0:00:01 > 0:00:04- You want me to be Joe, and I'm not! - Well, that's obvious.
0:00:04 > 0:00:09- Well, then save your money! I can't win.- Your name is Kennedy, and Kennedys never come second.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Jacqueline Bouvier, Congressman Jack Kennedy.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13He'll never be faithful.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17I don't particularly care what happens, really. I mean, after today, I'm done.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18He's just on edge.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20He's been waiting 50 years for this day.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23- Mr President! Mr President! - Jack needs somebody he can trust,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- and I need YOU to keep an eye on Jack.- I'm picking my own cabinet.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28I believe they elected me president, not you.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07'A happy President-Elect and Mrs Kennedy,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10'today left the hospital with their new addition, John F Kennedy Jr.
0:02:10 > 0:02:16'When reporters asked Mr Kennedy if he hoped his son would someday occupy the White House,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19'he joked that one president per family is probably enough.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26'Later, at his Georgetown residence, Mr Kennedy met with several newly appointed members
0:02:26 > 0:02:28'of his cabinet and advisory staff.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32'The President has tapped Harvard Dean McGeorge Bundy, to be his National Security Advisor,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35'Robert Mcnamara, president of the Ford Motor Company,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39'will serve as Secretary of Defence, and General Thomas Bennett
0:02:39 > 0:02:41'will sit on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.'
0:02:41 > 0:02:44'The top spot at the Justice Department has yet to be filled,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48'and who America's chief law enforcement officer will be remains an open question.'
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I'm a little surprised you haven't announced Bobby as attorney general.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Oh. Well, there's, uh...
0:02:57 > 0:02:59There's a lot to consider, Dad, and I still have time.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I think you owe it to him.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Given everything he's done for you.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I appreciate that, but I'm not sure he's the right choice.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Really?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14How are you feeling?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Wonderful. They took excellent care of me.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22I had all my children at home, as you know.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Yes. I knew that.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28CLOCK CHIMES
0:03:28 > 0:03:33Have you thought about what you'll be wearing to the inauguration?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- SIGHS:- Uh, um...
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Mr Cassini has drawn up some beautiful sketches.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48He is a very well-respected designer.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I'm sure whatever he comes up with will be Lovely.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Though...
0:03:54 > 0:03:59he tends to favour a more European look...
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Designs that work better on a more slender woman's body.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Well, I have eight weeks to get my figure Back.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Oh, don't you think that's cutting it rather fine, dear?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12I'd try to get it back in four.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21Jackie, do you think Jack should appoint Bobby as attorney general?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Whatever Jack wants.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Joe, I'm not sure that's such a good idea.- Why is that?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Bobby told me he wants to go back to Boston,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Spend more time with Ethel and the children.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Well, that's good to know, but he needs to be with Jack.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42He has no experience.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45He has the best experience in the world. He's your brother.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Christ, he's never been in a courtroom.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51He deserves it, Jack, and he wants it.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I'm not sure he does.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Well, I want it for him.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00All those other guys, the Harvard and Yale guys you're talking to, the PhDs...
0:05:00 > 0:05:02their only allegiance is to their resume.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Bobby's as smart as any of 'em,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and he'll jump under a train for you.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- I'll think about it. - No, don't think. Get it done.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16You've got lots of other work to do.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Thank you.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Listen, I think before we go in there and tell him I'm not going to do it,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- we should be clear on this. - Yeah, we covered that.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35But you haven't said one way or the other. I want to hear it from you.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39You think I want to hear your whiny voice yakking in my ear for the next four years?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Listen, I'm serious. - Christ, it's four years.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- I'll do it. I don't want to, but I will if you need me to. - Go live your life.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47You've done enough, all right?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51But if they don't impeach me first, you're coming back to get me re-elected in '64.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- All right, but you're telling him. - I'm not. Oh, hell, no. I'm not starting. You start.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00CLOCK TICKING
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Well, we've talked about it, and there's just far too many negatives here.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14The press is going to be out for blood, and I, I don't want to come out of the gate on the defensive.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16No. No.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Besides, um...
