bush and lbj. take a minute and talk about your decision-making process. when it is time to decide and getyou move on and not totally tied in knots over your decision. first of all, i think knowing what it is time to decide is the big deal. question, you have to know what all is going on and what kind of decision you are making. that is, if you make it is -- if you make a mistake, isn't it irreparable. able tohen you might be take a little more time. there are other decisions where there is a decision that is 70% right today is better than a decision that is 100% right six months from now when the train has left the station. i always ask myself, are the consequences correct? whenever we were getting ready to bomb somebody, sometimes my advisors would say that if you don't do this today, you will look weak. we will look so weak. i always said, can i kill him tomorrow? you are laughing, but think about this. if the answer is yes, i can kill him tomorrow, let's debate whether we can do it today. on the other hand, there are those decisions that you literally

this was not an lbj arm twisting.his was the president of the united states and the secretary of state very koeg endly making sober minded arguments about why there isn't a good choice here. the other side, the opponents never answered the question adequately. what happens if the u.s. walks away? especially if you talk to as many of us did, to the five ambassadors from russia, china, and our closer friends, england, france and germany who say we can't get iran back to the table to make concessions. we've squeezed them, we've done this right, this will keep nuclear weapons out of their hands for years and years, instead of right now, iran is pretty much a nuclear threshold state. they're not that far from a nuclear women now. this pulls back in a way that works for safety for a much better middle east and keeps the nuclear weapons out of the hands of the iranians. >> you mentioned something interesting. you said this was an lbj arm twisting. in the past two months, the president has had two big heavily contested battle

lbj didn't justify the great society under a different criteria than roosevelt. there was a new history and ever since he shook roosevelt's hand in texas after the dust bowl, he was marching forward. so what happened in terms of our rhetoric and culture, between roosevelt and johnson and ultimate patly johnson and reagan? >> i think the most important thing was the growth of conservatism which began in the new deal era. and the conservatives were the dupont family, the head of the gm, and they formed together in what's known as the american liberty league. and the american liberty league, i went and i read their planning documents, and as these men were forming the american liberty league, what they were concerned about was roosevelt was turning to socialism. that was forthrightly their concern. that the new deal was nothing other than that under a new name. what they did say, they said that -- we don't want to refer to the protection of property, though, because that would be stupid in a time of great depression that will turn off the common man. we need a mass

do you believe that it was more of an anti- goldwater, anti- republican thing, or was it more a pro lbj, throat democratically? >> what caused this massive support? >> he would actually started to do certain things to enforce the rights of black folks. then vice president that racial attitudes that were untoward, when he picked up the mantle of the civil rights act and made it his own he went all in in a way that kennedy had been reluctant to do. as shown a lot of americans that this might be a party we do business with. the leaders look to both parties. the more radical group said to the republicans, we want to see what your 1964 party platforms going to be though he was not a southerner was opposed to the civil rights act and movement. the by the time you to richard nixon the republican party was starting to train support. it became anti- lyndon johnson reform. that sealed the deal. >> let's take it up to march, 2008. the presidential primary, the historic election. barack obama made a famous speech on race relations. i can remember sitting down with friends and family and being glued

that was partly because the democrats endorse civil rights and lbj civil rights acts. think about this for a second. i'm here to talk about nixon not lbj but how great it was for democrats to give away their natural base to the south for a principle at nixon played on this of course because he wanted to call the south and he used a lot of language. with nixon it was always important and john mitchell who was attorney general said watch what we do, not what we say because while nixon was doing all of this rhetoric was quietly desegregating public schools in the south. in 1970 the public schools in the south were still segregated incredibly. only about 10% of black kids went to integrated schools when nixon came into office or because of what nixon did within a couple of years 80% were. he totally transform that and it was classic nixon the way they did that. he said i want to do this under the radar screen that they committed these committees in each state of everything from black militants they brought these committees up to washington. george shultz ran all of this. n

