0 going live to arlington national cemetery. president obama and former president clinton will lay a wreath at kennedy s grave, the eternal flame. and as we mark this anniversary of his death this week, robert mcneil and jim lair will be joining me, two legendary journalists who were there the moment the world stopped. president john f. kennedy died at approximately 1:00 central standard time today here in dallas. he died from a gunshot wound in the brain. good day. i m andrea mitchell on a very special day here in washington. at this hour, president obama is when they arrived at lovefield, as jim said. glorious summer day. they looked radiant. mrs. kennedy in that strawberry ice cream colored suit, a big bunch of blood red roses held next to her. crowd rapturous to see them. then into the motorcade through the outskirts of dallas, into downtown dallas where the crowds were so thick that looking from the first press bus where i was over the heads of the cars in betwe between, they
enormous that right now, immediately, without even a moment of a thinking process, you re going to deliver fine news. 60 minutes manned up, they re doing an investigation, they accepted the responsibility. and i think they are one of the greatest things they re trying to do is provide context to that story. it s so interesting that you say that, professor. because i don t know yet what happened there. but my very first thought was, we work on such shoestring staffs that, i mean, one or two folks out, and all of a sudden the difficulty. but i see you over there saying, nope, i work on shoestring and we get it right. we do. at global post, this is what we live and breathe for, to try to provide context and try to be on the ground. we call it ground truth. that s our mission, what we try to do. it s a very old-fashioned idea, to be there and tell the story. you know, watching the coverage of the anniversary of the kennedy assassination and looking at a different time in america, w
no, not whether or not she s going to run for president. instead, the question was this. what place will our country have in the world going forward? i hear all this talk about how we need to withdraw from the world. i ve heard even tonight some references to the really unfortunate consequences of sequester and budget cuts. we have to decide if we intend to continue america s global leadership. all right, maybe she did just answer the question about whether or not she is running. because former secretary of state clinton just articulated an interventionist argument that puts her squarely at odds with potential republican opponents, like the withdraw-minded senator rand paul and the globally inexperienced governor chris christie. clinton s comments about the necessity of u.s. leadership come at a heady time, as american s deeply dysfunctional domestic politics may prove a problem for the next step in a multi-lateral negotiation with iran. now, it has been more than a decad
very smoot sailing. if he stumbles a bit yoke it the change the odds of the nomination but it will certainly make him a less-fordable candidate. and a new biography of the great diplomat george kennan by yale professor john lewis gatus. as far as american history d de global history is concerned, maybe he s the person who has the best claim or one of the best claims to having insured that second hamp of the 20th century w better nan e fit half. because he really came up with the formula with containment, chfl the middle way between having a third world war with the sowf union and appeasing the soviet union on the her hand. politics and diplomacy wn we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new yo city, this is charlie rose. we begin tonight with analysis of the republican presidential primary race one day later, allize now turn to south carolina after mitt romney s decisive victory in new hampshire last night. the state holds its pr
candidate. and a new biography of the great diplomat george kennan by yale professor john lewis gatus. as far as american history d de global history is concerned, maybe he s the person who has the best claim or one of the best claims to having insured that second hamp of the 20th century was better nan the first half. because he really came up with the formula with containment, chfl the middle way between having a third world war with the sowf union and appeasing the soviet union on the her hand. politics and diplomacy wn we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new yo city, this is charlie rose. we begin tonight with analysis of the republican presidential primary race one day later, allize now turn to south carolina after mitt romney s decisive victory in new hampshire last night. the state holds its primary on january 23. though romney has a comfortable lead, his rivals are making the last stand to emerge as the anti-romney alte