Reflt assured we democrats will stir it up. This Election Year of 1968 has touched emotions. I think we have too much violence in this country. We go up together, or we go down together. And we have that understanding for our fellow citizens, we will have a new america, and i need your help. [ cheers and applause ] if you look at the whole year as theater, as real acts of tragedy, theres an almost poetic feeling to it. 1968 was one god damn thing after another. Hardly a day goes by without a new report of another demonstration or protest against the vietnam war. There is, in the land, a certain restlessness. Lyndon johnson, whatever else one thinks of him, his reputation will always have the stone of vietnam around it. We live in the middle of a beast. Lyndon johnson is a common murderer. Johnson did things that no other president did. Civil rights, great society. He should have been somebody that every young person and every liberal would have celebrated, but they didnt. He became the vietnam war president. Wed been told repeatedly that were succeeding, were defeating them. They cant hold out. Johnson kept saying, theres light at the end of the tunnel. This is a cbs news special report. Saigon under fire. The enemy in vietnam has demolished the myth that a live military strength controls that country. The American Embassy is under siege. Inside are the terror squads that charged in during the night. The terror offensive was an enormous gamechanger. They were shooting up the American Embassy. They had hit dozens of cities all over vietnam. It was a tremendous shock. We have known for several months now that the communist planned a massive, winterspring offensive. We do not think that our military operations are going to be at all materially affected. He was unable to be honest with the american people, because, of course, he was unwilling to simply say, this is an unwinnable war. Cronkite report, reel one, take four. These ruins are in saigon, capital of the largest city of south vietnam. When he went to vietnam, it was the first time, and maybe the only time that walter had showed any kind of bias in his public broadcast. It is increasingly clear to this reporter, that the only rational way out would be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honor people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did the best they costa concordia. After Walter Cronkite, johnsons popularity sinks. Its become obvious the war is not being won. Opposition to the war was rising. It wasnt just beat nicks and young kids. We are fighting a war. Im convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Martin luther king came out against the vietnam war. His own followers said you shouldnt be focusing on that. You should be focusing on our issue. He said theyre intertwined, you cant separate them. President kennedy said on one occasion, mankind must put an end to war. Or war will put an end to mankind. You honestly think if there was an election, a vote for and against the war, that the antiwar people would win out. Its really hard to tell now. The polls are uncertain, but most of the country is discontent with the path the war is taking. I think something ought to be done. When some of the antiwar activists were looking for somebody to run for president , a number of people turned them down, including Robert Kennedy. There are increasing reports out of washington that your advisers are telling you to run against president johnson this year . I have no plans. I have no plans to change the statement ive already made. Senator . The assumption among the kennedy intimates was that lbj was totally unbeatable and bobby would run in 1962. The Antiwar Movement needed a leader and it fell to mccarthy. Very nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Senator, president johnson supporters say you dont have a chance in New Hampshire and youll be lucky to get 10 of the vote. What do you say about that . Well, i dont know. The people supporting me said well do better than that. Eugene mccarthy does something thats tab boo. Comes out against a sitting president from the same party. Mccarthy came in from left field. He was not thought of in the front rank of president ial con terpds. But there was a great deal of frustration and even despair among the young. Mccarthy gave them home. How many volunteers for Senate Mccarthy . From nbc news Election Central in manchester New Hampshire, this is the news. If mccarthy gets as much as 30 of the vote or more against an incumbent president , he can legitimately claim an important victory. Mccarthy didnt win the New Hampshire primary, but he took enough votes that it scared lyndon. He got 42 of the vote, but mccarthy was a nothing, an upstart. If mccarthy could draw blood, johnson was vulnerable. They said 68 was the year, i think march the 12th is the day. [ applause ] how does this strike you . Youre not disappointed he didnt actually win . Oh, no. He did win, though. You should work through the democratic process to get what you want. You can hope and youve got to base it on a dream and this is coming true. Whatever happened to Robert Kennedy . Um, i think whos he . Perhaps the most important result out of all this from mccarthys viewpoint is that he will from now on be treated as a serious president ial candidate. After New Hampshire, theres a new political reality and bobby very rapidly starts recalculatin recalculating. Would you welcome his entrance . Its a little crowded now, but [ laughter ] my Social Circle includes captains of industry, former secretaries of state, oil tycoons, and ambassadors of countries known for their fine cheeses. Yes i am rich. Thats why i drink the champagne of beers. Weits not justt wed be fabuilding jobs here,. Its helping our community. 