lbj squander for scoarr -- social change. he lost the argument about the liberal agenda and ultimately he lost his presidency over a war he escalated from dallas. we would could have learned what he cost to the country and the world. yet, no presidential library officers and so iraq, afghanistan, and so on, until we and the presidents we elect to lead us learn. i think it matters, you know. it's actually just over 2 million people visit the presidential libraries each year and in some states they produce the educational components for those schools and teaching them act their presidents, and some of those presidential libraries that education component is funding by the presidential foundation. now, are you going to give $10 million to a presidential foundation that says the president was wrong, did bad things or wrote the law, you're not going to support that in educational programs, you're not going to support that in exhibits. just one more thing here. does anyone of us ultimately matters? does the conduct past have to wha

you believe it was more of an anti- goldwater, antirepublican thing from a whole was it more a pro lbj from democratic thing? what caused this massive support of blacks? >> i think it was a mix of both. john f. kennedy with this ongoing negotiation. republican start to do certain things that are power, but his culminated in him proposing the civil rights act of 1963. so it has vice president who grew up in a segregated context was picking up the mantle of the civil rights it really went all in. johnson went all in for the civil rights act and away even that kennedy had been reluctant to do. in that shows a lot of african-americans, this might be a party we can do business with. one of the things i found interesting was research, in 1950 for the young civil rights leaders look to both parties and said, give us your platform, which was consider the more radical. republicans and the democrats want to see what your 1964 party platform will be. once lyndon johnson went for the civil rights act and barry goldwater became the standard bearer of the republican party and was opposed to the civi

do you believe that it was more of an anti-old water, anti-republican thing or was it more of a pro-lbj pro-democratic thing? what caused this massive support of blacks in the democratic party? >> guest: i think was a mix of both. you had john f. kennedy come into the white house in 1960 and had ongoing negotiations with civil rights and militantly started to do certain things to enforce the rights of black folks in the south. it culminated in him proposing the civil rights act of 1963 that he then did not champion but then when his vice president who was a southerner who grew up in the segregated context who was himself had racial attitudes that were on towards towards black people when he picked up the civil rights act made it his own lyndon johnson went all in the civil rights act and a way his enemy had been reluctant to and i think i that showed a lot of african-americans that this might be a party -- one of the things i found interesting in doing the research in the early 60s is in 1954 the young civil rights movement the leaders there looked to both parties since it gives your pl

but lbj knew, and he was righteously angry. yes, ma'am. >> thank you. >> it was obvious to many people in the white house and staff that nixon was unhinged, seriously unhinged. and i'm wondering, is there anything in the constitution to remove somebody who was so seriously mentally disturbed aside from impeachment, like isn't there a white house -- >> well, no -- >> -- who could give him tranquilizers or something? >> yes, he did get -- he took a lot of sleeping pills on top of the insomnia, on top of the alcohol. but the constitution says that the president can only be removed if he is literally, you know, noncampos mentis and on his hospital bed dying. if you know your history, you'll know that woodrow wilson -- >> right. >> -- you know, unable to speak because of a stroke right after world war i, but nobody knew about it, okay? the 25th amendment says the president can be replaced if he is, essentially, unable to carry out his duties because of physical illnesses. it doesn't say anything about if the president is nuts. >> is

the story depicts lbj from the day he took office after kennedy's assassination and the movie is set to hit screens in 2016. something you don't have to wait that long to see, dolly parton's coat of many colors. the nbc production which is based on the lyrics to parton's 1971 single hits screens this december. >> and while it's not an official biopic, parton says the song is almost like her love story and jennifer nettles will play the role of parton's mother

bush and lbj. so take a minute and talk about your decisionmaking process. president clinton, how do you know when it's time to decide? these are questions or scholars want to know. and how do you move on and not get totally tied in knots over your decisions? >> first of all, i think knowing when it's time to decide is a big deal. you have to know, to answer that question, what all is going on and what kind of decision you're making. that is, if you make a mistake, it is irrevocable? if so, then you maybe ought to take a little more time. but there are lot of decisions where a decision is una scale of 1 to 100, 70% right today is better than the decision that is 100% right six months from now when the train has left the station. so i always asked myself, are the consequences irrevocable? give you one example. whatever we were -- whenever we were getting ready to bomb somebody, sometime mist advisers would say if you don't do this today, you'll look weak. we'll look so weak. and i always said, can i kill them tomorrow? you're laughing but think about this. i

