i think we have to bring it down to the psychology and mindset of lee harvey oswald, the killer.nd what i've attempted to do here is to go to the core of his motives for picking up the weapon on that november 22. you have to put two things together. the first is the attitude towards kennedy where he had absolute no animus towards the present at all. in fact, admired the president for his policies, but with john conway of texas who was in the car with kennedy, he had a long-standing grudge that had to do with the change in his military discharge, honorable and dishonorable. and he blamed conley for this because he had appealed to college to change back in 1962, and that hounded him for the next year and a half. and i believe he put the faith of conley on his frustration. so he had a rage and an anger against conley but no such an attitude towards kennedy at all. >> how did you do this research 50 years later? >> i published a biography of john connally in 1989. in fact, i was on booktv back there in 1989 on that, but this was a 680 page biography and the dallas assassination sided

take us through that day in what lee harvey oswald is thinking of doing and did he act alone? and was there really a magic bullet? >> guest: i don't exclude the possibility that someone incur installed or that there even was someone on the grassy knoll because the secret service credential story bothers me a great deal and some other things bother me. i outline a number of them in the book. so i am not going to say, as others have done, case closed. i think it takes too much hubris to do that, at least for me. the. >> host: and a book about there. i read the book, as you did. was he saying case closed for a political motivation or case closed at oslo acted alone. >> guest: that oswald acted alone. i don't see how anyone, another one, very impressive but, very impressive man. but they don't fully address these pieces that don't fit. i just have a more questioning mind about some of these things. if you force me to enter one camp or another i would go with the oswald acted alone, but i am not confident about it. i am confident about is that the warren commission that a terrible

minority, he saw the world's richest man a gel hunt to lift in dallas lead an attack and yet lee harvey oswald felt that he could be a player on the world stage as well. he really did. i think he was influenced by what happened. >> if i can add too that if oswald was a communist who was a terrible communist. this was a guy who defected to the soviet union. he came back to the united states. he despise people who are members of the working class which also i think goes with what communism is all about. when you look at who oswald was and the environment he was then you can see that he was kind of a misfit rate he was looking for a place to fit in and he had above average intelligence. he believed he was about to do something great with his life and he kept trying to find a place to plug himself then and never really did. >> if i may add in april of 1963 and this was exiled little bit to the corners of history, oswald did try to kill someone else in dallas and we spend a lot of our book re-creating that scene. it was an early harbinger of things to come. >> i think the style made it so that it h

lee harvey oswald killed him. the good people of the country didn't kill him. he was the murder, oswald. but doubt came in to america after the death of ceb i -- kennedy. there was evidence, civil unrest. race riot, murder of martin luther king, murder helter-skelter. we lost our confidence in optimism. jfk was a hugely optimistic man. he believed in american greatness and exceptionalism. he loved our history and national story. something went awry. we didn't believe them the way he believed them. >> with that, ladies and gentlemen, "the end of days: assassination of john f. kennedy." thank you. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations]

bulletin the moved on his death these artifacts include suspected assassin lee harvey oswald shirt jacket and wallet they're all being publicly displayed here for the very first time they're alone from the national archives and they really tell an extraordinary story of his apprehension in the texas theater. poorish them i'm feeling old and then his wallet is extraordinary i think because think about your own wallet and what it tells about you well this tells a big story about lee harvey oswald as well and this is old ball can be when you this is above but yeah this is how reporters covered those four days that really shook the world from the assassination as you remember the capture of oz well the shooting of officer tippit the capture of oz while in the first live broadcast murder on national television when ruby shot oswald that sunday so this is all through the lens of the reporters who covered it it's really extraordinary to spend one of the most popular exhibits this year and here the famous is a broom story right this is abraham zapruder film the assassination of president kennedy

king, general walker was almost assassinated in dallas by lee harvey oswald. an alleyway behind general walker's house put it gone on a notch and try to kill general walker. 1963 just kept getting more and more hot. neiman marcus, the famous store downtown, a lot of you know from the finest store in this part of the country was coated with swastikas. folks are coming out. the holocaust survivor in the spring of 63 came out and found a cross burning and it culminated in october a month before kennedy came to dallas with the united nations ambassador adlai stevenson being attacked by another bob in dallas. the very distinct clutter thinker minority escaped with his life. there's some evidence that the head of neiman marcus may have saved his life. literally grabbed the united nations ambassador pulled him from a crowd hell-bent on doing some violent when he threw them in a car that made their getaway in downtown dallas. the united nations ambassador adlai stevenson turned and saturdays humans are these animals? there were signs and kennedy was being warned not t

clear become president or or completely ruined so how does the set up this play you say that lee harvey oswald was not in the texas book depository why when i think i was in the bill that he was no he's in the building but i think he's on the second floor i am not alleging that johnson in any way does this alone i think that he works on johnson was in those sets of a car right which is it's interesting because before the first bullet is shut johnson hits the. beck we have photographic evidence that shows that dot johnson is on the floor of his car huddled around a walkie talkie before the first shot is fired then his secret service agent later lies to the warren commission tells the warren commission to push johnson the floor after he heard the first shot after johnson's death that agent recants and said well i said that because johnson told me too but lee harvey oswald told the police officer who arrested him in the movie theater and because i interviewed the officer i am not a patsy right patsy is not saying i didn't do it well saying i'm going to said what is pat's but he also says i didn't

