Ofh economically in terms the money that they are spending, the debt they are incurring that is bankrupting the country, but also in terms of the destruction of our liberty. I haver the years, mulled over the thought of having a conference. Many of these it many of you know we have written a lot on. He kennedy assassination staff about three years ago, i started mulling over a conference like this and i thought, if i could bring together the speakers that have had a big impact on me and my intellectual development, it would be so exciting. Finally, we decided we are going to do it. So we put this thing together, and this because i invited that you will be hearing today, everybody said yes. And i was so pleasantly surprised and excited because everyone of these people that are speaking today has been heroes to me. Inir work is been heroic terms of what we are going to be examining today. And so, it is exciting to be putting this program together, and i want to thank you for coming. We a
Host one of a number of ceremonies at Arlington National cemetery. The only surviving member of the immediate Kennedy Family, Jean Kennedy Smith, the younger sister of president john f. Kennedy who served as u. S. A visitor to ireland during the clinton administration, among those on hand for the tribute in the posting of flowers and the regiment, the military regiment. The posting of the colors and the wreath at the tomb of president john f. Kennedy. Richard reeves, the kennedy years, joining us from new york. Guest one of my thoughts about all this that we forget really but hits us, the president of the United States is not only the head of government, he is also the head of state. The equivalent of the british Prime Minister and the queen. The president is the physical embodiment of the american people, so he had a position above party and most of us respond to that, that he speaks for the nation. That is brought home to us because, as we were talking about television, he was in our
Another set to everybody else. That morning. The exchange yesterday on the senate floor between Senate Leader mcconnell and read. It is being called historic and dramatic. Changing the filibuster rules for nominees to the federal court and cap Network Level appointees. This has followed years of debate on the Nuclear Option. It has created sharp words by democrats and republicans. We will begin with an explanation on why it is happening now and what it means for congress and the white house. It is friday, november 22. The date etched in the minds of those of you old enough to remember where you were 50 years ago. President obama is calling this a day of her membranes for john f. Kennedy. The flag at the u. S. Capitol is halfstaff. A tribute to our president who died in dallas a halfcentury ago. This is the scene at Arlington National cemetery. The final resting place for president kennedy and members of his family. We are focusing on both of these stories. We want to begin on the issue
Uranium deal. Gloria borger and evan perez are here withe the latest on their reporting. Gloria, what are you learning . Well, im learning from sources that it was President Donald Trump himself who wanted this gag order lifted and that the president then directed his senior staff to, what one source said to me was, facilitate the Justice Departments full cooperation with congress to lift the gag order. And these sources then said that the white House Counsel, don mcgahn, relayed the message to the Justice Department. And, as we all know, as you just stated, the gag order was lifted. Now, the Justice Department insists that the decision was made independently. But now we know that the president of the United States wanted it done. Why is the president so interested in the uranium deal . Well, hes interested in it as he called it, one of the biggest stories since watergate the other day. Hes interested in it because its his staff says because he wants to be transparent. But we all know
Mcgahn relayed the message to the Justice Department and the gag order was lifted. Now the Justice Department insists that the decision was made independently, but now we know that the president of the United States wanted it done. Why is the president so interested in the uranium deal . Well, hes interested in it, as he called it one of the biggest stories since watergate the other day. Hes interested in it because its his staff says because he wants to be transparent. But we all know that theres a political backdrop to all of this. That there has been a story thats been going around for a long time that that the russians paid what amounted to bribes in the eyes of some to the Clinton Foundation to garner some goodwill from Hillary Clinton to get this uranium deal. Clinton, of course, said she had nothing to do with the decision, she knows nothing about this. But this is a story, as you know, that the president keeps talking about. Now his staff, as i was saying before, theyre doing t