. >> today the historian david mccullough reminded this crowd what was important about john f.. >> he knew words mattered. his words changed lives. his words changed history. >> and about that last man we just heard from, the organizers of this event today were wise enough to invite one of the wisest men in our nation to speak here today, the great historian and author david mccullough. after the public ceremony, we met inside the book depository building to talk about dallas, about john f. kennedy and the course of history. >> i think the three things that i would value most, not just from my point of view but from the point of view of the country and the history of the country, are his use of language, his use of words to move us, to lift us like lincoln did and franklin roosevelt could, his breaking the barrier of religious rules of who gets in and who doesn't, and the way he did it. no self-pity, no it's time for us, no. and his going to the moon. going to the moon -- we take it now for granted. yeah, of course, we went to the moon, ya, mm-hmm. >> it gave us a national effo

kennedy, david mccullough continuesing to read excerpts from some of president kennedy's peaches as weus some thoughts. 50 years agoing this hour, that all of event occurred, the assassination of the president of the united states. it's a powerful moment for so many people in the united states and around the world to recall. >> well, absolutely. i think we can now say john f. kennedy's a sustainable hero and david mccullough, our great historian from massachusetts, like john f. kennedy was talking about the heroism of kennedy. i say that because after his death there was a lot of camelot literature, books by ted sorenson building up kennedy and other books came out of a different generation very critical of his personal life. but now on the 50th anniversary, not only is he coming off as a sustainable hero, the amount of love, the outpouring from love from all over america, its bipartisan and spirit. david reading those words reminds you kennedy was the greatest orator of the 20th century. you could chisel so many speeches into marble and monuments. now there's another new monument in d

among the speakers, historian david mccullough. >> he spoke to us in that time past with a vitality and sense of purpose such that we have never heard before. >>> there are signs that there may soon be deals over iran's nuclear program. talks are down to

was shot with remarks by dallas mayor mike rawlings and historian david mccullough. the catholic diocese of dallas. the mayor of dallas, the honorable mike rawlings, david mccullough, and pastor emeritus of the st. luke's community united methodist church, sam w. holmes jr. thank you. and now, we ask you to please rise for the presentation of the colors by the dallas police department honor guard. >> please remain standing for the national anthem, performed by monica saldevar. >>. ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what's so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight ♪ oo'er the ramparts we won were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare and the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ o say does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ ♪ >> please be seated. the national invocation is presented by reverent bishop kevin james farrell of the catholic diocese of

now we embrace these other tools which we have had for some time now. >> i listened to david mcculloughd president kennedy's inaugural speech today and i was so moved by it, and also the mayor in dallas as well. but what struck me was whether or not the younger generation was also moved by it as well. >> i think so. i've been traveling around the country speak going my book, high school audiences and college audiences, there seems to be an enthusiasm about this man's presidency. the more they realize that it was sort of this transformative time, where we felt we were truly on a cup cusp of better t, we don't really need to change any of the words that he said, they are just as relevant as when he spoke. >> what are the questions that young people ask you? >> they say what are some of the key values that to define his presidency, what kind of events in his life shaped him and made him emphasize these themes. and i think that's when the kennedy story really begins to emerge. he tries to get into the army, the navy, he fails his medical exams. he says to his father you got oget me into the

. >> historian david mccullough remembered the hope and promise that came with kennedy's presidency.> he spoke to us in that now distant time past with a 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. >> 50 years later, people in dallas recalled that terrifying day in 1963 and what it means to them now. >> i was 13 years old. so it was quite a coming of age, a shock. like 9/11 was for our children. >> i think dallas has turned a corner in how they're approaching what happened here that day. it's time, time to honor it in a more sophisticated manner. >> in boston, a rain-soaked wreath lain in front of a house where a statute of kennedy stood. but dallas will always be the place where kennedy's story ends. he was here to give a speech but never made it. now a memorial in the plaza is inscribed with the last lines of that undelivered speech. >> for it was written longin lo. accept the lord, keep the city. the watch manwakeeth buman

