david: are trade wars good for johnson johnson? -- johnson & johnson?x: we want a trade environment that is collaborative. we have to make sure to have reasonable guidelines in place and it does not mean we should not update given the time with nafta and other things. but we need to make sure we don't throw the baby out with the bath water and build on constructs recognizing that these are important partners for us as part of a global economy. david: you have a very big company here. do you ever think about with it should be broken up? ♪ david: we talked about president trump and drug prices. let's talk about the government in a different way. some policies that have affected no doubt affected johnson & johnson, tax cuts. how good were they for johnson & -- johnson & johnson? alex: we think revision of the tags policy is critical for us to remain competitive. you think where it was 35% versus what you are seeing now at 21%. number two, creating artificial artifact of how to deploy capital that led to inversions and other behavior that i don't think was

very different from johnson & johnson. one that definitely helped make me a better leader but i always knew that i had a very strong attachment to johnson & johnson. after some conversations with people and realizing that there might be a path back, i took it. i couldn't be happier. david: when you walked in as ceo, did you have an agenda, had you figured it out? alex: it started with having been in the company as long as i was, there was no doubt i had some ideas about what we should be doing and what we could do better. and to be clear, the company had an incredible track record of performance and it was making very good progress. so in some ways the challenge is -- how do you take this iconic company with the reputation of my predecessors and performance they have had and how do you make that even better over time? it started with what we talked about the credo and taking ideas and every leader when you come in you have to listen and make sure you are understanding and you are engaging. you are also there to have a poin

how good were they for johnson & good were they for johnson & johnson? think revision of the tags policy is critical for us to remain competitive. you think where it was 35% versus what you are seeing now at 21%. trump and drug prices. number two, creating artificial artifact of how to deploy capital that led to inversions and other behavior that i don't think was strategically or financially smart. so, to address it, to get on it and level the playing field and make it so we could be agnostic about where we deploy will encourage investment and make us more competitive. >> as c.e.o. johnson & johnson how do you decide how to deploy that increased cash? >> we are redeploying it in research and development and the most important thing something to innovate and have the next treatment that will help patients and we do that through r&d. we invested $10.5 billion in research and $35 million in m. and a. having better flexibility, better ability to move that capital around now i think is not only good for johnson & johnson but good for the united states. >> is

i should not criticize johnson. i do not criticize johnson in every way. he was patriotic, he was incorruptible. his idea of how to reconstruct the union was that presidents should do it by executive action and it was none of congress's business. a very good reconstruction could be made by ignoring the former slaves writes beyond a simple freedom. when congress try to put her a civil rights bill, johnson proposed and when it 14th amendment, johnson could not be to it that he did his best to keep it from being passed. it could be said that as a result of this, congress decided that it could make new deal with the president. veto, itover johnson's went through a series of acts to force the creation of elections by black and white men alike to create constitutions based on the equal protection of the law. if those constitutions were passed by a majority of all the registered voters and if the two governments then adopted the 14th amendment, they would be in the union as good as they had ever been, represented in congress as much as they had ever been. , that

how good were they for johnson & johnson?k revision of the tax policy is absolutely critical, critical for us to remain competitive. when we think where our tax rate was at 35% versus what you are seeing around the globe at 21%. number one. number two, create an artificial artifact about how you would the point capital. it lead to things like inversions and other behavior that, frankly, i don't think was strategically or in the long-term financially smart. and so to address it, get on it, level the playing field, to make it so that we can be agnostic about where we deploy, i think, is going to encourage investment here and make us more competitive. david: so as ceo of johnson & johnson, how do you decide to deploy that increased cash? alex: we're going to see a couple point move in our favor. and we are actually redeploying that in research and development. you know, at the end of the day, the most important thing we can do, david, is to innovate, to come up with that next treatment that is going to help patients, and we do t

son -- johnson and johnson. i realized there could be a path back i took it. when you walked in as c.e.o. figured it out? >> it started with having been long as i was as i had ideas about what we should be doing and can do better. to be clear the company had an incredible track record of it was making very good progress. isin some ways the challenge how do you take this iconic company with the reputation of predecessors and performance they had and milwaukee -- make better. it started with what we talked about the creed and taking ideas every leader when you come in you have to listen and make understanding and urn beginning and -- you are engaging. did you get resistance? one challenge for a leader taking over a successful a great ion with reputation why do we need calculation? we are doing fine. easier to take over an institution perceived as ailing because you can make changes more easily. >> of course. an thing we did early is of centralization to one where we needed to some cases and in centralize certain f

