1 00:00:07,050 --> 00:00:09,986 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:09,986 --> 00:00:11,688 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:11,688 --> 00:00:13,957 The Bay of Pigs disaster was a military 4 00:00:13,957 --> 00:00:16,560 and diplomatic defeat for the new president. 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,062 [explosions booming] 6 00:00:19,062 --> 00:00:21,532 After the failure of the Bay of Pigs episode, 7 00:00:21,532 --> 00:00:24,701 Kennedy was really keen on getting rid of someone 8 00:00:24,701 --> 00:00:27,704 who had so humiliated him. 9 00:00:27,704 --> 00:00:30,707 The Kennedys were essentially out for revenge. 10 00:00:30,707 --> 00:00:33,510 And so the CIA came up with a set of plans 11 00:00:33,510 --> 00:00:35,946 called Operation Mongoose. 12 00:00:35,946 --> 00:00:39,049 [speaking Spanish] 13 00:00:44,788 --> 00:00:47,391 The mission was to get rid of Castro 14 00:00:47,391 --> 00:00:48,759 one way or another. 15 00:00:48,759 --> 00:00:51,162 Through sabotage, try to prompt 16 00:00:51,162 --> 00:00:53,430 a popular uprising against him, 17 00:00:53,430 --> 00:00:55,266 try to discredit him. 18 00:00:55,266 --> 00:00:57,368 But up to this point, 19 00:00:57,368 --> 00:01:00,371 Operation Mongoose was Mission Impossible. 20 00:01:00,371 --> 00:01:01,805 ♪ ♪ 21 00:01:01,805 --> 00:01:03,140 It didn't work. 22 00:01:03,140 --> 00:01:06,477 ♪ ♪ 23 00:01:06,477 --> 00:01:08,745 There is one good thing that happens 24 00:01:08,745 --> 00:01:11,081 out of Operation Mongoose. 25 00:01:11,081 --> 00:01:14,151 At the Opa-locka Airport in Florida, 26 00:01:14,151 --> 00:01:17,554 the CIA is debriefing Cuban exiles, 27 00:01:17,554 --> 00:01:20,857 and they hear rumors that the Soviet Union 28 00:01:20,857 --> 00:01:24,127 is now putting missiles inside Cuba. 29 00:01:24,127 --> 00:01:25,729 ♪ ♪ 30 00:01:25,729 --> 00:01:27,531 When Johnny Roselli hears this, 31 00:01:27,531 --> 00:01:31,202 he starts trying to find out from his sources, 32 00:01:31,202 --> 00:01:35,339 both CIA assets in Cuba, but also from sources 33 00:01:35,339 --> 00:01:38,209 that he had among the Cuban exile community, 34 00:01:38,209 --> 00:01:40,110 was it true? 35 00:01:40,110 --> 00:01:42,379 According to a CIA record of Roselli's actions 36 00:01:42,379 --> 00:01:46,417 released in 2017, the mobster claimed he did, 37 00:01:46,417 --> 00:01:48,319 "Through his Cuban contacts attempt 38 00:01:48,319 --> 00:01:53,290 to verify the location of the Russian missiles in Cuba." 39 00:01:53,290 --> 00:01:57,160 The human intelligence was discounted 40 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,464 until the U-2 planes actually took the pictures 41 00:02:00,464 --> 00:02:02,366 in October of 1962. 42 00:02:02,366 --> 00:02:04,235 If you go back and look at the newsreels, 43 00:02:04,235 --> 00:02:06,770 you can see the circles out of Cuba 44 00:02:06,770 --> 00:02:09,306 with how far the missiles could hit. 45 00:02:09,306 --> 00:02:12,243 So there is a lot of fear 46 00:02:12,243 --> 00:02:14,611 about what Castro is going to do. 47 00:02:14,611 --> 00:02:17,080 [speaking Spanish] 48 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,484 This is JFK's worst nightmare. 49 00:02:20,484 --> 00:02:24,255 He is facing the nuclear annihilation 50 00:02:24,255 --> 00:02:27,023 of millions of people. 51 00:02:27,023 --> 00:02:30,026 [dramatic music] 52 00:02:30,026 --> 00:02:37,133 ♪ ♪ 53 00:03:39,763 --> 00:03:43,334 Let me ask you one simple question. 54 00:03:43,334 --> 00:03:49,340 Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the USSR has placed 55 00:03:49,340 --> 00:03:52,343 and is placing medium and intermediate range 56 00:03:52,343 --> 00:03:54,210 missiles and sites in Cuba? 57 00:03:54,210 --> 00:03:55,979 Yes or no. 58 00:03:58,081 --> 00:03:59,750 [crowd clamoring] 59 00:03:59,750 --> 00:04:02,519 [laughter] 60 00:04:02,519 --> 00:04:04,355 I'm prepared to wait for my answer 61 00:04:04,355 --> 00:04:07,858 until hell freezes over if that's your decision. 62 00:04:07,858 --> 00:04:10,994 The United States had nuclear weapons in Turkey 63 00:04:10,994 --> 00:04:13,497 right on the Soviet border. 64 00:04:13,497 --> 00:04:17,067 And so the Soviets decided to try to even the balance 65 00:04:17,067 --> 00:04:21,104 by putting their own nuclear weapons in Cuba. 66 00:04:21,104 --> 00:04:24,475 Nikita Khrushchev said, "They have rockets in Turkey 67 00:04:24,475 --> 00:04:26,242 "faced at the Soviet Union. 68 00:04:26,242 --> 00:04:30,213 Why shouldn't we put rockets in Cuba?" 69 00:04:30,213 --> 00:04:32,549 Why would Castro accept Russian missiles 70 00:04:32,549 --> 00:04:33,917 being deployed on Cuban soil? 71 00:04:33,917 --> 00:04:36,319 Because of an extraordinarily long history 72 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,722 of U.S. intervention in Cuba and the fact that 73 00:04:38,722 --> 00:04:40,524 the presence of those missiles on Cuban soil 74 00:04:40,524 --> 00:04:44,127 put Cuba at the center of the Cold War. 75 00:04:44,127 --> 00:04:47,230 After the Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose 76 00:04:47,230 --> 00:04:51,402 and all the assassination efforts, Castro thought that 77 00:04:51,402 --> 00:04:53,637 all these operations aimed against him 78 00:04:53,637 --> 00:04:55,806 would lead to something bigger-- 79 00:04:55,806 --> 00:04:58,409 an all out invasion by the United States. 80 00:04:58,409 --> 00:05:01,344 So he thought that accepting these missiles 81 00:05:01,344 --> 00:05:04,981 would help him defend himself and his own regime. 82 00:05:04,981 --> 00:05:07,083 ♪ ♪ 83 00:05:07,083 --> 00:05:10,186 [speaking Spanish] 84 00:05:22,232 --> 00:05:25,268 On this field, you will see 22 crates 85 00:05:25,268 --> 00:05:28,271 designed to transport the fuselages 86 00:05:28,271 --> 00:05:29,840 of Soviet bombers. 87 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:33,844 These bombers are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. 88 00:05:33,844 --> 00:05:36,713 There followed 13 days in October 89 00:05:36,713 --> 00:05:39,783 where the fate of the world hung in the balance. 90 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:45,689 [soft music] 91 00:05:45,689 --> 00:05:48,625 Lights had burned late in key Washington offices 92 00:05:48,625 --> 00:05:51,127 as those most vitally involved in the nation's 93 00:05:51,127 --> 00:05:54,831 defense and security made ready to deal with the crisis. 94 00:05:54,831 --> 00:05:56,600 Over the many days of the crisis, 95 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,570 Kennedy listens to various different opinions. 96 00:05:59,570 --> 00:06:01,905 There were a number of people in the military 97 00:06:01,905 --> 00:06:06,042 who were itching for a fight with the Soviets. 98 00:06:06,042 --> 00:06:08,044 John Kennedy did not want that. 99 00:06:08,044 --> 00:06:10,914 But he didn't know how to do that without looking weak. 100 00:06:10,914 --> 00:06:12,483 ♪ ♪ 101 00:06:12,483 --> 00:06:15,752 He was very much caught between a State Department 102 00:06:15,752 --> 00:06:18,589 that wanted to find a way for peace 103 00:06:18,589 --> 00:06:24,094 and a military that wanted to go to war. 104 00:06:24,094 --> 00:06:26,897 He really made a mistake with the Bay of Pigs. 105 00:06:26,897 --> 00:06:28,965 Kennedy was made a fool of. 106 00:06:28,965 --> 00:06:32,402 And he said, "I'll never let it happen again." 107 00:06:32,402 --> 00:06:38,241 The American male fear of ridicule 108 00:06:38,241 --> 00:06:40,811 runs throughout so much of our foreign policy. 109 00:06:40,811 --> 00:06:43,880 ♪ ♪ 110 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,950 The takeaway for Kennedy was not to trust 111 00:06:46,950 --> 00:06:48,752 everything that was told to him. 112 00:06:48,752 --> 00:06:51,588 So when the Cuban Missile Crisis happens, 113 00:06:51,588 --> 00:06:54,424 Kennedy is in a very different frame of mind 114 00:06:54,424 --> 00:06:56,059 than during the Bay of Pigs. 115 00:06:56,059 --> 00:06:59,229 He's gonna make his own judgments. 116 00:06:59,229 --> 00:07:01,665 Kennedy decided that the United States 117 00:07:01,665 --> 00:07:03,333 should create a naval blockade. 118 00:07:03,333 --> 00:07:06,503 [dramatic music] 119 00:07:06,503 --> 00:07:09,973 Within the past week, unmistakable evidence 120 00:07:09,973 --> 00:07:12,743 has established the fact that a series 121 00:07:12,743 --> 00:07:17,313 of offensive missile sites is now in preparation 122 00:07:17,313 --> 00:07:19,650 on that imprisoned island. 123 00:07:19,650 --> 00:07:21,585 To halt this offensive buildup, 124 00:07:21,585 --> 00:07:23,219 a strict quarantine 125 00:07:23,219 --> 00:07:25,255 on all offensive military equipment 126 00:07:25,255 --> 00:07:28,759 under shipment to Cuba is being initiated. 127 00:07:28,759 --> 00:07:31,828 Our resolution will call for the prompt dismantling 128 00:07:31,828 --> 00:07:36,099 and withdrawal of all offensive weapons in Cuba 129 00:07:36,099 --> 00:07:38,501 before the quarantine can be lifted. 