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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

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This is Bob Walker
speaking from Dallas Love Field...

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where a large crowd has gathered
to await the appearance...

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of President and Mrs.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy...

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who have arrived from
Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth.

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Lyndon, stop looking at that. Honestly.

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Mr. Vice President, we'll be in
the third car, the gray Lincoln.

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What's the word on Yarborough?

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The president told the senator
he rides with you...

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or he could walk
through downtown Dallas.

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Oh, isn't that sweet? Thank you, honey.

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- Yes. Yes, it is the first lady.
- Jackie!

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The youthful Mrs. Kennedy
looking beautiful in her pillbox hat...

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and matching pink outfit.

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Mrs. Kennedy is followed
by the president...

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- Hello. You look lovely.
- Of the United States.

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Thank you so much.

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- Hi, Jackie.
- Hi, Lady Bird. It's good to see you.

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- Mr. President.
- Lyndon.

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- How are you?
- Good.

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Mrs. Johnson. Lovely as always.

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- Lyndon.
- Hi, Nellie.

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Followed by Texas Senator
Ralph Yarborough.

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Good morning to you.

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This will be your vehicle, Mr. President.

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The crowd is jockeying
for a better look at the president.

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Wait, no. The president has
walked past the motorcade...

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and he's making his way
towards the crowd.

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- How are you?
- Hello.

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- Shaking hands with people.
- Thanks for coming out.

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- Thank you.
- Some have cameras...

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- to capture this historic moment.
- Thank you.

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- Thank you. Thank you very much.
- Real pleasure.

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They didn't expect to be shaking hands
with the president of the United States.

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This is quite a thrill for the people
who have waited here all morning.

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And once the motorcade departs,
it will head through the city...

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where crowds are waiting for a view
of their president and his wife.

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- Thank you.
- Thousands will be on hand...

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for that motorcade, which
will move through downtown Dallas.

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Don't you just love Texas?

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Is there anywhere else you'd rather be?

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This is regarding the Farm Bill

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We wanna vote in less than an hour.

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Get back to the leader.
Tell him people are still undecided.

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We wanna push this through
in the next half hour.

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Because I'm not General Custer,
and this ain't Little fucking Bighorn.

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So if you have any objections...

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tell me now before I head to the floor
of the United States Senate.

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We got Cannon. Senator Yarborough.

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- I'll be right with you.
- Senator Mansfield, sir.

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- Mike. What's the number?
- About 48.

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"About 48" is not a number.

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Closest approximation I could get.

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Mike, I want you to imagine...

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putting your little 2-inch pecker
on the edge of this table.

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Now, I grab a hatchet, and I tell you...

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that I'm gonna swing it down
about 2 inches from the edge.

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- Would you be nervous?
- Mm-hm.

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Well, that's how I feel when you tell me
that the count is "about 48."

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Now, what good is a whip
that doesn't know how to count?

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Go back out there
and get me an actual number!

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Juanita, dear?

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- Yes, sir?
- Call Dirksen's office...

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and tell him I'd like to speak
to the senator at his earliest convenience.

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- Yes, sir.
- George, get my tailor on the phone.

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Who is Mike Taylor?

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Who...? No, not "Mike Taylor." My tailor.

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The guy who makes my fucking clothes.
Get him on the phone now.

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- Senator Yarborough.
- Mr. Leader...

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- I still don't take a drink.
- No?

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Now if you've called me in here to ask me
about my vote on the Farm Bill...

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I should tell you I have not changed
my position in the slightest.

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No problem. No problem at all.

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But, listen, while I got you here,
there is one question...

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I've been meaning to ask you.

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Have you got shit for brains?

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What the hell is your problem
with this Farm Bill?

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We should be doing a heck of a lot more
for the people who have less.

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The only thing more irritating
than a liberal is a liberal from Texas.

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The senator is here.

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- Bring him in.
- What my constituents want is...

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Your constituents are my constituents...

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and just because after three failed
attempts at the governor's mansion...

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you finally managed
to win an election...

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hardly makes you an expert
on Texas voters.

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- Sir?
- Don't tell me what they want.

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Senator Dirksen is on the phone.

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I've got your tailor as well.

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You realize that Juanita managed to get
the minority leader of the Senate...

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quicker than you could locate
a man who sews for a living?

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Hello, Everett, this is Lyndon.

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We wanna bring this thing to the floor,
but can we do it without our two parties...

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nipping at each other
like a pack of rabid dogs?

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Uh-huh.

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Well, much appreciated,
as always, senator.

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- Juanita?
- Yes, sir?

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Send Dirksen a box of Havanas.

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Walter, get ready to move on it.
You know, this could be your lucky day.

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You might be able to vote
your conscience on the Farm Bill.

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I like to think that is the only way
that I ever vote.

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Spoken like a true one-term senator.

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Means why haven't you
endorsed me for president?

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You haven't announced.

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Beside the point.

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- I like to hope that...
- You like Kennedy.

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Senator Kennedy and I,
we share many principles.

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You know, you got your show horses
and your workhorses.

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Now, Kennedy's a show horse:
Easy on the eyes...

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but when you need your field plowed,
he won't leave the barn.

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I hear you,
but what is most important...

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- To me...
- Hold that thought.

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Hello there, this is Lyndon Johnson.

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Now, you all made me
some real lightweight slacks...

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about three, four months ago.

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Kind of a light brown and light green.
Rather, soft green and soft brown.

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Like powder on a lady's...

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face, and now,
I'm what they call "well-endowed"...

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so you give me
the average man's pants...

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I get all bunched up,
you know, like riding a wire fence.

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So give me another couple of inches
from where my nuts hang down...

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round to the back of my bunghole.

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All right. Thank you very much.

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- You were saying?
- What is important to me...

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- Sir, that just put us over the top.
- Call for unanimous consent.

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Show horses, workhorses.

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You only get one.

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Go vote your conscience.

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Nice of you to join us.

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Well, I heard there was a seat available.

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And as the motorcade makes
its departure...

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the presidential car is followed
by the Secret Service vehicle...

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which is followed by Vice President
and Mrs. Johnson.

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Oh. Heh.

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No, I'm... I'm perfectly fine.

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Guessing you Kennedys don't do
a lot of deer hunting.

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Well, when Kennedys fire weapons,
it's usually at Nazis.

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Lot of Nazis in Hyannis Port?

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We need to know if you're running.

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Quite comfortable in my post
as majority leader.

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Then perhaps you'd consider
endorsing my brother?

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I'll endorse whoever wins
our party's nomination.

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And there's no chance
that'll be you, correct?

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How many different ways
you want me to answer that?

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One would suffice.

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I have zero intention
of running for president.

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I wanna know
why you're putting these signs up.

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For starters, Johnson has not said
that he's running for president.

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The reason I know is
because I'm fucking him!

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No, I'm not fucking him, I am him!

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His victory
today was bolstered, in part...

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by the large Catholic presence
in Wisconsin.

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- Up next, will be Illinois, New Jersey...
- What?

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Sir, I think it's time you announce.

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The next real test for Mr. Kennedy
will be in West Virginia...

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I haven't made up my mind yet.

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Then tell me why I came all the way...

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from Texas to run a campaign
that doesn't have a candidate?

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Well, John, I imagine, to bask
in the pleasure of my company.

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Sir, I have been on the phone
all evening with delegates.

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Every one of whom is for Kennedy today
and would be yours tomorrow...

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- if you just announce you were running.
- A Catholic won in a Catholic state.

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Big fucking deal. You think
he could do that in West Virginia?

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This country is not gonna elect
a Catholic president.

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He's starting to run away
from the pack.

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Nominations are not won
on the campaign trail.

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They are won on the convention floor.

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Bird, get me a drink, will you?

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All right.

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He better decide if he wants this.

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He's never wanted anything more
in his whole life.

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- He'll run.
- It'd be too late.

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He's the best Senate majority leader
this country's ever had.

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He works harder
than the other 99 senators combined.

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He doesn't understand
why he's not the party's favorite.

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He doesn't understand
why they don't just hand it to him.

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Nobody gets handed the presidency.

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Why won't he commit?

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- That's complicated.
- He's afraid.

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Of what?

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Hell, every politician's afraid
people won't vote for him.

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He's afraid people won't love him.

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All eyes are on West Virginia today...

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as voters cast their votes
in the state's primary election.

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In a surprising upset...

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Senator John Kennedy has won
the West Virginia primary.

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Many believed the issue
of his religion was insurmountable...

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but here is what Senator Kennedy
had to say about it:

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I appreciate that question,
and I'll tell you when any man...

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stands on the steps of the Capitol and
takes the oath of office of president...

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he puts one hand on the Bible
and raises the other hand to God...

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as he takes his oath.
Now, if he... If he breaks his oath...

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I've never seen
a politician look that good on TV.

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Oh, angel, he's not that handsome.

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- I, John Fitzgerald Kennedy...
- I've never seen a movie star...

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- look that good on TV.
- Heh, heh.

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- -The office of president
of the United States...

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and will, to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend...

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the Constitution of the United States,
so help me, God.

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Jesus, he just swore himself in.

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What's Jack got the rest haven't got?

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The "matinee" face?
The Kennedy name?

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The Kennedy fortune...

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Lyndon, honey.

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Do you want this?

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Do you know why I married you?

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I had other offers, but I chose you.

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- Do you know why?
- I have no earthly idea.

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Because you asked.

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On our first date, when other boys...

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would be thinking about
how to steal a kiss...

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you asked me to marry you.

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You didn't answer right away, though.

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Well, it hit me like a whammy.

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I'd only known you
for about 20 minutes.

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Ample time to fall in love with me.

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Mmm.

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When father first met you, he said:

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"Daughter, you brought home
a lot of boys.

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This time, you brought home a man."

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At least he liked me right away.

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Angel, my point is...

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you knew what you wanted...

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and you got it.

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And I couldn't have said "yes"
if you hadn't asked.

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Convention fever grips Los Angeles...

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where the Democrats convene.

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Partisans of Senator Kennedy radiate
the cheer and confidence...

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of the powerful front-runner,
who is clearly the man to beat.

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The only major threat to Kennedy's hopes
among the declared candidates...

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is Senate Majority Leader
Lyndon Johnson.

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The convention of the
Democratic Party of the United States...

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is now called in session.

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You need to go see
the Wyoming delegates.

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Why the hell are we still fighting
over Western states?

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Their delegates are meeting
with Kennedy right now.

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Jack or Bobby?

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Teddy, sir.

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Christ, this place is infested.

239
00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:49,700
"I have zero intention
of running for president"?

240
00:14:50,540 --> 00:14:53,828
I had a change of heart.

241
00:14:54,020 --> 00:14:56,591
Can't believe you'd look another man
in the eye and lie.

242
00:14:56,740 --> 00:14:59,391
Next one of you who says
a disparaging thing about Jack's health...

243
00:14:59,540 --> 00:15:01,269
I'll personally knock his teeth out.

244
00:15:01,420 --> 00:15:05,584
You said he's never felt better.
That wouldn't be a lie now, would it?

245
00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:08,822
Balloting starts in two hours.

246
00:15:08,980 --> 00:15:11,950
You don't take me down
in the first two rounds...

247
00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:14,944
- I'm gonna beat you.
- There won't be a second round.

248
00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:16,704
You seem awful confident.

249
00:15:16,860 --> 00:15:18,828
I can count.

250
00:15:22,580 --> 00:15:29,225
They will receive the call
of the roll of state, of voting...

251
00:15:29,380 --> 00:15:34,102
for the nomination of president
of the United States.

252
00:15:34,260 --> 00:15:37,423
Mr. Chairman,
Wyoming's vote will make...

253
00:15:37,580 --> 00:15:41,141
a majority for Senator Kennedy.

254
00:16:02,620 --> 00:16:04,941
Can we get the vote from Wyoming?

255
00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:09,549
First-round knockout, boys.
Just like Rocky Marciano.

256
00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:10,940
The Times wants a comment.

257
00:16:11,140 --> 00:16:14,223
Tell them there's a new heavyweight
champion. His name is Kennedy.

258
00:16:14,380 --> 00:16:16,906
- How's the acceptance speech coming?
- Easiest speech I've ever had to write.

259
00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:20,627
Bobby, we're getting 20 calls a minute
about the VP. Everyone wants a name.

260
00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:22,623
First, we have to pick a name.

261
00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,309
Hello?

262
00:16:38,140 --> 00:16:39,710
Lyndon.

263
00:16:40,340 --> 00:16:42,183
Lyndon, honey, wake up.

264
00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:44,348
- Wake up.
- What's the matter, Bird?

265
00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:46,548
It's John Kennedy.

266
00:16:50,460 --> 00:16:52,827
This is Lyndon Johnson.

267
00:16:56,420 --> 00:17:00,584
Walter, order a fresh pot of coffee,
please. I have to get dressed.

268
00:17:00,740 --> 00:17:02,185
Yes, ma'am.

269
00:17:02,340 --> 00:17:07,141
Oh, yes. Yes, honey,
the red tie is so much better.

270
00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:09,382
Thanks, sweetheart.

271
00:17:10,140 --> 00:17:12,188
- Love... Yeah, just fix it now a little.
- Yep.

272
00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:15,027
"Okay?
- Yep.

273
00:17:31,140 --> 00:17:34,861
- Lyndon.
- Hi, Jack. Come on in.

274
00:17:35,380 --> 00:17:36,905
Thank you.

275
00:17:40,740 --> 00:17:44,062
Make sure Symington, Humphrey
and Stevenson are all near their phones.

276
00:17:44,220 --> 00:17:46,427
We'll make our choice today.

277
00:17:46,580 --> 00:17:47,820
What's wrong?

278
00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:50,267
You're not gonna believe
where your brother is.

279
00:17:51,020 --> 00:17:55,184
Lyndon, you have more experience
and more talent, more wisdom.

