honoring jfk. president obama set to lay a wreath at his grave in just a few moments.egotiations and concessions. world powers arriving in geneva around iran's nuclear program, and new abortion law, one of the toughest in the country. president obama honored 16 individuals a short while ago with the nation's highest honor. the

the city prepares to honor jfk on the 50th anniversary of the assassination. >> stay tuned for this, saving on smart phones. michael finney and consumer reports team up to find out how to save on your monthly bill. that is coming >> on the eve of the assassination of president kennedy. they want to see the grassy noel and two xs that mark the shot. huge preparations are underway for tomorrow in dallas. christine? >> >> reporter: the stage set up just behind me for tomorrow. 5,000 tickets given out in what will be a serious, yet understated remembrance of jfk. just below this sixth floor museum what was a former school book depository where jfk was shot. >> i'm a huge fan of jfk. we just happened to be in the states at this time z our friends that live in san antonio just broke up the atmosphere. >> reporter: those visiting today realize the importance of the timing. >> we're here to experience the people here, the anniversary just to seat sights of dallas. and where everything happened. >> reporter: impact felt differently depending on the generation. from those who weren't born to t

obama made no public comments but he did meet with kennedy relatives who gathered to honor jfk this week. friday marks the 50th anniversary of the kennedy assassination. >>> it was president kennedy who established the presidential medal of freedom and today that high honor was bestowed on 16 people from all walks of life. there was president clinton, oprah winfrey and sally wright, the last astronaut. >> sally didn't just break the stratospheric glass ceiling. she blasted through it. >> the medal of freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson. would lifting i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcare starting under $40 a month. i got education benefits. i work at walmart. i'm a pharmacist. sales associate. i manage produce. i work in logistics. there's more to walmart than you think. vo: opportunity. that's the real walmart. >>> we've got some new information on a story that could impact safety in ou

plus, honoring jfk. people in the u.s. and around the world will show you, celebrating the form he president. and new information about the 24-year-old teacher found murdered behind her school. horrific details about the attack and a possible motive

. >>> if you're looking for are a way to honor jfk's legacy, the newseum has a full day of event. they will screen several documentaries on his presidency and death, also panel discussions about his death, and fwalry talks about two exhibits dedicateded to jfk. then around 1:30 news footage from 50 years ago today will be shown at the exact moment the shots were fired. and news 4's wendy rieger is in dallas for us today to cover every moment of the remembrance events. she will join us live from deal y plaza. >>> ex morgploring new ways to together on security issues. >>> we expect another republican to enter the race. larry hogan is expected to announce in annapolis for change maryland. hogan served in former governor erlich's administration. three other republicans are already running for the nomination. david craig, ron george, and businessman charles lawler. >>> a murder case centered around a victim who blinked to identify his killer will be back in court today. defense attorneys want a judge to review the bond conditions for jermaine hailes. this all goes back to a 2010 shooti

anniversary of president kennedy establishing this award. >> reporter: america's highest civilian honor, but jfk didn't live to present the first medal. instead, lyndon johnson gave the award to marian anderson. at the white house today, the tradition lives on. >> i'm grateful, bill, as well for the advice and counsel that you've offered me on and off the golf course, astronaut sally ride. >> she blasted through the ceiling. >> reporter: oprah winfrey. >> her bosses told her she should change her name to susie. i have to pause here to say i got the same advice. >> reporter: feminist icon gloria steinem. >> her one piece of advice to gu young girls is do not listen to my advice. >> reporter: ben bradlee. >> i hope we carry away a reminder of what jfk understood to be the essence of the american spirit. >> reporter: the 44th president beginning a tradition begun by the 35th president even as his flame burns on. andrea mitchell, washington. >>> i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow >>> thank you for joining us on this wednesday. >> another wet day and sluggish co

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honoring jfk. president obama set to lay a wreath at his grave in just a few moments. negotiations and concessions. world powers arriving in geneva around iran's nuclear program, and new abortion law, one of the toughest in the country. president obama honored 16 individuals a short while ago with the nation's highest honor. the presidential medal of freedom ceremony coming two days before the 90 anniversary of president john f. kennedy's assassination. kennedy created the award but didn't live to bestow any. mike viqueira is at the white house, mike, 16 awards given. three of those people no longer with us, and one unable to attend. >> a welcome break from the poisonous atmosphere in washington, remembers of the sports world, the entertainment world as well, one of my person favorites, arturo sandoval, and ernie banks still i have a 1969 card still. it was a joyous occasion in the east room. the president honoring so many people, and so a great event, and now we are awaiting the presidential motorcade to de part with bill clinton joined by hillary clinton and michelle

