visit ncicap.org] ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," joshua zeitz discusses his book, "bring -- "buildinghe great society." zeitz, your new book, "building the great society." i want to show you on this network in 2014, talking about a previous book about two of lincoln's staff members.

brian: joshua zeitz, your new book, "building the great society." inside lyndon johnson's white house. before he ask you questions, i want to show you on this network in 2014, talking about a previous book about two of lincoln's staff members. [begin video clip] >> they undertook a mission to create a definitive and and during historical reputation for their leader. the combination of their efforts was a 10-volume biography which was see her allies between 1886 magazinein the century which was america's leading mass circulation magazine. that constituted one of the singularly successful exercises in historical revisionism in all of american history. [end video clip] joshua: who was that young guy? [laughter] book.: yes, i wrote a secretaries of lincoln. was a catchcretary" all for chief of staff, political director, the white house staff was miniscule in those days. they knew him from the springfield days. they were very young men and they lived in worked in the white house. they were party to everything we know about lincoln during the civil war ye

sunday, contribute an editor joshua zeitz talks about his book "building the great society." inside lyndon johnson's white house and the members of president johnson's staff that helped create and implement these programs. >> in the space of four and a half years or five years, they built all these programs. after they passed congress, they builtere medicaid from the ground up. and how do they do this while the segregating one third of the country and nursing homes and schools. and also fighting a war in vietnam. >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 eastern. next, senate minority leader chuck schumer unveiling the democratic gun violence prevention plan that includes closing all loopholes law aiming to improve the nation's background check system. the plan also calls for protective orders to disarm individuals that may be a hard to others or themselves. this is 15 minutes. schumer: thank you for waiting.

announcer: this week on "q&a," politico magazine contributing editor joshua zeitz discusses his book, "building the great society." brian: joshua zeitz, your new book, "building the great society: inside lyndon johnson's white house." question, i ask you a i want to show you on this network in 2014, talking about a previous book about two of lincoln's staff members. [begin video clip] >> they undertook a quarter century mission to create a definitive and and during historical reputation for their leader. the culmination of their efforts was a 10-volume biography which was see her allies between 1886 and 1890 in the century magazine which at that time was america's leading mass circulation magazine. that effort constituted one of the singularly successful exercises in historical revisionism in all of american history. [end video clip] brian: explain about what you learned regarding the staff. joshua: who was that young guy? [laughter] joshua: yes, i wrote a book about hays and nicolay. about these secretaries of lincoln. the term "secretary" was a catch all for chief of staff, press se

brian: joshua zeitz, your new book, "building the great society." inside lyndon johnson's white house. before he ask you questions, i want to show you on this network in 2014, talking about a previous book about two of lincoln's staff members. [begin video clip] >> they undertook a mission to

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i am pleased to welcome joshua zeitz and all of you as well. i want to say at the start that this book, "building the great society: inside lyndon johnson's white house," is a terrific read about lyndon johnson. i had to get through it in short order because i only had the opportunity to do this a few days ago so i went through it and it is worthwhile and many of you remember lyndon johnson, parts of this that will be a little familiar but there's a great deal here, what led you to write this book this time? >> i wrote this book a few years ago and researching it a few years ago, did not anticipate that it would come out a year into a trunk presidency, i don't think anybody foresaw that. least of all trump. we were coming up on the 50anniversary of the great society and we saw a fair amount of reconsideration and revegetation of johnson's legacy which had been badly tarnished by vietnam so it seemed to me the right time to do a reappraisal. many of the men who worked for him had already passed away. some of that first wave of memory had passed

brian: our guest has been joshua zeitz. the book is called "building the great society: inside the lyndon johnson's white house." there's a lot more in here about the people that worked for lyndon johnson. thanks, joshua. joshua: thanks, brian. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program visit us at q&a.org. -- a-and-a.org. it's also available as a podcast. >> take you live now to the white house daily briefing. started about 10 minutes ago. press secretary sarah sanders joined at the podium by two veterans who served in iraq and afghanistan. sarah: we're still finalizing what the deal will look like and i won't get ahead of the president's announcement. reporter: thanks a lot, sarah. it seems many republicans, including the house speaker, re caught offguard about the -- by the president's decision about the

visit ncicap.org] ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," joshua zeitz discusses his book, "bring -- "buildinghe great society." zeitz, your new book, "building the great society." i want to show you on this network in 2014, talking about a previous book about two of lincoln's staff members. >> they undertook a mission to create an and during historical reputation for their leader. the culmination of these efforts , a 10 volume biography which was serialized between 1886 and ,890 in the century magazine america's leading mass circulation magazine. that constituted one of the singularly successful exercises in historical revisionism in all of american history. it -- explain what you learned about staff. i wrote a book about john hey and john nicolai. the term secretary was a catch all for chief of staff, political director, the white house staff was miniscule in those days. they knew him from the springfield days. they were very young men and they lived in worked in the white house. they were party to everything we know about lincoln during the civil war years. they became his biographers, or h

