cronkite. she would say that i was a bit of a distraction during the day, perhaps helpful in that. but for the generation that wasn't alive, that doesn't have the memory, i think we grew up in the myth of john f. kennedy. i don't mean that in a negative way at all. if you're irish catholic kid and you grew up in boston, most of the houses you went into, be somewhere in the kitchen, maybe in the front foyer, there was a picture of jack kennedy and a picture of jesus christ.

playing clips of walter cronkite not just john f. 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 tha

can you imagine jack and jackie sitting down with walter cronkite and jack saying, i've caused pain in my marriage? i mean, that's what clinton said, and -- we get what you're saying. 1965, on television, married couples slept in twin bedes. so the question is, what would have happened if he was threatened with scandal in here's the darker side of the kennedy legacy. they would have used whatever means at their disposal to keep it quiet. the evidence for this is in 1962, the steel companies all raised their prices in a way that kennedy treated as probably -- properly as a bree trail, a broken promise you. said you want do it. you're making me look bad. the language kennedy use i will not repeat here, burt it was sulfuric. so what happened? the power of the presidency and the attorney general, was used to force a rollback in prices, and -- see if i can fine this. what robert kennedy said was we did everything we had to. we were going for broke. we got the tax return office the steel company executives, got their expense accounts, we wire-tapped their home. and they -- kennedy heard a re

when robert pierpoint told walter cronkite who was broadcasting live that the priest had administered last rites to the president of the united states, walter cronkite would then say that i guess it doesn't get any more official than not. eisenstein and other medical students saw this to whisk away lyndon johnson in the car, and a mexican-american man pulled up to the loading dock with his soon to deliver wife, and they allowed him in, but they stole his car. [laughter] >> many of us saw president johnson ghostly pale, surrounded by secret service men trundling him into.car. memories of jacqueline kennedy are in many of the narratives that i have received, and they reflect a primal sympathy for her. pepper jenkins, the anesthesia chief said this. as she circled in circle, i noticed her hands were cuffed in front of her as if she were cradling something. as she passed, she nudged me with her elbow and she handed me what she had been nursing with her hands. it was a large chunk of her husband's brain tissue. in one of the most touching memories of the first lady is from a surgery reside

kennedy, cbs news coverage from walter cronkite's first bulletin to bob schieffer at dealy plaza. plus now jfk's family and friends are remembering. >>> historic change in the senate. will democrats regret revoking the nuclear option. >>> he tells us about his new collaboration with rock star bono. >>> we begin with today's "eye opener." >> apparently official president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> america remembers a dark day in dallas. >> 50 years ago the nation lost its 35th president. >> john f. kennedy was struck down by an assassin's bullet. >> thousands of people will visit where it happened dealy plaza in dallas. >>> wild weather across the country. >> in southern california, intense rainfall caused flash flooding for miles. >> several people were caught off guard and were airlifted to safety. >> this was the scene in the denver suburbs. wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour slammed central utah. >>> really an amazing day. history being made once again on wall street. >> the dow closing above 16,000 for the first time ever. >> wo

soon after, walter cronkite was back reporting from the cbs news newsroom complete with rotary telephones and wire machines. >> this picture has just been transmitted by wire. it's a picture taken just a moment or two before the incident. if you can zoom in with that camera we can get a closer look at this picture. >> osgood: almost exactly one hour after his bulletin this now famous announcement. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. vice president johnson has left the hospital in dallas but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly and become the 36th president of the united states. >> osgood: walter cronkite's words marked an incomprehensible end to a presidency that had begun on such an inspiring note. rita braver looks back on the new frontier. >> let every nation know-- whether it wishes us well or ill-- that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to

for many, that news came from walter cronkite on cbs news. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> tonight in the extraordinary hour of eyewitness accounts, conspiracy theories and the stories you've never heard before. we go to john king who takes a look back at the awful day. >> november 22nd, 1963 was day two of a five-city texas campaign swing. it was 11:37 a.m. local time, air force one, wheels down at love field. >> several thousand enthusiastic texans on hand to give the president and mrs. kennedy the warm welcome. >> the president's motorcade rolled from the airport at 11:52, dallas police reported 150,000 people, maybe more along the ten-mile route. at 12:30 p.m. local time, the fateful turn on to dilly plaza past the texas school depository, suddenly, the sound of gunfire, screams, and urgent live reports. >> it is believed that president kennedy has been shot. president kennedy was in a motorcade enroute to the trademark where he was to address a lunch

