He tried to murder general edwin walker because walker had given speeches attacking communism. So Lee Harvey Oswald never hid his politics. Not for a moment. He talked incessantly about communism to anyone who would listen. And yet Many Americans never really understood what Lee Harvey Oswald believed and they didnt understand it because news outlets didnt tell them. Instead, almost immediately, the media began spinning a different story. President kennedy, they suggested, had been murdered by conservatives, possibly by conservatism itself, by hate, as they often put it. The explanation was never very precise but the idea was the always same. Right wingers killed kennedy. The soviet union, naturally a suspect in this crime, was happy to agree with the assessment. As a soviet spokesman put it, moral responsibility for the Kennedy Assassination lay squarely with Barry Goldwater and other extremists on the right. In the end, the coordinated lying paid off. A year later, senator Barry Gold
Tem Patrick Mchenry which we have been talking about for a couple of days now is now dead, according to multiple gop lawmakers who have spoken to nbc news, like Kevin Mccarthy and Steve Scalise, the option did not have enough votes. Today in their socalled family meeting, the room got so emotional, matt gaetz confirmed that mccarthy started yelling at him, and Punchbowl News reports another lawmaker nearly lunged at him. Passions are a little inflamed. I think hes working through the stages of grief. Did Congressman Boss Lunge at you at well . I think he was pretty animated. I dont know if i would describe it as a lunge. I said that i thought having speaker light was a bad idea. I think republicans ought to stay in our conference until we elect a speaker. We have a lot of great folks, im supporting jim jordan. That will be how it goes. Joining us now, nbc news capitol hill Correspondent Ali Vitali and Punchbowl News cofounder and political contributor, jake sherman. Ali, what is going
Of two ways, couldnt it . He wouldve hated it. Yeah, either he wouldve hated it. We were taking the mickey. Yeah as a teenager, hed have really creative moments, where hed be, ive done this ive written this song, mum. Listen to it, this is great. Then thered be a time when hed lock himself in his room and wouldnt come out. He was a down place, in a dark place. Dylans family tried to get him Mental Health support, and eventually sent him to rehab after discovering he was using heroin. What did you know about dylans drug taking . He was very secretive, when it came to that stuff. He wasnt proud of it. I was 20 when he died, and he was 21. Erm. So, losing him was like, my whole world ending. It was, erm, the hardest thing ive ever had to deal with. Yeah. It was the 24th ofjuly, in 2021. Round about 4 oclock in the morning, and it was his girlfriend, who was calling me. Dylans taken something. I think its heroin. It doesnt look good. I said, ok, well, im coming. Im on my way. An ambulance
Muffled guitar plays. Where ive been before. Were at rehearsals for a Music Festival held every year in memory of claires son, dylan rocha. Take me down. This is one of dylans songs, erm, that he wrote, but no one actually found it until after hed died. He was special, obviously, from the minute he was born. As soon as he could talk, the first thing he asked for was a drum kit. Always very, very musical. Before you take me. This isjonas thats my son. This is paddy thats dylans best friend. And this is carlos thats dylans dad. Guitar feedback. He was, er, unique. Charismatic, funny. Leather trouser wearing, black hair box dye, obviously. Hard to describe, butjust brilliant. He loved performing. Hed get really nervous, but you wouldnt be able to tell when he was up there. Your black hair. I think most of his musics probably on soundcloud. Hed upload onto there, in the hope that people would listen and enjoy. I do think he was a musical genius. What would he have made of all of you gettin
Called a star witness in this case. Two more schools in New York City calling in police to remove antiisrael protestors. New yorks finest moving in this morning to help clear the campus at New York University and The New School making 56 arrests finding clear evidence of outside groups funding the protest and radicalizing young students. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill good morning. We match today. Thats good for a friday. Dana you think i didnt think about that . Well coordinated here. Well oiled machine. Bill good morning. President biden speaking out for the first time in more than a week yesterday. Went 4 1 2 minutes addressing the violent antisemitic, antiisrael College Protests across the country. The president calling out antisemitism and islamaphobia but taking no action while the a. G. Merrick garland, quick to crack down on parents protesting at school board meetings, remains silent and, some say, missing in action. Dana here is some of what P