0:00:00 > 0:00:02Previously on The Kennedys...
0:00:02 > 0:00:06The men that we've married have great gifts and great flaws.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Our president is like his father. The need for sexual conquest borders on addiction.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Jackie, do you think Jack should appoint Bobby as attorney general?
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I announce the appointment of Robert F Kennedy
0:00:16 > 0:00:17as attorney general.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21If Joe Kennedy thinks I'll take orders from that snot-nosed kid...
0:00:21 > 0:00:23I would appreciate from now on you addressing me as "general."
0:00:23 > 0:00:27You have to be the sounding board for every major decision he makes.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28His presidency's in trouble.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Here you go, Mr Sinatra.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20DOOR OPENS
0:02:20 > 0:02:22DOOR CLOSES
0:02:22 > 0:02:23Francis.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Mr Ambassador, good to see you.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Well, you didn't have to dress up just for me.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I got a gig at the Drake. Come on by - I'll set you up.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Some other time. I have to be back in Boston.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Sure, sure. Well, come on back. Sam's waiting for ya.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40MAN: What Vinnie knows could hurt us.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43We should probably make him disappear.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Hey, Joe.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Hiya, Sam.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Sit down, Joe.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01SIGHS
0:03:04 > 0:03:05So what brings you to town, Joe?
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Well, I'm trying to drum up some support for Jack.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Nice-lookin' boy.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14And smart.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Yeah, well, Nixon's smart, too, and he's got experience.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20He's not gonna let those Commies run wild.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22He and Ike lost Cuba. Cost you millions.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Yeah, it did.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28My boy would never let that happen.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Look, Sam...
0:03:33 > 0:03:35This country's been great to us.
0:03:36 > 0:03:42We were born in walk-ups, but we both made fortunes.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I want to pay America back.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47I want to make Jack Kennedy president
0:03:47 > 0:03:50because he'll make this country a better place
0:03:50 > 0:03:53for our grandchildren and their children.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Yeah, well...
0:03:57 > 0:03:59It's gonna be an interesting race.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Anyway, Frankie here- he thought, um,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07you and me, we should meet, so...so we met.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I want to wish you and your boy all the best.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Thank you, Sam.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I appreciate you seeing me.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Thank you, Francis.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28A pleasure, Mr Ambassador. I'm gonna stick around.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Hey, Joe.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Is it true about you and, er, Gloria Swanson?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Huh? What do ya think?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I think you gotta go with Jack. Is that what you think?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I'm in tight with him. He comes to see me in Vegas.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Ooh, we've had some great times, Sam.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57He's one of us, and he needs Chicago.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Now you own the precinct captains. They'll get people to the polls -
0:05:00 > 0:05:01the cripples and the shut-ins.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03And you got the unions.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05You get them to help out Jack,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07you leave the rest to me.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10(LAUGHS) what do you mean, Leave the rest to you?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14I'll make sure when Jack gets in, you'll have a pass.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16The Feds will leave you and the boys alone.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20You can do that?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Not feeling any better?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30No. Hell, my body's breaking down.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I'm exhausted all the time.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Phenobarbital not working, sir?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Unh-unh. Ritalin not helping you sleep, either?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40I had to move a bed in here, cos I'm keeping my wife awake.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Unfortunately, the Addison disease makes all these symptoms worse.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47How's your back pain? Well, it's not going away.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I can't stand for more than 20 minutes or sit for more than five.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53If the public knew the shape I was in, they'd boot me out.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55The Demerol's a high dose. It should be helping.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Well, it's not. Gettin' hard to lead the country lyin' down.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02I'll speak to Dr Runer, but you're on
0:06:02 > 0:06:05a pretty comprehensive list of medications -
0:06:05 > 0:06:08methadone, Prednisone, hydrocortisone...
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Gabapentin to relax the muscles,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13methyltestosterone, lomotil for your stomach,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Metamucil, lidocaine, Procaine, Levothyroxine sodium.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22Of course, as First Lady, there are so many public obligations.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24PROJECTOR WHIRRING
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Naturally, I enjoy them all.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I hope that I represent the country in a way
0:06:31 > 0:06:34that will make the people of America proud.
