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he had gone back to work for lbj and the lbj white house and also worked for eugene mccarthy and also bobby kennedy. he was, you sort of refer to him as a zelig of the 1960s and in many seminal moments. - and he just seemed to be there at defining moments with each of the major characters, including jackie. he was very close to jackie, as well. he happens to be in the white house the night that the body is brought back. and he's responsible for getting the eternal flame. he's with lbj with the great society speech and the selma speech. and then he's with eugene mccarthy in new hampshire in that great new hampshire primary when the kids came from all over the country. and then with bobby kennedy when he died. so, somehow he was at those moments, and it was an extraordinary decade. it's a decade that has remained one of the historic decades in our country. - as a historian, your subjects have included theodore roosevelt, franklin roosevelt, abraham lincoln. this was the first time you wrote about a figure with whom you could actually ask questions at the kitchen table. tell me about tha
he had gone back to work for lbj and the lbj white house and also worked for eugene mccarthy and also bobby kennedy. he was, you sort of refer to him as a zelig of the 1960s and in many seminal moments. - and he just seemed to be there at defining moments with each of the major characters, including jackie. he was very close to jackie, as well. he happens to be in the white house the night that the body is brought back. and he's responsible for getting the eternal flame. he's with lbj with the...
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anniversary of lbj's war on poverty.rsation this morning is the president and executive director at the center for law and social policythe social mobility director of the center of opportunity at the american enterprise institute, thank you both for being here. i want toin with when this came about for lyndon during his presidency. it his january, 1964 state of the union a when he first declared this war on poverty in america. want to show that for our viewers and come back and that will launch the conversation this morning about that. [video clip] >> very often, the lack of jobs and is not the cause of pothe cause may light deeper in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to their own capacities. a lack of education and training and a lack of medical care and housing and a lack of decent communities in which to live and bring up their children the cause must pursue poverty, pursue it wherever it exists from city towns sharecropper migrant worker k -- camps. on indian young as well as the aged depressed a
anniversary of lbj's war on poverty.rsation this morning is the president and executive director at the center for law and social policythe social mobility director of the center of opportunity at the american enterprise institute, thank you both for being here. i want toin with when this came about for lyndon during his presidency. it his january, 1964 state of the union a when he first declared this war on poverty in america. want to show that for our viewers and come back and that will...
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first of all, what was lbj from?ike sam rayburno ha seen those men and women in the hill country. andlso the hill country in the 1920s, 1930s. it was notfredicksburg today obviously are, or kerrville or johnson city. me, these were i these were backwoods communities cut from the rest of the state and most t except unless you lived in fredericksburg or of the towns, yave electricity. and johnson had seen those people. these were his relatives who had had to work the way. sam rayburn's mother and sister. and so his slogan became when when he got to congress as as a young legislator, his slogan was, i'll get it for you. and it was hard, partly because a lot of a lot of those rur hill country texans were suspicious not only of government, but of electricity itself. they weren't sure what it did if. you pull that switch with the house up with it, catch on fire or whatever so. so some of them weren't particularly eager to get it. what was the structure of what electrification act of 1935. and i suppose model could have bee
first of all, what was lbj from?ike sam rayburno ha seen those men and women in the hill country. andlso the hill country in the 1920s, 1930s. it was notfredicksburg today obviously are, or kerrville or johnson city. me, these were i these were backwoods communities cut from the rest of the state and most t except unless you lived in fredericksburg or of the towns, yave electricity. and johnson had seen those people. these were his relatives who had had to work the way. sam rayburn's mother and...
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i think lbj is both a friend and foe. he's a friend and that he helps pass two of the most important. well bills in american history. and and he can't do that without. king but one of the really interesting things is that when you listen to the phone calls and lbj, all of his phone calls and the are anyone can listen to them on the internet. now, at the lbj library. and in the beginning, when. king first when lbj takes office calls king immediately reaches out to him and says, we're going to need to work together. and he's calling him. martin there's a very warm, friendly conversation. and over the next couple of years you hear that going cold, you hear him starting to call him dr. king, reverend king and the friendliness is gone. and that's because all the while lbj is getting a steady sometimes one or two memos, a week from directly from hoover to the president with the just tawdry gossip. there's no reason the president needs to this stuff except that clearly both men are enjoying keeping tabs on this man and mocking h
i think lbj is both a friend and foe. he's a friend and that he helps pass two of the most important. well bills in american history. and and he can't do that without. king but one of the really interesting things is that when you listen to the phone calls and lbj, all of his phone calls and the are anyone can listen to them on the internet. now, at the lbj library. and in the beginning, when. king first when lbj takes office calls king immediately reaches out to him and says, we're going to...