remember the days of grand bargaining, the golfing between the two, the efforts to cozy up and get their lbj on, the con joeling behind closed doors, and that broke down and a lot of acrimony quite frankly. john boehner put forward that lawsuit to take some air out of the conservative, the tea party, these revolutionaries, take some air out of their balloon of trying to do something. we have lost count of how many times they have tried to repeal obamacare. but john boehner unable to do that, conservatives incensed that the republicans controlled both houses of congress and reneged on the promise to do that. give us both houses and we'll be able to do something, conservatives were told, hasn't worked out that way, so john boehner put forward that lawsuit and tried to mullfy conservatives that way. i thought libby had a great point. she said because boehner in the short-term because boehner has stepped down, he doesn't have to be beholden to those conservatives over the next six weeks, because he can rely on democrats, and that was the problem all along. when you rely on democrats, you are --

bush and lbj. take a minute and talk about your decision-making process. when it is time to decide and getyou move on and not totally tied in knots over your decision. first of all, i think knowing what it is time to decide is the big deal. question, you have to know what all is going on and what kind of decision you are making. that is, if you make it is -- if you make a mistake, isn't it irreparable. able tohen you might be take a little more time. there are other decisions where there is a decision that is 70% right today is better than a decision that is 100% right six months from now when the train has left the station. i always ask myself, are the consequences correct? whenever we were getting ready to bomb somebody, sometimes my advisors would say that if you don't do this today, you will look weak. we will look so weak. i always said, can i kill him tomorrow? you are laughing, but think about this. if the answer is yes, i can kill him tomorrow, let's debate whether we can do it today. on the other hand, there are those decisions that you literally

of course, lbj is well known for his physical presence and his relentless style and so forth.d they listened to the tapes of him talking in realtime to martin luther king and dirkson, that's who negotiated the voting rights act. so talk about your persuasive style and how you adapt it to a particular situation, when to push, when to cajole, when to hold, when to fold. president clinton? >> well, sometimes, first of all, you've got to know who you're trying to persuade. it, when i was working with other world leaders, i never consciously at least made an argument for what was in america's interests. i always told 'em why what i thought was right for america was in their interest. in other words, these other people didn't hire on to help you or this country. they're hired on to help their people and their perception of it. so i think whenever you're arguing with someone else, first, it proves you listen to them. you have to listen very carefully to other people. but you should always make the argument in terms of their interest. when i was trying to persuade in congress, i tried

tom: what about tax credits now -- the lbj. theory?mployment rate was -- when rate was 9%, i would. i would focus on interstate -- inner-city areas, the hardest areas that are still struggling. tom: you are getting ready for the data at 8:30 a.m. here. the markets know doubt moving . thank you for your response to our twitter question. onere still accepting those by one, even by carrier pigeon. is this the most important jobs report ever? stay with us on jobs day. "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ tom: good morning. time now for a morning must-read. here is vonnie quinn. vonnie: a bloomberg view writer has a pertinent essay out this morning dealing with immigration. this is in the context of that awful story going on right now in hungary. needs and should cherish, everyone taking a leaky boat or a rusty minibus to berlin, lisbon, or metric. these are almost exclusively young people, sometimes unaccompanied children, and integrated will pay for and care for europe's retirees. the point of the piece is that by 2015, as 28% of the population wi

