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let me make one point, several times we talked about he is not lbj, lbj left office, charlie, 44 yearsgo. you and i are the, are the only ones old must have to remember that and there hasn't been an lbj since lbj, it is a non sequitur, it is not the way washington works for better or worse. >> rose: he was -- >> well, and don't forget, you know, he just basically stayed senate majority leader while he was president, so it was sort of a unique situation, i think we have to realize that that was an a no, ma'aanomaly that is not ps before, before before or after haven't acted. >> he had a two-to-one majority in the house and senate which helps. >> rose: right. for all of two years. >> yes. the interesting thing about this conversation i have to close down is we have said nothing about house republicans which have been at the center of his discussion. >> charlie, they are at the sidelines and they know it, that all of the action, if anything happens and moves in washington, it is going to move in the senate first, and with senate republicans and if it moves there, then the house will act.
let me make one point, several times we talked about he is not lbj, lbj left office, charlie, 44 yearsgo. you and i are the, are the only ones old must have to remember that and there hasn't been an lbj since lbj, it is a non sequitur, it is not the way washington works for better or worse. >> rose: he was -- >> well, and don't forget, you know, he just basically stayed senate majority leader while he was president, so it was sort of a unique situation, i think we have to realize...
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why doesn't he just knock heads like lbj did? my dad ran against lbj.y goldwater's running mate. obama did not have lbj majorities. as we have sort of alluded to. and i don't hold democrats blameless. he sometimes can't get democrats to come along. he does not have the kind of -- you know, liberal majorities that lbj did. >> but to dean's point, he doesn't -- >> some of the democrats don't go along with him. he doesn't like the wining and dining although he has been trying it. >> we shouldn't under estimate how important over the years using the budget has been as a tool for presidents, giving stuff away and stuff like that. and this president doesn't have that kind of pork to give away that previous presidents have had either. and that's an important issue that nobody really talks about. >> all right. thanks to all of you. and you know what she raises, here's what he could do in a second term. do what bill clinton did. balance the budget. >>> all right, the essay is next. it's a holiday today. did you know that? how did you celebrate? to prove it, we s
why doesn't he just knock heads like lbj did? my dad ran against lbj.y goldwater's running mate. obama did not have lbj majorities. as we have sort of alluded to. and i don't hold democrats blameless. he sometimes can't get democrats to come along. he does not have the kind of -- you know, liberal majorities that lbj did. >> but to dean's point, he doesn't -- >> some of the democrats don't go along with him. he doesn't like the wining and dining although he has been trying it....
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if you read the chapter on lbj in my book, you will find that heat lived up to her wishes, so much so that he, like kermit, supported israel against the almost overwhelming opposition of his own cabinet. but it was not only his answer admonition that moved in. the russian leader asked president johnson why he supported israel, he replied because it is the right thing to do. shortly after becoming president, lbj was guest of honor at an austin, texas synagogue where it was revealed that as a congressman he had saved 42 jews from poland and germany and in what was known as operation texas he was said to have saved hundreds more, although the evidence to that is not conclusive. and it a now famous jew who claimed that lbj saved his life was erich leinsdorf became the conductor of the boston symphony jimmy carter, one page. [laughter] there are many more in the book. an interesting character. there is little doubt that he favors the palestinians. i also believe he is genuinely committed to israel's surviving and furnishing. one, for example, when israel was in danger of an attack he provi
if you read the chapter on lbj in my book, you will find that heat lived up to her wishes, so much so that he, like kermit, supported israel against the almost overwhelming opposition of his own cabinet. but it was not only his answer admonition that moved in. the russian leader asked president johnson why he supported israel, he replied because it is the right thing to do. shortly after becoming president, lbj was guest of honor at an austin, texas synagogue where it was revealed that as a...
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lbj. >> i know.he morning, i swear, and in the afternoon he was doing a daily. >> that sounds like a country song. >> to al's point, i think we're in instant gratification mode and we need to step back and say these will take awhile. such as background, after it died in the senate, you awe this polling that came out showed that people voted against the bill were suffering and people supporting it were benefitting and that lays the groundwork for something longer term legislatively. everything will take a bit of time. back to the first part i made which is i think we're under stating the fact that obama is really ham strung by the lack of ear marks and the lack of park he can handout to get them to the table. he has a fair amount of sticks including organizing for america left over and his popularity and the ability to go out to a district and shame a congresswoman or congressman from acts. >> one of the great intended consequences. they want to get rid of the ear marks. >> when you have 60 vote thres
lbj. >> i know.he morning, i swear, and in the afternoon he was doing a daily. >> that sounds like a country song. >> to al's point, i think we're in instant gratification mode and we need to step back and say these will take awhile. such as background, after it died in the senate, you awe this polling that came out showed that people voted against the bill were suffering and people supporting it were benefitting and that lays the groundwork for something longer term...
