i had been looking for a way into the kennedy administration for sometime. artists maybe to believe, but one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22nd, 1963, one as an eight year old i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. it isn't unusual for someone like me or any of my generation to remember where here she was, but it did seem to me like to change something. it develop for me a fascination. as i grew up, my friends were interested in captain cook and the final frontier. and i was interest in jfk and the new frontier. through my career as a journalist, as a student before that, i had been looking as a washington correspondent for away as well for way into the kennedy. story of course colin there, were a monumental biographies. there were heavy memoirs, there were academic studies, there were scarcely a part of jfk's legacy that had not been dissected and inspected and examined. but i wanted to see if there's an i wasn't sure if there is nothing new to say. when i came essentially upon these two days in june. we are on the eve of the

i had been looking for a way into the kennedy administration for some time. one of the most seminole days of my life was november 22nd, 1963, when i was an 8-year-old i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. it isn't unusual for someone like me or anyone of my generation to remember where he or she was, but it developed for me a fascination. as i grew up, my friends were interested in captain cook. i was interested in jfk and the new frontier. through my career as a journalist and a student before that, i had been looking as a washington correspondent as well for a way into the kennedy story. of course, colleen, there were monumental biographies, there were heavy memoirs, academic studies, there was scarcely a part of jfk's legacy that had not been dissected and inspected and examined. i wondered, though, if there was nothing knew to say. and then i came upon in a sense these two days in june. we were on the eve of the 57th anniversary of june the 10th and 11th, 1963. what could i say that was new? and i said to myself, two extraordinary speeches,

the most important foreign policy decision and foreign policy achievement of the kennedy administration. >> a few hours later, after this really transformative foreign policy speech they kennedy gives at american university, your book details about how he has pivoted two hours later to eight another major pressing national issue concerning governor george wallace and desegregation at the university of alabama. how does kennedy begin to prepare himself to handle this crisis and why does he think that it might be a pivotal moment in civil rights history? >> in the velocity of these 48 hours, i called them these feverish 48 hours. he does pivot. he pivots on both issues. he has to pivot within a day. so he leaves american university. it's about five or six miles from the white house. he jumps into the lincoln continental that the candidates have designed and kennedy has started using. he goes back to the white house. his thoughts turn from diplomacy in the cold war and nuclear arms to george wallace, civil rights and the university of alabama. because down in alabama, george wallace, the b

this is a coming together of the black civil rights movement and the kennedy administration. >> presidentwish i knew how it would feel to be free ♪ >> ten hours after it began, the event that would change american politics forever was over. as the crowds made their way back, the reverberations of that day will be felt all over the world. ♪ and i should say, say them loud, say them clear ♪ ♪ for the whole round world to hear ♪ >> one of the things that king's dream makes clear is once we start dreaming of a better world and start making that better world, things that we thought were impossible become possible. and that was an inspiration. ♪ i wish you could know what it means to be me ♪ ♪ then you'd see and agree that every man should be free ♪ ♪ i wish i could give all i'm longing to give ♪ ♪ i wish i could live like i'm longing to live ♪ ♪ i wish i could do all the things that i can do ♪ >> this man who was never elected to any public office, this man standing 430 feet tall between president jefferson and president lincoln. sometimes when i'm flying out of washington, i look down and see

i must point out in the kennedy administration that knee grows have been given big appointments liker, who is a decision-maker. it's the whole national housing effort. i think you will find that the treasurer connecticut that's a decision making job. the same thing with our members of the state legislator, members of the supreme court, like august smith in michigan. these are not token jobs. these are jobs where they have a real responsibility for carrying out oaths of their office and i think they are expected to live up to them in terms of all the people. >> until a year ago, no knee grow since reconstruction days has held a seat in the georgia legislature. now the roy w. johnson occupies a seat in the senate has become a wreck expected member of that house. periodically johnson guy's new knee grows to their state capital. is a symbol of the greater opportunities in politics today and the higher aspirations i was brought about by the american revolution of 63. the white citizens council organized in the mid fifties advocated it new means of controlling southern across. economic rep