280
00:17:55,340 --> 00:17:59,823
Unfortunately, this is politics,
and none of that matters.

281
00:18:00,220 --> 00:18:01,506
The better man won.

282
00:18:01,660 --> 00:18:03,071
I'm not better.

283
00:18:03,580 --> 00:18:05,264
Better-looking, maybe.

284
00:18:06,620 --> 00:18:09,385
Yeah, if I had some
of those Kennedy genes...

285
00:18:09,540 --> 00:18:12,146
I might've got some
of the Kennedy delegates.

286
00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:14,183
I think the press was too hard on you.

287
00:18:14,340 --> 00:18:17,469
Well, I could walk
on the Potomac River, and next day...

288
00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:20,783
"Johnson can't swim."

289
00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:28,671
You mind if I ask you a question,
Lyndon?

290
00:18:29,660 --> 00:18:31,105
You're out of your mind, Jack!

291
00:18:31,260 --> 00:18:33,103
You couldn't have made a worse choice
if you tried.

292
00:18:33,260 --> 00:18:35,140
- I spoke with Dad. He agreed.
- Spoke with Dad?

293
00:18:35,220 --> 00:18:38,349
- If we wanna win, we need Johnson.
- Why didn't you consult with me?

294
00:18:38,500 --> 00:18:40,548
We also agreed we'd never
convince you it was a good idea.

295
00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:42,111
Maybe because it isn't.

296
00:18:42,260 --> 00:18:44,467
Johnson and his men spent
the last 72 hours...

297
00:18:44,620 --> 00:18:47,021
trying to convince the entire delegation
you have Addison's disease.

298
00:18:47,180 --> 00:18:48,306
I do have Addison's disease.

299
00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:50,502
- That's not the point.
- Labor hates him.

300
00:18:50,660 --> 00:18:52,867
Civil rights leaders hate him.
Liberals hate him.

301
00:18:53,020 --> 00:18:57,469
Kenny, we will win the liberal vote anyway.
We need Southerners. We need Texas.

302
00:18:57,620 --> 00:19:00,271
The only person Johnson will
ever be loyal to is Johnson.

303
00:19:00,420 --> 00:19:03,629
Bobby, I'd rather him serve
under me as vice president...

304
00:19:03,780 --> 00:19:07,262
than fight for control of the government
as leader of the Senate.

305
00:19:07,420 --> 00:19:09,946
We can't be the only ones
who think this is a bad idea.

306
00:19:10,100 --> 00:19:13,582
Well, as it turns out, you might not be
because he hasn't accepted it yet.

307
00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:19,906
George, look into this, will you?

308
00:19:20,060 --> 00:19:21,664
Yes, sir.

309
00:19:22,140 --> 00:19:25,110
Yeah. Hello there.
Is majority leader here?

310
00:19:25,260 --> 00:19:26,944
- Sir?
- Gentlemen...

311
00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:29,467
can you give us a minute?

312
00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:37,950
Listen, I...

313
00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:40,706
I think you should decline the offer.

314
00:19:41,820 --> 00:19:46,144
Say it was an honor to be considered,
but your duty is to the Senate.

315
00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:50,943
I think we could have a much more
effective partnership with you...

316
00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:53,706
in your role as majority leader.

317
00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:56,346
Is this what your brother thinks?

318
00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:59,504
Do you really want this job?
It's too small for you.

319
00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,226
Did Senator Kennedy ask you
to relay this message?

320
00:20:02,380 --> 00:20:04,303
No, sir, I am here on my own.

321
00:20:04,460 --> 00:20:08,704
Okay, well,
I will take that tidbit of wisdom...

322
00:20:08,860 --> 00:20:10,988
under advisement.

323
00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:19,268
Thank you, Bobby.

324
00:20:23,380 --> 00:20:26,031
- What'd he want?
- What do you think he wanted?

325
00:20:26,180 --> 00:20:27,386
He may be right.

326
00:20:27,540 --> 00:20:30,908
If you run with Kennedy and lose,
you're giving up your Senate seat too.

327
00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:32,789
- No, he won't.
- What do you mean?

328
00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:34,425
He can run for both offices.

329
00:20:34,580 --> 00:20:36,389
Not at the same time.

330
00:20:36,540 --> 00:20:38,463
- We changed the law.
- When?

331
00:20:38,980 --> 00:20:42,871
- When I asked them to.
- I have that number for you, sir.

332
00:20:43,860 --> 00:20:47,148
- What'd you find out?
- Ten of 36.

333
00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:50,507
Okay, talk to me.

334
00:20:52,740 --> 00:20:54,424
It's a thankless job.

335
00:20:54,580 --> 00:20:58,744
Yeah, well, so is being school teacher
in Blanco County, Texas.

336
00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:00,868
Ten of 36?

337
00:21:01,020 --> 00:21:03,068
Of the 36 men
who have been vice president...

338
00:21:03,260 --> 00:21:06,503
10 have gone on to become president.

339
00:21:06,660 --> 00:21:11,222
Kennedy loses, the majority leader will be
the most powerful Democrat in the country.

340
00:21:11,380 --> 00:21:13,348
Kennedy wins,
the majority leader will still be...

341
00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:16,071
the most powerful Democrat
in Congress.

342
00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:19,030
There's just no power
in the vice presidency.

343
00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:24,904
Walter, how long you been with me?

344
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,465
Twenty-one years.

345
00:21:28,460 --> 00:21:34,308
And in 21 years, can you think of a time
that I have taken over a new office...

346
00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:38,505
and not made it 100 times
more powerful than when I got there?

347
00:21:39,980 --> 00:21:41,027
No, sir.

348
00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:44,908
Power is where power goes.

349
00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:06,740
Should be at the Trade Mart in 15.

350
00:22:09,020 --> 00:22:10,909
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

351
00:22:11,060 --> 00:22:13,586
- Yes, sir.
- They love him.

352
00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:15,981
They believe in him.

353
00:22:16,140 --> 00:22:18,871
They know
the president's civil rights law...

354
00:22:19,020 --> 00:22:20,988
is gonna change everything.

355
00:22:21,460 --> 00:22:23,542
The president doesn't have
a civil rights law.

356
00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:25,668
He has a civil rights bill.

357
00:22:25,820 --> 00:22:28,346
I have faith in my heart.

358
00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:31,231
And shit for brains.

359
00:22:31,380 --> 00:22:34,782
Kennedy
has been elected president...

360
00:22:34,980 --> 00:22:38,189
by one of the smallest margins
in electoral history...

361
00:22:38,340 --> 00:22:40,627
with nearly 70 million votes cast.

362
00:22:40,820 --> 00:22:43,141
The president-elect defeated
Richard Nixon...

363
00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:45,826
by approximately 112,000 votes.

364
00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,067
The new vice president,
Lyndon Johnson...

365
00:22:49,220 --> 00:22:52,781
fought hard in his home state of Texas
to deliver the White House...

366
00:22:52,940 --> 00:22:56,103
for the 35th president
of the United States:

367
00:22:56,260 --> 00:22:57,750
John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

368
00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:01,621
And from earlier today,
here is President John F. Kennedy...

369
00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:04,147
delivering his inaugural address.

370
00:23:04,340 --> 00:23:09,824
Ali this will not be finished
in the first 100 days.

371
00:23:09,980 --> 00:23:13,666
Nor will it be finished
in the first 1000 days.

372
00:23:13,820 --> 00:23:15,700
- After we unpack...
- Nor in the life...

373
00:23:15,820 --> 00:23:18,505
- what is first on the agenda?
- Of this administration.

374
00:23:18,660 --> 00:23:23,222
Nor even perhaps in our lifetime
on this planet.

375
00:23:23,380 --> 00:23:25,303
But let us begin.

376
00:23:26,020 --> 00:23:28,387
- Juanita, dear?
- Yes, sir?

377
00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:29,871
I wanna write a letter.

378
00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:32,822
"I hereby request
that the State Department...

379
00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:36,189
the Defense Department
and the Central Intelligence Agency...

380
00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:38,342
cooperate fully
with the vice president."

381
00:23:38,540 --> 00:23:39,871
Lyndon did not write that.

382
00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:42,990
- That's his signature right there.
- Ha, ha, ha.

383
00:23:43,140 --> 00:23:46,587
Oh, what, NASA too? He even requested
oversight of the space program?

384
00:23:46,740 --> 00:23:49,027
Wants control of everything
from here to the moon.

385
00:23:49,220 --> 00:23:51,666
I say we send it
to The Washington Post, right?

386
00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:53,470
Publish it. Humiliate the bastard.

387
00:23:53,620 --> 00:23:57,705
Last month, Johnson was the most
powerful Democrat in all of Washington.

388
00:23:57,860 --> 00:24:01,387
Now he answers to my kid brother
and his Harvard roommate.

389
00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:04,271
Nobody's gonna do anything
to embarrass my vice president.

390
00:24:04,420 --> 00:24:06,701
- He embarrasses himself.
- Started calling himself LBJ...

391
00:24:06,860 --> 00:24:09,670
after FDR was elected.
Thought it sounded more presidential.

392
00:24:09,820 --> 00:24:11,868
Well, he's no FDR, and he's no JFK.

393
00:24:12,020 --> 00:24:15,024
He's Lyndon "I'll never be president
in a million years" Johnson.

394
00:24:15,180 --> 00:24:18,468
I'm aware of your feelings. That's why
I'm putting Kenny in charge of him.

395
00:24:21,420 --> 00:24:22,831
What?

396
00:24:22,980 --> 00:24:25,665
Congratulations, Kenny. You're
my new liaison to the vice president.

397
00:24:28,220 --> 00:24:30,791
I'm sorry,
am I being punished for something?

398
00:24:30,940 --> 00:24:33,341
He's a sensitive man
with an enormous ego.

399
00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:35,270
Your job is to placate him.

400
00:24:35,420 --> 00:24:39,391
Now, I don't care if you have to kiss
his ass all over town in order to do it.

401
00:24:39,540 --> 00:24:41,668
I can't have him
causing problems for me.

402
00:24:41,820 --> 00:24:46,109
I'm sure we can find something
to keep him occupied.

403
00:24:46,260 --> 00:24:49,184
What the fuck is the PCEEO?

404
00:24:49,340 --> 00:24:52,947
It's the "President's Committee
on Equal Employment Opportunity."

405
00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:55,706
The president wants to ensure
all government agencies...

406
00:24:55,860 --> 00:25:00,229
and contractors exercise
fair hiring practices with regards to race.

407
00:25:00,380 --> 00:25:02,747
It's his first major initiative
in civil rights.

408
00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:05,028
Our Southern Democrats
are gonna hate this.

409
00:25:05,180 --> 00:25:08,627
No shit, and when this
trumped-up committee inevitably...

410
00:25:08,780 --> 00:25:12,751
fails to address
this country's civil rights problems...

411
00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:15,585
well, the rest of the Democrats
are gonna hate that.

412
00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:20,427
So why the fuck am I busy alienating...

413
00:25:20,580 --> 00:25:25,347
every son of a bitch
in my party when...

414
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:28,028
if I'm gonna make a run in '68...

415
00:25:28,180 --> 00:25:31,468
well, I'm gonna need people
to fucking like me!

416
00:25:32,460 --> 00:25:33,586
Shut the door.

417
00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:42,546
- How could anybody not like him?
- Heh, heh, heh.

418
00:25:43,580 --> 00:25:45,628
I had an idea.

419
00:25:51,340 --> 00:25:53,581
Yeah, you know,
when I was 13 years old...

420
00:25:53,740 --> 00:25:58,507
I was driving home with my daddy,
and I made some smart-ass comment...

421
00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:00,742
pissed him off,
he slammed on the brakes...

422
00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:03,585
tossed me out the truck,
told me I was walking home.

423
00:26:03,740 --> 00:26:07,870
Well, it was hot as Hades,
six, seven miles to go...

424
00:26:08,020 --> 00:26:12,981
so I was feeling real bad for myself...

425
00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:19,341
when I look up, and I see
this old Chevy kicking up dust.

426
00:26:19,540 --> 00:26:22,828
Pulls to a stop in front of me,
and this beautiful woman...

427
00:26:22,980 --> 00:26:29,226
with curly red hair, leans out
the window, smiles and says:

428
00:26:29,420 --> 00:26:31,707
"Need a ride, son?"

429
00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:34,104
Oh, yeah.

430
00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:36,907
She had the biggest titties I ever saw...

431
00:26:37,060 --> 00:26:42,669
and I stared at them
the whole ride home.

432
00:26:43,380 --> 00:26:46,827
And I never would have seen them
if my daddy hadn't...

433
00:26:47,020 --> 00:26:48,545
punished me to begin with.

434
00:26:50,180 --> 00:26:52,103
So, what are you saying?

435
00:26:52,260 --> 00:26:54,831
When life gives you lemons,
you make lemonade?

436
00:26:55,580 --> 00:27:00,950
No, George, I'm saying, sometimes,
you think the Lord is giving you lemons...

437
00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:04,343
and, in fact, he's giving you
big, beautiful titties.

438
00:27:04,740 --> 00:27:08,506
So there's an upside to you being
appointed chairman to this committee?

439
00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:12,710
Well, this damn civil rights issue is
gonna tear the Democrats in two.

440
00:27:12,860 --> 00:27:16,501
We got rival camps
that are never gonna see eye to eye.

441
00:27:16,660 --> 00:27:19,823
But as long as they're sitting
at the table...

442
00:27:19,980 --> 00:27:22,665
they're gonna need an interpreter.

443
00:27:22,820 --> 00:27:26,984
And Kennedys don't speak Southern.
Southerners don't speak Kennedy.

444
00:27:27,140 --> 00:27:30,906
I'm the only man who's fluent
in both languages.