130 00:07:38,501 --> 00:07:41,104 I call upon Chairman Khrushchev 131 00:07:41,104 --> 00:07:43,139 to halt and eliminate 132 00:07:43,139 --> 00:07:46,076 this clandestine, reckless, and provocative 133 00:07:46,076 --> 00:07:47,477 threat to world peace. 134 00:07:47,477 --> 00:07:49,646 ♪ ♪ 135 00:07:49,646 --> 00:07:53,316 [booming] 136 00:07:53,316 --> 00:07:55,852 [line ringing] 137 00:07:55,852 --> 00:07:58,354 You might think while the Cuban Missile Crisis 138 00:07:58,354 --> 00:08:01,692 is going on that Harvey and Roselli would stop 139 00:08:01,692 --> 00:08:03,159 the operation against Castro. 140 00:08:03,159 --> 00:08:06,329 But instead, Harvey calls Johnny with orders 141 00:08:06,329 --> 00:08:11,067 to keep going full speed ahead, unbeknownst to the Kennedys. 142 00:08:11,067 --> 00:08:12,669 This is a huge problem. 143 00:08:12,669 --> 00:08:14,004 At the same time 144 00:08:14,004 --> 00:08:17,040 you're trying to bring peace to this crisis, 145 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,277 you have death squads coming into Cuba. 146 00:08:21,277 --> 00:08:26,116 When Bobby Kennedy finds out, he's incredibly outraged. 147 00:08:26,116 --> 00:08:27,618 ♪ ♪ 148 00:08:27,618 --> 00:08:30,386 Harvey is called up to Washington. 149 00:08:30,386 --> 00:08:32,756 And there, Harvey lets it be known 150 00:08:32,756 --> 00:08:37,093 that he's still deploying these death squads in Cuba. 151 00:08:37,093 --> 00:08:40,931 Bobby Kennedy thinks that Harvey is out of his mind. 152 00:08:40,931 --> 00:08:43,066 RFK says, disgustedly, 153 00:08:43,066 --> 00:08:44,768 "You're dealing with people's lives 154 00:08:44,768 --> 00:08:46,436 in a half-assed operation." 155 00:08:46,436 --> 00:08:49,239 But Harvey says, "Look, nobody ever told me 156 00:08:49,239 --> 00:08:51,742 we should stop trying to kill Castro." 157 00:08:51,742 --> 00:08:53,543 There's a big confrontation. 158 00:08:53,543 --> 00:08:58,214 And finally, the simmering lid that Harvey has blows up. 159 00:08:58,214 --> 00:09:00,550 "If you fuckers hadn't fucked up the Bay of Pigs, 160 00:09:00,550 --> 00:09:03,654 we wouldn't be in this fucking mess!" 161 00:09:03,654 --> 00:09:07,257 At this point, Harvey's days are numbered. 162 00:09:07,257 --> 00:09:11,061 "Harvey has destroyed himself today," his boss says. 163 00:09:11,061 --> 00:09:14,097 "His usefulness has ended." 164 00:09:14,097 --> 00:09:20,036 ♪ ♪ 165 00:09:20,036 --> 00:09:24,207 There had been negotiations going on for some time, 166 00:09:24,207 --> 00:09:27,577 but they couldn't come up with an agreement. 167 00:09:27,577 --> 00:09:30,380 A Latin American delegate told CBS News this evening, 168 00:09:30,380 --> 00:09:32,615 "We are now in the most dangerous situation 169 00:09:32,615 --> 00:09:34,918 since the end of World War II." 170 00:09:34,918 --> 00:09:38,822 We are concerned that there might be shooting 171 00:09:38,822 --> 00:09:41,324 among the ships at sea, the possibility 172 00:09:41,324 --> 00:09:43,459 that invasion might have to be undertaken 173 00:09:43,459 --> 00:09:46,897 to assure that those bases are eliminated. 174 00:09:46,897 --> 00:09:48,965 Strategic air command immediately begins 175 00:09:48,965 --> 00:09:50,934 dispersing its aircraft. 176 00:09:50,934 --> 00:09:53,469 All elements go on advanced alert. 177 00:09:53,469 --> 00:09:55,806 The military, they were ready to roll. 178 00:09:55,806 --> 00:09:58,108 They had the planes on the runway. 179 00:09:58,108 --> 00:09:59,609 They thought they were going to war. 180 00:09:59,609 --> 00:10:01,477 ♪ ♪ 181 00:10:01,477 --> 00:10:04,580 [speaking Spanish] 182 00:10:15,125 --> 00:10:16,226 Good evening, everybody. 183 00:10:16,226 --> 00:10:18,094 This is Douglas Edwards reporting. 184 00:10:18,094 --> 00:10:20,931 Cuba reacted by ordering all its armed forces 185 00:10:20,931 --> 00:10:23,133 on an immediate alert. 186 00:10:23,133 --> 00:10:25,936 In Cuba itself, 100,000 men were put under 187 00:10:25,936 --> 00:10:28,404 emergency orders as the Cuban regime waited 188 00:10:28,404 --> 00:10:30,774 to see what their bosses in the Kremlin were to do. 189 00:10:30,774 --> 00:10:33,309 [radio tuning] 190 00:10:33,309 --> 00:10:36,379 Here centered the most critical threat of global war 191 00:10:36,379 --> 00:10:39,582 since the surrender of Germany 17 years ago. 192 00:10:42,886 --> 00:10:45,488 It was a very unsettling time. 193 00:10:45,488 --> 00:10:48,558 The entire country was on edge. 194 00:10:48,558 --> 00:10:50,693 And right in the middle of the crisis, 195 00:10:50,693 --> 00:10:52,829 a movie called "The Manchurian Candidate" 196 00:10:52,829 --> 00:10:54,230 starring Frank Sinatra 197 00:10:54,230 --> 00:10:56,900 about the fears of Communist infiltration 198 00:10:56,900 --> 00:10:58,334 hit the theaters. 199 00:10:58,334 --> 00:11:00,670 What have they built you to do? 200 00:11:00,670 --> 00:11:02,205 I don't think anybody really knows, 201 00:11:02,205 --> 00:11:06,209 except Berezovo in Moscow. 202 00:11:06,209 --> 00:11:09,645 "The Manchurian Candidate" really just extended 203 00:11:09,645 --> 00:11:12,315 the general panic that Americans were feeling 204 00:11:12,315 --> 00:11:14,350 about the expansion of communism and threat. 205 00:11:14,350 --> 00:11:17,120 [screaming] 206 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:18,955 I mean, this was a terrifying moment 207 00:11:18,955 --> 00:11:20,323 in American history. 208 00:11:20,323 --> 00:11:22,358 Anyone who lived through this has memories 209 00:11:22,358 --> 00:11:26,496 of the acute panic during those 13 days. 210 00:11:26,496 --> 00:11:28,631 Community fallout shelter space 211 00:11:28,631 --> 00:11:31,167 for more than 100 million people has been located. 212 00:11:31,167 --> 00:11:34,037 Supplies for the first 46 million spaces 213 00:11:34,037 --> 00:11:35,738 are already in production. 214 00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:39,442 I remember the absolute fear, 215 00:11:39,442 --> 00:11:41,644 the uneasiness of it all. 216 00:11:42,612 --> 00:11:44,214 It was a frightening time to a 12-year-old 217 00:11:44,214 --> 00:11:46,216 looking at the world going, oh, my God, 218 00:11:46,216 --> 00:11:47,450 is there gonna be a tomorrow? 219 00:11:47,450 --> 00:11:50,453 [dramatic music] 220 00:11:50,453 --> 00:11:51,621 ♪ ♪ 221 00:11:51,621 --> 00:11:54,057 Meanwhile, JFK and Khrushchev 222 00:11:54,057 --> 00:11:55,625 continue to negotiate. 223 00:11:55,625 --> 00:11:58,261 And Castro feared that Cuba would be overrun 224 00:11:58,261 --> 00:12:00,396 in an invasion by the United States. 225 00:12:00,396 --> 00:12:02,465 So Castro writes a letter to Russia 226 00:12:02,465 --> 00:12:05,735 saying that if Cuba is invaded, 227 00:12:05,735 --> 00:12:09,906 that the Soviet Union should launch a military strike. 228 00:12:09,906 --> 00:12:13,443 They would later call that the Armageddon letter. 229 00:12:13,443 --> 00:12:18,448 ♪ ♪ 230 00:12:18,448 --> 00:12:20,350 Castro had this crazy letter 231 00:12:20,350 --> 00:12:21,717 in the middle of the Missile Crisis, 232 00:12:21,717 --> 00:12:23,453 saying that he's willing to sacrifice Cuba 233 00:12:23,453 --> 00:12:24,454 in a nuclear war. 234 00:12:24,454 --> 00:12:25,856 He tells Khrushchev, 235 00:12:25,856 --> 00:12:27,190 "Go ahead and do it." 236 00:12:27,190 --> 00:12:28,691 Because there has to be one, 237 00:12:28,691 --> 00:12:31,561 and if Cuba has to be the victims, that's OK. 238 00:12:31,561 --> 00:12:33,629 Khrushchev gets this letter, 239 00:12:33,629 --> 00:12:36,933 and he looks at it and says, "Are you crazy?" 240 00:12:36,933 --> 00:12:39,369 The first one to go will be Cuba. 241 00:12:39,369 --> 00:12:44,174 You'll be pounded into dust by the American nuclear missiles. 242 00:12:44,174 --> 00:12:46,809 He's not going to provoke World War III. 243 00:12:46,809 --> 00:12:48,311 That's not what Khrushchev wanted. 244 00:12:48,311 --> 00:12:50,646 This was a Cold War chess game, 245 00:12:50,646 --> 00:12:55,318 and he just wanted to move one more major part in place. 246 00:12:55,318 --> 00:12:58,955 ♪ ♪ 247 00:12:58,955 --> 00:13:01,524 In the end, Kennedy stood strong, 248 00:13:01,524 --> 00:13:05,328 called Khrushchev's bluff, caused him to concede 249 00:13:05,328 --> 00:13:07,597 and agree to withdraw Soviet missiles. 250 00:13:07,597 --> 00:13:09,032 The Soviets backed down 251 00:13:09,032 --> 00:13:10,666 in the face of U.S. determination, 252 00:13:10,666 --> 00:13:12,969 dismantled their missiles, and shipped them home. 253 00:13:12,969 --> 00:13:15,071 It was a retreat to Moscow. 254 00:13:15,071 --> 00:13:16,339 It's one of the last chapters 255 00:13:16,339 --> 00:13:17,840 in the offensive threat from Cuba 256 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,309 that led the United States 257 00:13:19,309 --> 00:13:21,177 to throw a quarantine around that island 258 00:13:21,177 --> 00:13:23,146 and force the Russians to dismantle 259 00:13:23,146 --> 00:13:25,448 their medium range rocket installations. 