murrow, walter cronkite and julie chen. (laughter) seen here reporting on the "pirates of penzance." (laughter) you see, two weeks ago, cbs news' the "60 minutes" took time off from doing in-depth buddy curls with wolverine to blow the lid off benghazi-gate. when the attacks in libya occurred, "60 minutes" was on the scene within minutes of 13 months later. (laughter) of course, fox news has been working this story for a year, having definitively proven that tragedy something something something hillary clinton. (laughter) the one thing they did not have, the one thing they lacked was an eyewitness. well, two weeks ago, the "60 minutes" interviewed security contractor morgan jones. >> morgan jones' job was training the unarmed guards who manned the compound's gates. a second libyan force, an armed militia hired by the state department, was supposed to defend the compound in the event of an attack. >> i was saying these guys are no good, you need to get them out of here. >> you also kept saying "if this place is attacked the

. >> this is walter cronkite in our newsroom. there has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. >> let's turn the mic on. i can't hear you, johnny. what do you want? do you want me to move back a little bit? is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce to you the chief camera mann and assistant news director. this is burt shift. burt, we have brought the people pretty much up to date. would you tell them exactly what you know as of this point? >> jay, i was standing at the trade mart awaiting his arrival there. all of a sudden, the -- we saw them approach. they didn't slow down. matter of fact, they were going 70, 0 miles an hour past us. and then i jumped in a police car and went to parkland. these twos men come running in. one of them had a large machine gun and they was hollering for stretchers and cots and everything and the governor they brought in first. >> what happened after this? >> then the president came in behind him and they took him, both of them. >> albert thomas, de

. >> reporter: the events made walter cronkite a household name. >> his body is being transferred to an ambulance. >> oswald says he did not shoot anybody. >> reporter: cbs's bob schaefer, then that junior reporter with the fort worth star telegram got a surprise call from a woman asking for a ride to dallas. >> i almost hung up the phone, and i said lady we're not running a taxi service here and she said yes i heard it on the radio and i think it's my son they arrested. >> reporter: he drove her to the police station until she got to see her son face to face. >>> on kpix you can watch the news coverage as it happened 50 years ago. it's the at the top of our home page. >>> robert kennedy's killer was transferred to a different facility today. he was moved to a facility in san diego. the department of corrections say it was just routine and the fact that it happened on the 50th anniversary of john f. kennedy's assassination is purely coincidence. . >>> looks like some kind after cop show but the cases are real. how one bay area city is using tv to try to find the bad guys. >>> in line

it was walter cronkite. i'll tell you what. my mom and dad, they trusted walter cronkite. i mean, if he said it, that was it. that's the way it was. do you feel that way about peach you watch today? i would like to think that you trust me. certainly, there's no comparison between his accomplishments and mine. that's not where i'm going. what i'm going to is, you know, i want you to trust me. and i want you to know that i have my opinions. but i don't make stuff up. and if i'm wrong, i have the character to step out and correct what i may have misstated or reported. this has been a very interesting week for obama care. it's been a week of a pack of lies coming from fox news and one particular broadcaster, and that would be sean hannity, apparently the king of cheap shots. and i think there is a reflection in gop polling. rough week at the office. they're down to 22%, an all-time low. so the republicans have to be behind closed doors saying, "man, what are we gonna do now?" well, all they've got left is to go after obama care. that's all they've got. that and, of course, rip

