lbj versus mccarthy when johnson saw the polls, he was going to get killed by mccarthy, lbj drops out of the race and he drops out of the race and now it's the two peace candidates against each other without the guys that they were in the case to begin with, they battled across the primaries for the next couple of months. in 1968 five or six primaries of note. hubert humphrey got in the end of april. he didn't have to enter primaries, too late to file. most delegated would be selected. kennedy's plan was wuciÓn wipe him out, bring everybody over on my side and i will be the guy that can show everybody i can be richard nixon and hubert humphrey can. he won the primary but he didn't win by a lot o. he spent a ton of money, kennedy got 42%, he won but not by a lot. the next primary, nebraska, kennedy barely cleared 50%. he needed to knock out in oregon and mccarthy beat him in oregon. stunned it, nobody saw this coming. nobody beat a kennedy before. so california was the make or break primary on june 4th. kennedy said, you know, after losing oregon if i lose california, then i'm going to

lbj ended up with. but it was jack kennedy who filed that bill and the only one of jack kennedy's advisers who told him that you ought to file a civil rights bill. jack kennedy was cautious enough. he wanted to wait until they won re-election in '64 to file a bill. bobby said you got to do it now. that was who bobby kennedy was. he had no patience. he came from essentially they were only a couple years apart in age. but it was a different generation. jack kennedy was from the world war ii, we know what life is like generation. bobby kennedy was, was a, enlisted in the navy. and he saw active duty going out of port and coming back to port. and i think falling once and nicking his lip and that was the war injury bobby kennedy ended up with. and for the rest of his life, he felt a little bit inadequate. because he hadn't fought in the war. and he spent so much of his life dealing with what he thought were inadequacies. when he was born, in that early generation of the kennedy kids, nine kids, bobby was the

the lbj foundation created the lbj liberty and justice for all aboard to recognize individuals who in their own way and time are carrying on lbj's legacy of opening the doors of opportunity for all citizens. among previous recipients are president george h.w. bush, resident carter, and the lion of the civil rights movement john lewis. the man we honor tonight has already written his immutable place in the history of this country. you will hear more about him. the awards will be accepted tonight by meghan mccain on behalf of her father john mccain. all of you know her as a prominent television personality who is cohost to review and regularly appears on many other television programs. she is an american columnist and author. the award will be presented to her in a little bit by lyndon johnson, rob and lucy johnson. after remarks by meghan mccain, our own former director of the lbj library and now the ceo of the foundation will be the conversation with meghan mccain and rick davis. who is rick davis? rick davis has, for many years, been senator mccain's chief strategist and political ad

lbj came this close to claim that nomination. >> be nine be nine. [inaudible] >> i can repeat the question did mayor daley with the kennedys to see if edward would get into the race? that delegation was supposed to break for hubert humphrey to announce the endorsement daly called everybody together the delegation together at the sherman hotel and said we will not endorse anybody until nomination night people suspected that was that tragedy of ted kennedy but i think the evidence actually shows lbj would put the kebabs on that. that is why he didn't want the delegation to go. >> and the first case of fake news like the tet offensive was announcing a military victory and then it with that election that one reason it wasn't the people in the riots in the streets and with the radicals. >> america was so divided i guess that's true with the red state blue state phenomenon but what we and do her as a nation pales in comparison when shot in 196-8100 major cities were aflame in the riots campus riots on the university colleges all across the country were br

the lbj foundation created the lbj liberty for justice and all award, to recognize individuals, in their own way and on time, are carrying on lbj's legacies of opening the door of opportunities for all of our citizens. among the previous recipients are president george hw bush, president carter, and that line of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, congressman john lewis. the man we argue tonight has already done his place in the history of this country. you will hear more about him in a minute from ben barnes. the award will be accepted tonight by megan mccain on behalf of her father john mccain all of you know her as a prominent television personality who is cohost of the view, and regularly appears on many other television programs. she is also an american columnist and author. the award will be presented to her in a little bit by linda johnson rob, and lucy johnson. after remarks by megan mccain, our own mark overgrow, now the president and ceo of the lbj foundation, will leave the conversation with megan mccain and rick davis. who is rick davis? rick davis has for many years been

