kennedy, she looked smashing in it, which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her now famous watermelon pink suit to dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the welcoming commit presents mrs. kennedy with roses. >> reporter: it looked like cocoa chanel but it was a knock off made in america. here he is in 1962 awaiting the arrival of the prime minister of algeria. that's john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this chamber of commerce breakfast, the president joked about his wife fashion sentence. >> nobody wonders what lyndon andly wear. >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would be dead, and the first lady's stunning pink suit stained forever with her husband's blood would begin a long and mysterious journey. when aids suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. phillip sheenan wrote a book. >> her remark and i think she made it more than once is no, i'm going to leave these clothes on. i want then to see what they have done. >> reporter: hours later mrs. kennedy continued to wear the suit during the emergency swearing in of lynd

what specifically did jackie kennedy? >> what happened under harry truman was that for structural reasons we saw two weeks ago in the excellent series, the white house had to be gutted in a steel superstructure put inside eight inches away from the outer walls. that's what's there now adays. it turned out the be so expensive there was not much money left to buy furniture. so harry truman made a great deal to furnish the whole ground floor in bulk with good prices, reproductions. jackie got there after the election of 1960 she feels aghast. she said it looked like a statler hotel which she did not mean as a compliment. it was not convincing reproductions. so this mother of two, with other things to think about, took on what was this enormous project of raising a huge amount of money of art and artifacts. she wanted it to be in europe. for foreign leaders to come to the white house and look like a hotel. threadbare and reproduction. it cast a bad light on the united states. if you liked the way the white house looks nowaday

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

jackie kennedy starts to reach back. was she reaching back to you because you were, i know, her personal body guard or was it as i've read elsewhere, she literally could see parts of her husband's head on the back of the limousine? >> no, she had come up onto the back of the presidential vehicle to retrieve some of the material that came out of the president's head. she didn't realize that i was even there at first until i got ahold of her and pushed her into the backseat, but she -- her purpose was to retrieve some of the material that came out of the president's wound. >> you then lie on top of everyone in that car, you're protecting them like a shield as it speeds to the hospital. by this point, did you know for certain that the president was almost definitely dead? >> i was quite sure he was dead because he had fallen to his left, and his head was in mrs. kennedy's lap. the right side of his face was up, and i could see his eyes were fixed, and i could see through a hole in his skull that most of the brain matter in

jackie o. >> clearly jackie kennedy had enormous impact on style at the time right? >> yes. going forward it doesn't matter. we're still wearing those short little sleeveless things. michelle obama, the reason she is wearing those sheaths and well-known for that is because of jackie o. all those boxy jackets you see still coming down the runway. >> so at the time she pushed fashion forward? >> yeah yeah yeah, she absolutely did. she brought in oleg cassini and had him design a whole collection for her. >> what about the pearl necklace? that was getting a lot of attention. >> pearl necklace, before then, you had to wear one little strand of pearls and they were so fake. they were done by kenneth j. lane. wear something fake, a little bit bolder than this teeny little demuir thing that she had. >> because it's been put away in the national archives does that make it more iconic and more interesting to people? >> absolutely. i would like to see that suit out. but more so, the conspiracy about the hat, the little pill box hat, what i heard is it disappeared, went to the fbi and

if john kennedy in particular and jackie kennedy as first lady had not been the first lady in the 1960s -- the executive office building next to the white house would have been torn down, which white eisenhower was willing to do. he thought that this was an eyesore. part of the white house would be torn down. >> dolley madison -- the white house was lit up -- >> it would have been replaced by federal office buildings of the time -- a penitentiary and a prison yard. this really helped the historic preservation -- >> in the book you quote aldrich >> this was her schoolmate at miss porter's school. >> she wrote that mrs. kennedy designed her mission of first lady along the following lines. do you remember this? >> preservation of family, entertaining with style and grace in the number one house in the world, the makeover of the white house itself and the raising of the cultural stature of this country. >> wasn't that amazing that she wrote that before going into the white house. she already had a firm sense -- family and children first. everyone would hope that would be the case but she al

