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>> go to almost any prison in america and you'll find an amazing assortment of tattoos. >> it's gotten to a point where we have a standard question that our field producers ask the inmates. can you tell me about your tats? >> as you can see, i'm tattooed up. i'm from south vallejo. i represent south vallejo, always have, always will. 707, solana county. >> done by a good friend of mine. his name's carlos. this is joey. good homies, you know? >> i got all of my dead homies on my stomach, on my chest, on my forearms. all dead on me. joe joe, nicky, melody, harper. little bobby. you know, so on a...

The vice president, taken to what they hoped would be a secure room in parkland hospital didn't know what the president's fate was going to be or his own. only after an interval of time did someone come to him and say, mr. president, an announcement has to be made about the death of president kennedy. that was the first time he had been addressed that way. >> the other part of robert caro's reporting and your reporting as well is how much lbj felt is lated on the plane. once jacqueline kennedy arrived and when they finally arrived back at andrews air force base, bobby kennedy arrived and rushe...

He had been crying. his cheeks were smeared with tears. he said president kennedy died of a gunshot wound to the brain. i have nothing further for you. all hell broke loose and we charged for the telephones. >> you were uniquely the reporter representing all of the broadcast world on the airplane, on the 707 when lbj was given the oath of office. >> yeah. technically two other reporters, chuck roberts and merriman smith. i chose to get off the airplane and give the pool report. it was my broadcast all over the world. we three agreed to the report, johnson's behavior, what mrs. kennedy looked l...

Everything that happened in dallas that dreadful day. one of the things so stunningly poignant, to understate it, jackie kennedy, her role. the fact she wore that pink dress and refused to change the dress blood stained as she stood next to lbj on the plane, on the 707 during the swearing in. what did you learn in all of your work on lbj and jfk about why jackie kennedy did what she did that day. >> i think what she wanted was for the country to see what this man or these people had done to her husband. she wanted that stain to be emboldened and emblazened in the minds of people. then followin...

Behind bars, tattooing is more than a favorite pastime, it's a passion, if not an addiction in every prison we visited. >> that's the first thing they do when they come in here, tattoo their body up. >> tattooing's cool. it's a fun thing to do. >> some of them don't make a bit of sense but they have them on there, they're covered. they all want them. >> i've got a couple years on a grave stone down here, a couple of my prison years, just a bunch of evil, crazy stay stuff. i was going through a bunch of stuff at that time. >> go to almost any prison in america and you'll find an amazing assortm...