lee oswald has been shot! >> he is shot! oswald... it is oswald! >> narrator: as a boy, the bronx zoo was a haven for lee oswald. he seemed to prefer the company of animals to people. he had not set foot in school for nearly two months when he was picked up at the zoo for truancy and taken to juvenile court. lee thought he had better ways to use his time than go to school. he spent his days at the public library and museums, and endless hours learning the new york city subway system. >> i remember him vividly. he was a skinny, unprepossessing kid. he was not a mentally disturbed kid. as a matter of fact, his iq was better than average. he was just emotionally frozen. he was a kid who had never developed a really trusting relationship with anybody. >> narrator: he was born october 18, 1939 in new orleans, the son of marguerite and robert oswald. >> you go back to the death of dad two months before he was born, that's a tremendous impact. what lee missed from his childhood, in comparison to me, was the whole family being together all the time: the co

lee oswald has been shot. there's a man with a gun. absolute panic. absolute panic at dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. there is no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he is shot. >> he is shot. >> oswald is shot. >> he is oswald. >> that is the man that shot the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go? >> he was here. the just put the gun there. [ inaudible ]. >> he was in a group of men right here. >> pretending he was one of us? >> i thought he was a detective. he had a hat. >> the situation right now is that lee harvey oswald has been shot. the man who saw the shot fired said it was fired by a man wearing a black hat, a brown coat, a man that everyone down here thought was a secret service agent. we can hear sirens outside and an ambulance apparently is moving down now into the basement. here comes the ambulance. and oswald will be removed now. the ambulance is being pulled up in front of

lee oswald has been shot. there's a man with a gun. absolute panic. absolute panic at dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. there is no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he is shot. >> he is shot. >> oswald is shot. >> he is oswald. >> that is the man that shot the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go? >> he was here. the just put the gun there. [ inaudible] >> he was in a group of men right here. >> pretending he was one of us? >> i thought he was a detective. he had a hat. >> the situation right now is that lee harvey oswald has been shot. the man who saw the shot fired said it was fired by a man wearing a black hat, a brown coat, a man that everyone down here thought was a secret service agent. we can hear sirens outside and an ambulance apparently is moving down now into the basement. here comes the ambulance. and oswald will be removed now. the ambulance is being pulled up in front of u

then someone named lee harvey oswald is arrested. oswald may be a suspect in the assassination. who is he? >> lee oswald of dallas, a former marine who spent some time in russia, who at one time had applied for soviet citizenship. >> the description that we have of the suspect in oak cliff was similar to the description we had and the man we were looking for as the assassin. but at that time we had not been able to connect the two in any way. >> down there in this third floor corridor a crowd of cameramen, reporters, wait for a possible appearance of the man accused of killing president kennedy and a dallas police officer. >> a great deal of confusion. mr. oswald is put through the door. i don't know if you saw him. oswald lives at 1026 north meckley. he's an employee of a book binding firm in the building from which the police and secret servicemen believe the president was shot today. >> mrs. kennedy, accompanied the body in an ambulance from the hospital to the airport where it will be flown back to washington. >> the wanted everyone out of the emergency room. the hospital co

we the jury find the defendant lee harvey oswald. >> because lee harvey oswald was killed by jack ruby before he could be tried before the murder, deep skepticism persists about the official version of history. the best effort to put this mystery to rest is in this impressive, more than 1600 page book reclaiming history by the author of helter skelter, the man who convicted charles manson joins us. vince, welcome to the program. why don't 59% of the american people believe oswald and oswald alone killed kennedy? >> the propaganda minister of hitler's third right, which i'm not comparing them with, but he said if you push something at someone long enough eventually they will start buying it if they're not exposed to any contrary view. it finally hit pay dirt, penetrated their consciousness and kwiconvinced the majority t he was some patsy framed by an elaborate group of co-c co-conspirato co-conspirators, the mob. it's all nonsense. tonight in the limited time we have why i feel oswald is guilty and no conspiracy. >> have at it. tell us why. >> in my book i said for 53 separate examples

