RFK part 3 Speech and aftermath. Ambassador Hotel

[robbie2951]

The room....they want it cleared.

[JRF1961]

If only Bobby had waited until 1972 to run for President!!!!!!!

[KennBurch]

@JRF1961 Then it would have been Nixon having him shot. Johnson was doomed to lose in '68, and he was going to make Humphrey lose by forcing him to be nominated as the "keep the war going forever" candidate(privately, Humphrey had has doubts about the war from the start but Johnson forced it to publicly defend it for years).

[JRF1961]

@KennBurch I dont think that Nixon would have wacked Bobby of for that matter LBJ. Like Oswald, Sirhan was a lone wolf who was angry with Bobby over his support of Israel. I do believe that Humphrey or Senator McCarthy would have started peace talks with Ho Chi Minh and his successors. What always bothered me about Vietman was the U.S.A. did not learn from the French failures in Vietnam and Algeria and did not believe that like Tito, Minh did not trust China or the USSR.

[ChrisDutch]

The change in direction for his route. That scumbag Wallacite fascist Thane Cesar showing up as a security guard. The jammed route which made it tough to get medical aid and an ambulance in there. It stinks, it just stinks.

[rlerskine]

where was hotel security?

[Bmatzen22]

I believe there was more than one person involved in his assassination.

[boopthecow]

in*

[boopthecow]

the guy on the left was my high school history teacher. i remember him talking about this class

[pyudotronic]

If the Police an security would have done the job right, they would have made way for RFK and most importantly secure the place and follow the police rule:No one leaves the room. There is even a penalty for witnesses who leave the scene of a crime.

[SageOftheSubway]

Too many damn chiefs on that podium. Some of those people should've been on the floor shoving people the hell out the door.

[Thejbirdy]

LAST CALL!

get out! LOL.

[ChrisCrockerTime]

thats not how you clear a room - you yell GET THE FUCK OUT!!!

[HUSKY57887]

Wheres part 2?

[sunlover518]

nobody is paying any attention to the clear the room dork

[sunlover518]

YES RFK IS ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY

[peppytwo]

People just dont listen, Leave the room Damit. I would have shot a gun shot in the air "Leave Damit"

[TheAMBASSADORHotel1]

thats right...thats what they should've done!

[Matto2t]

But that would have made things worse and made more pandimonium amongst the crowd.

[macdogq]

@Matto2t I love to kow how it was growing up in those years.

[daleroes]

No security! Incredible!! No wonder Daly was ready and eager to crack skulls in Chicago a few months later.

[Truth666]

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Answer:

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[rocknrollphilip]

of course, we'll never know if their presence in the hotel at the time of the shooting would have guaranteed the senator's safety(political winds blowing as they were in sixty eight, he didn't want to possibly be pictured anywhere near them), but, seeing the footage of the l.a.p.d(who did want to provide coverage)streaming in after the shooting is heartbreaking. thanks for posting this fascinating, and priceless, footage.

[phoneix91]

I hope someday the complete footage of this released on DVD . I bet 1 million bucks that NBC, CBS, and ABC have the footage of this in a vault.

[conneradams]

I don't get all the comments about moving people out faster. I know it may have helped with the confusion, but at that point ambulances were already on the way and at least one doctor on the scene. Correct me if I'm wrong but the bullet that killed Kennedy was the one that entered behind his right ear causing severe damage to his mid brain. There was nothing anyone could do after surgery was preformed at the hospital, and getting him there any quicker wouldn't have made much of a difference.

[Janvierireland]

But it didn,t help that there was a delay to bringing him to the hospital to remove the bullet either way.I heard that he lived 11 hours after being shot,is that true?

[conneradams]

He was shot at 12:16am on June 5th and died the next day, June 6th at 1:44am

[Janvierireland]

Ok so he lived just over 25 hours after being shot.I wonder is it the case that surgery wasn,t as good as it is today back in 1968?

By the way I recently saw on television the documentary called"RFK must die:The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy" which is one of the related videos which you should see on the side of this screen(with the picture of Sirhan).Thanks for the answer anyway.

[conneradams]

I do not believe that it was that the surgery wasn't as good ... I just think that it was a very fatal shot. Check out the comment below me by cdddraftsman.

[Janvierireland]

"Thomas Naguchi coroner stated that as he dissected the path of the bullet at autopsy he was amazed at the intricasy of the surgeon who preformed the brain operation and commended him for his work".Ok I,ll accept your answer.The comment by cdddraftsman suggests that even though Robert Kennedy didn,t survive that the surgeon done his utmost best-I wonder if the way that he done the surgery,do other people survive?(I doubt it-but if they do they are not the same as they were)

[KennBurch]

@Janvierireland Actually, it was about 24 hours.