445
00:27:31,060 --> 00:27:32,300
Which side are you on?

446
00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:34,303
You're missing the point.

447
00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:39,751
As long as neither side declares
all-out war, both sides need me.

448
00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:44,861
The best thing that can happen for me is
this civil rights debate goes on forever.

449
00:27:45,020 --> 00:27:47,022
And how do we make that happen, sir?

450
00:27:47,780 --> 00:27:49,748
Compromise, boys.

451
00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:52,580
Endless compromise.

452
00:27:52,980 --> 00:27:57,269
So chairman of the Equal
Employment Opportunities Committee.

453
00:27:57,420 --> 00:27:59,263
Boy, those Kennedys
must really hate you.

454
00:27:59,420 --> 00:28:00,910
- Ha-ha-ha.
- Yeah, yeah.

455
00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:04,070
- I drew the short straw on this one.
- I wouldn't worry about it.

456
00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:06,905
I don't imagine that committee's
gonna be around very long.

457
00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:08,147
Don't be so sure.

458
00:28:08,980 --> 00:28:10,982
Never underestimate
Southern delegation.

459
00:28:11,140 --> 00:28:14,030
My army may be small,
but our cause is mighty.

460
00:28:14,180 --> 00:28:18,344
Am I talking to Senator Richard Russell
or General Stonewall Jackson?

461
00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:21,868
No, you're talking to the man
who defeated three presidents on this.

462
00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:23,465
I'll defeat a fourth.

463
00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:27,346
What did Abe Lincoln say
after he woke up from a three-day drunk?

464
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,542
- I don't know.
- "I freed the what?"

465
00:28:31,620 --> 00:28:34,226
- Thank you, Eddie.
- Yeah, thank you, Eddie.

466
00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:36,190
Now...

467
00:28:37,140 --> 00:28:39,905
government has a $1 billion contract
to build a new plane.

468
00:28:40,060 --> 00:28:42,188
I know exactly
where that contract should go.

469
00:28:42,340 --> 00:28:44,388
I bet you do, and I want nothing more...

470
00:28:44,540 --> 00:28:47,510
than to see that Lockheed plant
in Georgia get this contract.

471
00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:51,187
Glad to hear it. You convince that
committee of yours to go along with it.

472
00:28:51,340 --> 00:28:53,866
I Will. I Will.

473
00:28:54,020 --> 00:28:58,469
After you convince Lockheed
to make some changes at the plant.

474
00:29:02,540 --> 00:29:04,065
Not making any changes.

475
00:29:05,420 --> 00:29:08,708
Why don't those Kennedys
just leave these niggers alone?

476
00:29:08,860 --> 00:29:11,431
- They were happy.
- Come on, Dick.

477
00:29:11,580 --> 00:29:15,949
I can't have signs all over the plant
saying "colored" this and "white" that.

478
00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:18,546
Now you don't like
separate drinking fountains?

479
00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:21,863
Oh, Lord. All right, fine.
I'll bring in paper cups.

480
00:29:22,020 --> 00:29:24,341
I'm not saying
that you're not right about this...

481
00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:28,550
but you need to do
a little bit more on this one.

482
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:31,021
You're gonna have to hire some nigras.

483
00:29:31,660 --> 00:29:33,662
Well, who do you think mops the floors?

484
00:29:33,820 --> 00:29:36,300
I'm not talking about janitors.

485
00:29:36,460 --> 00:29:40,829
I'm talking about engineers,
skilled labor.

486
00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:42,345
Show me a skilled one first.

487
00:29:43,260 --> 00:29:46,389
Government's got no business
telling employers who they should hire.

488
00:29:46,580 --> 00:29:50,301
It's the government's billion dollars.
I'm guessing we got some right.

489
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,707
Forced hiring's a stone's throw away
from forced labor.

490
00:29:52,860 --> 00:29:56,228
- Last I heard, we were against that here.
- You don't have to convince me.

491
00:29:56,420 --> 00:29:58,900
I'm the one going 15 rounds
with the Kennedys on this.

492
00:29:59,060 --> 00:30:00,949
Those Harvard boys not gonna tell us...

493
00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:04,263
- how to run the state of Georgia.
- Of course not.

494
00:30:04,420 --> 00:30:08,630
But the Kennedy did get elected
by appealing to the colored man.

495
00:30:08,780 --> 00:30:11,750
Now, if we play this right,
we're gonna have those nigras...

496
00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:14,141
voting Democrat the next 200 years.

497
00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:16,302
You want me to surrender?
What are you doing?

498
00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:20,624
No. I am asking you...
I'm begging you...

499
00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:25,701
to give these Kennedys
a little something just to quiet them down.

500
00:30:25,860 --> 00:30:29,228
It ain't gonna make any difference,
but if we don't move at all...

501
00:30:29,380 --> 00:30:32,111
their allies are gonna line up
against us...

502
00:30:32,260 --> 00:30:36,265
and there's gonna be no way to put
the brake on all sorts of wild legislation.

503
00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:40,545
- It'll be Reconstruction all over again.
- Well, let them try. Just let them try.

504
00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:43,431
I'll use every means at my disposal
to defend this cause...

505
00:30:43,580 --> 00:30:45,981
till the last breath of air
escapes my lungs.

506
00:30:46,180 --> 00:30:47,989
Keep the air in your lungs, Dick.

507
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:50,990
I'm... I'm gonna get you
what you want...

508
00:30:51,180 --> 00:30:55,185
but just help me out a little bit here.

509
00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:00,985
Since the 1954 Supreme Court Ruling...

510
00:31:01,140 --> 00:31:03,666
in Brown V. the Board of Education...

511
00:31:03,860 --> 00:31:07,387
the issue of civil rights has
taken hold throughout the nation.

512
00:31:08,060 --> 00:31:10,631
Last year,
in Greensboro, North Carolina...

513
00:31:10,780 --> 00:31:15,183
four negro college students staged
a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter...

514
00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:19,982
sparking a wave of similar
demonstrations in other states.

515
00:31:20,940 --> 00:31:22,510
And earlier this spring...

516
00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:24,469
a group known
as the Freedom Riders...

517
00:31:24,620 --> 00:31:26,941
began their voyage
throughout the South.

518
00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:30,991
They have been met by cameras
and, at times, by mobs.

519
00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:33,748
This week in Jackson, Mississippi...

520
00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:37,382
highway patrol officers
and national guardsmen kept the peace.

521
00:31:37,540 --> 00:31:38,826
But this much is clear:

522
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:43,386
The cause of integration is
a national issue.

523
00:31:47,140 --> 00:31:48,266
- Sir.
- Sir.

524
00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:53,306
Please take your seats.

525
00:31:58,820 --> 00:32:02,267
By presidential order, this committee
on equal-employment opportunity...

526
00:32:02,460 --> 00:32:05,304
is to be comprised of:

527
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,382
"Four members of the cabinet...

528
00:32:09,540 --> 00:32:12,669
four heads of agencies
and secretaries...

529
00:32:12,820 --> 00:32:15,790
the Army, Navy and Air Force."

530
00:32:16,780 --> 00:32:20,421
Out of curiosity, who the hell are all you?

531
00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:26,828
We got the undersecretary of state,
the undersecretary of defense.

532
00:32:26,980 --> 00:32:28,948
We got Nick Katzenbach.
What's the matter?

533
00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:32,661
Bobby Kennedy too busy
to join us today?

534
00:32:32,820 --> 00:32:34,822
Sir, the attorney general had a previous...

535
00:32:34,980 --> 00:32:37,870
Despite the fact that none
of your bosses are here...

536
00:32:38,020 --> 00:32:43,789
there is one person on this long list
that did, in fact, show up.

537
00:32:43,940 --> 00:32:47,501
And it is the vice president.
So let's get this thing started.

538
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:51,786
First order of business,
$1 billion contract...

539
00:32:51,940 --> 00:32:54,181
to build a new transport airplane.

540
00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:57,708
Senator Russell seems to think
the contract is going to Georgia.

541
00:32:59,740 --> 00:33:01,504
That's because it is.

542
00:33:01,660 --> 00:33:05,710
That Lockheed plant's record
on civil rights is disgraceful.

543
00:33:08,780 --> 00:33:09,986
How old are you?

544
00:33:12,580 --> 00:33:15,470
- Thirty-two. Sir.
- Mm.

545
00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:19,551
Richard Russell is the leader
of the Southern Democratic Caucus...

546
00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:22,351
and chairman
of the Armed Services Committee.

547
00:33:22,540 --> 00:33:25,350
We are gonna work
with Senator Russell on this.

548
00:33:25,940 --> 00:33:31,106
Better to have him inside the tent
pissing out than outside pissing in.

549
00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:33,621
Sir, I know I speak for my boss
when I say...

550
00:33:33,780 --> 00:33:36,670
that this is a fight
in which we should not give an inch.

551
00:33:36,820 --> 00:33:40,506
The secretary of labor's drafted a list of
demands that he would like addressed...

552
00:33:40,660 --> 00:33:43,106
before we award the contract
to any plant.

553
00:33:43,260 --> 00:33:45,866
We need to use this opportunity
to demonstrate the full power...

554
00:33:46,020 --> 00:33:47,465
of this committee.

555
00:33:48,620 --> 00:33:52,511
If your boss wants to make demands,
tell him to deliver them to me in person.

556
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:56,224
And, son,
if this committee had any real power...

557
00:33:56,380 --> 00:34:00,624
the man you work for would be sitting
at this table instead of you.

558
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:02,704
This meeting is adjourned.

559
00:34:13,540 --> 00:34:15,861
Mr. President, over here!

560
00:34:50,220 --> 00:34:51,984
Get down. Get down! Go, go, go!

561
00:34:53,860 --> 00:34:55,464
I'm switching to Charlie frequency.

562
00:34:55,620 --> 00:34:57,031
Stay with him.

563
00:34:57,220 --> 00:34:59,222
Stay down, stay down! Go, go, go!

564
00:35:31,180 --> 00:35:33,911
- Good morning, Mrs. Lincoln.
- Good morning, Mr. Kennedy.

565
00:35:34,060 --> 00:35:36,267
- Mr. Bobby.
- Hi, Caroline. How are you?

566
00:35:36,420 --> 00:35:37,660
Here you go.

567
00:35:37,820 --> 00:35:39,231
- Hi, Caroline.
- Come on, hon.

568
00:35:39,380 --> 00:35:40,541
Good morning, Lyndon.

569
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:44,068
- Oh, hello, Mr. President.
- Sorry to keep you waiting.

570
00:35:44,220 --> 00:35:46,461
- How you getting along?
- Busy morning.

571
00:35:47,180 --> 00:35:50,548
How are we doing on this committee?

572
00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:51,861
Fine, Mr. President.

573
00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:55,070
Need to make sure
that this Lockheed contract conforms...

574
00:35:55,220 --> 00:35:57,461
- to the committee's purpose.
- Well, ahem...

575
00:35:57,620 --> 00:36:00,066
Senator Russell has assured me that...

576
00:36:00,220 --> 00:36:04,020
we can expect to see
some significant changes in that plant.

577
00:36:04,420 --> 00:36:05,990
That's not what I hear.

578
00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:10,702
If you're concerned,
you should come to one of our meetings.

579
00:36:10,860 --> 00:36:13,101
If you'd like me
to express my dissatisfaction...

580
00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:16,144
in front of the entire committee,
that could be arranged.

581
00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:18,661
Lyndon, we're not awarding
a government contract...

582
00:36:18,820 --> 00:36:20,788
to a plant that violates civil rights.

583
00:36:20,940 --> 00:36:24,342
And you might remind Senator Russell
that we don't need his help on this.

584
00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:27,470
We've got a Lockheed plant
in California happy to build planes.

585
00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:31,261
With all due respect,
if you take that contract from Russell...

586
00:36:31,420 --> 00:36:34,026
all it will show is
that you can't make him do...

587
00:36:34,180 --> 00:36:36,342
one damn thing
that he doesn't wanna do.

588
00:36:37,620 --> 00:36:39,429
Now, you have to understand
his thinking.

589
00:36:39,580 --> 00:36:42,026
It's straight out of the last century.

590
00:36:42,180 --> 00:36:44,831
He's never gonna be
a progressive like us.

591
00:36:48,180 --> 00:36:50,865
Why should we be working
with him on this, then?

592
00:36:51,020 --> 00:36:53,671
Because you don't wanna make
an enemy of Richard Russell.

593
00:36:53,820 --> 00:36:57,541
He'll put the brakes on every legislation
we're trying to move through Congress.

594
00:36:57,700 --> 00:37:00,385
We're not gonna let
one senator hold us hostage.

595
00:37:00,540 --> 00:37:04,829
I suggest you don't wanna find out
how powerful that one senator can be.

596
00:37:04,980 --> 00:37:08,541
I need this committee to show
a strong record right from the start.

597
00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:12,269
Something that demonstrates
concrete changes on civil rights.

598
00:37:12,420 --> 00:37:16,186
We can't do that if we're giving
a huge contract to a discriminatory plant.

599
00:37:16,340 --> 00:37:19,071
On the contrary, I think we can, sir.

600
00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:23,141
If we send that contract to Georgia...

601
00:37:23,300 --> 00:37:27,749
then I can get Russell to make
that plant hire a number of Negros.

602
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:30,870
And then, we can have
white men and black men...

603
00:37:31,020 --> 00:37:33,785
working side by side
in the deep South...

604
00:37:33,940 --> 00:37:36,671
building America's newest airplane.

605
00:37:36,820 --> 00:37:41,508
This can be one hell of a victory
for this administration.

606
00:37:48,220 --> 00:37:50,348
All right, Lyndon, but...

607
00:37:50,780 --> 00:37:52,589
you're gonna have to move Russell.

608
00:37:53,580 --> 00:37:54,741
Thank you, Mr. President.

