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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,000 If I am elected president of the United States, 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,000 I'm going to work for those who are deprived, 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,000 those who are poor, 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,000 whether they be white or black. 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Robert Kennedy is hoping 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,000 to fulfill the family dream 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,000 of a second son in the white house, 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 but tragedy strikes once more. 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,000 All eyes are on the only surviving son, Ted, 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,000 as he inherits the burden of expectation. 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,000 You will not reconsider 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 your decision about seeking the presidency? 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Absolutely not. 14 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Overcoming scandal and defeat, 15 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Ted fights back... 16 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,000 The hope still lives, 17 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,000 and the dream shall never die. 18 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,000 ...to lead the new generation 19 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,000 and continue the legacy 20 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,000 of this great American dynasty. 21 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,000 This family's name is Kennedy. 22 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,000 We want Kennedy! We want Kennedy! 23 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000 I thank all of you 24 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 who made this possible this evening, 25 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 all of the effort that you made. 26 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,000 We want Kennedy! 27 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Bobby Kennedy wins 28 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 the crucial California primary 29 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 in his battle to secure 30 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,000 the Democratic presidential nomination. 31 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 We're all congratulating ourselves and each other 32 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 on how terrific this is. 33 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Everybody's looking forward to 34 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,000 having a drink, and dancing, 35 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 and thinking about all the great 36 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 things that are in store. 37 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 We are a great country, an unselfish country, 38 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 and a compassionate country, 39 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,000 and I intend to make that my basis for running 40 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 and over the period of. 41 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Four and a half years 42 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,000 after his brother Jack was assassinated, 43 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Bobby has set his sight on the white house. 44 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 It is a jubilant moment. 45 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 He might actually go all the way, 46 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 straight to the presidency, 47 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 following his brother Jack. 48 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 The people who'd loved Jack Kennedy 49 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 loved Bobby Kennedy. 50 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 He had developed a softer side 51 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 after the death of his brother. 52 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 He's no longer 53 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 the ruthless, cynical, mob-busting hardhead. 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Here's someone who is as powerful as anyone, 55 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 but who identifies with common people 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 in a way that you hadn't seen 57 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 anybody at the top of American society do. 58 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 We want Kennedy! 59 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Bobby's wife and greatest champion, Ethel, 60 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,000 shares in his triumph. 61 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,000 I'm not doing this in the order of importance, 62 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 but I also want to thank my wife, Ethel. 63 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Ethel lives for this moment, 64 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 because she's always believed 65 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 that Bobby had a lot to offer. 66 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 She's wanted it to be Bobby's turn, 67 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,000 and now it is Bobby's turn. 68 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 He felt very confident 69 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000 as he stood on the stage in the ambassador hotel. 70 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 You can see it in his face. 71 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 He knew had a real shot. 72 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 My thanks to all of you. 73 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 And now it's on to Chicago, and let's win there. 74 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Thank you very much. 75 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Bobby was supposed to turn right 76 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 and go into a press room. 77 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,000 But some teeny boppers get in the way. 78 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Kennedy's cut off from his own bodyguard. 79 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 The hotel manager turns him around 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 and aims him to exit through the kitchen. 81 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000 His bodyguard gets there too late. 82 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 A doctor! A doctor! 83 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 It's complete chaos. 84 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Everybody's screaming and crying. 85 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,000 We ran down the end of the hall. 86 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 It looked really bad. 87 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,000 God! Damn! Why?! 88 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 We need a doctor here! 89 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 And I remember looking at him, 90 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,000 and his shirt was open. 91 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,000 That... 92 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,000 That's shock. 93 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 That's stunning. 94 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Ethel Kennedy is leaning over him, 95 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 inches from his face. 96 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 She can see that he's badly wounded. 97 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Ted is with Bobby's campaign team 98 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 in San Francisco 99 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000 when he hears the news. 100 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 He rushes to be with his brother. 101 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 He's in surgery. 102 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Mrs. Kennedy is with him. 103 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Senator Ted Kennedy has arrived at the hospital. 104 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Doctors now say surgery will last another hour. 105 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 I sat with my father, you know, 106 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 on and off throughout the night, 107 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 holding his hand on the other side of the bed. 108 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,000 My father's head was bandaged, and he had-- 109 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000 his eyes were black 110 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 like, you know, somebody had punched him in the face. 111 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Ted tells Ethel, 112 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 "the doctors have said that 113 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 we need to take him off life support. 114 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 This is no life for Bobby." 115 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 For Ethel, Bobby is everything. 116 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 It's always been that way. 117 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Bobby and Ethel, together, forever. 