mr. kennedy. of them served in the house of representatives and in the senate with mr. kennedy. in the background, limousines returning leaders of the various knoll ints from this the arlington cemetery, back across the river, beyond the lincoln memorial to the various embassies and other of votes -- abodes where they will say until returning to their homes. will confer with president johnson, though it is will be any business even suggested at this point. simply somber courtesy calls. one of the most placid settings. >> and then the slow, almost ambling gait used by most of the people leaving the gravesite. suggestion of the felt innd the grief many parts of the world. and in the background, some people without any sort of official portfolio, some of the thousands of such who came here stand several hundred yards, perhaps, from the gravesite, and in their quiet way to pay their respects to the late john f. kennedy. >> those passing by now, officials with the united states and other governments. j

mrs. kennedy and mrs. connolly disappeared into the emergency section of parkland hospital to await news of their husbands. outside of the emergency room in a hallway, anxious members of the white house staff gathered including the military aide to the president, and brigadier president godfrey mchew, the air force aide. the president's secretary, the press secretary to mrs. keptdy and other members of the staff were shown to a special waiting room not far from the emergency room area where the president was lying. frank mcgee has reported on direct word. outside parkland hospital in dallas. >> there's no indication that any charges placed against him. there's no indication he is directly involved in this attempt on president kennedy and texas governor john connolly. >> i think we have the picture of the president and mrs. kennedy as they arrive in dallas this morning. i have some copy on the first speech which the president delivered in dallas. this is the picture of the president and mrs. kennedy. >> i t

mrs. kennedy will take john jr. in his motorcade to the rich and this morning and back to the white house. in the building in the white house. >> inside the east room, president kennedy's, a fine dignitary. mrs. kennedy in the attorney general returning to the white house. the dignitaries, from the north portico, the solemn procession with a mass will be celebrated. >> it is our understanding as of this moment that mrs. kennedy, the attorney general, members of the family will proceed alone to the rotunda, this motorcade and then follow the casket back here to the white house by motorcade and then be joined by president and mrs. johnson. >> saw her just a second ago. the president's secretary has just arrived. large numbers of people have gathered across pennsylvania avenue, several thousands have been there since early this morning. >> that is this same car. that first car, the same one that was used yesterday. the attorney general sir family, i believe. trying to identify some of the delegation. it is almost imposs

mrs. kennedy after she left the white house? nk you again for a great series. >> the relationship was better than one might think. jackie kennedy found it appalling she would have to return to the white house after 1963. she thought it would be much too painful. she told the secret service agents in washington drive in a way i will never have to see the white house. i'll start crying again, one exception. 1970-1971, her and j.f.k.'s portraits were painted by the artist. they were about to be displayed in the nixon white house. the nixons said why don't you come down and see them quietly. she felt she owed it to jfk to do that. she brought her children, it was a totally off of the record visit they had dinner and she wrote to president nixon afterwards, she said a moment that i always dreaded, meaning returning to the white house, turned out to be one of the most important days i've ever spent with my children. so she was grateful to nixon for that. in later years she wasn't happy with nixon, particularly in watergate. a number of

mrs. kennedy's lap. the right side of his face was up, and i could see his eyes were fixed, and i could see through a hole in his skull that most of the brain matter in that area had been destroyed. and so i assumed immediately that it was a fatal wound, and that he was dead. >> there have been reports that you gave a thumbs down sign to the limousine behind you with other secret service. is that correct? >> that is true. i did that to make sure that they understood how serious the situation was. >> it took eight minutes to get to the parkland hospital in dallas. it must have been one of the longest eight minutes of your entire life. talk to me about what was going on in that car? how was jackie kennedy? obviously the governor was hit as well and his wife was there. what was it like to be in that limousine for those eight minutes? >> when the president was shot with the shot that hit him in the head, mrs. kennedy immediately went into shock. so she tried to retrieve the material. when i got in the seat,

mrs. kennedy. so popular and you will have much bigger crowds. >> i have to say that john kennedy was much more wealthy than she. so why would the public not react to his help? >> he felt as may political leaders that come from affluent backgrounds -- in 1957 she bought him a jaguar as a birthday gift. he had this returned -- but he felt she was not someone who had a lot of political experience, and in 1960 -- this might be a difficult -- >> she felt she was a drag on him in the early days. >> she said, i am sorry i'm such a drag for you. but this did not last long. >> i want to talk about the imagery of camelot. >> jackie kennedy asked teddy white, who was a family friend, to come up and interview her, with the idea of what she wanted to say would get into life magazine. she said, late at night, before jack and i were in the white house, wheeze to play the record of camelot. and needless to say, the editors and life thought, this would be the big thing -- and they may camelot the major theme of th