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even lbj.j, the democratic party had huge majorities in both chambers of congress. after democrats lost seats in the '64 -- '66 elections -- eventually i was going to hit the right number, lbj ran into a great wall. i don't think people want to recognize in which these presidential figures were themselves achievement a product of the fact their party controlled congress. >> to me what the dowd column highlights more is how obsessed we're getting with the narrative. like we can't -- this is a particular maureen dowd tick that she's more about fining the right metaphor. maybe that's what president obama meant when he was indicting the media and getting out problems with big business. he was alluding to the way our obsession with the narrative can get in the way of the actual process. >> we treat the presidency the way maureen dowd did, not to pick on maureen dowd, lots of people treat the presidency, it creates expect takings, unreasonable expect takings and leads people to sort of invest so much
even lbj.j, the democratic party had huge majorities in both chambers of congress. after democrats lost seats in the '64 -- '66 elections -- eventually i was going to hit the right number, lbj ran into a great wall. i don't think people want to recognize in which these presidential figures were themselves achievement a product of the fact their party controlled congress. >> to me what the dowd column highlights more is how obsessed we're getting with the narrative. like we can't -- this...
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. >> lbj. >> no, jfk, when he first introduced it. lbj was the one who made it into law. jfk proposed it in 1962, and only 28% supported it. when lbj actually passed the law, only 46% of the public supported it. and now it's overwhelmingly popular. so just because something is unpopular doesn't necessarily mean that it shouldn't be enacted. secondly, in terms of the polls, jim will tell you this, and he's a polster. 90% of the american people support background checks on gun purchases, but that didn't stop republicans from blocking that legislation in the u.s. senate. i don't know if we should use as determination -- >> i don't think there has ever been a point -- four years now, obamacare, the discussion of obamacare, the polls have never been favorable to obamacare. another group. businesses don't like obamacare, because they're going to have to lay off workers or cut back on hours worked or put everybody in the pool. the unions are now turning -- you have got to have a constituency someplace to survive. >> the worst part about obamacare and for the president, for the w
. >> lbj. >> no, jfk, when he first introduced it. lbj was the one who made it into law. jfk proposed it in 1962, and only 28% supported it. when lbj actually passed the law, only 46% of the public supported it. and now it's overwhelmingly popular. so just because something is unpopular doesn't necessarily mean that it shouldn't be enacted. secondly, in terms of the polls, jim will tell you this, and he's a polster. 90% of the american people support background checks on gun...
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. >> i was there with the presidency of of lbj and the first federal budget in our history that hit $100on. and everyone gasped at the thought. >> it doesn't look like the republicans are hoping will you write a book for them? >> let me say something about that. there are people all across the spectrum of both parties if, but i was asked for speaking of my other book at fort leavenworth. the military base, not the prison. 1490 majors from mostly our country but from around the world. and someone asked me what i worry about when i go to bet at night and the answer was american weakness. why do i say that? the signal sent out from this country is basically we are modeling american economy on europe and the failed model. it doesn't work. there is no way to have the deficits we have and the debt we are incurring without sending a signal to the world that this country will not be what it was in the past. there is no way you can do that. people take that message and then you turn around and eisenhower was president then we came at a of the navy serving under kennedy johnson we were spending 10
. >> i was there with the presidency of of lbj and the first federal budget in our history that hit $100on. and everyone gasped at the thought. >> it doesn't look like the republicans are hoping will you write a book for them? >> let me say something about that. there are people all across the spectrum of both parties if, but i was asked for speaking of my other book at fort leavenworth. the military base, not the prison. 1490 majors from mostly our country but from around the...
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it was the presidency of lbj. was a congressman and it was the first federal budget in our history that it $100 billion. and everyone just gasped at the thought. >> but now doesn't doesn't seem like -- >> but now we have trillion dollar deficits. >> it doesn't look like the republicans are helping us any, so will you write a book for that? >> well, let me say about him something about that. i think the republicans, you know, there are people all across the spectrum in both parties. but i was asked, i was speaking about my other book, known and unknown at fort leavenworth. the military base, not the prison. [laughter] and there were i think 1490 majors from most our country but from around the world, too. it's a big school there. and someone asked me what's the biggest problem that i worry about when i go to bed at night. and the answer was, american weakness. why do i say that? i think the signal being sent out from this country is that basically we are modeling american economy on europe, and it's a failed model.
it was the presidency of lbj. was a congressman and it was the first federal budget in our history that it $100 billion. and everyone just gasped at the thought. >> but now doesn't doesn't seem like -- >> but now we have trillion dollar deficits. >> it doesn't look like the republicans are helping us any, so will you write a book for that? >> well, let me say about him something about that. i think the republicans, you know, there are people all across the spectrum in...
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nixon and lbj were the ones who quit. decided -- remember, there were a lot of calls -- when he admitted that he lied about this, a lot of calls for his resignation. it was a humiliating moment. he decided, i am just going to tough it out. he is perhaps the most popular political figure now in the country. i think that is a lesson if you are in that office and you get whacked. the tough it out and you will be redeemed by history. >> we omitted one president, jimmy carter, who, for one thing, got shot down by that speech he made, and then of course the iran hostage crisis pay them that did not go well. -- crisis. >> that did that go well. the attempted to get the hostages out and that failed. he had a lot of failures. doubleonomy whacked him, digit inflation, then he blamed the problem on the malaise in government. he came to the presidency eisenhower, who knewesidency .he institutions of government jimmy carter had none of that. i served in that administration and he was a decent person. >> carter had more current and cam
nixon and lbj were the ones who quit. decided -- remember, there were a lot of calls -- when he admitted that he lied about this, a lot of calls for his resignation. it was a humiliating moment. he decided, i am just going to tough it out. he is perhaps the most popular political figure now in the country. i think that is a lesson if you are in that office and you get whacked. the tough it out and you will be redeemed by history. >> we omitted one president, jimmy carter, who, for one...
