warren christopher: most of these speeches were as much as a month in preparation. stephen j.annell: the characters, the heroes of this book are seekers of truth in a story that involves a lot of corruption. man: i get a chance to really talk about what's real, and this is the purpose for me. barry: anne, what a pleasure it is to have you as a guest. you've already felt all the energy here from the crew and everybody coming up with their books and getting them signed. thank you so much for joining us. anne geddes: oh, you're very welcome. it's lovely to be here. barry: oh, it's our pleasure. i wanted to begin with these words that you wrote, because this is--and it was even hard to describe it because it is such a real coffee table photo book, yet it's an autobiography. it is the great combo. and you say what has been surprising in the writing process was that how much you learned about yourself even to this date. anne: mm. i think the writing process made me, um, analyze even more why i do what i do. and it took me 12 months to sit down and actually put everything to paper. o

warren commission. >> chris neidermeier had a front row seat as a legislative aide to then congressman christopher doddned by nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss. good morning. >> good morning. >> after three years of investigation the house committee reached the following conclusions and they were in direct contrast to the warren commission report. first, jfk's report was probably a conspiracy. two gunmen were involved. and that the warren commission and fbi failed to adequately look into a possible conspiracy. chris, you say from the outset in fact there was a lot of pressure on this commission to downplay any conspiracy. >> chris, there was. and it was surprising because this commission followed senator frank church's committee in the senate. and one of their jobs was to look at how the fbi and the cia had interacted with the warren commission. they concluded that they obstructed the commission. that j. edgar hoover had asked the fbi to conclude their investigation quickly and they did not share with the warren commission everything. so when i stepped in as a very young legislative ai