0:06:35 > 0:06:42But my most enjoyable obligation is to be a wife and a mother.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I feel that if you aren't there for your children,
0:06:46 > 0:06:51nothing else you do matters very much.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Is John asleep?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Yes, ma'am. I've just put him down.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10(SIGHS) Damn interview.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I'm sorry.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Where's Caroline?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Oh, she's asleep as well.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I read to her from The Velveteen Rabbit.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20She loves that book.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I know she does.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27SIGHS
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I'm sorry.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's been a long day.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Of course, ma'am. Good night.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Good night.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Ethel, you think I should use the word, Mafia?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Well, that's who you're going after, isn't it?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01No, no. It's, er, it's more than that.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04It's, er, it's a whole network of organised crime.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Bobby, You're not a professor.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12You're the new sheriff in town. Mafia will get people's attention.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17Dad. Joe squirted toothpaste on Courtney's head!
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Joe, you smarten up up there!
0:08:19 > 0:08:22All right? Next time you do that,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24you're gonna-you'll scrape it off her head and use it!
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Oh, Bobby. Come on!
0:08:26 > 0:08:29They learned this from you.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31SIGHS
0:08:31 > 0:08:35So is, um... Jack gonna be there for the announcement?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37No, I don't think so.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Good.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Why is that good?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I think that the organised crime division
0:08:43 > 0:08:46is your brainchild. It should be your moment.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Oh, Ethel!
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I just want to see you get credit for all the hard work you're doing.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Well, thank you, but I get plenty of credit.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57RECORD PLAYS "The Bunny Hop"
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Mom. Dad. The bunny hop!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02LAUGHS
0:09:02 > 0:09:06One...two... Hop, hop, hop!
0:09:06 > 0:09:09One...two... Hop, hop, hop!
0:09:09 > 0:09:12One...two... Hop, hop, hop!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Come on, Kennedy! Get in here!
0:09:14 > 0:09:17One...two... Hop, hop, hop!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19One...two... Hop, hop, hop!
0:09:56 > 0:09:57CLOCK CHIMES
0:10:21 > 0:10:23CLOCK CHIMES
0:10:36 > 0:10:37GRUNTS
0:10:43 > 0:10:46SIGHS
0:10:55 > 0:10:58BOBBY: 90% of major racketeers would be out of business
0:10:58 > 0:11:01by the end of this year if the ordinary citizen-
0:11:01 > 0:11:04the businessman and the union official and the public authority-
0:11:04 > 0:11:07stood up to be counted and refused to be corrupted.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11The purpose of the organised crime division
0:11:11 > 0:11:14is to destroy the cycle of intimidation, corruption,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and violence through which the Mafia has flourished for of half a century.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20The justice department, along with the FBI and other agencies,
0:11:20 > 0:11:25will not stand by and be aloof. We will act.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Our position is quite clear.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31We will be working together to bring us closer to the day
0:11:31 > 0:11:33When organised crime and the men who profit from it
0:11:33 > 0:11:36will no longer be able to draw strength
0:11:36 > 0:11:38from the hard work of law-abiding American citizens,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41and I speak to you today in that spirit,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45as this is a problem for all America.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Unless the basic attitude changes in this country,
0:11:47 > 0:11:52the rackets will prosper and grow. Of this, I am convinced.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56In the weeks and months ahead, indictments will be made
0:11:56 > 0:11:59which will ultimately bring these criminals to justice
0:11:59 > 0:12:01and which will make this country
0:12:01 > 0:12:04a better, safer place for all of our citizens.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I thank you.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Thank you.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Well done, sir.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I, er, had the judges sign off on extending our wiretaps and...
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Covered. You said you were gonna make a deal
0:12:21 > 0:12:24with your friend Jack Kennedy that if we delivered Chicago,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26we'd get a free ride. Now Bobby's comin' after us.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28There's nothing to worry about.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30He's just throwing out a net, Sam.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33It's for the small-time guys. Not for you.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36If that bastard comes after me or any of my people,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39we're gonna have a big problem. You better tell them that.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40'Yeah, I gotta...'
0:12:53 > 0:12:55KNOCK ON DOOR
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Welcome to the White House, Mr Bolden.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Mr President, it's good to see you again, sir.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03And you as well.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07You will be the first negro appointed to the presidential protection detail.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Well, I'm honoured, sir.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Well, we're honoured to have you, and you'll report to
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Mr Henderson who will have you fill out a hell of a lot of paperwork, and we'll get you started.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Well, thank you, sir.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24He's very good.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28I, er, I met him on the campaign.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32He was in the, er, Chicago office.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Is there a problem?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Mr President, I'm willing to believe he's the best man
0:13:37 > 0:13:39since Pinkerton, but are you sure about this?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Because he's a negro?
