it came into existence by an executive order from lyndon johnson.ry president since lyndon johnson could have crossed it out. i love the man. i'm going to come and talk to him about it in a second, but i'm going to tell you, cross that out. we are done with affirmative action in america. that's the first thing. back to the question -- what does it mean to be american? this is the question. it means we believe that the people we elect to run the government, whoever it is, up to be the people who actually run the government. radical idea in america. who would ever thought? the next time we have an anthony fauci or a merrick garland or james comey who goes far beyond their constitutional scope, they need to do what a chief executive in this country is constitutionally empowered to do -- you fire them. fire their employees. fire a managerial industrial complex around them. i will tell you this even further -- thank you very much. we got to go one step further than that. when a managerial cancer gets so bad in this country, you cannot just reform that fr

i came into existence by executive order by lyndon johnson every president since lyndon johnson couldut for a love that man going to come and talk to him about in a second period cross that out we are done with affirmative action in america. that is the first thing. what does it mean to be american? it meanst we believe that the people who we elect to run the government, whoever it is, ought to be the people who actually run the government. radical idea in america, who would have thought. so theon next time we have an at betty faust she or merrick garland or james comey who goes far beyond their constitutional scope, you need to do what a chief executive in this country is constitutionally allowed to do you fire them, you fired employees, you fired that managerial industrial complex around them. i will tell is even third further, thank you very much. we've got to go one step further than that. when at managerial cancer gets so bad in this country you can't just reformatth from on high foa company private sector i know this if you tell me somebody works for me and i cannot fire themnd,

. >> i think you meant lyndon johnson in 1968. involuntarily for the next president. >> that's right. >> let's hear from our viewers. let's begin with kathleen here in tucson. you are on with author chris whipple. >> hello. i'm so glad to get on. as you talk about, you indicated that ron barber replaced all see gabbard. ron barber replaced gabby gifford. >> i am so sorry. that was me. of course it was gabby gifford. sorry about that. i know he was the chief of staff. i apologize for the. thank you. >> no problem. we are in tucson and we love gabby so we wanted to make sure we got that straight. thank you. >> thank you. anything for our guest? that was just for me and my mistake. [laughter] here i am correcting you and i made the mistake. let's hear from great falls, montana. talking about the biden administration. >> yes. i've been a lifelong republican until the last 10 years. i became disillusioned with that. i still live in a republican state, republican majority even where i live. i'm just wondering, what is it going to take b

this week we will future speeches by two presidents, first lyndon johnson who cofounded the better angels in his 1964 great society speech, and again in 1965 when speaking about immigration, and then richard nixon's 1969 appeal to the silent majority help a nation at odds over the vietnam war and his 1974 oval office resignation address following the watergate scandal. >> i have never been a quitter. to leave office before my term is completed is a harm to every instinct in my body, but as president i must put the interests of america first. >> reporter: watch our 10 part series, speeches the defined presidency saturday at 9:30 a.m. and p.m. eastern on american history tb on c-span2.

thank you, lyndon johnson. every time i see a bowling ball, i think of you. peter: i hope that story goes viral. this is a text message from gf in colorado springs. i am a sucker for horses, gunsmoke, westerns. i am puzzled by the fact that nine of your books contain footnotes, sources, been their fees, or documentation. can you help me understand? jeff: do you have not read my chapter notes. i am careful to try to list everything and i would urge you to go back and look again. peter: with, profit -- rec, providence, kentucky. caller: thank you for taking my call. question is about waco. at the end of the operation, when the assault happened, the attorney general reno and president clinton both have to sign off on that? or was that just a decision clearly made at the local level? jeff: thanks for asking. an interesting threat attaches to back. janet reno -- an interesting story attaches to that. janet reno had only been swearing and in ddlef the waco standoff. the fbi brought to her a written plan to end the siege. their idea was they would insert a teargas,

so they indicted bobby baker, but then jack kennedy got a assassinated in lyndon johnson, became. and bobby kennedy was no longer attorney general and there wasn't personal, overwhelming need to replace johnson because already president bill bittman conducted the bobby baker prosecutors mission without lyndon johnson's name ever. coming up, leon jaworski is a protege of lyndon johnson. it's not in the memos in shepherd's bias, but there was no way in the world he was going to name when bittman saved lyndon johnson. judge dimond? well why don't we forgetting for a minute the partizan political why don't talk about a prosecutor's decision, charge someone and not charge someone and jeff has provided me very kindly with a speech made by justice jackson. jackson, when he was attorney general of the united states. this is in the summer of 1940. he had been solicitor general and would become a member of the supreme when he was attorney general. and he was making a speech to united states attorneys from across the nation who had gathered in. and it's a long speech, and i'm not going to rea

