Eng Chappaquiddick

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[reporter 1] <i>Lieutenant Joe Kennedy, Jr.,
the eldest son of former ambassador-</i>

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[reporter 2] <i>died instantly, after
the plane he was piloting exploded</i>

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<i>during a mission over the North Sea.</i>

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[reporter 3]
<i>President Kennedy was shot</i>

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<i>as he drove from Dallas airport'
to downtown Dallas.</i>

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...an ambulance, and the car rushed
to-[overlapping news reports]

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[panicked screaming]
[reporter 4] <i>Bobby Kennedy was shot</i>

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<i>at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles</i>.
[overlapping reports fade out]

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[reporter 5]
<i>Senator Edward Kennedy,</i>

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<i>the only one of the four
brothers left alive-</i>

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[reporter 6]
<i>Teddy Kennedy would most certainly</i>

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<i>be the candidate to beat
in the next presidential election.</i>

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<i>But will he run?</i>

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<i>That's the question.
Will Ted Kennedy run?</i>

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[aide]
<i>Senator, can I get you anything?</i>

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[Ted] <i>No, thank you.</i>

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- [man] <i>Roll sound.</i>
- [interviewer] <i>Okay, roll camera.</i>

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- Are you all set, Senator?
- Yes, Bob.

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[interviewer] Great.

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[interviewer]<i>We choose to go
to the moon, not because it is easy,</i>

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<i>but because it is hard.</i>

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[shoes squishing]

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<i>What does your brother's
promise to America mean to you?</i>

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Well, he was always someone
who kept his promises.

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My brother committed his life
to the idea that

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the United States is
a beacon of democracy.

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<i>And so too for my family,
I think he was a beacon.</i>

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<i>Someone we all hoped
to look up to.</i>

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<i>I know I sure did.</i>

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[interviewer] <i>He said this
mission would have, quote,</i>

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"a great impact on the minds
of the men across America."

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I think my brother set
a course for the entire nation

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in a way that we can never abandon.

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You see it in the space program,
sure.

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<i>But even in my own life,
I often ask myself,</i>

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"What would Jack have me do?"

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<i>President Kennedy cast
a long shadow and still does.</i>

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<i>When I walk in every day.</i>

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[Interviewer] What's it
like walking in that shadow?

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<i>Senator?</i>

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I think you have what you need, Bob.
Thank you very much.

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- [interviewer] Thanks for your time.
- [producer] All right, cut.

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- Bob.
- Senator.

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Pleasure.

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Do we have Joe yet?

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I was a little more focused
on salvaging our relationship

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with the majority leader.

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You're worried about
the wrong thing.

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Come on.
Mansfield's smart enough to know

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Ted's gonna be his
boss in three years.

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[Ted] Well, do we have him?

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[secretary] <i>Yes. Mr. Gargan
is on hold for you now.</i>

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<i>You're connected.</i>

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[Gargan] What's going on, Teddy? I've
been on hold here for 10 minutes.

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[Ted] <i>Well,
I really needed to talk to you.</i>

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Well, it must be something
really damn important.

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The hotel in the
vineyard is overbooked.

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<i>What are you talking about?
I just checked us in.</i>

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<i>- I got the key in my pocket right now.</i>
- No.

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No. Not our room, the girls' room.

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<i>- They just called.</i>
- Oh, come on.

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They ran Bobby's campaign, Teddy.

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I'm sure they can sort it out
for themselves.

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<i>Joey, they don't know the island.
I need this handled properly.</i>

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Well, what do you want me to do'?
Slap an injunction on the desk clerk

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<i>- until he coughs up a room?</i>
- I don't need my lawyer.

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I need my cousin.
I need my advance man.

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<i>I gotta rig the boat, Teddy.</i>
The regatta's this afternoon.

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I know when the race is.
I'm sailing the damn boat with you.

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And I'm still getting the cottage
organized for the party.

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Joey, there is no party
without the Boiler Room Girls.

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<i>All right, I'll see what I can do,
but I can't just jump in...</i>

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Listen, listen, listen.
Ol' Joey will fix it, right?

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You know, when your dad said that,
it was a compliment.

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When my dad said that,
he said I could always count on you.

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Now, can I count on you?

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Yeah. Sure.

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- Ol' Joey will fix it.
<i>- That's great.</i>

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All right, I'll see you soon.

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[launch announcer]
Three, two, one, zero.

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<i>All engines running. Liftoff.
We have a liftoff.</i>

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<i>Thirty-two minutes past the hour.
Liftoff on Apollo 11.</i>

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[indistinct chatter on radio]

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[news anchorman]
<i>Apollo 11 is on the way.</i>

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<i>Riding that pillar of flame,
into the skies out there,</i>

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<i>250,000 miles away,</i>

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<i>where the moon is waiting
for man's first arrival.</i>

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<i>Flight to take three days,</i>

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<i>and the spacecraft
to reach there on Saturday.</i>

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<i>The landing to take place on Sunday,</i>

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<i>and Neil Armstrong to
set foot on the moon</i>

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<i>at 2.'21 A.M. on Monday morning.</i>

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<i>The first critical phase
of this flight is over, the launch.</i>

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<i>They're now in Earth orbit.</i>

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<i>They are now over the Atlantic
approaching the coast of Africa.</i>

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<i>In touch shortly with
the Canary tracking station,</i>

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<i>we may hear some more from them,</i>

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<i>and then out over Africa,
the Indian Ocean,</i>

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<i>past Australia, back around
for the first trip...</i> [fades]

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[Rachel] Did he ask?

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Did he hint in anyway?

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[music playing on radio]

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Even if he did, do you really
think I would tell you?

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I've kept bigger secrets.

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Hmm. I'll take that as a yes.

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You're brilliant, Mary Jo,
and you're available.

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There is no reason
why he wouldn't want you.

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Considering my options.

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- That's a surprise.
- Why?

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Last time we talked,
you said you'd never go back.

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- To Washington?
- To politics.

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With Bobby it was different.

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It didn't feel like politics.
It felt like public service.

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And after he was gone, I...

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Anyway, yes, Ted asked,
and I'm thinking about it.

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Well, you're thinking too hard.

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How is he doing?

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He just became the youngest
majority whip in U.S. history.

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Pretty good, I'd say.

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Trading state secrets is
an act of treason, you know.

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[Rachel chuckles]

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[Rachel] Hello, Senator.

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[Ted] Good to see you, Rachel.

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- Mary Jo.
- Senator.

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[Rachel] How are the kids, Senator?

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Fine. Yeah, just fine.

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And your wife?

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She's at home on bed rest,
I'm afraid.

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Yeah, it was doctor's orders.

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Well, I think I'm
gonna go for a swim.

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- Are you coming?
- Maybe later.

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Good luck in the race
this afternoon, Senator.

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Thank you.

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[Ted] <i>Thanks for coming.</i>

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It's a reunion. Why wouldn't I?

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Did you consider my offer?

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It'll never be the same.

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You can't hide in
Jersey City forever.

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Come back to Washington,
work on my staff.

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- Too many memories there.
- Build new ones.

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I don't think I could handle
another presidential campaign.

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[softly] I...

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I don't... know if you'll have to.

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- [Ted] At my mark...
- [Gargan] Drop the chute, Teddy!

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[Markham]
Senator, they have right of way.

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[Ted] Trim it! Trim it!

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- We're gonna clear them!
- [man] I'm coming up!

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Joey, call it out!

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Ten boat lengths, Teddy.
We gotta drop the spinnaker.

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Not yet!

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Teddy, come on! We
gotta duck these guys.

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Joey, this boat's been in
my family longer than I have.

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If anyone knows how she handles,
it's me.

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[Markham] We gotta fall off
and let them overtake us.

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[man] Are you kidding me, Teddy?

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- [Gargan] Drop the spinnaker!
- Not yet!

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God damn it!

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- [man] Good one, Ted!
- [all laughing]

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- [slow music playing]
- [man singing]

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[indistinct conversations]

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Hey! Hey! Here he is.

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It's the senator.

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Hey, everybody, come in here.
Get in here. Come on.

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Everybody, raise your glasses
to the senator.

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Ninth in the race,
but still first in our hearts.

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- Hear, hear. Cheers.
- [chuckles]

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While we're raising glasses,

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we should raise a few more
for the Boiler Room Girls.

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- Quite right. Hear, hear.
- [man] Absolutely.

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Uh, Reich, can you turn
that down, please?

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[music stops]

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Can someone please peel the U.S.
Attorney away from Nance Lyons?

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- Come in, Nance.
- [all laugh]

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Come in, all of you. Just come in.
I want you all to hear this.

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Family.

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There's no more important word.

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Family is more than just a name.

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Joey Gargan and I don't share a name.

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We share a lifetime bond.

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We're family.

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We named you girls
the Boiler Room Girls.

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I like to think
we called you that because,

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working on Bobby's campaign...

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he had such a fire in your bellies.

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Wanting to live up to the name
on that ticket.

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Wanting to prove yourselves
worthy of it...

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the Kennedy name.

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We miss him every day.

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His memory endures.

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His ideals will endure.

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And we will persevere,

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because that's what Kennedys do.

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And I want you all to know that,

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because you're all part of
the Kennedy family now.

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To family.

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- To family.
- [all] To family.

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And to Ted in the White House in '72.

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[all cheering and applauding]

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[indistinct conversations]

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[slow music resumes]

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[singing resumes]

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[Gargan] You should come up
to Boston this summer.

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We can take in a Red Sox game.

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I don't know.

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Come on, this could be our year.

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You say that every year, Joey.

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Yeah, but Yastrzemski's on fire.

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- I mean, really.
- Maybe. I'm actually running

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this campaign in Jersey City, so...

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We could head out to Hyannis.
Drop in on Ethel and the kids.

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I know she'd love to see you again.

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- How's she doing?
- She's great.

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She's running that charity
that she set up in Bobby's name.

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- Yeah, I know.
- So she's busy with that.

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She's a widow with 11 kids.
It's rough.

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It's rough on the whole family.

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But, hey, what are you
doing wasting your talents on

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- a mayor's race in Jersey City?
- Excuse me. Sorry.

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Go Sex.

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[music continues]

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[song fades]

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[capsule communicator]<i>
Houston, if you could comply,</i>

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<i>we'd like to see
little smiling faces up there.</i>

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<i>If you could give us
some interior views,</i>

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<i>I'm sure everybody would
like to see you. Over.</i>

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[Ted]
My dad once said to me...

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- [romantic music playing]
- ..."Teddy, you can lead a serious life

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or you can lead a non-serious life.

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And I'll still love you
whichever choice you make.

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But if you choose to lead
a non-serious life,

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"I just won't have
much time for you."

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I can't believe he would say
something like that.

233
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No, it's okay. I was just a kid.

234
00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:53,914
What were you gonna say before?

235
00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,272
Before you were interrupted,
about Bobby?

236
00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,237
Um... No, never mind.

237
00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,311
No, go on. You were gonna ask,

238
00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,759
after Bobby was killed...

239
00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,838
why didn't I run in his place?

240
00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:12,755
What would you have done?

241
00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,159
If you were me and he was your
brother, what would you have done?

242
00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,071
I'd quit, leave Washington,
never look back.

243
00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,272
Which is exactly what I did.

244
00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,872
But I'm not you.
He wasn't my brother.

245
00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,872
Yeah, well, I had three generations
of advisors up my ass,

246
00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,394
trying to convince me to run.

247
00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:39,915
None of them listened to me.

248
00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,600
I mean, everyone tried to
convince me otherwise.

249
00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,194
Everyone except... Except Joey.

250
00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,434
Said the country needed me.

251
00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,238
They just needed my name.

252
00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:54,877
I wasn't ready.

253
00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,870
Could you ever be?

254
00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,670
Sometimes the path you're on
isn't always the path you choose.

255
00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,832
What's stopping you from
making that choice yourself?

256
00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,873
- [Mary Jo sighs] We should get back.
- [engine starts]

257
00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,674
[Ted]
<i>No. We should go to the beach.</i>

258
00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:07,280
Hey!

259
00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,675
- Hello!
- Ted.

260
00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,511
You folks having some car troubles?

261
00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,280
[Mary Jo screams] Teddy!

262
00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,712
[Ted yells] Mary Jo!

263
00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,717
Mary Jo!

264
00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:29,112
[sobbing]

265
00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,639
[shivering]

266
00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,751
[shoes squishing]

267
00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,837
- [chuckles]
- [upbeat music playing]

268
00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,119
So you must have
sailed with Bobby too?

269
00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,270
Yeah. And Jack.

270
00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,160
Bobby's actually the one that
taught Teddy and me how to sail.

271
00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,551
I bet he was a great sailor.

272
00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,190
No. He actually wasn't.

273
00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,834
It's okay. I can say that
sort of thing. We're brothers.

274
00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:33,874
Nice try.

275
00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,437
Aren't you cousins or something?

276
00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:40,112
Yeah, but they adopted me.

277
00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,270
Yeah. You don't really look
like a Kennedy.

278
00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,770
[news anchorman] <i>...the Command
Module, a wonderful shot.</i>

279
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,350
<i>At this point, they were
203,000 miles from the Earth.</i>

280
00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:54,875
<i>43,000 miles from the moon.</i>

281
00:19:58,480 --> 00:19:59,480
[car door closes]

282
00:20:02,162 --> 00:20:04,514
[breathing heavily] Get Joe Gargan.
We've got a problem.

283
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:05,640
Sure, Ted.

284
00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,353
What the hell happened to you?

285
00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,113
You better get Paul too.