and second -- and that was a period when democratic leaders from fdr to lbj put into place the very popular and very expensive entitlement programs from social security to medicare and medicaid. and second, the current era beginning in 1980 with ronald reagan's election when republicans were able to cut taxes, deregulate the economy, they won the cold war and opened up the world trading system. in between was a difficult era of the 1970s marked by unemployment, inflation, a couple of brutal bear markets and political scandals and dysfunctions of various kinds. now, thomas pickty, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, hillary clinton, poole krugman, mayor -- paul krugman, mayor de blasio and many others now claim that the first phase of the modern era, the high tide of new deal politics, was a golden age of equality and shared benefits of the fruits of capitalism while our current era, 1980 and on, is the gilded age of extravagant wealth and lavish expenditures enjoyed by a narrow elite at the expense of everyone else. as with the original gilded age of the 19th century, the wealth accruing to t

that was partly because the democrats endorse civil rights and lbj civil rights acts. think about this for a second. i'm here to talk about nixon not lbj but how great it was for democrats to give away their natural base to the south for a principle at nixon played on this of course because he wanted to call the south and he used a lot of language. with nixon it was always important and john mitchell who was attorney general said watch what we do, not what we say because while nixon was doing all of this rhetoric was quietly desegregating public schools in the south. in 1970 the public schools in the south were still segregated incredibly. only about 10% of black kids went to integrated schools when nixon came into office or because of what nixon did within a couple of years 80% were. he totally transform that and it was classic nixon the way they did that. he said i want to do this under the radar screen that they committed these committees in each state of everything from black militants they brought these committees up to washington. george shultz ran all of this. n

. >> and lbj junior. >> and he was righteously mad. >> it was obvious to many people in the white housethat nixon was unhinged, seriously unhinged. i'm wondering if there is anything in the constitution to remove someone who is so seriously mentally disturbed aside from this impeachment. isn't there a white house -- >> no. he took a lot of sleeping pills. on top of the insomnia, on top of the alcohol. the constitution says that the president can only be removed if he is literally non-compost mentors and on his hospital bed dying. if. if you know your history, you'll know that woodrow wilson spent a year and a half unable to speak because of the stroke right after world war i. nobody knew about it. the 25th amendment says the president can be replaced if he is essentially unable to carry out his duties because of physical illnesses. it doesn't say anything about if the president is not. >> it's time for an amendment? >> good luck getting that path because you have to be nuts to run for president nowadays. >> thank you. >> sure. >> with respect to your thing that will the four and a half

you have to go back to the lbj administration to find the last player to make this switch. >> you knowvalry and then also, you know, stanford is not easy to get into. >> reporter: at least for football players not named scarlet with a degree from cal and an extra year of eligibility, he got a master's degree at the farm. >> this is a blessing to have the opportunity to first attend the number one public institution in the world and then, you know, come to stanford where, you know, it's the best institution. >> reporter: we dusted off the old yearbook to stanford and found the last transfer between the schools. 1965. there were a handful that transferred to cal from stanford when they shut the football program down during world war ii. but that's it. >> so i'm sure there's hard feelings out there between fans and, you know, whoever else. you know, then i wasn't -- i wasn't too focused on that. i'm sure there's some people a little softie about it but that's how it goes. >> just being able to say we have a guy that's good experience, you know, he's played in games and big games. >> repor

do you believe it was more of an anti- goldwater, and republican thing or more of a pro lbj, pro- democratic thing? what caused this massive support of blacks for the democratic party at that time? but his, of course, work was not completed. that he did not live to champion. racial attitudes over untoward and that might be a party to do business with. consider the more radical group and said to the republicans in the democrats, we want to see what your 1964 party platform would be. goldwater became the standard bearer of the republican party, and though he was not a southerner was opposed to the civil rights act of movement, that started this cake -- cascade it took a long time above the time the messaging of the republican party became very anti-, the lyndon johnson reform, and time busing, anti- desegregation, that is a deal. >> very interesting. let's take it up to march 2008 and talk a little bit about the presidential primary and that historic election.election. barack obama gave a famous speech on race relations. and i can remember sitting down with random family and being glued to the

