when one party has been able to do this , mayber own are very few 1933-1934, fdr with the depression, lbj4-65. even lbj reached out to republicans, and fdr had republican support the first two years. >> watch "afterwards sunday night, on c-span twos book tv. >>>> during a budget hearing, david chilton was asked about the

reached outven lbj to republicans. >> watch afterwards, sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> joining us now -- degood

lbj reached up to republicans and fdr had republican support the first two years. tonight at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span two -- c-span2's book tv. >> friday, there was a review of the nuclear posture review and the new and complex threats. this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> thank you very much. i wanted to see how long you could stand at attention. it is my pleasure to introduce the vice admiral of the navy. he assumed his current post

lbj accomplished a great many things. if one measures the success of an administration by legislation, then lyndon johnson was one of the most successful chief executives of all time. some of the credit goes to the remarkable 89 congress that the website victory in november 64 appeared between february and august of 1965, the congress passed the voting rights bill, education though, which for the first time ever federalize funds from a housing bill that included supplements to poor families, targeting more than $1 billion for the economic development of that region in a series of environmental bills and the control of billboard advertising. these are only highlights. the johnson administration introduced a wide range of legislation to the congress. the observer said that lbj had set the bar too high, that he himself set himself up for the inevitable fall when they became scarce, but went courageous to forge a society based upon equity and justice. though it did not come point out way, america was a bitter place in 1965 th

>> guest: well, look at a certain level everything is different but the golden era, lbj's lbj's victory and the majorities he had, some of that didn't last very long and when i praise the so-called great senator the mansfield senate it's because they sustained a certain way of doing business throughout the 60s and 70s which were difficult years and the democratic senate for a long time dealing with lbj but then of course dealing with richard nixon, dealing with gerald ford and the outsider president who is a democrat, jimmy carter. there were plenty of problems as you know throughout that whole period and yet the senate kept contributing creative legislation, reconciling differences, stepping up domestic and foreign-policy crises and stepping up the biggest crises of our time, vietnam and watergate after the civil rights legislation. so those were big problems. to some extent and you fast-forward a ways and you see a big problems also but many of them not being faced or not being handled by the senate. and so you couldn't have a larger problem than the economic crisis that happened afte

this film comes to us courtesy of the lbj library. narrator: among the nation's unsolved problems of 1967 was the ever-increasing flow of american dollars abroad. the balance of payments deficit could easily reach $4 billion. the president, during the final days of december, called a meeting of the men most familiar with the complex problem. men to whom he could look closest and hardest for solutions. leading the contention was the chairman of the federal reserve board, followed by secretary of the treasury fowler, secretary of state, secretary of congress, the budget director charles schultz, chairman of the house ways and means committee, , majority whip, who chairs the economic policy committee, and finally, senator long of louisiana, a member of many senate and joint committees central to the control of the nation's fiscal policy. ♪ to an outsider, they look no more than relaxed executives taking a lunch break in the company cafeteria, but in actuality, they were helping the president put the final stamp on a program of action tha

they did not come under lbj. they wanted to know the dimensions of the table and whether it was going to be round or square. and what the president wanted to , and i am using my words, not his come i want to emphasize that. he was in fact using the device of the paris peace accords as a surrender document. this.that because of within the piece of accords, and you can read them -- within the peace accords -- they stated first, if there should north cheating, if vietnam takes aggression against south vietnam after signing this accord, we will resupply everything that is lost. bullet, we will resupply a bullet. if it is a helicopter, we will resupply a helicopter. they will get it from us immediately. --ondly, north vietnam incidentally, and he said the soviet union can do the same for their side. he said that -- i think it will put it this way. almost everyone in the white house was submitting what they considered should be in that peace document including everything that is in the bill of rights of the constitutio

maybe 1933 and 1934, fdr dealing , 1964he depression, lbj and 65, even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the first few years. >> sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. spoke at themer university of louisville. senatorer's namesake mitch mcconnell introduced senator schumer and they talked about the relationship. >> thank you very much. i want to express my gratitude to you for your service. view, a done, in my seamless job of plugging the gap . -- when this program started in the early 1990's, i had no idea it could develop into what it had become. i hope you'll join me in thanking him for the good job. [applause] we've had a lot of interesting speakers over the years. there might be none more interesting than our guests -- this morning. -- you brooklyn.mer is from always associate a smell of triple x roche sprayed with love. it was his hard work day in and day out that took this kid from brooklyn to the united states and it. it is also why last year time magazine named him one of the most influential people. he was elected to the new york s