mrs. kennedy. e is so popular and you will have much bigger crowds. >> i have to say that john kennedy was much more wealthy than she. so why would the public not react to his help? >> he felt as may political leaders that come from affluent backgrounds, -- in 1957 she bought him a jaguar as a birthday gift. he had this returned -- but he felt she was not someone who had a lot of political experience, and in 1960 -- this might be a difficult -- >> she felt she was a drag on him in the early days. >> she said, i am sorry i'm such a drag for you. but this did not stop this -- this did not last long. >> i want to talk about the imagery of camelot. >> jackie kennedy asked teddy white, who was a family friend, to come up and interview her, with the idea of what she wanted to say would get into life magazine. she said, late at night, before jack and i were in the white house, wheeze to play the record of camelot. and needless to say, the editors and life thought, this would be the big thing -- and they ma

he says senator edward kennedy and mrs. shriver have just taken off by jet for otis air force base in massachusetts. we assume they are going to the home state to join their mother and father and other members of the kennedy family. military officers who have the job of arranging state funerals are at the white house now and presumably making the plans. mr. kennedy is the first president to die in office since the defense department was set up. these arrangements are made and i think there is no set a standard ritual to be followed so it will have to be made up. presumably the army will be in charge of the operations. it has ceremonial courses at fort myers, virginia, which is nearby, long with honor guards and troops that presumably will be used. that is about all we have at the moment. richard is at the white house with the live pictures so we will switch there to see what is happening. richard? >> the american flag atop the white house in washington has been lowered to half mast. became down after word, there was confirma

mrs. kennedy jumped up and grabbed mr. edy and cried oh, no, the motorcade sped on. >> no word at all -- official word from the doctors at park land hospital or the staff on the extent of the president's wounds. >> there is no reason to believe the president is dead. there is no word on his condition, neither is there any word on what made the attack. >> a television news man said that he looked up just after the shot was fired and saw a rifle being with drawn from a fifth or sixth floor window of a nearby building. >> there is no word they have been captured, probably because the focus of attention now, understandably is on the president and not so much on those who committed this act. >> i was probably 15 to 20 feet away from the president when it happened. >> tell us exactly what you saw, sir. >> as he was waving back, he was -- he was -- the shot rang out and he slumped down in the seat. >> i'm receiving word now. we have received word that two priests who were with the president reported that the president is dead. >>

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

mr. kennedy's family. [background sounds] [inaudible conversations] procession up the aisle refeet psalm singing of our complete heplessness dependent on god and says with the lord there is mother sis, and with him, plenty redemption. they now remove the cape or coat and puts op the proper vestments, the celebration of mass. [background sounds] [background sounds] john fits gerald kennedy holds title to a special place in our hearts and in our prayers, thus many have gathered here in final testimony and tribute. background sounds ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the cardinal ascends the altar, and now recite the first hymn or chant of the mass. the entrance song for funeral mass pleads for eternal rest for the dead and reminds us that all that is flesh and blood must come before the throne of god. ♪ ♪ >> after greeting all present, the cardinal invites them all to pray. we pray that john fitzgerald kennedy may be spared all punishment and taken into paradise. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the first reading from the sacred scripture is taken from th

mrs. kennedy out. i said "mrs. kennedy, will you ride in this car back here?" she said "no, mr. hill, i'm going to ride in the back with the president." so she crawled in the back of the hearse and i crawled in behind her. so there we were in the back of the hearse, president's body in the casket. admiral merkley, mrs. kennedy and me. >> rose: is there a conversation? >> nothing was said all the way to love field. nothing. she was absolutely just -- >> rose: devastated? >> there wasn't anything she could say. >> rose: then you went directly to the plane? >> right to air force one. air force one crew removed some seats in the rear of the plane. we carried the casket up. we had a difficult time getting it through the door because of the size. we had to break the handles off. placed it in the rear of the aircraft and then mrs. kennedy came on board and senate that rear portion. the. >> rose: where the casket was? and then the question came of the swearing in of lyndon johnson. >> there was an immediate problem because at first we had forgotten that lyndon johnson was even on the pl