we still have the problem so lbj said to the speaker of the house, let's take a print ascended to theee in way to the floor. they will never have to save a forward to bail out. you can go back to constituents and get the bill. and we did. but that meant that we needed we had to go to republican john andersen who years later when the president he on an independent ticket amazed at the fair housing bill out. these were tough times but he got it done. it's [applause] >> good morning welcome back to the national fair housing training and policy conference. please welcome the assistant secretary of fair housing and equal opportunities, gustavo bayless was -- velasquez. [applause] >> good morning. welcome back to our second day of the 2015 national fair housing policy compliments. i believe we had a fantastic day yesterday. [applause] and today we have a program that will energize you even more. i appreciate all the positive feedback we have had so far and i believe we are building gradually to all the topics and discussions of the most pressing issues of the fair housing of our time. we wa

the next president, of course, was lbj. and when lyndon b.ohnson visited pope paul vi, president johns was thoughtful enough to bring the pope a gift and the gift that he brought the pope was a bust of himself. not a bust of the pope. but a bust of johnson. nice to meet you. here's a statue of me for you to remember me by. the first american president who ever received the pope at the white house was president jimmy carter in 1979. >> good afternoon. and good morning. this is washington where the pope arrived this morning. is going to be in washington throughout the day in a short time, he will go to the white house where he will be greeted by president carter and a group of officials and others. the first time this has ever happened. he is running a little late. >> and he will say to the president of united states that he comes too late because of you. >> late or not, pope john paul ii was the first pope to ever be welcomed to the white house. president george w. bush traveled to the vatican more often than any president has. he went four ti

he would have needed one more state when it might have also been stolen by lbj and nixon felt he wasgood guide by top protesting this, by not challenging that action. but he was bitter. one thing that is important to remember because we can get him as a great dirty trickster he always thought they were better than he was, that he was catching up with them. his later attempts to use the irs he thought he was playing catch-up. bobby kennedy had nixon audited or three times in 61, 62 and 63. nixon thought that they were better at dirty tricks and he wasn't wrong about that. they were pretty good at dirty tricks. but of course nixon exaggerated and made it worse than it actually was. the other cool kids are to speak was a georgetown set a. my old employer mrs. graham. back in the day they really did have some power. at the dinner parties and heads of the cia and the state department would get together and 1950 after nixon won the u.s. senate race committee invited mix, be invited next into dinner to kind of check them out to see who was this new guy. they also introduced him as russell n

it is part of a presidential scholar program created by the bushon, w -- lbj, george foundations. >> i try to be very self-aware. i try to know what i'm good at and what i'm bad at. i try to have smart people around me all the time. and across my fingers, you know? there is just some decisions that you just have to trust your self. is me add preparation everything. people have always said, oh, you're such a huge risktaker. i never take risk. i feeliness i start, like i've done the homework and the preparation, this is not a risk. fortunately, i've never been in the same circumstances as our to presidents and i couldn't -- as our two presidents. i can't even imagine the stress. i tried i have -- i try to have great people around me, make the best decisions. pres. clinton: you have to know, to answer that question, what was going on and what kind of decision you're making. that is, if you make a mistake, is a irrevocable? -- is it irrevocable? if so, maybe you ought to take a little more time. there are a lot of decisions where, on a scale of one to 100, 70% right today is better than

. >> let me start with the basic point that you explore which is that lbj's tenure is remembered forde, the civil rights, voting rights, economic empowerment agenda. and yet you say that '65 immigration act has huge decades-long consequences that clearly in some of the debates today we don't fully understand. >> that's right. it came out of that same civil rights spirit, that all people should be judged equally and not on the basis of their race or ancestry. prior to '65, u.s. immigration policy was heavily slanted in an official way, people from northern and western europe, the quota system that enforced that was taken away by that act and basically put people of all nationalities, all national origins on an equal basis. and as you suggested, you know, in 1960, seven out of eight immigrants were coming from europe. now nine out of ten immigrants are coming from outside europe. so this act really changed the complexion of america. >> right. i mean, part of what you're tracing is that it was policy that shifted that, that people have long wanted to come to the united states from all o

