and lbj is on the phone this national security advisor. monday and this is at a point where lbj is trying to keep vietnam off the agenda and of the front pages but as well aware major decisions are looming before him few months on the road. >> the more i think and getting into another. [inaudible]. that one can never get out of it. and i believe that the chinese communist come into it and i don't think that we can drive 10000 miles away from home in that area. [inaudible]. and don't think it's worth ripping apart i don't think that we can get out. [inaudible]. it is an awful mess. [inaudible]. what is it for three and what is it worth to this country. [inaudible]. we have a treaty everybody else has a treaty out there. and of course you start and they tissue right into your own kitchen. [inaudible]. and that is trouble the suffer the world if anything comes apart on it, that is the dilemma, that's exactly it. >> when everybody talk to seto my gosh, please and of course i read this morning and this is because it can be. [inaudible]. but thi

is and funny he is and so interesting to be around and then you realize that lbj were around to seed or played in public he would be horrified and angry which brings me to the tape when lbj in 1964 describes in too granular detail and after my first book came out i was talking to mrs. johnson, i said were you happy with the way the tapes and the book were received and she always would tell you how it really was. i could have lived the rest of my days happily without play of tape on testify, but she said, you should know that tape is my grandchildren's favorite. and i've never quite figured out why that was but a month later, i got a letter from old mr. haggar who was still alive offering me a free pair of custom made haggar flats. >> watch the full program at c-span.org/history. every saturday american history testify documents america's story and on sundays book testify brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors and comes from television companies. >> wow supports c-span2 as a public service. you're watching c-span's american history the. next it's lectures in history wi

on behalf of the center the lbj's foundation, like to welcome you to the lyndon b. johnson in the white house takes on the ground jewel in the archives. president johnson he declared it is all here, the story of her time. there's no better example of that history is 650 hours of telephone conversations that lbj's did covering key issues of the day

johnson presidential library and the university of virginia, find out with the case reveals about lbj's' presidency with historian michael beschloss university scholar melody barnes and msnbc news brian williams and lectures in history university of north carolina and chapel professor joseph looks at civil military relations during the korean war including general macarthur's removal from command by truman. watch mark in history tv every weekend and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime cspan.org/history. >> good evening. i'm associate professor and chair of the presidency program at the university virgini

it is the largest expansion of the social safety net since lbj's great society. >> this administration declares unconditional war on poverty in america. >> that was lbj whose legacy is mixed and on domestic policy with the benefit of hindsight. we remember lbj like fdr as president of whoever their faults to try to help americans get out of poverty and get out of that cycle of poverty. get out of these poverty traps. there are many other european countries that don't have the level of vicious poverty that we do have much stronger safety net. there is a lot going on and including the trump coup report that nicole was discussing. we lead with this tonight because i want you to know that this very important. this is something if it works could change what it means for many children to grow up in america today. with that in mind, i want to bring in our expert to kickoff the broadcast, eugene robinson and our democratic analyst, thank you both of you to kickoff tonight. >> good to be here, ari. >> good to have you. eugene, let me begin with you, we wanted to put this into context of that hi

is enough of a he has and he's so interesting to be around and then you realize if lbj were around toee this being published or played in public he would be horrified and angry which brings me to one lbj in 19 before describes into granular detail how he would like his trousers cut while talking to the head of hagler flats. after my first vote came out i was talking to mrs. johnson i said were you happy with the way the tapes in the oak were received and she would always tell you what she really thought and she said well i was fit to tell you the truth i could have live the rest of my days happily without hearing you play the hagar flatts tape on tv but she said you should know that tape is my grandchildren's favorite and i've never quite figure out why that was but a month later i got a letter from mr. hagar who was still alive offering me a free pair custom made hagar slacks so that's an experience i had never had before. >> steven farnsworth received a b.a. from the university of kansas city followed by an m.a. and ph.d. in government from georgetown university. before becoming a p