mrs. kennedy. nt, look over here. we want to take your picture. >> they are too young to have their own memories of what happened that day. >>> my grandfather was working at parkland hospital on november 22, 1963. >> but for the grandchildren of the people who were closest, november 22nd, 1963, was not just a tragic day in our collective history. >> my grandfather is most famously known as the man in the white stetson. they come out the doors. the flood lights hit. >> reporter: it is deeply personal. a family story of what was lost and what was learned. >> the usual welcoming committee. >> for governor conley and his wife, the president's visit was a chance to show off texas. >> i think there was nervous anticipation about hosting a president and his wife. >> mrs. kennedy who was known as this fashion icon was in her pink suit. my grandmother thought maybe she had not picked the right day to wear the pink suit. >> reporter: attire aside, the conleys were pleased with how the day in dallas was going

mrs. kennedy summoned the will to tape a secret interview.we hear her thoughts and that singular intimate breathy voice. >>> they were the young people who held the promise of a brand new century. a handsome young man filled with nerve and swagger. his wife lit by the sun. they brought with them the tumult of little children who played in the oval office. and the white house fountain. storied days of camelot. but mrs. kennedy said it was during the 13 days of cuban missile crisis, she drew nearest to her husband. >> if anything happens we're all going to stay right here with you. you know me, and i said even if there's not room in the bomb shelter in the white house, which i'd seen, i said, please, then i just want to be on the lawn when it happens. but i just want to be with you and i want to die with you, and the children do, too. than live without you. >> a dangerous time that passed. and then in the year ahead, as the first term is almost ending, they begin to dream about their future some, day getting away from the pressure of the white

mrs. kennedy. to god there were something that i could say to you. >> schieffer: in the weeks that followed johnson reached tout to many members of the kennedy family but the kennedy who showed up most often on the new president's call sheet was jackie. this conversation took place ten days after the assassination. >> i just wanted you to know that you are loved by so many and so much. let's take a walk. let's walk around the back yard. let me tell you how much you mean to all of us. >> schieffer: johnson offered similar words of comfort to the american people in a thanksgiving address he called upon the country to honor kennedy through forward process. >> all of us have lived through seven days that none of us will ever forget. we're not given the divine wisdom to answer why this has been. but we are given the 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 jackie just before christmas. >> schieffer: la

mrs. kennedy. mrs. nnedy tressed in a favorite of hers, a pink seut, soon -- suit. >> it was a sunny day, so the secret service removed the car's bubble top. >> the president's car is now turning on to elm street. >> 250,000 cheering spectators craned, turning towards a intersection of tragedy. no secret service were in his car. at the request of president kennedy. >> if i didn't get out and shake hands with people, i couldn't get elected dog catcher. >> said mr. president you certainly can't say, dallas doesn't love you. >> and then the gun shots that changed history. >> there appears as though something has happened. >> agent clint hill jumped onto the trunk of the presidential limousine. 30 minutes later, doctors conceded they could not save the president. >> it's official, president kennedy died at 1 o'clock central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. >> the death of president kennedy is seen to be the first event reported nonstop. for four days, the network suspended regu

mrs. kennedy to paris. i am getting somewhat that same sensation around texas. nobody wonders what lyndon and i wear. >> reporter: president kennedy almost never wore hats. in fact, the hat industry complained he was turning other men against them. that day he was given a stetson. >> i can't let you leave ft. worth without prioviding you wih some protection against the rain. [ laughter ] >> 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 ft. worth to neighboring dallas took just 13 minutes. and the first couple emerged into bright sunshine. the crowds were big and the president and first lady headed to the fence line to shake as many hands as possible. from there, it was into an open car and his drive into downtown dallas where history was waiting ten miles away. >> nbc's brian williams reporting for us. this video is graphic and may be disturbing to some viewers. it is of that moment, captured in the iconic silent picture sequence. private citizen abraham zapruder filmed t