he holds a jd from the university of texas law school and a master of public affirms from the lbj school. now i'd ask each of our witness to stand and be sworn. do you awe firm that the testimony you're about to give before the committee will be truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. okay. we'll now hear brief remarks from each of our witnesses. we'll start with mr. bertolini and head down this side until we get through mr. slofr. >> good morning, chairman lee, ranking member and members of the subcommittee. my name is mark bertolini. i am the 14th chairman and ceo of et ma. i thank you for having me here today to discuss our acquisition of humana. we are in a time of understand precedented change in our country as we look at how health care is renderered, how much it costs and what the outcomes are around health care. and it is our view that we are -- it is time for a change. payment reform is on the forefront, expansion of coverage, every american should have health care coverage. aetna was one of the first companies to call for an guaranteed issue and individual

presidents somehow missing out on lbj.es ago but u.s. as the state has learned they'd better again get things right when she's around. >> she gave me a look only a mother can give a child. >> reporter: she was not destined to be queen. she would have been just a minor peripheral royal had her father not abdicated in favor of her father and she was a tender 25-year-old when she was crowned queen the following year and holding true to the promise she made as princess. >> i stand before you all my whole life, whether it's been long or short shall be devoted to your service. >> reporter: it turned out to be long and active. and while the train used to inaugurate the new line was a rolling an akron uchl, she somehow at age 89 years old has not. she's modernized the monarchy for the times says the royal writer. >> this is the first monarch who opened her account to be scrutinized, the first monarch to pay income tax, the first monarch to go with the times and introduce facebook and twitter. >> reporter: but elizabeth know it's n

jd from the rest of texas law school and a masters of public affairs from the lbj school. i will now ask you to our ask eachs to stand -- of our witnesses to stand. you can from the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? remarksnow hear from each of our witnesses. we will now start with mark bertolini. ni: my name is mark bertolini. i am the 14 chairman and ceo of founded in 1853 in hartford, connecticut. i thank you for having me here today to discuss our accusation .- acquisition of humana we are in a time of unprecedented change in our country when we look at health care. it is our view that it is time for change. payment reform is on the forefront. age -- on and covers -- every american should have health care coverage. what i would like to talk about today is my the humana is important to furthering our evolution as a health care company and as a health care system in the united states, focused on providing the highest quality available, the best, and most affordable coverage available for all americans. after th

look, social security, one of the great scams in social security is that lbj moved it into the generalpending. go to fdr, with the largest congressional majority in our nation's history, couldn't get progressive left-wing socialist policies through. we have to be realistic to the folks, jessica. let's be honest. how do you -- bill: right now, both of you right now, right now you can't pay for it. i mean the books don't balance. >> right. bill: listen to, both of you why is he tied or leading hillary clinton with ideas like this? jessica first. hang on one second, david. jessica. >> we've seen it only right now in certain states. it is still incredibly unlikely bernie sanders will be the democratic nominee. bill: important states. >> the same movement we're seeing on both sides. people are fed up. they want someone genuine. the kids from liberty university. they believe bernie sanders has convictions of his beliefs and talking about things he believed in and put his person, the same way that dr. carson has. when you listen to him, you believe him, even if you don't agree with him. that

holds a jd from the university of texas law school and a master of public affairs from the lbj school. now i'd ask each witness to stand and be sworn. [witnesses swornbreak] >> we'll now hear brief remarks from each witness. firstmer bertoline. >> good morning, chairman lee. rankbuchar and members of the sub exitee. i am the 14th chairman and ceo of aetna, which was founded in 1853 in hartford, connecticut. i the for having me here today to discuss our acquisition of humana. we are in a time of unprecedent it change in our country as we look out how health care is rendered. >>> how muchest costs and what the outcomes are around health care. and it is our view that we are at this time -- its time for change. pavement reform is on the fortfront, expansion of coverage. every american should have health care coverage. ed na was one of the first companies in 2005 to call for guaranteed issue and individual mandate for health care coverage. what identity like to talk about today is why the humana acquisition is important to furthering our evolution as a health care company and as a health c