[cdddraftsman]

"the bullet that killed Kennedy was the one that entered behind his right ear causing severe damage to his mid brain"

Struck the mastoid bone , it shattered driving bits of bone into his brain along w/bullet fragments . Thomas Naguchi coroner stated that as he dissected the path of the bullet at autopsy he was amazed at the intricasy of the surgeon who preformed the brain operation and commended him for his work . See the book 'Coroner' .

[conneradams]

Thanks. I'll look into the book.

[KennBurch]

@conneradams It might have made a difference to get Bobby to the hospital a few minutes earlier. Anything that would have reduced the time his brain tissue was exposed to blood could have helped, because direct contact of brain tissue to blood is now known to do horrible damage.  That, and earlier removal of the additional blood clot that had formed in the wound path(one clot had been removed in the kitchen) would have reduced the damage done by the pressure inside the skull.

[SSJ3Sandslash]

Sounds like a job for capital punishment.

Sirhan, you son of a bitch!

[phoneix91]

Sirhan was a lucky bastard they didnt execut his ass in the early 70s because of the "executions stoped in the USA". Sirhan Sirhan is SO going to HELL when he fucking dies .

[SSJ3Sandslash]

I know, right? Lee Harvey Oswald is burning in HELL right now!

[KennBurch]

Except that it probably WASN'T Sirhan who fired the shot. Sirhan was in front of Senator Kennedy and several feet away and the shot to the head that killed the senator was fired from behind and slightly below the senator's head. Sirhan probably DID inflict the non-fatal wounds suffered by the other shooting victims, such as Paul Schrade, the UAW leader, who was hit in the forehead(the bullet did not penetrate his skull)and survived with no serious injuries.

[susannreno]

That is too stupid really to even comment upon. There were literally numerous witnesses to the killing. Please don't spew garbage here.

[KennBurch]

There were numerous witnesses to the killing, as you say, but they all agreed that Sirhan's gun was never close enough to have fired the fatal shot. There were hair shavings from RFK's head that contained gunpowder. Gunpowder only travels THREE INCHES out of the barrel of a gun.

And Dr. Noguchi, the coroner, agreed that Sirhan was out of position to have fired the shot. Why the hostility to me, susan? I'm simply relating the documented evidence. Chill.

[fatman50000]

Really?

Why don't you show proof of your allegations.

[KennBurch]

The proof is in the coroner's report, which can be found online. And none of this is "my allegations".

[ToferMc]

yeah man i believe you He was shot behind the ear, and there were more bullets on the floor that could hold in the gun! THANE EUGENE CESAR

[jstrahan2]

Susan, there will always be nuts like Kenn who will believe any conspiracy theory, no matter how wildly implausible. You will probably never change their minds. Best to just ignore them.

[KennBurch]

Kennedy was shot from behind. Sirhan was in front of Kennedy. It's not conspiracy theory, it's bullet trajectory.

Why would you want to defend the official version anyway? What's in it for you?

[phoneix91]

I think the fucking problem was the people(RFK AIDES) to a long time to give medical aide(ambulance) to RFK. Let him fucking bleed their /while you have people running like fucking idoits.

[conneradams]

But it wasn't so much the bleeding that did him in. The bullet had entered his brain causing fragments of it to disperse all over which resulted in hemorrhages. He needed surgery and I don't think the 16 minutes it took (from when Kennedy was shot to when he was in an ambulance headed for the hospital) made much of a difference.

[MotorCity1370]

What part of "leave the room" are these people having a problem with?? Geez...

[phoneix91]

if people followed that fucking SENTENCE RFK would have lived.

[phoneix91]

Anyone think that RFK would have lived if this "happend" like '08 ; lets see more advanced medicine and hpspital technology.

[phoneix91]

I bet if all those fucking people if they acutally cleared the room , and not all jumping and running around like retards the EMS(or what ever fuck it was called in the 60s) could have rushed RFK to the hospital quickler and MAY had a chance to live more longer.

[phoneix91]

my dad saw this from a tv that was out in store window.

[midaszone]

I was 11 at the time yet it feels like it was yesterday. I remember waiting for my brother to deliver the evening newspaper so we could see the headline. Unbelievable.

[BlazinNoiseBoy]

Very interesting video. A glimpse into a black day in our history.