it covers the assassination and ,uneral of robert f kennedy lbj's push for tighter regulations, vietnam war peace earl warren's retirement announcement. this film from the lbj presidential library is a half hour. ♪ >> the evening of june 4 was warm and clear in washington. the president retire just before midnight to the family living quarters of the white house after the state reception

he was writing for lbj. they had a falling out and he went back to texas and he wrote about an lbjl book who was -- he made him governor of texas. thatrns out to be a book, actually admires politicians and the craft of reckoning and agreement, negotiating, and so on. he has this lbj as governor of texas. it captures texas politics. politics, it is three novels in one. one of the things he tried to do is to have books that talk about politics elsewhere in the country. i have eight or 10 washington, d.c. novels. about politics in iowa, the book about texas. eugene burke about a campaign for governorship in california called the ninth wave. i tried to -- and gone with the is historically southern. i tried to have books representative of the country wherever possible. host: here's another one of your quotes about politics. those who are anti-politics or who do not care for politicians are giving up on the grand experiment of the american republic area politics is the life blood of constitutional democracy and it

she spoke during the ceremony that was held at the lbj library in austin, texas.ather was diagnosed with brain cancer last year. on today's washington journal, goldman, executive director for the center of law and social policy talked about her group's report on how the trump administration's immigration policies are impacting immigrant children and families. c-span2's booktv. formerur guest is the health and human services director, olivia golden. thank you for joining us. nonprofit are a advocacy organization. we've been around almost 50 years, and we focus on reducing party, improving the lives -- reducing poverty, improving the lives of low income people, and tearing down the barriers that keep people from economic security. host: a lot in the recent days about immigration because of what is going on at the border. at -- guest: we focus a lot on children, families and we focus on low income people. we started about a year ago being really worried about the consequences for children, including u.s. citizen children and immigrant families. we've been really work

and it's lbj. >> right. >> so you've got to go big. before we talk about the book, i think the one question we all have is how does a guy like you write a book? when do you have time with your schedule and all you're doing to write a book? >> well, um, the idea for the hellfire club occurred to me years ago, and i've been working on it for the better part of, the better part of three or four years starting it, scrapping it, starting it again, working on an outline. so it's not like -- even though i know it just appeared four weeks ago and people just heard about it four weeks ago, i've been working on it a long time. so that's one. and the second is, actually, it was really fun to write. i was a history major in college. it was fun to do all the research. it was fun to escape from the political world that is nonfiction -- [laughter] and go into the fictional one where i could control the politicians -- [laughter] and what came out of their mouths and where i knew how it ended. i don't know how this one ends, if anybody's asking. i don'

i am mark updegrove, president and ceo of the lbj foundation. first a little housekeeping. i want to thank our generous sponsors, the ford foundation, the moodyy foundation and tito's homemade vodka. [applause] are you applauding vodka? i also want to invite you to our upcoming friends program on june june 14 and we will be hosting within lady bird johnson's daughter,, former lbj aide and former president of cnn tom johnson and historian kyl longley, author of lbj 1968 for an conversation on 1968, one of the most momentous eras in american history. it will make for fascinating discussion. i hope you can be with us. we have some great stuff lined up for the fall including a program with doris kirkland on her t new book on leadership and another on the 50th anniversary of cbs iconic show, 60 minutes. more to come on those programs and others. finally, i want to invite all of the friends of the lbj library members to a reception in theth great hall double follow this program. tonight we are delighted to welcome someone comes forth book, "the hellfire club," has been for book s

lbj ended up with. it was jack kennedy who filed that bill. the only one of jack kennedy's advisers who told him you aught to file a civil rights bill, he wanted to wait until he won reelection in '64 to file a bill. bobby said, you have to do it now. that was who bobby kennedy was. he came from essentially there were only a couple years apart in age. it was a different generation. jack kennedy was from the world war ii. we know what life is like generation. bobby kennedy was enlisted in the navy and he saw active duty going out of port and coming back to port and i think falling once and nicking his lip. that was the one injury bobby kennedy ended up with. the rest of his life, he felt a little bit inadequate because he hadn't fought in the war. he spent so much of his life dealing with what he thought were inadd question inadequate. bobby is the one his dad described as the runt of the litter. the one who was least likely to be able to do anything and bobby spent his life working harder than any of his siblings to show his dad that he wasn't