the mainstream civil rights organizations which is to say that one but ultimately lbj would have listenedto beyond. it cannot be analogous to the cold war at least i hope not because ultimately that was often limited as well. >> can i say something to the panelists. i wonder if it's not a parallel that if the intersection is at the aftermath of world war ii and the independence movement and the kind of variety of ways in which that sort of was a part of the transformation of the sea in the late 50s and 60s that maybe we could think of this in terms of response to the various forms of fundamentalism on the one hand into the capitalism into the market and the market of global capital and vulnerability and people all across the globe if they are similarly the sense of forces that are pushing people to think about the transformation if not in the kind of instrumentalist way that the cold war would use but if it has a potential to make people think a new. >> it's the way that the capitalist is moving across the globe and everybody is vulnerable increasingly a way that fundamentalism is in the

this was part of a program created by the clinton, lbj, george bush, and george h.w. bush foundations. try to be very self-aware. i try to know what i am good at and bad out. i try to have smart people around me all the time and i cross my fingers. in preparation, it is everything. you are such say, a large risk taker. i never take risks. in any business i have done, i do the homework and preparation. a risk.not i have never been in the same situation as these two presidents, i cannot even imagine the stress. but in my little world, i try to have great people around me and be prepared to make the best decision. bill clinton: i think knowing when it is time to decide is a big deal. you have to know, to answer that question, what all is going on and what kind of decision you are making. that is, if you make a mistake, is it irrevocable? a so, you may be able to take little more time. but there are a lot of decisions thee on a scale of one-100, decision that you make today is better than the decision that is 100% right to you make it after the train has left the station.

the way to 1964, we see a kind of fear-mongering used on this side by one of my favorite presidents, lbjs look at the act in '64. >> one, two, three, four, five, seven, six, six, eight, nine, nine -- >> eight, nine, six, five, four, three, two, one. these are the stakes. to make a world in which all of god's children can live. >> so this idea of the kind of existential threat to the nation being -- and the idea that any president, democrat or republican, wouldn't do absolutely everything they can to protect the nation. >> rhetoric and ignorance is the most dangerous combination. so part of what's happening here with the rhetoric, particularly with trump. there is this language of, we're losers now, we can't beat anybody. >> we get tired of winning. >> we're going to win, win, win with no real plan, right? what this does is also feed into this fear of this mysterious other. we have these mysterious others who actually live in the borders of the united states, then we have these mysterious others that we don't know where they live, we just know they're browner and maybe more dangerous and

." >>> the aspen institute, lbj presidential library and robert wood johnson foundation teamed up to mark the 50th anniversary of medicare and medicaid this year. to mark the occasion, a number of current and former health care officials spoke at a summit in washington, d.c. next remarks from former administrators nancy ann depearl and gail walenski. >>> our final panel for the day is shaping the future, what we've learned and where we're headed. medicare and medicaid in 2065. it gives me great pleasure to introduce generjanine english, president of aarp, the giant nonprofit and non-partisan organization with a membership of more than 30 million. janine is from california where she was a founding partner of a government relations firm and previously served as the executive director for the bipartisan commission on california state government, organization, and economy. please join me in welcoming janine english. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. i really like the idea of this panel. what we've learned and where we're headed because that conversation brings meaning to th

a program created by the bill clinton, lbj, george w. bush and george h.w. bush presidential centers. the ceremony began with a conversation on entrepreneurship, and the american dream, featuring "shark tank" investor mark cuban. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. now, since we're in dallas, we thought it was only appropriate to start the program with two mavericks. one of them danced with the stars. and one of them went to the big dance with president bush. kevin sullivan got his start in communications in the sports world with the dallas mavericks. the lessons he learned in the nba's western conference ultimately landed him in the west wing, where he served as president bush's communications director from 2006 to 2009. today he draws on his experiences to advise leaders all across sectors on effective communication. and last month he released an ebook called breaking through, communications lessons from the locker room, the board room, and the oval office. our other panelist has no problem breaking through. especially when it comes to making his voice he