118 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 She is, at that moment, 119 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 pregnant with their eleventh child, 120 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 and now she's losing Bobby, 121 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,000 the same way that Jackie lost Jack. 122 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Senator Robert Francis Kennedy 123 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,000 died at 1:44 A.M. 124 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Today, 125 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 June 6, 126 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 1968. 127 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 In the morning, my brother Joe came in 128 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000 and said, you know, "he's gone." 129 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 So then, that afternoon, 130 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 we took him back to New York. 131 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 The piercing whine of the engines 132 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,000 subside as the airplane stops. 133 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 The casket now about a halfway out 134 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 of the door of the airplane. 135 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 The great tragedy of this moment 136 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 is that we actually never get to see 137 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 what Bobby Kennedy would have been able to accomplish. 138 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 He would have been one of the most experienced men 139 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 to occupy the American presidency 140 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 since its founding. 141 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Jaqueline Kennedy. 142 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Behind her, Mrs. Edward Kennedy. 143 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 This sense of hope for the country 144 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 was ending in Bobby Kennedy, 145 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,000 who tapped it in a way that not even his brother did. 146 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 You know, it's like the pin in the balloon: 147 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,000 It's just-- it's gone. 148 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,000 The doors of St. Patrick's 149 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 have been open only 10 minutes, 150 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 and thousands of people 151 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 have begun streaming through 152 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 to pay their respects 153 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,000 to the body of senator Robert Kennedy. 154 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 For two days, 155 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,000 mourners lined 25 blocks 156 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 outside St. Patrick's cathedral 157 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,000 to pass by Kennedy's coffin. 158 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 For the service itself, 159 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 2,000 mourners 160 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 crammed the cathedral. 161 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,000 They included the rich, and the powerful, and the famous, 162 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 but also the poor and the dispossessed, 163 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 farm workers, people who felt 164 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 close to rfk. 165 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Bobby's father, Joe, 166 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 is too ill to attend the funeral. 167 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 His only surviving son, Ted, 168 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 delivers the eulogy. 169 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 He had to be tested immediately. 170 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 The world expected it. 171 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000 My brother need not be idealized 172 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,000 or enlarged in death beyond 173 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,000 what he was in life 174 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,000 to be remembered simply as a good and decent man 175 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,000 who saw wrong and tried to right it, 176 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 saw suffering and tried to heal it, 177 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,000 saw war and tried to stop it. 178 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,000 As he said many times, 179 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 "some men see things as they are 180 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 and say, 'why?' 181 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 I dream things that never were 182 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 and say, 'why not?'" 183 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Robert Kennedy's body 184 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 is taken by train 185 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 on an eight-hour journey from New York 186 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 to Arlington national cemetery - 187 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 the final resting place of his brother, Jack. 188 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 My father organized 189 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 the funeral train, 190 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,000 and that was an incredible experience: 191 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 227 miles 192 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,000 of people on both sides of the tracks 193 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,000 with signs, and... um... 194 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,000 It was just a very moving experience. 195 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 I was on that train and just watching these-- 196 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 you know, this extraordinary sight. 197 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 You had people 198 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000 carrying these signs that said, "goodbye, Bobby." 199 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,000 You had nuns and priests and rabbis, 200 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,000 and you had hippies and soldiers. 201 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 There's nobody that I can think of 202 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 that could've drawn those numbers 203 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,000 and that kind of diverse a population 204 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 to say goodbye. 205 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Ted is able to keep it together 206 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000 at the funeral, 207 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 but the funeral train, 208 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 with all of the thousands of people 209 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 who met that train along its way, 210 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 it was more than Ted could bear. 211 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 And it marked 212 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 a major change in Ted's life. 213 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,000 He had always been the younger brother, 214 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 one way or another. 215 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 All three of the other brothers 216 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,000 die through acts of violence, 217 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 and the baby brother winds up being 218 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,000 the family patron. 219 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 And everybody is looking 220 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 at Ted, right now, to take over. 221 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 He's only 36 years old. 222 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 I hope the countless thousands 223 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 who have sent their expressions 224 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 of sympathy and condolence 225 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 to Ethel Kennedy, and my mother and father, 226 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,000 and to the members of the Kennedy family, 227 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 could realize the strength and the hope 228 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 that they have given to the members of the family 229 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,000 during these last several days. 230 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Now my mother would like to say a few words. 231 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:47,000 I want to extend our thanks 232 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 to all of you. 233 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Rose was not big on emotional displays. 