0:06:20 > 0:06:23you'll-you'll be there, and, uh...
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I mean, he doesn't really... really need me, do you?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I won't be there every day. You will.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Well, I-I just... I think it'll look bad.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37I think the press is going to say, uh, it's nepotism, it's a co-presidency.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- I don't think it'll work, dad.- We have bigger problem with Hoover.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Oh, that's true. - He's not going to accept him as a boss, and...- That's a good point.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Hell, he's ran the FBI for 30 years. I mean...
0:06:49 > 0:06:50It's just, uh...
0:06:50 > 0:06:52It's not going to work.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55TICKING CONTINUES
0:06:56 > 0:07:02All I can do...is try to give you the benefit of my experience.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07If you boys don't want that,
0:07:07 > 0:07:12I have no choice but to respect your decision.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Well, thank you, Dad. We appreciate that.
0:07:23 > 0:07:29It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of Robert F Kennedy as attorney general.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Uh, know, there have been some questions about his qualifications...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37but, uh, I can attest to the fact that he is,
0:07:37 > 0:07:41uh, very intelligent, very, uh, very tenacious,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44and, uh, we thought it'd be useful for him to get some, uh, experience
0:07:44 > 0:07:47before he went into private practice, so... LAUGHTER
0:07:47 > 0:07:51'So I, uh, wasn't going to have him say anything, but I think I will.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- 'Bobby?' MEN:- Bobby...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Thank you all very much. I, um...
0:07:57 > 0:08:00I, uh, am pleased to, uh, accept
0:08:00 > 0:08:05the position of the Attorney Generalship, uh, of the United States.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Joe Kennedy thinks I'm going to take orders from that snot-nosed kid of his.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Don't get upset, Edgar. Would you like a Tums?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Yes, I would.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16TV CONTINUES PLAYING INDISTINCTLY
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The FBI is the finest investigative agency in the world.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I've spent my entire life making it so, and I will not...
0:08:24 > 0:08:28let it be degraded by a bunch of... amateurs.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33Well, you've always found a way to circumvent the authority of the attorney general, whoever he is.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39You're right, Clyde.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41You're right.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- MAN:- 'Despite subfreezing temperatures, hundreds of thousands
0:08:46 > 0:08:48'watched today's inaugural ceremonies,
0:08:48 > 0:08:52'as President John F Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B Johnson
0:08:52 > 0:08:57'took their constitutional oaths of office, on the steps of the nation's Capitol.'
0:08:57 > 0:09:00In the long history of the world,
0:09:00 > 0:09:07only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12I do not shrink from this responsibility. I welcome it.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16I do not believe any of us would exchange places
0:09:16 > 0:09:20with any other people or any other generation.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24The energy, the faith, the devotion
0:09:24 > 0:09:28which we bring to this endeavour will light our country and all who serve it.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33And the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
0:09:36 > 0:09:42And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Ask what you can do for your country.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49APPLAUSE
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Mr President, Bay of Pigs on the southern Cuban coast.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40For the past 18 months, we at the CIA
0:11:40 > 0:11:44have been training a brigade of anti-Castro guerrillas in Guatemala.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Yes, I'm aware of that.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Then I'm sure you're also aware that President Eisenhower approved this training
0:11:53 > 0:11:56and its ultimate purpose - the-the elimination of Fidel Castro.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Well, I'm certainly for his, elimination. I just question whether or not this will, uh, work.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Yes, it will, Mr President.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07Without direct US involvement, General. our fingerprints can't be anywhere on this operation.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09They won't be, sir.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12The guerrillas are using untraceable equipment,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and the support planes and vessels are without US insignia.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21That's all very good and well, General, but the Castro army here seems to have, uh, 25,000 men.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Our invasion force has roughly, uh... 1,500.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29And Castro's forces are, uh, well-armed. They have Russian hardware.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32The guerrillas have the advantage of surprise, sir.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Castro has not one idea in hell that they're coming.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42Now let's not forget, the Cuban people will rise up and support this liberating force.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- Well, I question that as well. - The state department shares your doubts, Mr President.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49There's another thing to consider. If we give the go-ahead
0:12:49 > 0:12:53and the operation fails, will you be able to resist the pressure to save it
0:12:53 > 0:12:55by ordering our direct military involvement?
