tippit. half hour later at the texas theater he resisted arrest by pulling his gun on the arresting officer. >> during 12 hours of interrogation by the dallas police department over the weekend, he told one provable lie after near. >> did you buy that rifle? >> i emphatically deny these charges. >> within a day or so thereafter when the discovered what a complete nut this guy was, the were satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt that oswald had acted alone. >> there's only one thing they can tell you without going into the evidence that this case is cinched, that this man killed the president. no question in my mind about it. >> we plan to transfer this man not tonight. the van will be here by no later than 10:00 in the morning, why, that will be early enough. >> chief, do you have any concern for the safety of your prisoner in view of the high feeling among the people of dallas of the assassination of the president? >> no. but precautions will be taken of course. but i'm not -- i don't think t

tippit. half hour later at the texas theater he resisted arrest by pulling his gun on the arresting officer. >> during 12 hours of interrogation by the dallas police department over the weekend, he told one provable lie after near. >> did you buy that rifle? >> i emphatically deny these charges. >> within a day or so thereafter when the discovered what a complete nut this guy was, the were satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt that oswald had acted alone. >> there's only one thing they can tell you without going into the evidence that this case is cinched, that this man killed the president. no question in my mind about it. >> we plan to transfer this man not tonight. the van will be here by no later than 10:00 in the morning, why, that will be early enough. >> chief, do you have any concern for the safety of your prisoner in view of the high feeling among the people of dallas of the assassination of the president? >> no. but precautions will be taken of course. but i'm not -- i don't think

a 39-year-old dallas police officer j.d. tippit. he died in the line of duty and became part of history. tonight, we remember hip in our american journey. as the bells rang out in dealey plaza to commemorate john kennedy, an 85-year-old great grandmother watched and listened and more than anyone in that audience she must have felt a double heartache. the nation lost a president, she lost a husband. >> a dallas policeman a short while ago was shot and killed while chasing a suspect. >> marie tippit was at home that day and remembered her husband coming home for a quick lunch and headed back to the patrol car. as she told nbc news it was suddenly a hectic day. >> they called him and told him a description of the person that they was looking for. >> that person was lee harvey oswald. jd tippit drove to the neighborhood in dallas and he stopped a man walking along the street. but as tippit got out of his patrol car, lee harvey oswald fire three times from a .38 caliber revolver. he shot tippit a fourth time as the officer lied on the gr

officer j.d. tippit. it was a funeral of a very different sort today. >> the funeral of lee harvey oswald. the alleged murderer of president kennedy. the mourners included his mother, marg reet, his wife, marina, his brother, robert, and oswald's two children, one with babe in arms. the six pallbearers were news men. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as pallbearers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, his secretary and aids removed every scrap, every ves tangible of the signs of the personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society's is how do we handle the transfer of power at the top. lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, a lot of people disliked him greatly, some hated him would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and the root of law. >> the president of the unit

. >> j.d. tippit, a good experienced police officer was shot three times in the chest. in the oak cliff section of dallas. then the manager of a shoe store saw the suspect walk into the texas theater. >> someone has been arrested in one of the downtown theaters. they don't know if it was the man who shot the policeman or the person who actually shot president kennedy. >> police suddenly jumped this man and dragged him out of theater. grabbed this man trying to run with him. they shouted murder and the officers hustled him into the car and ran away just as fast as they could. >>> as we mentioned a short while ago, a number of arrests have been made in dallas in the wake of president kennedy's death. we have scenes of one of those arrests in the downtown area. this was just after a dallas policeman was shot in the vicinity of a downtown movie house. >> bentley. >> paul bentley. >> how did you approached him? >> as he approached him, the man hit mcdonald in the face with his left hand and reached for the pistol with his right hand and as he reached for his pistol, i grabbe

officer j.d. tippit. it was a funeral of a very different sort today in nearby ft. worth. this was the dreary funeral of lee harvey oswald, alleged murderer of president kennedy. the pathetic group of mourners included oswald's mother, marguerite, his wife marina, his brother robert, and oswald's two children, one of them a babe in arms. the six pall bearers you see here are newsmen. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as pall bearers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, his secretary and her aides, have removed every scrap. every vestige of the signs of personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society is how do they handle the transfer of power at the top. lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, and a lot of people disliked him greatly, some even hated him, would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and that we swear by the rule of law.