i must point out in the kennedy administration, those given bigger appointments like dr.ision maker. incidentally his office is not a racial office. it's the whole national housing effort. i think he will find that the treasurer of connecticut, that's a decision making job. the same thing with our members of the state legislature, members of the supreme court like otis smith in michigan, these are not token jobs. these are jobs where they have a real responsibility for carrying out the oath of their office and i think they are expected to live up to them in terms of all the people. >> until a year ago, none has held a seat in the georgia legislature. roy johnston now has become a respected member of that body. he guides young through the state capital a symbol of the opportunities in politics today and a higher aspirations brought about by the american revolution of '63. the citizens council organized in the mid-50s advocated a means of controlling, economic reprisal, ironically boired this concept and used this to score the first spectacular breakthrough in montgomery. i

two, through the kennedy administration's increasing tendencies of our national sovereignty, and threelored elements in our country. under segregation, there was no such disturbance as this, and this is not entirely unreasonable because these people have found through the encouragement of the president and attorney general that it pays to get out in the streets and demonstrate and carry on, and i would predict that if the civil rights bills pass, that will mean further, more violent demonstrations. the whole thing is -- and it's a great pity that this entire integration movement is based on false legal grounds. the grounds being the so-called supreme court school decision. in a similar case in savannah, georgia, which was decided recently, uncontradicted, undisputed testimony showed that the basis of the supreme court decision was entirely wrong. the outcome of all this i think is to hasten a showdown as to if the united states will remain a predominantly white nation or if it will become increasingly africanized. >> murder, the willful and wanton destruction of human life, has been ra

one, through the mechanism of the united nations, two, through the kennedy administration's increasinglored immigration which is favored by liberal elements in this country. it seems to me this heightened pace of the revolution results from integration south. under segregation there was no such disturbance as this, and this is not entirely unreasonable because these people have found through encouragement of the president and the attorney general that it pays to get out in the streets and demonstrate and carry on. and i would predict that if the civil rights bill is passed that will mean further, more violent demonstrations. the strange thing is, and this is great pity this entire immigration movement is based on false legal grounds. the grounds being the so-called supreme court integration decision of may 17, 1954. and the case in savannah, georgia, decided recently, uncontradicted unrefuted testimony showed the factual basis of the supreme court decision was entirely wrong. the outcome of all of this, i think, is to hasten a showdown as to whether the united states will remain a pred

tonight that we have spent $30 billion more on preparing this nation in the 4 years of the kennedy administration than would have been spent if we had followed the appropriations of the last year of the previous administration. [applause] pres. johnson: i report tonight as president of the united states and as commander in chief of the armed forces on the strength of your country, and i tell you that it is greater than any adversary. [applause] pres. johnson: i assure you that it is greater than the combined might of all the nations, in all the wars, in all the history of this planet. [applause] pres. johnson: and i report our superiority is growing. [applause] pres. johnson: weapons do not make peace. men make peace. [applause] pres. johnson: and peace comes not through strength alone, but through wisdom and patience and restraint. [applause] pres. johnson: and these qualities under the leadership of president kennedy brought a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere. and a hundred other nations in the world joined us. [applause] pres. johnson: other agreements were reached and other step

the federal government, the kennedy administration was working largely behind the scenes to arrange orirst hesitant and suspicious contacts between negros and white leaders. hoping to achieve solutions. in birmingham, a truce was achieved with white business leaders. during that same troubled spring, another truce was achieved with white political leaders. that was in cambridge, maryland. >> even the name of a street in maryland symbolizes the gulf of 12,000 people. it divides the city. it's driven them further apart racially. the demonstrations and the violence thought the maryland national guard here in force to maintain order. the guardsmen still watching in cambridge. but desegregation campaign was organized by the cambridge nonviolent action committee with total integration of its goal. it was headed by gloria richardson. along the way, nonviolent action too often became violent. the first explosion came in june, after a long series of demonstrations, arrests, more demonstrations, more arrests, truces, stalled negotiations, broken promises and charges of bad faith from both sides.

