i went to the naval academy and became a marine officer and a pilot. this is dated 12 march, 74. my dearest love, it starts. god has given me you. [soft dramatic music] and it s allowed me to live honestly and in truth. my life is not a lie anymore, for i have you. and then in this box, i found something that says, in the event of my death, ship the briefcase unopened to and it has my address, and it s signed by him. he wanted to make sure that if he got killed in an accident that people wouldn t open the letters and figure out what was going on. protecting me. - well, the policy that banned gay men and women from serving openly in the military, don t ask, don t tell - don t ask, don t tell. - don t ask, don t tell. - don t ask, don t tell. - well, you know it all started with a stolen memo. [dramatic music] - the entire policy was based on this premise that an openly gay member of the military ruins unit cohesion and morale. - and who would be in favor of keeping
peacock. i m ayman mohyeldin in new york. have a good night. eldin in new york have a good night. have a good night. [gentle music] - i am thomas t. carpenter. i went to the naval academy and became a marine officer and a pilot. this is dated 12 march, 74. my dearest love, it starts. god has given me you. [soft dramatic music] and it s allowed me to live honestly and in truth. my life is not a lie anymore, for i have you. and then in this box, i found something that says, in the event of my death, ship the briefcase unopened to and it has my address, and it s signed by him. he wanted to make sure that if he got killed in an accident that people wouldn t open the letters and figure out what was going on. protecting me. - well, the policy that banned gay men and women from serving openly in the military, don t ask, don t tell - don t ask, don t tell. - don t ask, don t tell. - don t ask, don t tell. - well, you know it all started with a stolen memo. [dramatic musi
man: if you were to have a son, would you encourage a political career for him? kennedy: oh, definitely. i would hope he would grow up to be if not a politician in the sense of devoting all of his time, i would hope that whatever he did do, that he would have some sense of responsibility for what went on. couric: when you hear him talk about that, do you ever feel like your choice not to pursue a career in public service might have disappointed him? -no. i can t imagine that he would have said anything different being asked that question under those circumstances. you know, he d always said that he thought everyone should run for office. and, listen, there s a lot of time in life to do all sorts of things. hey, everyone. welcome to how it really happened. i m hill harper. july 17, 1999, we woke up to shocking news. john f. kennedy jr., his wife carolyn, and her sister lauren were missing, last seen aboard a private plane headed for martha s vineyard with john at the con
see it. this seems like a really big thing to just be made public. norah: 60 minutes report who is the man behind the camera and why it raises new questions about if al qaeda acted alone. the cbs evening news starts now. we start with a cbs news exclusive. the unnerving video outside the u.s. capital filmed two years before the 9/11 attacks. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. two decades ago, the 9/11 commission found that al qaeda acted alone, but victims families say that is not true, pointing to this video and other evidence as proof. they are suing saudi arabia claiming its government provided crucial assistance to the hijackers and planners behind a september 11th attacks. that killed nearly 3,000 people. here is 60 minutes correspondent cecilia vega. looking. reporter: a voice on the video says in arabic i am transmitting these scenes to you from the heart of the american capital, washington. this video unsealed in fed
reporter: one of their only escapes, the sky. even though flying with john initially made carolyn nervous. she was very reluctant to fly with john in the beginning. she complained constantly about it. but toward the end, she started to like it. that s the only time they were ever alone. reporter: and in july of 1999, jfk jr. left new jersey in his small plane with his wife and her sister, lauren, heading to a family wedding. he was pushing the envelope in the sense that he d reached the point where he could fly at night, perhaps before he really should ve done it. i saw the the three of them before the flight. i saw the preflighting of the airplane. i saw them get in the airplane. john actually took off at 8:38 p.m., and it was just about getting dark. i flew out of teterboro the same night and almost the same time as john did. i was going to nantucket. when i flew past martha s vineyard that night, i said to my nephew, look, there s martha s vineyard. he said, i can t