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host: lbj was vice president jfk went straight from the senate.k obama are the two that went directly from the senate to the most had other service in between. host: and other senators have run for president, john kerry and bob dole. is it intimidating at times working with 1y: [laughs] it can be. with 100 senators period because when you work in theateposition like my position was bosses. because we worked directly for the secretary senate, so that the senate, but we also work for the 100 senators. we do is screw tonight by 100 one people so there can be intimid-- it's scrutinized by 101 times. most of them are appreciative of the work we do so i am happy to say we haven't had many difficult moments through the years. always thought oh i wish i hador her? betty: [laughs] them. many of them i wish i could have met at some point. charles sumner of massachusetts amazing person -- difficult arrogant eccentric, but absolutely brilliant and far ahead of his time. thf mae is one of my heroes. when she came into the senate senator. for 15 over 24 years i
host: lbj was vice president jfk went straight from the senate.k obama are the two that went directly from the senate to the most had other service in between. host: and other senators have run for president, john kerry and bob dole. is it intimidating at times working with 1y: [laughs] it can be. with 100 senators period because when you work in theateposition like my position was bosses. because we worked directly for the secretary senate, so that the senate, but we also work for the 100...
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but he was advising lbj on a lot of issues and became very while hee court.nd that became very controversial when it when it came out. so i think there are other examples both before and after. i do think one of the things that is unique about this era is thess of it because fdr had so many close relationships with so many these justices. so it it wasn't off, you know, with abe fortas. i mean, it really extended to many of the justices. and, you know, the other point is that justecer examples doesn't necessarily mean it's okay. and i just want to highlight, you know, we talked douglas being very prominent as, a possible vice presidential candidate in 1944. there have of. who were very interested in the political arena. ist seems inconceivable to us now there would be a kind of active candidate, in 1881 of the justices was very actively campaigning for the nomination. but are counterexamples also in 1876 the chief justice morris wait there was an effort to draft him to be the republican candidate and he very firmly ed it and he said justices should stay far th
but he was advising lbj on a lot of issues and became very while hee court.nd that became very controversial when it when it came out. so i think there are other examples both before and after. i do think one of the things that is unique about this era is thess of it because fdr had so many close relationships with so many these justices. so it it wasn't off, you know, with abe fortas. i mean, it really extended to many of the justices. and, you know, the other point is that justecer examples...
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lbj like sam rayburn also had seen those men and women in th l country in the 1920s, 1930s. like fredericksburg today obviously are, or kerrville oh city. i mean, these were i these were backwoods communities cut from the rest of the state and most of them, except unless you lived or of the towns, you did not have electricity. and johnson had seen those people. these were his relatives who had had to work the way. sam rayburn's mother and sisters had had to work. and bece when when he got to congress as aungn was, i'll get it for you. was hard, partly because a lot of a lot ofse rural hill country texans were suspicious not only of government, but of electricity itself. they weren't sure what it did if. you pull that switch with the house up with it, catch on fire whatever so. so some of them weren't particularly eager to get it. what was the structure of what the bill, the rural electrification act of 1935, 1935. and i suppose model could have been for fdr with new deal to create or found anat would come in to a rural area b. but he and his advisers decided there was a bett
lbj like sam rayburn also had seen those men and women in th l country in the 1920s, 1930s. like fredericksburg today obviously are, or kerrville oh city. i mean, these were i these were backwoods communities cut from the rest of the state and most of them, except unless you lived or of the towns, you did not have electricity. and johnson had seen those people. these were his relatives who had had to work the way. sam rayburn's mother and sisters had had to work. and bece when when he got to...
