September 9, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy's interview on The Huntley-Brinkley Report
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- President John F. Kennedy’s interview with NBC anchors Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. They sat down with the President in the White House for an exclusive interview for their program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report. In the interview the President discusses various topics including the nuclear test ban treaty, South Vietnam, tax cuts, and how civil rights will affect the 1964 political campaign.
This is what a proper intelligent president looks like
And sounds like ! Donald Trump speaks of himself only through false conceit let alone how history will judge him !
PROPER. Sadly we can compare then to now...we are lacking presidential leadership.
This is not a proper intelligent president. He was an exceptional man. I'm not sure any president before or since has been as effortlessly articulate as him. This is too tough an act to follow. Remember Lloyd Bentsen destroying Dan Quayle?
@@Oseiwe This is by no means an affront to Lloyd. I don't know much about the man and I absolutely do not mean to disparage Mr. Bentson in any way, but seriously, my last bowel movement could've beat down Dan Quayle.
China first, Democrat.
I can't believe what I'am seeing. The person doing the interviewing, is actually letting the person being interviewed complete what he is saying without interrupting him. Unbelievable.
I know it’s meant to be funny but I can’t stop laughing at your comment.
Even more amazing, the man behind the desk is not constantly snapping at the reporters or belittling them while praising himself, realizing that the job he's been elected to do is not about HIM. What a concept!!!!
Michael Meliambro,
Quite soon we will come to regret that Donald Trump did not win the election.
@@stephenperretti8847 It's quite simple to understand, really. 80 million of us just wanted someone in charge who WASN'T a complete d*ck.
That's a time when the press were not Enemies of America!
He speaks coherently, in complete sentences... amazing.
So unlike our recent....and current president
@@JustTurned60 I believe the OP was referring to Biden in his comment
He's also referring to notes.
@@Frip36 where? I don’t see any notes.
@@sean2015 Watch his eyes. He's well spoken. Just saying, he refers to notes. Topics were known beforehand, as is usual.
He handles interviews and interviewees sooo well. He is incredibly intelligent and very natural in conversation. Oh my goodness, I am so impressed with him.
ou didn't watch the whole thing. Take another look, beginning at 16:00
Just a great historical moment recorded here, and a extremely good job of interviewing the President. Thanks .
You didn't watch the whole thing. Take another look, beginning at 16:00
Interviews like this are great! Many people are so fixated on the assassination that its easy to forget about the depth and complexities of his presidency. I appreciate him all the more.
Absolutely!
Me to
Can you imagine Trump speaking in such a manner, what an utter joke.
Eloquent, passionate, insightful, articulate, visionary and jovial when warranted. JFK is still compelling after all these years. To listen to him is to hear the voice of wisdom, and someone who truly cared about his country and the world. His loss is still palpable; the world went dark when he left, and the light never fully returned.
Trump Smassshhh!!!
100% agree.
It's a shame we don't have more like this great president who actually cared about his country!!! RIP JFK
The loss to us as a nation has grown more visible year by year. Comparing with today is sickening.
Classic interview with JFK! He was always a class act! God rest his soul x
And he truly WAS the man in charge. Yes he had advisers, but he saw through any b.s. He made the call on everything and was honest in regards to the country. The rogue criminal CIA and the others knew he couldn't be bought. It's so frustratingly sad and just plain anger when you hear him talk about 1964..and he won't be there. What he did in 2 years Obuma and obiden couldn't in 8 or 50 respectively. Complete fools. JFK would be absolutely ashamed of this Democrat administration of today.
@@herewego5797 Taylor and Cutter will be playing...cute🥰 but who's that!??
He was never accused of helping the RICH by pushing a Tax cut.
Judith Exner, Marilyn Monroe, Diana de Vegh & other women he went to bed with would probably differ with you calling Kennedy, "a class act".
