lbj was a tremendous president but he had a very dark side. the story is told through the lens of a man completely unknown to history named matt wallace who only interacted with him on a couple occasions. but his story tells a great deal about the dark side of lbj and the deals he made with his cronies to which matt wallace has very much evolved and is aware of. he's an amazing guy and in 1951, he walked into a small golf course owner in texas and shot the man dead. he was arrested two hours later and he said to the arresting officer, i work for lyndon have to get back to washington. within an hour, lbj's personal lawyer lawyer was defending him and he was exonerated. then he got top security clearance for weapons contractor in texas and had top security clearance for the next 12 years which the office of naval security tried to rescind and they couldn't. there is a hidden story of lbj who had a very dark side as well. >> where does this mellon get this information? >> it's really interesting. on the day after john f. kennedy was assassinated

and the senate intelligence committee was doing an investigation of lbj also. that, too what stopped immediately. you can say lbj is one over the luckiest men alive because jfk's assassination put him in the white house which is why people say he was responsibility for jfk death hut be was not. but he did benefit by becoming president and by avoiding these investigations and that's what that book gets into. >> host: what does the term "faustian" meal. >> guest: well, a deal with the devil. she argues that the young man, like mack wallace, who came into lbjs orbit were in fact deal can with the devil and making a bargain with the devil. that got something for iter bit paid a steep price for it as well. >> host: a new book out on the american revolution, what are we going learn. >> guest: paul is the former head of the art department of -- also an historian of note and the story of the revolution through the lens of the five great painters of the era, chills pill son eel, john trumbell, gill burt stewart, and benjamin west, and they are fascinating group of men t

he is the author of four books and is an expert on lbj and the presidency. we have professor of history at the university of houston. she is also an expert on the presidency in presidential congressional relations in the 20th century. she is currently writing a bargain three of john garner. he has written books on many of the leading public figures of the 20th century. he has been a tremendous partner to us on this symposium. our sincere thanks again to him and went to turn it over to don in our fellow panelists for the first discussion this afternoon. [applause] >> well, it sounds like -- can you hear us ok? all right. we are on. thank you andy for that introduction. it is a great privilege and an honor for us to sponsor this celebration of the 40th anniversary of the truman scholars program. i also want to thank andy rich and secretary albright for really the outstanding job that they have done in pulling together this program. it has been about a year since we were talking about this and we are so delighted we have reached this point today. i also want to

lbj was not one to take no for an answer. she did noter that understand that he was coming to independence, and he wanted to call on her. he insisted that they ask again. she reluctantly consented. she had conditions. no ordered that there be more than 10 people in the presidential entourage tramping across the lawn and on her living room rug. the president was supposed to show up at the house at 2:00, and a little after 3:00 finally the presidential entourage arrived. up the steps to the porch of the hall, thrust , and said hello, mr. president, sorry we are late. be,an replied, you ought to it is your own damn fault, if you left on time, you would be here on time. there is also the size of the presidential entourage. they began counting those standing on mrs. truman's rug. he stopped counting when he got to 20. wisely, he declined to introduce himself to mrs. truman. his visit wither the 30 president, i feel stronger when i leave them. my guess is that harry truman felt a little stronger, too. >> thank you. [applause] we ha

to what you were talking about earlier, but humphrey and lbj's relationship, what happened? why would he have to tap his phone over vietnam? >> thanks very much. as i understand it, why would he attack his own over vietnam, the lbj and humphrey relationship? >> because lbj wanted to win that war, and he didn't want to tell anybody getting off the farm about it, and he wanted people to do what he told him to do, and humphrey had reservations about the war and he knew it. humphrey had been a free spirit, his whole career. it was a situation where he had to be controlled. johnson knew he could cause him

lbj was one of the luckiest man alive because of jfk's assassination. le had nothing to do with it. but he did benefit from it by becoming president and avoiding investigations, and that's what the book had as well. >> what's the term mean? >> deal with the devil. the young man were dealing with the devil and making a bargain with the devil. they got something for it but they paid a steep price as well. >> a new book out on the american revolution, what are we going to learn? >> paul is the former head of the art department, historian and history of revolution through the lens of the five great painters of the area, gil gilbert stewart and fascinating group of men to begin with but you see revolution through completely different eyes when you study the paintings that they did which were so iconic at the time. they were very influential in guiding america's feelings towards britain or against britain. many paintings that arouse positive sentiments for england at the time and many that supported the colonist cause. each had their own connection to the revolution. his whole family was

