handcuffed right there to lee harvey oswald when he was shot. lavelle nearly died that day himself. now at age 93, he s part of this fascinating new documentary to be aired on the military channel that chronicles the capture and killing of jfk s assassin. really impressive detective work on behalf of dallas p drk. it s called capturing oswald. it comes from a unique perspective. lavelle s granddaughter produced it. jim and his granddaughter kate join me. thank you for joining me. thank you. i should point out, talk about incredible circumstances, you were also at pearl harbor when it was attacked. just an aside for our viewers. here you were, you were handcuffed to oswald, and once again, you escaped death, and you believe, sir, let me hear the story from you. it s because of lee harvey oswald s rib that you lived. explain. i was handcuffed to him
0 never been more frustrated with washington, and one of the reasons why that is is that over the past five years, we ve seen an unprecedented pattern of obstruction in congress that s prevented too much of the american people s business from getting done. all too often, we ve seen a single senator or a handful of senators choose to abuse arcane procedural tactics to unilaterally block bipartisan compromises or to prevent well qualified patriotic americans from filling critical positions of service in our system of government. at a time when millions of americans have desperately searched for work, repeated abuse of these tactics have blocked legislation that might create jobs. they ve defeated actions that would help women fighting for equal pay. they have prevented more progress than we would have liked for striving young immigrants trying to earn their citizenship. or its blocked efforts to end tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas. they have even been used to block common
as a lot of american adults not so fondly remember, the last time the government was found looking into the phone calls of reporters and using the irs for political purposes, it was the nixon era, and while times have changed and circumstances are different, that subject came up at the obama white house today, as the administration now scrambles on several fronts. we begin with the potentially illegal use of the irs to scrutinize some american groups and citizens because of their politics, and in this case because of conservative politics. again, this is just one front we re covering tonight. nbc s lisa myers starts us off live from our washington newsroom. lisa, good evening. brian, good evening. today the president s spokesman categorically denied the white house had anything to do with the irs targeting conservati non-profit groups. today s inspector general report will fuel still more questions about what happened. here because you love america! [ cheers ] reporte