kennedy, she looked smashing in it, which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her nownk suit to dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the welcoming commit presents mrs. kennedy with roses. >> reporter: it looked like cocoa chanel but it was a knock off made in america. here he is in 1962 awaiting the arrival of the prime minister of algeria. that's john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this chamber of commerce breakfast, the president joked about his wife fashion sentence. >> nobody wonders what lyndon andly wear. >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would be dead, and the first lady's stunning pink suit stained forever with her husband's blood would begin a long and mysterious journey. when aids suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. phillip sheenan wrote a book. >> her remark and i think she made it more than once is no, i'm going to leave these clothes on. i want then to see what they have done. >> reporter: hours later mrs. kennedy continued to wear the suit during the emergency swearing in of lyndon johnson as preside

kennedy, who is lee harvey oswald, why is jackie wearing a suit with blood. on and on for four days. everybody kind of tuned in. there's a line by bob dylan said people don't live or die people just net. most people live in the-lined lives when kennedy was killed, they weren't floating any more it was like realtime adrenaline for the whole country. >> schieffer: you know, those of us who were here and covered this story, i think a part that is not really understood today is that beyond this tragedy that we saw unfolding on television, we'd never seen anything like this before. hanging overall this it was like we all felt on 9/11 we didn't know what it meant. we didn't know if this was the beginning of world war iii, a year away from the human missile crisis. it was just this profound, i can't understand this. why is this happening. and i think in a sense that america was never quite the same of a it was after that day. your book focuses on kennedy's last 100 days, why do you think that period was so important? >> because finally in that period he was addressi

she was sitting there across with jackie kennedy. men, not a sound spoken, thinking about their husbands and whether they could survive. >> did you say anything to them? >> i talked to her. i certainly didn't say anything to ms. kennedy. i talked to her because i knew the press would be there any minute. i needed to know what happened. i needed to report what occurred. mrs. connally was calm under the stress and she knew he was inside in hands to save him hopefully. >> and he did thankfully. >> he did, thank god, that's the good thing that came out of that. >> the president of usually did not survive. he was read the last rights by two catholic priests that came into the room. the moment he was pronounced dead, that was a chilling moment. >> we knew he was dead when we did the iv and started chest tubes and had an ekg heart machine brought in. >> what are you thinking? there you are, you got your president there fighting for his life. what is going through your mind at age 31? >> how did i get here? the odds of me taking care ever car

but after his assassination, how did he treat the departing first family and jackie kennedy? very well and mrs. kennedy talked about how grateful she was for president johnson. though it sometimes caught in her throat to have to say president johnson. unlike the president's mother, who when she was called a couple hours after the assassination by air force one slipped into calling him is to president. he is very grateful to both mrs. johnson -- she was very grateful to mrs. johnson and president johnson that they were so gracious to her and let her stay in the white house until december 6. she was able to stay there with her children until she got the sense of where she was going to go. she had no home to go to. in the carnage in dallas, she lost her husband, her home and her job. she literally had no place to go until the home was opened to her in georgetown. caroline was going to nursery school and kindergarten. she was very grateful to the president for that. >> you have listened to a lot of jacqueline kennedy indicates project. control ofso in herself, 10 days after the a

not always the easiest of relationships, but how did he treat the departing first family and jackie kennedyery well and mrs. kennedy talked about how grateful she was for president johnson. she would have to say president johnson unlike the president's brother, who she called a couple of hours across -- after the assassination -- president johnson -- the very easily to calling him mr. president. but she was very grateful to president johnson, that they were so grateful to her, and they let her stay in the white house until december 6. she was able to stay there with her children until she got the sense of where she was going to go. and in the carnage in dallas, she lost her husband, her home and her job. she had no place to go until the home was open in georgetown. caroline was going to nursery school and kindergarten. she was very grateful to the president for that. >> you have listened to a lot of jacqueline kennedy -- she sounds so in control of herself, 10 days after the assassination and going to the funeral, how do we understand her and her psyche issues. >> you will find someone who

