william p. jonessor of history at the university of wisconsin madison and author of "the march on washington." bill minutaglio, professor of journalism at the university of texas at austin. and coauthor of the book "dallas, 1963." and bob dallek author of "camelot's court, inside the kennedy white house," and "an unfinished life." welcome to you all. >> nice to be here. >> ifill: it's famously known that kennedy's presidency lasted for 1,000 days. >> yeah. >> ifill: was there a legacy that could be formed after 1,000 days? >> you know, a lot of people must think so since there are 40,000 books that have been published about him since he tied. and there is a very important legacy. he's become an iconic figure. he commands 85% approval in a gallup poll. it's really kind of astonishing. the sixth briefest presidency in american history, 1,000 days, but you see, i think what recommends him so powerfully to people is they don't like his successors. johnson was vietnam. nixon with watergate. ford's frunicat

jessica william, jason jones, aasif manned very. thank you for joining us. we are very excited about this segment. it's a beautiful segment, a big segment. >> okay, well, first of all that is one weak segment title. (laughter) >> jon: you have a better title. >> yeah, of course i do. >> jon: okay. >> welcome to straight trippers or we cool. >> jon: isn't that title racist. >> oh, yes, definitely, but not if i say it. >> jon: all right, let's go on to our first story if we k we will start this is an easy one if you want, easy one. >> halloween is over but its controversy surrounding a costume is continuing after a boy dressed as a member of the ku klux klan. >> jon: okay, remember we're starting fresh. panel wa, do you think opinions racist. >> i want to say adorable. (laughter) >> that is racist, jon. >> what are you guying talking about. he looks like a pointy ghost. >> what? >> okay, fine, racist but adorable racist. >> all right. we're going move on to the story, slightly more difficult. this is difficult. >> white republican from texas came up with an un

secretary of the navy williams jones believed the project to be a waste of money and he decided in early 1814 to discontinue construction of the vessel. oh, had the block ship been built. when daniel patterson replaced shaw as kbhacommander in octobe 1813, he found the station undefended. the approaches by water to the city are so many, that it requires many vessels and officers to guard them effectively and he had neither. and the station was short of men and vessels and supplies always, and this lack of resources forced patterson to usual the means at his disposal to prevent the invasion, which he believed to be imminent. working in cooperation with the two 40s on the mississippi and shore batteries, patterson planned to use a converted merchant sloop, the louisiana and the scooner carolina on the ms.s to confront an enemy along that water route. gun boats would support port saint phillips. yet, patterson would position most of his gun boats to the east of new orleans on the estuaries and the water avenues that led to the city. so, considering the viable options, and the defensive meas

jessica william, jason jones, aasif manned very. thank you for joining us. excited about this segment. it's a beautiful segment, a big segment. >> okay, well, first of all that is one weak segment title. (laughter) >> jon: you have a better title. >> yeah, of course i do. >> jon: okay. >> welcome

jessica william, jason jones, aasif manned very. thank you for joining us.are very excited about this segment. it's a beautiful segment, a big segment. >> okay, well, first of all that is one weak segment title. (laughter) >> jon: you have a better title. >> yeah, of course i do. >> jon: okay. >> welcome to straight trippers or we cool. >> jon: isn't that title racist. >> oh, yes, definitely, but not if i say it. >> jon: all right, let's go on to our first story if we k we will start this is an easy one if you want, easy one. >> halloween is over but its controversy surrounding a costume is continuing after a boy dressed as a member of the ku klux

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i have taken clerks from friends like larry silverman, steve williams, people i know, edith jones. just lots of judges i know, people who will call me and say, this is a good person. they know that i do not care which school they went to. it could be lsu or yale. i hire a small percentage from the ivy's. i hire quite a few more from the non-ivy's, simply because they are smart kids. i try to take them from the south. my part of the country. i try to prefer kids who come from modest circumstances, whose parents did not have all of the benefits or advantages. that is just a preference. i am not going to bring kids in who disagree on principles. i am not interested in arguing about that sort of stuff. i like kids who are not jerks. [laughter] i require kids to work together, and i do not need all of that disruption in my chamber. i have been enormously blessed with the kids i have had. very smart, very pleasant, very hard-working. they brought joy to my life. tomorrow, i will have lunch with about 35. we have monthly lunches. that is one of the monthly high points for me, to see my ki

