1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,000 [sweeping orchestral music] 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,000 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 [recorder clicks, film rotating] 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,000 [soft ambient music] 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,000 ♪ ♪ 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,000 - The vice president and Mrs. Nixon 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,000 are just now making their way downstairs. 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 [cheers and applause] 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,000 [dark piano chords] 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,000 - 3:27 a.m. on this morning after the election, 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,000 November the 9th. 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,000 crowd: [chanting] We want Nixon! 13 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,000 - And Kennedy is very, very slowly pulling away 14 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 in this very close election. 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,000 [cheers and applause] 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,000 - Thank you very much. 17 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 As I look at the board here, 18 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 if the present trend continues, 19 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Mr. Kennedy, Senator Kennedy will be 20 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,000 the next President of the United States. 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 [crowd groans] 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 [soft solemn music] 23 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,000 ♪ ♪ 24 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,000 - There obviously is no happiness in the Nixon camp, 25 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000 and it brings Vice President Nixon 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,000 to a stop in his political career. 27 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,000 ♪ ♪ 28 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 - I've had other defeats and disappointments in life, 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 but nobody has really been defeated 30 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 until he's been defeated after running for president. 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,000 You don't know what it's really like. 32 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Well, I've deliberately not made any plans 34 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 for the future yet. 35 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,000 When you've been through a very tiring campaign, 36 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 you certainly don't wanna make any decisions in a hurry. 37 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 ♪ ♪ 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,000 My political friends said, "You got to go back. 39 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 "You got to run for office again. 40 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,000 "If you don't run, who's Dick Nixon gonna be? 41 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 He's the guy that lost for president." 42 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,000 [dramatic music] 43 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:15,000 ♪ ♪ 44 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 [upbeat classical music] 45 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 - Enthusiastic Nixonites are at hand and twisting 46 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 at the Pomona, California County Fairgrounds, 47 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 to welcome back to the site where he started 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 his first political campaign, 49 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 former Vice President, Richard Nixon. 50 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:48,000 ♪ ♪ 51 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,000 - I announce tonight my intention to seek 52 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,000 the governorship of the state of California. 53 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Mrs. Nixon said, 54 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 "Well, I think it's a terrible mistake for you to run." 55 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 We had just been through a campaign. 56 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 We were just getting back on our feet. 57 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 "But if you decide to do it," 58 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 she said, "I'll be there with you." 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 - In this campaign, it's generally been stated 60 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 that if you don't win, you'll have no future. 61 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 - I would agree with that objective critique, 62 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 but on the other hand, I don't expect to lose. 63 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 I expect to win. 64 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 [solemn string music] 65 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 - The last chance of Richard Nixon 66 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 was to unseat Pat Brown as governor 67 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 of his home state in California. 68 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 And the last chance failed. 69 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 The next day, his press chief told the waiting press 70 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Nixon would not appear or speak. 71 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 But suddenly, Nixon appeared, tired, 72 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,000 making an effort to be genial, 73 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,000 but bitterness forced its way out. 74 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 - People say, "Isn't it a come-down, 75 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 "having run for president, 76 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,000 and almost made it to run for governor?" 77 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,000 The answer is, I'm proud to run for governor. 78 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,000 I would like to have won. 79 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,000 I believe Governor Brown has a heart, 80 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,000 even though he believes I do not. 81 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 I believe he is a good American, 82 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 even though he feels I am not. 83 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 I wish him well. 84 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 And, for once, gentlemen, 85 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 I would appreciate if you would write what I'm saying. 86 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000 For 16 years, you've had a lot of fun. 87 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,000 You've had an opportunity to attack me, 88 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 and I think I've given as good as I've taken. 89 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,000 But as I leave you... [chuckles] 90 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Just think how much you're gonna be missing. 91 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,000 You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore, 92 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 because, gentlemen, 93 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 this is my last press conference. 94 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Thank you, gentlemen, and good day. 95 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,000 - So, the end, apparently, 96 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,000 the end of the curious, often colorful, 97 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,000 sometimes checkered career of Richard Nixon. 98 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 - I had burned my bridges in spades, 99 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,000 as far as the press were concerned. 100 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,000 I had been defeated 101 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 for President of the United States; 102 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,000 I had been defeated for governor of California. 