286
00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,871
Come on, Teddy, what's the big idea?

287
00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,236
I'm not gonna be president.

288
00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:54,954
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

289
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,509
- [Markham] Jesus, she's still in there?
- No, no, no. Paul.

290
00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,638
Showing back up at the party in wet
clothes will lessen our options.

291
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,273
[sighs]

292
00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:26,315
[gasps]

293
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,193
[Markham] I can't get it open!
Can't swim with my knee.

294
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,170
[Gargan] Then get up on the car
if you can't swim!

295
00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:33,759
I can't save us both.

296
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,239
[grunting]

297
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,913
It's really dark down there.
I'm just going by feel.

298
00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:44,918
[Markham] Joey, try the other side.

299
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,559
Break a window or something.

300
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,400
[Gargan]
I already tried breaking the window.

301
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:14,716
Oh, my God, what have I done?
What have I done?

302
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,191
[Gargan coughs]

303
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,150
[echoing]
She was already dead.

304
00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,557
[panting]

305
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,355
What the hell happened, Teddy?

306
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,073
You guys need to get
me back to Edgartown.

307
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,876
[Gargan] Teddy, listen to me.

308
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,276
The only advice I have for you,
and...

309
00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:25,273
And I say this to you
not as your friend,

310
00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:28,034
not as your family,
but as your lawyer...

311
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,959
you gotta report this thing
and you've gotta do it right now.

312
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,474
Joey's right, Senator.

313
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,117
You got the U.S. Attorney of
Massachusetts saying the same thing.

314
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,233
[Ted]
All right, I'll report it.

315
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,951
[Gargan]
Where the hell are you going, Teddy?

316
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,830
Paul, turn the car off.

317
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,433
Ted! What are you doing?

318
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,754
Do we even know whose boat that is?

319
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,680
[Gargan] Hey.

320
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,994
You're gonna survive, okay?

321
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,155
Teddy, promise me you're gonna
call your mother first.

322
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,798
Don't let her find out about another
family tragedy in the news.

323
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:51,675
[grunting]

324
00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:54,120
Ted!

325
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,279
You'll report it, right?

326
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,279
I'll handle it.

327
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,434
[Markham]
Come on. We gotta get this boat back.

328
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,690
- [woman laughs]
- [man] Watch your step.

329
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,074
[woman] Don't move so fast.

330
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,598
[indistinct conversations]

331
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:06,160
[Mary Jo screams] Teddy!

332
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,353
[Sawing]

333
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:27,114
[screams] Ted!

334
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,159
[screams]

335
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:54,560
Ted!

336
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:05,800
[sobbing]

337
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,716
Help. Help.

338
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,794
<i>Our Father, who art in heaven,</i>

339
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,030
<i>hallowed be Your name...</i>

340
00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,680
<i>Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.</i>

341
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:19,592
<i>Blessed art thou amongst women,</i>

342
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,557
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.

343
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,711
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,

344
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,598
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

345
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,890
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.

346
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,752
<i>Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,</i>

347
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,239
<i>on Earth as it is in heaven.</i>

348
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,632
<i>Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses,</i>

349
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,435
<i>as we forgive those
who trespass against us.</i>

350
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,638
<i>Lead us not into temptation,</i>

351
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,275
<i>but deliver us from evil. Amen.</i>

352
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,760
<i>Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.</i>

353
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:48,958
<i>Blessed art thou amongst women,</i>

354
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,953
<i>and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.</i>

355
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,795
<i>Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,</i>

356
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,520
<i>now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.</i>

357
00:27:58,600 --> 00:27:59,954
[dialing]

358
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,393
<i>Operator. How may I help you?</i>

359
00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:13,033
I need to make a collect call.

360
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,278
- <i>Your name?</i>
- Ted.

361
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:19,510
[Ann] <i>Hello?</i>

362
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,400
[operator] <i>I have a collect call from
Ted. Will you accept the charges?</i>

363
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,677
- [Ann] <i>Yes, I will.
- [operator] Go ahead, please.</i>

364
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,717
I need to speak with my father.

365
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,438
- [Ann] <i>Ted?</i>
- Now, Ann.

366
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,678
[Ann] <i>Okay, Ted, I have Joe for you.</i>

367
00:28:39,161 --> 00:28:41,276
Dad, I'm sorry to be
calling so late, I...

368
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,033
[Joseph breathing heavily]

369
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:47,273
I've gotten myself into
the deepest kind of trouble.

370
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,437
There was an accident and, well...

371
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,636
One of Bobby's secretaries is dead.

372
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:02,835
[Joseph] Ah.

373
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,240
And I was driving.

374
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:06,514
<i>Ah...</i>

375
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:07,960
No one else was involved.

376
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,673
And I'm okay.

377
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,077
I may have had too much to drink.
I just don't know. I don't know.

378
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,190
[Joseph continues breathing heavily]

379
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,955
I need your help, Dad.
[sniffles] Need it.

380
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,559
Dad?

381
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,154
Dad?

382
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,477
[Joseph weakly] <i>Al...</i>

383
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,309
<i>Alibi.</i>

384
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,593
[line disconnects]

385
00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:59,919
[coughs]

386
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,755
- [clerk] Good evening, sir.
- Do you have the time?

387
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,072
- It's 2:25.
- Okay.

388
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,070
Been having a little
trouble sleeping.

389
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,000
You have a good night.

390
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,713
Good night, Senator.

391
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,069
[sighs]

392
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,638
[Sawing]

393
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,880
[Mary Jo continues gasping]

394
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,035
[boy] Dad!

395
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,640
[Samuel] Go! Go to that house.
Tell them to call the cops.

396
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,198
[indistinct conversation]

397
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,400
[Samuel] Hey, Chief.

398
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:37,873
So that's the car there, huh?

399
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:39,920
[Samuel] Mmm-hmm.

400
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,599
Guess I'm gonna have to
find a bathing suit.

401
00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:46,290
- [woman] Good morning, Senator.
- Good morning.

402
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:47,594
[man] Morning.

403
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,789
[phone ringing]

404
00:32:56,039 --> 00:32:57,319
[on phone] <i>This is Ted Sorensen.</i>

405
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,318
<i>It's Teddy. Listen,
I'm gonna need someone with your</i>

406
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,755
<i>legal and public relation skills.</i>

407
00:33:02,786 --> 00:33:04,330
- Are you alone?
- [indistinct conversations]

408
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,318
I got the boys this weekend,
but I can talk.

409
00:33:07,401 --> 00:33:10,339
[Ted] Listen, you're the first
person, I'm telling this to.

410
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,870
I'm not even sure
the authorities know yet.

411
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,520
[indistinct conversations]

412
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,360
Huck, keep all those people back!

413
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:29,360
Hey, come on back. Sylvia,
Walter, come on. Step on back.

414
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,873
[siren wailing]

415
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,513
Paul. Paul!

416
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,077
- [siren wailing]
- [indistinct conversations]

417
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:02,880
- [Farrar] Hey, Huck.
- [Look] Hey, John.

418
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,950
Yeah, it's a '67 black Oldsmobile.

419
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,556
- [Farrar] Hey.
- [Arena] Hey, John.

420
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,130
It was too dark.
I couldn't see anything.

421
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,000
Don't you worry? If anyone's down
there, I'll have 'em up in 10 minutes.

422
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,350
Chief! That's the car
I was telling you about.

423
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:17,953
The one I saw last night.

424
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,600
Will you just pipe down
and ID whose car this is?

425
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,318
[Look]
It's coming over the radio now.

426
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,250
[man on radio]
<i>registered to Edward M. Kennedy.</i>

427
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,635
It's registered to Edward M. Kennedy.

428
00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:29,840
- [Sorensen] <i>Well, who was driving?
- I'd say she was.</i>

429
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:31,730
Then I don't think you have
anything to worry about.

430
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,433
And that story plays?

431
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,033
<i>That's what happened, isn't it?</i>

432
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:36,794
- [Ross] Teddy boy!
- [knocking]

433
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,557
About to sit down to brunch.
Come on and join us.

434
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,036
- Come on!
- I gotta let you go.

435
00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,152
Chief, we got a body.

436
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,238
[indistinct conversations]

437
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:12,999
He didn't report it.

438
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,832
That son of a bitch.

439
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:37,153
- [heartbeat pounding]
- [inaudible]

440
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,076
There was some damage done,

441
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,635
but I did offer to pay for it.
They kicked me out anyway.

442
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:46,951
I spent all night last night
just walking around.

443
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,558
Hey. There's Joey.

444
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:54,800
Ted.

445
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,154
I'd like to speak
with you in your room.

446
00:35:58,880 --> 00:35:59,676
Right now.

447
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,076
Don't be rude, Joey.
We just sat down with the Richards.

448
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,151
It's a matter of some importance.

449
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:12,633
What the fuck is going on, Ted?

450
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,074
Wait a minute, Joey.

451
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,231
[Gargan] You were supposed
to report the accident.

452
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,998
What the hell happened last night?

453
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,637
- I didn't report it.
- Oh, my...

454
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:23,720
Shit!

455
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,757
What could you possibly be thinking?

456
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,638
How could you let
this much time go by'?

457
00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:33,160
Well, did you see the police arrive
at the cottage last night?

458
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,000
No.

459
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:36,549
- No.
- [Ted] No?

460
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,330
Well, don't you think,
if I had reported it,

461
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,280
the police would have been there
within the hour?

462
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:41,640
I guess so.

463
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,797
I thought this matter
had been handled.

464
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,234
I thought I could count on you.

465
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,690
The moment the police didn't arrive
at the cottage, you should have known.

466
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:50,600
You should have known
it was your responsibility

467
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:52,557
to report it to the authorities.

468
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,050
What the hell are
you talking about?

469
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:55,559
No, you bungled this, Joey.

470
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,631
You bungled it.
Now I gotta deal with it myself.

471
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,471
We're all three
implicated in this now.

472
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,514
You can't just go
and pull this John Wayne shit!

473
00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:07,130
They're treating this
like a crime scene.

474
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:08,730
There's a dead girl out there,
for Christ's sakes.

475
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,593
Attorney-client privilege doesn't
extend to aiding and abetting.

476
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,000
I'm not gonna sugarcoat this.

477
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,749
This situation's
a lot worse than it was.

478
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,117
You put us in a very
difficult position, Senator.

479
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,559
Look, none of us has to
lose our jobs over this.

480
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:27,034
You're gonna protect Paul and me,
and yourself. Okay?

481
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,193
You just have to do
what you know is right.

482
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,598
Okay. I'll report it.

483
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:39,514
Okay.

484
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,517
I'm going to have to say
Mary Jo was driving.

485
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,319
- Christ.
- Joey, I love you, okay? You know that.

486
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:47,993
But we both know
what's at stake here.

487
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,912
Now, we need to find a phone I can use
without someone breathing down my neck.

488
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,519
There's one right here.

489
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,114
You really want the desk clerk
listening in on this, Paul?

490
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:06,800
Hey, Eugene.

491
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:08,954
All right, let's wrap this up.

492
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,190
I got a patient going
into labor any time now.

493
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,954
You just tell me what's proper.
You're the medical examiner, so-

494
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,031
- Associate medical examiner.
- [Arena] What?

495
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,430
Dr. Nevins is the resident
medical examiner.

496
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,033
Mills here is just the associate.

497
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,236
Yeah, well, Dr. Nevins is off today,

498
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,670
so can we get this
examination underway?

499
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,239
Is that okay with you, Eugene?

500
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:27,913
[Eugene] Yeah, sure.

501
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:31,959
No signs of a struggle.

502
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,397
No blood or obvious contusions.

503
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,109
Let me check out what's in the lungs.

504
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,433
[grunting]

505
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,639
So you said you found her
completely submerged, right?

506
00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:51,915
Yeah, that's right.

507
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,958
Well, I think it's an open
and shut case. Drowning.

508
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,953
She's been submerged for hours.

509
00:38:57,240 --> 00:38:59,436
A teaspoon of water
in her mouth means nothing.

510
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,079
The foam around all the air passages,

511
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,878
that suggests suffocation to me.

512
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,749
I didn't realize that you undertakers
had a medical degree now.

513
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,797
I don't, but I've seen
enough dead bodies.

514
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,717
Are you saying that there's a
possibility that maybe she didn't drown?

515
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,314
Hey, when I was down there,
she was holding herself up

516
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,360
like she was trying to get
her last breath of air.

517
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,951
I could have had her out
of that car in 25 minutes

518
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,031
if I got the call, but no one called.

519
00:39:27,695 --> 00:39:29,210
[Burke on phone]
Senator Kennedy's office.

520
00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:30,240
[Ted on phone] David.

521
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,954
<i>We have a situation here on
Chappaquiddick.</i>

522
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:34,519
[Burke] <i>What kind of situation?</i>

523
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,560
[Ted] There's a firestorm headed your
way and you need to be ready for it.

524
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,474
[Burke] <i>Okay, but I'll be more ready
when I know what it's about.</i>

525
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,871
Listen, the situation is,

526
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,040
my car was involved in an accident.

527
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,319
I am going to be saying that
I wasn't the one driving.

528
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,709
[Burke]
<i>Well, were you driving?</i>

529
00:39:56,401 --> 00:39:59,119
<i>Senator. Were you driving?</i>

530
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:02,390
<i>Senator?</i>

531
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:06,993
<i>Senator, are you okay?</i>

532
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,960
<i>Was anyone hurt?
Have the police been notified?</i>

533
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:15,477
<i>Ted, it would help a lot
if you gave me some details.</i>

534
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,670
<i>Ted? Ted, are you there?</i>

535
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,476
Uh,
that's all you need to know for now.

