i would point oswald said it's all over now. oswald oswald some conspiracy theories are real. when one mistake and pattern on -- mistaken pattern goes on for 50 years, it is time to let the president rest in peace. president rest. the only thing we can focus on is the sadness of this, the tragedy of it, and i wish we had time to go into the political consequences. there is one thing we can agree on -- the sadness for the family as well. anyway i have gone on much too long and would be glad to answer some questions. [applause] yes, sir. there is no mic. we are alone today. ah, there is a mic. the gentleman in the middle. other than the c-span 3 audience, we are alone. my other hope is that future historians will never have more than four of these to talk about. [laughter] >> what is the alien conspiracy theory, and what was garrison's motive for this whole trial? >> the alien one is that people joke about. there is nothing to go into. it is that outer space people came. it is nonsense. garrison, i am a historian, not a psychiatrist. i can tell you what his motive was. he though

marina, oswald's wife, verified that this jacket was oswald's. if you read the warren commission report, they will give their opinion on this, that it does tie him to the killing of tippit. so, this is probably one of the more famous bullets in existence. it is sometimes referred to as the magic bullet. i refer to it as commission exhibit 399, because that is the number that was assigned to it. it was found on oswald's hospital stretcher. it is believed by the warren commission that this is the bullet that first hit president kennedy, exited through his neck, and hit governor connally, who was sitting in front of him -- in front of the president. after going through his body, his arm, it was lodged into his thigh and fell off while he was on a stretcher in parkland. one thing to let people know is that we have very high quality, high resolution images of most of these artifacts. this one in particular available on www.archives.gov, through our online public access catalog. i want to try to give as many views as possible because people have questi

lee harvey oswald's brother was here in february of 64. marina oswald was here in february. much of the work was done up here in the fourth floor as we will see. we're on the fourth floor which houses the u.s. capital historical society. we are now on the fourth floor of the u.s. capitol historical society, where in 1964, this would have been the working floor for the warren reportcommission. i am going to show the office of chief justice earl warren. this would have been his death and his chair. -- his desk and his chair. >> you're pretty sure this was his chair? guest: absolutely. we have a lot of information on it. from the vfw itself, and proof this was it. as a came to the society. >> we are less than 150 feet from the supreme court where he worked every day and then came here in the after hours to see how the investigation was going on. i fyf you glance out the window, you can see the proximity to the court and the building here would be into his choosing. this being the office of chief justice earl warren, this was the conference room table that existed in his area of

kirsten oswald, thank you very much for your time.ld, thank you very much for your time. let'sjust remind ourselves oswald, thank you very much for your time. let's just remind ourselves of some of the main points from the prime minister's coronavirus briefing at downing street a little earlier. referring to the new tier changes announced by health secretary matt hancock earlier this afternoon, borisjohnson said... the prime minister also talked of a revised plan for vaccination roll—out when using the newly approved oxford/astrazeneca vaccine. doses will be given up to 12 weeks apart, allowing more people to be vaccinated as soon as possible. this is because of the high level of protection the oxford vaccine provides from just one dose. mrjohnson also discussed a change in the return to schools. in most of england, primary schools will go back as planned next week, but there will be delay in the opening of secondary schools and colleges until the 18th of january. that's unless students are in their exam years. and the prime minister

whethers arose about oswald had the ability to fire those shots. eyewitnesses claim there were other shots fired by the grassy knoll, the area in front of the motorcade. no gun was ever found there. result of such questions, in 1978, congress established a committee to reopen this investigation. the committee issued its report with these conclusions part lee harvey oswald -- conclusions. lee harvey oswald did fired three shots from that window and one of them killed kennedy. scientific evidence produced a high of ability that a second gun was fired from the front but missed. nobody was found. on the basis of available evidence, they concluded that kennedy was probably assassinated as result of a conspiracy, the extent to which the committee could not determine. despite such indeterminate findings, the american public has had no wish to pursue the matter. incredibly, even of the vast majority believes oswald did not act alone and there was a conspiracy, subsequent polls has indicated that 70% of the american public has been opposed to reopening the

the main one was lee harvey oswald acted alone killed kennedy.econdly jack ruby acted alone , in killing oswald. evidence of as no conspiracy. they concluded that all shooting -- texas book textboo depository window. despite this overwhelming documentation, the american people were skeptical. the gallup poll indicated that approximately 80% of the american people did not believe the report. why such skepticism? well, one reason is human nature, the desire to seek a rational explanation of events, particularly horrific ones like this there must be something , more to it. you might not want to know but what those reasons are behind it, but it might make some sense. this made no sense. on technical matters questions arose about whether oswald had the tactical ability to fire those shots. i witnesses claimed there were other shots fired by the grassy knoll, the area in front of the motorcade. people in the area said they heard shots. some people ducked into the ground and they thought shots were being fired. no gun was ever found there. in any case a

the events when kennedy was shot and killed while riding in his motorcade. , killing of lee harvey oswaldission, which was organized to investigate the assassination. >> first let me thank you all for coming. it's not always easy to get here the metro is not working well today. second i would like to thank the smithsonian associates program. they do such a remarkable job.