david mccullough.and pastor emeritus of the saint luke's trinity united methodist church, sam w holmes junior. thank you. and now we ask you to please rise for the presentation of the colors by -- of the the dallas police honor guard. please remain standing for the national anthem, performed by monica saldivar. ["national anthem"] whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket's red glare. airbombs bursting in gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. that star spangled waver yet freethe land of the brave ♪ me of the >> please be seated. today's invocation is presented by kevin chain -- by the catholic diocese of dallas. >> almighty and ever faithful god, today we lift up our minds and hearts to you because you have lifted us up from the horrible tragedy enacted in this place, from the cruel suffering that was born on this hill. from the shock and horror that gripped our nation and from the year

historian david mccullough remembered hope and promise that came with kennedy's presidency. >> he spoke to us in that now distant type past with the vitality and sense of purpose such as we had never heard before. he was young to be president. it didn't seem so if you were younger still. he was ambitious to make it a better world and so were we. >> 50 years later people in dallas recalled that day in 1963 and what it means to him now. >> i was 13 years old. it was a coming of age, a shock. like 9/11 was for our children. >> i think dallas turned a corner in what they are approaching. it's time to honour in a sophisticated manor. >> in boston a rain-soaked wreath laying in a house where a statue of kennedy stands and this arlington a stream passes by the eternal flame. kennedy was here in dallas to give a speech, he was never to make it. there's a plaque where the last line of that speech. >>... anticipate the lord, keep the city -- accept the lord keep the city, the watchman, awaken in vain" >> 50 years after president kennedy's assassination new de.s about the man who killed his brothe

david mccullough talks about the inspiration jfk gave to many americans. >> he spoke to us in that now distant time with the vitality and sense of purpose such as we had never heard before. >> this was the first ceremony in dallas since the assassination. the event was held under great skies but in 1963 was a sunny bright day as the president and first lady wrote an open top limousine. 24-year-old lee oswald positioned on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository opened fire and killed the president. the entire nation grieved after the assassination. >> it appears something is happening motorcade route. >> november 22, 1963. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> then. >> ... a shocked nation weeps. >> and now. from the bells at dealey plaza to the american flag at golden gate national cemetery. >> it's just absolutely devastating and it still is to this day. >> today, americans did not forget. >> the first president that i really paid attention to and can recognize. and to this day i can remember everything, the entire weekend. >> so many americans

historian david mccullough recited lines from the president's famous speeches. >> he spoke to the point and with confidence. he knew words matter. his words changed lives. his words changed history. >> there is a permanent new monument in the plaza near the infamous grassy knoll. the inscription on the plaque is the final paragraph of the speech president kennedy was set to deliver in dallas but never did. face the nation's bob schieffer was a 26-year-old reporter at the fort worth star telegram the day kennedy was killed. >> nothing was ever quite the same as it was before this happened. it really kind of shattered our national confidence and caused us to ask questions about almost everything. >> schieffer says he's tried to keep an open mind to conspiracy theories about the assassination, but he believes all the evidence supports the official explanation that lee harvey oswald acted alone. >> there are going to be questions about this 50 years from now. you know, we're still asking questions about the assassination of abraham lincoln and julius caesar. >> schieffer like so many americ

the panama canal--we were very struck by david mccullough's book on the--on the panama canal and teddy roosevelt's devotion of energy to that. changed another dimension of america and the rest of the world. c-span: you have a list in the back of the book of 100 suggestions. >> guest: yeah. i'm glad you noticed. c-span: how hard was that to come up with the list, and how did you do it? >> guest: well, to be honest again, i defer to todd most of this time because in for--we talk for--todd and i were talking about this just the other day to figure how much we'd been able to dip into all of this 100 books and others, and todd much, much, much more than i. there's so many good books about the century. it's such an extraordinary period. we just thought--can i look at it? that the--that in each--in each case here, what you got was a--and underneath each book there's a good little description of why we think the book is a good choice. so under, for example, david mccullough's book about the panama canal, just the building of the panama canal, under a wonderful book about new york life in the 1

