if you look at the papers of andrew johnson, many, many more letters to andrew johnson and andrew johnson to other people. that poses a problem for a biographer right there. even though he remains an enigma to a lot of people there is still enough there to craft some sense of what he is thinking, feeling, and to the wise. johnson, you are at a disadvantage because we don't really have that to the same extent. the letters that we have that show when he was a young man, lots of misspelling, lots of fanatic spellings. it's difficult to wrap your mind -- i mean, it was for me, difficult to wrap my mind around to he really was because you just don't have the kind of record that you would typically have, not somebody like jefferson, but of the president's is just not there. that is a big problem. and because we don't have a lot of his letters and there is not a huge repository of him explaining what he is doing, we don't have lots of stories about him. there is an autobiography. the principal biographer of andrew johnson is a man named hans who unfortunately died last year. i was hoping to be a

johnson? before i get to that, let's go to my man, frederick douglass, who you quote in this book. these are his thoughts about his first meeting with andrew johnson. there are moments in the lives of most men when the doors of their souls are opened and unconsciously to themselves, their true characters may be read by the observant eye. it was at such an instant when i caught a glimpse of the real nature of this man, which all subsequent developments proved true. outstanding -- i was standing in the crowd when mr. lincoln touched mr. johnson and pointed me out to him. the first expression which came to his face and which i think was the true index of his heart was one of bitter contempt and aversion. seeing that i had observed him, he tried to assume a more freely appearance, but it was too late. it is useless to close the door when all within had been seen. his first glance was the front of the man. the second was a bland and sickly smile of the demagogue. i turned to mrs. dorsey in said, wh

andrew johnson to other people. so that poses a problem for a biographer right there. we don't have his inner voice. and with jefferson you have 18,000 letters that he wrote over the period of his life and, you know, other kinds of documents and other things and even though he remains an enigma to other people there's enough there to craft some sense of what he's thinking, what he's feeling and who he was. johnson, you're at a disadvantage because we don't really of that to the same extent. and the letters we have that show when he's a young man show lots of misspellings, lot of phonetic spellings of things and it's difficult to wrap your mind -- i mean, it was for me. difficult to wrap my mind around who he really was because we just don't have the kind of record that you would typically have. not leaving aside somebody like jefferson but other people who are president is just not there. so that's a big problem. and because we don't have lots of his letters and there's not, you know, a huge repository of them of hi

>> you didn't want to be on johnson's bad side, as many people know.rgely about vietnam but of course he expanded that behavior in the rest of his relationship with humphrey. he still had a relationship with him because of the great society programs and all the rest but it was cold and he was shut out of any discussion of vietnam and vietnam became the main issue of the johnson presidency at one point. he was pretty cold with him. he basically wanted him to know that it does not disagree with the president about anything. >> how outspoken was hubert humphrey at any time in his life about that split that those two had? >> humphrey was not someone who held grudges or really talked about anyone else. he would pretty much have said well, that's part of being vice president. and i knew what i was getting into is what he would have said. in fact he did say that at times. i don't think he would have talked openly about it. he and bill moyers interviewed him in 1976. on the d.v.d. there's a 15-minute conversation between moyers and humphrey on a cut from the b

she was eunice johnson, wife of publisher john johnson of ebony and jet magazines. >> mrs. barriers. what a brave, brave woman. >> reporter: johnson's fashion fairs were raising money for charity at a time when african-americans were fighting for civil rights. >> chased by the ku klux klan, they threw rocks at us. >> reporter: eunice johnson traveled to europe's top designers to get her fashions. but many did not want african-americans borrowing their clothes. audrey was johnson's right hand. >> i used to write checks for $50,000. >> reporter: that caught their attention. and respect. daughter linda johnson wright says her mom made designers like emilio pucci start thinking. >> i would like to have black models in the show. can you find me some? and my mother said, are you kidding me? >> reporter: designer oscar de la renta says johnson was the first to introduce music on runways. ♪ putting the show in fashion. >> for the first time, unbelievably extraordinary, beautiful girls moving to music. >> can i try it on? >> oh, heavens, yes. >> reporter: in 50 years, johnson collec