234 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 There's a certain courage 235 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 that she was able to call upon 236 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 because of her religious convictions, 237 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 and she also understood 238 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 what was important for the country. 239 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 We shall carry on the principles 240 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 for which Bobby stood. 241 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:12,000 His devotion and dedication are familiar to US. 242 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 It only served to 243 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 put more pressure, I think, on Ted, 244 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 because all of these new expectations 245 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 were projected onto him. 246 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Ted had a lot on his shoulders 247 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 just being in the shadow 248 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 of the great jfk 249 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,000 and rfk. 250 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,000 He was the baby brother. 251 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,000 He was the child of his parents' old age, 252 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 the adored little brother of eight older siblings. 253 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 He was supposed to be cute and amusing, 254 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 a little rascal, 255 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 and adored. 256 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,000 In 1968, Ted and Joan Kennedy 257 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,000 celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary. 258 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000 They have three children - 259 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Kara, Edward junior, and Patrick. 260 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Ted Kennedy and his first wife, Joan, 261 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,000 had a very difficult relationship. 262 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Ted is known to be reckless, 263 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 and even more so after Bobby's death. 264 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 He was drinking too much. 265 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 He was seeing too many women. 266 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,000 In many ways, he was self-sabotaging. 267 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 A year after Bobby's death, 268 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Ted attends a reunion 269 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 of his brother's old campaign team 270 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,000 on chappaquiddick island in Massachusetts. 271 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Teddy felt that it was important for him to go, 272 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 to represent Bobby, 273 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,000 so he went over with his chauffeur. 274 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 There's a party, 275 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,000 and there are a lot of women there. 276 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 And he takes the keys from his chauffeur 277 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 and gets into the car with a young woman, 278 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:57,000 whose name is Mary Jo kopechne. 279 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Mary Jo kopechne 280 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000 had worked for Bobby 281 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,000 in his 1968 campaign. 282 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 And Teddy was going to, according to his story, 283 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 take her to the ferry that would take her 284 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,000 back to her hotel. 285 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,000 But he took a radically wrong turn. 286 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 And a very improbable wrong turn, 287 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,000 because the road was paved straight to the ferry. 288 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 When you make a sharp right turn 289 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,000 on a gravel road, 290 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 up the road that Teddy went on, 291 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 there's no way you'd do that by mistake. 292 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,000 On July 18th, 1969, 293 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 senator Ted Kennedy 294 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 and his brother's former campaign aide, 295 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 Mary Jo kopechne, 296 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,000 leave a party together on chappaquiddick island. 297 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,000 And it was absolute, pitch-black darkness, 298 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 heading out to a beach which happened to have 299 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,000 a very rickety wooden bridge 300 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,000 that went over a very fast-moving channel. 301 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 And his car went off the bridge. 302 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,000 He said, by his testimony, 303 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,000 that he had no memory of how he escaped, 304 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,000 that he dove as many times as he could manage 305 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 to try to get Mary Jo out. 306 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,000 After diving in a couple of times, 307 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,000 he abandons the scene. 308 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,000 He said he went back, ultimately, 309 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 to his hotel room in edgartown 310 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,000 and fell asleep. 311 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,000 He waited nine hours to report it. 312 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,000 That was, you know, unfathomable to most people. 313 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,000 A diver recovers Mary Jo kopechne's body 314 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 the next morning. 315 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,000 She was 28 years old. 316 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,000 The death at chappaquiddick 317 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 was a tragedy and terrible enough, 318 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 but the way Teddy handled it 319 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000 made it infinitely worse. 320 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 All the first moves 321 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 were about protecting Teddy. 322 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,000 It was all about Teddy's reputation, 323 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Teddy's career, the Kennedy legacy - 324 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,000 nothing about the fact that Mary Jo kopechne 325 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,000 died what must have been a very horrible death. 326 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Mary Jo is buried 327 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,000 three days later. 328 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Ted, Joan, and Ethel attend the funeral mass. 329 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,000 Ted felt very strongly 330 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 that his wife, Joan, should accompany him 331 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,000 to Mary Jo's funeral 332 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,000 as a sign there was nothing that she was concerned about 333 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 in his behavior, 334 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 so Joan Kennedy, 335 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 pregnant and on bed rest, 336 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 had to stand by his side - 337 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 and then, very sadly, suffered a miscarriage. 338 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000 The Kennedys have overcome 339 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,000 tragedy and scandal before, 340 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 but Mary Jo's death at chappaquiddick 341 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,000 threatens to tarnish the family name forever. 