david mccullough.th a vitality and a 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 and unitty of purpose and education. the life of the mind and the spirit, art and 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 and a summons we long for. he was an optmist and he said so. and there was nothing, no sidestepping reality in what he said. no resorting to sail old platitudes and he spoke to the point and with confidence. and he knew words mattered. his words changed lives. his words changed history. rarely has a commander in ch

david mccullough. [ applause ] >> he spoke to us in that now distant time past with the vie vitalityore. 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

among the speakers, historian david mccullough. >> he spoke to us in that time past with a vitality and sense of purpose such that we have never heard before. >>> there are signs that there may soon be deals over iran's nuclear program. talks are down to the last few moments. secretary of state john kerry has gone to geneva to attend the talks personally. >>> wall street has set no signs of losin losing system. the 40 time this year that wall street has set an all time high. strongest time historically for stocks. those are the headlines. consider this with antonio mora is up next and remember you can always get the latest news on aljazeera.com. >> as the world's environmentalists close a contentious conference in warsaw, combating climate change, how were the cases of 6,000 reportedly abused children ignored? plus 50 years after jfk's assassination we'll look back at his life through pictures from kitty kelly. >>> we'll enter the tiny house movement. hello i'm antonio mora. welcome to consider this. we begin with climate change and nuclear power. warsaw, poland, after two weeks of talk

partly because it was the period in which david mccullough's john adams was doing so well and and benjamin franklin by will drive that captured the popular imagination and my sense was that if we were going to go back and recover these early figures, we should recover someone who represents the best of it in the worst of it. and andrew jackson surely does that. he teaches as much by vices as he does by virtues. so this is not -- you can't really have anything other than it works with andrew jackson. but they are on a man who ultimately kept the possibility of progress alive by preserving the union. >> over the next few weeks, booktv is much all the programs online at booktv.org. >> we continue with the recognition of president kennedy's assassination in 1963. up next, ira stoll argues kennedy's buildup of the military during the cold war and his free trade and tax cuts to bolster economic growth is examples of the president ideologies on the conservative side. "jfk, conservative" is his book and this is just under one hour. >> thank you for having me. when i first arrived in washington com

david mccullough. [ applause ] >> and joining me now, that was the navy choir, as we continue our coveragenation of john f. kennedy, nbc news historian. michael, you have studied this so intensively. this day, this hour, the president had been shot, now taken to parkland hospital. already lbj was being rushed back to love field. those relationships as we're discussing with robert caro were so intricate and so complex, the call at this hour to bobby kennedy and tollup call of lbj. >> 50 years later it seems almost impossible, andrea, 50 years this moment the midnight blue limousine rushing from dealey plaza, as we have seen that scene in dallas today, to parkland hospital. we've seen these scenes so many times. remember what this was. john kennedy had been mortaly wounded. he fell into her arms. she bent over them as they sped to the hospital. it was such an enormous shock to her, she did not remember anything between the shots at dealey plaza and the moment the car screeched up to the door of the hospital, which would be 50 years ago in about one or two minutes. from that on she remembered

. >> reporter: historian, david mccullough will read packages from some of his speeches. >> ask not whatour country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. >> reporter: 5,000 people were invited to attend the dealey plaza ceremony. but no one from the kennedy family will be here. the president's daughter, caroline cane di, just started working as the u.s. ambassador to japan. this anniversary is a chance for dallas to come to terms with the tragedy. >> what we were looking for is an opportunity to mark an occasion that is a moment that's important in american history and world history, but do it in a way in which we can reflect on president kennedy's legacy. >> reporter: there will be no mention of lee harvey oswald who was buried in fort worth. fresh flowers have been left on his gravesite this week. and won't see the conspiracy theorists who skill preach on the grassy knoll. one of the shots fired struck the curve at his feet and debris flew up and cut his face, according to this man. >> do you feel slighted? >> no. i was the guest speaker at that time on the 40th anniver