609
00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:59,343
Oh, and if I may, there's just
one other item I'd like to discuss.

610
00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:02,151
What's happening with Sarah Hughes?

611
00:38:02,300 --> 00:38:03,745
The judge from Dallas?

612
00:38:05,820 --> 00:38:09,108
You haven't responded
to my recommendation to nominate her.

613
00:38:09,260 --> 00:38:11,866
It's not your place
to make that recommendation.

614
00:38:12,020 --> 00:38:14,261
She'd make a damn fine judge.

615
00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:17,623
- She's too old.
- To you, everybody's too old.

616
00:38:20,540 --> 00:38:22,861
Senators make those recommendations.
You know that.

617
00:38:23,020 --> 00:38:26,263
I promised Sarah Hughes
that appointment.

618
00:38:26,420 --> 00:38:28,821
It's Ralph Yarborough's
recommendation to make.

619
00:38:30,020 --> 00:38:34,150
How's it gonna look to my state
if I can't get a federal judge appointed?

620
00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:38,100
I understand your frustration, Lyndon,
but this is how it's gotta be done.

621
00:38:38,260 --> 00:38:41,901
We'll give Sarah Hughes a look
next time. Thanks for stopping by.

622
00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:52,346
She'll be ready to take off this summer.

623
00:38:52,540 --> 00:38:54,383
Record time.

624
00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:57,307
Are you sure that big bitch will fly?

625
00:38:57,500 --> 00:39:00,583
She'll fly all right.
Built by Georgia's finest.

626
00:39:01,660 --> 00:39:03,424
Half of them, anyway.

627
00:39:04,460 --> 00:39:05,700
Thanks to you.

628
00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:12,951
Jesus, Lyndon.
God, put that thing away.

629
00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:15,708
Look at that.
Number-two man in Washington.

630
00:39:15,860 --> 00:39:18,101
Attorney generals
don't become president.

631
00:39:18,260 --> 00:39:22,584
There's a lot of things these Kennedy
boys do that no one else has done.

632
00:39:22,780 --> 00:39:24,828
He is a nice-looking boy.

633
00:39:30,060 --> 00:39:31,630
You know, I've been...

634
00:39:31,780 --> 00:39:35,182
hearing disturbing news about
some goddamn civil rights bill.

635
00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:37,506
Yeah.

636
00:39:37,660 --> 00:39:40,903
Yeah, I'm afraid
I've been hearing the same thing.

637
00:39:41,060 --> 00:39:43,506
I hope you're impressing on the president
the severity of the moment.

638
00:39:43,660 --> 00:39:48,029
Well, I have, but, unfortunately,
he doesn't answer to me or you.

639
00:39:48,220 --> 00:39:49,551
Mmm.

640
00:39:50,420 --> 00:39:54,550
So Kennedy won the presidency
by a fraction of a percent.

641
00:39:54,700 --> 00:39:57,465
Do you recall my margin of victory
that very same year? Ha-ha-ha.

642
00:39:58,020 --> 00:40:00,022
Mmm. Hang on, Dick.

643
00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:05,346
- Yeah, I believe you were unopposed.
- That's right. I was. Unopposed.

644
00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:07,502
Six years before that too.

645
00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:10,180
And six years before that.
And you know what?

646
00:40:10,940 --> 00:40:14,342
Six years before that.
Are you plodding toward a point?

647
00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:19,462
I may not be president, but neither
am I ever in jeopardy of losing my job.

648
00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:22,944
So if the president sends
a civil rights bill to Congress...

649
00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:26,946
it'll be my distinct pleasure
to see it die a painful death.

650
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:29,467
And I'll kill every other
bill along the way.

651
00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:31,907
I don't care
if it costs my party the White House.

652
00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:36,583
I'm sure we can all sit down and come
to an agreement that we can all live with.

653
00:40:36,740 --> 00:40:40,301
It seems like every time we do that,
I'm the only one giving something up.

654
00:40:40,460 --> 00:40:43,350
And I'm about running out of things
that I can live without.

655
00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:48,028
Dick, you didn't have to give up
your billion-dollar airplane, did you?

656
00:40:48,820 --> 00:40:53,667
I'm not saying lay down and die,
but this train is leaving the station.

657
00:40:53,820 --> 00:40:57,427
So you can stand there
and watch it roll on by...

658
00:40:57,620 --> 00:41:01,705
or you can hop on it with me
and try to slow the damn thing down.

659
00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:04,590
Yeah.

660
00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:18,702
Move, move, move!

661
00:41:18,860 --> 00:41:19,907
Stay back! Stay back.

662
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:22,340
We're not stopping
for anything, understand?

663
00:41:22,420 --> 00:41:24,866
- You bet, partner. You ready, Bird?
- Here we go.

664
00:41:25,020 --> 00:41:26,829
- Let's move.
- Everybody back!

665
00:41:27,940 --> 00:41:29,351
Everyone back.

666
00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:30,706
Keep that area clear.

667
00:41:30,860 --> 00:41:32,942
Keep the area clear!

668
00:41:33,860 --> 00:41:35,510
- What's going on?
- Move!

669
00:41:36,300 --> 00:41:39,429
We're going right through
this door right here, sir. Here we go.

670
00:41:40,340 --> 00:41:41,387
Copy that.

671
00:41:41,580 --> 00:41:43,025
Get them out of here.

672
00:41:43,180 --> 00:41:45,421
- Back in the corner. Here we go.
- Sorry?

673
00:41:45,580 --> 00:41:46,627
Here you go.

674
00:41:47,180 --> 00:41:50,741
Nobody comes in unless he's got
a damn good reason to be here.

675
00:41:50,900 --> 00:41:53,790
- He wants you to call Washington.
- I'm not leaving this man.

676
00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:56,944
The president and Governor Connally
suffered gunshot wounds.

677
00:41:57,140 --> 00:42:00,223
I don't know the governor's condition,
but the president...

678
00:42:00,380 --> 00:42:01,541
It's bad.

679
00:42:02,380 --> 00:42:04,781
We need to get you to Washington
as soon as possible.

680
00:42:04,980 --> 00:42:06,391
I'm not leaving here.

681
00:42:07,020 --> 00:42:09,830
Mr. Vice President, safest place
for you is the White House.

682
00:42:09,980 --> 00:42:13,507
It would be unthinkable for me
to leave President Kennedy...

683
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:16,146
while he fights for his life.

684
00:42:17,460 --> 00:42:18,950
Gentlemen...

685
00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:22,263
this is a time for prayer
if ever there was one.

686
00:42:30,900 --> 00:42:33,301
In another current trouble spot:

687
00:42:33,460 --> 00:42:35,030
Plaquemine, Louisiana.

688
00:42:35,220 --> 00:42:37,109
Mounted state troopers and police...

689
00:42:37,260 --> 00:42:39,991
used tear gas
and high-pressure water hoses...

690
00:42:40,180 --> 00:42:43,468
in Plaquemine last night to break up
a civil rights demonstration...

691
00:42:43,620 --> 00:42:45,782
that almost erupted into a race riot.

692
00:42:45,980 --> 00:42:49,951
How many more demonstrations do we
have to look at with hoses and dogs?

693
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:52,626
I'm running out of ways
to explain to the press corps...

694
00:42:52,820 --> 00:42:54,345
why the civil rights bill
isn't being sent to Congress.

695
00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:56,460
I'm running out of ways
to explain it to Congress.

696
00:42:56,500 --> 00:42:59,947
You take legislative action now,
all you'll do is fan the flames.

697
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:01,784
We made promises
during the campaign.

698
00:43:01,940 --> 00:43:04,221
We sit on this bill,
our supporters will never forgive us.

699
00:43:04,260 --> 00:43:05,830
It is also the right thing to do.

700
00:43:05,980 --> 00:43:08,824
- It's the wrong time to do it.
- The wrong time?

701
00:43:08,980 --> 00:43:11,824
We've got kids in the street
getting their heads busted open.

702
00:43:11,980 --> 00:43:14,347
And how does sending
what will surely be...

703
00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:16,548
a failed bill to Congress help kids?

704
00:43:16,700 --> 00:43:19,431
Well, burying our head in the sand
is not a solution.

705
00:43:19,580 --> 00:43:22,424
Neither is getting your ass handed
to you by Richard Russell.

706
00:43:22,580 --> 00:43:25,470
- I am so tired...
- Forget about the demise of the bill.

707
00:43:25,620 --> 00:43:27,668
What do you think
he'll do to your budget?

708
00:43:27,820 --> 00:43:30,346
Do you believe
they'll hold the budget bill hostage?

709
00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:33,151
To block civil rights,
they'll hold everything hostage.

710
00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:35,780
- To hell with Russell. We'll go around him.
- You can't.

711
00:43:35,940 --> 00:43:37,544
Then we'll go through him.

712
00:43:37,740 --> 00:43:41,631
We've got Martin Luther King writing
letters from jail. It's an embarrassment.

713
00:43:41,780 --> 00:43:44,909
- What are we waiting for?!
- Mr. President...

714
00:43:45,060 --> 00:43:47,347
I may not be the smartest man
in this room.

715
00:43:47,540 --> 00:43:51,511
Hell, I may not be as smart
as any man in this room.

716
00:43:51,660 --> 00:43:54,948
But I know the Congress
of the United States.

717
00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:58,263
And if you submit
this civil rights bill now...

718
00:43:58,420 --> 00:44:00,343
it will never become law.

719
00:44:03,900 --> 00:44:04,947
Thank you, gentlemen.

720
00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:20,180
- What do you think?
- The time for negotiation is over.

721
00:44:20,340 --> 00:44:23,264
- What about Southern Democrats?
- You never had their support.

722
00:44:23,420 --> 00:44:25,991
This is one of those times
to draw a line in the sand.

723
00:44:26,140 --> 00:44:28,541
We could get to them through Lyndon.
Send a message.

724
00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:31,180
They might listen to a Southerner
who's on our side.

725
00:44:31,380 --> 00:44:33,621
What makes you think he's on our side?

726
00:44:34,740 --> 00:44:36,105
Kenny...

727
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:38,302
can we get this bill passed?

728
00:44:41,020 --> 00:44:42,988
I don't know, sir.

729
00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:45,342
It's not gonna be easy.

730
00:44:49,780 --> 00:44:53,148
Well, we don't do these things
because they're easy.

731
00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:56,025
We do them because they're hard.

732
00:44:58,780 --> 00:45:00,430
What do you want me to tell Lyndon?

733
00:45:00,580 --> 00:45:02,662
He's no longer a part of this discussion.

734
00:45:03,220 --> 00:45:05,871
The Kennedys attended
private schools their entire lives.

735
00:45:06,020 --> 00:45:08,261
Now they wanna talk about equality.

736
00:45:08,420 --> 00:45:11,469
Voluntary integration is one thing,
but don't you think that I...

737
00:45:11,620 --> 00:45:14,749
as an American citizen,
shouldn't be forced to eat a hamburger...

738
00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:18,143
next to someone in a restaurant
I don't wanna bump elbows with?

739
00:45:18,340 --> 00:45:20,946
Dick, I think it is unconscionable...

740
00:45:21,100 --> 00:45:24,627
that you, as an American citizen,
should ever...

741
00:45:24,780 --> 00:45:27,386
be forced to eat a hamburger.

742
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:29,390
Don't be a wisea... Lyndon.

743
00:45:30,780 --> 00:45:32,589
I don't find this topic amusing.

744
00:45:32,740 --> 00:45:35,186
Well, here's where I get confused.

745
00:45:35,340 --> 00:45:37,342
A baby calf is born.

746
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:40,822
It grows into a cow,
lives on a farm, gets slaughtered...

747
00:45:40,980 --> 00:45:44,109
butchered, packaged,
shipped, cooked...

748
00:45:44,260 --> 00:45:46,228
and finally served to you.

749
00:45:46,380 --> 00:45:51,261
Most, if not all, those steps required
the hands of black men.

750
00:45:51,460 --> 00:45:53,861
Why is it that
when it comes time to eat it...

751
00:45:54,020 --> 00:45:58,184
you can't stomach the notion of sitting
next to a black man while you chew?

752
00:45:58,380 --> 00:46:00,144
- If those...
- May I clear your plate?

753
00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:01,944
Oh, yes, Zephyr. Delicious.

754
00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:04,501
"If the law can compel me
to hire a negro...

755
00:46:04,660 --> 00:46:06,549
it can compel a negro
to work for me.

756
00:46:06,700 --> 00:46:09,829
And such a law would do nothing more
than enslave a minority."

757
00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:14,146
And that's what one senator had to say
about civil rights legislation. Thank you.

758
00:46:14,300 --> 00:46:17,463
That's probably Strom Thurmond.
He's an asshole and a moron.

759
00:46:17,620 --> 00:46:19,304
No, it was you.

760
00:46:20,740 --> 00:46:24,540
1949, your first speech
on the Senate floor. Ha.

761
00:46:24,740 --> 00:46:28,984
You spoke for over an hour in opposition
to a civil rights bill just like this one.

762
00:46:29,820 --> 00:46:32,107
I remember watching you speak,
thinking to myself:

763
00:46:32,260 --> 00:46:34,228
"This young man's the future
of the South."

764
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:39,387
The best leaders of the time...

765
00:46:39,540 --> 00:46:43,431
from both our states,
voted for secession.

766
00:46:43,580 --> 00:46:47,949
And they were great men
who nearly destroyed America.

767
00:46:48,140 --> 00:46:51,189
I don't ever want a history book
to say that about me.

768
00:46:51,340 --> 00:46:52,785
Mmm.

769
00:46:56,620 --> 00:46:58,622
Let me ask you something.

770
00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:01,460
When was the last time
you had a meal with her?

771
00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:05,182
She's an employee...

