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And byron allen refuses to say publicly. and i wrote a piece and i reached out to the npa an and can we get a statement from senator dodd, and did he try to strong arm byron allen in to killing the movie. and they did not respond to my inquiry. and i called again. and i emailed again and still no response. and chris dodd is remaining silent on whether or not he tried to kill the film. >> martha: it is well down and comes out this week. good to see you tonight. quick break and well be back with m...

Howie, good to see you and have you on the show tonight. one of the people suggested to me that there was push back and it was difficult to get it made and we tried to be respectful. you think it was stronger than that. >> byron allen just bought the weather channel and he told variety that powerful people had tried to stop it. but martha, the most obvious suspect would be christopher dodd, a former senator from connecticut and a drinking buddy and pal of ted kennedy and he was the president of ...

Raised those points and i think they were right on. he was employed by an anti-castro group that os walled was involved in prior to the assassination that was never disclosed to the committee. about ten years ago the chief council to the committee blasted him for not disclosing that to us and said that he should have been brought up to the committee to -- for investigation. the last point is congressman dodd, who i worked for, did file one of the -- there were four dissents filed to the committe...

Test and they didnt. within a year after the report they had four marksmen that tried to replicate it from the washington police department and couldnt do it in time. and the only people that could were two staff members who did it without focusing and using the telescopic range. and so the feeling was that oswald could not have fired two bullets in close proximity without focusing because the vehicle was moving and he was so high up. so congressman dodd said i believe there were two people in t...

Congressman dodd back then, it was the expectation of the members of committee that we were entering with an open mind and that they would share everything with us. but it became very clear pretty rapidly that the old saying pulling teeth was sort of what our job was like. we would send questions over and it was hard to get answers back. we seemed to get the most rapid response from the fbi and the cia. when we had testimony before people coming before the kmity that were part of a large plethor...

then the first american president to visit that country. you can see air very happy to see him. in such a unique moment that the only time ive seen this many hands and the president. im sure this is service. and the final chapter is called spread to the finish. this is the moment that the president leaves the oval office the very last time january january 20th 2009. was there a years earlier today when the president walked to the door for the first time. in through the years i always w...

Its happening because republicans in congress chose this outcome over closing a single wasteful tax loophole that helped reduce the deficit. >> the gop brought out kathy mcmorris rojers to respond. >> in the house, weve done the work and shown that these choices can be made in a responsible, thoughtful way. so we urge president obama and the senate democrats to put country ahead of party and pass a responsible plan to replace the sequester. and also this afternoon, four former senators, tom da...

0 its happening because republicans in congress chose this outcome over closing a single wasteful tax loophole that helped reduce the deficit. >> the gop brought out kathy mcmorris rojers to respond. >> in the house, weve done the work and shown that these choices can be made in a responsible, thoughtful way. so we urge president obama and the senate democrats to put country ahead of party and pass a responsible plan to replace the sequester. and also this afternoon, four former senators, tom ...

Decisions yet. his office dismissed bookers comments saying the senator is focused on his work adding its not the time for political distractions. in a rare moment of bipartisanship, democrats and republicans came together yesterday to say farewell to hawaiis daniel inouye. the second longest serving senator in u.s. history. the army veteran who died on monday was honored by having his casket lie in state. thats a privilege thats only been received by 31 other americans ever. vice president jo...

0 still recovering from a concussion, but she is expected to testify about the attack in benghazi some time in january. another big story were following today is that blizzard. absolutely pounding the central part of the country right now. much of the midwest digging out after being hit by heavy snow. now that weather system is now heading east just as millions of people, of course, are hitting the road and trying to fly for the holidays. thats a look at chicago right now where they have had l...