lbj in the '60s said, we got this big boom.ng and antipoverty and education. what we don't have in this era that says keep the deficits down. republicans were that party until the last 20 years or so. republicans said to eisenhower don't spend too much money on highways or nasa and make sure it is done in a frugal way. george w. bush administration says deficits don't matter and we got to donald trump who spent money like a drunken sailor. >> you made great on several points there. something i didn't thought about it for a while which you think friday's rush hour traffic is bad, imagine the traffic when you are fleeing a nuclear winter and why they wanted railroads and more and good highways in the cold world era. >> michael, thank you for being here. >> thank you, happy friday, ari, be well. >> happy friday. >>> still ahead, pop star olivia rodrigo and dr. fauci, we'll show you the tape. rodrigo and dr. fauci, we'll show you the tape. riders, the lone wolves of the great highway. all they need is a bike and a full tank of gas.

he is an lbj supporter.e got in trouble when lbj nominated him to be chief justice advising lbj on certain matters. but he is very committed to the warren court. byron white, not so much. he was deferential to congress, pro-law enforcement, and he is in dissent in miranda. there was a balance on both sides. essentially, the most striking thing about the warren court is look at all the former judges and politicians on this court. hugo black, a former police court judge in alabama, saw the third degree firsthand. there is another great biography your viewers have to see, called -- it's a great biography of hugo black that describes how as a lawyer he is trying and hispanic defendant, and he brings the defendant up and closes the shades so that the defendant looks kind of menacing. he says i just want the jury to take a look at that man. later, he regrets that tactic. he saw how the system could be abused. tom clark, a former politician as well, and most important, of course, we have to talk about earl warren w

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. : : : is a second to lbj voting rights when they went to selma, is this the use of collagen to go forth from hopkins to change their minds, about what you're talking about? >> as you all know alluded to april, this is not a new struggle, it's y a 60 year struggle in the present has been at the forefront of this throughout his career leading the effort voting rights act to the steps he's takenev as presidents honestly this is a new moment that built on the challenges the last six years with new challengesof including the restrictive laws that many legislators, the public and legislators areos attempting to put into law across the country. he is going to be calling on americans to make sure they are informed and informing their neighbors and make sure they are fighting efforts to pass restrictive laws in their space. >> one piece about hate, what is the administration during when it does act to historic nature with the ministration to help them go back into power during the bush administration under support from the un to talk about the market, is this administration looking at historic n

. >> looking historically, talking about pulling together an army, is this akin to what lbj told dr. king? when he talked to him about voting rights when he went to selma? is this the effort to get the coalition to go out and force republicans to change their minds? is that what you are talking about? >> as you noted, this is not a new struggle. it's a 60 year struggle in the president has been at the forefront of his -- this fight throughout his career. even to the steps he has taken as president. obviously this is a new moment that builds on the challenges of the last few years, including the loss -- the laws that republican legislators are attempting to put in across the country and yes, he's going to call non-americans to make sure they are informed, make sure they are informing their neighbors, and make sure they are fighting efforts to pass restrictive laws in their state. >> what is the administration doing when it looks back at this historic nature around the administration. bill clinton help [indiscernible] go back into power and condi rice went there with support from the u

this is the lbj moment. lbj convened both bodies of congress and he gave a directive.e understand that democrats in the south were the opposition and he took them on head-on. this president must take on the republicans who are the opposition to try to subvert democracy. we need to convene both bodies and say here is a solution and let's get it done by this time. yes, the passion of the speech was great, but the outcome of the speech is lacking. we want solutions, not words. >> all right, derek. thank you very much. evan and rachel guys, thanks to you as well. >>> new covid cases here in the united states have nearly doubled in just one week. officials say unvaccinated americans are behind the dangerous surge. stay with us. we're getting new information. you're in "the situation room." enjoy the toasty, saucy chipotle chicken avocado melt on freshly baked bread. panera. order on the app today. ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ ♪ heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach... ♪ ♪ diarrheaaaa. ♪ pepto bismol coats your stomach with fast and soothing relief. and try new drug free pepto he