772
00:47:05,340 --> 00:47:08,389
but if you think
that I would have any objection...

773
00:47:08,540 --> 00:47:11,464
of breaking bread with her,
then you are a fool.

774
00:47:11,660 --> 00:47:13,549
So you're telling me she's your equal?

775
00:47:14,020 --> 00:47:18,070
That woman spends more time in
this house than anyone except Lady Bird.

776
00:47:18,220 --> 00:47:20,222
She is family.

777
00:47:20,420 --> 00:47:22,468
I don't know
how I missed the resemblance.

778
00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:26,824
Look, what I'm talking about here
is freedom.

779
00:47:27,300 --> 00:47:29,667
I'm talking about the preservation
of a way of life.

780
00:47:29,820 --> 00:47:33,427
A way of life
that you and I both grew up with.

781
00:47:33,580 --> 00:47:35,105
There's nothing wrong with that.

782
00:47:36,540 --> 00:47:39,020
Then why are we whispering?

783
00:47:40,260 --> 00:47:43,309
One hundred years
of delay have passed...

784
00:47:43,460 --> 00:47:45,622
since President Lincoln freed
the slaves.

785
00:47:46,020 --> 00:47:49,820
Yet their heirs, their grandsons,
are not fully free.

786
00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:54,182
They are not yet freed
from the bonds of injustice.

787
00:47:54,340 --> 00:47:57,583
They are not yet freed from social
and economic oppression.

788
00:47:58,060 --> 00:47:59,471
And this nation...

789
00:47:59,620 --> 00:48:02,988
for all its hopes and all its boasts...

790
00:48:03,140 --> 00:48:07,190
will not be fully free
until all its citizens are free.

791
00:48:07,740 --> 00:48:10,983
Next week, I shall ask the Congress
of the United States to act...

792
00:48:11,180 --> 00:48:14,229
to make a commitment
it has not fully made in this century...

793
00:48:14,380 --> 00:48:16,269
to the proposition that race...

794
00:48:16,420 --> 00:48:20,106
has no place
in American life or law.

795
00:48:21,940 --> 00:48:26,229
Good morning, Mrs. Lincoln.
I'd like a moment with the president.

796
00:48:28,740 --> 00:48:32,586
Sir, Vice President Johnson is here.
What shall I tell him?

797
00:48:33,580 --> 00:48:35,184
You can go in.

798
00:48:35,340 --> 00:48:36,990
Thank you.

799
00:48:45,300 --> 00:48:46,711
Good morning, Mr. President.

800
00:48:46,860 --> 00:48:49,830
- How you getting along?
- You're up early, Lyndon.

801
00:48:51,260 --> 00:48:55,231
No, the president hasn't arrived yet,
but what do you need?

802
00:48:58,340 --> 00:49:00,308
It can wait.

803
00:49:00,820 --> 00:49:02,470
What's on your mind?

804
00:49:05,860 --> 00:49:10,946
I wanna know
the president's intentions for '64.

805
00:49:11,380 --> 00:49:14,862
Does he wanna keep me on the ticket?

806
00:49:16,020 --> 00:49:19,103
Dropping you from the ticket
would be more trouble than it's worth.

807
00:49:19,260 --> 00:49:21,422
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I was on my way.

808
00:49:22,220 --> 00:49:23,267
Bobby.

809
00:49:28,340 --> 00:49:30,024
Why don't you like me?

810
00:49:31,380 --> 00:49:32,745
Your brother likes me.

811
00:49:32,900 --> 00:49:34,584
Your father likes me.

812
00:49:34,740 --> 00:49:37,141
What is it makes you hate me so much?

813
00:49:38,060 --> 00:49:40,870
I don't hate you. I just... I...

814
00:49:41,060 --> 00:49:42,983
We see the world in very different ways.

815
00:49:44,740 --> 00:49:46,708
Then why do you keep me around?

816
00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:49,267
I was in Congress 24 years...

817
00:49:49,420 --> 00:49:53,266
but you never asked for my help
in legislative issues.

818
00:49:53,420 --> 00:49:55,070
I'm from the South...

819
00:49:55,220 --> 00:49:58,667
but when you need help down there,
you go to other Southerners.

820
00:49:58,820 --> 00:50:01,221
Why don't you just...

821
00:50:01,380 --> 00:50:02,984
put me out to pasture?

822
00:50:03,140 --> 00:50:07,828
You've worked overtime
making sure I'm politically through.

823
00:50:07,980 --> 00:50:11,427
I can never run for elected office again.

824
00:50:11,580 --> 00:50:16,541
Hell, I don't even know
if I can help the president out in '64.

825
00:50:23,500 --> 00:50:26,583
This isn't about '64, is it?

826
00:50:29,140 --> 00:50:31,302
It's about '68.

827
00:50:32,260 --> 00:50:36,549
You don't wanna bring in someone new.
You keep me here precisely because...

828
00:50:36,740 --> 00:50:40,426
you've made me politically irrelevant.

829
00:50:41,540 --> 00:50:44,146
That way, in '68...

830
00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:51,391
the vice president isn't
the presumptive nominee.

831
00:50:51,540 --> 00:50:53,349
You are.

832
00:50:55,100 --> 00:50:57,182
You think I'd be that calculating?

833
00:50:58,020 --> 00:51:00,182
I know I would be.

834
00:51:26,340 --> 00:51:30,106
If either of you get a better job offer,
I suggest you take it.

835
00:51:30,260 --> 00:51:32,945
My future is behind me.

836
00:51:56,180 --> 00:51:57,545
He's gone.

837
00:52:19,380 --> 00:52:21,030
Mr. President?

838
00:52:42,780 --> 00:52:46,227
Sir, I need to announce
the death of President Kennedy.

839
00:52:47,860 --> 00:52:50,750
Ahem. I want you to hold off
on that, Malcolm.

840
00:52:50,900 --> 00:52:54,507
Rufus, get some cars set up and let
the drivers know we're ready to move.

841
00:52:54,660 --> 00:52:58,631
Emery, have your people
locate Luci and Lynda Bird.

842
00:52:58,780 --> 00:53:01,670
I want my daughters to meet us
when we arrive in Washington.

843
00:53:01,820 --> 00:53:06,428
Also, have McNamara, Rusk and the rest
of the cabinet on the ground at Andrews.

844
00:53:06,580 --> 00:53:08,901
Rusk and five cabinet members
are on a plane to Japan.

845
00:53:09,100 --> 00:53:11,102
Turn it around.

846
00:53:11,260 --> 00:53:13,945
I need you to tell Mrs. Kennedy
it's time to go.

847
00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:15,829
Mrs. Kennedy won't leave
without the body.

848
00:53:15,980 --> 00:53:18,506
Well, we won't leave here
without Mrs. Kennedy.

849
00:53:18,660 --> 00:53:21,743
- Sir, we need to get you in the air.
- Not without Jackie.

850
00:53:21,900 --> 00:53:24,631
- Then let's wait for her at the plane.
- Fine.

851
00:53:24,780 --> 00:53:27,181
Cliff, I need people I know close by.

852
00:53:28,020 --> 00:53:30,785
Congressmen, I want you
flying back to Washington with me.

853
00:53:30,940 --> 00:53:32,669
- Yes, sir.
- Sir...

854
00:53:32,820 --> 00:53:36,506
the American people need to know
that President Kennedy has died.

855
00:53:39,700 --> 00:53:41,941
On April 14th, 1865...

856
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:45,388
two men attempted to kill
Secretary of State William Seward...

857
00:53:45,540 --> 00:53:47,622
stabbing him in his home.

858
00:53:47,780 --> 00:53:50,181
At the same time,
another assassin was on his way...

859
00:53:50,340 --> 00:53:53,549
to take the life
of Vice President Andrew Johnson.

860
00:53:53,700 --> 00:53:55,828
This was the same night...

861
00:53:55,980 --> 00:53:58,381
that John Wilkes Booth
shot Abraham Lincoln.

862
00:53:58,540 --> 00:54:03,751
We don't know the extent
of this conspiracy or who's behind it.

863
00:54:03,900 --> 00:54:06,631
Malcolm, you're to announce
President Kennedy's death...

864
00:54:06,780 --> 00:54:09,624
only after the rest of us
are safely onboard that plane.

865
00:54:09,780 --> 00:54:12,181
Otherwise, you're gonna make
these boys' jobs...

866
00:54:12,340 --> 00:54:14,547
- a whole hell of a lot harder.
- Sir.

867
00:54:33,780 --> 00:54:36,067
It was only on October the 24th...

868
00:54:36,220 --> 00:54:39,429
that our ambassador
to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson...

869
00:54:39,580 --> 00:54:43,585
was assaulted in Dallas,
leaving a dinner meeting there.

870
00:54:46,260 --> 00:54:49,742
From Dallas, Texas,
the flash, apparently official...

871
00:54:49,900 --> 00:54:54,906
President Kennedy died
at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time...

872
00:54:55,580 --> 00:54:58,663
2 o'clock Eastern Standard Time...

873
00:54:58,820 --> 00:55:01,426
some 38 minutes ago.

874
00:55:06,020 --> 00:55:10,184
Vice President Lyndon Johnson
has left the hospital in Dallas...

875
00:55:10,340 --> 00:55:13,901
but we do not know
to where he has proceeded.

876
00:55:14,100 --> 00:55:17,741
Presumably, he will be taking
the oath of office shortly...

877
00:55:17,940 --> 00:55:23,106
and become the 36th president
of the United States.

878
00:55:23,580 --> 00:55:26,311
I wanna thank everybody
for getting here so quickly.

879
00:55:26,460 --> 00:55:30,704
And I'm gonna need your help
back in Washington.

880
00:55:30,860 --> 00:55:33,386
- Marie, can you join me in the next room?
- Yes, sir.

881
00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:35,070
- Excuse me.
- At Dallas Airport...

882
00:55:35,220 --> 00:55:38,224
was cheerful, waving...

883
00:56:02,100 --> 00:56:04,262
This is Lyndon Johnson.

884
00:56:04,620 --> 00:56:06,031
Yeah.

885
00:56:06,620 --> 00:56:08,987
I need you to take notes.

886
00:56:10,380 --> 00:56:12,860
Sir, I got Lyndon Johnson
on the phone.

887
00:56:18,860 --> 00:56:19,907
Hello, Lyndon.

888
00:56:21,020 --> 00:56:23,341
Bobby, I am...

889
00:56:23,500 --> 00:56:26,231
so sorry for your loss.

890
00:56:26,860 --> 00:56:28,544
Words cannot express...

891
00:56:28,700 --> 00:56:31,180
The whole country mourns with you.

892
00:56:32,220 --> 00:56:34,461
- Thank you.
- Listen, Bobby...

893
00:56:34,620 --> 00:56:37,624
I need your opinion about something.

894
00:56:37,780 --> 00:56:40,431
People down here are saying that I...

895
00:56:40,580 --> 00:56:44,266
I should take the oath of office
as soon as possible...

896
00:56:44,660 --> 00:56:46,583
before we depart.

897
00:56:46,780 --> 00:56:49,021
What do you think about that?

898
00:56:50,180 --> 00:56:52,706
Well, I think it would be nice
for President Kennedy...

899
00:56:52,860 --> 00:56:54,828
to return to Washington as president.

900
00:56:55,660 --> 00:56:59,301
Well, I understand that. I do.

901
00:56:59,500 --> 00:57:03,221
But we got confusion down here,
and it's liable to turn into panic.

902
00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:06,583
I think it would put
a lot of people at ease...

903
00:57:06,740 --> 00:57:11,462
if I was to take the oath right now.

904
00:57:12,540 --> 00:57:14,861
What's the matter?
You afraid you'll arrive...

905
00:57:15,060 --> 00:57:16,949
and the White House won't be here?

906
00:57:17,780 --> 00:57:20,511
I think it's important
that the world knows...

907
00:57:20,660 --> 00:57:25,268
that the American government is
functioning and someone's in charge.

908
00:57:25,420 --> 00:57:27,502
Well, I don't know what the hurry is...

909
00:57:27,660 --> 00:57:30,630
but if you're so insistent
on taking the oath, take the oath.

910
00:57:31,100 --> 00:57:34,104
Okay, Bobby, then I'll take the oath.

911
00:57:34,260 --> 00:57:35,307
Fine, Lyndon.

912
00:57:35,460 --> 00:57:38,111
Now, we have
to be absolutely certain that...

913
00:57:38,260 --> 00:57:39,671
we do this the right way.

914
00:57:39,820 --> 00:57:43,063
So I need you to get me
the precise wording.

915
00:57:43,580 --> 00:57:46,789
- Is that all?
- One last thing.

916
00:57:46,940 --> 00:57:48,669
Who do we need to administer it?

917
00:57:49,060 --> 00:57:50,346
Any judge can do it.

918
00:57:50,740 --> 00:57:52,629
Okay, well, thank you, Bobby.

919
00:57:52,780 --> 00:57:54,509
God bless.

920
00:57:55,860 --> 00:57:57,305
Get me Sarah Hughes.

921
00:57:58,100 --> 00:58:01,309
I do solemnly swear...

922
00:58:01,460 --> 00:58:05,909
That I will faithfully execute...

923
00:58:06,060 --> 00:58:08,347
The office of president
of the United States...

924
00:58:08,860 --> 00:58:11,261
The office of president
of the United States...

925
00:58:11,420 --> 00:58:17,302
And will, to the best of my ability...

926
00:58:17,460 --> 00:58:19,940
- Preserve, protect...
- Preserve, protect...

927
00:58:20,100 --> 00:58:21,989
- And defend...
- And defend...

928
00:58:22,140 --> 00:58:25,110
The Constitution of the United States.

929
00:58:25,260 --> 00:58:28,821
- The Constitution of the United States.
- So help me God.

930
00:58:29,860 --> 00:58:31,908
So help me God.