103 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 I thought I was dead. 104 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 [soft solemn music] 105 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:10,000 ♪ ♪ 106 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 After going through the trauma of defeat 107 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,000 and disappointment, 108 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 many felt that being out of office 109 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 was an end to a career, 110 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,000 and I must admit that I felt that too. 111 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 I was physically drained 112 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 and emotionally drained, 113 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 mentally drained. 114 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Just numb. 115 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,000 [upbeat classical music] 116 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 ♪ ♪ 117 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 - Ladies and gentlemen, it's a great privilege 118 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 and pleasure for me to present 119 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 the former United States vice president, 120 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Mr. Richard Nixon. 121 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 [cheers and applause] 122 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 My little daughter said today that-- 123 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 she says--Mr. Nixon. I'll be honest with you. 124 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 She says, "I do hope that man finds work." 125 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 [laughter] 126 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,000 [applause] 127 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Can Kennedy be defeated in '64? 128 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 - Well, which one? 129 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 [laughter, applause] 130 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 - Would you bring a piano out here? 131 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,000 If we can do this. We had--Mrs. Nixon, Pat, 132 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 had a tape recorder going one afternoon, 133 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 and she quietly said to Mr. Nixon, 134 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 "Why don't you play an old piece?" 135 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 And she recorded it. 136 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Now, Jose has made a concerto arrangement 137 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 of this hinky-dinky song that you wrote here. 138 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 [laughter, applause] 139 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Would you play it for us? 140 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,000 [slow orchestral music playing] 141 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:54,000 ♪ ♪ 142 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,000 [piano playing over orchestration] 143 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:07,000 ♪ ♪ 144 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,000 - There are times when a person in public life 145 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,000 should get out of the public view, 146 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,000 go away, and then come back in. 147 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 ♪ ♪ 148 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 I knew that it was well for me 149 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 to get off stage for a while... 150 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 ♪ ♪ 151 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 And as it turned out, 152 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,000 it was one of the best decisions I ever made. 153 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 [yelling, screaming] 154 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 [dogs barking, growling] 155 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,000 [people singing] ♪ We shall overcome... ♪ 156 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,000 - This month will go down as one of the greatest, 157 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 if not the greatest, 158 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:05,000 demonstrations for freedom and human dignity... 159 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,000 [ominous music] 160 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,000 ♪ ♪ 161 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 - Today, millions of people throughout the world 162 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,000 are trying to find words adequate 163 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 to express their grief. 164 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,000 [dramatic music] 165 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:27,000 ♪ ♪ 166 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,000 - Millions of Americans are denied the right to vote 167 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,000 because of their color. 168 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 This law will right that wrong. 169 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 [siren wailing] 170 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,000 - The riots are only the most virulent symptom 171 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,000 of a much more disturbing national problem, 172 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 and that's the growing disrespect 173 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 for law in America. 174 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,000 After 16 years in public life, 175 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 I believe that I should continue to speak out 176 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,000 from time to time on public issues. 177 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 all: Freedom now! all: ♪ Revolution has come ♪ 178 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,000 all: Freedom now! all: ♪ Time to pick up the gun ♪ 179 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,000 [people chanting indistinctly] 180 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 ♪ ♪ 181 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,000 - How do we get this world orderly, 182 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,000 rather than letting it drag on for five years? 183 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Which this present administration's policy 184 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,000 would let it do. 185 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 - Mr. Nixon, when are you gonna start running 186 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,000 for president yourself? 187 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 - What has got to happen before, 188 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,000 uh, your intentions next year will be made known? 189 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 ♪ ♪ 190 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Do you know what I mean by that, Mr. Nixon? 191 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 [laughter] 192 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 - Well, intentions about what? 193 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 - [stammering] [laughter] 194 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 - I had been thinking about it, of course. 195 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 The program was underway. 196 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,000 - Richard Nixon still is not officially 197 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 a candidate for president, 198 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 but unofficially he is running, 199 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 and has been for some time. 200 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 [cheers and applause] 201 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,000 ♪ ♪ 202 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 - I have an announcement. 203 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Yesterday, I informed 204 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,000 the Nixon for President campaign committees 205 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000 that their campaigns could go forward with my cooperation. 206 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 ♪ ♪ 207 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 This is not my last press conference. 208 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 [chuckles] 209 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 - The final campaigning is underway 210 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 in the New Hampshire presidential primary. 211 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 On the Republican side, Richard Nixon is urging 212 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 New Hampshire Republicans to give him a big send-off 213 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 in his quest for the GOP presidential nomination. 