the is coming from large parts from lyndon b. johnson was this concern, are we able to attract and retain well-educated, well-prepared teachers? the results sense of a potential -- there was a sense of a potential crisis of a shortage. my sense, from 1966 or so they were targeted as providing those who were going to become public school teachers with grants. i also think that that was surpassed by this title wave wave that- tidal would go towards pell grant. >> on the teacher education question that is a very hot , topic. there is no agreement on how to train teachers. i come from an institution that used to train a lot of teachers in a very rigorous way. they were extremely well-prepared, able people. where did they go? they went to teach in the most affluent suburban schools. that is what drives them. -- that is what draws them. should we really be putting our major effort into training teachers for affluent suburban schools? absolutely not. they're going to learn from their family, community, fellow students. i say this having done a

1968,cer: on march 31, president lyndon b. johnson delivered an oval office address . he began by outlining steps to end the war in vietnam, and ended the speech by announcing he would not seek reelection. jones, president lyndon johnson's appointment secretary tells the back story of his decision process which , began in september of 1967. this half-hour interview with recorded for c-span's the weekly podcast, which provides background to issues in the news. lyndon johnson: i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. but let men everywhere know however, that a strong and a confident and a vigilant america stands ready tonight to seek an honorable peace, and stands ready tonight to defend an honored cause. steve: march 31, 1968, 50 years ago, james jones, no aide was closer to president johnson than you, serving four years as his appointment secretary equivalent to the white house chief of staff. walk us through the process that president johnson undertook to decide not to seek re-election. james: well, it actual

. -- lyndon b. johnson: the voice called for justice and brotherhood has been stilled, but the quest for freedom, to which he always gave eloquent expression continues on. men of all races, of all religions, of all regions now must join together in this hour to deny violence and to fulfill -- deny violence its victory and to fulfill the vision of brotherhood and gave purpose to martin luther king jr.'s life and his works. harry: president johnson issued that appealed to the nation at the white house today. a day in which the war in vietnam was pushed into the background. washington, chicago, detroit, boston, new york are a few of the cities in which the negro over dr. king's murder, presumably by a white man, expressed itself in violent destruction. detroit, the scene of the worst rioting is under a curfew tonight with some 3000 national guardsmen on duty to enforce it. a young negro was killed tonight, accidentally according to police, who said that he struck a policeman's revolver, setting it off. boston

. >> here is a picture of the swearing in of the 36th president of the united states lyndon b. johnson. >> president johnson wants jackie to stand next to him for his inauguration. she insists on wearing her bloodstained clothes. >> by putting jacqueline kennedy in that e photo, he's showing the continueuation of power and jfk's widow is standing there. but i think ultimately the image conveyed utter shock and grief. >> meanwhile, bobby goes into some e emotional netherworld because e he realizes that everybody else may be falling apart, but e he has to hold it together. he calls sister and says start planning the funeral. he calls brother ted and says you will tell our parents what's just happened. >> so it comes to ted to have the most honous duty possible to tell the father that it president kennedy is dead. >> ted didn't want him to hear this from anybody else. they called rose, who had heard about it immediately. they told rose to unplug every television in the house. and they arrive and they told them. he started to cry. >> joseph and rose have now lost three of their nine childr

eisenhower and lyndon b. johnson, you'll notice i skipped somebody there and we can talk about that during the q & a. it's interesting but all three men shared a number of characteristics. one they came from a region that you could call the middle border. not quite south, not quite west and that characteristics of both and they also exhibited a desire to be released from those characteristics, particularly the southern portion of those characteristics. they all grew up not necessarily in poverty but of diminished circumstances. they all throw of them had very strong mothers. this was extremely important. for example, eisenhower's mother attended college at a time when it was very rare for women to attend college. lbj still wrote lovingly to his mother as late as the 1950s. and harry truman's mother supported him because his father was a ne'er-do-well, essentially. everything his father tried turned to ashes. they were -- they had different political perspectives. eisenhower's family were solid republicans in abilene,

kennedy's announcement, challenging sitting president lyndon b. johnson for the 1968 democratic presidential nomination. the announcement and press conference is followed by a cbs interview with minnesota democratic senator eugene mccarthy, who was also running for president. >> the program originally scheduled at this time will not be seen in in order that we may bring you the following special broadcast. the news conference of senator robert f. kennedy live from washington. first from new york, cbs news correspond

