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>>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE ENTRUSTED THE POWER OF THE WHITE

ENTRUSTED THE POWER OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO JOHN F. KENNEDY.

HOUSE TO JOHN F. KENNEDY. SINCE THEN THERE'S BEEN ONE

SINCE THEN THERE'S BEEN ONE POLITICAL DISASTER AFTER

POLITICAL DISASTER AFTER ANOTHER.

ANOTHER. AND JFK'S TROUBLES ARE FAR FROM

AND JFK'S TROUBLES ARE FAR FROM OVER.

OVER. SCANDAL THREATENS HIS MARRIAGE.

SCANDAL THREATENS HIS MARRIAGE. THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ENGULFS THE SOUTH AND THE WORLD

ENGULFS THE SOUTH AND THE WORLD FACES NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION.

FACES NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION. >> AGGRESSIVE CONDUCT ULTIMATELY

>> AGGRESSIVE CONDUCT ULTIMATELY LEADS TO WAR.

LEADS TO WAR. >> IF THE KENNEDY PRESIDENCY IS

>> IF THE KENNEDY PRESIDENCY IS TO SURVIVE, IT WILL TAKE THE

TO SURVIVE, IT WILL TAKE THE EFFORTS OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

EFFORTS OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY. ♪

>>> AFTER A TERRIBLE FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, THE KENNEDYS ARE

IN OFFICE, THE KENNEDYS ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO RELAUNCH

LOOKING FOR A WAY TO RELAUNCH JACK'S PRESIDENCY.

JACK'S PRESIDENCY. >> THE KENNEDYS NEEDED TO HAVE

>> THE KENNEDYS NEEDED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTRY COULD

SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTRY COULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT AT THAT STAGE.

FEEL GOOD ABOUT AT THAT STAGE. >> THE FAMILY DECIDE TO TAKE A

>> THE FAMILY DECIDE TO TAKE A CHANCE ON JACKIE.

CHANCE ON JACKIE. SHE HAS NEVER THOUGHT OF HERSELF

SHE HAS NEVER THOUGHT OF HERSELF AS A POLITICAL ASSET.

AS A POLITICAL ASSET. >> SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS A

>> SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS A LIABILITY TO HIM.

LIABILITY TO HIM. SHE ALWAYS APOLOGIZED TO HIM ON

SHE ALWAYS APOLOGIZED TO HIM ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. SHE EVEN SAID I WAS SUCH A DUD,

SHE EVEN SAID I WAS SUCH A DUD, I'M SO SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY. >> WHAT IS THE DIPLOMATIC

>> WHAT IS THE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM USED FOR?

RECEPTION ROOM USED FOR? >> IT'S THE ROOM THAT PEOPLE SEE

>> IT'S THE ROOM THAT PEOPLE SEE FIRST WHEN THEY COME TO THE THE

FIRST WHEN THEY COME TO THE THE WHITE HOUSE, SO I THINK IT

WHITE HOUSE, SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY ROOM.

SHOULD BE A PRETTY ROOM. >> THE PROJECT FOR WHICH SHE

>> THE PROJECT FOR WHICH SHE BECAME MOST FAMOUS WAS TO DO A

BECAME MOST FAMOUS WAS TO DO A TOP TO BOTTOM RESTORATION OF THE

TOP TO BOTTOM RESTORATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

WHITE HOUSE. SHE WANTED TO CREATE IN

SHE WANTED TO CREATE IN A COURT OF VERSAILLES IN

A COURT OF VERSAILLES IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. >> THE CAMERAS ARE INVITED IN TO

>> THE CAMERAS ARE INVITED IN TO SEE JACKIE TALK ABOUT HER WORK.

SEE JACKIE TALK ABOUT HER WORK. SHE IS NERVOUS.

SHE IS NERVOUS. SHE KNOWS MILLIONS WILL BE

SHE KNOWS MILLIONS WILL BE WATCHING.

WATCHING. >> IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT

>> IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COURAGE FOR JACKIE TO STAND

OF COURAGE FOR JACKIE TO STAND IN FRONT OF A CAMERA FOR THAT

IN FRONT OF A CAMERA FOR THAT LONG AND BE THAT REVEALING OF

LONG AND BE THAT REVEALING OF HERSELF.

HERSELF. >> IT HAS ALL THE COLORS ONE

>> IT HAS ALL THE COLORS ONE THINKS OF WHEN ONE THINKS OF THE

THINKS OF WHEN ONE THINKS OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

WHITE HOUSE. >> DURING THE TAPING, EVERY TIME

>> DURING THE TAPING, EVERY TIME THEY TAKE A BREAK, SHE'D BE

THEY TAKE A BREAK, SHE'D BE CHAIN-SMOKING AND DROP HER ASHES

CHAIN-SMOKING AND DROP HER ASHES ON THE FLOOR AND MISS THE

ON THE FLOOR AND MISS THE ASHTRAY.

ASHTRAY. SO CLEARLY IT WAS NOT SOMETHING

SO CLEARLY IT WAS NOT SOMETHING PARTICULARLY EASY FOR HER.

PARTICULARLY EASY FOR HER. >> HER MOTHER COULDN'T BELIEVE

>> HER MOTHER COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF.

SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF. IT TOOK EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD.

IT TOOK EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD. >> THE FIRST LADY'S TOUR OF THE

>> THE FIRST LADY'S TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE WAS TOUR DE FORCE

WHITE HOUSE WAS TOUR DE FORCE BECAUSE IT REINFORCED THE SENSE

BECAUSE IT REINFORCED THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL

THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL AND NEW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR

AND NEW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION.

ADMINISTRATION. >> TURNED OUT THE COUNTRY WAS

>> TURNED OUT THE COUNTRY WAS READY FOR A QUEEN, AND SHE WAS

READY FOR A QUEEN, AND SHE WAS IT.

IT. >> JACKIE EMBARKS ON AN

>> JACKIE EMBARKS ON AN INTERNATIONAL GOOD WILL TOUR.

INTERNATIONAL GOOD WILL TOUR. ONCE MORE SHE WELCOMES THE PRESS

ONCE MORE SHE WELCOMES THE PRESS ALONG.

ALONG. >> JACKIE WENT WITH HER SISTER

>> JACKIE WENT WITH HER SISTER LEE, HER YOUNGER SISTER, ON

LEE, HER YOUNGER SISTER, ON QUITE A LONG TRIP TO INDIA AND

QUITE A LONG TRIP TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN WHERE THEY MADE A BIG

PAKISTAN WHERE THEY MADE A BIG SPLASH.

SPLASH. >> PRESIDENT AYYUB'S GIFT TO

>> PRESIDENT AYYUB'S GIFT TO MRS. KENNEDY --

MRS. KENNEDY -- >> SHE SMILED FOR THE CAMERA,

>> SHE SMILED FOR THE CAMERA, BUT THERE WAS SADNESS BEHIND

BUT THERE WAS SADNESS BEHIND THAT SMILE.

THAT SMILE. AND AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS

AND AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS A FACADE.

A FACADE. >> MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH,

>> MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH, JACK KENNEDY WAS MISBEHAVING.

JACK KENNEDY WAS MISBEHAVING. >> BEHIND THE PERFECT FAMILY

>> BEHIND THE PERFECT FAMILY IMAGE, JACK IS ANYTHING BUT THE

IMAGE, JACK IS ANYTHING BUT THE PERFECT HUSBAND.

PERFECT HUSBAND. >> HE NEEDED TO INDULGE THIS

>> HE NEEDED TO INDULGE THIS PHENOMENAL AND UNSEEMLY SEX

PHENOMENAL AND UNSEEMLY SEX DRIVE.

DRIVE. IT WAS FOR RICH GIRLS, POOR

IT WAS FOR RICH GIRLS, POOR GIRL, OLD GIRLS, YOUNG GIRL, ALL

GIRL, OLD GIRLS, YOUNG GIRL, ALL GIRLS, ALL THE TIME.

GIRLS, ALL THE TIME. >> TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS WIFE'S

>> TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS WIFE'S RETURN, THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY

RETURN, THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TAKES PLACE AT A

CELEBRATION TAKES PLACE AT A DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER IN

DEMOCRATIC PARTY FUNDRAISER IN NEW YORK'S MADISON SQUARE

NEW YORK'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

GARDEN. >> THE KENNEDYS AND CELEBRITY

>> THE KENNEDYS AND CELEBRITY AND SHOW BUSINESS WENT HAND IN

AND SHOW BUSINESS WENT HAND IN HAND.

HAND. IT'S PROBABLY NOT SURPRISING

IT'S PROBABLY NOT SURPRISING THAT JFK WOULD HAVE AN AFFAIR

THAT JFK WOULD HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH THE MOST FAMOUS BLOND BOMB

WITH THE MOST FAMOUS BLOND BOMB SHELL MOVIE STAR OF HER TIME.

SHELL MOVIE STAR OF HER TIME. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE LATE

>> MR. PRESIDENT, THE LATE MARILYN MONROE.

MARILYN MONROE. >> I WAS RIGHT THERE.

>> I WAS RIGHT THERE. IN FACT, I WAS STANDING IN FRONT

IN FACT, I WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE STAGE AND LOOKING UP.

OF THE STAGE AND LOOKING UP. IT IMPRESSED ME.

IT IMPRESSED ME. I WAS WONDERING HOW THEY GOT

I WAS WONDERING HOW THEY GOT THAT DRESS ON HER.

THAT DRESS ON HER. >> BY THE TIME OF THE FUND

>> BY THE TIME OF THE FUND RAISER, RUMORS OF AN AFFAIR ARE

RAISER, RUMORS OF AN AFFAIR ARE WIDESPREAD AMONG THOSE CLOSE TO

WIDESPREAD AMONG THOSE CLOSE TO THE KENNEDYS.

THE KENNEDYS. >> EVERYONE WAS EXTREMELY

>> EVERYONE WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED.

EXCITED. AND I THINK THE EXCITEMENT WAS

AND I THINK THE EXCITEMENT WAS ABOUT LOOKING AT THE PRESIDENT

ABOUT LOOKING AT THE PRESIDENT WITH OUR LITTLE MARILYN.