i must point out that in the kennedy administration, the negroes who have been given an office of powernk you will find the treasurer of connecticut -- that's a decision-making job. the same thing with members of the state legislature, members of the supreme court like otis smith in michigan. these are not token jobs. these are jobs where they have a real responsibility for carrying out the oath of their office, and i think they are expected to live up to them in terms of all the people. >> until a year ago, no negro since reconstruction days has held a seat in the georgia legislature. now lee roy w. johnson occupies a seat in the senate and has become a respected member of the body. periodically, johnson leads young negroes through the state capital. he is a symbol of the opportunities in politics today and the aspirations of negroes brought about by the revolution of 1963. the white citizens council organized in the mid-1950's advocated a new means of controlling southern negroes -- economic reprisal. ironically, the negroes borrowed the concept and used it to score their first specta

the kennedy administration had put two advance men behind the memorial with a power switch to cut the mic if john lewis seemed to become too revolutionary. he believed and said then, we're tired of being beaten by police. we're tired of going to jail. we're tired of being told to be patient. we want freedom, now. cut to june, in the wake of the murder of george floyd, what was the last time, the last occasion, where we saw john lewis in public? he was standing at black lives matter plaza, across from the white house. >> yeah. >> and there -- there's a line between those struggles. and what -- what john lewis would say, and he did say at the very end of his life, is that if you don't think america can change, come walk in my shoes. but he, also, knew that we have to use those shoes. and we have to keep moving. >> jon, i love you as a commentator and a person who comes on and discusses these issues. but i think i love you more as an author. and so, i thank you for coming on this evening. again, the book is "his truth is marching on." john lewis and the power of hope. come back. we'll sp

tonight that we have spent $30 billion more on preparing this nation in the 4 years of the kennedy administration than would have been spent if we had followed the appropriations of the last year of the previous administration. [applause] i report tonight as president of the united states and as commander in chief of the armed forces on the strength of your country, and i tell you that it is greater than any adversary. [applause] i assure you that it is greater than the combined might of all the nations, in all the wars, in all the history of this planet. [applause] and i report our superiority is growing. [applause] weapons do not make peace. men make peace. [applause] and peace comes not through strength alone, but through wisdom and patience and restraint. [applause] and these qualities under the leadership of president kennedy brought a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere. and a hundred other nations in the world joined us. [applause] other agreements were reached and other steps were taken. and their single guide was to lessen the danger to men without increasing the danger to fre

property within the confines of succession of states and they forgot in the 1962 and 1963 kennedy administration made the ruling and supported by the courts that individual citizens of certain states had federal rights, civil rights, and it was the duty of the federal government to intervene when they were in danger. so there was a lot of precedent. i want to ask one more question very quickly and then there's a from i'd like to enter the audience. this is a strange year. this perfect storm. we've had the virus, the covid-19, then we've had the first mass quarantine in u.s. history. and then we've had a booming economy that had record low unemployment, record stock arket, strong g.d.p. then the lockdown and a recession. then the george floyd tragedy. then the demonstrations and then the violence and the looting and the arson. and we're in a 2020 year, and for the first too in my life -- time in my life, one of the parties, vice president nomination, seems to have taken on singular importance with almost the subtext that that selection could be a presidential candidate sooner than later because o