the kennedy family has said all along they would rather people honor jfk on his birthday of may 29th, not on the day he died. shannon? >> casey steeg he will in dallas, thank you. we still don't know some of what the drchlt ia knows about the assassination. correspondent james rosen tells us that fact contributes to the durability of alternative shooting scenarios. >> the motorcade moves into the downtown area. >> 50 years after dallas, no serious disputes that oswald killed president kennedy. there are, however, serious scholars who accept that fact but still don't rule out a conspiracy. central to such theorizing is the secretive and deceptive n conduct of the cia which had been tracking oswald since as early as 1959. the warren commission was largely kept in the dark about the cia's monitoring of oswald and the plots to kill fidel castro. >> we have to look at the assassination of president kennedy as a national security event which a veil comes down on key aspects of the story. the cia is central to that. that's what recreated it. >> among the pages cia kept classified to this day

the rain did not stop thousands from attending a memorial honoring jfk.he city of dallas today unveiled a plaque featuring the text from his speech that he was never able to give. and president kennedy's home state of massachusetts, the governor there laid a wreath at the jfk statue. also a memorial service at the jfk presidential library in boston. >>> here in the bay area, we also remembered john f. kennedy. >> and how that day he was killed turned this nation in a new direction. nbc bay area's scott budman continues our coverage. scott? >> reporter: jessica and raj, it's amazing to gaze at the local newspaper from that day and the next day 50 years ago and then realize it was also a day where the nation changed the way it communicates. ♪ while the nation remembered, second graders at meyer elementary school learned what it was like to hear the news. >> and then we heard the words, the president has been shot. and all the boys and girls just sat quiet, and we listened to the radio. >> i was in fifth grade at monta loma elementary school in mountain view

plus, honoring jfk. people in the u.s. and around the world will show you, celebrating the form he president. and new information about the 24-year-old teacher found murdered behind her school. horrific details about the attack and a possible motive breaking late today. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett on this friday night "outfront." we begin with the news. the united states on the verge of an historic deal with iran. secretary of state john kerry suddenly deciding to go to geneva at the flip of a hat. today he is on a plane right now and that's where the u.s. and iran are meeting to work out a deal on iran's nuclear program. jim shuuto is "outfront." you've been breaking a lot of the news. what are you hearing? the real question is, is there really going to be a deal that gives full access to all nuclear sights? a deal that will guarantee iran never gets a nuclear weapon? >> well, it looks like they're close to a deal. whether kit guarantee that, i'm not sure. it is past 1:00 in the morning a

the purpose of today's memorial is not only to honor jfk's legacy but also for the city and state toe the healing process. in the short time john fitzgerald kennedy was innoffice he helped found the peace corps, expanded the space program to stay ahead of the russians, likely prevented a nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis, gave americans hope. the 35th president of the united states had failure is too, the bay of pigs disaster in 1961, an unsuccessful military invasion of cuba, he got the nation further involved in the vietnam war. no matter which side of the political aisle you stand on, this service which gets under way in 40 minutes time is about paying tribute, regeneration young and old, city leaders will be speaking, historians and the moment of silence at 12:30 central time,:3 eastern the exact moment the shots were fired. the press is on, in the grassy knoll and in the background behind me the orange building, texas school book depository building where oswald fired the fatal shot, 50 years ago. connell: more remembrance of president kennedy throughout the day but we m

before that he an awarded the highest nation's honor created just before jfk's death. >> reporter: a number of comments running through both of these ceremonies. it's really quite interesting. let's start with arlington. it walate november 1963, presidt kennedy was interred in arlington cemetery. he was supposed to be buried in the family plot, or it was thought initially. the family plot in massachusetts. purelily happenstance, there had been no other president buried there, the president ended up there where we now see the internal flame which was inspired by something that jackie saw in paris, it now draws visitors from around the world. bill clinton had met kennedy as a young man, shaking president kennedy's hand in the rose garden in the early 60s, and then president obama, who of course, gained the endorsement of the kennedy family, edward kennedy, who is interred next to his brother, and caroline kennedy, as it happens, was installed as ambassador to japan in tokyo just yesterday. president obama, president clinton, hillary clinton, michelle obama at the grave side. >> there w