and johnson wasn't the only threat. to our reports surface the kennedy as attorney general had approved wiretaps on dr martin luther king and others. bobby's reputation as a civil rights advocate in tatters but he survived his sent back and now focused his efforts on ending the conflict in vietnam. johnson's policies on the war had become increasingly unpopular more and more american supported kennedy's views. on march the sixteenth one thousand nine hundred sixty eight robert f. kennedy announced that he would run for president. i do not think it did my candidacy. the president of the united states. i do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man. but the whole new policy. that this country is for. because i have such strong feelings. about what must be done. to all but i. think. all of these. vietnam. and in our city. all of these polls that gap. between black and white. because that is now on mistaken belief. that we can change these disasters by the polity. only by changing the man why not make. was bush su

scott: [laughter] allen: this johnson, he says this johnson, is a strange man. no one expected andrew johnson to be president. that's not why he was put on the ticket. but there on april 15, 1865, there he is, the 17th president of the united states. and at first, people think that they have the man they really want. because here, after all, was a man who was a loyal unionist. and here's someone they could expect to take a hard hand to these vile successionist traders.ionist -- traitors. and for about six weeks that's what johnson looks like. until the 29th of may, 1865, when he began issuing his first amnesties, and begins to issue proclamations setting up new statement governments in the defeated confederacy. scott: explain why he had to deliver those amnesties because part of the defeat itself was, only certain people were allowed to serve in these governments. allen: that's right. because here you have the defeated states of the confederacy. if you're operating on lincoln's logic which johnson thought he was that these are states which have never left the un

lyndon johnson was sworn in as president bobby disliked johnson intensely and all of his seem somehow like a coup d'etat. were . bobby grief. barely able to function he was no. longer a forceful presence at cabinet meetings surely it was bobby not johnson who was the rightful heir to the kennedy throne. johnson was a brilliant tactician and he quickly succeeded where the kennedys had failed. to challenge to. the. community the national. hockey. to. rescue jews had been judged. johnson managed to push the civil rights act through congress in one thousand nine hundred sixty four and the voting rights act one year later. he also set about creating the great society a sweeping set of social domestic policy programs bobby kennedy was now little more than a spectator as his nemesis lyndon johnson moved ahead with his reforms. and i see slowly adjusted to life after his brother's assassination bobby kennedy considered a new mission to return to the white house this time as president but first he would have to get past lyndon johnson. in july nine hundred sixty four kennedy his wife and sever

johnson was on the ballot but johnson said why bother? but mccarthy was a joke. i will not even bother. he didn't want new hampshire to be lost in the shuffle. so he sat out the pledge cards. every registered voter in new hampshire it was up pledge card with the right in campaign. the people recoil. what happened to the secret ballot? to send this pledge to the state party office and then to say it is time for democrats to stand up and be counted or counted out. to use this as a heavy-handed big brother threat and this words that the headquarters. the estimated would get between five and 10% on election day came within 200 votes and then two days later he jumps in the race. so a lot of the kennedy supporters moved to bobby that mccarthy supporters would have been kennedy supporters but this terrible tension between the campaign had occurred. but when johnson saw the polls he would be killed by eugene mccarthy three days later that lbj drops out. and then to drop out of the race without the guys they were in the race begin with. bobby kennedy and mccarthy over the

michael gove given all we know about him and boris johnson? some years ago? him and boris johnson? some years ? i him and boris johnson? some years ago? i think the political knifing of borisjohnson a ago? i think the political knifing of boris johnson a few years ago when they were both going to the leadership of the party still remains in people 's minds. boris johnson was the front—runner and michael gove came in on the day, he was going to announce that he wanted to go to the party leadership and said actually, i want to run myself the whole time. it caused a lot of up5et. the thing ifind odd, i've never heard of crispin odie, that's probably my ignorance because he is a hedge fund manager and has given the tory party £50,000 but white his views on this were the front page on the observer? i've never heard of him, you've never heard of him and you are political reporter, have you? no, he means nothing. why is it so you? no, he means nothing. why is it so significant that he is saying this? i may be entirely wrong. interesting reading for michael gove, though. just because form