. >> later, the mystery of the iconic pink suit that jackie kennedy wore that day.nd the solemn dignity she brought to her husband's administration. >> well, it must be winter. los angeles getting rain today but as we go into the sierra nevada mountains, this is where we're getting wind gusts tonight anywhere from 50 to 60 miles an hour. they are very blustery here. but also for elko, nevada, to new mexico, 40 to 50 mile-per-hour gusts, we have low pressure just off shore. those two coming together are creating these downhill winds and they are a unique kind of wind, very localized. they are called monowinds, with a lot of moisture. what's happening in a bigger picture is all that moisture is coming in with cold air and we are seeing some wind advisories, wind warnings from california to nevada but because it's freeze warnings in texas, we have a wintery mix pummeling the mountains, tonight we'll have more details on that forecast coming up. john. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> taking stock, did wall street hurt another record today? and then the push back to allowing c

not always the easiest of relationships, but how did he treat the departing first family and jackie kennedy>> very well and mrs. kennedy talked about how grateful she was for president johnson. she would have to say president johnson unlike the president's brother, who she called a couple of hours across -- after the assassination -- president johnson -- the very easily to calling him mr. president. but she was very grateful to president johnson, that they were so grateful to her, and they let her stay in the white house until december 6. she was able to stay there with her children until she got the sense of where she was going to go. and in the carnage in dallas, she lost her husband, her home and her job. she had no place to go until the home was open in georgetown. caroline was going to nursery school and kindergarten. she was very grateful to the president for that. >> you have listened to a lot of jacqueline kennedy -- she sounds so in control of herself, 10 days after the assassination and going to the funeral, how do we understand her and her psyche issues. >> you will find someone

sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >>> 50 years ago this week first lady jackie kennedy dressed up in a pinked her husband on what would be a fateful trip to dallas. now that suit is an iconic image from the day president john f. kennedy was assassinated. it is a symbol not only of what happened but also of her grace in the face of unspeakable tragedy. here's cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: in the words of president john f. kennedy she looked smashing in it, which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her now famous watermelon suit to dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the usual welcoming committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of red rose's. >> reporter: it looked like coco chanel but her suit was actually a knockoff, made in america. the first lady had worn it at least six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962 awaiting the arrival of prime minister of algeria, that's john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this ft. worth chamber of commerce breakfast. >> nobody wonders what linden and i wear. >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would

that's what jackie kennedy was so sensitive to.d her famous tv tour of the white house, she said i'm trying to change the way the preside presidency is seen by the world. that's why i'm restoring the white house, why welcoming ceremonies on the grounds, "air force one" under eisenhower. she was so sensitive to the impact she could have if this was a ceremony that looked like lincoln's funeral, elevate jfk to the level of lincoln and replace those sordid images from dallas. >> sander, you referred to the fact it was john kennedy's third birthday. that image when he came down and you see now, showing the footage of jackie kennedy leaning down and suggesting to him that he salute his father as the coffin was passing. the back story to that, head of her secret service detail, she had asked the detail to teach him how to salute in advance of going to arlington for veterans day, which he did for his dad. he kept using his left hand inappropriately not the right-hand. it was during the funeral at st. chris matthews, sander, a marine lieut

clint hill, jackie kennedy's secret service agent was one of those people. he's written a memoir called five days in november. recently he traveled back to dallas with the "today" show's savannah guthrie. >> i was on the car behind the president's car on the left running board on the front of it, when all of a sudden as we got down here a little bit farther, there was a loud explosive noise that came over my right shoulder. i knew something was wrong so i jumped off my position and ran toward the presidential vehicle. there was a third shot and it hit the president in the head. i just caused an eruption of brain, blood, bone fragments. it came over the car, over mrs. kennedy and onto myself. when that happened, she turned and got up on the back of the car. >> that famous moment right here when she reaches across the trunk. no one understood what she was doing. you knew. >> she was trying to gather material that had come off the president's head. she was reaching for it. i got up on the trunk and i got ahold of her and put her in the back seat. i looked down

