Working on president kennedy that mrs. Kennedy walked into the operating room in the emergency area and took out a piece of his skull and offered it to the doctors and said, would this be of any help . Of course by then it was too late. Lets interrupt just a moment here. Yeah. Because julian parallels what you are saying with where he was and what was happening in the limousine as well. Can you overlap what sid was talking about . Then we will go back into Parkland Hospital. My memories are similar to sids. I was in the same White House Press bus. I was up in the front of it. When we heard the shots we had to decide what to do with the bus. I talked with to driver with another assistant press secretary who was on the bus with us. We decided the only thing to did was to go to we had thousands of people out there wait forth the president and they didnt know what happened. We might have to point out something about when this happened of course no one on the bus had any concept what had oc
A milestone by meeting at the historic Decatur House in washington, d c, to recount their white house experiences. Bys program was hosted bottoms, and International Auction trust. It is about one hour. This is an event that has been birthed from a number of sources. It really all started for us with the collection you see against the back wall, the care and archive, which is one of documents and ephemera related to history. The collector who put it together with focused on finding documents and printed matter that bring you as close as you can to the contemporary events described and i encourage you all to have a look at these incredible documents spanning the papal from ambassador from the congo in 1608 who died two days after arriving in rome to the first printing of the u. S. Constitution and so forth. It is an opportunity to get close through history through interaction with documents and i think what is exciting about this evening is we not only have documentation but we have livi
Coverage of todays events honoring president kennedy. But the effort to stop Irans Nuclear ambitions. Secretary of state john kerry is making an unexpected trip to geneva. Nick shiffrin has more. Today the u. S. Hopes to make a deal that would stop that building and convince iran to give up the capacity to make the bomb. It is the president s policy that iran must not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. Think of a bomb as making tea. Right now iran is enriching uranium, like to 20 . Building a bomb would be more difficult, time consuming. Allow u. N. Inspectors more access to facilities. About the purely peaceful nature of its nuclear program. In return the u. S. Would lift 7 billion of sanctions. What iran doesnt have to do, tear down its nuclear infrastructure. Thats why centrally post oppos. Its a bad deal. Secretary of state john kerry hopes to secure a deal that the u. S. Believes will make iran more peaceful. Diplomat disagreement for the first step with iranians. And nick joi
Today that changed the course of american history. And here in the shadow of that very building it was a perfectly awful day. 35 degrees, rain and wind, perfectly matching how dark it felt to be here today. And going back 50 years ago tonight, by this time of night, right now, air force one had just landed back in washington, d. C. Carrying the president s casket, his widow Jacqueline Kennedy and the new president , lyndon johnson. Most americans were home for the day. Schools and offices let out early, and millions by this time were huddled around their Television Sets where they would remain transfixed, watching the coverage on and off for the next four days. Here now is how David Brinkley started off this broadcast on this very night 50 years ago. Good evening. The essential facts are these. President kennedy was murdered in dallas, texas. He was shot by a sniper hiding in a building near his parade route. He was dead within an hour. Lyndon johnson is president of the United States.
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