>> i'm looking add johnson & johnson. a top ten name in the s&p and a major laggard, down 12% year to date, underperforming the dow 30 and the market in general. i think the underperformance is coming to an end so just for good optics, i've got a five-year chart. the colors are clean you can see the difference, this divergence, right, that we've seen just over the past sort of six months with basically the market continuing higher and johnson & johnson. so we've got a performance spread that i think has reached maybe a maximum. just a few charts and then we'll get to the absolute j & j chart look at that over the past year. you've got the market here and j & j. what i want to point out is j & j is not trading with health care health care is way up here if you were to look at it watch the next chart j & j is trading lock step with beaten down consumer staples we know consumer staples have started to come to life and i think that's exactly what's going to happen with j & j keep going just to put this in context, we have a c

johnson was convicted in 1996 for drug trafficking. the white house said she accepted responsibility for her past behavior and had been a model prisoner. >> there's lots of injustices that have been done and it shouldn't. take a celebrity to accomplish that. >> senator cory booker says he is concerned about how the president is using his presidency power. >> zach johnson was not treated fairly. >> last month president trump issued a pardon f boxing champion zach johnson and two former contest tanltds on "the apprentice," former illinois governor rod blagojevich and martha stewart. alice johnson was the president's seventh act of clemency. a source tell cbsn the white house is looking at pardoning dozens of people. hena? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you, laura. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll speak with alice johnson and how she plans to spend the rest of her life. >>> this morning rudy giuliani is brushing aside his comments that kim jong-un could scuttle next week's summit. speaking in tel aviv yesterday, the former new

johnson pushes him over the line. kennedy wins by a decent margin, gets up and gives a victory speech. lbj is watching outen tv. thanks everybody else in the world but doesn't thank lyndon johnson and lyndon johnson did not forget it. by now we're starting to accelerate into vietnam. johnson has started to send combat troops over there. late 1967, the vietnam war has been going on now for a solid three years of open combat. we had almost a half million troops over in vietnam. a number of u.s. senators were becoming these antiwar senators. kennedy was starting to move in that direction from '66 and '6 but wouldn't commit because his brother was the guy that first got us into vietnam and he was kind of in this quandary of attacking the policies that he was a part of in his brother's administration. johnson's going full bore on vietnam, on the republican candidate, they're all supporting president on vietnam, saying, go, go, go. and so a game howard lonesteen who send one term in congress, leading the antiwar movement de

that is not in johnson's plan. iss is mara johnson's plan if you have an air campaign, this is discussed among advisers. what would the strategic air campaign do, first and foremost, we have a problem with this insurgency in the south. we have to find ways to stop it and one thing is to stop north vietnamese support of insurgency in the south. we can use bombs to send a persuade north vietnam to stop supporting the insurgency. we want the status quo of north and south vietnam. can showower campaign south vietnam and north vietnam and even our allies, look at u.s. resolve when we are in a conflict in this cold war environment. this is our resolve against communism. are, we practical ideas need some kind of strategic destruction of the north vietnamese ability to make war. where are all the material coming from? is it north vietnamese industry or not? , not only is aa strategic to graft or transportation but also to prevent that stuff from moving around. line -- thetation reason for it is even if stuff is coming from

. >> president trump has commuted ree life sentence for alice marie johnson.a first-time nonviolent drug ofnd who heen serving a life sentence. >> kardashian wrote on twitter, "best news ever." >> i said we're not going to have a summit under those strcumstances. kim jong-un got back on his hands and knees and begged for it. >> it's probably not the mood fsic you want for the summit. >> reporter: i'm manuel bojorquez in guatemala, e fallye communities that were largely cut off by the volcano's explosion. >>hat e ( bleep ) is going on, dude? >> reporter: virginia stateur tn who stole an armored personnel carrier. an a woman and her baby trapped in a sd-ent. >> thankfully, nobody was hurt. ri and liftoff. >> a trio of astronauts blasted off today for a mission on the international space station. ( applause ) >> she went through a little litth patch, but she's doing great, and we're very proud of ar. people love you. >> glor: triumphant return for steve scalise today, one year after he was shot on a baseball d. t onow, first of all, i want to welcome the whip bac