WITH OUR LITTLE MARILYN. SHE WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY

SHE WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS AT WHAT SHE DOES.

MARVELOUS AT WHAT SHE DOES. ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT ♪

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT ♪ ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ >> JACKIE KNEW ABOUT THE AFFAIR,

>> JACKIE KNEW ABOUT THE AFFAIR, AND SHE NEVER WANTED TO BE

AND SHE NEVER WANTED TO BE THOUGHT OF AS A FOOL.

THOUGHT OF AS A FOOL. SO SHE WAS NOT GOING TO SIT

SO SHE WAS NOT GOING TO SIT THERE WITH HER HUSBAND.

THERE WITH HER HUSBAND. JACKIE DOES NOT ATTEND.

JACKIE DOES NOT ATTEND. >> SMART GIRL.

>> SMART GIRL. VERY SMART.

VERY SMART. >> I CAN NOW RETIRE FROM

>> I CAN NOW RETIRE FROM POLITICS AFTER HAVING HAPPY

POLITICS AFTER HAVING HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUNG TO ME IN SUCH A

BIRTHDAY SUNG TO ME IN SUCH A SWEET --

SWEET -- >> IT WAS TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT

>> IT WAS TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT FOR JACKIE KENNEDY.

FOR JACKIE KENNEDY. AND I'M SURE SHE HATED HER

AND I'M SURE SHE HATED HER HUSBAND AT THAT MOMENT.

HUSBAND AT THAT MOMENT. >> DIANE CAROL SANK AT THE AFTER

>> DIANE CAROL SANK AT THE AFTER PARTY.

PARTY. >> AFTER THE SHOW, I THINK THE

>> AFTER THE SHOW, I THINK THE WHOLE WORLD KNEW THAT THERE WAS

WHOLE WORLD KNEW THAT THERE WAS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARILYN

A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARILYN MONROE AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE

MONROE AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE THE UNITED STATES.

THE UNITED STATES. >> JACKIE KNOWS SHE MUST ACT TO

>> JACKIE KNOWS SHE MUST ACT TO PROTECT HERSELF, HER YOUNG

PROTECT HERSELF, HER YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE IMAGE OF THE

CHILDREN AND THE IMAGE OF THE KENNEDYS SHE'S WORKING SO HARD

KENNEDYS SHE'S WORKING SO HARD TO PROMOTE.

TO PROMOTE. >> SHE PUT HER FOOT DOWN AND

>> SHE PUT HER FOOT DOWN AND TOLD JACK THAT HE NEEDED TO JUST

TOLD JACK THAT HE NEEDED TO JUST END IT.

END IT. AND SHE ALSO TOLD HIM THAT IF HE

AND SHE ALSO TOLD HIM THAT IF HE DOESN'T, SHE WOULD CONSIDER

DOESN'T, SHE WOULD CONSIDER FILING FOR DIVORCE BEFORE THE

FILING FOR DIVORCE BEFORE THE 1964 ELECTION AND THAT WOULD

1964 ELECTION AND THAT WOULD RUIN EVERYTHING.

RUIN EVERYTHING. FOR HIM.

FOR HIM. WHEN IT CAME TO A POINT WHERE

WHEN IT CAME TO A POINT WHERE HIS POLITICAL FUTURE WAS

HIS POLITICAL FUTURE WAS INVOLVED, THEN YOU HIT JFK WHERE

INVOLVED, THEN YOU HIT JFK WHERE HIS HEART WAS AND HE MADE SURE

HIS HEART WAS AND HE MADE SURE THAT IT WAS OVER.

>>> BOBBY WAS THE FIXER OF THE FAMILY.

FAMILY. HE BELIEVED IN JACK AND JACK'S

HE BELIEVED IN JACK AND JACK'S MISSION AND JACK TRUSTED HIM

MISSION AND JACK TRUSTED HIM COMPLETELY.

COMPLETELY. >> BOBBY WAS DOING A LOT OF

>> BOBBY WAS DOING A LOT OF DAMAGE CONTROL DURING THIS

DAMAGE CONTROL DURING THIS PERIOD.

PERIOD. AND BOBBY WAS THERE TO HAVE

AND BOBBY WAS THERE TO HAVE JACK'S BACK.

JACK'S BACK. AT TIMES HAVING HIS BACK MEANT

AT TIMES HAVING HIS BACK MEANT DOING HIS DIRTY WORK.

DOING HIS DIRTY WORK. >> BOBBY IS JACK'S ATTORNEY

>> BOBBY IS JACK'S ATTORNEY GENERAL.

GENERAL. THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LARGEST INVESTIGATION EVER INTO

LARGEST INVESTIGATION EVER INTO ORGANIZED CRIME.

ORGANIZED CRIME. BOBBY AND HIS INVESTIGATORS MEET

BOBBY AND HIS INVESTIGATORS MEET REGULARLY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF

REGULARLY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

JUSTICE. >> YOU'D BE SITTING BEHIND HIS

>> YOU'D BE SITTING BEHIND HIS DESK, VERY INFORMAL, USUALLY TIE

DESK, VERY INFORMAL, USUALLY TIE DOWN, COLLAR OPEN, NO JACKET.

DOWN, COLLAR OPEN, NO JACKET. >> BOBBY PRIORITIZES THE

>> BOBBY PRIORITIZES THE DEPARTMENT'S MAFIA

DEPARTMENT'S MAFIA INVESTIGATIONS.

INVESTIGATIONS. >> I WOULDN'T SAY I WAS NERVOUS,

>> I WOULDN'T SAY I WAS NERVOUS, BUT I KNEW IT WAS BOBBY KENNEDY

BUT I KNEW IT WAS BOBBY KENNEDY PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT WE

PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT WE WERE SAYING.

WERE SAYING. >> THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEGUN

>> THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEGUN CIRCLING THE KENNEDYS

CIRCLING THE KENNEDYS THEMSELVES.

THEMSELVES. >> I KEPT RUNNING INTO FRANK

>> I KEPT RUNNING INTO FRANK SINATRA AND HIS CONNECTIONS WITH

SINATRA AND HIS CONNECTIONS WITH MOBSTERS.

MOBSTERS. >> SINATRA WAS A FRIEND OF JFK

>> SINATRA WAS A FRIEND OF JFK AND A FUNDRAISER.

AND A FUNDRAISER. AND BROUGHT HOLLYWOOD INTO THE

AND BROUGHT HOLLYWOOD INTO THE KENNEDY CAMPAIGN.

KENNEDY CAMPAIGN. HE WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT GUY.

HE WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT GUY. >> FRANK SINATRA HAD LOTS OF

>> FRANK SINATRA HAD LOTS OF UNDERWORLD FRIENDS, AND JACK

UNDERWORLD FRIENDS, AND JACK KENNEDY SAW HIM AS A GREAT PAL

KENNEDY SAW HIM AS A GREAT PAL AND LOVED TO BUDDY AROUND WITH

AND LOVED TO BUDDY AROUND WITH HIM.

HIM. >> WE DON'T NEED THE PRESIDENT

>> WE DON'T NEED THE PRESIDENT ASSOCIATING WITH A GUY LO ASK A

ASSOCIATING WITH A GUY LO ASK A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF MOBSTERS.

CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF MOBSTERS. AND PARTICULARLY WHEN HIS

AND PARTICULARLY WHEN HIS BROTHER IS HEADING THE CRUSADE

BROTHER IS HEADING THE CRUSADE AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME.

AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME. >> THE SINATRA PROBLEM DOES NOT

>> THE SINATRA PROBLEM DOES NOT END THERE.

END THERE. THE SINGER INTRODUCED JACK

THE SINGER INTRODUCED JACK KENNEDY TO A WOMAN.

KENNEDY TO A WOMAN. >> JUDY CAMPBELL WAS KIND OF A

>> JUDY CAMPBELL WAS KIND OF A PARTY GIRL.

PARTY GIRL. SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO CAME INTO

SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO CAME INTO THE FOLD OF THE RAT PACK.

THE FOLD OF THE RAT PACK. >> JUDY WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR

>> JUDY WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR JACK KENNEDY WHEN HE CAME INTO

JACK KENNEDY WHEN HE CAME INTO TOWN.

TOWN. >> THERE'S 70 PHONE CALLS FROM

>> THERE'S 70 PHONE CALLS FROM JUDITH CAMPBELL INTO THE WHITE

JUDITH CAMPBELL INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

HOUSE. >> McMILLEN'S INVESTIGATION

>> McMILLEN'S INVESTIGATION REVEALS JUDITH CAMPBELL IS A

REVEALS JUDITH CAMPBELL IS A WOMAN IN DEMAND.

WOMAN IN DEMAND. >> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THOSE OF

>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THOSE OF US WHO KNEW WHAT WAS COMING WERE

US WHO KNEW WHAT WAS COMING WERE A LITTLE BIT ON THE EDGE OF OUR

A LITTLE BIT ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEAT.

SEAT. >> JACK IS NOT CAMPBELL'S ONLY

>> JACK IS NOT CAMPBELL'S ONLY MALE COMPANION.

MALE COMPANION. SHE'S ALSO HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH

SHE'S ALSO HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH BOBBY'S LONG STANDING NEMESIS,

BOBBY'S LONG STANDING NEMESIS, SAM GIANCANA, THE CHICAGO MAFIA

SAM GIANCANA, THE CHICAGO MAFIA BOSS.

BOSS. >> IT APPEARED THAT GIANCANA AND

>> IT APPEARED THAT GIANCANA AND JFK WERE SHARING A GIRLFRIEND.

JFK WERE SHARING A GIRLFRIEND. >> YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE IT UP.

>> YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE IT UP. >> IT WAS A VERY AWKWARD THING

>> IT WAS A VERY AWKWARD THING TO BE SAYING TO THE ATTORNEY

TO BE SAYING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR

GENERAL YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR BROTHER'S BEEN COMPROMISED.

BROTHER'S BEEN COMPROMISED. >> I MEAN, IMAGINE, THIS IS THE

>> I MEAN, IMAGINE, THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THIS WOMAN

HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THIS WOMAN WHOSE ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE

WHOSE ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE HEAD OF THE CHICAGO MAFIA.

