for four years, clint hill was jackie kennedy's secret service agent. he was there with her that day in dallas and all of the days before and after it with a remarkable view of unforgettable moments as they unfolded in our history. for 50 years, he vowed never to write the story until now. >> there were many, many happy times, but there were very sad times, very depressing, and painful to do it. >> in 1960, agent hill, code name dazzle, was assigned to protect the incoming first lady, jaclyn kennedy. >> from the birth of son john -- >> well, i was pacing the floor like an expectant father, and i had only known her for two weeks. >> to vacations in hyannisport. >> they were always active. no matter how young or how old, they were always busy doing something. >> to travels around the world. >> she was very down to earth. you would never have known she came from the background that she did. >> hill says president kennedy and the first lady were especially close the weeks leading up to the fateful trip to dallas. did you have any uneasy feeling as you set o

. >> reporter: gerald blaine and clint hill carry themselves in the upright tradition. have the bond only secret service agents know. still have vif rvid memories of half a century ago. >> we felt like we failed. we all had the same mission, and it was a terrible feeling. >> reporter: i spoke with blaine and clint hill a few feet from kennedy's grave. hill wrote the forward to blaine's book but rarely spoken about the day. you had a tough time in the years after the assassination, after your resignation, can you talk about what you went through? >> it's nightmares, every time i turned around something reminded me of what happened. so i just clammed up and went in my basement with some alcohol and cigarettes and stayed there for a few years. >> reporter: clint hill was the first agency to get to kennedy's car in dallas. he broke in a sprint after the initial shot was fired. he says if he could relive those moments, if he could jump on the back, maybe two seconds earlier. >> without question i would be taking a bullet for the president, be dead. >> you think that would be

>> clint hill, yes. >> clint hill, yes, what do you mean? >> if he would have reacted five tenths of a second faster or maybe a second faster, i wouldn't be here today. >> you mean you would have gotten there and taken the shot, the third shot? >> yes, sir. >> that would have been all right with you? >> that would have been fine with me. >> you couldn't. you got there in less than two seconds, clint. you couldn't have gotten there. you surely don't have any sense of guilt about that? >> hmm. that interview was 12 years after the assassination. it's been 30 years since that interview and 50 years since the president's assassination. stay witus. after the break, clint, i would like to ask you if you still feel the same way and still feel you are in part to blame. i want to talk more about that. we'll be right back. number 1 cause for dry mouth. dry mouth can cause increased cavities, bad breath, oral irritations. i like to recommend biotene. biotene has a full array of products. it's composed of some enzymes that you would normally find in you

>> clint hill, yes. >> clint hill, yes, what do you mean? >> if he would have reacted five tenths of a second faster or maybe a second faster, i wouldn't be here today. >> you mean you would have gotten there and taken the shot, the third shot? >> yes, sir. >> that would have been all right with you? >> that would have been fine with me. >> you couldn't. you got there in less than two seconds, clint. you couldn't have gotten there. you surely don't have any sense of guilt about that? >> hmm. that interview was 12 years after the assassination. it's been 30 years since that interview and 50 years since the president's assassination. stay with us. after the break, clint, i would like to ask you if you still feel the same way and still feel you are in part to blame. i want to talk more about that. we'll be right back. number 1 cause for dry mouth. dry mouth can cause increased cavities, bad breath, oral irritations. i like to recommend biotene. biotene has a full array of products. it's composed of some enzymes that you would normally find in y

clint hill was jackie kennedy pfsz secret service agent. he was there with her that day in dallas and all of the days before and after it with a remarkable view of unforgettable moments as they unfolded in our history. for 50 years, he vows never to write the story until now. >> there were many, many happy times, but there were very sad times, very depressing, and painful to do it. >> in 1960, agent hill, code name dazzle, was assigned to protect the incoming first lady, jaclyn kennedy. >> from the birth of son john -- >> well, i was pacing the floor like an expectant father. >> to vacations in hyannisport. >> they were always active. no matter how young or old. >> to travels around the world. >> she was very down to urkt. you would never have known she came from the background that she did. >> hill says president kennedy and the first lady were especially close the weeks leading up to the fateful trip to dallas. did you have any uneasy feeling as you set out on the motorcade. >> none whatsoever, just a normal big city motorcade that you go

