just two years after that, ellen johnson was elected president, the first woman to lead an african state. former dictator charles taylor was put on trial for war crimes. for the u.n., it was a success story, but in syria, the legitimacy of the security council is in jeopardy. russia and china had vetoed an intervention. no one thinks that getting rid of their veto right is an option, but there are other suggestions for reforms. >> you could consider making countries that veto resolutions publish a justification of their vote or of restricting veto rights in instances where major violations of human rights are being committed. >> but even the smallest reform will take time. too much time to help thousands of people suffering in syria. >> inside syria, a gun battle erupted earlier today around headquarters of the syrian army in the heart of damascus. the clashes there followed dole bombings -- dual bombings. >> both the free syrian army and a radical group in lebanon have claimed response ability. >> the bomb struck around 7:00 a.m. local time. the second explosion reportedly went off just

i want to thank my guests, adam levine, earvin "magic" johnson, and of course, grace potter. tomorrow night, ellen jimmy fallon's happening right now. jimmy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, thank you very much. hi. please -- thank you. welcome. welcome. thank you for the love. i appreciate it. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. we're gonna have fun -- we're gonna have fun tonight, you guys, i guarantee. here's what people are talking about. >> i love you, jimmy! >> jimmy: i love you too. [ laughter ] it was just announced that president obama and paul ryan will speak at the aarp's annual meeting next week. yep, they're expected to face some tough questions, such as "huh?" [ laughter ] did you see this? mitt romney told kelly ripa that he tries to wear a

i want to thank my guests, adam levine, earvin "magic" johnson, and of course, grace potter. tomorrow night, ellen jimmy fallon's happening right now. jimmy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: and now, tonight's keynote speaker -- san antonio mayor julian castro. >> jimmy: thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. my fellow americans, i stand before you tonight as a proud democrat. a proud latino, and a proud citizen of these united states. america is the land of opportunity, and my journey thus far has taken me all over this great country -- except arizona, they don't let me in there. there's actually a sign outside the state that says "you must be this white to get in." [ laughter ] but tonight, i want to tell you the story of my grandmother, victoria. she was a strong, proud, latina woman who could barely speak a word of english, kind of like the woman from "modern family," sofia vergara. along with my mother, victoria raised me and my twin brother, joaquin. it's true, i have a twin brother. and in case you're wondering, yes, sometimes we totally switch lives for a day just so screw wi

johnson was in that motorcade to match. the first car, the first car president kennedy and jackie were riding with john connally the governor of texas and his wife elleny, still a very beautiful -- though the car behind them is a very heavily armored secret service carved with agent standing on the running boards with automatic rifles down between the seas. in the third car is lyndon johnson's car. he is riding in the back on the right side. lady bird is in the center and the senator from texas ralf sierra ralphie r. burroughs on the left and in the front the secret service man named rufus yarborough. now johnson's car is in that motorcade to although thousands of books have been written about the assassination, they concentrate on what happened to jack kennedy, not one went into detail in what i considered an adequate way, not one of them went into substantial detail about what was happening to lyndon johnson, what was happening from his point of view? the assassination had never been told from johnson's point of view and that suddenly came to me when i was doing this book and i said well we have to do that. so how you do that? first you interview th