my goal was to help our white house correspondent bob clark with his piece that evening. >> you describe it running down to dealy plaza and it was a horrifically emotional scene. tell us what you saw that day? >> it was. i grabbed a cameraman and he came with me and people were just pointing to the depository building and saying a man was up there with a rifle. and folks were crying and sobbing and shock and extremely angry and the police were getting attention on the building itself. >> you were working with correspondent bob clark that day as you said and he was heading to the hospital and trying to follow the first lady and the president's car to the hospital and he described to you the scene. when he got to the hospital he was able to so in and what did he tell you? >> when they got there, the press pool got out and went to the limousine and mrs. kennedy and the president were till there and the president slumped over her lap and she was cradling his head. they went out and got to the emergency room and the press were not allowed to go inside and bob told me that the damage that he s

smith, frank formier, bob baskin, bob clark. shot at about 12:30. sylvia is in paradise, california. go ahead. you are on the of. caller: ♪ hi, my name is sylvia, when jfk was killed. i worked at the phone company, and you have never seen 100 women shut up. we were devastated. this man fought for his country, and he died for his country. and he was the most wonderful man this country will ever see. host: let's go to pennsylvania, sharon, hello. caller: yes, hello. thank you for taking my call. i was 16 at the time of the assassination, sitting in american history class, and the announcement came over the loudspeaker, and my eyes fell to my open book and landed. i would never forget, squarely on the words " chief executive." we have been studying the succession of powers. i will never forget it. additionally, i watch my parents , who in conservative pennsylvania, watch to then gradually turn to this man and start to understand what he as a muchd in so far broader view of the world, a much more increasing view of the world, encompassing all citizens

and the reason i was there which was, again, to support our white house coverage, bob clark was our white house correspondent, and he was in the pool press car which was, i believe, two cars behind the presidential limousine. and when they heard the shots, he and merriman smith who was the upi reporter in the car sort of had a wrestling match to try to get to the one portable phone in the car. upi won out. and when they got to parkland hospital, the press got out, the pool press got out and went to the limousine, and even at that moment mrs. kennedy was cradling the president and his head, his wounded head in her lap. he saw them being taken into the emergency room and looking in the car he told me privately but didn't say it on the air at that point that there was no way the president could, in fact, survive because the carnage that he saw was impressive. patti ann: yeah. yeah, that is something that people remember always is hearing about the details of jackie kennedy, you know, trying to save him and how heartbreaking and desperate it was and the despair at realizing that there was no

bob sheafer takes you inside the four days that changed america and american television history. that's tonight at 9:00 right here on kpix 5. >>> well, some minnesota residents are getting ready for their 15 minutes of fame. john raises turkeys in the town of badger and is head of the national turkey federation. one of his duties is to present the national turkey to the white house. he'll take a couple of these gobblers to meet the president and he's getting them used to the limelight. >> a lot of music in the background, a lot of extra lighting and some flush bulbs flash in his face so he gets used to that. >> and the rest of the turkeys become dinner. the president is expected to pardon the turkey. they'll spend the holidays at george washington's home in mt. vernon, virginia. >> they're worried and the turkeys and the laughs. >> got to get them ready to sign autographs for their interviews. >> i can't believe thanksgiving is just a couple of weeks away. >> it is. we do have big changes weatherwise. it's starting to feel a little like fall because the temperatures are getting c

she was married to a french travel when lewis and clark came through, and since they were looking for translators and people to interpret, they looked at him and looked at her as also equals being their interpreters as they traveled up the river. she would have been -- she delivered her son, i think was ever 11th, 1805, and i think he was like three month old when they started out and she carried him on her back the whole way. a lot of people especially comes to having this young native american indian woman with him are unfamiliar with the fact, a lot of times in american history things get condensed down. people are racing she's the one who pointed the way. she brought these white guys. what happened was she was actually along for the journey. and just by her sheer presence the other indian tribes would see her and the baby and they woulreceive the dog and they wod say this is really not a war party. these people are doing something else. they are not come here to start fights. just by her physical presence she was kind of a token of peace. and then there was a place over by bozeman