mrs. kennedy. mrs. kennedy wouldn't leave without the body. and so when vice president johnson got to the aircraft, he just waited to find out what was going to happen. now we had the problem at the hospital of removing the body because texas state law require there be an autopsy on any individual killed in that jurisdiction and the autopsy had to be conducted in that jurisdiction so we were not going to be allowed to remove the body from dallas. so we tried to convince them that this was the president of the united states, he represented all the people, and we should take him back to the nation's capital but this was state law, and they were right, it was state law. so we tried to call a federal judge and a state judge, one of them came to the hospital. and after a lot of give and take, a lot of arguing back and forth between kenny o'donnell and dave powers and officials in texas and roy kellerman, my boss, it was decided that if we took the body out of the hospitals and flew it back to washington, it had to be accompanied by somebody who is

mrs. kennedy. andhrough the connelly' would have shot mrs. kennedy. >> after the president was shot and you got to the hospital, what did you do with mrs. kennedy? what was your responsibility then? >> the governor was in the emergency room and the president was right across the hall. mrs. kennedy with in to be with the emergency room with him. there got to be so many doctors in there that there was hardly room for anybody she was -- anybody. she was helped to get a chair. my supervisor asked me to call the white house. i got the telephone number and called the dallas white house. or ever we traveled, white house communications would set up a switchboard. i got the dallas white house and ask them to put me through and to keep the line open. i began to tell someone what happened and i explained -- about that time, one of the doctors came up and said he was dead. we rushed in. i was trying to explain what had happened and the operator cut in and said that the attorney general kennedy was on the phone. he asked me what happened and i told him tha

mrs. kennedy. hill says the president didn't want agents too close. >> he wanted it to appear that there was nothing between him and the people, that he wanted to have easy access to the people, but please whenever possible keep the agents off the back of the car. >> reporter: so that's how it was, moments later when the motorcade approached dealey plaza. >> i had noticed on main street windows were open on buildings. people were on balconies and rooftops hanging out. so when i looked at the deposit building and saw some of the windows were open, it was not unusual, but i didn't see anything in those windows. >> reporter: seconds later after turning onto elm street agent hill's world turned upside down. >> i was scanning the left side of the street and i heard an explosive annoys to my right ear and so -- noise to my right ear and so i scanned from my left to my right going toward that noise. when i did so, i scanned across the back of the car. what i saw was the president grab at his throat and lu

mrs. kennedy then and for the swearing in that took place on the old air force one, 26,000. >> yes. back, we went to love field. mrs. kennedy, admiral berkley and myself rode in the back of the hearst with the casket containing the president's body. i rode on air force one with mrs. kennedy back from love field to andrews air force base in maryland. >> did you ever see, by the way, the movie "in the line of fire" with clint eastwood portraying a former secret service the portrayal was of another agent that was working the opposite side from where i was working. >> and your reaction to that fictional portrayal? >> just you said it, it was fictional. it was a story made up about the possibility of how agents would act under certain conditions. not much fact in it. >> well, we know how the two of you acted under all conditions. and what service the see secrcr service provides. thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. the become is "the kennedy detail." and what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next right here on andrea mitchell reports. stay with u

mrs. kennedy. you're with mrs. the presidential limousine. you make that barely. you get to the hospital. the president declared dead. mrs. kennedy turns to you and what does she say to you. >> she says, what's going to happen to you, mr. hill? and i said, i'll be okay, mrs. kennedy. >> she was more concerned about me at that time. it was very unusual. >> if i could read from page 125 on that same note, when mrs. kennedy found out she was expecting again in early of 1963, clint hill, one of the first people she told. she was so excited, there was nothing that gave mrs. kennedy more joy than her children. explain, if you could, the relationship between the security detail and the family that they are protecting, because it is quite intimate. is it not? >> especially in those days, because with mrs. kennedy, there were only two of us. one other agent and myself. so we were with her all the time. and we knew everything that was happening, and she knew our families and one time she asked me to bing my two boys over to

mrs. kennedy-- she had been a photographer, too. she was a friendly fire-- photographer for the "washington star" mrs. kennedy did not want the children exploited on the level kennedy did, as soon as the car went out the gates of the white house, he'd press that button, call in the kids, and these famous photos of the kids dancing around, and young john under the president's desk and whatnot, were all done at times mrs. kennedy was away, and then i assume they had a husband and wife fight when she got home or saw them in "look" magazine or on television. >> rose: but wasn't she responsible for the famous salute of the president's son, understood that at that moment-- >> as the casket was going by, and young john-john. but as you'll see in the book and you'll see in the films, young john-john, to her distress and to her father's, too, was fascinated with military toys. he was always carrying around a toy machine gun. when his father independented the troops, he'd march with him. the army didn't much like this. but he dso that salutin