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Sir, we have a communist bastion 90 miles from our shore.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06By excising it, we make this whole part of the world more secure.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09This is something we have to do.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17The general is the best commander I ever served under.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21In my opinion, he shortened the war in the Pacific by six months.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Well, he's, uh, he's quite a character.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Yes, sir, he is. But he also makes a good point.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28The guerrillas are patriots. They want to take their homeland back.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Bob?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32This is your first strategic decision.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37You go against the recommendation of the chiefs and the CIA, they're going to make you pay for it.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I'm not issuing an invasion order because I'm afraid of the joint chiefs.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Sir, for every hour that this decision is delayed,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50you run the risk of these invasion plans being leaked.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52You think this succeeds?
0:13:52 > 0:13:53I do, sir.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57Not only will it succeed, but it will send Khrushchev a message of our intent and our resolve.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01And it will show him exactly the kind of president you intend to be.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05You know, when I made a decision in the Senate,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09I always had 40 or 50 guys to go alongside me
0:14:09 > 0:14:13to take the heat if things went wrong. Job's little different now.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32All right, issue the go codes, Bob.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Send those guerrillas to Cuba.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Yes, Mr President.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44BOBBY: Thanks for coming by, Mr Director.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48I, uh, wondered if you had a chance to, uh, review the policy changes
0:14:48 > 0:14:50I sent over to your office.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51I did see them, yes.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Well, I'd like to, uh, streamline the flow of information
0:14:54 > 0:14:56going to the public and the press.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00In the past, all bureau communications were issued
0:15:00 > 0:15:01through my office.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Well, from, uh, from now on, I'd like, uh,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07any press releases from the bureau to go out, if approved,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10on DOJ letterhead, and anyone from the bureau giving public speeches
0:15:10 > 0:15:13will have their comments first cleared by my office.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I'm puzzled by your need to control the flow of information so tightly.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Well, I want the entire department to speak with one voice.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26The bureau has had its own voice for 30 years,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29and I have to insist that we maintain it.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Well, now this is a new era,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34and there's a new world order, Mr Director.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I sincerely hope that you can adapt yourself to it.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42I hope you'll forgive me, young man,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46if it takes me a while to make that adaptation.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51I do forgive you, and I would appreciate from now on
0:15:51 > 0:15:52you addressing me as General.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Feet on the desk, throwing darts against the wall,
0:16:02 > 0:16:06is desecrating government property. Little bastard has no respect.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09He thinks he can take over my bureau?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11We're going to have to dissuade him, Clyde.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Bobby's squeaky clean.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14But his brother isn't.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18The Jack Kennedy file, that dates back to 1942.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21We need something current.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23It shouldn't be too difficult.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Our President is just like his father.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Their need for sexual conquest borders on addiction.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30And I want full attention paid to this.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36PHONE RINGS
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- JOE:- Hello?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45You, uh... You got a minute to talk?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Well, that's what I'm here for, Jack.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50We, uh, we made a, uh, pretty big decision over here today.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52We're going to send that, uh,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55that brigade of, uh, guerrillas into, uh, Cuba.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57What, to get rid of Castro?
