1 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:14,556 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:14,556 --> 00:00:17,392 It--it--it appears as though something has happened 3 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:18,769 in the motorcade route. 4 00:00:18,769 --> 00:00:22,231 Something, I repeat, has happened in the motorcade route. 5 00:00:22,231 --> 00:00:52,010 ♪ ♪ 6 00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:54,846 Yeah, I'm a time traveler. 7 00:00:57,683 --> 00:01:00,102 I go back to that day... 8 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:04,982 ...many times. 9 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:11,947 The thing is, that morning, when I left to go to work 10 00:01:11,947 --> 00:01:16,493 on November the 22nd, 1963, 11 00:01:16,493 --> 00:01:19,955 that young boy 12 00:01:19,955 --> 00:01:22,499 has never come home. 13 00:01:22,499 --> 00:02:18,472 ♪ ♪ 14 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:54,216 ♪ ♪ 15 00:02:54,216 --> 00:02:56,885 All I could think of was get to the hospital, 16 00:02:56,885 --> 00:02:58,261 get the story. 17 00:02:58,261 --> 00:03:24,371 ♪ ♪ 18 00:03:24,371 --> 00:03:27,332 I went to the second floor, 19 00:03:27,332 --> 00:03:32,671 and I saw a priest talking to some of my reporter friends, 20 00:03:32,671 --> 00:03:34,881 three or four reporter friends. 21 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:39,177 So, I went over and tried to see what he was saying. 22 00:03:39,177 --> 00:03:42,639 His name was Father Oscar Huber. 23 00:03:42,639 --> 00:03:45,434 I'll never forget what he said. 24 00:03:45,434 --> 00:03:49,855 ♪ ♪ 25 00:03:49,855 --> 00:03:54,442 He said, "I just gave him the last rites." 26 00:03:54,442 --> 00:03:59,698 ♪ ♪ 27 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:01,158 All hell broke loose, 28 00:04:01,158 --> 00:04:05,162 and we were told we couldn't stay there. 29 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:16,964 ♪ ♪ 30 00:04:16,964 --> 00:04:20,218 We were told that we had to go upstairs, 31 00:04:20,218 --> 00:04:24,055 there's a press room being established upstairs. 32 00:04:24,055 --> 00:04:29,478 ♪ ♪ 33 00:04:29,478 --> 00:04:32,606 And Malcolm Kilduff, an assistant press secretary, 34 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:37,068 got up at the microphone, tears streaking his cheek. 35 00:04:38,653 --> 00:04:41,198 President John F. Kennedy 36 00:04:41,198 --> 00:04:45,952 died at approximately one o'clock today, 37 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:48,205 here in Dallas. 38 00:04:48,205 --> 00:04:52,042 He died of a gunshot wound in the brain. 39 00:04:52,042 --> 00:04:57,464 ♪ ♪ 40 00:04:57,464 --> 00:05:01,551 Of a bullet right through the head. 41 00:05:01,551 --> 00:05:03,804 I have no other details 42 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:06,473 regarding the assassination of the president. 43 00:05:06,473 --> 00:05:25,992 ♪ ♪ 44 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:27,994 This is Ed Hogan of WFAA Television 45 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:29,371 in Dallas, Texas. 46 00:05:29,371 --> 00:05:33,082 We are standing on the grounds of Parkland Hospital, 47 00:05:33,082 --> 00:05:34,459 where President Kennedy has died, 48 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:38,296 as most of you have already, already know. 49 00:05:38,296 --> 00:05:39,381 What is your name, please? 50 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:41,132 Mrs. Quincy Adams. 51 00:05:41,132 --> 00:05:42,759 Mrs. Quincy, are you from Dallas? 52 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:43,760 Yes. 53 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,804 How does this affect you? 54 00:05:45,804 --> 00:05:47,681 Well, it's just a complete shock, 55 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:52,519 and I think it just means doom for our country. 56 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:54,145 Well, it's a terrible thing, 57 00:05:54,145 --> 00:05:56,731 and it's shaken up and shocked everybody. 58 00:05:56,731 --> 00:05:57,941 Well, it has, 59 00:05:57,941 --> 00:06:01,152 and I think Dallas will never get over this. 60 00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:03,655 Thank you very much. 61 00:06:03,655 --> 00:06:07,117 I think it's awful that it had to happen here, 62 00:06:07,117 --> 00:06:09,494 or anywhere in the United States. 63 00:06:09,494 --> 00:06:12,998 I thought we were less barbaric. 64 00:06:12,998 --> 00:06:17,878 And the main thing in America, like we hear so often, 65 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:21,172 so many people hate each other. 66 00:06:22,757 --> 00:06:25,760 And I think that's what did it. 67 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,848 I hope that nothing like that'll ever happen again. 68 00:06:29,848 --> 00:06:45,947 ♪ ♪ 69 00:06:45,947 --> 00:06:50,034 It was shocking, it was terrible, it was emotional. 70 00:06:50,034 --> 00:06:51,369 But I couldn't break down. 71 00:06:51,369 --> 00:06:54,664 I had to get back up and take care of my job. 72 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:58,460 ♪ ♪ 73 00:06:58,460 --> 00:07:02,255 My job was to protect Mrs. Kennedy as best I could. 74 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:06,384 ♪ ♪ 75 00:07:06,384 --> 00:07:10,472 I was too concerned with how we were gonna get him 76 00:07:10,472 --> 00:07:12,766 from the hospital to the airplane. 