HEAD OF THE CHICAGO MAFIA. DEVASTATINGLY DANGEROUS THING

DEVASTATINGLY DANGEROUS THING FOR HIM TO BE DOING.

FOR HIM TO BE DOING. >> JACK WAS VULNERABLE.

>> JACK WAS VULNERABLE. HE WAS SOMEWHAT RECKLESS.

HE WAS SOMEWHAT RECKLESS. HE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO CLEAN

HE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO CLEAN STUFF UP.

STUFF UP. >> BOBBY ACTS IMMEDIATELY TO

>> BOBBY ACTS IMMEDIATELY TO TERMINATE HIS BROTHER'S

TERMINATE HIS BROTHER'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDITH

RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDITH CAMPBELL.

CAMPBELL. >> THE NEXT DAY THE PHONE

>> THE NEXT DAY THE PHONE OPERATOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS

OPERATOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE WAS INSTRUCTED NO MORE CALLS.

INSTRUCTED NO MORE CALLS. HE HAD CUT OFF THAT

HE HAD CUT OFF THAT RELATIONSHIP.

RELATIONSHIP. >> THE EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM FOR

>> THE EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM FOR BOBBY IS HOW TO DEAL WITH JACK'S

BOBBY IS HOW TO DEAL WITH JACK'S OLD FRIEND FRANK SINATRA.

OLD FRIEND FRANK SINATRA. >> IN THE LATE WINTER OF 1962,

>> IN THE LATE WINTER OF 1962, JFK WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO

JFK WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO SINATRA'S HOUSE IN PALM SPRINGS

SINATRA'S HOUSE IN PALM SPRINGS TO PARTY WITH HIM.

TO PARTY WITH HIM. >> FRANK CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE JACK

>> FRANK CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE JACK AT HIS HOME.

AT HIS HOME. HE EVEN PUTS IN SECRET SERVICE

HE EVEN PUTS IN SECRET SERVICE LINES, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO

LINES, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO COMMUNICATE.

COMMUNICATE. THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT

THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE

ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE

PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE SPENDING THE WEEKEND AT FRANK

SPENDING THE WEEKEND AT FRANK SINATRA'S.

SINATRA'S. BUT BOBBY TELLS JACK YOU CAN'T

BUT BOBBY TELLS JACK YOU CAN'T GO.

GO. >> YOU CAN'T DO IT.

>> YOU CAN'T DO IT. GO OUT TO PALM SPRINGS, DON'T

GO OUT TO PALM SPRINGS, DON'T STAY WITH SINATRA.

STAY WITH SINATRA. YOU CAN STAY WITH BING CROSBY.

YOU CAN STAY WITH BING CROSBY. BING CROSBY WAS FRANK SINATRA'S

BING CROSBY WAS FRANK SINATRA'S GREAT RIVAL.

GREAT RIVAL. SINATRA GETS NO ADVANCED NOTICE

SINATRA GETS NO ADVANCED NOTICE OF THIS.

OF THIS. AND INSTEAD OF THE HELICOPTER,

AND INSTEAD OF THE HELICOPTER, MARINE ONE, LANDING IN HIS

MARINE ONE, LANDING IN HIS HELIPORT, IT LANDS IN A FIELD

HELIPORT, IT LANDS IN A FIELD RIGHT NEXT TO CROSBY'S.

RIGHT NEXT TO CROSBY'S. SINATRA GOES ABSOLUTELY BERSERK.

SINATRA GOES ABSOLUTELY BERSERK. TAKES A SLEDGE HAMMER OUT AND

TAKES A SLEDGE HAMMER OUT AND STARTS DESTROYING THINGS.

STARTS DESTROYING THINGS. >> FRANK REALIZES THAT HE'S NOW

>> FRANK REALIZES THAT HE'S NOW ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE KENNEDY

ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE KENNEDY CIRCLE.

CIRCLE. HE'S DEVASTATED BY IT BECAUSE HE

HE'S DEVASTATED BY IT BECAUSE HE REALLY LOVED BEING JFK'S BEST

REALLY LOVED BEING JFK'S BEST PAL.

PAL. >> BOBBY MAY HAVE SAVED JACK AND

>> BOBBY MAY HAVE SAVED JACK AND THE PRESIDENCY FROM DISGRACE,

THE PRESIDENCY FROM DISGRACE, BUT IT IS ONE OF HIS OWN

BUT IT IS ONE OF HIS OWN RELATIONSHIPS THAT COULD PUSH

RELATIONSHIPS THAT COULD PUSH THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF

THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION.

>>> ONE SUMMER'S DATE AT THE IN 1962, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE

IN 1962, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR, PRESIDENT KENNEDY

COLD WAR, PRESIDENT KENNEDY RECEIVES A VISITOR AT THE WHITE

RECEIVES A VISITOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

HOUSE. HE IS A CONTACT OF BOBBY'S.

HE IS A CONTACT OF BOBBY'S. GYORGY BOLSHEKOV, A RUSSIAN.

GYORGY BOLSHEKOV, A RUSSIAN. >> HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY

>> HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY ENTERTAINING CHARACTER WHO WENT

ENTERTAINING CHARACTER WHO WENT OUT TO THE ESTATE AT HICKORY

OUT TO THE ESTATE AT HICKORY HILL AND DO SOMERSAULTS FOR THE

HILL AND DO SOMERSAULTS FOR THE KENNEDY KIDS AND THEN SIT IN THE

KENNEDY KIDS AND THEN SIT IN THE GRASS WITH BOBBY AND DISCUSS

GRASS WITH BOBBY AND DISCUSS INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES. >> WE LOVED HIM.

>> WE LOVED HIM. HE WOULD DO THE RUSSIAN DANCE.

HE WOULD DO THE RUSSIAN DANCE. HE KICKED UP HIS FEET, WHICH WE

HE KICKED UP HIS FEET, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS FANTASTIC.

THOUGHT WAS FANTASTIC. HE WOULD CHALLENGE MY FATHER TO

HE WOULD CHALLENGE MY FATHER TO PHYSICAL CONTESTS.

PHYSICAL CONTESTS. >> ONE OF THE PARTY GAMES WAS TO

>> ONE OF THE PARTY GAMES WAS TO SEE IF YOU COULD BEAT GYORGY

SEE IF YOU COULD BEAT GYORGY BOLSHEKIV IN AN ARM WRESTLE.

BOLSHEKIV IN AN ARM WRESTLE. >> MY MOTHER SAYS MY FATHER GOT

>> MY MOTHER SAYS MY FATHER GOT MAD AT HER THREE TIMES IN HER

MAD AT HER THREE TIMES IN HER LIFE.

LIFE. ONE OF THEM WAS WHEN SHE

ONE OF THEM WAS WHEN SHE ENTANGLED HIM IN A PUSH UP

ENTANGLED HIM IN A PUSH UP CONTEST.

CONTEST. WITH GYORGY BOLSHEKOFF.

WITH GYORGY BOLSHEKOFF. >> GYORGY BOSHIKOFF IS A RUSSIAN

>> GYORGY BOSHIKOFF IS A RUSSIAN SPY POSING AS A JOURNALIST.

SPY POSING AS A JOURNALIST. BOBBY KNOWS IT, JACK KNOWS IT,

BOBBY KNOWS IT, JACK KNOWS IT, AND BOSHEKOFF KNOWS IT'S

AND BOSHEKOFF KNOWS IT'S PRECISELY BECAUSE HE'S A RUSSIAN

PRECISELY BECAUSE HE'S A RUSSIAN SPY THAT HE'S BEEN INVITED IN.

SPY THAT HE'S BEEN INVITED IN. >> WE THOUGHT HE WAS GREAT

>> WE THOUGHT HE WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE WERE WATCHING THE

BECAUSE WE WERE WATCHING THE JAMES BOND FILMS TO MEET A REAL

JAMES BOND FILMS TO MEET A REAL RUSSIAN SPY WAS WONDERFUL.

RUSSIAN SPY WAS WONDERFUL. >> THE MAN WHO SO AMUSES THE

>> THE MAN WHO SO AMUSES THE KENNEDY KIDS PLAY A MORE

KENNEDY KIDS PLAY A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE AS BOBBY'S SECRET

IMPORTANT ROLE AS BOBBY'S SECRET BACK CHANNEL TO SOVIET LITER

BACK CHANNEL TO SOVIET LITER NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV.

NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV. >> HE THOUGHT IF I CAN

>> HE THOUGHT IF I CAN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH

COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH SOMEBODY THROUGH A BACK CHANNEL,

SOMEBODY THROUGH A BACK CHANNEL, THAT'S THE WAY OF MY ENSURING

THAT'S THE WAY OF MY ENSURING THAT WHAT MY BROTHER WANTS TO

THAT WHAT MY BROTHER WANTS TO GET COMMUNICATED TO KHRUSHCHEV

GET COMMUNICATED TO KHRUSHCHEV GETS TO HIM AND THAT WE HEAR

GETS TO HIM AND THAT WE HEAR BACK WHAT HE'S REALLY THINKING

BACK WHAT HE'S REALLY THINKING WITHOUT ANY POSSIBILITY FOR

WITHOUT ANY POSSIBILITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S AGENDAS TO GET IN

OTHER PEOPLE'S AGENDAS TO GET IN THE WAY.

THE WAY. >> DURING BOSHEKOFF'S VISIT TO

>> DURING BOSHEKOFF'S VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HE RELAYS A

THE WHITE HOUSE, HE RELAYS A REQUEST TO THE PRESIDENT.

REQUEST TO THE PRESIDENT. >> BOOLSHKOFF DELIVERS A MESSAGE

>> BOOLSHKOFF DELIVERS A MESSAGE ASKING KENNEDY TO STOP THOSE

ASKING KENNEDY TO STOP THOSE ANNOYING SPY PLANE FLIGHTS OVER

ANNOYING SPY PLANE FLIGHTS OVER THE SOVIET FREIGHTERS GOING TO

THE SOVIET FREIGHTERS GOING TO CUBA.

CUBA. IN FACT, THE RUSSIANS ARE

IN FACT, THE RUSSIANS ARE PUTTING NUCLEAR MISSILES ON

PUTTING NUCLEAR MISSILES ON THOSE FREIGHTERS.