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it's a lot easier to be another lbj when you have 60 plus senators and a large house majority.he didn't have those. and everyone should have been aware there are limits to how much he'd accomplish in the second term because of that. >> joy, the economy. good news for the president on this. what -- how does it help him in his arsenal against republicans and his agenda? >> i don't think there's any objective facts that could really help the president with this particular congress. i think some people have described the current republican party as sort of post-policy. because really they're so fixated on opposing barack obama that i'm not sure there's any objective set of facts that could change the calculus of how he's able to deal with them. i think what we have is a republican party that needs to decide it has to actually govern. they're just opposing barack obama is not enough. look at the economy and the fact it isn't growing more strongly, we've been trying to force ourselves to do austerity which has not worked in europe, which has actually harmed the european economy. with
it's a lot easier to be another lbj when you have 60 plus senators and a large house majority.he didn't have those. and everyone should have been aware there are limits to how much he'd accomplish in the second term because of that. >> joy, the economy. good news for the president on this. what -- how does it help him in his arsenal against republicans and his agenda? >> i don't think there's any objective facts that could really help the president with this particular congress. i...
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lbj is the president. and valley of the dolls was writing the bestsellers list.i was a high school sophomore. my biology teacher had set up a genetic experiment in which we are to study heredity and characteristics through several generations of a single family of fruit flies. now, the fruit fly is an ideal subject for such study because of its manic lifecycle. she said. which is true, it's possible if you're a fruit fly to be born on monday morning and play with your grandkids by thursday afternoon. [laughter] we budding biologist are assigned tasks, and mine is to feed the flies pixel at the end of each school day i climbed the stairs to the biology lab, open the glass jar that hold our population, drop into each piece a piece of rotten banana and then screw the lids closed again. now, sometimes after completing my task i put my face to the jar and study for a few minutes that these things come in fornicating, that will ensure the continuation of the species are now, a genetic experiment proceeds on course until the fateful friday afternoon when i climbed the s
lbj is the president. and valley of the dolls was writing the bestsellers list.i was a high school sophomore. my biology teacher had set up a genetic experiment in which we are to study heredity and characteristics through several generations of a single family of fruit flies. now, the fruit fly is an ideal subject for such study because of its manic lifecycle. she said. which is true, it's possible if you're a fruit fly to be born on monday morning and play with your grandkids by thursday...
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we will go to the lbj library. a letter from a today -- a tv news angechor. some film from the first presidential news conference. me are you see behind boxes containing correspondence during the johnson years. many of these boxes contained letters from the general public. what i have here to show you is an example of them. it is a letter from the very young brian williams. on lined notebook paper. it is pretty typical of some of the letters we have from schoolchildren. hope thatresident, i the men in vietnam are doing well. did they do this each day? he included a newspaper clipping. how are you feeling? i hope you are feeling good. i am 7.5 years old and die like you. i live in new york state. i want to meet you. he decorated with a nice little american flag. >> how old was brian williams when he wrote that? >> he said he was 7.5 years old. >> we have been listening to these tapes, the telephone conversations. >> yes. it is very similar to the one that was used in the white house. we do not know what happened to the machines in the white house. this is the
we will go to the lbj library. a letter from a today -- a tv news angechor. some film from the first presidential news conference. me are you see behind boxes containing correspondence during the johnson years. many of these boxes contained letters from the general public. what i have here to show you is an example of them. it is a letter from the very young brian williams. on lined notebook paper. it is pretty typical of some of the letters we have from schoolchildren. hope thatresident, i the...
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. >> game five of the nba playoffs was three-letter show, all lbj.bron james killing it in the third quarter against indiana. he finished with 30 points. miami leads three games to two in the series. the nba fined james and pacers david west $5,000 each for flopping, pretending to be fouled, falling down there. lance stephenson also got the flop fine. >>> the winter olympics are coming to sochi, russia airing here on nbc. here is the new medal design. what do you see? all are supposed to show the sun's rays reflecting through a prism of mountains and sandy beaches. >>> the mets beat the yankees four straight games in the a.l. subway series. sign of the times, 4-year-old fan aden. >> aden, why are you upset? >> because. >> because why? >> why don't they give us just one chance. >> chance for what? >> a yankee fan. yankee fans are winners. i want to -- >> how about if the yankees are losing? >> i would vote for them not. >> you basically go for whoever is winning? >> yeah. >> oh. so you're a frontrunner? >> yeah. >> not a flip-flopper. >> i'm not a fli
. >> game five of the nba playoffs was three-letter show, all lbj.bron james killing it in the third quarter against indiana. he finished with 30 points. miami leads three games to two in the series. the nba fined james and pacers david west $5,000 each for flopping, pretending to be fouled, falling down there. lance stephenson also got the flop fine. >>> the winter olympics are coming to sochi, russia airing here on nbc. here is the new medal design. what do you see? all are...
