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{\an1}[Newsreader] A web of evidence
appears to be closing in
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{\an1}on Lee Harvey Oswald.
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{\an1}[Witness] Thinking back, how
different this could have been,
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{\an1}were it not for a guy
like Lee Harvey Oswald.
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{\an1}I'll never forget those sounds.
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{\an1}It's having heard,
pow, pow, pow!
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{\an1}Methodically this guy's
pulling this trigger,
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{\an1}and he knows he's killing the
president of the United States.
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{\an1}[Newsreader] Air Force One,
the big jet
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{\an1}on which President Kennedy
made so many of his trips,
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{\an1}will be bringing him back
to Washington the last time.
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{\an1}The plane, which is carrying
the president's body
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{\an1}in a bronze casket, also has
now-president Lyndon Johnson,
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{\an1}as well as Mrs. Kennedy.
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{\an1}[Clint Hill] On that flight
between Dallas and DC,
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{\an1}there was no time
for grief or anything,
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{\an1}except continue to do
the best job you could,
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{\an1}and that's what I tried to do.
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{\an1}Mrs. Kennedy was in shock.
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{\an1}She cried terribly.
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{\an1}Here she was, a brand new widow,
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{\an1}I mean, she--
alright, with two children.
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{\an1}And now that's all that
was left of that family.
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{\an1}Bobby Kennedy came running up
the front steps of the aircraft,
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{\an1}ran all the way
through the aircraft
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{\an1}to where Mrs. Kennedy and the
casket was situated in the back.
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{\an1}And he was tearful.
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{\an1}It was shocking,
it was emotional.
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{\an1}I couldn't break down.
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{\an1}[Paul Landis] I just cried,
I think, all the way home.
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{\an1}I helped to unload the casket.
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{\an1}We were tired,
we put in a long day.
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{\an1}A lot had gone on, and I hadn't
handled a lot of it very well.
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{\an1}I know now I was in shock.
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{\an1}[Newsreader] The First Lady was
still wearing the pink wool suit
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{\an1}that she had when she rode
beside Mr. Kennedy
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{\an1}in the parade.
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{\an1}[Reporter] We have not yet seen
President Johnson.
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{\an1}It's expected that he will make
a public appearance
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{\an1}and a statement.
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{\an1}[Newsreader] The president
walked haggard and alone.
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{\an1}[Lyndon Johnson] This is
a sad time for all people.
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{\an1}I know that the world
shares the sorrow
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{\an1}that Mrs. Kennedy
and her family bear.
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{\an1}I will do my best.
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{\an1}That is all I can do.
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{\an1}I ask for your help and God's.
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{\an1}[Newsreader] The helicopter
which will take him
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{\an1}to the Rose Garden
of the White House
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{\an1}is in the picture now,
as he embarks
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{\an1}on the last leg
of the journey,
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{\an1}which will put him literally
in the White House.
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{\an1}[Hill] I called to find out
where the children were.
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{\an1}They were at the White House.
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{\an1}If John or Caroline were to see
or hear that helicopter coming,
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{\an1}they would assume it was
their mother and father.
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{\an1}They had not, at this point,
been told
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{\an1}of what had happened in Dallas.
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{\an1}[Sid Davis]
I went back to Washington,
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{\an1}got back around midnight,
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{\an1}and went to the White House.
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{\an1}I was broadcasting
on the arrival of the casket.
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{\an1}This is a earth-shattering
type of experience.
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{\an1}Something that many people
believe could not happen
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{\an1}in the 20th century.
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{\an1}This was the president
of the United States.
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{\an1}In prime of life,
youngest guy elected.
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{\an1}All of us were
in a state of shock,
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{\an1}but the point is,
I couldn't stop to think.
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{\an1}If I stopped to think of how bad
this really was at the moment,
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{\an1}I wouldn't have gotten
through my broadcast.
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{\an1}Mrs. Kennedy riding as close
as she can with the president.
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{\an1}I started wrapping up
the broadcast,
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{\an1}and I did the closing
and everything.
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{\an1}And I said
he enjoyed Robert Frost,
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{\an1}and he used to close
his campaign speeches,
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{\an1}at every stop he'd quote
from Robert Frost.
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{\an1}And I had this Robert Frost poem
in my pocket,
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{\an1}and I went and did it.
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{\an1}"The woods are lovely,
dark and deep.
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{\an1}But I have promises to keep,
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{\an1}and miles to go before I sleep,
before I sleep."
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{\an1}"I have promises to keep
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{\an1}and many miles to go
before I sleep."
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{\an1}And with that,
this is Sid Davis,
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reporting from the White House.
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{\an1}[Police Chief] We want to say
this, that this investigation
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{\an1}has been carried on jointly
by the FBI,
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{\an1}the Secret Service, the Rangers,
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{\an1}and the Dallas
Police Department.
