'Who Killed JFK?' Rob Reiner says he solved assassination

YOU’RE GOOD AT THAT AND THAT YOU’RE A PERSON ON CAMERA. WHEN YOU TUNE INTO A STORY AND SAY, THERE’S MORE HERE, THAT’S INTERESTING. YOU HAVE THIS NEW STORY TELLING PODCAST ABOUT THE JFK ASSASSINATION. TOMORROW’S ACTUALLY 60 YEARS SINCE HE WAS ASSASSINATED. TO BE CLEAR, WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT ARE THE ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY ON WHAT WAS THE LAST DAY HE WAS ALIVE. >> RIGHT. >> YOUR THOUGHTS ON KENNEDY, WHY THIS MATTERS NOW, AND WHAT YOU’RE DOING WITH THIS PODCAST, ROB. >> THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THOSE OF US WHO

WERE ALIVE AND CONSCIOUS DURING THAT TIME WILL NEVER, EVER FORGET WHERE WE WERE WHEN HE HEARD THAT NEWS. I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS IN MY PHYSICS CLASS. THEY CAME INTO THE SCHOOL. KID CAME IN, WHISPERED IN THE TEACHER’S EAR, HE TURNED TO US AND SAID, I HAVE SOME HAVE BAD NEWS. THE PRESIDENT WAS ASSASSINATED. THE WHOLE COUNTRY WAS IN SHOCK. THEY SENT US HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WE WATCHED, FROM THAT MOMENT ON, FROM LIVE TELEVISION, WE SAW THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING KENNEDY HIMSELF GET MUR MURDERED ON LIVE TELEVISION. I SAW THAT HAPPEN.

IT WAS A COLLECTIVE TRAUMA FOR THE ENTIRE NATION. IF YOU WERE ALIVE THEN, THAT NEVER GOES AWAY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN A NATION’S HISTORY WHERE WE AS

A PEOPLE STARTED QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT THE GOVERNMENT WAS TELLING US THE TRUTH. UP UNTIL THEN WE WERE THE HEROES. WE WON THE SECOND WORLD WAR. WE WERE THE GOOD GUYS. AND THEN WE BELIEVED EVERYTHING THE GOVERNMENT TOLD US. THEN THE WARREN COMMISSION REPORT CAME OUT, AND THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE. WHEN WE STARTED TO

QUESTION IT, THINGS FELL APART. AND SO OVER THE PERIOD OF 60 YEARS, WE HAVE GOTTEN DRIPS AND DRABS OF THINGS THAT HAVE POKED THROUGH. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T FOLLOW AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T FOLLOW IT, IT’S HARD TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. THAT’S WHY WE DECIDED — I’M WORKING WITH SOLEDAD O’BRIEN. WE TOOK ALL THE INFORMATION WE’VE ACCUMULATED OVER 0 YEARS AND PUT KNIT ONE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. AND BY THE TENTH EPISODE YOU WILL HAVE A COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. >> WE’RE RUNNING OVER ON TIME,

BUT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONS OUT THERE, YOU FEEL THAT IN THE END THERE IS A PROVABLE, EMPIREICAL ANSWER? >> THERE’S A PROVABLE EMPIRICAL ANSWER ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS A CONSPIRACY. THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WHO ACTUALLY SHOT — WE NAME THEM IN THE PODCAST. WE SAY THE POSITIONS THEY WERE IN. WE HAVE A GOOD GUESS AS TO WHO THEY WERE BASED ON THE ALL THE RESEARCH. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS ON AND OFF FOR 60 YEARS. I’VE TALKED TO FORENSIC EXPERTS. I HAVE BEEN TO THE PLAZA. I TALKED TO EVERYBODY WHO’S STILL ALIVE.

I’VE TALKED TO SECRET SERVICE PEOPLE, PEOPLE FROM THE CIA. AND WE BRING THEM ON TO THE POD CAST, AND WE LAY OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. >> IT’S REALLY INTERESTING. WE’RE OVER ON TIME. I LIKE TO END ON A LIGHTER NOTE. FAVORITE BAGEL SHOP IN NEW YORK? >> I LIKE A FEW OF THEM. MURRAY’S BAGELS IS PRETTY GOOD. THAT’S NEAR MY — I HAVE A PLACE ON 12th STREET, AND THAT’S