260 00:13:25,448 --> 00:13:27,250 ♪ ♪ 261 00:13:27,250 --> 00:13:28,919 From the Kremlin came a message 262 00:13:28,919 --> 00:13:32,022 directly to President Kennedy. 263 00:13:32,022 --> 00:13:35,658 I have today been informed by Chairman Khrushchev 264 00:13:35,658 --> 00:13:38,794 that all of the IL-28 bombers now in Cuba 265 00:13:38,794 --> 00:13:41,831 will be withdrawn in 30 days. 266 00:13:41,831 --> 00:13:44,300 The Missile Crisis really was resolved 267 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:48,638 by Khrushchev and Kennedy, outside of Castro's aegis. 268 00:13:48,638 --> 00:13:49,973 And he was very upset. 269 00:13:49,973 --> 00:13:52,675 He only heard about Khrushchev's 270 00:13:52,675 --> 00:13:56,579 decision to take the missiles out of Cuba on the radio. 271 00:13:57,914 --> 00:14:01,351 The great secret was the Kennedy administration 272 00:14:01,351 --> 00:14:03,987 said that it had compelled the Soviets 273 00:14:03,987 --> 00:14:07,557 to unilaterally withdraw its nuclear weapons from Cuba. 274 00:14:07,557 --> 00:14:10,160 But in fact, it had cut a deal, 275 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,862 whereby the Kennedy administration 276 00:14:12,862 --> 00:14:15,465 would withdraw American nuclear weapons 277 00:14:15,465 --> 00:14:19,235 from Turkey, which had been kept secret from the public 278 00:14:19,235 --> 00:14:21,671 as a tradeoff or quid pro quo. 279 00:14:23,239 --> 00:14:27,643 President and Bobby Kennedy felt that to reveal this 280 00:14:27,643 --> 00:14:29,379 would be a suggestion of weakness. 281 00:14:29,379 --> 00:14:32,215 And they wanted to portray an image of great strength. 282 00:14:32,215 --> 00:14:34,584 So the removal of the missiles in Turkey 283 00:14:34,584 --> 00:14:37,988 was kept secret for more than 25 years. 284 00:14:37,988 --> 00:14:41,524 ♪ ♪ 285 00:14:41,524 --> 00:14:43,359 The course of action that we finally adopted 286 00:14:43,359 --> 00:14:44,894 was the right one. 287 00:14:44,894 --> 00:14:47,530 Kennedy really rose to the occasion 288 00:14:47,530 --> 00:14:49,299 in the Cuban Missile Crisis. 289 00:14:49,299 --> 00:14:51,701 It was an emancipation from his father. 290 00:14:51,701 --> 00:14:53,636 It was an emancipation from his brother. 291 00:14:53,636 --> 00:14:57,440 It was an emancipation from all of these people around him 292 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:58,674 that were advising him. 293 00:14:58,674 --> 00:15:00,643 He called the shots. He was right. 294 00:15:00,643 --> 00:15:02,278 He handled it. 295 00:15:02,278 --> 00:15:06,049 The Cuban situation itself was not resolved, 296 00:15:06,049 --> 00:15:09,152 but an hour of great peril had passed 297 00:15:09,152 --> 00:15:11,921 without nuclear holocaust. 298 00:15:11,921 --> 00:15:18,961 ♪ ♪ 299 00:15:20,330 --> 00:15:22,732 [jazzy music playing] 300 00:15:22,732 --> 00:15:25,635 So after Harvey's blowup with Bobby Kennedy, 301 00:15:25,635 --> 00:15:27,970 Harvey is told he's out of Florida, 302 00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:31,307 and the CIA dispatches him to Rome. 303 00:15:31,307 --> 00:15:36,379 ♪ ♪ 304 00:15:36,379 --> 00:15:38,648 Before he leaves town, Harvey decides, 305 00:15:38,648 --> 00:15:41,484 "I'm gonna go out for dinner with my good friend 306 00:15:41,484 --> 00:15:43,119 Johnny Roselli." 307 00:15:43,119 --> 00:15:46,122 [light music] 308 00:15:46,122 --> 00:15:48,358 ♪ ♪ 309 00:15:48,358 --> 00:15:52,128 Harvey wants to make sure that he's related to his friend 310 00:15:52,128 --> 00:15:55,098 how much he admires him and that he really has 311 00:15:55,098 --> 00:15:59,502 been convinced of Johnny's claims of patriotism. 312 00:15:59,502 --> 00:16:03,839 If you want to talk about one relationship which rose 313 00:16:03,839 --> 00:16:06,642 to a kind of mythological level in this story, 314 00:16:06,642 --> 00:16:09,912 it would probably be the Johnny-Harvey relationship. 315 00:16:12,082 --> 00:16:15,751 He really did have respect for Roselli. 316 00:16:17,787 --> 00:16:21,357 At the dinner, Harvey gives Johnny what is called 317 00:16:21,357 --> 00:16:24,694 a termination fee of $1,500. 318 00:16:24,694 --> 00:16:26,196 It's not a lot of money. 319 00:16:26,196 --> 00:16:28,264 In fact, Johnny spent a lot more money 320 00:16:28,264 --> 00:16:31,101 out of his own pocket during this whole effort 321 00:16:31,101 --> 00:16:32,435 to kill Castro. 322 00:16:32,435 --> 00:16:35,138 But nevertheless, it's a token of thanks 323 00:16:35,138 --> 00:16:36,706 for Johnny's patriotism. 324 00:16:36,706 --> 00:16:39,142 [no audible dialogue] 325 00:16:39,142 --> 00:16:42,478 ♪ ♪ 326 00:16:42,478 --> 00:16:46,349 It's this symbol of respect that means a lot to Johnny. 327 00:16:46,349 --> 00:16:51,754 ♪ ♪ 328 00:16:51,754 --> 00:16:54,390 Johnny didn't fail at many things. 329 00:16:54,390 --> 00:16:58,361 And as odd as this may sound, given his line of work, 330 00:16:58,361 --> 00:17:00,830 he took pride in what he did. 331 00:17:00,830 --> 00:17:03,065 So I think the end of this mission 332 00:17:03,065 --> 00:17:05,835 would have been a hard thing for him to take, 333 00:17:05,835 --> 00:17:08,104 because he would have felt like he had failed 334 00:17:08,104 --> 00:17:11,374 and also would have felt as though he fell short, 335 00:17:11,374 --> 00:17:13,409 being the patriotic American that 336 00:17:13,409 --> 00:17:15,545 he always prided himself on being. 337 00:17:15,545 --> 00:17:18,381 ♪ ♪ 338 00:17:22,051 --> 00:17:24,987 [upbeat music] 339 00:17:24,987 --> 00:17:27,457 ♪ ♪ 340 00:17:27,457 --> 00:17:30,059 Shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis, 341 00:17:30,059 --> 00:17:33,563 President Kennedy plans to come out to Los Angeles. 342 00:17:33,563 --> 00:17:35,398 ♪ ♪ 343 00:17:35,398 --> 00:17:37,900 JFK was actually coming to Palm Springs 344 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:43,105 to talk with Dwight Eisenhower about presidential business. 345 00:17:43,105 --> 00:17:47,009 And Sinatra is expecting that JFK is gonna stay 346 00:17:47,009 --> 00:17:49,979 at his place in Palm Springs. 347 00:17:49,979 --> 00:17:52,948 ♪ ♪ 348 00:17:52,948 --> 00:17:55,718 Frank Sinatra, from the second he met 349 00:17:55,718 --> 00:17:59,689 Jack Kennedy, he was in love. 350 00:17:59,689 --> 00:18:02,992 Sinatra sees this young guy who is a war hero. 351 00:18:02,992 --> 00:18:05,195 He's a Harvard graduate. 352 00:18:05,195 --> 00:18:08,198 He's dazzled by JFK. 353 00:18:08,198 --> 00:18:13,203 And what Kennedy saw in Sinatra was Hollywood. 354 00:18:13,203 --> 00:18:16,138 This was a bromance. 355 00:18:16,138 --> 00:18:18,241 At one of his guest houses, Sinatra has built 356 00:18:18,241 --> 00:18:20,910 a heliport for the presidential helicopter 357 00:18:20,910 --> 00:18:23,045 to come down in. 358 00:18:23,045 --> 00:18:25,215 That's the way it works in the business world. 359 00:18:25,215 --> 00:18:26,982 Power goes to power. 360 00:18:26,982 --> 00:18:30,986 ♪ ♪ 361 00:18:30,986 --> 00:18:33,789 Sinatra is all set for this wonderful visit 362 00:18:33,789 --> 00:18:35,891 from his friend Jack, 363 00:18:35,891 --> 00:18:39,061 and at the same time, Bobby is warned 364 00:18:39,061 --> 00:18:42,332 about these mob connections of Sinatra. 365 00:18:42,332 --> 00:18:44,834 Since Bobby Kennedy is going after the mob, 366 00:18:44,834 --> 00:18:46,369 particularly Sam Giancana, 367 00:18:46,369 --> 00:18:47,903 who was a good friend of Frank, 368 00:18:47,903 --> 00:18:51,407 Bobby says, "You can't stay at Sinatra's house." 369 00:18:51,407 --> 00:18:53,576 "The New York Times" quotes President Kennedy. 370 00:18:53,576 --> 00:18:55,411 "You know, as much as I like Frank, 371 00:18:55,411 --> 00:18:57,513 "I can't go there, 372 00:18:57,513 --> 00:19:01,951 not while Bobby is handling this Giancana investigation." 373 00:19:01,951 --> 00:19:04,254 So JFK, political animal, 374 00:19:04,254 --> 00:19:06,222 understands the ramifications of this 375 00:19:06,222 --> 00:19:07,923 and stays at Bing Crosby's house, 376 00:19:07,923 --> 00:19:10,526 a rival singer who just happens to be a Republican, 377 00:19:10,526 --> 00:19:12,695 and Frank really goes nuts. 378 00:19:12,695 --> 00:19:15,231 [line ringing] 379 00:19:15,231 --> 00:19:17,767 So he calls Bobby Kennedy. 380 00:19:17,767 --> 00:19:20,303 Frank is heard saying, "What is this shit?" 381 00:19:20,303 --> 00:19:24,206 Kennedy says, "Well, there's some security concerns." 382 00:19:24,206 --> 00:19:26,842 And Sinatra realizes that 383 00:19:26,842 --> 00:19:29,445 it's because of his friend Sam Giancana. 384 00:19:29,445 --> 00:19:31,213 That's really what's going on here. 385 00:19:31,213 --> 00:19:33,683 Sinatra is still loyal to Sam. 386 00:19:33,683 --> 00:19:35,918 But he's upset that Jack Kennedy, 387 00:19:35,918 --> 00:19:41,023 who he worked so hard for, he's going to betray him. 388 00:19:41,023 --> 00:19:43,559 [smashing] 389 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:45,227 ♪ ♪ 390 00:19:45,227 --> 00:19:48,398 Sinatra's assistant George Jacobs recalled, 391 00:19:48,398 --> 00:19:50,600 "There was an endless silence. 