. >> tomorrow would have been walter cronkite's 97th birth day. on monday the late long time cbs news anchor will be hon ared in his hometown of st. joseph's missouri. the memorial hall and missouri western state university features displays on his life and career. >> a unique yard sale in santa barbara,ical call, this weekend. up for bid more than 300 lots of turn shallings, artwork and memorabilia from the homes of oprah winfrey. winfrey launched the auction helping sell several lots herself. >> 41 going once, going twice. sold for $4100! that is amazing! >> jeff: that items shown off by cbs this morning's gayle king was a poster from the film "the color purple" proceeds from the auction will help students from winfrey's school in south africa. the total still being tallied but is expected to be more than $600,000. >> you can watch gayle and oprah's day at the auction first thing tomorrow morning on cbs this morning. that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here

this is how it looked when walter cronkite reported it on cbs. >> apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. vice president johnson has left the hospital in dallas, but we do not to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly and will become the 36th president of the united states. >> thousands will gather at dealey plaza this morning for a phone ceremony. >>> in boston, the jfk library open an exhibit of never-before displayed items from kennedy's funeral. and at the white house president obama meets with volunteer from the peace corps, a program kennedy created. >>> a woman who was in dealey plaza half a century ago recorded the final seconds of the president's life. >> right on the corner. and as the motorcade approached, we stepped into the street. >> tina towner pender took a day off from school with her father and filmed the video of the motorcade. you shot footage no one else got. >> i filmed right behalf he got shot. >> you turned off the camera. what happened

. >> this is walter cronkite in our news room. and there has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. >> just turn the mike on. i can't hear you, johnny. do you want me to move back a little bit? is this all right now? ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce to you the chief cameraman and assistant news director of wfaa television. this is burt ship. would you tell the people exactly what you know as of this point? >> i was standing at the trade mart awaiting his arrival there. all of a sudden, we saw them approaching. the didn't slow down. as a matter of fact, the were going 70, 80 miles per hour past us. and then i jumped in the police car and went to parkland. these two men come running in one of them had a big large machine gun and the was hauling stretchers and cots and everything. and the governor the brought him in first. >> what happened after that? >> the president came in behind him. >> albert thomas, democrat of texas, is standing outside the corridor of the emergency room, said he's been told the president

. >> it wasn't enough for walter cronkite. >> the temptation had to be great to say flat out president kennedy had died. but they didn't do that because it was such a momentus thing to declare to the anythings. >> walter was very deliberate because he had time though i and it was in his own instinct to not say he was dead until they were sure. on the other hand you want to be first. >> blood has been rushed into the room for transfusion. two protests were called into the room. >> most reporters did think he was dead but nobody officially said it. >> there's report in dallas you heard from our affiliate there eddie barker that the president is dead but that's not been confirmed by any other source. >> walter chronronkite because his anchor on a national network knew that he didn't want to report what somebody was thinking or what somebody had been told by a second source. he wanted to wait until there was official confirmation from the white house. >> nowadays you hear it, you stick it on the air. you hear it you put it on the web. whether it's true or not. nobody seems to care. in thos

. >> reporter: the events made walter cronkite a household name. >> the casket is being transferred to an ambulance. >> i didn't shoot anybody, knows. >> reporter: with lee harvey oswald in custody, bob schaefer, then a junior reporter with the fort worth star telegram got a surprise phone call from a woman asking for a ride to dallas. >> i almost hung up the phone and i said lady, we're not running a taxi service here and besides the president has been shot. she says yes, i heard it on the radio, i think my son was the one they arrested. it was lee harvey oswald's mother. >> reporter: schaefer drove her to the police station in dallas and stayed with her until she got to see her son face to face. schaefer was hoping for an exclusive interview with oswald but had to leave when police found out he was a reporter. >> amazing story. >> strange day and all the players how they fit into this. >> changed a lot of people's lives. >> reporter: you bet. >>> on today of all days, robert kennedy's assassin was transferred to a facility in san diego. the fact that it happened today was a coinciden