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The issue of 1968 is not the johnson personality, but the johnson policies and i happen to believe that this country cant afford four more years of lyndon johnson. [ applause ] for 16 years now, in the shadow play of american politics, there has always been a richard nixon. Hes not coming back. He never left. Most political observers thought nixon was finished. Hed been counted out so many times. So nixon wanted to show the leaders of the Republican Party he was a winner. Well inaugurate a republican president next january, thank you. Media consultants worked with him so he wouldnt be the sweaty nixon of 1960. Im really the most difficult man in the world when it comes to a socalled Public Relations firm. Nobodys going to package me. Nobodys going to make me put on an act for television. If people looking at me say thats a new nixon, then all that i can say is, well, maybe you didnt know the old nixon. I wrote a diary of being on the Nixon Campaign plane, i came out, just saying, what does he believe in . What does he care about . How can we trust him . I realize that the person i felt most related to was Robert Kennedy. I have traveled and i have listened to the young people of our nation. And felt their anger about the war that they are sent to fight, about the world that they are about to inherit. I am announcing today my candidacy for the presidency of the United States. [ applause ] Eugene Mccarthy clears the way and tests the water, but he wasnt the guy who was going to get there. Bobby was going to get there. This nation must adopt a Foreign Policy which says clearly and distinctly, no more vietnams. [ applause ] you have the declaration of another rival candidate from within his own party, currents of antiwar sentiment are building ups, and at the same time, the war is getting worse. I think if youre lyndon johnson, you feel youre being surrounded by a stampede. Good evening, my fellow americans. Tonight i want to speak to you of peace in vietnam and Southeast Asia. This is the moment for lbj, where the pressures of vietnam are becoming almost overwhelming. It is true that a house divided against itself is a house that cannot stand. Accordingly, i shall not seek, and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. You have just heard the president of the United States, Lyndon Baynes Johnson in an address from his office at the white house. The advanced text of his address did not contain those last remarks saying, and i quote from president johnson, i shall not seek and will not accept, the nomination of my party for the presidency. Roger, no question about it, this was a bombshell politically. Well, you really dont know where to begin. Our guest today on meet the press is the Vice President hubert h. Humphrey who announced his candidacy for the democratic president ial nomination. And now hes running for president. Humphrey has doubts about vietnam but has been a good soldier. Hes stood by johnson. Your president made a supreme political sacrifice to promote this cause of peace. He was one of the casualties of this war. I dont think there was ever an overwhelming enthusiasm for hubert. The drama of mccarthy and kennedy has captured everyones attention. Is the key vietnam . Yes, in a large way. In a large measure. Not totally, but theres a certain degree of general protest amongst youth which i think is, on balance, a healthy thing. [ Radio Communication ] there was a lot of frustration on the part of students that the war was not drawing to a close, despite our demonstrations. So the students began to become more militant. Columbia university, students barricade themselves into university buildings. Their leader is a 20yearold exboy scout, mark rough. I would say that we now have more support than any group about any political issue has ever held at any time. Columbia became the symbol. Activists like tom hayden went to columbia and said, lets have more columbias. Theres nothing like feeling that youre fighting the power or somebodys listening to you, at least, to draw more people in. We started shouting a phrase, and its a phrase that the youth by words and by action of people all around the world, when they face truth, and that phrase is, up against the wall we had an idea that this was the beginning of something very important. We took it as the beginning of revolution. Whats happening to america . Conversation three. Tonight our young people, whats bothering them. Is there really a generation gap . Generation gap is a way that whites in this country and the structure in this country, the system in this country rationalizes its lack of responsibility in teaching this generation how to solve the problems were faced with. 1968 was the year that you could point to and say, here is where the separation began between past generations. And generations going forward. [ applause ] i think all of us have a role to play. And i think all of us have a great stake in the future. You more than anybody else. As president kennedy once said, you have the least ties to the past and the greatest stake in the future. Youll always find idealism in youth. I think thats something my father and my uncle recognized and why they always