to demean lyndon johnson and weaken his role, and he was the most powerful person in the kennedy administration for those first thousand days. but then you have this terrible tragic circumstance where kennedy is assassinated, and suddenly the vice president is elevated to the presidency, and now rfk is working for a president who hates him and, in fact, there's a big screaming fight that they have in the oval office shortly after johnson is inaugurated right after the first cabinet meeting, and they don't, they don't talk for two months after that. everybody in the audience people they haven't talked to in two months in this weird coronavirus period. but think about it, rfk was the sitting attorney general in the period where he's not talking to the president for two months. that is unusual. so sometimes you have a president giving certain powers to a vice president that they may have in one administration and they don't in another. it's interesting in the book, i also point out that hubert humphrey was lbj's vice president, and you would think he might have learned to be nicer to his vice pres

weaken his role and robert f kennedy was the most powerful person outside the president in the kennedy administration for those birth thousand days . and you have the tragic circumstances that kennedy is assassinated and suddenly the vice president is elevated to the presidency and now rfk, robert f kennedy is working for a president who hates him and there's a big screaming fight they have in the oval office shortly after johnson is in the first cabinet meeting and they don't talk for two months after that which is not really unusual. i'm sure everybody is here, but think about it, rfk would be sitting attorneygeneral at a period where he's not talking to the attorney general . that is unusual though sometimes you have to president giving certain powers to a vice president and also point out that hubert humphrey was lbj's vice president and you think lbj might have learned from the experience to be nicer to hubert humphrey and in fact the opposite was thecase . it was as belittling of humphrey as the kennedy people were of johnson. then in the later years he picked up the vicepresident had become mo

this is the 57th anniversary of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech during the kennedy administration, and now large crowds gathering almost six decades later. this time, under the trump administration. how did it go? >> i have to admit, neil, i didn't know what to expect, especially given the heat. it was sweltering here in the nation's capital today. coronavirus is always an issue. they were hoping for a gathering of around 100,000 or so, but i could argue it may have been a little bit smaller than that. probably not by much. when you look at the crowd, we have pictures. all things considered, covid-19, sweltering heat, middle of the summer, i think you could argue this was very well attended indeed. also discussed lamarche that have been 57 years ago. incredible when you think about the history. that one was about jobs and getting americans to live up to its promise to its people by comparison, today's march was about ending police brutality and looking into solutions for problems that affect us all. >> if you are looking for savior, get up and look in a mirror. we must be the hero

spoke, they were so concerned he was going to be do radical and too revolutionary that the kennedy administrationside the lincoln memorial ready to cut the microphone and play mahalia jackson singing "he's got the whole world in his hand" over the loudspeakers. the lesson of the first march on washington in 1963 is that dr. king set out the ideal and john lewis told the story about how the students of america, as they are again now, were trying to bring the ideal into reality. and so having a president who refuses to acknowledge the plain facts of the matter about structural racism and the prevalence of injustice, is a central stumbling block. we need a president who sees the world as it is and can lead us to a place where we want it to be. >> you know, john lewis once told me that they wanted a meeting, dr. king and the others wanted a meeting with president kennedy and robert kennedy before the march but that the kennedys wouldn't agree to that, they were so fearful that it would be violent and so it was only afterwards that they got into the oval office and you've observed how john lewis hung

arrested, there was a notion of who was going to help him, was it someone from the nixon or kennedy administration? the kennedys actually sense people down to protect martin luther king and helped him get out of jail. some people argued that really what was helped many african americans suddenly believed that somebody from massachusetts with an accent they did not understand could be a champion in their cars. >> kennedy is a fascinated 1963, just a few months after the -- >> lyndon johnson, a southerner and a man who is closest friends in the senate or segregationists. he becomes president. would anybody have predicted that he would lead the effort to get to 1964 civil rights act -- why did he do that given his background, his knowledge that this will probably heard the democratic party in the south? >> on the one hand, you've got to remember that when lyndon johnson was a teacher in texas, he was very involved with trying to improve conditions for the latino community. there is a part of johnson that was not just kill calculated political move. i think he really felt the fairness was essential. t

