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No, answer us now, this man yells. >> we are not getting any information and whether they know anything and they are not telling us, and at this stage, im just -- it is just blank. blank, waiting and praying. >> reporter: just north of perth, australia, danika weeks waits for news of her husband paul. with her 3-year-old lincoln and 11-month-old jack. >> the good news is that malaysia hasnt had to deal with this before and the bad news is that malaysia has not had to deal with this situation bef...

>> no, answer us now, this man yells. >> were not getting any information and whether they know anything and theyre not telling us, at this stage im -- its just blank. just waiting and praying. >> just north of perth, australia, danica weeks waits for news of her husband, paul, with her 3-year-old lincoln and 11-month-old jack. >> the good news is malaysia hasnt had to deal with this before. the bad news is, malaysia hasnt had to deal with this before. were in a situation watching them learn how...

Just as jack had been a different type of politician, the kennedy white house was unlike anything americans had ever seen. suddenly, we had a first family that was beautiful, stylish, with just the right touch of aristocracy. >> he took the best qualities of the rich, old wasp, old guard and infused it with the kind of energy and vitality of rising immigrants. >> just like jacks hero james bond, we never saw jfk sweat. a political 007, president kennedy was smooth, savoring the action, sophistic...

Approached the johnson people, waved his finger in someones face and said, you johnson people are going to get yours. >> i come to you today full of admiration for senator johnson. >> but the "yours" johnson people ended up getting was to be jacks pick for vice president. kennedy had done his political calculus. he needed the texas electoral votes, and he needed the local man on the ticket to get them. with the hard-fought nomination in hand, the kennedy campaign fixed its sights on beating rich...

Strategy, kennedy had an overwhelming majority in the electoral college. >> kennedy has won 296. that alone is enough. >> in those big states, many of the voters were catholic. kennedy had turned an historic negative into an electoral positive. >> kennedy played the catholic issue extremely well, making sure that he got all the catholic votes and had a minimum reverse effect among non-catholic voters. >> so now my wife and i prepare for a new administration and for a new baby. thank you. >> the ...

Nixons office and even told newspaper columnist charles bartlett, a close friend, that he would vote for nixon for president if he, jack, didnt get the nomination. but jack kennedy was not one to let political fellowship affect his game. >> good evening. the television -- >> kennedys team knew that the new medium of television was the way to persuade voters. his suntanned radiant image was worth a thousand words and hundreds of thousands of votes. to exploit his edge on the tube, they brought in...

>> in the state of oregon, do give jack an enthusiastic and overwhelming endorsement. >> when jacks senate seat came open in 1962, his father joe made the call, declaring that ted, all of 30 years old, would be the candidate. >> jack and bobby did not want ted to run for the senate. they felt he was too young. >> joe said, no, its his turn now. he helped you. you help him. >> there are hot times brewing on the democratic political scene. at the state democratic convention, edward j. mccormick, 3...

>> everyone here will ultimately be judged, will ultimately judge himself on the efforts he has contributed to building a new world society. >> it is the glory and the greatness of our traditions to speak for those who have no voice, to remember those who are forgotten. three of the four kennedy brothers died in the service of our country -- joe in world war ii, jack as president, and bobby fighting to end a war. well remember them by how they made politics, government, and our national life so ...

>> in 1946, 29-year-old jack ran for congress for massachusetts 11th district, cutting in front of local politicians waiting patiently for the seat to open. the year before he died, while beginning to dictate his memoirs, jack confessed to having been something of a carpetbagger. >> i was an outsider, really. id never lived very much in the district. my family roots were there, but id lived in new york ten years. on top of that, i had gone to harvard, not a particularly popular institution at th...

Just 90 miles away. >> we will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the course of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth. >> jacks key advisor during the 13 days of the cuban crisis was his old campaign manager. together, the kennedy brothers came up with a creative solution. the u.s. put a naval quarantine in place while secretly agreeing to pull obsolete u.s. missiles out of turkey. in exchange, the soviets removed their missiles from cuba. the c...