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{\an1}[Jesse Curry]
He has not confessed,
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{\an1}he has made no statement.
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{\an1}Charges of murder have been
accepted against him.
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{\an1}[Curry] We'll go get
in a larger room here,
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{\an1}that's what we're
talking about here.
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{\an1}[Reporter]
What about the assembly room
right around there?
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{\an1}[Bill Mercer] That night, I was
broadcasting when they decided
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{\an1}that nobody could get
their questions answered,
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{\an1}so why not have
a press conference
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{\an1}with Oswald answering questions.
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{\an1}Can you imagine doing that today
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{\an1}with a person who's been
arrested for murder?
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{\an1}Now this is the moment
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{\an1}that I'm sure the country's
been waiting for.
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{\an1}Lee Oswald, 24, former Marine,
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{\an1}reported to have lived in Russia
for three years.
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{\an1}And also reported to be a member
of a pro-Castro party.
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{\an1}This is the situation now,
here in Dallas.
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{\an1}[Mercer]
The man has not confessed.
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{\an1}He has not confessed
either the murder of Tippit,
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{\an1}or the murder of the president.
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{\an1}As I walked by
the detective's office,
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{\an1}one of them came out
and he said,
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{\an1}"Bill, I'm gonna tell you
something you might use later,
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{\an1}that we are now filling out
the charge papers,
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{\an1}that Oswald murdered
the president."
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{\an1}We're now in the basement
of the Dallas Police Department.
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{\an1}It was a surreal situation.
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{\an1}I'd never been
to a press conference
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{\an1}with a murder suspect.
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{\an1}It was unprecedented.
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{\an1}The indication is now
that the suspect
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{\an1}is coming down the aisle, and
into this identification room.
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{\an1}There he is, a slight fellow
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{\an1}with some scratches and marks
around his face.
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{\an1}[indistinct chatter]
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{\an1}[Mercer] I was down at the edge
of the stage there.
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{\an1}And a reporter
next to me said...
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{\an1}[Lee Harvey Oswald] No, I've not
been charged with that.
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{\an1}In fact, nobody has
said that to me yet.
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{\an1}The first thing I heard about it
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{\an1}was when the newspaper reporters
in the hall
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{\an1}asked me that question.
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{\an1}[Mercer]
And as he turned facing me,
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{\an1}I said, "Yes, you have,
you have been charged
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{\an1}with the murder
of the president."
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{\an1}He kind of moved his head back.
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{\an1}And, "What?"
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{\an1}And I said,
"You have been charged
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{\an1}with the murder
of the president."
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{\an1}[Oswald] Sir?
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{\an1}[Mercer] That was Oswald.
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{\an1}Lee Oswald, who was charged
with the murder
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{\an1}of the president
of the United States.
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{\an1}He's being taken back upstairs.
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{\an1}That was one of the rare times
when we saw any real reaction.
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{\an1}I think I kind of
burst his balloon,
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{\an1}of thinking he was getting away
with something.
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{\an1}Jack Ruby was up there
that night.
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{\an1}He worked the police and
gave them tickets to his club,
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{\an1}and he was always around 'em.
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{\an1}I don't think he had
to show any credentials.
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{\an1}He's the police buddy.
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{\an1}[Rusty Robbins] Everybody knew
who Jack Ruby was,
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{\an1}no question about it.
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{\an1}He ran, some people call 'em
burlesque joints,
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{\an1}I call 'em stripper clubs.
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{\an1}Jack was known
to carry a pistol.
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{\an1}Back then, if a businessman
carried a personal protection,
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{\an1}it was overlooked.
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{\an1}And maybe one or two of 'em
saw Jack
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{\an1}and said, "Well, that's Jack."
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{\an1}[Reporter] Chief,
do you have any concern
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{\an1}for the safety of your prisoner,
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{\an1}in view of the high feeling
among the people of Dallas
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{\an1}over the assassination
of the president?
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{\an1}[Curry] No, but the precautions
necessary,
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{\an1}precautions will be
taken of course.
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{\an1}But I'm not--I don't think
that the people will,
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{\an1}like, try to take the prisoner
away from us.
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{\an1}[Reporter] It is anticipated
that he will be moved.
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{\an1}Police are worried,
they are so worried
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{\an1}they've talked about
the possibility of moving him
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{\an1}in an armored vehicle.
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{\an1}[Mercer]
Since 6:30 this morning,
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{\an1}people have been gathering
across the street
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{\an1}from the White House, waiting
to pay their last respects.
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{\an1}[Mourner] The people
of the United States
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{\an1}have identified themselves
with the Kennedy family.
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{\an1}And I think the grief
that we all feel,
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{\an1}at this event, this tragedy,
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{\an1}is much more real
and much more personal.
