>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello there. welcome to the news hour. i'm in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes, tear gas in cairo. police confront crowds protesting against the overthrow of the president. [ gunfire ] they are facing a desperate fight to avoid defeat in syria. seven of the biggest rebel groups announce a merger. hello there, i'm julie mcdonald in london with all of the news from europe, including the grim search for bodies after

a supermarket roof collapse in latvia. >> i feel like i'm down out of the tree. i'm still in the forest, but it's a big step. and bail for all but one of the green peace activists held in russia. and it was 50 years ago to the hour, remembering the day president kennedy was shot. we'll be live in dallas for the memorial service. ♪ a ten year old boy and a teenager are the latest victims of violence on the streets of egypt. during protests against the interim government. there have been confrontations in cities across the country, between police and protesters, supporting the deposed president mohammed morsi. >> there were several protests

across the country on this friday as it usually happens on friday since the ousting of the former president. here in cairo there were two standoffs that lasted a few hours. the first one happened as protesters were heading to the intersection that was the ep center of the sit-in. the protesters were trying to reach that area, according to the interior ministry. security forces fired tear gas to push them back, and then sealed off the intersection. the second standoff happened around a dormitory of a university. students there have been holding daily protests for the past week, and just two days ago, actually security forces stormed

that same dormitory. there were clashes and one student had died. the students there today tried to get out of the gates of the dormitory. they were met, again, with tear gas and pushed back into the dormitory. they are calling for return of legitimacy, and calling of the outs of [ inaudible ] who in their view has enabled the military leaders of this country to overthrow mohammed morsi. eric joins us live from washington, d.c., he specializes in egyptian politicians and the muslim brotherhood. the interim government is trying to suppress the muslim brotherhood, arrested the leadership and banned their activities. but we have seen these almost daily protests.

so are they succeeding? hello eric can you hear me? >> yes. how are you. >> excellent. i'm very well. i was just asking you, is since the pro-morsi camps were broken up, the government has done its best to try to suppress the muslim brotherhood. but we have stelazine -- stelazine all of these protests going on, so is the government succeeding? >> it is certainly succeeding in making the muslim brotherhood less effective. the crackdown has limited the brotherhood's ability to meet in private and organize, which is why you're seeing protests that are not small, but are not at all effective, are not achieving the goal which these protests usually have, which is occupying

and holding a square to force concessions from the government. that will not happen today the way things look. >> you have just returned from egypt what is your view on how the muslim brotherhood is going to respond in the long term? >> what we're seeing is that the muslim brotherhood simply will not, maybe cannot accept that -- that morsi has been removed. it believes that he will be restored to power at some point, that the coup will be reversed, and -- and that they have much more public support than frankly seems apparently following the media and speaking to people in egypt. the brotherhood is still living in this world in which july 3rd can be reversed and the public is on their side. and that is leading them to undertake this protest strategy which is backfiring. today's violence will just give the crack downagainst them more

fight. >> is there a sign that the u.s. is trying to ease tensions with the interim government? >> certainly the united states is concerned about the relationship with egypt as is the egyptian government. i heard that very frequently when i was in kay row. i think that statement was intended to smooth over some of the rough edges. as an analytical statement it is certainly open for question, but i certainly think that it did please the current government and may provide a way forward. >> eric good to speak to you, thank you very much indeed for joining us. now a number of major rebel groups in syria are merging into

one group. the fighters represent rebel forces from across the country and are calling them the islamic front. the various rebel groups currently fighting on a number of fronts with varying degrees of success. rubble and pro assad forces have been exchanging mortar rounds. and that has led to a number of casualties including women and children. lepo has also witnessed fierce fighting. an air strike killed a leading rebel commander. and just north of damascus the rebels have seized a town. there they have been under army control since the beginning of the conflict. it is situated on a strategic route. >> translator: this independent political military and social

formation aims to topple the assad regime completely, and built an islamic state. anita has more from neighboring turkey. >> it's a significant announcement. absent from this announcement is the presents of the free syrian army brigades. those are the ones with the closest relationships to the syrian opposition. also absent from this is the islamic state of iraq, seen as the most extreme groups. but these six brigades are heavy hitters, respected and this will be an important and influential merger. the intention is to pull it together militarily, politically, and organizati