you could say lbj was one of the luckiest and alive because jfk's assassination put them in the white house which is one of the reasons have argued everson said he was response up over jfk's death which he is not. he did in a fit from it by becoming president but also by aborting these investigations and that is what the book it's into as well. >> host: what is the term that didn't mean? >> guest: a deal with the devil appeared she argues the young man who like walesa came and lbj's orbit were in fact dealing with the devil and making a bargain with the devil. they got something for it that they. a steep price as well. >> host: a new book out on the american revolution. what are we going to learn? >> guest: paul is the former head of the art department at mt. holyoke college but also an historian and the story of the revolution through the lens of the five great painters of the era charles wilson peeled john trumbull john coughlin benjamin west. they are a fascinating group of men to begin with but you see the revolution through completely different eyes when you study the paintings t

truman assumed the presidency upon the death of the titanic and lbj after franklin roosevelt and lbj after the assassination of the eloquent and graceful john f. kennedy are. the german took office, washington post did not have a high opinion of him an. and lbj set of kennedy, he was a great public hero and anything i did somehow, if it wasn't approved of, it would always say that president kennedy would have done it that are, that i would -- that he would not have made the mistakes that i made. yet belts german and johnson made near great presidents. they shared an acute sense of social justice. while truman and johnson never forgot where they came from, the advancement of causes of civil rights, where civil rights policies were immensely unpopular, truman desegregated the military and pushed in vain for civil rights laws. johnson passed a trilogy of transformational civil rights legislation, passing the civil rights act of 1964, to break the back of jim crow in the south, the voting rights act of 1965, and the fair housing act of 1968. they both shared a great personal bond. from t

that's lbj's language. all the people have information that the security of the nation permits them to have. a big difference. it shows that real reluctance. absolutewas an -- hester of signing andses a t with one pen hands it back to them. he was a stage master for ceremonies. not only was there no cyanine -- freedomceremony for the of information act, it wasn't even on the daily schedule. all there are these repeated phone calls from bill moyers. bill moyers had been wired by the american society and newspaper editors back then. written him on july 2. in the lbj library, he writes inadvertence not our style. [laughter] he still had to drag lbj with major edits. it's historic. july 4, 1966 and the middle three paragraphs are not about open government here and they are about secrecy. this one is about military secrets. this one is about privacy and confidentiality and deliberation. this is about the prerogatives of the presidents under the constitution as commander in chief t. lbj says i do not share this c

lbj was terribly conflicted. russell andor others who had advised him not to get into a ground war in asia. leave weny others who treatiesoutheast asia that we needed to respect. we had treaties that down this to come to the defense of the nations that were signatories to it. the leader of singapore said that he thought that all of southeast asia could fall if we did not protect south vietnam. you have heard much about the domino theory. it was the view of many people at that time. it was more than a theory. president johnson worried about china and russia intervening on the side of the north vietnamese. always. especially if we accidentally bombed russian or chinese ships in the hanoi or haiphong harbor. he often said it will be a young pilot from johnson city texas who will accidentally start world war iii. the experience of korea where the chinese came down en masse to support the north koreans was constantly with him. the worry that we might in a chinese airspace. it was there. lbj anguished about that war. e

hey hey lbj how many kids did you kill today? he said i just wish that they knew that i want peace as much as they do. peace as much as anyone. i mean that. who was aot a man hawk or a dove. dowas a person looking to what was right. he continued to say it's not doing was right is knowing what to write. he was trying to navigate issues.these using secret channels one of which was the philadelphia channel where this relatively young professor from harvard made contact with a group of french in paris to conduct back channel discussions with hanoi. lbj so wanted to get ho chi minh in a room and negotiate with them the same way he negotiated with everett dirksen and gerald ford. he was accustomed to that hands-on negotiation process. the will in america to stay the course continued to be rude. -- the road. erode. there was an unshakable will coming from hanoi despite the bombings despite the loss of life. the americans never lost a battle. tet.n never did american forces lose a battle in that war. there were setbacks and there were hu