536
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,638
Uh, I'm headed back to town.

537
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:34,040
- Yeah. That's a good idea.
- Joey, take care of the girls.

538
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,515
Make sure they don't get
wrapped up in any of this.

539
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,353
- I was thinking the same thing.
- Paul, you, uh...

540
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,080
Paul, you go with Ted.
Run interference.

541
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:43,958
Make sure he doesn't
talk with anyone else.

542
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,040
Got it.

543
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:55,915
Wake up, everybody!

544
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,399
Wake up, get packed, get dressed.

545
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:58,959
We're leaving as soon as possible.

546
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,192
This garbage can is for
all of the responsible,

547
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,351
non-alcoholic,
upright citizens' trash.

548
00:41:10,516 --> 00:41:11,770
This one's for everything else.

549
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,252
All the bottles, cans...

550
00:41:13,283 --> 00:41:15,330
Joey, will you just tell us
what's going on already?

551
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:16,360
No bullshit.

552
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,829
Yeah. Yeah, okay.

553
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,154
There's, um...

554
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,709
- There's been an accident.
- [Cricket] What?

555
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,350
Senator Kennedy's car went off the
bridge at Poucha Pond last night.

556
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:35,591
He's okay,
but we cannot find Mary Jo.

557
00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:37,360
[Cricket]
Are the police looking for her?

558
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,236
I want you to know that every effort
possible was made to save her.

559
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,755
[woman] Oh, my God, she's dead.

560
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,558
[women sobbing]

561
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,511
[man shushing]

562
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,671
[Rachel]
Okay. What do we need to do now?

563
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,391
What do we do to help the senator?

564
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,278
[Gargan]<i> You all need to get off
the island as soon as possible.</i>

565
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:15,959
<i>Nobody knows you're here.</i>

566
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:20,795
<i>Just get yourselves
home and keep quiet.</i>

567
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,318
<i>Remember what Ted said last night.</i>

568
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:27,195
<i>We're family.</i>

569
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,270
We need to protect each
other like family.

570
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:41,158
Senator, I hear you were in
an accident this morning.

571
00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:42,753
[Ted]
I can't make any statements.

572
00:42:42,784 --> 00:42:44,210
There're a lot of
questions being asked.

573
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,080
Jim, I'd appreciate
some understanding on this.

574
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:47,874
If the rumors are true,

575
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,197
I'm not the one
you should be worried about.

576
00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:56,030
[Markham] The senator won't
be making any statements.

577
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:05,593
- Senator.
- ls the chief in?

578
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,957
The chiefs not here.
That's his private office.

579
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,399
We're just gonna wait in there
until the chief gets back, okay?

580
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,071
Come on, folks.
Let's step it back a little bit.

581
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,913
Can somebody tell me why
we haven't found Senator Kennedy yet?

582
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,516
[secretary] <i>He's right
here at the station, Chief.</i>

583
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,071
Well, can you tell him to
get his ass down here?

584
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,596
<i>The senator wants you to come to him.</i>

585
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,109
[phone ringing]

586
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,871
[secretary] Sorry, he's not here.
No, I don't have...

587
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,280
Chiefs on his way.

588
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,395
Good, thanks, Paul. That'll be fine.

589
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:49,400
[sighs]

590
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,559
Will you please give me a moment?

591
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:54,840
Sure.

592
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,590
[operator] <i>Directory assistance.
What listing, please?</i>

593
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,398
Uh, Kopechne, Berkeley Heights,
New Jersey, I think.

594
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:10,879
I'm unsure of the spelling.

595
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:14,795
[operator] <i>I'll connect you.</i>

596
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:20,510
[Mrs. Kopechne] <i>Hello?</i>

597
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,275
- Hello, Mrs. Kopechne?
- <i>Yes, it is.</i>

598
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:28,469
This is Senator Ted Kennedy,
Mrs. Kopechne.

599
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,080
Could I please speak to your husband?

600
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,431
<i>Oh, Senator.</i>

601
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,669
<i>Joseph's not here at the moment.</i>

602
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,351
<i>Can I take a message for him?</i>

603
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,599
Mrs. Kopechne,
Mary Jo was involved in an accident.

604
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,592
<i>Was it in a car?</i>

605
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,591
It was an automobile accident.

606
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:57,033
She was... She was returning to take
a ferry back to the mainland

607
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:58,599
when the accident occurred.

608
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,918
<i>Was my daughter killed?</i>

609
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:11,040
Yes.

610
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:18,516
Mary Jo was an
exceptional human being.

611
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:19,999
[Mrs. Kopechne sobbing]

612
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:21,220
She...

613
00:45:22,432 --> 00:45:25,525
served my brother and my family.

614
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:30,314
- With grace, dignity...
- [line disconnects]

615
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,353
- [off-hook tone beeping]
- [sighs heavily]

616
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,991
[sobbing]

617
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:09,719
[exhales deeply]

618
00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:33,030
[Ann on phone]
<i>Ted, you're on with Joe.</i>

619
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,953
[Ted on phone]
<i>Dad, I'm at the police station.</i>

620
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,799
I'm telling you this because
I wanted to let you know

621
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,554
that I am going to explain
to them what happened.

622
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,995
And I'm going to say that
I was the one driving.

623
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:51,559
I will protect myself,
but I have to do what's right.

624
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,233
I have to tell the truth.

625
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:56,593
[Joseph] <i>Alibi.</i>

626
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,073
[Joseph groans]

627
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,353
I'm not going to be the one
defined by my flaws.

628
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:13,240
Joe Jr. was the favorite one.
Jack was the charming one.

629
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:14,549
Bobby was the brilliant one.

630
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:15,994
And what did that leave me, Dad?

631
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:18,196
The fat one? The stupid one?

632
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:20,480
I'll tell you what.
The one who got in the most trouble.

633
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:23,960
Well, I can be charming.
I can be brilliant. I can...

634
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:27,397
lam the only son you got left.

635
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:31,429
I'm the one making this decision,
Dad. I'm the one...

636
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,433
[Ann] <i>Ted, he's writing something.</i>

637
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:40,951
<i>He says, "You're the head of the
family now. Start acting like it."</i>

638
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:42,040
Goodbye, Dad.

639
00:48:03,732 --> 00:48:05,060
[on phone] <i>This is Dun Gifford.</i>

640
00:48:05,091 --> 00:48:07,912
Dun, I need you on
the next plane to Edgartown.

641
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,230
<i>Yeah, I've been expecting
your call. David filled me in.</i>

642
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:11,320
Good.

643
00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:14,280
Listen, we've made mistakes here.
I want you to understand that.

644
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,798
But I want to make sure,
going forward,

645
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,720
we handle everything
with the utmost integrity.

646
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:20,035
<i>I understand.</i>

647
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:24,511
We need to make sure the poor girl's
body gets to her family right away.

648
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:26,193
Can you... Can you do that for me?

649
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,274
<i>Uh, okay, but there may be a delay
if they want to perform an autopsy.</i>

650
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,800
- [bangs on cabinet]
- Why do you think I want it out of here?

651
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:35,038
Can you handle this or not?

652
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,430
<i>Of course, Senator,
but what if they demand...</i>

653
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:38,630
[hangs up]

654
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:40,160
[Ted] Paul.

655
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:49,109
Paul, I, uh...

656
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,475
I need you to help me come up
with a written statement.

657
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:54,513
I'm going to say I was driving.

658
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:58,290
I don't want to drag you and Joey into
this any more than I already have.

659
00:48:58,320 --> 00:48:59,850
So we're just gonna
leave that part out.

660
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:03,111
I mean any part that can hurt my
position with the police or the public,

661
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,031
we're gonna leave out.
Can you do that?

662
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:11,640
Sure.

663
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:13,730
- [reporter 1]
- ls there any truth to the rumor?

664
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,360
- [reporter 2] Has the senator been found?
- [reporters clamoring]

665
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:24,269
Hold all my calls.

666
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:25,849
Bob, there's a bunch
of reporters outside.

667
00:49:25,879 --> 00:49:27,010
Keep them out there, all right?

668
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:28,075
- Yes, sir.
- Outside.

669
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:31,994
Good morning, Chief.

670
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:35,520
Senator.

671
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:39,153
I have a statement I'd like to read,
if that's okay.

672
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:41,879
Okay.

673
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:49,280
[door closes]

674
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,960
"On July 18, 1969,"

675
00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:57,791
at approximately 11:15 P.M.

676
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:00,960
in Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts,

677
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:04,391
<i>I was driving my car on Main Skeet</i>

678
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:06,557
<i>on the way to get the ferry
back to Edgartown.</i>

679
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:11,039
<i>I was unfamiliar with the road
and turned right onto Dike Road</i>

680
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,760
<i>instead of bearing a hard left
onto Main Street.</i>

681
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,998
After proceeding for
approximately one half mile...

682
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,396
I discovered a hill
and came upon a narrow bridge...

683
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,437
then went off the edge of the bridge.

684
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:30,160
There was one passenger
in the car with me,

685
00:50:31,240 --> 00:50:32,674
Miss Mary Jo Kopechne.

686
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,152
She was a former secretary of
my brother Robert F. Kennedy.

687
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:42,436
<i>The car turned over and landed
on the roof, resting on the bottom.</i>

688
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:46,559
I attempted to open the door
and the window of the car,

689
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:49,710
and have no recollection of
how I got out.“

690
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:52,077
[NASA radio chatter]

691
00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:56,634
<i>"I came to the surface
and then repeatedly dove down</i>

692
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:59,314
<i>to see if the passenger
was still in the car."</i>

693
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:15,080
Mary Jo!

694
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:19,070
Come on. Come on. Mary Jo!

695
00:51:20,240 --> 00:51:22,356
<i>"I was unsuccessful in the attempt."</i>

696
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,590
[panting]

697
00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:27,674
<i>“I was exhausted and
in a state of shock.</i>

698
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:32,634
<i>I recall wanking back to
where my friends were eating.</i>

699
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,270
<i>I then asked someone to
bring me back to Edgartown.</i>

700
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:39,916
<i>I remember walking around
for a period of time</i>

701
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:41,752
<i>and then going to my hotel room.</i>

702
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,594
When I fully realized
what had happened this morning,

703
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,516
"I immediately contacted the police."

704
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:57,518
Well, I'm glad you're okay, Senator.

705
00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:04,956
Normally, I would need to
hold you for questioning.

706
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:06,189
Type this up, please.

707
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:07,410
Are you sure that's necessary?

708
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:08,560
Whatever you think is right.

709
00:52:08,591 --> 00:52:10,330
But your written statement here
pretty much answers

710
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:11,850
- any questions I might have.
- I agree.

711
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:13,314
I trust your experience, Chief.

712
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:16,320
Why don't we see if we can get you
back to Hyannis Port right away?

713
00:52:16,351 --> 00:52:18,850
I got a friend who's a pilot,
he can get you there in no time.

714
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,520
The senator would
really appreciate that.

715
00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:23,199
[reporters clamoring]

716
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,118
[Ted] Sounds fine. Fine, Chief.

717
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:36,320
Now, Chief,
if you wouldn't mind not letting

718
00:52:36,351 --> 00:52:37,930
the press get a hold
of that statement,

719
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:39,890
you know, just till I get
the all clear from my lawyer.

720
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:41,911
[Arena]
Not a problem, Senator. Just, uh...

721
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,450
You just let me know if there's
anything else I can do for you.

722
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:48,110
No, sir. You're doing
a bang-up job here, Dominic.

723
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:49,520
A bang-up job.

724
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,913
Is there a, uh...
You got another way out of here?

725
00:52:56,520 --> 00:52:59,130
- [McNamara] <i>Where's Ted now?</i>
- [Sorensen] <i>Flying home as we speak.</i>

726
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:00,890
[man 1] <i>What concerns me
is his written statement.</i>

727
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:02,600
<i>Has anyone even reached
this police chief?</i>

728
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:04,770
- [McNamara] <i>Absolutely no comment.
- Not a damn word from anybody.</i>

729
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:06,234
[Sorensen] <i>No sweat. Count on us.</i>

730
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:08,480
[man 1] <i>Said he'd hold off
releasing Ted's statement...</i>

731
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:11,290
[man 2]
<i>Leaving the scene is bad enough,</i>

732
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:13,090
<i>but what the hell was he doing
for eight hours?</i>

733
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:14,810
[man 3] <i>Do we know for sure
there were no witnesses?</i>

734
00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:16,840
[man 4] <i>If we're lucky,
it'll be leaving the scene.</i>

735
00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:19,370
- [McNamara] <i>Get a copy.</i>
- [man 5] <i>Manslaughter.</i>

736
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:22,472
[man 6]<i> Anybody calls,
I don't care who it is, no comment.</i>

737
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:24,879
[McNamara] <i>Absolutely no comment.</i>

738
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:01,278
Oh, Ted.

739
00:54:02,281 --> 00:54:04,078
Your father wasn't
expecting you so soon.

740
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:08,033
How's he, uh...
How's he holding up, Ann?

741
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,196
Oh... Uncle Joe was rather emotional.

742
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:14,596
But physically, he's doing better.

743
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:17,230
Good.

744
00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:23,835
Wait here, Ted.

745
00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:30,313
He'd prefer to come to you.

746
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:41,312
[TV blaring]

747
00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:43,952
[Ann]
Teddy's arrived, Joe.

748
00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:45,917
[Squeaking]

749
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:50,479
[clattering]

750
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:52,360
[thump]

751
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:54,759
[elevator whirring]

752
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:19,630
I'm glad to see you, Dad.