and yet, at the same time, there is an effort on the part of the canon me -- kennedy administration, we know this from the records, to get people out of the streets, to arrange some sort of a compromise. birmingham had exploded already. the kennedys did not want to see anything like this happen in jackson. how much of this were you aware of on campus, that things that had been at white heat were now sort of tampering back? joan: well, you see, this was right at the end of the school year. and i left within a day or two and came back to washington and worked in the march on washington office all summer. so, i was mainly getting just whatever was in the washington post, i think. >> so, you weren't there for the final days? joan: i wasn't there. john doar was amazing, another hero. >> yeah. joan: medgar's body was at a funeral home up here, and the lines were around the block to go in and see him. >> that's right, because he was buried at arlington. joan: he was buried at arlington. i still have the black crepe ribbon that they gave us to pin on our clothes or armbands, or whatever. >> w

. >> how about your perspective of the federal government and in particular the kennedy administration. >> well, the federal government was not our ally. i think that they were annoyed that there were all of these critical international issues and you have this bunch of blacks and whites who want to ride through the south, challenging the culture of segregation. i would be particularly critical of the fbi because there was no community that i worked in where i could talk to an fbi agent. i did once think on a sort of intuitive quirk that there was an fbi guy that i could say something to. and this was when i was working in jackson. about two months later, i wound up in federal court. the agent had hope that he could implicate me on a conspiracy. it turns out, i had been tactful enough that when i testified, it really didn't help their case. so the justice department presence with people like john doar was often welcomed and was sincere. john doar did a lot of very good work, i think, in mississippi and voter registration protections and so forth. but the sincere involvement in the -- b

particularly by the 1960s, when we go through a reform period during the kennedy and johnson administrations. particularly at the start of the great society, would lyndon johnson. he is chairman of the committee, and it pushes through 50, different measures related to education reforms. so a very substantive, legislator in addition to having a show horse kind of style. >> very flamboyant. >> another thing is those two aspects there's a part where he is known as mr. civil rights, and he's very willing to champion civil rights on all levels. both legislatively, and as a life of the house. i remember telling you once about you know even as seemingly minor as sitting in the house chamber. and where you sit in the house chamber, that to come up for him. >> there's another story that one of his biographer's tells us, and so sitting in the house chamber, the seeding actually is open, in respect to the party block tradition. the democrats the speakers, and the right republicans democrats left. four who told the press, this man was a chairman of the committee, he said i refuse to sit next to a black

during the kennedy and johnson administrations and at the start of the great society with lyndon johnson. committeerman of the and it pushes through 50 different measures related to education reforms. substantive legislator in horseon to having a show kind of style, very flamboyant. interestinge things about him is at the two aspects. there is one of the things where he is known as mr. civil rights. he championed civil rights on all levels, both legislatively and into the life of the house. even something as seemingly minor as sitting in the house chamber and where you sit in the house chamber, that came up for him. >> there is another story his biographer tells. speeding in the house chamber is open as long as you respect the , but whenk tradition pelkey meant there was a prominent southern member who told the press, this meant was a chairman of a committee. i refused to sit next to a black man on the house floor, so what powell did was follow him around for a day on the floor and take a seat next to him anytime he sat down and forced this very senior member to move around the chamber,

particularly by the 1960's when we go through a reform period during the kennedy and johnson administrations, and particularly at the start of the great society with lyndon johnson. he is chairman of the committee and its pushes through 50 different measures related to education reforms. so a very substantive legislator in addition to being a show horse, very flamboyant. farar: it is interesting, those two aspects. there is a part where he is known as mr. civil rights and he is very willing to champion civil rights on all levels, both legislatively and into the life of the house. i remember you telling me once about even something as minor as sitting in the house chamber and where you sit in the house chamber, that came up for him. matt: there is another story that one of his biographers tells. seating in the house chamber is open as long as you respect the party block tradition. democrats, this speaker, the republicans to the left. but when powell came in, there was a prominent southern number -- member who told the press, this man was a chairman of a committee and said, i refuse to sit nex