visited the universities. I remember my father talking about how the founders of the american revolution, you know, they were young people. Well, you fellas dont even vote over here. Youre not any older than my son. You dont even vote. [ applause ] come up here and ill autograph your sandals for you. That will make you feel better. There was a thirdparty candidate in this election, George Wallace. But wallace was not affected by the vietnam issue. He was going to have a certain amount of support in the south come what may. Theres not a dimes worth of difference in either one of the two parties. And if they dont give the people a choice, were going to give them a choice by having a new party. It was just a plain, ordinary, antigovernment streak in him. It was his act. You bastards in washington are not going to tell me what to do. And you anarchists had better have your day now, because i tell you, youre through after november 5th in this country. [ indiscernible ] ladies and gentlemen, could you lower those signs, please. I have some very sad news for all of you. And i think sad news for all of our fellow citizens and people who love peace all over the world. And that is that Martin Luther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee. [ audience shrieks ] when king was killed, bobby was on his way to a Campaign Stop in indianapolis. Going into the ghetto. And the cops said, dont go. They were fearful of a riot. Bobby went anyways. For those of you who are black, and are tempted to be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, i would only say that i can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed. And he was killed by a white man. He gives this spontaneous speech to an absolutely devastate crowd. This wasnt just politics. He made it personal. Let us say a prayer for our country and for our people. Thank you very much. [ applause ] this country and every person in it suffered a terrible loss tonight with the assassination of this man. The perpetrator of this deed brings down upon all of us, the painful charge that we americans are prisoners of violence and destruction and death. That is the tragedy of it. Restraint, gentleness, charity, virtues we so desperately need, have had a dark day. King was the only rational voice that was left in america. He stood against the war in vietnam. He stood against violence, period. When you killed him, you killed everything. You killed the only rational voice thats left. It became absolutely clear, you dont want dr. King, you assassinate, youve tried to kill the dream. Okay, heres a taste of the nightmare. [ sirens ] the outrage could not be contained. Fires burned the cities of america. Washington, chicago, detroit, boston, new york these are just a few of the cities in which the negro anguish over dr. Kings murder expressed itself in violent destruction. I remember coming back to washington two or three days after king had been killed, youre thinking, what am i seeing here . This is the United States of america, and there are machine guns on the steps of the capitol. 100 cities raged with riot. 20,000 are arrested. People were in open revolt. Sirens wailing. People screaming. And it shook everyone, black and white, to the core. Nothing could be more desecrating to the memory of Martin Luther king, than to use his death as an excuse to engage in violence. There was a faith and spirit vacuum. When you find people who have lost that hope, fear tends to fill that vacuum. People were increasingly afraid, and mr. Law and order stepped up on the republican side. This is a nation of laws. No one is above the law. No one is below the law. And were going to enforce the law, and americans should remember that. [ applause ] no divisions that exist between black and white. I want us to work together, and i run on that basis for president of the United States. [ applause ] my fathers appeal was to really the most disenfranchised classes. He felt like nobody else was speaking for them. And thats where his face was. Rather than with the liberals, the liberals were for mccarthy. I want to assure you im not yielding to anyone along the way, the Vice President or senator kennedy. Indiana, bobby wins. Nebraska, bobby wins. And then on may 28th, oregon. Mccarthys crowds in recent days have been good. Larger than kennedys in many places although without the frenzy that accompanies a kennedy appearance. I cant afford to lose if im going to remain a very active and viable candidate. It would adversely affect me in a very serious way. The actual final figures yet to come in, but apparently senator mccarthy has won a major victory in oregon. Senator kennedy has suffered a severe setback. They move on now to california and the primary there a week from tonight. And this result tonight does not prove kennedy is politically dead this year. It does prove that hes politically mortal. Hes Robert Kennedy, not john f. Kennedy. I think what will happen now, mccarthy gets a new life. Hes still a long shot, but he has a chance now. I think that, however, you dont write off Robert Kennedy, because he can come off the floor and win big in california. Thats what he has to do. If he didnt win big in california, hes had it. [ male announcer ] over time, youve come to realize. 