0:13:42 > 0:13:47No, sir. There are men who are more qualified with more experience who deserve to be here.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49A negro's never had this opportunity before.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Plus, his record is excellent,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55and, er, I'm sure Mr Bolden will be fine.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Sir, there isn't a hotel south of the Mason-Dixon line
0:13:58 > 0:14:00that's gonna let him even check in.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03That's your problem. He's part of the detail.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06He'll be accommodated accordingly. Thank you, Mr Henderson.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Yes, sir, Mr President.
0:14:13 > 0:14:1615,000 East Germans are crossing into the American zone every day.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Doctors, lawyers, engineers - their best people.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Obviously Khrushchev wants to stop them.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23As you know, sir, we've been monitoring closely
0:14:23 > 0:14:25the build-up of Russian troops around Berlin.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28The report I read said that it's essentially a benign presence.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30To an extent, yes.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I'm sorry. What does that mean exactly?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36He's gonna shut down access between the Soviet and American zones.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37What are his options to do that?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39We don't know that yet.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Well, what the hell's he gonna do, dig a moat around the city?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44The field reports are inconclusive at this time.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47So when are they going to, er, be conclusive, would you say?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Because right now it's just a problem,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54with no real information to help the president solve it.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55We're working it out now, Bobby.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Well, if what your field report is suggesting is true
0:14:58 > 0:15:02and Khrushchev is going to turn Berlin into a prison,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04I think it would be nice if we could actually respond
0:15:04 > 0:15:05some time in the near future
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Because the alternative is that we are left holding our balls
0:15:09 > 0:15:11while the Russians cut off the city like they did in '48.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I understand that, Bobby, and as soon as the information comes in, I can assure you,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18the president will have it. Thank you.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Is that it, Mac? It is, sir.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25right, keep on this and, Bob, talk to the garrison commanders in Berlin.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Don't want to raise the alert level, but they should know that's a possibility.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Thank you, gentlemen.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Bobby, I want you to talk to Dobrynin at the Soviet embassy.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43He should know we would view any interference with those refugees as a deep concern. Right?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45All right.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49This is unbelievable. I mean, why do they even bother coming to the meetings
0:15:49 > 0:15:53if they don't have concrete information to help you resolve these issues?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Bobby, I'm glad you're here...
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Somebody needs to be the bad guy.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58They needn't like me, but they need to have your best interests at heart.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01These are qualified people. You can't treat 'em like hired help.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Well, it's ridiculous.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I mean it. All right.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Hello, Francis.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Come in.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Sit down.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Thank you, Mr Ambassador.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Boy, oh, boy. Jack's doing such a great job.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Everybody on the coast is so proud of him.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27He's Hollywood's president.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30By the way, I have regards for you from Jack Warner.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32He told me to tell you, the next time you're out, you gotta look him up.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34So, um, what are you doing here?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Well, a little something's come up.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Uh, I don't think it's a big problem.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I just thought you should know.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46You see, Mr Ambassador,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48er, it's this thing that Bobby just announced.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50I don't know what he calls it - the crime division.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51What about it?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54It's got some of our friends pretty nervous.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55What friends?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Sam Giancana.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03He's not a friend of mine. He's a friend of yours.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Well, yeah, but, er...
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Well, I mean, you met him.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Uh, he helped Jack out pretty good.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11You know, a lot of people say, er,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Jack wouldn't have won Chicago if it wasn't for Sam, so...
0:17:15 > 0:17:19People say a lot of things, Francis.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20What's wrong?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Well, I might have overstepped my bounds a little.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25How so?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Well, I didn't say anything specific, I swear,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30but I may have let Sam believe that...
0:17:30 > 0:17:33If he came through for Jack...
0:17:33 > 0:17:37That the administration would look the other way at whatever activities he's involved in.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43In what world do you think that you can make a deal
0:17:43 > 0:17:45with Giancana behind my back?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49No, I never made a deal, Mr Ambassador. You gotta believe me.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Shut up!
