i m richard lui. 50 years ago the nation lost its 35th president when john f. kennedy was struck down by an assassin s bullet. today s anniversary impacts americans coast the coast. for dallas, it will be the first time they officially mark the anniversary of the assassination. leanne gregg is with us this morning. reporter: good morning. i m in dealey plaza. today, cold temperatures and howling winds. but thousands of people are expected to show up to honor the president s legacy. the president s car is turning on to elm street. reporter: these iconic images provide a mental snapshot and remain haunting a half century later. several shots were fired. there was a bang. we all said, what was that? was that a shot? then two more closer together. reporter: robert macneal was a reporter assigned to cover the president s visit to dallas. i thought some idiot fired the shot. it was inconceivable that shot was fired at john f. kennedy. president kennedy died at appro
here s what s coming up on early today. 50 years ago today the united states changed forever as president john f. kennedy was cut down in the prime of his life and service. plus some airlines are saying no way, others are welcoming the change. the senate adopts the nuclear option thrilling the president. and using play time to encourage girls to become engineers. early today starts right now. this is early today for friday, november 22. good morning. i m mara schiavocampo. 50 years ago the nation lost its 35th president when john f. kennedy was struck down by an assassin s bullet. jackie kennedy to steal the spot light among the excited crowds. brian williamsrt reporter: at the third texas stop in fort worth even though it was late and raining people lined the streets to see them. the kennedy s spent their last night together at hotel texas. the next morning the president emerged to greet a crowd of 5,000 outside. i appreciate you being here this morning.
marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. some programs to watch this weekend on booktv. throughout the weekend we bring you a few interviews and tours from the tv s recent visit to andy reid, pa.. at 4:45 eastern, a look at the smartest kids in the world with amanda ripley. at 11:00 p.m. dumbing down accords:how politics keep the smartest judges off the bench tomorrow at 5:00 eastern, we bring you a collection of programs about the federal reserve chairman and at 6:45 from the recent southern festival of books linda barnacle gives a history of the civil war battle. visit booktv.org for this weekend s television schedule. dr. james swanson is latest book is a history of the kennedy assassination for young adults is next on booktv. i am here to welcome you to this session of the southern festival of books and introduce you to our author for this evening s session. as you know our writer for this session is james swanson who is the edgar award winning author of the new york ti
chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we come to the end of the week where we have given thanks for the heroism of the brave men who served as code talkers during the world wars. they answered the call to service of their nation at a time of great danger and we are grateful to them. now we approach a week during which all americans will gather o remember who we are, a nation generously blessed not only by you, our god, but by courageous ancestors, faithful allies and the best good wishes of people everywhere who long for freedom. he difficult work of participative government and bless the members of this assembly and us all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans. help us all to be truly thankful and appropriately generous in our response. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. men. mr. faleomavaega: the chair has examined the journal of the last day s proceedings and an
president, john f. kennedy and the impact that have weekend on america. we ll talk to lucy johnson whose father was sworn in within hours of hits death. we ll hear from reporters who covered the story, of the dallas morning news and mike of the associated press. and ronald jones a park land hospital doctor who treat the president and lee harvey oswald that weekend. we ll put it all in context with historian, author of kennedy s last 100 days. the university of virginia author of the kennedy half century and douglas brinkley. plus, making news at the wall street journal and the kennedy assassination 50 years later on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs and now from the sixth floor museum from the dalely good morning again. we begin our broadcast with lucy banes johnson, daughter of lindsey johnson she was a student in washington she was in spanish class that day when she got word that there had been trouble in dallas. good morning, welcome. thank you so