johnson broke all the barriers. a brave, brave woman. >> reporter: johnson's fashion fairs were raising money for charity at a time when african americans were fighting for civil rights. >> we were chased by the ku klux klan. they threw rocks at us. >> reporter: eunice johnson traveled to europe's top designers to get her fashions, but many did not want african americans borrowing their clothes. >> i used to write checks for $50,000. >> reporter: that caught their attention and respect. daughter linda johnson rice says her mom made designer like imileo pucci start thinking. >> i would like to have black models in my show. you can find me some? and my mother said, "are you kidding me?" >> reporter: designer oscar de la renta says johnson was the first to introduce music on runways. putting the show in fashion. >> for the first time, unbelievable, extraordinary, beautiful girls moving to music. >> reporter: can i try that on? >> oh heavens, yes. >> reporter: in 50 years, johnson collected more than 8,000 looks. her sh

worried johnson and johnson the room where it even was the instability of the south vietnamese government i guess you might call the coat of arms or the vietnamese government turnstile for god's sake and i remember very vividly somebody would come in his office and say those of the like is a coup beginning in vietnam again of the coup you know coups were like like fleas on a dog and johnson said i don't want to hear any more about this coup shit i've had enough of it and we've got to find a way to stabilize those people out there. but johnson knew it was the cia that was the source of the problems they started with me on here remember. any art of a kill so we killed and we all got together and got a goddamn like you and we went in a sack and i really had no political stability that the expansion of the war into cambodia and the resulting rise to power of a cold pot was to have tragic consequences for that little country in addition to the estimated eight hundred thousand civilians killed in nixon's illegal bombing another two million died after the war as the camera rouge attempted to fee

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had his helmet cam rolling -- seth johnson had his helmet cam rolling. he went in to find victims and his staff distraction. they are immediately plunged into darkness caused by a thick smoke and are guided by fuzzy spots of light and at one point they put out a hot spot in the dark beauty helmet cam video helps tell them what they should do next time. >> certainly tactical decisions. asking for ventilation sooner. it is not just visual, we get a lot of audio. >> you get to see what happens when firefighters run inside a burning building and how it is not at all like it is in the movies. >> reporter: as much as a technological leap this gives firefighters, they would like to see a camera combined with thermal imaging technology that detects differences in heat. >> it will sense the victim in the room instead of spending two or three minutes searching a real the thermal imaging camera can scan a room in a matter of seconds. >> reporter: they will evaluate the helmet cam with more real- life tests to come. robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> preparation

most successful president in my memory was lyndon johnson. he had his great society program. the civil-rights act, only one part of it, in medicare and a massive program for the war against poverty. hy was governor when he put into effect the elementary school act. i went up and testified in favor of that act as a governor. all those things transformed the life of america. he was courageous enough to control budget deficits even when faced with terrible threats to the budget. he imposed taxes and other things to make it possible. he has been the most successful president. >> how can young people be a positive force in the political process today? >> some things that some of you may not like. [talking over each other] >> i would like for the young people in coming generations to strive for transcendence in political affairs. for superlative measures. not just in your own profession but in the political life of america. i would like for our country to become a real system. the next 20 nations in the world. and all the defense budgets on earth. and with a the dollar prevailing a

before the vietnam war was considered nixon's war or johnson's when it was considered mcnamara's war and before vietnam mcnamara was considered a bomb damage your fish and sea expert during world war two and a top advisor to b. twenty nine bomber force commander curtis lemay did his position in training qualify mcnamara to know the true number of the at the meese killed in the war. or the vietnamese released their tally of five million souls mcnamara paid a visit to vietnam while he was there he gave them his numbers. do you mean to say it was not a tragedy for you. when you lost three million four hundred thousand of the timmy's killed which on our population bases the equivalent of twenty seven million americans what did you accomplish since it was their country their towns and villages and the mobs of their men women and children it is solely for the vietnamese to determine if their independence is more the price the us exactly. had struggled for their independence for two thousand years before it was finally won in one thousand nine hundred seventy five for a thousand years it wa

