Wooduff plus, mark shields and david brooks reflect on the senate vote to curb filibusters and the rest of the weeks news. And we explore the enduring impact of president kennedys 1,000 days in office. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Wooduff americans and the world marked the 50th anniversary today of one of the 20th centurys defining moments the assassination of president john f. Kennedy. Hari sreenivasan reports on the days events. taps playing reporter
Im not going to give away all of this stuff, but the most consequential question is what happens with vietnam and civil rights. And what about the 22nd approach is . They can be a huge debate. The conservatives will tell you that he ran as a hawk and he often said that we are not going to leave vietnam than we would have the same advisers as Lyndon Johnson. The army couldnt get the troops there kennedy was on the phony, are the troops . Theyre on the way. So you have that. And in an effort to kind of bring reality some fantasy together, i construct a meeting in which most of the participants speak the words they actually spoke at one time. I just put it somewhere else. Theres a man, an unsung hero of vietnam, civil serviceman named paul, head of the vietnam working group, and in a meeting with the other big shots had the temerity from the back to say, maybe we shouldnt be there . And a couple weeks later they got rid of him. Now, kennedy was one guy what wanted as much information as p
Rev enough agents checking expense accounts. Want government to go back to he tell bills to fine out who was with you . These are real quotes. Now, if the kens were prepared to do this to stop a steel price hike, what they do to keep the presidency in their hands . Some of you know i worked for Robert Kennedy. No public figure i admired more. But this this dark side. They get away with it but people know that something is up. One of those underground things that know. Its all kind of underground. Last, 1968. What happens . So here are two notions. If theres no war in vietnam, then Richard Nixons most powerful argument for the presidency i know the world, i know the soviet union, i can bring peace to vietnam is irrelevant, and the republicans can find somebody who could actually win elections, say the governorship of california by a million votes. Reagan made a very lame last minute bid for the nomination. Take away the vietnam war, nixons strong point, and i realize the idea of a first
Among likely voters. 4747. Before the debate season began in early september, the president held a five point lead. Among women voters the president s lead shrinking down to eight points. The smallest lead hes had with women all year in this nbc poll. Among men, mitt romney holds a ten point advantage. When asked which candidate is better prepared to create jobs and improve the economy, the mitt romney has an edge. When asked what the nations economy will look like over the next 12 months, only 9 believe it will get worse. Thats the lowest number thats been reported in decades. When it comes to the direction of the country, 41 percent perfection say were on the right track. Thats the highest number the poll has recorded in three years. Tonights debate is moderated by bob schieffer. They see this as the last chance to move the needle in any significant way in the swing states. There is genuine concern within the campaign that swing voters with whom romney needs to connect have little in
People on both sides are asking for proof, and its really bipartisan be wilderment. Members are saying they dont have any evidence to back up those wiretapping claims from the president. Its the fbi making the most public push nor clarification. Tonight fbi officials are demanding a flat out denial from the Justice Department, but not yet getting one, this after President Trump went on a twitter tie rate saturday. Terrible, just found out obama had my wires tapped at trump tower just before the victory. How low has president obama gone to tap my phones. Bad or sick guy. Sources tell cnn, the fbi asked the doj to refute the claims. Only a court can order a wiretap. The process to obtain a fisa application. Involves many levels of senior loadership review, both within the requesting Agency Agency and the department of justice, and ultimately the court. So far, the Justice Department isnt commenting on trumps twitter accusations. Some are asking why comey is refraining from issuing his ow