you look at the warren commission 50 years ago and they looked at this and said that lee harvey oswald acted alone. in a decade later, the house house committee looks at the evidence and say that that's wrong and we didn't find three shots were fired, we found four. so i went there for the first time, which is was a fantastic trip, take your kids. the best part is i get there and of course i'm taking pictures and making a funny face and having fun. and then a minute later i'm walking and there's a family there with her cute little twin girls and if you can picture them same smile. of course -- i love judging other people. in the play, you people are taking pictures at a murder scene. i go there and it's believed to be where that fourth shot was fired not because anyone saw something and there was a footprint. because there was an audio tape in the sky, these two men are experts and you get the drift. no one in virginia gets that joke. in virginia, they're like, i don't get it. i don't get it at all. and they say that it's a gunshot. and no one knows that three years later, 10 of the to

johnson's death that agent recants and said well i said that because johnson told me to but lee harvey oswald told the police officer who arrested him in the movie theater and because i interviewed the officer i am not a patsy right patsy is not saying i didn't do it well saying i'm going to said what is pat's but he also says i didn't shoot anybody they reporter shows did you shoot the president of the united states he yells out no sir i did not vest voice stress analysis of technology didn't exist in one thousand nine hundred sixty three tells us that every time i was one said he didn't shoot anybody every time he says that he that he has done nothing but take a pistol into theater he's telling the truth i think as well does it all got the rifle to depository wow. i'm not we're not sure about that no one saw a rifle we saw a bag of undetermined length under his arm which he claims were curtain rods i'm uncertain about that but i do think this there's no way to be on the sixth floor and also be on the second floor ninety seconds later when he was not seen on the staircase but more importantl

we show the video of him being assassinated, lee harvey oswald as well.do we draw the line here? when do we decide that it's okay to start playing tapes and showing video? >> unfortunately some of those videos the jfk assassination is fortunately a wonderful example of this it becomes like wallpaper. i think we saw this after 9/11 as well. some of the scenes of the towers falling became replayed so often they were like wallpaper. they actually may desensitize people over time. that is not the intent and i think that's not a good thing. but i do err on the side of wanting to show people more rather than less. with warning labels, with viewer discretion advisories, i err on the side of wanting to show people more their than less to let them see unfortunately the horrors that are out there in the world sometimes. >> i'm not sure if you heard tom mauser whose son was killed in columbine. i said what's your advice for these families for the anniversary they said turn off the television. don't watch the news. >> that applies to all of us if we're uncomfortable.

next, the new book end of days takes a look at the kennedy assassination through the eyes of lee harvey oswaldis wife and the events that led to these actions and the questions that linger a half-century later. later. we will bewhat's better james than zero heartburn? ♪ nothing, that's what? that's why i take prilosec otc eacmorning for my frequent heartburn. 'cause it ves me a big fat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc. the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine f 8 straight years. [ larry ] you can't beat zero heartburn. and best of all, it means i can enjoy all the foods i love. oh, zero heartburn is asome. just like zero clery. ♪ [ male announcer ] prilosec otc. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. lou: joining us now is author james swanson and his latest book is entitled end of days committee assassination of john f. kennedy. it comes out tomorrow, so you can get a jump on the book. it's great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> let's get right to marina oswald and how important is she to the events that took place. she seems so pass

next, the new book end of days takes a look at the kennedy assassination through the eyes of lee harvey oswaldis wife and the events that led to these actions and the questions that linger a half-century later. we will be talking with james so, this board gives me rates for progressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but you're progressive, and they're them. yes. but they're here. yes. are you...? there? yes. no. are you them? i'm me. but those rates are for... them. so them are here. yes! you want to run through it again? no, i'm good. you got it? yes. rates for us and them -- now that's progressive. call or click today. lou: joining us now is author james swanson and his latest book is entitled end of days committee assassination of john f. kennedy. it comes out tomorro so you can get a jump on the book. it's great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> let's get right to marina oswald and how important is she to the events that took place. she seems so passive in most accounts so can you give us a sense of her role? >> she had done one thing differently, she would've saved pre

next, the new book end of days takes a look at the kennedy assassination through the eyes of lee harvey oswaldis wife and the events that led to these actions and the questions that linger a half-century later. we will be talking with james a business owner, i'm constantly putting out fires. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back on ery purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally soone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards! meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every d. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, larry! lou: joining us now is author james swanson and his latest book is entitled end of days committee assassination of john f. kennedy. it comes out tomorrow, so you can get a jump on the book. it's great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> let's get right to maria oswald and how important is she to the events that took place. she seems so passive in most accounts so can