392 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,736 "He stood there staring out at the desert, 393 00:19:53,736 --> 00:19:57,373 as if someone had told him his folks had died." 394 00:20:00,175 --> 00:20:04,747 Sinatra was a means to an end for the Kennedys. 395 00:20:04,747 --> 00:20:07,983 Sinatra was useful, and then he wasn't useful anymore. 396 00:20:07,983 --> 00:20:10,620 [soft music 397 00:20:10,620 --> 00:20:13,989 Sinatra had been a big public face for Jack-- 398 00:20:13,989 --> 00:20:16,592 a lot of personal favors in Hollywood. 399 00:20:16,592 --> 00:20:19,829 He got people to come through for Jack. 400 00:20:19,829 --> 00:20:21,263 And he was totally humiliated. 401 00:20:21,263 --> 00:20:22,665 He became a Republican then, I remember. 402 00:20:22,665 --> 00:20:27,970 ♪ ♪ 403 00:20:27,970 --> 00:20:30,973 [swing music] 404 00:20:30,973 --> 00:20:33,275 ♪ ♪ 405 00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:36,779 Soon after the Cuban Missile Crisis, back in Chicago, 406 00:20:36,779 --> 00:20:40,282 Sam Giancana opens up the Villa Venice. 407 00:20:40,282 --> 00:20:43,853 ♪ ♪ 408 00:20:43,853 --> 00:20:46,956 Sam Giancana, out of the goodness of his soul, 409 00:20:46,956 --> 00:20:49,258 out of the grandiosity of his spirit, 410 00:20:49,258 --> 00:20:51,327 takes the hit off of Frank. 411 00:20:51,327 --> 00:20:55,531 And the quid pro quo is that Frank has to get 412 00:20:55,531 --> 00:21:00,703 his Rat Pack pals to come to Villa Venice 413 00:21:00,703 --> 00:21:04,707 and do a big show for free. 414 00:21:04,707 --> 00:21:06,742 The Villa Venice was like the Chicago version 415 00:21:06,742 --> 00:21:09,311 of the Copacabana. 416 00:21:09,311 --> 00:21:12,382 Owned by the wiseguys, same as the Copa. 417 00:21:12,382 --> 00:21:14,316 [soft music] 418 00:21:14,316 --> 00:21:17,387 There was an 800-seat auditorium, 419 00:21:17,387 --> 00:21:18,721 and people would arrive 420 00:21:18,721 --> 00:21:20,656 and then they'd get into gondolas, 421 00:21:20,656 --> 00:21:23,593 and then they'd come into the auditorium. 422 00:21:23,593 --> 00:21:28,097 My father, he ordered two gondolas from Italy 423 00:21:28,097 --> 00:21:29,865 to ride on the river. 424 00:21:29,865 --> 00:21:33,335 And you didn't have to pay for it, either. 425 00:21:33,335 --> 00:21:37,973 It was the most romantic place you'd ever want to be. 426 00:21:37,973 --> 00:21:40,142 [dramatic music] 427 00:21:40,142 --> 00:21:42,311 And behind the Villa Venice were 428 00:21:42,311 --> 00:21:45,748 all these Quonset huts where betting was taking place. 429 00:21:45,748 --> 00:21:47,417 ♪ ♪ 430 00:21:47,417 --> 00:21:50,986 Gambling was illegal in the state of Illinois. 431 00:21:50,986 --> 00:21:53,188 Then everything is rigged. 432 00:21:53,188 --> 00:21:55,491 It's a money mine for the mob. 433 00:21:55,491 --> 00:21:58,994 [change rattling] 434 00:21:58,994 --> 00:22:01,997 [swing music] 435 00:22:01,997 --> 00:22:07,437 ♪ ♪ 436 00:22:07,437 --> 00:22:09,304 Sinatra and his Rat Pack friends 437 00:22:09,304 --> 00:22:11,240 appear under what can only be termed 438 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,909 a command performance, the FBI reports. 439 00:22:13,909 --> 00:22:15,445 ♪ ♪ 440 00:22:15,445 --> 00:22:17,279 So the room is packed. 441 00:22:17,279 --> 00:22:19,782 Everybody is anticipating Sinatra, 442 00:22:19,782 --> 00:22:21,784 Sammy Davis, and Dean Martin. 443 00:22:21,784 --> 00:22:24,620 The Rat Pack. 444 00:22:24,620 --> 00:22:26,321 Dressed up in a tuxedo, 445 00:22:26,321 --> 00:22:28,491 Martin makes light of the tension. 446 00:22:28,491 --> 00:22:30,159 "Hold the noise down," he instructs, 447 00:22:30,159 --> 00:22:31,727 pointing to a penthouse apartment 448 00:22:31,727 --> 00:22:33,262 overlooking the stage. 449 00:22:33,262 --> 00:22:34,864 "There's a gangster sleeping up there." 450 00:22:34,864 --> 00:22:36,098 [laughter] 451 00:22:36,098 --> 00:22:37,900 "There's a gangster sleeping up there." 452 00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:40,736 I mean, it was all very out in the open. 453 00:22:40,736 --> 00:22:44,206 Also, there's Dean on stage singing 454 00:22:44,206 --> 00:22:45,908 about how he didn't want to come there 455 00:22:45,908 --> 00:22:47,877 because he's singing for free. 456 00:22:47,877 --> 00:22:51,547 ♪ I love Chicago ♪ 457 00:22:51,547 --> 00:22:55,284 ♪ It's carefree and gay ♪ 458 00:22:55,284 --> 00:22:58,287 ♪ I'd even work here ♪ 459 00:22:58,287 --> 00:23:01,557 ♪ Without any pay ♪ 460 00:23:01,557 --> 00:23:02,792 [soft music] 461 00:23:02,792 --> 00:23:05,795 [vocalizing] 462 00:23:05,795 --> 00:23:12,735 ♪ ♪ 463 00:23:27,049 --> 00:23:30,486 Well, they had a successful fire, as they say. 464 00:23:30,486 --> 00:23:31,821 That's the old joke. 465 00:23:31,821 --> 00:23:33,155 The guys walking on the street said, 466 00:23:33,155 --> 00:23:34,824 "Jeez, I'm sorry to hear about the fire in the club." 467 00:23:34,824 --> 00:23:36,492 "Shh, that's not till Thursday." 468 00:23:36,492 --> 00:23:38,060 [laughter] 469 00:23:38,060 --> 00:23:39,161 You know. 470 00:23:39,161 --> 00:23:41,997 [light music] 471 00:23:41,997 --> 00:23:45,467 ♪ ♪ 472 00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:48,638 Right about the same time as Villa Venice, 473 00:23:48,638 --> 00:23:53,142 there was a place called Cal-Neva on Lake Tahoe. 474 00:23:53,142 --> 00:23:56,679 Cal-Neva was a hotel-casino 475 00:23:56,679 --> 00:24:00,683 precisely on the California, Nevada state line. 476 00:24:00,683 --> 00:24:04,053 And this was useful, because gambling was legal 477 00:24:04,053 --> 00:24:07,089 in Nevada and not in California. 478 00:24:07,089 --> 00:24:08,390 ♪ ♪ 479 00:24:08,390 --> 00:24:11,794 There was actually a state line drawn 480 00:24:11,794 --> 00:24:15,430 across the property, through the casino. 481 00:24:15,430 --> 00:24:17,299 It was a gorgeous place. 482 00:24:17,299 --> 00:24:20,870 There were all these chalets on the lake. 483 00:24:20,870 --> 00:24:23,739 Crystal clear water, crystal clear air. 484 00:24:23,739 --> 00:24:25,641 It was a paradise. 485 00:24:25,641 --> 00:24:27,442 But also, it was a place 486 00:24:27,442 --> 00:24:30,746 where Frank Sinatra used to like to go. 487 00:24:30,746 --> 00:24:32,982 And he would entertain there from time to time. 488 00:24:32,982 --> 00:24:37,419 And he very quickly became connected to Cal-Neva 489 00:24:37,419 --> 00:24:38,921 through Giancana. 490 00:24:38,921 --> 00:24:42,457 [dramatic music] 491 00:24:42,457 --> 00:24:45,060 Cal-Neva was another cash register. 492 00:24:45,060 --> 00:24:47,730 And Giancana wanted in. 493 00:24:47,730 --> 00:24:51,066 [rattling] 494 00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:55,070 But in 1960, the Nevada Gaming Commission 495 00:24:55,070 --> 00:24:57,472 had started this thing called the Black Book. 496 00:24:57,472 --> 00:24:58,908 ♪ ♪ 497 00:24:58,908 --> 00:25:01,076 When your name was in this book, 498 00:25:01,076 --> 00:25:02,578 that meant that you couldn't step into 499 00:25:02,578 --> 00:25:05,314 any gambling facility in the state of Nevada. 500 00:25:05,314 --> 00:25:07,382 You were barred. 501 00:25:07,382 --> 00:25:09,318 Giancana was one of the gangsters 502 00:25:09,318 --> 00:25:11,120 in the Black Book. 503 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,288 Sam Giancana, he became partners 504 00:25:13,288 --> 00:25:15,691 with Frank Sinatra in the Cal-Neva. 505 00:25:15,691 --> 00:25:17,993 Of course, you're not gonna see Sam Giancana's name 506 00:25:17,993 --> 00:25:19,762 on any of the paperwork. 507 00:25:19,762 --> 00:25:21,196 You know, a lot of these individuals, 508 00:25:21,196 --> 00:25:22,998 they couldn't get a gaming license. 509 00:25:22,998 --> 00:25:25,367 So they had their interests put in the names of others. 510 00:25:25,367 --> 00:25:28,704 Frank Sinatra, he's a big draw in Las Vegas. 511 00:25:28,704 --> 00:25:30,305 So having him affiliated with that 512 00:25:30,305 --> 00:25:34,309 is gonna bring in guests and money to the casino. 513 00:25:34,309 --> 00:25:37,312 [upbeat music] 514 00:25:37,312 --> 00:25:38,614 ♪ ♪ 515 00:25:38,614 --> 00:25:41,784 When the Cal-Neva came up for sale, 516 00:25:41,784 --> 00:25:46,188 Sinatra did not have the money to purchase the Cal-Neva. 517 00:25:46,188 --> 00:25:51,794 So my father, Sam Giancana, bankrolled him. 518 00:25:51,794 --> 00:25:55,631 Frank tried to be in residence as much as he could. 519 00:25:55,631 --> 00:25:59,669 It was a dream of his that he made a reality, 520 00:25:59,669 --> 00:26:01,937 and it was a go-to place. 521 00:26:01,937 --> 00:26:04,139 ♪ ♪ 522 00:26:04,139 --> 00:26:05,540 [laughter] 523 00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:08,010 One night in a chalet at Cal-Neva, 524 00:26:08,010 --> 00:26:09,812 The McGuire Sisters are there. 