some people say let me -- some people say fdr, lbj, that big majorities in congress.sn't that the whole reason why he needs to move fast? if one single democratic got for better depress away tomorrow, that's majority gone tomorrow. not november. the one of our action is very small, is it not? >> absolutely. there could be some external problem. some international crisis or something, they must get this done during infrastructure summer or it might not happen. time is of the essence, progressives are right to press as hard as they can, as fdr said to a labor leader, make me, push me. that's important right now but it's also important to remember politics is the arc of the possible and if at the end of the summer they don't get everything they want progressives should still be celebrating because this will be a historic bill. cause thholds these two ideas ir mind at the same time. keep the goals very ambitious, keep the pressure on. but also recognize that politics can be tough and have some sympathy for legislators who are making this happen. >> we will have to leave i

could you speak to l bj's involvement. >> lbj was one of the unsung of the programs. stood before congress and said i believe this country should send a man to the moon by the end of the decade and bring him back safely. kennedy owned that program, but that was decision was driven more by lyndon johnson than by anybody else. johnson was always convince that had we should go to the moon. it was johnson after sputnik in 1957, kennedy was showing little interest in it. when eisenhower was doing little to respond to it, was johnson who stepped up to try to catch the soviets and saw political opportunity for it without question, he was quite frank with his advisors about that, but johnson was absolutely committed and believed strongly, like he said many times, if the soviets controlled space, he understood life on earth. it was not just brace, but an existential struggle and kennedy came around. it was not only johnson who put the decision in front of kennedy and had lined up support to essentially force kennedy's hand, there really was no other solution at that point afte

i'm told we have video we can play back now. >> is this lbj moment?o it or making republicans in congress do it when it comes to voting rights? >> no one is going to make us do what we know is our right and responsibility which is to fight for our democracy and fight for our rights every day of the week. and this is -- let's be clear, not about any one racial group or gender group. this is about all americans. this the is not an issue about democrats versus republicans. this is about americans. and this group of national leaders are very clear about that. this is the fight for all people regardless of who they voted for in the last election or who they vote for in the next election. thank you. >> the vice president there talking about what we just talked b she says a fight for all americans. >> absolutely. you know, i think it's really important for us to really recognize that democracy that right now we're literally democracy, american democracy is being tested. are we going to go forward or go backwards? we have to really recognize that voting right

we can have an lbj moment, where we make multi racial democracy the singular project of his presidency. and he can prevail. i have to believe, that there is something that they want, there is something that he can do in exchange for their support, to salvage our ailing democracy. and to be taken seriously, he has to describe a solution that is credible and that requires knowing that we can get ten republican senators to support a bipartisan commission to investigate january 6th, protecting the right to vote. the consequences otherwise are dire for our democracy. this is a party of insurrection, they voted not certify the election. after dying, nearly dying, hours before. these are people that are not interested in the project of governing, or delivering real relief for the american people. these are people who will re-district democrats for the next power if we don't pass the for the people act, and then they can't be trusted to certify the next presidential election, if a democratic president is fortunate enough to be elected president in november of 2024. >> congressman mondaire jone

we saw in 1965 lbj used every single political muscle in his being to get that across the line.r, let me just ask you, congressman, can the democrats hold the house and the senate if we leave the voter suppression tactics all across the country in place? >> no. >> no. bishop barber, your thoughts. essentially it's folks like you who will be on the front lines leading some of these campaigns and voter engagement drives. do you think that the democrats can hold the power of the federal government if we leave things the status quo? >> i question can we even hold america. that's how serious this is. the reality is biden only won by 40,000 cumulative votes in three states. he might have won by 7 million total but can you litigate your way out of this? no. you can't mobilize your way out of this. you have to have federal protection like they marched from selma and montgomery and said we need federal protection today. we have to have federal action. manchin has got to decide whether he's going to follow the u.s. chamber of commerce or the u.s. constitution. now, he signed as a co-signe

otherwise, it's not going to happen. >> yeah, look, in 1964 lbj, it wasn't one phone call or one act of persuasion that won the day on the civil rights act. there was a three-month-long filibuster that focused public attention on the opponents who were blocking the bill and constant pressure from the white house. when senator reid passed the affordable care act, he brought the bill to the floor in november and they didn't pass it until christmas time. it was on the floor for months. it had the public option. when it came to the floor there were massive deals that were cut while the bill was on the floor. but the act of getting it to the floor required public pressure and forced senators to get serious on forging xlomzs and making decisions. he also backed the senate up against a christmas blizzard to bring pressure. these are the kind of tactics you need to apply and it has to come from the white house working with congressional leaders. >> all right. adam jentleson, your perspective on this is always super vanl. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you, chris. >> as i

