative of cops is a ra

way from when donald trump accused ted cruz's father may have had something to do with the kennedy assassination>> he was with lee harvey oswald prior to kennedy being shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. and nobody even brings it up. they don't even talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it. but i think it's horrible. >> after refusing to endorse trump at the republican convention in july ted cruz today posted on his facebook page that he will be voting for donald trump this november. mckay, what's going on? was ted cruz surprised at the reaction of the republican party to what he did at the convention? >> yeah, well, so, yes, i have heard from people close to ted cruz that he was not expecting quite such a dramatic reaction at the rnc. but i think what also is going on here is ted cruz is up for re-election in 2018. he's just by nature of the very combative, divisive first term in the senate he has had, he does not have a ton of allies in the state republican party or the national republican party, the kind of allies that an incumbent traditionally has. he is worried

of course, also insinuated that cruz's father was involved with harvey oswald of the kenne kennedy's assassinationp also stood on that debate stage and repeatedly calling him lying ted which was something that stuck in republicans' primary voter minds. there is no shortage of animosity here. cruz ended up being that last man standing against donald trump. of course, cruz also -- cruz has not made the fact that he has additional ambition to potentially run for president in the future years. the delicate dance for all of these republicans who are negotiating over how or whether public to be in their support for donald trump is the fact that there is this is, the primary electorate and it is their base. they're the ones who picked trump as their nominee. and ocourse, you have seen others like -- the republican president nominee, you see mitch mcconnell doing that as well and many republican poll tipiticiane different comfort levels with donald trump. john mccain, another politician up for election contending of the same pressure of having this base electorate supporting donald trump. kelly o'donell,

got high marks for all around and then accusing ted cruz's father of being involved in the kennedy assassination. you have an extraordinary undisciplined candidate, and that just makes this totally unpredictable and we don't know what is going to come out of the guy's mouth next. >> amy, let me pick up on the point that trump made about the second amendment in which he said the secret service should disarm and see what happens to secretary clinton. is he talking to more than just his base here? >> he's probably trying to court independence at this point but i think it -- >> how does that court independents? >> i don't think it does, and maybe in his view it does and he is trying to look at the base, and he had to walk back the birther comments and it helps him lay down his flag and say, no, she's going to take away your second amendment rights, and i think this rally is maybe them and some republicans who are kind of on the fence and leaning toward the hillary clinton side but don't know what to do at this point. >> jeremy, i want to play this interview of john kasich, and it will be on "meet th

well, i hear some people say ted cruz's father was involved in the kennedy assassination. he tries to say it without saying it but says it. i don't think it gets him far with the women voters. that's the group you need to persuade here. by this morning coming out and stepping all over whatever good headlines he might have had from the debate he picks a fight with his former miss universe contestant he called overweight, belittled for being heavier than he thought she should be. that's not sitting well with women, we imagine. >> let's play that exchange. >> he called this woman miss pig piggy. then he walled her miss housekeeping because she was latina. donald, she has a name. her name is alicia machada. >> she was a winner and gained a massive amount of weight. it was a problem. we had a real problem. not only that, her attitude. we had a real problem with her. hillary went back into the years and found this girl. this was many years ago. found a girl and talked about her like she was mother teresa. it wasn't that way. that's okay. >> before the debate the clinton campaign

donald trump saying that ted cruz's father was involved in president kennedy's assassination may be thegle most insane thing donald trump has ever said. ted cruz had to get over all of that to endorse donald trump. glenn beck knows ted cruz and he knows ted cruz's wife. he became very friendly with ted cruz's wife when they were campaigning together. and here is what glenn beck said about ted cruz putting all of that stuff behind him in order to endorse donald trump. >> i'm not surprised that ted could say, okay, i'm going to compartmentalize what you did to my wife. i may never forgive you as a man and as a husband, but as president i can maybe see that. where that falls apart for me s is, you know, the fervor of it. i would have a very hard time as a man standing next to that and selling him with all the great gusto that i could muster. because i would be repulsed by him as a man. >> glenn beck says he takes ted cruz's word for it on why he endorsed donald trump. he accepts ted cruz's reasoning about the endorsement. but glenn beck did offer another theory of what might have moved ted