525 00:26:09,812 --> 00:26:11,446 Their road manager, 526 00:26:11,446 --> 00:26:15,017 Victor LaCroix Collins, is there. 527 00:26:15,017 --> 00:26:16,852 And Sam Giancana is there, 528 00:26:16,852 --> 00:26:19,188 although he's not allowed, 529 00:26:19,188 --> 00:26:21,156 because he's in the Black Book. 530 00:26:21,156 --> 00:26:22,424 [jazzy music playing] 531 00:26:22,424 --> 00:26:23,726 There's a tension 532 00:26:23,726 --> 00:26:26,061 between Sam and their manager 533 00:26:26,061 --> 00:26:28,563 because the McGuires are feeling 534 00:26:28,563 --> 00:26:31,233 that Phyllis is ruining their act 535 00:26:31,233 --> 00:26:34,603 by being involved with this gangster. 536 00:26:34,603 --> 00:26:37,840 Phyllis is a tough broad, as they used to call them. 537 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:42,745 And she gets in a sort of frisky mood, 538 00:26:42,745 --> 00:26:45,547 and every time she walks by where 539 00:26:45,547 --> 00:26:47,549 her road manager is sitting, 540 00:26:47,549 --> 00:26:49,584 she punches him on the shoulder. 541 00:26:51,420 --> 00:26:53,388 And every time she walks by his chair 542 00:26:53,388 --> 00:26:54,824 and gives him a punch on the shoulder, 543 00:26:54,824 --> 00:26:56,158 the punch is a little harder. 544 00:26:56,158 --> 00:26:59,161 [tense music] 545 00:26:59,161 --> 00:27:02,998 ♪ ♪ 546 00:27:02,998 --> 00:27:06,168 Finally, Collins throws her to the floor. 547 00:27:06,168 --> 00:27:07,737 ♪ ♪ 548 00:27:07,737 --> 00:27:11,440 And Sam Giancana runs over to her rescue. 549 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,842 ♪ ♪ 550 00:27:12,842 --> 00:27:14,443 No! No, no! 551 00:27:14,443 --> 00:27:16,946 Victor Collins picks Giancana up 552 00:27:16,946 --> 00:27:19,314 and carries him outside, 553 00:27:19,314 --> 00:27:22,718 at which point, Frank Sinatra shows up. 554 00:27:22,718 --> 00:27:26,455 In his book, Roemer wrote, "When Victor made a move, 555 00:27:26,455 --> 00:27:28,290 "Sinatra jumped on him and held him 556 00:27:28,290 --> 00:27:31,160 "as tight as he could while Sam, the tough guy, 557 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,495 punched Victor's lights out." 558 00:27:33,495 --> 00:27:35,765 [blows landing] 559 00:27:38,033 --> 00:27:39,668 Sinatra tells Victor Collins, 560 00:27:39,668 --> 00:27:41,003 "You're a dead man." 561 00:27:41,003 --> 00:27:44,639 And Victor Collins tells Frank, "You know what? 562 00:27:44,639 --> 00:27:47,276 "They better shoot me with a telescopic sight, 563 00:27:47,276 --> 00:27:50,445 "because if that motherfucker comes anywhere near me, 564 00:27:50,445 --> 00:27:53,215 I'm gonna kill him with my fists." 565 00:27:53,215 --> 00:27:54,716 [siren chirps] 566 00:27:54,716 --> 00:27:58,287 The cops come in, and it becomes a big fiasco 567 00:27:58,287 --> 00:28:00,923 because Giancana's in the Black Book. 568 00:28:00,923 --> 00:28:02,224 [siren wailing] 569 00:28:02,224 --> 00:28:04,326 It turns out that they had been 570 00:28:04,326 --> 00:28:08,563 watching Cal-Neva to prove that Sam has been there. 571 00:28:08,563 --> 00:28:11,600 It becomes a big tabloid display 572 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,002 in "Life" magazine 573 00:28:13,002 --> 00:28:15,337 and newspapers all around the country. 574 00:28:15,337 --> 00:28:18,107 ♪ ♪ 575 00:28:18,107 --> 00:28:21,777 And eventually, this relationship of Frank Sinatra 576 00:28:21,777 --> 00:28:25,214 and Sam Giancana, which was secret to the public, 577 00:28:25,214 --> 00:28:26,949 is now out in the open. 578 00:28:26,949 --> 00:28:29,885 And the linkage of Sinatra with the mob 579 00:28:29,885 --> 00:28:33,155 is now firmly affixed in the public's mind. 580 00:28:33,155 --> 00:28:34,990 ♪ ♪ 581 00:28:34,990 --> 00:28:37,960 Tony Accardo is looking at all this in the papers. 582 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,729 And Accardo is really upset about it, 583 00:28:40,729 --> 00:28:44,499 because the limelight that Giancana's private life 584 00:28:44,499 --> 00:28:47,369 is bringing is now affecting the business 585 00:28:47,369 --> 00:28:49,704 of the mob in Chicago. 586 00:28:49,704 --> 00:28:53,042 When you are in the mafia and you are told, 587 00:28:53,042 --> 00:28:54,977 "We don't want any heat on us," 588 00:28:54,977 --> 00:28:57,112 and you're somebody that brings that kind of heat, 589 00:28:57,112 --> 00:28:59,214 you're a goner. 590 00:28:59,214 --> 00:29:02,217 [dramatic music] 591 00:29:02,217 --> 00:29:06,788 ♪ ♪ 592 00:29:06,788 --> 00:29:09,324 With the Castro government completely victorious 593 00:29:09,324 --> 00:29:12,061 over the invading rebels, there is despair and confusion 594 00:29:12,061 --> 00:29:13,695 among the relatives of the insurgents. 595 00:29:13,695 --> 00:29:16,231 [sobbing] 596 00:29:16,231 --> 00:29:17,732 [somber music] 597 00:29:17,732 --> 00:29:21,203 After the Cuban Missile Crisis is resolved, 598 00:29:21,203 --> 00:29:25,040 the more than 1,100 Cuban exiles from the Bay of Pigs 599 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,442 that are now being held by Castro 600 00:29:27,442 --> 00:29:30,112 still remain the problem. 601 00:29:30,112 --> 00:29:32,381 With Castro claiming the capture of invaders 602 00:29:32,381 --> 00:29:35,584 and threatening them all with the firing squad. 603 00:29:35,584 --> 00:29:37,887 It's been almost 18 months, 604 00:29:37,887 --> 00:29:41,523 and this issue loomed over Kennedy's presidency. 605 00:29:41,523 --> 00:29:46,862 ♪ ♪ 606 00:29:46,862 --> 00:29:49,698 James Donovan, a New York lawyer, 607 00:29:49,698 --> 00:29:51,333 had been tasked 608 00:29:51,333 --> 00:29:53,903 to get the Bay of Pigs prisoners freed. 609 00:29:53,903 --> 00:29:56,906 And he engaged in protracted negotiations 610 00:29:56,906 --> 00:29:58,040 with Fidel Castro. 611 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,143 [engine roaring] 612 00:30:03,145 --> 00:30:06,115 Donovan goes down to Cuba. 613 00:30:07,016 --> 00:30:10,252 He's gonna bring presents as kind of tone setters 614 00:30:10,252 --> 00:30:12,354 to finalize these negotiations. 615 00:30:12,354 --> 00:30:14,924 [light music] 616 00:30:14,924 --> 00:30:20,129 He gets Fidel Castro a brand-new Polaroid camera. 617 00:30:20,129 --> 00:30:21,796 This is early '60s. 618 00:30:21,796 --> 00:30:23,832 It's almost like magic for everybody. 619 00:30:23,832 --> 00:30:27,602 And he acquires a scuba diving suit. 620 00:30:27,602 --> 00:30:29,438 ♪ ♪ 621 00:30:29,438 --> 00:30:30,805 Once the CIA gets wind 622 00:30:30,805 --> 00:30:32,474 that he's gonna bring this wet suit down, 623 00:30:32,474 --> 00:30:35,444 they basically go, "Well, jeez, here's our opportunity." 624 00:30:35,444 --> 00:30:37,179 ♪ ♪ 625 00:30:37,179 --> 00:30:40,282 Castro was a scuba diving enthusiast. 626 00:30:40,282 --> 00:30:42,251 So the idea was we'd poison this wet suit. 627 00:30:42,251 --> 00:30:44,819 [tense music] 628 00:30:44,819 --> 00:30:47,322 We will switch out this wet suit. 629 00:30:47,322 --> 00:30:48,924 We will put in the poison one 630 00:30:48,924 --> 00:30:50,926 instead of the one that he bought. 631 00:30:50,926 --> 00:30:54,930 The wet suit itself would have poison powder ingrained in it. 632 00:30:54,930 --> 00:30:58,733 The snorkel would be contaminated 633 00:30:58,733 --> 00:31:02,237 with a special bacteria fungus. 634 00:31:02,237 --> 00:31:04,439 Donovan was not told of this. 635 00:31:04,439 --> 00:31:07,009 I don't think he ever would have agreed to do this. 636 00:31:07,009 --> 00:31:10,645 He had been hired to be a negotiator. 637 00:31:10,645 --> 00:31:12,414 The people who were working directly with Donovan 638 00:31:12,414 --> 00:31:13,949 protected him. 639 00:31:13,949 --> 00:31:16,685 They found out that the CIA wanted 640 00:31:16,685 --> 00:31:19,955 to replace the wet suit, and they secured 641 00:31:19,955 --> 00:31:22,791 the scuba diving suit that Donovan had purchased 642 00:31:22,791 --> 00:31:25,894 so that nobody could get to it. 643 00:31:25,894 --> 00:31:28,730 It wasn't until later that the CIA finds out 644 00:31:28,730 --> 00:31:31,800 that Donovan didn't use their poison wet suit 645 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,470 and that the wet suit that Castro is seen wearing 646 00:31:35,470 --> 00:31:37,072 isn't gonna kill him. 647 00:31:37,072 --> 00:31:39,975 ♪ ♪ 648 00:31:39,975 --> 00:31:43,078 [speaking Spanish] 649 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,856 [lively music] 650 00:31:54,856 --> 00:31:56,825 ♪ ♪ 651 00:31:56,825 --> 00:31:59,828 [people speaking Spanish] 652 00:31:59,828 --> 00:32:02,264 ♪ ♪ 653 00:32:17,046 --> 00:32:19,314 Donovan later told overconfident Americans, 654 00:32:19,314 --> 00:32:22,251 "Castro is crazy like a fox. 655 00:32:22,251 --> 00:32:24,586 "Whether certain elements want to accept it or not, 656 00:32:24,586 --> 00:32:27,689 the island of Cuba belongs to Castro." 