for four years, clint hill was jackie kennedy's secret service agent. he was there with her that day in dallas and all of the days before and after it with a remarkable view of unforgettable moments as they unfolded in our history. for 50 years, he vows never to write the story until now. >> there were many, many happy times, but there were very sad times, very depressing, and painful to do it. >> in 1960, agent hill, code name dazzle, was assigned to protect the incoming first lady, jaclyn kennedy. >> from the birth of son john -- >> well, i was pacing the floor like an expectant father. and i had only known her for two weeks. >> to vacations in hyannisport. >> they were always active. no matter how young or how old, they were always busy doing something. >> to travels around the world. >> she was very down to earth. you would never have known she came from the background that she did. >> hill says president kennedy and the first lady were especially close the weeks leading up to the fateful trip to dallas. did you have any uneasy feeling as you set ou

>> clint hill, yes. >> clint hill, yes, what do you mean in. >> if he had reacted about 5/10 of a second faster, maybe a second faster, i wouldn't be here today. >> you mean you would have gotten there and you would have taken the shot. >> the third shot, yes, sir. >> and that would have been all right with you. >> that would have been fine with me. >> but you couldn't. you got there in less than two seconds, clint. you couldn't have gotten there. you surely don't have any sense of guilt about that. >> do you still think today looking back that you could have done more? >> the guilt will always be there, but, yes, the writing of the book, "mrs. kennedy and me" has help med great deal because i've relived the situation and gone through it again and talked to people about it and it's been very cathartic to go through that process. >> are you at all surprised by the current scandal unfolding in colombia with the secret service members allegedly involved with prostitutes there? >> i was shocked to hear it and i don't know any more about it than what i've heard in the media, but i am shocked.

secret service agent clint hill spent 50 years trying to forget and only now has written a story of his four years as jackie kennedy's closest protector. a time of exhilarating highs and heart wrenching lows. >> that's the one thing that i can't get out of my mind, is that the picture of him lying in her lap with his head exposed to me. looking into the back of his head, into his brain, his eyes fixed, blood and brains and bone fragments all over the car, over mrs. kennedy, and myself. >> the images america cannot forget are seared painfully in the mind of secret service agent clint hill, assigned to protect jackie kennedy. it was hill who desperately climbed onto the trunk of the president's vehicle that day and for decades was tormented by the thought of what he could have done to stop it. >> i looked in the eyes of those two children who had lost their father and the woman who had lost her husband and recognized that i was there, and i was unable to prevent what happened from happening. >> hill says living with that guilt forced him into seclusion and a deep depression that nearly co

clint hill remembers because he was there as jackie kennedy's secret service agent. savannah sat down with him for a rare interview. savannah? >> he has an amazing story to tell. in the last 50 years, clint hill has rarely spoken about the experience, but now he is breaking his silence in a remarkable new memoir called "mrs. kennedy and me." >> that's the one thing that i can't get out of my mind, the picture of him lying in her lap with his head exposed to me, looking into the back of his head, into his brain, his eyes fixed, blood and brains and bone fragments all over the car over mrs. kennedy and myself. >> reporter: they are the iconic images of one of america's darkest days. the assassination of president john f. kennedy. but for former secret service agent clint hill, they are haunting and personal memories. >> i had problems sleeping. i had nightmares. i went into a very deep depression and went into seclusion, got myself with friends and family. >> reporter: for the last 50 years, clint hill resolved never to write the story as the time as jackie kennedy's s

secret service agent clint hill spent 50 years trying to forget and only now has written a story of his four years as jackie kennedy's closest protector. a time of exhilarating highs and heart wrenching lows. >> that's the one thing that i can't get out of my mind, is that the picture of him lying in her lap with his head exposed to me. looking into the back of his head, into his brain, his eyes fixed, blood and brains and bone fragments all over the car, over mrs. kennedy, and myself. >> the images america cannot forget are seared painfully in the mind of secret service agent clint hill, assigned to protect jackie kennedy t was hill who desperately climbed on to the trunk of the president's vehicle that day and for decades was tormented by the thought of what he could have done to stop it. >> i looked in the eyes of those two children who had lost their father and the woman who had lost her husband and recognized that i was there, and i was unable to prevent what happened from happening. >> hill says living with that guilt forced him into seclusion and a deep depression that's nearly c