historian david mccullough talked about the power of kennedy's speeches. >> he spoke to the point and confidence. he knew words matter. his words changed lives. his words changed history. >> at arlington national cemetary, members of kennedy's family including his sister jean laid a wreath at his grave, and nearby the vice president was doing what many older americans did today, talking about how they learned of the news. >> i was sitting on the steps as a sophomore at the university of delaware in stark disbelief and going out to a car parked in the parking lot with a bunch of my fellow students, half of whom i didn't know turned it on the radio thinking this can't be happening. >> a new memorial has been unveiled, featuring part of the speech kennedy was to be giving at the very moment he was pronounced dead. katherine hennen, kron4 news. >> again we are following breaking news, this is a live picture overlooking los angeles international airport, where some sort of situation is unfolding there. you see the emergency vehicles in this video, we are monitoring developments even the po

this afternoon, we will take you to a ceremony in dallas, with remarks from david mccullough. the ceremonyday, in the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum in boston. on this special edition of discussing journal," how the white house and washington dc prepared for president kennedy. the legacy of john f. kennedy. paul gregory, who was a family friend of lee harvey oswald, will be our guest. >> today, the important distinction is not between democrats and republicans. it is between those who are willing to break the gridlock in washington and those who defend the status quo. is the senate working now? can anyone say the senate is working now? i do not think so. >> when democrats were in the minority, they argued strenuously for the thing that they say we will have to do without. namely, the right to extended debate on lifetime appointments. in other words, they believe that one set of rules should --ly to them, to them

there will also be excerpts of speeches from president kennedy written or read by the historian david mcculloughthen it culminates with the unveiling after i new monument along the grassy knoll which will carry the last paragraph that president kennedy was supposed to give. there was a roomful of people waiting for him to give his speech. he was on his way there, but when the motorcade raced by, president kennedy had been wounded and the motorcade was racing to parkland hospital, not the trade mart where he was supposed to give that speech. the monument will carry the last paragraph of the speech that he never gave for the new generation to read the words and inspiration of president kennedy. >> for viewers in the u.s. and elsewhere, it may be surprising for them to know, according to polls, that a majority of americans still believe in a are conspiracy is your rounding the assassination of john f. kennedy that day 50 years ago in dallas. what are people telling you about that? >> well, you know, it's interesting, i've lived in dallas a long time. i've always been struck by the fact that any tim

. >> and charlie i once asked david mccullough, how do you judge who's going to be a good president before they get to be president? he says you can't. any time we try to set down -- so who's the most experience president we've ever had in terms of dealing with washington lyndon johnson. but his judgment about the world was thin. >> rose: limited. >> and lacking and i think helped lead us to a disastrous war. >> rose: the distinctions they made between johnson and kennedy. kennedy had probably gone across the atlantic more than johnson had been across the country. >> but, you see, we're talking about a difference in grandiosity. is in other words, kennedy's grandiosity was aimed at the world. get world peace. he said foreign policy can kill you, domestic politics can unseat you. so he was a foreign policy president. johnson, his grandiosity was being another franklin roosevelt or eclipsing f.d.r. >> rose: let's talk about the assassination and the investigation and the warren commission. it seems to me the conventional wisdom of almost most people i know believe the warren commission was f

instead, the city deciding to pay much more tribute to the legacy, the histoan david mccullough read from president kennedy's speeches. on that grassy knoll that figures in the conspiracy theories, a new monument unveiled containing a paragraph from the speech jack kennedy was on his way to deliver. he was about a mile away here in dealey plaza from the dallas trade mart. he was supposed to speak to a luncheon as part of his campaign swing through texas. part of that speech, very hopeful and forward-looking, now inscribed in a stone plaque on that grassy knoll. you can see they are breaking down now but about 5,000 people here for the ceremony. the weather complicating things a bit but a very solemn ceremony as this city tried to pay tribute to the president and essentially tried to, if you will, burnish its own reputation and move past some of the pain that people here say not only in the days after the assassination but for years and decades after the assassination. jake? >> chief national correspondent john king. thank you so much. i wasn't alive the day jfk was assassinated and b