robert caro's master of the senate and lbj did an extra new job of dragging the senate into the 20th century. it was a reactionary institution before lbj and he made a great difference with his incredible force-- he was a force of nature, incredible energy. he used all the power he could to overcome what the senate had been before because before lbj the senate was dominated by southern committee lead chairman and was described as the only place where the south did not lose the civil war. of the south's unending revenge upon the north for gettysburg. so, johnson did everything he could in caro's book describes how we got the first civil rights act through, a modest measure, but the first. johnson wore out his welcome in the senate quickly, actually. people got tired of his overbearing nature. they were tired of him. when he accepted the vice presidency from president john kennedy people were surprised. johnson was-- thought it was the only way to become a president for a southerner, but also knew his days in the senate had passed. rules, the political historian wrote the senate, lyndo

maybe 1933 and 34, fdr dealing with the depression, lbj, 6465 but even lbj reached out for republicans and fdr had republican support the first two years. when mitch mcconnell, it will probably come back to him a couple times. when senator mcconnell started doing healthcare and get 50 of his 52 votes from his caucus, my reaction was, well, that should work and couldn't work and it's not supposed to work that way. you're supposed to be looking for people on the other side to get 65 or 70 votes. of course he would say that would be impossible because none of them would vote with us because their against trump, et cetera, but this notion that one party has to rule by themselves brings us to some bad places. >> absolutely. we have moved from common ground to stand your ground. we've moved from the view that compromise is a good thing to compromise is capitulation. that mindset is dangerous. early in the book, to that point, you make an observation that i think is really the essence of the book. you state, america is strong enough to survive a few bad years, but the senate has been in decli

lbj concerned about what this man and foretold and everything, and graham said -- relax. mr.president, it will be fine she's in the family. it's a journey it's okay and he started going to mass too. but johnson was critical in keeping that together. you know, lady bird died i think in late may early june of this year. and both johnson daughters called graham 48 hours before she died and just speak with him because he had stayed in touch with lady bird all of these years. and -- he even got on the phone a few just a day or so before she died and had prayer with her so again the ministering to johnson family -- went on for decades. >> now the other great social issue here domestically at the tile was civil rights as a man of god billy graham wases struggling he's urging the leadership to lean forward on civil rights but he's also patients at very time when dr. martin luther king is saying justice delayed is justice denied. how did he struggle with that? >> i think this is one place where he looks back and wish he had been a bit better leader. in the 50s mr. graham ahead of the

not to be outdone, he showed off his tie clasp with the initials lbj.hen he was back to business for is message was scheduled for broadcast in a matter of hours. although he would continue to change a phrase here or a word there, for all practical urposes, the message was complete, his proposals locked n. all that remained was getting advanced copies to the press. ♪ [applause] pres. johnson: i have come once gain to this chamber, the home of our democracy, to give you, as the constitution requires, information on the state of the union. i report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad. it is our will that is being tried and not our strength. our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better america. we have the strength to meet our every challenge, the physical strength to hold forth decency and compassion at home and moral strength to support the cause of peace in the world. [applause] >> the president concentrated the opening of his address on concern for the nation and chances for peace. president johnson:i have just recen

able to do this on their own are and 1934,maybe 1933 fdr dealing with the depression, 1965, but even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support. words,"r: watch "after on c-span's book tv. president trump delivered a short statement on the parkland, florida, school shooting which killed 17 people and injured dozens. president trump: my fellow americans, today i speak to a nation in grief. yesterday, a school filled with innocent children and caring teachers became the scene of terrible violence, hatred, and evil. around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, police responded to reports of gunfire at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. a great and safe community. there, a shooter who is now in custody opened fire on defenseless students and teachers. he murdered 17 people, and badly wounded at least 14 others. our entire nation, with one heavy heart is praying for the victims and their families. to every parent, teacher, and child who is hurting so badly, we are here for you, whatever you need, whatever we can do to ease your pain. we are all joined together a