, lbj's push for tighter regulations, vietnam war peace earl warren's retirement announcement. this film from the lbj presidential library is a half hour. ♪ >> the evening of june 4 was warm and clear in washington. the president retire just before midnight to the family living quarters of the white house forr the state reception visiting guests. his rest was cut short by a message. a.m., the president was awaken with the news that robert had been shot and critically wounded line assassin. the president's reaction to the shocking event was a media. -- immediate. he ordered production -- candidatesfor other and went on nationwide television to announce the appointment of a commission to study the climate of violence and extremism in america. to million americans -- >> enter million americans did not strike down robert kennedy last night anymore than they struck down president john f. kennedy in 1963. or dr. martin luther king. those awful events give us ample warning that in a climate of extremism, of disrespect for law, of contempt for the rights of others, violence may bring d

lbj as the war criminal. lbj as the person responsible for this debacle in vietnam. lbj is the person who is sending people there. and vietnam gradually starts to take over everything else that johnson is trying to do. it starts taking over fiscally, because it is -- it is just eating up a giant chunk of the budget so you can't also have the generous anti-poverty programs and welfare programs of the great society and have the big spend of an increasingly expensive war. and it also is eroding political support. and so by the time you come into 1968, it isn't just the kids out on the street. there are other people protesting for peace. there are other people who are either out on the street or they're just sitting in their living room watching tet unfold -- tet offensive unfold on the television and wondering what the heck is going on, that somehow things are going wrong. the scope and scale of the war and the sneak attack, surprise attacks of the tet offensive, again, something where the u.s.-backed troops eventually prevail but it is something that goes against what

the president 1968 covers the assassination and funeral of robert f kennedy, lbj's push for tighter gun regulations, vietnam war peace talks, work towards a nuclear nonproliferation treaty with the soviets, and earl warren's retirement announcement. this film from the lbj presidential library is a half-hour. ♪ ♪ headway on. >> we are making headway, particularly on the burden sharing. when i first joined this >> the evening of june 4 had been warm and clear in washington. the president retired just before midnight to the family living quarters of the white house after the state reception for visiting guests. his rest was cut short by a message. at 3:30 a.m., the president was awaken with the news that robert kennedy in the midst of victory in california, had been shot and critically wounded by an assassin. the president's reaction to the shocking event was immediate. he dispatched a plane with special medical assistance to los angeles and later in the day went on nationwide television to announce the appointment of a climateon to study the of violence and extremism in america. >> 200 mi

hn [laughter] lbj now means let's back jack. johnson was not so subtly are signaling his interest as kennedy'san personal secretary would later write, it was almost as if romeo and julieted had gotten married. >> guest: i mean, the scene in the hotel during the convention where robert kennedy is trying to stop johnson from agreeing to be jfk's running mate is just incredibly brutal. because it went on, basically, for hours where rfk is shuttling up and down the stairs trying to convince johnson not to do this because they just hated each other so viscerally. >> host: but john kennedy wanted him. >> guest: he did, because he needed him. they did not love each other, but he needed johnson to win the south. so a lot of this is, you know, very machiavellian, they need to win. and so back then they would get a vice president who could win certain sections of the country. it's changed a lot since then. i think that the caller was right that mike pence absolutely helped donald trump with the conservative base and the republican party.

. >> senator john mccain's daughter meghan mccain recently accepted the lbj foundation's liberty and justice for all award on behalf of her father who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year. watch that tonight at 9:30. here is meghan mccain at the lbj library in texas talking about president trump. >> one of the things that none of us understood, i know i can speak for you and i can speak for this audience is donald trump saying your father was not a war hero. he drew the ire of so many americans. then went on to win the nomination. he apparently called you to tell you that he was no longer going to disparage her father. how did that occur? >> i was with my husband at our house in alexandria and i was in the shower and i came out and i got a voice message that president trump would like to speak with you, please call the summer. i -- call this number. i was like, oh, no. i do not know what i did. i called my dad. what do i do? you call him. i had a lovely conversation with him and melania. he was very confident you my father. i was under the impression -- i think we are going to p

