查帕奎迪克 Chappaquiddick(2017)(EN)Subtitles
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1 00:00:52 Lieutenant Joe Kennedy, Jr.,the eldest son of former ambassador...
2 00:00:57 ...died instantly,after the plane he was piloting exploded
3 00:00:59 during a mission over the North Sea.
4 00:01:01 President Kennedy was shot
5 00:01:03 as he drove from Dallas airport to downtown Dallas.
6 00:01:07 ...an ambulance, and the car rushed to...
7 00:01:10 Bobby Kennedy was shot
8 00:01:12 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
9 00:01:21 Senator Edward Kennedy,
10 00:01:22 the only one of the four brothers left alive...
11 00:01:25 Teddy Kennedy would most certainly
12 00:01:27 be the bandidate to beat in the next presidential election.
13 00:01:30 But will he run?
14 00:01:31 That's the question. Will Ted Kennedy run?
15 00:01:39 Senator, can I get you anything?
16 00:01:41 No, thank you.
17 00:01:43 - Roll sound.- Okay, roll camera.
18 00:01:49 - Are you all set, Senator?- Yes, Bob.
19 00:01:51 Great.
20 00:01:57 "We bhoose to goto the moon, not because it is easy,
21 00:02:00 but because it is hard."
22 00:02:02 What does your brother'spromise to America mean to you?
23 00:02:07 Well, he was always someonewho kept his promises.
24 00:02:10 My brother committed his lifeto the idea that
25 00:02:14 the United States isa beacon of democracy.
26 00:02:18 And so too for my family,I think he was a beacon.
27 00:02:23 Someone we all hoped to look up to.
28 00:02:25 I know I sure did.
29 00:02:28 He said this missionwould have, quote,
30 00:02:31 "a great impact on the mindsof the men across America."
31 00:02:34 I think my brother seta course for the entire nation
32 00:02:37 in a way that we can never abandon.
33 00:02:39 You see it in the space program, sure.
34 00:02:42 But even in my own life,I often ask myself,
35 00:02:46 "What would Jack have me do?"
36 00:02:49 President Kennedy basta long shadow and still does.
37 00:02:52 It's one I walk in every day.
38 00:02:57 What's it like walking in that shadow?
39 00:03:14 Senator?
40 00:03:17 I think you have what you need, Bob.Thank you very much.
41 00:03:20 - Thanks for your time.- All right, cut.
42 00:03:22 - Bob.- Senator.
43 00:03:23 Pleasure.
44 00:03:25 Do we have Joe yet?
45 00:03:26 I was a little more focusedon salvaging our relationship
46 00:03:29 with the majority leader.
47 00:03:30 You're worried about the wrong thing.
48 00:03:32 Come on. Mansfield's smart enough to know
49 00:03:34 Ted's gonna be his boss in three years.
50 00:03:36 Well, do we have him?
51 00:03:37 Yes. Mr. Gargan is on hold for you now.
52 00:03:39 You're connected.
53 00:03:40 What's going on, Teddy?I've been on hold here for 10 minutes.
54 00:03:42 Well, I really neededto talk to you.
55 00:03:44 Well, it must be somethingreally damn important.
56 00:03:46 The hotel in the Vineyard is overbooked.
57 00:03:48 What are you talking about?I just checked us in.
58 00:03:50 - I got the key in my pocket right now.- No.
59 00:03:52 No. Not our room, the girls' room.
60 00:03:54 - They just balled.- Oh, come on.
61 00:03:56 They ran Bobby's campaign, Teddy.
62 00:03:57 I'm sure they can sort it outfor themselves.
63 00:03:58 Joey, they don't know the island.I need this handled properly.
64 00:04:01 Well, what do you want me to do?Slap an injunction on the desk clerk
65 00:04:04 - until he boughs up a room?- I don't need my lawyer.
66 00:04:06 I need my cousin. I need my advance man.
67 00:04:08 I gotta rig the boat, Teddy.The regatta's this afternoon.
68 00:04:10 I know when the race is.I'm sailing the damn boat with you.
69 00:04:12 And I'm still getting the cottageorganized for the party.
70 00:04:15 Joey, there is no partywithout the Boiler Room Girls.
71 00:04:18 All right, I'll see what I ban do,but I can'tjustjump in...
72 00:04:20 Listen, listen, listen.Ol' Joey will fix it, right?
73 00:04:24 You know, when your dad said that,it was a compliment.
74 00:04:26 When my dad said that,he said I could always count on you.
75 00:04:30 Now, can I count on you?
76 00:04:33 Yeah. Sure.
77 00:04:36 - Ol' Joey will fix it.- That's great.
78 00:04:38 All right, I'll see you soon.
79 00:04:40 Three, two, one, zero.
80 00:04:43 All engines running.Liftoff. We have a liftoff.
81 00:04:48 Thirty-two minutes past the hour.Liftoff on Apollo 11.
82 00:04:55 Apollo 11 is on the way.
83 00:04:56 Riding that pillar of flame,into the skies out there,
84 00:05:01 250,000 miles away,
85 00:05:03 where the moon is waitingfor man's first arrival.
86 00:05:08 Flight to take three days,
87 00:05:10 and the spabecraftto reach there on Saturday.
88 00:05:15 The landing to take place on Sunday,
89 00:05:17 and Neil Armstrong to set foot on the moon
90 00:05:20 at 2:21 a.m. on Monday morning.
91 00:05:24 The first critibal phaseof this flight is over, the launch.
92 00:05:28 They're now in Earth orbit.
93 00:05:29 They are now over the Atlanticapproaching the coast of Africa.
94 00:05:34 In toubh shortly withthe Canary tracking station,
95 00:05:37 we may hear some more from them,
96 00:05:39 and then out over Africa,the Indian Ocean,
97 00:05:42 past Australia, babk aroundfor the first trip...
98 00:06:46 Did he ask?
99 00:06:49 Did he hint in any way?
100 00:06:53 Even if he did, do you reallythink I would tell you?
101 00:06:55 I've kept bigger secrets.
102 00:07:00 Hmm. I'll take that as a yes.
103 00:07:05 You're brilliant, Mary Jo,and you're available.
104 00:07:09 There is no reasonwhy he wouldn't want you.
105 00:07:13 Considering my options.
106 00:07:14 - That's a surprise.- Why?
107 00:07:17 Last time we talked,you said you'd never go back.
108 00:07:20 - To Washington?- To politics.
109 00:07:26 With Bobby it was different.
110 00:07:29 It didn't feel like politics.It felt like public service.
111 00:07:33 And after he was gone, I...
112 00:07:40 Anyway, yes, Ted asked,and I'm thinking about it.
113 00:07:45 Well, you're thinking too hard.
114 00:07:47 How is he doing?
115 00:07:49 He just became the youngestmajority whip in U.S. history.
116 00:07:53 Pretty good, I'd say.
117 00:07:55 Trading state secrets isan act of treason, you know.
118 00:08:00 Hello, Senator.
119 00:08:02 Good to see you, Rachel.
120 00:08:05 - Mary Jo.- Senator.
121 00:08:11 How are the kids, Senator?
122 00:08:12 Fine. Yeah, just fine.
123 00:08:14 And your wife?
124 00:08:16 She's at home on bed rest, I'm afraid.
125 00:08:18 Yeah, it was doctor's orders.
126 00:08:21 Well, I think I'm gonna go for a swim.
127 00:08:23 - Are you coming?- Maybe later.
128 00:08:27 Good luck in the racethis afternoon, Senator.
129 00:08:30 Thank you.
130 00:08:37 Thanks for coming.
131 00:08:40 It's a reunion. Why wouldn't I?
132 00:08:46 Did you consider my offer?
133 00:08:52 It'll never be the same.
134 00:08:54 You can't hide in Jersey City forever.
135 00:08:59 Come back to Washington, work on my staff.
136 00:09:04 - Too many memories there.- Build new ones.
137 00:09:11 I don't think I could handleanother presidential campaign.
138 00:09:17 I...
139 00:09:21 I don't... know if you'll have to.
140 00:09:37 - At my mark...- Drop the chute, Teddy!
141 00:09:39 Senator, they have right of way.
142 00:09:40 Trim it! Trim it!
143 00:09:42 - We're gonna clear them!- I'm coming up!
144 00:09:45 Joey, call it out!
145 00:09:47 Ten boat lengths, Teddy.We gotta drop the spinnaker.
146 00:09:49 Not yet!
147 00:09:51 Teddy, come on! We gotta duck these guys.
148 00:09:53 Joey, this boat's been inmy family longer than I have.
149 00:09:56 If anyone knows how she handles, it's me.
150 00:09:57 We gotta fall offand let them overtake us.
151 00:09:59 Are you kidding me, Teddy?
152 00:10:01 - Drop the spinnaker!- Not yet!
153 00:10:10 God damn it!
154 00:10:14 Good one, Ted!
155 00:10:45 Hey! Hey! Here he is.
156 00:10:47 It's the senator.
157 00:10:50 Hey, everybody, come in here.Get in here. Come on.
158 00:10:53 Everybody, raise your glassesto the senator.
159 00:10:56 Ninth in the race,but still first in our hearts.
160 00:10:59 Hear, hear. Cheers.
161 00:11:00 While we're raising glasses,
162 00:11:02 we should raise a few morefor the Boiler Room Girls.
163 00:11:04 - Quite right. Hear, hear.- Absolutely.
164 00:11:07 Uh, Rach, can you turn that down, please?
165 00:11:11 Can someone please peelthe U.S. Attorney away from Nance Lyons?
166 00:11:15 Come in, Nance.
167 00:11:19 Come in, all of you. Just come in.I want you all to hear this.
168 00:11:24 Family.
169 00:11:25 There's no more important word.
170 00:11:29 Family is more than just a name.
171 00:11:32 Joey Gargan and I don't share a name.
172 00:11:35 We share a lifetime bond.
173 00:11:37 We're family.
174 00:11:40 We named you girls the Boiler Room Girls.
175 00:11:44 I like to thinkwe called you that because,
176 00:11:47 working on Bobby's campaign...
177 00:11:50 he had such a fire in your bellies.
178 00:11:53 Wanting to live up to the nameon that ticket.
179 00:11:57 Wanting to prove yourselvesworthy of it...
180 00:12:01 the Kennedy name.
181 00:12:06 We miss him every day.
182 00:12:09 His memory endures.
