he sat done with abc's byron pitt. >> reporter: mr. mandela, a freeman. >> reporter: from prisoner to president, his story so refreshingly remarkable, so hard to reconcile, he is still just a man. >> action! >> reporter: the myth and the man hollywood attempts to capture in mandela, long walk to freed freedom. >> what surprised you most in playing this iconic figure? >> it was always rooted, very rooted man, though all of the stuff was going on around him. he never really lost his cool. >> most people know, nelson mandela, the elder statesman. you play nelson mandela, a player if you will. early in his life. you know, very much a -- a man with -- >> you talk about responsibility. that's one of the things i have to pay attention to. we were given the task to go ahead and make that as real as possible on the screen. you know, being a lady's man, a man that was not humble. and very am bish us ambitious m. >> these are factors you can't even, put in the same sentence, mr. mandela the older statesman. >> this 41-year-old british actor, a ro

here is abc's byron pitts. >> and mrs. kennedy. >> when they arrived in dallas, mrs. kennedy was given red roses. my grandmother was given yellow roses for texas. >> governor and mrs. conley ride in the presidential limousine. >> my grandmother and grandfather were in the limousine with mr. and mrs. kennedy. things seemed to be going, very, well. >> as the car turned, she stepped out into the street. hey, mr. president, look over here. we want to take your picture. >> they are too young to have their own memories of what happened that day. >>> my grandfather was working at parkland hospital on november 22, 1963. >> but for the grandchildren of the people who were closest, november 22nd, 1963, was not just a tragic day in our collective history. >> my grandfather is most famously known as the man in the white stetson. they come out the doors. the flood lights hit. >> reporter: it is deeply personal. a family story of what was lost and what was learned. >> the usual welcoming committee. >> for governor conley and his wife, the president's visit was a chance to show off

abc's byron pitts met the gourmet chef who is america strong. >> reporter: at a soup kitchen in st. paul, chef jeff ansorge does more than dish out free food for thanksgiving. with five star service and a pinch of parsley, his daily menu specialty, a deal with dignity. >> we're eating off real plates instead of the plastic stuff. >> reporter: that's what ansorge learned at culinary school and one of the finest restaurants in minneapolis. >> i used to cook for business clientele. >> reporter: a near 6 figure salary, he had it all, then walked away to work here, at the salvation army. >> it's restaurant quality meals and it really just gives dignity to people who would not be able to go and buy this. today i've got roast turkey -- >> reporter: he took a 70% pay cut by choice but says he's now rich beyond measure. >> i get to do what i love, cook at the same time and preach the gospel. >> reporter: part of the gospel ansorge preaches is generosity of service, something americans door more than anyone on earth, especially at the holidays. here at the food bank in new york city the numbe

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abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: newly treated version done by history buff in new zealand. the images are clearer than ever. you can see the limo slowing down, bystanders frozen on the grass. just 26 seconds, 486 frames, now the most infamous home movie ever made. 50 years ago a local businessman climbed up on this cement pedestal to get a clear view of the president's motorcade. he hoped to film a parade. what he witnessed was history. the cameraman, a russian immigrant, a dress maker who loved both his new country and his new hobby. minutes after the president's murder zapruder was live on the air at local station wfaa. >> i heard a shot and he slumped to the side like this. then i heard another shot or two and i kept on filming. >> reporter: it was poured over frame by frame by experts and amateurs. frame 228, president kennedy grasps for his throat. frame 359 mrs. kennedy begins a desperate crawl over the trunk. a photo lab tech at "life" magazine which paid zapruder $150,000 for his film accidently destroyed four frames, only fueling conspiracy theories, theories that

but we have only begun. >> reporter: for "this week," byron pitts, abc news, dallas. >> our thanks to byron. >>> and now, let's welcome award-winning documentary filmmaker ken burns. ken, thanks for being here this morning. what is indelible about jfk's legacy? >> it is, like pearl harbor and 9/11, these legacies of loss first of all, of cut short. but what we remember in a positive way is the hope and the ambition and the sense of possibilities, something that in this day, in sort of frozen government, that seems really impossible. i think what we take from him is the sense of possibility. the fact that it was cut short it aged that possibility now. we think only if he lived. but the legacy is unclear in that regard. with regard with civil rights. it took a new dealer like lbj to push the things through. we're not sure kennedy would have with vietnam. all of his advisers traveled over to lbj and we got deeper and deeper involved. when kennedy's administration started, there were 900 advisers, there were 16,000 when he was killed. he both agonized over that and we have that record and

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abc's byron pitts met the gourmet chef who is america strong. >> reporter: at a soup kitchen in st. paul, chef jeff ansorge does more than dish out free food for thanksgiving. with five star service and a pinch of parsley, his daily menu specialty, a meal with dignity. >> we're eating off real plates instead of the plastic stuff. >> reporter: that stuff ansorge learned at culinary school and at one of the finest restaurants in minneapolis. >> i used to cook tore primarily wealthy business clientele. >> reporter: a near 6 figure salary, he had it all, then walked away to work here, at the salvation army. >> it's restaurant quality meals and it really just gives dignity to people who would not be able to go and buy this. >> today i've got roast turkey -- >> reporter: he took a 70% pay cut by choice but says he's now rich beyond measure. >> i got to practice my faith and do what i love, cook at the same time, and preach the gospel. >> reporter: part of the gospel ansorge preaches is generosity of service, something americans do more than any other country on earth, especially at the ho

