Kennedy. Senatore former u. S. Who served as a lawyer for the worn commission describes the evolution of the single bullet theory. This is a 20 minute portion of an oral history interview he recorded with the pennsylvania cable network. He died in 2012 at the age of 82. How was the fbi and cia to work with . Very cooperative. Question as to whether they had a conflict of interest. Ruby had been interviewed by an agent. There was a question as to whether they could do an independent job. But we had no investigators of our own. I think it was not a good idea to have the fbi money investigation because they were too much involved in it. But that decision was made and we did the best we could. The people we worked with were very able people. The secret service cooperated. Assigned to the chief justice. One was in the front seat. The driver, the name escapes me. T the moment another person you wanted to get testimonial from was former first Lady Jacqueline kennedy. Was only briefed for a fe
Stronger. Eleanor roosevelt was wrong the the gender of but shec bronze figure, aptured perfectly the peace of god that passth understanding. Youre watching american istory tv, all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. To join the conversation, like cspan cebook at history. 50 years ago on september 24, Supreme Court chief Justice Warren handed a report assassination of kennedy to president Lyndon Johnson in the oval office. Pictured commissioners here with president johnson and counsel jay lee ranken Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing john f. Kennedy. The Warren Commissioner worked n this building, a short walk from the u. S. Supreme Court Building and the u. S. Capitol. Camera in a fourth Floor Conference Room to talk to shenon, whose book a cruel and shocking act the history of the kennedy assassination examines the work, using key phone calls, documents, and artifacts, he explains some of the lingering regarding the warren report. First we take a brief tour of the Warren Commissi
1890, which killed over 20 million old world wide. That is sort of a sag card. Number two, the American Economy had ramped up to produce armament for the war. Ironically, most of those never got in the war. When we got in the war in 1919, we used most european weapons. For example, we started building airplanes. Not a single american tanks had entered the war. And goodnight, we fought for the british. But we had a not quite was the largest armaments industry in the world. I Must Immediately after the armistice and the end of the war, the government started canceling contracts. When i see canceling, i mean just like this yet without warning, they pulled them. Factories were left literally with lines halffull. Thousands of workers were let go without warning. The state but connecticut really felt this because it had so many of these kinds of plants. And companies were left with buildings, factories to produce armaments. Well, they said youve got to do something for us. What are we going
That. Please stand adjourned to. [applause] we now have secular norman said of theological board that governs our acceptance or rejection the way our god can speak to people and what impact. We have the Davidians David Koresh says he has special insight to the bible a and this helps other members of the community understand the bible better and allows them to understand they live in the times. That by itself does got saved to be a problem but when it is indeed to other elements, if that trigger of the Law Enforcement concern and the popular press then the idea somebody listening to god is dangerous from the norms and that needs to be policed a and controlled. Stanley weintraub an Award Winning author ruth more than 50 highly acclaimed books including pearl harbor christmas 11 days in december and final victory and i actually remember when i was young undergraduate student reading a young folks on Queen Victoria so a man of many talents. The National Book Award Finalist and a guggenheim
As far as this goes. That being said. [applause] next some booktv, encore booknotes. In 1994 or Liz Carpenter discussed her books unplanned parenthood the confessions of a seventysomething surrogate mother. The book focuses on ms. Carpenters experiences raising rates three teenage nieces and nephews at age 79. She also discusses her years in the white house working as press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson. This is about an hour. Cspan Liz Carpenter, you say early in your book that, by heritage and by profession, i am a storyteller. Where did you learn that . Guest i think growing up. I grew up in rural texas. Rural areas seem to you need entertainment, and so my family had been rooted in texas for five generations and they were full of tales that had been handmedowns. We heard them a lot around the fireplace while youre cracking pecans, and it grew. Then, of course, i just was propelled to be a journalist, and thats what i did. I went to the university of texas and came to washington w