historian david mccullough will read jfk's speeches. and the u.s.cademy's main's league level be performing. from the jfk presidential library museum in boston, starting at 2:30 because singer and songwriter james taylor among those performing. and the massachusetts governor speaking and commemorating the life and legacy of president kennedy. back to your phone calls. beach from west palm florida. and richard reeves is joining us from new york. good morning. caller: good morning. down onrn your volume your tv set, please. caller: ok, good morning. i actually was in philadelphia when the president was shot, and i was going to be returning to palm. was a republican. call from, i got a mrs. rose kennedy. she asked me through an appointment agency to become her personal secretary, and i did and i stay there for two and a half years. in hyannisport, we had jackie visitorsnd many of the . i have not published anything about it, but i have written extensively about these wonderful people. host: what have you written? what are your memories of rose kennedy

began this book, as we just heard, five years ago partly because it was the period in which david mccullough's wonderful john adams was doing so well, walter isaacson's captured the popular imagination, and my sense was if we were going to go back and recover these early figures, we should recover someone who represents the best of us and the worst of us, and andrew jackson surely does that. he teaches as much by his vices as he does by his virtues. so this this is not -- you can't really have anything other than a warts and all coverage of jackson because they're mostly warts, but they are on a man who ultimately capped the progress -- kept the possibility of progress alive by preserving the union. >> over the next few weeks, booktv -- now in its 15th year on c-span2 -- is taking a look back at authors, books and publishing news. you can watch all the programs from the past 15 years online at booktv.org. >> ann arbor on booktv with the help of our comcast cable partners. for the next 90 minutes, we'll explore the history and literary scene of this city of about 115,000 that is home to the uni

historian david mccullough paid tribute to president kennedy's speeches, reading the words that inspiredeneration. >> we choose to go to the moon -- >> do the other things -- >> -- not because they are easy but because they are hard. >> reporter: a new monument was unveiled in dealey plaza, the last paragraph of the speech president john f. kennedy was supposed to give that day in dallas, november 22nd, 1963. words left unspoken but chiselled in stone forever. you know, it is amazing, a friend of mine who i used to work with was at the trademark waiting for president kennedy to give that speech, and i remember a story he told me, that it was eerie to watch as he stood there and watched the motorcade race by on the interstate going 70, 80 miles per hour on its way to parkland hospital, kennedy's life ending in that limousine as they raced to the hospital, trying to save his life. so many people here in the city of dallas who will never forget that day. one person who was not mentioned at all today was officer j.d. tippett, the dallas police officer gunned down shortly after the assassinat

he also mentioned a john quincy to be and he was described by david mccullough as a more brilliant human being who ever occupied the executive office. his tastes were definitely elite. he enjoyed poetry, literature, theater, opera and translating latin text. that is the way that obama spends his afternoons. not to be partisan there is no recent president who could possibly compete with quincy adams. but i do think that we get to a member of the books mainly that in the democratic republic, successful politicians must have or must learn to take the common touch. the man who unseated him become andrew jackson, somewhat unlettered and very notoriously bad speller but knew how to use that to his at vantage the only latin i know so that was game set and match so it set the template for everything that followed. teddy roosevelt, though a wealthy man and intellect himself who published his first book the year that he graduated from harvard didn't make the mistake of being like quincy adams. he filed himself an outdoorsman, spoke with a -- literally and figuratively. he was an explorer. he tells

i love david mccullough's book on john adams. he writes a happy ever after kind of book.his book on truman. justin kaplan. i should have a list long, long, long. but i'll think about them and go back to that question. >> host: kitty kelley is the author of several books, jackie kennedy, elizabeth taylor, his way, about frank sinatra, then nancy reagan, the unauthorized biography came out in '92. the royals came out in '97, the real story of the bush dynasty, 2004. then oprah, a biography, 2010. her most recent are two photo books with her writing capturing camelot, stanley's images of the kennedys 2012, and then this year, let freedom ring, iconic images of the march on washington. what's been your biggest seller? >> host: well, it depends. "the royals" gives me the right to tell you that i've been published in 36 foreign languages. so i can act laity da about that. frank sinatra sold a million copies in hardback. so it depends. and five of them have been number one on the new york times bestseller list. so i don't know which has been the most successful. i'd like to, i'd