THOSE FREIGHTERS. >> BOBBY KENNEDY SUMMONS GYORGY

>> BOBBY KENNEDY SUMMONS GYORGY BOSHKOV TO HIS OFFICE AT THE

BOSHKOV TO HIS OFFICE AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. >> THIS MEETING IS A LITTLE

>> THIS MEETING IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT. NO PARTY SCENE AT HICKORY HILL.

NO PARTY SCENE AT HICKORY HILL. BOBBY KENNEDY IS SITTING BEHIND

BOBBY KENNEDY IS SITTING BEHIND HIS DESK, SUIT AND TIE, VERY

HIS DESK, SUIT AND TIE, VERY FORMAL.

FORMAL. >> BOBBY HAS BEEN SHOWN CIA

>> BOBBY HAS BEEN SHOWN CIA REPORTS OF TROOP MOVEMENTS IN

REPORTS OF TROOP MOVEMENTS IN CUBA COMPILED BY AGENTS ON THE

CUBA COMPILED BY AGENTS ON THE GROUND.

GROUND. AMIDST THE RISING TENSION, BOBBY

AMIDST THE RISING TENSION, BOBBY SEEKS URGENT REASSURANCE FROM

SEEKS URGENT REASSURANCE FROM HIS RUSSIAN FRIEND ABOUT THE

HIS RUSSIAN FRIEND ABOUT THE MILITARY BUILDUP ON THE ISLAND.

MILITARY BUILDUP ON THE ISLAND. >> THE KENNEDYS ARE A LITTLE

>> THE KENNEDYS ARE A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OF WHAT'S GOING INTO

SUSPICIOUS OF WHAT'S GOING INTO CUBA.

CUBA. AND BOBBY ASKED BOLSHIKOV WHAT

AND BOBBY ASKED BOLSHIKOV WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

ARE YOU DOING HERE?

BOLSKOV THEY'RE DEFENSIVE

BOLSKOV THEY'RE DEFENSIVE WEAPONS, NOT OFFENSIVE WEAPONS.

WEAPONS, NOT OFFENSIVE WEAPONS. >> BOBBY NO LONGER TRUSTS THE

>> BOBBY NO LONGER TRUSTS THE BENIGN VERSION OF EVENTS HE'S

BENIGN VERSION OF EVENTS HE'S GETTING FROM MOSCOW.

GETTING FROM MOSCOW. >> THE MOMENT THAT BOBBY BECAME

>> THE MOMENT THAT BOBBY BECAME CONVINCED HE WAS GETTING

CONVINCED HE WAS GETTING DISINFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS

DISINFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON IN CUBA WAS THE

REALLY GOING ON IN CUBA WAS THE MOMENT HE SAID, YOU'RE OUT OF

MOMENT HE SAID, YOU'RE OUT OF HERE.

HERE. >> SIX DAYS LATER, AS JACK AND

>> SIX DAYS LATER, AS JACK AND THE FAMILY HOST THE ALGERIAN

THE FAMILY HOST THE ALGERIAN PRIME MINISTER AT THE WHITE

PRIME MINISTER AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES

HOUSE, THE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES PROVIDE POSITIVE PROOF OF

PROVIDE POSITIVE PROOF OF OFFENSIVE MISSILE SITES IN CUBA.

OFFENSIVE MISSILE SITES IN CUBA. FOR CURTIS LEMAY, JACK'S HAWKISH

FOR CURTIS LEMAY, JACK'S HAWKISH AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF, THIS

AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF, THIS MEANS WAR.

MEANS WAR. >> CURTIS LEMAY WAS READY TO

>> CURTIS LEMAY WAS READY TO FIRE THE MISSILES THAT HE

FIRE THE MISSILES THAT HE CONTROLLED.

CONTROLLED. HE WAS WILLING TO SEE MILLIONS

HE WAS WILLING TO SEE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE KILLED IN A NUCLEAR

OF PEOPLE KILLED IN A NUCLEAR EXCHANGE.

EXCHANGE. >> CURTIS LEMAY THOUGHT THAT

>> CURTIS LEMAY THOUGHT THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS A PLAYBOY,

PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS A PLAYBOY, A PARTY BOY, WEAK, NOT TOUGH.

A PARTY BOY, WEAK, NOT TOUGH. >> LEMAY AND THE OTHER JOINT

>> LEMAY AND THE OTHER JOINT CHIEFS MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT

CHIEFS MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE. JACK COVERTLY RECORDS THEIR

JACK COVERTLY RECORDS THEIR EXCHANGES.

EXCHANGES. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE

>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE EXCEPT RAPID AND CURRENT ACTION.

EXCEPT RAPID AND CURRENT ACTION. >> THERE'S THIS EXTRAORDINARY

>> THERE'S THIS EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN WHICH CURTIS LEMAY IS

SCENE IN WHICH CURTIS LEMAY IS SO DISRESPECTFUL OF THE

SO DISRESPECTFUL OF THE PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT. >> I THINK A BLOCKADE AND

>> I THINK A BLOCKADE AND POLITICAL CAUSE WOULD BE

POLITICAL CAUSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY A LOT OF OUR

CONSIDERED BY A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS.

>> THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE SOVIET UNION STAND ON

AND THE SOVIET UNION STAND ON THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR, AND

THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR, AND THE WORLD HAS NO IDEA.

THE WORLD HAS NO IDEA. JACK KEEPS A CAMPAIGN DATE IN

JACK KEEPS A CAMPAIGN DATE IN THE MIDWEST, KEEN TO PORTRAY AN

THE MIDWEST, KEEN TO PORTRAY AN IMAGE OF BUSINESS AS USUAL.

IMAGE OF BUSINESS AS USUAL. BUT INFORMATION FROM CUBA FORCES

BUT INFORMATION FROM CUBA FORCES HIM BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE

HIM BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE BLAMING A COLD.

BLAMING A COLD. THE PRESS IS SUSPICIOUS.

THE PRESS IS SUSPICIOUS. >> RUMORS, BUT THERE WERE OTHER

>> RUMORS, BUT THERE WERE OTHER REASONS BESIDES THE COLD THAT

REASONS BESIDES THE COLD THAT BROUGHT THE PRESIDENT BACK.

BROUGHT THE PRESIDENT BACK. THE PRESIDENT RETURNED TO

THE PRESIDENT RETURNED TO WASHINGTON BECAUSE OF THE COLD.

WASHINGTON BECAUSE OF THE COLD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SURVEILLANCE IMAGES CONFIRM

>> SURVEILLANCE IMAGES CONFIRM INCREASING MILITARY ACTIVITY IN

INCREASING MILITARY ACTIVITY IN CUBA, AND THE CIA BELIEVES

CUBA, AND THE CIA BELIEVES NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE NOW READY

NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE NOW READY FOR LAUNCH.

FOR LAUNCH. >> WITHIN THE PAST WEEK,

>> WITHIN THE PAST WEEK, UNMISTAKABLE EVIDENCE HAS

UNMISTAKABLE EVIDENCE HAS ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT A

ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT A SERIES OF OFFENSIVE MISSILE

SERIES OF OFFENSIVE MISSILE SITES IS NOW IN PREPARATION ON

SITES IS NOW IN PREPARATION ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA.

THE ISLAND OF CUBA. >> IT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE

>> IT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BOMB

LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BOMB AND INVADE CUBA.

AND INVADE CUBA. >> AS THE UNITED STATES IS

>> AS THE UNITED STATES IS PROPELLED TOWARDS WAR, THE

PROPELLED TOWARDS WAR, THE KENNEDY BROTHERS STAND BETWEEN

KENNEDY BROTHERS STAND BETWEEN THE WORLD AND NUCLEAR

THE WORLD AND NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON.

>>> THIS GOVERNMENT HAS MAINTAINED THE CLOSEST

MAINTAINED THE CLOSEST SURVEILLANCE OF THE SOVIET

SURVEILLANCE OF THE SOVIET MILITARY BUILDUP ON THE ISLAND

MILITARY BUILDUP ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA.

OF CUBA. >> THE UNITED STATES IS IN A

>> THE UNITED STATES IS IN A TENSE STANDOFF AGAINST THE

TENSE STANDOFF AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION.

SOVIET UNION. >> JACK KENNEDY HAD ALWAYS

>> JACK KENNEDY HAD ALWAYS APPRECIATED BOBBY KENNEDY.

APPRECIATED BOBBY KENNEDY. HIS BROTHER'S WILLINGNESS TO DO

HIS BROTHER'S WILLINGNESS TO DO THE DIRTY WORK.

THE DIRTY WORK. BUT DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE

BUT DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, THEY ARE COMPLETELY

CRISIS, THEY ARE COMPLETELY BONDED.

BONDED. >> THE PRESIDENT ORDERS A

>> THE PRESIDENT ORDERS A QUARANTINE AND A NAVAL BLOCKADE

QUARANTINE AND A NAVAL BLOCKADE TO PREVENT MORE SOVIET MISSILES

TO PREVENT MORE SOVIET MISSILES FROM REACHING CUBA.

FROM REACHING CUBA. >> TODAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF

>> TODAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF QUICK NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION --

QUICK NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION -- >> MY FATHER LARGELY STAYED AT

>> MY FATHER LARGELY STAYED AT THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THE

THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THE CRISIS.

CRISIS. AT ONE POINT, U.S. MARSHALS CAME

AT ONE POINT, U.S. MARSHALS CAME TO OUR HOUSE TO BRING US DOWN TO

TO OUR HOUSE TO BRING US DOWN TO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA WHERE THERE

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA WHERE THERE WAS SOME KIND OF BUNKER FOR

WAS SOME KIND OF BUNKER FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THEIR

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

FAMILIES. MY FATHER TALKED TO US ON THE

MY FATHER TALKED TO US ON THE PHONE AT THAT POINT AND WHAT

PHONE AT THAT POINT AND WHAT EVER ORDER THOSE GUYS HAD HAD TO

EVER ORDER THOSE GUYS HAD HAD TO EVACUATE US AND SAID YOU GUYS

EVACUATE US AND SAID YOU GUYS NEED TO BE GOOD SOLDIERS BECAUSE

NEED TO BE GOOD SOLDIERS BECAUSE IF PEOPLE SEE YOU DISAPPEARING

IF PEOPLE SEE YOU DISAPPEARING FROM SCHOOL, THAT COULD CAUSE

FROM SCHOOL, THAT COULD CAUSE PANIC.