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we are here at the lbj library. people didn't talk are pro-lbj.ople didn't talk about whether you are pro-bush or anti-obama. that language did not exist in our dialogue. ■jwe are now in an environment where everything is anti-trumper pro-trump. you have to choose. we can reject this false dichotomy and we can end up in a better world in the future. but for now, trump told his fans to distrust every media source except for his personal favorites and it worked. republicans have very little trust in any source except fox, newsmax and oann. this is the way they want it and it's incredible to see the skews where you have democrat leaning readers trusting almost every outlet more than republicans do. showing the divides this time based on age where americans get their views based on age. facebook and tiktok in a conversaon and how younger people are more visually oriented. they want to watch more than they want to read. americans, this is an ap poll, they thought the news media was dividing the nation, butot cread equally. think about what america woul
we are here at the lbj library. people didn't talk are pro-lbj.ople didn't talk about whether you are pro-bush or anti-obama. that language did not exist in our dialogue. ■jwe are now in an environment where everything is anti-trumper pro-trump. you have to choose. we can reject this false dichotomy and we can end up in a better world in the future. but for now, trump told his fans to distrust every media source except for his personal favorites and it worked. republicans have very little...
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bernie sanders james clyburn saying does this look like vietnam it wasn't good for lbj. >> talking aboutlyndon approval rating at all term low for him at 36%. and the u.s. involvement in vietnam was what everyone thought was dragging down his approval ratings. as a result he ended up not seeking reelection. pete: reading the room realize he's losing base and majorities people. he also saw that eugene mccarthy in the new hampshire primaries so grassroots bubbling up against him and rfk entered so the father of rfk jr. enters the race assassinated before he could potentially win the nomination. >> hubert humphrey against richard nixon. president resigns vice president -- walks in as the standard bearer of the party. let's fast forward to today. i said remember that 36%. because joe is at a historically low number as well. 38.7% has a lot of people wondering if he's got the ability to win. >> vietnam was dragging down lbj biden stance on israel contradicting to his low ratings. pete: afghanistan was beginning of the plummet of the ratings as well as ukraine and the war there unpopular so mu
bernie sanders james clyburn saying does this look like vietnam it wasn't good for lbj. >> talking aboutlyndon approval rating at all term low for him at 36%. and the u.s. involvement in vietnam was what everyone thought was dragging down his approval ratings. as a result he ended up not seeking reelection. pete: reading the room realize he's losing base and majorities people. he also saw that eugene mccarthy in the new hampshire primaries so grassroots bubbling up against him and rfk...
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so the majority caucus always met in the mansfield room, and caucus in the lbj room. began by telling them the history of that room a do they ever choose the topic>>? betty: sometimes they do. they will come to me and say john m a goldwater. because so many people in the senate today don't remember barry goldwater. that. or they would come in and say, i would re -- the origins of the filibuster. can you tell us about the origins of the consent agreement? it's a challenge to come up with a new idea every singlet a lot of the ideas came from senators themselves, they would come to me or my colleague about this particular person or event or this part of the institution that is so important now, but we don't know why it got to the place it is. host: so wh y goldwater as the 1964 presidential candidate, when he lost the election to lyndon johnson that at the time, he was sort of the conservatism and he was portrayed as a radical conservative, ways, but h much a statesman. he was a senator at heartafter his election, he returned to the senate and lived most of the rest of h
so the majority caucus always met in the mansfield room, and caucus in the lbj room. began by telling them the history of that room a do they ever choose the topic>>? betty: sometimes they do. they will come to me and say john m a goldwater. because so many people in the senate today don't remember barry goldwater. that. or they would come in and say, i would re -- the origins of the filibuster. can you tell us about the origins of the consent agreement? it's a challenge to come up with a...
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i think lbj is both a friend and foe. he's a friend and that he helps pass two of the most important. well bills in american history. and and he can't do that without. king but one of the really interesting things is that when you listen to the phone calls and lbj, all of his phone calls and the are anyone can listen to them on the internet. now, at the lbj library. and in the beginning, when. king first when lbj takes office calls king immediately reaches out to him and says, we're going to need to work together. and he's calling him. martin there's a very warm, friendly conversation. and over the next couple of years you hear that going cold, you hear him starting to call him dr. king, reverend king and the friendliness is gone. and that's because all the while lbj is getting a steady sometimes one or two memos, a week from directly from hoover to the president with the just tawdry gossip. there's no reason the president needs to this stuff except that clearly both men are enjoying keeping tabs on this man and mocking h
i think lbj is both a friend and foe. he's a friend and that he helps pass two of the most important. well bills in american history. and and he can't do that without. king but one of the really interesting things is that when you listen to the phone calls and lbj, all of his phone calls and the are anyone can listen to them on the internet. now, at the lbj library. and in the beginning, when. king first when lbj takes office calls king immediately reaches out to him and says, we're going to...