mr. kennedy senior didn't demon separate any visible signs of emotional upset. the kennedy compound of the homes was doubled today of the normal. chief justice warren in the middle. mr. truman and general eisenhower on the left margaret truman daniel there with her father. [bells ringing] >> two former presidents truman and eisenhower. [bells ringing] and as a sizable physical job to get all of these people in to automobiles in the appropriate order and on their way to arlington. [bells ringing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in the car in front of the -- are the joint chiefs of staff. commander the of the military services. and as followed again, by the family. ♪ turning her from rise avenue to connecticut avenue and heading south toward virginia and toward arlington. ♪ that's president jen jen sen's car surrounded by secret service men. following his car will be foreign visitors. on the right in uniform he was here two months ago on a state visit to then president kennedy. ♪ there you see prince philip. and the prime minister. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ after waiting for the kennedy family and pres

mr. kennedy's body on board. >> affirmative on all those questions. >> and is mrs. kennedy on board?> affirmative. >> reporter: before taking off they would pull the shades. >> they actually closed the shades? >> yes, because no one could tell if there was a sniper outside waiting for another shot or if this was the beginning of world war 3. >> reporter: the 36th president about to be sworn in. >> this is where the moment took place? >> this is the most important place in the entire aircraft. mrs. kennedy stood right at this very place. >> they were standing here? >> reporter: on board air force one that was stifling. >> they had turned off the air conditioning that day so they could take off more quickly. >> as quickly as possible, yes. >> you can imagine the heat building in the plane. >> and everyone's heart rates up, they're breathing harder, they're choking back tears. >> reporter: in that space 16 square feet, 27 witnesses. >> it was lbj who asked mrs. kennedy to stand here for the oath as well. >> yes. >> reporter: standing in her blood-stained suit, mrs. kennedy wanted it tha

mrs. kennedy still wearing her blood-stained pink suit. estions she change. as she put it "i want them to see what they have done to jack jax lynn kennedy was a symbol of courage that evening and during the days of mourning that followed. setting the right tone once again-- as she had during her time as first lady. here's susan spencer of "48 hours." >> reporter: inauguration day, 1961. vice president johnson's 16-year-old daughter was mesmerized not by her father taking his oath -- >> i don't think it will make much difference. he's still our father. >> reporter: but by the new first lady. >> we all wonder what did she look like when she woke up in the morning? did she have a bad hair day like the rest of us? because we always saw her looking beautiful. >> reporter: this is a nice picture. >> isn't that beautiful? >> reporter: more important says linda bird johnson robb, behind the scenes she was kind, becoming a friend to an awkward teenager. >> mrs. kennedy was looking at me and thinking "my children are going to grow up in this environm

mrs. kennedy got the idea.ating stories, and i talked to david hawking's a moment ago, is how washington came together to prepare for something that was unexpected, and yet taking a page from the assassination of president lincoln, a century before. people who think government cannot be effective, they handle that situation well. i think david hawking pointed to the role that mrs. kennedy had in all of that. it was obvious that history is what was on her mind. you some to share with of the moments following the assassination of president kennedy. this is a conversation between the air force one cockpit pilot and andrews air force base. they were discussing how the president's body should be transported. >> air force one. [indiscernible] everybody aboard air force one, everyone aboard air force --, with the exception of will be chopper into the south ground. to body will be choppered the naval medical center at bethesda. over. oppered.be ch [indiscernible] >> i did not know these arrangements were already made.

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. >> reporter: president kennedy almost never wore hats. in fact, the hat industry complained he was turning other men against them. but that day, he was given a stetson. >> we c

mrs. kennedy to stand here for the oath as well. >> yes. >> mrs. nnedy wanted it that way. >> it's been said that she said they should see what they did. >> yes. >> reporter: inside the state room on the plane soon a new president at work. >> the whole time mrors kennedy is in the back of the aircraft. >> she's with her husband, the casket. >> placed inside the cabin because the crew made sure of it. >> the flight crew refused to put the president's body below the cabin. >> yes. >> pulling out four seats to get the president on board one last time. >> reporter: it was unmistakable today when they gave us access to air force one where they cut into the bulkhead. for several presidents who used this plane after president kennedy, the one thing you learn, on the outside of this plane president kennedy knew the power of an image which is why he asked his wife, jackie, to team up with a designer. they chose the colors for the united states of america that you still seeing traveling the globe today. >> it is stunning to see you on board tonight, david. th