kennedy, she looked smashing in it, which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her nowater medicallyin' pink suit on dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of red roses. >> reporter: it looked like cocoa 'cha nell but the suit was a knockoff made in america and the lady had worn is six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962 awaiting the prime minister of algeria, john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this ft. worth chamber of commerce luncheon. >> no one wonders what lyndon and i wear. >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would be dead and the first lady's stunning pink suit, stained forever with her husband's blood, would begin a long and mysterious journey when aides suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. phillip sheenan wrote a book about the kennedy assassination. >> her remark and i think she made it more than once is, no, i'm going to leave these clothes on. i want them to see what they have done. >> reporter: hours later, mrs. kennedy continued to wear the

robert, your question. >> my question is jackie kennedy has been mentioned a few times tonight and i'my viewed the kennedys and how mamie viewed jackie and the differences between them. >> i would say that jackie and mamie got off to a very rocky start and that was never righted. art of it is the difference in age, but beginning with a misunderstanding and it was just very rocky when mamie took jackie through the white house on her tour before the inauguration and mrs. kennedy was telling mamie already the plan she had for renovations and that didn't really set very well with mamie. and it went on from there. >> but i have to say that later when they were trying to raise fund for what's now the kennedy center, the eisenhower administration had already been planning for a cultural center in washington, d.c. and when the kennedys were continuing the plan for that, ike and mamie as retired first couple did a lot of public speaking and appearances on television to promote the cultural center. >> talk about the fact that the en hours were smokers and in 1965, he suffered a heart attack and

was it john john's salute to his father's casket in was it jackie kennedy refusing to take off the blood-stainedy movies? >> we can bring you a change of clothes from the plane. >> no, i want them to see what they have done to jack. >> reporter: but my most persistent memory was something else. for me the early '60s were a 250i78 of transition, from long hair to short hair, said good-bye to my pigtails. my mom actually saved them. in my baby book in 19623, there was this notation, took kennedy's death serially. what cause the eye of this 9-year-old girl was a horse, of course. a riderless horse with empty boots reversed in the stirrups as if the rider was looking back over his past life. the horse was named blackjack, and the 19-year-old holding him was andy carlson. >> my skinny also arm was trying to control all of that horse. >> reporter: plaquejack had a reputation of being a hot horse. he got this job, because he was too wild to ride. after leading him about 14 miles two days in a row following the casket. >> i was about beat near to death and worn out. >> reporter: i was so taken with blac

hi, jackie kennedy has been mentioned a few times tonight. thedid the eisenhowers view kennedies? off to a very bad start. righted. never part of it is the difference in age. but it beginning with the and it was just when mamie took jackie through the white house before the inauguration. and mrs. kennedy was telling mamie, already, the plan she had renovations and that didn't set very well with mamie. and it went on from there. say that later when they were trying to raise funds for now what's the kennedy the eisenhower administration had been planning center in ral washington, d.c. when the kennedys were continuing the plan for that, mamie as retired first of public speak ing and appearances on promote the cultural center. >> our guests talk about the act that the eisenhowers were smokers and in 1955, president eisenhower suffered a heart attack. spent 19 days in walter reed hospital. i presume that some point in time dick nixon took over the role or he was able to carry time?s duties the whole >> to -- no, nixon -- they anted things to carry on as normally as possible. one?is fir

it was a significant trip for jackie kennedy because of the death of their infant son patrick just months earlier. and so upon arrival in texas and san antonio and again in houston, mrs. kennedy received much of the attention. >> the first lady of our land, mrs. john f. kennedy. [ applause ] >> reporter: at their third texas stop in fort worth, even though it was late and it was raining, people lined the streets to see them. the kennedys spent their last night together at the hotel texas. the next morning, november 22nd, the president emerged to greet a crowd of 5,000 gathered outside. >> i appreciate your being here this morning. mrs. kennedy is organizing herself. takes longer. but of course she looks better than we do. >> reporter: and when she appeared, mrs. kennedy made a stunning entrance wearing the now-famous pink chanel suit, white gloves, and box hat. >> three years ago i said i'd introduce myself by saying i was the man who would accompany mrs. kennedy to paris. i'm getting somewhat that same sensation as i travel around texas. nobody wondered what lyndon and i wear. >> reporte

