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[recorder clicks, film rotating]
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- The vice president and Mrs. Nixon
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are just now making their way downstairs.
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[cheers and applause]
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- 3:27 a.m. on this morning after the election,
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November the 9th.
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crowd: [chanting] We want Nixon!
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- And Kennedy is very, very slowly pulling away
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in this very close election.
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[cheers and applause]
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- Thank you very much.
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As I look at the board here,
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if the present trend continues,
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Mr. Kennedy, Senator Kennedy will be
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the next President of the United States.
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[crowd groans]
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- There obviously is no happiness in the Nixon camp,
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and it brings Vice President Nixon
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to a stop in his political career.
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- I've had other defeats and disappointments in life,
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but nobody has really been defeated
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until he's been defeated after running for president.
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You don't know what it's really like.
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Well, I've deliberately not made any plans
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for the future yet.
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When you've been through a very tiring campaign,
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you certainly don't wanna make any decisions in a hurry.
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My political friends said, "You got to go back.
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"You got to run for office again.
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"If you don't run, who's Dick Nixon gonna be?
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He's the guy that lost for president."
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- Enthusiastic Nixonites are at hand and twisting
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at the Pomona, California County Fairgrounds,
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to welcome back to the site where he started
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his first political campaign,
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former Vice President, Richard Nixon.
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- I announce tonight my intention to seek
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the governorship of the state of California.
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Mrs. Nixon said,
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"Well, I think it's a terrible mistake for you to run."
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We had just been through a campaign.
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We were just getting back on our feet.
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"But if you decide to do it,"
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she said, "I'll be there with you."
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- In this campaign, it's generally been stated
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that if you don't win, you'll have no future.
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- I would agree with that objective critique,
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but on the other hand, I don't expect to lose.
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I expect to win.
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- The last chance of Richard Nixon
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was to unseat Pat Brown as governor
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of his home state in California.
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And the last chance failed.
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The next day, his press chief told the waiting press
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Nixon would not appear or speak.
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But suddenly, Nixon appeared, tired,
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making an effort to be genial,
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but bitterness forced its way out.
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- People say, "Isn't it a come-down,
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"having run for president,
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and almost made it to run for governor?"
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The answer is, I'm proud to run for governor.
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I would like to have won.
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I believe Governor Brown has a heart,
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even though he believes I do not.
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I believe he is a good American,
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even though he feels I am not.
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I wish him well.
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And, for once, gentlemen,
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I would appreciate if you would write what I'm saying.
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For 16 years, you've had a lot of fun.
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and I think I've given as good as I've taken.
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But as I leave you... [chuckles]
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Just think how much you're gonna be missing.
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You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore,
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because, gentlemen,
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this is my last press conference.
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Thank you, gentlemen, and good day.
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- So, the end, apparently,
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the end of the curious, often colorful,
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sometimes checkered career of Richard Nixon.
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- I had burned my bridges in spades,
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as far as the press were concerned.
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I had been defeated
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for President of the United States;
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I had been defeated for governor of California.
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I thought I was dead.
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After going through the trauma of defeat
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many felt that being out of office
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was an end to a career,
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and I must admit that I felt that too.
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I was physically drained
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and emotionally drained,
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mentally drained.
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- Ladies and gentlemen, it's a great privilege
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and pleasure for me to present
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the former United States vice president,
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Mr. Richard Nixon.
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[cheers and applause]
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My little daughter said today that--
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she says--Mr. Nixon. I'll be honest with you.
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She says, "I do hope that man finds work."
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Can Kennedy be defeated in '64?
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- Well, which one?
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- Would you bring a piano out here?
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If we can do this. We had--Mrs. Nixon, Pat,
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had a tape recorder going one afternoon,
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and she quietly said to Mr. Nixon,
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"Why don't you play an old piece?"
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And she recorded it.
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Now, Jose has made a concerto arrangement
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of this hinky-dinky song that you wrote here.
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[laughter, applause]
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Would you play it for us?
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- There are times when a person in public life
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should get out of the public view,
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go away, and then come back in.
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I knew that it was well for me
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to get off stage for a while...
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And as it turned out,
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it was one of the best decisions I ever made.