>> whit johnson on this again tonight. thank you, whit. >>> we are just days away from flying to singapore here, we'll be anchoring this broadcast there, as the president meets face-to-face with north korean dictator kim jong-un. and today, the president was asked how much he is preparing, saying, quote, "i don't think i have to prepare very much." saying it's more about attitude. abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. >> reporter: with the north korea summit now just days away, president trump was asked just how prepared he really is. >> i think i'm very well prepared. i don't think i have to prepare very much. it's about attitude, it's about willingness to get things done. >> reporter: what he says it's not about? the pictures. >> this will not be just a photo-op. this will be, at a minimum, we'll start with perhaps a good relationship, and that's something that's very important toward the ultimate making of a deal. >> reporter: today, in the rose garden with japan's prime minister by his side, the

lady bird johnson.johnson parlay that into that influence into becoming one of the young and the new deal notice by franklin roosevelt for his hard work and parlay that into his narrow -- became majority leader of the u.s. senate in his 40s at a time when he had only sold for relatively short period in the senate, something that was unusual at the time and parlay that majority leadership into being a candidate for president. although it was obviously a great blow to lose the nomination to john kennedy in 1960 the cancellation prize of the vice presidency was real and when kennedy was assassinated in 1963 johnson becomes president. he is probably the longest and biggest lasting protÉge of sam rayburn. another protÉge of rayburn's was jim wright from here in fort worth. he was elected to congress in 1954 and served for many years in the public works committee but used his position as a member of the texas congressional delegation and a member of the public works committee to win a very narrow victory afte

this morning on twitter, he wished johnson a wonderful life.driana diaz is in memphis, not far from johnson's new home. adriana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. alice johnson is a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. her supporters say her life sentence was too harsh for a first-time, nonviolent offense. we spoke to her family this morning who told us last night they all gathered at her sister's house for a big meal and they hardly slept a wink because of their excitement. alice johnson waited 21 years to embrace her family as a free woman. >> i'm feeling no handcuffs, nothing on me. i'm free to hug my family. i'm free to live life. >> reporter: the 63-year-old great grandmother was serving a life sentence without parole for her role in a memphis-based cocaine trafficking ring. >> i've been resurrected from the dead literally. >> reporter: johnson was convicted in 1996 of eight criminal charges including drug conspiracy and money laundering. >> i made one of the worst decision ises of my life to make some quick money. >> reporter

abc's janai norman has more on this family reunion and what johnson is saying now. good morning, janai. >> reporter: good morning. so just a week after kim kardashian posed in the oval office with president trump he granted her request freeing alice johnson and calling into question what message he may be sending with recent pardons. a made for tv moment. >> i've been resurrected from the dead literally. >> reporter: coordinated by a request from reality tv star granted by president trump. alice johnson reuniting with her family after serving 21 years behind bars. >> i want to thank president donald john trump. thank you, thank you. giving me another chance. >> reporter: the 63-year-old great grandmother was sentenced to life behind bars for attempting to distribute more than 70 kilos of cocaine, a n nonviolent first-time drug offense. white house press secretary sarah sanders saying those who have paid their debt to society and worked hard to better themselves while this prison deserve a second chance. johnson talking to cnn's anderson cooper. >> i already have a j

good luck to alice johnson, have a wonderful life. worlds of hollywood and politics, the response time to alice's case is an enigma. >> normally pardons take years to work through the system. for president trump to take the meeting, die jest the information, issue the pardon, for her to be released within a couple of weeks, it has no precedent in modern times. >> reporter: it's not the first time president trump has flexed his presidential clemency muscle. last year trump pardoned controversial sheriff joe arpaio, convicted of criminal contempt of court. he's now running for the u.s. senate. >> today as president i've issued an executive grant of clemency, a full pardon posthumously, to john arthur jack johnson -- >> reporter: late last month he pardoned the late jack johnson, former heavyweight boxing champ, after a believe from sill advice store stallone. >> this is important to my friend of a long time, sly -- >> people in positions of power have learned how to speak trump, use the right combination of flattery and celebrity to get

trump tweeted today, "good luck to alice johnson. have a wonderful life." here's adriana diaz. >> lord, i thank you for this meal. r: reporter: on her first full day of freedom, alice johnson gave thanks for her new life. beth prison now behind her, her future is with her family. >> i'm feeling no handcuffs, nothing on me. i'm free to hug my family. 3- reporter: the 63-year-old great-grandmother was serving life without parole for drug charges. >> this time yesterday i was in ooison looking through bars. >> reporter: what are you noticing is different? >> i can't get over these phones. >> reporter: you want a phone? >> i want a phone. ( laughs ) >> reporter: katina scales is johnson's daughter. >> still sitting here, you notice i touch her. it's me making sure she's here. 2 reporter: 22 years ago, johnson was convicted of federal drug and money laundering charges. die indictment describes dozens of deliveries and drug transactions involving johnson, uto prosecutors say was a leader in a multi-million-dollar cocaine ring. >> reporter: it was this video s the