he was a close advisor to lyndon b. johnson.he supreme court, in naming fortas to argue gideon's cause, as usual gave no reason for its choice of counsel. fortas, like all lawyers, send the horn without question -- accepted the honor without question. he would serve without fee. he had never heard of clarence gideon and would never meet his client except through letters. but abe fortas knew that clarence gideon did not have the law on his side at that time. >> the sixth amendment to our constitution says that every man is entitled to counsel. that amendment, however, has been held by the supreme court to apply only to the federal government. with respect to the states, at the time of gideon, about 37 of the states had similar provisions. but in 13 states, that was not so. i felt that the time had arrived when the court, with a proper case before it, would lay down the general rule applicable to all felony cases in the state courts. that every man, the rich, the poor and the poor as well as the rich, was entitled to the benefit o

he served in the defense department and was lyndon b. johnson's chief domestic advisor remember, if it was not for joe we might be setting aside a smoking section tonight. his other accomplishments include regulations that created and enforced title ix athletic rights for women, equal opportunity for people with disabilities and an end to immigration discrimination against the lgbt community. he has written 14 books including the triumph and tragedy of lyndon johnson and inside a public and private life. he also enlivened an unforgettable conference on the johnson years sharing insights and analysis that elevated the event. he founded and chaired the national center on columbia. he also serves on our board of advisors. his new book is, our damage democracy, we the people must act. a title that sounds like it was written from the headlines and as if it could serve with future action. i join you want you to join me in making fairness fashionable. [applause] >> i think we could just leave it at that. [laughter] we can go directly to the reception. >>

appalachia to this day, you're going to see dirty-faced kids, bare foot on a front porch, shaking lyndon b. johnson'sthat. >> anthony: in 1964, lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. a good thing, yes? but the accompanying press tour portraying the people here as an incapable and bewildered helpless masse, missed the basic essential character, the pride and the self- reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. elaine when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat- how all these things are- i think we've all felt it at some point: shame. >> tony: what should people know about this area that they don't know, that they're not getting? >> nick: well, i think it's been said, but it's just not been hit home: it's just how much that people in this area have been exploited. the land agents who came in and bought up all the mineral rights. the coal and timber companies that started extracting and taking everybody's labor rights. >> archival man: i can't fight a big coal company, they got too much money. >> elaine: politicians from dc that can make a quick day trip down here and get a goo

kennedy's announcement, challenging sitting president lyndon b. johnson for the 1968 democratic presidential nomination. the announcement and press conference is followed by a cbs interview with minnesota democratic senator eugene mccarthy, who was also running for president. >> the program originally scheduled at this time will not be seen in in order that we may bring you the following special broadcast. the news conference of senator robert f. kennedy live from washington. first from new york, cbs news correspondent roger mudd. >> good morning. we are broadcasting this morning the announcementf

and yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the fair housing act that was signed by president lyndon b. johnson. clearly there is still discrimination. >> yeah the whole point of the fair housing act was to solve this kind of issue. and then it was systematically done by government maps that red lined certain areas and said we will not give mortgages in these kind of neighborhoods, those neighborhoods were mostly african american. and yet i follow 50 years from then to the current point in time and there is still this huge disparity in what people can afford and that continues to funnel different types of households into different neighborhoods. >> disappointing. skylar olson with zillow, we appreciate your time. tank for your research. >> thank you for having me. >>> still to come how apple was able to go completely green in just about a decade. >> and next the ntsb is no longer allowing tesla to provide technical assistance into its investigation into the deadly tesla model x crash last month in mown tape view. baby boomers, here's something you should know. there's a serious virus out there

kennedy's announcement, challenging sitting president lyndon b. johnson for the 1968 democratic presidential nomination. the announcement and press conference is followed by a cbs interview with minnesota democratic senator eugene mccarthy, who was also running for president. >> the program originally scheduled at this time will not be seen in in order that we may bring you the following special broadcast. the news conference of senator robert f. kennedy live from washington. first from new york, cbs news correspondent roger mudd. >> good morning. we are broadcasting this morning the announcement of democratic senator robert f. kennedy of new york that he will be a candidate for the presidency. you can't find but one in 1,000 who believes he will not make that announcement. the senator is doing so in the face of almost solid opposition from the democratic party professionals and the state chairman of the democratic party in this country, only three state chairmen, new york, oregon and tennessee have come out in favor of mr. kennedy's candidacy. he's also

kennedy, and right after him, lyndon b. johnson, react to pass the civil rights act.ns, but fighting economic justice, african—americans, but fighting economicjustice, and african—americans, but fighting economic justice, and not just african—americans, but fighting economicjustice, and notjust for black people in america, but also for white people. indeed. the fact he was here on the 3rd of april 1968, he was here to march for sanitation workers, people making less than a dollar a day here in memphis. the sanitation workers weren'tjust black memphis. the sanitation workers weren't just black folks, memphis. the sanitation workers weren'tjust black folks, he was also marching for agriculture people, for labour. all across the country, he sought to unite the united states, for people whose voice had not been heard, he was lending power to voice had not been heard, he was lending powerto their voice had not been heard, he was lending power to their important message back in the late 19605 in america. good to see you and good to get your perspective on a very important d