753
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:23,075
You look good.

754
00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:32,714
I want to tell you again
how sincerely sorry I am...

755
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:36,916
that I ever let a
thing like this happen.

756
00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:40,830
And reassure you that
I have the situation,

757
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,480
as terrible as it is,
under my complete control.

758
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:47,793
I know...

759
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:53,989
I'm sorry I got us into this.

760
00:55:57,040 --> 00:55:58,838
But if you can trust me, Dad,

761
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,316
I have faith I can get us out.

762
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:04,758
Your father would like to tell you...

763
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:09,633
"You've lost my confidence."

764
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:12,756
Do as I say and never lose it again.

765
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:16,074
Otherwise, it will be
a nearly impossible task

766
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:17,559
"to restore it."

767
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:25,677
Your dad really does love you.

768
00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:30,160
He hasn't been this active
since before Bobby died.

769
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:32,669
[Joseph grunts]

770
00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:47,034
[Ann] Ted.

771
00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:56,238
[indistinct conversations]

772
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:06,190
Well, Bob, you handled
the Cuban Missile Crisis.

773
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:08,752
Now let's see what you can do
with this one.

774
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:12,432
- Hello, Mr. Kennedy.
- Joe.

775
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:14,834
Hi, Teddy.

776
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:21,118
Dad. I see you're still the man
with all the influence.

777
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:28,753
Gentlemen, I appreciate

778
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:31,590
you all making this short trip
on my behalf.

779
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:35,920
But I hope you'll understand I'm
going to handle this with my own team,

780
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:38,630
since it's my political future
here at stake.

781
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:41,280
You won't have a political future
if you're in jail, Ted.

782
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,290
You're fighting a battle on two
fronts and you don't even know it.

783
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:46,152
I think you need to cool down here,
Bob.

784
00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:48,591
Okay? I understand my problem
with the press

785
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:50,239
and with the people of Massachusetts.

786
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:51,970
That's just the half of it.
[wheelchair retreating]

787
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,832
You're also in serious
legal trouble, son.

788
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:56,115
[Sorensen] Teddy.

789
00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:02,077
Teddy, if they find that your negligence
contributed to this girl's death,

790
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:03,912
that's involuntary manslaughter.

791
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:07,396
If there's even a whisper that you're
not as clean as Mother Teresa,

792
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:08,994
you will be charged.

793
00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:12,050
And there's not a lot of senators
that are charged with manslaughter

794
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:14,674
- that go on to become president.
- Oh, I understand, Bob.

795
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:17,000
[McNamara] That is to say
nothing about being convicted.

796
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:18,639
If you are even indicted,

797
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:20,320
it won't matter what
verdict comes back.

798
00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:23,200
The court of public opinion
will have your head on a stake.

799
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:25,829
We'll give it to Sorensen.
We won't have that problem.

800
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:28,480
Problems, Ted. Problems, plural.

801
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:30,390
They are threefold.

802
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:35,558
One, the information we know that we
need to make sure no one else knows.

803
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:39,395
Two, the information we don't know that
we need to make sure stays unknown.

804
00:58:39,480 --> 00:58:41,869
Three, the information that
you have already admitted to

805
00:58:41,960 --> 00:58:43,678
that we need to make people forget.

806
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:45,749
Now, to the first point.

807
00:58:46,360 --> 00:58:48,112
A dead body holds a lot of secrets.

808
00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:50,720
Those secrets can be the difference
between guilt and innocence,

809
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:52,240
so we need to be in control of them.

810
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:55,632
The only way to do that is to be in
control of that dead girl's body.

811
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,957
Good.
Because my staffer, Dun Gifford,

812
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:01,152
is already at the
funeral home right now.

813
00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:05,076
And that poor girl's body isn't going
anywhere except home to New Jersey

814
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:06,280
without us knowing about it.

815
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:07,960
[McNamara]
Senator, with all due respect,

816
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:11,072
having a golfer sitting on his hands in
the lobby isn't getting us anywhere.

817
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:15,758
Now, there are explicit procedures

818
00:59:16,360 --> 00:59:19,239
that must be followed
for moving a body across state lines.

819
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:21,479
Do you have any idea,

820
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:23,790
has the death certificate
even been signed yet?

821
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:29,234
[phone rings]

822
00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:33,634
Dun Gifford.

823
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:35,530
Dun, listen, we're in this
deeper than I thought.

824
00:59:35,560 --> 00:59:38,393
I need you to get the death
certificate signed as soon as possible.

825
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:42,191
- Do whatever it takes.
- Yeah. I'll look into that.

826
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:44,000
Ted?

827
00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:47,595
Good as done.
Just waiting on word back.

828
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:49,990
[McNamara]
Good. Now, as I was saying,

829
00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:52,040
we need to parse through
the unknowns of this case

830
00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,515
to determine if there's any
liabilities hiding in the trees.

831
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:59,513
So what evidence can be used against
Ted to prove he acted negligently, hmm?

832
00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:01,830
Why are we just assuming that
I acted negligently, Bob?

833
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:03,831
There's a dead body in
the Edgartown mortuary

834
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:05,718
that would suggest
it's a possibility.

835
01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:08,394
There's no witnesses.
There's no evidence.

836
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:10,920
I mean,
what proof can there possibly be?

837
01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:13,010
Were your headlights
working, Ted?

838
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:14,370
[Ted]
Oh, of course, they were working.

839
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:16,050
[McNamara]
Was your license in good standing?

840
01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:18,410
- Anyone see you drinking?
- Were you wearing your safety belts?

841
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:20,113
Did you tires leave skid marks?

842
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:23,197
I think my license might be expired.

843
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:24,350
[all groan]

844
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:25,589
Your license is expired?

845
01:00:25,680 --> 01:00:27,360
What, do you really think
that's a problem?

846
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:28,874
- Teddy!
- How is that negligent?

847
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,998
Anytime you get behind the wheel,
you are in breach of the law.

848
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:33,514
I'd say that's pretty negligent.

849
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:35,730
[Sorensen] That means that he
was driving against the law.

850
01:00:35,760 --> 01:00:37,560
[McNamara]
This thing is worse than I thought.

851
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:42,553
Joe Greelish runs
the Hyannis motor registry.

852
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:47,438
We can get him to run the license
through his connections in Edgartown.

853
01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:48,715
Let Gifford talk to him.

854
01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:50,711
Damn it, Ted, you can't
be connected to this!

855
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:52,250
[Smith]
It's all right. I know just the guy.

856
01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:53,395
James Smith.

857
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:56,677
He worked as an advance man
for Jack on the '60 campaign.

858
01:00:57,080 --> 01:00:58,354
Off the books.

859
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:02,478
<i>Just so happens he finds himself
working in the local DA 's office.</i>

860
01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:04,993
[Sorensen] <i>How's that gonna help us?</i>

861
01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:08,436
[Smith]<i> He'll know people in
government sympathetic to the cause.</i>

862
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:10,330
[Smith on phone]
<i>You know. Look into it, maybe?</i>

863
01:01:10,360 --> 01:01:12,749
[Steele] Of course, James.
I'll make some calls.

864
01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:14,319
[Smith] <i>That's excellent, Walter.</i>

865
01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:16,477
[Steele] Ted and I go way
back to Suffolk County.

866
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:18,960
[Smith] <i>I'm sure the senator
would appreciate it.</i>

867
01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:20,674
[Steele] I'll see what I can do.

868
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:22,095
[Smith] <i>Thanks, Walter.</i>

869
01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:30,114
We got it.

870
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:31,554
[reporters clamoring]

871
01:01:35,160 --> 01:01:37,754
Whoa!
As soon as I have more information,

872
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:39,678
I'll get it to you. Thank you.

873
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:45,437
[news anchorman]
<i>...200 feet per second.</i>

874
01:01:45,520 --> 01:01:47,830
<i>The astronauts fully expected
they would need to perform</i>

875
01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:50,355
<i>another course correction
to make certain they entered</i>

876
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:52,272
<i>the correct orbit around the moon...</i>

877
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:54,710
What's the cutoff for
the national papers?

878
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:57,519
On Saturday, 5:00 P.M. Why?

879
01:01:57,600 --> 01:02:00,160
[Smith] A story like this could
dominate the headlines for weeks.

880
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:03,111
It'll take nothing short
of men walking on the moon

881
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:04,554
to knock it off the front page.

882
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:09,312
Fortunately for us, it looks like Ted's
big brother arranged for just that.

883
01:02:10,176 --> 01:02:11,530
[Sorensen]
Now, if we can keep a tight lid on this

884
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:13,039
for a couple more hours,

885
01:02:13,365 --> 01:02:16,239
we might actually be able to
develop a decent PR strategy.

886
01:02:16,279 --> 01:02:18,118
By the time the papers
have room for Ted,

887
01:02:18,154 --> 01:02:20,318
they'll all be writing
exactly what we want them to.

888
01:02:20,349 --> 01:02:23,039
After a thorough examination,
Ted's doctor here

889
01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:26,670
deduced he suffered a concussion
and was in a state of shock.

890
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:29,111
But I haven't even
examined the patient yet.

891
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:30,679
That won't be necessary.

892
01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:33,957
[Shriver] There's nothing left to do
but run out the clock, gentlemen.

893
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:35,600
Come 5:00 P.M.,

894
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:37,591
we'll be back out in
front of the problem.

895
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:42,190
Actually, New York Times
already has a story.

896
01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:44,354
- [all] What?
- Excuse me?

897
01:02:44,680 --> 01:02:48,310
[sighs] On my way to the station,
I bumped into a reporter.

898
01:02:48,760 --> 01:02:50,797
Seemed to know that
I was involved in an accident.

899
01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:52,871
[Sorensen]
Who was it, Ted? What was his name?

900
01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:55,720
James Reston.

901
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:57,751
- Reston.
- James Reston?

902
01:02:57,840 --> 01:03:00,150
The chief political correspondent
and executive editor.

903
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:03,392
How? How could you
forget to mention that'?

904
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:04,834
I was in a state of shock.

905
01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:07,036
- Bullshit, Ted!
- Hey, hey.

906
01:03:07,120 --> 01:03:09,714
Now we gotta get someone
to the Kopechnes as soon as possible.

907
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:11,791
Someone's gotta run
interference with any press

908
01:03:11,880 --> 01:03:14,793
before one of her parents
says something that totally sinks us.

909
01:03:14,824 --> 01:03:17,419
They're in New Jersey, so someone
ought to get over there quick.

910
01:03:17,450 --> 01:03:18,804
[Burke slurps loudly]

911
01:03:21,040 --> 01:03:22,240
What are you still doing here?

912
01:03:23,915 --> 01:03:26,610
Markham, you get that chief on the
line and you make sure he understands

913
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:29,951
he is not to release that written
statement under any circumstances.

914
01:03:30,040 --> 01:03:31,480
'The Times' may have this right now,

915
01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:33,320
but let's see if
we can keep it an exclusive.

916
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:35,357
Ted, get your press secretary, uh...

917
01:03:36,080 --> 01:03:37,309
- Dick, um...
- Drayne.

918
01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:39,630
Get Dick Drayne to feed
a leak to the Times.

919
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:41,233
Let him know that, uh...

920
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:44,560
you've been diagnosed with
a very serious concussion.

921
01:03:44,600 --> 01:03:47,361
[McNamara] That would explain why
you're acting like a mental patient.

922
01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:50,754
Anything else, gentlemen?

923
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:52,400
[all] Be sympathetic.

924
01:03:55,960 --> 01:03:57,598
[reporters clamoring]

925
01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:00,354
"When I, Ted, fully realized
what had happened..."

926
01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:02,039
Chief Arena, telephone.

927
01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:04,555
[Arena] Hang on. Hang on, guys.
I gotta take this.

928
01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:08,790
Hello.

929
01:04:08,880 --> 01:04:12,316
Chief, thank God I got you.
Uh, I need to ask a big favor.

930
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:15,153
Uh, can you hold off on the senator's
statement just a little longer?

931
01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:17,356
- Couple hours.
- You're gonna have to speak up, son.

932
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:19,000
I've got a room full
of reporters here.

933
01:04:19,080 --> 01:04:21,117
I need you to hold off

934
01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:23,953
on releasing the senator's statement

935
01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:25,314
a little longer.

936
01:04:25,400 --> 01:04:27,277
Well, I'm sorry, I've
already released it.

937
01:04:27,308 --> 01:04:28,329
What?

938
01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:30,317
<i>I'm just going through it
for the third time.</i>

939
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:32,289
Oh, Jesus.

940
01:04:32,320 --> 01:04:34,914
Actually, I have a few questions
for you, Mr. Markham.

941
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:38,357
Now, remember, Dick,
this is an exclusive.

942
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:39,919
You don't need to overdo it.

943
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:42,210
We're just trying to make sure
this doesn't spin out of control

944
01:04:42,240 --> 01:04:43,799
into something like
manslaughter...

945
01:04:44,920 --> 01:04:46,797
or an affair, God forbid.

946
01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:49,040
[Drayne]
<i>You don't need to say another word.</i>

947
01:04:49,640 --> 01:04:51,790
And throw it something about
me being on sedatives.

948
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:53,279
Make it sound dramatic.

949
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:55,319
[phone ringing]

950
01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:02,676
This is James Reston
of the 'New York Times'.

951
01:05:02,760 --> 01:05:05,673
<i>- James, Dick Drayne here.</i>
- Hello, Dick.