robert, your question. >> my question is jackie kennedy has been mentioned a few times tonight and i'med the kennedys and how mamie viewed jackie and the differences between them. >> i would say that jackie and mamie got off to a very rocky start and that was never righted. part of it is the difference in age, but beginning with a misunderstanding and it was just very rocky when mamie took jackie through the white house on her tour before the inauguration and mrs. kennedy was telling mamie already the plan she had for renovations and that didn't really set very well with mamie. and it went on from there. >> but i have to say that later when they were trying to raise fund for what's now the kennedy center, the eisenhower administration had already been planning for a cultural center in washington, d.c. and when the kennedys were continuing the plan for that, ike and mamie as retired first couple did a lot of public speaking and appearances on television to promote the cultural center. >> our guests talked about the fact that the eisenhowers were smokers and in 1965, president eisenhower

jackie kennedy, it's amazing working here, such a privilege. jackie kennedy, she didn't drive, she walked down this very driveway up 17th street in connecticut avenue, to st. matthew's cathedral, still the seat of the archdiocese here in washington, you look at the historical footage, and it's astonishing to see the kings, premieres, princes from all over the world, after the ceremony on the steps of the cathedral that touching poignant unforgettablfe young john john saluting, followed by a cortage a half mile long, and the eternal flame that is a symbol of john f. kennedy life. >> the person with her back to you is kathleen kennedy townsend representing a long line of kennedys who have served the nation in one form or another. all of them being told by the elder kennedy to seek higher office because service they were taught was the highest form of honor in our nation. this being the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. the circle being complete as the torch is being passed who was then senator barack obama wanting to be

human duty of determining what is to be. >> schieffer: the kennedy family's well being still weighed heavily on the president's mind. he called jackiebefore christmas. >> schieffer: last sunday 50 years later his daughter, lucy baines johnson recalled for us her father's relationship with the kennedy family. >> there's extraordinary letter that is in the library from mrs. kennedy to my father. it speaks about other people assessing what that relationship was like. but she says that it must have been difficult for senator who had actually mentored her young husband to find himself in the position of having to take second police in the ticket. but how grateful he had been and she remained for his being willing to do so because president kennedy felt that the country needed lyndon johnson to serve with the president and she was so grateful for that. and how much it had meant to her that he had tried to reach out in every way humanly possible after the assess nation and that's what i would hope that the country would recall. because it was two people who loved this country with all their heart trying to do the best as they knew how to,

kennedy. lets listen. suddenly i found myself face-to-face with jackie in a small hall. i think it was right outside the operating room. you always think of her, or somebody like her, as being insulated, protected, sort of on olympus. she was quite alone. i don't think i ever saw anybody so much alone in my life. i went up to her, put my arms around her and said something i'm sure it was quite banal like, god help us all, because my feelings for her were too tumultuous to put into words. >> so much packed into that. lady bird johnson and the extraordinary role that she played also. as you wrote in "the passage of power," she knew how important it was that john conley had also been shot, the texas figure had been shot, because texas was going to be -- this was going to be a day of infamy for texas. she actually said, bob, i wish it would have been me. that would have completely immunized lbj from any of the conspiracy theorists for political blame. >> i know for me that's a supreme example. people asked how did lady bird really feel about lyndon johnson. that remark, that