they are waiting for a glimpse of lee oswald. >> there he is. here he comes. >> the prisoner. >> let me have it. i want it. >> being led out by captain fritz. >> there is lee. he's been shot. he's been shot. lee oswald has been shot. there is a man with a gun. it's absolute panic. absolute panic in the basement of the dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. there is no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he's shot. he is shot. oswald -- >> is it oswald. >> the man that shot the man? or do you know? >> that's the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go pierre? >> he was here. they just put their gun there. i saw the flash on the black sweater. >> did you see the gun to his stomach? >> i saw right here. >> he was in the group of men right here. >> masquerading as one of us? >> i thought it was one of the detective. he had a hat. >> the situation is now that lee harold oswald has been shot. the

there is lee -- [ gun shots ] >> he's been shot. he's been shot. lee oswald has been shot. there's a man with a gun. absolute panic. absolute panic. here in the basement of dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn, but there's no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he is shot. >> he is shot. >> it is oswald. >> the man that shot the man or do you know? >> that is the man who shot the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go? >> he was here. they just put the gun there. [ inaudible ]. >> i said he was in a group of men right here. >> masquerading as one of us or what? >> i thought he was a detective. he had a hat. >> the situation is now that lee harvey oswald has been shot. the man who saw the shot fired said it was fired by a man wearing a black hat, a brown coat, a man that everyone down here thought was a secret service agent. we can hear sirens outside, an ambulance apparently is moving down now into the basement. here

they are waiting for a glimpse of lee oswald. >> there he is. here he comes. >> the prisoner. >> let me have it. i want it. >> being led out by captain fritz. >> there is lee. he's been shot. he's been shot. lee oswald has been shot. there is a man with a gun. it's absolute panic. absolute panic in the basement of the dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. there is no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he's shot. he is shot. oswald -- >> is it oswald. >> the man that shot the man? or do you know? >> that's the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go pierre? >> he was here. they just put their gun there. i saw the flash on the black sweater. >> did you see the gun to his stomach? >> i saw right here. >> he was in the group of men right here. >> masquerading as one of us? >> i thought it was one of the detective. he had a hat. >> the situation is now that lee harold oswald has been shot. the

they are waiting for a glimpse of lee oswald. >> there he is. here he comes. >> the prisoner. >> let me have it. i want it. >> being let out by captain fritz. >> there is lee. he's been shot. he's been shot. lee oswald has been shot. there is a man with a gun. it's absolute panic. absolute panic in the basement of the dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. there is no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he's shot. he is shot. oswald -- >> he is oswald. >> did he shoot the man? >> that's the man. that shot the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses >> shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go, pierre? >> they just put the gun there. i saw the flash. right -- >> did you see the gun to his stomach? >> i saw right here. >> i thought it was one of the detective. he had a hat. >> the situation is now that lee harold oswald has been shot. the man that saw the shot fired said it was fired by a man wearing a bla

lee oswald has been shot. there is a man with a gun. >> there is lee. he's been shot. he's been shot. lee oswald has been shot. there is a man with a gun. it's absolute panic. absolute panic in the basement of the dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. there is no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he's shot. he is shot. oswald -- >> he is oswald. >> did he shoot the man? >> that's the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go pierre? >> they just put the gun there. i saw the flash. right -- >> did you see the gun to his stomach? >> i saw right here. >> i thought it was one of the detective. he had a hat. >> the situation is now that lee harold oswald has been shot. the man that saw the shot fired said it was fired by a man wearing a black hat, a brown coat, a man that everyone down here thought was a secret service agent. we can hear sirens outside and ambulance apparently is moving down now into the basement. here

officer j.d.tippit. >> 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 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 ves take 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 the