214 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 [engine humming] 215 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 [beeps] 216 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,000 - Perhaps if you could make a point 217 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,000 of trying to look towards me a little bit more often, 218 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 so the sound will be a little bit better. 219 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 - All right, fine. All right, fine. 220 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,000 - Mr. Nixon, a lot has been said about a new Mr. Nixon. 221 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Have you been seeking a kind of newness? 222 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 - Well, my wife says I've got less hair 223 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 than I've had before. 224 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 You know, the hairline goes back a bit here and there. 225 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Uh, others discovered that I, uh, 226 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 perhaps have a sense of humor, 227 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,000 which I think I've always had, 228 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,000 but perhaps people didn't see it. 229 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 [chuckling] 230 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 I'm really the most difficult man in the world 231 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,000 when it comes to a so-called public relations firm. 232 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Nobody's gonna package me. 233 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Nobody's going to make me put on an act for television. 234 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 I'm not gonna engage in any gimmicks 235 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 or any stunts, wear any silly hats. 236 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,000 If people looking at me say, "That's a new Nixon," 237 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 then all that I can say is, 238 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 "Well, maybe you didn't know the old Nixon." 239 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 - [chuckles] 240 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 - Well, I guess I'll sit down here 241 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,000 and get ready. 242 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,000 [pizzicato music] 243 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:58,000 ♪ ♪ 244 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 - And absolute quiet in here, 245 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,000 because they can pick up everything. 246 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 - Remember, it's extremely informal, 247 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,000 and we can slice it out of the tape 248 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 if we don't like it. [chuckles] 249 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,000 And if it doesn't work, we do it again, so... 250 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:19,000 ♪ ♪ 251 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 - Here. And then, you can block the shot. 252 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 [indistinct chatter] 253 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:30,000 ♪ ♪ 254 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 - See, when you're on live... 255 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,000 then it's sudden death. [laughter] 256 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,000 A guy asks you a question, and you answer it, 257 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 and then bite your tongue. 258 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,000 - Okay, ready for the first question, and go. 259 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,000 - Mr. Nixon, if the Johnson administration 260 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 can terminate the war within, 261 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 well, let's give him eight months, 262 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,000 then he has a very good chance of winning next year, 263 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,000 but if we haven't been able to win the war 264 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 in the past few years, 265 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,000 how long could it last really? 266 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,000 - I do know this: 267 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 I do know that the new administration 268 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 can and will end the war, 269 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,000 within a matter of a year, 270 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 after we get into power. 271 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 ♪ ♪ 272 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 [solemn music] 273 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,000 [explosions] 274 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 ♪ ♪ 275 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 - I have today ordered to Vietnam 276 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 the air mobile division, 277 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 which will raise our fighting strength 278 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,000 75,000 to 125,000 men, 279 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000 almost immediately. 280 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 - Without question, 281 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Lyndon Johnson, he had all the moves. 282 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 He knew how to use power. 283 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 He was ruthless. He was persuasive. 284 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,000 And then when the war began to escalate, 285 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 and Johnson didn't know what to do about it, 286 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 he just started to flail around. 287 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,000 And everything that he tried seemed to... 288 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 crumble in his hands. 289 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,000 [crowds chanting indistinctly] 290 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 crowd: Hey, hey, LBJ! 291 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,000 I think that you're guilty, hey! 292 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Hey, hey, LBJ! 293 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 I think that you're guilty, hey! 294 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Hey, hey, LBJ... 295 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000 - The low-keyed Minnesota Democrat 296 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Senator Eugene McCarthy 297 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,000 entered the race against his party's incumbent president 298 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,000 for the express purpose of giving the voters a voice 299 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 in the Vietnam debate. 300 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,000 - The big surprise in the first primary 301 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,000 of campaign '68 302 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,000 has been the strength of Senator Eugene McCarthy. 303 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 The volume with which New Hampshire's voters 304 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 today endorsed his effort 305 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 signals trouble for President Johnson's 306 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 as yet undeclared re-election bid. 307 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,000 On the Republican side, Richard Nixon entered the race 308 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,000 to shed that loser's image 309 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 he acquired in 1960 and '62. 310 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 - Seems to be quite apparent from the early returns 311 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 that we won't have to have a recount tonight. 312 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,000 [cheers and applause] 313 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,000 - Nixon, the only active campaigner, 314 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,000 ran far in front, even farther than expected, 315 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 with 81%. 316 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 - Mr. Nixon, which tactics and issues 317 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,000 do you feel got you this vote in New Hampshire? 