which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her now famous watermelon pink suit to dallas2nd, 1963. >> the usual welcoming committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of red roses. >> it looked like coco chanel but her suit was actually a knock off, made in mech. the first lady had worn it at least six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962 awaiting the arrival of the prime minister of al gerkz algeria with john jr. in his arms. at this function the president jokes. >> nobody wonders what lyndon johnson and i wear. >> later that day president kennedy would be dead and the first lady's stunning pink suit stained forever with her husband's blood would begin a long and mysterious journey. when aides suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. philip shennan wrote a book about her the assassination. >> her words, no i'm going to leave these clothes on. i want them to see what the have done. >> hours later mrs. kennedy continued to wear the suit during the emergency swearing in of lyndon johnson as president. >> that whole scene is obviously

it's covered by most health plans. >>> jackie kennedy was recognized around the world for her exquisite was her pink suit. the one that she was wearing that day in dallas when president kennedy was assassinated. she was wearing it hours later too, covered in blood. when lyndon johnson was storen in at the next president. randi kaye has more on why it, this pink suit, remains etched in the memories of so many people. >> reporter: in the words of president john f. kennedy, she looked smashing in it, which may be why the president asked jacqui kennedy to wear her now famous watermelon pink suit to dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the usual welcoming committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of red roses. >> it look like coco chanel but her suit was a knockoff made in america. she had worn it at least six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962, awaiting the an rival of the prime minister of algeria, that's john junior in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this fort worth chamber of commerce breakfast, the president even joked about his wife's fashion sense. >> nobody

jackie kennedy's outfit. why it may not be seen for 100 years. >>> what government does with your business, the temptation is to tune out. the fact is, though, what democrats in the united states senate today matters if you care who runs government agencies who touch the life or courts of cabinet departments. all involve people nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. confirmation takes a simple ma jobty, 51 votes, however, any senator can have a higher they shall hold of 60 votes. today siting the times republicans used the 60-vote hurdle to block nominees, they voted to take it off the table for all but supreme nominees. the change is called the nuclear option, the name implies a big deal, blows up the rules, the question why do the democrats do it? president obama made a visit to the press briefing room and singled out the gop. >> i realize nothing party has been blameless for these tactics. they have developed over years, and it seems as if they continue we ly escalated but today's pattern

. >> and jackie kennedy was so strong and in her grief still thinking about the legacy.er role in preserving the legacy. >> without question, she instantly, almost instantly after the assassination spoke to teddy white and promoted in camelot myth. it sustained itself. recent polls, kennedy had an 85% approval rating. i saw one this week that showed kennedy was 74%. the only one within distance of him is reagan. a lot of what this has to do with is the fact that people had been so disappointed in the subsequent presidents, johnson with vietnam, nixon with watergate, ford, carter, seen as failed presidents. the two bushes don't cut the mustard very much. so john kennedy is the inspirational voice. he still gives people a kind of hope for a better future. i had a wonderful graduate teacher, a great historian. he said to me once, bobby said, the united states is the only country in history that believes it was born perfect and strives for improvement. >> you talk of jackie kennedy. tom brokaw had an extraordinary interview with the widow of the police officer slain that day

memories of jackie kennedy are and many americans are received and they reflect a primal sympathy for her everything and the sec chief said this, as she circled and circled, noticed her hands were cuffed in front of her as if she were cradling something. as she passed, she nice to me with her elbow and handed me what she had been nursing with hands. a large chunk of brain tissue. one of the most touching memories of the first lady is from adelle, a surgery resident who witnessed jackie move toward the dead president, remove the wedding ring from his finger, place it on her hand and kiss him. then there was the historic confrontation in trauma of room one between county medical examiner boroughs and the secret service over the custody of the remains of the president. he said, i was in their way. that was face-to-face with secret service agent roy kellerman, and i was trying to explain to him that texas law required an autopsy to be performed in texas. no one was in charge of the situation. calamine tied three tactics and his late. he asserted his identity, representing the secret servi