there was a lot of different readings from famous speeches by his, famous historian david mccullough.ngs blowing around at this point. so if you take a look behind me, you can see, you can see is the texas book depository. from the sixth floor there is where lee harvey oswald shot three shots from his rifle that killed, that hit the president right here in dealey plaza. now, in dealey plaza here, there is the grassy knoll like you mentioned. there is where a lot of people, there is still conspiracy theory it was another shooter around it wasn't just lee harvey oswald that carried out this attack. now, like i said, everyone came from around the country to be here. and you know, it commemorates the life and legacy of john f. kennedy. cheryl? cheryl: michelle, live for us, ddllas, texas, dealey plaza. thank you, michelle. ashley: very wet and chilly looking. >>> is 80 the new 60? it is unfortunately for many when it comes to retirement. we'll talk about how you can retire younger with ubs managing director louise gunderson. that is next. cheryl: plus a big cable tie-up may be in the work

we'll hear from the mayor of dallas and historian david mccullough who will read experts of speechesurse of his life. and then a moment of silence and bells will toll across the city of dallas. and then there will be a new monument dedicated here in memory of john f. kennedy as well. and it will be inscribed with the final paragraph of the speech he was on his way to give that afternoon. a speech where there was a room full of people waiting for him to arrive. and it was just the motorcade whizzed past that billion because he had been shot. and parkland hospital was just across the street. and the moment that will be dedicated here today will have the last paragraph of the speech that he was supposed to give that day. >> there was so much shock and horror inside that room when they heard that the president would not be coming because of what happened. and today is a really important day in many ways for dallas. as you said, it's the first official commemoration of this day. and they want it to be about president kennedy's life. protests at this site where you're standing right now ye

historian david mccullough speaking here told the crowd -- >> gone but not forgotten is the old expressions tore departed heroes. but if not forgotten they are not gone. >> reporter: for cbs this morning saturday" anna warner dallas. >>> tomorrow a key player in the events in delays 50 years ago. clint hill. the former secret service agent to leaped onto the limousine after jfk was shot. >>> his brother's assassin was on the move. convicted in the shooting death of robert kennedy was transferred from a state prison friday to a facility in san diego. a corrections department spokesman described the move as routine and said the date was an unfortunate coincidence. >>> now to the stock market. a notable run by the bulls. the dow industrial closed up again on friday to a record high over 16,000 the seventh consecutive week of gains for wall street. let's take a closer with michael santori. how significant is this do you think? >> the round numbers aren't that significant. the fact that the s&p 500 is up 27% this year, up 160% since the market started in 2009 is somewhat significant. it's a bro

will take you live to dallas for a commemorative event from the lee plaza including historian david mccullough reading from some of the president's speeches. at 12:30 p.m. and to boston from the jfk presidential library and museum for a musical tribute with james taylor. the u.s. naval academy women's league club performing selections for the president's state cheryl. and we will be joined by roll-call david talking some washington journal to discuss how about white house and washington d.c. prepare for president kennedy's state funeral. also, presidential historian and author will talk about the legacy of john kennedy 50 years after its death. later, paul gregory, a family friend of lee harvey oswald will be our guest. >> along a party-line vote the senate democrats' change the rules to limit the minority disability to by -- minority ability to block certain presidential nominees. majority leader harry reid talks about the consequences of employing the so-called nuclear option. >> as i mentioned earlier, this country did really well for 140 years, the first vote on -- the first filibuster was

prayers, readings of his speeches by david mccullough. moment of silence and then the bells tolling at 12:30 local time, 1:30 in the east. that's the moment the bullet struck president kennedy in deala plaza. 50 years ago in this hour, as we speak, lee harvey oswald was arrested at the texas theater where he was watching a movie play. it was at the bottom of the hour, 2:38 local time, 3:38 in the east, when lyndon johnson took the official oath of office and became the 36th president of the united states. he had been the de facto president for about an hour and a half because president kennedy had been announced dead at about 1:00 local. you mentioned, never before had dallas had a ceremony. it was a short ceremony, relatively brief, but a moving ceremony as dallas paid tribute, and around the country, people are paying tribute today. >> let me ask you this, john, on a personal note. you grew up in boston. of course, president kennedy's hometown. what are your reflections today here 50 years later? >> i was a week shy of 3 months old, so

