lee harvey oswald and the assassination ofjfk.s own, killed kennedy back in 1963. but i also think a lot of americans and people around the world don't think that's the case. they believe there's something much more nefarious. one of the mistakes the government has made of many mistakes was keeping documents sealed for more than 60 years. people say to me all the time, so what's in there? what are they hiding? they must be hiding the real truth. so i've been a proponent of getting these files open for decades. i think it's about time. and it's good that trump, who could have done it on his first administration, then pulled back, is finally doing it this time. 0k. why do you think people are so obsessed with conspiracy theories surrounding this one event? well, i think there are a number of reasons. the biggest reason, though, of course, is because the person who's accused as being the assassin, lee harvey oswald, just 2a years old, is killed. murdered two days after he is arrested in police custody by a man, jack ruby, who looks l

yes, this is three years before lee harvey oswald. so it's a sunday morning and jfk.e's on his way to church. and what he doesn't know is that there's a retired postal worker named richard pavlick who is determined to kill him, and he's packed his car with seven. >> sticks of dynamite. >> and pavlik's actually followed him all the way to palm beach, florida, because he thinks jfk's security is weaker there, which he's right about also. so as jfk leaves his house, all this assassin has to do is hit the little trigger. >> mechanism he's. >> built, and boom will go. >> the dynamite. >> and i won't ruin what saves his life. obviously, jfk lives that day, but it has to do with jackie, and it's the start of one of the craziest jfk stories you've never heard. >> and why have we never heard of it? >> that's the question, right? and here's why. it was a huge story in florida, of course, but back then it took an extra. day for things to go national. >> and the. >> day it's about to go national, right? the day it's about to go national. two planes collide over new york city. eve

silly questions that, you know, we're not going to get the answers to because jack ruby killed lee harvey oswald. when that happened, we lost our best source. however, the key question is, what was lee harvey oswald doing in russia all those years? what did the cia know? what did they know in terms of him and what's going on? that's the one that if you said to me, what i'm looking for, that's what i want to see. but again, if you if you're looking for the smoking gun, i don't think that's what's hitting the box. i hope that's the case and i hope i'm wrong, but i don't think that's what's going to be in there. >> brad meltzer, the new book, the jfk conspiracy. thank you so much for being here, and good luck with it. >> thank you sir. >> via social media from the world of x, i believe. what do we have? the truth about jfk has been kept from we the people for 60 years, well past the time for truth. jack. i don't think so. i mean, i had as a poll question on my website yesterday, i was i forget how i worded it, but i was asking people about jfk, rfk and mlk whether they thought that in each there wa

. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald's being, you know, shot.ole thing is ridiculous. what is this? right? prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. i mean, they don't even talk about that. >> cuba and the cia are central to other widespread conspiracies and the deep federal investigation known as the warren report failed to quiet many skeptics. now, president trump says everything will be revealed signing an order to release the full assassination files. nbc's peter alexander has the details. >> reporter they are among the most sensational american murders of the 20th century. the assassinations of president john f kennedy, his younger brother robert f kennedy, and the civil rights leader. >> martin luther. >> king jr. now, president trump is. >> ordering the full public. release of. >> classified files related to their killings, saying it will end the mysteries surrounding them. >> that's a big one. a lot of people are waiting for this for a long. for years. >> on jfk's 1963. >> death, the. warren commission report. concluded lee

here to react is jared posner author of the best selling book "case closed lee harvey oswald and thetle of the book i know how you feel. what are you looking for in the release of these documents and do you support it? it's long overdue that these files were released. the american public has ha right to know, brian, what our government knows about what happened in the assassination of president kennedy. so i have been advocating for these to be open for a long time. finally a president willing to do this. fantastic. i spoke to you the year you started on "fox & friends" as a co-host, believe it or not, in 198. we talked about a transfer of 35,000 documents from this commission to the national archives. those are the files that we now want out in the public. i can't believe that 27 years later, we finally found a president who is willing to sign the order to say get them released. >> brian: remember gerald, when everyone is dead conley and others we will find out actually what happened? they died and nothing changed? mike pompeo looked at it reportedly and said it's probably better we

