. >> traveling with the president are vice president john connelly and his wife nellie. >> he headed into the crowd to shake hands. >> they shake hands, because the whole idea of being there in texas was to demonstrate his popularity, and his appeal. >> 11:50 a.m. t motorcade leaves love field for lunch at the trade mart. as the clock ticks away on kennedy's life, people like abraham zapruda film his last minutes. >> the crowd was very exuberant, very friendly. some people are on balconies and on rooftops. toward the end of the parade, we had to -- >> i remember seeing the motorcade turn right on houston street. >> bill and gail newman are the closest eyewitnesses, they're on the grassy noll. >> i turned around to the president. and i said, mr. president, you can't say that dallas doesn't love you. just as we were approaching the book depository. >> oswald has a clear shot from hiss sniper's perch on the sixth floor, but he doesn't take it. >> we made the last turn on to elm. >> we saw the car turning towards us. >> i was standing there in the grassy area. >> we had gone, i suspect,

the associated press have called this race for martin walsh the time -- martin walsh defeating john connellye support of labor more than connelly did. martin walsh former union official. he will be the next mayor of boston. we also have a call from associ press, interesting ballot measure in new jersey. in new jersey, the new jersey state legislature had passed a rise in the minimum wage. and new jersey's republican governor, chris christie was re-elected by a large margin. he vetoed the rise in the minimum wage. supporters of a rising minimum wage put it on the ballot for a statewide vote. and the voters essentially overruled their governor's veto at the same time they turned him back for another term as the the state's governor. associated press called this race. new jersey question too. that will bring new jersey's minimum wage from the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour up to $8.25 and hour and annual cost-of-living adjustmentmes. big change for minimum wage workers in the state of new jersey. more ahead. stay with us. when you vote for flo, we'll have discounts. ice-cream discounts. multi

and what about the so-called magic bullet that wounded kennedy before ending up in the thigh of john connelly famously gave his take in the controversial film jfk. >> takes 1.6 seconds presumably in midair where it turns right, then left, right, then left. >> reporter: that classic scene later recreated on seinfeld with wayne knight rekrprising the demonstration. >> it pauses in midair, mind you, makes a left turn, and lands on newman's left thigh in that is one magic lugy. >> reporter: and then there is jack ruby. why would a dallas night club owner with alleged mafia ties shoot and kill oswald in the basement of the police station? ruby's explanation, to spare jackie kennedy the pain of a trial. but the theory persists that the mob wanted kennedy dead for a crackdown on organized crime along with his brother, the attorney general robert kennedy. questions are seemingly endless. was kennedy targeted by the cia for the bay of pigs debacle? was he the victim of the united states military because his on that himself to war this vietnam? was fidel castro to blame, the kgb, perhaps even the secre

questions about the motives of the assassin lee harvey oswald who also wounded texas governor john connelly. oswald himself was shot two days later as he was held in the dallas city jail. the shooter was jack ruby. a local nightclub owner. 52% of the public thought lee harvey oswald had not acted alone. today, 61% think oswald had coconspirators. that is down from a high of 81% who thought so in the 1990s after oliver stone's film jfk. true the tragedy has all the makings of a conspiracy. oswald was a former u.s. marine. he had earlier defected to the soviet union. he lived in the russian city of minst for years. when he and his wife marina returned to the united states, he became involved in cuba's politics. pro castro. on september 27, 1963, two months before the assassination. oswald went to mexico city and visited the soviet consulate and the cuban embassy. it was concluded that he did act alone. but at the time, the commissioners where unaware of the plans of the u.s. cia to oust cuban dictator castro. many theories have been spawned implying that cuba, the cia, and even kennedy's vice

in boston, martin walsh narrowly beat john connelly to become the next mayor. republicans have their nominee for a congressional race in alabama, but it's not the candidate a lot of conservative voters were hoping for. bradley byrne defeated dean young 52% to 48%. byrne was backed by the business xh community. it was a battle between two sides of the republican party that could be repeated in races across the country in next year's midterms. byrne faces up against democrat burton leflore in the general election. we were wondering it's an off-year election what motivated you to vote or why didn't you cast ballot yesterday? #waytooelectoral, chime in, please. the best answers later in the show. >>> we want to talk about some other news facing the first major crisis of his short time in office, senator rand paul now addressing recent charges of plagiarism. in an interview with the "new york times," the frshman senator from kentucky called the unattributed writing mistakes. he said they were the results of high pressure and demands on his staff. senator paul went o

john connelly rode in the limb moe with kennedy. aking us back, james swan son, the author of end of days, the assassination of john f. kennedy who breaks down the entire assassination from soup to nuts. please tell me, what was lee harvey oswald out for? >> to this day we don't know. we know it was oswald and he fired the three shots from a texas school book depository, but we don't know what drove him to the sixth floor window. it wasn't to impress soviets and wasn't to impress cube bans and castro revolution. oswald was a man look forge a mission, looking for meaning in life. a lifelong loser, his wife left him. by coincidence the president drove past the window where he was working. could it have been fame or glory? he wanted tore part of history and wanted to be remembered. >> that's not the only coincidence you outlined here. there were a whole series of random coincidences that led to this moment being possible. >> yes, so many things could have saved the president if they happened differently. one of the greatest ones is seve

and in boston, john connelly conceded to martin walsh. waits a hard-fought race. now, to o'reilly. >>> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> what we said was you could keep it if it hasn't changed since the law has passed. >> the president getting in deeper and deeper contradicting himself over obamacare and drawing even more attention to the whole mess. perhaps mr. obama should remember these words. >> read my lips. no new taxes. >> president bush the elder never recovered from that statement. we'll have analysis this evening about mr. obama's current status. [bleep] >> why is the national football league allowing thugs, destructive men run wild? this is becoming a serious problem and we have a follow-up report tonight. also ahead incredibly an american mother allows her 7-year-old son to go trick or treating dressed as a clan member. >> it's supposed to be white with white, black with black and men with women that's what it stands for. >> is it legal on the case. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> hi oil bill o'reilly.