in this episode, we'll hear from two presidents lyndon johnson and richard nixon. lbj was

he you know, he was just too for a second, somebody said he grabbed me by the he was like lyndon johnson. he would grab you by the lapels. now without the coarseness. but he would grab you by the lapels and he'd get right up into face. right, linda and it was it was he was a dominant figure. he was just being friendly. i agree with that. i he did it to me all the time. and i never took offense. so i think he was being friendly. yeah, i agree. it was exuberant. yeah. and he also was very colorful and it's cracking me up tonight because i brought this shirt and so did linda. this is just a kind of billboard of some of colorful expressions that the world bank staff together. but this is very very dead. i mean, it says hasan guy, how the heck are. twas forever thus has a ashcan mentality. yeah. great ghouls girls. these are just everyday expressions that were just so, so strange. well, then, i don't know where he got that straight. he had a great sense of humor. but i must say that particularly on these trips, he was great. but his humor spontaneous and i never heard him tell a locker room j

many were not alive when lyndon johnson was president of the united states. unfortunately, i was. but that is a different discussion. that is one thing i am disappointed about. i hope that, in the future, the administration will do that. the other thing, i think is important that we touched on in our report in a lot more work needs to be done there in that leadership development. we can talk about police reform law we want. if you don't have good leaders in these departments and it is not going to happen. good leaders in policing are more by accident than design. we don't really have a formal way of mentoring, developing the leaders of the future. the first line supervisors. middle managers. senior managers. that's not to say there are no programs at all. -- senior management institute for police. the chiefs have the executive leadership group. it is not enough to handle the volume of people. 18,000 police departments approximately in the united states. i can tell you, unfortunately, they're not 18,000 good police chiefs and sheriffs, right now. that tells you right now that we ne

1968 with lyndon johnson.d happen. >> i'm glad you're revealing why south carolina is going fourth. that's why joe biden asked south carolina to go first. he remembers what happened with lyndon johnson in new hampshire after such a productive 1965, after medicare, medicaid, high education -- >> neil: so making sure south carolina goes first was a political choice on the part of the president to make sure he doesn't run into any other l.b.j. problems. >> you mean there's a political choice being made in a political process? come on, man. absolutely. >> neil: i have to wake up. >> that's what i like about joe biden. >> neil: we'll see what happens. congressman, always a pleasure. james clyburn, the assistant democratic leader. we have a lot more coming up, including fall-out from what we're hearing could be good news for credit suisse. not that there's a rescue in the making but maybe a way to stave off an absolute collapse after this. car insurance. so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again. on

intends to withdraw from the nato military organization in a personal letter to us president lyndon johnsonader explained this by the change in the situation in the world and the desire of france to return to full-scale sovereignty on its territory, so that there would be no foreign military forces in france, and so that they would not use its airspace. paris also announced that it would no longer provide its armed forces. at the disposal of nato, the us bases in france were closed. i explain my actions to the french and the world, degul. he said that nato was subordinating the europeans to the americans, and he did not want this to be a french revolt in the north atlantic. the alliance lasted for about 40 years in 2009, france officially returned to the nato military structure on march 7, 2018 , the first operation was performed using a unique surgical robot created in russia, its main advantages are compactness, low weight and high mobility. this benefit distinguishes the russian development from the most famous american medical robot. da vinci, it is rather bulky and not suitable for ass

in this episode, we'llear from two presidents lyndon johnson and richard nixon. lbj was president of the united states from 1963 to 1969, and during those tbulent years, he often invoked america's better gels in speeches. d he also talked about his vision of a great society. and he went the statue of liberty to sign an immigration bill. after the, we'll hear from richard nixon, 1969. richard nixon talked about the great silent majity. and in 1974, he resigned from office beginning n. here's lyndon johnson. president hatcher. governor romney. senators mcnamara and hart. congressman meader and stabler. and other members of the pine michigan delegation. members of the graduating class. my fellow americans, it is a great pleasure to be here today. this universe today has been coeducational. since 1870, but i do not believe it was on the basis of your accomplishments that a detroit high school girl said, and i quote,n choosing a college, you first ve to decide whether you want a coeducational school or an educional schl. well, we canind bo here chiganalthou perps a di