clint hill was the secret service agent assigned to the first lady. he jumped into the trunk of a limousine when the president was assassinated in dallas. he's just written a new book. it's an honor to have you with me. you and i met a few months ago in new york at a bar. i was introduced to you by your publisher. i had no idea about your story. as it began to unfold, you were that secret service agent. the man who jumped on the back of the limousine after president kennedy was shot. i was talking to somebody who is a living piece of american history. for that reason, it is a great honor to have you on the show tonight. before we come to the fateful day that that happened, tell me first of all about the reality of jacqueline kennedy. the woman behind the myth. you must have seen and heard so much nonsense about her over the last four or five decades. what was she really like? >> that was one of the reasons i really thought this book should be written is that most people really didn't know her. including members of the press who actually covered her du

secret service agent clint hill spent 50 years trying to forget and only now has written a story of his four years as jackie kennedy's closest protector. a time of exhilarating highs and heart wrenching lows. >> that's the one thing that i can't get out of my mind, is that the picture of him lying in her lap with his head exposed to me. looking into the back of his head, into his brain, his eyes fixed, blood and brains and bone fragments all over the car, over mrs. kennedy, and myself. >> the images america cannot forget are seared painfully in the mind of secret service agent clint hill, assigned to protect jackie kennedy. it was hill who desperately climbed onto intrunk of the president's vehicle that day and for decades was tormented by the thought of what he could have done to stop it. >> i looked in the eyes of those two children who had lost their father and the woman who had lost her husband and recognized that i was there, and i was unable to prevent what happened from happening. >> hill says living with that guilt forced him into seclusion and a deep depression that nearly cost

former secret service agent clint hill joins me. it's an honor to meet you in person, and you've been a fascinating witness to our history, a tragic day in our history and the book is a fascinating read. i want to point out that you say in the book because of the angle, the weather, where we were, everything, i did all that i could, but i still feel guilt. all these years later you still feel guilt that you could have done more that day? you were riding on the fender of the car following the convertible. >> that's correct. i was in the car behind the president's vehicle in the left hand side and there is still that sense because i was the only agent in that group who had a chance to do anything, and i failed to do what i thought i should have done which was get there faster than i did. >> mr. hill, is the guilt more professional guilt or personal guilt, too, because of how you felt about the kennedy family? >> both, i suppose. personal guilt because of the relationship i had with mrs. kennedy and the president and professional guilt

clint hill was by mrs. kennedy's side throughout her term as first lady. 50 years later he is break his silence in a new memoir. last night piers morgan asked him about the day president kennedy was assassinated. >> that never leaves my consciousness. the sight of that is always in my mind. it's one of those things that you just will never be erased. it's a tragic moment in history. it's a tragic bond that mrs. kennedy and i shared with being there, witnessing the event that occurred. >> clint hill's book is titled "mrs. kennedy and me." clint will be soledad o'brien's guest at 7:50 a.m. eastern tile on "starting point." >>> we are hearing from the pilot who helped an 80-year-old woman land a plane after her husband collapsed at the controls. this is actual video as a person took as 80-year-old helen collins was landing that play. collins is not a pilot. she radioed for help telling responders she was out of fuel and her light -- her right engine, i think, was out. then they sent a wingman to help her. >> h

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. >> was there anything that the secret service or that clint hill could have down to keep that from happening? >> reporter: the interview subjects new that tough questions would come. >> and he calls you, imam, forgive me, his words, not mine, a lunatic. you're going to be in japan. it's a $2 million a week. >> they're getting two of us. >> it will be a well spent two weeks. sflit is for everybody that goes there. which you probably know. and you really didn't need that question. >> reporter: wallace could convince the famous to come to him. >> do i have to put the shoes on? >> no, can we start the interview, please? >> they say i'm difficult? >> reporter: he was born in brookline, massachusetts. he worked in radio. enlisted in the navy. >> do you love this country enough to respond with a request? >> reporter: this was with vladimir horowitz. >> i tell you, i don't know it. ♪ >> one of the best. sleep well, mr. wallace. >>> investigators say a huge fire on a southern california freeway was caused by a drunk driver. the man allegedly drove his speeding car into the back of a gasol

