Place would stop. Its the closest that we came to royalty. Watch your back. Photographers at their door everywhere she went. That really tore her down. He was definitely under a lot of pressure as a kennedy. Flying for him was just freedom. I think it was the only place he could escape. All these rumors, john was having troubles with his marriage, he was having troubles with his magazine, the two most important things in his life. This is the oddest sky ive ever seen. If theres a private pilot, theyre going to be in a lot of trouble. Were interrupting your program for some information involving john f. Kennedy jr. I remember turning on the tv and the helicopter was over the water. Ready . Okay. Theres a large contingent of people staked out. A friend of mine said, have you heard . No, this cant be happening. To understand john f. Kennedy jr. And what he meant to the country you have to go back to where it all started. The unexpected climax saw senator kennedy the victor with a clear margin of electoral votes. At 43 years of age, he is the youngest man ever voted into office and the first catholic chief executive. Now, my wife and i prepare for a new administration and for a new baby. Thank you. When john was born, it was such a romantic time in our culture. The son of a president in the white house, it was a big deal. First notice of the year was that of John Fitzgerald kennedy jr. , soon to be the first baby of the land. America takes the Kennedy Family to its heart. It was fascinating watching the president play specifically with john, hold him, touch him, play on the floor with him, that sort of thing, throw him up in the air. There was a bond between the two of them. John was definitely the apple of his eye. President kennedy was not adverse to using the children for political purposes. Whenever jackie left, he would call the photographers and have them come in. John kennedy says, go get the kids. And his secretary says, well, theyre already in bed, theyre asleep. Get them out of bed. He had this desk in the oval office which belonged to a sea captain. It was made from an american frigate. And i just remember the inside, you could climb around in it. He used to give us chewing gum, because my mother didnt like us to chew gum. We would go to the oval office at night and hed feed us gum. These wonderful pictures we have of the kennedy children cavorting around the oval office, almost all of those photographs were taken when jackie was out of the country. Mrs. Kennedy would come back, shed be furious to see pictures of her children. And his press secretary told me he had to take the heat. From 1960 to 1964, i was assigned to mrs. Kennedy and responsible for her protection, and for the children. I spent a great deal of time with them at that time. More than i did with my own children. We didnt really recognize how popular they would become. It became very evident that these people were like movie stars. They really attracted large crowds, no matter where we went. There was a large contingent of press and inning or screaming they wanted more photographs. Mrs. Kennedy got pretty fed up with it. She had huge hedges put in around the white house, because she said, i want privacy for my children and im tired of starring in everyones home movies. She felt that they shouldnt be in the limelight. She wanted them to grow up to be normal children, to have the same joys and pleasures of childhood that she had. John f. Kennedy has been in office for exactly 1,036 days. P. Texas, with its 24 electoral votes, is considered critical to reelection in 1964. A political tour of the state is mounting. There remains only dallas. Only a matter of minutes before he arrives. As the world turns. Here is a bulletin from cbs news. When Walter Cronkite announced jfks death from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1 00 p. M. Central standard time, 2 00 eastern standard time. Some 38 minutes ago. It was such an iconic moment. Because we were all so stunned. Well, its interesting, you know. John is 3, he didnt know what was going on. He could see that his mother was devastated. The shadow of sorrow still stretches across the nations capital. The 35th commander in chief, in body, hes gone forever. Mrs. Kennedy and her two children, john and carolyn. I was seated right behind mrs. Kennedy. And she turned to me and said, can you take care of john . So i took him back to a little room off the side. While we were there, they had him practice his salute. As the coffin passed by, jackie leaned down and said, now say goodbye to your father. And john delivered what would be the worlds most famous salute. Goodbye, daddy, he said. President kennedys son saying farewell to the father whom he loved and knew for such a short time. I think that americas heart was broken by johns salute. That is the moment when john kennedy became, you know, who he was. It was johnjohns 3rd birthday. Jackie, she went to Pierre Salinger and said, pierre, i have nothing in life to do now, except to make sure that my children are okay. I want them to get past this terrible tragedy and not be tied forever to the memory of their fathers death. I have to help them survive. Win the election in november and well have a new country, a new state of california and well make a new day for mankind. Robert kennedy drew great crowds at most of his stops. Cheered by his own kin. Jackie was a traditionalist. And she felt that a boy needed a male figure, a father figure. The president s younger brother seemed the perfect fit to jackie. Bobby tried to, you know, fill that void. And in many ways, he did. He loved those kids. Bobby would say, john, are you behaving . And john said, im a good boy. I didnt do anything wrong. Im sorry, i have to senator kennedy is going down now to address his supporters. My thanks to all of you, and now its onto chicago and lets win there. Senator Robert Kennedy claiming victory in california. Heres the way the vote count looks now, with almost a quarter of the precincts having reported in. Ladies and gentlemen, weve kept the air on, because weve heard an alarming report that Robert Kennedy was shot. I remember that date very clearly. It was my day off. And the secret servicemen called me up and said, you have to come back to work. Bobby kennedy was shot. I went in and she was in the hallway, and she said, i went through one, now i have to go through another one. What are we going to do . Now john, at the age of 8, was old enough to understand. You cant really imagine what it would do to a young person, to have both his father and his uncle murdered in the same way. 