asner: i ll tell you about the golden age of television. thisis period inin time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, anand if we veve left somethino think k about, so o much the b . kunta. kunta kinte. televisionon should nonot be jujust entertainment. charges were leveled at the commerercial televevision netw. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse m me! we havave a respononsibility to give e the audienence what it tuned in to see. ththe years ofof the 60s,, which h end in a f few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. whwhat is thisis d coming to?o? the american public was hungry for more. what was allowowed that hadn t bebeen before?e? it was t the last dedecade whe it wasas a campfirire televisi, wherere there wawa
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
king: do you ever fear your own health? my own health? yeah, there are nuts in this country. no. the kennedys must think about it. how could they not think about? it s not something that it s sort of, like, walking around wondering if you re going to be struck by lightning. it s kind of it s just not something that you really keep in the forefront of your mind much. but it might affect decision-making, right, going into politics, right? right, but it doesn t. hey, everyone. welcome to how it really happened. i m hill harper. to many americans, he s simply known as john-john, a nickname created by the press and one that jackie kennedy once admitted he hated. he was the heir to his father s legacy. however, john f. kennedy jr. strove to be his own man, aware of the expectations but set on creating a life of his own making, but that life was tragically cut short at 38 years old. tonight, an investigation into his mysterious plane crash. what really happened to jfk jr.? m
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to discuss the israeli hamas war. his trip is prompted by growing signs that israel s offensive in gaza is quickly losing support around the globe, especially among its middle eastern neighbors. turkey s president has gone so far as to call israel s actions, quote, crimes against humanity. he s now recalling his ambassador to israel for consultation and suspending communications with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. blinken meantime, has been crisscrossing the middle east this weekend in an attempt to cool tensions in the region. his travels have taken him to the west bank and iraq, where he warned neighboring iran and terrorist groups in the region that the us is ready to take action if american troops are attacked. to anyone who might seek to take advantage of the conflict in gaza to threaten our personnel here or anywhere else in the region, don t do it . jordan s air force, meantime, is lending a humanitarian aid, air dropping urgent medical aid to a field hospital in g