available on the website, i believe both the central intelligence agency and perhaps the kennedy and johnson libraries at least have links to them. you have see what john kennedy was reading every day and what's most surprising about is that is the language that was used back then. now, it's a little more bureaucratic, it's a little more intense in terms of the level of the assessment, back then there were daily book of secrets like president of egypt is considering a reform program, that was the whole piece. that was it. [laughter] >> a lot simpler than the things we see now. the nixon and ford era president's briefs are going to be coming out this year in declassified. historians are going to love this because they're going to get to see what nixon and kissinger see every day regarding vietnam, regarding the 1973 war, things like that. that is a process that is going on, the rest of the pdb's are kept locked up. some are considered presidential records because the presidents made markings on them and those are kept secure. cia and volts has all the copies of pdb's. with time we will get to see most

i was just at the johnson library. the way he conducted himself personally, the way he talked about other people. nixon did the same thing. it's not a whole lot different than the coarseness and vull garrett we see today. however, i think that those leaders who were in politics but viewed with such respect the fundamentals of the american way of life, which is dependent on our constitution and our forms of government. you know, this is the real crisis we have today. i think it is almost humerous that people are oh how could you -- how could you talk about the congress this way or how could you talk about the media this way? well, the fact is that the public appreciation for our pillars of government is at such a low ebb, which is very dangerous. it's not just that we have dangerous politicians. it's our lack of confidence in civic institutions that is so low that to me is the most dangerous. we need to build up, we need to respect the congress. we need to resmect the presidentsy. and those are things that you really ha

johnson presidential library. it was called the vietnam war summit. you can find schedule information at c-span.org. you can find schedule information at c-span.org. this program is about an hour. >> please welcome the director of the lbj presidential library. [applause] good afternoon and welcome. mark: on may 22, 1971 the crowd assembled on the university of texas grounds to dedicate this library. 2100 antiwar protesters were kept from interrupting the proceedings by a phalanx of highway patrolman. chance of no more war carried by high winds and accompanied by the pounding of trashcan lids were clearly heard. by former president lyndon johnson and his assembled guests including president nixon. it was an apt metaphor. the vietnam war had filtered into the administrations of both johnson and nixon. when johnson took his turn at the podium he proclaimed it is all here. the story of our time. with the bark off. there is no record of mistake or an unpleasantness or criticism that is not included in the files here. accordingly, he wanted us to learn from

johnson presidential library in austin, texas. >>> please welcome dr. gregory

we are going to see that in lyndon johnson for example, i was at johnson library, the way he conducted himself personally and talked about other people, nixon did the same thing. it is not a lot different, the political mexican, and again, those leaders who were in politics but viewed with such respect the fundamentals of the american way of life which is dependent on our constitution and forms of government, this is the real crisis we have today, almost humorous that people are oh how could you -- talk about the congress this way or talk about the media this way, the fact is the public appreciation for our colors of government it such a low web which is dangerous, not just that we have dangerous politicians but it is lack of competence in civic institutions that is so low that to me, we need to respect the congress, respect the presidency and those are things you really have to build, start building with young people who are our future leaders, that is what we are going to do. >> that is an excellent point and i would add that johnson and nixon could be vulgar but did so in private. t

50th anniversary of the vietnam war through a retrospective put together by the lyndon johnson presidential libraryamerican history tv prime time tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. and at 8:00 eastern, supreme court chief justice ron roberts talks about finding consensus on the court. he also gives his opinion on having elite attorneys argue cases before the nation's highest court. here is a portion of what you will see tonight on c-span. >>> so is the appellate bar particularly before the supreme court becoming tooele -- too elite in your opinion. >> gave a talk about the supreme court historical society on just that subject 12 years ago. some of you may have missed it. but at that time it talked about that very trend. and you go back to 1980, i think, i don't remember the numbers, but putting aside the government lawyers in the solicitor general's office, i think there were two or three people who argued more than one case that term, maybe a couple more. now it is pretty much routine. the lawyers we see quite often in a single case, one has done ten arguments, one has done 30 arguments, th

johnson presidential library, a 50th anniversary retrospective on the conflict. america was divided over the world -- war. >> by the time we got four or five decades away, where the historical triangulation can actually take place, when you can have the kind of distance necessary not just to make a reactive or simply journalistic response. something that is hopefully greater than the sum of its parts, you realize on most everything you knew was not true. >> wednesday, a look at the perspective of the war from those who fought it and the foreign relations after the war and those with vietnam. our railamerica series looks of the 19 to refund church committee hearings convened to investigate the intelligence. with the national museum of african american heritage and culture opening, and all the history with talks on african-american religion, politics, and culture and african-american history as american history. could not get that out of my mind that suited her thinking somehow this african-american history wasn't real because there was no textbook, as it was, in a

johnson presidential library. it was called the vietnam war summit. you can find schedule information at c-span.org. you can find schedule information at c-span.org. this program is about an hour. >> please welcome the director of the lbj presidential library.