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He went after what he wanted, and she liked that. Because she went after what she wanted. Everywhere, you can see the evidence of what being one of the worlds richest men can do. She went to greece and married aristotle onassis. Mrs. Kennedy arrived in greece for the wedding. Jackie married onassis in part because he could provide her not only with a fabulous lifestyle, but with security. And she felt her children would be safe, so she married him. For most of us, it almost would have been easier if mrs. Kennedy decided to marry howard hughes. His security people were all over anyone that were trying to get pictures of them. John kennedy jr. Was the first kennedy to be photographed in greece. His presence also provoked the first confrontation between reporters and the onassis people. He relationship between jackie and aristotle onassis, during the school year, jackie lived with the children at 1040 fifth avenue, and they spent summers with onassis on the private island in greece. Jackie was intent that her children have as normal a life as possible. She said, if you bungle raising your children, nothing you do in life matters very much. The very first time i met john was in new york city. I was in tenth grade and i went to a party. He was sitting on a couch and people said, oh, thats john kennedy, thats john kennedy. I was like, oh. I didnt really tune in to what that meant. He just seemed like a normal kid with, like, scruffy hair. He was polite, he was sweet. He was very expansive. He wanted to know everything about you, your family, where you grew up, what you did. John always liked to be treated like everyone else and he really didnt mind being the butt of a joke. In some respects, the most remarkable thing about john was how relatively normal he was despite his fame. I think he wanted to not have a constant reminder of who he was. You can imagine the monumental burden of expectation is on this guys shoulders throughout his entire life. The kennedys were so strongly identified with harvard university. Joseph kennedy, the product of harvard university. I think he felt like harvard was kind of like the defined path, it was his familys path, it was very well known. That always weighed heavily on him. He always wanted to distance himself, to get away from all that. John chose brown university, because he didnt want to be in his fathers shadow at harvard. John felt brown would be a different way, it would be his own way. He was definitely under a lot of pressure as a kennedy. I remember one time, i went into his dorm room at brown, he has brought his fathers chair from the white house. That was his chair at his desk. And i walked in, he was reading a book. And he says, oh, can you believe it . The torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. My father made, like, 100 speeches in his first 100 days. My fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. So, i think there was an awe about what his father had accomplished. The hard academics, the hard cramming didnt come easily to him. At brown, he was a very poor student, but a very popular one. He was almost thrown out on several occasions, and jackie intervened, you know, to keep him there. He was interested in theater and, i think, most importantly, he was a natural at theater. He was incredibly talented. Jackie went to his performances at brown. But she did not think this was the life for him. She thought he was destined for greater things. She felt it was beneath him. She wanted the traditional path w. To politics, which was through he went to New York University law school. He finally did follow the dynastic imperative. Going to law school is just a prerequisite for the things he was probably seeing his future involving. Politics. Abc News Coverage of the Democratic National convention. The kennedy night, as we called it here. Weve got a couple of kennedys down there. What does the impression down there about this family in 1988 . Well, it has cast a shadow over a party as no other family has. An incredible family dynasty. And now the young man we remember playing under John Kennedys desk, with the picture of him saluting his fathers coffin, is here to introduce his uncle. Lets go to the podium, because there is young john f. Kennedy jr. When he stepped onto the stage at the Democratic National convention, this really marked the first time the American People had seen and heard jfk jr. Thank you. 27 years old now. Hes currently a law student at New York University school of law. They were afraid the roof of the arena would collapse because of the air pressure. You could feel it change. So many people gasping. Thousands of people transfixed by this guy. National television, most of the country watching, Major Political convention. It was a big deal. Im not a political leader, but i can speak for those of my age who have been inspired by teddy to give their energy and their ideas to their community, and not just to themselves. He was eloquent, articulate. It was a finally crafted speech. He wrote that speech. And he was someone who obviously suddenly saw the possibility of another kennedy in the white house. Our hope is not lost idealism, but a realistic possibility. For the first time, he stepped out as his own john kennedy. It was a way of saying, keep it was a way of saying, keep your eye on me. You dream big for a man on a plane to omaha. And shes zip lining with little jon . What its lil jon. Even he knows that. Thanks, captain obvious. Youre with big jon. Im steve. Dont hatelike their trip, book yours with hotels. Com and get rewarded basically everywhere. Hotels. Com. Be there. Do that. Get rewarded. Are you ready to taste nirvana . And lemonade. Sir, you can not be in the fountain. 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In 52, he first demonstrated his unusual votegetting ability by winning in massachusetts, despite the national trend. Your father was 29 when he began his political career. He was 43 when he became president. Do you have any desire for politics . You know, there is all this sort of inevitable comparisons with myself and my father, and your question certainly implies it, and i think it is one of the reasons why a political career for me is worth taking a close look at. Public service should be something that you bring wholly yourself to. And i have sort of a life to live before i want to think about that. John was used to the kind of attention that he got being his mothers son and his fathers son. But things were different when he was voted peoples sexiest man. I was dating him at that time, and the attention on him became much more right. I dont think any man would mind being on the cover of People Magazine as sexiest man alive. That hurts my feelings. Myself included and friends gave him total crap, like, john, does that mean, like, sexiest ever, in the history . We just went on and on and on. Do you mind all the stuff about you . People can say a lot worse things about you, than youre attractive and you look good in a bathing suit. He was a hunk. Lets be honest. He was a hunk. So, yes, women loved him. By the way, men loved him. Everybody loved him. He was the sexiest man alive in 1988. 30 years on, it remains the bestselling sexy man cover in People Magazine history. I think john was always attracted to women who were a