342 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,000 There is this sense that Teddy, 343 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,000 in a family known for courage, 344 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,000 acted like a coward, 345 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,000 that he may have tried to save his own hide 346 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 rather than to save a life, 347 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 and it's a scar on him. 348 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,000 In the end, the bottom line is that, 349 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,000 because of Ted's recklessness, 350 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 a woman died. 351 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Senator Edward Kennedy 352 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000 pleads guilty 353 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 to leaving the scene of an accident. 354 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000 On account of his unblemished record, 355 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,000 he receives a suspended sentence. 356 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Teddy finally breaks his silence 357 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 and goes on television, 358 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 and he's speaking primarily 359 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,000 to the voters of Massachusetts, 360 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 but he's speaking to the American people, 361 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 and he's speaking to the world. 362 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 My fellow citizens, 363 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 I have requested this opportunity 364 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,000 to talk to the people of Massachusetts 365 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,000 about the tragedy 366 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,000 which happened last Friday evening. 367 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,000 I would understand full well 368 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,000 why some might think it right 369 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,000 for me to resign, 370 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 and so I ask you tonight 371 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,000 to think this through with me. 372 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,000 In facing this decision, 373 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,000 I seek your advice and opinion. 374 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,000 In making it, I seek your prayers. 375 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Kennedy, I think, should stay in office. 376 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 It's just an act of god, you might say. 377 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Would you vote for him in again? 378 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 Definitely. 379 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 We feel that he is human, people do mistakes. 380 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 I think he'll be the next president 381 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 of the United States. 382 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Ten to one, 383 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 people responded with letters and cards 384 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 saying, "please stay in office." 385 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 Encouraged by public support, 386 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Ted decides to continue his senate career. 387 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Thank you and goodnight. 388 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 In the immediate aftermath 389 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 of chappaquiddick, 390 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Joseph Kennedy was another victim of the tragedy. 391 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000 By that time, Joe was 392 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,000 confined to a wheelchair and could not speak. 393 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,000 However, he understood everything that was going on, 394 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,000 which must have made it his own private hell. 395 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Teddy sees his father cry, 396 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000 and he sees the devastation that his father is suffering, 397 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 and Teddy knows, in 1969, after chappaquiddick, 398 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,000 he is the cause of that, 399 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 and he believed it caused his father 400 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 to give up his will to live. 401 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Just four months after 402 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000 the tragedy at chappaquiddick, 403 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Joseph p. Kennedy dies 404 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,000 at the family home in hyannis port. 405 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,000 He is 81 years old. 406 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Joe's death 407 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 is another devastating moment for the Kennedys, 408 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 because Joe had been the architect 409 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 of all of their dreams and ambitions 410 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000 from the very beginning. 411 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 This man truly 412 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 lived for his family 413 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 and his dynasty. 414 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Joseph Kennedy, for all his faults - 415 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 and by god, there were many - 416 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,000 was an extraordinary father. 417 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 His children loved him. 418 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,000 They respected him. 419 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 They honored him. 420 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Joe Kennedy dies 421 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 with his family mired in scandal. 422 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Ted must now seek redemption. 423 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 The chappaquiddick scandal 424 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 throws the Kennedys' political ambitions 425 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 into disarray. 426 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 There was always, from the very beginning, 427 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 a plan, and the plan was 428 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 jfk was first, 429 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Bobby was next, 430 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 and then Ted. 431 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,000 But deep down inside, I think Ted didn't feel 432 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,000 that he was worthy of picking up the mantle. 433 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 You will not reconsider your decision 434 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 about seeking the presidency? 435 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 No, absolutely not. Under no circumstances. 436 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Ever? 437 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:22,000 I'm not going to answer that. 438 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:23,000 That's a long time, 439 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:24,000 isn't it, senator? 440 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 You have the expectation 441 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,000 that that's what you're supposed to do 442 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 because everyone around you 443 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 puts you into that narrative, 444 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000 so it's almost that narrative on steroids. 445 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,000 What would have to happen 446 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000 for you to make up your mind? 447 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 I have no precise timeframe. 448 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,000 But the time was never right for him. 449 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Chappaquiddick put him out in '72. 450 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,000 In '76, Jimmy Carter came on the scene. 451 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 In 1973, 452 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Ted and Joan's eldest son, Edward junior, 453 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 is diagnosed with cancer. 454 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,000 His leg has to be amputated. 455 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 That's when Ted Kennedy 456 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 found his mission in life, 457 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,000 which had to do with healthcare reform. 