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a member watching walter cronkite announce that john kennedy was dead. what do you think. there's a book out now what might have happened if he were. i guess the biggest question would be you think you've left vietnam you know you don't know any of that what the message i took from the kennedy assassination in i think what we need to take in a more general way is truly awful things can happen and you think that presidents in a protective bubble over that we as a civilization are and you know we're protected we were attacked on nine eleven and we haven't really been attacked again and so there's that feeling of invincibility which i think is a dangerous feeling so i'm. my wife always says i'm a pessimist and i'm always looking that way what's the worst outcome and our late friend edward bennett williams asked him once are you a pessimist he said of course i am intelligent. you're famous a journalist a sub or c m e z sometimes get reported about earlier this year you were in the nose in connection with your reporting on seaquest ration and the white house reporter be threate

a member watching walter cronkite announce that john kennedy was dead. what do you think. visible god now what might have happened if he were. i guess the biggest question would be you think you've left vietnam you know you don't know any of that what the message i took from the kennedy assassination in i think what we need to take in a more general way is truly awful things can happen and you think that a president's in a protective bubble over that we as a civilization are and you know we're protected we were attacked on nine eleven and we haven't really been attacked again and so there's that feeling of invincibility which i think is a dangerous feeling so i'm. my wife always says i'm a pessimist and i'm always looking that. what's the worst outcome and our late friend edward bennett williams asked him once are you a pessimist he said of course i am i'm intelligent. you're famous a journalist a celebrity a means you sometimes get reported about earlier this year you were in the nose in connection with your reporting on seaquest ration and the white house reporter be thr

and i think walter cronkite became the dominant figure in a sense because he was so stable and so authoritative during that period. and i think for our generation, the country never recovered. prior to that we had been the country that won world war ii, the country that had eisenhower as a very distant and competent president. kennedy seemed to be, i was a support he of the republicans but nonetheless he seemed to be a new, fresh, dynamic leader and then boom. your world changed just like that. if you don't mind, what did you think? >> what i think about kennedy, one of the things that comes to mind is aspirational leadership. i think of jack kemp in my lifetime. a man who has loved people, loved his country and wanted us to aspire to do more. one of the things we're working on is eradicating poverty in our country. >> for me it is a free market approach. there is a way for us to encourage people toward earning successful talk about education reform that gets to a place where kids that grew up in neighborhoods like i grew up in believe in the future and believe this country, this day can change

this is how it looked when walter cronkite reported it on cbs. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. vice president johnson has left the hospital in dallas, but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly and will become the 36th president of the united states. >> thousands will gather at dealey plaza this morning for a solemn ceremony. >>> in boston, the jfk library opens an exhibit of never-before displayed items from kennedy's funeral. and at the white house president obama meets with volunteer from the peace corps, a program kennedy created. >>> vinita nair is in dallas with a story of a woman who was at dealey plaza a half a century ago and recorded the final seconds of the president's life. >> right on the corner. and as the motorcade approached, we stepped into the street. >> tina towner pender took a day off from school with her father to sigh john f. kennedy. she was thrilled to film the video of the motor

murrow was atop the scene and we counted on them and those walter cronkite and edward r. morrow's have become a dying breed in the never ending pursuit for breaking new however there are some things that larry refuses to let go of i love newspapers and my niece i read five or six a day and my first throw in the morning is picking up bad news i like newsprint on my fingernails you don't get that newspapers don't they were relevant because you know the story i like news for background i like op ed pages i like to read readings are gone. my kids they're both big sports fans i'll see something in a paper and of read this i've been notary and everything's on the little computers and things and so on in the world of technology i accept it but there's a lot i miss i have more information now i might have had better information then. and then everybody is a journalist if you block things out rumors spread false false things go out people people tweet things out and they're wrong and they're right and it's a whole i don't know if i want to be a kid today. to go i wonder what the w

murrow was atop the scene and we counted on them and those walter cronkite and edward r. morrow's have become a dying breed in the never ending pursuit for breaking new however there are some things that larry refuses to let go of i love newspapers and my niece i read five or six a day and my first throw in the morning is picking up bad news i like newsprint on my fingernails you don't get that newspapers don't they were relevant because you know the story i like news for background i like op ed pages i like to read readings gone. my kids they're both big sports fans i'll see something in a paper and of read this i've been notary and everything's on the little computers and things and so on in the world of technology i accept it but there's a lot i miss i have more information now i might have had better information then. and then everybody is a journalist if you block things out rumors spread false false things go out people people tweet things out and they're wrong and they're right and it's a whole i don't know if i'd want to be a kid today. to go i wonder what the wor