mr. kennedy, senator kennedy will be the next president of the united tates. got closer during the night. were waiting in their home. they sat and that hoped. and it still remained a cliff hanger at 4:30 in the morning. >> lead is narrowing. in the electoral vote, kennedy still has by the best ed to recall judgment of nbc's victory desk, kennedy has won 268 electoral votes and he's still one number short with the number put him over. >> four minutes until sunrise here in the east. 6:31 eastern time. wait for the sun rise, we might take a look at our total boards and see what the figures show now. on total popular vote for president. they show this. show kennedy's lead down to just about 700,000. the tightest, the smallest it has been all night. 29,050,00 for nixon. 29,100,00 fer kennedy. the nbc victoryes dtk has just given california to kennedy and that gives him the electorate. there are are some of the reporters, policemen, secret servicemen. the white lincoln right there. >> there's the white lincoln just blind the three. there he is. there he is. the next

mr. kennedy, senator kennedy will be the next president of the united states. >> i don't know whether thatr not. >> i suppose it was a concession, but i never heard one just like it before. >> the uncertainty continued for hours. in the end, kennedy's margin of victory was just over 100,000 votes out of more than 68 million cast. finally, the president elect and his wife, jacqueline, then pregnant with john, jr., started their brief tenure as america's first couple. >> now my wife and i prepare for a new administration and for a new baby. thank you. [ applause ] >> john f. kennedy jr. was born less than three weeks later and he would only have his father in his life for three years. >>> that's our broadcast for this monday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. as always, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> finding it in their hearts. tonight johannes mehserle's father speaks out since his son's sentencing and he has something to say to the familiar el of the man he shot and killed. >>> for months

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mr. kennedy. could i reserve the remainder of my time? >> thank you. mr. smith? >> may it please the court, the california law at issue restricts the distribution of expressive works based on their content. california does not seriously con tepid it did satisfy the usual 1st amendment statutes to the law. they are asking for a free pass to the 1st amendment that would deny constitutional protection to some ill defined subset of expressive works, and not just video games, but necessarily movies, books, and any other work that pore portrays violence in a way some court some way decide is deviant and offensive. >> what about the distinction between books and movies in the video games, the child is not passively watching something. the child is doing the killing. the child is doing the maiming, and i suppose that might be understood to have a different impact on the child's miranda rule development. -- moral development. >> it might, there's not a sled of evidence to suggest it's true. >> what was the state of the record that was present before the court in ginsberg?

mrs. kennedy a problem with her hair, something of that nature, but other than that it was going to be widesomething new in the book i was struck by. i thought i knew a lot of this. tell us about what happened in tampa that monday, the president took an earlier trip that very week, and he had a situation where you had a lot of agents surrounding the car, effectively -- well, basically covering on foot around the car. what happened and what was his statement to you guys at the time about what he thought of that approach to your job? >> well, gerry did the tampa advance that he was in the lead car in the tampa motorcade, so gerry, what happened in tampa? what did the president say? >> the president was concerned. because going -- this was the first trip he'd made to the south. and he was concerned about taking florida and texas. and he told us in tampa to get the ivy-league charlatans off of the back of the car in his joking fashion. >> what did that mean to you guys? >> however, he didn't want agents on the back of the car in texas on the coming trip. >> what did that mean, this ivy league c

mrs. kennedy's bodyguard all throughout the camelot years in the white house.ouple comes arrival in dallas and following orders to give the president some space to greet the cheering crowds. he was walk alongside the presidential motorcade as it rolled into daley plaza. >> i saw the president grab his throat and lurch. i knew something was wrong. there was another shot, the second shot i did not hear that because i was running. just before i got to the car there was a third sht that hit the president in the head. >> reporter: hill knew about it extreme damage to the president's head he was dead. he managed to hold on with his feet curled. the first late lady was in shock and refused to let go of the president's body at the airport. and said one thing. >> jack, what have they done to you? she didn't want anybody to see him in the condition he was in soy took my coat off and covered his head and upper torso, and when i did that released him. report were for years he was haunted by the fact that he was not able to get to the president to take that third deadly bul