organizationally. they say in light of the gains made by assad's forces, that it is important that the brigades do do more to work together. one expressed a wish that perhaps the unification had been more nationalistic in tone, but not suggesting that the broader fighting coalition is going to fall apart because of this. >> survey lavrov has arrived in geneva. it's not clear whether he will join the talks. diplomats have been trying to agree on somebodies to -- suspend iran's nuclear activity. jonah joins us live. what is the feeling at the white house? >> we're not hearing anying so specific about an agreement

here. but sergei lavrov is in geneva. he is staying in the same hotel where these negotiations are taking place. a short while ago a press spokesman for the russian delegation confirmed he was here within the contexts of these talks, but wouldn't say whether he was there to join the talks or break a dead lock or look at the details of the deal. he is also set to meet with the special enjoy of syria on monday. nevertheless if there is a deal to be looked at, he'll be in the perfect place to do it, he is also likely be joined by the other foreign ministers, including john kerry, know i must say at this point there is no credible information whatsoever that any of them are

on or about to get on any planes to come here. and we don't know for sure the talks will go on into the weekend. >> and still the disagreements over whether iran has the right to enrich uranium, what is the mood? are we getting to any point where it looks like those hurdles can be overcome? >> the usually diplomatic language applies whenever anybody does speak about what is going on behind closed doors, positive atmosphere, progress, and so on. we know nothing frankly about the real substance of what is being talked about. there has been face-to-face talks. we were told later in the afternoon an agreement version of text had been sent for

approval. we don't know what that is or whether it has been approved. the journalists here really are trying extremely hard to make any sense at all of any information we have got. >> jonah thank you very much for that. coming up on the program, beaten and brainwashed, british police reveal more detail about the three women freed from a london home after 30 years. plus out on the streets in the libyan capitol, demonstrators demand all militia leave immediately. ♪ in news now from europe, the

death toll from a supermarket roof collapse in latvia has risen to 47 and there are warnings it could go even higher. amongst the dead three firefighters killed when a second part of the roof collapsed. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: hopess of finding survivors are fading. the roof of the supermarket in the capitol collapsed on thursday evening. hundreds were inside at the time, many of them shopping on their way home there work. this man's wife was one. >> translator: i have a wife there. there is no information about her, whether she is dead or arrive. wherever i call, there is no information. >> reporter: when the first collapse hand firefighters rushed to help, but while they were working, the rest of the roof came down. at least three rescue workers were killed.

>> i think sitterable that you just come shopping and you can't go home and all of the relatives that are waiting for their -- their people -- it's -- i think it's terrible. >> reporter: the police have started an investigation into what went wrong. local reports say a roof top garden was being built at the time of the accident. >> translator: it's clear we have to take steps to avoid tragedies like this happening again. we are going to impose stricter controls on construction projects of this kind, especially ones that have already started and ones which are about to start. >> reporter: the building itself is only two year's old. saturday has been declared a national day of mourning in latvia. there are fears the death toll will keep rising. all but one of the 30 people arrested in russia over the green peace arctic protest are now free on bail.

lawyers say they will now focus on helping all of the foreign citizens to leave the country. peter sharp reports. >> reporter: st. peters berg prison where thousands of political prisoners were incarcerated during soviet times. it was the last stop on the road to freedom. nearly $2 million was posted by green peace to release the activists on bail, allowing them to leave prison once legal paperwork was completed. the american captain was one of the first to walk out on friday morning. >> if we made people more aware of the dangers of drilling in the arctic for oil and the unless need for doing it, then it was successful. but at this point for me it's very hard to judge. this is a green peace volunteer. he said he had absolutely no regrets about taking part in the

protests. would you have done this again -- >> absolutely. absolutely. they -- you know, we -- we have got to take a holistic view of the problem, and the problem is that climate change is very serious. the weather is getting much worse, and if we don't act soon, then it is going to get far worse. so now is the time to start doing something about climate change. colin russell alone out of the arctic 30 was given another 3 months in detention. >> i hope colin will be released very soon, and all misunderstandings will disappear. >> reporter: the st. peter'sberg court granted more bail applications on friday. so obvious delight from those freed today, but with no travel documents and no entry vie saas