mrs. kennedy sitting in a chair outside of trauma room one. d i realized it was just what they said it was. >> reporter: president kennedy lay on a gurney arms spread, eyes open, and covered in blood. >> i got an iv going in his left upper arm. >> the back half of the right side of his brain was gone, and as i stood there the lower part of the brain fell out through the hole on the cart. so this was obviously a fatal wound. >> reporter: dr. jones was asked to deliver the news. >> a secret serviceman came up, and said i need to call jay edward hoover and i need to tell them the condition of the president. and i realized the whole world was going to find out that kennedy was dead. >> reporter: but in that moment jones faced a delima, jacqueline kennedy had asked doctors to delay the death pronouncement until after her husband received his last rights. >> i knew he was dead. >> moments later a priest arrived. >> he said if thou livest -- and then i couldn't hear him say anything else. >> after that mrs. kennedy entered the room. >> she stood there

mrs. kennedy had just arrived in that city. at a historion wrote as they were heading to dallas the last of the clouds cleared. it was what aides on the plane called kennedy weather. wrote, seemed as if it was going to be a kennedy day. as the president and first lady were greeting the expectant crowd along the fence line, they could not know the fate that was awaiting them only 10 miles away. >> the white house press secretary has just announced that president kennedy died at approximately 1:00 central standard time, which was about 35 minutes ago. >> after being shot at. >> after being shot. >> but an unknown assailant. >> by an unknown assailant. >> during a motorcade drive through downtown dallas. >> during a motorcade drive through downtown dallas. >>> joining me is historian robert carro, author of the boo. great to see you. thank you for being with us on this important day. lets talk about that day and the decisions that were made, which you have analyzed so deeply in the passage of the power. the decision to go back to l

mrs. kennedy to paris. i'm getting that same sensation as i travel around texas. nobody wonders what we wear. >> reporter: president kennedy almost never wore hats. in fact the hat industry complained he was turning other men against them. but that day, he was given a stetson. >> couldn't let you leave ft. worth without providing you some protection against the rain. >> i'll future it on in the white house monday if you'll come up there, you'll have a chance to see it. >> reporter: that last flight from ft. worth to neighboring dallas took just 13 minutes. and the first couple emerged into bright spine. the crowds were big and the president and first lady headed over to the fence line to shake as many hands as possible. from there, it was into an open car and his drive into downtown dallas whered sadly history was waiting just ten miles away. >> nbc's brian william reporting. and that moment in history is forever captured in an iconic silent picture sequence. if you've never seen it, the video is graphic and it may be disturbing to some viewers. private set zen abe

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 minutes and the first couple emerged into bright sunshine. the crowds were big and the president and first lady headed to the fence line to shake as many hands as possible. from there it was on to an open car and his drive into downtown dallas where history was waiting ten miles away. >> that was brian williams reporting. that moment in history is forever captured in an iconic picture. zapruder filmed

mrs. kennedy and her family. and the rest of us were simply a backdrop. feeling their pain and wanting to comfort them them knowing that they couldn't. for me it was a moment that changed my world for always. it was a day that will ring with pain and respect for as long as i live. >> schieffer: lucy baines johnson, thank you so much. >> thank you, bob. >> schieffer: we want to pause for a moment now to look back at the events of that day. >> one of the largest, mrs. kennedy was given bouquet of roses. >> a large crowd here. >> estimated that between 200 and 00,000 persons turned out to greet president kennedy. >> pretty good crowd there. >> big crowd, yes. >> you can see the welcome was chews yays particular and warm. >> something is terribly wrong. >> president kennedy has been shot by a would-be assassin in dallas, texas. >> president kennedy has been taken to parkland hospital here in dallas. >> from balances, texas, the flash apparently official. president wendy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago.

mrs. kennedy. and the kennedy aides. the coffin is put down on the floor. an mrs. ennedy walks an opens the door to the president's bedroom. and finds lyndon johnson in that bedroom. now whole reams have been issued by johnson people and kennedy people. was she as william manchester said, was he sprawled on the kennedy bed, you know. he says he was sitting up and making a call. but whether he was sprawled there or sitting there, he was sitting on the bed and she, mrs. kennedy retreats back to the rear coffin. a moment later, johnson, embarrassed, certainly, gets-- takes lady byrd and they walk back to the back to speak to mrs. kennedy. lady byrd says, you know, that immaculate woman, this is her skirt was caked with blood, her stockings were caked with blood. and her white gloves were covered with blood. she says that immaculate woman, that is what i couldn't get over. she was so immaculate and here she was bloodstained. and on this, they ask-- johnson asks mrs. kennedy if she will stand beside him when he's taking the oath. and she says for the sake of history, i s