especially from the lbj presidential library and the lbj foundation. earlier today i had a chance to talk with mark updegrove, director of the presidential library, larry tambel, chairman, vice chairman, executive director of the lbj foundation. i did take a brief tour of the library and had a working lunch with the chamber of commerce here in austin. and i'm so much honored to meet and talk briefly with presideth luci baines johnson, it seems i have already had history from two decades ago to this event. i've been briefed on the subject of this summit and its panels which should reflect a wide range of perspectives and experiences including those from the veterans of their war experience as well as turmoil that followed. the anti-war, or give peace a chance movements, the media and the youth. i knew since the end of the war there have been numerous discussion on this war including those between vietnam and america. all this add to the depth of our studies and reflections. in this panel i've been invited to share with you on the theme america and vietn

so 1968 was lbj on guns, that tape you just saw. lbj had been elected president by a huge landslide in 1964. he of course, had been jfk's vice president after president kennedy was killed in 1963. lyndon johnson just romped to one of the most lopsided american presidential victories ever in 1964. but by 1968, by the time he was ready to run again, things were much more uncertain for him. the republicans would, of course, go on to nominate richard nixon. and for awhile everybody assumed richard nixon would be running against the incumbent president against lbj. and at the start of the democratic primary season, lbj in fact was in the running. he competed in the new hampshire primary in 1968 on march 12th of that year. and he won the new hampshire primary. but as an incumbent president though, he really should have won the new hampshire primary by a mile. instead, as you see the headline there, lbj barely wins. he only won by seven points in new hampshire. as the incumbent president. and then four days after the new hampshire primary,

jack kennedy filed that civil rights bill, lbj, was a better bill that lbj ended up with but jack kennedy filed that fill and advisers who told him you ought to file a civil rights bill, he we wanted to wait until they won reelection in '64 to file a bill. bobby said you have to do it now and that was who bobby kennedy was. he has no patient, he came from a essentially a couple of years apart in age but a different generation. jack kennedy from from world war ii, we know what life is like generation, bobby kennedy was a enlisted in the navy and he saw active duty going out of port and coming back to port and that was the war injury bobby kennedy ended up with and for the rest of his life he felt a little bit inadequate because he hadn't fought in the war and he spent so much of his life dealing with what he thought were inadequacies. bobby was the one his dad described the runt of the litter and least likely to be able to do anything. and bobby spent his life working harder than any of his siblings to show the dad that he wasn't the runt and could get things done and joe kennedy acknowled

in the lbj of library we found style, not ourph style. he still had to drag lbj. -- signingal scene 1966, thefrom july 4, middle three paragraphs are not about open government, they are about secrecy. this one is about military secrets. this is about privacy and confidentiality of deliberation. this is about the prerogatives of the president under the constitution's commander-in-chief. lbj says i do not share this concern. we do not want to do that. so the whole middle section of this historic bill is about withholding information. but the impact over 50 years has been amazing. the united states was the third country in the world to have a freedom of information act. after sweden and finland. some of the states like wisconsin had always done their own freedom of information act. after the federal government passed there's in 1956 -- theirs in 1956, many other states joined in. take the state of michigan, for example. we know today that the water crisis, the lead poisoning, of those thousands of kids and flint, michigan, is because state e

dra lbj -- drag lbj. the middle three paragraphs are not about open government, they are about secrecy. this is about military secrets. this is about privacy and confidentiality. this is about the prerogatives of the president under the constitution's commander-in-chief. lbj says i do not share this concern. we do not want to do that. thisiddle hole section of bill is about withholding information. years has over 50 been amazing. the united states was the third country in the world to have a freedom of information act. likeof the states wisconsin had always done their own freedom of information act. after the federal government, many other states joined in. take the state of michigan. that the water crisis, the lead poisoning, those thousands of kids and put michigan, welint, know from their e-mails. they write to each other, we are not going to do this corrosion controls because it will cost too much. wait until next year. they blame the community groups. it is a blame the victim thing. no was not. it wa

that's not lbj back from the grave but pretty darn remark about.ton channels lbj into the 1964 presidential campaign early similar to this primary season. also deals with johnson working with martin luther king jr. on passing the law. quick scene on that partnership. >> every year, best damn chicken fried steak you ever put in your mouth. every year, she and her husband drive my packard from washington back down from the ranch for me. well, zephyr, she can't use any restrooms on the highways because they're all whites only. she got the squat in a field by the side of the road to pea like a dog. that's not right. by god, we're going to fix that. >> well, nothing in this country will ever change until negros can vote. >> the next bill will be voting rights. >> after president kennedy's election, eisenhower publicly declared his party took the negro vote for granted. i would hate to see the democratic party make the same mistake. >> if you think barry gold water is an heir to abraham lincoln, you should vote for him. >> unreal. yet again. bryan cranst