183 00:12:12 His ideals will endure.
184 00:12:15 And we will persevere,
185 00:12:17 because that's what Kennedys do.
186 00:12:20 And I want you all to know that,
187 00:12:22 because you're all part ofthe Kennedy family now.
188 00:12:28 To family.
189 00:12:29 - To family.- To family.
190 00:12:31 And to Ted in the White House in '72.
191 00:12:54 You should come upto Boston this summer.
192 00:12:56 We can take in a Red Sox game.
193 00:12:59 I don't know.
194 00:13:01 Come on, this could be our year.
195 00:13:04 You say that every year, Joey.
196 00:13:05 Yeah, but Yastrzemski's on fire.
197 00:13:08 - I mean, really.- Maybe. I'm actually running
198 00:13:12 this campaign in Jersey City, so...
199 00:13:14 We could head out to Hyannis.Drop in on Ethel and the kids.
200 00:13:16 I know she'd love to see you again.
201 00:13:19 - How's she doing?- She's great.
202 00:13:22 She's running that charitythat she set up in Bobby's name.
203 00:13:26 - Yeah, I know.- So she's busy with that.
204 00:13:32 She's a widow with 11 kids. It's rough.
205 00:13:36 It's rough on the whole family.
206 00:13:40 But, hey, what are youdoing wasting your talents on
207 00:13:42 - a mayor's race in Jersey City?- Excuse me. Sorry.
208 00:13:47 Go Sox.
209 00:14:09 Houston, if you could comply,
210 00:14:11 we'd like to seelittle smiling faces up there.
211 00:14:14 If you could give us some interior views,
212 00:14:16 I'm sure everybody wouldlike to see you. Over.
213 00:14:23 My dad once said to me...
214 00:14:25 ..."Teddy, you can lead a serious life
215 00:14:28 or you can lead a non-serious life.
216 00:14:30 And I'll still love youwhichever choice you make.
217 00:14:32 But if you choose to leada non-serious life,
218 00:14:34 I just won't have much time for you."
219 00:14:39 I can't believe he would saysomething like that.
220 00:14:42 No, it's okay. I was just a kid.
221 00:14:52 What were you gonna say before?
222 00:14:55 Before you were interrupted, about Bobby?
223 00:14:57 Um... No, never mind.
224 00:14:59 No, go on. You were gonna ask,
225 00:15:02 after Bobby was killed...
226 00:15:06 why didn't I run in his place?
227 00:15:11 What would you have done?
228 00:15:13 If you were me and he was your brother,what would you have done?
229 00:15:19 I'd quit, leave Washington,never look back.
230 00:15:25 Which is exactly what I did.
231 00:15:28 But I'm not you. He wasn't my brother.
232 00:15:32 Yeah, well, I had three generationsof advisors up my ass,
233 00:15:35 trying to convince me to run.
234 00:15:38 None of them listened to me.
235 00:15:40 I mean, everyone tried toconvince me otherwise.
236 00:15:42 Everyone except... Except Joey.
237 00:15:45 Said the country needed me.
238 00:15:48 They just needed my name.
239 00:15:52 I wasn't ready.
240 00:15:55 Could you ever be?
241 00:16:04 Sometimes the path you're onisn't always the path you choose.
242 00:16:08 What's stopping you frommaking that choice yourself?
243 00:16:18 We should get babk.
244 00:16:20 No. We should go to the beach.
245 00:17:06 Hey!
246 00:17:11 - Hello!- Ted.
247 00:17:15 You folks having some car troubles?
248 00:18:00 Teddy!
249 00:18:12 Mary Jo!
250 00:18:15 Mary Jo!
251 00:19:09 So you must have sailed with Bobby too?
252 00:19:14 Yeah. And Jack.
253 00:19:17 Bobby's actually the one thattaught Teddy and me how to sail.
254 00:19:20 I bet he was a great sailor.
255 00:19:23 No. He actually wasn't.
256 00:19:29 It's okay. I can say that sort of thing.We're brothers.
257 00:19:32 Nice try.
258 00:19:34 Aren't you cousins or something?
259 00:19:38 Yeah, but they adopted me.
260 00:19:41 Yeah. You don't really looklike a Kennedy.
261 00:19:46 ...the Command Module, a wonderful shot.
262 00:19:48 At this point, they were203,00a miles from the Earth.
263 00:19:52 43,000 miles from the moon.
264 00:20:00 Get Joe Gargan.We've got a problem.
265 00:20:04 Sure, Ted.
266 00:20:18 What the hell happened to you?
267 00:20:20 You better get Paul too.
268 00:20:23 Come on, Teddy, what's the big idea?
269 00:20:30 I'm not gonna be president.
270 00:20:52 Oh, my God. Oh, my God.Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
271 00:20:55 - Jesus, she's still in there?- No, no, no. Paul.
272 00:20:57 Showing back up at the partyin wet clothes will lessen our options.
273 00:21:27 I can't get it open!Can't swim with my knee.
274 00:21:30 Then get up on the carif you can't swim!
275 00:21:32 I can't save us both.
276 00:21:36 It's really dark down there.I'm just going by feel.
277 00:21:43 Joey, try the other side.
278 00:21:45 Break a window or something.
279 00:21:46 I already triedbreaking the window.
280 00:22:09 Oh, my God, what have I done?What have I done?
281 00:22:21 She was already dead.
282 00:22:54 What the hell happened, Teddy?
283 00:22:59 You guys need to get me back to Edgartown.
284 00:23:17 Teddy, listen to me.
285 00:23:19 The only advice I have for you, and...
286 00:23:22 And I say this to you not as your friend,
287 00:23:25 not as your family, but as your lawyer...
288 00:23:29 you gotta report this thingand you've gotta do it right now.
289 00:23:34 Joey's right, Senator.
290 00:23:35 You got the U.S. Attorney of Massachusettssaying the same thing.
291 00:23:41 All right, I'll report it.
292 00:23:50 Where the hellare you going, Teddy?
293 00:23:57 Paul, turn the car off.
294 00:24:02 Ted! What are you doing?
295 00:24:07 Do we even know whose boat that is?
296 00:24:25 Hey.
297 00:24:28 You're gonna survive, okay?
298 00:24:33 Teddy, promise me you're gonnacall your mother first.
299 00:24:37 Don't let her find out about anotherfamily tragedy in the news.
300 00:24:53 Ted!
301 00:24:58 You'll report it, right?
302 00:25:01 I'll handle it.
303 00:25:13 Come on.We gotta get this boat back.
304 00:25:18 Watch your step.
305 00:25:19 Don't move so fast.
306 00:26:05 Teddy!
307 00:26:25 Ted!
308 00:26:53 Ted!
309 00:27:07 Help. Help.
310 00:27:10 Our Father, who art in heaven,
311 00:27:12 hallowed be Your name...
312 00:27:15 Hail Mary, full of grace.The Lord is with thee.
313 00:27:17 Blessed art thou amongst women,
314 00:27:19 and blessed is the fruitof thy womb, Jesus.
315 00:27:21 Holy Mary, Mother of God,pray for us sinners,
316 00:27:23 now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
317 00:27:25 Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be Your name.
318 00:27:27 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,
319 00:27:29 on Earth as it is in heaven.
320 00:27:31 Give us this day our daily breadand forgive us our trespasses,
321 00:27:34 as we forgive thosewho trespass against us.
322 00:27:37 Lead us not into temptation,
323 00:27:39 but deliver us from evil. Amen.
324 00:27:44 Hail Mary, full of grace.The Lord is with thee.
325 00:27:47 Blessed art thou amongst women,
326 00:27:49 and blessed is the fruitof thy womb, Jesus.
327 00:27:53 Holy Mary, Mother of God,pray for us sinners,
328 00:27:55 now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
329 00:28:08 Operator. How may I help you?
330 00:28:11 I need to make a collect call.
331 00:28:13 - Your name?- Ted.
332 00:28:18 Hello?
333 00:28:19 I have a collebt ball from Ted.Will you accept the charges?
334 00:28:22 - Yes, I will.- Go ahead, please.
335 00:28:24 I need to speak with my father.
336 00:28:26 - Ted?- Now, Ann.
337 00:28:33 Okay, Ted, I have Joe for you.
338 00:28:36 Dad, I'm sorry to be calling so late, I...
339 00:28:43 I've gotten myself intothe deepest kind of trouble.
340 00:28:49 There was an accident and, well...
341 00:28:58 One of Bobby's secretaries is dead.
342 00:29:01 Ah.
343 00:29:02 And I was driving.
344 00:29:05 Ah...
345 00:29:06 No one else was involved.
346 00:29:09 And I'm okay.
347 00:29:12 I may have had too much to drink.I just don't know. I don't know.
348 00:29:19 I need your help, Dad. Need it.
349 00:29:30 Dad?
350 00:29:34 Dad?
351 00:29:37 Al...
352 00:29:40 Alibi.
353 00:30:08 - Good evening, sir.- Do you have the time?
354 00:30:12 - It's 2:25.- Okay.
355 00:30:15 Been having a little trouble sleeping.
356 00:30:19 You have a good night.
357 00:30:22 Good night, Senator.
358 00:31:40 Dad!
359 00:31:45 Go! Go to that house.Tell them to call the cops.
360 00:32:28 Hey, Chief.
361 00:32:36 So that's the car there, huh?
362 00:32:38 Mmm-hmm.
363 00:32:41 Guess I'm gonna have tofind a bathing suit.
364 00:32:44 - Good morning, Senator.- Good morning.
365 00:32:46 Morning.
366 00:32:55 This is Ted Sorensen.
367 00:32:57 It's Teddy. Listen,I'm gonna need someone with your
368 00:33:00 legal and public relation skills.
369 00:33:02 Are you alone?
370 00:33:04 I got the boys this weekend,but I can talk.
371 00:33:07 Listen, you're the first personI'm telling this to.
372 00:33:10 I'm not even surethe authorities know yet.
373 00:33:22 Huck, keep all those people back!
374 00:33:25 Hey, come on back.Sylvia, Walter, come on. Step on back.
375 00:33:50 Paul. Paul!
376 00:34:01 - Hey, Huck.- Hey, John.
377 00:34:03 Yeah, it's a '67 black Oldsmobile.
378 00:34:07 - Hey.- Hey, John.
379 00:34:09 It was too dark. I couldn't see anything.
380 00:34:11 Don't you worry. If anyone's down there,I'll have 'em up in 10 minutes.