77 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:15,185 Were we gonna be able to get him back to DC? 78 00:07:15,185 --> 00:07:18,438 There was no time for grief or anything 79 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:22,233 except continue to do the best job you could. 80 00:07:22,233 --> 00:07:24,110 And that's what I tried to do. 81 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:31,326 ♪ ♪ 82 00:07:31,326 --> 00:07:35,121 It's a horrible situation. 83 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:38,792 ♪ ♪ 84 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:40,627 We didn't protect the president of the United States 85 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:42,921 like we were supposed to. 86 00:07:46,007 --> 00:07:47,509 We do not have information 87 00:07:47,509 --> 00:07:50,679 here at the hospital, because of the chaotic situation 88 00:07:50,679 --> 00:07:53,765 and the shock of this whole tragic incident, 89 00:07:53,765 --> 00:08:00,021 on whether the assassin has been apprehended. 90 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:04,442 We understand that the shot that took the president's life 91 00:08:04,442 --> 00:08:07,237 came from a building downtown 92 00:08:07,237 --> 00:08:10,782 known as the State Book Depository building, 93 00:08:10,782 --> 00:08:15,578 and the Secret Service men were seen gathered around there. 94 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:20,875 The search now centers at the area 95 00:08:20,875 --> 00:08:22,293 of Elm and Houston 96 00:08:22,293 --> 00:08:24,879 near the old Texas School Book Depository building, 97 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:28,091 and there is a possibility that the would-be assassin 98 00:08:28,091 --> 00:08:30,885 is still inside that building. 99 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:49,487 ♪ ♪ 100 00:08:49,487 --> 00:08:51,698 When Dallas heard 101 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:55,994 that the president had been killed here, all thoughts were, 102 00:08:55,994 --> 00:08:58,621 who could have done this and why, 103 00:08:58,621 --> 00:09:01,040 and who's behind it? 104 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,792 We were in the middle of it. 105 00:09:02,792 --> 00:09:05,044 We were handling it. 106 00:09:05,044 --> 00:09:11,593 ♪ ♪ 107 00:09:11,593 --> 00:09:13,011 Officers are now surrounding 108 00:09:13,011 --> 00:09:16,264 and searching the building, Book Depository store 109 00:09:16,264 --> 00:09:19,601 on the corner of Elm and Field at 12:40. 110 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,355 When most people are running away, 111 00:09:24,355 --> 00:09:26,733 that's when police officers are running in. 112 00:09:43,249 --> 00:10:41,015 ♪ ♪ 113 00:10:41,015 --> 00:10:42,308 For your information 114 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:45,937 about this bookstore company down here, 115 00:10:45,937 --> 00:10:48,148 we found empty rifle hulls, 116 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:52,277 and looked like it may have been there for some time. 117 00:10:52,277 --> 00:10:57,949 ♪ ♪ 118 00:10:57,949 --> 00:11:01,953 Dallas Police had found a rifle, 119 00:11:01,953 --> 00:11:06,958 and we were in the middle of the biggest manhunt 120 00:11:06,958 --> 00:11:09,752 the country had ever seen. 121 00:11:20,263 --> 00:11:37,447 ♪ ♪ 122 00:11:37,447 --> 00:11:40,950 Well, it was very chaotic. 123 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:44,579 People were very confused and very scared. 124 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:56,466 ♪ ♪ 125 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:59,135 I was terrified, 126 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:04,057 knowing that somebody had shot the president. 127 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:20,156 ♪ ♪ 128 00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:24,118 I was standing on the top step of the entrance 129 00:12:24,118 --> 00:12:27,121 into the Texas School Book Depository. 130 00:12:27,121 --> 00:12:31,042 ♪ ♪ 131 00:12:31,042 --> 00:12:32,835 I was standing there talking to two people, 132 00:12:32,835 --> 00:12:37,090 and they were trying to figure out what happened themselves. 133 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:45,139 ♪ ♪ 134 00:12:45,139 --> 00:12:50,770 And I looked to my left, and there comes Lee Oswald 135 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:54,816 walking down beside the building. 136 00:12:54,816 --> 00:12:58,027 Very normal. No hurry. 137 00:12:58,027 --> 00:13:01,114 And he went across Houston Street. 138 00:13:04,075 --> 00:13:05,743 Somebody said something to me, 139 00:13:05,743 --> 00:13:08,997 and I looked to see who was speaking to me, 140 00:13:08,997 --> 00:13:13,001 and I turned back, and I lost him in the crowd. 141 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:18,172 ♪ ♪ 142 00:13:18,172 --> 00:13:20,008 That's the last time I saw Lee. 143 00:13:36,607 --> 00:13:42,196 ♪ ♪ 144 00:13:42,196 --> 00:13:45,867 We were all listening to the events that transpired 145 00:13:45,867 --> 00:13:49,203 over the police radio. 146 00:13:49,203 --> 00:13:52,331 There was a little box we called a squawk box, 147 00:13:52,331 --> 00:13:56,711 so we could hear everything that was going on. 148 00:13:56,711 --> 00:13:58,129 We're still out here on Pine. 149 00:13:58,129 --> 00:14:00,965 You'll have to pull in the downtown area. 150 00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:05,094 Yeah, 21. 