458 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000 He felt so outraged 459 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,000 that people could be dismissed 460 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 simply because they didn't have the finances 461 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,000 to get life-saving care. 462 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 And as long as I have a voice 463 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 in the United States senate, 464 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,000 it's going to be for that Democratic platform plank 465 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,000 that provides decent quality of healthcare 466 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 for all Americans 467 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,000 as a matter of right and not a privilege. 468 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 He began to devote himself to that cause. 469 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 But there was still a feeling 470 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,000 that he would run for president one day. 471 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,000 After 16 years in the senate, 472 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Ted sees his chance to aim for the white house. 473 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Nineteen seventy-nine 474 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 is a extraordinarily important moment 475 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 in the history of the United States. 476 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 You have the aftereffects 477 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 of the islamic revolution in Iran. 478 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Americans are taken hostage in Tehran - 479 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 an unbelievable humiliation. 480 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,000 The situation at the pumps worsened today. 481 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,000 There was inflation. 482 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000 The American economy wasn't doing very well. 483 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 I ask congress to give me authority 484 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,000 for standby gasoline rationing. 485 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 The president looked weak. 486 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 The Democratic party looked weak. 487 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000 We want Ted! We want Ted! 488 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 The time is ripe for Ted Kennedy, 489 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000 because the liberal democrats 490 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 have soured on Jimmy Carter 491 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,000 and they're really ready for a restoration 492 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000 of the Kennedy dynasty. 493 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 But it's important to remember 494 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Kennedy would be up against a formidable challenge. 495 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,000 He's trying to unseat 496 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 a sitting president of his own party. 497 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Senator Kennedy's office. 498 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 The family is mixed 499 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 on Teddy running for president in 1980. 500 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Joan believed that Ted did have a lot to offer, 501 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 and she still loved him, 502 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000 but at this point, they were separated. 503 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000 His mother did not want him to run 504 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,000 for fear that he would be assassinated, 505 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 but once he made the decision, 506 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,000 they were all in. 507 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,000 Ted prepares to launch his campaign. 508 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,000 He appears on national television, 509 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 interviewed in front of millions 510 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 by Roger mudd. 511 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 I was standing just feet away 512 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,000 as Roger mudd began his interview with Kennedy. 513 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Senator, can you tell me, 514 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:31,000 are you optimistic about the future of this country? 515 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 I would say that i'm hopeful about the future, 516 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,000 and basically optimistic about it. 517 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 So, Roger mudd begins by asking 518 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,000 pretty simple questions - 519 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,000 throwing softballs, really. 520 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,000 But all of a sudden, 521 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000 mudd asks the key question. 522 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Why do you want to be president? 523 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Well, i'm... 524 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,000 He stammers, and he stumbles, and he fails, really, 525 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000 to even complete his sentence. 526 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,000 The reasons that I would run is because I... 527 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Have a great belief in this country, 528 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 that it is-- 529 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,000 there's more natural resources 530 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 than any nation of the world. 531 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000 What's wrong with this guy? 532 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,000 He can't even figure out to Roger mudd 533 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 why he wants to run for president? 534 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Why should we vote for him? 535 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 The burden to succeed was crushing. 536 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:29,000 It was crippling to be a Kennedy, running - 537 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,000 for president, after his brothers. 538 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,000 So I think he just felt overwhelmed by that. 539 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,000 This country is not prepared 540 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,000 to sound retreat. 541 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 It is willing to make a stand, 542 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 and so am I. 543 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Even though Kennedy goes on 544 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 to fight a spirited battle, 545 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,000 he never overcomes this stumble 546 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000 right out of the blocks. 547 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,000 When Ted arrives 548 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,000 at the Democratic national convention, 549 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,000 he is trailing so far behind Carter 550 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 that he's left with no choice 551 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 but to concede. 552 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,000 For me, a few hours ago, 553 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 this campaign came to an end. 554 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,000 For all those whose cares have been our concern, 555 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 the work goes on, 556 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 the cause endures, 557 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000 the hope still lives, 558 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,000 and the dream shall never die. 559 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,000 It is one of the greatest political speeches 560 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 of all time. 561 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 If he had given one percent of that - 562 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000 one percent of that - 563 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,000 as an answer to Roger mudd 564 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,000 at the beginning of the campaign, 565 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000 he might well have become president 566 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,000 of the United States. 567 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000 Ted Kennedy's presidential ambitions 568 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 are over. 569 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000 His marriage to Joan has ended. 570 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 Ted devotes the Reagan years 571 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,000 to working in the senate. 572 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,000 I will not be a candidate 573 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,000 for the presidency of the United States 574 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 in 1984. 