Anachron - 03

Chief Weiss: "I'm going to tell you everything I know. I expect you then to go out and find what we don't already know.  If you can't do that you might as well pack up your team and go home."

What happened 'in the black':

A blossom of flame can be seen emanating from within the Burnett Plaza building directly behind the President just before the television signals are blown out from the explosion.  The public saw a black screen for one minute and six seconds.  The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) saw a black screen with two words in large white font printed across it.  The message was simple: "ASK NOT."  Live broadcast feeds are always on a 2 second delay before they go out to millions of American viewers.  The EBS acted on standard national security protocol and broadcast a black image instead of the text until the live feed could be reestablished.  Whoever killed the President planted a jamming signal to broadcast their message for all of America to see, but the message didn't get through.

 Late breaking news:

A few miles away the local news took a moment away from the Presidential assassination to report a story where a taxi cab had crashed killing the driver and one passenger, and injuring a second passenger.  Strangely enough the two passengers were both young female interns who worked for the President's election team who were headed to the rally.  The surviving passenger was rushed to a local hospital.