952
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:07,760
[Drayne] <i>It's a terrible
thing about this accident.</i>

953
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:09,239
Yes. Yes, it is.

954
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:11,671
<i>The senator suffered a
serious concussion.</i>

955
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:15,839
<i>His physician has him on sedatives
just so he can manage the pain.</i>

956
01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:21,714
Sedatives'? With a concussion?

957
01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:24,274
[indistinct conversations]

958
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:27,679
Your friend the police chief
just sank this entire ship.

959
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:29,320
What do you mean? How?

960
01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:31,434
Mr. Markham?

961
01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:33,670
He read the written statement
to the press.

962
01:05:34,680 --> 01:05:36,079
Three times, apparently.

963
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:38,191
The story's gonna hit
the wire any minute.

964
01:05:38,280 --> 01:05:40,317
Okay, look, we're not sunk yet.

965
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:43,153
- That statements pretty airtight.
- [McNamara] Oh, airtight, huh?

966
01:05:43,240 --> 01:05:45,629
You contradict yourself
in the first two sentences.

967
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:48,360
Main road's paved, Teddy.
Dike Road's not.

968
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:50,650
Doesn't take an expert cartographer
to tell the difference.

969
01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:53,450
[Smith] And what about this deputy that
saw your car driving away from the ferry

970
01:05:53,480 --> 01:05:54,920
at a quarter to 1:00 in the morning?

971
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:56,832
Yeah, well, that's just
his word against mine.

972
01:05:56,920 --> 01:05:58,877
We gotta go through
his statement line by line.

973
01:05:58,960 --> 01:06:02,191
Guys, guys, I think we're
overreacting here. All right?

974
01:06:02,280 --> 01:06:03,759
Dick's running the concussion story.

975
01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:05,672
That's going to explain
any inconsistencies.

976
01:06:07,480 --> 01:06:08,959
Dick Drayne on line three.

977
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:11,678
[Sorensen]
This should be interesting.

978
01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:15,072
Dick, you're on with the boys.

979
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,310
So, did the sedative stuff play?

980
01:06:18,320 --> 01:06:20,789
[Drayne] <i>Did any of you guys
actually consult a physician?</i>

981
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:22,279
Yeah, of course.

982
01:06:22,360 --> 01:06:24,510
<i>Well, according to Reston,
you don't give sedatives</i>

983
01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:27,160
<i>to a patient who's had a concussion.</i>

984
01:06:27,240 --> 01:06:28,435
<i>It could kill them.</i>

985
01:06:28,520 --> 01:06:31,114
- [Sorensen] Sedatives?
- [McNamara] Good Lord.

986
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:33,840
'Bay of Pigs' was a
better run operation.

987
01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:37,989
<i>We need to seriously
rebalance this equation.</i>

988
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,914
[Arena] Edna, hang up.
Don't talk to anybody, all right?

989
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:45,237
Walter? What are you doing here?

990
01:06:45,640 --> 01:06:47,153
I'm the special prosecutor.

991
01:06:47,240 --> 01:06:48,690
They assigned me to the Kennedy case.

992
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:50,791
[sighs] Thank God.

993
01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:53,916
We can use all the help we can get.

994
01:06:57,240 --> 01:06:58,410
[news anchorman 1]
<i>Mary Jo Kopechne,</i>

995
01:06:58,440 --> 01:07:00,795
<i>a passenger in the
senator's automobile,</i>

996
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:02,473
<i>was drowned early Saturday morning</i>

997
01:07:02,560 --> 01:07:05,712
<i>when he drove the car off a bridge
and overturned 'm a pond.</i>

998
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:08,511
<i>Police say that Kennedy
reported the accident</i>

999
01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:10,238
<i>about nine hours later.</i>

1000
01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:12,810
[news anchorman 2]
<i>The last ferry left at midnight.</i>

1001
01:07:12,840 --> 01:07:14,717
<i>The crewmen say
Kennedy was not on it.</i>

1002
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:16,354
<i>The questions arise,</i>

1003
01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:18,033
<i>who took him across the channel?</i>

1004
01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:20,630
<i>And didn't one of his friends
ask him where he'd been?</i>

1005
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:22,229
<i>How he got wet?</i>

1006
01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:24,477
<i>Where his car and Miss Kopechne were?</i>

1007
01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:27,880
<i>If the questions were raised,
what were the answers?</i>

1008
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:31,877
[Gargan]
Seems like they want you back inside.

1009
01:07:32,600 --> 01:07:35,114
I'm busy. Can't you tell?

1010
01:07:40,040 --> 01:07:41,599
I can't watch you do this, Ted.

1011
01:07:43,120 --> 01:07:45,191
- Do what, Joe?
- Self-destruct.

1012
01:07:48,240 --> 01:07:49,639
Nobody's said anything.

1013
01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:52,430
Perhaps they haven't seen it,
but I have.

1014
01:07:54,520 --> 01:07:56,716
You've been on this
path since Bobby died.

1015
01:07:59,560 --> 01:08:02,029
Your expectations for your
whole life didn't change

1016
01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:03,713
the moment he hit the ground.

1017
01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:07,356
There never were any
expectations for my life.

1018
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:09,590
Yes, there were, Joey.
There always were.

1019
01:08:10,200 --> 01:08:14,194
I needed you. I needed
you to protect me.

1020
01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:18,157
You're the only brother
I have left, Joe.

1021
01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:24,036
This has to be the
end of my involvement.

1022
01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:27,956
I'm sorry, Teddy.
I wish ol' Joey could fix it,

1023
01:08:28,720 --> 01:08:30,074
but I can't.

1024
01:08:33,280 --> 01:08:35,930
[interviewer on TV] <i>We choose to go
to the moon not because it is easy,</i>

1025
01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:37,633
<i>but because it is hard.</i>

1026
01:08:38,920 --> 01:08:41,514
<i>What does your brother's promise
to America mean to you?</i>

1027
01:08:42,880 --> 01:08:46,760
[Ted on TV] <i>He was always
someone who kept his promises.</i>

1028
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:51,795
<i>My brother committed his life
to the idea that</i>

1029
01:08:51,880 --> 01:08:55,032
<i>the United States is
a beacon of democracy.</i>

1030
01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:56,999
<i>And so too for my family,</i>

1031
01:08:57,440 --> 01:09:00,034
<i>I think he was a beacon.
Someone we all hoped to...</i>

1032
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:01,474
[Sorensen] That looks good.

1033
01:09:01,560 --> 01:09:02,930
Hard to believe this was yesterday.

1034
01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:05,270
[interviewer] <i>He said this
mission would have, quote,</i>

1035
01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:08,591
<i>a great impact on the minds
cf the men across America.“</i>

1036
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:11,433
<i>I think my brother set a course
far the entire nation</i>

1037
01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:13,200
<i>in a way that we can never abandon.</i>

1038
01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:18,116
Anyone watching now would think it's
business as usual with the Kennedys.

1039
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,680
[Ted on TV] <i>Even in my own life,
I've often asked,</i>

1040
01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:23,639
<i>what would Jack have me do?</i>

1041
01:09:24,320 --> 01:09:25,880
[John F. Kennedy on TV]
<i>Space is there.</i>

1042
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:28,037
<i>And the moon and the
planets are there.</i>

1043
01:09:28,600 --> 01:09:30,830
<i>And new hopes for knowledge
and peace are there.</i>

1044
01:09:31,240 --> 01:09:35,757
<i>And therefore as we set sail,
we ask God's blessing</i>

1045
01:09:35,840 --> 01:09:38,434
<i>on the most hazardous and dangerous</i>

1046
01:09:38,880 --> 01:09:41,952
<i>and greatest adventure
an which man has ever embarked.</i>

1047
01:09:42,040 --> 01:09:44,873
Uncle Jack could do
anything, huh, Dad?

1048
01:09:46,800 --> 01:09:49,918
[Ted on TV] <i>President Kennedy cast
a long shadow and still does.</i>

1049
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:52,435
<i>When I walk in every day.</i>

1050
01:09:53,280 --> 01:09:54,290
[interviewer]
<i>Thank you, Senator.</i>

1051
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:57,392
[news anchorman on TV] <i>Now we hear
from Houston that the crew has, uh,</i>

1052
01:09:57,480 --> 01:09:59,710
<i>completed putting on the spacesuits,</i>

1053
01:09:59,840 --> 01:10:01,478
<i>and the boots, helmets,</i>

1054
01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:05,315
<i>and are now donning their
portable life support system.</i>

1055
01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:09,314
<i>That backpack that carries
their oxygen, the cooling liquids,</i>

1056
01:10:09,400 --> 01:10:11,357
<i>and their communications equipment.</i>

1057
01:10:11,440 --> 01:10:14,671
<i>And they're set for a four-hour
stay on the lunar surface.</i>

1058
01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:16,594
<i>Well within that margin,</i>

1059
01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:18,478
<i>they will get back in the spacecraft</i>

1060
01:10:18,560 --> 01:10:22,030
<i>after 2 hours and 40 minutes
on the lunar surface.</i>

1061
01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:24,634
<i>We've had no further estimate
in the last few minutes</i>

1062
01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:28,350
<i>as to the actual time when they
will step out of the spacecraft.</i>

1063
01:10:28,440 --> 01:10:32,479
<i>Of course, we're standing by for
further word from Houston on that.</i>

1064
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:35,236
[news anchorman
continues indistinctly]

1065
01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:49,439
[knocking on door]

1066
01:10:50,720 --> 01:10:52,313
Don't worry. I'll get it.

1067
01:10:56,040 --> 01:10:58,600
[neighbor woman]
Oh, hello. Are Gwen and Joe here?

1068
01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:00,530
We've heard about their loss
and we're so sorry.

1069
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:03,074
The Kopechnes thank you
for your kindness.

1070
01:11:03,160 --> 01:11:06,118
Would we be able to see them
just for a moment, please?

1071
01:11:06,920 --> 01:11:09,250
[command center tech] <i>Okay, Neil, we
can see you coming down the ladder now.</i>

1072
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:11,610
[news anchorman] <i>There he is.
There's a foot coming down the step.</i>

1073
01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:13,756
[Armstrong]
I'm at the foot of the ladder.

1074
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:16,595
<i>The LM footpads are only, uh...</i>

1075
01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:22,757
<i>depressed in the surface
about one er two inches.</i>

1076
01:11:23,080 --> 01:11:25,640
<i>Although the surface appears to be,</i>

1077
01:11:25,960 --> 01:11:30,750
<i>uh, very, very fine-grained
as you get close to it.</i>

1078
01:11:30,840 --> 01:11:32,513
<i>It's almost like a powder.</i>

1079
01:11:33,480 --> 01:11:36,199
<i>Down there, ifs very fine.</i>

1080
01:11:38,040 --> 01:11:40,350
<i>I'm going to step off the LM now.</i>

1081
01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:44,810
[news anchorman]
<i>Armstrong is on the moon.</i>

1082
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:47,150
[all cheering]

1083
01:11:49,800 --> 01:11:53,395
[news anchorman]
<i>On this July 20th, 1969.</i>

1084
01:11:53,480 --> 01:11:56,359
[Armstrong]
<i>That's one small step for man...</i>

1085
01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:00,233
<i>one giant leap for mankind.</i>

1086
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:02,490
[news anchorman 1]
<i>I think that was Neil's quote.</i>

1087
01:12:02,520 --> 01:12:03,555
<i>I didn't understand.</i>

1088
01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:05,320
[news anchorman 2]
<i>One small step for man,</i>

1089
01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:06,800
<i>but I didn't get the second phrase.</i>

1090
01:12:07,160 --> 01:12:10,073
<i>Some more of our monitors here...</i>
[continues indistinctly]

1091
01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:19,039
[news anchorman] <i>It was only this
morning, by evolution's clock,</i>

1092
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:21,873
<i>that he fashioned the glass
that brought distance close,</i>

1093
01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:24,998
<i>showed him that his world,
the epicenter of everything,</i>

1094
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:28,512
<i>is only a small speck in the
second-rate solar system...</i>

1095
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:35,755
[knocking on door]

1096
01:12:36,720 --> 01:12:39,473
Teddy, what the hell are you doing?

1097
01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:41,798
What does it look like?

1098
01:12:42,640 --> 01:12:44,560
Well, whatever you're doing,
it looks ridiculous.

1099
01:12:45,240 --> 01:12:47,516
I'm winning back the sympathies
of my constituents.

1100
01:12:47,960 --> 01:12:49,871
Yeah? It looks fake.

1101
01:12:49,960 --> 01:12:51,951
It's as real as can be.
It's a real neck brace.

1102
01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:54,156
Well, it looks fake on you.

1103
01:12:54,520 --> 01:12:55,874
That's 'cause you know me.

1104
01:12:56,600 --> 01:12:58,040
Come on, Teddy. Take that thing off.

1105
01:12:58,080 --> 01:12:59,673
No. Joey, no. I'm gonna wear it. No.

1106
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:01,273
Ted, come on. It's stupid.

1107
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:02,914
Joey, no, I like it.

1108
01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:05,116
Don't, Joey! No, no, no!

1109
01:13:05,800 --> 01:13:07,200
- [both grunting]
- [glass breaking]

1110
01:13:08,120 --> 01:13:09,120
Joey!

1111
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:12,070
[Gargan]
That's it! Take it... Take it off!

1112
01:13:12,160 --> 01:13:14,037
[Ted] My back! My back, Joey!
Get off of me.

1113
01:13:15,160 --> 01:13:17,913
Aw, my back. [groans]

1114
01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:21,511
You're not a victim, Ted!

1115
01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:25,314
[Ted] Jesus.