. >> from nbc news, president kennedy and governor john connelly of texas have been cut down by assassints have been cut down in dallas. >> good day from dallas, texas. that voice you just heard from the first nbc news bulletin to air that day, 50 years ago, the voice of don pardo who was interrupting daytime programming to come on the air with the news from here, dealey plaza, dallas, texas, largely untouched in the half century since that day. we must add a perfectly miserable day weather wise. 36 degrees. it is raining on this crowd. the rain moving to the side of 22 miles an hour. 5,000 people filling this plaza behinds us now. hearing prayers, hearing music, hearing from various speakers and coming up shortly, from the mayor of dallas, texas, a moment of silence to mark the moment 1:28 p.m. eastern time when the shot rang out from the book depository behind us, the sixth floor museum, now a place where millions each year come to see the window where lee harvey oswald, shielded by cardboard boxes, squeezed off those shots to the passing motorcade below. let's listen in as the mayor o

here's abc's chris connelly. >> reporter: john sheer is 92 years old.a park for 51 years. just ten seconds mattered most. >> 911. what's your emergency? >> i shouted, "everybody, clear out of the way. there's a loose horse coming this way." when i looked down, a little girl was standing there. >> reporter: that little girl, 5-year-old roxy. look again. there's roxy on the left. and there's john throwing his body over her. absorbing the full impact of the runaway horse. >> i knew i was going to get hit. you cannot stop and think should i or shouldn't i. there's a 5-year-old girl. i'm 90 years old. she hasn't had a life. i have had a life. you have to save that life. >> what would have happened to your daughter if john sheer hadn't been there? >> dead, just dead. >> reporter: critically injured, john sheer would spend seven weeks in the hospital. more than two years after their lives first intersected, 92-year-old john sheer drove to a ballet studio where now 8-year-old roxy was to perform. >> thank you for dancing for me, roxanne. i love you. >> i don't

wound was where the so-called magic bullet exited kennedy's body before striking texas governor john connellyance wountd or an exit wound. i don't know if anything will ever come up. it's been 50 years and nothing has surfaced yet that would indicate there was a second shooter. certainly, that possibility exists, but right now, i would accept the warren commission report. >> it's a fairy tale. it didn't happen. no bullet went through both men. >> to conspiracy theorists, the single-bullet theory is one of many problems with the official story. >> so the x in the middle of the road? you put that down there? >> yeah. i put that down there 19 years ago. >> robert grew up in new york and moved to dallas almost 20 years ago, proving the kennedy assassination conspiracy is his life's mission. you can find him on the grassy knoll every weekend arguing his case. >> do people come out here and say, man, you're just crazy? >> nobody says that. >> nobody? >> nobody. i believe there's this -- i guess an amalgamation between the mob and elements within the cia. >> so the cia and the mob working together i

john kerry isn't the only one to harbor questions about the motives of the assassin of president kennedy, lee harvey oswald who also shot to death a dallas police officer and wounded texas governor connellyswald s killed two days later as he was held in the dallas city jail. the shooter was jack ruby, a local nightclub owner. a poll taken after the assassination found 52% of the public thought lee harvey oswald had not acted alone. today 61% think oswald had full conspiracy. that's down from a high of 81% who thought so in the 90s after oliver stone's film j.f.k. true, the tragedy has all the makings of a conspiracy. oswald was a former u.s. marine with a medal for marksmanship. he earlier defect today the soviet union. he lived in russia for several years and married a soviet woman. when he return today the united states he became involved in cuba's conflicts, notably pro castro. two months before the assassination oswald went to mexico where he visited. they concluded oswald acted alone. at the time the commissioners were unaware of the plan of the u.s. cia to oust fidel castro including assassination. during the years theories implied that the kgb, cuba, mafia, cia and kennedy's vice

john connally of texas. an item. both women, meaning mrs. kennedy and mrs. connelly, disappeared into the emergency section of the hospital to await news of their husbands. outside the emergency room in a hallway, interest members of the white house staff gathered, including major general chester b clifton, military aid to the president, and brigadier general mccue, the air force aid. mrs. lincoln, the president theetary emma -- president's secretary, and other members of the staff were shown to a waiting room not far from the emergency room area. as frank mcgee has reported, on direct word from our correspondent in dallas, a crowd is gathering outside parkland hospital in dallas. >> there is also this. repeating what we got from fort worth, the sheriffs officers have taken a young man into custody. they are questioning him, but there is no indication that any charges have been raised against him. there is no indication that he is directly involved in this attempt on the life of president kennedy and texas governor john connally. >> bill, i believe we have a picture

john f. kennedy as he was preparing to run for a second term. skeptics questioned that most basic blgt. their argument, one single bullet could never have passed through kennedy and text governor connellyd-new. but according to new ballistics analysis not available in 1963, that's exactly what happened. >> could it pass through kennedy, condy's torso then connelly's wrist and into his thigh? if so, what condition would it be in? high speed video recording 20,000 frames per second shows the bullet is perfectly straight and stable as it hits the target. the bullet has penetrated 36 inches but what condition is it in? >> the nose of this bullet is undeformed, still perfectly round. this sort of simple demonstration or experiment shows us a number of things. this bum bullet is a very hard stable bullet. plowed through 3 feet of pine boards. these bullets are capable of passing through two human beings. >> a new nova documentary airing on pbs brings together forensics and ballistics specialists use gs cutting edge teg noelg to answer questions around jfk's assassination. cold case premieres tomorrow night. is there any physical evidence to suggest there were more people other than oswald in