tippit. >> there was a funeral of a very different sort today in nearby ft. worth. this was the dreary funeral of lee harvey oswald, alleged murderer of president kennedy. the pathetic group of mourners included oswald's mother, marguerite, his wife marina, his brother robert, and oswald's two children, one of them a babe in arms. the six pall bearers you see here are newsmen. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as pall bearers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, his secretary and her aides, have removed every scrap, every vestige of the signs of the personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society's is how do the handle the transfer of power at the top. lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, and a lot of people disliked him greatly, some even hated him, would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and that we swear by the rule of

her husband was j.d. tippit, a veteran dallas police officer who had joined in the manhunt for lee harvey oswald. tom brokaw sat down with marie. >> reporter: as a policeman's wife, marie tippit new her husband's job came with a certain amount of danger, but nothing could prepare her for what happened one friday 50 years ago. >> it started off as an ordinary day. we got the kids off to school. he went to work. >> reporter: her husband came home for lunch and then rushed back onto the streets looking for the suspect wanted for shooting the president. >> they had called him and told him a description of the person that they was looking for. >> reporter: at the corner of tenth and patton, just a few miles from where marie was waiting for him, officer tippit crossed paths with lee harvey oswald. >> the police officer was shot. >> he was driving car number ten. i think he's dead. >> reporter: oswald fired four shots, three to the body and one to the head. tippit never had a chance. your life crashed around you

j.d. tippit drove to the neighborhood in dallas. he pulled over at the intersection of 10th and stopped a man walking along the street. but as tippit got out of his patrol car, lee harvey oswald fire three times. he shot him a fourth time as the officer lay on the ground. he died instantly. >> i couldn't believe it. it was just unreal. >> sthefs in agony as they buried her husband. she had three children and a pension of $232 a month from the dallas police. donations from a gafl public ultimately added up to almost $650,000. today there's a plaque at the corner of the intersection in honor of him. it was dedicated only last year. she told the dallas morning news, i'm proud we have it. it will be a good thing for history what happened here. anderson cooper, cnn. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we di

. >> j.d. tippit, a good experienced police officer was shot three times in the chest. in the oak cliff section of dallas. then the manager of a shoe store saw the suspect walk into the texas theater. >> someone has been arrested in one of the downtown theaters. they don't know if it was the man who shot the policeman or the person who actually shot president kennedy. >> police suddenly jumped this man and started to drag him out of the theater. grabbed this man trying to run with him. they shouted murder and the officers hustled him into the car and ran away just as fast as they could. >>> as we mentioned a short while ago, a number of arrests have been made in dallas in the wake of president kennedy's death. we have scenes of one of those arrests in the downtown area. this was just after a dallas policeman was shot in the vicinity of a downtown movie house. >> paul bentley. >> how did you approach him? >> as he approached him, the man hit mcdonald in the face with his left hand and reached for the pistol with his right hand and as he reached for his pistol, i grabbed

officer j.d. tippit. it was a funeral of a very different sort today in nearby ft. worth. this was the dreary funeral of lee harvey oswald, alleged murderer of president kennedy. the pathetic group of mourners included oswald's mother, marguerite, his wife marina, his brother robert, and oswald's two children, one of them a babe in arms. the six pall bearers you see here are newsmen. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as pall bearers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, his secretary and her aides, have removed every scrap. every vestige of the signs of personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society is how do they handle the transfer of power at the top. lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, and a lot of people disliked him greatly, some even hated him, would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and that we swear by the rule of law.

officer j.d. tippit. >> it was a funeral of a very different sort today in nearby fort worth. >> the funeral of lee harvey oswald, the alleged murderer of john f. kennedy. the mourners included his mother, maurg reet, his wife marina, his brother robert, and oswald's two children, one of them a babe in arms. the six pallbearers were news men. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as pallbearers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, his secretary and aids removed every scrap, every vest individual of the signs of the personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society is how do they handle the transfer of power at the top? lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, a lot of people disliked him greatly, some hated him would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and the we s

in dallas, the police honored officer j.d. tippit. and on that same day, in fort worth, the remains of lee harvey oswald were laid to rest. but the questions about his role in the assassination have lived on for years. >> the question is not, "did lee harvey oswald shoot the president?" the question is, "did he have help?" within 30 hours of the assassination, that was the question. >> narrator: john kennedy had many enemies. the mafia had called for his death. many cuban exiles celebrated it. lee harvey oswald's life may have intersected with those forces, but there is no hard evidence that in the last days in dallas, they were influencing oswald to act. in the end, there is only oswald: a man who chose his own politics, a man who invented his own secret life, a man whose real life never measured up to the scale of his dreams until the day the president of the united states passed right in front of him. >> this is a struggle that has gone on with me. this is mind over heart. the mind tells me one thing, the heart tells me something e

tippit. at that time i didn't have a clue that he was going to be a suspect in the presidential shooting. and at that time he answered all my questions willingly. and as soon as i asked him. he didn't hold back on anything. of course he didn't answer them all truthfully, but he was very calm and collected. and you couldn't imagine anybody who had just killed two people could be so calm and collected as he was. >> let me turn to you, kate. obviously this is a huge part of your family life, i guess. it must be something you've talked about many times. you've coproduced this movie "capturing oswald." what do you think about all the conspiracy theories, given all the research that you've now done into this? >> i agree with my grandpa and the detectives in my show. i do not buy into any of the conspiracy theories. i don't think any of them hold any water. but the evidence that the amassed in those first 48 hours there would have been a conviction of oswald. i'm convinced of that. >> jim lovell, yo