931
00:58:35,060 --> 00:58:38,621
At 3:39 p.m.,
the machinery of our government...

932
00:58:38,780 --> 00:58:41,863
conferred the unique powers
and awesome responsibilities...

933
00:58:42,060 --> 00:58:45,587
of the presidency
upon Lyndon Baines Johnson.

934
00:58:45,740 --> 00:58:50,143
There is, in the urgent necessity
of this continuity of presidential power...

935
00:58:50,300 --> 00:58:52,951
a reassurance
that the government will function...

936
00:58:53,100 --> 00:58:56,707
the nation endure,
no matter how great the tragedy...

937
00:58:56,860 --> 00:58:58,783
no matter how grievous the shock.

938
00:58:58,940 --> 00:59:00,305
Welcome back, sir.

939
00:59:00,460 --> 00:59:02,906
- Mrs. Johnson.
- Glad you're safe, sir.

940
00:59:03,060 --> 00:59:06,189
Early reports said you'd been shot
or that you'd had a heart attack.

941
00:59:06,380 --> 00:59:08,951
Agent Youngblood
took excellent care of us.

942
00:59:09,100 --> 00:59:10,147
- Bird?
- Yes?

943
00:59:10,340 --> 00:59:14,061
Can you get your good stationery? I'd like
to write letters to Caroline and John.

944
00:59:14,260 --> 00:59:15,546
- Juanita.
- Yes, sir?

945
00:59:15,700 --> 00:59:18,544
- Come with me. I need to make calls.
- Yes, sir.

946
00:59:19,020 --> 00:59:22,820
Yes, it has been a shocking day.

947
00:59:23,860 --> 00:59:25,862
Well, I...

948
00:59:26,820 --> 00:59:29,824
You know,
I feel inadequate to the task.

949
00:59:29,980 --> 00:59:33,905
And I'm gonna be relying
on your good, sound judgment.

950
00:59:34,060 --> 00:59:35,550
And...

951
00:59:39,380 --> 00:59:41,621
I'll be calling on you...

952
00:59:41,780 --> 00:59:44,101
to get your advice.

953
00:59:44,260 --> 00:59:48,151
You know how much
I've admired you over the years.

954
00:59:48,620 --> 00:59:52,147
Well, please give my love
to Mrs. Eisenhower.

955
00:59:52,340 --> 00:59:53,421
No, no, no.

956
00:59:53,580 --> 00:59:56,948
Anything Harry Truman has to say,
I'm all ears.

957
00:59:57,100 --> 00:59:59,751
I'm gonna be calling on you real soon.

958
00:59:59,900 --> 01:00:03,268
J. Edgar, you are not just
the head of the Federal Bureau...

959
01:00:03,420 --> 01:00:05,741
you're as close
as "close" can be to me.

960
01:00:05,900 --> 01:00:10,428
Now, let's just try to put
our country at close ranks...

961
01:00:10,580 --> 01:00:15,347
and pull ourselves out of this
terrible situation we find ourselves in.

962
01:00:15,500 --> 01:00:18,902
Nellie, how's our boy?
Is he in a lot of pain?

963
01:00:19,340 --> 01:00:21,149
Well, tell John I'm praying for him...

964
01:00:21,300 --> 01:00:25,146
and Bird and I are sending you both
a big hug and a kiss.

965
01:00:25,300 --> 01:00:28,224
Pierre, it makes no sense
to be jumping ship now...

966
01:00:28,420 --> 01:00:30,468
when we're all
on the same fucking ocean.

967
01:00:30,620 --> 01:00:32,384
I'm going to bed, dear.

968
01:00:32,540 --> 01:00:33,826
Okay, baby.

969
01:00:33,980 --> 01:00:37,223
Now, I need you now
more than he ever did.

970
01:00:37,900 --> 01:00:41,621
Lady Bird and I will remain
at the Elms for the foreseeable future.

971
01:00:41,780 --> 01:00:44,750
And Jackie can stay at the White House
for as long as she likes.

972
01:00:44,900 --> 01:00:48,541
Bundy said you and your staff
should move to the Oval Office tomorrow.

973
01:00:48,700 --> 01:00:50,190
Fine.

974
01:00:50,340 --> 01:00:52,069
Ted Sorensen?

975
01:00:52,220 --> 01:00:53,870
It's Lyndon Johnson.

976
01:00:54,860 --> 01:00:56,271
Hello, Mr. President.

977
01:00:56,420 --> 01:00:57,945
I'm glad I tracked you down.

978
01:00:58,100 --> 01:01:01,149
Sir, Senator Russell's
pulled up to the house.

979
01:01:02,820 --> 01:01:06,302
Listen, I know how much
you loved President Kennedy.

980
01:01:07,060 --> 01:01:08,471
And he loved you too.

981
01:01:08,620 --> 01:01:11,464
You were a trusted servant,
loyal to the end.

982
01:01:12,900 --> 01:01:16,746
Ted, I need you now
more than he ever did.

983
01:01:16,900 --> 01:01:19,107
How many senators
did Russell bring with him?

984
01:01:19,300 --> 01:01:21,348
Looks like the entire Southern delegation.

985
01:01:21,500 --> 01:01:22,911
Any idea what they want?

986
01:01:23,100 --> 01:01:25,580
Russell said they just wanted
to wish you well.

987
01:01:25,740 --> 01:01:28,869
No. They could've done that
over the phone.

988
01:01:37,860 --> 01:01:39,862
Mr. President.

989
01:01:42,420 --> 01:01:44,104
Mr. President.

990
01:01:44,940 --> 01:01:47,068
In this dark hour
of our nation's history...

991
01:01:47,220 --> 01:01:49,826
we must remember
to give thanks for our blessings.

992
01:01:51,180 --> 01:01:56,186
Because out of the despicable ashes
of a presidential assassination...

993
01:01:58,700 --> 01:02:01,385
a new leader has emerged.

994
01:02:01,540 --> 01:02:04,589
And we're all here to offer our support.

995
01:02:04,740 --> 01:02:06,105
Yes, sir.

996
01:02:06,260 --> 01:02:10,982
After a century of persecution,
a century of being treated as inferior...

997
01:02:11,140 --> 01:02:13,950
after 100 long years...

998
01:02:14,100 --> 01:02:16,626
we finally have one of our own
leading this nation.

999
01:02:18,260 --> 01:02:21,230
America has a Southern president.

1000
01:02:22,620 --> 01:02:25,863
And we could think
of no finer representative for our people.

1001
01:02:28,660 --> 01:02:29,786
Dear Lord...

1002
01:02:31,140 --> 01:02:34,223
continue to watch over our president...

1003
01:02:34,420 --> 01:02:37,469
and fill him with the strength...

1004
01:02:37,620 --> 01:02:41,750
and wisdom as he works to do
the same for all your children.

1005
01:02:42,580 --> 01:02:44,344
- Amen.
- Amen.

1006
01:02:47,020 --> 01:02:48,829
Thank you, Dick. Gentlemen.

1007
01:02:55,580 --> 01:02:57,025
Good morning, gentlemen.

1008
01:02:57,180 --> 01:02:58,625
- Mr. President.
- Mr. President.

1009
01:02:58,820 --> 01:03:01,300
I'm pleased to see you
back at work already.

1010
01:03:01,940 --> 01:03:05,501
The Constitution put me
in the White House...

1011
01:03:05,700 --> 01:03:09,989
but there's no law
to make you stay here with me.

1012
01:03:11,660 --> 01:03:15,551
Now, I know you loved
President Kennedy...

1013
01:03:15,700 --> 01:03:19,546
but I need you now
more than he ever did.

1014
01:03:20,300 --> 01:03:23,144
Not that I loved Caesar less...

1015
01:03:23,340 --> 01:03:25,991
but that I loved Rome more.

1016
01:03:32,500 --> 01:03:36,107
- I can't believe he quoted Shakespeare.
- Can't believe he quoted Brutus.

1017
01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:38,425
Good morning, Mrs. Lincoln.

1018
01:03:38,780 --> 01:03:40,509
Good morning.

1019
01:03:41,620 --> 01:03:44,146
Now, I have an 11:30 appointment.

1020
01:03:44,300 --> 01:03:46,701
Can I get my girls
in the office by then?

1021
01:03:48,060 --> 01:03:49,983
I'll do the best I can.

1022
01:03:52,300 --> 01:03:54,302
I know you will.

1023
01:04:13,580 --> 01:04:16,060
Mrs. Kennedy
had the new carpet installed...

1024
01:04:16,220 --> 01:04:17,551
when everybody went to Texas.

1025
01:04:19,380 --> 01:04:22,031
Oh. Strange choice.

1026
01:04:25,460 --> 01:04:27,383
What's going on?

1027
01:04:30,500 --> 01:04:35,631
Mr. Johnson told me
to clear everything out immediately.

1028
01:04:40,420 --> 01:04:42,741
You don't waste any time,
do you, Lyndon?

1029
01:04:42,900 --> 01:04:45,346
- Excuse me?
- It's going to take some doing to get...

1030
01:04:45,500 --> 01:04:48,788
all of President Kennedy's
belongings packed and relocated.

1031
01:04:49,420 --> 01:04:51,548
I was told to use this office.

1032
01:04:51,700 --> 01:04:54,544
Just like you were told
to take the oath in Dallas?

1033
01:04:56,220 --> 01:04:57,631
Bobby...

1034
01:04:57,780 --> 01:05:00,147
I'm not trying
to shove myself anywhere.

1035
01:05:00,300 --> 01:05:04,385
In fact, I told Jackie she could stay
in the East Wing as long as she needs.

1036
01:05:04,540 --> 01:05:08,431
Well, that's not really the part of the
building that you're interested in, is it?

1037
01:05:09,020 --> 01:05:11,466
I'm just trying to do my job.

1038
01:05:11,900 --> 01:05:16,064
My brother's coffin is down the hall.
This is not where our attention should be.

1039
01:05:20,580 --> 01:05:23,868
We all mourn for your brother.

1040
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:27,502
But somebody has to tend
to the business of the country.

1041
01:05:27,660 --> 01:05:30,584
Mourning for my brother is
the business of the country.

1042
01:05:33,260 --> 01:05:35,661
We can come back later
after my cabinet meeting.

1043
01:05:36,300 --> 01:05:38,143
Your cabinet...

1044
01:05:45,860 --> 01:05:47,430
Bobby...

1045
01:05:47,580 --> 01:05:49,787
I know you've got a lot on your mind.

1046
01:05:50,940 --> 01:05:54,023
But I want you to stand with me
as attorney general.

1047
01:05:54,500 --> 01:05:58,027
You've already got one photograph
with a grieving Kennedy at your side.

1048
01:05:58,180 --> 01:05:59,625
Do you really need another?

1049
01:06:04,460 --> 01:06:07,111
I'd appreciate it if you kept me
apprised of any...

1050
01:06:07,300 --> 01:06:08,904
change in plans you might have.

1051
01:06:09,060 --> 01:06:10,585
Okay.

1052
01:06:10,740 --> 01:06:12,504
Yeah, I know where to find you.

1053
01:06:28,260 --> 01:06:32,743
People gathered outside
the grounds of the White House today...

1054
01:06:32,900 --> 01:06:36,268
watching the dignitaries
and government officials...

1055
01:06:36,420 --> 01:06:38,627
and representatives
of foreign governments...

1056
01:06:38,780 --> 01:06:41,909
come through the gates
and go to pay last respects...

1057
01:06:42,060 --> 01:06:45,951
to President Kennedy, lying in
the East Room of the White House.

1058
01:06:46,100 --> 01:06:50,185
Our reporter, David Schumacher,
was outside the White House...

1059
01:06:50,380 --> 01:06:54,066
and talked to some of those people.
Let's look at that film now.

1060
01:06:54,260 --> 01:06:59,300
Just words... Just-I just can't describe
just how I feel at this time.

1061
01:06:59,460 --> 01:07:00,871
It just seems empty.

1062
01:07:01,060 --> 01:07:05,429
It just doesn't seem like anybody else
could fill the place the way he did.

1063
01:07:05,780 --> 01:07:08,067
Sir, we need to discuss
your address to Congress.

1064
01:07:08,220 --> 01:07:10,302
It's unreal.
This can't happen in our country.

1065
01:07:10,460 --> 01:07:12,986
I feel the profound grief that...

1066
01:07:13,140 --> 01:07:15,666
I'm not ready for that yet.

1067
01:07:16,780 --> 01:07:19,431
Well, with all due respect,
you better get ready.

1068
01:07:19,620 --> 01:07:22,100
President Kennedy's burial
has been set for Monday.

1069
01:07:22,260 --> 01:07:24,945
Thursday being Thanksgiving,
we don't have much of a window.

1070
01:07:25,100 --> 01:07:29,742
Thinking that, possibly,
the only thing we could do is to...

1071
01:07:29,900 --> 01:07:33,700
pray that Lyndon Johnson
can carry on.

1072
01:07:35,780 --> 01:07:38,909
Johnson gave Pierre the "I need
you more than he needed you" speech.

1073
01:07:39,100 --> 01:07:40,147
What did you tell him?

1074
01:07:40,300 --> 01:07:43,270
I told him I'd stay as press
secretary as long as he needed me.

1075
01:07:43,740 --> 01:07:44,821
Till Tuesday.

1076
01:07:46,380 --> 01:07:49,668
Johnson's not gonna be satisfied till
every one of us promises to serve him.

1077
01:07:49,860 --> 01:07:51,430
So, what are we doing here?

1078
01:07:52,660 --> 01:07:54,788
In his inaugural address...

1079
01:07:54,940 --> 01:07:56,908
President Kennedy declared that...

1080
01:07:57,060 --> 01:08:01,031
the torch had been passed
to a new generation of Americans.