. >> reporter: katina scales is johnson's daughter. >> still sitting here, i touch her. it's me making sure she is here. >> reporter: 22 years ago, johnson was convicted of federal drug and moneylaundering charges. the indictment describes dozens of deliveries and drug transactions involving johnson, who prosecutors say was a leader in a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring. >> i made one of the worst decisions of my life. >> reporter: it was this video on the new site mic that caught the attention of kim kardashian west, and last week the reality star lobbied president trump for johnson's clemency. >> never in my wildest dreams do i think it would be kim kardashian who would take my cause on. >> reporter: in prison yesterday, she got a call. it was kardashian west. >> when she said home, just that word, i could go home now, i started screaming and jumping and crying. >> reporter: the president had commuted her sentence. what do you say to people who say you committed a crime and you should serve the sentence? >> i don't believe there should be a nonviolent offender like mys

>> secretary johnson: i will tell you of jeh johnson's solution. continue our border efforts.e the border control, give immigration enforcement the tools they need, but let's not go so far as two separate families. but also continue what congress started two years ago, aid to central america to deal with the property and violence and also encourage other countries in the region, mexico, belize, costa rica, panama, to develop their own systems for asylum, refugee processing. it was someone from the catholic bishops that told me in 2014 you can't just simply padlock a burning building without providing people with an alternative path to safety. so we need to develop those additional paths. >> chris: respectfully, that isn't going to solve the problem anytime soon. it won't solve it for months, it probably wouldn't sell it for years if we put $750 million, which is what we did during the obama administration into foreign aid in those three countries. they are pretty broken countries. you've got a real crisis on the border with 50,000 people a month. 600,000 people a year coming a

al: johnson family, yeah!

today, the president commuting the sentence of alice johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother, serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction. we have just learned she's now been released tonight, thanking the president and just thanking kim kardashian, who of course pleaded her case. we begin tonight with abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: it was a pardon request brought right to the oval office by kim kardashian. and now, one week later, president trump has commuted the sentence of alice marie johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother sentenced to life in prison for attempting to sale 70 kilos of cocaine. johnson spoke to mic.com from prison last fall. >> please, wake up, america, and help end this injustice. >> reporter: today, white house press secretary sarah sanders said, "those who have paid their debt to society and worked hard to better themselves while in prison deserve a second chance." and kim kardashian tweeted, "best news ever." this comes amid a flurry of pardon activity by the president. last week, he pardoned controversial conser

alice marie johnson, okay, jack johnson, joe arpaio, scooter libby. a white house official said trump is obsessed as pardons, but the potential pardon of johnson has caused consternation with chief of staff kelly. is it the process or the end result? is it they're traditionalists and they think this is why we have a justice department and lawyers and months of meetings? >> i've got to say being bothered by traditional process is not a hallmark of this white house. i think that don mcgahn has tried more often than not to make actual policy get followed, particularly since the rob porter issue. john kelly i think does these things issue by issue and based on how he feels about them. again, this does not follow the normal process. to your point, should somebody have to be a celebrity or be able to be in a fox news green room to get the president's attention? that's a different subject. but on this particular case, it is still not clear to me and it's not clear to me from "the washington post" story why kelly has an issue here. what i think it is, i think

amy: that is alice marie johnson speaking after her release. could you comment on what she said, jennifer? she was released yesterday, yesterday evening. do you know what her plans are? >> a caravan of four cars of her family drove to the prison to pick her up. amy: in the prison? >> remote in alabama. alice refused to leave until her family was there so she could be reunited with them. she is going to be living with her brother in memphis. she has a very supportive family . she is one of nine kids. she is six grandkids. very close family. she are ready has a job lined up. in reunitedworking with her family immediately. she is not seen her great-grandson yet. her daughter has newborn twins, mutual meet shortly. it is a joyful moment for the whole family. nermeen: one of the amazing things, right after getting out, she has been advocating and interviews for the thousands of people who are in prison for nonviolent offenses. let's go to a c clip of alalice marie johnson speaking this morning on "the today show." you have been very straightforward