657 00:32:27,689 --> 00:32:30,625 ♪ ♪ 658 00:32:34,263 --> 00:32:36,165 [soft music] 659 00:32:36,165 --> 00:32:37,999 On March 29th, 660 00:32:37,999 --> 00:32:40,369 the prisoners were brought to trial in Havana 661 00:32:40,369 --> 00:32:43,938 and fined, ranging from $25,000 to $50,000. 662 00:32:43,938 --> 00:32:45,674 [cheers and applause] 663 00:32:45,674 --> 00:32:48,310 James Donovan ended up basically agreeing 664 00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:51,880 to pay a ransom of $53 million worth of food and medicine 665 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,449 for the release of over a thousand prisoners. 666 00:32:58,420 --> 00:33:01,456 [speaking Spanish] 667 00:33:22,111 --> 00:33:25,380 We've heard a lot of stories about Castro's prison. 668 00:33:25,380 --> 00:33:27,549 How did they treat you there? 669 00:33:43,598 --> 00:33:45,434 20 months were to pass, 670 00:33:45,434 --> 00:33:49,104 months that alternated between hope and despair. 671 00:33:49,104 --> 00:33:51,606 But on Sunday, December 23, just two days 672 00:33:51,606 --> 00:33:53,775 before Christmas, the first group 673 00:33:53,775 --> 00:33:57,412 of 107 prisoners landed at Homestead Air Force Base. 674 00:33:57,412 --> 00:34:00,915 Ten trips in all were made, and 1,113 men 675 00:34:00,915 --> 00:34:03,017 welcomed the new year on free soil. 676 00:34:03,017 --> 00:34:06,020 [sobbing] 677 00:34:06,020 --> 00:34:09,524 ♪ ♪ 678 00:34:09,524 --> 00:34:11,360 When the prisoners are released, 679 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,363 the Kennedys decide to take this disaster 680 00:34:14,363 --> 00:34:16,831 and turn it into their favor 681 00:34:16,831 --> 00:34:19,834 by having a big celebration at the Orange Bowl. 682 00:34:19,834 --> 00:34:22,904 [triumphant music] 683 00:34:22,904 --> 00:34:28,076 ♪ ♪ 684 00:34:28,076 --> 00:34:31,413 Johnny sees on television his friend Manuel Artime, 685 00:34:31,413 --> 00:34:33,882 the leader of the Cuban exiles. 686 00:34:33,882 --> 00:34:36,084 He's there right next to the president. 687 00:34:36,084 --> 00:34:37,486 He's in uniform. 688 00:34:37,486 --> 00:34:38,853 He's safe. 689 00:34:45,794 --> 00:34:48,163 ♪ ♪ 690 00:34:48,163 --> 00:34:50,599 The Bay of Pigs was not only bumbled. 691 00:34:50,599 --> 00:34:51,966 It was also a bloodbath. 692 00:34:51,966 --> 00:34:53,668 And so they took the Bay of Pigs 693 00:34:53,668 --> 00:34:56,771 and turned it into something that was 694 00:34:56,771 --> 00:34:59,241 a confirmation of American greatness, 695 00:34:59,241 --> 00:35:01,410 a confirmation of American bravery. 696 00:35:01,410 --> 00:35:06,748 It is a pageant of trying to turn a story around. 697 00:35:06,748 --> 00:35:09,751 Ladies and gentlemen, Mrs. Kennedy 698 00:35:09,751 --> 00:35:11,320 would like to say a word to you. 699 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:15,657 JFK brings his most potent publicity arm, 700 00:35:15,657 --> 00:35:17,992 his wife, Jackie Kennedy. 701 00:35:17,992 --> 00:35:20,729 She addresses the crowd. 702 00:35:20,729 --> 00:35:22,797 [cheers and applause] 703 00:35:22,797 --> 00:35:25,900 [speaking Spanish] 704 00:35:31,373 --> 00:35:34,409 [cheers and applause] 705 00:35:49,391 --> 00:35:53,962 I can assure you that this flag 706 00:35:53,962 --> 00:35:57,732 will be returned to this brigade in a free Havana. 707 00:35:57,732 --> 00:36:00,835 [cheers and applause] 708 00:36:14,616 --> 00:36:17,552 [dramatic music] 709 00:36:17,552 --> 00:36:24,659 ♪ ♪ 710 00:36:49,083 --> 00:36:52,020 [phone ringing] 711 00:36:52,020 --> 00:36:56,090 Johnny Roselli is asleep in a hotel room in Las Vegas. 712 00:36:56,090 --> 00:36:59,093 [tense music] 713 00:36:59,093 --> 00:37:00,429 It's a friend of his, 714 00:37:00,429 --> 00:37:02,764 and he says, "Turn on your radio." 715 00:37:02,764 --> 00:37:07,769 ♪ ♪ 716 00:37:07,769 --> 00:37:10,171 Three shots were fired at President Kennedy's 717 00:37:10,171 --> 00:37:12,507 motorcade in Downtown Dallas. 718 00:37:12,507 --> 00:37:15,910 President Kennedy has been seriously wounded. 719 00:37:15,910 --> 00:37:18,079 Roselli's only comment, 720 00:37:18,079 --> 00:37:20,949 "Those damn communists." 721 00:37:20,949 --> 00:37:22,851 And just now, we've received reports here 722 00:37:22,851 --> 00:37:26,087 that Governor Connally was shot in the upper left chest. 723 00:37:26,087 --> 00:37:27,722 And the first unconfirmed reports say 724 00:37:27,722 --> 00:37:30,291 the president was hit in the head. 725 00:37:30,291 --> 00:37:33,294 [solemn music] 726 00:37:33,294 --> 00:37:35,730 ♪ ♪ 727 00:37:35,730 --> 00:37:38,400 Now from Washington, government sources say 728 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,404 that President Kennedy is dead of an assassin's bullet 729 00:37:42,404 --> 00:37:44,973 in the 46th year of his life 730 00:37:44,973 --> 00:37:48,910 and in the third year of his administration 731 00:37:48,910 --> 00:37:52,414 as President of the United States. 732 00:37:52,414 --> 00:37:57,586 This is a dark day in the history of America. 733 00:37:57,586 --> 00:38:02,791 This man, I think, wanted to save America. 734 00:38:02,791 --> 00:38:04,325 He is not dead. 735 00:38:04,325 --> 00:38:06,928 His spirit lives. 736 00:38:06,928 --> 00:38:09,163 We are sorry, deeply moved 737 00:38:09,163 --> 00:38:13,668 over this incident here in America. 738 00:38:13,668 --> 00:38:15,837 I'm sorry. 739 00:38:15,837 --> 00:38:19,273 I was in school when it came over the loudspeaker. 740 00:38:19,273 --> 00:38:22,243 It was like a hit to the solar plexus. 741 00:38:22,243 --> 00:38:23,645 I couldn't believe it. That's all. 742 00:38:23,645 --> 00:38:24,846 I just couldn't believe it. 743 00:38:24,846 --> 00:38:27,015 We were all crying in my place, all crying. 744 00:38:27,015 --> 00:38:29,183 I think the whole country felt the same way. 745 00:38:29,183 --> 00:38:32,153 I can hardly express my emotion. 746 00:38:32,153 --> 00:38:37,492 And I hope that the country will survive. 747 00:38:37,492 --> 00:38:40,028 It was the first time I ever saw nuns crying. 748 00:38:40,028 --> 00:38:41,863 Our parents picked us up from school. 749 00:38:41,863 --> 00:38:43,698 You have little glimpses in your memory 750 00:38:43,698 --> 00:38:45,199 at that age of what you recall. 751 00:38:45,199 --> 00:38:48,737 But seeing adults cry was really something. 752 00:38:48,737 --> 00:38:52,574 Frank was shooting a movie, "Robin and the 7 Hoods," 753 00:38:52,574 --> 00:38:57,078 when word came that JFK had been assassinated. 754 00:38:57,078 --> 00:39:01,049 Frank didn't even stay in Los Angeles. 755 00:39:01,049 --> 00:39:03,418 He went down to the desert 756 00:39:03,418 --> 00:39:05,987 to mourn the loss of his friend. 757 00:39:05,987 --> 00:39:09,924 ♪ ♪ 758 00:39:09,924 --> 00:39:13,728 In the immediate aftermath of the assassination of JFK, 759 00:39:13,728 --> 00:39:18,132 Bobby Kennedy in some ways was a shattered man. 760 00:39:18,132 --> 00:39:20,569 He was said to have been terrified 761 00:39:20,569 --> 00:39:23,137 after the assassination at the thought 762 00:39:23,137 --> 00:39:25,874 that maybe he had caused it. 763 00:39:25,874 --> 00:39:28,510 He first wondered whether or not the mafia 764 00:39:28,510 --> 00:39:31,480 might be behind his brother's killing. 765 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:32,981 ♪ ♪ 766 00:39:32,981 --> 00:39:35,249 For years, Bobby Kennedy went after the mafia. 767 00:39:35,249 --> 00:39:36,985 He was zealous about it. 768 00:39:36,985 --> 00:39:40,722 But once Jack is killed, Bobby is unmoored in many ways. 769 00:39:40,722 --> 00:39:44,392 He stays as attorney general, but he's lost his fight. 770 00:39:44,392 --> 00:39:45,694 Robert Morgenthau, 771 00:39:45,694 --> 00:39:48,630 then U.S. Attorney in New York, says, 772 00:39:48,630 --> 00:39:51,900 "Kennedy never mentioned organized crime to me again." 773 00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:54,402 ♪ ♪ 774 00:39:54,402 --> 00:39:56,538 Who do you think would do something like this? 775 00:39:56,538 --> 00:39:57,606 I don't know. 776 00:39:57,606 --> 00:39:59,207 I--I can't imagine in a way. 777 00:39:59,207 --> 00:40:00,542 I can't imagine. 778 00:40:00,542 --> 00:40:02,877 Only two months earlier, Castro complained 779 00:40:02,877 --> 00:40:04,579 that the Kennedy administration 780 00:40:04,579 --> 00:40:06,548 was trying to kill him, 781 00:40:06,548 --> 00:40:10,585 and Castro said two people could play that game. 782 00:40:10,585 --> 00:40:13,688 [speaking Spanish] 783 00:40:31,172 --> 00:40:33,374 The Kennedy assassination fell victim 784 00:40:33,374 --> 00:40:36,811 to conspiracy theories almost within hours 785 00:40:36,811 --> 00:40:39,948 of the President of the United States being gunned down. 786 00:40:39,948 --> 00:40:43,151 ♪ ♪ 787 00:40:43,151 --> 00:40:45,253 A lot of conspiracy theories focused on the idea 788 00:40:45,253 --> 00:40:47,355 that Cuban exiles working with the CIA 789 00:40:47,355 --> 00:40:49,090 had assassinated John F. Kennedy 790 00:40:49,090 --> 00:40:51,459 because they were angry that he had not 791 00:40:51,459 --> 00:40:54,362 followed through with clear U.S. military support 792 00:40:54,362 --> 00:40:56,030 during the Bay of Pigs. 793 00:40:56,030 --> 00:40:58,332 One of the dominant conspiracy theories 794 00:40:58,332 --> 00:40:59,668 around the Kennedy assassination 795 00:40:59,668 --> 00:41:01,536 is that the mob killed Kennedy. 