You don't know history very well, @@frankgraham1996 Kennedy was *for* a huge capital gains tax cut as well as other cuts to spur the economy & help *all* income levels. As he said in this very interview, "I think that for us not to have a tax cut would be so unwise!"
This November 22nd will be 58 years since he's been gone and he is still missed by so many...RIP Mr. President.
get over it
Do your math Miss it's 60 years actually.
_typical AMERICANS can't add_
@@halColombo
Well, given he made the comment 2 years ago (now counting down using my fingers), I’d say he was correct
You said he can’t add, but the truth is you can’t read
Where are you from genius?
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@@halColomboThat comment was from 2 years ago so the math was correct for that time.
@@halColombo Learn how to read ! That was posted 2 years ago - duh !
A president that can put complicated topics into understandable speech!!!
And if not, the liberal media will give him multiple takes. Watch again, beginning at 16:00
You mean there WAS a time when a president AND press could sit down and discuss things without name calling and mud slinging?
Maybe because we were more careful about who we elected at that time.
@@michaelmeliambro5117, maybe it’s because we had a media then that wasn’t biased and protecting one particular political party as they do today! Wake up!
@@nonsense1558 If today's media is so "biased," why does Faux exist???? Newsmax??? Breitbart????
A brilliant man, a dreamer of what could be, 60 year's on and the tears still fall, I was 7 yo and still remember those simpler days, after that it seemed to fall apart.
Fell apart due to electing the most corrupt man in the country that was now President. Some of the stories of people disappearing when Johnson was in politics may be exaggerated but even 1/2 truth with evidence that he had enemies killed. He had a fail language and was uncouth in the White House. What stuns me is he got away with illegal dealings. How????
Same here
This is the type of man that you call an intelligent and able leader. I wish he was leading our nation today. God grant him rest.
I was 17 when he was elected. I was very inspired by him and no president since , in my opinion, has had the leadership qualities he had. His tragic death was a great loss to our country and I don't think we've ever fully recovered from the assassination.
I think youre right . No president since has matched his tact and brought honor to the presidency
We never did. We lost our innocence and our chivalry when JFK died...
@@ronswayne7621 and yes - after him dying the presidency became a movement towards power grabbing
I agree.
Ditto. Something, some emotional, social, metaphysical tectonic plates shifted and we have lost our solid footing as a result of which we are scrabbling for whatever we can hold onto.
When he isn't being "recorded" you can see the true man a little bit and you can tell he had a magnetic personality, you can tell why people wanted to be around him, and you can tell he was wicked smart.
This was the era when we had great broadcasters who weren't just talking heads
No, these were just talking heads. Watch again, beginning at 16:00
JFK was class. Such a terrific exchange with the media with no one being a Jerk.
Got meh?🤣🤣
Tell la.
Should include this interview how mny affair he had right?🤣🤣
3? 🤣🤣
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I was 13 in 1960 and followed JFK’s election and Presidency. His press conferences were exciting to watch. Such a shame that he wasn’t able to finish his agenda. I met RFK while in college and he was truly a person that wanted sincerely to help everyone improve their lives. How would the world be if they both were still alive.
Back when presidential press conferences mattered!! Presidential press conferences have become diluted & irrelevant because there's so many ways now that a president can get his across without having to rely on traditional media.
RFK'24 ✌️🇺🇸❤️
How would the world be if Joe Kennedy hadn't got his mob connections to rig the 1960 election? I guess we'll never know the answers.
I agree with you, though, technically, JFK would be 106 years old if he were still alive. ;-)
@@johndenugent4185
Well.... His mother did live to be OVER 104 years old (af) so _technically_ it's possible he could STILL be alive if the CIA didn't have him whacked at 46.
Sad!
Wow we once had political leadership and a media we could respect....what a concept
Well, political leaders and media figures are only as good as the society from which they came. Take a look in the mirror and you will find the source of the problem.
@@clembob8004 Nah, they were pulling the wool over our eyes in those days too...the media was more controlled and there were few alternative media sources and they were in the print media for the most part.
