we get whacked upside the head and the pain the house of pain. can be excruciating by stocks even if it s masked by the placid averages as we saw today. the dow slipping 48 points and the s&p .22% and nasdaq declining 1.9% and boy did it feel worse than that. for some stocks there was no escaping china whatsoever even though the chinese market rallied yesterday, we got news out of bmw that was extrapolated with negative pin action. quite upsetting. to quote a reuters headline, worsening chinese market could hit forecast. the article goes on to say that bmw which happens to be the world s largest luxury carmaker warned on tuesday that the financial forecast for this year could be at risk from any further deterioration in the chinese market where they ve begun to fall for the first time in a decade, end quote, such as bmw that s squawking while the stock market really ails. audi, good company. worldwide sales leader said the same thing not that long ago. ford and gm, we k
boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend john fort elvin, diocese of worth, texas. the chaplain: lord god, as citizens of this great land, we mark today the 50th anniversary of the tragic death of the 35th president of the united states, president john f. kennedy. in commemorating such a one whose life and presidency were to sow , we do so not in tears, as the psalmist says, but rather to reap with shouts of joy. help us, lord god, to make the late president s inaugural visit our own, so that together, as fellow americans, we may ask not what our country can do for us, but rather, what we can do for our country. and so, sacrificing ourselves for the sake of others helps help us go forth to lead the land we love, asking your blessing and your help in knowing that here on earth, your work, o god, must truly be our own. n your name we pray, amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to se
texas the governor had been shot. this is two hours. we have a mobile unit on the way to the white house now. the white house does not seem to have anymore information than the reporters on the scene. we are also establishing contact with robert mcneil in dallas. we expect to be getting reports from him very shortly. as you can imagine, extensive efforts are being made to get our men dispensed to the right place of the right timing get as much information as we can. thank you, frank. we are relaying information as it comes in. obviously, it will be sketchy for some time, because you can imagine what is happening to every circuit of radio and telephone between the east coast and dallas, texas at this moment. obviously, at the moment, circuits are jammed. here is something else. it was impossible to tell at once where kennedy was hit. but bullet wounds in governor connally s chest were plainly visible, indicating the gunfire might possibly have come from an automatic weap
driving along. the only people in the area. the shots came directly across the street from us. just as they became directly even with us, we took one look at him and he was sitting there, he and jackie were looking at a dog in the middle of the seat. and then at that time, two shots rang out just as he looked up. just as the president looked up. he saw shots. grabbed his chest. looked like he was in pain. he fell over in his seat. jackie fell over on him. he said, my god, he s been shot. where did the shots come from? just from the hill. just east of the underpass. uh-huh. on the south side. did you look up where the shots came from, ma am? yes, sir. did you see anyone? i thought i saw a man running, but i looked at the president and, you know, for a while. and i looked up there and i thought i saw a man running. i didn t have any better sense, i started running up there too. what is your name. what s your address? 9402 bluff creek. an interview i
we are told that president ken deese s body will arrive at andrews air force base in about two hours time. reaction from overseas, the first point we are able to call in right now, our correspondent in rome, irving lavine. shock and grief are the reaction in italy where president kennedy was enormously popular. the italian president immediately sent an aid to the american embassy to express his sympathy. the president called president kennedy s loss a great loss to humanity. the pope is preparing a radiogram, which is expected to be ready within an hour. italian radio and television made the announcement of the president s death and then went off the air to solemn music. cardinal spelman,&other american bishops in rome for the ecumenical council expressed shock. the cardinal said that he is saying rosary for president kennedy now. irving r. levine, nbc news, rome. there s the first overeast point we have called i