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[dogs barking, growling]
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[people singing] ♪ We shall overcome... ♪
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- This month will go down as one of the greatest,
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if not the greatest,
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demonstrations for freedom and human dignity...
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- Today, millions of people throughout the world
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are trying to find words adequate
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to express their grief.
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- Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote
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because of their color.
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This law will right that wrong.
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- The riots are only the most virulent symptom
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of a much more disturbing national problem,
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and that's the growing disrespect
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for law in America.
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After 16 years in public life,
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I believe that I should continue to speak out
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from time to time on public issues.
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all: Freedom now! all: ♪ Revolution has come ♪
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all: Freedom now! all: ♪ Time to pick up the gun ♪
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[people chanting indistinctly]
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- How do we get this world orderly,
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rather than letting it drag on for five years?
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Which this present administration's policy
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would let it do.
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- Mr. Nixon, when are you gonna start running
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for president yourself?
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- What has got to happen before,
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uh, your intentions next year will be made known?
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Do you know what I mean by that, Mr. Nixon?
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- Well, intentions about what?
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- I had been thinking about it, of course.
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The program was underway.
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- Richard Nixon still is not officially
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a candidate for president,
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but unofficially he is running,
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and has been for some time.
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- I have an announcement.
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Yesterday, I informed
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the Nixon for President campaign committees
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that their campaigns could go forward with my cooperation.
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This is not my last press conference.
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[chuckles]
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- The final campaigning is underway
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in the New Hampshire presidential primary.
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On the Republican side, Richard Nixon is urging
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New Hampshire Republicans to give him a big send-off
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in his quest for the GOP presidential nomination.
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- Perhaps if you could make a point
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of trying to look towards me a little bit more often,
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so the sound will be a little bit better.
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- All right, fine. All right, fine.
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- Mr. Nixon, a lot has been said about a new Mr. Nixon.
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Have you been seeking a kind of newness?
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- Well, my wife says I've got less hair
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than I've had before.
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You know, the hairline goes back a bit here and there.
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Uh, others discovered that I, uh,
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perhaps have a sense of humor,
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which I think I've always had,
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but perhaps people didn't see it.
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[chuckling]
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I'm really the most difficult man in the world
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when it comes to a so-called public relations firm.
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Nobody's gonna package me.
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Nobody's going to make me put on an act for television.
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I'm not gonna engage in any gimmicks
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or any stunts, wear any silly hats.
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If people looking at me say, "That's a new Nixon,"
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then all that I can say is,
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"Well, maybe you didn't know the old Nixon."
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- [chuckles]
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- Well, I guess I'll sit down here
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and get ready.
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- And absolute quiet in here,
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because they can pick up everything.
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- Remember, it's extremely informal,
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and we can slice it out of the tape
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if we don't like it. [chuckles]
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- Here. And then, you can block the shot.
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- See, when you're on live...
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then it's sudden death. [laughter]
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A guy asks you a question, and you answer it,
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and then bite your tongue.
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- Okay, ready for the first question, and go.
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- Mr. Nixon, if the Johnson administration
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can terminate the war within,
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well, let's give him eight months,
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then he has a very good chance of winning next year,
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but if we haven't been able to win the war
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in the past few years,
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how long could it last really?
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- I do know this:
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I do know that the new administration
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can and will end the war,
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within a matter of a year,
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after we get into power.
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- I have today ordered to Vietnam
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the air mobile division,
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which will raise our fighting strength
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75,000 to 125,000 men,
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Lyndon Johnson, he had all the moves.
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and Johnson didn't know what to do about it,
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he just started to flail around.
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crumble in his hands.
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crowd: Hey, hey, LBJ!
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I think that you're guilty, hey!
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I think that you're guilty, hey!
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- The low-keyed Minnesota Democrat
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Senator Eugene McCarthy
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entered the race against his party's incumbent president
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for the express purpose of giving the voters a voice
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in the Vietnam debate.
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- The big surprise in the first primary
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of campaign '68
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has been the strength of Senator Eugene McCarthy.
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today endorsed his effort
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signals trouble for President Johnson's
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as yet undeclared re-election bid.
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to shed that loser's image
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he acquired in 1960 and '62.
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- Seems to be quite apparent from the early returns
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that we won't have to have a recount tonight.