. >> reporter: today volunteers will fan out across dallas in a day of service to honor jfk inspiredural address where he called on american to ask what they could do for their country. >> thank you very much. i'm going to mention that lester is going to have more from dallas tomorrow. >>> just ahead this morning, we're going to hear from the next generation of kennedys, jfk's only grandson. >> and carson has a big announcement about our no shave november campaign. but first these messages. her f? diamonds that capture her look, her style perfectly. kay jewelers presents the artistry diamonds collection. genuine diamonds, in vivid blues, greens, blacks, yellows and purples. the beauty of genuine diamonds in a palette of colors that express "her" perfectly. at kay, the number one jewelry store in america. artistry diamonds. they're diamonds of a different color. ♪ every kiss begins with kay and you appreciate the things i do. tell me you love me. even if you say it every day. just tell me. [ female announcer ] everyone you love has something they need to hear this holiday. tell them w

and in germany, a group of lawmakers laid a wreath in jfk's honor. it was in berlin before a crowd of a million germans over the midst of a cold war. and his daughter citizen serving as u.s. ambassador. she's continuing her father's public service in a commemoration in tokyo. visitors with folded paper origami crane. >>> on that day kennedy was on a two-day five-city tour. randall pinkston looks back at how the fateful trip all unfolded. >> at a breakfast at the fort worth chamber of commerce, john f. kennedy spoke of the future for his country. >> i think we'll continue to do as we have done in our past, our duty. >> reporter: 30 miles away, 19-year-old fraser drove lee harry oswald to work. the 24-year-old oswald placed a long package in the backseat. curtain rods, he said. at 11:35 a.m. air force one landed in dallas. >> the usual welcoming committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of red roses. >> reporter: a crowd of 2,000 greeted the president and mrs. kennedy at the airport. >> they break right away and come right up to the fence. >> mrs.

. >>> this afternoon, the first family granted clem entcy to this pair in a time honored tradition started by jfkrkeys oned named caramel, the other named popcorn were saved from being someone's thanksgiving dinner. they'll live at mount vernon estate after a facebook popularity contest, the pardon was given to popcorn. >> darn it. >> thanks for that report, tour'e. >> thanksgiving means travel, you're looking inside the denver international airport. it is busier than normal but they are not facing major delays from the even storm, unlike ohio. lake-effect snow is still an issue. let's go to meteorologist carl parker. how is the forecast looking? >> the storm is winding down, that's the good news, there are lingering problems in the northeast. we'll see more of that over the next several hours. let's look at the radar picture and i'll tell you where we are seeing rain change to snow, what the dynamics associated with the system are beginning to lift out which means we're not going to see terribly heavy precipitation. snow falling in charlottesville and getting up towards d.c. and baltimore. tempe

honor of recipient. the president laid a wreath at jfk's gravesite, the eternal flame. monument was restored leading up to the anniversary of jfk's assassination, those moments were captured for eterni eternity. he originally left his camera at home in 1963 but his assistant urged him to keep it. they set up shop across from the texas box depository building, that's them on the left moments after the fatal shots were fired. in the chaos that follows, he gave copies of his film to the fbi and secret service but didn't want to release it to the media. he had a nightmare of a man hawking tickets to see the president's murder on the big screen. he needed someone he could trust to handle the film and the clause he included with it, good taste and dignity, true to his wishes, we'll only show the film in its entirety, including the gruesome moments when the president was hit. the film was 8 millimeter so there's no audio of what happened but the iconic images speak for himself. the men he trusted with his film was dick stoly, ran the la bureau for life magazine. featured in a

eternal flame as it burns in arlington national cemetery, just moments ago there was a wreath laid in jfk's honor. let's go back to dallas. cnn's ed lavandera is live there at the scene of where the ceremonies will be today, ed, what's going on there right now? >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. the surrealness of the moment that which will see later, they're starting to play a slide show of pictures of john f. kennedy doing sound checks and this sort of thing, and it is an incredible slide show of pictures that the crowd here of 5,000 will see later today. it's surreal because it is some 30 feet away from where jfk was assassinated here 50 years ago today or in the sma doughs of the sixth floor museum in the school book depository from where lee harvey oswald assassinated the president. the banner of jfk just went up, that is main street. the presidential motorcade came down that street that day, made a quick right and turned down elm street and this is where it all ended. 5,000 people expected here today, the city organizers say this is the first time that the city of dallas has hos