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 you written? what are your memories of rose kennedy and jacqueline kennedy? caller: rose kennedy, i would say her religion, no question about it. her best friend was god, and she was very careful in turning to him. there were difficult times. that, of course, was because of her time with the nuns. jacqueline kennedy was the kindest woman i ever met. she thought of other people. she was very aware of what was going on. and she did not react immediately. i think she weighed the circumstances, and she also rock comfort in her writing courses. -- riding horses. rose kennedy turned to god, and jackie kennedy had faith, too, but she found great comfort in god's land. host: what years did you work for the kennedy family? caller: december 1963 through july 1966. host: the immediate aftermath of the assassination. i want you to stay on the line. i want to see if richard reeves wo

jfk's vice president, lyndon johnson, who was sworn in as president next to a widow jackie kennedy on air force one 50 years ago today, one in five americans believe that johnson had something to do with the assassination. but on this day, even the conspiracy theorists would do well to reflect on a life, not a death. and on a president who will forever be remembered as the man who took this country on a youthful and seemingly limitless stride into the 1960r chief natt john king is live at dealey plaza. you were at the ceremony marking the moment we lost the president. what's the mood like in dallas today? >> reporter: you know, for many years, this city was shamed by what happened right here. it was known as the city of hate and at this 50th anniversary ceremony today, dallas tried to turn the page. it was a very respectful ceremony focusing on what you just mentioned, the hopeful aspirations, always forward and future-looking speeches, dreams and legacy of president john f. kennedy. i want to show you, though, if i can, this is a replication, reproduction of the dallas morning news f

which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her now famous watermelon suit to dallas , 1963. >> the usual welcomic committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of roses. >> her suit was a knockoff made in america. the first lady had worn it at least six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962, awaiting the arrival of the prime minister of algeria. that's john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this ft. worth chamber of commerce breakfast, the president even joked about his wife's fashion sense. >> nobody wonders what linden and i wear. >> later that day, president kennedy would be dead. and the first lady's stunning pink suit stained forever with her husband's blood, would begin a long and mysterious journey. when aides suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. philip sheenen wrote a book about the kennedy assassination. >> her remark, and i think she made it more than once, no. i'm going to leave these clothes on. i want them to see what they have done. >> hours later, mrs. kennedy continued to wear the suit during the

. >> when jack kennedy went to france with jackie, jackie spoke french fluently. edy came back and said i was the one who accompanied jackie kennedy to france. in comparison with the eisenhower years. eisenhower was 70 years old when he got out of office. here's this young vibrant 43-year-old president. what about jackie? >> really a special human being certainly historical iconic figure. so many people admired her, the way she conducted herself in the face of just horrible tragedy and to be there right when your husband is murdered. you can only imagine. i think there's a lot to learn about the human spirit. she was someone who was inspirational to so many americans. in fact, she continues to do so. you didn't have cable news, the 24 hour news cycle. but this was played, all the coverage of it, on network news. we became so close to the family and to the event. it's a shared memory for so many americans. >> let me ask you about this. the kennedy was -- one of his biggest problems when he campaigned, the first roman catholic -- would have been -- was the first roma

the president and vice president lyndon johnson attended a brunch where jackie kennedy and her outfit>> i introduced myself in president by saying i was the man who accompanied mrs. kennedy to paris. i get that same thing when i travel around texas. nobody wonders what lyndon and i wear. >> air force one then flew to dallas where another big crowd was waiting at love field. the kennedys climbed into the presidential limousine to begin the motorcade that would lead to a critical moment in history. >> president kennedy's family friends and colleagues are recalling their happy memories. reunite reunite reunited, bob schieffer will join us as he describes a return to camelot. >> reporter: just days ago, nancy dutton who campaigned for kennedy, a unique gathering got under way. a reunion like no other for those who knew worked with even loved president kennedy. >> i'm the oldest of all the grandchildren. so i was lucky at least to see what a difference he was making in the country. >> reporter: kathleen kennedy, bobby's daughter. >> each night we would pray around the bed that jack would b