if john kennedy in particular and jackie kennedy as first lady had not been the first lady in the 1960s -- the executive office building next to the white house would have been torn down, which white eisenhower was willing to do. he thought that this was an eyesore. part of the white house would be torn down. >> dolley madison -- the white house was lit up -- >> it would have been replaced by federal office buildings of the time -- a penitentiary and a prison yard. this really helped the historic preservation -- >> in the book you quote aldrich >> this was her schoolmate at miss porter's school. >> she wrote that mrs. kennedy designed her mission of first lady along the following lines. do you remember this? >> preservation of family, entertaining with style and grace in the number one house in the world, the makeover of the white house itself and the raising of the cultural stature of this country. >> wasn't that amazing that she wrote that before going into the i don't mind for myself -- but i think it is hard with them, i wanted to take my daughter to the circus last week and decided

. >>> and jackie kennedy's iconic pink suit. find out where it is now and why the wearabouts of her famous pill box hat remains a mystery. >>> talks on iran's nuclear program appear to be moving closer to a deal. u.s. secretary of state john kerry met with iran's foreign minister today after arriving in switzerland early this morning. it sounds like if there is going to be a deal, today just might be the day. jim shuuto is live in geneva. what's happening now? >> reporter: well, today are or the early morning hours since that key meeting between secretary of state john ker around the iranian foreign minister javad zarif, diplomats met twice and what they're doing now, both sides, going after the wording of this proposed agreement right tao down, according to iranian official, individual words in that agreement that might seem small but have great meaning to both sides. that's the indication of the level of detail they're at right now. some of the remaining issues, one deals with how long will iran be under restrictions on its nu

clint hill, jackie kennedy's secret service agent was one of those people. he's written a memoir called five days in november. recently he traveled back to dallas with the "today" show's savannah guthrie. >> i was on the car behind the president's car on the left running board on the front of it, when all of a sudden as we got down here a little bit farther, there was a loud explosive noise that came over my right shoulder. i knew something was wrong so i jumped off my position and ran toward the presidential vehicle. there was a third shot and it hit the president in the head. i just caused an eruption of brain, blood, bone fragments. it came over the car, over mrs. kennedy and onto myself. when that happened, she turned and got up on the back of the car. >> that famous moment right here when she reaches across the trunk. no one understood what she was doing. you knew. >> she was trying to gather material that had come off the president's head. she was reaching for it. i got up on the trunk and i got ahold of her and put her in the back seat. i looked down

that's what jackie kennedy was so sensitive to. when she did her famous tv tour of the white house, she said i'm trying to change the way the preside presidency is seen by the world. that's why i'm restoring the white house, why welcoming ceremonies on the grounds, "air force one" under eisenhower. she was so sensitive to the impact she could have if this was a ceremony that looked like lincoln's funeral, elevate jfk to the level of lincoln and replace those sordid images from dallas. >> sander, you referred to the fact it was john kennedy's third birthday. that image when he came down and you see now, showing the footage of jackie kennedy leaning down and suggesting to him that he salute his father as the coffin was passing. the back story to that, head of her secret service detail, she had asked the detail to teach him how to salute in advance of going to arlington for veterans day, which he did for his dad. he kept using his left hand inappropriately not the right-hand. it was during the funeral at st. chris matthews, sander, a

kennedy, she looked smashing in it, which may be why the president asked jackie kennedy to wear her now famous water medicallyin' pink suit on dallas on november 22nd, 1963. >> the committee presents mrs. kennedy with a bouquet of red roses. >> reporter: it looked like cocoa 'cha nell but the suit was a knockoff made in america and the lady had worn is six times before that fateful day. here she is in 1962 awaiting the prime minister of algeria, john jr. in her arms. in dallas on november 22nd at this ft. worth chamber of commerce luncheon. >> no one wonders what lyndon and i wear. >> reporter: later that day, president kennedy would be dead and the first lady's stunning pink suit, stained forever with her husband's blood, would begin a long and mysterious journey when aides suggested she change her clothes after the shooting, she refused. phillip sheenan wrote a book about the kennedy assassination. >> her remark and i think she made it more than once is, no, i'm going to leave these clothes on. i want them to see what they have done. >> reporter: hours later, mrs. kennedy continued to