they went after the vietnam war and lbj. >> all you guys in vietnam, come on home. >> and lbj called to stop. and the network wound up cancelling that show. >> actor and director rob reiner began his career writing for that show. >> there was no issue we didn't take on. ♪ boy, the way glenn miller played ♪ >> two years later, reiner became famous playing michael. >> you want to throw somebody out, start with in a nixon, huh? >> archie brother's son-in-law on "all in the family." how important was the show in the '70s? >> it was important in breaking the mold. it was the first of sort of realistic urban shows. most of the shows at that time, you know, whether it was "andy griffith." >> did you really help him? >> why not? >> "gomer pyle," "petticoat junction." this was rural, it had an urban life. >> the biggest problem that a family faced on television, was the roast is ruined and the boss is coming to dinner. >> i am so sick of washington. >> norman lear was the mastermind behind the groundbreaking sitcom. >> that didn't interest me as much as archie is losing his job and what's he

they really went after the vietnam war and after lbj. >> all you guys in vietnam, come on home. >> lbjhead of cbs and said you have to get these guys to stop. the network wound up cancelling the show. >> the actor and director rob reiner began his career writing for the show. >> there was no issue we didn't take on. ♪ >> two years later riper became famous playing michael stiffic. >> why don't you start with your buddy, nixon. >> archie bunker's liberal son in law on all in the family. >> you are a meat head. >> how important was the show in the 70s? >> it was important from a standpoint of breaking the mold. it was a realistic urban show. most of the shows at that time whether it was andy griffith, gomer pyle or petty coat junction, they had a rural quality to it. this was urban life. >> the biggest problem before all in the family that a family faced on television was the roast is ruined and the boss is coming to dinner. >> let me tell you something. i am so sick of washington! >> norman lear was the mastermind. >> that doesn't interest me as much as archie losing his job and what is

there were people who were complaining and they said -- in congress in particular, they wanted lbj to cut the budget. critics were saying, liberal critics were saying, they want to cut the social programs, they're not cutting the military budget at all, they are just using this as an excuse. to cut social programs when what we need to do is the opposite. robert kennedy made a speech in early may to the uaw and he said we can't police the world, we have people starving. he said i don't mean hungry, i mean starving in mississippi. that's how we put it. we need to use those resources here not abroad. for peaceful, not military purposes. there was that tension and this fear that the argument about the economy was actually being used to sort of smother social programs. >> and the law and order piece, right? that was another expenditure that would not go -- >> and you have the fact that this was brought up by my colleagues, martin luther king says this, he said to paraphrase, basically, the great society has been destroyed in vietnam. that is essentially the argument. that's the argument he

>> lbj up to a point. bush, what george w. happened in iraq, that was consequential. [laughter] >> we are going to have to wrap up. thank you both very very much. [applause] announcer: from george washington to george w. bush. p.m. wenday at 8 feature "the presidency." weekly series exploring the presidents, their politics, and legacies. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. the 2018 summer solstice marked the 113th annual midnight sun game in fairbanks, alaska.the amateur baseball game held at the home of the gold painters starts around 10:30 p.m.. because the sun is out for 24 hours, there is no need for additional lighting. we continue our special look at alaska with a visit to the trans-alaska pipeline. pipeline wasalaska a

and it was to address this -- the american public opinion that had basically lost confidence in lbj and really was just wanted the war to be over and the united states to get out. and what you see after tet is that opinion goes back to that, that the public relations campaign lifted the poll numbers for a little while, and then tet brought them back to where they were back in, say, october, november. so, it didn't alter american opinion as much as it just returned it to where it had been the year before, and that is people were just saying, there's no end in sight and we want to get out. does that answer your question? >> can i add more to answer it even more? >> yes, you have my permission. >> so, right. walter cronkite, we've got to mention him because he was one of the people, this sort of stalwart cbs anchor, everybody loved him and trusted him and he had had faith. i don't know if his views had begun to quaver in '67 but certainly they did after the surprise attack and americans were shocked or he was certainly shocked that they attacked the u.s. embassy in the middle of the night,

she spoke during the ceremony that was held at the lbj library in austin, texas.in cancer last year. on today's washington journal, goldman, executive director for the center of law and social policy talked about her group's report on how the trump administration's immigration policies are impacting immigrant children and families.