they start organizing about the war in vietnam and start organizing against the fbi and at that point lbj has lost control of the civil rights message and it collapses the idea so the fbi says okay if you are a student protester were protesting for workers rights of this criminal activity and that's how the new conservatives view of civil rights activism of any variety all the way through the next administration. what is reflective of the prison experience by activists so those are things like the letter from the birmingham jail and memoirs written in prison or after prison that are circulated about that experience and then i'm also interested in the way that activists talk about that experience and ways of intervening in two ways have published. public consciousness. it's a massive bestseller, it's on every college campus, it goes out of print and is reprinted dozens of times and it's sort of the gold standard in terms of memoir but after his assassination in 1965, dozens of activists then use the template to write about their experiences and to think about the relationship between being

but the golden era, the lbj victory and the picture he had, some of that did not last very long. and, when i praise the so-called great senate were mansfield senate, it is because they sustained a certain way of doing business throughout the 60s and 70s which were difficult years. and, it was not you know these were the democratic senate for the long time. dealing with lbj and then of course dealing with richard nixon, dealing with gerald ford and then a new outsider president who was a democrat but had not been in washington. jimmy carter. and there were plenty of problems throughout as you know, throughout the whole. and yet the senate kept contributing creative legislation, reconciling differences, stepping up to domestic and foreign policy crises. and, stepping up to the biggest crises of our times. vietnam and watergate after the civil rights legislation. so those are big problems. to some extent, and a fast-forward to our period. but many are not being handled by the senate. and so, you cannot have a larger problem than the economic crisis that happened after the lehman sho

to even lbj reached out republicans and fdr had republican support for the first heat of years. rds," sundayter wo 9 p.m. eastern. >> we are in lynchburg, virginia in front of the home of dr. robert johnson. next, we speak with his grandson about dr. johnson's role in the desegregation of tenants. mr. johnson: this is where it all happened. dr. johnson set up a junior development program to train the latest kids, mostly african-americans, in the sport of tennis. he would mentor them, work on strategy and tactics and have kids, and stay for the summer. usually about a dozen kids per year and this is where the color line in the sport of tennis was hisen back in 1950 when first junior development program player played the u.s. nationals and that is what started this entire program. ashely, behind him, arthur came and spent several summers under dr. j's tutelage, and the course behind you is where it all took place. this is where they spent hours and hours and hours of time honing their considerable skills and working on their admissions and talent. dr. johnson was my grandfather an

but the golden era and lbj's victory they sustain a certain way of doing business throughout the 60s and 70s. they were difficult years. as a democratic center for a long time but then of course dealing with richard nixon and gerald ford in a new outsider president who is a democrat who had not been in washington, jimmy carter. there are plenty problems throughout that whole time. yet, the senate kept contributing creative legislation, reconciling differences stepping up to domestic and foreign policy crises and issues and stepping up to the biggest crises of our time. , vietnam and watergate. so those are big problems. to some extent you can fast-forward any see big problems also. many of them being handled by the senate. so you cannot have larger problem than the economic crisis that happened after words in 2008 and the effect of that collapse on main street across the country. in 2008 the senate played a commendable role in producing the top program when it was needed was a way leaders are to be then we had barack obama as president the way lost jobs the first year or danger going

to even lbj reached out republicans and fdr had republican support for the first heat of years.e are in lynchburg, virginia in front of the home of dr. robert johnson. next, we speak with his grandson about dr. johnson's role in the desegregation of tenants. mr. johnson: this is where it all happened. dr. johnson set up a junior development program to train the latest kids, mostly african-americans, in the sport of tennis. he would mentor them, work on

fdr dealing with the depression, lbj and 64 and 65, even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republicansupport the first two years. when senator mcconnell started doing healthcare and trying to get 50 of his 52 votes from his caucus my reaction was, that shouldn't work and couldn't work and it's not supposed work that way. you're supposed to be looking for people on the other side to get 60 or 70 votes. corsi would say that would be impossible but, this notion that one party has to rule by themselves brings us to some bad places. >> afterwards airs every saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern all previous programs are available to watch online on our website, book to be don't work. >> next, former u.s. trade negotiator and senior senate staffer argues that the u.s. senate h

6465 and even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the few years. >> watcherwards tonight at .:00 a.m. eastern lifeined c-span monday from the national constitution center in philadelphia. jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the constitution center and the university of st. thomas law professor michael paulson will review the 12 historic cases to be featured in the series. is life monday at syscon: 30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. from the first season of landmark cases.