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the other side is this is always happened going back in presidencies, using the irs, fdr did it, jfk, lbj, nixon most famously. but wait a minute, they're not saying in all of these presidencies lower level, rogue irs employees were doing it. they're saying the presidency did it. and i think in this case, what we're going to see here is the question is to what extent was the white house or the presidency involved one way or another? there is one more point to make about this, paul. this could get to the point where it will involve legal issues. in other words, people will have legal exposure to what they did. when the f.b.i. investigates, government employees or even these irs officials, cannot lie to the f.b.i that is a crime. so i think the truth is going to finally begin to leak out. >> kim, you wrote this week that, in fact, this scandal started at the top when you meant president obama. what do you mean by that, 'cause right now he is claiming to be as outraged as anybody else. >> well, it's what dan was alluding to and what collin was alluding to. yes, we know democrats were writing
the other side is this is always happened going back in presidencies, using the irs, fdr did it, jfk, lbj, nixon most famously. but wait a minute, they're not saying in all of these presidencies lower level, rogue irs employees were doing it. they're saying the presidency did it. and i think in this case, what we're going to see here is the question is to what extent was the white house or the presidency involved one way or another? there is one more point to make about this, paul. this could...
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when lucy was giving my children and me a tour of lbj ranch which is a national park. and she told us the story of her great grandmother, lyndon johnson's grandmother, who again, came from a genteel family in the east, moved out into texas where a number of her cousins had moved for the land. and they had one of their neighbors, the couple was killed by comanches in a raid, and all of the men went to search for the comanches that had killed those neighbors. and she was alone with her baby, and she heard the horses being rustled out outside. she rushed down into her basement and covered the floor opening with a rug, put a diabetesser in her baby's -- diaper in her baby's mouth so that the baby wouldn't crew. and sure enough the indians came in. she heard them smashing her china and everything she had in the house, and then there was silence. and then the next thing she heard was her husband coming home, and he was just, obviously, devastated. so she emerged from the basement and said, you know, i think we're going to move to zahn marcos. [laughter] san marcos. so they d
when lucy was giving my children and me a tour of lbj ranch which is a national park. and she told us the story of her great grandmother, lyndon johnson's grandmother, who again, came from a genteel family in the east, moved out into texas where a number of her cousins had moved for the land. and they had one of their neighbors, the couple was killed by comanches in a raid, and all of the men went to search for the comanches that had killed those neighbors. and she was alone with her baby, and...
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whether it is nixon succeeding lbj or carter for that matter, it's business as usual. so how do we make people think differently? how do we tell them what should have happened differently? and there was a kind of germ of a discussion that led to the whole idea of the mandates and leadership. >> extraordinary. 2000 recommendations of which 55 to 60% were adopted by the ronald reagan administration. that's the record i don't think anyone in a think tank in washington or maybe in the world can talk about, and that is the basis of it. >> not only did that make us credible the washington scene, it was number two on the best-seller list when it came out in january. it's always right behind something called the preppy handbook. [laughter] we never made a number one. we men number two, and the neat thing about it if you go back and look at it is when we talked about for example, norman, and this was done by volunteers, getting volunteers motivated to actually work on something before the agassi had even been nominated much less an elected this was pretty big with a think tank
whether it is nixon succeeding lbj or carter for that matter, it's business as usual. so how do we make people think differently? how do we tell them what should have happened differently? and there was a kind of germ of a discussion that led to the whole idea of the mandates and leadership. >> extraordinary. 2000 recommendations of which 55 to 60% were adopted by the ronald reagan administration. that's the record i don't think anyone in a think tank in washington or maybe in the world...
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we will go to the lbj library. a letter from a tv news anchor. from the first presidential news conference. >> what you see behind me are boxes containing correspondence during the johnson years. many of these boxes contained letters from the general public. ist i have here to show you an example of them. very a letter from the young brian williams. he is now the anchor of the nbc nightly news. it is written on lined notebook paper. it is pretty typical of some of the letters we have from schoolchildren. "dear mr. president, i hope that the men in vietnam are doing well. do they do this each day? he included a newspaper clipping. how are you feeling? i hope you are feeling good. i am 7.5 years old and i like you. not been in the white house before, but i will some time. i live in new york state. i want to meet you." he decorated with a nice little american flag. >> how old was brian williams when he wrote that? >> he said he was 7.5 years old. >> we have been listening to these tapes, the telephone conversations. does that dictaphone machine play
we will go to the lbj library. a letter from a tv news anchor. from the first presidential news conference. >> what you see behind me are boxes containing correspondence during the johnson years. many of these boxes contained letters from the general public. ist i have here to show you an example of them. very a letter from the young brian williams. he is now the anchor of the nbc nightly news. it is written on lined notebook paper. it is pretty typical of some of the letters we have from...