PANIC. >> THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WAS

>> THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE TRUST

A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE TRUST THAT JACK AND MY FATHER HAD

THAT JACK AND MY FATHER HAD BETWEEN THEM AND THE IMPORTANCE

BETWEEN THEM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THINKING FIVE STEPS AHEAD.

OF THINKING FIVE STEPS AHEAD. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DO

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DO THIS?

THIS? BECAUSE IF YOU HAD JUST LET THE

BECAUSE IF YOU HAD JUST LET THE GENERALS DECIDE, THEY WOULD HAVE

GENERALS DECIDE, THEY WOULD HAVE GONE TO WAR.

GONE TO WAR. >> BOBBY KENNEDY WOULD WALK UP

>> BOBBY KENNEDY WOULD WALK UP AND DOWN THE POOL AS JFK WAS

AND DOWN THE POOL AS JFK WAS SWIMMING LAPS, TALKING TO HIM,

SWIMMING LAPS, TALKING TO HIM, AS HE WAS SWIMMING, ABOUT THEIR

AS HE WAS SWIMMING, ABOUT THEIR STRATEGY, TO TRY TO NEUTRALIZE

STRATEGY, TO TRY TO NEUTRALIZE THIS MOVE TOWARD WAR.

THIS MOVE TOWARD WAR. >> MEANWHILE, FAMILIES ACROSS

>> MEANWHILE, FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA PREPARE FOR THE WORST.

AMERICA PREPARE FOR THE WORST. >> JACKIE KENNEDY HERSELF WAS

>> JACKIE KENNEDY HERSELF WAS TOLD THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY

TOLD THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY WOULD BE MOVED INTO A BUNKER IF

WOULD BE MOVED INTO A BUNKER IF ANYTHING DID HAPPEN.

ANYTHING DID HAPPEN. AND SHE REFUSED.

AND SHE REFUSED. SHE SAID, NO, I WANT TO BE HERE.

SHE SAID, NO, I WANT TO BE HERE. I WANT TO STAND ON THE SOUTH

I WANT TO STAND ON THE SOUTH LAWN WITH MY HUSBAND AND

LAWN WITH MY HUSBAND AND CHILDREN IF THE END COMES.

CHILDREN IF THE END COMES. >> SHE WAS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR

>> SHE WAS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR HIM DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE

HIM DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.

CRISIS. SHE KEPT HIM LEVEL HEADED, AND

SHE KEPT HIM LEVEL HEADED, AND THEY HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.

THEY HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS. >> ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT SOMEONE

>> ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT SOMEONE HAD TO BE SO HURT PERSONALLY BY

HAD TO BE SO HURT PERSONALLY BY HER HUSBAND WOULD TURN AROUND

HER HUSBAND WOULD TURN AROUND AND IN HIS MOMENT OF GREATEST

AND IN HIS MOMENT OF GREATEST NEED, WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD SEND

NEED, WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD SEND HER AWAY TO THE BUNKER OUTSIDE

HER AWAY TO THE BUNKER OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON, SHE SAID NO.

OF WASHINGTON, SHE SAID NO. SHE SAID, I'D RATHER DIE WITH

SHE SAID, I'D RATHER DIE WITH YOU THAN LIVE WITHOUT YOU.

YOU THAN LIVE WITHOUT YOU. >> ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE

>> ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MISSILE CRISIS, THE UNITED

MISSILE CRISIS, THE UNITED STATES IS IS HARD UP AGAINST IT.

STATES IS IS HARD UP AGAINST IT. A U-2 SPY PLANE HAS BEEN SHOT

A U-2 SPY PLANE HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN OVER CUBA.

DOWN OVER CUBA. THE MILITARY IS CHAMPING AT THE

THE MILITARY IS CHAMPING AT THE BIT.

BIT. THEY WANT THE TO START BOMBING

THEY WANT THE TO START BOMBING ON MONDAY.

ON MONDAY. THE PRESIDENT IS RUNNING OUT OF

THE PRESIDENT IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

TIME. BUT THEY FIND A NEW BACK CHANNEL

BUT THEY FIND A NEW BACK CHANNEL THROUGH THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR.

THROUGH THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR. >> ANATOLY DEBRENAN AND BOBBY

>> ANATOLY DEBRENAN AND BOBBY KENNEDY DISCUSS AN EXTRAORDINARY

KENNEDY DISCUSS AN EXTRAORDINARY DEAL.

DEAL. IF THE SOVIET UNION REMOVES ITS

IF THE SOVIET UNION REMOVES ITS MISSILES FROM CUBA, THE U.S.

MISSILES FROM CUBA, THE U.S. WILL REMOVE ITS ROCKETS FROM

WILL REMOVE ITS ROCKETS FROM TURKEY.

TURKEY. >> BASICALLY KENNEDY SAYS, LOOK,

>> BASICALLY KENNEDY SAYS, LOOK, WE'LL MAKE AN EXCHANGE.

WE'LL MAKE AN EXCHANGE. BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY

BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY RECOGNITION OF THIS IN THE

RECOGNITION OF THIS IN THE PRESS.

PRESS. THIS HAS TO BE ABSOLUTELY

THIS HAS TO BE ABSOLUTELY SECRET.

SECRET. >> SECRECY IS CRITICAL.

>> SECRECY IS CRITICAL. IF THE PRESS OR THE PUBLIC FIND

IF THE PRESS OR THE PUBLIC FIND OUT THE KENNEDYS ARE REMOVING

OUT THE KENNEDYS ARE REMOVING U.S. MISSILES FROM TURKEY, IT

U.S. MISSILES FROM TURKEY, IT WOULD BE POLITICAL SUICIDE.

WOULD BE POLITICAL SUICIDE. >> BOBBY IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING

>> BOBBY IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO HELP US OUT OF

YOU'VE GOT TO HELP US OUT OF THIS BECAUSE MY BROTHER HAS GOT

THIS BECAUSE MY BROTHER HAS GOT THESE GENERALS WHO ARE PUSHING

THESE GENERALS WHO ARE PUSHING HIM TO DO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T

HIM TO DO SOMETHING THAT ISN'T GOOD FOR US AND IT ISN'T GOOD

GOOD FOR US AND IT ISN'T GOOD FOR YOU.

FOR YOU. >> THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR WRITES

>> THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR WRITES UP THE PROPOSED DEAL.

UP THE PROPOSED DEAL. HE SENDS IT TO MOSCOW THE

HE SENDS IT TO MOSCOW THE QUICKEST WAY HE CAN.

QUICKEST WAY HE CAN. >> THEY SEND A TELEGRAM AND

>> THEY SEND A TELEGRAM AND THERE'S THIS INCREDIBLE SIGHT OF

THERE'S THIS INCREDIBLE SIGHT OF THE TELEGRAM BOY ON HIS BIKE

THE TELEGRAM BOY ON HIS BIKE RIDE OFF WITH THIS TELEGRAM

RIDE OFF WITH THIS TELEGRAM AIMED AT SAVING THE WORLD,

AIMED AT SAVING THE WORLD, HOPING THAT THE FELLOW DOESN'T

HOPING THAT THE FELLOW DOESN'T STOP AND HAVE A COCA-COLA OR GO

STOP AND HAVE A COCA-COLA OR GO SEE HIS GIRLFRIEND.

SEE HIS GIRLFRIEND. >> SO HERE'S BOBBY KENNEDY IN A

>> SO HERE'S BOBBY KENNEDY IN A SENSE HAVING IT BOTH WAYS.

SENSE HAVING IT BOTH WAYS. ON THE ONE HAND MAKING A TRADE,

ON THE ONE HAND MAKING A TRADE, AND ON THE OTHER, CONCEALING IT.

AND ON THE OTHER, CONCEALING IT. THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT.

THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT. >> PRESS SECRETARY SALINGER

>> PRESS SECRETARY SALINGER ANNOUNCES THE CHAIRMAN HAS

ANNOUNCES THE CHAIRMAN HAS AGREED TO REMOVE THE MISSILES

AGREED TO REMOVE THE MISSILES FROM CUBA.

FROM CUBA. THE PRESIDENT ALREADY HAS LEFT

THE PRESIDENT ALREADY HAS LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE TO ATTEND

THE WHITE HOUSE TO ATTEND SERVICES AT HIS CHURCH.

SERVICES AT HIS CHURCH. >> THE ENTIRE WORLD BREATHES A

>> THE ENTIRE WORLD BREATHES A SIGH OF RELIEF.

SIGH OF RELIEF. >> FOR ALL OF THE WEAKNESSES

>> FOR ALL OF THE WEAKNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE BACK CHANNEL

ASSOCIATED WITH THE BACK CHANNEL AND ALL THE RISKS, ONE OF THE

AND ALL THE RISKS, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES WAS THAT IN A MOMENT

ADVANTAGES WAS THAT IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS, THE KREMLIN

OF CRISIS, THE KREMLIN UNDERSTOOD THAT BOBBY KENNEDY

UNDERSTOOD THAT BOBBY KENNEDY WAS SPEAKING FOR JACK KENNEDY.

WAS SPEAKING FOR JACK KENNEDY. >> MY UNCLE AND FATHER WERE

>> MY UNCLE AND FATHER WERE LUCKY TO HAVE EACH OTHER.

LUCKY TO HAVE EACH OTHER. THEY BOTH WERE RAISED WITH THOSE

THEY BOTH WERE RAISED WITH THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, AND, YOU KNOW,

ASSUMPTIONS, AND, YOU KNOW, AMERICA HAD A MORAL PURPOSE AND

AMERICA HAD A MORAL PURPOSE AND THAT THEY HAD TO BE THE SKIPPERS

THAT THEY HAD TO BE THE SKIPPERS OF THE SHIP, AND THEY WERE

OF THE SHIP, AND THEY WERE STEERING TOWARDS HISTORY.