mrs. kennedy's pink suit has been forbidden from public view and will likely stay that way for a very long 2003, after her mother's death, caroline kennedy gave the suit to the people of the united states with the understanding that it wouldn't be put on public display for 100 years until 2103 and even then, the kennedy family must be consulted before any attempt is made to display the suit. all an effort to avoid sensationalizing that horrible act. and it's believed only a handful of people, maybe only as few as two, have seen the suit since. along with the suit and also hidden from view in the new archives in maryland, the blue blouse mrs. kennedy wore in dallas, her stockings, blue shoes, and blue purse. what they don't have is the first lady's pink pill box hat. >> the hat is a mystery. the hat apparently goes to the secret service initially and the secret service turns it over to mrs. kennedy's private secretary and then it disappears. it has not been seen since. >> reporter: the archive is making every effort to preserve the suit. it's stored in a windowless vault, in an acid-free co

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mrs. kennedy's pink suit has been forbidden from public view and will likely stay that way for a very long, after her mother's death, caroline kennedy gave the suit to the people of the united states with the understanding that it wouldn't be put on public display for 100 years until 2103. and even then, the kennedy family must be consulted before any attempt is made to display the suit. all an effort to avoid sensationizing that horrible act. >> and it's believed only a handful of people, maybe only as few as two, have seen the suit since. along with the suit and also hidden from view in the new archives in maryland, the blue blouse mrs. kennedy wore in dallas, her stockings, blue shoes and blue purse. what the don't have is the first lady's pink pill box hat. >> the hat is a mystery. the hat apparently goes to the secret service initially and the secret service turns it over to mrs. kennedy's private secretary, and then it disappears. it has not been seen since. >> the archive is making every effort to preserve the suit. it's stored in a windowless vault in an acid-free container where t

mrs. kennedy came up on the trunk.s trying to grab some of that material and pull it back with her. i got hold of her and put her in the backseat and when i did that his body fell to its left into her lap. his head was in her lap. the right side of his face was up. i could see his eyes were fixed. i could see an area through the skull that there was no brain matter in that area at all so i assumed it was a fatal wound. i turned and gave a thumb's down to the follow-up car crew, i wanted to make sure they knew and then i screamed at the driver to get us to a hospital. >> pelley: thumb's down meant what? >> that it was a very grave situation. i assumed it was fatal and that's what i really meant. >> reporter: did you attempt to speak to the president? >> no, i didn't try to talk to him at all. and mrs. kennedy, she only said a couple things when i was there. she said "oh, i have his brains in my hand." and "oh, jack, oh, jack, what have they done? i love you, jack." that's all i heard her say. >> pelley: the limousine sp

mrs. kennedy makes a grand entrance at a breakfast speech. and her husband can't resist a joke. >> i was the man that accompanied her to paris. >> john kennedy was highly intelligent, witty and charming man. >> after breakfast, the kennedys fly to dallas. a stop some of his advisers thought was unfriendly territory. they land at love field for the next leg of their two-day trip. the election is 12 months away. >> as we arrive at least 5,000 people behind the line. >> secret service agent clint hill is assigned to protect mrs. kennedy. >> the crowds were enormous throughout the city of dallas. >> traveling with the kennedys are texas governor john connolly and his wife nellie. >> as soon as the president finished the receiving line, he headed for the crowd to shake hands. >> they shake hands because the whole idea of being there in texas was to demonstrate his popularity, his appeal. >> 11:50 a.m. the motorcade leaves love field for lunch at the trademark. as the clock tiks away on kennedy's life, professional and amateur photographers like abr

mrs. kennedy wouldn't have to look at it.ime in 1964 the bloodstained suit arrived here, at the national archives building in the nation's capitol. it come in a box with a handwritten note from jackie kennedy's mother on her personal stationary. it read simply jackie's suit and bag worn november 22nd, 1963. all this time mrs. kennedy's pink suit is forbidden from public view and will likely stay that way for a long time. in 2003 after her mother's death, caroline gave the suit to the people of the united states with the understanding that it wouldn't be put on public display for 100 years, until 2103 and then the family must be consulted before an attempt is made to display the suit. all in effort to avoid sensationalizing that horrible act. and it's believed only a hand full of people, maybe only as few as two have seen the suit since. along with the suit and hidden from view, the blue blouse mrs. kennedy wore in dallas, her stockings, blue shoes and blue purse. what they don't have is the first lady's pink pill box hat. >>