575 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 It's clear to everyone, 576 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,000 including to him, 577 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 that he'll never have another opportunity 578 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 to run for the presidency, 579 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,000 and so the Baton passes to the next generation. 580 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,000 Over a quarter century ago, 581 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,000 my father stood before you 582 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000 to accept the nomination 583 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,000 for the presidency of the United States. 584 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,000 John junior clearly, 585 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,000 by participating in the 1988 convention, 586 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,000 has to know 587 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000 that, once you embrace a public role 588 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,000 as the son of the martyred John F. Kennedy, 589 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,000 people are going to start to ask, 590 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,000 "where does this lead?" 591 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Thank you. 592 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,000 Ever since he was a boy, 593 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000 John F. Kennedy junior has been seen 594 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,000 as the heir apparent to the Kennedy throne. 595 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,000 John Kennedy junior 596 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,000 becomes an icon 597 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,000 on the very day he turned three years old, 598 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,000 the day of his father's funeral, 599 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 because his mother leaned over and said to him, 600 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,000 "you can salute daddy now and say goodbye to him." 601 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,000 And so that is how the American people saw him: 602 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,000 He would replace his father someday. 603 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,000 Jackie Kennedy 604 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,000 gave her children two conflicting legacies. 605 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,000 One was to protect your privacy. 606 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,000 The other was exploit your celebrity. 607 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,000 I knew her as a fabulous 608 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,000 and devoted mother. 609 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,000 She said, "if you mess up raising your children, 610 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,000 nothing else you do in life much matters." 611 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,000 Jfk junior has his mother and father's charm. 612 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,000 He lacks their all-out ambition. 613 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000 I think his uncle thought more 614 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000 about his political future back then 615 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,000 than he did. 616 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,000 John never wanted it to define him. 617 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,000 We met at university. 618 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,000 I lived with him for two years off-campus. 619 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000 Everything he did was under the microscope, 620 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,000 good and bad, successes and failures. 621 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,000 When law-school graduate John junior 622 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:11,000 fails his bar exams, it's headline news. 623 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,000 I'll be back there in July, 624 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,000 and I'll pass it then, 625 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,000 or I'll pass it the next time, 626 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,000 or I'll pass it when I'm 95. 627 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,000 He was annoyed by the press. 628 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,000 He went to great lengths 629 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,000 to keep his marriage to Carolyn bessette 630 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,000 a secret 631 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,000 and to marry on an isolated island 632 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,000 off the coast of Georgia. 633 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,000 Jackie does not live to see her son married. 634 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,000 She dies of cancer in may 1994, 635 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,000 at the age of 64. 636 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000 The paparazzi were out there, 637 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,000 and everybody was jumping all over him, 638 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000 and I just remember screaming, at one point, 639 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000 you know, "get away! It's his mother!" 640 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,000 You know, give the guy a break. 641 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,000 Jackie had married 642 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,000 Greek shipping magnate Aristotle onassis 643 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000 and been widowed for a second time. 644 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:07,000 She chose to be buried at Arlington national cemetery, 645 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,000 beside her first husband, Jack. 646 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,000 Jackie Kennedy 647 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000 will always be remembered for her courage 648 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,000 in the wake of the assassination of her husband 649 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,000 and how, by that courage, 650 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,000 she helped to pull the United States together - 651 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,000 as well as, I think, to pull together the world. 652 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,000 But after Bobby's death, 653 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,000 she was feeling that her children were next. 654 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,000 She said, "if they're coming after Kennedys, 655 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,000 then my children are targets." 656 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,000 Jackie Kennedy's decision 657 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,000 to pull her family out of the limelight 658 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,000 certainly protected them. 659 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,000 One of the unintended consequences 660 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,000 was that, when they got older, 661 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,000 there was a real fascination about them. 662 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,000 Ladies and gentlemen, meet George! 663 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000 In 1995, 664 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,000 John junior chooses his own route into politics. 665 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,000 He launches a magazine that combines politics 666 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,000 with celebrity culture. 667 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 George, named after the first president, 668 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,000 is designed to be the rolling stone of politics. 669 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,000 I think he wanted to prove to himself, 670 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,000 through his own effort and work, 671 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,000 that he could do something 672 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,000 that would be considered successful on its own, 673 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,000 without having been given to him 674 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,000 through his background, his name, et cetera. 675 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,000 I don't think that I've seen as many of you in one place 676 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,000 since they announced the results of my first bar exam, 677 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,000 so it's nice to see you all again. 678 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000 This is the cover, with Cindy Crawford. 679 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,000 Then, inside, there's an article by Madonna. 680 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,000 George magazine is publishing, 681 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000 which his mother would have loved, 682 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,000 and it's politics, which his father would have loved. 683 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,000 It's all of it, right there on a silver platter. 