honored. the medal of freedom was established by jfk. but he was killed before he had a chance to award any of them. >>> time, now, for the weather across the nation. another day of dry weather for the east today. but a light band of rain showers will stretch from texas into the great lakes. with a band of snow extending from arizona to wisconsin. mountain areas could see heavy accumulations. rain showers for southern california. >> highs for the northeast will be in the 40s. mild across the midwest. windchills could fall below zero in wyoming and parts of colorado. >>> someone hit the jackpot and doesn't even know it. where a winning $16 million lottery ticket is about to expire. >>> and in-flight emergency. what opened up inside this plane that forced the pilots to make an emergency landing? >>> and a-rod unplugged. the embattled yankee goes on the radio and doesn't hold anything back about his steroid controversy. >>> welcome back, everyone. how much is an upgrade to first class really worth? american airlines is now letting passenger

kennedy and the presidential medal of freedom, the highest honor that any civilian can get, run jfk revamped himself and was due to present in two weeks before he died. today that medal is being presented by president obama to a number of people including president clinton, oprah winfrey and sally ride, the first female astronaut in space. today the president is sitting down voluntarily with the volunteers from the peace corps, and later today he will speak at smithsonian museum of history talking about jfk's legacy. >> thank you very much for the update. >>> happening now, the u.s. coast guard is searching for victims after a small plane crashed off the coast of florida. the plane carrying four people was headed to cozumel, mexico, when it went down about three miles from ft. lauderdale last night. rescue crews recovered the bodies of two passengers. the search for the other two is expected to continue throughout the morning. >>> new details this morning. san francisco's board of supervisors making a decision that will disappoint a lot of tourist tourists. >> people all over the world know

jfk in that light. a way i think of honoring him.e cycle". >> it is friday, november the 22nd, 50 years on from that fateful day in dallas. >> only a matter of minutes. he's a wonderful man. >> something has happened in the motorcade. >> three shots were fired. >> a flash from the associated press "dateline" dallas. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> a white man was seen at the window of the building. >> the texas school book

cadets members of a drill team, in june of that year, they had impressed jfk during his visit to ireland. where he saw the honor court perform. >> we were very much in awe of this man. who was the leader of the free world. >> taken with their precision and discipline, once home, the president often spoke of them to jackie. when the time came she center for them. >> the stunning message was get your act in order quickly as possible, get your gear together, that we are going to the kennedy funeral in the morning to do the funeral. >> once in position, they were anxious, astonished to find themselves literally at graveside. >> quite a fantastic location. how do we get here, what if something goes wrong, and your mind wanders then you have to get back and say you know, you are here to do a job, simply do the job and get on with it. >> 50 years later we are sitting here and it is something that i would never forget. a young tour guide, both leaving a memory with a young president, both playing an unexpected role in laying him to rest. al jazeera, washington. >> . >> get ready for some active weather here. not much h

today thousands will honor kennedy 50 years later by running 50 miles. the jfk 50 mile run gets started in less than an hour just outside of frederick. that event was held for the first time months before kennedy's death and was later renamed in his honor. it was one of the many events he helped to launch as a fitness initiative. >>> new traffic cameras will take in more dangerous driving habits in the district. d.c. is installing 131 new ones of these, traffic cameras. they'll target drivers that block the intersection. those of you that don't give pedestrians the right of way will also be targeted. they also catch speeders and those driving oversized vehicles don't streets that are just too narrow. get caught and expect to pay between 50 and $250. a $200 million proposal can completely change the national mall but you might not even notice it. the coalition to save the mall proposed building an underground parking lot which could house 1,000 vehicles. the structure would be below the smithsonians and help to relieve traffic congestion on the roadways including

president obama awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom, 50 years after it was created by jfk. >>> negotiations and concessions, world powers trying to make a deal on iran's nuclear program. >>> and congress trying to pass a bill that could change the way that sexual assault cases are handled in the military. ♪ >>> two days before the 50th anniversary of president john f. kennedy's assassination, president obama will pay tribute to his legacy. he'll award the presidential medal of freedom, and head to arlington national cemetery to lay a wreath at president kenne kennedy's grave. mike how are the recipients chosen? >> the president does have these two ceremonies on his schedule today. one joyful, the other solum. how are the honorees chosen, well, the president has a big say so. but basically these are people who have had meritorious contributions to american society, whether it be sports, entertainment, the sciences, jurises here, civil rights activists. it is obviously the nation's highest civilian honor. and in the grandest stage that this old billing has to offer. let's go

