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• #769: CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: THE SHOOTING OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY

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  1968-06-05, WCBS, 56 min.

  • Sirhan Sirhan
  • Terry Drinkwater
  • Harry Reasoner
  • Jose Williams
  • Dan Rather
  • John P. Speigal
  • Thomas Dodd
  • Charles Evers
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Eugene McCarthy
  • Coretta Scott King
  • Daniel Schorr
  • Bill Stout
  • Jacqueline Onassis
  • Eric Sevareid
  • Earl Ubell
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Ralph Abernathy
  • John Hart
  • Robert F. Kennedy
  • J. Lawrence Pool
  Harry Reasoner anchors this live special report on the day of the Robert F. Kennedy shooting. John Hart reports with the latest bulletins. Bill Stout updates his report on the accused gunman. President Lyndon B. Johnson talks to the American people from the White House. There is an audio recording of a 90 sec. segment from L.A. Mutual News Reporter Andrew West, as he reported the shooting as it actually happened earlier in the day. There are medical reports given to the press at a brief press conference. Presidential candidate Sen. Eugene McCarthy comments as does non-violent black leader Charles Evers. Heard are press conference reports on the background of accused shootist Sirhan Sirhan and the weapon used. Dan Rather reports from Washington D.C. Conn. Sen. Thomas Dodd comments on his Gun Control Bill. Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Jose Williams comment. CBS News correspondent Daniel Schorr interviews Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr., who reads letters she sent to Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy. Harry Reasoner discusses the nature of the head wound suffered by Kennedy with CBS science editor Earl Ubell and Surgeon Dr. J. Lawrence Pool. Roger Mudd is heard in a 1967 interview with Robert Kennedy. Terry Drinkwater reports on Jacqueline Onassis' arrival in L.A. at Good Samaritin Hospital. Robert Kennedy's speech in Indianapolis after the death of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is replayed. From Boston's WHDH studio, Psychiatrist Dr. John P. Speigal discusses acts of violence in America. In Washington D.C., Eric Sevareid gives his impressions on the days events. Harry Reasoner summarizes and concludes the broadcast.