that cannot be the smoke of lee harvey oswald. it's impossible. he's six floors up. 295 feet behind. hidden behind a window, firing an old blunder buster, with these particular bullets as i showed you before. 22 witnesses smelled or saw gun smoke at street level and 11 of them saw this agent stumble and fall and some of them believe he fired his weapon. this is a massive cover-up geraldo, and it really should stop on the 50th anniversary of jfk. >> we continue our special report after this. people go to a mattress people go to a mattress store and essentially they just get sold something. that your body needs. before you invest in a mattress, discover the only bed clinically proven to relieve back pain and improve sleep quality. when we actually lower the sleep number setting to get the sleep number bed to conform to them, it's amazing the transition that you see with people. oh, that feels really good. it's hugging my body. they just look at you like you cured all the problems they've ever had. we hear it all the time: "i didn't know a bed could

they are waiting for a glimpse of lee oswald. >> there he is. here he comes. >> the prisoner. >> let me have it. i want it. >> being led out by captain fritz. >> there is lee. he's been shot. he's been shot. lee oswald has been shot. there is a man with a gun. it's absolute panic. absolute panic in the basement of the dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. there is no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he's shot. he is shot. oswald -- >> the man that shot the man? or do you know? >> that's the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go pierre? >> he was here. they just put their gun there. i saw the flash on the black sweater. >> did you see the gun to his stomach? >> i saw right here. >> he was in the group of men right here. >> masquerading as one of us? >> i thought it was one of the detective. he had a hat. >> the situation is now that lee harold oswald has been shot. the man that saw the

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the commission answered unequivocally lee harvey oswald. was oswald acting alone or was he a member of a conspiracy? the commission answers he acted alone. >> we knew most people were not going to read all of the warren commission report. so cbs news wanted to bring to air an understandable form for the public at large what the warren commission found. >> there was nothing to support the speculation that oswald was an agent, employee or informant of the fbi or the cia or any other governmental agency. >> oswald owned the murder rifle, a mail order purchase slip for that rifle was in his handwriting. oswald's palm print was found on a surface of the gun. >> the media had all concluded that this was the most exhaustive investigation, case closed. oswald did it alone. >> the commission concludes that three shots were fired. all of them from this sixth floor window in the texas school book depository. >> the cumulative evidence of eyewitness, firearms and ballistic experts and medical authorities demonstrated that the shots were fired from abov

>> there's lee. [ gunshot ] >> he's been shot! he's been shot! lee oswald has been shot! there's a man with a gun. absolute panic. absolute panic here in the basement of dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. there is no question about it. oswald has been shot, at point-blank range, fired into his stomach. >> he is shot. he is shot. oswald is shot. >> it is oswald. >> do you know if that's the man that shot the man? >> that is the man that shot the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go, pierre? >> well, he was here. they just put the gun there. i saw the flash -- >> right in his belly? >> yeah. >> did you see it in his stomach? >> i saw he was in the group of men right here. >> one of us or what? >> i thought he was one of the detectives. you know, he had a hat. >> the situation is now that lee harvey oswald has been shot. the man who saw the shot fired said it was fired by a man wearing a black hat, a brown coat. a man that everyone down here thought was a secret se

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officer j.d.tippit. >> 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 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 ves take 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. >> no words are strong enough to exp

you later were there when lee harvey oswald was shot and you also were there when lee harvey oswald was captured at the texas theater. what was this like when the shots rang out? you were just not far from where we are right now. >> within seconds there was complete pandemonium. people were throwing their children down protecting them. people were running in to each other. people were screaming, crying, just the most hectic thing you could imagine. and it was such a contrast because people had been so happy at all this, mike, you were the a.p. guy in fort worth. you worked out of the newsroom at the fort worth star telegram where i was a reporter. it had gone very well in fort worth. >> it had gone beautifully. the the people of fort worth, the welcome was just amazing. i was obviously adored the president. it was really heart warming and the people at the hotel texas both outside and inside were just seemed to be beside themselves. it was really quite a moving episode. >> schieffer: i remember the reporters who were there and covered him, you were there, you were kind of relieved when