1116
01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:29,310
I'm gonna ask Dad
and see what he says.

1117
01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:36,920
[knocking on door]

1118
01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:38,399
- [McNamara] Come in.
- [Ted] Dad.

1119
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:40,757
- [Sorensen] Hey, Teddy.
- [Ted] Oh, hey, guys.

1120
01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:43,730
Listen. Fellas, what do you think
about me wearing this at the funeral?

1121
01:13:43,760 --> 01:13:45,250
I think it might gain
us some sympathy.

1122
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:46,918
[Sorensen] You look like a putz, Ted.

1123
01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:48,730
[McNamara] You know how weak
that'll look to the Russians?

1124
01:13:48,760 --> 01:13:49,875
The hell with you guys!

1125
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:53,239
I'll wear what I want.

1126
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:06,553
Thanks for doing this, Joany.

1127
01:14:08,440 --> 01:14:10,192
Go fuck yourself, Teddy.

1128
01:14:12,520 --> 01:14:14,238
[thunder rumbling]

1129
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:18,634
[Gargan] I, uh, I lost my
family when I was very young.

1130
01:14:18,720 --> 01:14:20,119
Both parents.

1131
01:14:21,720 --> 01:14:25,156
I can only imagine
how much harder this is.

1132
01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:28,756
I just wanted you to know,

1133
01:14:29,480 --> 01:14:32,120
I needed to tell you both that...

1134
01:14:33,360 --> 01:14:36,079
I did everything I could for Mary Jo.

1135
01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:41,514
I tried to save her, Mr. Kopechne.

1136
01:14:42,400 --> 01:14:44,710
I did everything I could.

1137
01:14:47,760 --> 01:14:49,671
What did you say your name was,
again?

1138
01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:51,439
[reporters clamoring]

1139
01:14:54,600 --> 01:14:56,370
[Mr. Kopechne] Senator,
thank you so much for being here.

1140
01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:57,400
[Ted] Mr. Kopechne.

1141
01:14:57,480 --> 01:14:59,370
[Mr. Kopechne] I know what a
sacrifice you must have made.

1142
01:14:59,400 --> 01:15:00,959
[Ted] I'm so sorry for your loss.

1143
01:15:01,040 --> 01:15:02,650
[Mrs. Kopechne] Thank you for
trying to save our daughter.

1144
01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:04,360
[Ted]
If there's anything I can do, please.

1145
01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:16,034
[singing somber hymn]

1146
01:15:23,880 --> 01:15:25,791
[priest]...sayeth to the angel,

1147
01:15:26,080 --> 01:15:28,879
"Here am I, the servant of the Lord.

1148
01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:31,640
Let it be with me
according to your word."

1149
01:15:32,280 --> 01:15:35,318
And so it was with our Mary Jo,

1150
01:15:35,400 --> 01:15:38,119
that from faith she
drew her strength,

1151
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,350
her conviction and
purpose in this world.

1152
01:15:40,440 --> 01:15:43,080
It was faith that led Mary Jo...

1153
01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:03,629
[Mary Jo]
<i>Please tell me I can believe in you.</i>

1154
01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:09,320
[sniffling]

1155
01:16:19,640 --> 01:16:21,438
[softly] What are you so afraid of?

1156
01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:23,920
[Rachel] Senator?

1157
01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:26,920
Senator.

1158
01:16:30,560 --> 01:16:32,949
You were up there
for a very long time.

1159
01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:38,551
I got lost in my thoughts.

1160
01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:40,920
How's your wife?

1161
01:16:42,560 --> 01:16:44,039
She's okay.

1162
01:16:45,880 --> 01:16:47,393
I really am curious.

1163
01:16:48,520 --> 01:16:50,750
Tragedy has a way of defining people.

1164
01:16:51,800 --> 01:16:54,155
On one hand, you have someone
like Jackie who goes

1165
01:16:54,240 --> 01:16:56,834
and practically becomes
ambassador for the family.

1166
01:16:57,800 --> 01:16:59,120
Keeping the legacy alive.

1167
01:17:00,120 --> 01:17:01,394
On the other hand,

1168
01:17:01,480 --> 01:17:04,074
a tragedy like this
cripples some people...

1169
01:17:06,200 --> 01:17:08,237
till they curl up into a ball.

1170
01:17:11,400 --> 01:17:13,073
Joany's more the latter.

1171
01:17:14,400 --> 01:17:16,437
I think there's a
third kind of person.

1172
01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:21,470
The kind of person
who defines their own legacy.

1173
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:26,516
I think my chance to define my legacy
died with Mary Jo.

1174
01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:30,238
Senator, look at Mr.
and Mrs. Kopechne.

1175
01:17:32,360 --> 01:17:34,112
They don't blame you.

1176
01:17:36,320 --> 01:17:37,993
Why should America?

1177
01:17:40,160 --> 01:17:41,309
[reporters clamoring]

1178
01:17:42,840 --> 01:17:45,480
Senator, an officer's saying
he saw you at 12:45

1179
01:17:45,560 --> 01:17:47,915
with a woman after the ferry closed.

1180
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:50,799
What about the rumors that
Ms. Kopechne was pregnant?

1181
01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:52,560
"Kennedy walked around
with an open collar

1182
01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:54,677
showing off a previously
unseen neck brace."

1183
01:17:55,120 --> 01:17:56,690
[female reporter]
<i>What affect do you think</i>

1184
01:17:56,720 --> 01:17:58,640
this will have on your
political career, Senator?

1185
01:17:58,720 --> 01:18:01,394
And when can we expect some answers
to some of these questions?

1186
01:18:01,480 --> 01:18:02,959
"For a man wearing a neck brace,

1187
01:18:03,040 --> 01:18:06,829
Kennedy had no trouble craning around to
see who was behind him at the funeral."

1188
01:18:06,920 --> 01:18:07,830
[female reporter] Senator!

1189
01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:09,797
I'll make a statement
at the appropriate time.

1190
01:18:09,880 --> 01:18:12,650
[female reporter] And when exactly
will that appropriate time be, Senator?

1191
01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:14,273
Can you give us an indication

1192
01:18:14,360 --> 01:18:16,200
of when that appropriate
time will be, Senator?

1193
01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:21,400
Those are the Boston papers.

1194
01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:22,930
You want to hear from
the New York Times?

1195
01:18:22,960 --> 01:18:25,236
No, I got it.

1196
01:18:26,520 --> 01:18:28,280
The neck brace was a mistake.
I see that now.

1197
01:18:30,240 --> 01:18:31,240
Damn it.

1198
01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:36,069
This country has a deep connection
to the Kennedy name,

1199
01:18:36,160 --> 01:18:38,037
and that is a valuable thing,
gentlemen.

1200
01:18:38,720 --> 01:18:40,472
And we can't just
let that go to waste.

1201
01:18:41,840 --> 01:18:45,310
We need to remind the American people
what this family has been through.

1202
01:18:46,240 --> 01:18:47,730
And how much more we
have left to achieve.

1203
01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:49,990
And how are you planning
on doing that, Ted?

1204
01:18:52,680 --> 01:18:54,478
A nationally televised statement.

1205
01:18:55,840 --> 01:18:59,390
All three networks, prime time.

1206
01:19:00,360 --> 01:19:01,475
Is that all?

1207
01:19:02,280 --> 01:19:05,955
Why not have Ted fill in for
Carson on The Tonight Show?

1208
01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:08,474
That's actually not a bad idea.

1209
01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:11,961
The networks will donate the time
if it's part of their news coverage.

1210
01:19:12,200 --> 01:19:15,033
We could frame the national
conversation the way we want it framed.

1211
01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:17,396
- How do we do that?
- He's got to look sympathetic.

1212
01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:19,796
It'd be easier to get him
to fill in for Carson.

1213
01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:21,234
We tell the truth.

1214
01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:23,479
Or at least our version of it.

1215
01:19:25,160 --> 01:19:27,356
And it ends with an
appeal to the voters,

1216
01:19:27,440 --> 01:19:29,238
to the people that elected me.

1217
01:19:29,320 --> 01:19:32,472
We need to remind them
that this family perseveres,

1218
01:19:32,560 --> 01:19:34,358
that we don't back down from a fight,

1219
01:19:34,440 --> 01:19:36,192
that we don't get
backed into a corner.

1220
01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:38,635
We have a true compass
and we follow it.

1221
01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:41,957
Now I followed mine
the best I could that night.

1222
01:19:42,040 --> 01:19:44,190
And me and Paul and Joe,

1223
01:19:44,280 --> 01:19:46,749
we did everything we could
to save that poor girl.

1224
01:19:46,840 --> 01:19:48,770
- You got a winner there, son.
- [Sorensen] Amen to that, Bob.

1225
01:19:48,800 --> 01:19:50,880
[McNamara] Son of a bitch,
that's a hell of a winner.

1226
01:19:50,960 --> 01:19:52,678
We get Sorensen to
dress this speech up,

1227
01:19:52,760 --> 01:19:54,450
you might make it through
this thing unscathed.

1228
01:19:54,480 --> 01:19:56,869
If we do this right,
you might be more electable.

1229
01:19:56,960 --> 01:19:58,280
That's good.

1230
01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:01,120
A girl dies,

1231
01:20:01,920 --> 01:20:04,992
and yet somehow Ted is the martyr?

1232
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:08,600
Think about it.

1233
01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:13,479
Do we really want to prop him up
as an injured hero here?

1234
01:20:13,560 --> 01:20:15,551
This strategy's the only thing
we've come up with

1235
01:20:15,640 --> 01:20:18,234
that has a chance of saving Ted.
We need to all get behind it.

1236
01:20:18,320 --> 01:20:23,110
I'm telling you, these theatrics are
not gonna hold up in a court of law!

1237
01:20:24,000 --> 01:20:25,035
He's right.

1238
01:20:26,040 --> 01:20:28,840
We need to make sure this case is
closed before Ted talks to the press.

1239
01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:30,393
The hearing's not till Monday.

1240
01:20:30,480 --> 01:20:33,154
Then we move it up immediately
or we will not survive the weekend.

1241
01:20:33,240 --> 01:20:34,370
[Smith]
I'll give Steele a call.

1242
01:20:34,400 --> 01:20:36,130
[McNamara] First,
get a solid plea deal in place.

1243
01:20:36,160 --> 01:20:38,080
I want his word on that,
and I want it in person.

1244
01:20:38,680 --> 01:20:41,149
Markham. Markham!

1245
01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:43,273
- Me?
- Yes, you.

1246
01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:48,195
Joe, I meant it before.
I need you with me on this.

1247
01:20:49,320 --> 01:20:51,357
I meant what I said before too, Ted.

1248
01:20:51,440 --> 01:20:52,510
I can't go any further.

1249
01:20:53,160 --> 01:20:55,436
I'm packing my bags.
I'll be gone tomorrow.

1250
01:20:56,720 --> 01:21:00,315
Joe, this is your family too.
Start acting like it.

1251
01:21:04,520 --> 01:21:05,520
[door slams]

1252
01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:06,640
[on phone] <i>This is Steele.</i>

1253
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:08,330
<i>I'd tike to speak
with the district attorney.</i>

1254
01:21:08,360 --> 01:21:10,840
- [secretary on phone] <i>One moment.</i>
- [on phone] <i>This is Dinis.</i>

1255
01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:13,349
[Steele] <i>I'm still down here
in Edgartown with Chief Arena.</i>

1256
01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:15,192
<i>I just got a call about the hearing-</i>

1257
01:21:15,280 --> 01:21:17,191
[Dinis] <i>Yeah, yeah,
I got the same call, Walter.</i>

1258
01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:21,010
- [Steele] <i>How do you want to proceed?</i>
- [Dinis] <i>Look, as far as I understand it,</i>

1259
01:21:21,040 --> 01:21:22,970
<i>we don't really have
the evidence to build</i> a <i>case.</i>

1260
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:25,640
<i>There's no autopsy report,
the girl's already been embalmed.</i>

1261
01:21:25,720 --> 01:21:27,279
<i>He's got an impeccable
driving record.</i>

1262
01:21:27,400 --> 01:21:29,710
<i>And for God sakes,
the guy had a concussion.</i>

1263
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:31,912
[Steele] You're very wise, sir.

1264
01:21:32,440 --> 01:21:34,400
[Dinis]<i> I want you to pass along
a message for me.</i>

1265
01:21:34,480 --> 01:21:35,595
[Steele] <i>What's that?</i>

1266
01:21:35,680 --> 01:21:38,559
[Dinis] <i>From me through you
to Ted and no one else.</i>

1267
01:21:38,640 --> 01:21:41,632
<i>I won't touch this case
unless Ted wants me to.</i>

1268
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:43,274
[line disconnects]

1269
01:21:43,360 --> 01:21:44,360
Paul.

1270
01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:47,159
Walter.

1271
01:21:48,960 --> 01:21:52,316
It's done. Hearings been
moved to Friday morning.

1272
01:21:52,640 --> 01:21:54,836
Good. The senator will be there.

1273
01:21:55,240 --> 01:21:58,232
He's prepared to plead guilty
to leaving the scene.

1274
01:21:58,320 --> 01:22:00,914
[Steele] The Commonwealth
will recommend a minimum of

1275
01:22:01,200 --> 01:22:03,191
two months incarceration.