byron pitts, abc news, dallas. >> amazing. >> that almost didn't happen. zapruder apparently had left his camera at home because it was overcast and figured what would be the point. his assistant at lunchtime urged him to get it before the motorcade came by. >> he was savvy about how he sold it and donated some money to one of the cops killed that day. very interesting back story there. >> absolutely. >>> coming up, a question of safety. e-cigarettes are growing in popularity, with are they safe? how these unregulated products could get a closer look by the federal government. >>> and ahead in our next half hour, pen pals for 50 years meet for the first time. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. now." >> announcer: "world news now" >>> all right. kickin' the cigarette habit is tough, even with the nicotine replacement products on the market. >> lately smokers have been using ecigarettes to try and quit. those devices largely unregulated, but that could change soon. here's abc's karen

abc's byron pitts remembers with all of us tonight. >> reporter: today from dallas, amidst the somber sounds heard across the city, and felt around the world, all marking 50 years since an american president was cut down. and a nation cut deep. today we often heard two words. what if? >> mrs. kennedy as the crowd yells. >> reporter: what if the rain in dallas hadn't stopped? the bubble atop the president's limousine stayed on? >> something has happened, something i repeat has happened in the motorcade route. >> reporter: what if president kennedy hadn't worn a back brace protecting his delicate spine and keeping him up right. doctors speculated the second shot would have knocked him over into his wife's arms, and perhaps the third and fatal bullet might have missed. >> government sources now confirm, that president kennedy is dead. >> reporter: what about oswald? what if he'd survived? would all the conspiracy theories have been put to rest? before those four dark days, 1963 had already been a year of momentous highs and lows. ♪ i'm leaving it up to you >> reporter: dale and grace m

pitts, he talks to the doctors when john kennedy at the hospital and he talks to family members about john f. kennedy's legacy. >> a day that changed the world, the country, forever. martha, we can't wait to watch your show later on today. >> martha will have much more on jfk later on "this week." >>> now, though, to a remarkable story about a heroic little girl, she saved her mom's life and she did it using a technique by watching a classic comedy. abc's sara haines is here with that. >> reporter: watching too much tv is something that parents are trying to cut down on. but watching the tube was why this girl was able to act quickly. who knew this scene from "mrs. doubtfire" would save this mom's life. there's no doubt that tv can be educational. but teach a life-saving technique like the heimlich? >> it was scary. i couldn't talk. >> reporter: she was laying on the couch watching tv when she heard a strange noise from the kitchen and she was going like this and raising her arms. >> reporter: choking on a piece of sausage, her mom couldn't breathe. >> i picked her up three times. >>

we have a wonderful piece by byron pitts, he talks to the doctors in the emergency room at the hospital, when john kennedy arrived. he talks to reporters who were on the scene and he talks to family members about john f. kennedy's legacy. >> a day that changed the world, the country, forever. martha, we can't wait to watch your show later on today. and martha will have much more on jfk later on "this week." >> i'm looking forward to watching that indeed. >>> now, though, to a remarkable story about a heroic little girl, she saved her mom's life and she did it using a technique she learned from watching a classic comedy. abc's sara haines is here with that. good morning. >> reporter: kids watching too much tv is usually something parents are trying to cut down on. but in in particular case, watching the tube was the reason why this little girl was able to quickly jump into action. >> help is on the way, dear! >> reporter: who knew that this scene from "mrs. doubtfire" would save this mom's life? >> it's amazing what they can learn on tv. >> reporter: there's no doubt that tv can be educa

here's abc's byron pitts. >> something has happened in the motorcade route. something, i repeat, has happened in the motorcade route. >> reporter: november, 1963. a dallas schoolteacher known as the lady in red. there she is. captured in the zapruder film standing just 21 feet from the president when the fatal shot hit. hours later she was live on the air with abc affiliate wfaa. >> he grabbed his chest and an odd look on his face and he pitched forward on to her lap. >> reporter: even though the official version found only three gunshots fired, from then until the day she died she insisted she heard six shots. adding she saw a second gunman above the grassy knoll. hers would be the first of countless conspiracies. some 50 years later, we met her daughter and granddaughter on that same spot. >> she heard four to six shots. that's what she believed that day, and she said it for the rest of her life. >> reporter: this is the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. it is here the warren commission concluded that lee harvey oswald, perched with his rife,

byron pitts is in dallas with more on this extraordinary find. good morning, byron. >> reporter: good morning. extraordinary is right. these audiotapes you're about to hear give us a new layer of context about that day. a day that started with so much promise. >> weather and crowd estimate? >> the weather's good. >> i guess there's about 2,000 here. >> reporter: the calm chatter on police radios reflected the mood. this is routine. law enforcement have prepared for weeks. the ten-mile motorcade. the president with his eyes on re-election in '64. the eyes of dallas on him and the first lady. >> whenever he was in a motorcade situation where there were going to be crowds, wanted the people to feel that he was close to them. so, the instructions were, top off. >> reporter: in police tapes broadcast for the first time, officers do their best to manage a larger-than-expected crowd. >> drop back. we have to go at a real slow speed now. >> reporter: and then, just before 12:30. >> it was obvious that the president had been hit. >> my job was to get out

abc's byron pitts is there, now, in dallas, in dealey plaza, where that shooting took place. byron, good morning to you. >> reporter: josh, good morning. 50 years ago today, at this very hour, lee harvey oswald was preparing to go to work at the book depository. president kennedy, to fly from ft. worth to dallas. soon their fates would cross. today, people by the thousands will gather here to remember the one man, that one moment. as close as america had ever come to royalty. >> the freeway was jam-packed with spectators, waiting for their chance to see the president. >> reporter: and then -- >> we understand there's been a shooting. >> reporter: 12:30 p.m., the unthinkable. all captured on film. >> mrs. kennedy's pink suit. there's a secret service man spread-eagle on top of the car. >> reporter: the rush to parkland hospital. >> get these trucks out of the way. clear everything. >> reporter: then, the unbelievable. >> the president died at 1:35. >> reporter: people who were there say they will never forget. and anyone alive and of age back then, still remembers where they w