lbj has a better rating than donald trump. >> if you look at the first year, the economy went 4.4 tong but the vietnam war was so devastating he was not able to run again and look at the totality of his presidency, you have to weigh both of those things. give credit where credit is due but also hard stuff as well. >> we are donald trump compared to a lot lately, ronald reagan, look at the fact he passed tax cut in his first year in 1981, rolled in over three years but the impact was slower. how do you compare the first year for both of these men? >> because donald trump's tax cut have an immediate impact in people's pocketbooks with bonuses, it took a long time to get 7% gdp and started with negative number. the highest in 17 years. donald trump's tax cuts have a quicker impact than ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan, he did a good job with the economy but that didn't happen until well into his second term. monica lewinsky, compare those. >> one reason president clinton weathered the monica lewinsky storm was because of the economy and because he and the republicans balance the federal

lbj, 64-65 people even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the first two yearsen mitch mcconnell, it will probably come back to a couple of times, when senator mcconnell started doing healthcare and trying to get 50 of his 52 votes from his caucus, my reaction was, well, that shouldn't work and couldn't work. and it's not supposed to work that way. you were supposed to be looking for some people on the other side to get 65 or 70 votes took of course he would say that would be impossible because none of them would vote with us because they are against trump, et cetera. but this notion that one party has ruled by themselves brings us to some bad places. >> absolutely. >> "after words" airs on booktv every saturday at 10 p.m. eastern and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern and pacific. all previous "after words" are available to watch online at our website booktv.org. >> the title came in the spring of 2016 before george w. bush had purportedly said aides off the record, i may be the last republican president. it was very clear to me that regardless of who won the presidency

i always thought of madison as top ten and he's not that anymore, instead eisenhower and reagan and lbj have superseded him. >> bush 43, justin back over to you, bush 43 was one of several presidents who also saw a bump as the years went by. trump still has three years ahead of him. what are the chances he places better in future rankings? >> well, he can't do worse, so the chances are certainly that he could go up. it's up to him really. if he moderates his behavior, if he strings together some more victories like he did with the tax cut bill, i think he could go up quite a bit. certainly as we saw with george w. bush, over time emotions fade positively and especially negatively. so between some substantive accomplishments, better behavior in office and democrats finding someone they like even less than the road, trump should zoom up in those polls. >> i'm wondering, doug brinkley to you, these are political scientists who were surveyed instead of historians, do you think there would have been a different outcome on this fascinating poll if historians were actually interviewed? >> well

reached outven lbj to republicans. >> watch afterwards, sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> joining us now -- degood, the infrastructure policy director at the center for american progress, and marc scribner, a senior fellow at the competitive enterprise institute. they are here to discuss president trump's newly released infrastructure plan. this is still infrastructure week. thank you both for joining us. guest: thank you for having us. host: the president says he can create $1.5 trillion in infrastructure by using just $200 billion in federal money. i want to get an idea about how that can happen, and i will start with you. guest: it is unrealistic, to say the least, that you will get $1.5 trillion infrastructure activity based on this plan. it is important to look at the plan in the context of his fy 2019 budget. the budget actually cuts more money from federal infrastructure programs than the plan calls for. the existing federal infrastructure programs that have cuts, he wants to cut $280 billion. if we put that next to the plan, and d

depression, lbj and 64 and 65. fdr had republican support the first two years. >> watch afterwards on sunday night about tv. >> now former officials from the george w. bush and obama administrations discuss the current risks in the security sector. this conversation is part of the day long for hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. >> we are ready to get started with the third and final installment of today's event on accountability and i'm the deputy director of international security program and i'm delighted to welcome to this panel colleagues and fellow travelers and ssa reform currently served on government have recently departed government service. starting know my father left us -- is a special staff member who he provides policy oversight and activities to include security operation. to his right is the vice president for policy research. he previously served in the bureau and other positions of the national security council. to her right is mr. tony ross, senior associate with our pr

lbj, '64/'65, but even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the first two years. >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's "book tv." >>> next, a panel on trade from the georgetown university mccord school of public policy. this was a part of a day-long conference on free trade and the benefits for america as well as other countries. this hour and ten minute panel focused on financial regulations and trade agreements. >> perfect. so, i'm michael lobarman, i'm one of the conference chairs for the mccourt policy conference. i'd like to start by thanking those who arrived and those who have been with us from this morning or just arrived from the u.n. ambassadors panel. think the next panel is really in some respect at the heart of the trade subject. financial services is integral to our everyday lives and integral to the modern economy. at least in the western world and developing world. every modern economy relies on financial services. it's also in many respects a good kind of like the digital section that we don't often think about how