STEERING TOWARDS HISTORY. AND THAT WHILE THEY WERE IN

AND THAT WHILE THEY WERE IN CHARGE, THEY HAD TO KEEP AMERICA

CHARGE, THEY HAD TO KEEP AMERICA ON THAT COURSE WHERE WE WERE A

ON THAT COURSE WHERE WE WERE A MORAL NATION AND AN EXEMPLAR OF

MORAL NATION AND AN EXEMPLAR OF ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. >> DURING THE CRISIS, JACK SAID

>> DURING THE CRISIS, JACK SAID ONCE THAT WE KNOW OF, AND MY

ONCE THAT WE KNOW OF, AND MY GUESS IS LOTS OF TIMES

>>> BY 1963 THE SOUTHERN BLACK POPULATION FACES INCREASINGLY

POPULATION FACES INCREASINGLY BRUTAL REPRESSION.

BRUTAL REPRESSION. >> LYNCHING AND RACIAL VIOLENCE,

>> LYNCHING AND RACIAL VIOLENCE, POLICE BRUTALITY WAS RAMPANT

POLICE BRUTALITY WAS RAMPANT AGAINST THE BLACK POPULATION.

AGAINST THE BLACK POPULATION. THIS DID NOT FIGURE PROMINENTLY

THIS DID NOT FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN JFK'S THINKING AT THAT TIME.

IN JFK'S THINKING AT THAT TIME. >> A KEY BATTLE OVER EDUCATION

>> A KEY BATTLE OVER EDUCATION BRINGS THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE

BRINGS THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE TO THE FOREFRONT OF JACK'S MIND.

TO THE FOREFRONT OF JACK'S MIND. >> IN 1963 THE STATE UNIVERSITY

>> IN 1963 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IS STILL WHITES ONLY.

OF ALABAMA IS STILL WHITES ONLY. SO AN ATTEMPT THE MADE TO

SO AN ATTEMPT THE MADE TO INTEGRATE THE UNIVERSITY OF

INTEGRATE THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

ALABAMA. >> TWO BLACK STUDENTS, VIVIAN

>> TWO BLACK STUDENTS, VIVIAN MALONE AND JAMES HOOD ARE

MALONE AND JAMES HOOD ARE DETERMINED TO ENROLL AT

DETERMINED TO ENROLL AT AMERICA'S LAST ALL-WHITE STATE

AMERICA'S LAST ALL-WHITE STATE UNIVERSITY.

UNIVERSITY. >> MY SISTER KNEW THE

>> MY SISTER KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT COULD

CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

HAPPEN. PEOPLE WERE GETTING BEATEN AND

PEOPLE WERE GETTING BEATEN AND KILLED OVER VERY SIMPLE RIGHTS.

KILLED OVER VERY SIMPLE RIGHTS. BUT SHE FACED HER FEARS AND SHE

BUT SHE FACED HER FEARS AND SHE FELT TIRED OF ACCEPTING SECOND

FELT TIRED OF ACCEPTING SECOND CLASS CITIZENSHIP.

CLASS CITIZENSHIP. >> STANDING IN THEIR WAY IS THE

>> STANDING IN THEIR WAY IS THE STATE'S GOVERNOR WHO MADE AN

STATE'S GOVERNOR WHO MADE AN ELECTION PROMISE TO KEEP THE

ELECTION PROMISE TO KEEP THE CAMPUS SEGREGATED.

CAMPUS SEGREGATED. >> GEORGE WALLACE, THE GOVERNOR

>> GEORGE WALLACE, THE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA SAID HE WOULD STAND

OF ALABAMA SAID HE WOULD STAND AT THE SCHOOLYARD DOOR AND USE

AT THE SCHOOLYARD DOOR AND USE VIOLENCE TO STOP BLACK STUDENTS

VIOLENCE TO STOP BLACK STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO ENROLL.

WHO WANTED TO ENROLL. >> IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU

>> IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD GET THE GUARD IN THERE?

COULD GET THE GUARD IN THERE? >> BOBBY REALIZES THE INHERENT

>> BOBBY REALIZES THE INHERENT DANGER OF THE SITUATION AND

DANGER OF THE SITUATION AND SENDS NICK KATZENBACH, HIS

SENDS NICK KATZENBACH, HIS SENIOR AID, TO THE UNIVERSITY OF

SENIOR AID, TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

ALABAMA. >> WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING WHAT

>> WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO, WHETHER OR NOT

WE OUGHT TO DO, WHETHER OR NOT WE OUGHT TO CALL OUT THE GUARD

WE OUGHT TO CALL OUT THE GUARD AND HAVE THEM ALREADY THERE, GO

AND HAVE THEM ALREADY THERE, GO IN WITH YOU.

IN WITH YOU. >> AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS IN

>> AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS IN ALABAMA, ONE OF BOBBY'S CHILDREN

ALABAMA, ONE OF BOBBY'S CHILDREN DROPS BY TO VISIT HER FATHER.

DROPS BY TO VISIT HER FATHER. >> HI, DAD.

>> HI, DAD. >> HI, CARRIE.

>> HI, CARRIE. HOW ARE YOU, DEAR?

HOW ARE YOU, DEAR? >> ARE YOU OUT AT OUR HOUSE?

>> ARE YOU OUT AT OUR HOUSE? >> NO, I'M NOT AT YOUR HOUSE.

>> NO, I'M NOT AT YOUR HOUSE. I'M WAY IN THE SOUTHLAND.

I'M WAY IN THE SOUTHLAND. >> I REMEMBER SITTING BEHIND A

>> I REMEMBER SITTING BEHIND A CHAIR IN THE TELEVISION ROOM

CHAIR IN THE TELEVISION ROOM WHILE MY FATHER WAS TALKING WITH

WHILE MY FATHER WAS TALKING WITH HIS AIDES ABOUT THESE ISSUES.

HIS AIDES ABOUT THESE ISSUES. HISTORY WAS HAPPENING AT OUR

HISTORY WAS HAPPENING AT OUR HOUSE.

HOUSE. IT WAS HAPPENING ALL AROUND US.

IT WAS HAPPENING ALL AROUND US. >> BOBBY HAS THE OPTION TO USE

>> BOBBY HAS THE OPTION TO USE TROOPS, BUT HOPES TO AVOID

TROOPS, BUT HOPES TO AVOID VIOLENCE.

VIOLENCE. >> I HAVE A STATEMENT TO READ.

>> I HAVE A STATEMENT TO READ. >> THE KENNEDYS KNEW THAT GEORGE

>> THE KENNEDYS KNEW THAT GEORGE WALLACE WAS A FOOL, A DANGEROUS

WALLACE WAS A FOOL, A DANGEROUS FOOL, BUT A FOOL.

FOOL, BUT A FOOL. AND THEY BASICALLY STAGE AN

AND THEY BASICALLY STAGE AN EVENT THAT ALLOWS WALLACE TO

EVENT THAT ALLOWS WALLACE TO STAND IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE DOOR

STAND IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE DOOR AND THEY ARE SETTING UP A

AND THEY ARE SETTING UP A CONFRONTATION THAT MAKES WALLACE

CONFRONTATION THAT MAKES WALLACE FULFILL HIS VANITY, BUT REALLY

FULFILL HIS VANITY, BUT REALLY WORKS IN FAVOR OF THE KENNEDYS

WORKS IN FAVOR OF THE KENNEDYS BECAUSE HE LOOKS RIDICULOUS TO

BECAUSE HE LOOKS RIDICULOUS TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. >> I TAKE IT FROM THAT STATEMENT

>> I TAKE IT FROM THAT STATEMENT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO STAND IN

THAT YOU ARE GOING TO STAND IN THAT DOOR?

THAT DOOR? >> I STAND IN FRONT OF THE

>> I STAND IN FRONT OF THE STATEMENT.

STATEMENT. >> WALLACE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO

>> WALLACE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SAY HIS PEACE, BUT STILL REFUSES

SAY HIS PEACE, BUT STILL REFUSES TO MOVE FOR KATZENBACH.

TO MOVE FOR KATZENBACH. >> HE IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE

>> HE IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE DOOR.

DOOR. HE IS STEPPING ASIDE.

HE IS STEPPING ASIDE. GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE HAS

GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE HAS STEPPED ASIDE.

STEPPED ASIDE. >> ONLY AS HE'S FACED WITH 100

>> ONLY AS HE'S FACED WITH 100 FEDERAL TROOPS DOES THE GOVERNOR

FEDERAL TROOPS DOES THE GOVERNOR BACK DOWN.

BACK DOWN. >> FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE

>> FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE GOVERNOR LEAVE, JAMES WOOD IS

GOVERNOR LEAVE, JAMES WOOD IS THE FIRST OF HIS RACE TO BECOME

THE FIRST OF HIS RACE TO BECOME A UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STUDENT.

A UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STUDENT. HE'S FOLLOWED INTO THE

HE'S FOLLOWED INTO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE BY VIVIAN

REGISTRAR'S OFFICE BY VIVIAN MALONE.

MALONE. >> I THINK IT WAS A TURNING

>> I THINK IT WAS A TURNING POINT.

POINT. AT SOME POINT YOU SAY THAT'S

AT SOME POINT YOU SAY THAT'S ENOUGH.

ENOUGH. >> CONFRONTED WITH THE VIOLENCE,

>> CONFRONTED WITH THE VIOLENCE, THE STANDOFFS AND THE

THE STANDOFFS AND THE FUNDAMENTAL INJUSTICE, THE

FUNDAMENTAL INJUSTICE, THE KENNEDYS REALIZE THAT AMERICA

KENNEDYS REALIZE THAT AMERICA NEEDS CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION.

NEEDS CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION. >> THEY NEED A LAW PASSED BY

>> THEY NEED A LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS THAT WILL END

CONGRESS THAT WILL END DISCRIMINATION IN THE SOUTH.

DISCRIMINATION IN THE SOUTH. >> NOW IT'S NOT SO EASY TO GET

>> NOW IT'S NOT SO EASY TO GET THERE BECAUSE KENNEDY'S OWN

THERE BECAUSE KENNEDY'S OWN POLITICAL ADVISERS ARE SAYING

POLITICAL ADVISERS ARE SAYING DON'T DO THAT.

DON'T DO THAT. THE OPPOSITION IN THE SOUTH WILL

THE OPPOSITION IN THE SOUTH WILL BE TOO GREAT.