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- Nixon, the only active campaigner,
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ran far in front, even farther than expected,
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with 81%.
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- Mr. Nixon, which tactics and issues
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do you feel got you this vote in New Hampshire?
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- A very effective use of television.
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I know I'm not supposed to be able to use television,
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but I think that's one myth we knocked down this time.
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We were pretty good on television.
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- The Nixon campaign needed this kind of a shot in the arm.
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His supporters now around the country
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I think are going to look at him a little bit differently
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as possibly a vote-getter.
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- Mr. Nixon, do you think you can be stopped now?
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[laughter] - Well, let me put it--
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I'm not gonna stop myself, that's for sure.
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- Here we go.
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[applause]
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- I am announcing today my candidacy
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for the presidency of the United States.
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♪ ♪
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I run, because I am convinced
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that this country is on a perilous course,
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and because I have such strong feelings
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about what must be done.
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I do not lightly dismiss the dangers
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and the difficulties of challenging
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an incumbent president.
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At stake is not simply the leadership
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of our party and even our country.
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It is our right to the moral leadership
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of this planet.
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I thank you.
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- Well, the whole thing is one of the most extraordinary
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political and human dramas, I think,
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in the history of American politics.
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This party may come apart at the seams.
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It's possible.
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- Mr. Nixon, what sort of an opponent
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do you think Robert Kennedy would be
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if you both were to be nominated?
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- He would be a strong opponent.
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I mean, after all, you can't knock money.
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- Bobby Kennedy was very intense,
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very hardworking.
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[rotor thrumming]
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- Many people in Vietnam are speaking of peace,
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but the men in the field don't speak of peace.
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They speak of going home,
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which is something they've wanted to do for a long time.
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Meanwhile, they march, they fight...
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[gunfire]
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And they die.
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And peace is only a word.
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crowd: The whole world is watching!
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The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!
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The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!
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The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!
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The whole world is watching!
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- Gosh, this is hard to read, Jim, you have no idea.
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It's just marked up, every word nearly, you see?
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I just--
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and I can't see where a period is or not.
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Good evening, my fellow Americans.
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Tonight, I want to speak to you
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of peace in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
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We are prepared to move immediately
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toward peace through negotiations.
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So, tonight...
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I am taking the first step
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to deescalate the conflict,
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with our hopes and the world's hopes
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for peace in the balance every day.
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I do not believe
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that I should devote an hour or a day of my time
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to any personal partisan causes.
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I shall not seek,
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and I will not accept,
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the nomination of my party
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for another term as your president.
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[solemn music]
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[stately string music]
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- Roger, no question about it,
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this was a bombshell politically.
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- Well, you really don't know where to begin.
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[clears throat] As you said, there was no warning.
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The announcement that he would not seek another term,
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or accept another term, was not in the text.
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- What it says is that President Johnson
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is willing to pay the ultimate price
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to make the ultimate sacrifice for peace in Southeast Asia.
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- [stammers, chuckles]
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What I'd rather do, Dan, is go home,
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and come back tomorrow morning and begin to talk about it.
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- Well, it is a stunning moment,
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and, for those of you in the audience
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who may be saying, "Well, those two fellas
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are having a hard time coming up with something to say,"
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that's the truth of the matter,
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because it did come as a distinct surprise.
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And it seems to me that this turns
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the whole political basket upside-down.
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[siren wailing]
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- This is a CBS News special report.
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- Good evening. Dr. Martin Luther King,
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the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement,
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has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee.
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- At 7:10 this evening, Martin Luther King was shot.
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[crowd gasps]
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Martin Luther King 20 minutes ago died.
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[crowd groaning, murmuring]
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I would like to take this opportunity
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to ask Reverend John Genzel
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to lead all of us in prayer for Martin Luther King
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and the future of all civil rights movements.
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[somber music]
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- Martin Luther King dedicated his life
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to love and to justice
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between fellow human beings.
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is love and wisdom
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and compassion toward one another,
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and a feeling of justice
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toward those who still suffer within our country,
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whether they be white or whether they be black.
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- When I heard about it,
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I just couldn't believe that it had happened.
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I considered him in terms of the black movement,
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as being what I would call a moderate.
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At least he wasn't advocating burning down the buildings,
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and raising all the kinda hells
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the Black Panthers and others were.
