Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/covering-jfk-the-decision-to-remove-the-8216-bubble-top-8217 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story On Nov. 22, 1963, the Secret Service prepared for President John F. Kennedy’s procession through Dallas. Agents removed an optional feature of the president’s 1961 Lincoln Continental, a plastic cover to protect the family from bad weather. As a Dallas Herald-Tribune reporter, Jim Lehrer recounts the decision to remove the “bubble top,” and whether the Plexiglass could have saved Kennedy. Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Nov 20, 2013