because nobody has really brought lee harvey oswald into the consciousness before. >> they have neverm a human being. >> and this guy does. he is a vial human being, oswald. but this guy really nailed him. >> yeah. >> overall, americans watching this movie, do you think they are going to finally put the kennedy assassination to rest? >> never. >> no? >> of course not. >> no? >> it's the great mystery of all time. i mean, i think the movie is the definitive word on what happened. >> yes. we presented it really factually and so did you guys. >> and i actually believe that but people can agree to disagree. it's such a shakespearian story that people are going to revisit it forever because it's our -- the loss of our american dream and american royalty. >> and you know what i like most about this movie with lowe? that he actually shaved and combed his hair while it being -- that's not an easy thing to do. >> when i come on the factor, i always make sure because i know you love it so much. i make sure that i have a little bit of -- >> -- i saw you in the west wing. you were shafn, there we

is the author of "the accidental victim: jfk, lee harvey oswald, and the real target in dallas." >> and it's a rare constant in american political life. but if you look at congress in 1901, less than 2% of members came from working-class background. got into politics and that eventually wound up in congress. fast-forward to the present day. the average number of congress met less than 2% of the career doing manual labor jobs, service industry jobs. and so this is one thing that really hasn't changed, you know, different aspects of the political podcast. big money in politics and the decline of unions and while all of this is happening, there's one of the constants during the, during the last 100 years or so is that working-class people are not getting elected to political office. >> doesn't matter there's a socioeconomic disparity between most elected officials and the citizens they represent? nicholas carnes looks at "white-collar government" tonight at nine on "after words." and in january in depth with mark levin. he will take your questions for three hours beginning at noon eastern

two medical examiners to the stand, lyndon orton from dallas, who had done the exhumation on lee harvey oswald. >> today the medical examiner took the stand. dr. vincent dimaio said it isn't reliable. 32-year-old michael morton is charged in the death of his 31-year-old wife chris. morton broke down in tears today as district attorney ken anderson showed him photos of his wife's body. >> ken anderson's theory of the case was the theory that it was michael's birthday. christine had refused to have sex with him that night. and he went into a homicidal rage and killed her. >> prosecutors say he beat his wife to death after she refused to have sex with him on his birthday. >> the headline reveals the argument from the prosecution. district attorney ken anderson focused his line of questioning on morton's infrequent sexual relationship with his wife. >> under ken's theory, then michael masturbated over christine's body as i guess some form of sexual release. we don't know what it was. but when he did that, he had tears coming down his eyes as he talked to the jury. it was really quite an effective

linda norton from dallas who had done the exhumation of lee harvey oswald, and the medical examiner fromio. >> conflicting testimony in the murder trial of this man, michael morton. the behar county medical examiner took the stand and said it's not reliable to use the stomach contents for a time of death. >> a man took the stand today in his murder trial. 32-year-old michael morton is charged in the death of his 31-year-old wife chris. morton broke down in tears today as district attorney ken anderson showed him photos of his wife's body. >> ken anderson's theory of the case was the theory that it was michael's birthday. christine had refused to have sex with him that night, and he went into a homicidal rage, and killed her. >> channel 7 reports prosecutors say he beat his wife to death after she refused to have sex with him on his birthday. >> the headline reveals the argument of the prosecution. district attorney ken anderson today focused his line of questioning on morton's infrequent sexual relationship with his wife. >> under ken's theory at that point, then michael masturbated over

the time because it was too graphic -- theories continue to this day bout the lone assassin, lee harvey oswald did she express an opinion? > not in anything that i would trust. she kept her counsel in all things. left, don is ins colorado springs. >> thank you for the show. my question is how important is to kennedy's catholic faith her. >> the kennedys were catholics. to them?tant was it >> i'll begin on this. she had con flingt throughout her life. when she ouble man.rried a divorced was supported in doing that by family cardinal. public figures two, things. one, you never get to the truth if they'res marriage married. umber two, you get to the bottom of what the religious feeling was. sometimes presidents and first ladies exaggerate that. sometimes there's more than appears on the surface. > as michael pointed out so well through the oral history, she feels really having her in those ut her faith --ths after >> exactly. she talks about her husband praying at night. >> like a little boy. superstition. he said initially just in case there was a god. >> a wager. she spoke to a father and had s

she was accused of lee harvey oswald on a visa form about how much she paid her house keeper.ials in india was outraged that she was arrested, stip searched and jailed. they are looking to transfer to the united nations to provide her with greater diplomatic immunity. the u.s. state department would have to approve the move. she could face up to 10 years for visa fraud if convicted. >> six months after leaking more than a million documents to the press, edward know den said mission accomplished. his leaks exposed details of the massive nsa program. he said all he wanted was for the public to have a say in how they are governed. >> the federal government is getting a closer look at the target hacking scandal. the roles of the justice democratic and secret service are playing. that we will explain that rewarding the data breach on the other side of this break. the church of the nativity in bethlehem gets a makeover for the first time in centuries. we'll take you inside the church for a closer look at the face lift. >> tracking santa around the world. why one of the nation's top