- the framework of lbj has been that of failure and that alone is not fair. what i promulgate is that people, and this library is fantastic, is to be able to take into consideration his entirety. not in a revisionist history but to revisit history and realize that the domestic accomplishments that lyndon johnson was able to accomplish is staggering. staggering. - right and the civil rights act is one piece of that, a very big feature narratively in this film, and you have in the film anthony mackie, who's playing martin luther king, acknowledging, in essence, look this guy may not be perfect. we may not be going about this exactly the way that we want from the standpoint of how quickly it's happening or the details of it, but but for him, what do we have? he acknowledges it. - in 1962, a year before the assassination, my family took a road trip to texas to new braunfels, texas. - south of austin. - where we had relatives. 1962. and i'm six. and when we got into texas, my mother told my brother and i, who's two years older, she said, "now boys. "listen to me.

he was lbj's vice president. he was lbj's choice for the nomination because hubert humphrey wasn't anti-war, would continue lbj's policies. although nobody voted for hubert humphrey anywhere in the country, he put together a slate of delegates at the national convention by collecting them from the party leadership. by collecting delegates and negotiating for delegates and trading for delegates just with party leaders at the various caucuses around the country, where regular voters had nothing to do with the process, it was just a party leadership thing. and so he didn't win any primaries. the delegates that he collected that way, not through votes but just through the party's backroom dealings, with just those delegates, the party maneuvered that year in 1968 to make hubert humphrey the nominee. he'd won zero primaries. he won zero votes. he represented a continuation of lyndon johnson's prosecution of the war. he was his vice president, after all. humphrey had won nothing. he was not what democratic voters said

and i went, this is who lbj was. emotionally. this is the kercore of the man. able to take that and pull it in and from there build out the rest of the sensability of the person. >> this movie doesn't whitewash who he is. you show him racked with insecurity and crude. >> the beginning of the first mistakes in vietnam. >> it's willingness to go with perhaps a lie about what happened at the gulf is there. i want to play for you a campaign ad that lbj ad used in his presidential race against barry goldwater in 1964 and then get your reaction to it. >> this man scares me. you know, maybe i'm wrong. a friend of mine said to me, listen, just because a man sounds a little irresponsible during a campaign doesn't mean he's going to act irresponsibly, you know that theory that the white house makes them mad. i don't buy that. >> the ad purports to be a republican talking about why he wouldn't vote for barry goldwater. some republicans, although clearly not enough, had a visceral reaction to donald trump. >> yes. i saw this and it is eerily familiar to the climate that we

nobody talks like that -- >> you know lbj did. yeah, good actor ray wise and he plays everett and i get right up into him, nose to nose, just to hound him and this -- >> oh, god. >> this gentlemen here is william full bright i meet in the elevator. they gave it a name called the johnson treatment whether he was manipulating or strong arming, he used his size to try to intimidate. >> yeah. let me go to anthony. thank you for joining us. i thought the scenes we've seen so far of the majestic movie, you capture king as a bit of a politician, a real politician, not a reverend or man of history but a guy that knows how to play the game effectively with hardball. >> definitely. dr. king had many different facets to personality and i feel like one thing we never really touched upon as actors or seen is his ability to be the great politician. he knew how to work that angle when it had to be worked and i think the true testament of that was his relationship with lbj. >> let me go to jay on this question of deal making. when you put the scr

when this library was dedicated lbj famously pro claimed it's all here. the story of our time with the bark off. there is no record of a mistake or of an unpleasantness or criticism not included in the files here. the exhibits and papers in this library certainly testify to the remarkable accomplishments of lbj's legacy. his monumental success is in civil rights were kron keled in the summit program held two years ago. but this library does not ignore lbj's anguish. the tragedy of the vietnam war. his greatest disappoint was the failure to achieve peace in the war in vietnam that he inherited and pursued. president johnson also wanted this stage to be the forum for the great issues of the day. that includes reflections and revisiting of events of an earlier period to learn lessons to apply to the current time. so that is why i can say with certainty that president johnson would welcome the discussions of this summit including criticisms of decisions and actions that were taken 50 years ago. to borrow president johnson's own words, the aspirations of this