151 00:14:07,930 --> 00:14:14,062 ♪ ♪ 152 00:14:14,062 --> 00:14:18,024 That's when I heard not a policeman but a citizen 153 00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:20,902 come on the radio on channel one. 154 00:14:20,902 --> 00:14:23,154 We've had a shooting out here. 155 00:14:23,154 --> 00:14:25,073 It's a police officer. Somebody shot him. 156 00:14:25,073 --> 00:14:26,199 What's this? 157 00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:27,992 404 10th Street. 158 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:31,954 It's in a police car. 159 00:14:31,954 --> 00:14:33,873 Number 10. 160 00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:39,754 And I said, "That's car 10. That's Tippit." 161 00:14:42,757 --> 00:14:48,888 ♪ ♪ 162 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:52,767 Officer JD Tippit, 38 years of age, 163 00:14:52,767 --> 00:14:55,812 was killed today. 164 00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:59,232 We heard JD Tippit had approached a man. 165 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:02,360 The man that matched the description of the guy 166 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,906 they thought had killed the president. 167 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:12,120 But when Tippit approached him, he was shot point blank. 168 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:17,917 ♪ ♪ 169 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:23,339 JD Tippit died in the line of duty. 170 00:15:23,339 --> 00:15:27,009 JD Tippit was a good guy. 171 00:15:27,009 --> 00:15:31,931 And for someone to be killed in such a manner 172 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,975 is heartbreaking. 173 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:39,021 I'm sure a lot of people, lot of officers felt the same way. 174 00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:41,065 Hard to find a better officer. 175 00:15:41,065 --> 00:15:44,068 He was salt of the earth. 176 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:46,612 Just a great guy. 177 00:15:52,076 --> 00:15:55,037 The entire area is being combed more thoroughly 178 00:15:55,037 --> 00:15:58,290 than ever involved in any manhunt or search 179 00:15:58,290 --> 00:16:00,168 in the history of Dallas, the state, 180 00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:02,420 and perhaps the nation. 181 00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:05,923 So many things were happening, one after the other. 182 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,845 Dallas was really on edge. 183 00:16:10,845 --> 00:16:13,723 No one could believe a policeman had been shot 184 00:16:13,723 --> 00:16:18,102 less than an hour after the president had been shot. 185 00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:20,021 The entire area has been blocked off. 186 00:16:20,021 --> 00:16:21,439 No one allowed in or out, 187 00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:24,901 as the search for this would-be presidential assassin 188 00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:27,778 continues in Downtown Dallas. 189 00:16:27,778 --> 00:16:33,784 ♪ ♪ 190 00:16:33,784 --> 00:16:36,078 It's hard to explain that day. 191 00:16:38,122 --> 00:16:39,957 30 minutes after they had pronounced 192 00:16:39,957 --> 00:16:43,044 President Kennedy had been fatally wounded, 193 00:16:43,044 --> 00:16:45,838 all of a sudden I hear a report that a policeman, 194 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:48,382 Officer Tippit, had been shot. 195 00:16:48,382 --> 00:16:50,051 I didn't connect those two, 196 00:16:50,051 --> 00:16:52,803 but, you know, it's like, "What's going on here?" 197 00:17:06,983 --> 00:17:08,194 All of a sudden, 198 00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:11,321 this young man walks into my shoe store. 199 00:17:13,074 --> 00:17:15,034 He looked scared. 200 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,662 He'd obviously been running. 201 00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:22,040 Well, I stepped outside 202 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,920 and watched him walk toward the Texas Theatre. 203 00:17:28,256 --> 00:17:32,885 I said, "Something is wrong with this." 204 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:37,723 I walked up to the cashier and said, "Call the police." 205 00:17:42,144 --> 00:17:49,151 ♪ ♪ 206 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:52,071 There were police all over the alley. 207 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:54,991 A couple of 'em grabbed me, wanted to know what I was doing, 208 00:17:54,991 --> 00:17:59,161 I said, "Well, there's a suspicious character. 209 00:17:59,161 --> 00:18:01,205 He's still here." 210 00:18:01,205 --> 00:18:03,040 They said, "Point him out." 211 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,042 I said, "That's him right there." 212 00:18:05,042 --> 00:18:09,922 ♪ ♪ 213 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:12,633 Cops got their licks in. 214 00:18:15,136 --> 00:18:17,972 And at this time, I'm no more than 10 feet away or so, 215 00:18:17,972 --> 00:18:21,392 watching this. 216 00:18:21,392 --> 00:18:22,893 He looked me in the eye and said, 217 00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:24,937 "I'm not resisting arrest." 218 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:27,898 And I don't know if he was trying to tell everybody else, 219 00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:30,776 but he was talking to me. 220 00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:33,279 The Dallas Police Department 221 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:37,033 arrested a 24-year-old man, Lee H. Oswald, 222 00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:38,284 in connection with the slaying 223 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,119 of a Dallas policeman, JD Tippit, 224 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,331 shortly after President Kennedy was assassinated. 