the commission answered unequivocally lee harvey oswald. was oswald acting alone or was he a member of the conspiracy? the commission answers he acted alone. >> we knew most people were not going to read all of the warren commission report. so cbs news wanted to bring to air an understandable form for the public at large what the warren commission found. >> there was nothing to support the speculation that oswald was an agent, employee or informant of the fbi or the cia or any other governmental agency. >> oswald owned the murder rifle, a mail order purchase slip for that rifle was in his handwriting. oswald's palm print was found on a surface of the gun. >> the media had all concluded that this was the most exhaustive investigation, case closed. oswald did it alone. >> the commission concludes that three shots were fired. all of them from this sixth floor window in the texas school book depository. >> the cumulative evidence of eyewitness, firearms and ballistic experts and medical authorities demonstrated that the shots were fired from ab

there is lee -- [ gun shots ] >> he's been shot. he's been shot. lee oswald has been shot. there's a man with a gun. absolute panic. absolute panic. here in the basement of dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn, but there's no question about it. oswald has been shot at point blank range fired into his stomach. >> he is shot. >> he is shot. >> it is oswald. >> the man that shot the man or do you know? >> that is the man who shot the man. >> immediately after the shooting, our only witnesses that we could talk to were other reporters. >> where did he go? >> he was here. they just put the gun there. [ inaudible ]. >> i said he was in a group of men right here. >> masquerading as one of us or what? >> i thought he was a detective. he had a hat. >> the situation is now that lee harvey oswald has been shot. the man who saw the shot fired said it was fired by a man wearing a black hat, a brown coat, a man that everyone down here thought was a secret service agent. we can hear sirens outside, an ambulance apparently is moving down now into the basement. here

the commission answered unequivocally lee harvey oswald. was oswald acting alone or was he a member of a conspiracy? the commission answers he acted alone. >> we knew most people were not going to read all of the warren commission report. so cbs news wanted to bring to air an understandable form for the public at large what the warren commission found. >> there was nothing to support the speculation that oswald was an agent, employee or informant of the fbi or the cia or any other governmental agency. >> oswald owned the murder rifle, a mail order purchase slip for that rifle was in his handwriting. oswald's palm print was found on a surface of the gun. >> the media had all concluded that this was the most exhaustive investigation, case closed. oswald did it alone. >> the commission concludes that three shots were fired, all of them from this sixth floor window in the texas school book depository. >> the cumulative evidence of eyewitness, firearms and ballistic experts and medical authorities demonstrated that the shots were fired from abov

kennedy, who is lee harvey oswald, why is jackie wearing a suit with blood. on and on for four days. everybody kind of tuned in. there's a line by bob dylan said people don't live or die people just net. most people live in the-lined lives when kennedy was killed, they weren't floating any more it was like realtime adrenaline for the whole country. >> schieffer: you know, those of us who were here and covered this story, i think a part that is not really understood today is that beyond this tragedy that we saw unfolding on television, we'd never seen anything like this before. hanging overall this it was like we all felt on 9/11 we didn't know what it meant. we didn't know if this was the beginning of world war iii, a year away from the human missile crisis. it was just this profound, i can't understand this. why is this happening. and i think in a sense that america was never quite the same of a it was after that day. your book focuses on kennedy's last 100 days, why do you think that period was so important? >> because finally in that period he was addressi

. >> reporter: official story says lee harvey oswald, former u.s. marine, acted alone firing three shots from the texas school book repository. that was finding of the warren commission, seven men including a future president, former ca director and chief justice of the supreme court tasked by president lyndon johnson with you ev uncovering the truth. >> the warren commission had crucial facts withheld from it and any reason only person says you you can't trust it. >> reporter: theorists say the investigation was shoddy. how could oswald possibly have fired three shots in as the lit as five second. and what about the so-called magic bullet that wounded kennedy before ending up in the thigh of john connelly. oliver stone famously gave his take in the controversial film jfk. >> takes 1.6 seconds presumably in midair where it turns right, then left, right, then left. >> reporter: that classic scene later recreated on seinfeld with wayne knight rekrprising the demonstration. >> it pauses in midair, mind you, makes a left turn, and lands on newman's left