theory, not unlike the conspiracy theory that ted cruz's dad had something to do with the kennedy assassination, something else that donald trump put forward this year. this is significant because many people, including many african-americans, think that the attempt to say that barack obama, the first african-american president, was born in africa and was not eligible for the presidency, was not a real american, was not quote, unquote, one of us, that that whole campaign was racist. there are a great many people who feel that very passionately. to act as though this is over like that is a disservice to those people who were greatly personally offended by the whole birther movement and john king put it right when he said that he was, donald trump was the lead cheerleader for that movement. >> and let's be clear. donald trump didn't say when he concluded that barack obama was born in the united states. dana, was it when john king sat down with donald trump in 2011 and showed the birth certificate, or nothing has changed since then. i'm flowing it othrowing it out. i know there's no answer to it a

violates what he said, which is that somebody who said that his father was involved in the kennedy assassination lee harvey oswald, right. insulted his wife. >> it's more of the same with marco rubio. these are politicians who believe that donald trump is a con man and a liar and they're supporting him for president anyway. to me that's an unpatriotic act. if you actually believe ha he's a con man and a liar, how can you have him defending our constitution? >> they would say because they believe hillary clinton is a worse option than donald trump. cruz did say that. >> that is what they are argue, they have to argue that politically. i'm not sure that if they believe that, like so many other mitt romneyians and other republicans who clearly don't believe they could ever back trump. >> quickly, before i let you go, the holdouts left include governor john kasich, former president george w. bush, jeb bush as far as endorsements. will the bushes endorse or hold off? >> depends how close it gets. if it looks like trump very well might be the next president and we're a week out or something, i think a

he's proceeded by the three shakespearean figures, kennedy assassinated, they'll always be a sense of what might have been. johnson tormented by the war. richard nixon, you know, with the vision and international affairs but self-destructive nature. i mean, those are worthy of shakespeare. ford actually is a bridge between the nixonian prague -- pragmatism and reagan conservatism, because reagan was such a larger than life figure, because he was -- you know, in his own way like john kennedy. ford tends to get overshadowed at the very at least sitting at the desk sitting down on ford museum and the ford's grave site which is located just a few hundred feet from here. speaking of books, this is what a book looks like before it's a book, basically. these are tip of the iceberg, but this is essential research material for the next six months to nine months, you know, piles of oral histories set off by themselves but there's a whole section, several piles dealing with his congressional career. a pile just devoted to the context in which he became house republican leader in 1965 from people

way from when donald trump accused ted cruz's father may have had something to do with the kennedy assassinationwith lee harvey oswald prior to kennedy being shot. and nobody even brings it up. they don't even talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it. but i think it's horrible. >> after refusing to endorse trump at the republican convention in july ted cruz today posted on his facebook page that he will be voting for donald trump this november. mckay, what's going on? was ted cruz surprised at the reaction of the republican party to what he didt the convention? >> yeah, well, so, yes, i have heard from people close to ted cruz that he was not expecting quite such a dramatic reaction at the rnc. but i think what also is going on here is ted cruz is up for re-election in 2018. he's just by nature of the very combative, divisive first term in the senate he has had, he does not have a ton of allies in the state republican party oar the national republican party, the kind of allies that an incumbent traditionally has. he's worried ba primary and needs to make sure the conservative

kennedy was assassinated. the next day it was set to release an article on investigating the dealings in texas and bobby baker. his eight in washington. the article never saw the light of day. the senate intelligence committee was doing an investigation also that too was stopped that too was stopped jfk and his assassination by him in the white house which was one of the reasons that they have argued ever since that he was responsible for his death he have nothing to do with it. but he did benefit from it. he also avoided these investigations. that some of what the book said as well. >> a deal with the devil. she argues that the young man like matt wallace came in orbit was dealing with the devil. and making up arguments with the devil. they got something for but they paid a steep price for it as well. the new book is out on the american revolution what we can learn. paul is the former head of the art department. but also a historian of note. through the lens of the five great painters of the era. gilbert stua