684 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,000 When jfk junior 685 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,000 started George magazine, 686 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,000 everybody in the press 687 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,000 kind of snickered that it would fail. 688 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,000 It actually was pretty clever. 689 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,000 In many ways, George persuaded him, 690 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,000 "I can be a good leader. 691 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,000 I can be a leader of people." 692 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,000 By embracing public life 693 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000 as the founder of George magazine, 694 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000 John junior fuels speculation 695 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,000 that he might finally run for office. 696 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,000 The clear sentiment he received 697 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,000 from unions, from media figures, 698 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000 was that, yeah, this is your time. 699 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000 That sure sounds like you haven't given up 700 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,000 the notion of maybe going into politics. 701 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,000 Maybe, maybe not. 702 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,000 Come on, John. 703 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,000 Hey, no one's ever asked me that question before. 704 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,000 Really? I know, I'm so original, aren't I? 705 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,000 On July 16th, 1999. 706 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,000 John junior pilots his own plane 707 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,000 to his cousin Rory's wedding 708 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,000 on Cape Cod. 709 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,000 With him are his sister-in-law Lauren 710 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,000 and his wife, Carolyn. 711 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,000 He had only been flying solo 712 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000 for a relatively short time. 713 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,000 He was late in leaving. 714 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,000 It became dark as he flew from the New York City area. 715 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,000 My team from CNN 716 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,000 called me to say that 717 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,000 John Kennedy's plane is missing. 718 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,000 I was beside myself, like all his friends, 719 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,000 like all his family. 720 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,000 Search and rescue units 721 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,000 marshaled all their resources. 722 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,000 After a five-day search, 723 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,000 Navy divers recover three bodies 724 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000 amongst the wreckage 725 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,000 off the coast of Martha's vineyard. 726 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,000 The ashes of John, Carolyn, and Lauren 727 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,000 are scattered at sea. 728 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,000 A private memorial mass 729 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,000 is held in New York. 730 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000 It seems to fall to Ted Kennedy 731 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,000 that he must eulogize 732 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,000 everyone who is taken too soon. 733 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,000 I think the most difficult moment 734 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,000 of that funeral service 735 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,000 was Teddy's final eulogy, 736 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,000 when, at the end, 737 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,000 he said that John had every gift 738 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000 but the length of years. 739 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000 That single line encapsulated 740 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000 both the tragedy on a personal level, 741 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,000 but also what a tragedy it was 742 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,000 for what could have been for the country. 743 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,000 At the dawn of the new millennium, 744 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,000 Ted continues to carry 745 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,000 the hopes and ambitions of the Kennedys. 746 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,000 I yield to no one 747 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,000 in my commitment in that area. 748 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,000 Some call him king of the hill, 749 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 with a hand in every big issue - 750 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000 childcare, healthcare, civil rights, 751 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,000 education, minimum wage, arms control... 752 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,000 His legislative record is legendary. 753 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000 When is the justice department 754 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000 going to get tough on white-collar criminals? 755 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,000 He figures out a way to build Bridges 756 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,000 across these impossible chasms 757 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,000 of race, and party, and class. 758 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,000 I say to my friends in the republican party, 759 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,000 "welcome to the debate on education." 760 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,000 They consider him one of the great liberal legislators 761 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,000 of all time now. 762 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000 Finally, we're talking about healthcare. 763 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000 "The lion of the senate," they called him. 764 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,000 He looked like one, had hair like one. 765 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,000 But more importantly, he was so thoughtful. 766 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,000 This is the irishman 767 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,000 who loves people, who loves to tell a story, 768 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:19,000 the politician who's at the top of his game. 769 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,000 With Barack Obama, 770 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000 we'll finally make healthcare 771 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,000 what it should be in america: 772 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000 A fundamental right for all, 773 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,000 not just an expensive privilege for the few. 774 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,000 Ted does not live 775 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:37,000 to realize his dream of universal healthcare. 776 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000 In August 2009, 777 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000 at age 77, 778 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,000 he dies of brain cancer. 779 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,000 He is survived by his second wife, Vicki; 780 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:51,000 first wife, Joan; And three children. 781 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,000 Ted had served as a senator from Massachusetts 782 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,000 for nearly 47 years. 783 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,000 The greatest expectations 784 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,000 were placed upon Ted Kennedy's shoulders 785 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000 because of who he was, 786 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000 but he surpassed them all 787 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,000 because of who he became. 788 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,000 Seven months after Ted's death, 789 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:14,000 his great cause, the affordable care act, 790 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,000 passes into law. 791 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,000 It was something very inspirational, 792 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,000 to take my father's ultimate dream 793 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000 that we have coverage for everybody 794 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,000 and actually embed it into the laws of this nation. 