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mr hughes said such remarks black historical understanding and are unacceptable. i'm stunned and highly prospective leader of the independence movement in korea assassinated the first japanese governor general of korea. he'll call me a toe in nineteen oh nine at the initial stage at japan's thirty five year colonial rule. sold foreign ministry also condemned such as common. he sacrifice his life for a nation's independence and for peace in the region. describing him as a criminal is deeply regrettable. the spokesman also learns to plan to prepare for its imperialist aggression. the diplomatic browser browning the historical figure began when president cup in hand we confirmed a plan to jointly establish a monument which i now commemorating and during her bilateral meeting with chinese state councilor can see a chair on monday. china is also waded into the matter callie and a well respected figure in china for his work as an anti imperialist activist. and then. and oops cricket than relations may have hit another new well last week with japan's prime minister repor

authors thomas hughes from the article nineteen organization to fanning freedom of information and mr hughes thank you so much for joining us here on ars and to discuss this well as we can see this letter to minister david cameron is a global initiative why in your opinion have so many activists from around the world decided to join in. well i think many of the press freedom and freedom of expression organization internationally felt the same degree of concern that the u.k. a traditional. defender of freedom of expression should be eroding press freedoms like this. so what kind of reaction i mean what kind of response do you expect to get from odd prime minister. well i'm not sure what the reaction will be from the u.k. government certainly we regardless of the reaction we will continue to pursue this we will continue to do our global that pussy around this issue and we will also continue from an article nineteen perspective to give input to the high court case obviously surrounding david miranda at the moment and also do a submission to the parliamentary committee that will be reviewing the

. >> i would like to ask mr. hugh aynesworth. he knew about the association between jack ruby and lee harvey oswald. journalistic colleague of mine who worked for the local station in dallas, one of the local station said that he saw them together numerous times talking about each other and i was aware of you have your own knowledge the prior association of oswald and jack ruby. >> that's an interesting question. he's a good friend of mine and has been for over 50 years and i've never heard him tell that story. i've heard all kinds of allegations. but i can tell you that not one person has come forth with any kind of proof at all and i don't believe it. >> let me just elaborate on that for a moment. and this includes the comments about the commission. we have one ability to stop the flood of conspiracy and he had the ability to stop newspapers from reporting incorrectly. and in fact, a lot of them need not try,. >> 552 witnesses, the most expensive recommendation, basing the decision on the sworn testimony of these witnesses. not

. >> this one is for mr. hugh aims worth. -- hugh aynes. what do you say about sdi document written on october october 101963 where j. walton more, the head of the dallas cia domestic content position reported to the chief of the contacts division on the possibility of hugh grant and george making a trip to cuba? are you or have you ever been as cia media asset? have you ever receive compensation for money or any type of support from the cia -- >> sir. sir. >> i will be glad to answer that. that is a fair question. let me explain. i had been in cuba just before the missile crisis and 62. i wanted to go back. i don't know what your this was exactly. '63, '64. anyway, i was trying to get back to cuba. you could not go directly. you had to get through the checklist. so i applied and was waiting month after month. one day i get a call from a guy. a cia agent in dallas. it will i did not know that they had as cia office. later i learned it was one door. he said things are going on in cuba we need to know about. we do look around and sort of look

[inaudible conversations] >> please go ahead. >> i would like to ask mr. hugh aynesworth.he knew about the association between jack ruby and lee harvey oswald. journalistic colleague of mine who worked for the local station in dallas, one of the local station said that he saw them together numerous times talking about each other and i was aware of you have your own knowledge the prior association of oswald and jack ruby. >> that's an interesting question. he's a good friend of mine and has been for over 50 years and i've never heard him tell that story. i've heard all kinds of allegations. but i can tell you that not one person has come forth with any kind of proof at all and i don't believe it. >> let me just elaborate on that for a moment. and this includes the comments about the commission. we have one ability to stop the flood of conspiracy and he had the ability to stop newspapers from reporting incorrectly. and in fact, a lot of them need not try,. >> 552 witnesses, the most expensive recommendation, basing the decision on the sworn testimony of these witnesses. not

mr. simon hughes. >> we are mindful of the proof of iran for inspection verification for the next six months. toht iran be encouraged participate in the other conversations in the middle east in relation to syria and other issues in relation to israel and palestine? >> i hope so. there have been several questions about this. other aspects of iranian foreign policy will change. accept along with the rest of the world last year's geneva communiquÉ on syria as the basis for further discussions, many countries would be much more open to their involvement and future talk. that is up to them and hope they respond positively. >> i warmly welcome this breakthrough. the foreign secretary has referred to the future of discussions about that. what's back is there of some movement on the practice of the r rating government of imprisoning church pastors? >> we would all hope there would be movement on those irrespective of anything on the nuclear issue. that is one example of a truly appalling human rights record. and so we will want to discuss human rights with iran as part of our bilateral discussions.

with me now, a man who rarely talks to the media, hugh frasier, who became an unwilling focus of history 50 years ago. mr. frasier, thank you for coming. >> thank you, sir, for having me. >> you know, i read the story of your life and what you went through here. you were a 19-year-old kid, working at the depository, 1.25 an hour. this guy named lee harvey oswald your helping out to learn the ropes. tell me about that morning when you're both driving in to the book depository? >> well, that friday morning was like no other friday morning before. on that friday morning, lee had gotten up early and gotten himself ready for work, and he walked down the sidewalk about a half a block from where i was living with my sister and her husband and three girls. but with him that morning he had a package, and he crossed the street to the driveway of my sister and husband's house, and my sister was standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes, and she witnessed lee oswald carrying a package with him that morning, and he walked across the driveway and went reason to where i park my car outside the carport, and she heard