the official warren commission report concluded lee harvey oswald acted alone but was he the lone assassin or did he have help. was there another shooter on the grassy knoll that day. kennedy's nephew has long argued the truth is not fully known. >> they were definitely involved in the murder and 60-year cover up. >> cia denied that allegation. jf k's grandson is criticizing the move saying declassification is using jfk as a political prop. and then the stunning assassination of rfk. tonight kennedy reacting to the president's announcement. >> he is keeping his promise to have the government tell the truth to the american people about everything. >> reporter: that night in memphis, member of king's family asked if he was the victim of a government plot to kill him. the release of the secret files will not happen overnight. officials have to come up with a plan and present it to the president. >> we will take a break here and in 60 seconds, perhaps you have gotten a text saying you have an unpaid toll. we will have a new warning aimed at the scam in getting your credit card information next

. >> repeporter: the official warn commission report reported that lee harvey oswald acted alone. was oswald the lone assassin? or did he have help? and was there another shooter on the grassy knoll that day? kennedy's nephew, robert kennedy jr. has long argued the truth is not fully known. >> we asked, they were definitely involved in the murder and 60-year coverup. >> reporter: one person is criticizing the move, saying he is a political prop. then rfk. >> i think it's a great move. he's keeping his promise to have the government tell the truth to the american people about everything. >> reporter: as for king's assassination that night in memphis, members of his own family have asked if he was the victim of a government plot to kill him. the release of those secret files won't happen overnight. officials have to first come up with a plan and present it to the president. >> our thanks to peter for that report. >>> seven san antonio police officers are expected to make a full recovery after a standoff with a man later found dead. officers were responding to a suicide in progress w

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i mean, this is three years before lee harvey oswald.ite in his car. and why does no one know the story? that he tried to kill jfk? here's why. because on the day it happened, it's big news in florida. but it's on the front page. the next day as it's about to go nationwide. two planes crash over new york city. everyone on board dies except for one young boy, the sole survivor. and america becomes obsessed with that story. it takes the jfk assassination story, takes it off the front page, throws it to the inside until my friend and i, josh, men say, you know what? this this footnote. this would make a good book. >> you've spoken about how this book reveals a new side of jackie kennedy. we're not. no spoilers here. without giving away her role in thwarting the assassination attempt, what does this little known story reveal about one of america's most iconic first ladies? >> you know, what we do with jackie is we call her. we say she's got class and she's got grace, and we do her a huge disservice because she's so much more than that and we

. >> did lee harvey oswald act alone? was there another shooter on that grassy knoll?e public. >> they are among the most sensational american murders of the 20th century. the assassinations of president john f kennedy, his younger brother robert f kennedy, and the civil rights leader, doctor. martin luther king jr. now, president trump is ordering. >> the full public. release of. >> classified files related to their killings, saying it will end the mysteries surrounding them. >> that's a big one. a lot of people are waiting for this for so long. for years. >> on jfk's 1963. >> death, the warren commission report concluded lee harvey oswald. >> acted alone, but questions and conspiracy theories have lingered for decades, fueling an industry of books and films like oliver stone's 1991 hit movie jfk. >> people got to. >> know. >> why he was killed. >> kennedy's nephew, robert f kennedy jr, trump's nominee to. lead the health and human services department, has long insisted the cia played a role in his uncle's murder, an allegation the cia has denied. president trump ment

write down the middle but my friends think lee harvey oswald the long and a lot of people think it couldmous organized crime family. [laughter] [applause] i'm not saying he did it but bill clinton did the jfk and college, a famous photo because he knew the marilyn monroe, it was a whole saturday night. how about it. [applause] fox news, making, degrading and. leaning. [applause] seriously, if i've learned anything in politics, the clintons didn't kill jfk and epstein didn't kill himself. no chance. okay? but moving on. the media couldn't let this stuff happen without at least one controversy and that they did. falsely accusing elon musk of doing a salute after elon musk did what he always does every time the bottom of the stage, he hops around like a dog whose owner just came home from work. [laughter] take a look. six not ideal. okay? [laughter] but by that definition, i'm a former new york city kat driver, everybody who's ever hailed me is a. run for your life if that's the case, we are in big trouble. i concede he makes a lot of ridiculous hand gestures but no serious person thinks he

did lee harvey oswald act alone? now with a swipe of a pen, president trump is ordering everything the government knows be made public. they are among the most sensational american murders of the 20th century, the assassinations of president john f. kennedy, his younger brother robert f. kennedy, and the civil rights leader, dr. martin luther king jr. now president trump is ordering the full public release of classified files related to their killings saying it will end the mystery surrounding them. >> that's a big one, huh? a lot of people have been waiting for this for years. >> reporter: on jfk's 1963 death, the commission reported lee harvey oswald acted alone. but questions and conspiracy theories have lingered for decades, fuelling an industry of books and films like oliver stone's 1991 hit movie "jfk." kennedy's nephew, trump's nominee to lead the health and human services department long insisted the cia played a role in hisncle's murder. an allegation the cia has denied. president trump mentioning kennedy wh