0:16:57 > 0:16:58That's right.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00No American troops, right?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02You can't be traced back?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Well, that's what I've been told.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06Well, that's great.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09It'll be great if it works.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Well, Castro's a damn dictator, Hitler with a beard,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13and you're going to get rid of him
0:17:13 > 0:17:15in your first three months in office.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16- Congratulations.- Thanks.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20A-And stick to your guns.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22You've got the best people in the world working for you,
0:17:22 > 0:17:23and that's what they recommended, right?
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Yes.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Well, then you did the right thing.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31And let me tell you something, I don't like Harry Truman,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35but when he dropped the bomb, he got the best information he could,
0:17:35 > 0:17:36he made his decision, and that was that.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39You'll be fine.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Thank you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Good night, son.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57These congressional receptions are ridiculous.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Be confident in your decision, Jack.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02You're a wonderful leader.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Those guerrillas are going to land on the beach in less than an hour.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Have you talked to Bobby about it?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16No. No, he's, uh... He's not involved.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24You look beautiful.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Very well.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Castro's intelligence services must have been tipped off.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26His men were on the beach, waiting for the guerrillas with Soviet tanks.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I don't understand. I ordered the invasion when I did
0:19:29 > 0:19:30to avoid a security breach.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32He had a clear view of the brigade as it approached.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Clear view? It was the middle of the goddamn night.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36It was the conditions.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37What?
0:19:37 > 0:19:39We didn't factor in a full moon.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- MCNAMARA:- "Engagement continues in the bay.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47"Guerrillas under heavy bombardment.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50"Questionable if they can withstand..."
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I understand the, uh, guerrillas are in trouble.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55What's going on out there?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56They're taking heavy losses, sir.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58How heavy?
0:19:58 > 0:19:59We don't know precisely.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05What's that?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08A cable from one of our CIA operatives on the scene.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- What's it say?- Sir, if you'd just allow me to para...
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I want you to read it, Bob.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20"Cuban defence forces opened fire at 700 yards.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24"Landing craft blown out of the water.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26"Have counted over 50 corpses in the water.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28"One young guerrilla suffered extensive shrapnel wounds
0:20:28 > 0:20:32"in an explosion no more than ten yards from my position.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34"Due to withering fire, I could not reach him.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35"He choked to death on his own blood."
0:20:35 > 0:20:38HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:20:38 > 0:20:40"Have," uh, "never seen such slaughter."
0:20:44 > 0:20:45At this point, sir,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47the situation can only be served with air power.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50The guerrillas had air support.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52They flew their own planes in from Nicaragua.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53They were ineffective.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56To make matters worse, Castro's planes destroyed the supply ship
0:20:56 > 0:20:58that contained the guerrillas' ammunition and communication gear.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Jesus. These were on one ship?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Yes, sir.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03And there's no uprising in the Cuban people.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Sir, we don't get planes in the air immediately,
0:21:05 > 0:21:06this operation is doomed.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Our planes?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Our planes launched from our carriers?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11We'll need one of our destroyers to take out Soviet tanks.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14No, I have been consistent on this from the get-go.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Cuba is a Russian ally.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I'm not going to risk retaliation from Khrushchev.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19He won't do a damn thing.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23You said that the invasion force would land without resistance.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27You told me that, uh, Castro and the people of Cuba would rise up.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28You've been wrong about everything so far.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Air support is the only way to keep this
0:21:32 > 0:21:33from becoming an unmitigated disaster.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34It already is.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Mr President, if you don't send in the planes,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50those men out there on the beach, who were trained by us,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54who trust in us... They will die.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55I'm aware of that.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Well, then please, sir, make your decision.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Time is of the essence.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08I don't, uh, suppose CIA can explain this, Mr Dulles?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Well, I won't do it.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Christ, I'm not going to send in our own planes.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Mr President, you can't just sit here...
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I'm your commander in chief. That's my decision.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Are these the cables? Latest?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- MAN:- Yes, sir.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I just wanted it to work.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30And I trusted them.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Jack, Bennett told you, he assured you that this...
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I believed because they were military
0:22:34 > 0:22:36they knew a damned thing about military matters.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Khrushchev...