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{\an1}I came here to express,
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{\an1}somehow to express
my own sympathy
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{\an1}to Mrs. Kennedy
and to all the family,
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{\an1}and to the whole
United States, actually,
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{\an1}for the great loss
that we have suffered.
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{\an1}[Reporter] A lonely little boy
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{\an1}who observes
his third birthday Monday
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{\an1}wandered through
a big Washington house today,
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{\an1}complaining, "I don't have
anyone to play with."
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{\an1}John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.,
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{\an1}says his father was killed
by a bad man.
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{\an1}But he doesn't understand why
the slain president is not there
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{\an1}to walk the White House
corridors with him,
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{\an1}or why he's not allowed to enter
the presidential office
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{\an1}as was his wont and somewhat
his consistent habit.
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{\an1}[Hill] It had a tremendous
impact on all three of 'em.
231
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{\an1}Now, John, you know,
he was so young.
232
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{\an1}The agents would take him out
to a playground, he'd play.
233
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{\an1}And one day a photographer from
The Washington Post showed up.
234
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{\an1}And John turned to him and said,
235
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{\an1}"Why are you taking my picture?
My daddy's dead!"
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237
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{\an1}He knew; he knew
his daddy had died.
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{\an1}[Reporter]
Just a little while from now,
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{\an1}the president's body
and its flag-draped coffin
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{\an1}is to be taken
from the White House,
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{\an1}down Pennsylvania Avenue,
and escorted to Capitol Hill.
243
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{\an1}[Hill] Mrs. Kennedy had gone up
to the second floor
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{\an1}with members of the family.
245
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{\an1}They decide to have
a prayer service for the family
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{\an1}there in the East Room.
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248
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{\an1}She said, "Mr. Hill,
I'd like to see the president."
249
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{\an1}I said,
"Okay, give us a moment."
250
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{\an1}I went and opened the casket,
251
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{\an1}made sure that it was okay
for her to look,
252
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{\an1}wasn't gonna be too shocking.
253
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254
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{\an1}They went up
and stood there, crying.
255
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256
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{\an1}And then she turned to me
and said,
257
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{\an1}"Mr. Hill, can you
get me a scissors?"
258
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{\an1}I didn't see what happened,
259
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{\an1}but I could hear
the clip, clip, clip, clip,
260
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{\an1}I knew that she was cutting
a piece of his hair.
261
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{\an1}And so then
she closed the casket.
262
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263
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{\an1}It's hard to describe
her demeanor.
264
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{\an1}She could control herself
pretty well
265
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{\an1}when she was in the public eye.
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{\an1}♪ ♪
267
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{\an1}But she was really suffering.
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269
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{\an1}[Henry Wade] Oh, I think this
man had planned this murder
271
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{\an1}weeks or months ago
272
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{\an1}and has laid his plans carefully
and carried them out.
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{\an1}[Reporter] And you will
conduct the trial?
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{\an1}[Wade] Yes, sir. I plan to.
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{\an1}[Reporter] And you will ask
capital verdict?
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{\an1}[Wade] We'll ask
the death penalty.
277
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{\an1}[Peggy Simpson]
Kennedy's death was a huge blow
278
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{\an1}to a lot of people.
279
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{\an1}I just couldn't believe
that that could happen
280
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{\an1}in our country,
let alone on my doorstep.
281
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282
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{\an1}My bureau chief called and said,
283
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{\an1}"You know, I want you
to be in the jail
284
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{\an1}and show up at 10 o'clock,
285
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{\an1}because the cops
are moving Oswald
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{\an1}from the city
to the county courthouse."
287
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{\an1}[Reporter] Officers have checked
every vehicle coming in,
288
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{\an1}and no one who is not
a member of the press
289
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{\an1}and not able
to show identification
290
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{\an1}can enter the basement.
291
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292
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{\an1}Guards are stationed at points
293
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{\an1}all across the inside
of the basement.
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{\an1}♪ ♪
295
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{\an1}[Simpson]
When I arrived at the jail,
296
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{\an1}there were so many people
who were gathering
297
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{\an1}and being angry
at what had happened.
298
00:22:04,448 --> 00:22:07,910
{\an1}The atmosphere, the paranoia
in the atmosphere
299
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{\an1}that was gripping Dallas
at the time.
300
00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:16,544
{\an1}There was a feeling of outrage
that this could have happened,
301
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{\an1}this could have happened here.
302
00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,256
{\an1}Who is this person anyway?
303
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{\an1}♪ ♪
304
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{\an1}I walked down the ramp
into the, what was the driveway,
305
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{\an1}and, um, I positioned myself
at the front row
306
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{\an1}of about 20 or 30 reporters
307
00:22:42,319 --> 00:22:46,156
{\an1}who were in front of,
grouped around the opening
308
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{\an1}where Oswald would be
brought out.