We also had a majority white nation. Watch the population of whites go down corresponding with governmental and media decay and increased crime and drugs.
@@johnnypastrana6727 I think that those problems started with LBJ as seen in videos here on this platform.
@@captaincarl8230Yes this was a turning point for America. Turning away from Liberty by Law into tyranny by dictate. Global banks began to rule completely, unelected bureaucrats behind the scenes.
JFK's assassination was the point of no return. Unless the people put aside petty grievances & unite America could be lost, don't look to our tormentors to save us, in any case ..for them it's a matter of us or them to rule.
This is a respectful exchange and interview as all JFK interviews are. Very lacking today, BILATERALLY.
And culturally, Constantinos....culturally, respect and civility are very much absent in American society today, and it's reflected in every facet of American life. Today's democracy is not what the ancient Greeks envisioned...not to mention that the participants of a democracy should ideally be mature, responsible and have devotion to their country.
HE ONLY HAS LESS 3 MONTHS TO LIVE 😥😥😥
But also, since those days, as Gore Vidal said, the republic took a turn to becoming an actual empire & that's a very different thing than a 'country' & therefore, it has a different agenda than a country does..
@@shahrulamar5358 A President Interrupted
Also, he isn’t talking around the subject without providing an answer. Right or wrong he gives them an answer and states why he supports that view. Politicians don’t do that today. You never really know what they believe or what they will do because they’re constantly flip flopping depending on popular opinion.
Qualified Leadership and Actual News Men
Could you imagine if we had a President right now that could answer questions for a half hour, without using note cards?
Have far have we fallen??
Imagine a respectful and competent press asking the questions. Today's Kinda Journalists all graduated from the School of Gotcha.
@@s.elsworth3068 Both you and @daveware3936 are spot on with your points...well said.
Why is note cards a bad thing? If it helps the president give a better answer, there's nothing wrong with it
@@midorimashintaro2092Note sheets for the interviewers naturally, the subject of the interview many would disagree.
In your opinion, it's satisfactory & in cases of long speeches necessary. Others feel press releases similarity to an interview, is a more closely casual an atmosphere & to adlib answers to spontaneous questions shows mental acuity & well informed current topics of public interest. Note cards take away from that personal feeling, that one on one authenticity by what appears to be rehearsed...or mechanical responses.
Really it's just up to the individual & in public relations what appeals to the majority. JFK was very popular, to popular perhaps, as other power centers feared the amount of influence he wield & the changes he proposed , who set about to destroy a strong Soveriegn, sensible leadership role he advanced. A People's President indeed.
Global banks & corporations don't want strong leadership in America, they want pawns, especially compromised pawns they can order about, do & say what they're told, which takes us back nearer to the note cards real purpose is not to stray out of bounds, to stay inside margins, a great deal of people suspect that.
We had them all my life until we elected people who had no experience with anything. Never accomplished anything but reading a book!
JFK was ahead of his time. He was truly a Superior intellect..
An amicable and well conducted interview with the two NBC News anchors. A rare, perhaps unique, look behind the scenes. Very nice to see JFK at ease and comfortable in that setting.
Why was he allowed a DO Over, after he did not like his first answer?
@@frankgraham1996 I think so
@@frankgraham1996Because Government controlled the media. What Democracy?
He was forward thinking yet his eye on the ball. He was flexible and I believe ready for things to change in an hour. A prepared President with American people in mind.
taped TV programs were typically edited. They still are but technology is changing.
This was my president.
JFK was our last REAL President.
Rest in peace, President Kennedy.
WOW. A president that is intelligent, knowledgeable and makes sense. It's like whiplash.
Barack Obama, in my view, was the most articulate and intelligent US President.
@@frannieo1707 the teleprompter reading empty suit
@@frannieo1707he's a traitor.
@@chuckcollins2349: Kennedy was thoughtful and articulate….better than Obama, though, Barack is NOT a traitor.