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I picked up the phone in the suite. This colleague said, somethings happened to the senator. Senator kennedy has been shot senator kennedy has been shot. Is that possible . It was bedlam. I couldnt find kennedy. Finally found him, he was lying on the floor. [ shouting and chaos ] somebody shot him in the corridor behind the kitchen, going through the kitchen here. Everybody, please stay back. Please stay back. We need a doctor here. Its very important. We need a doctor. Will you please clear this room . If you do not leave the room, we cannot get medical aid to the senator. Now would you please clear [ crowd noise and screaming ] i cant say that people said, how could this happen . Because wed seen it happen. The truth is, this has been in the back of everybodys mind and one of the reason why people said, dont do this, dont run. Robert kennedy is in the most grave condition. And hope is difficult to find. Senator Robert Francis kennedy died at 1 44 a. M. Today, june 6, 1968. He was 42 years old. Thank you. As you all know, no words can really fully convey the feeling that one must have for the nation in the face of this tragedy, this new tragedy. People say, well, it was inevitable. His brother was murdered and so was he. Nothings inevitable. It just happened. This plane will take back body of Robert Francis kennedy to new york. Also on board this plane today will be mrs. John f. Kennedy. Also on board will be another widow, mrs. Martin luther king jr. Somehow and in some way, we seem to be sending a great many of our Young Leaders to their early graves. Its been a very emotional period for all of us who have worked for the senator. And personally, the most horrifying things in these last few days was this morning, when i tacked this black ribbon on to my campaign button, because now im lost, im desperate. And i dont know where were going from here. When senator kennedy went down, he was trying to speak for those americans, including the young, who feel a need to change many aspects of american life. Well, that cause has not been still forever, because even without him, the changes will be made, because they have to be. But nobody knows when, nor how, nor whether the changes will be made peacefully, or violently. In the meantime, this country has lost another leader. As far as im concerned, has lost the only leader that i feel gives us any hope for the future. I mean, what happens to the country . I mean, you wonder if its worth saving, you know . What is it . Whats left of this country . I know my own feelings were and i think they were widely shared, we have to question ourselves. Is our country coming apart . What are we becoming . Ben well, that was close you aint lying let quicken loans help you save your money. 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[ laughter ] it looks like nixon. Nobody is really surprised. And no committed republican feels cheated. What was the fuss all about . The republicans understand that nixon, in this time of tumultuousness, he gives people the sense of continuity. What is most important now, is for us to think how we can get this war ended. Mr. Nixon talks of an honorable peace, but says nothing about how he would attain it. At this point, the war is continuing as hot a pace as it ever been. More troops are being killed every week than at any time in the course of the war. We knew that we would not be able to influence the republicans on vietnam. So we wanted to put massive pressure on the democrats. I didnt think anything could happen with vietnam without that challenge. This is a cbs News Campaign 68 convention special. Whats going to happen in chicago . On this even of the beginning of the 35th Democratic National convention, chicago is nearly securitytight. Perhaps the heaviest security ever provided for a political gathering in the free world. The police, several thousand of them, are now deployed. Soldiers have arrived in chicago and are standing by. For the convention, the plan was to have a mass antiwar demonstration and a mass Counter Culture festival. We gathered in the parks. Were going to march because we have a right to, because thats what we came to chicago to do and no ones going to stop us. Thank you. [ applause ] there were many factions. They were united only by a feeling that this is our moment. This is carnegie hall. No more war no more war theyre concerned about the buildup of the force because we think that anything thats builtup like this is liable to be used. A Democratic Convention is about to begin in a police state. There just doesnt seem any other way to say it. The people of chicago and its mayor are proud to welcome a great political gathering of americans who come here to shape the future of a nation. And as long as im mayor of this town, there will be law and order in chicago. [ applause ] the two men who most still believe this is all about arrived in chicago to begin their final drive for delegate votes. Most of us were saying it wasnt politically possible to overcome those who were pledged to humphrey. So there clearly needed to be another force. Arriving now, senator George Mcgovern of south dakota. Mcgovern got into the race because there was a big hole in the antiwar side. And Bobby Kennedy had a lot of delegates. Mccarthy said he didnt believe mcgovern had enough strength to make any difference, so mccarthy said hell continue the fight for the nomination, although it was clearly implied that his chances are very slim. Mayor daley set up all the conditions for conflict in chicago. He didnt give them permits to march. But he knew they were coming anyway. Over 10,000 demonstrators were gathered in chicagos grant park. The demonstrators are determined to