309
00:22:51,662 --> 00:22:52,872
{\an1}[Reporter]
People still are wondering
310
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{\an1}exactly when Oswald
will come down.
311
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{\an1}[Simpson] Everything was unusual
about this whole weekend.
312
00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:11,015
{\an1}You know, it was just
an unprecedented set of events,
313
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{\an1}that you just kept following
as they kept unfolding.
314
00:23:15,311 --> 00:23:19,189
{\an1}[indistinct chatter]
315
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{\an1}[Reporter] Alright, we got
a little activity down there,
316
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{\an1}I don't know what it is.
317
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318
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{\an1}[Robbins] Oswald was going to be
transferred to the county jail.
319
00:23:58,562 --> 00:24:01,023
{\an1}It was live news.
320
00:24:01,023 --> 00:24:05,611
{\an1}We were watching
on my little 10-inch television,
321
00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:11,325
{\an1}watching the events
as they unfolded for that day.
322
00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:14,370
{\an1}It felt like the whole
of America was watching.
323
00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:18,916
{\an1}[Reporter] Security precautions
have been tightened.
324
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{\an1}Armed guards are stationed
throughout Dallas, City Hall,
325
00:24:22,753 --> 00:24:25,339
{\an1}and the Police Headquarters.
326
00:24:25,339 --> 00:24:38,352
{\an1}♪ ♪
327
00:24:38,352 --> 00:24:40,521
{\an1}[gunshot]
328
00:24:40,521 --> 00:24:41,772
{\an1}[bleep]
329
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:44,066
{\an1}[Reporter] He's been shot.
He's been shot.
330
00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:46,360
{\an1}Lee Oswald has been shot.
331
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{\an1}There's a man with a gun.
332
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{\an1}It's absolute panic.
333
00:24:49,780 --> 00:24:51,740
{\an1}Absolute panic here
in the basement
334
00:24:51,740 --> 00:24:53,909
{\an1}of Dallas Police Headquarters.
335
00:24:57,663 --> 00:25:01,417
{\an1}[Simpson] I just knew that
Oswald had been badly hurt,
336
00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:06,004
{\an1}and that the cops
were in astonishment.
337
00:25:06,004 --> 00:25:08,549
{\an1}You could just see the horror
on their faces.
338
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:12,261
{\an1}♪ ♪
339
00:25:12,261 --> 00:25:14,763
{\an1}There was total chaos
and total pandemonium.
340
00:25:14,763 --> 00:25:18,767
{\an1}Nobody was quite sure
what on Earth was happening.
341
00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:21,729
{\an1}What was going through my mind
was, "Get out of here."
342
00:25:21,729 --> 00:25:27,026
{\an1}♪ ♪
343
00:25:27,026 --> 00:25:28,736
{\an1}I didn't even think.
344
00:25:28,736 --> 00:25:31,113
{\an1}You know, you can't think
in a moment like that.
345
00:25:31,113 --> 00:25:34,032
{\an1}You have to just act
on automatic pilot.
346
00:25:34,032 --> 00:25:35,117
{\an1}And I walked around
347
00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:39,788
{\an1}and went straight
into the police station.
348
00:25:39,788 --> 00:25:45,169
{\an1}[Reporter] Oswald is now taken
back inside the police station.
349
00:25:45,169 --> 00:25:49,089
{\an1}[Simpson] There was just
this horror, sense of horror.
350
00:25:51,133 --> 00:25:52,551
{\an1}[Reporter] The situation is now
351
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:57,806
{\an1}that Lee Harold Oswald
has been shot.
352
00:25:57,806 --> 00:25:59,767
{\an1}We can hear sirens outside,
353
00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:03,771
{\an1}and an ambulance apparently
is moving down now
354
00:26:03,771 --> 00:26:04,938
{\an1}into the basement.
355
00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,232
{\an1}Here comes the ambulance.
356
00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:12,488
{\an1}And Oswald will be removed now.
357
00:26:12,488 --> 00:26:30,380
{\an1}♪ ♪
358
00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:32,508
{\an1}[Reporter] Captain,
where will he be taken?
359
00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:34,176
{\an1}[Captain] I'm assuming
Parkland Hospital.
360
00:26:34,176 --> 00:26:36,428
{\an1}[Reporter] Parkland Hospital,
the irony of ironies.
361
00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:39,640
{\an1}The place where
President John F. Kennedy died.
362
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:47,981
{\an1}♪ ♪
363
00:26:47,981 --> 00:26:50,776
{\an1}[Simpson]
A sense of total disbelief.
364
00:26:50,776 --> 00:26:53,028
{\an1}How could this be happening?
365
00:26:53,028 --> 00:26:56,365
{\an1}After two days earlier,
the president being shot.