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[dramatic music] [indistinct shouting]
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[alarm blaring]
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- All over America,
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black ghettos exploded in rage and grief.
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- There is no cause that justifies violence
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or breaking the law.
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the right to disagree, but not the right to disobey.
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It is time for us to restore respect for law,
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and then we'll have real progress
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in the United States of America.
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- We've heard constant references
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to respect for law and order,
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and more particularly, what they mean is,
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respect for the white man's law enforcement.
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[cheers and applause]
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- The American people today
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want a president of the United States
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who will see it like it is and tell it like it is,
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and that's what I'm doing to you here today.
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[cheers and applause]
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- Folks, this is John Wayne.
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We need a president who will restore
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respect for law and order.
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Richard Nixon is the man to do it.
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He's strong enough, he has the experience,
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and he doesn't pussyfoot around.
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That's my kind of a president.
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Richard Nixon: The best we have.
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[triumphant music plays]
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♪ This land is my land ♪
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♪ From California ♪
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♪ To the New York island... ♪
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- Only 40% of the men that live in the ghetto
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have jobs that pay more than $60 a week.
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How can you support a family?
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How can you bring up children in dignity?
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- Robert Kennedy is the only man
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on the current political structure
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that can do the job that we need done.
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- Is there a second choice?
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- There is no second choice, as far as we're concerned.
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[foreboding music]
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- There is a feeling in the political climate
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that the Kennedy juggernaut is not to be denied much longer.
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- Senator Robert Kennedy stands a good deal taller this morning,
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as a result of his clear-cut victory
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in the Indiana Democratic presidential primary.
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- On the Republican side, Richard Nixon was not opposed,
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and write-ins are not permitted in Indiana.
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- Senator Kennedy picked up 23 convention votes
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in the District of Columbia primary.
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- The size of the Nixon win all but wraps up
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the Republican nomination for him.
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[train honks]
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- Polls have just closed
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in California's presidential primary.
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- We're going to Robert Kennedy's headquarters
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at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
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"The New York Times" has just said
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that Kennedy is the apparent winner.
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Now he's advancing towards the hall,
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where he will talk to his supporters.
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[cheers and applause]
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crowd: [chanting] We want Bobby!
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- Thank you very-- thank you very much.
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I want to express my gratitude
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to all of those Mexican Americans
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who were such supporters of mine.
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in the black community.
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[cheers and applause]
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My thanks to all of you.
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And now it's on to Chicago, and let's win this.
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Thank you very much.
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- Who is gonna be the next President of the United States?
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crowd: [chanting] RFK!
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- From its very beginning, this campaign of '68
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has been one which has defied the experts,
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an unpredictable sequence of political surprises.
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[people yelling, screaming]
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- Get the gun! Get the gun!
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Gun. Stay away from the gun.
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Get his thumb!
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Take ahold of his thumb, and break it if you have to!
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Get his thumb!
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- A doctor! We need a doctor right here.
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- We need a doctor here. That's what we need.
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- Is there a doctor?
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[people clamoring, sobbing]
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[soft somber music]
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♪ ♪
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- I went up to my study,
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Mrs. Nixon came in,
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and it's one of the few times I've seen her cry,
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and she said, "That poor boy died."
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♪ ♪
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[train rumbling]
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♪ ♪
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- My brother need not be idealized,
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or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life...
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♪ ♪
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To be remembered simply as a good and decent man,
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who saw wrong and tried to right it...
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♪ ♪
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Saw suffering and tried to heal it,
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saw war and tried to stop it.
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♪ ♪
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- Senator Kennedy's death is a tragedy
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for a nation and for a family,
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but the tragedy would be compounded
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if we allowed it to cause us to lose confidence
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in ourselves and in our nation.
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There are sick people in America,
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but the American people are not a sick nation.
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[solemn music]
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- Of course, all political campaigns have been suspended.
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- But it's far too early to contemplate
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any political implications from this.
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- It's simply too early to have a reading on
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what the possible effect could be on the political campaign
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for the rest of the year.
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That it will have an effect, no one can deny.
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[upbeat marching band music playing]
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♪ ♪
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- At 6:30 this evening, as scheduled,
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the man most likely to succeed on Wednesday
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arrived and heard his first hoorahs
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in Miami Beach.