that kennedyn would have dropped johnson in 1964? guest: there's a lot of conflicting evidence about that. secretary wrote a memoir in which he was absolutely going to drop him. i don't know if that would have happened. jackie kennedy talks about that as a possibility, in her oral history and interviews. she didn't do many, but in one, she spoke about it. i would have been shocked. it's unusual. george w. bush tried to get his father to drop dan quayle and replace him with dick cheney, but bush would not do it in 1992, because it makes the president look weak, like they are reconsidering their decision. bush took a risk and pick somebody relatively unknown. if he had dropped quail, it would have made it look like he was doubting himself, and nobody wants a president who doubts himself. host: catherine, good morning, republican line. since you are not political, and you've done a lot of research on what has been going on with the president's and vice presidents, where do you think the government got so corrupt? under whose watch? host

amy johnson reports.perior court of los angeles county: "the conduct was horrendous, inhumane, and nothing short of evil." after calling this the worst case of abuse he has seen in his 20 years on the bench - judge george lomeli sentenced isauro aguirre to death for torturing and murdering 8-year-old gabriel fernandez. his girlfriend - the boy's mother, pearl fernandez, received life in prison for her role.judge george lomeli/superior court of los angeles county:"it is unimaginable the pain that this child probably endured." gabriel had a cracked skull, broken ribs, burns and b-b pellets lodged in his body. pearl fernandez/gabriel's mother:"i want to say i'm sorry to my family for what i did. obviously, i'm sorry for this, what happened. i wish gabriel was alive. every day, i wish that i made better choices."aguirre didn't speak in court and neither did the boys' biological father - who is in custody on an unrelated charge.but he said he wanted to listen to the sentencing... members who spoke at the heari

senator johnson ms. chalet? -- sen. johnson: ms. chalet? ms. chalet: i look forward to --tinuing right standing rightsizing the organization, increasing transparency. it does just nicely with the secretary-general's efforts underway now. we need to ensure that becomes a reality and we increase the accountability, strengthen whistleblower protections, addressing the sexual expectation and abuse that peacekeepers and civilians have committed. i look forward to continuing those and ramping up those efforts. sen. johnson: mr. gidwitz? mr. gidwitz: thank you, senator. given the difficulties of the last couple of years with attacks that have occurred in belgium, my top priority is to ensure the safety of the 23,000 americans that are plus the manyium, tourists that come through the country on an annual basis. secondly, to work with the belgian government and belgian agencies to strengthen the relationship and the multilateral organizations we share together. given the fact that there are 900 plus american corporations they are, to find ways we can bu

the justice department under president obama was denied for johnson. the claims she was involved with the drug cartel, but she was never charged for it. president trump is reviewing dozens of cases. >>> just over 43,000 apprehensions at the mexico border in may. a slight increase from april and march. the number of unaccompanied children taken into custody soared to 6,400. the total number of families apparent pre-behind -- appreh d apprehended is not having an immediate deterrent. >>> senate republicans accusing the obama administration of secretly trying to give the iranians access to the u.s. financial system as part of the iran nuclear deal. a report released by the senate republican would allow iran to convert billions of assets into euro. it was trying to side step sanctions. obama officials say republicans are exaggerating to meet the obligations of the nuclear deal for the one-time payment. >>> firing all 25 members of the cfpb advisory board. mick mulvaney is looking to fair lending and under served communities. some have criticized mulvaney's

>> johnson recognizes that the mood of the country has turned against him. stunning announcement. >> i shall not seek and will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. >> i don't know an analogy comparable to that. you had the president of the united states saying that he was retiring from politics. suddenly, the world opened. it was thrilling. >> emerson said that if a young man plants himself on his instincts and there abides, the world will come around to him. i ask for your help to change the face of the united states and help mankind. thank you very much. >> i don't think they felt mccarthy would be elected president. but robert kennedy stood a pretty good chance in ending the vietnam war among other things. >> we want kennedy! we want kennedy! >> in addition to his opposition to the war, kennedy addresses the racial strife growing in the country. on april 4, 1968, he is on his way to campaign in an african-american section of indianapolis when he learns that martin luther king junior has been assassinated. the responsib