many of you were not alive when lyndon johnson was president. unfortunately i was, but that is a different discussion. that's one thing i'm disappointed in, and i'm hopeful that in the future the administration will do that. the other thing i think is important that we touched on in our report, and a lot more work needs to be done there. that is leadership development. if you don't have good leaders -- we can talk about police reform all we want, if you don't have good leaders in this department, it is not going to happen. good policing is more by accident than by design. we don't really have a formula -- formal way of mentoring, of developing the leaders of the future, first-line supervisors, middle managers, senior managers. i'm not saying there are no programs at all. there is the senior management institute for police, others have police executive leadership, but it's not enough to handle the volume of people. we are talking about 18,000 police departments approximately in the united states. i can tell you, unfortunately, there are not 18,00

here's lyndon johnson. president hatcher. governor romney. senators mcnamara and hart. congressman meader and stabler. and other members of the pine michigan delegation. members of the graduating class. my fellow americans, it is a great pleasure to be here today. this universe today has been coeducational. since 1870, but i do not believe it was on the basis of your accomplishments that a detroit high school girl said, and i quote, in choosing a college, you first ve to decide whether you want a coeducational school or an educational school. wellwe canind bo here chiganalthou perps a different our came o here today ve anous toeet th michin udent ose faer tola friend of ne thatis so's educion habeen a rl val. stopp his mher fr aggingbout him i have come today from the turmoil your capit to the tranquility of your campus to speak about the future of your country. the purpe of protecting the li of our nation. and preserving the liberty of our citizeno pursue the happiness of our people. our success in that pursuits the task of our success as a nation. for centurywe labore

this week we will future speeches by two presidents, first lyndon johnson who cofounded the better angels in his 1964 great society speech, and again in 1965 when speaking about immigration, and then richard nixon's 1969 appeal to the silent majority help a nation at odds over the vietnam war and his 1974 oval office resignation address following the watergate scandal. >> i have never been a quitter. to leave office before my term is completed is a harm to every instinct in my body, but as president i must put the interests of america first. >> reporter: watch our 10 part series, speeches the defined presidency saturday at 9:30 a.m. and p.m. eastern on american history tb on c-span2. >> in his state of the state address, north carolina governor roy cooper spoke about mental health care funding. education investment and infrastructure. from the state capital in raleigh, this is 40 minutes. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> mr. president, representative hall is recognized. >> i have the honor and privilege to present the governor of north carolina, the honorable roy cooper. [applause] >>

next week, lyndon johnson on the great society and immigration and richard nixon on the silent majority4 resignation speech. as a reminder, all of the speeches in the series are available to listen and watch online at c-span dot org slash

he cited the work of those who had gone before like lyndon johnson and dr. martin luther king jr. and talked of a new opportunity to confront the racial divide. >> this moment in which the racial divide is so clearly in the moment may not be a setback for us. it presents us with a moment -- opportunity and we dare not let it pass us by. >> watch our 10 part series teaches that defined the presidency saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and p.m. on american history tv on c-span2. since 1979 in partnership with the cable industry c-span has provided complete coverage of the halls of congress from the house and senate floors to congressional hearings, party briefings and committee meetings. c-span gives you a front row seat to how issues are debated and decided with no commentary, no interruptions, and completely unfiltered. c-span, or unfiltered view of government. >> the white house hosted a reception to mark women's history month, during the event president biden, vice president harris and the first lady and second gentleman highlighted the administration's efforts to support women's rights thr

next week, lyndon johnson on the great society and immigration and richard nixon on the silent majority4 resignation speech. as a reminder, all of the speeches in the series are available to listen and watch online at c-span dot org slash so elizabeth spalding, where are we? we are at the victims of communism museum in washington, d.c. on

next week, lyndon johnson on the great society and immigration and richard nixon on the silent majority 1974 resignation speech. as a reminder,

president,ir democratic president, since lyndon johnson, to just really not be addressing this in in a party where this has been such a main point. it's been such a political struggle. and where african-americans are still such an incredibly important constitu civil rights activists are, still part of the broader party coalition. and there's things they're but carter's carter's ideas on race are about opportunities. they're about support for historically black colleges, universities. and that's exactly the kind of like nixon's they're very of based on economic opportunity. and that's that's not nothing that's not to say those things are bad necessarily good. but but it's different than having a more comprehensive plan about federal involvement and equal opportunity about bolstering voting and these things were important to the administration. and there there's plenty of evidence that carter was carter was in these ideas. he agreed with these ideas that even as a as a person in the south, he had actually borne personal cost as a business person, not joining these kind of reactive sout