. >> the congressman mentioned in lbj moment from the white house and the president.ou happy with the amount that you have seen president biden in vice president harris pushing, or do you think there is more they could be doing? >> a number of us had the privilege of having a good meeting with vice president harris a few weeks ago where she thanked all the democrats in the texas house and senate for our strong stand against the republican voter suppression efforts. and she reiterated her commitment and she reiterated her commitment in the president's commitment for doing all that they could. we are looking forward to seeing with the president said today in his speech on voting rights in philadelphia. and we hope what we will hear is an even stronger commitment and a clear plan of action as to how we can break the gridlock's in the senate, and pass federal legislation immediately. we have a short window here as was previously mentioned. the session ends on august 7, and we can't hold this tied back forever. we are buying some time, we congress and federal leaders to us

. >> this on a from a family lbj made it a family night hit the carpet with his wife savannah, his 6year old daughter by his side. >> kids must be pretty proud >> that's somethingethat shares every day. >> can you just tell us about the outfit you look at me. thank sunday showed off a lot of leg on the carpet in a colorful look inspired by her character. lola bunny. >> the squad doesn't give up. i kind of grew up the film because both my parents are basketball players and the one on one and 2 land between. >> lebron in spider-man. i'm not going to get involved with that i think in is spider-man. but lebron is lebron. >> and make sure you tune att tonight for more bahamas. we fund. plus, we're with nicolas cage and his new wife. how flying squirrels help them find love. really. i mean, that flying squirrels, you can't make this stuff up for entertainment tonight. i'm kevin frazier. >> you can catch entertainment tonight right here on kron 4 at 7.30 just ahead of kron. 4 news at 8 o'clock and that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. before we go, though couple oakland connections right. we saw

and quickly matt mentioned lbj. one of the reasons lbj signed the civil rights act was because of people like martin luther king jr. when you see the civil rights leaders meeting with the president, with the vice president, they know how to do this. how to get public support where there's no end in sight, no light at the end of the tunnel. you talk to our friend reverend al sharpton, the naacp president. they tell you we know how to go out to the streets and talk to people and get people to call senators and get onboard even though people like me may not see how it's going to happen. and so they watch this space. as the kids say that's something those leaders keep telling us. >> i don't think you're a cynical journalist. i think there's something structural in how we view biden and how biden and his closest advisers see their mission. i want to read this analysis, donna edwards, from "the atlantic" interest ron brounstein who i think we all know is pretty smart about these things. he writes this. the struggle confli

of historians the other week and wanted to know, how could he be eager than franklin roosevelt and lbj barack obama? so he's lurched hard left where before he was not hard left and he will do whatever he has to beat his chest, pack himself in the back, make claims about inventing vaccines enter stupid income from whatever it takes to promote joe biden and his legacy. joe biden is hooked on this phrase jim crow i got to thinking about this, there is really no better was alive in washington d.c. to talk about jim crow and joe biden about why? joe biden was part of jim crow. listen to this short article from npr national public radio in 1975 number two say to you that joe biden is the most racist president in the oval office since woodrow wilson. >> those are those who think somehow that if we just secretary men, individual characteristics and traits by making sure presently heterogeneous society becomes a totally homogeneous society that somehow we want to solve our social liberals like to the contrary, the concept into the into that concept is the question just ask we are going to peopl