Trump, on the other hand, most certainly is.
@@johncurtis7186 Obama is a communist
“… it would be a fatal mistake to divide our country between blacks and whites.. “ wisdom is still wisdom no matter what day it is.
What a superior intellect. Kennedy was a real leader.
Yeah, especially his belief in the domino theory...oh wait!
@@clembob8004 Hopefully he would have said xxxx Vietnam much sooner.
Excellent - especially the off camera exchanges. Neat stuff
May JFK rest in peace. I admire him so much.
You will find out 174
Today is 9/24/2023. Look at this President and what we have today. Anybodies neck hair standing up besides mine? A coherent and intelligent statesman then versus the babbling jackasss we have today. Imagine how confused Shuffles would be @27:00.
@@marlonRivera1997How strangely Biden ordered the declass on JFK assassination put away. Begging the question what have they the Democrats to hide.
This is what an intelligent media with integrity looks like.
Yes. I was there, it was pure news, from time to time they would have an editorial segment and it was very tame compared to the constant hammering of the present day media style.
@@mhammer5 the media although very liberal then too took their job seriously and kept their biases to themselves…mostly although they fawned all over him shamelessly.
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a great President. He exemplified all of the traits of an excellent leader: a superior intellect, a historical prospective, a deft listener, a clear and concise speaking style, a well defined mission and vision for our country, and a Boston accent which is enjoyable to listen to. RIP Mr. President.
This is much better than listening to an interview. It doesn't feel like history. It feels like you're there.
JFK was my president. I was 9 years old, and I remember coming home from school during lunch when his press conferences were televised. I watch as many as I could. Too bad these kinds of civil exchanges are rare, these days. Kennedy was a superior socio-political intellect. And Huntley and Brinkley were genuine knowledgeable journalists-the kind that we seldom see today. In addition to missing all three of these people I miss the congenial way in which interviews were given back then. Both sides respected each other. Nobody cut off anyone in mid sentence. How different things are today!
They lied to him about the camera being shut off. That is not being respectful, imo.
Could not agree with you more Clif. Have a wonderful day !
NBC had those two gentlemen and CBS had Walter Cronkite. All three were very much respected and respectful. Today, the so-called broadcast journalists don't show that as they try to push an agenda and try to put things out there without getting any facts and evidence first.
Cronkite (as Edward R. Morrow did before him) set a new standard for knowledge and truth in journalism and especially in broadcast journalism. These days, there's simply no respect for respect!
@@captaincarl8230Its not News Networks anymore, its propaganda centers now. Pushing a narrative, not even, as much as they do manipulate information, but also what isn't shown for the discernment of the viewer is equally, as deceptive... misleading to pretend to be an information central, when really a tool of brainwashing people into what to believe, what to think & how to follow what's popular in trendy, as designed by those in control.
Huntley & Brinkley.. great tv journalists!
Extremely intelligent
A true human being..
So very sad he was not allowed to to change us and help us
Wow! He was very smart.
and smart people around him .
A class act
Except for the cheating on his wife part.
Wow! A real leader.
so clear headed and articulate.unmatched really
Amazing, he not only answers (not always with perfect honesty,such as about Diem and the CIA )and speaks brillantly, he listens, takes in the questions.A great loss, one we still suffer from.
Not sure you can say “not honest” regarding CIA - some things can’t be shared on national TV
Presidents can't always tell what's going on. They have to think of national security. The good ones, anyway.
Asking a sitting President 'what the CIA are up to' took some balls back then...
Kennedy wouldn't have told them that the CIA was less than two months away from overthrowing Diem in Saigon.
- I think they're plotting & organizing to murder me!
The question was put away swiftly !
What they were up to was his murder.
The CIA operates under its own rules and reports to NO ONE (not even the President). It's always been this way.
He was in his way to greatness and evil people murdered him. These evil people got away with it and we are all suffering today and things will get worse in the future.