and coming up, two wishes from jackie kennedy to her husband, one you know about, the eternal flame, the other you will hear about. >>> let me finish tonight with this, jacqueline kennedy wanted two memorials to her husband when he was shot and killed a half century ago this friday. one was the eternal flame next to his grave at arlington cemetery. and today, they laid a wreath honoring him. the other was the rocket to be used on the early apollo flight, she wanted to be where somebody wouldn't notice it, to where she and perhaps her husband knew it was there. jack kennedy wanted to beat the soviets regarding the moon, and basically wanted to win the cold war in a peaceful competition, not a nuclear one. well, six years after kennedy's death, i was serving in africa teaching business. one night in july, a man took the people from his village onto the hill, to watch something that began to cross the dark horizon. it was the reason he brought his people out there that night to see his countrymen going to the moon. that it would one day pass the soviets, it had done its job. and so had t

another joe kennedy quote "it's not what you are that counts but what people think you are." americans didn't see jackiewe the american people saw the john kennedy -- thought that john kennedy was kind of the image of energy and good health when, in fact, he was sick his whole life. it was only later we found out how bad his health really was, that he had received the last rites of the catholic church three times when his family thought he was dying. >> one of the most famous pictures of president kennedy was taken by a "new york times" photographer. if. >> reporter: pete souza is chief white house photographer for president obama. >> the title of the photograph is "the loneliest job." and the reality of that picture is he's standing up and he's got his hands on the table because of his bad back. >> reporter: the job has changed since the kennedys from controlled to nearly total fly on the wall access. historical documentation, not much myth making. when you see those intimate photographs with the kennedy children knowing what you do how does that strike you? >> i think it does tell you a lot about him

and in the wrong out silence of the parkland emergency room after president johnson, jackie kennedy, and the casket had gone, doctors, both of them walked into this, room number one before it had been cleaned and in a wastebasket they found two dozen red roses given to the first lady at love field that morning and each removed a single rose and preserved his to this day. the eyewitness memories gathered in my book pain it previously unseen tapestries of this unforgettable time. some recollections are like the grainy black-and-white tv images of the day. while other memories are the graphic technicolor of surreal dreams. the chapters that follow detailed asides and feelings of our 45 authors and the shockwave first hit parkland hospital and then the world. the immediate actions and what they saw and felt are vividly remembered half a century from that fateful day. the narrative tone began with the whole world cried the day that i met jfk. >> thank you. [applause] [applause] >> dr. childs committee bring up a point about the neck wound that has been used in used in conspiracy theories

jean hill thought jackie kennedy had a poodle in her lap. was she right?about the lawsuit you filed against various media outlets that accused hickey of killing the president. how were they resolved? >> we ended upset settling the case. it's really sad fact that george hickey is no longer around. he died a few years ago to be able to respond to these resurrected absurd theories. we'd be here talking about a new lawsuit. as you know defamation dies with the individual. tony summers called never in our lifetime is an appropriate indication for what is at stake with the kennedy assassination. we won't know what really happened. i can tell you what didn't happen is secret service hickey didn't shoot the president. >> did he die feeling vindicated or feel he was forever cast in the shadow by the man who might have accidentally killed the presiden president? >> i lost touch with him many the last few years. i know when we settled the case we got an apology. it's really unfortunate that this came up. the evidence that just is lacking out there to indicate that th

, two who lost their spouses that day, jackie kennedy said she felt great pain because of her husbandeing killed, mr. tippet was then killed. still ahead, 2:30, when acting press secretary mallcom gave the announcement of kennedy's death. we will play it as it happened 50 years later. this is extraordinary. you'll want to see it. how dallas and ft. worth are still trstruggling to balance i place in history. >> dallas was branded as a city of shame and hate and all of these ridiculous terms that didn't apply to most people. >> we will talk to wayne slater for the dallas morning news. please share your thoughts on twitter at tamron hall and at news nation. we're asking if you can, use the hash tag, jfk 50 years later. t. setting up the perfect wedding day begins with her arthritis pain, and two pills. afternoon arrives and feeling good, but her knee pain returns... that's two more pills. the evening's event brings laughter, joy, and more pain when jamie says... what's that, like six pills today? yeah. i could take two aleve for all day relief. really? and... and that's it. [ male announ