. >> well, you remember kennedy was assassinated in late november of 63. i was at that time the president of the illinois federation of republican women. i had a series series of republican speech is scheduled beginning in december and it just seemed inappropriate to give the standard anti- democratic speech so i worked out a new speech called how political conventions are stolen, started the first week in december of 1963. and then i gave that speech all january february and it told the story of how the rockefeller establishment had outmaneuvered the conservatives and given the domination to lead to worse. by march i realize that i could put it in a book and influence the convention. so, it was a world when year. i wrote it on my typewriter at night at home. and then of course i self published it. if you go to a publisher is going to take in two years to get their act together. we needed it in 64. that's the little publisher i set up to produce this book. and so i sent it off to the printer in march and 25000 copies arrived in my garage on april 40. i typ

i mean, kennedy assassinated in his prime, there'll always be a sense of what might have been; johnson, tormented by war; richard nixon, you know, with a soaring vision in international affairs but a self-destructive nature. i mean, those are figures worthy of shakespeare. ford actually is a bridge between nixonian pragmatism and ronald reagan's more doctrinaire conservativism. but because reagan was reagan, because reagan was such a larger-than-life figure, because he was so telegenerallic, because he was witty, because he was, you know, in his own way like john kennedy before him, master of the media in a way that ford never was, ford tends to get overshadowed at the very least sitting at the desk, looking down on the ford museum and on the fords' grave site which is located just a few hundred feet from here. speaking of books, this is what a book looks like before it's a book, basically. these are -- tip of the iceberg, but this is essential research material for the next six months to nine months, you know? there are piles of oral histories set off by themselves, but there's a whol

the kennedy assassination had a certain galvanizing effect.s the soviet union doing it was having a galvanizing effect. mid 60's. but there was widespread opposition to the program. the overall support for the apollo program was not that strong, not much above 50%. even in those circumstances. erik: there is a legend that the apollo program was flush with money, but their budget was actually cut every year from fiscal 1965 on. roger: and there was an attack every year in congress, and it was about reducing money spent on apollo. walt: more questions? sir? >> how langley got the viking program as opposed to jpl, only focused on aeronautics. i am wondering about it being successful, whether or not? planetary wise. and jpl. i am wondering what the path was. many more missions regarding to viking planetary wise? why did it come about? walt: i think, erik, that is a question for you. erik: i thought i was going to get that question. the answer in the short term was yes, of course. viking was successful, and in the longer term, no, and what i cannot

kennedy is assassinated. toward the end of his life, john kennedy was becoming very progressive. he was, in his early years as president, he was hesitant to overly support civil rights actors, but he definitely moved toward that prior to his assassination. so when lyndon johnson comes into office, he tried to carry forth some of the spirit of reform that john kennedy wanted to enact. and one way that he does this is by launching what he calls the war on poverty. so when you're looking across the u.s. in the 1960's, it is a time of economic growth for certain segments of society, but for others it is not. and johnson has a belief that if we are the richest country in the world, we should not have people living in the conditions i've described to you. so in kern county, the same organization i was talking about, it was a coalition of many different organizations. one of them was called the community service organization. and the community service organization is where cesar chavez cut his teeth as an organizer, before he organized farm workers. so there was an organization in bakers

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program discussing the release of her first book, a choice, not an echo spirit remember kennedy was assassinatedin late november of 63 and i was a time the president of an illinois federation of republican women and to have a whole series of republican speeches scheduled beginning in december. and it just seemed inappropriate to give the standard at the democratic price speech. so i worked up a new speech called how political conventions are stolen, starting the first week in the summer of 1963. and then i gave that speech all january and february. and it totally story of how the rockefeller establishment had outmaneuvered the conservatives, and given the domination. by march i realized i could put in the book and influence the convention. so was a whirlwind year. i wrote it on my royal standard typewriter at night at home. and then, of course, i self-published it. if you go to a publisher it will take two years to get their act together come and we did it in 64. the little publisher i set up to produce this book. i sent it off to the printer in march and 25,000 copies arrived in my garage on ap

