we were in the middle of writing the book, and i said to geri, i think i probably need to go to dallas. i've never been. gerry and his wife and i came here, and it was really invaluable, and i'm sure my comments were the same as everybody else who gets here. wow, it's a lot smaller than i ever imagined it was. and then to go up to the museum on the sixth floor, and just see, like, clint said, the shot and how easy it was and how close everything was. now the trees are taller, quite a bit taller, and more mature than they were in 1963. it just gave me a great perspective on just how to describe the situation, and try to give the reader a feel of what it was like for those people who haven't been here. this was their first time on this route, and, you know, they didn't know what buildings were around the corner. only the advanced agents had been here and knew the lay of the land. >> i have a question here. it refers in a way to something that is bothered me. and if i could, if i could ask you gentleman to speculate, one of the really interesting stories is that wan minute of the shooting