>> stephen: lee harvey oswald.s program so i chose hercules. >> stephen: didn't change you as a person to have a new name? >> elton: absolutely. it really did. but the sad thing about it was my 1975 when i was elton hercules john, there was still a lot of reg. i craved to find that little boy i used to be. i became elton john the superstar. i paid the price for being so famous and not having, i don't know, not having that foundation. it took over my life. fame is a very weird thing. i enjoyed every single minute of it until i realized that the only thing in my life was fame. i didn't like it. i got very unhappy. my mood shifted. i started doing drugs. and i just thought, where am i? who and why? what have i become? all that changed in 1990 when i did get sober and refound my old to find that little boy again.- but fame is a really incredible business. if you get caught up in it too much, you're in a really bad position. i can name you names. elvis presley, marilyn monroe. michael jackson. it's a tough thing. >> ste

only one man, lee harvey oswald, was charged. we never heard his story.ere have been all sorts of alternative theories about government agents and the mafia. there was the murder of the civil rights leader martin luther king jr, shot dead in memphis, tennessee. his family maintain there was a us government conspiracy to get rid of him. the man convicted of his murder always denied it. not the first time they have released records. there were some released in the 90s. both trump and biden have released jfk—related documents, but now we have an order to declassify all the documents and within15 days. here's what donald trump had to say when he signed them earlier. a lot of people are waiting for this for a long... ..for years. for decades. and everything will be revealed. 0k? give that to rfk jr. yes, sir. 0k. give the pen to rfkjunior. peter ling is emertitus professor of american studies at the university of nottingham. he's written biogrpahies onjohn f kennedy and martin luther king. no doubt looking forward to whatever might come out but i just wonder h

going to be any great revelations, let's see who was involved why did jack ruby have access to lee harvey oswaldng a gun, so many unanswered questions and i think honestly it's time to put to rest all the rumors if we've been told the whole story, great. >> don't forget to dvr the show, dagen and brian take it away thank you for welcoming us into your home ♪ ♪. dagen: good evening i'm da

and i think it's going to sustain the theory about lee harvey oswald.kie: yeah. >> remember, he was a communist. important to point that out. jackie: bill mcgurn, great to see you this morning. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. jackie: all right. president trump looking to the stars in his second term as he plans to plant the stars and the stripes on mars. retired nasa astronaut clayton the anderson coming up -- clayton anderson coming up. >>> but first, the president's pledge to bring prices down, can donald trump deliver on cracking down on costs? ndreds on car insurance by checking allstate first. okay, let's get going. can everybody see that? like you know to check your desktop first, before sharing your screen. ahh..that is not. uhh, oh no. no no no. i don't know how that got in there. no. that, uhh. yeah, checking first is smart. okay, uhh. everybody get out. so check allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. you're in good hands with allstate. ♪ ♪ if. jackie: president trump taking week one action on high prices, signing an exe

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it was, in fact, lee harvey oswald. and i agree with that documentary. but the american people don't. so who killed john f kennedy jr.. look, a plurality has always said it was at least two people, despite what the warren commission found. you can go back to 2013. it was 61% who said it was at least two people. you look at the gallup poll back in 2023, it was 65%. two thirds of americans, only about a third, in fact, a little bit less than a third. agree with me and agree with the warren commission 30% in 2013. slightly lower though within the margin of error in 2023, just 29%. so the bottom line is this is actually a good move by the president of the united states to release these files, because most americans, about two thirds do, in fact believe in a conspiracy theory, regardless of what the warren commission found. and regardless that 60 years, actually more than 60 years after the fact, no one has been able to prove that the warren commission was actually wrong. >> yeah. sometime you're going to have to run some numbers on why americans why do we lo