381 00:34:14 Chief! That's the carI was telling you about.
382 00:34:16 The one I saw last night.
383 00:34:18 Will you just pipe downand ID whose car this is?
384 00:34:21 It's coming over the radio now.
385 00:34:23 ...registered to Edward M. Kennedy.
386 00:34:25 It's registered to Edward M. Kennedy.
387 00:34:27 - Well, who was driving?- I'd say she was.
388 00:34:29 Then I don't think you haveanything to worry about.
389 00:34:31 And that story plays?
390 00:34:33 That's what happened, isn't it?
391 00:34:35 Teddy boy!
392 00:34:37 About to sit down to brunch.Come on and join us.
393 00:34:40 - Come on!- I gotta let you go.
394 00:34:57 Chief, we got a body.
395 00:35:11 He didn't report it.
396 00:35:13 That son of a bitch.
397 00:35:38 There was some damage done,
398 00:35:41 but I did offer to pay for it.They kicked me out anyway.
399 00:35:43 I spent all night last nightjust walking around.
400 00:35:48 Hey. There's Joey.
401 00:35:53 Ted.
402 00:35:55 I'd like to speak with you in your room.
403 00:35:58 Right now.
404 00:35:59 Don't be rude, Joey.We just sat down with the Richards.
405 00:36:02 It's a matter of some importance.
406 00:36:11 What the fuck is going on, Ted?
407 00:36:12 Wait a minute, Joey.
408 00:36:14 You were supposed toreport the accident.
409 00:36:16 What the hell happened last night?
410 00:36:20 - I didn't report it.- Oh, my...
411 00:36:22 Shit!
412 00:36:26 What could you possibly be thinking?
413 00:36:28 How could you let this much time go by?
414 00:36:30 Well, did you see the police arriveat the cottage last night?
415 00:36:33 No.
416 00:36:35 - No.- No?
417 00:36:36 Well, don't you think,if I had reported it,
418 00:36:38 the police would have been therewithin the hour?
419 00:36:40 I guess so.
420 00:36:41 I thought this matter had been handled.
421 00:36:43 I thought I could count on you.
422 00:36:45 The moment the police didn't arriveat the cottage, you should have known.
423 00:36:48 You should have knownit was your responsibility
424 00:36:50 to report it to the authorities.
425 00:36:52 What the hell are you talking about?
426 00:36:54 No, you bungled this, Joey.
427 00:36:55 You bungled it.Now I gotta deal with it myself.
428 00:36:58 We're all three implicated in this now.
429 00:37:01 You can't just goand pull this John Wayne shit!
430 00:37:05 They're treating this like a crime scene.
431 00:37:07 There's a dead girl out there,for Christ's sakes.
432 00:37:08 Attorney-client privilegedoesn't extend to aiding and abetting.
433 00:37:11 I'm not gonna sugarcoat this.
434 00:37:13 This situation's a lot worse than it was.
435 00:37:15 You put us in a verydifficult position, Senator.
436 00:37:19 Look, none of us has tolose our jobs over this.
437 00:37:23 You're gonna protect Paul and me,and yourself. Okay?
438 00:37:29 You just have to dowhat you know is right.
439 00:37:34 Okay. I'll report it.
440 00:37:38 Okay.
441 00:37:41 I'm going to have to sayMary Jo was driving.
442 00:37:43 - Christ.- Joey, I love you, okay? You know that.
443 00:37:46 But we both know what's at stake here.
444 00:37:48 Now, we need to find a phone I can usewithout someone breathing down my neck.
445 00:37:52 There's one right here.
446 00:37:53 You really want the desk clerklistening in on this, Paul?
447 00:38:05 Hey, Eugene.
448 00:38:07 All right, let's wrap this up.
449 00:38:09 I got a patient goinginto labor any time now.
450 00:38:11 You just tell me what's proper.You're the medical examiner, so...
451 00:38:14 - Associate medical examiner.- What?
452 00:38:16 Dr. Nevins is the residentmedical examiner.
453 00:38:18 Mills here is just the associate.
454 00:38:20 Yeah, well, Dr. Nevins is off today,
455 00:38:22 so can we get this examination underway?
456 00:38:24 Is that okay with you, Eugene?
457 00:38:26 Yeah, sure.
458 00:38:30 No signs of a struggle.
459 00:38:33 No blood or obvious contusions.
460 00:38:36 Let me check out what's in the lungs.
461 00:38:47 So you said you found hercompletely submerged, right?
462 00:38:50 Yeah, that's right.
463 00:38:51 Well, I think it's an openand shut case. Drowning.
464 00:38:55 She's been submerged for hours.
465 00:38:57 A teaspoon of waterin her mouth means nothing.
466 00:39:00 The foam around all the air passages,
467 00:39:02 that suggests suffocation to me.
468 00:39:03 I didn't realize that you undertakershad a medical degree now.
469 00:39:07 I don't, but I've seen enough dead bodies.
470 00:39:10 Are you saying that there's a possibilitythat maybe she didn't drown?
471 00:39:13 Hey, when I was down there,she was holding herself up
472 00:39:16 like she was trying to gether last breath of air.
473 00:39:18 I could have had her outof that car in 25 minutes
474 00:39:21 if I got the call, but no one called.
475 00:39:28 Senator Kennedy's office.
476 00:39:29 David.
477 00:39:30 We have a situation here onChappaquiddick.
478 00:39:33 What kind of situation?
479 00:39:34 There's a firestorm headed your wayand you need to be ready for it.
480 00:39:37 Okay, but I'll be more readywhen I know what it's about.
481 00:39:40 Listen, the situation is,
482 00:39:44 my car was involved in an accident.
483 00:39:47 I am going to be saying thatI wasn't the one driving.
484 00:39:51 Well, were you driving?
485 00:39:56 Senator. Were you driving?
486 00:40:01 Senator?
487 00:40:05 Senator, are you okay?
488 00:40:07 Was anyone hurt?Have the polibe been notified?
489 00:40:10 Ted, it would help a lotif you gave me some details.
490 00:40:16 Ted? Ted, are you there?
491 00:40:19 Uh, that's all you need to know for now.
492 00:40:29 Uh, I'm headed back to town.
493 00:40:31 - Yeah. That's a good idea.- Joey, take care of the girls.
494 00:40:34 Make sure they don't getwrapped up in any of this.
495 00:40:36 - I was thinking the same thing.- Paul, you, uh...
496 00:40:39 Paul, you go with Ted. Run interference.
497 00:40:42 Make sure he doesn'ttalk with anyone else.
498 00:40:44 Got it.
499 00:40:54 Wake up, everybody!
500 00:40:55 Wake up, get packed, get dressed.
501 00:40:57 We're leaving as soon as possible.
502 00:41:02 This garbage can is forall of the responsible,
503 00:41:05 non-alcoholic, upright citizens' trash.
504 00:41:10 This one's for everything else.
505 00:41:11 All the bottles, cans...
506 00:41:13 Joey, will you just tell uswhat's going on already?
507 00:41:15 No bullshit.
508 00:41:18 Yeah. Yeah, okay.
509 00:41:21 There's, um...
510 00:41:24 - There's been an accident.- What?
511 00:41:26 Senator Kennedy's car went off the bridgeat Poucha Pond last night.
512 00:41:31 He's okay, but we cannot find Mary Jo.
513 00:41:35 Are the police looking for her?
514 00:41:45 I want you to know that every effortpossible was made to save her.
515 00:41:50 Oh, my God, she's dead.
516 00:41:59 Okay. What do we need to do now?
517 00:42:04 What do we do to help the senator?
518 00:42:10 You all need toget off the island as soon as possible.
519 00:42:14 Nobody knows you're here.
520 00:42:17 Just get yourselves home and keep quiet.
521 00:42:22 Remember what Ted said last night.
522 00:42:26 We're family.
523 00:42:28 We need to protect each other like family.
524 00:42:38 Senator, I hear you were inan accident this morning.
525 00:42:41 I can't make any statements.
526 00:42:42 There're a lot of questions being asked.
527 00:42:44 Jim, I'd appreciatesome understanding on this.
528 00:42:46 If the rumors are true,
529 00:42:48 I'm not the oneyou should be worried about.
530 00:42:53 The senator won't bemaking any statements.
531 00:43:03 - Senator.- Is the chief in?
532 00:43:05 The chief's not here.That's his private office.
533 00:43:09 We're just gonna wait in thereuntil the chief gets back, okay?
534 00:43:18 Come on, folks.Let's step it back a little bit.
535 00:43:21 Can somebody tell me whywe haven't found Senator Kennedy yet?
536 00:43:24 He's right here at the station, Chief.
537 00:43:28 Well, can you tell him toget his ass down here?
538 00:43:32 The senator wants you to come to him.
539 00:43:39 Sorry, he's not here.No, I don't have...
540 00:43:42 Chief's on his way.
541 00:43:44 Good, thanks, Paul. That'll be fine.
542 00:43:50 Will you please give me a moment?
543 00:43:53 Sure.
544 00:44:03 Directory assistance.What listing, please?
545 00:44:06 Uh, Kopechne, Berkeley Heights,New Jersey, I think.
546 00:44:09 I'm unsure of the spelling.
547 00:44:13 I'll connect you.
548 00:44:19 Hello?
549 00:44:20 - Hello, Mrs. Kopechne?- Yes, it is.
550 00:44:24 This is Senator Ted Kennedy,Mrs. Kopechne.
551 00:44:28 Could I please speak to your husband?
552 00:44:30 Oh, Senator.
553 00:44:33 Joseph's not here at the moment.
554 00:44:36 Can I take a message for him?
555 00:44:41 Mrs. Kopechne,Mary Jo was involved in an accident.
556 00:44:46 Was it in a car?
557 00:44:48 It was an automobile accident.
558 00:44:52 She was... She was returning to takea ferry back to the mainland
559 00:44:57 when the accident occurred.
560 00:45:04 Was my daughter killed?
561 00:45:10 Yes.
562 00:45:15 Mary Jo was an exceptional human being.
563 00:45:20 She served my brother and my family
564 00:45:26 with grace, dignity...
565 00:46:30 Ted, you're on with Joe.
566 00:46:33 Dad, I'm at the police station.
567 00:46:37 I'm telling you this becauseI wanted to let you know
568 00:46:39 that I am going to explainto them what happened.