you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. 1968, president lyndon b. johnsonivered a televised oval office address. he began by outlining steps to limit the war in vietnam and ended by surprising the nation and many of his own staff when he announced that he would not seek reelection in 1968. , james jones, president johnson's appointment secretary, a position now known as the chief of staff, tells the back story of lbj's decision process which began in september of 1967. this half hour interview was recorded for c-span's "the weekly" podcast. which provides context and the ground to issues in the news. >> i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. but let men everywhere know however that a strong and a confident and a vigilant america stands ready tonight to seek an honorable peace and stands ready tonight to defend an honored cause. >> march 31, 1968, 50 years ago,

eugene mccarthy, the senator announced in november of 1967 to challenge a sitting president, lyndon b. johnsonwhat was your father thinking early in that process as eugene mccarthy was ramping up his own campaign in new hampshire and elsewhere? as younendy-townsend: know, a number of people were asking my father to run for president and my father was ambivalent about it. thought that it would be seen as only a fight against lyndon johnson, and he didn't want to have this fight just be about him and lyndon johnson. we want to raise larger issues and when he had spoken out against the vietnam war in 1967, there are a few people listened to what he said, but they to and publicize was the personal animosity. that's an important aspect of how my father tried to make his decision as to whether to run or not. gene mccarthy didn't have that personal animus and that history with lyndon johnson, so when gene mccarthy was running, he was running more clearly against the war. when did your dad decide to seek the nomination? what was the tipping point? ms. kennendy townsend: i think the tet offensive was r

i want to ask you about mccarthy, the center who announced to challenge a sitting president, lyndon b. johnson. what was your father thinking early in that process as you jeanne mccarthy was ramping up his campaign in new hampshire and elsewhere? mccarthy was ramping up his campaign in new hampshire and elsewhere? guest: a number of people were asking my father to run for president. he was ambivalent, because he thought that it would be seen only as a fight against lyndon johnson. personality versus personality. he didn't want to have this fight the about him and lyndon johnson. he wanted to raise larger issues. when he spoke out against the vietnam war in 1967, very few people listened to what he said. with a listened to and publicized was the personal animosity. important aspect of how my father was trying to make his decision to run or not. gene mccarthy did not have that personal history with lyndon johnson. when mccarthy was running, he was running more clearly against the war. host: when did your dad decide to seek the nomination? what was the tipping point? the tet think offensive was t

the first person i want to get in my site is lbj standing for lyndon b. johnson johnson, the present. the supreme court said no, that hyperbolic political speech, johnson would not have been in reasonable fear that he would've been shot and this is a very strong powerful way to express of frustration with the legal system. >> and a political message. fascinating stuff to me. susan, how hard does it affect you as a woman of color with drug abuse and how hard was it for you to get your voice heard? i went to hearings in sacramento and it felt like we were talking to the wall. >> yes, when i did get stronger and began to understand the law and how those laws were impacting my entire community i began to go to sacramento and began to talk to legislators and speak out and i'd sit there and watch them passing laws regardless to my testimony laws that i knew would be harmful especially laws around young people. it seems like i was talking to deaf ears. for a period of time i would leave sacramento in the next day my entire body would be in knots and i could hardly move.

the first person i want to get in my site is lbj standing for lyndon b. johnsonjohnson, the present. the supreme court said no, that hyperbolic political speech, johnson would not have been in reasonable fear that he would've been shot and this is a very strong powerful way to express of frustration with the legal system. >> and a political message. fascinating stuff to me. susan, how hard does it affect you as a woman of color with drug abuse and how hard was it for you to get your voice heard? i went to hearings in sacramento and it felt like we were talking to the wall. >> yes, when i did get stronger and began to understand the law and how those laws were impacting my entire community i began to go to sacramento and began to talk to legislators and speak out and i'd sit there and watch them passing laws regardless to my testimony laws that i knew would be harmful especially laws around young people. it seems like i was talking to deaf ears. for a period of time i would leave sacramento in the next day my entire body would be in knots and i could hardly move.

and the landmark cases podcast, at c-span.org/landmarkcases. 1968,cer: on march 31, president lyndon b. johnson delivered an oval office address . he began by outlining steps to end the war in vietnam, and ended the speech by announcing he would not seek reelection. jones, president lyndon johnson's appointment secretary tells the back story of his decision process which , began in september of 1967. this half-hour interview with recorded for c-span's the weekly podcast, which provides background to issues in the news. lyndon johnson: i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your p