796 00:41:01,536 --> 00:41:03,271 There's even a theory that Johnny Roselli 797 00:41:03,271 --> 00:41:04,873 was one of the shooters. 798 00:41:04,873 --> 00:41:07,642 Sam Giancana, you know, hated the Kennedys 799 00:41:07,642 --> 00:41:10,344 for the way that they came after the mafia. 800 00:41:10,344 --> 00:41:12,714 Santo Trafficante, Jr., is implicated 801 00:41:12,714 --> 00:41:15,349 through his connections with a lot of figures. 802 00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:17,952 Jack Ruby is a perfect example. 803 00:41:17,952 --> 00:41:22,591 He visits Trafficante in prison in '59 in Havana. 804 00:41:22,591 --> 00:41:25,359 And four years later, he's the patriotic American 805 00:41:25,359 --> 00:41:27,696 who shoots and kills Lee Harvey Oswald. 806 00:41:29,731 --> 00:41:33,001 Even if you don't believe any of the conspiracy theories, 807 00:41:33,001 --> 00:41:35,637 that's a pretty interesting connection right there. 808 00:41:35,637 --> 00:41:37,438 [dramatic music] 809 00:41:37,438 --> 00:41:40,709 People want to say the mob orchestrated the whole thing. 810 00:41:40,709 --> 00:41:43,211 These guys are not that kind of guy. 811 00:41:43,211 --> 00:41:46,047 These guys are worried about the rackets they got going, 812 00:41:46,047 --> 00:41:47,649 the deals they got going. 813 00:41:47,649 --> 00:41:50,251 They're looking at that. 814 00:41:50,251 --> 00:41:53,521 Among the most outrageous of those theories 815 00:41:53,521 --> 00:41:56,524 was one that was generated by a prosecutor 816 00:41:56,524 --> 00:41:58,993 in New Orleans named Jim Garrison. 817 00:41:58,993 --> 00:42:01,663 The most recent, most spectacular development 818 00:42:01,663 --> 00:42:04,432 in the Oswald case involves the CIA. 819 00:42:04,432 --> 00:42:06,167 He started out by blaming what he called 820 00:42:06,167 --> 00:42:08,436 a cabal of homosexuals for killing Kennedy 821 00:42:08,436 --> 00:42:11,873 and then expanded this to include the CIA and the FBI. 822 00:42:11,873 --> 00:42:13,675 We know how it was done. 823 00:42:13,675 --> 00:42:16,010 We know the key individuals involved. 824 00:42:16,010 --> 00:42:17,846 And we are in the process 825 00:42:17,846 --> 00:42:19,547 of developing evidence now. 826 00:42:19,547 --> 00:42:23,852 The Oliver Stone movie "JFK" 827 00:42:23,852 --> 00:42:27,756 was about that particular conspiracy theory, 828 00:42:27,756 --> 00:42:29,824 presenting it as if it was true. 829 00:42:29,824 --> 00:42:32,661 So what really happened that day? 830 00:42:32,661 --> 00:42:34,763 Let's just for a moment speculate, shall we? 831 00:42:34,763 --> 00:42:36,597 The movie that Oliver Stone did 832 00:42:36,597 --> 00:42:39,901 was based on what I and others thought 833 00:42:39,901 --> 00:42:42,837 were some outlandish conspiracy theories. 834 00:42:42,837 --> 00:42:44,438 [gunshot] 835 00:42:44,438 --> 00:42:45,774 This is the key shot. 836 00:42:45,774 --> 00:42:48,042 The president going back and to his left. 837 00:42:48,042 --> 00:42:51,079 Totally inconsistent with the shot from the depository. 838 00:42:51,079 --> 00:42:53,882 Everything about that movie was a bald lie. 839 00:42:53,882 --> 00:42:57,218 One of the few things that Stone got right in that film 840 00:42:57,218 --> 00:42:59,587 was the date on which Kennedy was killed. 841 00:42:59,587 --> 00:43:02,123 It's hard to believe how much he got wrong. 842 00:43:02,123 --> 00:43:04,893 But the American public who saw the movie 843 00:43:04,893 --> 00:43:06,394 were kind of outraged. 844 00:43:06,394 --> 00:43:09,330 The people who worked on the film were very savvy. 845 00:43:09,330 --> 00:43:11,632 Oliver Stone, with this movie, 846 00:43:11,632 --> 00:43:15,003 he wanted to get so much public attention 847 00:43:15,003 --> 00:43:16,805 to the JFK assassination 848 00:43:16,805 --> 00:43:19,273 that it put pressure on the government 849 00:43:19,273 --> 00:43:21,943 to release, you know, thousands-- 850 00:43:21,943 --> 00:43:25,246 tens of thousands of pages on the JFK assassination 851 00:43:25,246 --> 00:43:27,215 that they had been sitting on. 852 00:43:27,215 --> 00:43:29,117 ♪ ♪ 853 00:43:29,117 --> 00:43:32,486 But those five million pages of documents that were 854 00:43:32,486 --> 00:43:35,456 released under the JFK Assassination Records Act, 855 00:43:35,456 --> 00:43:38,960 not a single one suggested that anybody but Oswald 856 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,395 killed the President of the United States. 857 00:43:42,864 --> 00:43:44,132 [ominous music] 858 00:43:44,132 --> 00:43:48,102 Lee Harvey Oswald had this tortured childhood. 859 00:43:48,102 --> 00:43:50,604 Oswald decides to join the Marines, 860 00:43:50,604 --> 00:43:53,141 and it's an unmitigated disaster for him. 861 00:43:53,141 --> 00:43:54,943 They think he's gay. 862 00:43:54,943 --> 00:43:57,611 He's ostracized. 863 00:43:57,611 --> 00:43:58,780 In the middle of the Cold War, 864 00:43:58,780 --> 00:44:00,181 he defects to the Soviet Union, 865 00:44:00,181 --> 00:44:02,984 where he expects to be greeted as a hero, 866 00:44:02,984 --> 00:44:05,519 and the Russians say to him, "Get lost." 867 00:44:05,519 --> 00:44:07,655 ♪ ♪ 868 00:44:07,655 --> 00:44:10,324 So he decides how these guys in Russia, 869 00:44:10,324 --> 00:44:11,625 they screwed up communism. 870 00:44:11,625 --> 00:44:12,827 "I want to go back to the U.S." 871 00:44:12,827 --> 00:44:14,062 Not because he loves it, 872 00:44:14,062 --> 00:44:15,329 but as he says in his notes, 873 00:44:15,329 --> 00:44:17,231 it's the lesser of two evils. 874 00:44:17,231 --> 00:44:21,803 And Lee Oswald commits himself to the new revolution-- 875 00:44:21,803 --> 00:44:25,173 Castro and Cuba. 876 00:44:25,173 --> 00:44:28,309 I think Oswald was infuriated by what he felt 877 00:44:28,309 --> 00:44:31,645 was American mistreatment of Cuba. 878 00:44:31,645 --> 00:44:33,147 The embargo. 879 00:44:33,147 --> 00:44:35,449 The Bay of Pigs, all the raids. 880 00:44:35,449 --> 00:44:39,320 And in his twisted mind, he had had enough 881 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,622 and had an opportunity. 882 00:44:41,622 --> 00:44:43,958 And the rest is history. 883 00:44:52,566 --> 00:44:54,635 As the casket is returned to the caisson, 884 00:44:54,635 --> 00:44:57,538 Mrs. Kennedy begins the long hours of her public grief 885 00:44:57,538 --> 00:44:59,607 with the courageous dignity that has marked 886 00:44:59,607 --> 00:45:01,109 each moment of her ordeal. 887 00:45:01,109 --> 00:45:02,944 Caroline and John seem 888 00:45:02,944 --> 00:45:05,413 to mirror their mother's poise. 889 00:45:05,413 --> 00:45:07,849 Mrs. Kennedy comes forward with Caroline 890 00:45:07,849 --> 00:45:10,451 in a tableau that calls for no words. 891 00:45:10,451 --> 00:45:14,022 Its poignancy calls only for tears. 892 00:45:24,098 --> 00:45:28,736 The JFK assassination leads to a three-day period 893 00:45:28,736 --> 00:45:30,704 of mourning, and it's a mortal wound 894 00:45:30,704 --> 00:45:32,773 to the psyche of America. 895 00:45:32,773 --> 00:45:37,378 [drums playing] 896 00:45:37,378 --> 00:45:39,047 And one of the things that saved the country 897 00:45:39,047 --> 00:45:43,117 and put the country back was the post mortem that happened 898 00:45:43,117 --> 00:45:45,887 of that funeral and all of the details, 899 00:45:45,887 --> 00:45:48,857 and the loving wife and the little boy saluting. 900 00:45:48,857 --> 00:45:50,859 A gentle reminder from his mother. 901 00:45:50,859 --> 00:45:53,461 And John-John celebrates his third birthday 902 00:45:53,461 --> 00:45:57,498 with a soldier's farewell to his father. 903 00:45:57,498 --> 00:46:01,102 The martyrdom of him, it ended up healing a nation. 904 00:46:01,102 --> 00:46:02,937 Bearing the burden of their own sorrow, 905 00:46:02,937 --> 00:46:05,907 a quarter of a million people brave near freezing weather 906 00:46:05,907 --> 00:46:08,509 to pass by the dead president in tribute. 907 00:46:08,509 --> 00:46:11,412 The old, the young, the aged, the children-- 908 00:46:11,412 --> 00:46:13,314 they became one in their grief, 909 00:46:13,314 --> 00:46:15,183 in the spontaneous outpouring 910 00:46:15,183 --> 00:46:17,185 that throws up an enduring memorial 911 00:46:17,185 --> 00:46:19,620 to the American spirit. 912 00:46:19,620 --> 00:46:22,323 ♪ ♪ 913 00:46:22,323 --> 00:46:23,958 After Kennedy was assassinated, 914 00:46:23,958 --> 00:46:27,528 if you had even the slightest connection to him, 915 00:46:27,528 --> 00:46:30,431 you could imagine what you would feel in terms of, 916 00:46:30,431 --> 00:46:31,765 could you be in danger? 917 00:46:31,765 --> 00:46:34,102 I mean, literally, Johnson didn't know 918 00:46:34,102 --> 00:46:35,436 if he was gonna be next. 919 00:46:35,436 --> 00:46:36,737 Nobody knew anything. 