even lbj reached out to republicans. fdr had republican support. watch sunday night at 9:00 eastern on "book tv. " >> c-span's history series returns this month with a look at 12 supreme court cases treated historians and experts join us to discuss the constitutional issues and personal stories behind these a significant supreme court decisions. live at 9:00 eastern. to help you follow all 12 cases, we have a companion guide. volume two.es, copy, www.c-span.org . >> earlier today, by president mike pence sat down with mike allen. about domestic abuse allegations against former white house staffer rob porter. this is 35 minutes. we thank c-span for carrying this event today. i think my colleagues who made all of this possible, including our ceo. cofounder, and a couple friends of the show. i think all of you for being here. i really appreciate it. i look forward to seeing you here, where we make you smarter. hop on axios.com. our next guest has been a congressman, a house republican leader, the governor of indiana, and is now the vice president of t

as you know, the times in lbj, 1964 to 1965. even fdr had republican support the first two times. >> on c-span2's book tv. on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on which is in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one-word definition i used for politics. can anyone guess what that is? i said one word to find politics politics --d define money. give me a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, from the west point center for oral history, henry hanks thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served it was your military confirm you hope, would you as a first-class red-blooded american citizen, entitled to. america,.m. on reel with the cpac conference in washington dc next confirm you as week, we look back to when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what tax cuts, deregu

has been able to do this on your are very few, maybe 1933 and 34, ftr dealing with the depression, lbj and 64 and 65. fdr had republican support the first two years. >> watch afterwards on sunday night about tv. >> now former officials from the george w. bush and obama administrations discuss the current risks in the security sector. this conversation is part of the day long for hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. >> we are ready to get started with the third and final installment of today's event on accountability

but even lbj reached out to republicans. when mitch mcconnell it will probably come back to him a couple times. started doing healthcare in trying to get 50 of his my reaction was that should work in the could it work. you are supposed to be looking for some people on the other side to get 65 or 70 votes. of course he would say none of them would vote against trump et cetera. this notion that one party has to rule by themselves brings us to some bad places. afterwards airs on book tv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. all previous afterwards are available to watch online and now we are live in savannah georgia. .. .. is behind the scenes pictures and videos. @booktv is our handle. we kick off the savanna book festival with retired air force major general robert latiff on the future of technology and war. live coverage on booktv on c-span2. >> good morning. my name is nancy leads. i'm delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savanna book festival presented by georgia power, da

neither nixon nor lbj will wilsonian, that's quite right. in the book i do have reservations for these people. on the other hand, nobody talked so stridently against -- in other words, they would engage in open economies worldwide. they would serve these in late as important to us. the idea that either lbj or nixon would have said, voting trump, that nato is? that trump diluted the best saluted the british exit from , that trump law -- will eu.hat trump mocked the it's unlikely that they would have adopted as asians as extremely anti-liberal as all of that. to someone like me it is shocking. he has begun to reverse himself -- good. just like that fleet going toward north korea reversed itself. i don't know. [laughter] >> my second quick question is can you define the difference between capitalism and corporpp -- corporatism? and give an idea of how it affects democracy, today? that is a really hard question. what i would say is that capitalism can be of many different types in many countries. it can be small capitalism or corporate. corporat

lbj, '64/'65, but even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the first two >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's "book tv." >>> next, a panel on trade from the georgetown university mccord school of public policy. this was a part of a day-long conference on free trade and the benefits for america as well as other countries. this hour and ten minute panel focused on financial regulations and trade agreements. >> perfect. so, i'm michael lobarman, i'm one of the conference chairs for the mccourt policy conference. i'd like to start by thanking those who arrived and those who have been with us from this morning or just arrived from the u.n. ambassadors panel. think the next panel is really in some respect at

lbj, '64 and '65 and fdr had the support the first two years. >>> watch it sunday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2, book tv. >>> today president trump addressed the nation regarding yesterday's shool shooting in parkland florida. 17 died and a dozen injured. the president spoke to children across the country urging them to seek help if they feel lost, alone and confused or even scared. [ inaudible ] >>> my fellow americans. today i speak to a nation in grief. yesterday, a school filled with innocent children and caring teachers became the