366
00:26:56,365 --> 00:26:58,534
{\an1}How--who was this guy?
367
00:26:58,534 --> 00:27:01,578
{\an1}You had to absorb the fact
that somebody had been there
368
00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:03,956
{\an1}to kill Oswald, and they did.
369
00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,165
{\an1}[Reporter] Mass confusion.
370
00:27:05,165 --> 00:27:06,667
{\an1}The man accused of assassinating
371
00:27:06,667 --> 00:27:08,836
{\an1}the president
of the United States
372
00:27:08,836 --> 00:27:11,588
{\an1}has just sustained
a bullet wound injury.
373
00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:14,174
{\an1}Lee Harold Oswald is now
in an ambulance
374
00:27:14,174 --> 00:27:17,678
{\an1}speeding on his way
to Dallas Parkland Hospital.
375
00:27:17,678 --> 00:27:30,148
{\an1}♪ ♪
376
00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:33,861
{\an1}[Mercer] We were watching
the news live.
377
00:27:33,861 --> 00:27:37,447
{\an1}We were,
"Oh, my god, another one!
378
00:27:37,447 --> 00:27:41,076
{\an1}What else is gonna happen?
Now who else is gonna get shot?"
379
00:27:41,076 --> 00:27:44,454
{\an1}It was just impossible
to believe.
380
00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:50,252
{\an1}♪ ♪
381
00:27:50,252 --> 00:27:54,673
{\an1}[Simpson] I was on the phone
with my bureau chief,
382
00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:58,302
{\an1}and I heard the cops say,
"This is Jack Ruby."
383
00:27:58,302 --> 00:28:01,471
{\an1}And I said, "This is--
they say the cops know this guy,
384
00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:03,891
{\an1}they say it's Jack Ruby."
And he said, "What?!"
385
00:28:03,891 --> 00:28:07,269
{\an1}You know, "I drink in his bar!
How could that be?"
386
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:11,148
{\an1}♪ ♪
387
00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:12,649
{\an1}He was a known person;
388
00:28:12,649 --> 00:28:15,360
{\an1}he wasn't somebody that they
expected to do any harm.
389
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:20,115
{\an1}♪ ♪
390
00:28:20,115 --> 00:28:21,491
{\an1}[Reporter] I understand
that he was here
391
00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:23,702
{\an1}passing out cards yesterday
to members of the press,
392
00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:27,039
{\an1}offering them to come by and get
free drinks at his clubs.
393
00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:28,373
{\an1}[Witness] That's what
I understand, yeah.
394
00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:29,791
{\an1}[Reporter]
Well, how does he have access
395
00:28:29,791 --> 00:28:32,085
{\an1}to the police department,
a nightclub owner in Dallas?
396
00:28:32,085 --> 00:28:34,504
{\an1}How does he--I saw him
walking around downstairs.
397
00:28:34,504 --> 00:28:35,964
{\an1}How does he do this?
398
00:28:35,964 --> 00:28:38,091
{\an1}Does he have a lot of friends
in the police department?
399
00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:40,719
{\an1}[Witness] Well, I would
think so, I don't know.
400
00:28:42,888 --> 00:28:49,227
{\an1}[Robbins] When I saw that
Jack Ruby had shot Oswald,
401
00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:50,812
{\an1}I was shocked.
402
00:28:53,482 --> 00:28:57,527
{\an1}I was sorry that he had
messed up like that.
403
00:28:57,527 --> 00:29:03,116
{\an1}He committed a grave error,
one you can't eradicate.
404
00:29:03,116 --> 00:29:05,243
{\an1}It's gonna go down in history.
405
00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:10,749
{\an1}Jack did what he did.
406
00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:14,336
{\an1}He wanted to be somebody.
407
00:29:14,336 --> 00:29:15,963
{\an1}Everybody loved the president,
408
00:29:15,963 --> 00:29:20,342
{\an1}so everybody hated the man
who had killed the president.
409
00:29:20,342 --> 00:29:23,220
{\an1}So now this is gonna
make Jack a hero.
410
00:29:26,723 --> 00:29:29,935
{\an1}[Spokesman] The chief of surgery
at Parkland Memorial Hospital
411
00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:35,565
{\an1}is coming into the room now to
make a statement on Mr. Oswald.
412
00:29:35,565 --> 00:29:38,235
{\an1}[Chief of Surgery]
Yeah, he--Mr. Oswald died
413
00:29:38,235 --> 00:29:41,822
{\an1}at 1:07 our time,
in the operating room,
414
00:29:41,822 --> 00:29:45,492
{\an1}of the gunshot wound
which he'd received.
415
00:29:45,492 --> 00:29:49,413
{\an1}♪ ♪
416
00:29:49,413 --> 00:29:52,416
{\an1}[Curry] My statement
will be very brief.