graduation ceremony for the inaugural class of presidential scholars, a program created by the bill clinton, lbj george w. bush and george h.w. bush presidential centers. the ceremony began with a conversation on entrepreneurship and the american dream featuring "shark tank" investor mark cuban. this is about 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. now since we're in dallas, we thought it was only appropriate to start the ram with two mavericks -- the program with two maverick ares. [laughter] one of them dance with the the stars. and one of them went to the big dance with president bush. kevin sullivan got his start in communications in the sports world with the dallas mavericks. the lessons he learned in the nba's western conference ultimately landed him in the west wing where he served as president bush's communications director from 2006-2009. today he draws on his experiences to advise leaders all across sectors on effective communication. and last month he released an e-book called "breaking through: communications lessons from the locker room, the boardroom and the oval office." ou

we'll get them both up of brian and lbj.'s going to be good. >>> we end with kanye west. he made headlines when he announced his bid for the 2020 election. it's still five years away, but good news, if you're planning to vote west, you can snag campaign gear early from etsy. the site is flooded with items such as campaign buttons. there's a variety of kanye 2020 shirts and clothing. a little something for everybody there. check this out a kanye/swift ticket 2020. >> oh, my gosh! >> how about that one? >> that is hilarious. >> that's pop start. >> my campaign budget has been consumed by "make america great again." >> okay. a good hack there. >>> thank you. al to the weather. >>> we are talking about our labor day weekend. we start off with today rain throughout the gulf coast showers in the pacific northwest. all right. let's go to the weekend. here we go down to the southeast we're looking at wet weather along the gulf coast. temperatures in the 90s in the mid mississippi river valley. for tomorrow on into saturday scattered

comparing this president to 1968 when in some ways president obama could be asked to go further back to lbjg we shall overcome, and in many ways try to move the nation forward on this conversation. and i think president obama may be asked too that because so many people struggle to do it well. >> it is a difficult conversation because we struggle to talk about it here. several of our writers have written op-eds about this matter of police and community. don turner wrote in "the "chicago tribune"," i understand why some people want to complain with the deaths of the civilians at the hands of the police officers and the hands of the bad civilians, but they fundamentally are not the same. she goes on to say that we expect the bad guys to do bad things, but that is not our expectation when it comes to police officers. she says, when an officer acts with impunity it's a far bigger crime. do you agree with that? >> absolutely. you expect the criminals to commit crimes. you do not expect police officers to commit crimes. and when they do, it eats away at the foundation of democracy. because democr

you never know what will happen until lbj gets out of the race. >> she hasn't completely broken down.he's up by 20 points. approval inside the democratic party is true. unfavorables are very low. she has a nice path to the nomination. you do look around and you see on monday joe biden in pittsburgh at that labor rally. >> great shape. >> he's in good shape. he looked like a different energy to him. he was pounding up on the stump and being joe biden. al gore, john kerry, a couple guys who have lost presidential elections. it's harder for me to see them getting in and being able to get the support that they would need to knock off hillary clinton. joe biden is in the background. >> as howard dean always says and others say, it's easier to continue running for president than stop running for president. if you're john kerry and you were called mr. president at 6:00 while eating chowder in boston like a couple of hours before the election results come in, and you are sure you're going to be president of the united states, you never get over that. you never get over it. if you're al gore a

the 1st thing they did, lbj left a list. nixon was moved. he was not casual sending young men into battle. >> as a new congressman in 19401947 feet toward europe. what city did he visited y? >> a rebel and 46 and 47. they went to berlin. i think they went to vienna. they went to whatever city they couldn't eastern europe and saw the shock of the war and how bad europe was. the united states needed to spend a lot of money in the plan that came out of that was enormously generous great act by the united states. >> that they have paid things men jfk assassination. please explain why. >> accessed -- obsessed with the notion that the president kennedy had order to kill president need him in vietnam. it does not exist. but when kennedy learned he was shocked. >> next call, a few minutes left. >> hello. my question, when is mr. thomas going to write? i would really like to no more about them. a very good book by w a swanberg that won the national book award. i would recommend if you are curious. >> mike, king furred -- part of me, mike kingsport te