One evil person killed him. There’s never been evidence of even a second person, never mind a large conspiracy like so many dummies like to pretend in order to sound smart, I suppose.
@@jackpow2004 I also believe Oswald alone but he was preordained to do so by a higher power. I believe EVERYTHING is divine intervention.
The horrible sad reality is -- all it took was one truly evil person. To change the world in ways we will never know.
Exactly why we the people will never run this country since they murdered JFK, RFK, MLK, and so many more.... these evil, wicked people are willing to kill to maintain power, where citizens are not..... these evil people still elect our "Presidents" and make our policy.... America died on November 22nd 1963 along with John Kennedy......
Hard to believe so many people are still dumb enough to think Oswald shot Kennedy.... I'm stunned at the ignorance of humans....
What a true President should be all about. What we've been lacking for too long. Smart..sensitive but easier to understand by far. So wish we still had him as our courageous leader and everlasting light beacon of our free world. RIP. JFK..
So mesmerizing to watch such a great man.
Probably one of most fascinating people of the 20th century.
Omg John, we surely miss you RIP✌️🙏🏻😞
What he said in public and what was happening in private were two different things. Just a few weeks later, on October 11, 1963 JFK signed National Security Action Memorandum #263, which in part would implement the withdraw of 1,000 U. S. troops by the end of 1963. Reading Col. L. Fletcher Prouty 's highly detailed book, JFK, Vietnam, and the CIA give a true account of Kennedy's pland for Vietnam. Two days after he was killed, LBJ reversed NSAM # 263 and escalated the Vietnam War, resulting in the deaths of over 57,000 Americans and countless Vietnamese people.
One of the last things he did before going to Texas was to order a stem to stern analysis of our involvement there. I think he became disillusioned with Diem, Thieu and the others. He did believe in the domino theory
All the troops in Vietnam would have been out by 1966 and my dad would still be alive and not get killed in July of 67. My life as it is would have been very different if Kennedy was alive beyond 63.
@@silvereagle2061
Sorry to hear that. Perfect example of the countless ways the loss of Kennedy was devastating to the world and changed the US forever. Good man, great President.
@@silvereagle2061 ~ Had JFK had a 2nd Term the deliberate Israeli attack upon our USS LIBERTY in June of 1967 would have had US Military support; and, rescue not be recalled as LBJ ordered.
Many in our military wanted war.
JFK had reputation as a voracious reader especially in historic world affairs. Considering his limited time in office he speaks of such issues with both clarity and vision. JFK,RFK,MLK Why do we continue to intentionally foul our own nest ?
Standard Kremlin rat-f*cking playbook - hundred yrs running.
@@jeremiahseip9281 🤡
“Fouling [via kid moles - sabotage - always rat-F-ing from within] ...
[Then trolling TF - rubbing their victims’ noses in... Arrogant (Kremlin ally) trash behavior ... the benality of evil's true origins... “Trusting the plan” - despite the 60, 70+ million needless dead -
📢 AND COUNTING ??? ]
Also, a voracious womanizer and meth addict. You rock on.
We all didn't. Republicans were behind those deaths. And the Vietnam War. They can never have enough power and money.
I was 7 when he died. I have studied his presidency. Watching this, I understand the extreme trauma the nation endured to lose him the way it did
It's still a trauma that,s being felt today.
They used the war in attempts to divert the attention off of the assassination. The war accomplished much for the military industrial complex.
An interesting, fascinating, informative historical interview.
John F. Kennedy was the best educated president, President Kennedy handle the Cuban missile crisis, with careful skill, and avoided serious major conflict ,with the Soviet Union. In short President Kennedy looked before he leaped !!! John F. Kennedy was one of our best presidents. Time has showed, how he handled problems and how our government handles its policies now. Look at the difference then and now at present time. Think about it !!! Kevin Phoenix
I think more powerful is how he effects people when they watch him rather then the work he did of trying to help people as the government workers made it extremely difficult for him to get anything done. But he shows how a human being should behave.