1276
01:22:05,160 --> 01:22:08,437
[man on TV] <i>Upon the 200th
year of this nation's life,</i>

1277
01:22:08,520 --> 01:22:11,638
<i>it would be wonderful if we could do
the same thing with domestic issues</i>

1278
01:22:11,720 --> 01:22:14,155
<i>that President Kennedy did
with the space program.</i>

1279
01:22:17,560 --> 01:22:19,597
<i>Arena says he also has witnesses</i>

1280
01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:21,796
<i>who can account for
the senator's movements</i>

1281
01:22:21,880 --> 01:22:25,032
<i>during the eight hours between
the death of Mary Jo Kopechne</i>

1282
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:27,509
<i>and when the senator
reported it to the police.</i>

1283
01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:29,432
<i>Now, Senator Kennedy</i>

1284
01:22:29,520 --> 01:22:32,592
<i>is back in the Kennedy compound
in seclusion.</i>

1285
01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:36,719
<i>And when or if he will answer questions
about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne</i>

1286
01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:38,393
<i>is still unknown.</i>

1287
01:22:38,800 --> 01:22:40,160
[man on TV]
<i>I'll fix it right now.</i>

1288
01:22:40,440 --> 01:22:44,274
<i>Ice-cold lemonade.</i>

1289
01:22:44,360 --> 01:22:45,714
<i>Where's Dad?</i>

1290
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:48,190
<i>Five cents a glass.</i>

1291
01:22:49,160 --> 01:22:52,073
[Davey] <i>Five cents says he's
having another cup of coffee.</i>

1292
01:22:53,440 --> 01:22:54,669
[TV turns off]

1293
01:22:59,760 --> 01:23:01,751
Your father wanted to speak with you.

1294
01:23:08,600 --> 01:23:10,352
What is it, Dad?

1295
01:23:17,880 --> 01:23:20,633
Ann, I need you to leave us, please.

1296
01:23:21,640 --> 01:23:23,711
It's very rare these days
I'm alone with my father

1297
01:23:23,800 --> 01:23:25,210
and the things I need to say to him,

1298
01:23:25,240 --> 01:23:27,197
I need to say to him in private.

1299
01:23:29,280 --> 01:23:30,918
Of course, Teddy.

1300
01:23:46,560 --> 01:23:48,949
Dad did you know I never
wanted to be president'?

1301
01:23:49,960 --> 01:23:51,678
Does it even matter to you?

1302
01:23:54,120 --> 01:23:55,997
I wanted to make you proud.

1303
01:23:57,280 --> 01:23:58,953
That's all I've ever wanted.

1304
01:24:00,160 --> 01:24:01,480
I spent my whole life...

1305
01:24:02,960 --> 01:24:06,078
chasing your dreams for you,
just like...

1306
01:24:07,120 --> 01:24:10,511
Joe and just like Jack

1307
01:24:11,120 --> 01:24:13,350
and just like Bobby, and look

1308
01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:15,553
what happened to them.

1309
01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:20,399
They were great men...

1310
01:24:21,880 --> 01:24:24,394
but they weren't great
because of who you were.

1311
01:24:25,360 --> 01:24:27,795
They were great because
of who they were.

1312
01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:31,400
Dad...

1313
01:24:32,440 --> 01:24:35,717
I want to be a great man.

1314
01:24:36,720 --> 01:24:39,234
I just don't know who I am.

1315
01:24:47,080 --> 01:24:48,832
You...

1316
01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:54,876
will never...

1317
01:24:56,520 --> 01:24:58,670
be great.

1318
01:25:10,640 --> 01:25:12,119
Come here.

1319
01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:50,792
Joey, no. I need you...

1320
01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:53,190
If it's about the statement,
I want nothing to do with it.

1321
01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:54,918
Just the opposite.

1322
01:25:55,000 --> 01:25:56,673
I need you to write me a resignation.

1323
01:26:00,468 --> 01:26:02,106
I'll take care of it.

1324
01:26:03,760 --> 01:26:06,752
Thank you. For the last time.

1325
01:26:11,040 --> 01:26:12,394
I'm proud of you.

1326
01:26:13,240 --> 01:26:15,550
Well, don't tell anyone else
how proud you are.

1327
01:26:15,640 --> 01:26:17,870
And let's just keep this
between the two of us.

1328
01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:28,520
[news anchorman]
<i>Senator Edward Kennedy,</i>

1329
01:26:28,880 --> 01:26:31,315
<i>the only one of
the four brothers left alive,</i>

1330
01:26:31,400 --> 01:26:35,359
<i>went into court today and pleaded
guilty to leaving the scene</i>

1331
01:26:35,440 --> 01:26:37,397
<i>of an accident where
a young woman drowned.</i>

1332
01:26:37,720 --> 01:26:40,189
<i>He got a sentence of
two months in jail,</i>

1333
01:26:40,280 --> 01:26:43,033
<i>the sentence suspended,
and a year's probation.</i>

1334
01:26:43,120 --> 01:26:47,000
<i>The judge gave him the minimum jail
sentence and suspended that,</i>

1335
01:26:47,120 --> 01:26:51,239
<i>because, he said, Kennedy already
had been and would be punished</i>

1336
01:26:51,320 --> 01:26:54,119
<i>more than anything
the court could do to him.</i>

1337
01:26:55,080 --> 01:26:56,753
I have made my plea.

1338
01:26:56,840 --> 01:26:59,229
I have requested time
on the networks tonight

1339
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:02,389
to speak to the people of
Massachusetts and the nation.

1340
01:27:02,880 --> 01:27:04,951
Your questions will
all be answered then.

1341
01:27:05,680 --> 01:27:08,877
[news anchorman] <i>The suspended
sentence took many among the crowd</i>

1342
01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:10,640
<i>waiting outside the courthouse
by surprise.</i>

1343
01:27:10,720 --> 01:27:12,711
[crowd clamoring]

1344
01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:23,034
[reporter] Mr. Steele,

1345
01:27:23,120 --> 01:27:25,873
is it true that you and Senator
Kennedy were friends and co-workers

1346
01:27:25,960 --> 01:27:27,210
when you were in Suffolk County?

1347
01:27:27,240 --> 01:27:28,520
Please just answer the question.

1348
01:27:28,600 --> 01:27:29,954
Are you friends with Ted Kennedy?

1349
01:27:30,040 --> 01:27:32,190
Mr. Steele, please just
answer the question.

1350
01:27:32,800 --> 01:27:35,519
[news anchorwoman] <i>Senator Kennedy's
suspended sentence was granted</i>

1351
01:27:35,600 --> 01:27:39,434
<i>on the basis of his character
and his worldwide reputation.</i>

1352
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:43,150
<i>But it's this worldwide reputation
that is now the larger question.</i>

1353
01:27:43,680 --> 01:27:46,559
<i>What can or will he do
to preserve his potential</i>

1354
01:27:46,640 --> 01:27:48,995
<i>as a candidate for
President of the United States?</i>

1355
01:27:49,080 --> 01:27:51,050
[news anchorman]<i> Kennedy will
make a statement on television</i>

1356
01:27:51,080 --> 01:27:53,754
<i>tonight at 7:30 Eastern Time.</i>

1357
01:27:53,840 --> 01:27:56,275
<i>It will, of course, be seen live.</i>

1358
01:27:56,360 --> 01:27:58,192
<i>It will be a statement only.</i>

1359
01:27:58,280 --> 01:28:01,033
<i>No reporters will be allowed in,
by his decision,</i>

1360
01:28:01,120 --> 01:28:03,077
<i>and so no questions will be asked.</i>

1361
01:28:03,760 --> 01:28:05,945
<i>We've heard speculation
on the possibility</i>

1362
01:28:05,975 --> 01:28:07,674
<i>he might resign from the Senate.</i>

1363
01:28:07,960 --> 01:28:11,396
<i>But it's only speculation,
and we don't know what he will say.</i>

1364
01:28:11,720 --> 01:28:12,915
Sorensen been through this?

1365
01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:14,991
This whole thing is Sorensen's baby.

1366
01:28:15,080 --> 01:28:16,560
I think we've got a real winner here.

1367
01:28:16,600 --> 01:28:17,795
If you say so.

1368
01:28:18,920 --> 01:28:20,610
[Burke]
Okay, so for the first half of the speech,

1369
01:28:20,640 --> 01:28:23,234
we felt it would seem more stately
for you to be reading.

1370
01:28:23,800 --> 01:28:24,995
Then halfway through,

1371
01:28:25,080 --> 01:28:27,515
we have you make a direct appeal
to the voters.

1372
01:28:27,600 --> 01:28:30,353
And we think, in order to get them
to really want to write in,

1373
01:28:30,440 --> 01:28:33,956
mail letters and show their support
for you and the family,

1374
01:28:34,040 --> 01:28:36,236
you should look straight into camera,

1375
01:28:36,320 --> 01:28:37,719
set the papers down,

1376
01:28:37,800 --> 01:28:40,269
and just talk from the heart.

1377
01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:44,871
David, I'm not off-script on this.

1378
01:28:44,960 --> 01:28:46,678
No, no, we'll have cue cards.

1379
01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:48,074
They're being done right now.

1380
01:28:48,320 --> 01:28:49,320
Okay.

1381
01:28:50,760 --> 01:28:53,752
- Sorensen's here.
- Hey, Teddy.

1382
01:28:55,360 --> 01:28:59,433
So, what do you think?

1383
01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:01,790
- What do I think?
- Well, yeah, you wrote it.

1384
01:29:02,120 --> 01:29:04,316
You know, what's your feeling on it?

1385
01:29:05,240 --> 01:29:06,878
I don't know, Teddy.

1386
01:29:07,440 --> 01:29:10,273
History usually has the final word
on these things.

1387
01:29:13,440 --> 01:29:14,760
Good luck.

1388
01:29:43,680 --> 01:29:45,637
[indistinct conversation upstairs]

1389
01:30:07,080 --> 01:30:09,310
- Okay, I'm ready.
- [producer] Bring them in.

1390
01:30:09,400 --> 01:30:10,920
[crew member 1]
Who's doing cue cards?

1391
01:30:10,960 --> 01:30:12,290
[crew member 2]
Where are the cue cards?

1392
01:30:12,320 --> 01:30:14,038
[crew discussing indistinctly]

1393
01:30:15,680 --> 01:30:16,954
Oh, hey, Joey.

1394
01:30:17,040 --> 01:30:19,759
Ted, I got it. We right here.

1395
01:30:21,760 --> 01:30:23,910
Thanks. I appreciate it.

1396
01:30:24,920 --> 01:30:26,115
[Burke] Senator.

1397
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:30,998
Want to look it over?

1398
01:30:32,040 --> 01:30:33,474
Okay, yeah.

1399
01:30:39,160 --> 01:30:40,673
I've been thinking.

1400
01:30:42,320 --> 01:30:46,757
Joey, we both have flaws, do we not?

1401
01:30:46,840 --> 01:30:48,320
[producer]
Okay, live in two minutes.

1402
01:30:48,880 --> 01:30:50,951
Yeah, of course, we do. We all do.

1403
01:30:51,520 --> 01:30:54,876
Right. Right. I thought that myself.

1404
01:30:54,960 --> 01:30:57,349
[taps paper]
What's right is here in front of you.

1405
01:30:57,760 --> 01:30:59,797
I don't know what's right anymore.

1406
01:31:00,680 --> 01:31:02,193
[Burke]
Joey, let's wrap things up.

1407
01:31:04,120 --> 01:31:08,079
Ted, I didn't say this before,
but I agree with you

1408
01:31:08,160 --> 01:31:10,674
that Kennedys do have a true compass.

1409
01:31:10,760 --> 01:31:12,558
And it's because
you're following yours

1410
01:31:12,640 --> 01:31:14,074
that we're here right now.

1411
01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:16,807
You told the police
that you were driving.

1412
01:31:16,837 --> 01:31:17,877
You told the truth.

1413
01:31:17,960 --> 01:31:20,634
You had me write this resignation.

1414
01:31:21,360 --> 01:31:22,794
Sorensen's speech...

1415
01:31:22,880 --> 01:31:25,156
Sorensen's speech is bullshit.

1416
01:31:25,560 --> 01:31:27,551
Every word of it. He made it up.

1417
01:31:28,400 --> 01:31:30,152
All the thoughts and emotions.

1418
01:31:30,960 --> 01:31:32,109
I was there.

1419
01:31:32,600 --> 01:31:35,672
I've been there with you
from the very beginning.

1420
01:31:37,560 --> 01:31:39,676
This may give me a chance
at a new beginning.

1421
01:31:39,760 --> 01:31:42,673
This isn't about opportunity.
It's about integrity.

1422
01:31:44,240 --> 01:31:46,516
- [crew member 1] One minute.
- [Burke] One minute, Joey!

1423
01:31:49,360 --> 01:31:51,158
Joey, you have flaws.

1424
01:31:52,920 --> 01:31:55,389
We all do. You said so yourself.

1425
01:31:56,480 --> 01:31:57,800
<i>Moses had a temper.</i>

1426
01:31:58,760 --> 01:32:00,637
Peter betrayed Jesus.

1427
01:32:01,680 --> 01:32:02,829
I have Chappaquiddick.

1428
01:32:03,720 --> 01:32:06,473
Yeah, Moses had a temper,

1429
01:32:06,560 --> 01:32:09,279
but he never left a girl
at the bottom of the Red Sea.

1430
01:32:10,640 --> 01:32:12,840
[producer] I still need someone
to hold these cue cards.

1431
01:32:15,040 --> 01:32:16,713
Ol' Joey will fix it.

1432
01:32:18,360 --> 01:32:20,200
Be a great cue card holder,
wouldn't you, Joey?

1433
01:32:20,880 --> 01:32:22,279
[crew member 1] Thirty seconds!