will do anything to change the official story, which, according to the government, says that lee harvey oswald acted alone when he assassinated president kennedy in dealey plaza on november 22nd, 1963. the commission that investigated never found a motive, but the closest conclusion they came to was that oswald was moved by an overriding hostility to his environment. now, conspiracy theorists, you know, they never bought it. they have thought that it had everything to do with what it was cuba to. it was the cia to there were multiple shooters, and hollywood has been running with it for decades. >> and who killed the president? oh, man. why don't you stop it? this is too big for you. you know that. this is who did the president. who killed kennedy? man, it's a mystery. it's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma. >> well, the mystery got even more suspect after the intelligence community lobbied trump not to release all the files during his first term. remember that? why? well, then they cited national security concerns. but this is trump 2.0 now. and yes, he does have jfk's nephew in h

so fascinating to me is that most americans actually believe, you know, that it wasn't just lee harvey oswaldg alone. and we've seen this over and over and over again in the polls. you see it right there, 65% say two or more people in a 2023 poll. that's actually up from 2013. and more than that, that number. i've looked at it throughout the entire history in every single poll taken by gallup, a plurality of americans have always said it was two or more people. and so i think this type of release by donald trump is trying to get at those folks. there are a lot of folks who have been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for it. but ultimately, at the end of the day, i do think that a lot of these folks are going to be let down. >> i mean, on the martin luther king jr. documents, i mean, what's interesting about that is there was weaponization of the fbi against doctor king, i mean, and j. edgar hoover obviously was legendary in, you know, using the fbi for his own, his own ends. so that would be interesting to see sort of more documents on that. but if not oswald on the kennedy assassin

this is three years before lee harvey oswald. sunday morning. 1960. there's a former postal worker who wants to kill him. he's packed his car with seven sticks of dynamite. he's followed jfk to palm beach florida. he thinks jfk's security is weakest there, which he's right. as kennedy comes out of his house, all the assassin has to do is hit the switch and boom will go to dynamite. what saves his life has to do with jackie. i won't ruin the ending for you, but it winds up being the craziest story about jfk you've never heard. >> george: what's gonna surprise people the most, except for the ending? >> jackie. jackie is the star of this book. she steals the way. we don't pull our punches. we show you his affairs. we show you when jackie goes into labor, she's hemorrhaging, jfk is nowhere to be found. he's on a plane to florida. i kept asking myself why did they call this place camelot? and then i discovered this, george. we didn't start using the word camelot until after jfk was killed. it's after the assassination that jackie grants one interview to "l

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so this is three years before lee harvey oswald takes the famous shot.rch. and what he doesn't know is there's a disgruntled former postal worker named richard pavlick who wants to kill him. and he's packed his car with seven sticks of dynamite. and as jfk comes out of his house, he doesn't realize pavlick is hiding there. pavlick picked palm beach because he thinks jfk security is weaker there, which he's right about. so as jfk leaves, all this assassin has to do is hit the little trigger mechanism and boom will go the dynamite. and what saves jfk's life that day? i won't ruin the ending for you, but it has to do with jackie. and it is the start of one of the craziest jfk stories you've never heard in your life. >> you know, brad, i believe that pavlick worked in the south postal annex in boston, and so there's some familiarity in new england still of people of a certain age, remnants of this story. >> but it is amazing, amazing that this story has been just it has disappeared. it never really surfaced and had legs as a story. and i think pavlick just d

so this is three years before lee harvey oswald takes the famous shot. >> and we're in a beautiful sunny on his way to church. and what he doesn't know is there's a disgruntled former postal worker named richard pavlick who wants to kill him. and he's packed his car with seven sticks of dynamite. and as jfk comes out of his house, he doesn't realize pavlick is hiding there. pavlick picked palm beach because he thinks jfk security is weaker there, which he's right about. so as jfk leaves, all this assassin has to do is hit the little trigger mechanism and boom will go the dynamite. and what saves jfk's life that day? i won't ruin the ending for you, but it has to do with jackie. and it is the start of one of the craziest jfk stories you've never heard in your life. >> you know, brad, i believe that pavlick worked in the south postal annex in boston, and so there's some familiarity in new england still of people of a certain age, remnants of this story. but it is amazing, amazing that this story has been just it has disappeared. it never really surfaced and had legs as a story. and i think