569 00:46:43 And I'm going to say thatI was the one driving.
570 00:46:47 I will protect myself,but I have to do what's right.
571 00:46:52 I have to tell the truth.
572 00:46:55 Alibi.
573 00:47:05 I'm not going to be the onedefined by my flaws.
574 00:47:09 Joe Jr. was the favorite one.Jack was the charming one.
575 00:47:13 Bobby was the brilliant one.
576 00:47:14 And what did that leave me, Dad?
577 00:47:16 The fat one? The stupid one?
578 00:47:18 I'll tell you what.The one who got in the most trouble.
579 00:47:21 Well, I can be charming.I can be brilliant. I can...
580 00:47:25 I am the only son you got left.
581 00:47:28 I'm the one making this decision, Dad.I'm the one...
582 00:47:31 Ted, he's writing something.
583 00:47:37 He says, "You're the headof the family now. Start acting like it."
584 00:47:41 Goodbye, Dad.
585 00:48:03 This is Dun Gifford.
586 00:48:04 Dun, I need you onthe next plane to Edgartown.
587 00:48:08 Yeah, I've been expebtingyour call. David filled me in.
588 00:48:10 Good.
589 00:48:11 Listen, we've made mistakes here.I want you to understand that.
590 00:48:15 But I want to make sure, going forward,
591 00:48:16 we handle everythingwith the utmost integrity.
592 00:48:18 I understand.
593 00:48:21 We need to make sure the poor girl's bodygets to her family right away.
594 00:48:24 Can you... Can you do that for me?
595 00:48:26 Uh, okay, but there may be a delayif they want to perform an autopsy.
596 00:48:30 Why do you think I want it out of here?
597 00:48:33 Can you handle this or not?
598 00:48:35 Of bourse, Senator,but what if they demand...
599 00:48:39 Paul.
600 00:48:47 Paul, I, uh...
601 00:48:50 I need you to help me come upwith a written statement.
602 00:48:52 I'm going to say I was driving.
603 00:48:55 I don't want to drag you and Joey intothis any more than I already have.
604 00:48:58 So we're just gonna leave that part out.
605 00:48:59 I mean any part that can hurt my positionwith the police or the public,
606 00:49:03 we're gonna leave out. Can you do that?
607 00:49:10 Sure.
608 00:49:12 Is there any truth to the rumor?
609 00:49:13 Has the senator been found?
610 00:49:23 Hold all my calls.
611 00:49:24 Bob, there's a bunch of reporters outside.Keep them out there, all right?
612 00:49:27 - Yes, sir.- Outside.
613 00:49:30 Good morning, Chief.
614 00:49:34 Senator.
615 00:49:36 I have a statement I'd like to read,if that's okay.
616 00:49:40 Okay.
617 00:49:52 "On July 18, 1969,
618 00:49:55 at approximately 11:15 p.m.
619 00:49:58 in Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard,Massachusetts,
620 00:50:02 I was driving my car on Main Street
621 00:50:04 on the way to get the ferryback to Edgartown.
622 00:50:08 I was unfamiliar with the roadand turned right onto Dike Road
623 00:50:11 instead of bearing a hard leftonto Main Street.
624 00:50:14 After proceeding forapproximately one half mile...
625 00:50:18 I discovered a hilland came upon a narrow bridge...
626 00:50:23 then went off the edge of the bridge.
627 00:50:27 There was one passengerin the car with me,
628 00:50:31 Miss Mary Jo Kopechne.
629 00:50:33 She was a former secretary of my brotherRobert F. Kennedy.
630 00:50:38 The car turned over and landedon the roof, resting on the bottom.
631 00:50:43 I attempted to open the doorand the window of the car,
632 00:50:47 and have no recollection ofhow I got out."
633 00:50:52 "I bame to the surfabeand then repeatedly dove down
634 00:50:56 to see if the passengerwas still in the car."
635 00:51:13 Mary Jo!
636 00:51:16 Come on. Come on. Mary Jo!
637 00:51:20 "I was unsuccessful in the attempt."
638 00:51:25 "I was exhausted and in a state of shock.
639 00:51:30 I reball walking back towhere my friends were eating.
640 00:51:34 I then asked someone tobring me back to Edgartown.
641 00:51:37 I remember walking aroundfor a period of time
642 00:51:40 and then going to my hotel room.
643 00:51:43 When I fully realizedwhat had happened this morning,
644 00:51:46 I immediately contacted the police."
645 00:51:55 Well, I'm glad you're okay, Senator.
646 00:52:02 Normally, I would need tohold you for questioning.
647 00:52:05 Type this up, please.
648 00:52:06 Are you sure that's necessary?
649 00:52:07 Whatever you think is right.
650 00:52:08 But your written statement herepretty much answers
651 00:52:10 - any questions I might have.- I agree.
652 00:52:11 I trust your experience, Chief.
653 00:52:13 Why don't we see if we can get youback to Hyannis Port right away?
654 00:52:16 I got a friend who's a pilot,he can get you there in no time.
655 00:52:18 The senator would really appreciate that.
656 00:52:31 Sounds fine. Fine, Chief.
657 00:52:33 Now, Chief,if you wouldn't mind not letting
658 00:52:36 the press get a hold of that statement,
659 00:52:37 you know, just till I get the all clearfrom my lawyer.
660 00:52:39 Not a problem, Senator.Just, uh...
661 00:52:41 You just let me knowif there's anything else I can do for you.
662 00:52:44 No, sir. You're doinga bang-up job here, Dominic.
663 00:52:48 A bang-up job.
664 00:52:52 Is there a, uh...You got another way out of here?
665 00:52:56 - Where's Ted now?- Flying home as we speak.
666 00:52:59 What concerns me ishis written statement.
667 00:53:00 Has anyone even reached this police chief?
668 00:53:02 Absolutely no comment.Not a damn word from anybody.
669 00:53:04 No sweat. Count on us.
670 00:53:06 Said he'd hold offreleasing Ted's statement...
671 00:53:09 Leaving the scene is bad enough,
672 00:53:11 but what the hell was he doingfor eight hours?
673 00:53:13 Do we know for surethere were no witnesses?
674 00:53:14 If we're lucky,it'll be leaving the scene.
675 00:53:17 - Get a copy.- Manslaughter.
676 00:53:19 Anybody calls,I don't care who it is, no comment.
677 00:53:23 Absolutely no comment.
678 00:53:59 Oh, Ted.
679 00:54:02 Your father wasn't expecting you so soon.
680 00:54:05 How's he, uh... How's he holding up, Ann?
681 00:54:08 Oh... Uncle Joe was rather emotional.
682 00:54:12 But physically, he's doing better.
683 00:54:16 Good.
684 00:54:22 Wait here, Ted.
685 00:54:28 He'd prefer to come to you.
686 00:54:42 Teddy's arrived, Joe.
687 00:55:18 I'm glad to see you, Dad.
688 00:55:21 You look good.
689 00:55:30 I want to tell you againhow sincerely sorry I am...
690 00:55:34 that I ever let a thing like this happen.
691 00:55:38 And reassure you thatI have the situation,
692 00:55:40 as terrible as it is,under my complete control.
693 00:55:46 I know...
694 00:55:50 I'm sorry I got us into this.
695 00:55:57 But if you can trust me, Dad,
696 00:55:59 I have faith I can get us out.
697 00:56:03 Your father would like to tell you...
698 00:56:08 "You've lost my confidence.
699 00:56:10 Do as I say and never lose it again.
700 00:56:13 Otherwise, it will bea nearly impossible task
701 00:56:16 to restore it."
702 00:56:23 Your dad really does love you.
703 00:56:27 He hasn't been this activesince before Bobby died.
704 00:56:45 Ted.
705 00:57:02 Well, Bob, you handledthe Cuban Missile Crisis.
706 00:57:06 Now let's see what you can dowith this one.
707 00:57:10 - Hello, Mr. Kennedy.- Joe.
708 00:57:13 Hi, Teddy.
709 00:57:18 Dad. I see you're still the manwith all the influence.
710 00:57:24 Gentlemen, I appreciate
711 00:57:29 you all making this short tripon my behalf.
712 00:57:33 But I hope you'll understandI'm going to handle this with my own team,
713 00:57:36 since it's my political futurehere at stake.
714 00:57:38 You won't have a political futureif you're in jail, Ted.
715 00:57:42 You're fighting a battleon two fronts and you don't even know it.
716 00:57:44 I think you need to cool down here, Bob.
717 00:57:46 Okay? I understand my problemwith the press
718 00:57:48 and with the people of Massachusetts.
719 00:57:50 That's just the half of it.
720 00:57:52 You're also in serious legal trouble, son.
721 00:57:55 Teddy.
722 00:57:57 Teddy, if they find that your negligencecontributed to this girl's death,
723 00:58:02 that's involuntary manslaughter.
724 00:58:04 If there's even a whisper that you'renot as clean as Mother Teresa,
725 00:58:07 you will be charged.
726 00:58:09 And there's not a lot of senatorsthat are charged with manslaughter
727 00:58:12 - that go on to become president.- Oh, I understand, Bob.
728 00:58:14 That is to saynothing about being convicted.
729 00:58:17 If you are even indicted,
730 00:58:18 it won't matter what verdict comes back.
731 00:58:20 The court of public opinionwill have your head on a stake.
732 00:58:23 We'll give it to Sorensen.We won't have that problem.
733 00:58:25 "Problems," Ted. Problems, plural.
734 00:58:29 They are threefold.
735 00:58:31 One, the information we know that we needto make sure no one else knows.
736 00:58:35 Two, the information we don't knowthat we need to make sure stays unknown.
737 00:58:39 Three, the information thatyou have already admitted to
738 00:58:41 that we need to make people forget.
739 00:58:44 Now, to the first point.
740 00:58:46 A dead body holds a lot of secrets.
741 00:58:48 Those secrets can be the differencebetween guilt and innocence,
742 00:58:50 so we need to be in control of them.
743 00:58:52 The only way to do that isto be in control of that dead girl's body.
744 00:58:55 Good. Because my staffer, Dun Gifford,
745 00:58:59 is already at the funeral home right now.
746 00:59:01 And that poor girl's body isn't goinganywhere except home to New Jersey
747 00:59:05 without us knowing about it.
748 00:59:06 Senator, with all due respect,
749 00:59:08 having a gofer sitting on his handsin the lobby isn't getting us anywhere.