library they gave me a copy of the letter to lbj congratulating him or signing the civil rights act . >> you've been working on this for a while. [laughter] that is cool. >> so i'm sure you've heard about our sleepovers and one of the activities during our sleepovers are an auction for the kids to write a letter to the president and we deliver those letters to the president next monday morning and the white house then supplies us with a letter we can send back tothem thanking the kids for their interest . and some words of encouragement signed by the president. >> and i must say that there have been wonderful moments and things that have been challenging but one of the most challenging has been trying to figure out from the library how i can help this wonderful thing that you do withchildren in the archive. a sleep over by the constitution . right? and in that wonderful place, there they are. it's night and they're really having fun and then the next morning and i've heard so many people tell me this, do you know the archivist in the united states makes pancakes for thekids ? so now

it's down with senator john mccain's former presidential campaign manager at the lbj presidential library. and president trump attends a campaign rally in great falls, montana. we will take you to arena stage in washington dc for a look at race relations and politics. this runs about an hour and a half. ? good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to arenas stage. deputy artistic director here. i am curious, how many of you have been to arena stage before? welcome back. i thought i would give you a little bit of context about civil dialogue programs. a few months ago, the professor sitting behind me and to my right approached us feeling frustrated like many of us were about the lack of civil dialogue in our nation and how polarized we seem to be. he wondered whether arena stage could be a place for civil dialogues to take place were we deliberately bring together people with multiple perspectives on a topic that might be difficult to discuss and engage in the act of listening and speaking with one another civilly. he approached us, we thought this was a real good match with our mission b

this is courtesy of the lbj library. >> good evening my fellow americans. tonight i want to speak to you of peace in vietnam and southeast asia. no other question so preoccupies our people. no other dream so absorbs the 250 million human human beings who live in that part of the world. no other goal motivates american policy in southeast ais that. -- asia. for years representatives of our governments and others have traveled the world. seeking to find the basis for peace talks. since last september they have carried the offer that i made public in san antonio. and that offer was this, that the united states would stop its bombardment of north vietnam when that would lead promptly to productive discussions. and then we would assume that north vietnam would not take military advantage of our restraint. i denounced the offer privately and publicly. even while the search for peace was going on, north vietnam rushed their preparations for a savage assault on the people, the government, and the allies of south vietnam. their attack during the ted holidays failed

. >> reporter: it en ha on the lbj freeway in dallas last october, a fellow driver r.esperate for linda to pull o >> honking, motioning for us to get off the road. >> reporter: flames were shooting out from underneath her 2014 kia soul. >> car exploded. the it was like a "mission impossible" movie without tom cruise. >> get oger! over! >> reporter: the same thing happened to tyla in orlando. >> get away! epet away from it! >> rter: as of tonight, more than 1 million kia and parent company hyundai vehicles are under call for engine failure. involving 2011 through model years. but the national highway traffic administration has not ordered a recall for a fire danger even though iat least 423 reports of fire. in a report today, it's own inspector general said it is failing to monitor recalls saying it does not ensure that remedies are reported completely and in a timely manner. consumer advocates say the danger reserves a rell. sadly, bring a fire extinguisher in your car, if you smell something burning, it's probably your car. >> reporter: kia tells nbc news if a fire is it a result of qu

lbj, what you doing with my money? buying all of those busts. what happens when you have all of these competing interests, but government start spending more than it takes in? in 1967, the inflation rate is 3%. by 1969, it is 6% and growing. 1959, we will going to a slight recession -- 1969, we are going into a slight recession. in the 1970's, gives way to stagflation. what is that? >> it doesn't go either way. prof. faulkner: ok. so, then employment rate is going up. the economy is stagnant. wages are staying the same. inflation is going up. what happens if wages to the same and inflation is going up? >> poverty. >> the cost of living. prof. faulkner: my buying power starts to erode. the more that that happens, what are the people of peoria thinking? >> [indiscernible] prof. faulkner: ok. >> we need an administration change. prof. faulkner: we need something. we need somebody to offer solutions. that is why you're going for all of these different candidates. but the nation itself is starting to split. in 1969, that anti-war movement that was re

the ceremony was held at the lbj presidential library. it is one hour and 15 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] lyndon johnson's basic creed was epitomized in the following simple that insightful statement from his 1965 voting rights speech in which he said our mission is at once the oldest