committee, particularly by the 1960s when we go through a reform period during the kennedy and johnson administrations, and particularly at the start of the great society with lyndon johnson. he's chairman of the committee, and it pushes through 50 different measures related to education reforms. so a very substantive legislator in addition to being -- having a showhorse kind of style. very flamboyant. >> well, one of the things i think is interesting about him is that those two aspects, because there's the part where he's known as mr. civil rights, and he's very willing to -- very willing to champion civil rights on all levels, both legislatively and in the life of the house. i remember you telling me once about even something as seemingly minor as sitting in the house chamber and where you sit in the house chamber, that, too, came up for him. >> there's another story that one of his biographers tells. seating in the house chamber is open, as long as you respect the party bloc tradition, democrats to the speaker's right, republicans to the speaker's left. when powell came in, there was a very promine

different personalities, obviously, but the poetry we saw and the promise of both the obama and kennedy administrations to put through civil rights legislation, a war on poverty. this is time for president biden to do the same thing. i know he's going to have a great wing woman on his side. >> all right. mayor eric garcetti, we appreciately appreciate you being with us. thank you. >>> coming up next, fearing president trump would try to shut down the russia investigation, fbi agents hid key documents related to the probe. that's one of the new revelations out in jeffrey toobin's book. he joins us straight ahead. we'll talk about that and so much more when "morning joe" returns. en "morning joe" returns. ♪ ♪ the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com. ♪ liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for at what you need.om. i wish i could shake your hand. granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ the coronavirus is wrecking stif the senate doesn't act, it will mean painful cuts to esse

i need the department will because it done some things about the kennedy and johnson administrations. give me that exposure. but it didn't know anything about washington politics in the press and all of that. so i had a good base of knowledge from which to learn. i was fortunate in meeting a m man, to come and be the press person. joe had worked for new york times prior no, decades. as a premier labor reporter. he was really good. anybody read his stories, he could really do a subject. he said he would sign on we had conditions. and i said okay joe, what are your conditions. he said will first of all, but i'm going to be a spokesman, i have to know what is going on. i have to be able to walk in there. i don't want to be blindsided pretty if i'm blindsided, but i'm over. in this of course, you can go anywhere you want. anybody would be happy to have you there. you know that. so he said what does fly. mason, joy deployed. he said you'd be surprised what happens to people. they come down here, the given the pressure many they don't like to think mislead. misleading is as this line. so if

going to depend on how much republican sthaerts want to push back against the trump administration on that. >> kennedy lanian coming to us with this breaking news. we appreciate your time. we want to go to nbc's josh letterman at the white house. the president is visiting louisiana just two days since the category 4 storm barrelled through the state. there reaction right now from the white house to the news that the dn sirks going to stop the in-person briefings. >> no reaction from the white house. we asked them for comment on this. we know, as ken was pointing out, this has been a long pointed of contention between the administration and congress. just the last time that congress got some information from the government about this, about those three countries that had an interesting in interfering, russia, iran, and north korea, we heard senators -- i'm sorry, in china. we hert senators saying there is a lot more classified information that they have seen that the administration was declining to make public. this is a battle we are going to see continuing between the white house and congress up thro

while in a new the department will because they did some things in kennedy and johnson administration and he gave me that exposure pre-but they did not know anything about washington politics and the press that all about, i had a good base of knowledge on which to learn about these things and and there was a man named joe to come be the press person and joe had worked for the new york times for i don't know, decades. he was the premier labor reporter anywhere, he was really good, anybody who read their stories and he said he would sign on but he had conditions. as i said okay, what are your conditions. he said first of all, if i'm going to be the spokesman i have to know what is going on, i have to be able to work and i don't want to be blindsided, if i'm blindsided, i'm over. >> i said of course, will go anywhere you want, you'll be a contributor. what else. he said do not lie, isaac, and joe, i do not like, are you surprised the hobbits the people, they come down there, good under pressure, they mislead, misleading is as bad as lying, so you've got to be straight and i said okay, we