. >> and judge hughes was about to administer the oath when johnson asked one of the staffers to see whether mrsennedy wanted to participate. and so we waited a few minutes and then she arrived into the room. and, of course, the room fell silent at this point. johnson walked over to her, took her by the hand and placed her to his left. mrs. johnson was on his right. and then he nodded and she proceeded with the oath. immediately after the oath, he kissed mrs. johnson. he went over and kissed mrs. kennedy. >> this afternoon, wherever you were and whatever you might have been doing when you received the word of the death of president kennedy, that is a moment that will emblazoned in your memory and you will never forget it as long as you live. >> this was my closest friend, my leader, my guide, my hero, my role model, my champion. he was the center of my life and my attention suddenly he was gone. >> i was stunned the innocence of that time even though the specter of the cold war. >> my first reaction, i'd known him a long time was it's not possible jack does not get shot. president mckinley gets

hughes jr. and vince power is the democratic party chair out in nebraska. he joins us from omaha. i want to start with you, mrwers, out there in nebraska. nebraska has this reputation of being the ultimate republican state, i remember that going back to the '60s with nixon beating kennedy out there. what's changed in the last two or three weeks? >> well, thank you very much for having me. actually, the nebraska has elected numerous democrats to the united states senate, but as you know, last year, bob kerry lost, so we don't have any federal officers, office holders. and we're having a very difficult time, unfortunate, recruiting, especially for the second cd, where we had a great candidate, john ewing. he only lost by 4,100 votes. but the city council chair, president of the omaha city council, pete festerson, this outstanding leader here in omaha, let me know right around labor day that he had decided against running. and it was a tough, tough time for us. >> let's go to bill hughes in jersey. i know the city very well, i grew up there, as you know, bill, and i want to talk about, your dad held that seat ve

mr. willens. if you buy his book, you will find out that he played a key role in nearly every phase of the warren commission investigation, but i want to introduce hugh ainsworth who has just arrived, just arrived shortly, a while ago. and he was the reporter at the scene when oswald shot kennedy. he was there when oswald was arrested at the texas theater, and he was there when jack ruby shot as wald. he was a reporter for the "dallas morning news" at the time, and he's written a book called "witness to history." we have let these two guys are going to read from their book, but you can speak or make remarks or whatever you wish to do, mr. ainsworth. >> well, perhaps i should explain why i was all those places, because some have accused me of being involved, you know. [laughter] actually, i was a reporter for the "dallas morning news", and i was not assigned any part of the kennedy coverage. and i was a little, little upset because with i'd been a reporter for 12 years already, and i thought this was a pretty important story, and i should be involved. so everybody, you know, they came by and had coffee, and they said i'm going to the motorcade, i'm go

hugh jackson and his battle with skin cancer. >> mr. move over bill cosby. al gets to open up for the comedy ledge and gets a lesson in laughter. today, friday, november 22nd, 2013. >>> it's our 40th anniversary and we're on the "today" show. >> straight a's got to me today. >> hi, florida. >> good morning, new mexico. >> we're playing hookie all the way from atlanta to see matt, savannah, and al. >>> and welcome back today on a rainy friday morning. our apologies to the folks outside. carson didn't want to go out there. >> we can see you guys. >> there you are. >> you were worried your beard would get wet. it wouldn't look as good. >> we're going to go out at 8:30. we promise. matt lauer with savannah guthrie, al roker, natalie morales and carson daly. >> let's get a check of the top stories this morning. >> let's start off with two weeks after the typhoon struck the philippines the death toll was raise ds to 5,000 and they're still being found. now what's done to help the youngest survivors. >> reporter: they play amid the ruins of a

hughes who was a dallas resident apparently, and a federal judge. she came on board and she was about to administer the oath to vice president johnson. >> rose: and lyndon johnson wanted mrs. kennedy there. >> he did. he thought it would be appropriate for her to be there when he was sworn in. >> rose: and she made the decision that it was appropriate, in the country's interest. >> yes. >> rose: you didn't. >> well, i didn't know if it was appropriate or not because of her -- i was concerned about her well-being. her state of mind. i knew she was in a state of shock. i mean, the the photographs of her standing there it's not the same person you normally saw, really. not facially. so i was worried about it. >> rose: these are a couple of photographs. this is -- this is the first photograph. you've seen this. that's right before going in. >> that's just as -- right after the first shot. >> rose: right after the first shot. right after the first shot? >> yes. you'll notice on that photograph i'm looking at where the president is. the other agents are looking back at where the shot came from. as well as people in the crowd who came there to look at the president. >> rose: and

hughes with the bible in front of him. a cluster of secret service people and congressmen we had known a long time. >> for her to follow in mrs. kennedy's footsteps, it has been referred to as a delicate dance of being respectful but needing to take control. >> many people said that it was a daunting act to follow. she said, i feel sorry for mrs. kennedy, not for me because i still have my husband. i think she made a special effort not to imitate. lyndon johnson advised her not to beautify the mall because the kennedys had done something similar. she was amazingly absent. she did not have envy of anyone. she considered the kennedys a different generation. i find her amazing in that she knew that jacqueline kennedy was extremely popular but she had a role to play, too. >> she would fill in for jackie kennedy many times. she was pregnant, she lost the baby, she was unwell, and there were a lot of things that she didn't want to do. mrs. johnson filled in. she knew the role well and she was a quintessential washington political wife. she had been on the scene since the 1930's and she knew it well. she had a cadre of other politic