-- visas, they won't be leaving russia in a hurry. the russian foreign ministry insists the maritime tribunal has no ruling over the jurisdiction. the president vladimir putin. meanwhile in kiev opposition politicians booed the prime minister in parl. it parks a big victory for-moss coy, which has worked aggressively to derail the deal. the eu believes her jail sentence is politically

motivated and wants her to be released. police in london have revealed that two people arrested for holding three women in captain for more than 30 years had been arrested in the 70s. >> reporter: the anonymous streeteds of south london, shielded a 30-year-old secret. three women held captive in domestic slavery. the exact address has not been revealed, but a man and woman have been arrested and released on bail. neighbors in the nondescript street apparently had no idea what was going on behind closed doors. police say it could take them many months to shift through the evidence they have gathered and to piece together the women's story. police say the women were beaten and mentally abused.

one age 30 had been in captivity all her life. >> if people were walking on the street it might look like they are not controlled, but it is all about psychological control and threats. >> reporter: a charity helped to secure the women's release. they are being looked after by specialists. >> they are doing remarkably well, considering the amount of stress and trauma that they have all been under. and professionals are doing the best to make sure they are safe and well, and for two of them to start to rebuild their life, and for the youngest victim in this is to try to start her life. and that's going to be a very long difficult journey. >> reporter: it has been revealed that the arrested couple had been detained by police in the 1970s, but detectives refused to give more details. more cases of modern day slavery

are coming to light. we'll have more news from europe a little later in the program, including, playing for high stakes the new xbox goes on sale, but can it beat its rival, play station? ♪ thousands of people have been demonstrating in the libyan capitol of tripoli demanding that all militia leave the area. >> reporter: thousands fill the streets of libya's capitol tripoli. they demand that militia disarm and leave. they chant their support for the army and police. more than 40 people were killed last week when militia members opened fire at a protest rally.

on thursday people thanked security forces are handshakes and flowers after several armed groups left tripoli. >> translator: we are the people of libya, elderly and young, and we standing together with the police. >> reporter: tripoli is not like syria. tripoli is for everyone. the eternal capitol. the head of the local council says labor strikes will continue until all surrounding regions leave and lay down their weapons. a ceremony was held where leaders formally handed control to security forces. >> translator: we are here today to deliver the bring dade to the central security council. >> reporter: the prime minister again called on militia to surrender. >> translator: the evacuation of armed groups from the city of

tripoli, this includes the evacuation of all armed groups, all should hand over the military come bounds to the army, police and government. >> reporter: armed groups have attributed to the problem since the overlaw of gadhafi in 2011. many say the government has failed in many other areas to control the groups or incorporate them into the police force and army. now the official death toll from typhoon haiyan in the philippines has now crossed 5,200. the storm devastated the central philippines two weeks ago. thousands are still missing. the government expects the death toll to rise further. >> reporter: the death toll here in central philippines is now well over 5,200, and that

somebody is expected to go up, that is because clearing operations in the affected areas is really well underway. but here, only have of the roads have been cleared of debris, and a lot of residents judging by the smell -- a lot of residents worried that some bodies are still trapped under the debris. according to officials they having a hard time trying to incorporate the information they have from all of the villages. but some residents have fled the areas without really having the time to list the number of those who have died in their families, and the number who are missing. it is a national undertaking for the government.

a lot of people have decided to bury the dead on their own. we were here on november 8th, and on that afternoon we had spoken to the governor. back then he told me that he feared that the number of fatalityings was around 10s of thousands. many are worried that the national government will never really know exactly just how many people have died in this disaster. this is a massive undertaking, and recovery effort that might take months or years before it is over. in yemen a representative at national reconciliation talks has been shot dead. the fighters control large parts of the northern province. the creator of the worldwide web has warned of a growing tide

of surveillance and cent forship on the internet. he leads a group that monitors freedoms online around the world. countries like russia, china, pakistan, saudi arabia, and ethiopia are expensively censoring sensitive material. in all 30% of countries block politically sensitive content, and almost all of the countries in the survey failed to properly monitor how their government intercepts information. here is tim. >> governments attempt to control the internet, and governments attempts to control their people by spying on them. it's very insidious. it has a very chilling effect. it can prevent all of the benefits coming -- because

people just won't go out and use the medium because they are worried that there is somebody that they don't trust looking over their shoulder. still to come on the program, we'll be live in dallas as the u.s. marks 50 years since jfk was shot. ♪