and last week the reality star lobbied president trump for johnson's clemency. >> never in my wildestams did i think it would be kim kardashian who would take my cause on. >> reporter: in prison she got a call. it was kardashian-west. >> when she said home, i could go home now, i started screaming and jumping and crying. >> reporter: the president had commuted her sentence. what do you say to people who say you committed a crime and you should serve the sentence? >> i don't believe there should be a nonviolent offender like myself sentenced to life. >> reporter: she's thankful to the man who gave her a second chance. >> i just knew him from "the apprentice" and he was always funny to me. i love hearing him say you're fired. he just told me, you're free. >> reporter: going forward she has to have regular check-ins with her parole officer and is making plans to meet with kim kardashian-west soon. >> johnson was released days after kim kardashian-west pleaded her case to mr. trump. kardashian-west says the call she made to johnson telling her about the commutation will be one of her best

johnson behind bars for nonviolence crimes. told abc news they expect the list to grow saying he's doing it his way and likes seeing how quick the process has been. the pardons raised questions in hopes of the those tangled in the russian probe by the special counsel. earlier, the wife of a former trump campaign aide who pled guilty to the probe appealed to the president directly saying, i hope and ask president trump to pardon him. abc news, washington. >>> four police officers in mesa, arizona are on leave after surveillance video showed them beating an unarmed man. we're going to warn you, the images are very difficult to watch. last month. the 33-year-old johnson was leaning against a wall looking at his phone. officers rushed in, beating johnson before he falls to the ground. officers say this happened because he refused to sit down when they told him to, the police chief did not like what he saw. >> the level of force is troubling. certainly, at first glaps this lo -- glance this looks like a mistake. >> the officers were

johnson's exposure to the chemical caused him to develop cancer. >> reporter: 46-year-old lee johnsonrt today for jury selection as lawyers laid out their cases. the former school district groundskeeper is dying from non-hodgkin's lymphoma. >> mr. johnson's cancer is not the result of genetic or bad luck. >> reporter: he links his cancer to exposure to round up. they say he was healthy in 2012 when he began as a groundskeeper, but he's now one of 4,000 people across the country suing monsanto for failing to warn them the chemicals could cause cancer. the chemicals are safe, but johnson's lawyers argue the epa relies on evidence. >> the epa doesn't do its own testing. in other words monsanto holds all the cards. >> reporter: meanwhile the state of california lists the chemical known to cause cancer based on evidence from the world health organization. monsanto sued. a federal judge disagreed. now round up must come with a cancer warning in california. >> the rule in california is simple. if you know or you suspected that your product causes cancer, you must warn or you must pay. >> rep

very warm welcome to the president as he comes in. [ laughter ] >> as 1967 faded into 1968 lyndon johnsond one of the most important presidencies for domestic policies in history. >> helping millions avoid the horrors and last year medicare and medicaid brought better health to more than 25 million americans. [ applause ] >> also, a great period where he passed, this landmark civil rights institution. this racism will give him a place in history. >> no tree in the forest is as tall -- >> if ever there was a nation capable of solving its problems, it is this nation. >> johnson had to be the best. he was driven by this idea to be top-dog. that's how he felt about vietnam. >> since i reported to you last january, the enemy defeat in battle after battle. >> he knew all of that would make him a cdate, but he also knew he was unlikely to be in any future mount rush more because of the war. this is what made johnson's fingernails sweat. >> today may raids on the north vietnamese -- >> caisson is a marine base in the bother western corner and starting surrounding and attacking it. >> 500 vietname

it was always lyndon johnson. there been a couple instances where he disagreed with doesn't trump about would get involved and who would be speaker after paul ryan h said he would resign or, you know, and donald trump wanted kevin mccarthy and mike pence said you need to let them figure this out on their own but let congress do its thing. occasionally he will disagree with the president but not often and, mike pence really wants to keep relationships on the helper he goes up to touch gloves, that's how he put it, as often as he can on capitol hill and always wants to walk through the rotunda so he can get his photo taken with people. i think what is missing about the understanding of mike pence is how deeply ambitious he is. >> host: richard nixon anna spiro [inaudible] >> guest: it's an amazing story. he wrote in the book about his experience as vice president and how he thought he was railroaded and it was an excuse of watergate was the scandal was building up in the nixon and he thought he was unfairly pushed o