225 00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:35,132 ♪ ♪ 226 00:19:35,132 --> 00:19:39,303 We were in the process of having the body prepared 227 00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:42,098 so that we could take it back to Washington. 228 00:19:42,098 --> 00:19:50,147 ♪ ♪ 229 00:19:50,147 --> 00:19:54,193 The nurses wrapped him in white sheets, 230 00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:56,612 put him in the casket. 231 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:03,160 We took him out, they put him in the back of the hearse, 232 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,162 and I turned to Mrs. Kennedy, I said, "Oh, Mrs. Kennedy, 233 00:20:05,162 --> 00:20:07,164 we could ride in this car right back here." 234 00:20:07,164 --> 00:20:08,749 And she said, "No, no, no. 235 00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:13,254 Mr. Hill, I'm gonna ride in there with, with Jack." 236 00:20:14,839 --> 00:20:17,716 And so she crawls into the back of the hearse, 237 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:20,136 so I crawl in there with her. 238 00:20:20,136 --> 00:20:26,100 ♪ ♪ 239 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:29,186 So, there we were in the back of that hearse, 240 00:20:29,186 --> 00:20:31,230 Mrs. Kennedy and me. 241 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,357 It was a little bit crowded. 242 00:20:33,357 --> 00:20:56,964 ♪ ♪ 243 00:20:56,964 --> 00:21:00,092 We went and drove to Love Field, 244 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,261 where Air Force One was situated. 245 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:12,229 ♪ ♪ 246 00:21:12,229 --> 00:21:16,025 And then we had to offload the casket. 247 00:21:16,025 --> 00:21:55,940 ♪ ♪ 248 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:58,067 I went to the front, 249 00:21:58,067 --> 00:22:02,363 sat in the second row, against the window, 250 00:22:02,363 --> 00:22:05,241 and I broke down completely. 251 00:22:08,077 --> 00:22:10,204 Roy Kellerman, at one point, 252 00:22:10,204 --> 00:22:13,082 he came and he shook-- shook me by the shoulders, 253 00:22:13,082 --> 00:22:17,086 and he said, you know, "Come on, Paul. You gotta witness this." 254 00:22:17,086 --> 00:22:20,172 And I said, "I don't need to witness anything. 255 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:24,301 I've seen all I... I need to see." 256 00:22:24,301 --> 00:22:27,096 But he said, "It's a historic moment. 257 00:22:27,096 --> 00:22:31,600 They're swearing in Vice President Johnson." 258 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,939 ♪ ♪ 259 00:22:36,939 --> 00:22:40,359 I remember coming into the room. 260 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,987 There were 28 people in the room that I counted. 261 00:22:42,987 --> 00:22:48,075 And LBJ, as he usually did, would assemble with people. 262 00:22:49,785 --> 00:22:52,872 He had his secretary go back and talk to Mrs. Kennedy 263 00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:55,332 and see if she would like to stand with us 264 00:22:55,332 --> 00:22:57,084 for the swearing in, 265 00:22:57,084 --> 00:23:00,170 and she sent word back, "Yes, I do. 266 00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:03,215 But I need some time to compose myself." 267 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:06,135 And we waited about four or five or 10 minutes, 268 00:23:06,135 --> 00:23:08,846 and she came forward. 269 00:23:11,432 --> 00:23:15,019 And I could see the damage it had done. 270 00:23:15,019 --> 00:23:17,771 Then I could see the dress. 271 00:23:17,771 --> 00:23:19,064 She had blood on her 272 00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:23,068 where she cradled the president's head in her lap. 273 00:23:24,987 --> 00:23:29,825 Blood was congealing on her stockings and on her shoes. 274 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:33,412 I would say she was in shock. 275 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:36,165 She knew what was going on, 276 00:23:36,165 --> 00:23:39,752 but her eyes were wide, 277 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:43,255 unsmiling, serious. 278 00:23:45,132 --> 00:23:49,970 Mrs. Johnson said, "Would you like to change your clothes 279 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:52,431 to something else?" 280 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:58,103 And she said, "No. Let them see what they have done." 281 00:23:58,103 --> 00:24:09,156 ♪ ♪ 282 00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:10,991 I do solemnly swear... 283 00:24:10,991 --> 00:24:12,242 I solemnly swear... 284 00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:14,328 ...that I will faithfully execute... 285 00:24:14,328 --> 00:24:16,747 ...that I will faithfully execute... 286 00:24:16,747 --> 00:24:19,416 ...the office of President of the United States... 287 00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:22,169 ...the office of President of the United States... 288 00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:24,129 ...and will, to the best of my ability... 289 00:24:24,129 --> 00:24:26,131 ...and will, to the best of my ability... 