kissinger sat down with lbj presidential library director mark updegrove. on the first of a three-day conference in texas. then took questions from the audience. severalhear first from introductory speakers, including president johnson's two daughters. the conversation with kissinger starts in about 30 minutes. this program is two hours. >> please welcome, the archivist of the united states, daughter of lyndon and lady bird johnson, the honorable hubert bola. miss luci baines johnson, daughter of lyndon and lady bird johnson. and dr. bernard let ski. the retired major general of the united states army, the silver star, bronze star, and purple heart recipient. [applause] >> the archive of this library contains thousands of letters to our 36th president. many of which concern the vietnam war. there are two letters during the height of the -- president johnson's tenure in office which reflect the dramatically contrasting views of the war held by americans, including our troops. dear mr. president, here is a vietnamesea little girl and myself. in a village abou

lbj gave it to him because he couldn't cause any trouble. he's working late one night in one of the site offices over here. the door opens about enough of it. and steppes lbj. he doesn't say a word or closes the and leaves. the next day douglas gives notice you've been a big day. so i now have it today. in his time, he laid claim to a lot of real estate at the capitol. >> host: as the u.s. senator, do you have any involvement with libraries in illinois where the u.s. libraries around the country? >> guest: i do. a lot of friends involved in libraries and it's fun working with them. the woman nominated to be the next librarian of congress, carly. african-american librarian, her family originally from illinois. it was downstate illinois. the wisdom of large african-american population, but they were born and going to come illinois. the reason for it was probably the railroads. the african-americans gravitated towards the railroads and other places. father turned out to be a pretty prominent musician. he traveled around. she was born in florida

what about lbj?>> you know, it's a very coveted relationship in that lbj could never be jack kennedy. i think that lbj, for all histories and it is, really recognized back very immediately. and refer to it as the thing that he thought for and craved and really led his adult life to become president was suddenly a poison chalice because the president had been assassinated in dallas. and he recognized that. he desperate wanted to move there as a columnist and as a person. he made an incredibly clunky pass one night after at her apartment. showed up with secret service kind of after hours announced a the secret service said he was appearing and they thought it was one of our colleagues pulling her leg. lbj came, sat down, had a couple of drinks. what i've pieced together, lbj basically said i know you loved the kennedys and now you should love me, and i'm crazy about you. and i can't think of a more awful pickup line. [laughter] debuts on anybody, and particularly to be used on mary. and so certainly lb

lbj died before a peace treaty was negotiated. however, dr. kissinger and president nixon did advice the president, president johnson at the ranch just a few days before his death that what they thought would be an honorable peace agreement was about to be signed. unfortunately, the peace agreement dr. kissinger negotiated was violated by hanoi and completely disregarded within months of its signing. but the american people, especially the anti-war activists, and we know there are many in this room tonight of that era, anti-war activists everywhere, especially on american campuses and the american congress and the american press had had all of the war that it could take. united states troops did not lose the war. they literally won every engagement. however, after eight long years most americans had lost the will to fight. the price had become unacceptably high. and hanoi, hoe chimen and charu chiop never seemed to lose their will to continue the war until they had reunited north and south. i know there are men and women in this auditorium ton

especially from the lbj presidential library and foundation. earlier today i had a chance to talk with the director of the library. and the chairman and executive director of the lbj foundation. i did take a brief tour of the library and i had a working lunch with the chamber of commerce here in austin. and i was able to meet with the daughters of president johnson. i expressed my great banks to you all -- thanks to you all for that. been briefed on the schedule of the summit and its panels, which i think provides a wide range of perspectives and experiences, the antiwar "give peace a chance" movements. and i knew that since the end of the war there have been numerous discussions on this war, including those between vietnam and america. addedaven't added -- have to the facts and studies of our actions. i have been invited to share with you on the theme america and vietnam in the 21st century. i believe that this panel will give us the chance to discuss how far our countries have come since the end of the war and what we can do more to further t

on from the lbj that you see and people talk about. king i felt was a man who was more known by his actions than his looks. for me, it was more about his essence. if you can capture a man's esteem, his essence, the way people felt about him, people will believe you are that man. i felt trying to look like him would be disrespectful to his legacy, so i did not want to do the add-ons. charlie: when you look back at the research you did, it made you more admiring? anthony: by far. the day and age that we live in with social media, you are not allowed to be a human being. with dr. king, the more i learned of his flaws, the more i admired him as a human, the more i respected him as a man. charlie: flaws and all. anthony: yeah. when you put them on a pedestal, they are not as relatable. every time there is a chip on that pedestal, every time i step -- he stepped off that pedestal, i realized how much he was like him -- i was like him and he was like me. charlie: you read smiley's book. anthony: i did. charlie: how did that influence you? mr.