honor their fallen predecessor. he was charismaticharismatic, l patriotic. he faced down the soviets in cuba and jfk ignored the polls. he pushed for black voting rights, knowing it could cost him re-election. but before kennedy could see the voting right act passed, he and first lady jackie kennedy went to dallas and jfk was assassinated. america was stunned. gunman lee harvey oswald was shot and killed in police custody. conspiracy theorys swirled and the official investigation would be rushed and incomplete. today most historians agree oswald alone killed kennedy but america's spirit was wounded. >> we never trusted government as much. we never felt as secure as we did before the kennedy assassination. >> barack obama picked today to award 16 presidential freedom. >> because this marks the 50th anniversary of president kennedy establishing the honor. >> oprah received one and bill clinton. and then the presidents went to arlington where the memory of our 35th president burns brightly. jfk's daughter caroline kennedy is the new ambassador to japan and she's there this week. being here she said wou

doubtless texts thousands gathered in dallas for a ceremony to honor the thirty fifth president was assassinated three years into his term. jfk minds among the nation's most popular products is remembered for his youthful energy and bold initiatives some timely deaths brought to an abrupt the boy here in germany in another sign of progress towards a new government for the country chatham eccles conservatives and the spd have agreed on health care plan as well the cheese icing and they want to make insurance premiums more dependent on us no income. and they want to freeze employers' contributions. wilson agreed to increase the stone previously not seen the show if there is light at the end of the tunnel quote for greek debt. that's the sentiment from both the german council on the greek prime minister here in berlin. greece has unveiled a budget that it says shows the nation's deep economic crisis is coming but august is from the imf ecb and the eu for time to increase when i was agreeing that austerity measures and gone far enough. in the head of the eurozone finance ministers group says that some colleagues are using patient

the dallas police officer honored on the anniversary he shares with jfk. >> and the chinese show coming to win tickets. >> and another live look outside. there is the good old east shore in berkeley, starting to pick up right now in both directions. we had a couple fatals in the bay area this morning, one by montara, the other near fremont. time now is 9:42. you're watching mornings on 2. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, because we know how much you do to make the holidays just right. from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. . >>> 9:44 on the clock. recapping top stories, one man is dead following a three- vehicle crash on interstate 680 near fremont. a corvette rear ended a van that was stalled on the freeway between vargas and sheridan roads. a man inside the corvette walked out to try to direct traffic and that's when chp says he was hit and killed by a third vehicle. >>> investigators say they are now looking into what sparked a fire in burlingame that dest

jfk in that light. a way i think of honoring him. that does it for "the cycle". >> it is friday, november the 22nd, 50 years on from that fateful day in dallas. >> only a matter of minutes. he's a wonderful man. >> something has happened in the motorcade. >> three shots were fired. >> a flash from the associated press "dateline" dallas. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> a white man was seen at the window of the building. >> the texas school book depository. they find the rifle, partly hidden behind books. >> oswald is being held at the dallas police department. >> he's been shot. >> mr. johnson assumed the awesome responsibilities of the office of president. >> i believe that the times require imagination. and courage. >> we begin remembering the young, charismatic president, whose life was taken 50 years ago, a moment that shook the nation to its core this afternoon in 1963, the country was coming to grips with the terrible fact that president john f. kennedy had been shot and kill

president obama awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom, 50 years after it was created by jfkations and concessions, world powers trying to make a deal on iran's nuclear program. >>> and congress trying to pass a bill that could change the way that sexual assault cases are handled in the military. ♪ >>> two days before the

we will tell you how jfk is a legacy will be honored career . >> the time is 9:10 a.m..is is a gas station there was damaged by high winds. this is the world to gas station on clayton road in concord read the seinfeld down just before 6:30 p.m.. no one was hurt in the incident. >> here is a live look from our mount tam cam. it's the camera is shaking. i will break down the rest of your friday it forecast and we continue. >> welcome back. the time is 9:13 a.m.. we will talk politics with michael yaki. >> i guess the senate is tired of of filibusters. they have changed the loss. >> it looks like a lot of days that president obama put it into were held by filibusters rely >> it means a lot but not really. when you think about call the role of congress and the president has changed over the years, the president usually had a chance to staff his cabinet. we're talk about the secretaries, a lot of the people's there were born in a confirmation screen in the past few years the number of appointments that are just vacant. how can you run a government without it? >> in the old da

honoring the legacy of john f. kennedy. >> danielle nottingham live in dallas. thank you. >>> and this is the scene at the memorial at jfk university in pleasant hill. it's the only university in the country named after the president. speakers on hand included david wallace, an eyewitness news who was in dallas the day of the assassination. mayor michael harris. a live stream of how cbs news covered the assassination jfk min by minute at kpix.com. >>> the brutal wind is blamed for killing two people over the east bay. a power line fell on ostrich street after 8:00 last night. police found a man dead. they are not sure if he was elect the cuted there. about an hour later a driver tried to avoid debris. he jumped the center divide, crashed into a tree killing him a there are still problems involving downed trees. this is in oakland as well. trees have been coming down on parked cars and are blocking some of the roads there. crews continue it work to clear out those trees. and this is the scene people in berkeley woke up to. trees, branches and debris littering the roadway after high winds overnight. it was windy up in the