417
00:29:54,960 --> 00:30:00,465
{\an1}Oswald expired at 1:07 p.m.
418
00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:01,508
{\an1}[Reporter] He died?
419
00:30:01,508 --> 00:30:06,513
{\an1}[Curry] He died at 1:07 p.m.
420
00:30:06,513 --> 00:30:08,223
{\an1}We have arrested the man.
421
00:30:08,223 --> 00:30:12,102
{\an1}The man will be
charged with murder.
422
00:30:12,102 --> 00:30:15,647
{\an1}The suspect's name is Jack Ruby.
423
00:30:25,532 --> 00:30:27,659
{\an1}[Mercer] Actually,
what Jack Ruby did
424
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:33,290
{\an1}was prevent justice from being
served when he killed Oswald.
425
00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:39,087
{\an1}Everybody had questions
about why.
426
00:30:39,087 --> 00:30:41,423
{\an1}It was just like Oswald
shooting the president.
427
00:30:41,423 --> 00:30:43,258
{\an1}Somebody had to be
in charge of him.
428
00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:46,386
{\an1}Somebody had to know,
why would he do this?
429
00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:48,472
{\an1}And the same thing
happened with Ruby.
430
00:30:48,472 --> 00:30:51,641
{\an1}People said,
"Oh, he's working for somebody."
431
00:30:51,641 --> 00:30:54,686
{\an1}Everybody suspected the mafia,
432
00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:58,732
{\an1}the communists,
the usual suspects.
433
00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:03,278
{\an1}♪ ♪
434
00:31:03,278 --> 00:31:06,615
{\an1}The police said that Ruby's
excuse for shooting Oswald
435
00:31:06,615 --> 00:31:10,494
{\an1}was that he just hated the man
and loved the Kennedys
436
00:31:10,494 --> 00:31:14,539
{\an1}and wanted to get even for them;
and he did.
437
00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:33,225
{\an1}♪ ♪
438
00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:37,521
{\an1}[Davis] The assassination
was on a Friday,
439
00:31:37,521 --> 00:31:41,691
{\an1}and I had not slept
for three days.
440
00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:44,903
{\an1}And Monday morning,
I got up real early,
441
00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:47,364
{\an1}I wanted to go down
to the funeral.
442
00:31:49,699 --> 00:31:53,286
{\an1}I got in my car, and I started
down MacArthur Boulevard
443
00:31:53,286 --> 00:31:56,373
{\an1}to go down to the parade route.
444
00:31:56,373 --> 00:32:03,171
{\an1}♪ ♪
445
00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:07,300
{\an1}I saw a woman at the bus stop,
446
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,011
{\an1}and I pulled over and I said,
"Are you going to the funeral?"
447
00:32:10,011 --> 00:32:11,138
{\an1}She said, "Yes."
448
00:32:11,138 --> 00:32:13,431
{\an1}She got in the car
in the front seat.
449
00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:16,393
{\an1}And we talked a little bit.
450
00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:23,692
{\an1}♪ ♪
451
00:32:23,692 --> 00:32:26,236
{\an1}She said, "I'm a Republican."
452
00:32:26,236 --> 00:32:30,031
{\an1}♪ ♪
453
00:32:30,031 --> 00:32:32,576
{\an1}"But I didn't know
how much I admired him."
454
00:32:32,576 --> 00:32:37,038
{\an1}♪ ♪
455
00:32:37,038 --> 00:32:39,499
{\an1}I think that was repeated
millions of times
456
00:32:39,499 --> 00:32:41,585
{\an1}across the country.
457
00:32:41,585 --> 00:32:45,130
{\an1}He was an endearing guy,
you just couldn't help it.
458
00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:47,090
{\an1}Even if you didn't
agree with him,
459
00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:49,885
{\an1}you couldn't help but like him.
460
00:32:49,885 --> 00:32:56,474
{\an1}♪ ♪
461
00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:59,936
{\an1}[John F. Kennedy]
Let every nation know,
462
00:32:59,936 --> 00:33:04,024
{\an1}whether it wishes us
well or ill,
463
00:33:04,024 --> 00:33:07,569
{\an1}that we shall pay any price,
464
00:33:07,569 --> 00:33:10,071
{\an1}bear any burden,
465
00:33:10,071 --> 00:33:12,532
{\an1}meet any hardship,
466
00:33:12,532 --> 00:33:14,951
{\an1}support any friend,
467
00:33:14,951 --> 00:33:17,621
{\an1}oppose any foe
468
00:33:17,621 --> 00:33:21,708
{\an1}to assure the survival
and the success of liberty.
469
00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:43,647
{\an1}♪ ♪
470
00:33:50,904 --> 00:33:54,616
{\an1}[Hill] Mrs. Kennedy,
471
00:33:54,616 --> 00:33:57,535
{\an1}she was determined that
472
00:33:57,535 --> 00:34:00,789
{\an1}people were not going to forget
her husband either.