mrs. kennedy started up on the rear of the trunk. retrieve something that came off the president's head. she didn't know i was there. i helped her get back in the back seat and the president fell to his left into her lap. >> did you know when you looked at the president he was not going to survive? >> yes, i was quite sure it was a fatal wound. >> what was the first lady like? >> she was in shock. she was, you know, doing the best she could. she was covered in blood. >> where were you that day? >> i was in austin that day. i worked midnight shifts out of fort worth and we flew to austin and i was in bed probably about five minutes when we received word that the president had been shot. >> and your relationship with the president unlike the ones with eisenhowers that you really respected was not close, but with the president, j.f.k., he made you part of the family. >> yes, he did. general eisenhower as we called him was -- you could set your clock by him. very easy to protect and not have a narssist bone in his body and when president

mr. kennedy. could i reserve the remainder of my time? >> thank you. mr. smith? >> may it please the court, the california law at issue restricts the distribution of expressive works based on their content. california does not seriously con tepid it did satisfy the usual 1st amendment statutes to the law. they are asking for a free pass to the 1st amendment that would deny constitutional protection to some ill defined subset of expressive works, and not just video games, but necessarily movies, books, and any other work that pore portrays violence in a way some court some way decide is deviant and offensive. >> what about the distinction between books and movies in the video games, the child is not passively watching something. the child is doing the killing. the child is doing the maiming, and i suppose that might be understood to have a different impact on the child's miranda rule development. -- moral development. >> it might, there's not a sled of evidence to suggest it's true. >> what was the state of the record that was present before the court in ginsberg?

mr. kennedy. could i reserve the remainder of my time? >> thank you. mr. smith? >> may it please the court, the california law at issue restricts the distribution of expressive works based on their content. california does not seriously con tepid it did satisfy the usual 1st amendment statutes to the law. they are asking for a free pass to the 1st amendment that would deny constitutional protection to some ill defined subset of expressive works, and not just video games, but necessarily movies, books, and any other work that pore portrays violence in a way some court some way decide is deviant and offensive. >> what about the distinction between books and movies in the video games, the child is not passively watching something. the child is doing the killing. the child is doing the maiming, and i suppose that might be understood to have a different impact on the child's miranda rule development. -- moral development. >> it might, there's not a sled of evidence to suggest it's true. >> what was the state of the record that was present before the court in ginsberg?

mr. kennedy. could i reserve the remainder of my time? >> thank you. mr. smith? >> may it please the court, the california law at issue restricts the distribution of expressive works based on their content. california does not seriously con tepid it did satisfy the usual 1st amendment statutes to the law. they are asking for a free pass to thest endment that would deny constitutional protection to some ill defined subset of expressive works, and not just video games, but necessarily movies, books, and any other work that pore portrays violence in a way some court some way decide is deviant and offensive. >> what about the distinction between books and movies in the video games, the child is not passively watching something. the child is doing the killing. the child is doing the maiming, and i suppose that might be understood to have a different impact on the child's miranda le development. -- moral development. >> it might, there's not a sled of evidence to suggest it's true. >> what was the state of the record that was present before the court in ginsberg? >> th

clare shipman campaigning michelle obama to jackie kennedy, that's the coverage on good morning america. >> that's mrs. obama the they adore mrs. obama. i haven't heard a lot of adoration when it comes to the man on the mountain, the anointed one as sean hannity calls him. i haven't heard that, jim. >> having a little bit of a down beat, but-- (laughter) >> first time he calls the name, he'll come back up j talk about for a minute, nancy pelosi. some people say that she essentially was doing what the president wanted in the 111th congress and her party, her membership took a shellacking because of it. and now, a lot of people, even in her own party are urging her to step aside. are the media giving that the right amount of coverage, do you think? >> i think this is a major fight in terms of the direction of the democratic party and the media are responding as one would expect them to. i mean, what standards are we holding her to other than her ability to continue to raise money for a lot of people? look, she is the emblem of the left wing democrat, if she maintains that seat, i think it says something

pushing the first lady, jackie kennedy, into the limousine secs after the president was assassinated. you will hear more about his place in history later tonight. for now, mr. mill hill tells the story of two john f. kennedys leaving the white house on that faithful trip. >> little john who loves helicopters wanted to fly along and they allowed him to fly from the white house to andrews and with his agent. we got to andrews, he wanted to go on air force one on the trip. he wanted to go with mom and dad and couldn't and he was very fussy and the president turned to the agent and said mr. foster, please take care of him until i get back and that line resonated with all of us agents since that time because he never made it back. >> reporter: tonight on our newscast at 10:00, clint hill will tell you in detail what it was like on that dark day in dallas, how it was to be there in that terrible moment in our nation's history, laura. >> and look forward to your report. >> we do. >> a rare glimpse of history uncovered. >> talking about an archaeological find two years in the making. next. >> an exciting glimpse into history. archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year