mrs. kennedy won't have to look at it.t arrived here at the national archives building in the nation's capital. it came in a blox along with a handwritten note from the jacqui kennedy's mother on her personal stationary. it read simply "jackie's suit and bag, worn november 22nd, 1963." all this time the pink suit has been forbidden from public view and will likely stay that way for a very long time. in 2003 after her mother's death, caroline kennedy gave the suit to the people of the united states with the understanding that it wouldn't be put on public display for 100 years until 2103 and even then the kennedy family must be consulted before they attempt is made to display the suit, all an effort to avoid sensationizing that horrible act. it's believed only a handful of people maybe only as few as two, have seen the suit since. along with the suit and also hidden from view in the new archives in maryland, the blue blouse mrs. kennedy wore in dallas, her stockings -- blue shoes and blue purse. what they don't have is the f

mrs. kennedy to paris. i'm getting that same sense now. nobody cares what lyndon and i wear. >> that iconic pink suit made by chanel. michael ro rodriguez is with us. his father was part of bringing that to the nation. everybody knows it was made by the house of chanel. everybody remembers it that way but you say no. >> it was a chanel suit but it wasn't made by chanel and wasn't made in france. my father made the dress. >> your father jack horowitz? >> gentlemen. the story goes, which i've always heard, jackie wanted the symbolism of thatout fit, she wanted that dress, that suit rather, to be made in america. so she went to a boutique on the east side and she had commissioned a line by line, a thread by thread copy of that chanel suit and that boutique farmed out the work to a shop that was owned by oscar de la renta where my father was working as a sample maker and as a finisher. my father was a concentration camp survivor and the symbolism of the whole thing was pretty big and it's lasting to this very day here in our little chat here.

mrs. kennedy and the crowd yells and the president of the united states. i can see his suntan all the way from here. >> looking at how things actually went, it wasn't just a trip to dallas, it was a political trip preparing for the 1964 elections. >> shaking hands now with the dallas governor and mrs. connally. >> it was whether kennedy could use his charisma and influence to get all the squabbling democrats in texas to come together before the election the next year. >> here comes the president now. in fact, he's not in him limousine. he's departed the limousine and he is reaching across the fence shaking hands. >> in those days everybody could get a lot closer to the president. i was standing behind mrs. kennedy and i saw a hand reach through the chain link fence and break off one of the red roses. >> thousands of children now swarming trying to get over the fence. the dallas police trying to keep them back. this is great for the people, and makes the eggshells even thinner for the secret service whose job it is to guard the man. >> the trip had gone ter

mrs. kennedy if she would stand here for the oath as well. >> yes. >> standing in her blood stained suit mrsedy wanted it that way. >> it has been said that she said they should see what they did. inside the state room on the plane, a new president at work. >> the whole time, mrs. >> the whole time mrs. kennedy is in the back of the plane. >> the back of the aircraft. she's with her husband. >> with the casket? >> with the casket. >> sitting inside her husband's casket placed inside the plane. >> the flight crew refused to put her husband's body below the cargo hold. >> pulling out four seats to get the president on board one last time. >> you know, one more thing that was unmistakable when they gave us access to air force one is where they sawed into the bulkhead. they never covered this up for several presidents who used this plane after president kennedy. one more thing you learn here at the national air force museum. when you look at the outside of this original air force one, the first presidential jet designed for a president, is that the colors, the font of the united states of americ

mrs. kennedy at the airport. >> mrs. edy dressed in a favorite of hers, a pink suit that would soon become a symbol of our quiet courage and profound grief. it was a sunny day so the secret service removed the car's bubble top. just before noon an estimated 150,000 cheering spectators craned for a look at the president and the first lady, traveling towards an intersection with tragedy. no secret service agents were in their car at the request of president kennedy, who told his detail -- >> if i didn't get out and shake hands with the people, i couldn't get elected dog catcher. i don't want the age engineers riding on the back of the car. >> reporter: seconds before -- >> mr. connelly turned to the president and said mr. president you certainly be can't say dallas doesn't love you. >> reporter: and then the gunshots that changed history. [ gunfire ] >> it appears as though something has happened. >> >> reporter: agent hill jumps on the trunk. 30 minutes later, doctors at parkland conceded they could not save the president.