he did it for days after mccarthy beat lbj in new hampshire. >> but this is before she got into it to and he looks like the ultimate cutthroats politician ellen mccarthy do the tough work in new hampshire then candidate -- the committee takes a with a mantle in now said to a telegram tuesday what your brother has just done shows that state patrick did not drive all the snakes out of ireland. [laughter] but the truth is if you look at what happened the evidence is clear cut that nine days before kennedy had decided to enter but it was only fair that mccarthy had been fighting for a long time it was fair to give him that shot so while he was being a gentleman to do the kind of thing that the campaign manager asked him to do he endeavor hurting himself with the press almost the entire campaign where reporters would come around the by the end of the campaign one of the ways the offer dramatic contrast to what is going on today is the press and the relationship of the candidates today we go donald trump starts by bashing and then vanishes the press from the event but clinton spends way to

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that was everything that lbj hated.n the other hand, bobby hated that lbj would lie blatantly like he did in that phone conversation. the extraordinary thing about their antagonism is that had they ever been allies, we would've gotten a strong civil rights bill even earlier and they did end up being collaborators on it. and they both desperately believed that we had to do something more aggressive to a tech poverty. most importantly, rather than lbj reacting to bobby's antiwar sentiments by fighting even harder in vietnam, they might have come to some sort of resolution on vietnam. i think these two were political senses -- it doesn't make when you look at what they represented and what they were trying to do for america. brian: lyndon johnson was probably about 55 at the same time as bobby kennedy was in his 30's. where was bobby kennedy when his brother --? a. tye: bobby kennedy was strong supporter of fighting in vietnam. or so than his brother. he had a sense that we could not tell us -- that we could not just win b

spot on from the lbj that you see in people talk about.elt was a man who was more known by his actions and his looks. for me, it was more about his essence. you can capture a man's esteem, his essence, the way people felt about him -- people will believe you are that man. i felt trying to look like him would be disrespectful to his legacy. i did not want to do the add-ons. atrlie: when you look back the research you did, it made you more admiring? mr. mackie: by far. in day and age that we live with social media, you are not allowed to be a human being. with dr. king, the more i learned up of his flaws, the more i admired him as a human and respected him as a man. charlie: flaws and all. mr. mackie: when you put them on a pedestal, they are in -- they are not as relatable. i realized how much i was like him. book.e: you read smiley's how did that influence your? -- how did that influence you? the nature it shows facilitatorwas a for the black community into the white community and the white community into the black community. the one thing

what about lbj? >> you know, it was a very complicated relationship in that lbj could never be jack ken bty. kennedy. and i think that lbj in oral histories and interviews really recognized that very immediately. and referred to it as this thing that he'd fought for and craved and really had led his adult life to become president was suddenly this poison chalice because the president had been assassinated in dallas. and he recognized that. he desperately wanted to woo mary as a columnist and as a person. he made an incredibly clunky pass at her one night at her apartment, showed up with the secret service kind of after hours, up a announced. the secret service had said he was appearing, and mary thought it was one of her colleagues pulling her leg. lbj came, they sat down, they had a couple drinks. from what i pieced together, lbj basically said, you know, i know you loved the kennedys, and now you should love me, and i'm crazy about you, you know. >> and i can't think of a more awful pick-up line. [

what about lbj? >> it is a complicated relationship in that lbj could never be the jack kennedy. lbj, histories and interviews, this thing that he fought for, that is adult life to become president was suddenly a poising challenge because the president had been assassinated, he desperately wanted to will mary in the column, made an incredibly:keep half at her apartment, showed up with the secret service after hours, and mary thought it was one of hurt points that led. had a couple drinks from what i pieced together, lbj basically said i know you love the kennedys it you should love me and i am crazy about you, but i can't think of a more awful headline. to be used on anybody but particularly to the use on mary, but certainly lbj tried to woo her, there were enormous examples from the white house and his administration where he would yell at his press secretary to get things right with mary you have got to fix this, tired of this but increasingly as the vietnam war picked up steam that was a deal breaker for mary and i think mary, recognized how indeed be lbj was and thought it wa