0:17:50 > 0:17:54You have put this family in a very dangerous position.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Couldn't you just talk to Jack and Bobby,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59get 'em to back off just a little bit?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Absolutely not.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Now here's what you're gonna do.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08You're gonna go to Giancana and tell him the truth.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10You're gonna tell him that no deal exists
0:18:10 > 0:18:12between him and the Kennedy family
0:18:12 > 0:18:16and that whatever he did, he did for himself and not for us.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Mr Ambassador, please. You can't ask me to do that.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Why not?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Cos Giancana will see what a lightweight,
0:18:24 > 0:18:25irrelevant phoney you really are?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28You don't understand.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Sam could end my career.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32He'll have my throat cut.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37In that case, your pal Dean Martin will sell a lot of records.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Goodbye, Francis.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01JOE: 'Congratulations, Bobby.' Oh. For what, Dad?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05The organised crime division - very smart piece of business.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Oh, I thought you in particular would be upset.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11No, I know we disagreed about you working for McClellan.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Yeah, at the time, I thought you were gonna write me out of the will.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Yeah, but you went ahead with it, because you thought it was right,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20and I admired you then, and I still do.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Oh, well, thank you. I appreciate that.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26So you, um... You, er, starting slow?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28You going after the little fish?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31No, no. I figured, er, Giancana, Trafficante, Marcello,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34you know, go hunt some whales.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39You still there, Dad?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Yeah, yeah. I just, er...yeah.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Those are tough guys.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Well, sure. I think we'll get 'em, though. I had Giancana on the grill in '57.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Yeah, but he walked.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Oh, I know, but, I got the whole weight of the justice department behind me now.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I was just, um, thinking, politically,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00if you get 'em, that's good for you and Jack, but if you don't,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03after Bay Of Pigs, you don't want any more losses, Bobby.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08You want wins. Well, sure we do, but, er, we'll get 'em. Don't worry, Dad.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Well, er, I hope you do.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Good luck.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Be, Bobby.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18All right. Bye, Dad.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Excuse me, Mrs Kennedy.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35The delegates have arrived downstairs.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39They're early. I still have five minutes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Well, they're on a tight schedule,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44and, er, there's a lot of them to meet.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Ma'am, they did help to get your husband elected.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I have to go.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57But, Mummy, aren't you gonna draw a star with me?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I'll draw you two stars,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05and you can colour them in.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08It's hard to do stars, Mommy.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14You just keep practicing, OK?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18OK. I love you. I have to go help Daddy.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24You wanna colour with me? OK.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28We'll colour it in yellow.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37This footage just came in from Langley, Mr President.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39We estimate that within the next 18 hours,
0:21:39 > 0:21:44the entire border between the Soviet and American zone will be sealed off.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Ambassador Dobrynin told me this is the first step,
0:21:46 > 0:21:50that their intention is to eventually build a permanent wall.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Mac, any idea how long before they seal the border?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Less than a week, unless we intervene.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00We are going to intervene, aren't we, Mr President?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Well, I'm not sure.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05I strongly recommend military action, sir.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Well, I think it's quite clear that military, er, involvement
0:22:08 > 0:22:13at this stage is the least desirable option that the president is considering.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17I thought we were supposed to be the moral leaders of this world.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20How do we keep honour, sir, if we turn our backs
0:22:20 > 0:22:23on what is obviously a human tragedy?
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Berlin is 300 miles Inside of East Germany.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27We cannot win a tactical engagement without incurring casualties
0:22:27 > 0:22:30that would run in the tens of thousands.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33We're obligated on the NATO agreement to come to the aid of West Berlin
0:22:33 > 0:22:35if they are under threat.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I realise that, but we cannot maintain supply lines
0:22:38 > 0:22:42over that distance through hostile territory. We are outnumbered three to 1.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I think you guys are missing the point.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49As far as I can see, West Berlin is not under threat.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53I detest what the Russians are doing here, but this is, er, essentially a domestic issue
0:22:53 > 0:22:56between them and the East Berliners.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Am I to assume then, that you're willing to allow this crime against
0:23:00 > 0:23:02humanity to go unchallenged?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Gentlemen...