He was always a gentleman during interviews.
Such calm and intelligent discussion. It's very admirable. Such a contrast to our time in 2023.
I could look at these types of political interviews all day long. So interesting
Imagine if President Kennedy served two terms, and how different the world would be today. He was a thoughtful, intelligent man. Not afraid to be truthful in his answers. He accepted his faults, and openly talked about decisions he made that he thought failed. This is leadership. Something we don't have today. An articulate, brilliant man. A great president so sorely missed today.
I agree with your praise of JFK, although I don’t think the world would be that different if he had lived to old age. All the unrest and social upheaval of the 1960’s and 1970’s would still have happened whether JFK was alive or dead. One man cannot change the course of history. And JFK was just one man. It’s perfectly natural to dream how much better things would be if not for the horrible tragedy of 11/22/63, but practically speaking, no, we still would have had many problems to deal with if JFK had lived. Many of the problems in 1963 America remain with us today in 2023.
@@frederickrapp5396 Agreed, we would still have problems today. The human race is prone to conflict and that will never go away. I disagree, though, that the world wouldn’t be a different place. It is all conjecture, of course, because JFK didn’t get to finish his term or serve a second, though I believe JFK would have handled Vietnam differently than LBJ. The Vietnam War was the major catalyst that set a lot of the social upheaval of the late 1960s in place. I don’t think JFK would have committed the United States to a large land war in Asia. The Civil Rights movement would have still been a major issue even as it still is today, and on this issue it is hard to say how JFK would have approached the issue (maybe his own version of a Great Society?).
Imagine a Democrat supporting a tax cut. Unbelievable.
@@wallacebruce1597why was Truman commenting on a taxcut?
@@wallacebruce1597 Thinking of back to Eisenhower, imagine a Republican with integrity.
So amazingly intelligent. He said “let’s do those two questions again and see what come out this time” because he didn’t like how he answered them originally and still just off the top of his head no rehearsal or notes. Wow, the last great president.
What class displayed by the President and the press. If you give him a chance to speak and don't play the Gotcha Game, you can actually get something for the people who matter _ the viewers. So sad to see in an age of general overall innovation that this industry has regressed to the stone ages. Regardless of your political stripe, every President is smart and should be treated fairly in the media. These guys asked the tough questions of their day with class. And he was great.
The world would be very different had JFK ,, Rfk and martin Luther king had lived
Carol, I completely agree with you. I was 12 when President Kennedy was assassinated. All of these assassinations deeply affected me. I think that our country started to slide downhill, beginning with the assassination of President Kennedy.
@@Kayte-tv2cw No doubt.
ALL 3 taken out by the Deep State 1000% Fact
AMEN
@@Kayte-tv2cw Again Kayte , I thank you for your post, I still miss this great man.
What a President we had!!!! Well spoken and respectful.
They show so much respect for the office of president
He spoke in complete paragraphs. He was thoughtful, informed, and balanced. I will never believe his death did not alter American history. And not for the better
JOHNNY WE REALLY MISS YA .
The interviewers were Chet Huntley and David Brinkley NBC EVENING NEWS (The Huntley-Brinkley Report).
Well here we see a young handsome charismatic man. He was blessed with wealth and he was comfortable with himself. His flaws are now known but at the time he was something no country had ever seen.
Mr. President, I wasn’t even born yet when your life when you were murdered! I was born about 14.5 months after the day you died! And still I mourn the loss of of you as if I had witnessed that horrible day in Dallas November 1963! I love history and I especially have an interest in the lives and administrations of our Presidents! I started my Catholic school education 8 years after you were gone and the love and admiration that poured out of the sisters who taught us, made such an impression on me that it propelled me further at a very early age to study you and our other great past Presidents! I wish so much that you had been able to finish what you had started while in office, and to be an elder statesman to those that followed you! We’d be in such better shape these days I know for sure! God bless you and thank you for the your ideas and wisdom that still lingers almost 60 years after you sadly left us 🙏🏻
and then both sides amicably decide to review and re-do the whole thing ! Unbelievably collegial and respectful interview staging
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Brains, charisma & fearlessness. God rest John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
We will never experience this level of honesty again. Never
He and Jackie lost their son Patrick a month before this interview.