. >> great deal of time with lbj. we will have a glimpse that our book "5 presidents: my extraordinary journey with eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, and ford" as much as we can in 35 minutes and open up for questions and answers. i have to figure out how to make this work. >> takes a minute. clint hill was born in 1932 in the middle of the great depression and his mother realized she couldn't care for him. she had him baptized and dropped him off at the north dakota children's home in fargo, north dakota. when he was 3 months old he was adopted by a wonderful family. chris and jenny hill and their daughter janet, grew up in this home in north dakota, population 912. clint growing up in that tiny home in north dakota, did you always want to be a secret service agent? how did that come about? >> not at all. my intention when i was in college was to become a history teacher and coach athletics. the korean war interceded and i had to go into the military. i went through basic training in the us army and they send the

lbj, vietnam, vietnam, lbj! ♪ >> seth: there you go.you may have heard about donald trump's tru this was a line of beef steaks he sold at sharper image. but did you know that before his steaks trump had an even less popular line of shellfish. well he did and now we're going to show them to you in the next segment we'll calling trump clams. [ ding ] so trump clams were sold at radioshack. they may look like regular clams, but you know as soon as you open 'em that they come from donald trump. so let's check it out. >> huge. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] so, that's definitely a trump clam. let's try another one. >> i'm the most luxurious clam you'll ever eat. >> seth: okay, that's great. try another here. >> i love the blacks. the blacks love me. >> seth: okay, that's not a good clam. and let's try another one. >> my daughter's beautiful. she's gorgeous. her body's amazing. if she wasn't my daughter, you know. >> seth: okay. that's it. i don't -- alright, for "late night casserole" no idea's too strange. that will become abundantly clear whe

he plays lbj in the new movie "all the way." >> look here.united states. there's only two cuff links like this in the entire world, and you now own them both. i want you to wear them. think about what i said, huh? you look good, bill. i'll bet you dropped a few pounds. i'm going to need another set of those cuff links. >> jimmy: "all the way" premieres tomorrow night on hbo. please welcome bryan cranston. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very good to see you. you look very handsome. >> you know, i wanted to do a little shoutout for guillermo, because every time that there is a red carpet across the street, he is there with the tequila, like a postman, dedicated to delivering his message. >> jimmy: like that st. bernard with the rum barrel around its neck. yes, yes. well, that's nice. it's a nice thing for you to do. you're a nice guy in general, and you're fantastic in this movie. it's unbelievable how much you look like lbj and sound like him. [ cheers and applause ] you really became him. >> i have two facial qualities that i share with

lbj wanted that office. so i now have it today. the but in his time i think he lay claim to a lot of real estate in the capital. >> host: is a u.s. senator, do you have any involvement with libraries in illinois or the u.s. levers run the country? >> guest: i do. i have a a lot of friends who were in the library so i'm look working with them. there is a mormon who has been nominated to be the next librarian of congress. carla, is african-american librarian in baltimore, her family was a really from illinois. you'd expect chicago but it was downstate illinois. it was not a large african-american population. his population. his her mom and dad were born in illinois, probably because of the railroads. the african-americans gravitated toward the railroads to get jobs on the railroads in centralia and dekalb and other places. turned out to be a pretty prominent musician, he traveled round she was born in florida. he finally made it to chicago and started malcolm x. college and chicago, so carla hayden has a great great story. she has ru

lbj presentrom the a library and foundation. -- presidential library and foundation. i took a great tour of the library and have a working lunch with the chamber of commerce here in austin. i expressed my great thanks to you for that. a wide range of perspectives and experiences. chanceiwar give peace a movements. numerous discussions on this war, including those within vietnam -- between vietnam and america. i have been invited to share with you on the same america and vietnam in the to the first century. -- in the 21st century. i share the belief that this will give us a chance to discuss how far our countries have come since the end of the war and what we can do more to further this constructive and comprehensive relationship between our two countries. vietnam and the u.s. have a long history. jefferson had been trying to get the right fit from vietnam. he wrote at that point, this has the mostion of being productive. in 1911, 1912, ho chi minh came to find ways for the liberation of his country of vietnam, at that time under french rule. 1941, during world war ii,