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and lbj got it. lbj broke with his very dear friend.rat of georgia who was the main guy in the armed services committee. that was a sacred law. the title vi about the federal funding should have been a weapon. that was the hammer put into that wall. you would think, leo, you would think that a self-respecting president, for heaven sakes, a liberal president, a liberal initiative 50-60 years ago. on the phone to these college campuses saying, to this woman in columbia, you don't stop this , you don't protect your campus, you don't throw them off , your fs gone. that is how he should act as a president, leo. >> a+. a recollection of u.s. history. before the civil rights act in 1964, eisenhower, 1957, sending little troops in. little rock, arkansas. president kennedy sending in troops to allow black kids to go to the university of alabama. there is something called the equal protection law and joe biden is not using the equal protection law to protect jewish americans. why? it is politics. it is the michigan strategy. the arsenal of the fe
and lbj got it. lbj broke with his very dear friend.rat of georgia who was the main guy in the armed services committee. that was a sacred law. the title vi about the federal funding should have been a weapon. that was the hammer put into that wall. you would think, leo, you would think that a self-respecting president, for heaven sakes, a liberal president, a liberal initiative 50-60 years ago. on the phone to these college campuses saying, to this woman in columbia, you don't stop this , you...
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also issues, finanal ultimately led to him resigning fromhe advising lbj on a lot of issues was on there other examples both before and after. i do think one of the things at unique about this era is the pervasiveness of it because fdr had so many close relationsh many these justices. so it it wasn'ts sort of one off, you know, with abe fortas. i mean, it really extended to many of the justices.zs you know, the other point is that just because are other examples doesn't necessarily mean it's okay. and i just want to highlight, about douglas being very prominent as, a possible vice presidential candidate in 1944. there haveples of. who were very interested in the political arena. i mean, it almost seems inconceivable to us now there would be a kd of activ but for n 1881 of the justices was very actively campaigning for the nomination. but also in 1876, wait there was an effort o draftcandidate and he very firmy rejected it and he said justices should stay far the political whirlpool an so what it underscores for me and this is also very important at a time when we're thinking a lot abou
also issues, finanal ultimately led to him resigning fromhe advising lbj on a lot of issues was on there other examples both before and after. i do think one of the things at unique about this era is the pervasiveness of it because fdr had so many close relationsh many these justices. so it it wasn'ts sort of one off, you know, with abe fortas. i mean, it really extended to many of the justices.zs you know, the other point is that just because are other examples doesn't necessarily mean it's...
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advising lbj on a lot of issues and became very while was on the court.ere are other examples both before and after. i do think one of the things that is this era is the pervasiveness of it because fdr had so many close relationships with so many these justices. so it it wasn't this sort of one off, you know, with abe fortas. i it to many of the justices. and, you know, the other point is that justamples doesn't necey mean it's and i just want to highlight, you know, we talked about g as, a possible vice presidential candidate in 1944. there have been examples of. who were very interested in the political arena. inconceivable to us now there would be a kind of active candidate, but for example, in 1881 of thstices was very actively campaigning for the nomination. but are counterexamplesf6 also n 1876,he chief justice morris and wait there was an effort to draftcandidate and he very firmy d justices should stay far the political whirlpool andrscores for me ands also very important at a time when we're thinking a lot about the of justice as possible ethical
advising lbj on a lot of issues and became very while was on the court.ere are other examples both before and after. i do think one of the things that is this era is the pervasiveness of it because fdr had so many close relationships with so many these justices. so it it wasn't this sort of one off, you know, with abe fortas. i it to many of the justices. and, you know, the other point is that justamples doesn't necey mean it's and i just want to highlight, you know, we talked about g as, a...
