but tonight we begin with one headline from those tapes, mrs. kennedy talking about a moment of terror so many of us remember, the cuban missile crisis, 1962, soviet missiles so close to america and aimed right here. many historians argue it was as close as the world has come to nuclear war. and heaid reporter: to hear that sinin lal breathy voice as she takes us back to a moment in history when america was one chess move away from all-out nuclear war. enter tied by russian missiles. she hears the tense debate at the white house through a door. and i went up and eavesdropped. mcthnamara and i thought i must not listen and went away. but from then on it seemed like there was no way to sleep and don t know which day was which and i never left the house or the children when he came home, it was for sleep or for sleep i would sleep with him. i said please don t send me away to camp david. me and the children. please don t send me anywhere. if anything happens we ll stay h
close to america and aimed right here. many historians argue it was as close as the world has come to nuclear war. and heaid reporter: to hear that sinin lal breathy voice as she takes us back to a moment in history when america was one chess move away from all-out nuclear war. enter tied by russian missiles. she hears the tense debate at the white house through a door. and i went up and eavesdropped. mcthnamara and i thought i must not listen and went away. but from then on it seemed like there was no way to sleep and don t know which day was which and i never left the house or the children when he came home, it was for sleep or for sleep i would sleep with him. i said please don t send me away to camp david. me and the children. please don t send me anywhere. if anything happens we ll stay here with you. even if it s in the bomb shelter, i said, i want to be on the lawn when it happens. i want to be with you and i want to die with you and the childree do too. we don