0:22:45 > 0:22:46This is a victory for him.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51It's a victory I handed him, I...
0:22:51 > 0:22:53The public relations victory of a lifetime.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01I was so stupid.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14You're exhausted, Jack.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17You should get some sleep.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52And all those men... They're never coming home because of me.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- JOE:- How could you let this happen?
0:24:00 > 0:24:01What are you talking about, Dad?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03I'm talking about this Bay of Pigs thing.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04How could you let Jack do it?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I wasn't in those meetings.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07That's foreign policy.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Well, you should have been.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Now listen to me, Bobby,
0:24:10 > 0:24:11I know you didn't want to be in the cabinet,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13that you wanted to be on your own,
0:24:13 > 0:24:14but you've got the job,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and your job is to support your brother.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17That's precisely what I've been doing.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- I do support my brother.- Not enough.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21You have to be the sounding board
0:24:21 > 0:24:23for every major decision he makes.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26His presidency's in trouble, and you need to fix it.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28LINE DISCONNECTS
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Bobby and I'll come up Friday.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- WOMAN:- Mr President, the Attorney General's here to see you.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34What's everyone telling you to do?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Hunker down. Avoid the press.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Sons of bitches.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43They want this job, they can have it tomorrow.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49So, where do we go from here?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Well, hopefully, there'll be a natural disaster
0:25:51 > 0:25:52some other part of the world, and people will forget about
0:25:52 > 0:25:55the man-made disaster right here.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Listen, I wish I could have been here for you.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Sorry.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Jesus, Bobby, I made so many mistakes with this damned thing.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Not having you around was another one of my screw-ups.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Listen, covert action was justified, Jack.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16You were trying to liberate an oppressed people.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18You weren't committing a crime.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Unfortunately, it didn't work.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29No, it didn't.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Well, not this time.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35But we're going to fix this.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39We're going to get Castro out of there, one way or the other.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Now I got to figure out how long to hide before I show my face again.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Why not show it tomorrow?
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Hold a press conference.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56You stand up in front of the American people
0:26:56 > 0:26:57and tell them you made a mistake.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Use the entire country as my confessional?
0:27:03 > 0:27:04That's very Catholic of you, Bobby.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Not very presidential.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Yeah, well, maybe not, but at least it's human.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11When all else fails, tell the truth.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- MAN:- In Havana, Fidel Castro claimed victory at the Bay of Pigs
0:27:21 > 0:27:24over Washington's imperialist warmongers.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Speaking, at times hysterically, to large and enthusiastic crowds,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Castro did not mention President Kennedy by name,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34but he promised that Cuba would defend itself to the last man
0:27:34 > 0:27:35if there is another attempt by the United States
0:27:35 > 0:27:38to overthrow his Communist regime.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- REPORTERS:- Mr President? Mr President?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Our intention was, of course, to, uh, help the Cuban people
0:27:44 > 0:27:46free themselves from the Communist yoke.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52Um, there's an old saying that, uh, victory has a, uh, hundred fathers,
0:27:52 > 0:27:55defeat is an orphan. This is, uh, not to deny responsibility.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Uh, I am the, uh, responsible officer of the government,
0:27:59 > 0:28:00that much is obvious.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05The, uh, brave volunteers at the, uh, Bay of Pigs, uh,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08believed that Communism in this hemisphere was intolerable,
0:28:08 > 0:28:11and that freedom in Cuba was inevitable.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13I believe, uh, in the inevitable defeat
0:28:13 > 0:28:14of Communism throughout the world.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Mr President? Mr President?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Yes.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30Gentlemen, how are you?