0:23:04 > 0:23:09This idea, wall, is a terrible thing, but a war? Christ, that's worse,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11and they're easier to talk about than they are to win.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Now I think we monitor the situation here,
0:23:14 > 0:23:16but unless there's a significant change
0:23:16 > 0:23:19in the ground conditions, I think we stay the hell out.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28We are presiding over the demise of this nation
0:23:28 > 0:23:32as the moral and military leader of the free world, and you know it.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Well, if you feel so strongly that we're moving
0:23:36 > 0:23:38in the wrong direction, general,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42I'm sure the president would be willing to accept your resignation.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Mrs Kennedy, you were supposed to do the morning show on Thursday.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Yeah. They need to push it up to tomorrow.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Why? Uh, I don't know, ma'am. They didn't tell me.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58We have to be at the studio at seven.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Caroline starts school at eight and I promised her I'd be there.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04See if they can do it at nine. It has to be at seven, ma'am.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07It's about the White House restoration, all the committee will be there.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I know the committee will be there. See if they can do it without me.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Mrs Kennedy, er... Look, to be honest,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15you organised the committee, but without you there,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17no-one cares about the restoration.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Tish, I have to see my children.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26I know and I will cancel all your engagements for the rest of the week,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29but you really need to do this interview.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Can I count on you for the interview?
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Fine.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Thank you, ma'am, and I'm sorry.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13CLOCK CHIMES
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Was that Tish?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Did you just get home?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Yeah.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Jesus! How was your day?
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Well, it was just, er...
0:25:50 > 0:25:53A little, er, more of the same.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57I'm starting to realise that, er, this job
0:25:57 > 0:26:00is, er, about choosing between two lousy options,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and the, er, right choice
0:26:03 > 0:26:06is the one that's just a little, er...
0:26:06 > 0:26:08A little less lousy.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11How was your day?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Fine.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Fine. I hear you're doing great over there
0:26:18 > 0:26:21at the, er... West Wing. You got a...
0:26:21 > 0:26:22you got a lot of fans.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Is this the magazine? Goddamn it!
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Jack!
0:26:28 > 0:26:31BREATHES HEAVILY
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I can't live like this.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Jack.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42Ohh.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47TELEPHONE RINGS AND CLICKS
0:26:47 > 0:26:49MAN: Hello?
0:26:49 > 0:26:50JACK: Chuck, it's me.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53'Hi, Jack. How ya doin'?'
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Well, I'm, er, getting pretty beat up over here.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I'm a little exhausted. I need something to keep me going.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02'And your doctor still won't give you amphetamines?' That's right.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Who's the fella you mentioned, the doctor?
0:27:04 > 0:27:08'Oh, you mean Feelgood? His name is Max Jacobson. Jacobson?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11GERMAN ACCENT: Oh, I know People call me Dr Feelgood.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I'm not insulted by this.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I want my patients to feel good.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Well, my, er, friend Chuck Spalding tells me, er,
0:27:20 > 0:27:25everyone in New York swears by ya. CHUCKLES
0:27:25 > 0:27:29How, er, how long until it, er, takes effect?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Before I'm out the gate, Mr President.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37SIGHS Yeah. Ja, gut.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Yeah. All right. Well, I'd, er, like to pay you in cash.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Mr President...
0:27:43 > 0:27:46This country saved my life.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48I would never charge you.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53However, if you wish to recommend my services
0:27:53 > 0:27:54to some of your friends,
0:27:54 > 0:27:58I will be happy to charge them.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59OK. Thank you.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03I will see you in a few days, Mr President. Uh-huh.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11BUNDY: this footage came In last night.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15The east German guards have shoot-to-kill orders.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18BOBBY: Have there been any fatalities so far?
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Yes, but as you can see, there's still lots of people who are willing to take the risk.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Yeah, and getting killed for it.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27I have one concern, Mr President.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30It just seems that we're handing the communists
0:28:30 > 0:28:31one success after another.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34General, this is the best example we have
0:28:34 > 0:28:36of the failure of communism.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I, er, I want to get this to the networks. They have it?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42No. Get it to 'em. Bobby, we get this on the air tonight.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43All right.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Show the whole damn world what communism's all about.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Yeah, I read about it. Did you talk to Giancana?
0:28:51 > 0:28:56SINATRA: 'When they served him the indictment, he went out of his mind. He's threatening everybody -'
0:28:56 > 0:29:00you, Jack, Bobby. He's gone crazy.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01'I don't know what he's gonna do.'
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Did you tell him I had nothing to do with it?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07I tried. I couldn't get through to him.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08I never seen the guy like this.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Your association with this family is at an end.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13Do you understand me?