[applause] >>> remember kennedy was assassinated in late november of 63, and i was at that time the president of the illinois federation of women and i had a series of speeches scheduled and beginning in december and it just seemed an appropriate to give the standard anti-democratic party speech. so, i had a new speech called how speeches are still in startinor stolen startingthe fif 1963. then i gave that speech all january and february and it told the story of how the rockefeller establishment outmaneuvered the conservatives and given the nomination. by march i realized it implements the convention, so it was a whirlwind. >> when did you write it? >> i wrote it on my royal standard typewriter at night at home, and then of course i self published it. if you go to a publisher for it will take two years to get their act together, and we needed it. the little publisher that i set up to produce this book. so i sent it off to the printer in march, and 25,000 copies arrived at my garage and i typed out a one-page letter that said please read this book today and buy enough copies to send giordano g

head in 1964.ur following the assassination of president kennedy. president johnson pulled together a commission to investigate the assassination of president kennedy which would take the name of the war in commission. lyndon johnson reached into the congressional pull and pluck to members of congress to sit on the commission. two members of the house of representatives. one was gerald ford. he had thatse reputation of being able to work together with people of differing ideas, to reach reasonable conclusions. he was one of the seven warren commissioners. after he completes that he and another man by the name of jack stiles worked on a book called a portrait of the assassin. firmly in the commission's finding at least harvey oswald had acted alone as the loan gunman. there was no evidence that was brought to the commission that would refute the finding. he remains open to other evidence that might prove otherwise that might counter that opinion. during his lifetime he never saw could show that it was lee harvey oswald alone who acted as the assassin

things like accusing ted cruz's father unjustly more participating in a kennedy camp assassination becauseething in the national i inquir inquirer. or calling women bimbos. and all of these things have been written out. he has no problem with donald trump saying that. i'm not going to sit here and talk about harry reed. i'm talk about mike pence and donald trump all night long. >> aren't you doing the same thing and not denouncing harry reed and just pointing the finger at someone else? >> no i'm not. you asked me a question about what mike pence said. you said he said this on the show. i'm responding to governor pence. >> pence said harry reed's comments were beneath the dignity of the united states senate. >> harry reed has been in the senate a long time. he feels strongly about the country. he's dedicated decades of his life to serving in this country. i'll let him speak for himself. i think donald trump's words and actions, the insulting things he says throughout the campaign, disparaging everyone from a judge, an american born judge of mexican dissent and muslims and retweeting white

in 1964,came to a head following the assassination of president kennedy. president johnson pulled together a commission to investigate the assassination of president kennedy, which would take the name of the warre n, named after chief justice or a warren. -- earl warren. members ofcked two the house of representatives to sit on my commission. one was gerald ford. it was largely because he have being able ton of work together with people of differing ideas, to reach reasonable conclusions, and so he became one of the seven commissioners. after he completes his commission's work, he and rapidian, jack stiles, worked on a book called "a portrait of the assassin." it is "portrait of the assassin," not portrait of "an" assassin. he believes firmly that lee harvey always love had acted alone, as the lone gunmen. there was no evidence that was brought to the commission that would refute that finding. he would remain open to other evidence that might prove otherwise, that might counter during his lifetime, he never saw any. showwould conclusively that it was lee ha

kennedy was assassinated, they changed their financial life because he was now president.ir texas radio and television holdings into a blind trust to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest. ever since then, presidents have been setting up blind trusts did it, jimmy carter did it. bill clinton did, ronald reagan did it. they all set up blind trusts. last night on this show, we previewed a "newsweek" story that was due to come out today, looking at donald trump's myriad foreign assets as his business ties to people and multiple businesses in other foreign countries, it's a cover story, it's a lengthy examination of trump's business empire, how his foreign ties could be problematic if he should be elected president. you should read the story, it's good, it's well written. but the author's bottom line is basically this, if donald trump win this is election and his company is not shut down or not forever separated from the family, the foreign policy of the united states of america would well be for sale. it's not because he's a rich guy, we have had rich presidential no