[ilvedward]

I agree with that no one has matched rfk and no one ever well

[longlivegrunge16]

What if the room had been cleared and the audience hadn't stood around like the idiots that they were? Maybe if there was more efficiency in the whole process, then RFK could have been saved. He didn't die until the next day, but something could have been done sooner. No leader has matched RFK yet.

[phoneix91]

I totally agree with you on that.

[maffedup]

history...wow

[nzubechukwu]

Damn what sadness...

[Tiffanynicolina]

I would have said "CLEAR THE FUCKIN ROOM or you risk being arrested and fined more money than you make in a month you ignorant wannabes!! As for the drugged up dizzy white bitch with the hat asking for doctors when theres obviously no one over age 22.... run her outta here with the rest of 'em "

[tubemeokay]

Thank god the black dude took the mic from that frantic white bitch with the hat. And the newes people acually asked her a question? My God, the men , esp that black dude was instrumental in calming this mess. Who was the black guy? He is one of the heros!! Keep that drunk chick away, far away.

[phoneix91]

I think he is that black guy that kicked Sirhan Sirhan's ass.

[tubemeokay]

Who is the drunk white bitch with the hat. She is clearly not a soultion but a hindrence to this whole process of clearing tousands of people.The black dude was clearly a help in this matter and respect his help. But that chick with the hat trying to steal the microphone and all, is a demonstration of how women handle a emergency,though she looks completely drunk, am sure more responsible women could handle this situation better than this drunk lady.

[bolt767]

yeah for the black guy !! yeah for the black guy !! LOL, what the hell for ?? like the black comes to save the day again, LOL. A little biased aren't you ?? that white lady wasn't as irritating as the newsman. i hate the media so much !!!

[conneradams]

Why are you even watching a video like this when you refer to a woman who is clearly panicked as a "drunk white bitch". She works for the campaign and is only trying to help. She is not some random bystander or she would not be allowed to speak. I also highly doubt she was a hindrance, even when she wasn't speaking people were barely moving. We look for people to blame in situations like this ... blame the shooter, not the audience for not clearing out fast enough, or the woman in the hat.

[rockchick4lifey]

your right but still the audience should have left the room

[SHRINA17]

JFK1963-Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos---there is a lot of crap on YOUTUBE, but there is also so many historical, wonderful (albeit tragic), informative videos like yours--better than any history books---thank you so much....

Peace

[blairomatic]

4.22 I'm sure that's Sirhan Sirhan being taken away by the LAPD.

[Rwink34]

or could it be bobby being taken away in an ambulance?

[KennBurch]

No. Bobby was taken out the back on a gurney to avoid the crowds. Ironically, his path had been rerouted through the Ambassador pantry to avoid the(at that time much happier)crowds in the first place. The original plan had been to have Bobby exit THROUGH the crowd, which, ironically would have resulted in the assassination being shown live.

[Rwink34]

Thanks.

[Chrisspy704]

you got me confused, is RFK bobby? I guess he is... And where did he exit? You didn't explain it very well. It seems you know what had happened.

[KennBurch]

Yes. "Bobby" was RFK's nickname(although from what I've heard he never particularly liked it, and JFK privately called him "Black Robert").

Bobby left the stage and then passed through the pantry, which was meant to be a shortcut to get him to a press conference. He was shot in the head while walking through the pantry. When the ambulance crew arrived, they took him out of the pantry on the gurney, then into an elevator and out a back door, to avoid onlookers and the press.

[swami1]

Doubt that. Sirhan was waiting in the pantry. He never would have gotten near RFK if the exit route hadn't been changed at the last second.

[KennBurch]

You are assuming that Sirhan was the only person involved in the shooting.

[yot5000]

but he did not kill RFK

[palmira30]

how many times do they have to say clear the room before the people get the point , thats what happens with society everybody wants to be nosey , and by doing that they interfere with the proper medical attention to get to the victim in this case candidate Kennedy

[cdtdk]

Easy for you to say accusing them of all being nosey since you watch the full video unfold! If Bobby had of been MINOR hurt they would have rushed him through that crowd where the crowd would have seen it was him and thus the room would have been cleared! But he wasn't minor hurt, he was dead!

[meankitty81]

Actually, he didn't die until the next day.

[phoneix91]

Yeah, I read a book on this; He went to hospitals acutally. 1st he went to some hospital where they just stablized him , gave him adrelane injection. Okay then he went to another hospital he was in brain surgery for 3 hours or so then like about 11 1/2 hours he died. I think from what I assume I dont think the doctors knew where the fuck the bullet wounds where on the sentar's brain(skull)

[116728]

why didn't someone just shout 'theres a bomb' down the mic - im sure this would have cleared the room. as for keeping witnesses i dont think this was practical at the time, as getting emergancy aid was priority.