BE TOO GREAT. >> THE SOUTH WAS SOLIDLY

>> THE SOUTH WAS SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC.

DEMOCRATIC. AND TO GO AGAINST THE ENTRENCHED

AND TO GO AGAINST THE ENTRENCHED UNITED STATES, MORES OF THE DAY

UNITED STATES, MORES OF THE DAY BY SUPPORTING INTEGRATION WAS A

BY SUPPORTING INTEGRATION WAS A POLITICALLY RISKY MOVE.

POLITICALLY RISKY MOVE. >> JUST ABOUT NOBODY ELSE ON

>> JUST ABOUT NOBODY ELSE ON JACK KENNEDY'S TEAM THOUGHT THE

JACK KENNEDY'S TEAM THOUGHT THE TIMING WAS RIGHT.

TIMING WAS RIGHT. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS PREMATURE.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS PREMATURE. AND BOBBY SAID NO, WE HAVE TO DO

AND BOBBY SAID NO, WE HAVE TO DO IT AND WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW.

IT AND WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW. DO THE RIGHT THING.

DO THE RIGHT THING. >> BOBBY IS IN FAVOR OF AN

>> BOBBY IS IN FAVOR OF AN IMMEDIATE UNAMBIGUOUS PUBLIC

IMMEDIATE UNAMBIGUOUS PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT RACIAL

STATEMENT ABOUT RACIAL INJUSTICE, AND HE IMPLORES HIS

INJUSTICE, AND HE IMPLORES HIS BROTHER TO ADDRESS THE NATION.

BROTHER TO ADDRESS THE NATION. >> THIS WAS BOBBY AS BEING

>> THIS WAS BOBBY AS BEING JACK'S BETTER SIDE, HIS BETTER

JACK'S BETTER SIDE, HIS BETTER ANGEL TELLING HIM YOU GIVE UP

ANGEL TELLING HIM YOU GIVE UP WHATEVER POLITICAL PRICE YOU

WHATEVER POLITICAL PRICE YOU HAVE TO PAY WITH THIS BECAUSE

HAVE TO PAY WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHY WE WANTED TO BE

THIS IS WHY WE WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> I THINK IT'S A REASON TO DO

>> I THINK IT'S A REASON TO DO IT.

IT. TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATION AND

TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATION AND TALK ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT AND TALK

TALK ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT AND TALK ABOUT EDUCATION.

ABOUT EDUCATION. TO DO IT FOR 15 MINUTES I THINK

TO DO IT FOR 15 MINUTES I THINK WOULD TAKE AWAY A LOT OF THE

WOULD TAKE AWAY A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING. >> IF WE'RE GOING GET SOMETHING

>> IF WE'RE GOING GET SOMETHING READY ANYWAY FOR TOMORROW, WE

READY ANYWAY FOR TOMORROW, WE HAVE ANOTHER DRAFT THAT DOESN'T

HAVE ANOTHER DRAFT THAT DOESN'T FIT ALL THESE POINTS, BUT IT'S

FIT ALL THESE POINTS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.

SOMETHING TO WORK WITH. >> THE IDEA FOR THE SPEECH CAME

>> THE IDEA FOR THE SPEECH CAME FROM ROBERT KENNEDY.

FROM ROBERT KENNEDY. A FIRST DRAFT WAS WRITTEN BY

A FIRST DRAFT WAS WRITTEN BY ROBERT KENNEDY.

ROBERT KENNEDY. >> THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED BY

>> THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED BY MEN OF MANY NATIONS AND

MEN OF MANY NATIONS AND BACKGROUNDS.

BACKGROUNDS. IT WAS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE

IT WAS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.

THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. AND THAT THE RIGHTS OF EVERY MAN

AND THAT THE RIGHTS OF EVERY MAN ARE DIMINISHED WHEN THE RIGHTS

ARE DIMINISHED WHEN THE RIGHTS OF ONE MAN ARE THREATENED.

OF ONE MAN ARE THREATENED. >> YOU SEE JACK KENNEDY WITH THE

>> YOU SEE JACK KENNEDY WITH THE FULL FORCE AND BEAUTY OF HIS

FULL FORCE AND BEAUTY OF HIS PERSONALITY, OF HIS STATURE, OF

PERSONALITY, OF HIS STATURE, OF HIS DIGNITY, OF HIS INTELLECT

HIS DIGNITY, OF HIS INTELLECT MAKE THE CASE TO THE AMERICAN

MAKE THE CASE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

PEOPLE. >> WE ARE CONFRONTED PRIMARILY

>> WE ARE CONFRONTED PRIMARILY WITH A MORAL ISSUE.

WITH A MORAL ISSUE. IF IN AMERICA BECAUSE HIS SKIN

IF IN AMERICA BECAUSE HIS SKIN IS DARK CANNOT EAT LUNCH AT A

IS DARK CANNOT EAT LUNCH AT A RESTAURANT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,

RESTAURANT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, IF HE CANNOT SEND HIS CHILDREN

IF HE CANNOT SEND HIS CHILDREN TO THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOL

TO THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOL AVAILABLE, THEN WHO AMONG US

AVAILABLE, THEN WHO AMONG US WOULD BE CONTENT TO HAVE THE

WOULD BE CONTENT TO HAVE THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN CHANGED?

COLOR OF HIS SKIN CHANGED? >> IT'S JOHN KENNEDY WHO FINALLY

>> IT'S JOHN KENNEDY WHO FINALLY WRAPPED THE CIVIL RIGHTS

WRAPPED THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE IN THE MANTLE OF THE

STRUGGLE IN THE MANTLE OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY AND SAID IT

AMERICAN PRESIDENCY AND SAID IT WAS A MORAL OBLIGATION.

WAS A MORAL OBLIGATION. IT WAS A NATIONAL IMPERATIVE.

IT WAS A NATIONAL IMPERATIVE. >> WE FACE, THEREFORE, A MORAL

>> WE FACE, THEREFORE, A MORAL CRISIS AS A COUNTRY AND A

CRISIS AS A COUNTRY AND A PEOPLE.

PEOPLE. THOSE WHO DO NOTHING ARE

THOSE WHO DO NOTHING ARE INVITING SHAME AS WELL AS

INVITING SHAME AS WELL AS VIOLENCE.

VIOLENCE. >> BUT IN THE END, JOHN KENNEDY

>> BUT IN THE END, JOHN KENNEDY WASN'T JUST SPEAKING ROBERT

WASN'T JUST SPEAKING ROBERT KENNEDY'S WORDS BECAUSE HE

KENNEDY'S WORDS BECAUSE HE IMPROVISES AT THE END OF THE

IMPROVISES AT THE END OF THE SPEECH AND GIVES HIS OWN.

SPEECH AND GIVES HIS OWN. >> AND THIS IS A MATTER WHICH

>> AND THIS IS A MATTER WHICH CONCERNS THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT

CONCERNS THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR.

IT STANDS FOR. AND IN MEETING IT, I ASK THE

AND IN MEETING IT, I ASK THE SUPPORT OF ALL OUR CITIZENS.

SUPPORT OF ALL OUR CITIZENS. >> ROBERT KENNEDY GOT HIM TO THE

>> ROBERT KENNEDY GOT HIM TO THE PLATE.

PLATE. BUT IT'S JOHN KENNEDY WHO HIT

BUT IT'S JOHN KENNEDY WHO HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK.

THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> ANYBODY WHO HAS HALF OF A

>>> ANYBODY WHO HAS HALF OF A HEART WHO IS SITTING IN THE

HEART WHO IS SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE HARDLY RELATES TO

WHITE HOUSE HARDLY RELATES TO THE WORLD THROUGH COMPLICATED

THE WORLD THROUGH COMPLICATED INTELLECTUAL ISSUES, HISTORY,

INTELLECTUAL ISSUES, HISTORY, AND WHERE COUNTRIES ARE IN TERMS

AND WHERE COUNTRIES ARE IN TERMS OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. BUT THE REAL WAY THEY RELATE TO

BUT THE REAL WAY THEY RELATE TO THE WORLD IS THROUGH THEIR OWN

THE WORLD IS THROUGH THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

CHILDREN. AND JACK KENNEDY HAD TWO YOUNG

AND JACK KENNEDY HAD TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO HE ADORED MORE THAN

CHILDREN WHO HE ADORED MORE THAN ANYBODY IN HIS LIFE.

ANYBODY IN HIS LIFE. >> THOUGHTS OF THE NEXT

>> THOUGHTS OF THE NEXT GENERATION ARE IN JACK'S HEART

GENERATION ARE IN JACK'S HEART AND MIND WHEN HE GIVES THE

AND MIND WHEN HE GIVES THE SPEECH IN JUNE 1963 AT THE

SPEECH IN JUNE 1963 AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. >> WHAT KIND OF A PEACE DO I

>> WHAT KIND OF A PEACE DO I MEAN AND WHAT KIND OF A PEACE DO

MEAN AND WHAT KIND OF A PEACE DO WE SEEK?

WE SEEK? I AM TALKING ABOUT GENUINE

I AM TALKING ABOUT GENUINE PEACE, THE KIND OF PEACE THAT

PEACE, THE KIND OF PEACE THAT MAKES LIFE ON EARTH WORTH

MAKES LIFE ON EARTH WORTH LIVING.

LIVING. >> HE PLEDGED HIS SUPPORT TO

>> HE PLEDGED HIS SUPPORT TO RACIAL EQUALITY.

RACIAL EQUALITY. HE BROUGHT THE WORLD BACK FROM

HE BROUGHT THE WORLD BACK FROM THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR.

THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR. THE PRESIDENT IS INFUSED WITH A

THE PRESIDENT IS INFUSED WITH A NEW CONFIDENCE.

NEW CONFIDENCE. >> OUR PRIMARY LONG-RANGE

>> OUR PRIMARY LONG-RANGE INTEREST IS GENERAL AND COMPLETE

INTEREST IS GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT.

DISARMAMENT. >> HIS AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

>> HIS AMERICAN UNIVERSITY SPEECH SETS A WHOLE NEW TONE FOR

SPEECH SETS A WHOLE NEW TONE FOR U.S./SOVIET RELATIONS.