assassinated. it is the year in which robert kennedy is assassinated. this is the year in which the democratic national convention in chicago turns into what was termed later a police riot. this is the year in which the antiwar movement reaches a crescendo. this is the year in which this nation is on edge in many ways. we've tried to evoke that in this section when there is music, think about the emotion that will come out as you hear the music of the late 1960s. one of the key notes of that era was just before his death, martin luther king established a slightly larger vision, a vision around economic justice that was to include explicitly all manner of americans, all different groups, and the idea was to bring pressure on the federal government by creating an encampment here in washington, d.c., called resurrection city and then working to lobby and work on legislation with various government agencies. so resurrection city was an encampment of 3,500 people on the mall, alongside of the reflecting pool, and plywood and canvas tents were erected for the

>>president kennedy has been assassinated. it's official now.s dead. >> even the most hated man in america... [gunshot ] >> [groans] >>lee oswald has been shot! >> ...gets his name on a headstone. >> the stone clearly shows oswald's date of birth and death. >> but how did it become their strange inheritance? >> i thought, "what on earth was a tombstone doing under my mother's house?" >> only after it's stolen, recovered, hidden, found, fought over, and more. >> we're going to take it back to texas, back home to the good ol' boys where it can have a lone star beer and make a lot of noise. >> you really wanted it back, dave. why? >> maybe they messed with the wrong tombstone owner.

. >> you remember kennedy was assassinated in late november.and i was at that president of the illinois federation of republican women. beginning in december it just seems inappropriate to give the standard speech. and then i published it. if you go to a publisher it will take them two years to get their act together and we needed it and 64. the little publisher that i set up to produce this book and so i sent it off to the printer in march

. >> well you remember kennedy was the assassinated in late november of 63 and i was at that time theyresent at the illinois federation of republican women and i had a whole series of republican speeches scheduled beginning in december. and it just seemed inappropriate to give the standard anti-democratic party speech so i worked up in a speech called how political conventions are stolen starting the first week in december of 1963 and then i gave a speech all january and february ended told a story of how the rockefeller establishment had outmaneuvered the conservatives and given the domination to people like thomas dewars. i'm mark should i realized i could put it in the book and influence the conviction. it was a whirlwind year. i wrote it on my royal standard typewriter at night at home and then of course i self-published it. if i ticketed publisher would take them two years to get their act together and we needed it in 64. that's a little publisher i set up to produce this book and so i sent it off to the printer in march and 25,000 copies arrived in my garage on april the 30th and

i remember exactly where i was when president kennedy was assassinated, and so it is i remember exactly where i was and what i was doing when those planes hit the world trade center and those 3,000 americans lost their lives. it's important for us to send a message that that evil shall not prevail. americans from all backgrounds came together in a beautiful display of patriotism and fraternity following that terrible day of accept the 11th, -- of september the 11th, 2001. but the truth is, the victims and their families still don't have the ability to get justice from the people, including the governments who helped fund those terrorist attacks. and that's where the bill -- the justice against sponsors of terrorism act -- comes into play because if this legislation is signed by the president, it will become the law of the land. it will -- it will amend the foreign sovereign immunities act in a way that will allow americans to sue state superiors of terrorism -- state sponsors of terrorism when the terrorism attack owe cuss on american -- occurs on american soil. under the current law, t

kennedy deadline is reporting fox spotlight bout u.s. right movie called jackie about first few days following assassination of president kennedy. her dealing with two young children now fatherless while also trying to cement her husband's legacy. fox spotlight se movie which an oscar buzz about it is set to hit theater december 9th. >>> it's been over month since the olympic ended but stars of rio still as busy as ever. showing some hidden talents. >>> ? ? ? ? lifetime 1:22((jen/vo con't)) yes, you saw that right. that was you saw it right. was swimmer michael phelps chac i didn't even notice that was him. he wasn't only oh olympian there. gymnast aly raisman. and simone biles did their there best but it was phelps who robbed the house and took home the crown. wow. >> and wasn't only big event. winner of so you think you can dance next generation has crowned fox's michelle pollino joins final contestants with highlights from >> another winner joins the ranks of america's favorite dancers monday night after the results were revealed during the season finale of so you think you can dance the next generation. i'm still in showing