johnson is a former ticket counter agent with american airlines here at mineta san jose international airport where she handled customer credit cards. she allegedly stole the information off the cards and used it to create counterfeit cards allegedly used to make nearly half million dollars in fraudulent transactions. >> we don't know if she used an electronic skimmer or paperwork. we don't know. >> reporter: he is with the santa clara county district attorney's offers, which charged johnson with 66 felony counts. prosecutors believe there were more than 350 victims. >> the victims were actually located throughout the country. there were several santa clara county and bay area victims. but a large number of the victims was just people from the country that happened to fly through san jose. >> reporter: prosecutors allege johnson used the stolen credit cards to make thousands of small transactions at safeway stores, mainly to purchase gift cards for retailers such as big box electronics stores. >> do you think about your credit card when you give it to a big airline? >> not an airline,

in her request for the police, this johnson indicated mr. smith was not known to carry weapons and that she wanted vice from officers on how to deal with mr. smith. she needed assistance based on his behavior. officers brodericks suguitan and samuel fung arrived at the scene within four minutes. officer suguitan and fung were met by the woman outside of her porch. officer suguitan observed at the front door of the residence was open and stepped inside. officer suguitan noticed mr. smith and mr. rios, an additional roommate, were standing face to face having a conversation. both men were approximately 7 feet in front of officer suguitan. officer suguitan looked at both men and stated, how are you doing, we are here to help. mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind his back and concealed from officer. officer suguitan directed mr. smith to "show me your hands." instantly, officer suguitan here's what he believes is an item quickly being taken out of a sheaf, and with

in washington, and you write about this in the book, is that you attended the briefing by lyndon johnson on the vietnam. tell a little bit about that because you actually spoke up in that briefing in a way that i think very few people did. >> well, this wonderful hubert humphrey was called the hefty warrior and just a wonderfully energetic and appealing person, he was vice president and had just come back from vietnam, and vietnam was increasingly becoming a major political factor in the country. it had not then when i first ran in 62 but by then i suppose it was 64, 66 -- 65. >> mabey 66. >> so president johnson was getting complaints that members of congress didn't feel they were being informed about the war. >> however the hid said such a thing. >> he invited the members of congress to the white house and we all went down, at least a large number, 150 of us coming and it was winter as i recall. the invitation came late and we went in and it is nothing for young congressman to be sitting in the white house getting briefed by the president and vice president just back from vietnam, and

sloan school professor simon johnson. washington bureau chief darren gersh went through the world's worry list with johnson, beginning with egypt. >> well, obviously, there is a lot of dissatisfaction among the egyptian population, they have not had a good deal economically. they're feeling squeezed, higher food prices, and they don't have a lot of jobs. in terms of what it means for us, not that much. if it stays in egypt. if it spreds to the other part of the middle east, you worry about oil prices. if the suez canal shuts down, that would disrupt the oil. >> you mentioned food prices. they went up around the world about 25%. we're hearing aa lot of people concerned about that. what is causing that and what are the implications around the world and here? >> mostly it is the rebound in the emerging markets, china, india, brazil, russia. these countries are doing fine. they are commanding commodities that people like to eat. and many of the commodity producers, including in africa, are doing very well. but people who cons

and that's what johnson said those boys did know what they were shooting at. there's no evidence that they were firing at anything. but since the united states was involved in an illicit activity the night before which could not be discussed, the whole thing was basically a fraud, and johnson knew it was a fraud, which he used to get a blank check to make compliant congress. they passed the tonkin gulf resolution. there were only two votes in the senate against. wayne morrison and ernest greening. and i know morrison. i used to know him. i used to go to his office to congratulate him right after the tonkin gulf promoting against the tonkin gulf resolution. and he said two things that have stayed with me, this is not in the book. he said two things that stayed with me everything he said them. so nice to be thanked by anybody. i mean, i was just a kid. i just started law practice. i was nobody. nobody else was telling him good, well done. and the second thing he said was, linden is totally in the pentagon. he believes everything they tell him and he will have ip

