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what is happening here today.

Your son, my brother...

has apparently killed the most

important person in the world.

And if that is true,

he is going to die

for what he has done.

It's my story, too.

There he is.

There's Oswald.

Oswald say, "I did not

shoot anybody."

Hold on.

Hold on.

I remember this guy.

Hey, Adam?

What?

He was here.

Who was here?

Oswald was here,

in the office.

He left something

for Hasty.

Oh, Christ.

Jesus.

Mrs. Oswald! Mrs. Oswald!

Mrs. Oswald! Did he do it?

Mrs. Oswald.

Your mother's a piece of

work, I'll give her that.

I don't know what we're going to do.

I've got two kids.

Well, we're all fathers.

You, me...

the police officer your

brother shot point blank.

The President.

Well, they were.

If I were you,

I'd consider

changing my name.

I'd pray I never

needed the help

of the Dallas

Police Department

or the Federal

government again.

I'd pack your things

and your wife

and those two children

of yours,

and I'd move as far

from here as I could.

I'd never come back,

even to die.

But... that's

just me.

Oswald has been charged

with the murder

of a police officer.

Where the hell

have you been?

I was out

doing my job.

Doing your job, huh?

What's this?

Sh*t, I get three of

these things every week.

This one's

from Oswald.

Oswald left this

for you ten days ago.

"You've been talking to my wife

Marina and I don't like you.

"You need to stop

talking to Marina

"or there will be

a price to pay."

I've got 100

of these things.

It says that he's going

to blow up the office.

Three times a week

I get sh*t like this.

But this was written by the

assassin of the President!

And it was delivered

to this office

in person

ten days go, Jim,

which means we had the

assassin of the President

in our office threatening a Federal

officer, which is a crime Not ten days ago.

We did not have the assassin of the President.

for which he could be arrested.

We had another

goddamn delusional nobody!

Yeah, well

he's a somebody now!

Never said one word about

killing the President!

No, Only you!

Well, if I worried about every son

of a b*tch who wants to shoot me,

I'm in the wrong goddamn business!

Listen.

The world is not going

to care about you.

They're going to say

that we had him.

We had him, and we

could have stopped him!

Jesus Christ.

This might be, probably is,

now that I think about it

the biggest f***-up in the history

of American law enforcement.

F***!

You, follow me.

All right,

give me your hands.

Need some help

with that?

No, I got it. I need some

help from you to shut up.

Sit down, Lee!

How are you?

I don't think you've ever asked

me that question in my life.

I'm really confused.

Maybe you can tell

me what... what...

What is going on?

I don't know.

They have your pistol, they have

your rifle, and they've charged you

and you're telling me

you don't know.

God damn it, just

tell me what you did.

Don't believe all

this so-called evidence.

What's Marina going

to do with the kids now?

I don't know.

Well, we have friends.

Junie needs new shoes.

Oh, she needs new shoes.

How about

a goddamn father?

How about a killer

for a father?

How about the killer of the

President for a father?

You're worried about shoes.

Do you have any idea

what you've done?

You've ruined that kid's life.

Both those kids' lives!

So forget the goddamn

stupid shoes!

Can you hear me ? Put the

phone to your ear, all right?

Look at me.

I'm sorry.

Well, I'm going

to get you a lawyer.

Stay out of it.

Stay out of it?

My children, my wife,

my children's children,

all of us, for all of eternity.

You did this

to all of us.

I don't know who

you think you are,

but I am your brother.

And I'll find you an attorney

and be back in a day or two.

Don't be running back

and forth all the time

and getting yourself in

trouble with your boss.

Time to go.

What did he say?

I don't know. I have

no idea who that was.

Thank you, sir.

It's been ringing

all night.

Everybody wants

that film.

Hello?

I'd like to speak

to Mr. Zapruder, please.

This is

Abraham Zapruder.

My name is Dick Stolley. I'm

the editor of Life magazine.

I'd like to talk to you

tonight about your film.

You know what? Not tonight.

No. I'm very tired.

I'm upset. It's been

an upsetting day.

I'm sure you

can understand.

I understand completely,

but I need to come see you

as soon as possible.

Yeah, tomorrow

morning, okay.

Okay, tomorrow morning then.

Thank you.

Sure. Thank you.

Let's go home, Abe. It's enough.

It's enough.

My eyes.

We're about to wind

this up for tonight,

because all that could happen

on one day has.

For some final reflection on

one of the more horrible days

in American history, you find there

is a great deal that could be said

about the political

and other changes

that we can look

forward to now,

but I think it would be

bad taste to go into it now.

And I won't.

It has all been shocking.

By the Washington clock, at a little

after one o'clock this afternoon,

President Kennedy was alive as any human

being ever gets, young, strong, vigorous,

looking forward to, no doubt, five more

years, he hoped of leadership in this country

and of the western world.

There is no more news here tonight,

and really no more to say,

except that was has happened today has been

just too much, too ugly, and too fast.

Good morning,

lam Dr. Perry.

What seems

to be bothering you?

How's our patient doing?

Fine.

And our resident?

Okay, good.

Turn off the lights please.

Jesus Christ.

We blew it.

Shut up!

Did you see that?

Did you see that?

We blew it!

That wasn't a damn

Easter parade,

that's the President

of the United States!

Do you understand me!

You think we need your goddamn

opinion about anything! No, sir.

I've been doing this job for 30 years!

I have never lost my man!

This was not

supposed to happen!

Yesterday, I lost my man.

Thank you, gentlemen, if you would

wait outside for a moment please.

Thank you.

This is no time

to point fingers.

This is a time of...

Dick Stolley.

Life magazine.

We spoke last night. Yeah,

I know who you are.

My father brought my family

over here 40 years ago

to escape certain death.

We worked hard,

built a good,

honest life.

An American life.

Sir, we'd like to talk to

you about making a deal.

But I guess all

of that is over.

Nothing is ever going

to be the same.

I wish I never took

this film, Mr. Stolley.

But now I'm going to

have to live with it.

Don't make a deal without

talking to us first, sir.

I admire you, you know.

I've been to war.

Know what it's like

to use a camera.

You kept shooting.

No, no. It wasn't

a war, Mr. Stolley.

I filmed a murder.

Mr. Zapruder, we're going to slip

an offer underneath the door.

God, if I open

this door,

it is going to be

impossible for both of us.

Don't make me negotiate

with those people.

Don't make me go

out there.

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