Displeased to the report. It is too long. Unanimous . You been listening to a portion of a phone conversation between president lyndon b. Johnson and senator Richard Russell of georgia. He was a member of the worn commission. Commission. N each week, reel america rings you archival films that helped to tell the story of the 20th century. After president kennedy was assassinated, president johnson established a commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the day headed by the chief Justice Earl Warren. It concluded that lee hot Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in killing the president. Report, a cbs special from the day the report was released to the public. Youre watching an official reenactment of the murder of president john f. Kennedy filmed from the window where the alleged assassins crouched and are the telescopic sight of his rifle. This is a cbs news extra. November 22, and the warren report. Here is walter cronkite. November 22, president johnson strolled kennedy w
Including his wife and mother as well as those who witnessed the assassination and the aftermath on the streets of dallas. Youre watching an official reenactment of the murder of president john f. Kennedy filmed from the window where the alleged assassins crouched and are the telescopic sight of his rifle. This is a cbs news extra. November 22 and the warren report. Here is walter cronkite. November 22, president john kennedy was shot to death in full view of hundreds of spectators watching him in a dallas, texas, motorcade. 48 hours later, Lee Harvey Oswald was killed by jack ruby in full view of millions of americans watching television. This bizarre sequence of double killings raised great questions. Who actually fired the shots that killed kennedy . Why did ruby shoot oswald . Was there a conspiracy . Was it a russian plot . A cuban plot . Were rightwingers involved . Lyndon johnson ordered these questions answered. He appointed a commission of seven prominent americans to investig
Another set to everybody else. That morning. The exchange yesterday on the senate floor between Senate Leader mcconnell and read. It is being called historic and dramatic. Changing the filibuster rules for nominees to the federal court and cap Network Level appointees. This has followed years of debate on the Nuclear Option. It has created sharp words by democrats and republicans. We will begin with an explanation on why it is happening now and what it means for congress and the white house. It is friday, november 22. The date etched in the minds of those of you old enough to remember where you were 50 years ago. President obama is calling this a day of her membranes for john f. Kennedy. The flag at the u. S. Capitol is halfstaff. A tribute to our president who died in dallas a halfcentury ago. This is the scene at Arlington National cemetery. The final resting place for president kennedy and members of his family. We are focusing on both of these stories. We want to begin on the issue
Search to see whether they were linked to cuba or the soviet union. We also document the extensive search to see if they were linked to organized crime. There are hints in those directions. To millions, the evidence is ambiguous. The Warren Commission says all that of the shots were fired from behind by Lee Harvey Oswa d oswald. Its completely consistent with the shot from the front. So the single bullet theory is complete fashlt si and the biggest reason is that the horizontal trajectory just cant line up. The round that oswald was using, simply doesnt fit in that hole. If you look at the 5. 6 millimeter, the round is designed to explode upon impact. That was in the secret service weapon, it fit perfectly. Some believe our government did it. The telephones didnt work. To prehavent the wrong stories from spreading, if anything went wrong with the plan. Nothing was left to chance. He could not be allowed to escape alive. Others believe it was the mafia. I think its undeniable that the m
Search to see whether they were linked to cuba or the soviet union. We also document the extensive search to see if they were linked to organized crime. There are hints in those directions. To millions, the evidence is ambiguous. The Warren Commission says all that of the shots were fired from behind by Lee Harvey Oswa d oswald. Its completely consistent with the shot from the front. So the single bullet theory is complete fashlt si and the biggest reason is that the horizontal trajectory just cant line up. The round that oswald was using, simply doesnt fit in that hole. If you look at the 5. 6 millimeter, the round is designed to explode upon impact. That was in the secret service weapon, it fit perfectly. Some believe our government did it. The telephones didnt work. To prehavent the wrong stories from spreading, if anything went wrong with the plan. Nothing was left to chance. He could not be allowed to escape alive. Others believe it was the mafia. I think its undeniable that the m