318 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 - A very effective use of television. 319 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,000 I know I'm not supposed to be able to use television, 320 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 but I think that's one myth we knocked down this time. 321 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000 We were pretty good on television. 322 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 - The Nixon campaign needed this kind of a shot in the arm. 323 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 His supporters now around the country 324 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,000 I think are going to look at him a little bit differently 325 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,000 as possibly a vote-getter. 326 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 - Mr. Nixon, do you think you can be stopped now? 327 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 [laughter] - Well, let me put it-- 328 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 [crowd cheers, yells] 329 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Well, sir, that's a fair enough question. 330 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Uh--[chuckles]-- uh, I can say this, 331 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 I'm not gonna stop myself, that's for sure. 332 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 [cheers and applause] 333 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,000 [music swells] 334 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 ♪ ♪ 335 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,000 - Here we go. 336 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 [applause] 337 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,000 [atmospheric music] 338 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,000 - I am announcing today my candidacy 339 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,000 for the presidency of the United States. 340 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 ♪ ♪ 341 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 I run, because I am convinced 342 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 that this country is on a perilous course, 343 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 and because I have such strong feelings 344 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000 about what must be done. 345 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 I do not lightly dismiss the dangers 346 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 and the difficulties of challenging 347 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,000 an incumbent president. 348 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,000 At stake is not simply the leadership 349 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,000 of our party and even our country. 350 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,000 It is our right to the moral leadership 351 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,000 of this planet. 352 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 I thank you. 353 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,000 [applause] 354 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 - Well, the whole thing is one of the most extraordinary 355 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 political and human dramas, I think, 356 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 in the history of American politics. 357 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,000 This party may come apart at the seams. 358 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000 It's possible. 359 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 - Mr. Nixon, what sort of an opponent 360 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 do you think Robert Kennedy would be 361 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,000 if you both were to be nominated? 362 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 - He would be a strong opponent. 363 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,000 I mean, after all, you can't knock money. 364 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,000 [crowd cheering, screaming] 365 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 - Bobby Kennedy was very intense, 366 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 very hardworking. 367 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,000 He had more fire in his belly than either of the other two. 368 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 This was a totally political animal. 369 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000 [crowd chanting] RFK! RFK! 370 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,000 [rotor thrumming] 371 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,000 [indistinct chatter] 372 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,000 [engines droning] 373 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,000 [grass rustling] 374 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,000 - Many people in Vietnam are speaking of peace, 375 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,000 but the men in the field don't speak of peace. 376 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 They speak of going home, 377 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 which is something they've wanted to do for a long time. 378 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Meanwhile, they march, they fight... 379 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000 [gunfire] 380 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 And they die. 381 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 And peace is only a word. 382 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,000 [soft solemn music] 383 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 crowd: The whole world is watching! 384 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,000 The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching! 385 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:17,000 The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching! 386 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,000 The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching! 387 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,000 The whole world is watching! 388 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,000 - Gosh, this is hard to read, Jim, you have no idea. 389 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,000 It's just marked up, every word nearly, you see? 390 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 I just-- 391 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,000 and I can't see where a period is or not. 392 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Good evening, my fellow Americans. 393 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Tonight, I want to speak to you 394 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,000 of peace in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. 395 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,000 We are prepared to move immediately 396 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000 toward peace through negotiations. 397 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,000 So, tonight... 398 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,000 I am taking the first step 399 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,000 to deescalate the conflict, 400 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 with our hopes and the world's hopes 401 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 for peace in the balance every day. 402 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,000 I do not believe 403 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,000 that I should devote an hour or a day of my time 404 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:24,000 to any personal partisan causes. 405 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Accordingly... 406 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000 I shall not seek, 407 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,000 and I will not accept, 408 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 the nomination of my party 409 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 for another term as your president. 410 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 [solemn music] 411 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000 ♪ ♪ 412 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 [stately string music] 413 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 - Roger, no question about it, 414 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 this was a bombshell politically. 415 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000 - Well, you really don't know where to begin. 416 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,000 [clears throat] As you said, there was no warning. 