290 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:28,133 -...preserve... -...preserve... 291 00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:29,927 -...protect... -...protect... 292 00:24:29,927 --> 00:24:31,720 -...defend... -...defend... 293 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,181 ...the Constitution of the United States... 294 00:24:34,181 --> 00:24:35,974 ...the Constitution of the United States... 295 00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:37,184 ...so help me God. 296 00:24:37,184 --> 00:24:39,103 ...so help me God. 297 00:24:39,103 --> 00:25:04,253 ♪ ♪ 298 00:25:25,107 --> 00:25:40,038 ♪ ♪ 299 00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:42,040 Who do you think would do something like this? 300 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,210 I don't know. I can't imagine in a way. 301 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:47,087 I don't think anybody in their right mind. 302 00:25:47,087 --> 00:25:49,006 I think this is a terrible thing for our country, 303 00:25:49,006 --> 00:25:52,301 not only for our country, but for the entire world. 304 00:25:52,301 --> 00:25:53,886 First reaction, sir, is that I hope 305 00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:56,013 these Southerners, these radicals, 306 00:25:56,013 --> 00:25:57,806 are satisfied they got their pound of flesh 307 00:25:57,806 --> 00:25:59,266 in killing a man as good as that. 308 00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:02,352 Are you certain that it is right-wing radicals 309 00:26:02,352 --> 00:26:05,314 or people who oppose the president so desperately 310 00:26:05,314 --> 00:26:07,149 that they would do something like this? 311 00:26:07,149 --> 00:26:08,567 It could be no one else. 312 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:11,111 Someone who'd do this was-- must be mentally deranged. 313 00:26:11,111 --> 00:26:12,237 I disagree with this man 314 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:17,034 about it being a right-wing radical. I... 315 00:26:17,034 --> 00:26:20,204 It could be a communist, I think probably something like that. 316 00:26:20,204 --> 00:26:45,020 ♪ ♪ 317 00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:46,188 Here is the suspect. 318 00:26:46,188 --> 00:26:48,857 Will you roll it, please? The suspect. 319 00:26:48,857 --> 00:26:58,909 ♪ ♪ 320 00:26:58,909 --> 00:27:01,078 24-year-old Lee Oswald, 321 00:27:01,078 --> 00:27:03,122 a sponsor of ultra-leftist causes, 322 00:27:03,122 --> 00:27:06,416 an active member of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, 323 00:27:06,416 --> 00:27:10,087 a avowed admirer of Cuba's Fidel Castro and Russia. 324 00:27:10,087 --> 00:27:11,797 He once lived in Russia. 325 00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:13,048 He was arrested less than two hours 326 00:27:13,048 --> 00:27:14,883 after the president was shot, 327 00:27:14,883 --> 00:27:17,344 less than one hour after a Dallas policeman was shot 328 00:27:17,344 --> 00:27:20,138 and killed in the downtown area. 329 00:27:22,975 --> 00:27:24,726 Alright, these people have given me 330 00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:27,229 a hearing without legal representation or anything. 331 00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:28,313 Did you shoot the president? 332 00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:30,274 I didn't shoot anybody. No, sir. 333 00:27:30,274 --> 00:27:31,275 We just heard Oswald, 334 00:27:31,275 --> 00:27:33,360 who said he did not shoot anybody. 335 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:37,030 You don't have to push. Knock it off. 336 00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:39,074 Knock it off! 337 00:27:39,074 --> 00:27:47,875 ♪ ♪ 338 00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:49,376 That guy's got the biggest elbows 339 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:51,920 of anybody I've ever seen. 340 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,964 He hit me in the head with his camera. 341 00:27:53,964 --> 00:27:59,887 ♪ ♪ 342 00:27:59,887 --> 00:28:00,971 Let me get out of here for a while, 343 00:28:00,971 --> 00:28:02,931 I gotta breathe. 344 00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:08,520 It was mayhem at the police station. 345 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:09,813 Did you hear him say anything? 346 00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:10,856 Yeah. I knew he was talking, 347 00:28:10,856 --> 00:28:12,316 I was hoping you were in there. 348 00:28:12,316 --> 00:28:13,400 And it was the first time 349 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,321 we did news live on a location. 350 00:28:19,031 --> 00:28:20,991 The rumor, 351 00:28:20,991 --> 00:28:25,078 if you did not happen to see the gentleman, 352 00:28:25,078 --> 00:28:27,998 the rumor has been rapid around the police department 353 00:28:27,998 --> 00:28:32,961 that there is a very good case that this is the man 354 00:28:32,961 --> 00:28:38,216 who they believe was involved in the assassination. 355 00:28:40,093 --> 00:28:44,848 This was the biggest news story that any one of us ever covered. 356 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:50,437 ♪ ♪ 357 00:28:50,437 --> 00:28:53,231 It was a relief when they brought him in, 358 00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:55,233 to realize that he had been found. 