mr. patrick kennedy, and also his original co-sponsors, mrs. mcmorris rodgers, mr. waxman, mr. schiff, mr. sherman, ms. matsui, mr. berman, mr. wexler and ms. rosa delauro. i think this is an excellent resolution. i thank the ranking member for his remarks, and i'm prepared, since there are no other members seeking recognition, to return my time. . the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 716. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to -- the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i ask for the yeas and nays on this vote. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman fr

kennedy. anyway, jim's father, mr. earl was a young child. when his father was murdered and his mother brought him up to plains and raised him with the help with some other relatives. that's probably very significant because jimmy's father, mr. earl, grew up with no father of his own and he was determined that his children would not grow up fatherless and the rest of that story -- it gets even more comp indicating because everyone knows ms. lillian. after all when he was president and ms. lillan was the mother he was frequently interviewed. she was interesting. sort of the darling of the public, though, some people took issue with that, i think. and so everybody thought that ms. lillian was a real nurturing parent of her son, her oldest son, jimmy. it turns out it's not true. that actually was the father was the nurturing parent. he ran the family business. he was frequently home. and he also pretty much managed the education, the religious training, the work schedules of his children, especially his oldest son, jimmy, whom he nicknamed hot s

mr. chairman, commissioners, my name is jim ayers. in a principal with cgr management consultants. my team members here are jim kennedy and keith kennedy. commissioner mirkarimi: i'm going to ask you to speak directly into the microphone. thank you. >> sorry. just to refresh

kennedy. the -- anyway, jimmy's father, mr. earl, was a young child when he saw his father when his father was murdered and his mother brought him up to what planes and raised him with the help of some other relatives. that's probably very significant because jimmy's felker, mr. earle, grew up with no father of his own, and he was determined that his children would not grow up fatherless. and the rest of the story gets even more complicated because everybody knows ms. olivier. after all when he was president ms. lillian was the first mother and frequently interviewed. she was interesting sort of a darling of the public though some people took issue with it i think so everybody felt ms. lillian was the nurturing of her older son, jimmy. turns out that's not true. actually the father would was nurturing. here in the family business and was frequently, and he also pre-much managed the education, the work training, especially his older son, jimmy, the nicknamed hot shot. ms. killian of course was a nurse who, she was frequently awa

mr. chairman, commissioners, my name is jim ayers. in a principal with cgr management consultants. my team members here are jim kennedy and keith kennedy. commissioner mirkarimi: i'm going to ask you to speak directly into the microphone. thank you. >> sorry. just to refresh your memory is about the three functional areas that you chartered in the audit, these are the three. they are important for a couple of reasons. one, we want to focus very much on the questions and issues that you presented to us. we have also had some differences with mta in terms of setting up meetings and perhaps trying to limit the scope of the meetings and the coverage we can do with any individual to a preselected items on this list. we do not consider these three areas -- they are interlinked. they're not stand alone. that is an artificial kind of separation. one of the first tasks that we had was to focus the audit on particular areas of interest. that cost us to make these items in scope. when we had our entrancts conference, we wanted to make sure we had but central subway project included. one of the other themes that we heard in the m

mr. specter though said statistics in expert testimony show that hasn't happened in other states that have had to reduce prison populations. >> ifill: you mentioned justice kennedy. does he end up kind of in the middle again on this? >> i think he does because while he also expressed concern when he was talking with the state's attorney mr. phillips, he said at some point a court has to say enough. you have to do something. this is a violation of the constitution. on the other hand, he said to the inmates' lawyer, i'm concerned about the number here. is this narrowly tailored as required by federal law to achieve the goal? >> ifill: finally, are there other states watching this as well? >> i think all states will be watching this. i believe this is the first case to get to the supreme court under the prison litigation reform act to look into the authority of the federal court to order this kind of population reduction. >> ifill: marcia coyle, as always, thank you so much. >> my pleasure, gwen. >> lehrer: again, the other major developments of the day. a long-awaited pentagon study found the military's ban on gays serving openly can be repealed without a risk to