417 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,000 The announcement that he would not seek another term, 418 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,000 or accept another term, was not in the text. 419 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 - What it says is that President Johnson 420 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 is willing to pay the ultimate price 421 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,000 to make the ultimate sacrifice for peace in Southeast Asia. 422 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,000 - [stammers, chuckles] 423 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 What I'd rather do, Dan, is go home, 424 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 and come back tomorrow morning and begin to talk about it. 425 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 - Well, it is a stunning moment, 426 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 and, for those of you in the audience 427 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 who may be saying, "Well, those two fellas 428 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 are having a hard time coming up with something to say," 429 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 that's the truth of the matter, 430 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,000 because it did come as a distinct surprise. 431 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 And it seems to me that this turns 432 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 the whole political basket upside-down. 433 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 [siren wailing] 434 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 - This is a CBS News special report. 435 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 - Good evening. Dr. Martin Luther King, 436 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,000 the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement, 437 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee. 438 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:45,000 - At 7:10 this evening, Martin Luther King was shot. 439 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 [crowd gasps] 440 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Martin Luther King 20 minutes ago died. 441 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,000 [crowd groaning, murmuring] 442 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,000 I would like to take this opportunity 443 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 to ask Reverend John Genzel 444 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:07,000 to lead all of us in prayer for Martin Luther King 445 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,000 and the future of all civil rights movements. 446 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000 [somber music] 447 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 ♪ ♪ 448 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,000 - Martin Luther King dedicated his life 449 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 to love and to justice 450 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 between fellow human beings. 451 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 What we need in the United States 452 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 is love and wisdom 453 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,000 and compassion toward one another, 454 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 and a feeling of justice 455 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:38,000 toward those who still suffer within our country, 456 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,000 whether they be white or whether they be black. 457 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:47,000 ♪ ♪ 458 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,000 - When I heard about it, 459 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 I just couldn't believe that it had happened. 460 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:57,000 ♪ ♪ 461 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,000 I considered him in terms of the black movement, 462 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 as being what I would call a moderate. 463 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,000 At least he wasn't advocating burning down the buildings, 464 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 and raising all the kinda hells 465 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 the Black Panthers and others were. 466 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,000 [dramatic music] [indistinct shouting] 467 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 [alarm blaring] 468 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 [siren wailing] 469 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000 - All over America, 470 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,000 black ghettos exploded in rage and grief. 471 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 - There is no cause that justifies violence 472 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,000 or breaking the law. 473 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,000 The Constitution does guarantee 474 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,000 the right to disagree, but not the right to disobey. 475 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,000 It is time for us to restore respect for law, 476 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 and then we'll have real progress 477 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,000 in the United States of America. 478 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,000 - We've heard constant references 479 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,000 to respect for law and order, 480 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 and more particularly, what they mean is, 481 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,000 respect for the white man's law enforcement. 482 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 [cheers and applause] 483 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 - The American people today 484 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000 want a president of the United States 485 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,000 who will see it like it is and tell it like it is, 486 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 and that's what I'm doing to you here today. 487 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,000 [cheers and applause] 488 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,000 [soft music] 489 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 - Folks, this is John Wayne. 490 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 We need a president who will restore 491 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 respect for law and order. 492 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Richard Nixon is the man to do it. 493 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,000 He's strong enough, he has the experience, 494 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 and he doesn't pussyfoot around. 495 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 That's my kind of a president. 496 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Richard Nixon: The best we have. 497 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000 [triumphant music plays] 498 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 ♪ ♪ 499 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 crowd: ♪ This land is your land ♪ 500 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 ♪ This land is my land ♪ 501 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 ♪ From California ♪ 502 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 ♪ To the New York island... ♪ 503 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 - Only 40% of the men that live in the ghetto 504 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 have jobs that pay more than $60 a week. 505 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 How can you support a family? 506 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,000 How can you bring up children in dignity? 507 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 - Robert Kennedy is the only man 508 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 on the current political structure 509 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,000 that can do the job that we need done. 510 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 - Is there a second choice? 511 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 - There is no second choice, as far as we're concerned. 512 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,000 [foreboding music] 513 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 - There is a feeling in the political climate 514 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,000 that the Kennedy juggernaut is not to be denied much longer. 515 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,000 - Senator Robert Kennedy stands a good deal taller this morning, 516 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 as a result of his clear-cut victory 517 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,000 in the Indiana Democratic presidential primary. 518 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000 - On the Republican side, Richard Nixon was not opposed, 519 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 and write-ins are not permitted in Indiana. 