Dove tailing. Most of the book cover the cuban missile crisis on the 13th day and he decided to back down. He agreed to withdrawal the missiles from cuba. The first question i had was now what . What happened. And interestingly, this is back to what happened. We know what happened in the weeks and months after that from the russian and cuban sources than we do from the american side. There hasnt been a lot of study on the american side about what happened. I would happen to work with the kennedy tapes. He was taping during the period. I had a remarkable window. I wanted to extend the story of the missile crisis to find out what happened then. Because on the 13th day when he capitulated there was a missiles in cuba. There were tens and thousands of soviets in cuba. Host they didnt know about. Guest well discuss it later. The point being that the crew he lied they had lied. There was a deep skepticism among them. It was perhaps a trick. Perhaps the crisis wasnt over. Perhaps it was going
President , john f. Kennedy. For a generation of americans the death of president john f. Kennedy was a touch stone, every one know where they were in dallas 50 years ago today and the shooting and aftermath viewed by millions and carried the news around the clock and a half century later the nation is marking the moment that changed our nation and al jazeera will have continuing coverage of the somber anniversary all day long and later in the hour we will look at the final days of jfk and how reporters captured those moments. Plus we will focus on an unique photography exhibit that has snapshots of his presidency from beginning to end. Very good friday morning and welcome to al jazeera and stephanie si has the morning off. We begin with a historic power play in congress, Senate Democrats passed the so called Nuclear Option, the landmark vote limits the use of filibustering to block president ial nominees and democrats say the move will engridlock in washington and allow president obam
Beautiful. Having the president from that very moment place her in the spotlight tells us what the presidency will be like and how mrs. Kennedy will be at the center of it. Inauguration day, 1961. America welcomes a young and glamorous president and first lady to the white house. Dwight eisenhower was 70. Here came kennedy who was 43. And mrs. Kennedy is 31. The kennedys knew how to turn their youth into something deeper and more symbolic of america entering an age of renewal with a new generation, they were going to conquer the world. Jackie was the epitome of style and glamor. This was going to be a white house of unprecedented elegance. And the country loved it. Going to the inauguration was amazing. This was new and energetic. This was in fact the new frontier. Jackie later recalled her memories of that momentous day. Everyone said why didnt jack kiss you after, which he would never do there. But you had to march out in such order. And i so badly wanted to see him alone. Shes worri
Spotlight tells us what the presidency will be like and how mrs. Kennedy will be at the center of it. Inauguration day, 1961. America welcomes a young and glamorous president and first lady to the white house. Dwight eisenhower was 70. Here came kennedy who was 43. And mrs. Kennedy is 31. The kennedys knew how to turn their youth into something deeper and more symbolic of america entering an age of renewal with a new generation, they were going to conquer the world. Jackie was the epitome of style and glamor. This was going to be a white house of unprecedented elegance. And the country loved it. Going to the inauguration was amazing. This was new and energetic. This was in fact the new frontier. Jackie later recalled her memories of that momentous day. Everyone said why didnt jack kiss you after, which he would never do there. But you had to march out in such order. And i so badly wanted to see him alone. Shes worried about being separated from her husband as he starts this new role as
Free now and you have not heard or seen anything yet. I always knew from the first time that i met her that she was special. She always had this inner strength and tenacity and conviction and compassion. So dont be afraid. Do you hear me . Young people, dont be afraid. Be determined. Lead by example with hope. Never fear. Yes, she has grown mightily. But the core essence of Michelle Robinson who i met in 1991 is still there today. Being your first lady has been the greatest honor of my life, and i hope ive made you proud. [ applause ] its snowing and there is this is ethereal feeling because shes dressed in this beautiful white down and they just seem to be stepping into the fairytale. And jack kennedy says to the driver, turn on the interior lights so people can see them as they go by. And he asked his wife to sit forward, because she is so beautiful. Having the president from that very moment place her in the spotlight tells us what the presidency is going to be like and how mrs. Ken