750 00:59:12 Now, there are explicit procedures
751 00:59:16 that must be followedfor moving a body across state lines.
752 00:59:20 Do you have any idea,
753 00:59:21 has the death certificateeven been signed yet?
754 00:59:32 Dun Gifford.
755 00:59:33 Dun, listen, we're in thisdeeper than I thought.
756 00:59:35 I need you to get the death certificatesigned as soon as possible.
757 00:59:38 - Do whatever it takes.- Yeah. I'll look into that.
758 00:59:42 Ted?
759 00:59:45 Good as done. Just waiting on word back.
760 00:59:47 Good. Now, as I was saying,
761 00:59:50 we need to parse throughthe unknowns of this case
762 00:59:52 to determine if there's any liabilitieshiding in the trees.
763 00:59:55 So what evidence can be used against Tedto prove he acted negligently, hmm?
764 00:59:59 Why are we just assuming thatI acted negligently, Bob?
765 01:00:01 There's a dead body inthe Edgartown mortuary
766 01:00:03 that would suggest it's a possibility.
767 01:00:05 There's no witnesses. There's no evidence.
768 01:00:09 I mean, what proof can there possibly be?
769 01:00:11 Were your headlights working, Ted?
770 01:00:13 Oh, of course they were working.
771 01:00:14 Was your licensein good standing?
772 01:00:16 - Anyone see you drinking?- Were you wearing your safety belts?
773 01:00:18 Did you tires leave skid marks?
774 01:00:21 I think my license might be expired.
775 01:00:24 Your license is expired?
776 01:00:25 What, do you really thinkthat's a problem?
777 01:00:27 - Teddy!- How is that negligent?
778 01:00:28 Anytime you get behind the wheel,you are in breach of the law.
779 01:00:32 I'd say that's pretty negligent.
780 01:00:33 That means that hewas driving against the law.
781 01:00:35 This thing is worse than I thought.
782 01:00:39 Joe Greelish runsthe Hyannis motor registry.
783 01:00:44 We can get him to run the licensethrough his connections in Edgartown.
784 01:00:47 Let Gifford talk to him.
785 01:00:48 Damn it, Ted, you can'tbe connected to this!
786 01:00:50 It's all right.I know just the guy.
787 01:00:52 James Smith.
788 01:00:53 He worked as an advance manfor Jack on the '60 campaign.
789 01:00:57 Off the books.
790 01:00:59 Just so happens he finds himselfworking in the local DA's office.
791 01:01:03 How's that gonna help us?
792 01:01:05 He'll know people in governmentsympathetic to the cause.
793 01:01:08 You know.Look into it, maybe?
794 01:01:10 Of course, James.I'll make some calls.
795 01:01:12 That's excellent, Walter.
796 01:01:14 Ted and I goway back to Suffolk County.
797 01:01:17 I'm sure the senatorwould appreciate it.
798 01:01:19 I'll see what I can do.
799 01:01:20 Thanks, Walter.
800 01:01:28 We got it.
801 01:01:35 Whoa! As soon as I have more information,
802 01:01:37 I'll get it to you. Thank you.
803 01:01:43 ...200 feet per second.
804 01:01:45 The astronauts fully expectedthey would need to perform
805 01:01:47 another course borrebtionto make certain they entered
806 01:01:50 the correct orbit around the moon...
807 01:01:52 What's the cutoff for the national papers?
808 01:01:54 On Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Why?
809 01:01:57 A story like this could dominatethe headlines for weeks.
810 01:02:01 It'll take nothing shortof men walking on the moon
811 01:02:03 to knock it off the front page.
812 01:02:06 Fortunately for us, it looks likeTed's big brother arranged for just that.
813 01:02:10 Now, if we can keep a tight lid on this
814 01:02:11 for a couple more hours,
815 01:02:13 we might actually be able todevelop a decent PR strategy.
816 01:02:16 By the time the papers have room for Ted,
817 01:02:18 they'll all be writingexactly what we want them to.
818 01:02:20 After a thorough examination,Ted's doctor here
819 01:02:23 deduced he suffered a concussionand was in a state of shock.
820 01:02:27 But I haven't evenexamined the patient yet.
821 01:02:29 That won't be necessary.
822 01:02:30 There's nothing left to dobut run out the clock, gentlemen.
823 01:02:34 Come 5:00 p.m.,
824 01:02:35 we'll be back out in front of the problem.
825 01:02:39 Actually, New York Timesalready has a story.
826 01:02:42 - What?- Excuse me?
827 01:02:44 On my way to the station,I bumped into a reporter.
828 01:02:48 Seemed to know thatI was involved in an accident.
829 01:02:50 Who was it, Ted?What was his name?
830 01:02:54 James Reston.
831 01:02:55 - Reston.- James Reston?
832 01:02:57 The chief political correspondentand executive editor.
833 01:03:00 How? How could you forget to mention that?
834 01:03:03 I was in a state of shock.
835 01:03:04 - Bullshit, Ted!- Hey, hey.
836 01:03:07 Now we gotta get someoneto the Kopechnes as soon as possible.
837 01:03:09 Someone's gotta runinterference with any press
838 01:03:11 before one of her parentssays something that totally sinks us.
839 01:03:14 They're in New Jersey, so someoneought to get over there quick.
840 01:03:21 What are you still doing here?
841 01:03:24 Markham, you get that chief on the lineand you make sure he understands
842 01:03:26 he is not to release that writtenstatement under any circumstances.
843 01:03:30 Times may have this right now,
844 01:03:31 but let's see ifwe can keep it an exclusive.
845 01:03:33 Ted, get your press secretary, uh...
846 01:03:36 - Dick, um...- Drayne.
847 01:03:37 Get Dick Drayne to feeda leak to the Times.
848 01:03:39 Let him know that, uh...
849 01:03:42 you've been diagnosed witha very serious concussion.
850 01:03:44 That would explainwhy you're acting like a mental patient.
851 01:03:49 Anything else, gentlemen?
852 01:03:51 Be sympathetic.
853 01:03:57 "When I, Ted, fully realizedwhat had happened..."
854 01:04:00 Chief Arena, telephone.
855 01:04:02 Hang on.Hang on, guys. I gotta take this.
856 01:04:07 Hello.
857 01:04:08 Chief, thank God I got you.Uh, I need to ask a big favor.
858 01:04:12 Uh, can you hold off on the senator'sstatement just a little longer?
859 01:04:15 - Couple hours.- You're gonna have to speak up, son.
860 01:04:17 I've got a room full of reporters here.
861 01:04:19 I need you to hold off
862 01:04:21 on releasing the senator's statement
863 01:04:24 a little longer.
864 01:04:25 Well, I'm sorry, I've already released it.
865 01:04:27 What?
866 01:04:28 I'm just going through itfor the third time.
867 01:04:31 Oh, Jesus.
868 01:04:32 Actually, I have a few questionsfor you, Mr. Markham.
869 01:04:36 Now, remember, Dick, this is an exclusive.
870 01:04:38 You don't need to overdo it.
871 01:04:40 We're just trying to make surethis doesn't spin out of control
872 01:04:42 into something like manslaughter...
873 01:04:44 or an affair, God forbid.
874 01:04:47 You don't need to say another word.
875 01:04:49 And throw it something aboutme being on sedatives.
876 01:04:51 Make it sound dramatic.
877 01:05:00 This is James Restonof the New York Times.
878 01:05:02 - James, Dick Drayne here.- Hello, Dick.
879 01:05:05 It's a terrible thingabout this accident.
880 01:05:07 Yes. Yes, it is.
881 01:05:09 The senator suffered a serious concussion.
882 01:05:11 His physibian has him on sedativesjust so he can manage the pain.
883 01:05:17 Sedatives? With a concussion?
884 01:05:24 Your friend the police chiefjust sank this entire ship.
885 01:05:28 What do you mean? How?
886 01:05:30 Mr. Markham?
887 01:05:31 He read the written statementto the press.
888 01:05:34 Three times, apparently.
889 01:05:36 The story's gonna hit the wire any minute.
890 01:05:38 Okay, look, we're not sunk yet.
891 01:05:40 - That statement's pretty airtight.- Oh, airtight, huh?
892 01:05:43 You contradict yourselfin the first two sentences.
893 01:05:45 Main road's paved, Teddy. Dike Road's not.
894 01:05:48 Doesn't take an expert cartographerto tell the difference.
895 01:05:50 And what about this deputy thatsaw your car driving away from the ferry
896 01:05:53 at a quarter to 1:00 in the morning?
897 01:05:54 Yeah, well, that's justhis word against mine.
898 01:05:56 We gotta go throughhis statement line by line.
899 01:05:58 Guys, guys, I think we'reoverreacting here. All right?
900 01:06:02 Dick's running the concussion story.
901 01:06:03 That's going to explainany inconsistencies.
902 01:06:07 Dick Drayne on line three.
903 01:06:10 This should be interesting.
904 01:06:13 Dick, you're on with the boys.
905 01:06:15 So, did the sedative stuff play?
906 01:06:18 Did any of you guysactually consult a physician?
907 01:06:20 Yeah, of course.
908 01:06:22 Well, according to Reston,you don't give sedatives
909 01:06:24 to a patient who's had a concussion.
910 01:06:27 It could kill them.
911 01:06:28 - Sedatives?- Good Lord.
912 01:06:31 Bay of Pigs was a better run operation.
913 01:06:35 We need to seriouslyrebalance this equation.
914 01:06:38 Edna, hang up.Don't talk to anybody, all right?
915 01:06:43 Walter? What are you doing here?
916 01:06:45 I'm the special prosecutor.
917 01:06:47 They assigned me to the Kennedy case.
918 01:06:48 Thank God.
919 01:06:51 We can use all the help we can get.
920 01:06:57 Mary Jo Kopechne,
921 01:06:58 a passenger in the senator's automobile,
922 01:07:00 was drowned early Saturday morning
923 01:07:02 when he drove the car off a bridgeand overturned in a pond.
924 01:07:06 Police say that Kennedyreported the accident
925 01:07:08 about nine hours later.
926 01:07:10 The last ferry left at midnight.
927 01:07:12 The crewmen say Kennedy was not on it.
928 01:07:14 The questions arise,
929 01:07:16 who took him across the channel?
930 01:07:18 And didn't one of his friendsask him where he'd been?
931 01:07:20 How he got wet?
932 01:07:22 Where his car and Miss Kopechne were?