most people think of jackie kennedy. it is her entertaining in the white house. the truman renovation of the white house meant that they could not entertain in the white house. it is mamie who brings back entertaining to the white house. >> she is a curator of exhibitions. how significant of a decision was it? >> i think they were afraid that it would look like bribery or some kind of, you know, prompting of return for political favor for the gift. that was made illegal. >> presidents still get lots of gifts. >> they usually go to the state department or the national archives. through the archives, they often turn up at presidential libraries. they are not owned by the president or first lady. >> one statement that the they atement is who invite and who they do not invite. they did not invite senator joe mccarthy. >> mrs. mccarthy was invited to teas reception. >> what is the significance of that? >> i think she was making a political statement on her husband's behalf not to cross the door. >> some people watching this . n't know who joe mccarthy is [laughter] we

jackie kennedy hired the designer that came up with its paint scheme, still used today. that day in dallas, as the first couple set off into the adoring crowd, the crew monitored their progress on the plane's radios. it wasn't long before they knew something was terribly wrong. the president had been shot. >> we have reports quoting that the president is dead. >> reporter: in an instant, air force one transformed into a command center and as far as anyone knew was the only safe place for a possibly still targeted vice president. >> do you have any passengers on board? >> roger, 20 plus. >> reporter: but to the frustration of many, lyndon johnson, code named volunteer, refused to take off until he took the oath of office. meanwhile, determined the president's body should not travel in the baggage compartment, the crew struggled to make space in the plane. historian jeff underwood recalls what had to be done. >> they pulled these four seats out, then they took a saw and cut off the bulkhead right across here. the line is still there. >> reporter: the president's casket was

jackie kennedy is well known for the little black dress. of mamie'so examples favorite little black dresses. never dress would like an old lady. these gowns she wore well into 80s show a love of bright colors. she loved hats. this is just a sampling. favorite designer is sally victor. no outfit is complete without a of shoes.air mamie. knew that than many of them say made expressly mamie eisenhower. this dress shows her love of fashion. old, too old tos be a flapper but still very stylish for the day. exhibits ook at the that focus on mamie's style. for her ell known trademark hair style. mamiepecial bangs were the look and you could purchase fake at s to clip into your hair the drugstore else. she went to the elizabeth harden get her hair done and she had one of her hair stylists her drawings so if she had to go to another stylist her perfect. be >> you are on. this series is called "influence image." how much did she influence the american women's looks in the 1950ed? >> she was extremely popular. she set off a rage for pink, for bangs. e

and jackie kennedy. the trip to texas that started 50 years ago today. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. flying on planes in this country may never be the same again. the federal communications commission is considering allowing the use of cell phones on planes above 10,000 feet. it is safe to anticipate passenger opinions may be split on this between those who want to talk and need to talk and those who don't necessarily need to hear the intricate details of their lives, say, all the way from new york to los angeles. while it's early yet in this process, the new head of the fcc said this is just keeping up with the times. he says they're reviewing their outdated and restricted rules. the story where we begin tonight is with nbc's tom costello. he's at national airport in washington. tom, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. this is still far from reality, but it could be soon you'll be able to hear everything your seatmate says, in fact, everybody on the plane says the length of your entire trip. for many it's that last refuge from ringin