march on Convention Hall tonight in protest. Police are at the park in full. You can count on it. That the police and the authorities will always unify what you cant unify by yourself. [ crowd chanting ] the tumultuousness, the violence that was happening outside the home, became reflected inside the home. There seems to be some kind of battle going on here. Yes, directly under our booth theyre carrying a man out. I got into a melee in the Convention Hallway. Dont push me. Take your hands off me, unless you plan to arrest me wait a minute walter, as you can see i dont know whats going on. I think weve got a bunch of thugs here, dan. Its all in a days work. It reflected for all the world to see, that pressure inside the hall, in what was supposed to be a Democratic Society of free people nominating somebody to be president. Amam rich. 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With George Mcgovern as president of the United States, we wouldnt have to have gestapo tactics in the streets of chicago [ applause ] did you see what was happening downtown . Yes, i saw it with this television set. Do you think this is going to cost the democrats the election, whats happening here in chicago . I dont think theres any question. I think not only the party, but the country is split in half. I think theyll veer away from this dissension. Thank you very much, Shirley Mcclain watching the television in the back of the hall about whats going on downtown. It is my honor to present the new leader of our party, the next president of the United States, the honorable [ crowd noise inaudible ] i proudly accept the nomination of our party. They got Hubert Humphrey as the candidate. Humphrey was an example of what we were fighting. He was a liberal who was going to betray our hopes. Seeing hhh on your lapel, does that mean youre for humphrey all the way . Well, i wouldnt say all the way. Im a democrat, and hes the nominee. Now its true, what George Wallace said, if the first job at hand is to end this war, there isnt a dime of difference there between humphrey and nixon. Vice president humphrey, remains by any basis of measurement available, a complete underdog. My feeling is, that if he could cut himself off from the president , be his own man, that he has a chance of winning this election and would make it very easy for all of us to support him. Humphrey desperately needed to separate himself from the administration, and he did. I think the greatest task of statesmanship is to find a way to conclude and bring that war in Southeast Asia to an end and to do it the public was so happy that there was some Movement Towards peace in vietnam. Humphrey was back in the game, and it was neck and neck. From nbc news, Election Central. Nixons the one. Thats the natural banter for any spritely front page tonight. 94 of the popular vote is counted. There are the numbers. It was one of the closest elections in american history. Closer even than when nixon lost to kennedy eight years ago. [ applause ] i have done my best. I have lost. Mr. Nixon has won. The democratic process has worked its will. George wallace carried five states. Alabama, arkansas, georgia, louisiana, and mississippi. In our judgment, the people who supported us have an impact on bringing the two parties in a different direction, and i do wish for mr. Nixon, the most success of any president in the history of our country. Having lost a close one eight years ago, and having won a close one this year, i can say this, winning is a lot more fun. [ laughter and applause ] with nixons election, even though many people felt a sense of disappointment, there was a sense that there may be some normality on the horizon. People were exhausted. So it was in part, a sense of relief. Maybe, thank god its over. [ applause ] i plan to spend christmas in the states, but i cant stand violence. [ laughter and applause ] 1968 certainly has been one of the unhappiest years in american history. In the end, it always comes down to what the people do, and this year, the people, like the events of 1968, are largely unpredictable. Our country was put to some enormous tests in 1968. It was a bend, but there wasnt a break. The issues that were thrown open in 1968, who has authority, who deserves authority, what the limits of power are, those are profound questions that continue to matter. This will be an open administration. Open to new ideas, open to men and women of both parties, open to the critics, as well as those who support us. And i am confident that this path is one we can undertake and one which will be successful. Next thursday on the 60s. Jack, what is your definition of a husband . A husband is a guy who is in charge and should be all of the time. What we are talking about is a revolution, and not a reform. Rules that had existed for a thousand years, just, overnight, they were gone. Its amazing we waited until the 60s to break the uls walls down. But it was time. The 60s, next thursd 00s, ne night at 9 00 p. M. This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Thanks for joining us for this special coverage here on cnn. Im rosemary church. And we are following breaking news out of the middle east where a humanitarian ceasefire has just taken effect this moment. The question, of course, will israel and hamas both keep up their end of the bargain . Well go live there in just a moment. Plus our reporters on the ground bring us a heartbreaking picture of what life is like in the war zone and well hear from both sides