520 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,000 - Senator Kennedy picked up 23 convention votes 521 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000 in the District of Columbia primary. 522 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 - The size of the Nixon win all but wraps up 523 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,000 the Republican nomination for him. 524 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,000 [train honks] 525 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 - Polls have just closed 526 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 in California's presidential primary. 527 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,000 - We're going to Robert Kennedy's headquarters 528 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,000 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. 529 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 "The New York Times" has just said 530 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 that Kennedy is the apparent winner. 531 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Now he's advancing towards the hall, 532 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 where he will talk to his supporters. 533 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,000 [cheers and applause] 534 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,000 crowd: [chanting] We want Bobby! 535 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,000 - Thank you very-- thank you very much. 536 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 I want to express my gratitude 537 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,000 to all of those Mexican Americans 538 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,000 who were such supporters of mine. 539 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000 And I want to also thank all my friends 540 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 in the black community. 541 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,000 [cheers and applause] 542 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 My thanks to all of you. 543 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 And now it's on to Chicago, and let's win this. 544 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Thank you very much. 545 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 - Who is gonna be the next President of the United States? 546 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 crowd: [chanting] RFK! 547 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,000 - From its very beginning, this campaign of '68 548 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,000 has been one which has defied the experts, 549 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,000 an unpredictable sequence of political surprises. 550 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:45,000 [people yelling, screaming] 551 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 - Get the gun! Get the gun! 552 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 Gun. Stay away from the gun. 553 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Get his thumb! 554 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,000 Take ahold of his thumb, and break it if you have to! 555 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 Get his thumb! 556 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,000 - A doctor! We need a doctor right here. 557 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,000 - We need a doctor here. That's what we need. 558 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000 - Is there a doctor? 559 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,000 [people clamoring, sobbing] 560 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,000 [soft somber music] 561 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:20,000 ♪ ♪ 562 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,000 - I went up to my study, 563 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,000 Mrs. Nixon came in, 564 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:29,000 and it's one of the few times I've seen her cry, 565 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,000 and she said, "That poor boy died." 566 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:37,000 ♪ ♪ 567 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,000 [train rumbling] 568 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:47,000 ♪ ♪ 569 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,000 - My brother need not be idealized, 570 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,000 or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life... 571 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:04,000 ♪ ♪ 572 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,000 To be remembered simply as a good and decent man, 573 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,000 who saw wrong and tried to right it... 574 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,000 ♪ ♪ 575 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 Saw suffering and tried to heal it, 576 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,000 saw war and tried to stop it. 577 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,000 ♪ ♪ 578 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 - Senator Kennedy's death is a tragedy 579 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,000 for a nation and for a family, 580 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 but the tragedy would be compounded 581 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:34,000 if we allowed it to cause us to lose confidence 582 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,000 in ourselves and in our nation. 583 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,000 There are sick people in America, 584 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,000 but the American people are not a sick nation. 585 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,000 [solemn music] 586 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,000 - Of course, all political campaigns have been suspended. 587 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,000 - But it's far too early to contemplate 588 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,000 any political implications from this. 589 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000 - It's simply too early to have a reading on 590 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,000 what the possible effect could be on the political campaign 591 00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000 for the rest of the year. 592 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,000 That it will have an effect, no one can deny. 593 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,000 [upbeat marching band music playing] 594 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:13,000 ♪ ♪ 595 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,000 - At 6:30 this evening, as scheduled, 596 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,000 the man most likely to succeed on Wednesday 597 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 arrived and heard his first hoorahs 598 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000 in Miami Beach. 599 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,000 [cheers and applause] 600 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,000 - Richard Nixon remains far out in front 601 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000 in the delegates' strengths, 602 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,000 but if he's to win a nomination, 603 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,000 he still is going to need some additional support. 604 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000 And there's going to be a great deal of maneuvering, 605 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,000 and that's certainly the understatement of the day. 606 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,000 [dynamic music] 607 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,000 ♪ ♪ 608 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,000 - Nelson Rockefeller was in there. 609 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,000 He had a huge amount of money. 610 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,000 And then, also Ronald Reagan 611 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,000 was making a little run at it from the coast. 612 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,000 [dramatic tone] 613 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000 - There has been some movement. 614 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,000 Ronald Reagan could claim 16 fresh votes 615 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000 as an aftermath of his meetings today 616 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,000 with two Southern delegations. 617 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000 - I think that Mr. Nixon can be stopped, 618 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,000 and I think if he does not get it on the first ballot, 619 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,000 he's through. 620 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,000 - Anybody in politics must have great 621 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,000 competitive instinct. 