359 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:58,195 And, okay, we've got, maybe they've got this guy. 360 00:28:58,195 --> 00:29:01,031 Maybe he's not gonna get away. 361 00:29:01,031 --> 00:29:05,327 ♪ ♪ 362 00:29:05,327 --> 00:29:08,121 He was nondescript, I guess you'd call it. 363 00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:10,290 Just a little guy. 364 00:29:10,290 --> 00:29:13,126 But maybe we've seen too many movies of what... 365 00:29:13,126 --> 00:29:15,712 ...these killers look like, but this guy 366 00:29:15,712 --> 00:29:20,092 just didn't have any appearance 367 00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:25,055 of anger or desperation or affray. 368 00:29:25,055 --> 00:29:29,101 He was just there. 369 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:34,189 ♪ ♪ 370 00:29:34,189 --> 00:29:36,984 None of us at that time could figure out the motive; nobody. 371 00:29:36,984 --> 00:29:39,486 I don't think the police could figure out a motive. 372 00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:42,364 And I have no idea what, uh, what they knew, 373 00:29:42,364 --> 00:29:46,410 except maybe his background, living in Russia. 374 00:29:46,410 --> 00:29:49,788 ♪ ♪ 375 00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:53,041 You have to remember that in this time, 376 00:29:53,041 --> 00:29:59,715 the Soviet Union was seen as a huge threat to America. 377 00:29:59,715 --> 00:30:03,760 I mean, the fact that Oswald lived in Russia, 378 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,138 worked in Russia and the Soviet Union, 379 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:09,766 and was even married to a Russian woman, 380 00:30:09,766 --> 00:30:12,894 was seen as a huge red flag. 381 00:30:15,063 --> 00:30:18,025 As Americans, we find communism 382 00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:20,068 profoundly repugnant 383 00:30:20,068 --> 00:30:23,905 as a negation of personal freedom and dignity. 384 00:30:23,905 --> 00:30:29,494 Now we know that Mr. Oswald was Russian-trained, 385 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:32,914 that it wasn't a fascist or a Nazi that murdered Kennedy; 386 00:30:32,914 --> 00:30:34,207 it was a communist. 387 00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:35,584 A lot of guys think all the people 388 00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:38,170 should have just grabbed him and just mutilated him 389 00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:40,297 and just broke him into pieces. 390 00:30:40,297 --> 00:30:42,340 This is a terrible thing 391 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:44,926 what he did to the country, to the people. 392 00:30:46,970 --> 00:31:01,068 ♪ ♪ 393 00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:03,236 Here is District Attorney Wade. 394 00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:06,490 Mr. Wade, I'll walk along here with you, sir. 395 00:31:06,490 --> 00:31:09,826 What have you learned so far about the suspect, sir? 396 00:31:09,826 --> 00:31:11,328 There's really nothing new on it. 397 00:31:11,328 --> 00:31:13,163 He was in the building, though, today. 398 00:31:13,163 --> 00:31:14,164 He was in the building today. 399 00:31:14,164 --> 00:31:15,499 Thank you, Mr. Wade. 400 00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:16,750 Hey, can you hold up just a second? 401 00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:17,793 Thank you, Mr. Wade. 402 00:31:17,793 --> 00:31:19,753 That was District Attorney Henry Wade, 403 00:31:19,753 --> 00:31:22,047 who, uh, you just heard the statement. 404 00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:25,425 And as he said, murder charges have been filed against him 405 00:31:25,425 --> 00:31:28,345 for the death of Officer Tippit, 406 00:31:28,345 --> 00:31:32,974 who was shot while he stopped the suspect driving his car 407 00:31:32,974 --> 00:31:34,893 on East Jefferson. 408 00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:37,145 And as you did hear, it was reported 409 00:31:37,145 --> 00:31:40,315 that the man was in the building at the time of the shooting 410 00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:42,984 of the president of the United States. 411 00:31:46,029 --> 00:31:50,200 We had a good relationship with the Dallas Police, 412 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:55,872 and they cooperated with us when we asked them to. 413 00:31:55,872 --> 00:32:02,379 So, they told us that he worked in the Texas Book Depository. 414 00:32:02,379 --> 00:32:11,930 ♪ ♪ 415 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:14,141 When the police came in to do the roll call, 416 00:32:14,141 --> 00:32:16,351 they found that Lee Harvey Oswald 417 00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:19,020 was unaccounted for. 418 00:32:19,020 --> 00:32:24,985 ♪ ♪ 419 00:32:24,985 --> 00:32:29,948 That was the only clue that they had that he might be the guy. 420 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:44,045 ♪ ♪ 421 00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:47,174 I've asked myself many times, 422 00:32:47,174 --> 00:32:50,844 "How'd you get involved? How'd you get wrapped up in this?" 423 00:32:53,263 --> 00:32:56,099 My involvement was very innocent. 424 00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:59,186 I was just trying to do a good neighborly deed. 425 00:32:59,186 --> 00:33:03,023 ♪ ♪ 426 00:33:03,023 --> 00:33:05,233 That day, I drove Lee Harvey Oswald 427 00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:10,155 over to where we were employed at Texas School Book Depository. 