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you saw president obama honoring president kennedy a short time ago tonight. you can see why jfk's tough minded brand has partisan appeal for so many. >> that understand bending belief that the power to make grade a nation is found in its people, and in their freedom. that was his philosophy. that is his legacy. and it's the legacy told in villages around the world who have clean water or a new school and a steady friend in the united states, thanks to the volunteers of the peace corps. it's the legacy found in the courage who all that serve under our proud flag willing like president kennedy himself to pay a price and bare burden for survival and success. >> that's from president kennedy's inaugural roll. you saw this at the top of the progame, it is remarkable perhaps only bill clinton knew it at the time, a handshake he says really sparked his life of public service and will go on of course to be a central politician, a young roger williams would be a tea party conservative but shaking president kennedy's hand and hearing him talk helped shape his political destiny. dana bash re

yesterday, not only for the medal sayre mond -- ceremony but you then have the honoring of him at arlington. what is jfk's night at the dinner for the medal of freedom winners in which he talked about what president kennedy gave us is a great sense of spirit. and that's what i think of president kennedy's legacy. he challenged -- was the spirit of youth, not to -- to take challenges, do things that were difficult, raise us up as a people and individuals. when he talked about going to the moon, not because it was easy but because it was tough. he talked about -- he asked us what we could do for our country and launch the peace corps and called it the toughest job you'll ever love. so what i think president kennedy did is say, each of us can be better, can produce more, give more, serve more. that's something that touches each of us in our heart. it keeps us, why 50 years after his death we're still remembering him. >> maybe more resonant today. you do a lot for those around you. anyone who knows you know that. the efforts toward peace, something unique to president kennedy that doesn't get a whole lot of a

honoring her husband. >>> finally here tonight, a look back 50 years. on friday from dallas we showed you the solemn anniversary of the jfk assassination. that event, the shock and sadness in late november of '63 started a marathon period of mass mourning in this country. and for the next four days, americans watched an average of eight hours of television each day transfixed by what they saw. 50 years ago today during the funeral of jfk, one gripping moment stood out for most. our report tonight from our national correspondent kate snow. >> reporter: it was one of the first times the nation mourned together by watching live tv. >> in all of the succession of moving scenes that have passed before all our eyes these three days, none has been more so than mrs. john kennedy. >> reporter: she was only 34 years old, a young wife and mother who had lost a newborn child just months before. but in the hours after a gunman changed the course of this nation, it was jackie kennedy who took the lead. >> she was absolutely determined that the often sordid and brutal images from dallas be supplanted by images that would put her husband

the class provided an honor guard during the funeral service 50 yeago moment he witnessed the day jfk >> she wanted to view the president. at one point she said, would you get me a pair of scissors? i ran to the usher's office and got a pair of scissors and gave them to her and i stood there and i could hear the click, click, click, and i knew that she was cutting a lock of his hair. >> he told us he will always feel like the secret service failed the day president kennedy was killed. >>> we are right on the edge much of the holiday season now. why the calendar this week is unlike anything you will ever see again. plus, clearing the way for the olympics. how brazil is going to extreme measures to make sure it is ready for the 2016 games. >>> quite a show 93 million miles away. why scientists say we could see something new in the night sky as early as >>> there you see it. it is the comet of the century. that's what some astronomers are calling it. a good reason to get up early. you may be able to see it with your own eyes actually. it will pass by the sun on thanksgiving traveling 234