♪ welcome back. this is a special edition of al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. you are looking live at dallas, texas, that being dallas mayor, mike rollins, he is speaking

ahead of a moment of silence that will come in approximately two more minutes. that mark the time 50 years ago on this day that the 35th president of the united states was assassinated at dealey plaza. take a listen just for a moment. >> -- he never got to make. but those unspoken words resinate far beyond the life of the man to commemorate that day and those words we are unveiling a memorial right here in this historic plaza. it is inscribed with the last lines of his undelivered speech and will serve as a reminder and permanent monument to president kennedy's memory. >> we have a team of reporters covering events for you. heidi zhou castro in dallas, mark snyder there as well. mike viqueira covering events from the white house in washington, d.c., and with me in

studio, david nassau, writing the book "any patriarch." how much as changed as we wait for that moment of silence? >> everything and nothing. we still have our visions. we still have our hopes, and we're not quite there. >> so at exactly 1:30 eastern time there will be a moment of silence, followed by bells that will ring. they have been observing this day in dallas, and looking forward to it now for the last 50 years as dallas has been known for years as the place where kennedy was assassinated, by dallas itself wants to move on. >> it's not fair entirely. a crazy gunman, could have been born and bred and performed his crime anywhere.

it happened to be dallas. we are still, the day of the assassination, we -- we didn't know, but we know now. [ bells chiming ] ♪ america, america god shed his

grace on thee ♪ ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain ♪ ♪ for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america, america god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ on thee ♪ and crowned thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ oh beautiful for heros move in

libber at itting stride ♪ ♪ who more than felt their country love ♪ ♪ and mercy more than life ♪ america, america may god thy high ♪ ♪ may all success be nobleness ♪ and every day be high [ cheers and applause ]

>> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, mr. david mccullough. [ applause ] >> he spoke to us in that now distant time past with the vie vitality and sense of purpose such as we had never heard before. he was young to be president. but it didn't seem so if you were younger still. he was ambitious to make it a better world, and so were we. let the world go forth, he said, that the torch is passed to a new generation of americans. it was an exciting time. he talked of all that needed to be done, of so much that

mattered. equal opportunity, unity of purpose, education, the life of the mind and the spirit, art, poetry, service to one's country, and the courage to move forward into the future the cause of peace on earth. his was the inspiring summons to serve to hard work and worthy accomplishment, a summons we long for. he was an optimist and he said so, but there was nothing -- no side-stepping reality in what he said. no resorting to steal old platitudes. he spoke to the point and with confidence. he knew words mattered.

his words changed lives. his words changed history. rarely has a commander in chief addressed the nation with such command of language. much that he said applies now no less than half a century ago, and will continue, let us hope, to be taken to heart far into the future. gone but not forgotten is the old expression for departed heros, but if not forgotten, they are not gone. on this day especially, and at this place, let us listen again to some of what john f. kennedy said. the new frontier of which i speak is not a set of promises. it is a set of challenges.

it sums up not what i intend to offer the american people, but what i intend to ask them. this nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. it was founded on the principle that all men are created equal. and the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. the heart of the question is whether we are going to treat our fellow americans as we want to be treated? we must educate our children as our most valuable resource. we must have trained people, many trained people, their finest talents brought to the keenest edge. we must have not only scientists, mathematicians,

technicians, we must have people skilled in the humanities. i look forward to an america which will reward achievement in the arts as we will reward achievement in business or state craft. i look forward to an america which come manages respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization. this country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. art is the great unifying and humanizing experience. the life of the arts far from being an interruption, a distraction in the life of a nation is very close to the center of a nation's purpose, and it is the test of the quality of a nation's civilization. i am certain that after the dust

of centuries has passed over our cities, we too will be remembered not for our victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contributions to the human spirit. if more politicians knew poetry, and new poets new politics, i'm convinced the world would be a little better place to live. when power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. when power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. when power corrupts, poetry cleanses for art establishes the basic human truth which must