most people think of jackie kennedy as the person who did that. it is her entertaining in the white house. with the depression and world war ii ii and the truman renovation of the white house meant that they could not entertain in the white house. it is mamie who brings back entertaining to the white house. >> she is a curator of exhibitions. how significant of a decision was it? >> i think they were afraid that it would look like bribery or some kind of, you know, prompting of return for political favor for the gift. that was made illegal. >> presidents still get lots of gifts. >> they usually go to the state department or the national archives. through the archives, they often turn up at presidential libraries. they are not owned by the president or first lady. >> one statement that the president and first lady can make is by who they did not invite. one person they did not invite was joe mccarthy. >> actually, mrs. mccarthy was invited to tea and receptions. she did not attend. >> what is a significance of that? >> she was making a political st

jackie kennedy, it's amazing working here, such a privilege. jackie kennedy, she didn't drive, she walked down this very driveway up 17th street in connecticut avenue, to st. matthew's cathedral, still the seat of the archdiocese here in washington, you look at the historical footage, and it's astonishing to see the kings, premieres, princes from all over the world, after the ceremony on the steps of the cathedral that touching poignant unforgettablfe young john john saluting, followed by a cortage a half mile long, and the eternal flame that is a symbol of john f. kennedy life. >> the person with her back to you is kathleen kennedy townsend representing a long line of kennedys who have served the nation in one form or another. all of them being told by the elder kennedy to seek higher office because service they were taught was the highest form of honor in our nation. this being the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. the circle being complete as the torch is being passed who was then senator barack obama wanting to be

family but the kennedy who showed up most often on the new president's call sheet was jackie. this conversation took place ten days after the assassination. >> i just wanted you to know that you are loved by so many and so much. let's take a walk. let's walk around the back yard. let me tell you how much you mean to all of us. >> schieffer: johnson offered similar words of comfort to the american people in a thanksgiving address he called upon the country to honor kennedy through forward process. >> all of us have lived through seven days that none of us will ever forget. we're not given the divine wisdom to answer why this has been. but we are given the human duty of determining what is to be. >> schieffer: the kennedy family's well being still weighed heavily on the president's mind. he called jackie just before christmas. >> schieffer: last sunday 50 years later his daughter, lucy baines johnson recalled for us her father's relationship with the kennedy family. >> there's extraordinary letter that is in the library from mrs. kennedy to my father. it speaks about other peopl

there's another diary entry about when she goes to jackie kennedy on the plane, she says her gloves, white gloves, she says i could never wear white gloves. she was always the most immaculate. the most horrible thing for me was to see these white gloves covered with blood, her skirt covered with blood, this immaculate lady. >> robert caro, thank you so much. >> pleasure. >> your reporting on this and 'n' the passage of power" is profoundly detailed, all of the elements of that day. >> thank you. >> thank you again. for anyone -- it's always a pleasure to talk to you, especially today. for anyone who was alive on november 22nd, 1963, there is no forgetting the moment when each of us heard that the president had been shot. shortly afterwards the horrifying news that he had died. for those in boston symphony hall attending a performance by the boston symphony orchestra that afternoon, they got the news from the conductor, music director. what was intended to be a routine matinee performance turned into an impromptu memorial. he broke the tragic news to the audience. just listen. >> ladi

jackie kennedy's outfit, what it meant to a shattered country and why it may not be seen by nun for 100 years. >>> we begin with the biggest change in the way government does business. your business in decades. it involves senate rules and latin words and partisan big, the temptation is to tune out. the fact what the united states senate did today matters if you care about who runs government agencies that touch your life or the courts or cabinet departments. all people nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. confirmation takes a simple majority, 51 votes. however, any senator can demand a higher threshold, supermajority of 60 votes. today citing all the times the republicans have used that 60-vote hurdle to block presidential nominees, the senate voted to take it off the table for all but supreme court nominees. it's called the nuclear option, really big deal, blows up the rules. why did the democrats do it? president obama made a surprise briefing to the press room and singled out the gop. >> i realize that neither party has been blameless for these tactics. they've de