looking at robert caro's book, morse specifically lyndon johnson in terms of when president kennedy is assassinated on november 22 how johnson really takes charge and chose his leadership. in recent times i found these some of the most fascinating men in american history. >> did you see her segment earlier with bob woodward about the last of the presidents men? >> unfortunately no, but, but i'm hoping to watch the replay later. of course i am a voracious viewer of c-span, book tv, and of course c-span three. it is excellent to have the resource there at our fingertips at the computer. >> so everything we have covered here today at the national book festival will re-air beginning beginning at midnight eastern time. that is 11:00 a.m. at arlington heights in illinois. we sat down with bob woodward and talked about his most recent book, alexander butterfield we talked about watergate as well. so in case that is a topic that is of interest to any mention evan thomas booked, mr. thomas was here last year to talk about his book at the national book festival. you can watch that online at our website, at b

. >> narrator: two months later, senator robert kennedy was assassinated in los angeles.then, tensions over the vietnam war erupted at the democratic convention in downtown chicago. >> (chanting): stop the war! >> here's this convention going on, right, and hillary said, "we have to go see it." and she and i told our mothers that we were going to the movies, and we drove my family station wagon downtown, parked. i have no idea where we parked. i had never driven downtown. >> narrator: thousands of chicago police confronted anti-war protestors. (people shouting) as betsy and hillary waded into the crowd, they saw an old high school friend. >> she was there volunteering, patching up heads, and said, "you've got to be aware of this and everything that's going on." it was chaotic, it was mayhem, but it was also almost beautiful in its portrayal of, like, opened up this road and said, "this is where you're going, and this is why." >> they've just turned michigan and balbo into a warzone. >> she knew she was going to go back to wellesley, and she would find people of like think

its is evidence that the c-i-a conspired with the mafia in placing the blame for the assassination of president kennedy on cuba. the cubans claim that lee harvey oswald was set up by the cia to give the u.s. a pretext for attacking cuba." "according to spokesman herbert hetu, 'that is all rubbish.'"the reported that president johnson himself had lingering doubts on the commission, a report that had until then, previously been unaired under th it was a tho 'national security.'but o the news broke. 00:00 "i asked mr. johnson then, whether he was satisfied that there was no international conspiracy in his "i can't honestly say that i've ever been completely relieved of the fact that there might have been international "you m that. there might have been?" "well i, have not completely discounted." "well, that would seem to indicate that you don't have complete confidence in the warren commission's report." "no, no i think the warren commission study...i think first of all the warren commission is composed of the first of all the warren commission is composed of the mo partisan men in this country. second, i

and that came to a head in 1964, following the assassination of president kennedy. president johnson pulled together a commission to investigate the assassination of president kennedy, which would take the name of the warren commmission, named after chief justice earl warren. johnson plucked two members of the house of representatives to sit on that commission. one was gerald ford. and it was largely because he had that reputation of being able to work together with people of differing ideas, to reach reasonable conclusions, and so he became one of the seven warren commissioners. after he completes his commission's work, he and another grand rapidian, jack stiles, worked on a book called "a portrait of the assassin." it is "portrait of the assassin," not "portrait of an assassin." he believed firmly that lee harvey always love had acted alone, as the lone gunman. there was no evidence that was brought to the commission that would refute that finding. he would remain open to other evidence that might prove otherwise, that might counter that, but during his lifetime, h