473
00:34:00,789 --> 00:34:07,295
{\an1}♪ ♪
474
00:34:07,295 --> 00:34:12,050
{\an1}She wanted to walk
behind the casket.
475
00:34:13,677 --> 00:34:18,098
{\an1}I had talked to her and said,
"It really isn't advisable."
476
00:34:18,098 --> 00:34:19,724
{\an1}And she said, "Well,
at least I'm gonna walk
477
00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:23,395
{\an1}from the White House
to St. Matthew's."
478
00:34:23,395 --> 00:34:54,551
{\an1}♪ ♪
479
00:34:54,551 --> 00:34:57,387
{\an1}[Davis] Jackie put on a show.
480
00:34:57,387 --> 00:34:58,930
{\an1}That's what she wanted to do.
481
00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:03,435
{\an1}This is "I'm gonna give him
the best send-off I can
482
00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:07,731
{\an1}and give him what he deserved."
483
00:35:07,731 --> 00:35:27,876
{\an1}♪ ♪
484
00:35:27,876 --> 00:35:29,210
{\an1}[Hill] The day of the funeral
485
00:35:29,210 --> 00:35:34,007
{\an1}was also the third birthday
of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
486
00:35:34,007 --> 00:35:37,510
{\an1}♪ ♪
487
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:41,431
{\an1}It was very emotional.
488
00:35:41,431 --> 00:35:51,524
{\an1}♪ ♪
489
00:35:51,524 --> 00:35:54,444
{\an1}[Father Huber] It was thought
that the most appropriate
490
00:35:54,444 --> 00:35:59,824
{\an1}commemoration of this
heartbreaking event
491
00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:02,077
{\an1}would be the expression
492
00:36:02,077 --> 00:36:05,455
{\an1}of President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy's
493
00:36:05,455 --> 00:36:09,292
{\an1}ideals and his aspirations:
494
00:36:09,292 --> 00:36:12,420
{\an1}his inaugural address.
495
00:36:15,048 --> 00:36:19,427
{\an1}"Let the word go forth
from this time and place
496
00:36:19,427 --> 00:36:22,180
{\an1}to friends and foe alike,
497
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:23,973
{\an1}that the torch has been passed
498
00:36:23,973 --> 00:36:27,560
{\an1}to a new generation
of Americans.
499
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:32,023
{\an1}Born in this century,
tempered by war,
500
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:36,277
{\an1}disciplined by a hard
and bitter peace,
501
00:36:36,277 --> 00:36:39,698
{\an1}proud of our ancient heritage
502
00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:45,161
{\an1}and unwilling to witness
or permit the slow undoing
503
00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:47,622
{\an1}of those human rights
504
00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:52,377
{\an1}to which this nation
has always been committed
505
00:36:52,377 --> 00:36:57,298
{\an1}and to which we are
committed today at home
506
00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,384
{\an1}and around the world."
507
00:36:59,384 --> 00:37:13,440
{\an1}♪ ♪
508
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,566
{\an1}[Hill]
When the president's casket
509
00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:19,946
{\an1}was taken out of the church,
510
00:37:19,946 --> 00:37:23,450
{\an1}John noticed
all the military saluted.
511
00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:26,703
{\an1}♪ ♪
512
00:37:26,703 --> 00:37:29,956
{\an1}Mrs. Kennedy bent over
and said something.
513
00:37:31,624 --> 00:37:35,503
{\an1}And he turned,
looked at his father's casket,
514
00:37:35,503 --> 00:37:37,547
{\an1}and he saluted.
515
00:37:37,547 --> 00:37:52,020
{\an1}♪ ♪
516
00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:57,776
{\an1}Everyone from generals on down
were teary-eyed.
517
00:37:57,776 --> 00:38:07,994
{\an1}♪ ♪
518
00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:22,342
{\an1}♪ ♪
519
00:38:22,342 --> 00:38:26,012
{\an1}[Landis] Going up
to the cemetery,
520
00:38:26,012 --> 00:38:27,806
{\an1}in the distance...
521
00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:32,602
{\an1}very...
522
00:38:34,479 --> 00:38:38,733
{\an1}...a very distinct sound
523
00:38:38,733 --> 00:38:40,944
{\an1}of Air Force One.
524
00:38:40,944 --> 00:38:51,955
{\an1}♪ ♪
525
00:38:51,955 --> 00:38:57,418
{\an1}And Captain Swindal
dipped the wings,
526
00:38:57,418 --> 00:39:01,631
{\an1}in like a final salute
to the president.
527
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,554
{\an1}I almost broke down
really completely there.
528
00:39:07,554 --> 00:39:10,515
{\an1}I'm having a hard time now,
as you can tell.