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some lost their lives when they tried to rescue the hostages, but lbj with the civil rights act, votings very complicated because of the vietnam war, but i think he has done more for the country. >> no more greater pieces of legislation than the civil rights acts, but because he lied to get us in vietnam war, that makes it a horrible answer on michael shure's part. but i would throw out dwight eisenhower. because in 1957, sending troops in little rock and using the power and muscle to enact silver rights change and then a speech when he leaves hoves about the military industrial complex which every progressive american could get behind. >> that was a speech. that wasn't him being president but a speech on his way out. >> cenk: i've been watching "the untold history of the united states" by oliver stone and it makes you hate all of our presidents. >> who do you late the least. >> cenk: let me tell you why. eisenhower, you're right, he had a lot of great things. on the other hand he did the overthrowing of mosadag in iran. and that screwed us over foreyears. and lyndon b johnson foreign p
some lost their lives when they tried to rescue the hostages, but lbj with the civil rights act, votings very complicated because of the vietnam war, but i think he has done more for the country. >> no more greater pieces of legislation than the civil rights acts, but because he lied to get us in vietnam war, that makes it a horrible answer on michael shure's part. but i would throw out dwight eisenhower. because in 1957, sending troops in little rock and using the power and muscle to...
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so you'll see a little bit of everything from lbj all the way up to obama's inauguration. >> is thatr. you'll actually see some before that. it's based on the life exploits of eugene gains, a butler in the white house played by forest wit car from the time he was in the cotton fields seeing his father executed by the plantation owner in front of him, all the way up until when he was in the white house, lenny kravitz plays another butler, oprah winfrey plays the wife of forest whitaker's character vanessa -- >> robin williams plays the president, allen ripen plays the president and nixon is played by john cusack. there's a lot of amazing performances in this movie. and david plays the son of the butler, who eventually becomes a black panther. >> a son becomes the black panther. this is going to be great. >> yes. >> now, you are on broadway. this is the first live play you've done since high school? >> that's right. >> you've never done a broadway play? >> that's right. >> you were on the stage with sicily titan, i went to see it and it was absolutely amazing. >> thank you, sir. >> how
so you'll see a little bit of everything from lbj all the way up to obama's inauguration. >> is thatr. you'll actually see some before that. it's based on the life exploits of eugene gains, a butler in the white house played by forest wit car from the time he was in the cotton fields seeing his father executed by the plantation owner in front of him, all the way up until when he was in the white house, lenny kravitz plays another butler, oprah winfrey plays the wife of forest whitaker's...
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. >> nixon learned it from lbj.hnson had the irs all over richard nixon. >> neil: how -- >> that it not posed to do it. neil: how do you do it? how you convey that intention without making it sound criminal. >> it's the culture. remember when watergate was engulfing the nixon white house, everybody pointed to the culture of the house and whether nixon knew about the watergate break-in, the misuse of the irs, everybody said the culture starts at the head. and in this case as well. we don't know whether or not obama was directing this or his white house was directing it. it stinks to high heaven but we don't know that yet. we do know the president sets the tone for his administration, including the irs, including every part of the economictive branch. >> you didn't buy his shock today? >> i thought was a palpable lack of it. the president should have come out friday and said this outrageous, it was oh, no, it was wrong, and let me tell you some more untruths about benghazi. but the -- that's what he got emotional abou
. >> nixon learned it from lbj.hnson had the irs all over richard nixon. >> neil: how -- >> that it not posed to do it. neil: how do you do it? how you convey that intention without making it sound criminal. >> it's the culture. remember when watergate was engulfing the nixon white house, everybody pointed to the culture of the house and whether nixon knew about the watergate break-in, the misuse of the irs, everybody said the culture starts at the head. and in this case...
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. >> the irs has been used by jfk, lbj, nixon, bush, obama as a political weapon. there is only one way to fix this. abolish the irs. that's the only way to fix it. >> ohio congressman also expressed the quit concern of some republicans on capitol hill that the gop could overreach and experience a public media back lash. >> one of the things we have to be careful of is that we don't give them that opportunity or that excuse by overreaching, going too far, going where there is not evidence. we need to stay focused on the evidence, the facts. >> and the ohio senator rob portman said a special prosecutor could be needed to investigate the scandal. he said he is not ready to call for one just yet. >> it may be necessary to have a special council. even the house doesn't have the powers that a special council has. special council can enpanel a grand jury. it is a criminal prosecution. i am not calling for a special prosecutor now because i understand we have to let the process work out. hopefully my skepticism will be proven wrong. >> nbc senior political editor mark mur
. >> the irs has been used by jfk, lbj, nixon, bush, obama as a political weapon. there is only one way to fix this. abolish the irs. that's the only way to fix it. >> ohio congressman also expressed the quit concern of some republicans on capitol hill that the gop could overreach and experience a public media back lash. >> one of the things we have to be careful of is that we don't give them that opportunity or that excuse by overreaching, going too far, going where there is...
