Listen as Dan Rather reports on the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963
Listen as Dan Rather reports on the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963
Dan Rather reporting on the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963, from the CBS News special November 22nd and the Warren Report, September 1964.
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Transcript
DAN RATHER: The turmoil in the lineup room had long before been taken over in the police station corridors. Everyone was there wanting to see Oswald, wanting to be shown the rifle. A police officer brought the rifle out. Foreign made, the press was told. Reporters were asking questions, newspaper photographers were hustling for better angles, television cameramen were feeding pictures, and one interested bystander was just looking on that Friday night. His name: Jack Ruby.
Unfortunately, Oswald's need for a lawyer soon ended. Instead of law, there was one man's impulse or one man's plot or the climax of a conspiracy—more questions for the Warren Commission to answer in just a few moments.
The next day, Sunday, Oswald, as required by Texas law, was being transferred from the city jail to the county jail. As all the world knows and as much of America witnessed, the man who had shown up Friday evening showed up again.
REPORTER: This is the basement floor of the Dallas city hall, and that's a scuffle on the basement floor. It seems to have concerned photographers.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: He has been shot. Oswald has been shot.
Unfortunately, Oswald's need for a lawyer soon ended. Instead of law, there was one man's impulse or one man's plot or the climax of a conspiracy—more questions for the Warren Commission to answer in just a few moments.
The next day, Sunday, Oswald, as required by Texas law, was being transferred from the city jail to the county jail. As all the world knows and as much of America witnessed, the man who had shown up Friday evening showed up again.
REPORTER: This is the basement floor of the Dallas city hall, and that's a scuffle on the basement floor. It seems to have concerned photographers.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: He has been shot. Oswald has been shot.