national archives to learn about the assassination records and to see the artifacts, lightly harvey oswald'sssassination. our guide is martha wegner murphy,

lee harvey oswald, jack ruby, what happened in texas. but start with what happened in austin, texas, after this occurred in dallas. because ben barnes, larry temple, you guys were set up, ready to go here with what was going to go on. and nothing happened. ben, you -- you couldn't convene, i guess, because you weren't speaker at that time. >> he thought he was. [ laughter ] >> but you could lead a prayer service in the house chamber, is that -- >> i think the first thing that i would like for the audience to know, that i was at the 40 acres club with bill moiers and frank irwin when bill moiers got the call from the secret service that president johnson wanted him to proceed to love field as quick as he possibly could. then you had a commercial -- he didn't have an airplane to get to love field. i called colonel garrisson, he didn't know i was not speaker either, larry. >> cole garrisson was head of the department of -- >> public of safety. they kept their plane, the twin engine cessna out at the browning. and by the time i got to the ai

position on each having their own their own interests actually of course i mean as but i'm set also have oswald back and isis. internet additionally you have a lot of saudi arabia you have the i don't have it as want also having different agendas even the saudi arabia and if you don't have the same i didn't know when you talk about the amount and don't mention any of those and you have also other players so this is a very difficult actually conflict in which you are trying actually to bring almost all of the bodies like if you want something which is a just going to be extremely difficult because at the saudis it actually managed to do over the boss the boss he actually went the managed to do have that 2 sides and the socks. the government the pocket but also had the one hand and the something doesn't bounce and on the other hand i could see one forming a unity government of course i mean that is a very very good step forward but as as we said while the discussion there are so many challenges of course you have to but it's going to challenge the saudis have been playing hashtag with this govern

in the book i set forth 53 separate pieces of evidence supporting towards oswald's guilt and under the circumstances it would not be humanly possible for oswald to be innocent at least not in the world that we live, i'm talking to you now and you can hear me there will be a dawn tomorrow, only in aan fantasy world can yu have 53 pieces of evidence pointing toward your guilt and still be innocent. >> that was vince from 2007, he passed away in 2015, and 2004 here's our list of guest, thomas fleming, victor david hanson, margaret mcmillan, neil ferguson, it simon winchester, then on september 5 we went to the strand bookstore under the profile the stand, angela davis was our guest, david hackett fisher november in the late tom wolf in december. about 30% of the authors that we showed you are still active and writing, mike texted, my favorite in-depth author, interview was david mccullough a former pittsburgh native and it was special to hear about his career and learn how he writes in a purchase is subject, best which wishes for another year in-depth, we appreciate that. in 2007 it was n

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kirsten oswald is the deputy westminster leader of the scottish national party talking about the vote and a possible vote in scotland in the coming months and years. germany's new coronavirus deaths surpassed 1000 for the first time since the pandemic started and new infections hit another record. this comes days after the country started its vaccination campaign. in berlin, angela merkel's government is considering extending a hard locked down that was imposed earlier this month, possibly making it even stricter. clemens fuest. clemens, what do you think about the situation in germany? do theseof an effect increasingly alarming numbers have on business confidence and the economic climate in this country? it is a serious situation. germany started this pandemic as one of the less infected -- affected and this has changed now. we are in the middle of a this hasave and stopped the recovery. at the same time, the situation is very divided so manufacturing continued its recovery, the ok,ation was relatively everything was bad related to hotels, travel, and this will continue to be difficu

star of the netflix special and grammy nominated comedy album "i love everything," here is patton oswald>> we forget how it started. washington state was the first to close down when a relative of an employee got sick. two days, they wiped down desks, doors and soon other schools began to close. by march 11th, when the world health organization declare aid global pandemic, more than 1 million students were adjusting to remote learning. by march 25th, all schools had shut down. over 50 million bright, hopeful students were now at home. at first, it seemed like an early spring break. as the virus took hold, it took the lives of star teachers, principals, janitors and beloved bus drivers. it was clear that a new dawn for education was upon us with all the old inequities laid bare. how do we feed kids that depend on breakfast and lunch? what about kids who don't have computers or wi-fi, left to walk to a restaurant or school and try to logon in the parking lot? how do we give these kids the things they need every single day? could this be an ultimate educational moment that would teach kindn

immediate need, and the star for the grammy-nominated comedy album "i love everything," here's pat oswald>> we forget how it all started. the high school in washington state was the first to close when someone got sick. for two days they wiped down the school. and then another school got sick. when they declared a pandemic, over 1 million students were adjusting to online learning. over 50 million bright students were now at home. at first it seemed like an early spring break, but as the virus took hold of the nation, it took the lives of star teachers, principals, januaitors and belod bus drivers. it was clear a new dawn for education was upon us with all the old inequities laid bare. how do we feed the millions of kids who depend on breakfast and lunch as their only meal of the day? and how do kids who don't have wi-fi get it? how do we give our kids what they need every single day? could this be an educational moment that would bring sacrifice and caring? within minutes, educators, parents, heroes every single one of them, went to work for our kids. take a look. >> distance learning. >