very well and i knew the department well because i had done some things in both the kennedy and johnson administrations and it gave me that exposure but i did not know anything about washington and politics and the press and all of that. so, i had a good base of knowledge from which to learn about these things and i was fortunate in persuading amand name joe loftus to come and be the press person and show had worked "the new york times" for, i don't know, decades and he was the premier labor reporter anywhere and he was really good and everybody read his stories. he really knew his subject. he said he would sign on but he had conditions. i said okay joe, what are your conditions and he said well, first of all, if i will be the spokesman i have to know what is going on and i had to be able to look and i don't want to be blindsided. if i am blind sided than i am over. i said of course, go anywhere you want. anyone would be glad to have you there. what else? he said don't lie. i said come on joe, i don't lie but he said you would be surprised what happens to people. they come down here, get under pressure

i think the administration could have handled the rollout better. >> jesse: kennedy come i will not makealcoholic metaphor but i will ask you what you thi? >> kennedy: i think adam schiff should have to answer under oath whether or not he has leaked information to the media. because it is one thing to make an assertion like that and a boldface lie to cnn, but if he is giving sworn testimony come i would like to hear what he has to say because i don't believe a word he is saying when he says that. i also think only focusing on russia is a huge distraction. russia has a tiny economy compared to china. china's economy is much smaller than ours. they have $13 trillion gdp and we have 22 million. russia has $1.6 trillion and china has a lot more to gain if they gain the world and becomes a single existing superpower, which is their long-term strategy. and they can't do that unless they affect the outcome of the election. a lot of people know that russia did in 2016, why would they be the only player up and they were so much to gain? and if we haven't locked things up four years later, shame o

kennedys initially go to. and there's this wonderful story of during the election of 1960, dr. king is arrested. and there was a notion of who was going to help him? was someone from the nixon administration or from the kennedy. and the kennedys actually sent people down to protect martin luther king and help him get out of jail. some people argue that really was what helped many african-americans suddenly believe that somebody from massachusetts with an accent they didn't understand could really champion their cause. >> so president kennedy's assassinated november 22, 1963 just a few months after the march on washington. lyndon johnson a southerner and man closest friends in the senate were segregationists he becomes president. would anybody have predicted that he would lead the effort to get the 1960 civil rights act pass and why did he do that given his background, his knowledge that that would probably hurt the democratic party in the south? >> well, on the one hand you've got to remember that when lyndon johnson was a teacher in texas, he was very involved with trying to improve conditions for the latino community. so, there is a part of johnson that wasn't just calculated, political

administration. in about half an hour, a conversation about the relationships between members of the roosevelt and kennedye franklin d roosevelt presidential library provided this video. >> i am director of the roosevelt and herbert hoover presidential museums. >> are here to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in american history, the presidential election of 1932, and hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship before and after their presidencies. this was a period of incredible trauma for the united states, the great depression.

was it someone from nixon administration, or from the kennedy? the candidates actually sent people down to protect martin luther king, and help them get out of jail. and some people argued that really was what helped many african americans, suddenly believe that somebody from massachusetts, with an ax and they did not understand, could really champion their cause. >> so, presidents kennedy's assassination -- 1963, just a few months from the march in washington. then the johnson, a southerner, and a man who is closest friends in the senate were segregationists, he becomes president. would anybody have predicted that he would lead the effort to get the 1964 civil rights act passed them, and why did he do that given his background. his knowledge of this would probably hurt the democratic party in the south? >> on the one hand, you gotta remember that when lyndon johnson was a teacher in texas, he was very involved with trying to improve conditions for the latino community. so there is a part of johnson that wasn't just, a calculated political move.