serve as the touch stone of our judgment. together let us explore the stars, concur the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths. those who came before us made certain that this country, that the role -- that this country road the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention, the first waves of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the back wash of the coming age of space. we mean to be part of it. we set sail on this new sea because there is to be a new knowledge to be gained and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress

of all people. but why some say the moon? why choose this as our goal? we choose to go to the moon in this decade and to do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win. the goal is -- of a peaceful world is our guide for the present and our vision for the future. the quest is the greatest adventure of our century. we sometimes chafe at the burden of our obligations, the

complexity of our decisions, the agony of our choices, but there is no comfort or security in evasion, no solution in abdications, no relief in irresponsibility. the problems of the world cannot be possibly solved by skeptics or sentics who's horizons are limited by the obvious realities. we need men who can dream of things that never were and ask why not. those things that we talk about today, which seem unreal, where so many people doubt that they can be done, the fact of the matter is, it has been true all through our history, they will be done. again and again, john kennedy's

words are fired with his love of life. his love of his country, and his history. he read history. he wrote history. and he understanding that history was not just about times past, but also about those who populate the present. each new generation, as he liked to say, and that we too -- these are the events unfoaling at dallas, texas at this hour, as they mark the 50th anniversary of the death, the assassination of president john f. kennedy. as we listen in the studios, we must ask ourselves how do you recreate that moment in history 50 years ago. imagine the space shuttle challenger, imagine the twin towers falling, and imagine you are a young schoolboy and this is what you hear on the radio.

>> we can't see if anybody has been hit. but something is terribly wrong. it looks like they are going to the hospital. >> and then you wait and you wonder whether or not the worst, the impossible has happened and then moments later this is what appears on television sets across america. >> the flash apparently official, president kennedy died another 1:00 pm central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >> david nassau in the studio with us right now. a man and a moment sees his entire dynasty crumbling even though he doesn't learn until 28 hours later that his son has died, how much did that change america? >> i think it changed america enormously. i think it changed america because as -- and i'm saying something that many others have said, it was our loss of

innocence. it was the moment in which we joined the rest of the world in which we understood that violence, regrettably is very much a part of life in the 20th century, was in the 20th century, and is in the 21st century. for the current generation in that emotional moment after barack obama in grant park, illinois, there was that jubilation that something had hand that had never ever happened before. young people during the kennedy times felt like they had been empowered. this was a man that they could identify with. >> john kennedy -- we have to remember the context, and that's what historians do. dwight eisenhower had been in the white house for eight years. before that truman and roosevelt. these were all good presidents,

but there was no glamour, life, vitality. it was difficult to be proud of eisenhower in the way that young people were proud of kennedy. kennedy looked forward, and we looked forward with him to a better country. >> how much of kennedy that we know from history was myth, and how much was fact. a captain in world war ii swims with a fellow sailor three miles clenching his strap in his teeth. >> true. true. but maybe jfk should have been court-martialed for getting his boat torpedos and then gotten every medal in saving the fellow members. >> you have studied history, take us back to 1963 america. much different than now.

segregated, divided, not only along lines of race, but north and south and east and west. how different was america in 1963? >> i think the revolutions that have taken place in this country in 50 years, and we have to recognize it, not only have color barriers come down, not only have women become part of the professions, part of the major corporations, but there is this sense that white anglo-saxon protestants no longer rule business, the economy, the nation, culture, as they did once before. the nation has become more inclusi inclusive. >> stay with us as we continue our coverage of the anniversary

of the assassination of president john f. kennedy. we'll be right back. ♪ >> and now a techknow minute...

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as on earth the united states is second to none. your old men shall dream dreams. your young men shall see visions, the bible tells us. and where there is no vision, the people parish. >> welcome back, i'm del walters in new york. our special coverage on this the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president john f. kennedy continues today. heidi zhou castro is in dallas. set the scene for us there from dallas. >> absolutely, dell. right now we're hearing the closing remarks from a clergy member here in dallas with 5,000 people packed into dealey plaza. all of this taking place in the shadows of the building where

oswald put a rifle out of the sixth floor window and shot the president on that day on november 22nd, 1963. today was also a chance for the city of dallas to redeem itself after five decades. immediately after the assassination, dallas earned itself the dark reputation as the city of hate. as time passed the city established the sixth floor museum to detail the assassination and commemorating his life. but today once again with the eyes of the nation and the world on this city, the dallas city, a committee of 25 private citizens here in dallas put on this event purely with donations to show the world that dallas is coming full circle, dell.

