Seat. Boom clickclick. And he fell shot in the side of the head. Any effort to explain what happened in dallas must explain lee Harvey Oswald. He is not an easy man to explain. Did you shoot the president . No, im just a patsy. Narrator lone gunman or part of a conspiracy . The evidence is often ambiguous. Im a marxist, that is correct. Narrator on the 50th anniversary of president kennedys assassination, frontlines definitive investigation of the mysterious life and character of lee Harvey Oswald. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation. And by tfrontline journalism fund
This is overheard. [applause]. Evan thomas mallon, welcome. Thomas thanks for having me. Evan congratulations on this thomas thank you. Evan brand new book. Why reagan . Why the Reagan Administration as a setting for a novel . What propelled you to have the book be set there and then . Thomas i seem to be visiting republican president s at their lowest points. Evan you have a thing. You have a thing for republican president s kind of on the outs, or heading there. Thomas the previous book to this one was watergate. And this shows reagan in 86, which is arguably the low point in his presidency. Evan we have irancontra. We have really the coming apart of a lot of personnel things within the white house. Thomas democrats retake the senate. Evan democrats retake the senate. Thomas reykjavik, the summit. Today theres a Strong School of thought that argues that reykjavik was what won the cold war. Evan right. Thomas but at the time its perceived of something of a fiasco, something that just
This is overheard. [applause]. Evan thomas mallon, welcome. Thomas thanks for having me. Evan congratulations on this thomas thank you. Evan brand new book. Why reagan . Why the Reagan Administration as a setting for a novel . What propelled you to have the book be set there and then . Thomas i seem to be visiting republican president s at their lowest points. Evan you have a thing. You have a thing for republican president s kind of on the outs, or heading there. Thomas the previous book to this one was watergate. And this shows reagan in 86, which is arguably the low point in his presidency. Evan we have irancontra. We have really the coming apart of a lot of personnel things within the white house. Thomas democrats retake the senate. Evan democrats retake the senate. Thomas reykjavik, the summit. Today theres a Strong School of thought that argues that reykjavik was what won the cold war. Evan right. Thomas but at the time its perceived of something of a fiasco, something that just
History bookshelf with the bestknown American History writers. The presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nations commanders in chief. Lectures in history with top college professors. And our new series reelameri filmsaturing educational from the 1930s through the 1970s. Tv and3 created by cable funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. On september 24, 9064, chief justice earl war and handed a report of the president s commission on the assassination of president kennedy to president Lyndon Johnson in the oval office. The seven commissioners pictured here with president johnson and general counsel rankin concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing president kennedy. The Warren Commission work for nine months in this billing, the Washington Office of the vfw. A short walk from the Supreme Court and the u. S. Capitol. A fourth a camera and Floor Conference Room to talk to investigative jo
Good afternoon, everybody. Listen, i am privileged to be here as a moderator, but from what these gentlemen have to say, i am going to step back. It is the easiest moderating job i have ever had because there are some fascinating stories and conversations they will have with you. One thing i did not know other than that i was a sixth grader at the time the president was killed, i did not know i did not study, at that time, about the Warren Commission, but i have come to know quite a bit of it. I actually, in a retaliation creation of a a mock trial of Lee Harvey Oswald i prosecuted mr. Oswald. Former First Assistant with the Dallas Da Office was the defense attorney. So, i got to learn a lot with the assistance of my super paralegal who is here, lisa and anderson anderson. Let me tell you about the panelists. Wow is what you are going to say when this is all over. Judge burt griffin is a graduate of Amherst College and yeah law school. Yale lawhile school school. He served as a law cle