428 00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:15,535 I paid a big price for that, yes. 429 00:33:15,535 --> 00:33:24,586 ♪ ♪ 430 00:33:24,586 --> 00:33:27,964 Because of what had happened, 431 00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:31,384 two plainclothes detectives grabs me. 432 00:33:31,384 --> 00:33:35,722 I said, "Who are you? What are you doing?" 433 00:33:35,722 --> 00:33:38,016 And they said, "We're arresting you." 434 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:41,102 I said, "Arresting me?" I said, "I haven't done anything." 435 00:33:41,102 --> 00:33:57,911 ♪ ♪ 436 00:33:57,911 --> 00:33:59,454 This the guy? 437 00:33:59,454 --> 00:34:06,253 ♪ ♪ 438 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,132 I was on one end of the building, 439 00:34:12,132 --> 00:34:14,135 and Lee was on the other, 440 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:15,344 and they were doing to Lee 441 00:34:15,344 --> 00:34:18,723 the same thing they were doing to me. 442 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:22,185 "Well, how long have you known him? 443 00:34:22,185 --> 00:34:24,145 What days he ride home with you?" 444 00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:27,023 I told 'em that we worked together. 445 00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:30,902 We're both employees there at Texas School Book Depository. 446 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:35,239 That, yes, I drove Lee to work. 447 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,951 And back on that day, 448 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:42,038 I saw a package about roughly around two feet. 449 00:34:42,038 --> 00:34:45,208 It just looked like a normal package; nothing special. 450 00:34:45,208 --> 00:34:48,003 And I didn't look at it. I just glanced at it. 451 00:34:48,003 --> 00:34:55,342 ♪ ♪ 452 00:34:55,342 --> 00:34:58,847 I remember the police said that I was involved, 453 00:34:58,847 --> 00:35:02,934 and I knew all about the assassination of John Kennedy. 454 00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:04,853 And that was totally false. 455 00:35:07,188 --> 00:35:11,818 It really was a shock that they'd want me to confess 456 00:35:11,818 --> 00:35:15,447 to something I didn't know anything about. 457 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:26,207 ♪ ♪ 458 00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:28,001 And that's a frightening thing when you realize 459 00:35:28,001 --> 00:35:32,380 someone is trying to convict you of a crime 460 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:35,008 that you had nothing to do with. 461 00:35:35,008 --> 00:35:41,139 But I realized that I was really fighting for my life. 462 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:46,102 ♪ ♪ 463 00:35:46,102 --> 00:35:49,064 As you see, they are bringing the weapon 464 00:35:49,064 --> 00:35:51,107 allegedly used in the assassination 465 00:35:51,107 --> 00:35:54,361 of President John F. Kennedy this afternoon at 12:30 466 00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,863 here in Dallas. 467 00:36:00,742 --> 00:36:03,078 It appears there's no name on it. 468 00:36:03,078 --> 00:36:07,332 6.5, apparently made in Italy in 1940. 469 00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:42,951 ♪ ♪ 470 00:36:48,915 --> 00:36:52,127 It hurts to go back to that time, 471 00:36:52,127 --> 00:36:55,213 to remember the days and to remember the feelings, 472 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:58,091 the disappointment, and the pain. 473 00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:06,057 I felt angry that I had unwillingly 474 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,143 been helpful in some way. 475 00:37:08,143 --> 00:37:15,108 ♪ ♪ 476 00:37:15,108 --> 00:37:21,239 Well, at that time, I had arranged for Marina Oswald 477 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,033 to come and stay at my house. 478 00:37:24,033 --> 00:37:29,831 She and Lee were separated, and so it was myself and my two kids 479 00:37:29,831 --> 00:37:35,003 and Marina and her daughter and her just-born baby. 480 00:37:35,003 --> 00:37:46,431 ♪ ♪ 481 00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,224 And in through a rear door... 482 00:37:48,224 --> 00:37:51,978 I was sat with Marina, watching the TV, 483 00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:56,149 when we heard that an officer had been shot. 484 00:37:56,149 --> 00:38:00,111 ...but Officer JD Tippit was shot dead. 485 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:04,908 And then something like six policemen arrived. 486 00:38:04,908 --> 00:38:08,244 And one turns around to me and said, "Are you a communist?" 487 00:38:08,244 --> 00:38:10,788 And I just... "No." 488 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:17,003 But as one, one policeman was coming in, 489 00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:21,883 he said, "Did Oswald have a gun? A rifle?" 490 00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:27,430 And I said, "No," and translated to Marina, who said that he did. 491 00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:32,852 ♪ ♪ 492 00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:35,063 And she led them into the garage, 493 00:38:35,063 --> 00:38:38,483 pointed to a blanket roll. 494 00:38:38,483 --> 00:38:40,068 She thought it was there. 495 00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:41,945 And the policeman picked it up, 496 00:38:41,945 --> 00:38:44,197 the blanket roll folded over his arm; 497 00:38:44,197 --> 00:38:46,241 it was clearly empty. 