just ahead, jackie kennedy's famous pink suit. and that remarkable pillbox hat that she wore on the day that her husband died. it was one of her husband's favorites. worn 50 years ago today. have you ever wondered what happened to it? or if you'll ever be able to see it? we've got that back story coming up next. >>> and then don't forget to set your dvr for "the assassination of president kennedy." it's a film by tom hanks and you can see is it only right here on cnn tonight at 10:00. [ female announcer ] ladies and gentlemen i'm here to say a few words about the power of baking stuff with nestle toll house morsels. you can heal a broken heart with a bundt cake. make a monday mornin' feel like a friday afternoon with some nestle toll house morsels. let's close our laptops and open our ovens. these things don't bake themselves. we have to bake them for one another. we can bake the world a better place one toll house cookie at a time. nestle. good food, good life. nestle. great. this is the last thing i need.) seriously? the last th

jackie kennedy's outfit. why it may not be seen for 100 years. >>> what government does with your business, the temptation is to tune out. the fact is, though, what democrats in the united states senate today matters if you care who runs government agencies who touch the life or courts of cabinet departments. all involve people nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. confirmation takes a simple ma jobty, 51 votes, however, any senator can have a higher they shall hold of 60 votes. today siting the times republicans used the 60-vote hurdle to block nominees, they voted to take it off the table for all but supreme nominees. the change is called the nuclear option, the name implies a big deal, blows up the rules, the question why do the democrats do it? president obama made a visit to the press briefing room and singled out the gop. >> i realize nothing party has been blameless for these tactics. they have developed over years, and it seems as if they continue we ly escalated but today's pattern

. >> and jackie kennedy was so strong and in her grief still thinking about the legacy. her role in preserving the legacy. >> without question, she instantly, almost instantly after the assassination spoke to teddy white and promoted in camelot myth. it sustained itself. recent polls, kennedy had an 85% approval rating. i saw one this week that showed kennedy was 74%. the only one within distance of him is reagan. a lot of what this has to do with is the fact that people had been so disappointed in the subsequent presidents, johnson with vietnam, nixon with watergate, ford, carter, seen as failed presidents. the two bushes don't cut the mustard very much. so john kennedy is the inspirational voice. he still gives people a kind of hope for a better future. i had a wonderful graduate teacher, a great historian. he said to me once, bobby said, the united states is the only country in history that believes it was born perfect and strives for improvement. >> you talk of jackie kennedy. tom brokaw had an extraordinary interview with the widow of the police officer slain that d

i cannot wait for next week when you guys finally talk about jackie kennedy. >> life in the philippines and life in panama, both were extremely uncomfortable from amy would be eat and humidity. it was somewhat primitive. the philippines where they lived was much more comfortable. they had a very nice apartment. it was air-conditioned. , she haderiod of time a difficult time to adjust to the environment. she did not do well in the he. -- heat. of time inperiods the philippines when she suffered some health problems. >> there were a number of generals who were elected to the white house. prepare therole first couple for life in the white house? were all kinds of executive and administrative iketions -- decisions that was used to making as a general. four mamie, the intertwining of heads of state well her husband , accordingd of nato to her own testimony, was something that prepared her for entertaining in the white house. she knew how to do it and she was confident about doing it. she love that part of the first lady role. georgia -- in georgia. about howtion is politically involved mamie

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 the secret service over the custody of the remains of the president. he said, i was in their way. that was face-to-face with secret service agent roy kellerman, and i was trying to explain to him that texas law required an autopsy to be performed in texas. no one was in charge of the situation. calamine tied three tactics and his late. he asserted his identity, representing the secret servi