U.S./SOVIET RELATIONS. >> AUGUST THE 5th WAS A HIGH

>> AUGUST THE 5th WAS A HIGH POINT.

POINT. JACK'S REPRESENTATIVES AND THE

JACK'S REPRESENTATIVES AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER

REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND MOST NOTABLY THE

COUNTRIES AND MOST NOTABLY THE SOVIET UNION WERE MEETING TO

SOVIET UNION WERE MEETING TO SIGN A NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY.

SIGN A NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY. >> A KEYNOTE OF CORDIALITY --

>> A KEYNOTE OF CORDIALITY -- >> AND KENNEDY REALLY BELIEVED

>> AND KENNEDY REALLY BELIEVED IN IT.

IN IT. HE BELIEVED IN IT FROM THE DAY

HE BELIEVED IN IT FROM THE DAY HE BECAME PRESIDENT.

HE BECAME PRESIDENT. >> HIS MOVE TOWARDS NUCLEAR

>> HIS MOVE TOWARDS NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT IS A POLITICAL

DISARMAMENT IS A POLITICAL TRIUMPH, BUT FOR JACK A MORE

TRIUMPH, BUT FOR JACK A MORE PERSONAL DRAMA IS UNFOLDING.

PERSONAL DRAMA IS UNFOLDING. JACKIE IS IN CAPE COD AND SHE IS

JACKIE IS IN CAPE COD AND SHE IS EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT.

EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT. >> THE PRESIDENT WAS IN

>> THE PRESIDENT WAS IN WASHINGTON THEN THE FIRST WEEK

WASHINGTON THEN THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST WHEN HE GOT URGENT

IN AUGUST WHEN HE GOT URGENT WORD FROM CAPE COD THAT SHE HAD

WORD FROM CAPE COD THAT SHE HAD GONE INTO AN EARLY LABOR.

GONE INTO AN EARLY LABOR. >> JACKIE GIVES BIRTH TO A BOY,

>> JACKIE GIVES BIRTH TO A BOY, PATRICK.

PATRICK. >> HE SAID ON THE WAY, I'M NEVER

>> HE SAID ON THE WAY, I'M NEVER THERE WHEN SHE NEEDS ME.

THERE WHEN SHE NEEDS ME. AND THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES, THE

AND THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES, THE BABY HAS BEEN BORN BY CESAREAN.

BABY HAS BEEN BORN BY CESAREAN. BUT BECAUSE HE IS SO PREMATURE,

BUT BECAUSE HE IS SO PREMATURE, IT SUFFERS FROM A LUNG AILMENT.

IT SUFFERS FROM A LUNG AILMENT. >> THEY ARRANGE VERY QUICKLY TO

>> THEY ARRANGE VERY QUICKLY TO HAVE HIM SENT TO THE CHILDREN'S

HAVE HIM SENT TO THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN BOSTON.

HOSPITAL IN BOSTON. >> ARRIVING AT LOGAN AIRPORT,

>> ARRIVING AT LOGAN AIRPORT, THE ANXIOUS FATHER FOUND A

THE ANXIOUS FATHER FOUND A SYMPATHETIC CROWD ASSEMBLED.

SYMPATHETIC CROWD ASSEMBLED. >> JACK HOLDS VIGIL AT PATRICK'S

>> JACK HOLDS VIGIL AT PATRICK'S BEDSIDE.

BEDSIDE. WHEN IT IS CLEAR THE LITTLE BOY

WHEN IT IS CLEAR THE LITTLE BOY IS DYING, THE DOCTORS BRING HIM

IS DYING, THE DOCTORS BRING HIM OUT TO BE WITH HIS FATHER.

OUT TO BE WITH HIS FATHER. >> PATRICK KENNEDY DIED AT

>> PATRICK KENNEDY DIED AT 4:04:00 A.M.

4:04:00 A.M. THE STRUGGLE OF THE BABY BOY TO

THE STRUGGLE OF THE BABY BOY TO KEEP BREATHING WAS TOO MUCH FOR

KEEP BREATHING WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIS HEART.

HIS HEART. >> PATRICK DIED AFTER 39 HOURS.

>> PATRICK DIED AFTER 39 HOURS. JACK KENNEDY WAS JUST, YOU KNOW,

JACK KENNEDY WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, CONSUMED WITH GRIEF.

CONSUMED WITH GRIEF. JACKIE WAS STILL TOO WEAK AND

JACKIE WAS STILL TOO WEAK AND UNWELL TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL.

UNWELL TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL. IT WAS SO TRAGIC.

IT WAS SO TRAGIC. JACKIE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO

JACKIE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO HOLD HIM.

HOLD HIM. >> THE PRESIDENT COMES BACK AND

>> THE PRESIDENT COMES BACK AND VISITS HER WITH THE CHILDREN.

VISITS HER WITH THE CHILDREN. JOHN, JR., WAS A LITTLE TOO

JOHN, JR., WAS A LITTLE TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS

YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT CAROLINE DID AND

HAPPENING, BUT CAROLINE DID AND SHE SO LOOKED FORWARD TO HAVING

SHE SO LOOKED FORWARD TO HAVING A BABY BROTHER OR SISTER.

A BABY BROTHER OR SISTER. AFTER A WEEK OR SO, MRS. KENNEDY

AFTER A WEEK OR SO, MRS. KENNEDY LEAVES THE HOSPITAL.

LEAVES THE HOSPITAL. THE PRESIDENT AT HER SIDE

THE PRESIDENT AT HER SIDE HOLDING HER HAND, WHICH WAS

HOLDING HER HAND, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT HE DIDN'T DO VERY

SOMETHING THAT HE DIDN'T DO VERY OFTEN IN PUBLIC.

OFTEN IN PUBLIC. HE HOLDS HER SO GENTLY, IT'S

HE HOLDS HER SO GENTLY, IT'S VERY TOUCHING, VERY MOVING TO

VERY TOUCHING, VERY MOVING TO SEE.

SEE. >> JACKIE COMPARED HERSELF AND

>> JACKIE COMPARED HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND TO TWO ICEBERGS AND

HER HUSBAND TO TWO ICEBERGS AND I THINK THEY BOTH OPERATED IN

I THINK THEY BOTH OPERATED IN THAT WAY.

THAT WAY. THEY HAD VERY COMPLICATED

THEY HAD VERY COMPLICATED FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THAT THEY

FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THAT THEY KEPT TO THEMSELVES.

KEPT TO THEMSELVES. >> WHEN PATRICK DIED, IT CHANGED

>> WHEN PATRICK DIED, IT CHANGED EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING. >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN

>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN EITHER DRIVE A COUPLE APART OR

EITHER DRIVE A COUPLE APART OR BRING THEM TOGETHER.

BRING THEM TOGETHER. >> BY THIS TIME JACKIE HAS

>> BY THIS TIME JACKIE HAS PROVEN HERSELF IN SO MANY WAYS.

PROVEN HERSELF IN SO MANY WAYS. SHE'S BEEN THERE WHEN HE'S HAD

SHE'S BEEN THERE WHEN HE'S HAD AFFAIRS.

AFFAIRS. SHE'S A WONDERFUL MOTHER TO HIS

SHE'S A WONDERFUL MOTHER TO HIS TWO CHILDREN.

TWO CHILDREN. SHE'S DONE EVERYTHING FOR HIM

SHE'S DONE EVERYTHING FOR HIM AND FINALLY HE APPRECIATES IT.

AND FINALLY HE APPRECIATES IT. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ >> IN HIS FAMOUS PEACE SPEECH HE

>> IN HIS FAMOUS PEACE SPEECH HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE SOVIET

TALKED ABOUT HOW THE SOVIET UNION AND OUR COUNTRY HAD

UNION AND OUR COUNTRY HAD DIFFERENCES, BUT YET WE COULD

DIFFERENCES, BUT YET WE COULD WORK TOGETHER.

WORK TOGETHER. AND IN AN ODD SORT OF WAY, THE

AND IN AN ODD SORT OF WAY, THE SAME THINKING MAY HAVE BEEN

SAME THINKING MAY HAVE BEEN REFLECTED IN HIS MARRIAGE TO

REFLECTED IN HIS MARRIAGE TO JACKIE.

JACKIE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGES OF

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGES OF JACK AND JACKIE IN DALLAS, YOU

JACK AND JACKIE IN DALLAS, YOU DO GET A SENSE THAT THEY HAVE

DO GET A SENSE THAT THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER AGAIN, BUT AT THE

COME TOGETHER AGAIN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY

SAME TIME IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY POIGNANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW,

POIGNANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE IMAGES, THAT

LOOKING AT THOSE IMAGES, THAT THEY ONLY HAVE A FEW HOURS

THEY ONLY HAVE A FEW HOURS TOGETHER.

TOGETHER. >> NOW TURNING ONTO ELM STREET.

>> NOW TURNING ONTO ELM STREET. PACKED WITH SPECTATORS WAITING

PACKED WITH SPECTATORS WAITING FOR THEIR CHANCE TO SEE THE

FOR THEIR CHANCE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT. >> THERE IS A SECRET SERVICEMAN

>> THERE IS A SECRET SERVICEMAN ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR.

ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR. >> NEXT ON AMERICAN DYNASTIES,

>> NEXT ON AMERICAN DYNASTIES, THE KENNEDYS.

THE KENNEDYS. >> JACQUELINE KENNEDY WANTED TO

>> JACQUELINE KENNEDY WANTED TO SHOW THAT HER HUSBAND WAS A

SHOW THAT HER HUSBAND WAS A MARTYR.

MARTYR. >> I RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY TO

>> I RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY TO STAND FOR HOPE INSTEAD OF

STAND FOR HOPE INSTEAD OF DESPAIR.

DESPAIR. >> WHEN BOBBY GOES ON THE

>> WHEN BOBBY GOES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, HE'S A COMPLETE

CAMPAIGN TRAIL, HE'S A COMPLETE ROCK STAR.

ROCK STAR. >> JACKIE WOULD SAY, I JUST FEAR

>> JACKIE WOULD SAY, I JUST FEAR THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO JACK WILL

THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO JACK WILL HAPPEN WITH BOBBY.