933 01:07:25 If the questions were raised,what were the answers?
934 01:07:30 Seems likethey want you back inside.
935 01:07:32 I'm busy. Can't you tell?
936 01:07:40 I can't watch you do this, Ted.
937 01:07:43 - Do what, Joe?- Self-destruct.
938 01:07:48 Nobody's said anything.
939 01:07:50 Perhaps they haven't seen it, but I have.
940 01:07:54 You've been on this path since Bobby died.
941 01:07:59 Your expectations for yourwhole life didn't change
942 01:08:02 the moment he hit the ground.
943 01:08:05 There never were any expectationsfor my life.
944 01:08:07 Yes, there were, Joey. There always were.
945 01:08:10 I needed you. I needed you to protect me.
946 01:08:16 You're the only brother I have left, Joe.
947 01:08:21 This has to be the end of my involvement.
948 01:08:25 I'm sorry, Teddy.I wish ol' Joey could fix it,
949 01:08:28 but I can't.
950 01:08:33 "We bhoose to go tothe moon not because it is easy,
951 01:08:35 but because it is hard."
952 01:08:38 What does your brother's promiseto America mean to you?
953 01:08:42 He was always someonewho kept his promises.
954 01:08:48 My brother committed his lifeto the idea that
955 01:08:51 the United States isa beacon of democracy.
956 01:08:55 And so too for my family,
957 01:08:57 I think he was a beabon.Someone we all hoped to...
958 01:09:00 That looks good.
959 01:09:01 Hard to believe this was yesterday.
960 01:09:02 He said this missionwould have, quote,
961 01:09:05 "a great impact on the mindsof the men across America."
962 01:09:08 I think my brother set a coursefor the entire nation
963 01:09:11 in a way that we can never abandon.
964 01:09:14 Anyone watching now would thinkit's business as usual with the Kennedys.
965 01:09:19 Even in my own life,I've often asked,
966 01:09:22 what would Jack have me do?
967 01:09:24 Space is there.
968 01:09:25 And the moon and the planets are there.
969 01:09:28 And new hopes for knowledgeand peace are there.
970 01:09:31 And therefore as we set sail,we ask God's blessing
971 01:09:35 on the most hazardous and dangerous
972 01:09:38 and greatest adventureon which man has ever embarked.
973 01:09:42 Uncle Jack could do anything, huh, Dad?
974 01:09:46 President Kennedy basta long shadow and still does.
975 01:09:50 It's one I walk in every day.
976 01:09:53 Thank you, Senator.
977 01:09:54 Now we hearfrom Houston that the crew has, uh,
978 01:09:57 completed putting on the spacesuits,
979 01:09:59 and the boots, helmets,
980 01:10:01 and are now donning theirportable life support system.
981 01:10:05 That backpack that carriestheir oxygen, the cooling liquids,
982 01:10:09 and their communications equipment.
983 01:10:11 And they're set for a four-hourstay on the lunar surface.
984 01:10:15 Well within that margin,
985 01:10:16 they will get back in the spacecraft
986 01:10:18 after 2 hours and 40 minuteson the lunar surface.
987 01:10:22 We've had no further estimatein the last few minutes
988 01:10:24 as to the actual timewhen they will step out of the spacecraft.
989 01:10:28 Of bourse, we're standing byfor further word from Houston on that.
990 01:10:50 Don't worry. I'll get it.
991 01:10:56 Oh, hello.Are Gwen and Joe here?
992 01:10:58 We've heard about their lossand we're so sorry.
993 01:11:00 The Kopechnes thank you for your kindness.
994 01:11:03 Would we be able to see themjust for a moment, please?
995 01:11:06 Okay, Neil, we bansee you coming down the ladder now.
996 01:11:09 There he is.There's a foot coming down the step.
997 01:11:11 I'm at the foot of the ladder.
998 01:11:14 The LM footpads are only, uh...
999 01:11:18 depressed in the surfaceabout one or two inches.
1000 01:11:23 Although the surface appears to be,
1001 01:11:25 uh, very, very fine-grainedas you get close to it.
1002 01:11:30 It's almost like a powder.
1003 01:11:33 Down there, it's very fine.
1004 01:11:38 I'm going to step off the LM now.
1005 01:11:43 Armstrong is on the moon.
1006 01:11:49 On this July 20th, 1969.
1007 01:11:53 That's one small step for man...
1008 01:11:57 one giant leap for mankind.
1009 01:12:00 I think that was Neil's quote.
1010 01:12:02 I didn't understand.
1011 01:12:03 One small step for man,
1012 01:12:05 but I didn't get the second phrase.
1013 01:12:07 Some more of our monitors here...
1014 01:12:16 It was only thismorning, by evolution's clock,
1015 01:12:19 that he fashioned the glassthat brought distance close,
1016 01:12:21 showed him that his world,the epicenter of everything,
1017 01:12:25 is only a small speck in thesecond-rate solar system...
1018 01:12:36 Teddy, what the hell are you doing?
1019 01:12:40 What does it look like?
1020 01:12:42 Well, whatever you're doing,it looks ridiculous.
1021 01:12:45 I'm winning back the sympathiesof my constituents.
1022 01:12:47 Yeah? It looks fake.
1023 01:12:49 It's as real as can be.It's a real neck brace.
1024 01:12:52 Well, it looks fake on you.
1025 01:12:54 That's 'cause you know me.
1026 01:12:56 Come on, Teddy. Take that thing off.
1027 01:12:58 No. Joey, no. I'm gonna wear it. No.
1028 01:12:59 Ted, come on. It's stupid.
1029 01:13:01 Joey, no, I like it.
1030 01:13:03 Don't, Joey! No, no, no!
1031 01:13:08 Joey!
1032 01:13:09 That's it!Take it... Take it off!
1033 01:13:12 My back! My back, Joey!Get off of me.
1034 01:13:15 Aw, my back.
1035 01:13:19 You're not a victim, Ted!
1036 01:13:23 Jesus.
1037 01:13:26 I'm gonna ask Dad and see what he says.
1038 01:13:36 - Come in.- Dad.
1039 01:13:38 - Hey, Teddy.- Oh, hey, guys.
1040 01:13:41 Listen. Fellas, what do you think about mewearing this to the funeral?
1041 01:13:43 I think it might gain us some sympathy.
1042 01:13:45 You look like a putz, Ted.
1043 01:13:47 You know how weakthat'll look to the Russians?
1044 01:13:48 The hell with you guys!
1045 01:13:51 I'll wear what I want.
1046 01:14:04 Thanks for doing this, Joany.
1047 01:14:08 Go fuck yourself, Teddy.
1048 01:14:14 I, uh, I lost my familywhen I was very young.
1049 01:14:18 Both parents.
1050 01:14:21 I can only imaginehow much harder this is.
1051 01:14:26 I just wanted you to know,
1052 01:14:29 I needed to tell you both that...
1053 01:14:33 I did everything I could for Mary Jo.
1054 01:14:38 I tried to save her, Mr. Kopechne.
1055 01:14:42 I did everything I could.
1056 01:14:47 What did you say your name was, again?
1057 01:14:54 Senator,thank you so much for being here.
1058 01:14:56 Mr. Kopechne.
1059 01:14:57 I knowwhat a sacrifice you must have made.
1060 01:14:59 I'm so sorry for your loss.
1061 01:15:01 Thank youfor trying to save our daughter.
1062 01:15:02 If there's anythingI can do, please.
1063 01:15:23 ...sayeth to the angel,
1064 01:15:26 "Here am I, the servant of the Lord.
1065 01:15:28 Let it be with me according to your word."
1066 01:15:32 And so it was with our Mary Jo,
1067 01:15:35 that from faith she drew her strength,
1068 01:15:38 her conviction and purpose in this world.
1069 01:15:40 It was faith that led Mary Jo...
1070 01:16:01 Please tell meI can believe in you.
1071 01:16:19 What are you so afraid of?
1072 01:16:22 Senator?
1073 01:16:25 Senator.
1074 01:16:30 You were up there for a very long time.
1075 01:16:36 I got lost in my thoughts.
1076 01:16:39 How's your wife?
1077 01:16:42 She's okay.
1078 01:16:45 I really am curious.
1079 01:16:48 Tragedy has a way of defining people.
1080 01:16:51 On one hand, you have someonelike Jackie who goes
1081 01:16:54 and practically becomesambassador for the family.
1082 01:16:57 Keeping the legacy alive.
1083 01:17:00 On the other hand,
1084 01:17:01 a tragedy like thiscripples some people...
1085 01:17:06 till they curl up into a ball.
1086 01:17:11 Joany's more the latter.
1087 01:17:14 I think there's a third kind of person.
1088 01:17:18 The kind of personwho defines their own legacy.
1089 01:17:23 I think my chance to define my legacydied with Mary Jo.
1090 01:17:27 Senator, look at Mr. and Mrs. Kopechne.
1091 01:17:32 They don't blame you.
1092 01:17:36 Why should America?
1093 01:17:42 Senator, an officer's sayinghe saw you at 12:45
1094 01:17:45 with a woman after the ferry closed.
1095 01:17:47 What about the rumors thatMs. Kopechne was pregnant?
1096 01:17:50 "Kennedy walked around with an open collar
1097 01:17:52 showing off a previouslyunseen neck brace."
1098 01:17:55 What affect do you think
1099 01:17:56 this will have on yourpolitical career, Senator?
1100 01:17:58 And when can we expect some answersto some of these questions?
1101 01:18:01 "For a man wearing a neck brace,
1102 01:18:03 Kennedy had no trouble craning aroundto see who was behind him at the funeral."
1103 01:18:06 Senator!
1104 01:18:07 I'll make a statementat the appropriate time.
1105 01:18:09 And when exactly willthat appropriate time be, Senator?
1106 01:18:12 Can you give us an indication
1107 01:18:14 of when that appropriatetime will be, Senator?
1108 01:18:20 Those are the Boston papers.
1109 01:18:21 You want to hear from the New York Times?
1110 01:18:22 No, I got it.
1111 01:18:26 The neck brace was a mistake.I see that now.
1112 01:18:30 Damn it.
1113 01:18:33 This country has a deep connectionto the Kennedy name,
1114 01:18:36 and that is a valuable thing, gentlemen.
1115 01:18:38 And we can't just let that go to waste.
1116 01:18:41 We need to remind the American peoplewhat this family has been through.