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. >> i have that photo of lbj and dr. martin luther king together during that discussion on my office wall as a reminder of what we've been through. you introduced the for the people act, congressman, and we saw republicans block it in the senate. but you told my colleague ron brownstein that you're hoping to pass some version of the bill by august. tell me how that's going to work. >> i think the way it's going to work is the way it's been working up till now. if you look at the journey of this bill, this legislation, this effort, it's been one where the people keep showing up. the press, others, you know, the sort of inside the beltway conventional wisdom folks, they keep trying to write epithets and the american people keep showing up and saying, we're not finished with this effort yet. we want to see it get across the finish line and that's what keeps moving us from one milestone to the next. and i think you hear that across the country now. that's why i think ultimately the senate will find a way to get this done. i

the idea that people are trying to restrict the vote, the very thing on which a democracy depends, lbjaid voting is the basic right upon which all the rest is meaningless, because it controls your destiny. the real fight for the biden administration right now, the most important thing that will happen in congress, are they going to be able to protect voting rights against these state attempts to not only take away people's rights to have the option to vote but take away the counting of votes. this has to be fought with every bone in every people's body. it should be a bipartisan majority that cares about voting or democracy itself really is at risk, and i think that's the central point we're at right now. >> what a fascinating conversation with the two of you. thank you so much. it's an honor to have you both on. >>> next on "gps," we will tackle race relations in america 14 months after george floyd's murder. i will be joined with another historian, amet gordon reef. neutrogena® for people with skin. dawn antibacterial cuts through tough grease with 50% less scrubbing. it also removes

host: lbj administration, civil-rights legislation was passed and pearson became a real advocate.ow did he view lyndon johnson's work on the bill? mr. ritchie: when johnson was vice president he was writing columns saying johnson is speaking out on civil-rights, chairing the commission on civil rights at the time and looking at hiring equal opportunity. johnson was talking about the issue well kennedy was not. as president, he was trying to downplay the civil rights issue. in 1963, kennedy gave three speeches in the south in which he did not mention civil-rights. pearson thought johnson would come up with a more forthright program on civil-rights. he was right and bills and voting rights acts passed because of johnson. pearson gave him credit for that. johnson wanted that kind of credit and cultivated pearson. he was criticized a lot as a senator but determines the column would be on his side when president. host: richard nixon was the final president he covered. let's watch pearson talking about the reputation in washington. >> are people fearful of you in washington? >> they sho

after entitlement after entitlements that will rival or even swamp fdr in '33, that will rival or swamp lbj that i want to end with, i kind of like when he's reading the teleprompter like he's squinting, it makes him look tougher than when he looks like grandpa lost in a walmart. >> greg: that's always been my excuse. john kerry says global warming is a bigger crisis we need to focus on. ♪ ♪ when subway® opened they changed the fast food game. but sometimes you gotta refresh ...to be fresh. welcome to the eat fresh refresh. refresh where there is so much new, some say that it can't fit in one ad. i say... ...we're talking a new all-american club, deli-style oven-roasted turkey and... oh, that's the new steak & cheese. oh yeah, i knew that. that's the one with the new... ...seasoning. and that was the new mvp parmesan vinaigrette . right. which makes a next level foot... hold up. the subway logo? wait i'm out of time? ♪ ♪ >> harold: john kerry is demanding immediate global action on climate change and he says we can't wait until the pandemic is over. >> i am very sorry to say, the suffering

lbj is at a lofty 5 a %. overall he's in the lower and middle end of the historical range.uld have a chance to retain the senate in the house next november. biden has two big problems, approval ratings trend down after the first six months. obama held 45% and resulted a 63 seat lost for democrats. and a recent poll found that americans describing themselves returning to normal. we are going to talk a lot about the midterms on this segment. no, i don't buy that biden's approval rating at this early stage to give democrats much comfort. >>> coming up, jeff bezos is headed to space on tuesday. our geo benitez has on the launch. is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes knocking you out of your zone? lowering your a1c with once-weekly ozempic® can help you get back in it. oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! my zone... lowering my a1c, cv risk, and losing some weight... now, back to the game! ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weight. adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. in adults also with known hear