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brutalization of women because they have adultery or cheat got more votes in the muslim countries than lbj60% of muslims say kill the woman if she has adultery. clitorectomys, we get hamstring, hamas, hezbollah. you don't understand what's going on, mike. this this is a clarion call that we're at war and it's time that we respond. >> bill, i know you've been in the business for a long time, but there are times when people misunderstand things. for people in bangladesh, pakistan, and egypt, sharia law, that is the only law. if the survey asked them, do you want justice, they don't have a choice. >> sean: mike, 74% in lebanon. 96% in malaysia. they said -- and my buddy billy cunningham has been married, what, 42 years -- >> 44 years. >> sean: okay. you tell that wonderful wife of yours, penny, who i know, a good friend, 96% in malaysia say wives should always obey their husbands. look at how sharia treats women in iran and in saudi arabia, other countries. they have to wear headscarves. they can't drive cars. they can't go to school under the taliban or work. they can't be seen in public wit
brutalization of women because they have adultery or cheat got more votes in the muslim countries than lbj60% of muslims say kill the woman if she has adultery. clitorectomys, we get hamstring, hamas, hezbollah. you don't understand what's going on, mike. this this is a clarion call that we're at war and it's time that we respond. >> bill, i know you've been in the business for a long time, but there are times when people misunderstand things. for people in bangladesh, pakistan, and...
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i always laugh when these people like maureen dowd and others say he needs to be more like lbj.ate voted for medicare and medicaid. slightly more than half in the house, and a little bit under half in the senate. voted for medicare and medicaid republicans. can you imagine that? >> stephanie: yeah it is funny to think of that. those of us who lived through the clinton years, we think, oh for the kinder gentler clinton times. well thank you, michael. >> well thanks. [ applause ] >> you want to marry him. >> stephanie: jeff on the irs thing. >> with karl rove applying for 501(c)(4) status doesn't that tell everybody that is it a joke. what are real and what are strictly fronts for money laundering and taking money from anonymous donors so they with pour money out. karl rove was up there saying my nonprofit status i haven't gotten it yet. and if that doesn't tell people that this is political what do they need to say. >> stephanie: yeah joan walsh wrote a piece what the irs did right, clearly their search of terms like tea party was wrong, so the president was probably right to dec
i always laugh when these people like maureen dowd and others say he needs to be more like lbj.ate voted for medicare and medicaid. slightly more than half in the house, and a little bit under half in the senate. voted for medicare and medicaid republicans. can you imagine that? >> stephanie: yeah it is funny to think of that. those of us who lived through the clinton years, we think, oh for the kinder gentler clinton times. well thank you, michael. >> well thanks. [ applause ]...
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. >> the irs has been used by jfk, lbj, nixon, clinton, bush, obama as a political weapon. >> it's notn. >> there's only one way to fix this. >> it can be fixed. >> abolish the irs. >>> let's get right to our panel now. joining us is joy reid, managing editor of the grios.com. and professor michael eric dyson of georgetown university. i do want to note we will continue to monitor that severe weather system in oklahoma. as things develop, we will bring them to you. joy, when you look at the forces that have been a raid against the president, the army now includes ann romney. but i actually don't know whether that's -- that may be a good thing for the president. >> yeah. i, you know, having the 1% against you is probably not a bad thing for the president. i think that the problem for all of us, and i understand we are in scandal season, which i have a column today, why i liken it to shark season. >> i read that. >> we're in shark season. everybody who gets nipped, we have an epidemic of sharks. fine. the president, whenever he speaks, you showed him talking, he cuts so much against the i
. >> the irs has been used by jfk, lbj, nixon, clinton, bush, obama as a political weapon. >> it's notn. >> there's only one way to fix this. >> it can be fixed. >> abolish the irs. >>> let's get right to our panel now. joining us is joy reid, managing editor of the grios.com. and professor michael eric dyson of georgetown university. i do want to note we will continue to monitor that severe weather system in oklahoma. as things develop, we will bring them...
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well, fdr, jfk, lbj, most famously richard nixon and now barack obama use this to torment their enemiesax returns will get audited. whose applications will receive a higher level of scrutiny. that decision is acceptable and within irs guidelines and federal statutes. it is done for a financial reason. if it is done for a political reason, then, obviously, that is a violation of the constitution. it is not a crime. no one in the irs can be prosecuted or sued for it. leaking information that a taxpayer or potential taxpayer provided to the irs caught someone who wishes that taxpayer bill like a political adversary, that would be criminal. that could form the basis for prosecution. the question is, can the justice department, the chief of which is barack obama, investigate the irs. dagen: speaking of weeks, back in 2010, the chairman of the council of economic advisers made a statement about coke industries not paying any income taxes. that would not be public information. @he white house insisted that there, the irs promised to follow up the information that was released. we never heard a
well, fdr, jfk, lbj, most famously richard nixon and now barack obama use this to torment their enemiesax returns will get audited. whose applications will receive a higher level of scrutiny. that decision is acceptable and within irs guidelines and federal statutes. it is done for a financial reason. if it is done for a political reason, then, obviously, that is a violation of the constitution. it is not a crime. no one in the irs can be prosecuted or sued for it. leaking information that a...