faulkner: if i don't do something, i will end up like lbj, a one term president. let the american people to believe during the campaign that you have a secret plan for ending the war. if you are like me, you have a solution. the problem is -- >> [indiscernible] prof. faulkner: we don't have a solution, we need to come up with one quick. big and now you need find a way out of the mess. economics is driving it, politics is driving it, american society is driving it and you need a solution. that is easy. what are the problems if you say to hell with it? we tried our best, we gave it the freeshot, now society, we need to pat ourselves on the back and leave. >> [inaudible] does thelkner: position of some advantages? what is his biggest advantage when he comes into war? >> he did not start the war, but he can end the war. prof. faulkner: ok. what else? >> it can only get better, in his idea. prof. faulkner: what are nixon's credentials? bona fides when he takes over? he served in the navy in world war ii. he had been a senator, and eisenhower's vice president. have you

. >> reporter: it happened on the lbj expressway, desperate for her to get over. >> motioning for us to get off the road. >> reporter: she and her son got out just in time. t >> nextng the car just exploded. was like a mission impossible movie without a tom uise. >> get over! get over! >> reporter: same thingto happed his woman's k. a sorento in orlando. >> get away from it! >> reporter: kia and hyundai cars are under recall but the national traffic safety administration said nhtsa is failing to monitor recalls, d saying its not sure that remedies are reported completely and in a timely manner. nsumer advocates say the kia fire danger deserves a recall. >> sadly we say make sure you bring a fire extinguisher in your car. if you smell something burning itca probably your not outside the car. e, if a fire is a result of a quality ist will work with the customer to come up with a resolution. if a design issue is tam it will talk to nhtsa about conducting a tom costello, nbc news, shington. >>> we are working for your health. this morning, federal hea h officials are trying to figure out

president except lbj since 1952.of the royal protocol, what are your observations? how did he and mainelania do? >> he didn't bow, she didn't courtesy. as a head of state, they're not required to bow and courtesy to the queen. a lot of people were worried he was going to do one of those long heavy duty handshakes. >> or a hug. >> or a hug, that would have been bad. glad he didn't ask for a selfie. the president hasn't tweeted about his meeting with the queen, that's very important, the royals don't like to have their information shared publicly. >> what stands out to me is when he was walking alongside her, and looks uncomfortable, maybe a humbling moment. >> interesting when you say a humbling moment. the queen is only 5'4", quite diminutive in stature, but she has an intimidating presence. i think that's what we saw with donald trump, he's usually the most confident man in the room, marches in and doesn't care who he offends. but he wanted to make sure he made his late mother proud. >>> thank you for being with us.

one of the groups the left says has a license to attack minorities and lbj t people.ow they respond to that characterization? >> bazaar, kind of silly hysteria. anybody who watched with the attorney general said, what they did today, they simply are falling through on protecting religious freedom for everybody, people of all faithss, use of people of all faiths. some of these groups are subsist with their issue that they think everything is about it. this is about freedom and this follows up, the president started with promises about religious freedom, and executive order and the attorney general asked the attorney general to give guidance to all the departments, federal agencies and that is what the attorney general did in october, 20 guidelines and they were excellent. i have been doing religious freedom work for a quarter of a century and you know the difference between a political move, those were solid and this is the next step. what happened today. >> more from the daily beast, if you're opposed to marriage equality or dislike lgbt people, the trump administrati

lbj screwed it up and george wallace, in a way, got his wish. there is a lot about the trump era in american politics and republican politics totally unprecedented. the concern about the supreme court now and what called happen next. the controversy at fight over the newly vacated court seat the new background for midterm elections, this is not a trump unprecedented things. this is the sort of thing that happened before, we lived through this before, warts and all. this is one of those things that happens again 50 years later. how the players handle it this time we will see. presumably everybody in the country will be working on it one way or another over these next incredibly crucial four months. >>> last summer, congresswoman zoe lofgren is on the house judiciary committee. she's the third ranking democrat on that committee and wrote this to the number two democrat on the same committee, congresswoman jerry nadler. quote, it has been brought to my attention you have been proactively seeking meetings with caucus colleagues to discuss the top ho

