there s an old interview question that the great barbara walters had teed up. what kind of tree would you be? for some reason, i asked martha this question. there is an old interview question. what kind of tree would you be. for some reason i asked this question. martha answered, i am the beechtree. the beach is the mother of all trees. the beechtree has a smooth skin but it s very hard and impenetrable. because i m a mother, all the other trees are underneath me. it is impenetrable. martha started planning the comeback the moment she was arrested. says she is ready for jail now. today in what was one of the more surreal conferences, she said she is ready for jail. thank you for coming here on such short notice. advertisers upset and attorneys telling her what her plans are. it is a long time to eat away at a company. the only way to reclaim my life and quality of life with certainty is to serve my sentence and surrender to authorities so i can return as soon as p
martha answered i am the beech tree. the beach is the mother of all trees. and the beech tree has a smooth skin, but it s very hard and impenetrable. and because i m the mother, then all the other trees are underneath me. it is the mother tree. and it is impenetrable. she has always believed that she can weather everything. martha started planning her comeback the moment she was arrested. [applause] today, in what was one of the more surreal news conferences we ve seen in quite some time, the homestyle maven says she is ready for jail now. - good morning, everybody. and thank you for coming here today on such short notice. for two years and seven months, she had no control. it was advertisers upset and attorneys telling her what her plans were. the government, both prosecutors and securities regulators, on her tail. that s quite a long time to really eat away at a company. - the only way to reclaim my life and the quality of life for all those related to me, with certainty n
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jay watson: a gentleman just walked into our studio that i am meeting for the first time as well as you. this is wfaa-tv in dallas, texas. may i have your name, please, sir? abraham zapruder: my name is abraham zapruder. jay watson: mr. zapruder? abraham zapruder: zapruder, yes, sir. jay watson: zapruder. and would you tell us your story, please, sir? abraham zapruder: i got out about a half hour earlier, getting to a good spot to shoot some pictures. charles brehm: five-year-old boy and myself were by ourselves on the grass there on palmer street, and i asked joe to wave to him, and joe waved, and i waved and the the man interviewer: that s all right, sir. - he waved because he was waving back and he was he was the shot rang out and he slumped down in the seat. gayle newman: and then all of a sudden this next one popped and governor connally grabbed his stomach and kind of laid over to the side, and then another one. it was just all so fast. and president kenn