529
00:39:10,515 --> 00:39:26,614
{\an1}♪ ♪
530
00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:28,992
{\an1}[Jackie Kennedy]
I want to take this opportunity
531
00:39:28,992 --> 00:39:31,244
{\an1}to express my appreciation
532
00:39:31,244 --> 00:39:33,955
{\an1}for the hundreds of thousands
of messages,
533
00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:36,291
{\an1}nearly 800,000 in all,
534
00:39:36,291 --> 00:39:38,001
{\an1}which my children and I
have received
535
00:39:38,001 --> 00:39:40,670
{\an1}over the past few weeks.
536
00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:43,506
{\an1}The knowledge of the affection
in which my husband was held
537
00:39:43,506 --> 00:39:46,259
{\an1}by all of you
has sustained me,
538
00:39:46,259 --> 00:39:47,719
{\an1}and the warmth of these tributes
539
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,597
{\an1}is something
I shall never forget.
540
00:39:50,597 --> 00:39:53,808
{\an1}All his bright light
gone from the world.
541
00:39:53,808 --> 00:39:56,311
{\an1}All of you who have
written to me
542
00:39:56,311 --> 00:39:58,396
{\an1}know how much we all loved him,
543
00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:02,442
{\an1}and that he returned that love
in full measure.
544
00:40:02,442 --> 00:40:04,986
{\an1}Each and every message
is to be treasured,
545
00:40:04,986 --> 00:40:08,781
{\an1}not only for my children,
but so that future generations
546
00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:11,159
{\an1}who will know
how much our country
547
00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:15,288
{\an1}and people in every nation
thought of him.
548
00:40:15,288 --> 00:40:19,292
{\an1}May I thank you again
on behalf of my children
549
00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:22,045
{\an1}and of the president's family.
550
00:40:22,045 --> 00:40:24,005
{\an1}Thank you.
551
00:40:24,005 --> 00:40:34,349
{\an1}♪ ♪
552
00:40:43,983 --> 00:40:49,906
{\an1}♪ ♪
553
00:40:49,906 --> 00:40:54,661
{\an1}[Davis] Taking this man,
who was a gentle,
554
00:40:54,661 --> 00:40:56,829
{\an1}brilliant president.
555
00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:03,127
{\an1}He endeared himself
to the country.
556
00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:05,505
{\an1}John Kennedy was
an upstanding protector
557
00:41:05,505 --> 00:41:08,883
{\an1}of civil rights
of the American people.
558
00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:12,303
{\an1}Calling on Americans to change.
559
00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:14,263
{\an1}So, I've seen
that it's happened.
560
00:41:14,263 --> 00:41:16,683
{\an1}We have legislation now
that proves it.
561
00:41:16,683 --> 00:41:18,476
{\an1}I think we're not perfect,
562
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:21,729
{\an1}and we're not anywhere
near successful yet,
563
00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:23,648
{\an1}but I think we're
a better country today
564
00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:27,610
{\an1}than we were when
I came to Washington,
565
00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:30,905
{\an1}because Kennedy was president.
566
00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:33,616
{\an1}And that's pretty good.
567
00:41:33,616 --> 00:41:47,588
{\an1}♪ ♪
568
00:41:47,588 --> 00:41:50,174
{\an1}[Landis] I wouldn't even
tell people
569
00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:52,719
{\an1}that I was
in the Secret Service.
570
00:41:52,719 --> 00:42:03,563
{\an1}♪ ♪
571
00:42:03,563 --> 00:42:05,106
{\an1}The pain has gone.
572
00:42:05,106 --> 00:42:08,901
{\an1}There is no longer any pain
talking about it.
573
00:42:08,901 --> 00:42:11,154
{\an1}I can get emotional,
574
00:42:11,154 --> 00:42:16,117
{\an1}but that's a nice feeling.
575
00:42:16,117 --> 00:42:34,635
{\an1}♪ ♪
576
00:42:34,635 --> 00:42:36,763
{\an1}[Hill] They gave me a medal.
577
00:42:36,763 --> 00:42:38,347
{\an1}Yeah, that was
very nice of them,
578
00:42:38,347 --> 00:42:40,725
{\an1}I appreciate it very much.
579
00:42:40,725 --> 00:42:43,811
{\an1}But I wanted to do
better than I did.
580
00:42:43,811 --> 00:42:46,397
{\an1}I had always felt that, you
know, I have this sense of guilt
581
00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:49,567
{\an1}that I should have been able
to do more than I did.
582
00:42:49,567 --> 00:42:54,072
{\an1}The one thing that I'd be
willing to do or give
583
00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:57,950
{\an1}is my life for his,
if I could change it that day.
584
00:43:03,915 --> 00:43:55,174
{\an1}♪ ♪