I hope they find him
@@grapefruitjuice9473 he died at birth
@@teresalinton5898 actually, Patrick lived for 36-48 hours after birth.
@@robertzastrow4648 so sad and jackie smoked thru all her pregnancies. they didnt give the warning then
@@teresalinton5898 true. in a way, i'm glad Jackie died when she did, because of the heartbreak she would have felt over John, Jr.'s death (especially the way he died).
Wow, I had no idea what a hard and overwhelming job President Kennedy had at that time. Incredible... Thanks
His love of history really comes through here and his knowledge of historical world politics really aided him in his foreign policy. So badly wish my man was allowed to live long enough to not only to serve his second term, but to be an extraordinary powerful diplomat for the US for decades to come. The world would be a much different place. We’d still have big problems but it would be much different if this one single man wasn’t murdered. (By our own government, BTW.)
He was murdered by a lone crackpot. Absolutely no doubt.
He wasn’t murdered. It was a deep state assassination.
He was one of a kind. We have not seen the likes of him since, as we feared in 1963.
Stunning command of the details of all the issues. JFK speaks with fluid intelligence and thoughtfulness. His composure is exactly what might be our best hope for as a President. Looks like he actually spends a lot of time working at that desk. Its not a set piece. The composure of those reporters is respectful. This interview is like a Professor answering questions extempore with his students. JFK was easily the brightest ive heard.
Looking President Kennedy in the eye makes me cry because his goodness was infinite
Don't forget he was sleeping with a communist spy around this time. Putting our national security in peril due to his inability to control his lust. A serious character flaw inherited from his dad. Hard to overlook this when assessing his standing in the rankings of presidents. On taxes he was right on and today this would put him in the conservative wing of the Republican Party. We'll never know what would have happened in Vietnam with him still alive. His big mistake was picking the criminal murderer LBJ as VP to help with the southern vote. His brother was correct to oppose that. When they threatened to expose LBJ and his Dept. of Agriculture theft of millions, plus their well known plans to drop him from the '64 ticket, the following week he was dead and the evidence of LBJ's involvement is overwhelming.
No national politician alive today, nor any network "news" personality of our generation, can even dare to dream of having this kind of respectful, intelligent, reasoned, thoughtful, reflective and honest discussion on a range of pertinent topics. And sadly, most citizens today would not sit still long enough to absorb such an interview. How far we have declined 😢
What a fantastic interview with a great President! I love and miss him.❤If only we can find someone like him today.
God, we have lost so much civility in this country, and the world. You can see the respect that everyone had for each other and the job that they each had. I was only 10 at the time so politics was the last thing on my mind, but now that I'm older I realize how different we were back then, and how lucky I was to have lived back then. That was nearly 60 yrs ago and I doubt this country will exist another 60 yrs.
I was 12 when President Kennedy was assassinated, and I could not agree more with what you just said…
President Kennedy had only 2 months and 13 days left to live when this interview happened. i was in 8th Grade and JFK's Death still haunts me 60 years later. I was horrible for our country. What a wonderful President John Kennedy was. I don't think JFK would have gone as far as Johnson and Nixon did in Vietnam.
Wow, you are a real mathematician. Oh my word.
Imagine having a President willing to answer questions, not having handlers screaming and throwing out reporters from his office, not mumbling and misprouncing words , and not making up long boring false stories about his past.
Wow -- one could only wish.
What a wonderful interview! Mutual respect. What do you know?
Amazing that this reporter could see the problem of our inflexible denial about Vietnam in 1963 but it took our leaders another decade to see it.