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. >> i would love chris matthews to tell lbj or fdr you're not in charged of the irs and you're not in you're not in charge of justice department. lbj, fdr, progressives that believed in a strong powerful government that could make things better for the american people, they would have laughed. tip o'neill would have laughed if you told him you don't have oversight over these agencies. it's not believable, is it? >> no. i'll tell you out there in the country now people have to pay their taxes and every day if they get paid in cash or a check they see where the money went. it went to the federal government a lot of it for taxes. now everybody who reads the papers which i don't know what percent of the country who know what is going on through this program are saying wait a minute the irs are the guys that target my political point of view. they target the tea party and the right and i get that. they are on the other side so i'm paying taxes to the other side. this is the worst thing you can do about government is undermine the basic trust although it could be tough and tax rates tough o
. >> i would love chris matthews to tell lbj or fdr you're not in charged of the irs and you're not in you're not in charge of justice department. lbj, fdr, progressives that believed in a strong powerful government that could make things better for the american people, they would have laughed. tip o'neill would have laughed if you told him you don't have oversight over these agencies. it's not believable, is it? >> no. i'll tell you out there in the country now people have to pay...
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and he had just won the inaugural lbj liberty and justice for all award. and we happen to be getting our coats at the same time so i tapped him on the shoulder and i said, excuse me congress men lewis, my mother just thinks you are the greatest. ai give you a hug for her? and he said of course. and so in his recent book, "across that bridge" he writes love is the willingness to be beaten, to go to jail to be killed for the betterment of society rather than live out your life in silence. i really think his journey in life is a testament to the station. station. as the a young man lewis was inspired to become part of this overrides movement listening to reverend martin luther king on the radio during the montgomery bus boycott and became a leader of the national sedans and he participated on the freedom ride where he risked his life just simply sitting in seats that were for white patrons. at the age of 23 he was recognized as one of the big six of the civil rights movement. he was one of the architects of the 53 march on washington and he was the keynote sp
and he had just won the inaugural lbj liberty and justice for all award. and we happen to be getting our coats at the same time so i tapped him on the shoulder and i said, excuse me congress men lewis, my mother just thinks you are the greatest. ai give you a hug for her? and he said of course. and so in his recent book, "across that bridge" he writes love is the willingness to be beaten, to go to jail to be killed for the betterment of society rather than live out your life in...
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and also to the lbj presidential library, some of the many home movies made by lady bird johnson.r 2007 series, presidential libraries, here on c-span. lex i have wonderful documents that cover the entire span from before the outbreak of the war in september of 1939. first, i want to show you an extraordinary letter to hitler in point when he was feeling impotent to what he could do because of the isolationism in the country as well as the neutrality laws that were preventing him from helping him the beleaguered nations over seas. you can see that he is writing to adolf hitler. the tied of events seem to have reverted to the threat of arms. if such threats continue, it seems inevitable that much of the world must become involve in common ruin. all the world, victor nations, vanquished nation, and neutral nations will suffer. i refuse to believe that the world is, of necessity, such a prisoner of destiny. what he then did was propose to adolf hitler that he allow f.d.r. to facilitate discussions with over 30 threatened nations. and he asked hitler to promise not to invade those 30
and also to the lbj presidential library, some of the many home movies made by lady bird johnson.r 2007 series, presidential libraries, here on c-span. lex i have wonderful documents that cover the entire span from before the outbreak of the war in september of 1939. first, i want to show you an extraordinary letter to hitler in point when he was feeling impotent to what he could do because of the isolationism in the country as well as the neutrality laws that were preventing him from helping...
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. >> can you imagine lbj or bill clinton in trying to negotiate with congress, making this excuse "ission structure," and i have to figure a way around it. >>gregg: is he blaming in. >> of course. >> the president's rating on the deficit is 33 percent. as you correctly suggested, there is no agenda on 9 economy, on job creation, on economic growth, and this is about leadership. >> i want to talk about the news convince: 41 percent, 44, 33, and that is approving his handling. what did he do last week? two big things, the first president ever to go to the planned parenthood national convention. he called his basketball player. that is the highlight of the week. here is a hard left social agenda. >> a couple of comments from the "washington post", "it is never a good sign if he feels compelled to assure the public that he still has a pose." or "the president's protect was jammed with half truths and out and outment representation that even mainstream reporters took to snarking." >> we will discuss the description of the wonderful land of oz of health care, how great but he did the thing
. >> can you imagine lbj or bill clinton in trying to negotiate with congress, making this excuse "ission structure," and i have to figure a way around it. >>gregg: is he blaming in. >> of course. >> the president's rating on the deficit is 33 percent. as you correctly suggested, there is no agenda on 9 economy, on job creation, on economic growth, and this is about leadership. >> i want to talk about the news convince: 41 percent, 44, 33, and that is...