in hyannisport, we had jackie kennedy and many of the visitors. i have not published anything about it, but i have written extensively about these wonderful people. host: what have you written? what are your memories of rose kennedy and jacqueline kennedy? caller: rose kennedy, i would say her religion, no question about it. her best friend was god, and she was very careful in turning to him. there were difficult times. that, of course, was because of her time with the nuns. jacqueline kennedy was the kindest woman i ever met. she thought of other people. she was very aware of what was going on. and she did not react immediately. i think she weighed the circumstances, and she also rock comfort in her writing courses. -- riding horses. rose kennedy turned to god, and jackie kennedy had faith, too, but she found great comfort in god's land. host: what years did you work for the kennedy family? caller: december 1963 through july 1966. host: the immediate aftermath of the assassination. i want you to stay on the line. i want to see if richard reeves w

jfk's vice president, lyndon johnson, who was sworn in as president next to a widow jackie kennedy on air force one 50 years ago today, one in five americans believe that johnson had something to do with the assassination. but on this day, even the conspiracy theorists would do well to reflect on a life, not a death. and on a president who will forever be remembered as the man who took this country on a youthful and seemingly limitless stride into the 1960r chief natt john king is live at dealey plaza. you were at the ceremony marking the moment we lost the president. what's the mood like in dallas today? >> reporter: you know, for many years, this city was shamed by what happened right here. it was known as the city of hate and at this 50th anniversary ceremony today, dallas tried to turn the page. it was a very respectful ceremony focusing on what you just mentioned, the hopeful aspirations, always forward and future-looking speeches, dreams and legacy of president john f. kennedy. i want to show you, though, if i can, this is a replication, reproduction of the dallas morning news f

jackie kennedy hired the designer that came up with its distinctive paint scheme still used today. that day in dallas, as the first couple set off into the adoring crowd, the crew monitored their progress on the plane's radios. it wasn't long before they knew something was terribly wrong. >> there's a situation. >> the president had been shot. >> we have reports quoting dallas that the president is dead. >> in an instant, air force one transformed into a command center, and as far as anyone knew, was the only safe place for a possibly still targeted vice president. >> do you have any passengers onboard? >> roger. 20-plus. >> to the frustration of many, lyndon johnson refused to take off until he took the oath of office. >> we're waiting for a judge to appear for the swearing in. >> that is for volunteer, is that right? >> yes, we are having it before we take off. >> meanwhile, determined the president's body should not travel in the baggage compartment, the crew struggled to make space in the plane. historian jeff underwood recalls what had to be done. >> took the four seats out an

. >> when jack kennedy went to france with jackie, jackie spoke french fluently. kennedy came back and said i was the one who accompanied jackie kennedy to france. in comparison with the eisenhower years. eisenhower was 70 years old when he got out of office. here's this young vibrant 43-year-old president. what about jackie? >> really a special human being certainly historical iconic figure. so many people admired her, the way she conducted herself in the face of just horrible tragedy and to be there right when your husband is murdered. you can only imagine. i think there's a lot to learn about the human spirit. she was someone who was inspirational to so many americans. in fact, she continues to do so. you didn't have cable news, the 24 hour news cycle. but this was played, all the coverage of it, on network news. we became so close to the family and to the event. it's a shared memory for so many americans. >> let me ask you about this. the kennedy was -- one of his biggest problems when he campaigned, the first roman catholic -- would have been -- was the first

kennedy and his wife jackie were riding in a motorcade through downtown dallas on november 22nd, 1963. thousands of people lined the streets watching and cheering. then a sniper fired three shots killing the president. >> 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. >> the city of dallas will honor president kennedy this morning at dealy plaza, the scene of the assassination. bells will ring just before 10:30 pacific time. the moment the shots were fired. followed by a moment of silence. >> there were ceremonies this morning at arlington national cemetery where an eternal flame marks kennedy's final resting place. jean kennedy smith, the president's last surviving sibling, laid a wreath at his gravesite. >>> and in boston the john f. kennedy presidential library will hold a moment of silence at the hour when the president's death was announced. half a century ago. >>> other tributes are being held around the world. just outside london this morning, jfk's granddaughter and o

