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And from con vi tribuplease lawrence odonnell, back to the program. Host of the msnbc the last word worked inside the beltway and behind the scenes of hollywood including as a writer for the west wing. His latest text is called, playing with fire. The 1968 election and the transformation of american politics, lawrence odonnell, good to have you on the west coast and on our program. My friend. So good to be in the studio with you. Usually, youre coming on my show. And you i am in new york doing it on satellite from here. And we always get the tavis smiley bump in the ratings, what we are going ...

Way first. We begin with a big. Tv screen that shows the cbs soap opera that was running on that day in november on tv and as you walk by the tv, it interrupts the soap opera with the iconic footage announces the president s passing. With cronkite becoming emotional taking his ghass off and having to catch his breath. Our focus is not on kennedys death. Its on kennedys life. This part of the exhibit examines one of the most iconic parts of his life, his world war ii service. He became a hero and contained some amaze iing items includings actual signed letter where he requests duty, to serve in...

This 90minute event. Good evening, everyone. Welcome back to the hilltop. Welcome back to smu, to dallas hall. And also, a joint program tonight between our center for president ial history and our klemmant center for southwest studies. Always exciting when the two History Centers here can come together and its really wonderful for us, chronologically at least, the younger partner, you will, the klemmant center, has been the leading center for southwest studies for at least a generation, so we are still in our toddler phase, look up to them, and they also baby sit us, so it works out really qu...

Is a joint program tonight between our center for president ial history and our Clement Center for southwest studies. Always exciting when the two History Centers here at smu can come together and its wonderful for us, the younger partner, the Clement Center has been the leading center for southwest studies at least a generation. So we as still in our toddler phase, look up to them and they also babysit us. It works out really quite nicely. Im really thrilled to have you all here tonight for our continuing series looking at history and president ial history especially since this one in particu...

Opera with the iconic footage. And announcing the president s passing and becoming emotional. Taking his glasses off and catching his breath. Our focus here is not on kennedys delaware. It death. Its his life. This examines one of the most iconic parts. His world war ii service. He became a hero. With the contains some amazing one of a kind items including his actual signed letter where he requests duty. To serve in the military. And specifically says he wants to serve on the pt boat. The signed letter here. And this flight logbook is believed to be the only evidence that exists that he took f...