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lbj said being president was like being a donkey in a hail storm. you have to take it some of the time. we have expectations people want the president to be a super hero kind of. he was reasoning with with the reporters explaining why there are these obstacles in congress as opposed to another route, bold persistive experimentation, trying anything. what that does is instead of reasoning and explaining why congress isn't working it suggests the president is doing everything possible sot that people look at congress and say why aren't they working as hard as this guy is. >> we know that, for example, the president always has budget issues. we know immigration reform is at the top of his list. where will he focus his energy? >> i think those two things. health care is really important. if you think about the president's legacy one of the things he has to do in the remaining second term is make sure that big legacy item, health care, continues and gets implemented and survives. because if the other two issues the budget and immigration fall health care
lbj said being president was like being a donkey in a hail storm. you have to take it some of the time. we have expectations people want the president to be a super hero kind of. he was reasoning with with the reporters explaining why there are these obstacles in congress as opposed to another route, bold persistive experimentation, trying anything. what that does is instead of reasoning and explaining why congress isn't working it suggests the president is doing everything possible sot that...
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know that as you mentioned, she is in the psychiatric ward here at the lower buckeye jail, known as lbjunty sheriff joe arrpajo. as a result of that interview she gave right after her conviction where she talked about wanting the death penalty. she had also sent out tweets through an intermediary talking about suicide. apparently enough to raise concerns about her mental well being. she is under psychiatric watch. one indication of how serious this issue may be, her mother tried to come here last night and visit her in jail. she was not able to see jodi. carol. >> casey wyan reporting live from phoenix this morning. >>> just ahead, more coverage out of ohio and also the latest on the boston marathon bombing. why authorities suspected the finish line could be a bomb target days before that attack went down. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] what if the next big thing, isn't a thing at all? it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars
know that as you mentioned, she is in the psychiatric ward here at the lower buckeye jail, known as lbjunty sheriff joe arrpajo. as a result of that interview she gave right after her conviction where she talked about wanting the death penalty. she had also sent out tweets through an intermediary talking about suicide. apparently enough to raise concerns about her mental well being. she is under psychiatric watch. one indication of how serious this issue may be, her mother tried to come here...
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he has taught homeland security at the elliott school of george weston university, the lbj school of the university of texas, and the bush school at texas a&m and also directed the integrated center from insecurity at texas a&m for four years. he has numerous press credentials and interviews with every major network in the united states, and numerous radio stations and including last night was doing a cellphone radio interview with a station in texas. prior to this he served a 30-year career in the united states army would do these alternating between airborne and reconnaissance units and writing and teaching strategy. he taught the english department at west point and retired as the dean of the faculty in academics and then as it -- academic or college in 2001. he was 19 when i was a student there. dr. mcintyre's book -- yakima he did a good job. thank you. [laughter] dr. mcintyre's book, rollicking good read, a center line, which depicts the story of a u.s. air force medevac c-130 transport and the lives of its crew, the medical personnel who support the transportation of wounded v
he has taught homeland security at the elliott school of george weston university, the lbj school of the university of texas, and the bush school at texas a&m and also directed the integrated center from insecurity at texas a&m for four years. he has numerous press credentials and interviews with every major network in the united states, and numerous radio stations and including last night was doing a cellphone radio interview with a station in texas. prior to this he served a 30-year...
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senator dirkson who is a real conservative from the midwest allies with lbj on a lot of programs including and leadership like boehner regardless of whether he believes in what they are saying. that's a big change in american politics. >> that's what i want to get into next. when the governing is not a side show, i think that changes governing and politics. we'll discuss that next. [ musick ] i knew there were a lot of tech jobs available out there. i knew devry university would give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networking and communications management -- the things that our students need to know in the world today. our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering $4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified new students. learn more at devry.edu. for qualified new students. in miami, coca-cola is coming together with latino leaders to support hispanicize, and the adelante move
senator dirkson who is a real conservative from the midwest allies with lbj on a lot of programs including and leadership like boehner regardless of whether he believes in what they are saying. that's a big change in american politics. >> that's what i want to get into next. when the governing is not a side show, i think that changes governing and politics. we'll discuss that next. [ musick ] i knew there were a lot of tech jobs available out there. i knew devry university would give me...
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he has taught homeland security at the elliott school of george weston university, the lbj school of the university of texas, and the bush school at texas a&m and also directed the integrated center from insecurity at texas a&m for four years. he has numerous press credentials and interviews with every major network in the united states, and numerous radio stations and including last night was doing a cellphone radio interview with a station in texas. prior to this he served a 30-year career in the united states army would do these alternating between airborne and reconnaissance units and writing and teaching strategy. he taught the english department at west point and retired as the dean of the faculty in academics and then as it -- academic or college in 2001. he was 19 when i was a student there. dr. mcintyre's book -- yakima he did a good job. thank you. [laughter] dr. mcintyre's book, rollicking good read, a center line, which depicts the story of a u.s. air force medevac c-130 transport and the lives of its crew, the medical personnel who support the transportation of wounded v
he has taught homeland security at the elliott school of george weston university, the lbj school of the university of texas, and the bush school at texas a&m and also directed the integrated center from insecurity at texas a&m for four years. he has numerous press credentials and interviews with every major network in the united states, and numerous radio stations and including last night was doing a cellphone radio interview with a station in texas. prior to this he served a 30-year...