1434
01:32:22,840 --> 01:32:25,480
[producer] That's great.
Now, right over this way.

1435
01:32:25,600 --> 01:32:27,591
Right down here,
in front of the camera.

1436
01:32:28,120 --> 01:32:30,350
Right there. Hey, thanks, pal.

1437
01:32:32,560 --> 01:32:34,278
Okay, people, we're live

1438
01:32:34,920 --> 01:32:37,389
in ten, nine,

1439
01:32:37,880 --> 01:32:41,714
eight, seven, six,

1440
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:44,674
five, four,

1441
01:32:45,120 --> 01:32:46,269
three...

1442
01:32:51,400 --> 01:32:52,834
My fellow citizens...

1443
01:32:54,040 --> 01:32:57,476
I have requested this opportunity to
talk to the people of Massachusetts

1444
01:32:57,920 --> 01:33:00,799
about the tragedy which happened
last Friday evening.

1445
01:33:02,080 --> 01:33:03,912
This morning I entered
a plea of guilty

1446
01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:06,310
to the charge of leaving
the scene of an accident.

1447
01:33:07,200 --> 01:33:08,679
Prior to my appearance in court,

1448
01:33:08,760 --> 01:33:12,754
it would have been improper
for me to comment on these matters.

1449
01:33:13,360 --> 01:33:15,715
But tonight I am free to tell you

1450
01:33:15,800 --> 01:33:19,555
what happened and to say
what it means to me.

1451
01:33:20,800 --> 01:33:22,598
On the weekend of July 18th...

1452
01:33:23,480 --> 01:33:25,869
I was on Martha's Vineyard Island
participating

1453
01:33:26,200 --> 01:33:28,635
with my cousin, Joseph Gargan,

1454
01:33:29,320 --> 01:33:32,153
as for 30 years my
family has participated

1455
01:33:32,800 --> 01:33:35,758
in the annual Edgartown
sailing regatta.

1456
01:33:36,760 --> 01:33:40,390
Only reasons of health prevented
my wife from accompanying me.

1457
01:33:43,360 --> 01:33:46,671
On Chappaquiddick Island
off Martha's Vineyard,

1458
01:33:47,280 --> 01:33:51,114
I attended on Friday evening,
July 18th, a cookout

1459
01:33:51,680 --> 01:33:53,557
I had encouraged and helped sponsor

1460
01:33:54,000 --> 01:33:57,118
for a devoted group of
Kennedy campaign secretaries.

1461
01:33:57,960 --> 01:34:01,271
<i>When I left the party
around 11:15 P.M.,</i>

1462
01:34:01,920 --> 01:34:03,957
<i>I was accompanied by
one of these girls,</i>

1463
01:34:04,720 --> 01:34:06,438
<i>Miss Mary Jo Kopechne.</i>

1464
01:34:07,800 --> 01:34:10,269
<i>Mary Jo was one of the most
devoted members of the staff</i>

1465
01:34:10,360 --> 01:34:12,271
<i>of Senator Robert Kennedy.</i>

1466
01:34:12,560 --> 01:34:15,996
<i>She worked for him for four years
and was broken up over his death.</i>

1467
01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:21,557
<i>For this reason and because she was such
a gentle, kind and idealistic person,</i>

1468
01:34:22,400 --> 01:34:25,119
<i>all of us tried to help her feel
that she still had a home</i>

1469
01:34:25,200 --> 01:34:26,474
<i>with the Kennedy family.</i>

1470
01:34:27,360 --> 01:34:30,637
<i>There is no truth, no truth whatever,</i>

1471
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:34,557
<i>to the widely circulated
suspicions of immoral conduct</i>

1472
01:34:34,640 --> 01:34:38,998
<i>that have been leveled at my behavior
and hers regarding that evening.</i>

1473
01:34:39,880 --> 01:34:41,791
<i>I know nothing in Mary Jo's conduct</i>

1474
01:34:42,320 --> 01:34:44,038
<i>on that or any other occasion,</i>

1475
01:34:44,400 --> 01:34:46,960
<i>and the same is true for
the other girls at that party,</i>

1476
01:34:47,840 --> 01:34:50,753
<i>that would lend any substance
to such ugly speculation</i>

1477
01:34:50,840 --> 01:34:52,558
<i>about their character.</i>

1478
01:34:53,640 --> 01:34:55,950
<i>Nor was I driving under
the influence of liquor.</i>

1479
01:34:57,560 --> 01:34:58,914
We should get back.

1480
01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:00,752
[Ted] <i>Little over a mile away,</i>

1481
01:35:01,120 --> 01:35:03,031
the car that I was driving
on an unlit road

1482
01:35:03,600 --> 01:35:06,069
<i>went off a narrow bridge
which had no guardrails</i>

1483
01:35:06,640 --> 01:35:09,473
and was built on a left
angle to the road.

1484
01:35:09,960 --> 01:35:11,997
<i>The car overturned in a deep pond</i>

1485
01:35:12,080 --> 01:35:13,798
and immediately filled with water.

1486
01:35:15,200 --> 01:35:18,272
I remember thinking, as the cold
water rushed in around my head,

1487
01:35:18,360 --> 01:35:21,113
that I was for certain drowning.

1488
01:35:21,480 --> 01:35:24,074
<i>But somehow I struggled
to surface alive.</i>

1489
01:35:24,160 --> 01:35:26,879
<i>Made immediate and repeated
efforts to save Mary Jo»</i>

1490
01:35:26,960 --> 01:35:29,713
<i>...succeeded only in increasing
my state of utter exhaustion.</i>

1491
01:35:29,800 --> 01:35:33,156
<i>My conduct during the
next several hours</i>

1492
01:35:33,240 --> 01:35:35,151
<i>makes no sense to me at all.</i>

1493
01:35:35,440 --> 01:35:39,673
<i>My doctors informed me that I suffered
a cerebral concussion as well as shock.</i>

1494
01:35:40,120 --> 01:35:42,634
<i>I walked back to the cottage
where the party was being held</i>

1495
01:35:42,720 --> 01:35:44,472
<i>and requested the
help of two friends,</i>

1496
01:35:44,720 --> 01:35:46,916
<i>my cousin Joseph Gargan
and Paul Markham.</i>

1497
01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:50,277
Their strenuous efforts
also proved futile.

1498
01:35:50,360 --> 01:35:52,192
<i>I had them take me to
the ferry crossing.</i>

1499
01:35:52,280 --> 01:35:53,640
<i>This was some time after midnight.</i>

1500
01:35:53,720 --> 01:35:55,210
<i>The ferry having shut
down for the night,</i>

1501
01:35:55,240 --> 01:35:56,719
<i>I suddenly jumped into the water</i>

1502
01:35:56,800 --> 01:35:59,076
<i>and impulsively swam across,</i>

1503
01:35:59,160 --> 01:36:02,278
nearly drowning once
again in the effort.

1504
01:36:03,120 --> 01:36:04,952
I regard as indefensible

1505
01:36:05,243 --> 01:36:09,521
<i>the fact that I did not report the
accident to the police immediately.</i>

1506
01:36:12,360 --> 01:36:15,318
<i>All kinds of scrambled thoughts
which I cannot recall,</i>

1507
01:36:15,400 --> 01:36:17,676
<i>some of them confused,
some of them irrational,</i>

1508
01:36:17,760 --> 01:36:19,558
<i>went through my mind.</i>

1509
01:36:19,880 --> 01:36:22,918
<i>I was overcome by a
jumble of emotions.</i>

1510
01:36:23,000 --> 01:36:25,913
<i>Grief, fear, doubt,</i>

1511
01:36:26,560 --> 01:36:29,632
<i>exhaustion, panic, confusion.</i>

1512
01:36:29,760 --> 01:36:32,274
<i>I remember thinking, whether somehow</i>

1513
01:36:32,360 --> 01:36:37,799
<i>some awful curse did
actually hang over all the Kennedys.</i>

1514
01:36:44,040 --> 01:36:46,350
These events, the publicity,

1515
01:36:46,440 --> 01:36:49,239
innuendo and whispers
which have surrounded them,

1516
01:36:49,840 --> 01:36:51,717
and my admission of
guilt this morning,

1517
01:36:52,280 --> 01:36:54,510
raises the question in my mind

1518
01:36:55,160 --> 01:36:57,356
of whether my standing
among the people of my state

1519
01:36:57,440 --> 01:37:01,274
has been so impaired
that I should resign my seat

1520
01:37:01,720 --> 01:37:03,472
in the United States Senate.

1521
01:37:05,400 --> 01:37:09,394
<i>The stories of past courage
cannot supply courage itself.</i>

1522
01:37:10,080 --> 01:37:13,960
<i>For this, each man must look
into his own soul.</i>

1523
01:37:14,960 --> 01:37:19,431
And so I ask you tonight,
the people of Massachusetts,

1524
01:37:20,080 --> 01:37:21,639
to think this through with me.

1525
01:37:22,560 --> 01:37:25,757
In facing this decision,
I seek your advice and opinion.

1526
01:37:26,680 --> 01:37:29,069
In making it, I seek your prayers.

1527
01:37:30,200 --> 01:37:33,795
For this is a decision that I will
finally, have to make on my own.

1528
01:37:37,480 --> 01:37:41,030
I pray that I can have the courage
to make the right decision.

1529
01:37:43,280 --> 01:37:44,509
Whatever is decided,

1530
01:37:45,320 --> 01:37:47,470
whatever the future holds for me,

1531
01:37:48,440 --> 01:37:54,994
I hope that I shall be able to put
this most recent tragedy behind me.

1532
01:37:59,720 --> 01:38:02,314
Thank you and good night.

1533
01:38:14,080 --> 01:38:16,515
What do you think about
Senator Kennedy's accident

1534
01:38:16,600 --> 01:38:18,330
and his statement last night?
Did you see it on television?

1535
01:38:18,360 --> 01:38:20,000
- Yes, I did see it.
- What did you think?

1536
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:22,799
Well, I was quite impressed by it.

1537
01:38:22,880 --> 01:38:25,394
I think it's a tough break for
the guy. The guy's a good guy.

1538
01:38:25,480 --> 01:38:27,756
He tried to help the girl
and he's all mixed up.

1539
01:38:27,880 --> 01:38:29,690
He's always had tough breaks.
The family and everything.

1540
01:38:29,720 --> 01:38:30,551
I'm in favor of him.

1541
01:38:30,640 --> 01:38:33,697
Well, I feel if it was anybody else,
they would have hung him.

1542
01:38:33,728 --> 01:38:36,314
I think he should quit.
Quit his job right now.

1543
01:38:36,360 --> 01:38:39,239
Hell, if a guy's drinking,
those things can happen all the time.

1544
01:38:39,320 --> 01:38:41,200
[reporter]
What makes you think he was drinking?

1545
01:38:41,280 --> 01:38:42,970
Well, you don't go to a party
and no drinking.

1546
01:38:43,000 --> 01:38:46,152
I mean, there's more to it than
what we know, I believe, you know?

1547
01:38:46,680 --> 01:38:48,239
But I actually would vote for him.

1548
01:38:48,320 --> 01:38:51,517
- Would you vote for him again?
- I certainly would. Definitely.

1549
01:38:51,600 --> 01:38:53,910
There's a lot of things missing
that I didn't understand.

1550
01:38:54,000 --> 01:38:56,355
But, like, as the story progressed,
you know,

1551
01:38:56,440 --> 01:38:59,398
you hear different versions
and you make your own opinions.

1552
01:39:00,120 --> 01:39:01,554
What was your final opinion?

1553
01:39:02,640 --> 01:39:06,429
That he really was, you know... He
didn't remember what he really did.

1554
01:39:06,520 --> 01:39:07,794
That he's telling the truth.

1555
01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:10,480
Would you vote for him? Do you
think he should be the president?

1556
01:39:11,320 --> 01:39:13,330
Oh, I'm not qualified to say that.
I really don't know.

1557
01:39:13,360 --> 01:39:14,873
I think I would vote for him, though.

1558
01:39:14,960 --> 01:39:16,250
[reporter]
<i>Would you vote for him again?</i>

1559
01:39:16,280 --> 01:39:18,050
- [man 1] <i>Yes, I really would.</i>
- [man 2] <i>Certainly.</i>

1560
01:39:18,080 --> 01:39:19,850
- [woman 1] <i>I believe him.</i>
- [man 3] <i>1,001% behind him.</i>

1561
01:39:19,880 --> 01:39:22,570
[man 4] <i>Ted has done a tremendous job. I
hope he stays a United States senator.</i>

1562
01:39:22,600 --> 01:39:24,730
- [reporter] <i>Would you vote for him?</i>
- [man 5] <i>I certainly would.</i>

1563
01:39:24,760 --> 01:39:27,320
[crowd cheering]

1564
01:39:29,440 --> 01:39:33,593
[Ted] <i>There is a new wave
of change all around us.</i>

1565
01:39:34,040 --> 01:39:36,680
<i>And if we set our compass true,</i>

1566
01:39:37,160 --> 01:39:40,357
<i>we will reach our destination.</i>

1567
01:39:41,400 --> 01:39:43,960
<i>The work begins anew.</i>

1568
01:39:44,920 --> 01:39:47,389
<i>The hope rises again</i>

1569
01:39:47,880 --> 01:39:50,235
<i>and the dream lives on.</i>

1570
01:39:50,320 --> 01:39:51,993
[crowd cheering]

1571
01:40:01,120 --> 01:40:03,714
[crowd chanting]
<i>Teddy! Teddy! Teddy!</i>