lbj screwed it up and george wallace in a way got his wish. there is a lot about the trump era and american politics and republican politics that's totally unprecedented. the concerns of the supreme court right now and what would happen next. the controversial fight over the new vacant court seat that's now the new background of this year's midterms election. this is not one of those unprecedented things. we have lived through this before, mistakes and all. this is one of those times when this is history happening all over again 50 years later. how will the players handle it this time? we'll see, presumably everybody is going to be working on it one way or another in this next incredible crucial four months. exist un tinow. and today can save your life. ♪ ♪ with savings on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses and automatically adjusts on both sides, for effortless comfort. it's the 4th of july special. save up to $500 on sleep number 360 smart beds. plus 36-month financing. ends sunday. your hair is so soft! did you use head and shoul

not the party of jfk or lbj or bill clinton and doug schoen.arty you see people running folks out of restaurants. attacks and vandalism. see people making make america great again hats being beaten in the streets. this is not a normally constitutional political party act like. the more they behave like this, the more they imperil themselves. adam: let me ask you this, close with doug. roe v. wade. nobody will get up there as nominee, i intend to reverse roe v. wade. that would be political suicide. majority of american polls, that is settled law according to the majority of americans. will the nominee, will the president listen to that? >> they might. the whole protocol not to ask the nominee specifically whether that person would vote or not vote to uphold or overturn roe vs. wade. democrats talk about abortion, abortion, abortion. there are other things they could bring up, civil rights, environment, what will happen with obamacare, et cetera, they hear about abortion, as that if only issue facing the republic. i find that extraordinary. adam

fdr and lbj had a legislative record as impressive as wilson wilson's.all these things had been talked about for a long timeme and also he had control of the votes that i think that his moral arguments also contributed to these victories and made it difficult for congress tot approach him without sounding in moral or less than he was. i was intrigued by these for another reason they were purchased in a kind of immoral bargain. the southerners in the house and thee senate realized that this expansion of federal authority might ultimately interfere with states rights, states laws enforcing segregation and white supremacy and they didn't want the federal government mandating an end to that kind of thing so they asked the wilson administration and his two handlers in congress he said we want both of these things but in exchange we want the civil-service segregated so this is a huge blow to those that have supported him in 1912 and it infuriated black leaders and white northern liberals who supported wilson because they thought he was genuinely progressive ab

lbj screwed it up and george wallace, in a way, got his wish.re is a lot about the trump era in american politics and republican politics totally unprecedented. the concern about the supreme court now and what called happen next. the controversy at fight over the newly vacated court seat the new background for midterm elections, this is not a trump unprecedented things. this is the sort of thing that happened before, we lived through this before, warts and all. this is one of those things that happens again 50 years later. how the players handle it this time we will see. presumably everybody in the country will be working on it one way or another over these next incredibly crucial four months. ster. now you can quit cable. switch to directv and now get a $100 reward card. more for your quitting cable thing. that's our thing. call 1 800 directv. booking a flight doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings on fli

celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the signing of medicaid and medicare by another great texan leader, lbj programs are so vital to so many americans everyday. we have to protect these programs and i look forward to protect opportunities to allow me to grow healthy and have opportunity. >> i assume everyone is talking healthcare out there. is that your most experienced? >> absolutely. i'm a registered nurse decided to run coming out of a broken promise from my representative. he said he would protect people like me with pre-existing conditions and he broke his word. as i travel around the seven counties in northern illinois, folks are talking about how can we afford our prescription drugs and how we pay our premium prices when folks are facing astronomical prices rising. healthcare is the forefront issue of this campaign. we have to fix our system. >> a question for both of you as women running in a year we're seeing historical records broken with women candidates and there's so many references to the aggregate view of politics of trump and that seems to obscure something i know you both k

larry temple from the lbj foundation. could you share with us because you both have experience of building teams as governor and president, what are some of the main characteristics you look for when you are building your teams? pres. bush: it starts with knowing what you do not know and finding people who do know what you do not know and creating an environment in which they are willing to tell you what you do not know. [laughter] i was looking for people who did not think their job was to make me look at all the time. i was looking for people willing to serve something greater than themselves but i was looking for people who could laugh and not take themselves so seriously. who would be unwilling to take themselves so seriously they could not find humor in life. i was looking for hard workers, i was looking for people who had an important set of values that honored their families, that is the kind of people i was looking for. sometimes missed. by the way. pres. clinton: you have to ask yourself what you're picking peopl