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you may recall, that was lbj at his finest.ublicans, everett dirksen and a number of republicans from the north voted for that civil rights act because the dixie kratz from the south, the democratic southerners wouldn't vote for it in the senate and lbj got it. and lbj broke with his very dear friend, richard russell, democrat of georgia, whos with the main guy in the armed services committee. >> georgia. larry: yes, sir. that was a sacred law. the title vi about the federal funding should have been the weapon. that was the hammer put into that law. you would think, leo, you would think that a self-respecting president, for heavens sakes, a liberal president, right, this was a liberal initiative, 50, 60 years ago, would be on the phone to these college campuses saying, to this woman shafik or whatever, in columbia, you don't stop this, you don't protect your campus, you don't throw them off, your federal funding for next year, fy-25 is gone. that's how he should act as a president, leo. >> a-plus recollection of u.s. history. l
you may recall, that was lbj at his finest.ublicans, everett dirksen and a number of republicans from the north voted for that civil rights act because the dixie kratz from the south, the democratic southerners wouldn't vote for it in the senate and lbj got it. and lbj broke with his very dear friend, richard russell, democrat of georgia, whos with the main guy in the armed services committee. >> georgia. larry: yes, sir. that was a sacred law. the title vi about the federal funding...
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dick goodwin had come to believe that lbj's continuation of the vietnam war derailed much of the goodc programs and civil rights progress. he left the white house in 1965 and went on to work with johnson's political nemesis, robert kennedy. for her part, doris worked directly with lbj in his final period in office, and later assisted him with his memoirs. husband and wife had argued for decades about this giant in american history and their own lives. going through the boxes led to a kind of unexpected and, again, deeply personal resolution. doris: after we were going through the selma part of it, he went upstairs and he said, 'oh my god, i'm feeling affection for the old guy again." and it really healed him in those last years of his life. there was something about going through these boxes that, for me, i felt as long as we had more boxes to go through, that he'd keep on living and we'd have our story together. there were still hundreds of boxes left that had to do with the rest of his life. and i remember he one time said, who do you think will win, the boxes or me? especially as h
dick goodwin had come to believe that lbj's continuation of the vietnam war derailed much of the goodc programs and civil rights progress. he left the white house in 1965 and went on to work with johnson's political nemesis, robert kennedy. for her part, doris worked directly with lbj in his final period in office, and later assisted him with his memoirs. husband and wife had argued for decades about this giant in american history and their own lives. going through the boxes led to a kind of...
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. >> she follows the life of richard dick goodwin, who worked as a speech writer for both jfk and lbj during turbulent times the book is called an unfinished love story. a personal history of the 1960s. doris kearns goodwin, workup. >> i'm very glad to be with you. >> so i want to begin by talking about one precedent. there's a story in there about the origins of the term the phrase, a great society. i mean, if lyndon johnson as soon as the most important thing he's done anything which puts him really in the pantheon, close to fdr, was that slew of programs. the great society and civil rights why was it called the great society? >> what happens is it's really is a great story. bill moyers calls dx1 de in march, ticket just come there, had been brought over as a speech writer for lbj, having worked for jfk. and he said the president wants to talk to us about a johnson program, not something that he's just doing to finish for kennedy. he had gotten the tax g2 which was kennedy's civil rights, was moving through so he said dick said, are we go into the oval office, said no, we're going t
. >> she follows the life of richard dick goodwin, who worked as a speech writer for both jfk and lbj during turbulent times the book is called an unfinished love story. a personal history of the 1960s. doris kearns goodwin, workup. >> i'm very glad to be with you. >> so i want to begin by talking about one precedent. there's a story in there about the origins of the term the phrase, a great society. i mean, if lyndon johnson as soon as the most important thing he's done...
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he'd been brought over as a speech writer for lbj, having worked for jfk. and he said the president wants to talk to us about a johnson program, not something that he's just doing to finish for kennedy. he had gotten the tax cut so which was kennedy's civil rights was moving through so he said, dick that, we go into the oval office, said no, are going to the white house swimming pool. they get to the swimming pool and johnson swimming naked in the pool deck, said he looked like a whale going side stroking up and down. the two of them is standing there in their suits and ties and go johnson says, well, come on in guys, and they have nothing to do but strip, they go and now you suddenly have three guys swimming in the pool. they can then find naked. he finally goes over to the side and then he just holds forth. this is what i want the johnson program to be. and he goes through medicare civil rights, voting rights, aid to education immigration reform, pbs that's npr pollution control. it was extraordinary that vision was in his head already had been there for
he'd been brought over as a speech writer for lbj, having worked for jfk. and he said the president wants to talk to us about a johnson program, not something that he's just doing to finish for kennedy. he had gotten the tax cut so which was kennedy's civil rights was moving through so he said, dick that, we go into the oval office, said no, are going to the white house swimming pool. they get to the swimming pool and johnson swimming naked in the pool deck, said he looked like a whale going...