and who insulted his wife's looks and who insinuated cruz's father was involved of the assassination of john f. kennedy and who said he wouldn't accept his endorsement and who for months mocked him mercilessly with a schoolyard taunt, lyin' ted. he was supposed to be the last line of right-wing republican defense against donald trump. the last line was supposed to be principled resistance to donald trump and that is gone now, too. ted cruz's former communications director rick tyler who was a ted cruz true believer, he told nbc's hallie jackson when he heard this news. quote, it's morning in america for conservatives. we lost our leader today. what it also means is that donald trump is consolidating the support of the republican party, all of it. he is theirs now and they are his. which is something i am sure his campaign wanted to have sewed up heading into the debates and they were both off the campaign trail today preparing for monday's debate although they're preparing in markedly different ways. sources tell nbc news that clinton will be debating in mock debate with someone playing the role of don

kennedy, our president, was assassinated. i remember where i was and what i was doing. but i know people across this country will spend time honoring the victims and those left behind as well as the first responders and volunteers who put others before themselves in the wake of such destruction. one way that congress can honor the victims of that day and lend support to their families is by sending the justice against sponsors of terrorism act to president obama's desk for his signature. this bill would enable americans and their family members to pursue justice against those who sponsor acts of terrorism on the u.s. homeland, such as that that occurred on september 11, 2001. a few months ago, this legislation passed united states of americaly in the senate. arntiondz again, there's not -- and, again, there's not much legislation that passes this body unanimously, but this did. unanimous passage of this bill, i believe, sends an unmistakable message that we will combat terrorism with every tool we have, and just as importantly, we will make sure that simple justice is a

assumed the presidency upon the death of the titanic franklin roosevelt and lbj after the assassination of john f. kennedy. when truman took office, the washington post did not have a high opinion of him, riding that we would be less than candid if we did not recognize the great disparity between mr. truman's experience and the great responsibility that has been thrust upon him. lbj said of kennedy, he was a great public hero, and anything i did, it was not approved of, it was always said that president kennedy would do it better. he would not make mistakes i made. both truman and johnson became near great presidents. they shared an acute sense of social justice, while truman and johnson never forgot where they came from. advanced the cause of civil rights despite growing up in places where racism was be relied -- virulent. truman desegregated the military and pushed in vain for civil rights laws. a trilogy ofd transformational civil rights legislation, the civil rights act of 1964 to break the back of jim crow, the voting rights act of 1965, and the fair housing act of 1968. they shared a great personal

raised questions answer ted cruz's father whether or not he had been involved in the assassination of of president kennedy a pretty bitter spill to swael low for ted cruz right no president obama says be yourself, explain what motivates are you. >> well i think she certainly wants to get under donald trump's skin. she wants to prove he doesn't have the temperament to be president. i think she also wants to show that she is more prepared. and use it in a way that exposes the lighter debate preparation that donald trump had been doing. and you are going to have a lot of voters who go into the debate essentially hating both candidates so you also need to give people a reason to like you. to want to vote for you. that is going to be a challenge. she needs to prove to people that she does have a softer side and show who she is as a person and kbif people a reason to trust her. i think both candidates going with really steep challenges wolf. >> and jim acosta still with us. the trump campaign seems to be lower expectations. is that a savvy strategy? >> i think so, wolf. >> earlier this week they put out this me

the assassination was so shocking that the opponents of kennedy's legislative agenda that to submit on at least one kennedy goal out of due respect for the slain leader. the obvious choice was the tax cut. once that was en, ad all leverage was lost on blocking civil rights, kennedy's other big legislative initiative in the long term, however, kennedy's absence after 1963 deprived the tax cut of its principle ex-opponent or particular later and enforcer. the cerebrotone, his commitment to thinking threw the real economic effects of a tax rate cut, while unken come bur third intellectual paradigms of university economics, flawed as they were. this supreme associating standing he indiana come economy douglas dillon, and the the ambition estimated the reason and credibility when the administration's commitment to seeing the tax cut through. with kennedy gone, the mechanism of the tax cut that kept the logic keen and motive was gong, too. no matter the phenomenal quality of the prosperity it unleashed. so,. >> didn't take johnson long to undo the best damn policy he was associated with and