jackie kennedy may not have considered her role political, but she was a huge political asset. at home -- >> (speaking spanish) >> reporter: -- and overseas. >> the crowds would yell "'s jackie?" if she wasn't on the stage. her husband famously joked about it. >> i am the man who accompanied jacqueline kennedy to paris and i enjoyed it. (laughter) >> she would talk a bare shoulder under the arm of an important man and whisper in their ear and men would just fall at her feet. >> i thought of her as just larger than life. >> reporter: people still think of her that way today. >> very much so. >> reporter: why do you think that is? >> she was young and she never aged. >> reporter: because time froze in dallas. the image of her blood-stained suit symbolizing a different side to jackie kennedy. >> somehow put steel in a backbone. that we can't go to pieces because she didn't. she was holding up the entire country and the world, because the world was grieving her husband. >> reporter: that point was emphasized by president johnson in a phone conversation just ten days after the assas

and in the wrong out silence of the parkland emergency room after president johnson, jackie kennedy, and the casket had gone, doctors, both of them walked into this, room number one before it had been cleaned and in a wastebasket they found two dozen red roses given to the first lady at love field that morning and each removed a single rose and preserved his to this day. the eyewitness memories gathered in my book pain it previously unseen tapestries of this unforgettable time. some recollections are like the grainy black-and-white tv images of the day. while other memories are the graphic technicolor of surreal dreams. the chapters that follow detailed asides and feelings of our 45 authors and the shockwave first hit parkland hospital and then the world. the immediate actions and what they saw and felt are vividly remembered half a century from that fateful day. the narrative tone began with the whole world cried the day that i met jfk. >> thank you. [applause] [applause] >> dr. childs committee bring up a point about the neck wound that has been used in used in conspiracy theories

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jean hill thought jackie kennedy had a poodle in her lap. was she right? of course not. >> what about the lawsuit you filed against various media outlets that accused hickey of killing the president. how were they resolved? >> we ended upset settling the case. it's really sad fact that george hickey is no longer around. he died a few years ago to be able to respond to these resurrected absurd theories. we'd be here talking about a new lawsuit. as you know defamation dies with the individual. tony summers called never in our lifetime is an appropriate indication for what is at stake with the kennedy assassination. we won't know what really happened. i can tell you what didn't happen is secret service hickey didn't shoot the president. >> did he die feeling vindicated or feel he was forever cast in the shadow by the man who might have accidentally killed the presiden president? >> i lost touch with him many the last few years. i know when we settled the case we got an apology. it's really unfortunate that this came up. the evidence that just is lacking out t

kennedy, two who lost their spouses that day, jackie kennedy said she felt great pain because of her husband being killed, mr. tippet was then killed. still ahead, 2:30, when acting press secretary mallcom gave the announcement of kennedy's death. we will play it as it happened 50 years later. this is extraordinary. you'll want to see it. how dallas and ft. worth are still trstruggling to balance i place in history. >> dallas was branded as a city of shame and hate and all of these ridiculous terms that didn't apply to most people. >> we will talk to wayne slater for the dallas morning news. please share your thoughts on twitter at tamron hall and at news nation. we're asking if you can, use the hash tag, jfk 50 years later. t. setting up the perfect wedding day begins with her arthritis pain, and two pills. afternoon arrives and feeling good, but her knee pain returns... that's two more pills. the evening's event brings laughter, joy, and more pain when jamie says... what's that, like six pills today? yeah. i could take two aleve for all day relief. really? and... and that's it. [ m

obama as a first lady is ferocious about the protection of her two children as was jackie kennedy. she too is too fashion plate and cares very, very much about clothes and how she looks, and the image she presents, as did jackie kennedy. president obama is as gifted as kennedy was intellectually, they were both fine orators, lots of teeth, lots of prettiness. >> you have covered so much. how do you decide who you want to write about? >> i only choose people who have really left a footprint on our landscape. i choose people who are very much alive, who have influenced our culture in some way, politically or socially, and have had ims men's power over us in that sense. -- immense power, over us in that sense. everyone i have chosen for a biography i have been i guess in awe of, a little bit, and have wanted to go behind the curtain of that public image to find out what they are really like. it was kennedy himself who said, the thing that makes biography so interesting and so fascinating the is the search to find out, what's he really like? >> going behind the curtain has made you fac