a poll taken after the assassination found 52% of the public thought lee harvey oswald had not acted alone. today 61% think oswald had full conspiracy. that's down from a high of 81% who thought so in the 90s after oliver stone's film j.f.k. true, the tragedy has all the makings of a conspiracy. oswald was a former u.s. marine with a medal for marksmanship. he earlier defect today the soviet union. he lived in russia for several years and married a soviet woman. when he return today the united states he became involved in cuba's conflicts, notably pro castro. two months before the assassination oswald went to mexico where he visited. they concluded oswald acted alone. at the time the commissioners were unaware of the plan of the u.s. cia to oust fidel castro including assassination. during the years theories implied that the kgb, cuba, mafia, cia and kennedy's vice president lyndon johnson were the assassins. >> this has to be taken seriously. when our current secretary of state says to this day i have serious doubts lee harvey oswald acted alone. i have doubts he was motivated by hi

the commission answered unequivocally lee harvey oswald. was oswald acting alone or was he a member of the conspiracy? the commission answers he acted alone. >> we knew most people were not going to read all of the warren commission report. so cbs news wanted to bring to air an understandable form for the public at large what the warren commission found. >> there was nothing to support the speculation that oswald was an agent, employee or informant of the fbi or the cia or any other governmental agency. >> oswald owned the murder rifle, a mail order purchase slip for that rifle was in his handwriting. oswald's palm print was found on a surface of the gun. >> the media had all concluded that this was the most exhaustive investigation, case closed. oswald did it alone. >> the commission concludes that three shots were fired. all of them from this sixth floor window in the texas school book depository. >> the cumulative evidence of eyewitness, firearms and ballistic experts and medical authorities demonstrated that the shots were fired from ab

the suspect, lee harvey oswald. detective m lovell was assigned t case. >> lovell qstioned oswald, unaware that moment ofis coection to the presidt's shooting. >> i remember a lot abt him. heas calm and collected, just like you and i are sitting here the talking. he answered my questions immediately. he didn't answer them trhfully alwa but he didn't hesite to answer any of thquestions i asked him. >> rorter: the suit and stetson he wore are displayed in a museum feet om where oswald shot the predent. lovell accepts h place in history and history's judgment. do you feel u failed in your duty to protect him? >>vidently. he died, didn't he? i'd say i failed. >> rorter: it's a story that lovell's granddaughter grew up hearing. she is a filaker and decided to dument her grandfathes story. as i started to interview his lleagues and reporte from back then and learned more about the whole incident, a larger story started to stand out t me. >> t prime suspect, 24-year-old lee oswald of llas -- >> reporter: in the documentary

lee harvey oswald was to be transferred to county jail. for a grieving nation, it was the second day of gunfire. >> this is charles murphy in the dallas county jail in dallas, texas, where we along with about 40 reporters and photographers are awaiting the arrival, a transfer of lee oswald expected within the next few minutes. we're told there's a crowd of about 2,500 people around the county jail area. >> we were going out for sunday dinner. and so i thought i would just turn the tv on and see what was going on and so i leaned over and turned the television on. and just as the picture was forming, i could hear them saying he's been shot, he's been shot. >> he's been shot. he's been shot. lee oswald has been shot. there's a man with a gun. it's absolute panic. absolute panic here in the basement of dallas police headquarters. >> it was astounding. here you were watching this guy lee harvey oswald being taken from the, you know, jail in dallas and you actually saw him get shot. >> i just couldn't believe it would happen. a man accused of as

oswald has been shot. >> lee oswald -- >> schieffer: joining us now jackie kennedy's secret service agent, clint hill, author of the new book "five days in november" mr. hill, thank you so much for being with us. when that happened, when jack ruby shot lee harvey oswald that sunday you were already back in washington, because president johnson, mrs. kennedy all had gone back on air force one. when you got back to washington, what did the secret service, what was your reaction to hearing that lee harvey oswald had been killed? >> we didn't find that out until somewhat later that day because just as he was being killed we were in the process of accompanying mrs. kennedy and the children and the president, johnson, taking the president's body up to the u.s. capital. some time later, then we were found out this had happened because we really wanted to interrogate him. wanted to find out why. wanted to see what his motivation was. we never had that chance. >> schieffer: you know, we now know especially through the reporting of bill shennan it had been well-known that lee harvey oswald had gone