622 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,000 He must want to win. 623 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,000 He must not like to lose. 624 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,000 But above everything else, he must have the ability 625 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,000 to keep fighting more and more strongly 626 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,000 when it seems that the odds are the greatest. 627 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,000 [tense music] 628 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000 ♪ ♪ 629 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000 - The most important developments 630 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000 have centered mostly on a conference 631 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,000 that Richard Nixon held last night, 632 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,000 and he seemed to be trying desperately 633 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,000 to win the South to his side. 634 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,000 ♪ ♪ 635 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000 - As a result of his statements 636 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,000 to the Southern caucus, 637 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000 black voters are aware that Richard Nixon 638 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,000 is opposed to bussing to help eliminate 639 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,000 racial imbalance in the nation's schools, 640 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,000 that he has a deep and basic opposition to open housing, 641 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,000 and that he will try to capitalize on 642 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,000 the political and racial issues of law and order and violence. 643 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,000 - I am going to cast my vote 644 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,000 for that world statesman and that great American, 645 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,000 Richard M. Nixon... 646 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,000 [cheers and applause] 647 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,000 [dramatic music] 648 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,000 And South Carolina's votes will go with me. 649 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,000 [cheers and applause] 650 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,000 - I again proudly accept that nomination 651 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 for President of the United States. 652 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:34,000 But I have news for you, this time, there's a difference. 653 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000 This time, we're going to win! 654 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,000 [cheers and applause] 655 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,000 My fellow Americans, 656 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000 for a few moments, 657 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000 let us look at America, 658 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000 let us listen to America. 659 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000 As we look at America, 660 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,000 we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame, 661 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,000 we hear sirens in the night, 662 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:01,000 we see Americans dying on distant battlefields abroad, 663 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,000 we see Americans hating each other, 664 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 fighting each other, killing each other at home. 665 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,000 And as we see and hear these things, 666 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,000 millions of Americans cry out in anguish, 667 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,000 "Did we come all this way for this?" 668 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:21,000 Listen to the answer to those questions. 669 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 It is another voice. 670 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:28,000 It is a quiet voice in the tumult of the shouting. 671 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,000 It is the voice of the great majority of Americans, 672 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000 the forgotten Americans, 673 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,000 the non-shouters, the non-demonstrators. 674 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,000 They're good people. They're decent people. 675 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000 They work and they save and they pay their taxes 676 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000 and they care. 677 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,000 And what America needs are leaders to match 678 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,000 the greatness of our people. 679 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,000 [cheers and applause] 680 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,000 [dramatic percussive music] 681 00:32:53,000 --> 00:33:00,000 ♪ ♪ 682 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,000 [soft bass music] 683 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,000 - Good evening from Chicago, 684 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,000 where the 35th National Democratic Convention opens 685 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,000 with the promise of turmoil inside this hall, 686 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,000 and a threat of violence without. 687 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000 - Today, 5,000 National Guard troops joined 688 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000 federal and local forces 689 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000 in imposing unprecedented security. 690 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,000 - As for the demonstrators, 691 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,000 estimates ranged up to 1,000 protesters. 692 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000 - The invading students, hippies, yippies, 693 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,000 radicals, activists, McCarthy kids, 694 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,000 and other anti-war horses. 695 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,000 crowd: [chanting] We want change! 696 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,000 - More than 5,000 screaming, cheering supporters 697 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,000 of Eugene McCarthy swanned all over Midway Airport. 698 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,000 [dramatic string music] 699 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,000 ♪ ♪ 700 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000 - Across town, Hubert and Muriel Humphrey 701 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,000 step from their chartered jet. 702 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000 In Vietnam, he is, if the word means anything, 703 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,000 rather hawkish, and he's stuck with it. 704 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,000 - ♪ Oh, say ♪ 705 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:05,000 ♪ Can you see ♪ 706 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,000 ♪ By the dawn's ♪ 707 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:14,000 ♪ Early light ♪ 708 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:19,000 ♪ What so proudly ♪ people: [chanting] Peace now! 709 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,000 ♪ We hailed... ♪ 710 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,000 [chanting continues] 711 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,000 - A new line of police moving down Balbo Street now 712 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,000 to take positions, and to try, presumably, 713 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,000 to clear this intersection. 714 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,000 [chanting continues] 715 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,000 [soft solemn music] 716 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:42,000 ♪ ♪ 717 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,000 - A noisy but non-violent crowd jams the streets, 718 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,000 as Chicago police charge suddenly in all directions. 719 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,000 - And the police clearing off the sidewalks, 720 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,000 and the crowd is running. 721 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,000 The police are chasing them into Graham Park. 722 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,000 [indistinct yelling, screaming] 723 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,000 ♪ ♪ 724 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,000 - They jab nightsticks to their stomachs and skull... 