also with me victoria from the lbj school of public affairs at the university of texas. and jennifer falcon, from an immigration legal services group trying to help families at the border. first of all, this breaking news, the exclusive nbc has obtained, about the options being presented to parents, not really options, one choice to leave the country with or without their kids. first, your reaction to this this evening? >> well, i agree with the folks that say these kids are basically being held hostage. this is basically a ransom to get folks who are in the process of claiming asylum to give up any kind of due process or consideration and get their kids back and go home. and it's consistent with the brutal way that the trump administration has handled asylum seekers and immigrants since he took office. >> congressman, from your brief experiences at those facilities you've visited, have you heard any of these accounts as well? have you met with family members or spoken to those advocating on their behalf telling you they've only been given this option? >> i had not heard

he also had great criticism of lbj and what, how he was going about things. so he has to reinvent himself as a politician after his rather's assassination -- his brother's assassination. january 1960 4, 2 months after, he begins taking speech lessons in manhattan with the woman who drained eleanor roosevelt while she was first lady. robert kennedy, public speaking lessons up until his first major speech after his brother's assassination in scranton, pennsylvania on st. patrick's day, he realizes, i have to be good at this. there is the evolution of a politician. it would not have happened without people wanting to see him and touch him and let them know how he felt -- they felt. donald: extraordinary what you describe. rubbing his hand raw from people grabbing onto it. john: one of my favorite stories is from his men that come to see him in the middle of the new york campaign. he is lying on a lounge chair. they don't recognize him because he is so drag old. he reaches out with the pinky of his left hand because everything else is so bandaged. he goes, this i

there were consequences to lbj when his credibility fell part because we saw an pictures of what happened in the tet offensive. now there's no consequences because people are watching their favorite channels. they're in alternative realities just as he is. you can say it's fake news. until maybe as somebody said earlier, maybe there will be an accumulation of these things and people will start focussing on what's really happening in the country, what's happening to the farmers, what really happeneded in north korea, what's really happening with russia. people's lives are going on right now. maybe so long as the economy is good for awhile, that will last. but this accumulation of half truths and lies has to have an impact on the country. i think it's beginning to. >> we have about 35 seconds left. what about the normalization of all things russia just in the course of our lifetime say nothing of the last ten years? >> when i was a little girl, i hid under the deck for the atomic desk. >> the space race to beat the russians to the moon. >> it's astonish. maybe it's a good thing to think we

little rock for the presidential scholars, a program that they and the president 41 bush library and the lbj library have. i don't see that that was anything other than just responding to questions and talking about their views on, for example, leadership, president bush made the point that the world depends upon american leadership, and when america leads, the world follow follows. president obama's speech, i read it at length, it is a typical obama performance, very long. there are parts of it that appeared to be directed at president trump. but there's a bunch of it that i think, it's got to be put in the context of, he's appearing in south africa, he is being hosted by nelson nelson mandela's widow, he's giving a lecture, hn the presence of the new president of south africa who has come to office only after a huge conflict inside south africa over a corrupt predecessor who was exactly what president obama described in his speech as a strong man who demolished the institutions within south africa and engaged in crony capitalism and undermined a sense of democracy. had an election but it w

if you are lbj, what do you know? yeah, that uncle walty might be right, that you lost middle america. here's my good friend lyndon baines johnson. in many ways he is a tragic figure. if you are johnson, what you want to be in the history books for? >> winning the vietnam war. prof. faulker: is that what you want? >> anything other than being the guy who took over after jfk got shot. prof. faulker: what is the great society? that's what he wants to go down for. ok. if you are johnson sitting in a white house in 1966, 1967 and 1968, what you see in america? civil rights issues. >> poverty issues. prof. faulker: the antiwar movement. there are some things in the press about poverty in the inner cities, but also in places like appalachia. he was to be the successor to franklin delmar roosevelt. the great society is to fix the problems of america. medicare, medicaid, food stamps, all that stuff comes out of the great society. when do not want to be the president? losing the vietnam war. but you don't when of the part of t