Friday, november 22nd, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along with al roker and Natalie Morales. This is a solemn day in our national history. 50 years ago today, president john f. Kennedy was gunned down in dallas. The eternal flame still burns at Arlington National cemetery this morning. Over at the white house the flag will be lowered and has been lowered and at other sites around the country. This is a day that people say an age of innocence ended. It was the end of a period known as camelot in this country. We can all think of where we were. At least those of us that were alive at that time. Yeah, i remember 3rd grade. They brought us into the auditorium. First time you saw strangers crying on the street. Of course, our top story today. Nbcs lester holt is in dallas this morning. Lester, good
We understand this is the f official remembrance in official remembrance in dals since the assassination . She said yes, i heard it on the radio. I think my son is on they arrested. Reporter schieffer picked her up. She never in that ride expressed one bit of sympathy for the president. It was all about her. Reporter he pretended to be a detective and sat with Marguerite Oswald for hours at the Police Station until he was kicked out right before Lee Harvey Oswald was allowed to see his his mother. That was the biggest interview i almost got but didnt. Reporter schieffer says the kennedy assassination shattered the nations confidence and caused americans to question everything. Danielle nottingham, cbs news dallas. And the sixth floor museum says more than a Million People visit daley plaza each year. Live in dallas, texas. Back to you. Danielle, we understand this is the First Official remembrance in dallas since the assassination . Reporter it is. And, you know, dallas got a really ba
Deadly trend of texting whilst driving. Good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The thanksgiving travel nightmare is gripping the east coast. Its complimenting one of the busiest travel dates. Those who were hoping to see loved ones were grippeded by a storm. Its a mix of snow, sleet, rain and winds. Severe conditions are causing havoc up and down the east coast. Winter warnings have been issued from georgia to ver mont. The storm grounded hundreds of flights in central u. S. And is threatening to do the same at the airports of new york, philadelphia and washington. Joining us is Randall Pinkston from la guardia. Miserable for those trying to get to their families. Everyone keeps their fingers crossed. If you leave early in the morning you have a better chance of an ontime takeoff. The arrival and departure boards are showing ontime. If you are travelling along the eastern sea board, into or out of, beware of weather. The winter storm barrelling east disrupted tra
Different delays of the Affordable Care act. The enrollment. For 2015 will now start november 2014 instead of the previous planned october date. Delaysouncement of these and what you think about the changes to the Affordable Care act. Here are the numbers. Wall street journal chose this headline to talk about delays. Again, for those delays, we want to get your thoughts on this morning. Phone lines are on the screen. To give you a listing of the major timeline for the Affordable Care act, the october 1 date was when signups began. On november 30 the Obama Administration set a deadline for fixing healthcare. Gov. Come january 1, 2014, coverage begins. Some of the other options in play right now are march 31, enrollment deadline for 2014 coverage. Again, with that in mind, these delays, and Affordable Care act overall, heres jerry from columbus, ohio on our independent line. Caller still above ground in my 85th year. A veteran. Id like to know why the devil does not anybody ever bring ou
Coverage continues sunday with Lyndon Johnsons november 27 of just to congress and your questions live with robert caro and president ial historian to medina tolly timothy naftali. Jfk on American History television this weekend on cspan3. Discussion on proposed changes to nsa surveillance and foreign intelligence gathering. This begins with remarks from jim sensenbrenner. He is one of the authors of the 2001 patriot act. He is followed by a Panel Discussion beard this is hosted by the georgetown law center. It is about 2. 5 hours. It is my pleasure to welcome you to Georgetown University law center. Today marks the second discussion of the law schools past himt series on it a present, and future of intelligence gathering in the United States. [feedback] october we kept them on Church Committee hearings and look for the origins of the foreign intelligence. Today were going to be focused on current intelligent gathering practices. We will consider them currently before congress that wou