795 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000 He not only was 796 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,000 the most powerful senator of his time, 797 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,000 he was a grandfather figure to many of US. 798 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,000 We miss him. 799 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,000 Ted began life 800 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,000 as the youngest child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy. 801 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,000 He ended it 802 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000 as the head of a dynasty 803 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,000 with over 100 family members. 804 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,000 The matriarch - Ted's mother, Rose - 805 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,000 died in 1995 806 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,000 at the age of 104. 807 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,000 Rose Kennedy does not get her due. 808 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,000 Her ability to infuse the exact right combination 809 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,000 of competition and compassion... 810 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000 There's no precedent in a Democratic society 811 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,000 for what she created: 812 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,000 This royal family. 813 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,000 Some people enjoy a life 814 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,000 that's normal and mediocre. 815 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,000 Other people respond to challenges, 816 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,000 and adventure, and attainment. 817 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,000 That's who we are. 818 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,000 Rose lived long enough 819 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,000 to see generation after generation of Kennedys 820 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000 serve their country. 821 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000 Today, all of you young athletes 822 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,000 are in the arena. 823 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:48,000 Eunice founded 824 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:49,000 the special Olympics, 825 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,000 Jean was an incredible ambassador 826 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,000 who helped to bring peace to northern Ireland... 827 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,000 Jack and Jackie's daughter, 828 00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,000 Caroline, became the US ambassador to Japan... 829 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,000 I'm also proud to carry forward 830 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000 my father's legacy of public service. 831 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000 You have Joseph Kennedy ii, 832 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000 Bobby and Ethel's oldest son, 833 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,000 who served a number of terms in congress, 834 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,000 along with his cousin Patrick... 835 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,000 Kathleen Kennedy townsend 836 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,000 was the lieutenant governor of Maryland... 837 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,000 You have Christopher Kennedy, 838 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,000 son of Robert Kennedy, 839 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:24,000 launching his political career in Illinois... 840 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,000 It would not be possible 841 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,000 to write a complete history of modern america 842 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000 without talking about the Kennedys 843 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,000 and the contribution that they've made. 844 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,000 But let US not forget they were not angels. 845 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000 I've been asked by the newspapermen this afternoon 846 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,000 what the chances were of appeasement. 847 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,000 They had all sorts of flaws, 848 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,000 some of them very, very serious flaws. 849 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,000 They've had more than their share of scandals, 850 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,000 and they've done some terrible things. 851 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000 Some might think it right 852 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000 for me to resign. 853 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000 But then there are these moments of greatness... 854 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000 We choose to go to the moon 855 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,000 and do the other things, 856 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,000 not because they are easy, 857 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,000 but because they are hard. 858 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,000 ...and they inspired US 859 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,000 to do things we might not have otherwise done. 860 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000 We are so fortunate that they lived, 861 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,000 that they served, and that even today, 862 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,000 so many years later, they continue to inspire 863 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,000 a whole new generation of people to get involved. 864 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,000 Thank you. Thank you. 865 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,000 I think, if any of the succeeding generations 866 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,000 will rise to the heights of the Jack Kennedy generation, 867 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,000 it could be Joseph Patrick Kennedy III, 868 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 the grandson of Robert Kennedy, 869 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,000 who is a member of congress now. 870 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,000 I stand here today, 871 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,000 the proud son of Irish immigrants, 872 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,000 to deliver a message to immigrant families. 873 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000 We understand your willingness 874 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,000 to walk to the ends of the earth, 875 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,000 to navigate oceans and mountains and deserts and war zones, 876 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,000 because every parent would do the same. 877 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,000 We know what you've risked to give them a better future, 878 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,000 what you've sacrificed to be part of our United States. 879 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,000 This guy could bring the country together. 880 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,000 Joe. 881 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,000 I know you are. 882 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000 The sort of big-hearted liberalism, 883 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,000 that's about "everybody together and up we go", 884 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,000 that you haven't seen for a very long time. 885 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,000 So anybody who thinks that the Kennedy story 886 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,000 stopped with Teddy Kennedy, 887 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,000 you don't know the Kennedys. 888 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,000 These guys are going to be around a long time. 889 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,000 If a new generation of Kennedys 890 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,000 can come through who think more about 891 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 what they can give to their country 892 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,000 than what they can take for themselves, 893 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:35,000 that is really important - 894 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,000 to paraphrase president Kennedy's inauguration. 895 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,000 And so, my fellow Americans, 896 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:45,000 ask not what your country can do for you. 897 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,000 Ask what you can do for your country. 898 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,000 My fellow citizens of the world, 899 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:56,000 ask not what america will do for you, 900 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,000 but what, together, we can do 901 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,000 for the freedom of man. 63876

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