Best damn President we ever had
THIS is the first President I grew up with. Pres Kennedy was truly remarkable.
John F. Kennedy, was not hated, but his brother Robert had many,
This is interesting. The process and all of doing an network interview.
Can you imagine , Huntley and Brinkley interviewing Biden like this today ?
Question made me laugh out loud Huntley Brinkley interviewing oh Biden
@@thomasnorman951 Maybe learn his name. Did he beat your "hero?"😂
30 years later. Or 35 years later Kennedy's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara,met with his North Vietnamese counterpart. McNamara told him the line about how we were in Vietnam to stop Communist Chinese aggression. The man said, "You must have never read a history book. We've been fighting the Chinese for a thousand years! We were never their puppet. We were in a Civil War to reunite our country." McNamara went on to say we didn't understand the Vietnamese and misperceived the whole situation. However, Kennedy had a better chance to figure it out than Johnson or Nixon because the fiasco of the Bay of Pigs made him distrust military experts and their assurances. If he had lived things really would have been different and for the better.
I've never seen a highly educated, eloquently well spoken, thoughtful president ever since
This country and we will always have an underlying sadness in its and our subconscious. I was watching David Crosby and McGinn at Monterey singing "He was a friend of mine" and you can see in the expressions of a woman in the audience and Cass Elliot at the end of the song being pensive and the sadness was palpable. It kind of brought the sadness all back after 4 years. It was as if the 4 year layer of time that had passed since his senseless death was all washed away and we were brought back to that awful day and the sadness everyone was feeling.
Actress Angie Dickinson also has crooner Frank Sinatra to blame for introducing her to John F. Kennedy.
Having met at a party given by Kennedy’s sister Pat in Santa Monica before the 1960 Democratic convention, Dickinson went on to join the presidential campaign.
In his novel "American Adulterer," author Jed Mercurio says Dickinson complained that Kennedy couldn't last very long in bed.
The interviewers, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, were network news reporters and co-anchors of the acclaimed “Huntley-Brinkley Report” news telecasts.
@@jryecart8017What a great intellect you must have.
@@kevinconnolly9982 On Nov. 18, 1963, in the midst of a whirlwind campaign trip, President John F. Kennedy told Secret Service supervisor Floyd Boring that agents riding on special boards installed near the trunk of his car should drop back and tail him from a follow-up vehicle instead.
“It’s excessive, Floyd. And it’s giving the wrong impression to people,” said Kennedy. “We’ve got an election coming up. The whole point is for me to be accessible to the people.”
Kennedy’s bristling at the proximity of the agents was not uncommon for those being protected by the Secret Service, especially US presidents. But after his assassination four days later, some agents wondered if that extra car-length prevented them from saving JFK’s life.
I really love these interviews. This was just a two months before Diem was assassinated and the government of South Vietnam collapsed into total chaos. Kennedy is towing the Administration line about our commitment and is clearly wanting them to move on to other things. And the real gem is the re-taping to give the President more time to formulate a better answer to a question. Does that happen anymore? Probably not. His second response to that Vietnam aid issue was better than the first attempt. His second attempt at the tax cut question was also a better response. That last question on the unmanageable nature of the Presidency has nice side stepped answer with a reposition back to the tax cut and the pushing of ratification of the treaty. Well done.
Look at most Republicans, going off the deep end. Many mistakes today are edited from view. JFK was real. And classy.
Refreshing.. I wish we had a President like President Kennedy.
How refreshing. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him. Thank you for posting. 🇺🇸 🌊
Compare this mans abilities to some who followed.well ahead.
Back in the 60's the press actually protected the President, They didn't go out of they're way to embarrass them. The reporters we have today don't do that, they're shameless.
Watergate changed all of that a few years later.
@@garydykes4350Nixon, like some other Republicans, didn't deserve protection.
Thank you.
I love the fact that he often speaks as 'We' instead of 'I'.
You immediately understand that he wants to speak as the voice of all his team, for all americans