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[cheers and applause]
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- Richard Nixon remains far out in front
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in the delegates' strengths,
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but if he's to win a nomination,
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he still is going to need some additional support.
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And there's going to be a great deal of maneuvering,
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and that's certainly the understatement of the day.
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[dynamic music]
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♪ ♪
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- Nelson Rockefeller was in there.
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He had a huge amount of money.
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And then, also Ronald Reagan
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was making a little run at it from the coast.
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[dramatic tone]
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- There has been some movement.
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Ronald Reagan could claim 16 fresh votes
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as an aftermath of his meetings today
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with two Southern delegations.
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- I think that Mr. Nixon can be stopped,
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and I think if he does not get it on the first ballot,
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he's through.
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- Anybody in politics must have great
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competitive instinct.
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He must want to win.
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He must not like to lose.
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But above everything else, he must have the ability
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to keep fighting more and more strongly
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when it seems that the odds are the greatest.
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[tense music]
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♪ ♪
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- The most important developments
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have centered mostly on a conference
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that Richard Nixon held last night,
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and he seemed to be trying desperately
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to win the South to his side.
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♪ ♪
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- As a result of his statements
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to the Southern caucus,
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black voters are aware that Richard Nixon
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is opposed to bussing to help eliminate
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racial imbalance in the nation's schools,
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that he has a deep and basic opposition to open housing,
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and that he will try to capitalize on
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the political and racial issues of law and order and violence.
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- I am going to cast my vote
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for that world statesman and that great American,
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Richard M. Nixon...
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[cheers and applause]
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[dramatic music]
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And South Carolina's votes will go with me.
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[cheers and applause]
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- I again proudly accept that nomination
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for President of the United States.
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But I have news for you, this time, there's a difference.
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This time, we're going to win!
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[cheers and applause]
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My fellow Americans,
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for a few moments,
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let us look at America,
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let us listen to America.
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As we look at America,
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we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame,
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we hear sirens in the night,
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we see Americans dying on distant battlefields abroad,
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we see Americans hating each other,
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fighting each other, killing each other at home.
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And as we see and hear these things,
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millions of Americans cry out in anguish,
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"Did we come all this way for this?"
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Listen to the answer to those questions.
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It is another voice.
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It is a quiet voice in the tumult of the shouting.
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It is the voice of the great majority of Americans,
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the forgotten Americans,
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the non-shouters, the non-demonstrators.
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They're good people. They're decent people.
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They work and they save and they pay their taxes
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and they care.
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And what America needs are leaders to match
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the greatness of our people.
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[cheers and applause]
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[dramatic percussive music]
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♪ ♪
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[soft bass music]
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- Good evening from Chicago,
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where the 35th National Democratic Convention opens
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with the promise of turmoil inside this hall,
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and a threat of violence without.
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- Today, 5,000 National Guard troops joined
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federal and local forces
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in imposing unprecedented security.
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- As for the demonstrators,
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estimates ranged up to 1,000 protesters.
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- The invading students, hippies, yippies,
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radicals, activists, McCarthy kids,
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and other anti-war horses.
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crowd: [chanting] We want change!
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- More than 5,000 screaming, cheering supporters
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of Eugene McCarthy swanned all over Midway Airport.
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[dramatic string music]
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♪ ♪
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- Across town, Hubert and Muriel Humphrey
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step from their chartered jet.
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In Vietnam, he is, if the word means anything,
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rather hawkish, and he's stuck with it.
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- ♪ Oh, say ♪
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♪ Can you see ♪
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♪ By the dawn's ♪
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♪ Early light ♪
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♪ What so proudly ♪ people: [chanting] Peace now!
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♪ We hailed... ♪
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[chanting continues]
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- A new line of police moving down Balbo Street now
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to take positions, and to try, presumably,
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to clear this intersection.
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[chanting continues]
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[soft solemn music]
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♪ ♪
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- A noisy but non-violent crowd jams the streets,
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as Chicago police charge suddenly in all directions.
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- And the police clearing off the sidewalks,
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and the crowd is running.
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The police are chasing them into Graham Park.
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[indistinct yelling, screaming]
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♪ ♪
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- They jab nightsticks to their stomachs and skull...