i have taken clerks from friends like larry silverman, steve williams, people i know, edith jones. just lots of judges i know, people who will call me and say, this is a good person. they know that i do not care which school they went to. it could be lsu or yale. i hire a small percentage from the ivy's. i hire quite a few more from the non-ivy's, simply because they are smart kids. i try to take them from the south. that part of the country. i prefer kids who come from modest circumstances, whose parents did not have all of the benefits or advantages. that is just a preference. i am not going to bring kids in who disagree on printable's. i am not interested in arguing about that sort of stuff. i like kids who are not jerks. [laughter] i require kids to work together and i do not need all of that disruption in my chamber. i have been enormously blessed with the kids i have had. very smart, very pleasant, very hard-working. they brought joy to my life. tomorrow, i will have lunch with about 35. we have monthly lunches. that is one of the monthly high points for me, to see my kids an

taken clerks from friends like larry silverman, steve williams, people i know, edith jones.now,ots of judges i people who will call me and say, this is a good person. they know that i do not care which school they went to. it could be lsu or yale. i hire a small percentage from the ivy's. i hire quite a few more from the y's, simply because they are smart kids. i try to take them from the south. that part of the country. i prefer kids who come from modest circumstances, whose parents did not have all of the benefits or it manages. .hat is just a -- or advantages that is just a preference. i am not going to bring kids in who disagree on printable's. i am not interested in arguing about that sort of stuff. i like kids who are not jerks. [laughter] i require kids to work together and i do not need all of that disruption in my chamber. i have been enormously blessed with the kids i have had. very smart, very pleasant, very hard-working. they brought joy to my life. tomorrow, i will have lunch with about 35. we have monthly lunches. that is one of the monthly high points for me,

jones. >> an amazing event to make rock concerts look like tea parties. >> what a show they are putting on tonight. >> ignition. we have lift off. >> williamry. >> and nobody catches bo. >> monday night football became a national phenomenon. >> are you ready for some football? >> lord, you can take me now, i've seen it all. >> how crazy is this? >> back rleans, back in the superdome. >> yes, we can. >> into the record books. >> i love pro football, every year you discover a new star. >> seahawks win the most bizarre finish you'll ever see. >> what a football game this turned out to be. >> monday night football, gmc sierra, fed ex field in the nation's capital. the redskins are visited by the defending nfc champions san francisco 49ers. good evening, everybody. jon, san francisco this close to winning the super bowl last year. and now they have to work to get back in the tournament. 6-4. lost their last couple games. a good team. beat carolina and new orleans. but one troubling thing these past two games, the offense, under 200 total yards. that's not good enough. >> jon: they have been one dimensional, they have struggled throwing the foot

williams for the cowboys hit by bennett. he fumbles. the rookie greg jenkins is johnnie on the spot. scoops it up, he scores before jerry jonesinside his luxury box. tied in the 2nd quarter, jennings outside to pay dirt held to 35 yards but the raiders took a 14-7 lead. and then later in the quarter, jennings scores his second of the game. 21-7 raiders, dallas stunned. 21-14 raiders still by 7 at the break. someone named selina gomez entertained the crowd. romo finds the security blanket, dez bryant for the touchdown. game tied at 21. murray continues his thanksgiving feast on the ground and the raiders defense, scored his third touchdown early in the fourth to give dallas the 28-21 lead. dallas rushes for 144 yards. here's the key to the game. mcgloin throws it up, jump ball, jacoby ford is 5'9." that is not a good decision cowboys won 31-24. vern glenn in dallas. >> reporter: at at&t stadium you see the final score for the ninth time in 12 games the raiders score first and like the story goes, unable to finish. they did not convert a third down the entire second half. again it's hard to do that when you don't have the ball.

william henderson pneumonia. caused warren harding's heart attack. i think he shot j.r. ewing. [gunshot] >> and i think he might have knocked off january jones have a lot of first >>> kisses. >> we are going to put you in the not sure category. favorite question in the >>> >>> >>> mccartney died in a car crash and secretly replaced by a lookalike so the beatles could continue? 5% do believe he was killed. not sure 14%. that means 19% do not believe, 80%. is mccartney alien person nobody else could be in the beatles except those four. i do think jerry and the pacemakers were here to inhabit dick cheney's heart ♪ how do you do what do you to me >> i think it was freddie and the dreamers. >> i don't, what's up. >> >> final question, do you believe that shape shifting reptilian people control our world by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate our societies or not? >> i love that or not. so, 4% do believe there are shaped shifting reptilian people and 7% aren't sure. 11% of the american population. think there reptiles influencing our lives. [ laughter ] are you surprised there are this many crazy people in the world? >>