jfk's assassination. as i mentioned, former president bill clinton is among those being honored as well as oprah winfr winfrey, sally ride are among those being honored just moments from now. we'll have live coverage of this service. the medal of freedom ceremony just moments away right here on msnbc. i'm thomas roberts, but we lead off this hour and our agenda with the news of a u.s. congressman pleading guilty to possessing cocaine. this news breaking just in the last hour. freshman florida republican trey radel entered his guilty plea. he was busted in a federal coke sting last month, ratted out by a drug dealer by federal authorities. he swept into office with tea party support and is promising to seek professional help. nevertheless, nancy pelosi wasted no time claiming republican hypocrisy exists in this interview about buzzfeed. >> it's really interesting right soon on the heels that date, on the heels of the republicans voting to make sure everybody that had access to food stamps was drug tested, it's just is like what? to get food stamps you have to be drug tested? and so i hope that it will humanize

jfk's motorcade passed through downtown dallas. crowds had filled the streets, of course, to see the president. today crowds are there to honor legacy. >> it's interesting to see the historical footage and then today, dallas, the city will hold a moment of silence at the exact time of the assassination. military jets will fly over. and some of kennedy's speeches will be read, we'll bring you all of the key moments live. >> interesting. a gloomy day in dallas 50 years ago today, it was bright and sunny all right. a man and woman who police believe held several other women, three of them, in captivity in their home for decades are no longer in custody. they're out on bail. >> well, and that has, by the way, we're going to ask our correspondent why that is. this is south london, a borough called lambeth. more shocking developments in this case are coming out. police say it looks like the victims were not just kept inside against their will but they were used as slaves. >> cnn's diana magna has been following this from london. she is at scotland yard. new details coming out. for example, the one woman 30 years old apparently had

honored question. still brings all and a lot of places where were you when jfk was shot. the assault and two junior high school junior high school. and was one of those watershed moments in your life if these things the islanders and remembers well i think her. okays i know i don't think so i remember. you know afterwards i remember watching ruby its astronauts will live on cbs television i was pretty shocked because it was the first televised all of that blanket is a harbinger of things and things to come when you see live on tv. the news. and pastures always conversation it was the assassination is the ultimatum for the united states. when the american empire really started to crumble up until that time people not to trust in government the trust and leadership in this assassination or nudity the gunman there were this or that when the bullets go like this are like that. is this crazy guy awful. who's behind it. people started questioning to stand walk and forty thousand some books written on on kennedy and a new me and i made it really could really change. the it was a

jfk's assassination. as i mentioned, former president bill clinton is among those being honored as well as oprah winfr winfrey among those being honored just moments from now. we'll have live coverage of this service. the medal of freedom ceremony just moments away right here on msnbc. i'm thomas roberts, but we lead off this hour and our agenda with the news of a u.s. congressman pleading guilty to possessing cocaine. this news breaking just in the last hour. freshman florida republican trey radel entered his guilty plea. he was busted in a federal coke sting last month, ratted out by a drug dealer by federal authorities. he swept into office with tea party support and is promising to seek pro

. >> president obama talking tonight honoring president kennedy at an event for america's latest recipients of the president's medal for freedom, an award jfk established 50 years ago. earlier the obamas and clip tons laid a wreath at president kennedy's grave. their first joint appearance since a campaign tell all put a strain on their relationship. president kennedy made a deep impression on young bill clinton on the left there. he credit the moment for sparking his interest in public service. we heard today from a conservative congressman who says the same thing, open people of all political stripes claim some of the jfk legacy as their own. let's talk about that with andrew sullivan of the dish. senior political analyst david gergen, cnn legal analyst and political commentator carl bernstein. child of the cold war and the new frontier and has written the definitive biography of hillary clinton "the woman in charge". andrew, what do you make of the legacy on this 50th anniversary? >> well, what i've always been struck by by jfk is how global it was. how people across the planet thought about him, saw him as an emblem of america, of a you

jfk event. i apologize to you. let's listen to the president. >> michelle and i are so pleased to honor the legacy of an american leaderilding dedicated to the preservation of our american history. we are thrill to be joined by so many people whose accomplishments hemmed write new chapters in that history. this morning, i recognized 16 brilliant, compassionate, wildly talented people with the presidential medal of freedom. the nation's highest civilian award. that was intimidating enough. tonight i'm facing dozens of u you, to the presidential medal of freedom recipients of this year and years past. it is a great honor to be with you for this anniversary celebration. to wayne, thank you for hosting us. and for all the smithsonian does to enrich our heritage and to jack, i have to say our new ambassador to japan, i'm sure would be pleased with how you performed this evening. i'll give her a full report. to all the family members of the kennedy family, we are grateful for your presence and your enduring contributions to the life of our country. for centuries, awards have existed for military valor. 50 years ago president