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[explosion] Shots of gas.
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people: [chanting] The whole world is watching!
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- "The whole world is watching,"
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chants the crowd on this side.
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[chanting continues]
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- The incident certainly could hardly be
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described any other way except unprovoked,
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and the police lost control.
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♪ ♪
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[dramatic string music]
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♪ ♪
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- Richard Nixon can take some heart
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from what happened here this week.
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- The impact could help thrust Richard Nixon
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into the White House next January.
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♪ ♪
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- Mr. Nixon chose to open his drive for the White House
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in Chicago, where the Democrats had
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a certain amount of difficulty last week.
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Today, the crowds were big, boisterous, and friendly.
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- A picture of the city of Chicago
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and the people of Chicago went out across America
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and across this world.
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It was an ugly picture,
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and, my friends, I can tell you today,
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it was an unfair picture.
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It wasn't a true picture.
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I saw the real Chicago yesterday.
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A record number of Chicagoans came out.
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Some said 400,000, some said 600,000.
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Let's call it 1/2 million.
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They had taken to the streets,
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because they want a change in America,
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and they're gonna get it by their votes this November.
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[cheers and applause]
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[upbeat classical music]
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- I, in a sense, am in the ring tonight,
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and I think this is the time and this is the place
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to take off the gloves and sock it to 'em.
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[cheers and applause]
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- Nixon's staff today claimed he would win a landslide
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427 electoral votes next Tuesday.
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- ♪ Yes, Nixon's the one to go with ♪
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♪ ♪
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- The polls showed that we were gonna win
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very, very handsomely...
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[rotor thrumming]
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But Lyndon Johnson still had the White House,
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and that White House almost finished us off
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just three or four days before the election.
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[solemn music]
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♪ ♪
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- Good evening.
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President Johnson announced tonight he has ordered a halt
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to the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam,
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effective at 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning,
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Washington time.
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- A North Vietnamese spokesman said
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the Hanoi delegation will participate
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in expanded peace talks next Wednesday.
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President Johnson's decision has brought
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the highest prospects for peace in Vietnam
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in three years.
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- I shall do everything in my power
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to move us toward the peace that this president,
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and I believe every other American,
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so deeply and urgently desires.
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- To think that this should be pulled out of the hat
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right before the election,
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at a time that it was bound to give Humphrey a treat,
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and give me a trick, which would defeat us.
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- It seems to me that the statement
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made tonight by the president cannot help but help
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Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
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- After the president announced the bombing halt last night,
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the Louis Harris poll reported today
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that Hubert Humphrey has narrowed
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Richard Nixon's lead to three percentage points.
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And Harris has said in the past
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that if Humphrey reached within
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two to three percentage points of Mr. Nixon,
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then the election could become too close to call.
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[tense music]
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- There's no question that I was very distressed,
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and all of my associates were.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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- An American spokesman in Paris said today,
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the peace talks, scheduled for tomorrow,
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will be postponed,
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because of South Vietnam's refusal to participate.
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- As they come down to the wire,
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it seems to me that the developments
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of the past few days clearly indicate
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that the American people need fresh ideas,
822
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,000
new men, and new leadership, if we are to bring to an end
823
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,000
the war in which we're presently engaged.
824
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,000
[cheers and applause]
825
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000
- Election night '68.
826
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,000
Reporting from election headquarters.
827
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,000
- Perhaps the closest race in the nation's history.
828
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,000
Richard Milhous Nixon,
829
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000
in a remarkable political comeback,
830
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,000
narrowly has been elected
831
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
the 37th president of the United States.
832
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,000
[crowd cheering]
833
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000
- The president-elect, Richard Nixon.
834
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000
[cheers and applause]
835
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,000
- Remarkable comeback.
836
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000
Perhaps the most remarkable political comeback
837
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,000
in American presidential history.
838
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:38,000
- President Nixon is indeed the one today.
839
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,000
- Having lost a close one eight years ago,
840
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,000
and having won a close one this year,
841
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,000
I can say this: Winning's a lot more fun.
842
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,000
[laughter, cheers and applause]
843
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,000
- The Nixon administration
844
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,000
is engaged in a polarization process.
845
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,000
[indistinct yelling, screaming]
846
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,000
[dramatic string music]
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