920 00:46:36,737 --> 00:46:39,941 And so if you were Roselli or Judy Campbell 921 00:46:39,941 --> 00:46:41,910 in the days after that, 922 00:46:41,910 --> 00:46:45,613 you could imagine how petrified they would be. 923 00:46:45,613 --> 00:46:49,450 [tense music] 924 00:46:49,450 --> 00:46:51,986 This is a young woman who's now trapped 925 00:46:51,986 --> 00:46:53,955 in the middle of a situation 926 00:46:53,955 --> 00:46:56,457 with very high-profile players. 927 00:46:56,457 --> 00:47:01,029 ♪ ♪ 928 00:47:01,029 --> 00:47:02,830 I think Johnny Roselli, 929 00:47:02,830 --> 00:47:05,533 his heart just went out to her. 930 00:47:05,533 --> 00:47:07,801 She had walked into a dangerous game, 931 00:47:07,801 --> 00:47:10,704 and he understood that she was certainly an innocent. 932 00:47:10,704 --> 00:47:14,208 But also, Johnny knew that if the FBI were to get to Judy 933 00:47:14,208 --> 00:47:16,677 and her story got out, 934 00:47:16,677 --> 00:47:19,813 she could expose her affair with the president. 935 00:47:19,813 --> 00:47:22,683 Judy said, "They had me going from hotel to hotel 936 00:47:22,683 --> 00:47:25,019 "so the FBI couldn't subpoena me. 937 00:47:25,019 --> 00:47:28,589 I sensed I was in terrible danger." 938 00:47:28,589 --> 00:47:32,660 You have the whole creation of the Camelot myth 939 00:47:32,660 --> 00:47:34,528 with the loving wife. 940 00:47:34,528 --> 00:47:35,997 ♪ ♪ 941 00:47:35,997 --> 00:47:39,700 What she could have done in terms of undermining 942 00:47:39,700 --> 00:47:42,870 all of that would almost have been a national 943 00:47:42,870 --> 00:47:44,338 spiritual catastrophe. 944 00:47:44,338 --> 00:47:45,974 Just imagine it. 945 00:47:45,974 --> 00:47:48,176 ♪ ♪ 946 00:47:48,176 --> 00:47:49,978 And Johnny was patriotic. 947 00:47:49,978 --> 00:47:53,014 He would not be comfortable with the country 948 00:47:53,014 --> 00:47:55,549 being destroyed in a spiritual sense. 949 00:47:55,549 --> 00:47:57,818 ♪ ♪ 950 00:47:57,818 --> 00:48:01,822 So there was every reason to want to keep her close, 951 00:48:01,822 --> 00:48:05,393 keep her contained, and keep her quiet. 952 00:48:05,393 --> 00:48:10,698 ♪ ♪ 953 00:48:15,669 --> 00:48:18,939 Meanwhile, Johnny has his own problems with the feds. 954 00:48:18,939 --> 00:48:20,975 They're building a case against him 955 00:48:20,975 --> 00:48:22,710 based upon what they found out 956 00:48:22,710 --> 00:48:26,047 about his illegal immigration status. 957 00:48:27,348 --> 00:48:30,251 Sometimes he would use two S's in Roselli. 958 00:48:30,251 --> 00:48:33,721 Other times, he would use one S. 959 00:48:33,721 --> 00:48:35,289 The whole purpose is that 960 00:48:35,289 --> 00:48:37,225 people who would try to follow him 961 00:48:37,225 --> 00:48:38,959 really couldn't be sure 962 00:48:38,959 --> 00:48:41,462 whether or not they had the right guy. 963 00:48:41,462 --> 00:48:44,265 The feds had been after Roselli for years. 964 00:48:44,265 --> 00:48:45,699 They learned of his secret 965 00:48:45,699 --> 00:48:48,136 because one of his own betrayed him. 966 00:48:48,136 --> 00:48:49,603 [dramatic music] 967 00:48:49,603 --> 00:48:52,273 When Roselli started working out in LA, 968 00:48:52,273 --> 00:48:54,275 he was doing all right for himself. 969 00:48:54,275 --> 00:48:58,146 And he needs to send money to his family back in Boston. 970 00:48:58,146 --> 00:49:00,414 His family is depending upon him. 971 00:49:00,414 --> 00:49:03,717 And so he's very aware that he doesn't want to expose himself 972 00:49:03,717 --> 00:49:06,320 with this alias that he has. 973 00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:09,090 He wants to make sure that his real identity 974 00:49:09,090 --> 00:49:11,925 as an illegal immigrant was never found, 975 00:49:11,925 --> 00:49:15,096 because it was not uncommon for the government 976 00:49:15,096 --> 00:49:18,966 to go after mobsters who had come here illegally 977 00:49:18,966 --> 00:49:20,701 and have them deported. 978 00:49:20,701 --> 00:49:27,541 ♪ ♪ 979 00:49:27,541 --> 00:49:31,345 The authorities leaned on the INS and the taxman 980 00:49:31,345 --> 00:49:35,849 in order to combat the syndicate and the mafia. 981 00:49:35,849 --> 00:49:38,852 So he had this buffer between himself 982 00:49:38,852 --> 00:49:40,588 and his family back in Boston. 983 00:49:42,190 --> 00:49:45,493 Johnny would rely upon Salvatore Piscopo. 984 00:49:45,493 --> 00:49:48,596 This is a man that he could entrust 985 00:49:48,596 --> 00:49:51,265 with the biggest secret of his life. 986 00:49:51,265 --> 00:49:52,800 [knocking] 987 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:55,869 Every year, Johnny would give a satchel full of money 988 00:49:55,869 --> 00:49:58,472 to his mother in Boston. 989 00:49:58,472 --> 00:50:01,475 [swing music playing] 990 00:50:01,475 --> 00:50:03,977 ♪ ♪ 991 00:50:03,977 --> 00:50:07,415 So that was the big fear in Johnny Roselli's life, 992 00:50:07,415 --> 00:50:11,519 that this deep, dark secret of what his real name was 993 00:50:11,519 --> 00:50:15,389 and what his real background was, if it was found out, 994 00:50:15,389 --> 00:50:18,392 he would be shipped out of America. 995 00:50:18,392 --> 00:50:20,761 ♪ ♪ 996 00:50:20,761 --> 00:50:23,664 [dramatic music] 997 00:50:23,664 --> 00:50:27,568 For years, he would send money to his mother. 998 00:50:27,568 --> 00:50:31,239 But Piscopo got into trouble with the feds himself. 999 00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:32,873 ♪ ♪ 1000 00:50:32,873 --> 00:50:36,043 The taxman had something against him. 1001 00:50:36,043 --> 00:50:37,978 He had to start divulging information. 1002 00:50:37,978 --> 00:50:40,314 And he didn't give up Johnny right away. 1003 00:50:40,314 --> 00:50:42,650 But at some point, he finally gave up. 1004 00:50:42,650 --> 00:50:45,486 You know, hey, this guy, he wasn't born in Chicago. 1005 00:50:45,486 --> 00:50:47,855 His real name is Filippo Sacco. 1006 00:50:47,855 --> 00:50:49,757 He's from Italy. 1007 00:50:49,757 --> 00:50:52,393 The feds could potentially deport him. 1008 00:50:52,393 --> 00:50:56,096 ♪ ♪ 1009 00:51:03,771 --> 00:51:07,708 May 5, 1966. 1010 00:51:07,708 --> 00:51:10,544 Johnny Roselli is walking down the street. 1011 00:51:11,812 --> 00:51:14,248 The feds roll up in a car, 1012 00:51:14,248 --> 00:51:16,217 and they do one of these, "Psst. 1013 00:51:16,217 --> 00:51:19,220 Hey, Johnny, you feel like being deported?" 1014 00:51:19,220 --> 00:51:22,223 [tense music] 1015 00:51:22,223 --> 00:51:23,791 ♪ ♪ 1016 00:51:23,791 --> 00:51:27,127 Johnny's gonna blow them off like he does most times. 1017 00:51:27,127 --> 00:51:28,662 ♪ ♪ 1018 00:51:28,662 --> 00:51:30,231 "See my attorney," Roselli growled, 1019 00:51:30,231 --> 00:51:33,000 without breaking stride. 1020 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,303 The two men continue to follow him. 1021 00:51:35,303 --> 00:51:37,171 One of them said, "We know where you were born 1022 00:51:37,171 --> 00:51:39,807 and when you entered the United States." 1023 00:51:39,807 --> 00:51:41,442 The FBI agents called out... 1024 00:51:41,442 --> 00:51:44,144 Hey, Filippo Sacco! 1025 00:51:44,144 --> 00:51:46,113 ♪ ♪ 1026 00:51:46,113 --> 00:51:48,316 That's like a hammer hitting Roselli. 1027 00:51:48,316 --> 00:51:49,983 He knows they know. 1028 00:51:49,983 --> 00:51:51,652 ♪ ♪ 1029 00:51:51,652 --> 00:51:54,154 Roselli gave an unconvincing denial. 1030 00:51:54,154 --> 00:51:56,657 "I don't know what you're talking about." 1031 00:51:56,657 --> 00:52:00,394 After years of fakery and covering his tracks, 1032 00:52:00,394 --> 00:52:05,266 Roselli came face to face with who he really was. 1033 00:52:05,266 --> 00:52:08,902 Johnny's worst fears have come true. 1034 00:52:08,902 --> 00:52:10,238 ♪ ♪ 1035 00:52:10,238 --> 00:52:12,673 Johnny Roselli, this tough mobster, 1036 00:52:12,673 --> 00:52:15,343 had an inner fear of somebody discovering 1037 00:52:15,343 --> 00:52:17,511 that he isn't Johnny Roselli. 1038 00:52:17,511 --> 00:52:18,779 They're gonna do the same thing to him 1039 00:52:18,779 --> 00:52:20,113 they did to Lucky Luciano. 1040 00:52:20,113 --> 00:52:21,181 They're gonna do the same thing they did 1041 00:52:21,181 --> 00:52:22,516 with Carlos Marcello 1042 00:52:22,516 --> 00:52:23,717 when they kicked him out of the country, 1043 00:52:23,717 --> 00:52:25,353 the head of the New Orleans mob. 1044 00:52:25,353 --> 00:52:30,558 You could see this fear of not being a real American 1045 00:52:30,558 --> 00:52:33,193 and your very name being a fraud 1046 00:52:33,193 --> 00:52:35,863 being something that was devastating to him. 1047 00:52:35,863 --> 00:52:37,231 And in terms of him being 1048 00:52:37,231 --> 00:52:40,334 the U.S. government's mafia spy-- 1049 00:52:40,334 --> 00:52:42,303 a disaster. 1050 00:52:42,303 --> 00:52:45,406 ♪ ♪ 1051 00:52:49,243 --> 00:52:52,179 [big band music] 1052 00:52:52,179 --> 00:52:59,287 ♪ ♪