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Mr President, I've begun to put an assessment together
0:28:48 > 0:28:50as to why the operation did not achieve its desired result.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Well, that's fine, but I'm, uh, less interested in a post mortem
0:28:53 > 0:28:54than where we go from here.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Where do you want to go, Mr President?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Well, Castro's going to continue to be a problem.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05And, uh, this government is, uh, committed to, uh, resolving that.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08I'd just like to go on the record, sir,
0:29:08 > 0:29:12that the CIA's information about the reaction of the Cuban people was
0:29:12 > 0:29:16based on contact with dissidents among Castro's inner circle.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Very good. You're on the record, Mr Dulles.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21I, uh, think it's important to stress to our allies and the Communists
0:29:21 > 0:29:26that, uh, despite this, uh...setback,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29that, uh, our resolve is not diminished.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31That's a fine sentiment, Mr President,
0:29:31 > 0:29:33but the Russians are going to look at it as weak,
0:29:33 > 0:29:39and made significantly weaker by your press conference this morning.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Well, I don't know if I follow you.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44The idea of the commander in chief
0:29:44 > 0:29:46apologizing for a military operation...
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Let's just say I've never seen anything like it.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Well, I am known for breaking new ground.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59You may enjoy your witticisms,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01but there are a hundred dead men out there.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02How dare you, sir?
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Might I remind you you're speaking to the President of the United States?
0:30:06 > 0:30:10And his apology, as you call it, was one of the bravest things
0:30:10 > 0:30:13any president has done, and we're going to come out of this
0:30:13 > 0:30:14stronger than ever because of it.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17So if you can't see your own culpability in this mess,
0:30:17 > 0:30:21I suggest you don't belong in this room or administration.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23That goes for everyone else here.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Well, you all know my brother, Bobby.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31LAUGHTER
0:30:31 > 0:30:35General, I understand you're not pleased with my performance,
0:30:35 > 0:30:37and you consider me inexperienced.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40I just got a hell of a lot of experience, and I intend to use it
0:30:40 > 0:30:43to make sure nothing like this ever happens again.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Thank you, Mr President.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Gentlemen, in your briefing package, you will find
0:30:50 > 0:30:54our first order of business. Please turn to page three.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Still haven't got a reaction from the press conference.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02People either rally around me or I'll be impeached.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Jack, you were magnificent.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08It's just what the country needed to hear.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Well, thanks, honey, and I hope you're right.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12How's everybody doing up there?
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Fine.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16The kids are having fun at the beach.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19I'm doing some work on De Gaulle.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21It's only six weeks before we go to Paris.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26Good. Well, I have a national security briefing in the morning,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30- and I'll come up to the Cape after that.- See you then.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- I love you.- I love you, too.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- Jack's going to try to get here tomorrow.- Oh, wonderful.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Well, I think I'm...
0:31:49 > 0:31:51I'm going to call it a day.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Good night, Rosie.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Good night, Grandpa.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Don't forget to turn out the lights.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Can I get you anything, Mrs Kennedy? Cup of tea?
0:32:13 > 0:32:15No, thank you, dear.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17It'll keep me up.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Do you mind if I sit with you?
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Of course not.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- It's beautiful.- Mmm.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34How are things with you and Jack?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Busy.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41We don't see much of each other.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46Joe was never around while I was raising the children.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49He was in Hollywood, New York...
0:32:49 > 0:32:52A man of the world.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57That must have been very difficult for you with nine children.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Oh, it was.
0:33:00 > 0:33:06After Jack was born, I became very depressed about my marriage.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11I took the children and moved back to my father's house.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16You left Joe?
0:33:16 > 0:33:20The rumours of his indiscretions became too much for me.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24How long were you separated?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Not long.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29My father sent me back to Joe.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33He said a Catholic woman's place was with her husband.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37A Catholic woman's obligation is to keep the family together.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40That's what the church intends for us.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45But the rumours didn't go away?
0:33:45 > 0:33:50Not only did they not go away, it became obvious they weren't rumours.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Yet you stayed.
0:33:54 > 0:34:00My husband provided a life for me, a life that allowed me
0:34:00 > 0:34:04to raise children in the way God wants them to be raised.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07But he hurt you.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Yes, as I know that Jack has hurt you.