a member watching walter cronkite announce that john kennedy was dead. what do you think. there's a book out now what might have happened if he were. i guess the biggest question would be you think you've left vietnam you know you don't know any of that what the message i took from the kennedy assassination in i think what we need to take in a more general way is truly awful things can happen and you think that presidents in a protective bubble over that we as a civilization are and you know we're protected we were attacked on nine eleven and we haven't really been attacked again and so there's that feeling of invincibility which i think is a dangerous feeling so i'm. my wife always says i'm a pessimist and i'm always looking that. what's the worst outcome and our late friend edward bennett williams as to want to sell you a pessimist he said of course i am i'm intelligent. you're famous a journalist the suburbs the amaze you sometimes get reported about earlier this year you were in the nose in connection with your reporting on seaquest ration and the white house reporter

a member watching walter cronkite announce that john kennedy was dead. what do you think. there's a book out now what might have happened if he were in. the us the biggest question would be you think you've left vietnam you know you don't know any of that what the message i took from the kennedy assassination in i think what we need to take in a more general way is truly awful things can happen and you think that presidents in a protective bubble over that we as a civilization are and you know we're protected we were attacked on nine eleven and we haven't really been attacked again and so there's that feeling of invincibility which i think is a dangerous feeling so i'm. my wife always says i'm a pessimist and i'm always looking that. what's the worst outcome and our late friend edward bennett williams asked him once are you a pessimist he said of course i am intelligent. you're famous a journalist the suburbs the amaze you sometimes get reported about earlier this year you were in the nose in connection with your reporting on seaquest ration and the white house report to b

murrow was atop the scene and we counted on them and those walter cronkite's and edward r. morrow's have become a dying breed in the never ending pursuit for breaking new however there are some things that larry refuses to let go of i love newspapers and my niece i read five or six a day and my first thrill in the morning is picking up the news i like newsprint on my fingernails you don't get that newspapers don't they were relevant because you know the story i like news for background i like op ed pages i like to read readings gone. my kids they're both big sports fans i'll see something in a paper and of read this they know what every and everything is on the little from pewters and things and so on in the world of technology i accept it but there's a lot i miss i have more information now i might have had better information than. and then everybody is a journalist you can block things out rumors spread false false things go out people people tweet things out and they're wrong and they're right and it's a whole i don't know if i want to be a kid today. i wonder what the w

a member watching walter cronkite announce that john kennedy was dead. what do you think. there's a book out now what might have happened if he were. i guess the biggest question would be you think you've left vietnam you know you don't know any of that what the message i took from the kennedy assassination in i think what we need to take in a more general way is truly awful things can happen and you think that presidents in a protective bubble over that we as a civilization are and you know we're protected we were attacked on nine eleven and we haven't really been attacked again and so there's that feeling of invincibility which i think is a dangerous feeling so i'm. my wife always says i'm a pessimist and i'm always looking that. what's the worst outcome and our late friend edward bennett williams asked him once are you a pessimist he said of course i am intelligent. you're famous a journalist a celebrity a means you sometimes get reported about earlier this year you were in the news in connection with your reporting on seaquest ration and the white house reporter be thr

told walter cronkite who was broadcasting live that the priest had administered the last rites to the president's cronkite would then say i guess it does not get any more official then that. the mexican-american men pulled up the letting knock with this send to deliver live this dollars car. many of us saw president johnson ghostly pale surrounded by airing of suits trundling him into that. memories of jackie kennedy are and many americans are received and they reflect a primal sympathy for her everything and the sec chief said this, as she circled and circled, noticed her hands were cuffed in front of her as if she were cradling something. as she passed, she nice to me with her elbow and handed me what she had been nursing with hands. a large chunk of brain tissue. one of the most touching memories of the first lady is from adelle, a surgery resident who witnessed jackie move toward the dead president, remove the wedding ring from his finger, place it on her hand and kiss him. then there was the historic confrontation in trauma of room one between county medical examiner boroughs and