1081
01:08:01,180 --> 01:08:03,421
The question before us now is:

1082
01:08:03,620 --> 01:08:05,748
Who should be the custodian
of that torch?

1083
01:08:07,140 --> 01:08:09,746
The Constitution may say
that the vice president...

1084
01:08:09,900 --> 01:08:14,144
is the next in the line of succession,
but does anyone here believe...

1085
01:08:14,340 --> 01:08:18,231
that Lyndon Johnson is
the man to carry that torch?

1086
01:08:18,740 --> 01:08:20,742
So, what are you suggesting?

1087
01:08:20,900 --> 01:08:23,426
I didn't come to Washington
just to work for John Kennedy.

1088
01:08:24,060 --> 01:08:26,870
I came here to work
for what John Kennedy believed in.

1089
01:08:27,980 --> 01:08:29,584
There is unfinished business.

1090
01:08:29,940 --> 01:08:33,149
Right now our only hope of completing it
is by sewing his successor.

1091
01:08:33,300 --> 01:08:35,109
That's not true. There are other ways.

1092
01:08:35,260 --> 01:08:37,422
We've come too far
to put everything on hold.

1093
01:08:37,580 --> 01:08:41,266
So you think that Johnson will continue
the work of President Kennedy?

1094
01:08:41,940 --> 01:08:45,831
This is a man who has fought against
every piece of civil rights legislation...

1095
01:08:45,980 --> 01:08:48,267
for the last 20 years.

1096
01:08:48,460 --> 01:08:50,588
How do you honor Kennedy
by working for Johnson?

1097
01:08:50,740 --> 01:08:52,026
You're looking at it wrong.

1098
01:08:52,180 --> 01:08:56,071
Even if Johnson believed in what
we believe in, and that is up for debate...

1099
01:08:56,260 --> 01:08:58,340
how much do you think
he'd accomplish in one year?

1100
01:08:58,460 --> 01:08:59,541
Good point.

1101
01:08:59,700 --> 01:09:01,589
Could we mount
a campaign by then?

1102
01:09:01,740 --> 01:09:05,187
Bobby is more powerful and
more popular than any other Democrat...

1103
01:09:05,340 --> 01:09:06,990
including Lyndon Johnson.

1104
01:09:07,140 --> 01:09:10,622
The men in this room all want to see
a president, a President Kennedy...

1105
01:09:10,780 --> 01:09:14,262
deliver this world to a better place.
So do the people of this country.

1106
01:09:14,420 --> 01:09:15,421
Hear, hear.

1107
01:09:15,580 --> 01:09:18,265
What are you
asking us to do? Quit?

1108
01:09:18,420 --> 01:09:20,184
- Betray Lyndon Johnson?
- No.

1109
01:09:20,340 --> 01:09:22,866
No, no, no. No one is being asked
to sabotage anything.

1110
01:09:23,020 --> 01:09:27,070
No one is calling for a mass exodus,
and this certainly is not a coup d'état.

1111
01:09:28,860 --> 01:09:31,431
Johnson needs to make his case
to the American people.

1112
01:09:31,580 --> 01:09:34,151
He needs to prove
that he's worthy of this job.

1113
01:09:34,340 --> 01:09:36,661
And if he stumbles...

1114
01:09:37,980 --> 01:09:39,470
if he should fall...

1115
01:09:40,860 --> 01:09:43,340
we need to be prepared
to challenge him.

1116
01:09:44,700 --> 01:09:46,350
And it will be Bobby's time.

1117
01:09:53,420 --> 01:09:56,071
We can't just sweep
the rest of the agenda under the rug.

1118
01:09:56,220 --> 01:09:59,349
Yes. He has to make
some progress on civil rights.

1119
01:09:59,500 --> 01:10:02,504
- Some. We need to be realistic.
- Howdy, Zephyr.

1120
01:10:02,700 --> 01:10:04,509
- Evening, sir.
- Good evening, sir.

1121
01:10:04,700 --> 01:10:07,670
Hear anything back
from the Kennedy men?

1122
01:10:07,820 --> 01:10:10,630
Well, two nights ago,
they had a meeting...

1123
01:10:10,780 --> 01:10:15,183
and I... I think we're gonna
hear something soon.

1124
01:10:15,700 --> 01:10:17,862
How they going in there?

1125
01:10:18,700 --> 01:10:20,464
It's going.

1126
01:10:20,620 --> 01:10:23,066
We can't just keep doing
the same thing.

1127
01:10:23,260 --> 01:10:26,150
The best thing we can do is
show some progress in civil rights.

1128
01:10:26,300 --> 01:10:28,302
"Some progress" is not enough.

1129
01:10:28,460 --> 01:10:31,464
The civil rights bill was the cornerstone
of Kennedy's presidency.

1130
01:10:31,620 --> 01:10:33,543
Even Kennedy was gonna have
to compromise.

1131
01:10:33,700 --> 01:10:35,031
Exactly.

1132
01:10:35,180 --> 01:10:38,150
And nobody expects Johnson
to be John Kennedy.

1133
01:11:30,380 --> 01:11:33,304
Do our daughters know I love them?

1134
01:11:33,940 --> 01:11:36,784
Of course they do, Lyndon. Why?

1135
01:11:39,100 --> 01:11:41,387
I didn't always know.

1136
01:11:41,820 --> 01:11:44,221
Rebekah loved you.

1137
01:11:47,020 --> 01:11:49,421
Some days, she...

1138
01:11:51,180 --> 01:11:54,582
made me feel like a prince, but...

1139
01:11:57,060 --> 01:11:59,188
some days...

1140
01:12:02,060 --> 01:12:03,630
Lyndon.

1141
01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:05,060
Honey?

1142
01:12:05,220 --> 01:12:07,826
You're not supposed to have that.

1143
01:12:13,420 --> 01:12:16,026
Now, what's this all about?

1144
01:12:21,700 --> 01:12:23,862
From the time I was a boy, I...

1145
01:12:24,020 --> 01:12:26,466
I had this dream...

1146
01:12:32,500 --> 01:12:35,549
I'd rather not have it
than have it this way.

1147
01:12:36,820 --> 01:12:39,824
Oh, my poor darling.

1148
01:12:45,780 --> 01:12:48,670
They don't... They want...

1149
01:12:49,740 --> 01:12:51,629
They want Jack. They love Jack.

1150
01:12:51,780 --> 01:12:54,590
They love Bobby. They...

1151
01:12:56,220 --> 01:12:58,541
They don't even like me.

1152
01:13:07,220 --> 01:13:08,824
Lyndon...

1153
01:13:09,180 --> 01:13:13,788
your mother didn't turn her back on you
because she didn't love you.

1154
01:13:14,780 --> 01:13:18,865
She just couldn't stand to see you
when you weren't at your best.

1155
01:13:21,580 --> 01:13:24,424
She wouldn't wanna see me now.

1156
01:13:36,860 --> 01:13:39,306
You're gonna be all right.

1157
01:13:39,660 --> 01:13:43,187
You're a good man in a tight spot.

1158
01:13:44,460 --> 01:13:48,590
President Kennedy did
wonderful things for America.

1159
01:13:48,740 --> 01:13:54,144
Not the least of which was choosing you
to be his successor.

1160
01:13:56,540 --> 01:13:59,703
He was a man of great ideas.

1161
01:14:00,420 --> 01:14:03,230
Now the country needs a man...

1162
01:14:03,380 --> 01:14:05,508
who can deliver.

1163
01:14:12,100 --> 01:14:14,990
If we don't do anything
about civil rights...

1164
01:14:15,140 --> 01:14:17,746
we'll face a challenge
at the convention.

1165
01:14:17,900 --> 01:14:19,902
- From Bobby?
- From someone.

1166
01:14:20,060 --> 01:14:21,300
The question is:

1167
01:14:21,500 --> 01:14:24,868
What's the minimum we need
to accomplish in order to win reelection?

1168
01:14:25,020 --> 01:14:28,103
Which provisions in Kennedy's bill
can we live without?

1169
01:14:28,300 --> 01:14:30,667
Are you saying weaken the bill
right out of the gate?

1170
01:14:30,820 --> 01:14:33,869
We can't risk everything
chasing ambitious goals.

1171
01:14:34,020 --> 01:14:36,102
Then what the hell's the presidency for?

1172
01:14:39,860 --> 01:14:40,907
Sit.

1173
01:14:42,180 --> 01:14:45,229
It can't be about a shiny airplane
or a room with no corners.

1174
01:14:45,380 --> 01:14:48,941
Surely, we can aspire
to something greater.

1175
01:14:49,100 --> 01:14:51,341
You wanna back
Kennedy's civil rights bill?

1176
01:14:51,500 --> 01:14:54,026
The entire goddamn thing.

1177
01:14:54,820 --> 01:14:56,788
Are you even in favor of it?

1178
01:15:02,140 --> 01:15:03,869
You know, about a...

1179
01:15:04,300 --> 01:15:06,189
year ago...

1180
01:15:06,380 --> 01:15:10,351
my private cook Mrs. Wright,
who you know...

1181
01:15:10,500 --> 01:15:14,505
was driving from here
down to the ranch in Texas.

1182
01:15:14,660 --> 01:15:17,743
So I asked her if she would mind...

1183
01:15:17,900 --> 01:15:21,268
bringing my dog,
Little Beagle Johnson, with her...

1184
01:15:21,900 --> 01:15:25,621
in order that he could be there
when I got home.

1185
01:15:25,780 --> 01:15:29,546
Mrs. Wright respectfully declined.

1186
01:15:29,700 --> 01:15:31,668
She said it is hard enough...

1187
01:15:31,860 --> 01:15:34,784
for a black woman driving
through the South...

1188
01:15:34,940 --> 01:15:37,341
without having a dog to worry about.

1189
01:15:37,900 --> 01:15:42,224
Finding a place to eat,
to sleep, to use the restroom.

1190
01:15:42,380 --> 01:15:47,671
The personal cook of the vice president
of the United States...

1191
01:15:47,820 --> 01:15:51,222
has to drive through towns
without stopping...

1192
01:15:51,420 --> 01:15:55,141
then squat to pee
by the side of the road.

1193
01:15:56,460 --> 01:15:58,588
Hundred years ago,
she would've been a slave.

1194
01:15:58,740 --> 01:16:03,462
Hundred years from now, hell,
she might be president.

1195
01:16:04,860 --> 01:16:06,669
But today...

1196
01:16:07,780 --> 01:16:11,705
we live in a time
of too much uncertainty.

1197
01:16:11,900 --> 01:16:14,631
Where can she eat?
Where can she sleep?

1198
01:16:14,820 --> 01:16:15,946
Can she vote?

1199
01:16:16,100 --> 01:16:19,149
And if she does, will she be harassed
for casting that vote?

1200
01:16:19,300 --> 01:16:22,270
Can she attend school?
If so, which school?

1201
01:16:22,420 --> 01:16:26,470
Can she travel the cities
and towns of this land...

1202
01:16:26,620 --> 01:16:30,147
without fearing for her safety?

1203
01:16:31,180 --> 01:16:35,742
What rights that belong
to the men in this room...

1204
01:16:35,900 --> 01:16:38,426
should not be afforded to her?

1205
01:16:38,580 --> 01:16:42,380
Sir, you're gonna lose the support of
the people who've always had your back.

1206
01:16:42,540 --> 01:16:46,909
And if you aren't successful, you're never
gonna earn the support of anyone else.

1207
01:16:47,100 --> 01:16:51,150
Four other presidents have fought
Congress on this and failed.

1208
01:16:57,140 --> 01:16:59,905
There will be no compromise.

1209
01:17:00,060 --> 01:17:02,506
There will be no negotiation.

1210
01:17:02,700 --> 01:17:05,624
And there will be no failure.

1211
01:17:05,780 --> 01:17:08,590
This time,
Congress is not fighting a president.

1212
01:17:08,740 --> 01:17:10,583
It's fighting two.

1213
01:17:10,740 --> 01:17:13,949
Never underestimate
the intensity of a martyr's cause...

1214
01:17:14,100 --> 01:17:19,504
or the size of a Texan's balls.

1215
01:17:29,020 --> 01:17:30,510
Good morning, Mr. President.

1216
01:17:31,100 --> 01:17:33,068
Good morning, Juanita.

1217
01:18:52,460 --> 01:18:56,988
Ted, we have scheduled a speech before
a joint session of Congress tomorrow.

1218
01:18:57,660 --> 01:18:59,071
I've heard.

1219
01:18:59,220 --> 01:19:00,949
I'd like you to write it.

1220
01:19:01,100 --> 01:19:02,340
Mr. President...

1221
01:19:02,820 --> 01:19:05,710
I don't know
that I'll be coming back to work.

1222
01:19:13,820 --> 01:19:15,345
Ted...

1223
01:19:18,660 --> 01:19:22,984
the voice of John Kennedy rings
throughout our land.

1224
01:19:23,140 --> 01:19:26,781
You gave words to that voice.

1225
01:19:26,940 --> 01:19:28,942
I need those words now.

1226
01:19:29,540 --> 01:19:30,666
Mr. President, I...

1227
01:19:30,820 --> 01:19:34,825
We are moving ahead full tilt
with his civil rights bill.

1228
01:19:35,020 --> 01:19:37,671
His entire agenda.

1229
01:19:37,860 --> 01:19:42,070
This is about making
President Kennedy's vision...

1230
01:19:42,220 --> 01:19:43,949
a reality.

1231
01:19:51,140 --> 01:19:53,188
Just checking to see
if you need anything.

1232
01:19:53,340 --> 01:19:55,547
I don't understand
what you want this to be.

1233
01:19:55,700 --> 01:19:57,190
Is it supposed to be a speech...

1234
01:19:57,380 --> 01:19:58,905
- or a eulogy...?
- Both.