johnson said after the u.s. destroyers were allegedly fired on by north vietnamese pt boats in 1964, johnson was asked about it later and said off the cuff but it was recorded, those boys didn't know what they were shooting at. they must have been drunk or something, they didn't know what they were shooting at. because, in fact, there had been a challenge to u.s. boats in the tonkin gulf the night before the tonkin gulf incident -- it's worth reading up on this. actually, it's amazing that people don't know these stories better than they ought to know them. the night before the tonkin gulf, the alleged tonkin gulf attack, u.s. destroyers had been accompanying south vietnamese raiding parties who were raiding north vietnamese territory. and it was all hush hush, of course. we weren't supposed to be doing that. so the north vietnamese pt boats came out and challenged the destroyers who were doing that but didn't fire on then. and when the destroyers took hostile action against the pt boats, they ran. they went bac

we are not in the forefront of environmental issues, but lyndon johnson once. the elections we had in the year 2000, in 2004, showed increasingly the outcome of elections depends on money. it would be impossible now for anybody to be a candidate for either party that did not raise $100 million in advance, or $200 million. so, we have not stigma on ourselves, but we have opportunities to improve in the future. it requires some thoughts that are independent and innovative. i would say, idealistic. and it is going to be the next generation that will have to bring this about. >> [inaudible] >> i think a lot of people would say, he only served one term. he got defeated the first time. that is not my preference. [laughter] i would like for people to remember that i kept the peace and that i promoted human rights. almost without hesitation, and without too much equivocation. we had some leaders on earth that are not true democrats, but what i explained as south america was one. i would say peace and human rights. that would be my preference. >> before we came onstage,

stored as they say on johnson at all that really over time became a dump site of agent orange and now thirdly we put chemical weapons on johnson at all this national wildlife refuge under the fish and wildlife department has really been used and abused by the military over the ages. for. only a few hours before it was wiped out in austin it was efficient little telling point out that it had made before you what to do in such as shelters the people calmly waited all unaware that already descending upon them was the atom bomb. when it was all over on and off scrambles of head off for a moment but on one blasted to extinction the all shattering devastation in which was born that time again. radiation effects not fantastically imprinted on walls and fun it just like doesn't shadow a lot outlined on a building the design of a dress left on the body of a woman who would die in a few days anyhow. visible. from. the. members of the so-called nuclear club states known to have detonated nuclear weapons either best pic or foreign soil among them at least two thousand have been conducted to spear

you attended a briefing by lyndon johnson. tell us about that. he spoke up about that briefing. >> just a wonderfully energetic and appealing person he had just come back from vietnam. had not been when i ran in 62, but by then it was 64, 66, 65. so president johnson was getting complaints that members of congress to and feel there were staying informed about the war. a large number one down. the invitation came late. we went in, and it is nothing for a young congressman to be sitting in the white house getting briefed by the president and what president who is just come back from vietnam the recovery started to get the briefing. lyndon baines johnson was commander in chief. he was bigger than life. he would pop up every time someone would say something and answer the question. he bird with just about be ready to answer and stop. lyndon johnson would take over. >> that is pretty much the way it usually was. johnson was talking about doing the things he would do test when the war. you pipe dubbin said bombing halts. probably more critical than he

the johnson library is looking at re-doing their permanent exhibit. that will be the fourth time since the johnson library opened that the, quote, permanent exhibit will be redone. history is an incredibly dynamic discipline. with each generation shall -- the same events tend to be viewed through a changing lens. host: what makes a successful library, whether it is a current president or as you found without with the lincoln library in springfield, illinois? guest:irst of all, we are talking about the library function, a collarly function, and then a museum. which is more popular, if you will. the two should be completely entwined, it seems to me. the museums should reflect the latest in scholarship. it should reflect the highest intellectual standard, but it should be engaging to masses of people. obviously, the presidential library is no different from any other institution. there are arkifal standards that -- archival standards that should be met. one of them, and i'm a little old-fashione ought to be openness. i actually think, if too much paper i