>> heidi zhou castro live in dallas. we turn from heidi to mike viqueira in washington. mike they are following events closely there as well. >> they are. first of all you see an honor corps lining the white house behind me. they are here for the arrival of the king of morocco. but at this hour, the president is in a way observing the legacy of john f. kennedy. he is on the telephone with peace corps volunteers in tanzan tanzania. and everyone knows that his brother created the peace corps. earlier on monday, the president joining former president bill

clinton and their spouses, making the trip across the potomac over the memorial bridge to the eternal flame where john -- john f. kennedy was laid to rest. and this is how most people got their information in 1963, and it really does send a chill down one's spine when you can appreciate, when you read these accounts, the grief, the shock, the disbelief, really, the chaotic questions surrounding the line of succession. the new president lyndon johnson was set to address congress. oswald shot to death is the third item down here. which gives you an idea of those

tumultuous events. >> mike thank you very much. and we turn from mike viqueira in washington to a simple statement of fact here in new york. how much has changed since the death of john f. kennedy. the fact that i'm sitting here with our current guest is actually perhaps the biggest change. civil rights was only on the table at the time of his assassination. we're here because of those events. >> november 22nd, 1963, and if you go back just about 90 days earlier, you had the march on washington, which was about the civil right's act, which was about john kennedy having this historic meeting, and if you go back just a few -- two months prior to the civil rights act.

you have john kennedy introducing for the first time a major peace of civil rights legislation. john kennedy fulfilling his 1960 campaign pledge. >> and people want to believe for some small reason because all they did was get together, have lunch, and say that's a good idea. but america in 1963 was deeply divided. >> deeply divided, and you had birmingham, dr. king being arrested, demonstrations all over the south. you had a resistance taking place to the old system of segregation. again, this was nine years after the decision in topeka, kansas. and this president, 110 or 15 days after he introduced a civil

rights bill in the congress loses his life to violence in dallas, texas. so the events -- and so people connected the fact that he was in the south, in dallas and somehow lost his life. did this have anything to do with the stance he had finally taken in support of civil rights legislation? >> it is impossible on days like today not to look back and wonder what if? would civil rights have happened faster or slower? >> i believe it would have happened. it's difficult to look back with any degree of clarity and historians certainly can debate, because lincoln johnson picked up the mantle and brought his special skill as a legislative technician to bare. and used that skill to get the civil rights bill passed. i think it would have happened because i think the advocacy

outside of the congress from the communities across the nation, from the civil rights leadership would have pushed to make it happen. >> there is a tendency to look in the rearview mirror, how much was kennedy hated among people that did not want to see america change in >> kennedy haters were he gones. there were full-page ads in the dallas newspapers telling him not to come to go home. there is no doubt that his support for civil rights cost him some political support, but certainly gained him, i think the affection and an important piece in history. let the word go forth on this date as we note the 50th anniversary of his untimely death, that it was president kennedy who introduced civil

rights legislation in congress. it was president kennedy who got the nation started on this very important journey from the sense of presidential leadership. and i think what he also did was establish the idea that though presidency has an important responsibility and role when it comes to building a nation for all americans. >> mark thank you very much. >> thank you. >> on this the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president john f. kennedy, we want to thank each and every one of you for being with us here in new york. as we look back, reflect, and look at how much has changed and how much has not changed. it was on this day 50 years ago, when everybody was going about their routine wondering if this day would be like every other day, and it wasn't. on this day 50 years ago, america for the first time was

told their president had been assassinated. we leave you with this image of the eternal flame.

♪ welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. [ bells chiming ] >> a nation remembers the life and times of john fritz gerald kennedy, 50 years after his assassination. this on a day when two people are killed during violent clashes in egypt. and a major storm moving across the northeast that could impact your holiday travel plans. ♪ i