tonight the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war that lyndon johnson presidential library held a retrospective on the conflict including a discussion on politics and music as well as foreign relations after the war. "american history tv" prime time tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. and on c-span at 8:00 eastern john roberts talks about finding consensus on the court. here's a portion of what you'll see tonight. >> mr. chief justice, you mentioned the unanimous nature of the brown v. board of education decision 62 years ago. how would you describe your approach to consensus building on the court and how would you compare it to the styles of some of your favorite chief justices in our history? >> it's interesting. it was a great benefit, but there was another side to that. they left a lot of things undecided. you had a generation of litigati litigation, where does the obligation apply and on what basis. so it was unanimous and that was a good thing and i understand chief justice warren's reasoning, but it's subject to criticism. even if it's going to be 7-2 or 6-3, let's get some of thos

the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war through retrospective put together by the lyndon johnson presidential library. american history tv prime time tonight at 8 eastern here on c-span 3. on c span this ran. iraq's ambassador talks about what he sees for the future of u.s. iraq relations. they're hosting the program in washington d.c. c-span live coverage begins at 7 eastern. at 8 eastern, john roberts talks about finding consensus on the court. he also gives his opinion on having elite attorneys argue cases before the nation's highest court. here is a portion of what you'll see tonight on c-span. >> so, is the appellate bar particularly before the supreme court becoming too elite and too ingrown in your judgment? >> you know, i actually gave a talk before the supreme court historical society on just that subject 12 years ago. some of you may have missed it. but at that time, it talked about that very trend and you dwoe ba go back to 1980, i think there were two or three people that argued more than one case that term. maybe a couple more. now it is pretty much routine. the lawyers we see quite ofte

i was just at the johnson library.nducted himself personally, the way he talked about other people. nixon did the same thing. it's not a whole lot different than the courseness and vulgarity we see in the political lexicon today. however, i think that, again, those leaders who were in politics but viewed with such respect the fundamentals of the american way of life which is gent dependent on our constitution and forms of government. you know this is the real crisis we have today. i think it's almost humorous that people are oh, how could you -- how could you, you know, talk about the congress this way or how you could talk about the media this way? well, the fact is that public appreciation for our pillars of government is at such a low ebb which is very dangerous. it's not just that we have dangerous politicians. it's our lack of confidence in civic institutions that is so low that to me is the -- we need to respect the congress. we need to respect the presidency. and those are things that, you know, you really have

is part of a three-day conference at the lbj library in austin, texas titled "the vietnam war summit." >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome lyndon b. johnson centennial chair in national policy at the lbj school of public affairs, admiral bobby r. inman. [ applause ] >> thank you. in july of 1967 i arrived in hawaii from a tour in sweden to be head of current intelligence for the pacific fleet. once a quarter i would go in country. most often saigon da nang. and then in may of '69 i went out to be the 7th fleet intelligence officer. for the following 27 months i was in country in the combat zone every month. and by the end of that time i had grown pretty pessimistic about how this event was going to play out. when the agreement was signed for the withdrawal i was not serving in the intelligence world. and then when saigon fell in '75 i was the director of naval intelligence. at that point i was very pessimistic about what our relationships with that part of the world were going to be over the ensuing years. and never on the rare occasions when i was optimist ic did i conceive a vietnam that would become a significant trading partner and th

that johnson started doing very quickly was pardoning the ex-confederates and allowing them to fully restore their citizenship rights. and these are two pardons that we have here at the state library and archives. this is from someone from east tennessee. but this is the one that really caused the furor. andrew johnson is pardoning the confederate general nathan forest and forest is the poster child for exconfederates that needed to be dealt with harshly in the view of the republican party. he eventually founded the can you ku-klux klan, and he goes so far as to pardon forest. so what happens in the wake of these pardons and other measures, johnson is vetoing the freedman's bureau. he urges southern states not to ratify the 14th amendment, which is perhaps the foundational achievement of reconstruction, granting due process, regardless of race, creed or color and giving full citizenship to people who were formerly slaves. this is one of the bed rocks of congressional reconstruction and johnson won't have any of it. he vetoes all of those measures. and so he eventually removes the secretary of war, which is one of the leading radical republicans, edward stanton and that's the last

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 this constructive and comprehensive relationship -- partnership of our two countries. i want to share with you a little bit of the history. vietnam and the u.s. have a long history. ago, thomas jefferson who would later become the third u.s. president, was -- had been trying to get the right fit from vietna

is part of a three-day conference at the lbj library in austin, texas titled "the vietnam war summit." >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome lyndon b. johnson> thank you. in july of 1967 i arrived in hawaii from a tour in sweden to be head of current intelligence for the pacific fleet. once a quarter i would go in country. most often saigon da nang. and then in may of '69 i went out to be the 7th fleet intelligence officer. for the following 27 months i was in country in the combat zone every month. and by the end of that time i had grown pretty pessimistic about how this event was going to play out. when the agreement was signed for the withdrawal i was not serving in the intelligence world. and then when saigon fell in '75 i was the director of naval intelligence. at that point i was very pessimistic about what our relationships with that part of the world were going to be over the ensuing years. and never on the rare occasions when i was optimist ic did i conceive a vietnam that would become a significant trading partner and that we would in fact have a substantial number of common interests. so i was pleased with the opportunity to addr