498 00:38:46,241 --> 00:38:51,120 ♪ ♪ 499 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,082 And it was at that moment, 500 00:38:54,082 --> 00:38:55,917 I thought, "It could have been Lee." 501 00:38:55,917 --> 00:38:57,919 I didn't know he had a gun. 502 00:38:57,919 --> 00:39:02,340 ♪ ♪ 503 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:05,093 I didn't see him as dangerous. 504 00:39:05,093 --> 00:39:06,803 You know? 505 00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:10,723 I had him in my house with my little kids. 506 00:39:10,723 --> 00:39:15,144 So, I didn't see that coming at all. 507 00:39:15,144 --> 00:39:19,732 ♪ ♪ 508 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:35,456 This is the wife and the brother 509 00:39:35,456 --> 00:39:37,166 of the family coming out now. 510 00:39:37,166 --> 00:39:39,252 If you'll shoot right down the hall here, 511 00:39:39,252 --> 00:39:43,131 the wife and the family are coming down. 512 00:39:43,131 --> 00:39:46,092 The wife of Oswald is carrying a child, 513 00:39:46,092 --> 00:39:48,177 as they move down the hall. 514 00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:55,184 ♪ ♪ 515 00:39:55,184 --> 00:39:59,147 When Oswald's wife, Marina, came to the police station, 516 00:39:59,147 --> 00:40:02,942 she was holding Rachel, their newborn baby. 517 00:40:05,278 --> 00:40:08,197 And she looked like she had to face something 518 00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:10,116 she probably didn't like. 519 00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:17,081 It's his wife and kid. 520 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:20,084 Did she know anything? Did she know he had a gun? 521 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:24,172 Yeah, she knew that, but she didn't-- 522 00:40:24,172 --> 00:40:27,091 evidently, I don't think she knew that he was gonna 523 00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:30,136 kill the president or kill somebody. 524 00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:36,059 She just was a wife trying to keep her little family together, 525 00:40:36,059 --> 00:40:38,394 living apart from her husband. 526 00:40:38,394 --> 00:40:44,192 ♪ ♪ 527 00:40:44,192 --> 00:40:47,028 At that time, I was not too happy 528 00:40:47,028 --> 00:40:50,948 with Lee's attitude towards Marina. 529 00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:56,204 He didn't really want her to learn English, 530 00:40:56,204 --> 00:40:58,998 which, that's crazy, you know, 531 00:40:58,998 --> 00:41:04,087 because she had to cope with being in the United States. 532 00:41:04,087 --> 00:41:09,217 He was disappointed in his marriage, I think. 533 00:41:09,217 --> 00:41:11,052 They had argued. 534 00:41:11,052 --> 00:41:13,888 But he cared a lot, also. 535 00:41:13,888 --> 00:41:18,351 I saw him quite caring for his children and caring for Marina. 536 00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:27,235 ♪ ♪ 537 00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:33,241 And he was angry with his mother, angry with his life. 538 00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:38,371 His mother had put her three kids in an orphanage. 539 00:41:40,248 --> 00:41:44,794 And I think he felt nobody appreciated his worth. 540 00:41:44,794 --> 00:41:48,339 He wanted to make a name for himself. 541 00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:51,050 He wanted to be somebody. 542 00:41:51,050 --> 00:41:55,096 And, uh... 543 00:41:55,096 --> 00:41:58,057 he saw that this was possible. 544 00:41:58,057 --> 00:42:06,983 ♪ ♪ 545 00:42:06,983 --> 00:42:08,026 Here comes the man again. 546 00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:10,069 Here we go again. 547 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:15,324 The suspect is again coming down the hall, 548 00:42:15,324 --> 00:42:17,869 being flanked by policemen. 549 00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:20,163 Let me get over here, out of the way. 550 00:42:20,163 --> 00:42:23,583 ♪ ♪ 551 00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:31,382 Back up, man! 552 00:42:38,389 --> 00:42:40,308 Did you shoot the president? 553 00:42:40,308 --> 00:43:07,877 ♪ ♪ 554 00:43:07,877 --> 00:43:10,254 The woods are lovely, dark and deep. 555 00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:12,882 But I have promises to keep, 556 00:43:12,882 --> 00:43:17,762 and miles to go before I sleep, before I sleep. 557 00:43:17,762 --> 00:43:19,013 And you will conduct the trial? 558 00:43:19,013 --> 00:43:20,348 Yes, sir, I plan to. 559 00:43:20,348 --> 00:43:21,974 And you will ask capital verdict? 560 00:43:21,974 --> 00:43:24,894 We'll ask the death penalty. 561 00:43:24,894 --> 00:43:26,312 I think everything was unusual 562 00:43:26,312 --> 00:43:29,023 about this whole weekend. 563 00:43:29,023 --> 00:43:32,151 You know, it was just an unprecedented set of events 564 00:43:32,151 --> 00:43:36,280 that you just kept following as they kept unfolding. 565 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:39,075 Jack Ruby was up there that night. 566 00:43:39,075 --> 00:43:41,911 He just hated Oswald, loved the Kennedys, 567 00:43:41,911 --> 00:43:43,412 and wanted to get even. 568 00:43:43,412 --> 00:43:46,249 Chief, do you have any concern for the safety of your prisoner? 569 00:43:46,249 --> 00:43:49,252 No, I don't think that the people 570 00:43:49,252 --> 00:43:52,630 will try to take the prisoner away from us. 571 00:43:56,884 --> 00:43:59,053 He's been shot. 572 00:43:59,053 --> 00:44:00,805 There's a man with a gun. 573 00:44:00,805 --> 00:44:03,015 It's absolute panic.