we'll go live to dealey plaza in dallas where he a star in david mccullough will be from shifty speeches. naval academy men's glee club will perform. at about 2:10 p.m. eastern we will get your reaction. also today, event of the jfk presidential library in boston. singer-songwriter james taylor and massachusetts governor deval patrick. >> this weekend, american history tv looks back at the assassination of jfk and its aftermath with eyewitness accounts, scene seems from the president's trip to texas and commemorative events from dealey plaza and the jfk library and newseum. also your chance to talk to authors and historians saturday at five eastern with dollars 1963 co-author. coverage continues sunday with lyndon johnson's november 27 address to congress, and your questions live with lbj biographer. remembering jfk on american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> on tuesday, former british ambassador to the us sir thank you spoke for about an hour before the british foreign affairs committee on the status of u.k./u.s. relations. he served as the and capacitor from 2007-2012 and talke

we will take you live to dallas for a commemorative event at daily paws up, including david mccullough reading from some of the president speeches. and then to boston from the jfk presidential library and museum for a musical tribute with james taylor, the pulitzer sextet who played for president kennedy and the u.s. naval academy glee club or forming select -- glee club performing selections from the state funeral. by davidl be joined hawking's on "washington journal." also, presidential historian and authored richard reese will talk about the legacy of john kennedy 50 years after his death. gregory, a family- friendly harvey oswald will be our guest. journal" starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. my the disclosure of classified information by federal workers. keith randal discusses the edward snowden case. >> my name is kate randall. i am an analyst at the fbi. i provide analytical assistance to active fbi insider threat investigations. i also spearheaded our indicator development program. we tried to grab the extent of the problem by breaking down the critical components, conductin

you was described by david mccullough as the most brilliant human being who ever occupied the executive office. his tastes were definitely elite. quoting tevi, quote, as president he enjoyed poetry, literature, theater, opera and translating latin text. i ensure that is the way obama spends his saturday afternoons. not to the too partisan there is no recent president who could possibly compete with quincy adams. but i think we do get now to the nub of tevi's book, namely that in a democratic republic, successful politicians must have a must learn to fake the common touch. the man who unseated quincy adams, and rejection, somewhat crude, and leonard, a notoriously bad speller, but knew how to use that disadvantage in the story tevi told. it said the template for everything that followed. teddy roosevelt, the 00 wealthy man and a remarkable intellect himself, published his first book the year eat graduated from harvard, didn't make the mistake of being like quincy adams. restyled and self an outdoorsman, a pugilist literally and figuratively, rancher, naturalist and explorer. tevi tells a

he was described by david mccullough as the most brilliant human being who ever occupied the executive office. his tastes were definitely leaked, quote, as president he enjoyed poetry, literature, theater, opera and translating latin text. i am sure that is just the way obama spends his saturday afternoons. not to be too partisan there is no recent president who could possibly compete with quincy adams. we do get to teddy's book, in a democratic republic, successful politicians must have one must learn to fake the common touch. the man who unseated quincy adams, andrew jackson, somewhat crude, unlettered, notoriously bad speller, but knew how to use that to his advantage in a story that is told. the only when i know is eplur u epluribus unum. that was set for everything that followed. teddy roosevelt, though a wealthy man and a remarkable intellect himself published his first book the year he graduated from harvard, didn't make the mistake of being like quincy adams. he fancied himself an outdoorsman, pugilist literally and figure of lee, a naturalist and explorer, teddy -- tevi troy t

historian david mccullough will read jfk's speeches. and the u.s. naval academy's men's glee club performing. from the jfk presidential library museum in boston, starting at 2:30 because singer and songwriter james taylor among those performing. and the massachusetts governor speaking and commemorating the life and legacy of president kennedy. back to your phone calls. a call from west palm beach, florida. and richard reeves is joining us from new york. good morning. caller: good morning. host: turn your volume down on your tv set, please. caller: ok, good morning. i actually was in philadelphia when the president was shot, and i was going to be returning to palm. in any case, i was a republican. days later, i got a call from mrs. rose kennedy. she asked me through an appointment agency to become her personal secretary, and i did and i stay there for two and a half years. in hyannisport, we had jackie kennedy and many of the visitors. i have not published anything about it, but i have written extensively about these wonderful people. host: what have