she writes, where kennedy seemed to want to run away from religion, mitt romney embraced it. in her book, palin slams the president and first lady for mrsma's remark during the 2008 campaign, that it was the first time she felt proud of her country. palin writes, i guess this shouldn't surprise us, since both spent almost two decades in the pews of the reverend jeremiah wright's church. palin got a court order this weekend, pulling down pages of the book posted on the website gawker. but not before some material leaked. all this will probably help sales, but will that translate into votes if palin decides to run for president. barbara bush was blunt with lk. >> i think she's very happy in alaska and i hope she'll stay there. >> if you ran for president, would you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> reporter: other republican hopefuls are viewing palin more nervously, worrying how high she might aim. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> when we continue here tonight, what this day will always mean to millions of americans. ah, it's stinging a little bit more than usual! yeah, you'll get used to it. the longer you keep your high

kennedy. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be -- and preamble be agreed to en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid on the table en bloc, any statements relating to the concurrent resolution be placed in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask we now proceed to s. con. res. 76. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. con. res. 76, to recognize and honor the commitment and sacrifices of military families of the united states. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask we concur -- i'm sorry, mr. president. i ask that the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate and that any statements relate to go this matter be placed in the record at the appropriate place. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask we proceed to s. con. res

kennedy. we will talk to gerald lane and the clinton hill, ceo service agents whose job was to protect the president of the events of that day, conspiracy theories, and mr. blaine's new book. sunday night on c-span's "q&a." "washington journal" continues. host: ylan mui of "the washington post" is a financial reporter and she is here to discuss black friday, consumer spending, and the christmas holiday season. how important is today to our economy? guest: today is hugely important. last year shopper spent $11 billion on black friday alone. this is a very big shopping day. the holiday season over all accounts for anywhere from 20% to 40% of total retail sales for the year. so, this is a very big season for stores and we want to make sure they don't get it wrong. host: why do we spend so much and as one day? tradition? guest: that is part of it. black friday typically kicks off the shopping season. but also retailers play a big part. they are offering their door buster discounts. that gets us into the stores. host: a lot of stores seemed to be open yesterday. the first time? guest: for some stores. this trend began last year but we saw more stores joining

mr. roh -- michelle and barack obama's is co-host of a book club. we talk about john adams and jefferson. we talked about john kennedy and lincoln. at more as he read presidential biography as a hobby. there is nothing that secretive. i see he uses this as a form of relaxation. it helps to remember what other presidents went through. at the is very healthy the president does this. >> let me ask richard to respond to this. this is from gary wells wrote this just a couple of weeks ago. it is time for me to break assessments i have observed for over a year. on june 30, i was invited to dinner with president obama and three end of his staffers to discuss what history could teach him about conducting the presidency. i was that shortly after by several news media what went on there and i replied it was off the record. i have argued elsewhere the imposition of secrecy to ensure the president gets candid advice is a cover for something else, making sure that what is said about the people's business as our reach the people. i went along this time since the president said he wanted this dinner to be a continuing thing. kerry wellgaryry wil

kennedy. today we'll talk with two former secret service agents whose job was to protect the president on day and mr. blaine's new book tonight on c-span's and a. >> now a group of republican governors offer their advice to some of their newly-elected counterparts. among them governors haley barber of mississippi, bobby jindal of louisiana, chris kersy of new jersey and tim paw lenity of minnesota. they spoke at a recent governor's association meeting in san diego. this will be about a hour. >> governor tim pawlenty of minnesota, governor mitch daniels of indiana, governor bobby jindal from louisiana, governor chris christie of new jersey, and governor bob mcdonald from virginia. in the midst of them is somebody that probably doesn't need any introduction to you i will. and bill is probably one of known as a great communicator, especially on our side of the aisle. he has been an author, a communicator, hosts his own television show, was secretary of education under ronald reagan, and we're thrilled that bill has taken the time to be here with us. would you welcome our moderator, dr. bill bennett. >>

mr. corbett had been president bush's budget director, u.s. trade representative, and a member of the u.s. house. >> this week marked the 47th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedying and kent hill, secret service agents whose job was to protect the president on that day. we will talk about the conspiracy theories and mr. blaine's new book. >> the c-span network provides coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is available to you on television, radio, online, and on social media networking sites. find our content any time through c-span video library. we take c-span on the road with our digital bus local content video. it is washington your way, the c-span networks, now available in over 100 million homes. created by cable and provided as a public service. >> can politics be civil? democratic strategist donna brazil and what the crowley tried to enter that question this afternoon. in a panel discussion, here is a look. >> you look at the course of the united states and what we have experienced and how far we have come in a very short or brief amount of time. i think it is due in large part to what we tend to the monitor t