”President Kennedy has been shot in Dallas, Texas. He was shot while he was touring town with Governor Connally in the famous “bubble car” — the bubble was down. Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Connally were in the car with them. Three shots rang out. The President slumped forward, and Governor Connally remained seated upright…The President and the Governor were rushed to Parkland Hospital.”

—Bob Clark, ABC News

“Excuse me, Chet [Huntley], here is a flash from the Associated Press, Dateline, Dallas. Two priests who were with President Kennedy say he is dead of bullet wounds. There is no further confirmation but this is what we have on a flash basis from the Associated Press…This is the only word we have indicating that the President may in fact have lost his life, it has just moved on the Associated Press wires from Dallas. The two priests were called to the hospital to administer the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church and it is from them we get the word that the President has died, that the bullets inflicted on him as he rode in a motorcade through Downtown Dallas have been fatal.”

—Bill Ryan, NBC News

“From Dallas, Texas, the flash apparently official, President Kennedy died at 1 PM Central Standard Time, two o’clock Eastern Standard Time, some thirty-eight minutes ago. Vice President Lyndon Johnson has left the hospital in Dallas, but we do not know to where he had proceeded. Presumably, he will be taking the oath of office shortly and become the 36th President of the United States.”

—Walter Cronkite, CBS News