eastern politico magazine cribbing editor joshua zeitz examines the creation and enactment of lyndon johnson's great society legislation. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, human rights campaign press secretary sarah mcbride discusses her life as a transgendered person and lgbtq rights in her book tomorrow will be different. love loss and the fight for transequality. sunday on american history tv at 12: 5 a p.m. eastern remembering the life and legacy of william f. berkely jr., the tv personality be, political activist and founder of the national review who died in 2008. at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, the the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author colin callaway in his book the indian world of george washington, the first american and the first americans and the birth of the nation. >>> british foreign secretary boris johnson updated members on the foreign affairs committee about developments in uk foreign policy specifically russia and the recent nerve agent attack. he told lawmakers that the timing of russia's nerve agent attack in the u

tonight at 7 even, politico magazine contributing editor joshua zeitz examines the creation and enactment of lyndon johnson's great society legislation. at 8:10, jerry mueller reports on the use of metrics in government, education, business, medicine and more. and then on booktv's "after words" program at 9 p.m., human rights campaign press secretary sarah mcbride discusses lgbtq rights and her life as a transgender person. interviewed by the former head of the u.s. department of justice's civil rights division during the obama administration. at 10 p.m., ryan holliday talks about the down fall of gawker and the role played by venture capitalist peter thiel. and we wrap up at 31 with the editor of the new york review of books. he talks about living in japan and learning about that country's politics and culture. that all happens tonight on booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> usually at the beginning of our events in here we like to introduce and thank a number of vips that are in attendance. however, tonight the room is completely filled with vips, former white house and

announcer: this week on "q&a," politico magazine contributing editor joshua zeitz discusses his book, "building the great society."

. >>> sunday, on c-span's q&a, politico magazine contributing editor joshua zeitz talks about his book "building the great society" about the members of president johnson's staff who implemented the great society programs. >> exactly how an administration within the space of 4 1/2 years, 5 years, you know, built all of these programs after they passed congress and he signed them into law, which is where the story normally ends. how did they build medicare and medicaid from the ground up in one year. how did they create programs like head start or food stamps, the antecedents of food stamps and how did they do this while desegregating a third of the country, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and also fighting a war in vietnam? >> q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> next, senate intelligence committee vice chair mark warner talking about russian foreign policy and its attempt to spread disinformation to combat western democracies. his remarks are followed by a discussion on how to counter the threat with a former cia official and a russian journalist. hosted by the carnegie

sunday on book tv at 7:00 p.m., "political" magazine editor joshua zeitz examines the creation and enactment of lyndon johnson's great society legislation. 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words," sarah mcbride discusses her life as a transgendered person and lgbtq rights in "tomorrow will be different: love, loss, and the fight for trans equality." sunday on american history tv at 12:55 p.m., remembering the life and legacy of william f. buckley jr., the tv personality, political activist, and founder of "the national review" who died in 2008. 8:00 p.m., the presidency, the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author colin callaway in his book "the indian world of george washington: the first president, the first americans, and the birth of a nation." >>> this sunday on "1968:america in turmoil," the presidential election of 1968 began with eight presidential candidates. by the end, the sitting president bowed out, robert kennedy was assassinated, television coverage was dominated by violent clashes between chicago police and protesters at the democratic nat

. ♪ >> tonight on c-span's "q&a," politico magazine joshua zeitz talks about his book -- "tilting theat society: inside lyndon johnson's white house." "tilting the great society: inside lyndon johnson's white house." >> within the space of 4.5 years, built all of these programs after they passed congress and signed them into law, how did they build medicare and medicaid in one year from the ground up? how did they create programs like head start or food stamps and nutritional programs for children? and how did they do this while desegregating one third of the country with hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and fighting a war in vietnam and dissembling about it? >> "q&a" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme policyand public evidence in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> "washington journal" continues.

eastern politico magazine cribbing editor joshua zeitz examines the creation and enactment of lyndon johnson's great society legislation. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, human rights campaign press secretary sarah mcbride discusses her life as a transgendered person and lgbtq rights in her book tomorrow will be different. love loss and the fight for transequality. sunday on american history tv at 12: 5 a p.m. eastern remembering the life and legacy of william f. berkely jr., the tv personality be, political activist and founder of the national review who died in 2008. at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, the the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author colin callaway in his book the indian world of george washington, the first american and the first americans and the birth of the nation. >>> british foreign secretary boris johnson updated members on the foreign affairs committee about developments in uk foreign policy specifically russia and the recent nerve agent attack. he told lawmakers that the timing of russia's nerve agent attack in the u