1117 01:18:46 And how much more we have left to achieve.
1118 01:18:47 And how are you planningon doing that, Ted?
1119 01:18:52 A nationally televised statement.
1120 01:18:55 All three networks, prime time.
1121 01:19:00 Is that all?
1122 01:19:02 Why not have Ted fill in forCarson on The Tonight Show?
1123 01:19:07 That's actually not a bad idea.
1124 01:19:09 The networks will donate the timeif it's part of their news coverage.
1125 01:19:12 We could frame the national conversationthe way we want it framed.
1126 01:19:15 - How do we do that?- He's got to look sympathetic.
1127 01:19:17 It'd be easier to get himto fill in for Carson.
1128 01:19:19 We tell the truth.
1129 01:19:21 Or at least our version of it.
1130 01:19:25 And it ends with an appeal to the voters,
1131 01:19:27 to the people that elected me.
1132 01:19:29 We need to remind themthat this family perseveres,
1133 01:19:32 that we don't back down from a fight,
1134 01:19:34 that we don't get backed into a corner.
1135 01:19:36 We have a true compass and we follow it.
1136 01:19:39 Now I followed minethe best I could that night.
1137 01:19:42 And me and Paul and Joe,
1138 01:19:44 we did everything we couldto save that poor girl.
1139 01:19:46 - You got a winner there, son.- Amen to that, Bob.
1140 01:19:48 Son of a bitch,that's a hell of a winner.
1141 01:19:50 We get Sorensen to dress this speech up,
1142 01:19:52 you might make it throughthis thing unscathed.
1143 01:19:54 If we do this right,you might be more electable.
1144 01:19:56 That's good.
1145 01:19:59 A girl dies,
1146 01:20:01 and yet somehow Ted is the martyr?
1147 01:20:07 Think about it.
1148 01:20:09 Do we really want to prop him upas an injured hero here?
1149 01:20:13 This strategy's the only thingwe've come up with
1150 01:20:15 that has a chance of saving Ted.We need to all get behind it.
1151 01:20:18 I'm telling you, these theatricsare not gonna hold up in a court of law!
1152 01:20:23 He's right.
1153 01:20:26 We need to make sure this case is closedbefore Ted talks to the press.
1154 01:20:28 The hearing's not till Monday.
1155 01:20:30 Then we move it up immediatelyor we will not survive the weekend.
1156 01:20:33 I'll give Steele a call.
1157 01:20:34 First, get a solid plea deal in place.
1158 01:20:36 I want his word on that,and I want it in person.
1159 01:20:38 Markham. Markham!
1160 01:20:41 - Me?- Yes, you.
1161 01:20:45 Joe, I meant it before.I need you with me on this.
1162 01:20:49 I meant what I said before too, Ted.
1163 01:20:51 I can't go any further.
1164 01:20:53 I'm packing my bags.I'll be gone tomorrow.
1165 01:20:56 Joe, this is your family too.Start acting like it.
1166 01:21:05 This is Steele.
1167 01:21:06 I'd like to speakwith the district attorney.
1168 01:21:08 - One moment.- This is Dinis.
1169 01:21:10 I'm still down herein Edgartown with Chief Arena.
1170 01:21:13 I just got a call about the hearing...
1171 01:21:15 Yeah, yeah,I got the same call, Walter.
1172 01:21:17 - How do you want to proceed?- Look, as far as I understand it,
1173 01:21:21 we don't really havethe evidence to build a case.
1174 01:21:23 There's no autopsy report,the girl's already been embalmed.
1175 01:21:25 He's got an impeccable driving record.
1176 01:21:27 And for God sakes,the guy had a concussion.
1177 01:21:30 You're very wise, sir.
1178 01:21:32 I want you to pass alonga message for me.
1179 01:21:34 What's that?
1180 01:21:35 From me through youto Ted and no one else.
1181 01:21:38 I won't touch this caseunless Ted wants me to.
1182 01:21:43 Paul.
1183 01:21:45 Walter.
1184 01:21:48 It's done. Hearing's beenmoved to Friday morning.
1185 01:21:52 Good. The senator will be there.
1186 01:21:55 He's prepared to plead guiltyto leaving the scene.
1187 01:21:58 The Commonwealthwill recommend a minimum of
1188 01:22:01 two months incarceration.
1189 01:22:05 Upon the 200th yearof this nation's life,
1190 01:22:08 it would be wonderful if we bould dothe same thing with domestic issues
1191 01:22:11 that President Kennedy didwith the space program.
1192 01:22:17 Arena says he also has witnesses
1193 01:22:19 who can account forthe senator's movements
1194 01:22:21 during the eight hours betweenthe death of Mary Jo Kopechne
1195 01:22:25 and when the senatorreported it to the police.
1196 01:22:27 Now, Senator Kennedy
1197 01:22:29 is back in the Kennedy compoundin seclusion.
1198 01:22:32 And when or if he will answer questionsabout the death of Mary Jo Kopechne
1199 01:22:36 is still unknown.
1200 01:22:38 I'll fix it right now.
1201 01:22:40 Ice-cold lemonade.
1202 01:22:44 Where's Dad?
1203 01:22:46 Five cents a glass.
1204 01:22:49 Five bents says he'shaving another cup of coffee.
1205 01:22:59 Your father wanted to speak with you.
1206 01:23:08 What is it, Dad?
1207 01:23:17 Ann, I need you to leave us, please.
1208 01:23:21 It's very rare these daysI'm alone with my father
1209 01:23:23 and the things I need to say to him,
1210 01:23:25 I need to say to him in private.
1211 01:23:29 Of course, Teddy.
1212 01:23:46 Dad, did you know I neverwanted to be president?
1213 01:23:49 Does it even matter to you?
1214 01:23:54 I wanted to make you proud.
1215 01:23:57 That's all I've ever wanted.
1216 01:24:00 I spent my whole life...
1217 01:24:02 chasing your dreams for you, just like...
1218 01:24:07 Joe and just like Jack
1219 01:24:11 and just like Bobby, and look
1220 01:24:13 what happened to them.
1221 01:24:18 They were great men...
1222 01:24:21 but they weren't greatbecause of who you were.
1223 01:24:25 They were great because of who they were.
1224 01:24:30 Dad...
1225 01:24:32 I want to be a great man.
1226 01:24:36 I just don't know who I am.
1227 01:24:47 You...
1228 01:24:51 will never...
1229 01:24:56 be great.
1230 01:25:10 Come here.
1231 01:25:47 Joey, no. I need you...
1232 01:25:50 If it's about the statement,I want nothing to do with it.
1233 01:25:53 Just the opposite.
1234 01:25:54 I need you to write me a resignation.
1235 01:26:00 I'll take care of it.
1236 01:26:03 Thank you. For the last time.
1237 01:26:11 I'm proud of you.
1238 01:26:13 Well, don't tell anyone elsehow proud you are.
1239 01:26:15 And let's just keep thisbetween the two of us.
1240 01:26:26 Senator Edward Kennedy,
1241 01:26:28 the only one ofthe four brothers left alive,
1242 01:26:31 went into bourt today and pleaded guiltyto leaving the scene
1243 01:26:35 of an abcident wherea young woman drowned.
1244 01:26:37 He got a sentence of two months in jail,
1245 01:26:40 the sentenbe suspended,and a year's probation.
1246 01:26:43 The judge gave him the minimum jailsentence and suspended that,
1247 01:26:47 because, he said, Kennedy already had beenand would be punished
1248 01:26:51 more than anythingthe bourt bould do to him.
1249 01:26:55 I have made my plea.
1250 01:26:56 I have requested timeon the networks tonight
1251 01:27:00 to speak to the people ofMassachusetts and the nation.
1252 01:27:02 Your questions will all be answered then.
1253 01:27:05 The suspended sentenbetook many among the crowd
1254 01:27:08 waiting outside the courthouseby surprise.
1255 01:27:21 Mr. Steele,
1256 01:27:23 is it true that you and Senator Kennedywere friends and co-workers
1257 01:27:25 when you were in Suffolk County?
1258 01:27:27 Please just answer the question.
1259 01:27:28 Are you friends with Ted Kennedy?
1260 01:27:30 Mr. Steele, please justanswer the question.
1261 01:27:32 Senator Kennedy'ssuspended sentence was granted
1262 01:27:35 on the basis of his characterand his worldwide reputation.
1263 01:27:39 But it's this worldwide reputationthat is now the larger question.
1264 01:27:43 What can or will he doto preserve his potential
1265 01:27:46 as a candidate forPresident of the United States?
1266 01:27:49 Kennedy willmake a statement on television
1267 01:27:51 tonight at 7:30 Eastern Time.
1268 01:27:53 It will, of course, be seen live.
1269 01:27:56 It will be a statement only.
1270 01:27:58 No reporters will be allowed in,by his decision,
1271 01:28:01 and so no questions will be asked.
1272 01:28:03 We've heard spebulation on the possibilityhe might resign from the Senate.
1273 01:28:07 But it is only speculation,and we don't know what he will say.
1274 01:28:11 Sorensen been through this?
1275 01:28:12 This whole thing is Sorensen's baby.
1276 01:28:15 I think we've got a real winner here.
1277 01:28:16 If you say so.
1278 01:28:18 Okay, so forthe first half of the speech,
1279 01:28:20 we felt it would seem more statelyfor you to be reading.
1280 01:28:23 Then halfway through,
1281 01:28:25 we have you make a direct appealto the voters.
1282 01:28:27 And we think, in order to get themto really want to write in,
1283 01:28:30 mail letters and show their supportfor you and the family,
1284 01:28:34 you should look straight into camera,
1285 01:28:36 set the papers down,
1286 01:28:37 and just talk from the heart.
1287 01:28:42 David, I'm not off-script on this.
1288 01:28:44 No, no, we'll have cue cards.
1289 01:28:46 They're being done right now.
1290 01:28:48 Okay.
1291 01:28:50 - Sorensen's here.- Hey, Teddy.
1292 01:28:55 So, what do you think?
1293 01:28:59 - What do I think?- Well, yeah, you wrote it.
1294 01:29:02 You know, what's your feeling on it?
1295 01:29:05 I don't know, Teddy.
1296 01:29:07 History usually has the final wordon these things.
1297 01:29:13 Good luck.
1298 01:30:07 - Okay, I'm ready.- Bring them in.
1299 01:30:09 Who's doing cue cards?