jackie? >> absolutely fascinated by jacqueline kennedy onassis. absolutely fascinated by . there had already been 43 books written on her but i interviewed a lot of people close to the family, close to mrs. onassis, which she was at the time that i wrote it. and i really believe in writing what i call an unauthorized biography. now unauthorized does not mean untrue, it means you're doing it without the subject's cooperation or approval. >> would you like to do it with the subject's cooperation? >> no. >> really? >> because -- >> yeah? >> because -- you give up editorial control. so if you are writing about jacqueline kennedy onassis, of course i was -- i wouldn't be able to talk about the president's womanizing, or the things that really affected their marriage. primarily not so much the womanizing although she did know about it and she tolerated it, it was the awful health problems that dogged jfk for so much of his life. i don't think anybody really realizes all the sicknesses, all the botched surgeries, all the awful diagnoses that he had. and that really was a better. a

kennedy. asked, how would you like to go? jackieaid she would like a private is it very pat nixon and president nixon organized a private visit for the kennedys, which turned out to be a remarkable event for all concerned. both caroline and john junior wrote letters afterwards thanking the nixons. jackie herself wrote a very warm letter. despite whatever anger they might have had or she might have had about the 1960 campaign, she was a human first and realized the importance of letting president kennedy's widow and children come to the white house for the important unveiling. >> we have to get into politics in the life story. during the world war ii does, richard nixon was on active duty with the navy. his first run for congress was 1946. how did he make the foray into politics? >> when he came back, he was still on active duty. by someone from california, and they were looking for somebody to run against jerry in the 12 congressional district. talk to pat and they agreed they would -- he would go back out and talk to these people.

is one of the most enduring mysteries of that day, what happened to that iconic pink suit that jackie kennedyt is being held at the national archives out of public view. at the kennedy family's request it won't be seen in public until the year 2103 and only with their approval. we want to thank you for watching al jazeera america. "people in power" is next. as we go we want to remind you this is the eternal flame that burning at arlington national cemetery.

jean hill that was closest to the limousine, she thought that jackie kennedy had a poodle in her lap.how were they resolved. >> we ended up settling the cases and the publisher admitted what i would say amounted to an apology. unfortunately george hickey is no longer around, he died a few years ago, to be able to respond to these resurrected absurd theory. defamation dies with the individual. now another client of mean, tony somers, the title of his book, and he's one of the most respected researchers out there, he's the author of "never in our lifeti lifetime" we won't know really what happened. what i can tell you didn't happen, secret service agent hickey didn't shoot the president. >> did hickey die vindicated or did hi feel he was forever cast in the shadow as the man who might have killed the president? >> i lost touch with him in the last few years, and he had health issues i know. we had given something to his grandchildren and his descendants that he would have at least even felt vindicated. it's really unfortunate that this came up. again, the evidence that just is lacking o

jackie kennedy to steal the spot light among the excited crowds. brian williamsrt >> reporter: at the third texas stop in fort worth even though it was late and raining people lined the streets to see them. the kennedy's spent their last night together at hotel texas. the next morning the president emerged to greet a crowd of 5,000 outside. >> i appreciate you being here this morning. mrs. kennedy is organizing herself. >> reporter: and when she appeared mrs. kennedy made a stunning entrance wearing the now-famous pink chanel suit, white gloves. >> i am the man who accompanied mrs. kennedy to paris. i am getting somewhat that same sensation around texas. nobody wonders whathnson and i >> reporter: the hat industry complained he was turning other men against it. that day he was given a statset. >> i can't let you leave fort worth providing you some protection against the rain. >> i'll put it on in the white house on monday. if you come up there you will have a chance to see it then. >> reporter: the last flight from fort worth to dallas took 13 minu

jackie kennedy wore it the day of the assassination. >> deborah: 50 years later where the pink suit is today. >>> then, the family that vanished into thin air. the shocking discovery in the desert. >> they're together, and they're in a better place.