walter croon kite. walter cronkite. the word changed america forever in terms of loss of innocence on the day he was assassinated. john f. kennedy, november 22, 1963. the shots rang out as president kennedy's motorcade moved through dealey plaza. the parents with their children were standing there in anticipation waiting to see the president. then a short time later the death of the president was announced. lyndon johnson sworn in as the new chief on air force 1. jackie kennedy still in the suit she was wearing looks on. it was a surreal moment for america. now a look at the eternal flame that continues to burn in arlington national ceremony in virginia. let's go to dealey plaza in dallas where so many will be gathered. the country and the world will stop. we'll remember. we'll honor the remarkable life and legacy of our nation's 35th president. casey siegel is on site there today for us. tell us what we can expect there today. >> reporter: there will be events happening all over the city of dallas to remember president

when robert pierpoint told walter cronkite who was broadcasting live that the priest had administered last rites to the president of the united states, walter cronkite would then say that i guess it doesn't get any more official than not. eisenstein and other medical students saw this to whisk away lyndon johnson in the car, and a mexican-american man pulled up to the loading dock with his soon to deliver wife, and they allowed him in, but they stole his car. [laughter] >> many of us saw president johnson ghostly pale, surrounded by secret service men trundling him into.car. memories of jacqueline kennedy are in many of the narratives that i have received, and they reflect a primal sympathy for her. pepper jenkins, the anesthesia chief said this. as she circled in circle, i noticed her hands were cuffed in front of her as if she were cradling something. as she passed, she nudged me with her elbow and she handed me what she had been nursing with her hands. it was a large chunk of her husband's brain tissue. in one of the most touching memories of the first lady is from a surgery reside

. >> this is walter cronkite in the newsroom and there has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. >> turn the mic on. i can't hear you, johnny. you want me to move back a little bit? is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce the chief camera man and assistant news director of wfaa television. this is burt ship. burt, we brought the people pretty much up to date. would you tell them exactly what you know as of this point? >> jay, i was standing at the trade mart waiting his arrival there. all of a sudden, we saw them approaching. they didn't slow down, matter of fact they were going 70, 80 miles an hour past us and i jumped in the police car and went to parkland. these two men came running in, one of them had a large -- appeared to be a machine gun and they were hollers for stretchers and cots and everything. the governor went in first. >> what happened after this? >> the president come in behind him and they took them, both of them back. >> albert thomas, democratic texas is standing outside the corridor of the emergency room, said he

. >> this is walter cronkite in our newsroom and -- there has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. >> turn the mic on. i can't hear you, johnny. what do you what? you want me to move back a little bit? is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce the chief camera man and assistant news director of wfaa television. this is burt ship. burt, we brought the people pretty much up to date. would you tell them exactly what you know as of this point? >> jay, i was standing at the trade mart waiting his arrival there. all of a sudden, we saw them approaching. they didn't slow down, matter of fact they were going 70, 80 miles an hour past us and i jumped in the police car and went to parkland. these two men came running in, one of them had a large -- appeared to be a machine gun and they were hollers for stretchers and cots and everything. the governor, they brought him in first. >> what happened after this? >> the president come in behind him and they took them, both of them back. >> albert thomas, democratic texas is standing outside the

. >> this is walter cronkite in the newsroom and there has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. >> turn the mic on. i can't hear you, johnny. you want me to move back a little bit? is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce the chief camera man and assistant news director of faa television. burt, we brought the people pretty much up to date. would you tell them exactly what you know as of this point? >> jay, i was standing at the trade mart waiting his arrival there. all of a sudden, we saw them approaching. they didn't slow down, matter of fact they were going 70, 80 miles an hour past us and i jumped in the police car and went to park land. these two men came running in, one had a large machine gun and they was hauling stretchers and cots and everything and the governor went in first. >> what happened after this? >> the president come in behind him and they took them, both of them back. >> albert thomas, democratic texas is standing outside the corridor of the emergency room, said he's been told the president was still alive but in