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Mr Ambassador, please... KNOCK ON DOOR
0:29:15 > 0:29:17I helped get Jack elected.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21You didn't do a damn thing. You sang some songs.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Mrs Kennedy, it's Tish.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Ma'am?
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Yes?
0:29:38 > 0:29:43The UNICEF breakfast is about to start in the East Room.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45now?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Yes, ma'am. I think you overslept.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Um...
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Mrs Kennedy, if you're not able to do it,
0:29:51 > 0:29:54I'll just tell them that you're not feeling well.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57No.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59I'll be there.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Thank you, ma'am.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING
0:30:13 > 0:30:16(Woman, voice breaks) Oh. Please forgive me.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35LOWERED VOICE: Help me protect my sons.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38That's what this is about?
0:30:38 > 0:30:42I need to know what Hoover's got on Sam Giancana.?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44LOWERED VOICE: You know Hoover better than I do.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Ask him.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47No, I-I can't.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Bobby's his boss.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52It's-it's... It's too close. It's n...
0:30:52 > 0:30:54You were in the bureau for 25 years.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55You know what's in the files.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56I'm retired. I can't get access to-
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Oh, don't give me that, Bill.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01You still know the guys down there.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I can't do it.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Even if I could, what are you gonna do,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08go after Giancana yourself?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11I just need him to know that I know where he's weak.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13He's not.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15That's why he's Sam Giancana.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19I gotta do something.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22< Who knows what this animal is capable of?
0:31:22 > 0:31:23Joe...
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Unless you're talking about going all the way...
0:31:27 > 0:31:28No. No, no.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Then leave it alone.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Jack and bobby can take care of themselves.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56Thank you for coming down here.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Sure. Clyde said it was urgent.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02DOOR CLOSES: I don't think that's an overstatement.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04As you requested, we've cast the widest net possible
0:32:04 > 0:32:06on known members of organised crime.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Let me just play this for you.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12The first voice you hear is that of Sam Giancana.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14He's speaking with a Johnny Roselli,
0:32:14 > 0:32:16who is a small-time... Sure. I know who Roselli is.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19All right. Good. CLICKS:
0:32:19 > 0:32:23SAM: 'Sinatra was down At the hotel in Florida.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25'He said he was gonna talk to the old man.'
0:32:25 > 0:32:26JOHNNY: 'You mean Joe?'
0:32:26 > 0:32:30'Yeah. Maybe one of these days the guy will do us a favour.'
0:32:30 > 0:32:31CHUCKLES
0:32:31 > 0:32:35'Between you and me, Sinatra saw Joe Kennedy three different times.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38'Joe Kennedy - you know, the father of the president.'
0:32:38 > 0:32:39CLICK
0:32:43 > 0:32:45How would you like to proceed?
0:32:51 > 0:32:54JACK: Well, no, it's working. I can't believe the way I feel.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57I haven't had this much energy in years. Oh, I'm delighted to hear it, Mr President.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59You should feel the benefits for some time,
0:32:59 > 0:33:01and, of course, I will be in touch,
0:33:01 > 0:33:02and we will see how it goes.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04All right. Well, we'll see you in a couple of days then.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Good day, Mr President.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10But the wiretap was vague. It's nothing actionable.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Nothing actionable?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Well, not unless there's clear evidence of wrongdoing.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Dad's name came out of Sam Giancana's mouth, for chrissake.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Hoover knows about it.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Well, I-I think we should speak to Dad first
0:33:20 > 0:33:22and find out what it's about. - It's about the election.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24We don't know that yet.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25It's the only thing that makes any sense.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27It's the only thing that would tie Dad together
0:33:27 > 0:33:29with, er, Sinatra and Giancana.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32We needed Chicago. He controls the unions.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35He controls half the precincts up there.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Well, it's only an issue if he made an actual deal,
0:33:38 > 0:33:41and I find it hard to believe that he would do that.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Bobby, he was desperate to win.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Well, I just-I don't think we should jump to conclusions here.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Well, you may be right,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53but if he's, er, mixed up in this thing,
0:33:53 > 0:33:55I'm gonna protect the presidency.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09BOBBY: I went to, er, mass today.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13It's Wednesday.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16I know. I just felt like going, really.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Well, I wish you would've called me. I would've gone with you.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27I was, um...
