Fashion changed the rules in the middle of game in hypocritical gesture he condemned when it was proposed in 2005. jon: we have senator ted cruz standing by. we ll talk about him, talking to him about many so of those hinges in couple minutes. i want to get a quick thought from you, you are in texas where jfk was assassinated 50 years ago. give us your thoughts, give us your memories of that day. well, i was in the sixth grade in junior high school in sparks, nevada. i remember the principal came on the loud speaker and announced president kennedy had been shot and died in dallas. i remember my teacher beginning to cry. she asked us to put our heads down on the table and read a prayer, gave a prayer. i remember how shaken i was that, both the president was gone and then it was, that it would frighten somebody, that obviously when you re, you know, junior high, you look up to your teachers. and i, i remember that. i also remember the funeral. my father watched the funeral with us. and
Up against lee harvey oswald four times. they brought him downstairs for a press conference. they brought the rifle out and held it up for all of us to see. it was a bizarre experience for all of us. jon: and so many, you know, conspiracy theories and other things have sprung up because of just the strange events that unfolded over those couple of days. what do you think about all of that that has come up since the assassination? believe it or not, i have not followed the conspiracy theories deliberately, and it s been just the last few weeks when i got my mind around what happened in dallas again. but i did read a very fine opinion piece by larry sabato, the political scientist from university of virginia. and he goes ahead and lists all of the unanswered questions that the warren commission failed to examine or chose not to examine. and then he finally says, well, let s look at the facts, was we
wow. starting early. jon: all right. that s going to do it for our media analysis segment for today. kirsten powers, judy miller. thank you both. thank you, jon. jon: we continue to mark this terrible day in american history. 50 years ago the assassination of a president. how the nation is today, remembering john fitzgerald kennedy.
Should base our conclusions on facts. and the facts were that, number one, people saw a rifle up there. number two, the floor below where lee harvey oswald was, they heard the shots, and then they heard the bolt action rifle, and they heard the expended shells hit the floor. as the day went along, lee harvey oswald s actions were certainly not one who was innocent, because he took a bus and then a taxi and went out to suburban dallas where he encountered officer tipett who he shot four times when he was trying to ask him questions. then, of course, he was inside the movie theater where he was finally apprehended. and there he came the closest yet to admitting his guilt in which he said now it s all over. jon: bill lord, who was there
Asked why are you crying? she said, our beloved president is dead. it is the first memory i have of mom crying. just one more for you, nadine king says, i was in 10th great biology class when the announcement came in. shock and sadness invaded our school. we ll never forget. interesting that teachers and principals announced it to their schools. i m not sure that would even happen today, the school environment a little different. jon: yay, that is where i remember hear about it. i was leaving my kindergarten class, the school, principal, my teacher, i can t remember which, made announcement. you re right these days, a lot of people might shoe kid out of the building and let them find out their own way. whether that is right or not, i don t know. if you have memories to share with us, send us your tweets at happening now. thousands of people will be gathering at dealey plaza. they will be there to remember president john f. kennedy, 50 years after he was assassinated