it meriwether won't fight pack no, maybe johnson will.emember paul the octopus who predicted eight world cup games including the final last summer. paul move over, here she comes, jenny the elephant from the dallas zoo who made her super bowl prediction yesterday. jenny had to two from two watermelons with the two painted colors. the steelers, which is a bad thing for pittsburgh, smashed the watermelon meaning the packers will win the super ball. the pachyderm picked the packers. say that five times. i'm fred roggin. >>> coming up, she hasn't, she has, she hasn't. nicole kidman's latest admission on plastic surgery. your entertainment headlines are straight ahead. to most, this missouri scene represents mother nature's misery, but to one man, it's actually a chance to live a dream. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. we don't have any rain or snow to talk about, but for the most part just cold air continuing to move through the rockies. temperatures today, even with sunshine in new mexico, arizona, and utah, very cold. las ve

jane lieu ellen johnson would not have liked how we sang this song. this was a brother from jacksonville. he's a brother from florida. he spoke spanish and french. he was an envoy to haiti and nake rag wa. -- nicaragua. you didn't know that, did you? he also wa the first black man to pass the bar in the state of florida in 1913. can you imagine a brother passing the bar in 1913? and his brother was as bad as he was. that's who james wheldon johnson was. you ever heard of jenny slew? 1719, her smom white. her zad black. you know, even back then a good man was hard to find, you follow me? so we understand this. this thing has been going on for a very, very long time, ok? jenny slew, 46 years later she sues for her freedom and back pay. and guess what? wins because in the state of massachusetts a person of color could sue back in those days. you know what the superior court said? well, we can't let this happen because you were married to an enslaved person. let me say this right now. we don't use the word "slave." i want everybody to say "enslaved." say

i'm here with reverend al sharpton, angela mcgowan and jeff johnson.entire world and part of how we're going to do that is to invest in education. angela, what do you say? >> during the bush administration they created no child left behind. unfortunately, the children have been left behind. in the district of mississippi you have kids in the ninth grade that read at third-grade level. in tennessee you have certain schools where girls -- all of them are pregnant. our system is failing us. race to the top as the reverend said during the break has only been out there for two years and it seems to be working, but we need to cut the fat. >> been of the things, and as all of you know, i've worked with president obama and went on tour with gingrich. one of the things that makes the objective seem that the kids are being improved, we can perfect it more, but we have to get past the special interests with the kids. when you look at the fact that nationwide, black kids are four grades behind in reading and math and the city of detroit, half of the black men are

this presentation is one hour and 10 minutes. >> my name is tom johnson. am a friend of the lbj family. 16 years ago, the first harry middleton lecture took place in this auditorium. the next day, ladybird johnson, who had established the lectureship to honor the man who was then the library director, wrote to him to express her pride in gratification that the event had been, and these were her words, "it watershed day in the light of the lbj library." she was moved by what she felt was the chemistry that the speaker had created between himself and his audience. it was heavily composed that day by students. country to the thought of cynicism and gloom we have seen as a country to have been wrapped in for some time, she wrote, the atmosphere, the chemistry of that day was so upbeat and so hopeful. the speaker that day, the creator of the chemistry, was president jimmy carter. president carter returned to this library a few years later in another unforgettable parents. he and president gerald ford, once those in a political war that they had waged, met on th

wisconsin senator ron johnson. yea. illinois senator mark kirk. that's 13 new republican senators in this last election. we only need four more senators and we win the united states senate. [cheers and applause] and then harry reid will have the very rich opportunity to

. >> reporter: like alex johnson, 27 years old. his sister rose says alex was an energic kid who grew up to love fishing and outdoors until oxy took over his life. >> i wouldn't hear from him for weeks. he was ashamed of himself. >> reporter: johnson was arrested on a misdemeanor. two hours after getting out of jail he was found dead in the bathroom of a gas station just down the street. >> he had overdosed. it is just like horrifying. >> reporter: she says johnson's death is just a precursor. >> i fear that they are going to end up dying. they are certainly going to start using again or they are going to commit more crimes. >> reporter: allen martin, cbs5. >> and just yesterday police in morgan hill told us that they think that oxycotin addiction is behind a new rash of robberies there too police. >>> vegas police say they have nabbed the thief who stole 1.5 million chips from the bellagio. witnesses say when he came in he was wearing a motorcycle helmet and waved a gun at gamblers and then robbery all the chips. they say he tried