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hated each other, everybody hated lbj. what did he bring? a different kind of voter, that could happen here. marco rubio. what is really great, deep bench, a lot of people in contention right now many of whom i think would be excellent. stuart: sera huckabee sanders? she's not on the list of candidates. >> my comment about sarah huckabee sanders is she's very pro-life and trump has put out a middle road on abortion which i think is essential for republican victory. 2 or 3 swing states, possibly even florida where abortion is going to be on some kind of ballot, a referendum that drives a turnout. i think he has to have someone who aligns with him on abortion. stuart: thanks for joining us. >> sorry about my rent. stuart: i do a lot of ranting here. thank you. now this. msnbc host jen psaki has a theory why so many republican support donald trump and would be his vice president. lauren: pulling everything out of the woodwork because she can't understand, mitch mcconnell can now endorse trump after being so critical of him. >
hated each other, everybody hated lbj. what did he bring? a different kind of voter, that could happen here. marco rubio. what is really great, deep bench, a lot of people in contention right now many of whom i think would be excellent. stuart: sera huckabee sanders? she's not on the list of candidates. >> my comment about sarah huckabee sanders is she's very pro-life and trump has put out a middle road on abortion which i think is essential for republican victory. 2 or 3 swing states,...
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during a meeting at the lbj ranch, mrs. johnson was urged by secretary of the interior stewart udall to share her lifelong interest in one of these areas conservation and beautification. putting this interest into practice would require organization and hard work. mrs. johnson wanted to make her adopted hometown an example for others to follow. washington, d.c., would be a showcase for the nation, and so the committee for a more beautiful capital was born. mrs. johnson assembled her committee for the first time on february 11, 1965, at the white house. its members were public officials, businessmen, architects, philanthropists, a true cross-section of the many americans who wanted to improve the nation's capital ideas and inspiration began flowing at once, an overwhelming number of which would be funded by the more than $2 million given by private donors. among the first proposals was a plan to adopt the countless traffic circles and grassy triangles that dot washington on intersections. they were to be enlivened with a var
during a meeting at the lbj ranch, mrs. johnson was urged by secretary of the interior stewart udall to share her lifelong interest in one of these areas conservation and beautification. putting this interest into practice would require organization and hard work. mrs. johnson wanted to make her adopted hometown an example for others to follow. washington, d.c., would be a showcase for the nation, and so the committee for a more beautiful capital was born. mrs. johnson assembled her committee...
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. >> up in a come a conversation on local news and democracy hosted by the lbj foundation and the nonprofitrfect in austin, texas. the ceo of the texas tribune, from journalists and others discuss the importance of local news and its impact on democracy. they focus on challenges facing the newspaper and local news industry, public trust and journalism and how artificial intelligence can be used to increase engagement. >>
. >> up in a come a conversation on local news and democracy hosted by the lbj foundation and the nonprofitrfect in austin, texas. the ceo of the texas tribune, from journalists and others discuss the importance of local news and its impact on democracy. they focus on challenges facing the newspaper and local news industry, public trust and journalism and how artificial intelligence can be used to increase engagement. >>
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there are examples both befo after and certainly you know lbj is bill was saying you only know presidenthad a very close relation ship with justice abe fort problematic. yes yes, it was. and it it all came to light. and as you may know, there were also issues, financial issues related to fortas that ultimately led to him resigning from the supreme court. but he was of issues and became very while he was on the court. and that became very controversial when it when it came out. so i think there are other re and after. i do think one of the things that is this era is the so many close relationships with so it it wasn't this sort of one off, you know, with abe fortas. i mean, it really extended to many of the justices. and, you know, the other point is that just because are other examples doesn't necessarily mean it's to highlight, you know, we talked being very prominent as, a possible vice presidential candidate in 1944. there have been examples of. who were very interested in the political arena. i mean, i now there would be a kind of active candidate, in 1881 of the justices was very ng
there are examples both befo after and certainly you know lbj is bill was saying you only know presidenthad a very close relation ship with justice abe fort problematic. yes yes, it was. and it it all came to light. and as you may know, there were also issues, financial issues related to fortas that ultimately led to him resigning from the supreme court. but he was of issues and became very while he was on the court. and that became very controversial when it when it came out. so i think there...