0:34:13 > 0:34:21The men we've married have great gifts and great flaws, but...
0:34:21 > 0:34:23they're the men we've chosen.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32"STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" BLARES FROM TV
0:34:50 > 0:34:52TURNS TV OFF
0:35:43 > 0:35:45PHONE RINGS
0:35:52 > 0:35:55'White House operator.'
0:35:55 > 0:35:57This is Mrs Kennedy. I'm looking for the president.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01I tried calling up to the residence, but he's not answering.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04'Let me ring Mrs Lincoln's office, ma'am. Please hold.'
0:36:12 > 0:36:14'Mrs Lincoln isn't answering.'
0:36:14 > 0:36:18- 'I can check with the Secret Service office if you'd like.'- It's OK.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- Good night.- 'Good night, ma'am.'
0:36:50 > 0:36:51Hi, Toots.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Judy.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01(NEWSREADER) 'President Kennedy's approval rating,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05'which had plummeted sharply due to the Bay of Pigs incident,
0:37:05 > 0:37:08'took a dramatic upturn following his press conference,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11'in which he accepted responsibility for the disaster.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14'Over 80% of the American people now approve
0:37:14 > 0:37:16'of the President's job performance.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20'Perhaps buoyed by that response, Mr Kennedy is in Massachusetts
0:37:20 > 0:37:24'for what his aides described as "strenuous relaxation".'
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- That's a touchdown!- Woo-hoo!
0:37:26 > 0:37:29You played well. I'm done!
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Nice.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43What did you get up to last night?
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Well, we're going to try to work out, uh...
0:37:48 > 0:37:52some sort of negotiation for some of those Cuban prisoners.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57Jackie called me about 11:30, concerned you weren't in the residence.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06What'd you tell her?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Well, I told her you were exhausted.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11You'd probably unplugged the phone.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Am I in trouble here? Did she buy that?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17I don't know.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I suppose.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23I said I'd spoken to you 15 minutes earlier,
0:38:23 > 0:38:25and you were going to go to bed.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Well, not that I, um...
0:38:40 > 0:38:43get any points for it. I was going to go to bed, I just...
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Christ, I couldn't sleep.
0:38:47 > 0:38:52- I just...- You're, uh, not the junior senator from Massachusetts.- I know.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I know.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00It's not even about the sex, for God's sake,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02it's just...
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Hmm.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08The rush of the damned thing.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15What you and Jackie have is so beautiful, Jack.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20I just don't want you to do anything to ruin it.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38We can just pass the whole thing over to state.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Mr President, Director Hoover is here to see you.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43I asked him to wait in the cabinet room.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- He's not on the schedule. - What's he doing here?
0:39:46 > 0:39:50I don't know. He said it's a matter that needs your immediate attention.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57The woman's name is Judy Campbell.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01I believe you've known her for some time, were introduced to her
0:40:01 > 0:40:03by the entertainer Frank Sinatra.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Here she is entering the West Wing last night at 11:17pm.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12We've had her under surveillance because of her other known associations.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14What associations in particular?
0:40:15 > 0:40:17The gentleman is Sam Giancana.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20I believe you know him from your days on the McClellan Committee.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23The most powerful gangster in the country.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Under normal circumstances, Mr President,
0:40:26 > 0:40:32I would feel that your dalliances should remain a matter between you,
0:40:32 > 0:40:34your wife, and your god.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37But our concern is Mr Giancana might be using the young woman
0:40:37 > 0:40:40to put you, and therefore your administration,
0:40:40 > 0:40:42in a compromised position.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50What are you, er...
0:40:50 > 0:40:54What are you planning on doing with those?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Naturally, they will remain secure in our files.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01I urge you...
0:41:03 > 0:41:07..tread cautiously, Mr President. Tread cautiously.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Good day to you, sir.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19General.
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