we headed in that direction when people, probably in the lbj administration, but when the politicianstarted showing up for the morning news shows with a list of talking points and pushing the direction. then it became inevitable that the newspeople would try to get away from the talking points, that they would try to escape the talking points. he talking head format developed as a way -- levy come at this from a different angle. might -- let me come at this from a different angle. my philosophy of life is that everyone has to have a system of understanding everything, and that is unfortunate because all of the systems of understanding everything are bullshit. none of them work. none of them has any real -- no one understands the world. no one has the capacity to understand the world, and all of the carefully articulated systems to place everything are inherently false, but everyone has one. lmost everyone is either a conservative or a liberal or a libertarian or a lunatic of some other stripe. so the -- in a competitive news environment, the thing to do is to find the underserved grou

but much of what he articulated could have been talked about by lbj.nron ald reagan proposed many things far outside the parameters of the constitution. what stand out is keeping guantanamo bay open. it costs a half a billion a year -- they could easily be incarcerated elsewhere. none of them have been tried. most of of them have been there for 12, 13, or 15 years. the right to a speedy trial and the evidence against you. concept of infrastructure. while very appealing. who doesn't want a new la guardia airport. who doesn't want to repave 80. but should the federal government be paying for it? and if so, where is that in the constitution. if the president is willing to add to our debt. he'sen track record to bringing us to $25 trillion of federal government debt by the end of this term. that's a trillion a year in interest payments. a trillion a year in fun it payments is 40% of the tax revenue. so we'll be spending 40 cents on every tax dollar on goods and services already enjoyed by other people. kennedy: this is a list of handouts earn president ext

,ealing with depression, lbj 6465 and even lbj reached out to republicans and fdr had republican support the few years. >> watch afterwards tonight at .:00 a.m. eastern lifeined c-span monday from the national constitution center in philadelphia. jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the constitution center and the university of st. thomas law professor michael paulson will review the 12 historic cases to be featured in the series. is life monday at syscon: 30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. from the first season of landmark cases. >> landmark cases -- c-span's producedistory series in cooperation with the national constitution center, is boring that in his stories and constitutional dramas but to get supreme court decisions. >> quite often, and many of our most famous decisions, a coupler quite unpopular. let's go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what society of live in a 310 million different people. they helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. >> welcome to landmark cases, our series is looking at 12 of the most important cases in

you remember lbj declaring the war on poverty in the 1960's. the number of people that are poor in this country hasn't changed. we know, by the way, how to solve the problem of intergenerational poverty. the brookings institute in washington, a left-leaning organization, did a little study. they said if somebody graduates from high school, if they have ever had a full-time job, and if they don't have a baby until they are married, the probability they will fall into poverty is 4%. but if they are missing those things, the poverty percentage goes to 93%. and yet we don't take action to make sure people get married before they have babies, complete high school, and have the experience of at least one full-time job. we know how to fix this problem. the government hasn't taken it seriously. let me turn to one more, the flattening of wages and salaries in our country. over a long period of time, if you take out inflation, there has been no significant improvement at all for men. women have seen some improvement, but the last decade has slowed down.

and lbj deals that have sold him out. reasonable had this relationship with martin luther king and the civil rights movement, and as the movement becomes more urban and vocal and fed up with the lack of progress, they have to find other ways to articulate what they want. black power fills that space and begins to radicalize not just black youth in the cities, but kids. ng about newriti ways to define lack experience, all the backdrop of the war of -- the war in vietnam. black power has nowhere to go except back into the cities to organize black youth. instead of -- they start organizing around police brutality and the war in vietnam and the fbi. at that point, lbj has lost control of the civil rights message and it collapses. the idea of protest collapses into crime. the fbi says, you are protesting for workers rights or a civil rights protester, all of that is criminal activity. and that is out new conservatives saw civil rights activism all the way through the nixon administration. i am particularly interested in two pa

hurled president johnson to the floor board of a limousine and dallas and placed his own body on top of lbj after the shots, including the fatal shots were kennedy onsident that fateful day in 1963 in that presidential motorcade. my friendship was rufus -- with rufus was the beginning of a 53-year association with united dates secret service. to the best of my knowledge, i have never asked the secret service to do anything for me but i want you to know i developed an enormous respect for this organization. after the kennedy assassination, rufus and another agent replaced president kennedy's detail on presidential protection. along with the then-secret service director, after home a major secret service is a liddy is named, those two agents and director riley successfully pulled off a strong effort by then-fbi director j edgar hoover to have the fbi takeover presidential protection after the dallas assassination. much to mr. hoover's disappointment, president johnson did not transfer presidential protection or any other elements of the secret service to the fbi. i have often felt that withou