johnson and it will debut on the hbo network next month. thank you very much for joining us here today. [ applause ] . >>> i want to start off by thanking the lbj libraryirector mark upgrove for creating this extraordinary event which is so much in line with lbj's vision for the library. and a conversation which i hope will be repeated all over this country. i was so moved by yesterday's panels, i know that everybody will have had their individual experience, but my take-away, the thing that stuck with me was a statement by miss galloway, her trenchant injunction to us all, hate the war, love the warrior. hate the war, love the warrior. [ applause ] with that in mind, it is absolutely appropriate, before we begin, to acknowledge those veterans who are in our audience today. whether they served in vietnam or any subsequent conflict, to you men and women, we thank you for your service to our country. [ applause ] and i also want to add to those individuals in the audience, who participated in the anti-war peace movement, who by exercising their conscious -- constitutional rights, we thank you for your service to the country. [ applause ] >> hate the war,

libraries woodland regional branch. for the complete schedule, go to booktv.org. >> homeland security secretary jeh johnson testified about his department's counterterrorism efforts and recent terrorist attacks including the mass shooting in orlando florida. we will also see a group of protesters interrupted over the obama in ministrations deportation policies. on the senate judiciary committee, this is 2 and a half hours. >> we were going to open with the executive session but we don't have a quorum so i'm going to start the hearing, i guess now we are just starting at pretty much on time. and there's some things going on that secretary johnson will tell us about that may interfere with our hearing here. but i'm going to start the hearing and because of those circumstances, i think i'm going to put most of my statement in the record but let me describe what i was up to. i had several instances of where i think that we haven't protected our country adequately, i've got several examples. everybody will recognize the name of kate steinle as an example of where immigration laws haven't been adequately carried out and our cou

is part of a three-day conference at the lbj library in austin, texas titled "the vietnam war summit." >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome lyndon b. johnsond of current intelligence for the pacific fleet. once a quarter i would go in country. most often saigon da nang. and then in may of '69 i went out to be the 7th fleet intelligence officer. for the following 27 months i was in country in the combat zone every month. and by the end of that time i had grown pretty pessimistic about how this event was going to play out. when the agreement was signed for the withdrawal i was not serving in the intelligence world. and then when saigon fell in '75 i was the director of naval intelligence. at that point i was very pessimistic about what our relationships with that part of the world were going to be over the ensuing years. and never on the rare occasions when i was optimist ic did i conceive a vietnam that would become a significant trading partner and that we would in fact have a substantial number of common interests. so i was pleased with the opportunity to address and particularly to introduce to you the current vietnamese ambassador to th

library hours. >> sonoma state university police chief is accused of stabbing his stepson in the chest with a power drill. investigators say that a violent family argument erupted between nathan johnsond elijah lattimore at the chief's hayward home. johnson fired a shot into the wall. he says it was a warming shot to try to end the fight. the stepson suffered puncture wound and a collapsed lungbut he is expected to be okay. johnson suffered some cut on his handled. >>> the father-of-a suspect, hollis priest called deputies monday to report his son had been abducted and the kidnapper was sending text messages demanding thousands of dollars if ransom. authorities set autopsy ransom exchange that night and caught both priest and another suspect, dustin petersen. investigators determined that priest faked his kidnapping to extort money from his father. >>> time is 8:37. the united nations children's fund worry about the safety of 20,000 children trapped inside the city of fallujah, iraq. a bat will is raging between isis -- a ballot is raging between isis -- a battle is raging between isis and iraqi. unicef wants both sides to protect children, give them safe passage to anyone. >>> the f

just ahead, a conference on the vietnam war from the lyndon johnson presidential library. authors and historians discuss how the war divided the united states and how the conflict was covered by the media. then pulitzer prize winning photographers talk about the war-time work in vietnam. later remarks from the secretary of state john kerry. >>> c-span wash journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. on wednesday, we are live in laredo, texas, on the u.s.-mexico border to talk about issues affecting the region and the country. first brandon darby, managing director for breitbart texas talks about the flow of illegal immigration. the players involved and efforts to cover the security and humanitarian aspects of the issue. then local immigration lawyer nelly via loma will talk about the laws related to citizenship and deportation. and dallas morning news mexico correspondent examines the cartels in mexico. plus the violence and the smuggling of humans and narcotics. he is the author of the book "midnight in mexico", a reporters journey through decent i

johnson presidential library in austin, texas. >>> please welcome dr. gregory l.fen l.fenvis, president of the university of texas at austin. >> good evening and welcome tonight's keynote. the ununiversity of texas is honored to welcome secretary of state john kerry. just last friday on earth day, secretary kerry helped lead 175 countries in signing the paris agreement on climate change. and there's a lot of work to achieve the goals of that agreement. earlier today, the secretary toured our jj pickle research center where u.t. faculty and students invite technologies to generate renewable energy. he led a tremendous round table discussion with the faculty whose research can help achieve the goals of the agreement and i can tell you secretary kerry was focused. extremely knowledgeable about the technology, science, policy and the business issues involved in reaching those goals. tonight we are very much looking forward to hearing the secretary's thoughts ocn a top pick. one, important to his life experience. the vietnam war remains a complicated and con