[dramatic music] narrator youre the accidental president. Leader of a nation in mourning. Now youve got to make the tough calls, confront your demons. Outwit your enemies. And prove youve got what it takes. To be the leader of the free world. President s car now turning onto elm street, and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives at the trade mart. Itit it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route. It was definitely the president s car. We were traumatized. It was in a sense like what happened to us after 9 11. President kennedy has been assassinated. Its official now. The president is dead. It was incredible that our president , this beautiful man with this beautiful family, could be just eliminated just like that. Theres only one word to describe the picture here, and thats grief and much of it. Narrator kennedys Vice President , Lyndon Baines johnson, becomes the 36th president of the United States. He insists on taking the Oath Of Office on Board
[dramatic music] narrator: you re the accidental president. leader of a nation in mourning. now you ve got to make the tough calls, confront your demons. outwit your enemies. and prove you ve got what it takes. to be the leader of the free world. - president s car now turning onto elm street, and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives at the trade mart. it it it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route. it was definitely the president s car. - we were traumatized. it was in a sense like what happened to us after 9/11. - president kennedy has been assassinated. it s official now. the president is dead. - it was incredible that our president, this beautiful man with this beautiful family, could be just eliminated just like that. - there s only one word to describe the picture here, and that s grief and much of it. narrator: kennedy s vice president, lyndon baines johnson, becomes the 36th president of the united
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