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sits there i think we have to find out what we are doing for the democrats to get away to these people lbj would find a way positively or negatively he would say what do you need young man? i can give you what you need that joe has a problem he has a 40 percent margin for trump. none of the people on the left, the progress is that betray their districts. that's hard to say thank you for voting going the opposite. >> but you are still connected with tempo neil with that relationship. he was at the helm in 2021 what were those conversations be like with the filibuster? would it be more behind the scenes? >> we had a fight over infrastructure and 82. the republican leader from illinois was trashing the bill on the floor. pretty good rhetoric and the speaker would get on the floor and listed the names and addresses and bob michael's district and he gets red-faced and went to the back of the room. [laughter] somebody does that for him some you know very well. but that political theater can be effective. did the bill get through? yes. but we had the majority but you have to change the topic what

i would not put washington as a political chess master as abraham lincoln or an arm twister like lbj or he clearly wasn't the gifted fdr or jfk but nonetheless washington had a set of political skills and i agree with david instincts on reading people and he also had charisma and he was well aware of his charisma he was always the biggest guy in the room hewi was physically a large man and by today's and athlete, great horseman and a real presence in the raw charisma, he knew that and he knew he was not that well educated and not the articulate. so he kind of wheels himself and plays a role in the cards he was given. there's a story in the book of>> the boat on a key issue and there was four votes shy in the senate and the senate was a lot smaller ten today this a be like 40 votes shy in the senate so there was four votes shy in the senate and washington asked madison and others to call for a revote and people are scratching their head, we need time to work on this they were for votes shy and they call for an immediate revote in washington visits for senators and flipped all for. >>

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millions are seeing deposits in their bank account as one of the largest anti-poverty measures since lbj. the numbers, the implications and whether this is the start of basic income next. and shares of biogen are sliding after two health systems say they won't use the controversialals heimers drug. >>> welcome back to "the exchange." more than 35 million american families are receiving the first of six advanced child tax credit payments today white house is pushing to extend it through 2025. ylan mui with the latest >>> the white house is calling these the largest tax cut. parents will get $3,600 for children under the age 6 and can get half that in monthly in installments the rest will be available once they file their taxes. for older kids up to age 17 it's $3,000 total or $250 a month all told, $15 billion is going out the door today covering nearly 60 million children democrats want to extend the credit for years to come and maybe even permanently >> the people who say we can't afford to give the middle class a break, i say we can afford it by making people at the top and the big cor

>> i wish i had the lbj example in my head because people were telling him the same thing when it came to this crucial issue of race in this country and how to move this country forward. i mean were we going to wait on bull connor and lester maddox? were we going to wait on southern segregationists at the time? no. we moved forward. the fact is he has a bully pulpit. i love david axelrod and he's going to be mad at us for bringing him up when he's not here to defend himself. he has a bully pulpit. for him to give a speech in philadelphia, invoke john lewis but not mention the people who are an impediment to john lewis' progress -- the dirty little secret of the democratic party, it's not just manchin and sinema who are standing in the way of this. they are taking the bullets. i mean jon tester, i want to see you stand up. i want to see shaheen stand up. i want them to stand up and say this is an issue we will not compromise our values on. we know why we have a majority. it's because of black voters in this country. they're the reason we have to fight so hard for them on this issue of v

the john lewis voting rights act as a rename of the 1965 voting rights act that was passed by lbj, thatpassed by ronald reagan, that was signed by george h.w. bush, that was signed by george w. bush. it is a very basic piece of law that has been bipartisan ever since. what it says, in states where there is actual voter suppression, a history of voter suppression, that they should be preclearance by the justice department for new voter rules. this bill can get past. this bill has bipartisan support in the senate, he needs ten votes, it's very close to getting that. i think the story, we should have a conversation about the john lewis voting rights act in this segment. instead we are talking about -- the problem that they are comparing what's happening during the pandemic as civil rights legislation. this is must be temporary. >> richard: hold on a second. i didn't interrupt. to your point, let's also remember that, during the last election, we had more voters vote than ever in america. >> greg: at the fair point. everything we were being told was temporary, we are now being told it's per

and victoria defrancesco, assistant dean at the lbj school of public affairs at the university of texas in austin. professor, indeed, given the urgency of this texas matter i'd like to begin with you. but let's begin by listening to and playing for our audience the comments tonight of your governor. we'll discuss on the other side. >> they're quitters. that is not the way that texans do things. this is not over. i will continue calling special session after special session because overtime, it's going to continue until they step up to vote. once they step back into the state of texas, they will be arrested and brought to the texas capitol and we will be conducting business. >> some professor, i wouldn't be the first to observe that it's evidently okay to leave texas if you're a texas politician if you have a little weekly bag in a boarding pass that says cancun. others have made that point tonight on social media. i will ask you this, what can texas democrats teach senate democrats in washington perhaps? >> it's bringing the issue here at home in texas in terms of restricting voting rig

lbj and the great society has watched voting rights and other acts of that legislative accomplishmentsdone. and it is not enough time to do them all. they are all in the president, history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. it is scary and it is fascinating. when you use the word process, i realize in some ways, i carry still, despite these times, a fundamental optimism. the process and telling of the stories, and helps makes it better. these are unprecedented times, yet you could find aspects of presidents in the places that we have been before, particular the difficult places before and we have been there. now i have faith and confidence in us, the u.s.. >> thank you for the work, thank you for the preview, can burns. as a certain network likes to say, all have his work, so much of his work made possible by viewers like you. can burns with us tonight. always a pleasure. >> coming up for us, germany's deadliest national disaster. in nearly six decades time. an effort -- on on the situation there when we come back. we come back i've been telling everyone, the secret to great teeth..

. >> i realize recalled it, and ii had had the lbj example in my head.e going to wait on lester connor and bull maddox, were we going to wait on southern segregationists? no, we had to move forward. i love david axelrod. he's not here to defend himself. >> he'll be back. >> i know he will. for him to give a speech in philadelphia and not invoke john lewis -- but we know one thing for certain, don. it's the dirty little secret of the democratic party. it's not just joe manchin and kyrsten sinema who are standing in the way of this. they're just taking all the bullets. but it's all of those individuals, all my moderate friends who i love, we're a big tent party, but who also are afraid to stand up. jon tester, i want to see you stand up. i want to see shaheen stand up. i want to see all these individuals stand up and say this is an issue we will not compromise our values on and we know why we're here. we know why we have a majority, it's because of black voters in this country. they're the reason that we have to fight so hard for them on this issue of voti

it's the only way lbj got five voting rights act. it's exactly how president biden will get through the 2021 for the people act. let's see this through, put our eyes on the prize, until we win this fight and save our democracy. >> and jonathan. can i ask you a question before you start marching? >> yeah, go ahead. >> listen, listen, as beto said, this is bigger than just this moment. this is about democracy. and the same people that did the physical violent insurrection on january 6th have been leading a political policy insurrection in statehouses. the same people that have blocked living wages and blocked health care and blocked climate change are blocking and suppressing the vote. we've been saying the infrastructure of your democracy of voting is the bridge to all of those other policies. so if you destroy the bridge of your democracy, it doesn't matter if you build a physical bridge, because the democracy will crumble. and that's why we've got to do this. we've got to stop all of this little game. let's see if we can get votes f

this in this sort of reconciliation bill and right now senator shumer is trying to be kind of like the lbj but he's not as tall and can't give everybody the treatment. he's not in that position, but he needs to have this strategy to get this 50/50 split senate to get this over the line. can he do this with dreamers, infrastructure, and by the way, some senators are asking us, what do you know? is my broad band in there, the infrastructure? senators want this broadband. they want the infrastructure, especially with water. where travel governments are struggling with water treatment and clean water. >> water issues everywhere, but particularly in the west. the immigration issue. police reform. voting rights. they say they want to put that in there. you're right. i was wrong to use the word flaj ill. it's worse. we'll test the analogy with linda johnson. >>> when we come back, covid cases surging. half of america not vaccinated. who are they? we'll look just ahead. but what if i'm already a customer? oh, no problem. hey, cam...? ah, same deal! yeah, it's kind of our thing. huh, that's a great