and we'll take you live to dallas nor a commemorative event from dealy plaza, including david mccullougheading some of the president's speeches. and the boston for a musical tribute with james taylor, the paul winter sextet and the women's glee club performing selections from the president's state funeral. >> november 22, 2013, is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president john f. kennedy, and there are several books that have been published to mark the event. we want to know what kennedy book you're reading. throughout the pont, join other readers to discuss other kennedy books published the year. go to booktv.org and click on book club to somewhere the chat room. once there, you can check out the resources we have posted including book reviews and videos from the tv archives and log in as a guest or through your facebook or twitter account to post your thoughts on the books you're reading. then join booktv on saturday, november 30th, at 11 a.m. eastern for a live google plus chat to discuss weeks on the 35 -- books on the 35th president. >> coming up at 10:30 each, the sena

i love david mccullough's book on john adams. he writes a happy ever after kind of book.his book on truman. justin kaplan. i should have a list long, long, long. but i'll think about them and go back to that question. >> host: kitty kelley is the author of several books, jackie kennedy, elizabeth taylor, his way, about frank sinatra, then nancy reagan, the unauthorized biography came out in '92. the royals came out in '97, the real story of the bush dynasty, 2004. then oprah, a biography, 2010. her most recent are two photo books with her writing capturing camelot, stanley's images of the kennedys 2012, and then this year, let freedom ring, iconic images of the march on washington. what's been your biggest seller? >> host: well, it depends. "the royals" gives me the right to tell you that i've been published in 36 foreign languages. so i can act laity da about that. frank sinatra sold a million copies in hardback. so it depends. and five of them have been number one on the new york times bestseller list. so i don't know which has been the most successful. i'd like to, i'd

among the highlights of the ceremony, noted historian david mccullough will be on stage to read excerpts speeches as the city of dallas takes a moment to remember the tragic events 50 years ago. >> dan, thank you. elisabeth. >> a recent gallup poll found americans will spend an average of $704 each on holiday gifts this year. before you break the bank on your family our favorite financial family has advice for us now. david ramsey and his daughter raeufpd -- rachel cruze. what a tag team you are. obviously this is a time where a lot of people are taking money out of their wallets. we have a poll last year that on average families spent $770 last season and are expected to spend $704 this holiday season. that is a lot of money and it can get out of control. what tips do you have for consumers out there who will be buying presents and to save, not break the bank. >> the first thing you've got to do is santa claus is a friend of mine. he says make a list, check it twice. that's called a christmas budget. >> you're saying write down what you want to spend on each person. >> write down who yo

david mccullough. and pastor emeritus of the st. luke's methodist church.r the presentation of the colors by the dallas police department honor guard. ♪ >> please remain standing for the national anthem performed by monica saldovar. ♪ >> o say can you see ly lightawn's eary what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? and bright stripes stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air nightroof through the that our flag was still there that star spangled banner yet wave? land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] >> please be seated. today's invocation is presented by the most reverend bishop of the catholic diocese of dallas. >> almighty and ever faithful god, today we lift up our minds and hearts to you because you, lord, have lifted us up from the horrible tragedy enacted in this place, from the cruel suffering that was born on this place, from the shock and horror that gripped our nation, and from the years when we as citizens of this

was shot, with remarks by dallas mayor mike rawlings and historian david mccullough. this is 45 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage the united states naval academy men's glee club under the direction of dr. aaron smith. >> please welcome our distinguished guests to the stage, led by the chairman of the 50th commemorative committee for the city of dallas, mrs. ruth collins. the most reverend bishop, kevin j. fair roll, of the catholic mayor of dasms the mayor of dallas, the honorable mike rawlings. david mccullough. and pastor emeritus of the st. luke's united methodist church, zan w. holmes jr. thank you. ♪ and now we ask to you please rise for the presentation of colors by the dallas police department honor guard. please remain standing for the national anthem, performed by onica. >> ♪ o say can you see by the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars rough the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched ere so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare he bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night hat our f