kennedy and his wife jackie flew to texas. it was part of a campaign swing of sorts. san antonio was their first stop then fort worth, but the next day is the day that changed history, randall pinkston reports. >> we are still the keystone. >> reporter: at this breakfast, president john f. kennedy spoke of the future for his country. >> we'll continue to do as we have done in the past, our duty. >> bule frazier drove lee harvey oswald to work. he placed a long package in the back seat. curtain rods he said. at 11:35 am air force one landed in dallas. >> the usual welcoming committee. >> reporter: a crowd of 2,000 greeted president and mrs. kennedy at the airport. >> mrs. kennedy dressed in a favorite of hers, a pink suit that would soon become a symbol of our quiet courage and profound grief. it was a sunny day so the secret service removed the car's bubble top. just before noon an estimated 150,000 cheering spectators craned for a look at the president and the first lady, traveling towards an intersection with tragedy. no secret service agents were in their car at th

jackie kennedy to steal the spot light among the excited crowds. brian williamsrt >> reporter: at the third texas stop in fort worth even though it was late and raining people lined the streets to see them. the kennedy's spent their last night together at hotel texas. the next morning the president emerged to greet a crowd of 5,000 outside. >> i appreciate you being here this morning. mrs. kennedy is organizing herself. >> reporter: and when she appeared mrs. kennedy made a stunning entrance wearing the now-famous pink chanel suit, white gloves. >> i am the man who accompanied mrs. kennedy to paris. i am getting somewhat that same sensation around texas. nobody wonders whathnson and i >> reporter: the hat industry complained he was turning other men against it. that day he was given a statset. >> i can't let you leave fort worth providing you some protection against the rain. >> i'll put it on in the white house on monday. if you come up there you will have a chance to see it then. >> reporter: the last flight from fort worth to dallas took 13 minu

and even different from jackie kennedy. jackie herself participated a little bit in policy discussions with the president. >> did pat start any fashion trends or white house traditions? a video of pat nixon's personal style while she was in the white house. let's watch that next. >> mrs. nixon wasn't a real clothes horse per se, but she loved looking trim and clean. she loved spare design. she loved wearing the clothes designed for her. she would wear things off of the rack by geoffrey bean. it's cold. you don't see that here, but the coat is lined with fur, completely lined inside to keep her warm. so we're fortunate to have an inaugural gown at the library. usually the tradition is to give it to the smithsonian institution. for those who had the one term, that's where the gown goes. the second term, the presidential library will keep that second gown. and she wore this at the 1973 inaugural. this beaded dress and aqua marine was her favorite tone. she loved this. one thing she would ask for if her gowns were designed, she

jean hill that was closest to the limousine, she thought that jackie kennedy had a poodle in her lap. >> how were they resolved. >> we ended up settling the cases and the publisher admitted what i would say amounted to an apology. unfortunately george hickey is no longer around, he died a few years ago, to be able to respond to these resurrected absurd theory. defamation dies with the individual. now another client of mean, tony somers, the title of his book, and he's one of the most respected researchers out there, he's the author of "never in our lifeti lifetime" we won't know really what happened. what i can tell you didn't happen, secret service agent hickey didn't shoot the president. >> did hickey die vindicated or did hi feel he was forever cast in the shadow as the man who might have killed the president? >> i lost touch with him in the last few years, and he had health issues i know. we had given something to his grandchildren and his descendants that he would have at least even felt vindicated. it's really unfortunate that this came up. again, the evidence that just is lacki

jackie kennedy wore it the day of the assassination. >> deborah: 50 years later where the pink suit is today. >>> then, the family that vanished into thin air. the shocking discovery in the desert. >> they're together, and they're in a better place.