SIDE. "LOCAL 4 NEWS."
>> Devin: WE’LL CONTINUE TO
UPDATE THAT STORY OVERNIGHT.
THE LATEST IS ON "LOCAL 4 NEWS
TODAY."
TODAY." >>> AS WE CONTINUE THE SERIES OF
REPORTS ABOUT THE LIFE AND
LEGACY OF TEAMSTERS BOSS JIMMY
HOFFA, TONIGHT WE EXPLORE THE
RELATIONSHIP HE HAD WITH BOBBY
KENNEDY.
KENNEDY. >> Kimberly: KENNEDY MADE IT
HIS LIFE’S MISSION TO PUT HOFFA
IN PRISON.
IN PRISON. THE INTENSE ROOIFARY THAT ENDED
WITH HOFFA SERVING TIME IN
FEDERAL PRISON.
FEDERAL PRISON. >> Reporter: JIMMY HOFFA FOUGHT
AND WON MANY BATTLES IN DETROIT,
BUT THE BATTLE THAT TOOK HIM TO
WASHINGTON, A NASTY BRAWL WITH
THE BROTHERS KENNEDY, WAS A
FIGHT WITH NO WINNER.
>> DID YOU SAY THAT S.O.B., I’LL
BREAK HIS BACK?
>> WHO?
>> WHO? >> YOU.
>> YOU. >> TO ANYONE.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT AND I DON’T KNOW
WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> MR. HOFFA, ALL I’M TRYING TO
FIND OUT, I’M TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHOSE BACK YOU’RE GOING TO
BREAK.
BREAK. >> FIGURE OF SPEECH.
>> THEY HAD A BITTER
RELATIONSHIP DESCRIBED AS A
BLOOD FEUD.
BLOOD FEUD. >> HE WAS A GREAT ENEMY OF BOBBY
KENNEDY, AND IT WENT BEYOND
POLITICS.
POLITICS. THEY HATED EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: HOFFA AND THE
KENNEDIES FIRST CLASHED AT THE
McCLELLAN SENATE HEARINGS IN
1957.
1957. CHIEF COUNSEL BOBBY KENNEDY WENT
AFTER CORRUPTION IN LABOR
UNIONS.
UNIONS. >> YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN DETROIT AT
LEAST 15 WITH POLICE RECORDS.
YOU HAVE JOEY BLIMCO IN CHICAGO.
I SAY YOU’RE NOT TOUGH ENOUGH TO
GET RID OF PEOPLE THEM.
>> I DON’T PROPOSE TO ACT TOUGH.
>> Reporter: THE McCLELLAN
HEARINGS LASTED 270 DAYS, BUT
JIMMY HOFFA WALKED AWAY CLEAN.
>> I SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> WHETHER JOHN KENNEDY WAS
ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1960, HE
NAMED BROTHER BOBBY ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
GENERAL. THEY VOWED TO CONTINUE PURSUING
HOFFA.
HOFFA. >> ONLY JIMMY HOFFA CAN REVOICE
AT HIS CONTINUED GOOD LUCK.
HONEST UNION MEMBERS AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC CAN ONLY REGARD
IT AS A TRAGEDY.
>> NOVEMBER 26, 1963.
THE COUNTRY WAS SHAKEN BY
TRAGEDY.
TRAGEDY. >> EVERY PERSON LISTENING AT
THIS MOMENT IS FLASHING BACK TO
THAT DAY IN APRIL 1945 WHEN
FRANKLIN DELL NOR ROOSEVELT.
>> EXCUSE ME.
HERE’S A FLASH FROM THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS DATELINE
DALLAS.
DALLAS. TWO PRIESTS WHO WERE WITH
PRESIDENT KENNEDY SAY HE IS DEAD
OF BULLET WOUNDS.
>> Reporter: EVERY AMERICAN
WITH A RECOLLECTION OF THAT DAY
REMEMBERS WHERE THEY WERE WHEN
THE NEWS BROKE.
JIMMY HOFFA WAS IN MIAMI.
>> IN A RESTAURANT WHEN HOFFA
LEARNED OF THAT, HE GOT TO HIS
FEET AND CHEERED AND WAS VERY
HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THEN AFTER THAT HE REFUSED TO
DROP THE FLAG HALF MAST AT
TEAMSTER HEADQUARTERS IN D.C.
>> THE DECADE THAT FOLLOWED, NEW
EVIDENCE SURFACED THAT ALLEGED A
CON SPEAR STEE IN THE KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION.
ASSASSINATION. IT WAS FROM THE MAFIA WITH JIMMY
HOFFA POSSIBLY AT THE CENTER.
>> I BELIEVE HOFFA PUT OUT A
CONTRACT ON JOHN KENNEDY TO STOP
HIS BROTHER.
HIS BROTHER. I THINK IS THAT THE CONTRACT WAS
PICKED UP BY CARLOS MACELLO FROM
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. I BELIEVE THE MAFIA BOSS OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA ARRANGED AND
EXECUTED THE MURDER.
>> Reporter: NO CHARGES WERE
EVER BROUGHT IN THE KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION.
ASSASSINATION. THE HOFFA/KENNEDY FEUD IS PART
OF THE STORY.
CHECK OUT OUR PODCAST, EPISODE 1
IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10:00 ON LOCAL
4, A ONE-HOUR SPECIAL
DOCUMENTARY ON HOFFA FROM THE
CASINOS IN LAS VEGAS TO HIS
ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT N. KENNEDY
ASSASSINATION.
ASSASSINATION. AN INVESTIGATION THAT TOOK US
PLACES WE NEVER EXPECTED
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10:00.
>> Devin: I’D SAY THAT ABOUT
MOST OF STEVE’S REPORTING ON
THIS SO FAR.
IF YOU’RE AN ARDENT FOLLOWER OF
HOFFA, MAYBE IT’S NOT A
SURPRISE.