honor and pleasure to have you on the show. thank for your time. the two hour special, "where were you the day jfk died" tom brokaw airs tonight. thanks to my friend and colleague chris matthews, my hero. >> i'll be watching tonight. it will be great. >> i've been trailing chris around the country. >> he's elusive. >> draft on his expertise and commentary. >> you can watch two specials hosted by chris tonight. >> but they are only preliminary. 7:00 to 8:00. >> jfk, the day that changed america. 8:00 p.m., the kennedy brothers, a hardball documentary. thank you both for your time. coming up any progress to be made in the latest round of talks over the nuclear program? not if you listen to the rhetoric out of tehran. live to geneva for the latest on the negotiations just ahead. >>> how far apart is each side in the nuclear negotiations in iran. the latest from these talks live in geneva. that's next on "now." i started part-time, now i'm a manager.n. my employer matches my charitable giving. really. i get bonuses even working part-time. where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. healthcar

the guest of honor at the ceremonies here, in fact an american, the granddaughter of jfk, the daughter caroline. she is studying here. wreaths laid at monument which is line from the inaugural address of jfk engraved in stone. this is not far from the windsor castle and the magna carta was signed. it was given by the u.s. by the u.k. as sign of ties. even 50 years after the assassination. kennedy's father was ambassador to the u.k. during time of world war ii. he spent time in london and europe. during his presidency, cold war tensions brought the u.k. strong and close. here is what jfk's granddaughter had to say as well as the current u.s. ambassador to the u.k. take a listen. >> 50 years after his death as my grandfather's story begins to belong more and more to history i can think of no bitter place to honor him, tell and remember his story and too look again as he would have wanted us to toward the future. >> hearing from the brits and americans i'm meeting around here is a real look to the future and being inspired by his call to service and his call to ask for help and answer tha

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jfk created the presidential medal of freedom. today 16 people earn the nation's high civilian honor at the white house.music. he lives it. >> in 1961 and never stopped. >> reporter: his afro-infused cuban music won him awards but none is greater than the one he gets today. >> reporter: you're going to get the medal of freedom. >> what i like is the last part of the medal, freedom. because i always said no freedom, no life. >> reporter: for sandoval music is freedom. he was born dirt poor in cuba grew up under the come nifts regime or fidel castro. a trumpet, a gift from his aunt would change his world. after studying at the prestigious school of art, the concept would chavg his whole life. >> have you ever heard any jazz? i said what's that? >> reporter: the man play add record of dizzy gillespie and johnny parker. >> i went crazy. said how do those people play so good and so fast and so well. >> reporter: there wasn't much jazz on the island of cuba at the time? >> no. zero. >> reporter: not on the radio. >> no. because they called that the music of imperialism. >> reporter: so he listened to jazz cla

jfk event. my apologies to you. let's listen to the president. >> michelle and i are so pleased to join you tonight to honor the legacyn leader in a building dedicated to the preservation of our american history. and we are thrilled to be joined by so many people whose accomplishments helped write new chapters in that history. this morning i recognized 16 brilliant, compassionate, wildly talented people with the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. and that was intimidating enough. tonight i'm facing dozens of you. to the presidential medal of freedom recipients of this year and years past, it is a great honor to be withio you for this great anniversary celebration. to wayne coff, thank you for hosting us. and to the smithsonian for ouren riching our heritage. i'm sure the new ambassador to japan will be pleased. to all the members of the kennedy family, we are grateful for your presence. and your enduring contributions to the life of our country. for centuries, words have existed for military valor. and 50 years ago, president john f. kennedy established a way to award extraordinary civ

jfk 50 years later. an emotional day, as americans remember the life and death of john f. kennedy, recollections of camelot. >> we will have complete coverage of today's events honoring president kennedy. but the effort to stop iran's nuclear ambitions. secretary of state john kerry is making an unexpected trip to geneva. nick shiffrin has more. >> today the u.s. hopes to make a deal that would stop that building and convince iran to give up the capacity to make the bomb. >> it is the president's policy that iran must not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. >> think of a bomb as making tea. right now iran is enriching uranium, like to 20%. building a bomb would be more difficult, time consuming. allow u.n. inspectors more access to facilities. >> about the purely peaceful nature of its nuclear program. >> in return the u.s. would lift $7 billion of sanctions. what iran doesn't have to do, tear down its nuclear infrastructure. that's why centrally post oppos. >> it's a bad deal. >> secretary of state john kerry hopes to secure a deal that the u.s. believes will make iran more peaceful. >> diplomat disagreement for the first step with iranians. >> and nick joins us in the stu