kennedy and me" by clint hill. mr. hill joins me right now. mr. million thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. megyn: when i've seen you speak about this it seems you really had an a finance a tee for the former first lady and still to this day can recall that event in a very emotional way. has the trauma of that ever really left you. >> no, and it probably never will. i don't expect it to. it's something that's engrained in me and embedded in my mind and i'm sure it will never leave. megyn: your job that day was to protect the first lady. clearly once you knew there was danger you rushed to it, and we see you in the video rushing onto the back of the president and first lady's car and we see the pictures, there you are and we see the pictures of jacqueline kennedy trying to get out of the back of the car, or what appeared to be trying to get out of the back of the car. what was she doing. >> she was trying to retrieve some material that came off the president's head from the wound which she had suffered. the wound was so severe that port

with mike. >> clint hill: it was my fault. >> wallace: oh. no one has ever suggested that for an instant. what you did was show great bravery and great presence of mind. what was on the citation that was given you for your work on november 22, 1963? >> hill: i don't care about that, mike. >> wallace: "extraordinary courage and heroic effort in the face of maximum danger." >> hill: mike, i don't care about that. if i had reacted just a little bit quicker... and i could have, i guess. and i'll live with that to my grave. >> ronald reagan: i came here with the belief... >> pelley: mike interviewed his friends the reagans many times. >> wallace: why hasn't this job weighed as heavily on you as it has on some other occupants of this oval office? >> reagan: well, mike, i don't know what the answer to that would be. well, maybe none of them had a nancy. >> pelley: reporting on them from the sunny days at the california ranch to the white house to the long good-bye. >> wallace: do you think he knows you still? >> nancy reagan: i don't know. >> wallac

. >> was there anything that the secret service or that clint hill could have done to keep that from happening? >> reporter: the interview subjects new that tough questions would come. and yet, they would answer. >> and he calls you, imam, forgive me, his words, not mine, a lunatic. you're going to be in japan. and i'm told it's a $2 million two weeks. >> they're getting two of us. >> it will be a well recompensed two weeks. >> it is for eb that goes there. which you probably know. and you really didn't need that question. >> reporter: wallace could convince the famous to come to him. >> do i have to put the shoes on? >> no, can we start the interview, please? >> they say i'm difficult? >> reporter: myron wallace was born in brookline, massachusetts. he worked in radio. enlisted in the navy. >> do you love this country enough to respond with a request? >> reporter: this was with vladimir horowitz. who wallace would often say was one of his favorites. >> i tell you, i don't know it. i have to remember. it's too difficult. >> i'm sure that it's difficult. ♪ >> one of the best. sleep

was there anything that the secret service or that clint hill could have done to keep that from happening. i think you will agree that i good many people hated your husband. they even hated you. are you the least bit afraid of what might happen to you as a result of making these revelations. >> reporter: his big break came when he was the first correspondent to be hired by don hewitt when he was putting together the cbs news magazine 06 minutes which went on to become the most successful news program for decades. he hosted the program for 38 seasons until he retired as a regular correspondent in 2006. over his long career, he covered presidents and dictators, actors and artists. he covered the war in vietnam and the watergate scandal. steve centanni, fox news. >>> good morning to you. happy monday, april 9th. we get ready to start the morning, live look outside right now over washington, d.c. fairly decent start to monday. good morning. i'm wisdom martin. sarah has the day off. time now to talk weather with tucker barnes. good morning to you, tucker. >> happy monday. >> good morning, just

hill could have done to keep that from happening? >> reporter: his interview subjects knew the tough questions would come and yet they would answer. roslyn carter after her husband lost to ronald reagan. >> i think this president makes us comfortable with our predators. >> that's not very nice, what you're saying. >> but it's the way i feel and i think it's true. >> reporter: years later, this tense back and forth with nancy reagan. >> what was your husband's role in iran-contra? >> nothing. i mean -- >> he was president of the united states. >> it was what -- i don't know enough about iran-contra, mike, to talk to you intelligently about it. >> you're going to be in japan and i'm told it's a $2 million two weeks. >> they're getting two of us. >> it's going to be a well-recompensed two weeks. >> it is for everybody who goes there. which you probably know. and you really didn't need that question. >> reporter: wallace would convince the famous to join him. famously asking them what others had not. >> you really believe that you lived