1300 01:30:10 Where are the cue cards?
1301 01:30:15 Oh, hey, Joey.
1302 01:30:17 Ted, I got it. It's right here.
1303 01:30:21 Thanks. I appreciate it.
1304 01:30:24 Senator.
1305 01:30:29 Want to look it over?
1306 01:30:32 Okay, yeah.
1307 01:30:39 I've been thinking.
1308 01:30:42 Joey, we both have flaws, do we not?
1309 01:30:46 Okay, live in two minutes.
1310 01:30:48 Yeah, of course we do. We all do.
1311 01:30:51 Right. Right. I thought that myself.
1312 01:30:54 What's right is herein front of you.
1313 01:30:57 I don't know what's right anymore.
1314 01:31:00 Joey, let's wrap things up.
1315 01:31:04 Ted, I didn't say this before,but I agree with you
1316 01:31:08 that Kennedys do have a true compass.
1317 01:31:10 And it's because you're following yours
1318 01:31:12 that we're here right now.
1319 01:31:14 You told the police that you were driving.You told the truth.
1320 01:31:17 You had me write this resignation.
1321 01:31:21 Sorensen's speech...
1322 01:31:22 Sorensen's speech is bullshit.
1323 01:31:25 Every word of it. He made it up.
1324 01:31:28 All the thoughts and emotions.
1325 01:31:30 I was there.
1326 01:31:32 I've been there with youfrom the very beginning.
1327 01:31:37 This may give me a chanceat a new beginning.
1328 01:31:39 This isn't about opportunity.It's about integrity.
1329 01:31:44 - One minute.- One minute, Joey!
1330 01:31:49 Joey, you have flaws.
1331 01:31:52 We all do. You said so yourself.
1332 01:31:56 Moses had a temper.
1333 01:31:58 Peter betrayed Jesus.
1334 01:32:01 I have Chappaquiddick.
1335 01:32:03 Yeah, Moses had a temper,
1336 01:32:06 but he never left a girlat the bottom of the Red Sea.
1337 01:32:10 I still need someoneto hold these cue cards.
1338 01:32:15 Ol' Joey will fix it.
1339 01:32:18 Be a great cue card holder,wouldn't you, Joey?
1340 01:32:20 Thirty seconds!
1341 01:32:22 That's great.Now, right over this way.
1342 01:32:25 Right down here, in front of the camera.
1343 01:32:28 Right there. Hey, thanks, pal.
1344 01:32:32 Okay, people, we're live
1345 01:32:34 in ten, nine,
1346 01:32:37 eight, seven, six,
1347 01:32:42 five, four,
1348 01:32:45 three...
1349 01:32:51 My fellow citizens...
1350 01:32:54 I have requested this opportunityto talk to the people of Massachusetts
1351 01:32:57 about the tragedy which happenedlast Friday evening.
1352 01:33:02 This morning I entered a plea of guilty
1353 01:33:03 to the charge of leavingthe scene of an accident.
1354 01:33:07 Prior to my appearance in court,
1355 01:33:08 it would have been improperfor me to comment on these matters.
1356 01:33:13 But tonight I am free to tell you
1357 01:33:15 what happened and to saywhat it means to me.
1358 01:33:20 On the weekend of July 18th...
1359 01:33:23 I was on Martha's Vineyard Islandparticipating
1360 01:33:26 with my cousin, Joseph Gargan,
1361 01:33:29 as for 30 years my family has participated
1362 01:33:32 in the annual Edgartown sailing regatta.
1363 01:33:36 Only reasons of healthprevented my wife from accompanying me.
1364 01:33:43 On Chappaquiddick Islandoff Martha's Vineyard,
1365 01:33:47 I attended on Friday evening,July 18th, a cookout
1366 01:33:51 I had encouraged and helped sponsor
1367 01:33:54 for a devoted group ofKennedy campaign secretaries.
1368 01:33:57 When I left the party around 11:15 p.m.,
1369 01:34:01 I was accompanied by one of these girls,
1370 01:34:04 Miss Mary Jo Kopechne.
1371 01:34:07 Mary Jo was one of the mostdevoted members of the staff
1372 01:34:10 of Senator Robert Kennedy.
1373 01:34:12 She worked for him for four yearsand was broken up over his death.
1374 01:34:16 For this reason and bebause she wassuch a gentle, kind and idealistic person,
1375 01:34:22 all of us tried to help her feelthat she still had a home
1376 01:34:25 with the Kennedy family.
1377 01:34:27 There is no truth, no truth whatever,
1378 01:34:31 to the widely circulatedsuspicions of immoral conduct
1379 01:34:34 that have been leveled at my behaviorand hers regarding that evening.
1380 01:34:39 I know nothing in Mary Jo's conduct
1381 01:34:42 on that or any other occasion,
1382 01:34:44 and the same is true forthe other girls at that party,
1383 01:34:47 that would lend any substanbeto such ugly speculation
1384 01:34:50 about their character.
1385 01:34:53 Nor was I driving underthe influence of liquor.
1386 01:34:57 We should get back.
1387 01:34:58 Little over a mile away,
1388 01:35:01 the car that I was drivingon an unlit road
1389 01:35:03 went off a narrow bridgewhich had no guardrails
1390 01:35:06 and was built on a left angle to the road.
1391 01:35:09 The car overturned in a deep pond
1392 01:35:12 and immediately filled with water.
1393 01:35:15 I remember thinking, as the cold waterrushed in around my head,
1394 01:35:18 that I was for certain drowning.
1395 01:35:21 But somehow I struggled to surface alive.
1396 01:35:24 Made immediate and repeatedefforts to save Mary Jo...
1397 01:35:26 ...sucbeeded only in increasingmy state of utter exhaustion.
1398 01:35:29 My conduct during the next several hours
1399 01:35:33 makes no sense to me at all.
1400 01:35:35 My doctors informed me that I suffereda cerebral concussion as well as shobk.
1401 01:35:40 I walked back to the cottagewhere the party was being held
1402 01:35:42 and requested the help of two friends,
1403 01:35:44 my cousin Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham.
1404 01:35:46 Their strenuous effortsalso proved futile.
1405 01:35:50 I had them take me to the ferry crossing.
1406 01:35:52 This was some time after midnight.
1407 01:35:53 The ferry having shut down for the night,
1408 01:35:55 I suddenly jumped into the water
1409 01:35:56 and impulsively swam across,
1410 01:35:59 nearly drowning once again in the effort.
1411 01:36:03 I regard as indefensible
1412 01:36:05 the fabt that I did not reportthe accident to the police immediately.
1413 01:36:12 All kinds of scrambled thoughtswhich I cannot recall,
1414 01:36:15 some of them confused,some of them irrational,
1415 01:36:17 went through my mind.
1416 01:36:19 I was overcome by a jumble of emotions.
1417 01:36:22 Grief, fear, doubt,
1418 01:36:26 exhaustion, panic, confusion.
1419 01:36:29 I remember thinking, whether somehow
1420 01:36:32 some awful burse didactually hang over all the Kennedys.
1421 01:36:44 These events, the publicity,
1422 01:36:46 innuendo and whisperswhich have surrounded them,
1423 01:36:49 and my admission of guilt this morning,
1424 01:36:52 raises the question in my mind
1425 01:36:55 of whether my standingamong the people of my state
1426 01:36:57 has been so impairedthat I should resign my seat
1427 01:37:01 in the United States Senate.
1428 01:37:05 The stories of past couragecannot supply courage itself.
1429 01:37:10 For this, each man must lookinto his own soul.
1430 01:37:14 And so I ask you tonight,the people of Massachusetts,
1431 01:37:20 to think this through with me.
1432 01:37:22 In facing this decision,I seek your advice and opinion.
1433 01:37:26 In making it, I seek your prayers.
1434 01:37:30 For this is a decision that I will finallyhave to make on my own.
1435 01:37:37 I pray that I can have the courageto make the right decision.
1436 01:37:43 Whatever is decided,
1437 01:37:45 whatever the future holds for me,
1438 01:37:48 I hope that I shall be ableto put this most recent tragedy behind me.
1439 01:37:59 Thank you and good night.
1440 01:38:14 What do you think aboutSenator Kennedy's accident
1441 01:38:16 and his statement last night?Did you see it on television?
1442 01:38:18 - Yes, I did see it.- What did you think?
1443 01:38:20 Well, I was quite impressed by it.
1444 01:38:22 I think it's a tough break for the guy.The guy's a good guy.
1445 01:38:25 He tried to help the girland he's all mixed up.
1446 01:38:27 He's always had tough breaks.The family and everything.
1447 01:38:29 I'm in favor of him.
1448 01:38:30 Well, I feel if it was anybody else,they would have hung him.
1449 01:38:34 I think he should quit.Quit his job right now.
1450 01:38:36 Hell, if a guy's drinking,those things can happen all the time.
1451 01:38:39 What makes you thinkhe was drinking?
1452 01:38:41 Well, you don't go to a partyand no drinking.
1453 01:38:43 I mean, there's more to it than what weknow, I believe, you know?
1454 01:38:46 But I actually would vote for him.
1455 01:38:48 - Would you vote for him again?- I certainly would. Definitely.
1456 01:38:51 There's a lot of things missingthat I didn't understand.
1457 01:38:54 But, like, as the story progressed,you know,
1458 01:38:56 you hear different versionsand you make your own opinions.
1459 01:39:00 What was your final opinion?
1460 01:39:02 That he really was, you know...He didn't remember what he really did.
1461 01:39:06 That he's telling the truth.
1462 01:39:07 Would you vote for him?Do you think he should be the president?
1463 01:39:11 Oh, I'm not qualified to say that.I really don't know.
1464 01:39:13 I think I would vote for him, though.
1465 01:39:14 Would you vote for him again?
1466 01:39:16 - Yes, I really would.- Certainly.
1467 01:39:18 - I believe him.- 1,0a1% behind him.
1468 01:39:19 Ted has done a tremendous job.I hope he stays a United States senator.
1469 01:39:22 - Would you vote for him?- I certainly would.
1470 01:39:29 There is a new waveof change all around us.
1471 01:39:34 And if we set our compass true,
1472 01:39:37 we will reach our destination.
1473 01:39:41 The work begins anew.
1474 01:39:44 The hope rises again
1475 01:39:47 and the dream lives on.
1476 01:40:01 Teddy! Teddy! Teddy!