the commission answered unequivocally lee harvey oswald. was oswald acting alone or was he a member of the conspiracy? the commission answers he acted alone. >> we knew most people were not going to read all of the warren commission report. so cbs news wanted to bring to air an understandable form for the public at large what the warren commission found. >> there was nothing to support the speculation that oswald was an agent, employee or informant of the fbi or the cia or any other governmental agency. >> oswald owned the murder rifle, a mail order purchase slip for that rifle was in his handwriting. oswald's palm print was found on a surface of the gun. >> the media had all concluded that this was the most exhaustive investigation, case closed. oswald did it alone. >> the commission concludes that three shots were fired. all of them from this sixth floor window in the texas school book depository. >> the cumulative evidence of eyewitness, firearms and ballistic experts and medical authorities demonstrated that the shots were fired from ab

lee oswald has been shot. there's a man with a gun. it's absolute panic, absolute panic here in the basement of the dallas police headquarters. detectives have their guns drawn. oswald has been shot. >> bob, describe that scene, the chaos. we all experienced it watching it that is, of course, what has led to the fever of conspiracy for all these generations, the fact there was never a trial of lee harvey oswald. >> that's right, and that's a shame, andrea, because there will never be an end to the conspiracy theories i'm quite sure. the scene in the basement was chaotic. it was already very crowded in dallas police headquarters. the police were trying to be as cooperative as possible with the press, particularly those from out of town who feared that perhaps dallas police were the same sort of law enforcement officer they had scene across the american south miss treating peaceful demonstrators during the civil rights demonstrations of that time. and so the police made every effort to be cooperative in making the oswald transfer a publi

and it would be at 2:50 eastern time when lee harvey oswald was arrested at the texas theater after a struggle. 50 years later the tragic events were called in a ceremony just concluding in dealey plaza. the president was shot as his motorcade passed. the mayor mike rollins spoke. >> we all grew up that day, city and citizens and suddenly we had to step up to trying to live up to the challenges of the words, and visions of a beloved president. >> after the mayor spoke those in the crowd bowed their head for a moment of silence. nbc's janet shamlian is live in dallas right now. janet, this is the first time that texas, dallas, has held a ceremony of this magnitude. we'll talk much more about it. but it is striking 50 years later to see these people there on a chilly day marking this moment. >> reporter: you're right about the weather too. the mood was reflective of what we're seeing here, 35 degrees, it feels more like duluth, minnesota than dallas. rainy and overcast. and as you noted, really the first time that this city has paid homage to what happened here to remember and to rememb

a recent gallup poll found that 63% of americans do not believe that lee harvey oswald acted alone. before lee harvey oswald could be tried, he was killed on live television. [ gunfire ] >> shot by jack ruby, a dallas nightclub owner. thus the scene was set for 50 years of suspicions and nagging questions. how could as oswald a withdrawn loaner be responsible for killing the most powerful man in the world? >> there was certainly a ambition on the part of the younger lawyers to find a spon sirsy. >> howard was one of those young lawyers investing jfk's death. the conclusion they reached, that oswald acted alone. >> obviously the commission was not flawless, and the members of the staff were not perfect, but everyone put their energies holy into the project. they had a determination to find out the truth. >> reporter: an important part of the investigation was this famous home movie, shot by a bystander. the commission examined it frame by frame determining both bullets that hit kennedy came from the back. subsequent government investigations agree that those shots came from the 6th f

after lee harry oswald left the depository he made his way home and grabbed a pistol. 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 pi