we had a very, very deep bond between the two of us. >> clint hill worked with jackie kennedy's secret service agent for one year following the president's assassination. following that he only saw mrs. kennedy one other time, at the funeral of robert f. kennedy. >> he was where he should have been during that motorcade, and yet i would imagine he feels some guilt. >> he to this day feel some guilt. he talked about that overwhelming feeling of wanting to be there, to do something, but of course he couldn't. >> again, >>> tomorrow, kim kardashian from reality tv star to marketing mogul. she reveals all about life, love this one's for all us lawnsmiths. grass gurus. doers. here's to more saturdays in the sun. and budgets better spent. here's to turning rookies - into experts, and shoppers into savers. here's to picking up. trading up. mixing it up. to well-earned muddy boots. and a lot more - spring per dollar. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. wipe out weeds for less, with bayer advanced durazone weed and grass killer, now just $19.88. [train whistle blowing]

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. >> was there anything that the secret service or that clint hill could have done to keep that from happening? >> reporter: his interview subjects knew the tough questions would come and yet they would answer. roslyn carter after her husband lost to ronald reagan. >> i think this president makes us comfortable with our prejudices. >> that's not very nice. what you're saying. >> but it's the way i feel. and i think it's true. >> reporter: years later, this tense back and forth with nancy reagan. >> what was your husband's role in the iran/contra. >> he was president of the united states -- >> it was what -- i don't know enough about iran/contra, mike, to talk to you intelligently about it. >> you're going to be in japan and i'm told it's a $2 million two weeks. >> they are getting two of us -- >> it's going to be a well recompensed two weeks. >> it is for everybody who goes there. which you probably know. you really didn't need that question. >> reporter: wallace would convince the famous to join him and then there were the stars who famously gave it back. >> do i have to put shoes o

was there anything a secret service or clint hill could have done to keep that from happening? >> i think you would agree a good many people hated your husband? they even hated you. >> are you not perhaps afraid of what might happen to you as a result of making these revelations? >> oh, yes. i probably am a dead man already. >> reporter: wallace was also known for his ambush interviews. >> everybody is scattering like cockroaches around here. i don't understand. >> reporter: throughout his career, wallace occasionally found himself to be the story. a documentary he narrated. general william westmoreland led to a $120 million lible suit. westmoreland and accused wallace and others at cbs of a report slanted and untrue. the case was settled out of court. he made his battle with depression public. he took on the tobacco industry and eventually his own network. >> they just did not want this piece to go on the air because they were in the middle of negotiations with westinghouse to sell cbs to westinghouse and westinghouse would not want to buy cbs if it could conceivably be buying

. >> yeah the only one was clint hill who ran to the back of the car. also there is some interesting footage at love field where one of the secret service guys was running next to the car and someone is obviously telling him don't do that, stay on the car. and he throws his hands up in the arm -- >> this is the longest moment in history that jim has not been on his computer. he shut it off for that. >> no i was reading about the conspiracy. >> carol you are on the "stephanie miller show," welcome. >> hi, stephanie. i called you last week, and i forgot to tell you how much i love you. i love you, and i think you are the greatest thing since -- >> you are correct. [ laughter ] >> i'm just kidding. >> two things concerning george zimmerman, with the bloody picture. can anyone say photo shot? you can almost see where they cut and paste -- >> carol what kills me is the -- the surveillance video, how is there much blood when there is no visual injury on the back of his head ten minutes later at the police station. >> right? >> the era -- >> the other one. >>

row clint and wanted no part of backing barack obama. it took time to get them to come over. i'm working behind the scenes to get together the tea party and evangelicals to come together with the conservatives and back the nominee. >> he's the leader of the republicans right now, mitt romney, right? >> uh-huh. mitt romney is the presumptive nominee right now. >> you want him to beat president obama and why not say it and endorse him? >> that will all come. >> you just want me to do it on your show, that's the thing. it will happen, it's uft just not going happen right now on your show. >> i want you to do it if you want to do it. it's a free country and you're not ready to say i'm endorsing mitt romney, but you will at some point. >> as the line says in the wizard of oz, all in good time, my pretty. it will happen. >> michele bachmann, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >>> osama bin laden's wives children, they are now on the move. they're leaving pakistan. we're going to tell you where they're headed. >> also, the infamous "girls gone