and alan fisher reports the city is now trying to reclaim its good name. >>> messages of love acrosss in 65 locations, an attempt to escape the shadow of one of america's darkest days and the skilling of a president. school children, amateur artists, even prisoners, more than 20,000 people in total asked to contribute to redefine the world view of a place. >> the connection will never be erased. we intend for the love project to change that narrative a little bit, so that in the scope of talking about that, the world knows within dallas there were thousands and thousands and thousands of people who live that love and compassion thrive here. >> reporter: now they are trying to make dealey plaza look more like 1963. for so long the city tried to ignore, to forget the day john f. kennedy came to town. and a dream, an i deal, a hope was ended. at one point the city discussed knocking down the building where oswald fired. here behind glass the place where he fired the shots. now a museum lets people learn about the event of 50 years ago. this is an important moment for the city of dallas.

alan fisher, al jazeera. >> pope francis is keeping a closer eye on vatican finances.has appointed his personal secretary to report on two commissions. those being set up earlier this year. the commissions are looking into the management of the vatican bank. the spokesman says it is meant to smooth communication between those commissions and the pope. video from a central indiana high school showing how powerful tornados can be. the security camera footage was released, showing twisters tearing through the middle school in la fanafayette. hitting on sums in the. no one was inside. the county still hasn't decided to rebuild or tear the school down. >> top of the morning to you all. it turns out mother nature got her act together right in time for thanksgiving. take a look at the beautiful day across much of the country. not looking at much cloud cover here or much precipitation except for right around the great lakes where we have some lake-effect snow showers but the goliath storm that produced snow, wind, hail and ice across the southwest moved off of the shoreline la

alan fisher, al jazeera, dallas, texas. >>> thank you for watching al jazeera. i'm del walters.y tuned for special coverage of remembering jfk 50 years later. we're going to go live to dallas, texas where a memorial service is set to begin. >> the powers that be at home and around the world... >> not only do they not get compensation but you don't even have to explain why? >> well thats exactly what i said. >> we question authority. >> so you said we could get access... >> that's enough! >> ... and those affected. >> investigative journalism at it's toughest. >>> welcome back to a special edition of al jazeera america. i'm del walters. remembering john f. kennedy 50 years later. >> president kennedy has been assassinated. it's official now. the president is dead. >> a half century later the nation pauses to remember one of its darkest hours. the death of a beloved president. it is the first official ceremony to mark the event in dallas. the memorial set to coincide with the time and day that kennedy's motorcade t

alan fisher has more on how dallas tried to move on since those dark days. >> in a place known as a city of hate messages of love. across dallas in 65 locations an attempt to escape the shadow of a dark day and a killing of a president. schoolchildren, amateur actors asked to redefine the world few of a place. >>. >> the connection with the kennedy assassination will never be replaced. we in the love project try to change that. so the world those in dallas there were thousands of people who believed love and compassion thrive here. >> now they are trying to make dealey plaza look like november "63 with street lambs and a grassy noll had a makeover. for so long the city tried to ignore when kennedy came to town and the dream or hope was ended. the city discussed knocking down the building where lee harvey oswald took position and fired. preserved behind glass, the place where oswald fired the shots, which changed history and changed the way that people viewed this city. the museum let's people learn about the event of 50 years ago, and the sting it left. the 50th anniversary milestone is

al jazeera's alan fisher has more. >> this is the moment the crane collapsed crashing into the stadiumin sao paulo. investigators are trying to establish what may have caused the crane to fall over. one theory meant heavy rain couldn't hold the crane and the part of the work it was trying to put in place. work at the stadium was already behind schedule but workers don't think this latest incident will stop the opening of the requisites. delays accidents and street protests, this latest incidents means that workers have been killed at three world cup venues. and there's questions about corners being cut for all stadiums to be ready. >> that crane that crashed could take double the weight. how is it that it can take double the weight and then it picks up something minimal and makes a mess like that? that's what i want to know. are there safety measures or not? i think not. >> and we are two hours from sao paulo, fabio luis's daughter said he was looking forward to the first games. >> he said that he was such a hardworking person he would die at it, and that's what happened. >> constructi

alan fisher, aljazeera. >> this is the third major accident at a world cup stadium in brazil in the past two years. in may, a roof collapsed during the construction at the arena. in march, a worker died from falling from an elevated structure at the arena. last june, a worker died after falling 100 feet at a stadium. >> a homecoming for the nba's best player. >> that's right, thomas. it wasn't the red carpet, but has i am moved. remember in december of 2010, lebron james was treated like a villain after bolting for miami. booed ander. >>ed relentlessly by the crowd, it was clear that fans felt jilted and let lebron know it. last night, his return was not met with the anger of three years ago. the decision still hurts in cleveland, but a more subdued atmosphere. james and his teammates on a roll. he led all scorers with 28, outscored the cavs starters by himself. miami led by seven at the half and stayed in control for the rest of the game. miami improved to 12-3 with its eight straight wins. >> two of the western conference elite met. the thunder held san antonio to are 9% shoot i can. t

as aljazeera's alan fisher reports, the city is now trying to reclaim its good name. >> in a place oncety of hate, messages of love across dallas and 65 locations. school children, amateur artists, even prisoners, 20,000 people asked to contribute to redefine the world view of a place. >> the connection between the kennedy assassination and dallas will never be erased, we intend for the love project to change that narrative a little bit so that in the scope of talking about that, the world knows that within dallas, there were thousands and thousands and thousands of people who believe that love and compassion thrive here. >> now they're trying to make dealy plaza look more like november 1963 with restored street lamps and a makeover. >> the president's car turning on to elm street. >> for so long, the city tried to ignore and forget the day john f. kennedy came to down. at one point, the city discussed knocking down the building where lee harvey oswald took passion and fired. here, preserved behind glass, the place where he fired those shots, which changed history and changed the way th