lee harry oswald also shot officer ti tippet. tell us more about the late officer tippet. >> reporter: yes, tony, he was an 11-year veteran of the dallas police officer on patrol looking for a burglary suspect. he sees oswald walking down the street. doesn't know anything about him. as you heard, oswald shot him four times. he was later found a couple of blocks away at the texas theater. he was immediately taken into custody for tippet's murder, and it would be hours later when he would become the suspect for kennedy's murder. because of the rain, wind, and cold they decided to bring the vigil here. joining us will be officers not just from dallas but from across the state, and j.d. tippet's widow who is expected to speak at the vigil. >> stay with us for our coverage of the assassination of president kennedy that will continue. we'll take a look at the conspiracy theories that still swirl around kennedy's death to this hour. >>> secretary of state john kerry in geneva to join day three of the iran's nuclear program. and russian

lee harvey oswald was one of them. >> yeah. let's take a short break. when we come back, gentlemen, i want to talk about kennedy's legacy as a president, whether he was a great president or somebody cut off in his prime on the potential of becoming a great president. >>> looking back at president kennedy's legacy. back with me now, james swanson, douglas brinkley and robert dahling. where does he rank in the pantheon of american presidents. some people think he was an untouchable genius, brilliant president. others think there was a sinister dark side that was all going to unravel and he wouldn't have been remembered as a great president. where do you lie? >> i think he was not a great president. he was there for only 1,000 days, sixth briefest presidency in the country's history. but i think he certainly was a significant president. he broke the hold of white protestant males on the office, first catholic to win the office. one could see a direct line from him to barack obama. when we get a woman as president i think you can see a direct line to that,

i talked to a woman who new lee harvey as oswald. her grandmother ran a boardinghouse where oswald stayed. she gave us a tour of that house and shared her memories. pat hal knew him when she was 11. she will and her brothers saw lee harvey oswald almost every day for six weeks. this house hasn't changed much in 50 years. >> the dining room table and all of that is original. and this is his room. >> reporter: just 5 by 14, space for a twin bed, night stand, wardrobe closet and a dresser. >> he played ball out in the front yard with my brothers a lot. with me being a girl, we didn't play, but he was just very -- it was a quiet, soft-spoken man. >> reporter: a couple of weeks before the kennedy assassination hal says oswald did something she will never forget. her brothers had gotten into a physical fight in the front yard. >> lee got up off of the porch, broke them up, set them on the stairs and sat down between them, and he looked at them, and he says i want to tell you two something, and he says this is important. he says you are bro

a local nightclub owner. 52% of the public thought lee harvey oswald had not acted alone. today, 61% think oswald had coconspirators. that is down from a high of 81% who thought so in the 1990s after oliver stone's film jfk. true the tragedy has all the makings of a conspiracy. oswald was a former u.s. marine. he had earlier defected to the soviet union. he lived in the russian city of minst for years. when he and his wife marina returned to the united states, he became involved in cuba's politics. pro castro. on september 27, 1963, two months before the assassination. oswald went to mexico city and visited the soviet consulate and the cuban embassy. it was concluded that he did act alone. but at the time, the commissioners where unaware of the plans of the u.s. cia to oust cuban dictator castro. many theories have been spawned implying that cuba, the cia, and even kennedy's vice president lyndon johnson were the assassin. >> this has to be taken seriously, of course. when kerry, our current secretary of state says to this day i have serious doubts that lee harvey oswald a

it's amazing stuff them are in thirty seconds why are we still obsessing on lee oswald well because the news media likes it in there was one official government investigation warren commission there were six each of the later six investigations fell more information people are just not aware of it there was more talk about other about you know other aspects of the assassination including the mafia in the cia twenty five years ago in r. and l. that's why we need to get these files released so the news media can't keep feeding us the story it was you know that's they from one thousand nine hundred sixty four of your book the hidden history of the j.f.k. assassination lamar waldron thanks so much for being with us thank you very much stop and that's the way it is tonight monday november eighteenth two thousand and thirteen and don't forget democracy begins when you get out there get active tag you're it. i would rather as questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question or. plus