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think about jfk and lbj. we talked about think about reagan and bush 41. they had been rivals. they'd run against each other. these are not friends. they've been run against each other. obama and biden ran against each other before becoming ticket mates. and so by a second term, you get a vice president usually who pretty focused on running for president themselves. and they're thinking is based not in washington not in the capital, not the pentagon. they're thinking is iowa, new hampshire right? and a president, the person on the on the outbound part of the trajectory is thinking about history books. right. so you see the built in tension there between a president who wants to get things done in order to make sure he looks good in history or she looks good in history. and a vice president who's thinking, what do i need to do to get people to vote for me in manchester, new hampshire? so that is a prescription for tension there. and so partnerships sometimes don't end very well. in fact, basically, we haven't had a partnership and very well in quite few years. i have to tell you
think about jfk and lbj. we talked about think about reagan and bush 41. they had been rivals. they'd run against each other. these are not friends. they've been run against each other. obama and biden ran against each other before becoming ticket mates. and so by a second term, you get a vice president usually who pretty focused on running for president themselves. and they're thinking is based not in washington not in the capital, not the pentagon. they're thinking is iowa, new hampshire...
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i really do is not my politics, but i liked him obj from your home state of times and lbj was a great president, but it's offensive to compare this to vietnam, 2.7 million americans put on a uniform one half a world away and fought a war that they didn't ask for okay. 304,000 of them were wounded, 58,000 were killed it cost $160 we've 1.5 trillion in today's money damages country for a generation. it to say that this war was not in the vietnam war was started first by kennedy, but mostly by johnson by our president's. >> this war in gaza was started by hamas terrorists came over and raped and slaughtering innocent people. so i'm so offended to hear him compare it to vietnam. it's completely wrong. >> i think the real issue here is what's happening on our nation's campuses. i speak with students across the country all the time is specific typically jewish students in the last several weeks, they're scared, they're frightened of go out on campus. there are certainly frightened to go anywhere near where these protests are and they wanted to see something like this happen a long time ago
i really do is not my politics, but i liked him obj from your home state of times and lbj was a great president, but it's offensive to compare this to vietnam, 2.7 million americans put on a uniform one half a world away and fought a war that they didn't ask for okay. 304,000 of them were wounded, 58,000 were killed it cost $160 we've 1.5 trillion in today's money damages country for a generation. it to say that this war was not in the vietnam war was started first by kennedy, but mostly by...
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. >> up next, a conversation on local news and democracy hosted by the lbj foundation and the nonprofit more perfect in austin, texas. the ceo of the texas tribune, former journalist and others discussed the importance of local news and its impact on democracy. they focus on challenges facing the newspaper industry public trust in journalism, and how artificial intelligence can be used to increase engagement. hello, everyone. that's it? come on. hi, everyone. i am going to walk through trust, news and democracy and give you some statistics of what to look at and to think about what are some challenges and opportunities as we think about the next 10 years. so let me see if i can get this right. where are we today? let me start with since our conference is trust, news and democracy. 32% of the public has a fair amount of trust in media, 32%. 39 percent have no confidence in news media whatsoever. now let's look at gen z. 3% have a great deal of trust in news and 13% have quite a lot of trust. gen z has less trust than the general public. 22% of gen z that identify as democrats and 10% tha
. >> up next, a conversation on local news and democracy hosted by the lbj foundation and the nonprofit more perfect in austin, texas. the ceo of the texas tribune, former journalist and others discussed the importance of local news and its impact on democracy. they focus on challenges facing the newspaper industry public trust in journalism, and how artificial intelligence can be used to increase engagement. hello, everyone. that's it? come on. hi, everyone. i am going to walk through...