. >> you're in the walter cronkite column. now there is a dissenting voice at msnbc, ed schultz, who often takes on the media, does not like the compage, and i guess even of his own network. let's take a look at that. >> the mainstream media, i believe, wants obama care to fail. they're afraid to do a positive story because they're afraid that somebody might not watch. the media is cherry picking the bad facts that are out there, repeating them over and over again, and in many cases, they're making stuff up. >> bad facts? making stuff up? >> what? what did he just say snm i'm sorry, it didn't make any sense. the media has been so upbeat on this until the website crashed, until it was learned that the promises were broken. and on the negative facts, hello, there are more negative facts than they are positive. >> right. i mean, there are some positive stories to be told because this after all is helping some people. but it's so totally overwhelmed by those who have been -- either can't get on, can't get the policies were or it w

. >> this is walter cronkite in our news room. there has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. >> just turn the mike on. i can't hear you, johnny. what do you want? do you want me to move back a little bit? is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce to you the chief cameraman and news director of wfia television. this is bert ship. bert would you tell the people exactly what you know as of this point? >> i was standing at the trade mart waiting for his arrival there. all of a sudden, we saw them approaching. they didn't slow down. as a matter of fact, they were going 70, 80 miles per hour past us. and then i jumped in a police car and went to parkland. >> two hands. one had a large machine gun calling for stretchers and cots and everything. and the governor they brought him in first. >> what happened then? >> then they brought the president in. >> albert thomas, democrat of texas is standing outside the corridor of the emergency room, said he's been told the president was still

the moment walter cronkite told the nation he was dead, lyndon johnson was taking office aboard air force one, the same plane that is carrying president kennedy's body back to washington. >>> the story and jeff under wood takes us on board. >>> we are standing here on board president john kennedy's air force one at the national museum of the united states air force. this is where mr. johnson took office and the place he stood. as we move back towards the rear of the aircraft, you can see the seats are kind of tight but that's because this was a working aircraft. it flew for the air force in carrying presidents and vips for 36 years, a long career and now has a new career here at the national museum. as we go further back, we come to an area, which is the galley, the presidential meals were prepared and see the series of seats at the very back, these very four seats are the ones that the air crew pulled out to move out of the way and they took a saw and cut the bulk head just along here to make sure there is room and they brought the president's casket in and brought it in and laid it alon

i remember that day like it was yesterday, and how i felt after watching walter cronkite report this -- >> from dallas texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes ago. [ silence ] vice president lyndon johnson left the hospital in dallas, but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office shortly and become the 36th president of the united states. >> i remember this. i was a young teenager during this. my dad was heavily involved in the kennedy campaign. i was in providence rhode island. it was a heavy democratic catholic city. i was downtown. people were walking into services. people were literally stopping their cars in front of churches and walking into services. the only people really talking then were priests and ministers. an entire city -- and it was silent. the whole place. then for three days we sat in front of the television. there were only three networks then. they went 24, wall to wall. some weren't on late and early. but -- and for

and how i felt after watching walter cronkite report this. >> from dallas texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time, 2:00 eastern standard time, some 38 minutes agriculture. vice president lyndon johnson has left the hospital in dallas. but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taken the oath of office shortly and become the 36th president of the united states. >> i remember this, i was a young teenager during this. my dad was heavily involved in the kennedy campaign. i was in providence rhode island. it was a heavily catholic city. walked downtown. people were literally stopping their cars in front of churches and walking into services. the only people really talking then were priests and ministers. an entire city -- and it was silent. the whole place. then for three days we sat in front of the television. there were only three networks then. they went 24, wall to wall. some weren't on late and early. but and for three days we watched this unfold and the thing that struck me about it was how well first of

back in their day they had said deal with the likes of walter cronkite and david frost. today it is peak alderman and racial now. i wonder how they would handle it, i truly do. you were allowed to speak in a sound bite or three minutes later before times by commercials. back in their days they could speak for an hour a firing lines and have a conversation and thoroughly explore the subject and flesh it out completely. i wonder if bill would be interested at all in doing anything in the meet today? and no wonder if ronald reagan's message could get through in today's media? >> if elected today. i always thought he was very meyer full of this on presentation in his own life. very mindful of the. and whenever he was get that in terms of presenting himself he emphasized. but every was not get that he avoided. and there are certain people who just as politicians and also as he figures, and if you had that at a certain level it also means your adaptable. like water you will find the appropriate mes for yourself. yes, things are worse, but things are always getting worse. does