1235
01:19:59,260 --> 01:20:01,581
A country's final goodbye
to President Kennedy...

1236
01:20:01,740 --> 01:20:04,311
and its first introduction
to President Johnson.

1237
01:20:04,460 --> 01:20:06,462
It's a eulogy,
it's an opening statement...

1238
01:20:06,620 --> 01:20:09,783
it's a State of the Union,
it's an inaugural address.

1239
01:20:09,940 --> 01:20:12,784
And you have less
than 21 hours to write it.

1240
01:20:14,500 --> 01:20:16,741
Do you really believe
he can accomplish all this?

1241
01:20:17,300 --> 01:20:18,461
I do.

1242
01:20:18,620 --> 01:20:20,031
How can he?

1243
01:20:20,180 --> 01:20:22,262
The same way he always has.

1244
01:20:22,420 --> 01:20:27,381
You are as worthless as porkless pig.
Now get me the goddamn list!

1245
01:20:27,540 --> 01:20:30,146
Senator Dirksen's office
said he can stop by.

1246
01:20:30,300 --> 01:20:32,382
- I'll go to him.
- Mr. President...

1247
01:20:32,580 --> 01:20:34,628
I need to know
your thinking on Vietnam.

1248
01:20:34,780 --> 01:20:38,068
My thinking on Vietnam is that
I don't wanna think about Vietnam.

1249
01:20:39,540 --> 01:20:43,226
You stayed on the line to wait for me
to hang up on you?

1250
01:20:44,180 --> 01:20:47,627
- Rusk needs 10 minutes.
- He can have them in 20.

1251
01:20:47,780 --> 01:20:50,750
- There's gonna be a Southern filibuster.
- What's the count on cloture?

1252
01:20:50,900 --> 01:20:53,790
- About 56.
- You can leave about now.

1253
01:20:55,540 --> 01:20:56,985
Trust me, Bob.

1254
01:20:57,140 --> 01:21:02,544
I am not gonna be the president to let
Southeast Asia fall to the communists.

1255
01:21:02,700 --> 01:21:06,068
When I ask for a number,
I need a goddamn number.

1256
01:21:06,220 --> 01:21:10,464
Senator Dirksen,
this civil rights bill will have its day.

1257
01:21:10,660 --> 01:21:12,708
Oh, it's gonna have more than its day, sir.

1258
01:21:12,860 --> 01:21:15,261
There's going to be all-out war,
and I need men.

1259
01:21:15,420 --> 01:21:17,821
Men with principle.

1260
01:21:17,980 --> 01:21:20,824
Because the Southerners in my party,
most of them anyway...

1261
01:21:20,980 --> 01:21:23,586
are gonna rise up against us.

1262
01:21:23,740 --> 01:21:26,425
Now, Senator Yarborough,
are you up for that?

1263
01:21:26,580 --> 01:21:30,062
It is my sincere hope
that the Republicans...

1264
01:21:30,260 --> 01:21:32,422
the party of Lincoln...

1265
01:21:32,580 --> 01:21:34,389
fire the final shot.

1266
01:21:34,540 --> 01:21:36,827
Sir, I serve at your pleasure.

1267
01:21:38,020 --> 01:21:39,431
Good.

1268
01:21:53,780 --> 01:21:57,307
This is your fucking mess
I'm cleaning up.

1269
01:22:02,860 --> 01:22:04,908
Good to see you, Dick.

1270
01:22:06,020 --> 01:22:07,943
How you getting along?

1271
01:22:09,660 --> 01:22:11,742
Why don't we have a drink?

1272
01:22:13,260 --> 01:22:14,864
No.

1273
01:22:15,020 --> 01:22:17,864
No, I... I think
I'm done drinking with you.

1274
01:22:19,820 --> 01:22:22,664
You hurt the very people
who made you who you are.

1275
01:22:22,820 --> 01:22:24,629
And for what?

1276
01:22:25,180 --> 01:22:28,548
Civil rights is an idea
whose time has come.

1277
01:22:28,700 --> 01:22:30,782
This will define your presidency.

1278
01:22:31,940 --> 01:22:34,068
I can only hope.

1279
01:22:34,860 --> 01:22:38,421
You're willing to hitch your wagon
to the outcome of this bill?

1280
01:22:39,060 --> 01:22:43,941
We've been talking about this forever,
and we never say a damn thing.

1281
01:22:44,100 --> 01:22:46,341
Well... What...?
What do you wanna say?

1282
01:22:46,500 --> 01:22:48,309
That you're gonna turn
your back on me?

1283
01:22:48,460 --> 01:22:50,861
That you don't care about
everything I've done for you?

1284
01:22:51,020 --> 01:22:55,389
- That you're willing to betray me?
- That you're a racist.

1285
01:22:56,980 --> 01:23:01,747
All your talk about the Southern way of life
and loving the negra as your brother...

1286
01:23:01,900 --> 01:23:06,622
and all the while, you plot against him
like he is a sworn enemy.

1287
01:23:06,780 --> 01:23:08,464
I don't care where we're standing.

1288
01:23:08,620 --> 01:23:10,702
No man is gonna talk to me like that.

1289
01:23:10,900 --> 01:23:13,141
You are a good man, Dick.

1290
01:23:13,300 --> 01:23:14,711
World-class.

1291
01:23:14,860 --> 01:23:18,023
I admire you more than any man alive.

1292
01:23:18,180 --> 01:23:21,070
But you are wrong on this.
You are just plain wrong.

1293
01:23:22,100 --> 01:23:25,547
I'm gonna fight you
with everything that I have.

1294
01:23:25,700 --> 01:23:27,782
Fine. Fight me.

1295
01:23:27,940 --> 01:23:29,430
But not in here.

1296
01:23:29,580 --> 01:23:33,380
And not in backrooms
in hushed conversation.

1297
01:23:33,540 --> 01:23:35,986
Fight me on the floor
of the United States Senate...

1298
01:23:36,180 --> 01:23:38,228
in front of the entire world.

1299
01:23:38,380 --> 01:23:40,348
And on that battlefield...

1300
01:23:40,500 --> 01:23:43,629
let each man write his own legacy.

1301
01:24:07,020 --> 01:24:08,146
Time to go.

1302
01:24:36,100 --> 01:24:39,388
Try not to look at the Southern Caucus
when talking about civil rights.

1303
01:24:39,540 --> 01:24:41,349
How will he know
where they're sitting?

1304
01:24:41,500 --> 01:24:42,911
Don't worry. I'll spot them.

1305
01:24:43,060 --> 01:24:45,666
They'll be the ones not clapping.

1306
01:24:57,300 --> 01:24:59,302
Are you ready, sir?

1307
01:25:01,900 --> 01:25:03,425
Yes.

1308
01:25:10,220 --> 01:25:12,063
Mr. Speaker.

1309
01:25:12,220 --> 01:25:15,508
The president of the United States.

1310
01:25:34,340 --> 01:25:36,308
Mr. President.

1311
01:25:54,220 --> 01:25:55,665
Good, Mr. President.

1312
01:25:56,100 --> 01:25:57,750
Mr. President.

1313
01:26:07,220 --> 01:26:08,745
Mr. Speaker.

1314
01:26:08,900 --> 01:26:10,868
Mr. President.

1315
01:26:11,260 --> 01:26:13,991
Members of the House,
Members of the Senate...

1316
01:26:14,460 --> 01:26:16,667
my fellow Americans.

1317
01:26:18,100 --> 01:26:20,341
All I have...

1318
01:26:20,980 --> 01:26:26,430
I would have given gladly
not to be standing here today.

1319
01:26:27,900 --> 01:26:30,870
The greatest leader of our time...

1320
01:26:31,060 --> 01:26:33,222
has been struck down...

1321
01:26:33,380 --> 01:26:37,226
by the foulest deed of our time.

1322
01:26:37,660 --> 01:26:39,469
Today...

1323
01:26:39,620 --> 01:26:43,102
John Fitzgerald Kennedy lives on.

1324
01:26:44,060 --> 01:26:48,224
He lives on in the mind
and memories of mankind.

1325
01:26:48,820 --> 01:26:53,109
He lives on in the hearts
of his countrymen.

1326
01:26:53,780 --> 01:26:57,501
No words are sad enough...

1327
01:26:58,100 --> 01:27:01,149
to express our sense of loss.

1328
01:27:01,340 --> 01:27:04,742
No words are strong enough...

1329
01:27:04,900 --> 01:27:08,143
to express our determination...

1330
01:27:08,300 --> 01:27:10,143
to continue...

1331
01:27:10,300 --> 01:27:12,587
the forward thrust...

1332
01:27:12,740 --> 01:27:15,584
of America that he began.

1333
01:27:16,620 --> 01:27:21,308
An assassin's bullet
has thrust upon me...

1334
01:27:21,460 --> 01:27:24,464
the awesome burden
of the presidency.

1335
01:27:25,460 --> 01:27:27,827
And in this critical moment...

1336
01:27:27,980 --> 01:27:29,664
it is our duty...

1337
01:27:29,820 --> 01:27:32,300
yours and mine...

1338
01:27:32,500 --> 01:27:34,946
as the government
of the United States...

1339
01:27:35,100 --> 01:27:40,231
to do away with uncertainty
and doubt and delay...

1340
01:27:40,420 --> 01:27:45,028
and to show that we are capable
of decisive action.

1341
01:27:45,420 --> 01:27:49,311
That from the brutal loss
of our leader...

1342
01:27:49,940 --> 01:27:53,262
we will derive not weakness...

1343
01:27:53,420 --> 01:27:54,945
but strength.

1344
01:27:55,340 --> 01:28:00,983
John Kennedy's death commands
what his life conveyed:

1345
01:28:01,140 --> 01:28:05,065
That America must move forward.

1346
01:28:05,220 --> 01:28:07,871
The time has come...

1347
01:28:08,020 --> 01:28:12,070
for Americans of all races and creeds...

1348
01:28:12,580 --> 01:28:14,708
and political beliefs...

1349
01:28:14,860 --> 01:28:17,067
to understand...

1350
01:28:17,220 --> 01:28:19,302
and to respect one another.

1351
01:28:19,780 --> 01:28:22,226
So let us put an end to the teaching...

1352
01:28:22,420 --> 01:28:26,903
and the preaching of hate and evil...

1353
01:28:27,060 --> 01:28:29,188
and violence.

1354
01:28:29,740 --> 01:28:32,186
I profoundly hope...

1355
01:28:32,340 --> 01:28:37,141
that the tragedy and the torment
of these terrible days...

1356
01:28:37,300 --> 01:28:40,782
will bind us together
in new fellowship...

1357
01:28:40,980 --> 01:28:45,668
making us one people
in our hour of sorrow.

1358
01:28:45,860 --> 01:28:48,864
So let us, here, highly resolve...

1359
01:28:49,020 --> 01:28:52,308
that John Fitzgerald Kennedy
did not live...

1360
01:28:52,460 --> 01:28:55,828
or die in vain.

1361
01:28:56,380 --> 01:29:01,466
No memorial oration or eulogy
could more eloquently honor...

1362
01:29:01,620 --> 01:29:03,941
President Kennedy's memory...

1363
01:29:04,100 --> 01:29:08,708
than the earliest possible passage
of the civil rights bill...

1364
01:29:08,860 --> 01:29:11,340
for which he fought so long.

1365
01:29:13,300 --> 01:29:18,261
We have talked long enough
in this country about equal rights.

1366
01:29:18,420 --> 01:29:22,505
We have talked for 100 years or more.

1367
01:29:23,020 --> 01:29:26,741
It is time now to write
the next chapter...

1368
01:29:26,900 --> 01:29:29,506
and to write it in the books of law.

1369
01:29:39,580 --> 01:29:44,268
On the 20th day of January,
in 19 and 61...

1370
01:29:44,780 --> 01:29:48,262
John F. Kennedy told his countrymen...

1371
01:29:48,420 --> 01:29:50,707
that our national work...

1372
01:29:50,860 --> 01:29:54,910
would not be finished
in the first thousand days...

1373
01:29:55,100 --> 01:29:57,706
nor in the life of this administration.

1374
01:29:58,740 --> 01:30:03,064
Nor even perhaps
in our lifetime on this planet.

1375
01:30:03,220 --> 01:30:05,427
But he said:

1376
01:30:05,820 --> 01:30:07,982
"Let us begin."

1377
01:30:08,380 --> 01:30:09,825
Today...

1378
01:30:09,980 --> 01:30:13,109
in this moment of new resolve...

1379
01:30:13,260 --> 01:30:16,343
I would say
to all my fellow Americans:

1380
01:30:17,100 --> 01:30:20,263
Let us continue.

1381
01:30:53,300 --> 01:30:56,429
Sir, we need to move beyond
civil rights and start thinking about...

1382
01:30:56,620 --> 01:30:59,226
whatever else it is that we aim to do.

1383
01:30:59,620 --> 01:31:02,624
Well, if we've learned anything
from President Kennedy...

1384
01:31:02,780 --> 01:31:07,468
it's that life is precious
and time is fleeting.

1385
01:31:07,620 --> 01:31:10,510
And I don't intend to waste either.

1386
01:31:11,020 --> 01:31:14,866
Mistakes will be made,
but inaction won't be one of them.

1387
01:31:15,500 --> 01:31:18,629
John Kennedy gave people hope.

1388
01:31:19,060 --> 01:31:23,110
Now we are gonna give them results.

1389
01:31:24,380 --> 01:31:26,269
Let's get to work.

1390
01:31:26,620 --> 01:31:29,021
- Thank you, Mr. President.
- Thank you.

1391
01:31:29,180 --> 01:31:33,151
Sir, I have the request from McNamara.
Can I get your signature right there?

1392
01:31:37,220 --> 01:31:40,224
Excuse me, Mr. President.
This is the brief...