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Thinking about my mother.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35When I was, er, a child,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38she used to take me to church with her.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39She, er...
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Taught me that God loves us,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46and by doing what's right,
0:34:46 > 0:34:47we show our love for him.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51I believe that, too.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52I know.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56SIGHS
0:34:56 > 0:35:00It's just that when you're a child,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02it's easy to know what's right.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Not so easy anymore.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19What time did his plane land?
0:35:19 > 0:35:21About, er, 30 minutes ago.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25SIGHS
0:35:25 > 0:35:27If you're, er, around this weekend,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30maybe we can get the kids together.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Yeah, I'll talk to Jackie.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36(Intercom buzzes, clicks switch)
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Yes? WOMAN: Mr President, The ambassador is here.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39Send him in. CLICK
0:35:48 > 0:35:51What's so important? Why couldn't we do this over the phone?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Well, Dad, er, come on in here. Sit down.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05So what's the big mystery?
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Uh, we wanted to talk to you about a tape I heard.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13It's a wiretap of Giancana.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15OK.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18He was talking to Johnny Roselli about you and Sinatra.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20About me?
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Yes, you.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26He mentioned that, er, Sinatra met with you
0:36:26 > 0:36:30on several occasions during the campaign, Dad.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34Well, I...I talk to frank from time to time. So what?
0:36:34 > 0:36:35Well, we understand that,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37but why would Giancana know about it?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Well... Sinatra runs his mouth.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43He tells everybody in the world he's a friend of the Kennedys.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44It's the biggest thing in his life. What the hell is this?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Why are you wasting my time with this crap?
0:36:46 > 0:36:49No, no. This is not crap, Dad. This is not a trivial matter.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52This, er, distresses us a great deal.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55We need to know what Sinatra said to Giancana.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58These guys say a million things to each other.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Was it about the election?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03How the hell would I know?
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Christ, Dad, I need the truth.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09Did you make a deal with Giancana to deliver Chicago? Is that why we won up there?
0:37:09 > 0:37:10No. Dad!
0:37:10 > 0:37:13We need to hear the truth from you.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16We need the truth here.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Sinatra did the deal on his own. I had nothing to do with it.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28Yeah, but you met with Giancana.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32To convince him to support you. That was the end.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35After I left, Sinatra sat down, and the dumb bastard said
0:37:35 > 0:37:37that he and his boys would have a free ride
0:37:37 > 0:37:40under a Kennedy administration.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44And you swear you didn't know anything about it?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Absolutely not. Not until the indictments came out.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Sinatra phoned me, wetting himself about, er,
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Giancana going crazy. I didn't tell you
0:37:51 > 0:37:55because I thought the whole thing would blow over.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58I thought I-I could...
0:37:58 > 0:37:59I could, er, take care of it myself
0:37:59 > 0:38:02without bringing you boys in, but, er...
0:38:04 > 0:38:05But I couldn't.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Jesus, Dad. This, er...
0:38:13 > 0:38:17This puts us in a, er, tough spot here.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Yeah, I-I know it does.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I'm sure you had the, er, best intentions. You always have.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33But this, er...
0:38:35 > 0:38:38This affects our whole moral position tremendously.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Regardless of your intent, Dad,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44this is, er, a matter of perception now.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50I, er...
0:38:50 > 0:38:55I owe you more than I could ever repay. Well, we all do.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57No. No, no. I don't want to hear that.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59No, I think you need to.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02I believe none of this, er,
0:39:02 > 0:39:04none of this would've been possible without you, and...
0:39:07 > 0:39:09But now I'm out.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Well...
0:39:14 > 0:39:17We're not, er, we're not saying...
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no. That's how it has to be.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22I have to disappear.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27I can't be part of your presidency any more,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29even as an advisor.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34And don't talk about repayment.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I've been repaid a thousand times.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41The kind of men you are,
0:39:41 > 0:39:43what you're trying to do for this country...
0:39:46 > 0:39:47It's beyond...
0:39:50 > 0:39:52It's beyond
0:39:52 > 0:39:55anything I ever dreamed.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03I love you, boys.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46You should begin to feel better almost immediately, hmm?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49I hope so.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Good day, madam.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55DOOR OPENS
0:40:55 > 0:40:56SIGHS
0:40:56 > 0:40:57DOOR CLOSES
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