tippit. at that time i didn't have a clue that he was going to be a suspect in the presidential shooting. and at that time he answered all my questions willingly. and as soon as i asked him. he didn't hold back on anything. of course he didn't answer them all truthfully, but he was very calm and collected. and you couldn't imagine anybody who had just killed two people could be so calm and collected as he was. >> let me turn to you, kate. obviously this is a huge part of your family life, i guess. it must be something you've talked about many times. you've coproduced this movie "capturing oswald." what do you think about all the conspiracy theories, given all the research that you've now done into this? >> i agree with my grandpa and the detectives in my show. i do not buy into any of the conspiracy theories. i don't think any of them hold any water. but the evidence that the amassed in those first 48 hours there would have been a conviction of oswald. i'm convinced of that. >> jim low develv

today there say memorial plaque at the corner in honor of j.d. tippit but it took almost half a century to make it happen. she told the dallas morning news quote i'm proud we have it. it will be a good thing for history to remember what happened here. that does it for this edition of 360. thanks for watching. tune in one hour from now at 10:00 p.m. eastern for the assassination of president kennedy. piers morg"piers morgan live" s. >>> good evening. this is "piers morgan live" looking at the grave site of john f kennedy at arlington national cemetery. two days after the assassination jackie requested the flame as a permanent memorial. 50 years later, america and the world are remembering the 35th president in dallas, the city where jfk died a moment of silence at 12:30 local time, the exact moment the shots rang out in dealey plaza. >> ladies and gentlemen, would you join me in a moment of silence in honor of the life of john fitzgerald kennedy? >> president kennedy was cut down before he could finish his first term and his story is different. he

one of their own, officer j.d. tippit was shot and killed. a suspect in his shooting is cornered at the texas theater. his name, lee harvey oswald. >> you have a suspect arrested at the texas theater? >> yes, sir. we have him and the gun. >> reporter: and then, less than three hours after arriving in dallas, president kennedy boards air force one a final time. mrs. kennedy, still in her pink suit, covered in blood. for the first time, we hear the white house and the pilot discuss a delay before takeoff. vice president lyndon johnson is to be sworn in first. >> we're waiting for the swearing-in at the plane before takeoff. >> that's a volunteer? >> roger. we are waiting for judge to appear for swearing-in. >> i solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute -- >> mrs. kennedy, her eyes had been so sparkling and bright before, were absolutely dead. they're just gone. >> reporter: 50 years later, you can still hear the heartache in clint hill's voice. those tapes give us new detail, new insight as to what was going on behind the scenes that day,

tippit. >> there was a funeral of a very different sort today in nearby fort worth. this was the dreary funeral of lee harvey oswald alleged murderer of president kennedy. the pathetic group of mourners included oswald's mother marguerite his wife marina, anne his brother robert and oswald's two children, one of them a babe in arms. the six pallbearers you see here are newsmen. there were not enough relatives or friends to serve as pallbearers. >> now there is a new flag flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office they have removed every scrap, every sign of the personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of societies is how do we handle the transfer of power at the top? lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him and a lot of people disliked him greatly, some even hated him, would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and that we swear by the rule of law. ricans, all i have, i would have given gladly not to be standing here today. >> johnson knows he has to s

officer j.d. tippit. >>> it was a fu funeral of a different sort. >> the funeral of lee harvey oswald. the mourners included his mother, his wife, his brother robert, and oswalt's two children, one with baby in arms. the six pallbearers here were news men. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as pallbearers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, her secretary and aids removed every scrap, every vestage of the signs of the personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society is how do they handle the transfer of power at the top? lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, a lot of people disliked him greatly, some hated him would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and the root of law. >> the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> my fellow americans, all i have

officer j.d. tippit. >>> it was a funeral of a different sort. >> the funeral of lee harvey oswald. the mourners included his mother, his wife, his brother robert, and oswalt's two children, one with baby in arms. the six pallbearers here were news men. there were not enough relatives or friends on hand to serve as pallbearers. >> now there is a new flag of the president of the united states flying in the white house. in president kennedy's old oval office, mrs. evelyn lincoln, her secretary and aids removed every scrap, every vestage of the signs of the personal touches of president kennedy. >> we know from history that one test of society is how do they handle the transfer of power at the top? lyndon johnson, whatever you thought of him, a lot of people disliked him greatly, some hated him would be the president of the united states. i think it shouted about the strength of the country and the root of law. >> the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> my fellow americans, all i have i would have given gladly not to be standing here today. >> johnson knows he has to show t

he crossed paths with officer j.d. p tippit. several witnesses saw oswald fire four times, killing the officer before running away. nearly 90 minutes after president kennedy was shot, oswald, a former marine marksmen, was arrested for murdering officer tippitt. then he was accused of shooting the president. >> reporter: flying back to washington with her husband's body mrs. kennedy with vice president lyndon johnson assumed leadership of the nation. >> this is a sad time for all people. we have suffered a loss that cannot be believed. >> reporter: then another shock, on live television nightclub owner jack ruby shot and killed oswald as he was being moved from the jail. in washington memorial services began. and americans mourned their slain commander in chief. randall pinkston, al jazeera. >> it is one of the most enduring images of that day that iconic pink suit jacqueline kennedy was wearing on the day the president was shot. the truth is it won't be seen for decades because the pink suit worn by the first lady is being held