bill: thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> steve gonzalez in washington.e'll see if we get movement today, sir. thanks. >> thank you. have a great day. martha: hard to believe it but next month will mark 50 years since the assassination of john f. kennedy and a new book challenges all of the conspiracy theories out there. >> and a new york city letter, this was a snorkeler, made the discovery of a lifetime. what in the heck is that you wonder? it keeps on going and going and going. martha: that is a pretty little fish swimming by. ♪ martha: take a look at this. 18 feet long this creature that was found off the coast of southern california. so what is it? david is a naturalist for the natural wildlife federation and he joins me now. david, good morning. good to have you here. >> good morning. martha: this is an oarfish and it is very unusual to see something this large but it is, tell us about the species. there are three different kinds of these, right? >> yeah, like you said it is an oarfish and you're absolutely right the odd thing about this is that we

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