725 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,000 [explosion] Shots of gas. 726 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,000 people: [chanting] The whole world is watching! 727 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000 - "The whole world is watching," 728 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,000 chants the crowd on this side. 729 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,000 [chanting continues] 730 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,000 - The incident certainly could hardly be 731 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,000 described any other way except unprovoked, 732 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,000 and the police lost control. 733 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,000 ♪ ♪ 734 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,000 [dramatic string music] 735 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,000 ♪ ♪ 736 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,000 - Richard Nixon can take some heart 737 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,000 from what happened here this week. 738 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,000 - The impact could help thrust Richard Nixon 739 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,000 into the White House next January. 740 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,000 ♪ ♪ 741 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000 - Mr. Nixon chose to open his drive for the White House 742 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,000 in Chicago, where the Democrats had 743 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,000 a certain amount of difficulty last week. 744 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,000 Today, the crowds were big, boisterous, and friendly. 745 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,000 - A picture of the city of Chicago 746 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,000 and the people of Chicago went out across America 747 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,000 and across this world. 748 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,000 It was an ugly picture, 749 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,000 and, my friends, I can tell you today, 750 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000 it was an unfair picture. 751 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,000 It wasn't a true picture. 752 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,000 I saw the real Chicago yesterday. 753 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,000 A record number of Chicagoans came out. 754 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,000 Some said 400,000, some said 600,000. 755 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,000 Let's call it 1/2 million. 756 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,000 They had taken to the streets, 757 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000 because they want a change in America, 758 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,000 and they're gonna get it by their votes this November. 759 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,000 [cheers and applause] 760 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000 [upbeat classical music] 761 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,000 - I, in a sense, am in the ring tonight, 762 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000 and I think this is the time and this is the place 763 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,000 to take off the gloves and sock it to 'em. 764 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000 [cheers and applause] 765 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,000 - Nixon's staff today claimed he would win a landslide 766 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,000 427 electoral votes next Tuesday. 767 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:02,000 - ♪ Yes, Nixon's the one to go with ♪ 768 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000 ♪ ♪ 769 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,000 - The polls showed that we were gonna win 770 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000 very, very handsomely... 771 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000 [rotor thrumming] 772 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,000 But Lyndon Johnson still had the White House, 773 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:17,000 and that White House almost finished us off 774 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,000 just three or four days before the election. 775 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,000 [solemn music] 776 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,000 ♪ ♪ 777 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,000 - Good evening. 778 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,000 President Johnson announced tonight he has ordered a halt 779 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,000 to the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, 780 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,000 effective at 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning, 781 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000 Washington time. 782 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,000 - A North Vietnamese spokesman said 783 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,000 the Hanoi delegation will participate 784 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,000 in expanded peace talks next Wednesday. 785 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,000 President Johnson's decision has brought 786 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,000 the highest prospects for peace in Vietnam 787 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000 in three years. 788 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,000 - I shall do everything in my power 789 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,000 to move us toward the peace that this president, 790 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,000 and I believe every other American, 791 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,000 so deeply and urgently desires. 792 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,000 - To think that this should be pulled out of the hat 793 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,000 right before the election, 794 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:09,000 at a time that it was bound to give Humphrey a treat, 795 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,000 and give me a trick, which would defeat us. 796 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,000 - It seems to me that the statement 797 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,000 made tonight by the president cannot help but help 798 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,000 Vice President Hubert Humphrey. 799 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,000 - After the president announced the bombing halt last night, 800 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000 the Louis Harris poll reported today 801 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,000 that Hubert Humphrey has narrowed 802 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,000 Richard Nixon's lead to three percentage points. 803 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,000 And Harris has said in the past 804 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,000 that if Humphrey reached within 805 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,000 two to three percentage points of Mr. Nixon, 806 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,000 then the election could become too close to call. 807 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,000 [tense music] 808 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:45,000 - There's no question that I was very distressed, 809 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,000 and all of my associates were. 810 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:55,000 ♪ ♪ 811 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:12,000 ♪ ♪ 812 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:51,000 ♪ ♪ 813 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:33,000 ♪ ♪ 814 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,000 - An American spokesman in Paris said today, 815 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000 the peace talks, scheduled for tomorrow, 816 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,000 will be postponed, 817 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000 because of South Vietnam's refusal to participate. 818 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,000 - As they come down to the wire, 819 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000 it seems to me that the developments 820 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000 of the past few days clearly indicate 821 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:53,000 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]