[afm171]

Hmmm, a crime has just taken place - and they want to clear the room! Essentially dispensing all witnesses and suspects, on the pretext that it will help get aid to the senator - and yet they can't find a doctor! So the crowd is clearly NOT impeding medical help...

[iamthepig]

U.S. of A. eh? Facsist state, why else would a nation 'rescue' nazi war criminals but for its own ends? And where did that get the world? Broke the old USSR and for what, people that will kill but gladly die doing so. Well done America!

[yot5000]

Well the USA are not a facsist state (Country) BUT they do love there guns, they really do.........

[Julius121081]

What station did this come from?

[Gage1960]

CBS. Roger Mudd & Terry Drinkwater, both CBS correspondents, were on the scene in the Embassy Ballroom at the Ambassador that night when the pandemonium and chaos erupted.

[KennBurch]

Roger Mudd, btw, was the person who found Ethel Kennedy after Bobby had been shot and led her to his side. A lot of people don't know that.

That may have been why the woman from the CBS truck had been unable to find him.

[Gage1960]

Bobby spurned Police Protection offer him by Sam Yorty,the then mayor of Los Angeles,who was an old antagonist of the Kennedys.Bobby had the fatalistic attitude that his brother had,that the ultimate safety of a politican lies in the people's respect for the office in which they had elected him.Even if didn't inspire so universal an admiration as his brother,he shown himself capable of growing & deepening.He died too young.The Kennedy family has paid dearly for it's ardor for public service.

[SFforlife]

Who was that guy talking? The first guy. He looked all scared.

[roberthickerson]

The guy was Stephen Smith. If you look at his side at the blonde next to him, that is his wife Jean Kennedy Smith. She was Bobby Kennedy's sister. She is still alive. Her husband is not. Stephen Smith is not. He died of cancer in 1998.

[SFforlife]

thanks.

[roberthickerson]

I was 6 at the time and I never saw the actual coverage until the funeral. This is the first time that I saw this. It's fascinating and horrifying. If you go to Part 4, you'll see the main coverage from the NY part of CBS

[SFforlife]

How terrible... I think JFK and RFK were great Americans.

[sondano]

Not that they did anything remarkable.

[SFforlife]

well they were remarkable to me.

[Briansongman]

How old are you? What do you know about either JFK or RFK that wasn't told to you by the current or recent media?

I was a boy when JKF was president and let me assure you...he was remarkable to the young people of this country. Unmatched by anyone since.  I was a witness to their presence, their being and it was nothing short of remarkable.

[ajr0311]

exactly briansong u were a boy, so u dont know shit either. the kennedy's were and still are (ted) the most corrupt people america ever had in power

[ThetwamLeyra43]

I can't thank JFK1963 enough for these videos. These are absolutely stunning! I can't imagine, at my young age, what this must have been like to experience. One of the most prooud tragedies of all time.

[nicspic]

RFK specifically refused having police escorts for protection on the campaign trail, fearing it might alienate black voters (given the prior year of urban riots over police incidents - e.g. Newark). Using Rosey Grier as a bodyguard is fine, but you need more than just one person in this situation.

[ijuitri]

the dude at the end almost says "kennedy's body" but thinks again and says "senator kennedy" sad world we live in...

[KennBurch]

Well, like the rest of the world, Terry Drinkwater was in shock at the moment. It's just that, unlike most of the rest of the world, he had to be on live television.

[warszawianka]

this makes me sick to my stomach. and these days, the Secret Service would have taken the bullet for him, or EMTs would have been there within minutes rather than Frank Mankiewicz archaically asking if there was a "doctor in the house".

[scatman44]

No Secrets protecting candidates then. It was just Big Rosie, who's job was to protect Ethel, not Bobby. Due to this incident, candidates now get Secret Service.

And sorry to quote Flav, but "911 is a joke" here!

[KennBurch]

It was Stephen Smith, RFK's brother-in-law and defacto campaign manager who was asking for the doctor, with his then wife, Jean, standing at his side looking understandably dazed.

[Nominay]

I know what you mean. It is surreal to watch it even now .. that eerie feeling reaches over the ages.

[PurpleNiobe]

Video is almost 40 years old and you can feel the tension. Made me want to shout "Clear the goddamn room people!" at my computer 38 years later as if that would do anything. Poor RFK.

[0redeem]

shit hes probably dead now

[ThetwamLeyra43]

He actually died the the next night after surgery.

[simpsonic1111]

wow