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administration. we will hear a conversation about relationships between the members of the roosevelt and kennedy's political dynasties. the franklin roosevelt presidential library provided this video. >> welcome to at home with the roosevelts. i am director of the roosevelt presidential library and museum and joined by the director of the herbert hoover presidential library museum. schwartz, i am the director of the herbert hoover presidential library and museum in iowa. paul: we are here today to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in american history, the presidential election of 1932, and hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship before and after their presidencies. this was a period of incredible trauma for the united states, with the great depression. the two of them had known each other for quite some time. during world war i, franklin roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. tom, do you want to talk about what hoover did during world war i? thomas: sure. herbert hoover was the head of the u.s. food administration. the food administration had to essenti

it is kind of hard to hear what senator john kennedy was saying, representative steve scalise also in the audience. the fema administrator, pete gaynor. president trump of course there who is being briefed and talking to the media there about hurricane laura. the strongest hurricane to batter the area in 150 years. so far 2.6 million liters of water have been delivered, 1.4 million meals. we should mention nbc news is reporting that 8,000 homes were destroyed in this hurricane, about 14,000 people sought shelter and as of last night 100,000 people in texas without power and thousands in louisiana. i'd like to bring in peter hotez. we had to interrupt our conversation regarding coronavirus when the president began speaking. also jake levine former aide to president obama. is there concern this could converge and become a super spreader event when we talk about the pandemic? >> absolutely. there is a lot of worry because even before this hurricane, texas still had one of the highest rates of transmission of covid-19 in the country even though it was 10,000 new cases a day, it was down to 5,000 new cases a day, it is still

administration. this is an historically, really significant pick. this is like kennedy picking lyndon johnson or reagan picking george h.w. bush, clinton picking gore. we're going big here. even president obama picking biden, who was much more experienced. that's what you have to do in this situation. and he's got a governing partner here. he's going to need that. and so i'm not so worried about gafs. they're going to come and we'll deal with them as they come and dispose of them as they come also. that's just the nature of politics. >> congresswoman i keep noticing you're smiling. on a personal level as a woman of the democratic party who was elected to congress, how did you feel when you heard today's news? >> well, you know, i told myself it didn't matter who the choice was going to be, and i partially believed that, because i think there were so many talented women, but when this was announced today, i actually felt elated. i felt like, you know, there was a hurdle that the democratic party had gotten over with this choice. and because black women are such that we h

could make the right decision for himself and for an administration that will be, in many ways, like president johnson's was to president kennedy's. the poetry of obama and the poetry of kennedy. obama lost his majority after two years. kennedy's life cut short. but then the next president came in and really muscled through the civil rights work, the anti-poverty work. i think that this will be what the country needs and who joe biden will be alongside with a great vice president. so i'm excited. the news, i think, will be electrifying when it comes out and people will know that joe will make his own decisions. he makes up his mind. does what's best for this country. and if it happens to be someone from california, even better icing on the cake. >> he can only pick one, but that's still a list of all-stars. could you see another person on that list in a cabinet position, i don't know, treasury secretary? >> absolutely. and i think that's really important for the american people to recognize. the favorite political parlor game certainly on television and in many homes is, who is going to be the vice president. but think about admi

simply to cry on federal administration or uplifting voices protesting the death of george floyd or crying gun violence, that will not do it. >> gillian: kennedyhave pointed to gang violence, people side, which has 600% spike in shootings this year. people are scared because they don't have the typical societal structures that hold people together and give them something throughout their day that has a beginning, middle an end. gangs, whether you like it or not, they do provide that structure. the energy is going to go somewhere and when you have an advocation of leadership, someone, some institution is going to step in and in a lot of these cities, you have within the police department, these anti-gun violence units like in portland, which i know we'll talk about in a little bit, that are shut down. then you see the consequences and emily is right, this is not one thing. when the pandemic magically goes away, it does not mean manhattan will be restored to opleps and order that it enjoyed in a good economy and for several years and people like mayor de blasio has taken for granted there has been a down trend in violent crime for so long and no