At Rice Stadium a very large, enthusiastic crowd greeted the President.[C2-77] In Houston, as elsewhere during the trip, the crowds showed much interest in Mrs. Kennedy. David F. Powers of the President’s staff later stated that when the President asked for his assessment of the day’s activities, Powers replied “that the crowd was about the same as the one which came to see him before but there were 100,000 extra people on hand who came to see Mrs. Kennedy.”[C2-78] Late in the evening, the Presidential party flew to Fort Worth where they spent the night at the Texas Hotel.[C2-79] On the morning of November 22, President Kennedy attended a breakfast at the hotel and afterward addressed a crowd at an open parking lot.[C2-80] The President liked outdoor appearances because more people could see and hear him.[C2-81] Before leaving the hotel, the President, Mrs. Kennedy, and Kenneth O’Donnell talked about the risks inherent in Presidential public appearances.[C2-82] According to O’Donnell, the President commented that “if anybody really wanted to shoot the President of the United States, it was not a very difficult job--all one had to do was get a high building someday with a telescopic rifle, and there was nothing anybody could do to defend against such an attempt.”[C2-83] Upon concluding the conversation, the President prepared to depart for Dallas. ARRIVAL AT LOVE FIELD In Dallas the rain had stopped, and by midmorning a gloomy overcast sky had given way to the bright sunshine that greeted the Presidential party when _Air Force One_ touched down at Love Field at 11:40 a.m., c.s.t.[C2-84] Governor and Mrs. Connally and Senator Ralph W. Yarborough had come with the President from Fort Worth.[C2-85] Vice President Johnson’s airplane, _Air Force Two_, had arrived at Love Field at approximately 11:35 a.m., and the Vice President and Mrs. Johnson were in the receiving line to greet President and Mrs. Kennedy.[C2-86] After a welcome from the Dallas reception committee, President and Mrs. Kennedy walked along a chain-link fence at the reception area greeting a large crowd of spectators that had gathered behind it.[C2-87] Secret Service agents formed a cordon to keep the press and photographers from impeding their passage and scanned the crowd for threatening movements.[C2-88] Dallas police stood at intervals along the fence and Dallas plainclothesmen mixed in the crowd.[C2-89] Vice President and Mrs. Johnson followed along the fence, guarded by four members of the Vice-Presidential detail.[C2-90] Approximately 10 minutes after the arrival at Love Field, the President and Mrs. Kennedy went to the Presidential automobile to begin the motorcade.[C2-91] ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTORCADE