he had loved lbj. he was with lbj at the highest moments, in a way. the speeches that he gave to the great society, the origin of the great society. his speech at the, at the selma demonstrations. they called for a voting rights act to be passed. and at that night, in fact, when he was at that speech, anyway, he later wrote about, he said, i never could have thought then that two years later i'd be out on the streets arguing against him 'cause he became a very strong anti-war activist, and that broke his relationship with lyndon johnson. it was never repaired. but during the process of writing the book, what happened is that as he began to remember what it was like to be with hi in those extraordinary moments, he began to not only soften, but he said, "oh my god, i'm feeling affection for the old guy again." and he had trulycared a. and i was so glad to see those resentments fade because it had been probably the most important part of his public life to be with lyndon johnson. and at the same time- - h

lbj. president. lbj. there are reasons for this, which i go into in the book. are accidental, if you like, reasons that when jfk was assassinated, she was planning -- she would have liked to have gone to the funeral. she could not go pretty her doctors prevented her because she was too heavily pregnant at the time. when churchill died a couple of years later, lbj wanted to come but he got sick during his inauguration in january 1965. and his doctors prevented him from traveling to the u.k.. so if it were not for those unfortunate accidents of history, they would have met. but what happened of course was that lbj's full term became completely overwhelmed with vietnam and he was angry with the british under their prime minister who would not commit troops to vietnam. and he basically had little time for those countries that were not assisting. he focused on the countries and visiting and entertaining leaders from the countries that were assisting in vietnam. peter: how important was her sister margaret's visit to the u.s., where she met lbj? mr. charter: that's r

lbj was not one for parties. think it was perhaps the biggest white house party dinner of the entire administration, where she sat next to the president and everyone had a fine old time. and lbj, who was recovering from an operation at the time, perhaps against dr.'s advice, took to the dance floor with margaret. peter: did that include anglo-american relations at the time? mr. charter: that is a good question. i think it is said that lbj never bore a real grudge against britain that would be damaging to the special relationship. his problem was with the labour prime minister who was refusing to commit british troops, because that was causing tremendous problems with his own party back home. when you get a royal visitation like that, history shows us, and throughout the book as well, that the atmosphere dinner -- generally improves. the publicity around it is so normally positive that relationships are kept at a special level. it is not every country that can arrange to have a member of his leading family attend

we are here at the lbj library me in the lbj years people didn't talk about being anti-lbj are pro-lbj, even the bush and obama used people in talk a lot if you are pro-bush or anti-obama. that lay which didn't exist in the dialogue. now we are in an environment where everything is anti-trump or pro-trump, you have to choose. but we don't, we can reject this false dichotomy and stand up for a better world in the future but for now, to distrust every media source except his personal favorite and the trick worked as republicans have very little trust in any source except fox news max and oa and on. this is the way trump and his allies wanted but it is incredible to see the feud where you have democrat and democrat leaning readers trusting almost every outlet more than republicans do. one more chart to show, bring up the speaker showing the divide based on age, we would be remiss not to talk about facebook and tick-tock in this conversation and how younger people are more visually oriented, they want to watch more than they want to read. americans, and ap paul false the news media for div

he was supposed to go to the lbj library and doing an interview with lester holt. he was first giving a speech on the anniversary of the civil rights law. >> it all still remains up in the air. he supposed to head to texas tomorrow and then nevada later on this week to week at the two conferences there. he also had another interview scheduled for later in the week. all that remains up in the air as officials here at the white house are dealing with this crisis in real time, trying to figure out the residence schedule as the week progresses. again, the campaign today saying the vice president's trip to florida -- that has been postponed. >> and nevada, a key swing state that is not looking very well for the democrats this year. tom winter, jake trailer, gabe gutierrez. thanks to all of you. i want to bring in jim cavanaugh, a retired atf agent in charge. cedric alexander, former public safety director for dekalb county, georgia, and nbc news senior law enforcement analyst. i wanted to talk to you about the weapon used, the rifle, and there is an extraordinary pictur

so we know that lbj of it then we don't know what lbj thinks of it over the course of the next months perhaps. lbj's vice presidential which do exist out in which the johnson library is in the process of of of processing. perhaps those will help us understand and we are salivating at the prospect of getting getting a hold of those. there is an indication that lbj a the first of those two meetings on october second 1963 before leaving after 25 minutes for a lunchtime engagement, he did not speak and his name is not listed on. the mencken on that record. johnson's own daily diary says that he was there, which is intriguing. do i remember that? did he make a trip at he was vice president. he sure he made a really important trip may of 1961 after the first set of really consequential decisions, the kennedy administration took to up its program, vietnam. and it was part of the process of trying to convince the south vietnamese that we are with you. and that was really the first goal of the presidential program, as it was described, to let the south vietnamese. know that that we will remain

but in both cases, truman's case and lbj's case. the president made the decision on their own? yes.re there was some there was some opposition within the party to their running again but there wasn't the overwhelming sense that a, the president was too old to run or be that the president was likely to lose in either case. so the situation we face today has certain similarities to the past, but really is largely new territory, new presidential historical territory. >> yeah, it's fascinating when you put it that way, because this is of course, still up to president biden. he's going to have to decide whether or not to step aside. but the historical implications of this surely must be weighing on him. i mean, what i'm hearing kind of behind the scenes from democrats, i'm talking to is that if this continues, the losses democrats might face would be so dramatic that it would be something that would affect the country for decades to come, particularly in the u.s. senate, where people serve for many many more years. i mean, in your experience and understanding as you have studied these me

precisely because of that example that a lbj set quitting the race., a lot of people in retrospected said he quit the race because he knew he couldn't win, others said it was a personal sacrifice. but certainly, he knew people would be i drawing on that analogy. >> reporter: i think it's an obvious point to make, neil. the president speaking at this, at lbj's library, a lot of people are going to be talking about it. that's what makes it all the more notable in what many are calling it in that defiant press conference, president biden vowing to stay in the race. and when he went to detroit last night, he told a fiery crowd he would not be going anywhere, and that's one of the reasons he's manning the phones today not only to reassure he's the candidate, but perhaps maybe flip some of those democrats who say he should bail out of the race, neil. neil: thank you, my friend. alexis mcadams a taking a look at a donald trump's campaigning plans as gets ready for the republican convention. alexis. >> reporter: hey, neil. here in butler, pennsylvania, the cr

divided delegates nominated hubert humphrey, lbj's vice president, mr. area. new enthusiasm tonight for political leaders and local voters. >> i was ready to ride with biden, but i am ready to write of kamala. >> reporter: the show of support for kamala harris, in the place where her political career started. >>> another hot day across the bay area. tomorrow even hotter. another first alert weather day, but there is relief around the corner. details in the full forecast. >>> he only knows her by her first name. and east bay uber drivers search for a passenger a help to save his life during a medical emergency. >> these are for you. >> this is cbs news bay area, with juliette goodrich. >>> tonight, the democratic party reenergized , announcing they have raised $81 million since president biden dropped out of the race and endorsed vice president kamala harris. as the democratic nominee for president. >> reporter: harris got a warm welcome in wilmington, where she officially took over biden's campaign, before she spoke, president biden addressed the staff o

we are here at the lbj library lbj your steeple deducts upbeat anti- lbj or pro- lbj. the bush and obama your sit and talk up your pro- bush or anti- obama that language did not exist in our dialogue. now we are in an environment everything is anti- trump or pro approach trump you have to choose. but you don't, actually can reject this false dichotomy we can end up in a better world in the future. but for now trump a soda santa distrust every immediate sort except for his personal favorite and the trick worked republicans have very, very little trust in any source except fox, this is the way trump some as allies wanted. it's incredible to see this sku democrats a democrat leaning readers trusting almost every more than republicans do. one work chart to show before bring up the speaker's again showing this divide based onge were americans get the news sed on age, would be remiss to not talk about facebook and tiktok in ts conversation how younger people are more visually oriented. they want to watch more than they want to read. this is an ap poll recently felt the news

announced its decision. >> but lbj had been thinking about running again since late 1967. so the timing is quite different so is there any historical precedent for this late in the cycle and this kind of decision for anything similar to this kind of reason no. >> in fact, there isn't any parallel at all in many ways. the story is a story of joe biden deciding to run again despite the fact that in 2020 he said that he only wanted one term, the mandate he sought was to end the trump chaos and restored stability to our institutions and a sense of america's mission in the world and respect for us throughout the world then he sandi turn the party and the country over to somebody else but after the midterms, the president changed his mind and announced it in 2023 so in a sense, the process that both harry truman, who also decided not to run again, and lbj went through joe biden in a sense, went through that and then decided, no, i can and will run again so this means going back on the decision he announced to the world in 2023. and clearly he doesn't want to do that does history

[applause] the same goes to mark kirk, the president of the lbj foundation.t is great to be back here. look, i was in college at the university of delaware in my early years when i heard the news that president kennedy had been assassinated. i remember exactly, like everybody in my generation remembers where they were sitting, standing, walking. i was on the steps of one of the university halls, listening on a transistor radio with three other people. it seemed unbelievable. then watching president johnson help the nation find a way forward. in his first address after the tragedy, president johnson said, "nothing can more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory then the earliest passage of the civil rights bill." that's what he said. [applause] as a kid coming up, i always admired president johnson for his public service, whether it was a schoolteacher in southern texas, a master of the united states senate, historic vice president and president. in a great society -- his philosophy was simple. in a great society, no one should be left behind. he'd say --

. >> ♪ ♪ >> neil: you are looking live at austin, texas, president biden set up your at the lbj potentialrary moment from noel he makes a big supreme court gamble, summer calling it gambit that could change the high court forever. among the president's proposals, term limits for spring court justices and a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity. were all over it with our legal eagles including trey gowdy and tom dupree and jonathan turley all here. as the judiciary committee john kennedy in one -- where this maybe goes from here. welcome everybody, i'm neil cavuto, w. anna busy newsday's go live to david spunt in washington for what it's all about. >> president biden is a factor make this announcement soon at the lbj library in austin, texas but it's the vice president, kamala harris, will attempt to see this through over the next few months even after election day if she wins. three big changes, administers and is proposing no immunity programmed a former president committed an office, term limit for spring court justices and a binding code of conduct for the spring cour

presidential historic who says lbj stepped aside for the good of the country. does she think joe biden should be doing the same? she is here. first fox team coverage with lucas tomlinson on what the white house is saying and michael tobin in battleground wisconsin where joe biden is campaigning. welcome everybody. i'm neil cavuto. in a busy day the fireworks still alive and well. to lucas tomlinson at the white house with the very latest. hey loukus. >> headlines in the rally we heard from president biden in wisconsin. he's not dropping out of the race. he says he staying in the race. he thinks he's the only 1 who can beat donald trump in 2024. he spoke earlier and he also heard the president say he addressed some critics wanted him to get out of the race. many of course house democrats called on the president may be not publicly but very concerned with the president's concession. here's debbie earlier spirit joe biden has to talk to the american people and show the american people he's got the stamina and focus to do the job and she's got to do it now. >> poli

that's mark updegrove from the lbj library, the guy who understand are the lbj library.raries in america, by the way, if you get a chance to visit it when you go to austin you will be richly rewarded. but we begin this hour with the stuff we were talking about before, how j.d. vance, weirdo, just keeps getting weirder. we'll talk about this. mike, who knows a few things about weirdness. that's mike murphy out there, who's the man from -- once upon a time the republican party. i see my friend maya wiley over there who is a civil rights leader par excellence and also former mayoral candidate in the city of new york. and here at the table democratic strategist and professor at columbia university, msnbc political analyst basil smikle who's got a basil-colored tie on today. he's wearing a tie that kind of is -- that is the embodiment of his name. and as long as we're here i'll start with you, basil. one of the things that people in politics do often is they get in the weeds, they get complicated, they make all these complicated arguments and sometimes they're smart arguments

he could never shake lbj. he got to chicago and had to fight mccarthy and others.arris doesn't have a movement in the democratic party working against her. but she has the anchor of biden, the good and the bad. so take the good, distance herself from the rest, and let harris and her new vp be the real torchbearers as biden has suggested that she is. geoff: how was the campaign thing about that? if president biden is a negative draw for some voters, how are they thinking about navigating that? >> we've heard from the president himself that he would like to be out there and help her campaign. i think that what we are going to see from harris is that she's the one that's going to lead a very different schedules and president biden did. there was frustration from some democrats that president biden was not holding as many rallies as he could, traveling to as many states as he could, as they thought he should. vice president harris has a much better stamina because she is younger and she has already demonstrated, in the amount of phone calls she's made across-the-board,

re-signed with some echoes biden has been feeling, concerns about lbj's health, discontented handling over the work, competition from fellow democrats. the democrats went onto the emphasis 1968 nomination, they feel -- face other problems, humphrey was picked and he lost to nixon. if you go back to the beginning, biden had this on his mind last night, you have the way america began because holding any type of election was a big deal then and people thought washington, the military experience president, maybe he would serve forever or like a king or pope until his death, there was no rule that created the tradition we have followed for so many years since then the two terms for winning president, george washington set that tradition, biden, quoting him, saying that washington showed as, quote, presidents are not kings. that was america's first president. that precedent shows the power of leadership which is different than rules or laws. it was washington's vision, his leadership, democracy would not be something that came every 30 or 40 years or strong-armed generals would rule, rather

lbj or jfk. and she'd worked for lbj.o it he but he also worked for and and, you know, and throughout their marriage, this is an argument and and it's stgo see them relive those years in the sixti afferent opinions. and their dialectic two presidents and others in the sixtiesngess as they grow older. and so it's kind of doris is yearistocally and she's and she's really keeping the memory or alive but also telling a story about the remarkable people who they both worked with. simon and schuster has put out this book in honor of its centennial. simon and schuster, a century of publishing,. 1924 to 2024. for people interested in publishing. what are they going to get in this book? mr. karp they ar to get a cultural history of america through thee of the books that we've published. and we actually went and we we got a committee together and we picked out the ones books we thought best represented simon i an, we've published, you know, ten, you know, we've published t so, i mean, we've got more than 14,000 print. i think we've

lbj or jfk. and she'd worked for lbj. so it he but he also worked for jfk.and and, you know, and throughout their marriage, this is an argument and andt's so interesting to read this book to see them relive those years in theixti and then come to different opinions. and their dialectic about these two presidents and others in the sixties changes as as they grow older. and so it's kind of doris year of living historically and the memory of her husband alive but also telling a story about thre people who they both worked with. simon and schuster has put out this book in honor of its centennial. schuster, a century of publishing,. 1924 to 2024. for people interested in publishing. what are they going to get in . karp they are going to get a cultural history of america through the sweep of the books that we've published. and we got a committee together and we pi ones books we thought bespr and schuster. i mean, we've published, you know, ten, you know, we've d mo than 14,000 books. so, i mean, we've got more than 14,000 print. i tbl published, you know, a lot mo

as you know, we announced scotus reform at the lbj library just yesterday in austin.was an important moment to talk about where we are today. the president met the moment, talking about how no one is above the law, and how important is the rule of law. i just started at the top of the briefing talking about how it is so important to have freedom of the press. it is also important for our democracy. so obviously, the president and the vice president or partners in making that announcement in the sense of how they are going to move forward, the three things he laid out on what reform looks like for this administration as it relates to the campaign, i don't have anything specific to share -- but this is certainly the biden-harris administration. and everything that we have done in the best three and a half years, we want to continue to do moving forward and continue to work on the path of the american people. reporter: last weeks of the president said he had been talking to the vice president about her potential running mate. could you just explain how often they've been

. >> reporter: president and ceo of the lbj foundation, spoke about striking parallels between presidentsoved to the country, divided, tempestuous, a lot of extreme rhetoric. we had the same thing in 1968 that we were being shaken into our very foundations. >> reporter: especially divisive then, vietnam, america's sons and daughters dying in southeast asia, cbs's news walter cronkite was a turning point. >> it seems now more certain than ever that the bloodied experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. >> reporter: johnson believed that losing cronkite on vietnam meant his reelection was also unwinnable. in march 1968, he quit the race. >> i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination on my party for another term as your president. >> reporter: up tomorrow says that decision like president biden's to step aside was more than political, there were health concerns. >> lbj truly believed that he might jeopardize the country because his heart might feel. >> reporter: but democrats have to wonder whether 1968 is also a cautionary tale in the race to keep the oval office, look at w

we are here at the lbj library. people didn't talk about being anti-lbj are pro-lbj. people didn't talk about whether you are pro-bush or anti-obama. that language did not exist in our dialogue. we are now in an environment where everything is anti-trumper pro-trump. you have to choose. we can reject this false dichotomy and we can end up in a better world in the future. but for now, trump told his fans to distrust every media source except for his personal favorites and it worked. republicans have very little trust in any source except fox, newsmax and oann. this is the way they want it and it's incredible to see the skews where you have democrat leaning readers trusting almost every outlet more than republicans do. showing the divides this time based on age where americans get their views based on age. facebook and tiktok in a conversation and how younger people are more visually oriented. they want to watch more than they want to read. americans, this is an ap poll, they thought the news media was dividing the nation, but not all news outlets are created equally. t

seen troubles in some of the early primaries and that was march and the washington post noting that lbjt biden has been feeling, for example, concerns about lbj's health, discontent over his handling of the war and competition from fellow democrats. the democrats went on to the infamous 1968 nomination. they also faced a lot of other problems that year. humphrey was picked and he lost to nixon. if you go back to the beginning and biden had this on his mind last night, you have the way america began because holding any type of election was a big deal then and people then thought, well, washington with the military experience had been president and maybe he would serve forever and was like a king or pope until his death. there was no result that created the tradition that we have then followed for so many since then, two terms for winning presidents, george washington set that tradition and biden quoting him and said washington showed us, quote, presidents are not kings. that was america's first president. that precedent really shows the power of leadership which is different than rules o

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in the race to keep the oval office, look at what happened once lbj stepped aside. first, a double tragedy. >> memphis today is officially in mourning. >> reporter: martin luther king murdered in memphis. robert kennedy -- >> now it's on to chicago, and let's win there. >> reporter: -- gunned down in a los angeles hotel kitchen. >> we can achieve nothing by lawlessness and divisiveness. >> when butler, pennsylvania, happened, did you think to yourself, another similarity? >> without question. just as in 1968, you had the feeling that anything could happen next. >> reporter: like chicago's 1968 democratic national convention. outside, mayhem. inside, rancor. >> don't push me. take your hands off of me. >> reporter: divided delegates nominated hubert humphrey, lbj's vice president. mr. biden has endorsed his vp, kamala harris. >> i seek to lead a great nation. >> reporter: humphrey, wounded by chaos, lost in november to richard nixon. >> which of the parallels resonates most with you? >> what our democracy looks like today. but we should also remember that we came out

it's hard not to see the comparisons to lbj as peter just pointed out, the last u.s. president to use an oval office address to tell the nation he wouldn't run for another term. lbj in that speech touted his legislative accomplishments, expect president biden to do the same tonight. i'll be watching to see how candid the president is about what drove him to make this final difficult decision to drop out. now, it's worth noting a recent poll shows 87% of voters approve of his decision to end his campaign. the final judgment on president biden's legacy, though, may be whether democrats defeat donald trump in november, lester. >> let me turn now to hallie. hallie, talk about how this has changed things for democrats. >> well, from democrats' perspective, lester, the harris candidacy is a shot in the arm. the harris camp says it raised a staggering $100 million plus in just the two days after president biden dropped out, most of the donors first-timers. in that same time period, vote.org says nearly 40,000 people registered to vote through its platform. a zoom fund-raisin

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he will go to the lbj library in austin, texas. the president believes justices should serve no more than 18 years and wants to limit immunity presidents would have. biden writes what is happening now undermines the court's decision. we stand in breach. we heard from vice president kamala harris many years ago about reform to the court. in 2019, she wanted to increase number of people on the supreme court. we'll hear about this scomb we are hearing from harris and former president trump as they trade new attacks on each other. >> 15 years ago, san francisco was perhaps the greatest city in the country and now it is unliveable. crime is so bad, drugs are so bad. she has ruined it. she was the original of the bad d.a.s and prosecutors. >> we have a fight ahead of us and we are the underdogs in this race. we are the underdogs in this race. >> candidates will be all over coun cou country. j.d. vance has events out west. new abc poll says democrats are enthusiastic to see kamala harris. what about groups, specifically white voters? kama

is seeking reelection after washington, james pohl, buchanan, rutherford b hayes, calvin coolidge, lbj, now joe biden. how many of them do you think stepped down because he didn't think they would win again if they ran? guest: i think probably most. the only one that maybe could have won again is polk. he came into the presidency saying he wanted to do a number of things, had done a number of them. overseeing the end of the mexican-american war, which expanded the united states. somewhere expanded about that but also didn't reignite the debate over slavery, whether these new territories would be free or enslaved states. that could have potentially been used against him. you make a really good point. a lot of times, presidents, especially in the 19th century, it was not quite so rare for presidents to be one term, whether their party decided not to go with them or they decided not to run, health was very unpredictable. it was a small number, and that is worth noting. host: coming to the next level, the vice presidency, a column in today's wall street journal, for a vice president, hard

but in the cases of both truman and lbj they did it on their own terms. they decided on their own that they wouldn't run again and they decided when to tell the world that they weren't running again? yes. there were in both cases, democrats who were seeking to challenge the president but the leadership of the democratic party wasn't pushing those president's out, nor was there a whispering campaign that made clear there was a coalescing of most democrats around the idea that the incumbent president shouldn't run again, that's what makes what happened today. still extraordinary. >> the other thing that's important to keep in mind is the decisions made by truman and lbj happened in march of the election year not just a few weeks before the nominating convention, where the incumbent president already had more than enough folks to be renominated. and that's what puts a president trump, president biden's decision in real context president biden didn't want to make the decision he made today. >> president biden realized he had to make it. and what a contrast to

johnson, who was with president biden at the lbj presidential library tonight. lucy, i really appreciate your time. it's really nice to speak to you and in the context of the time we're in now, such an important moment and biden tonight said his words, we must strengthen the barred whales of democracy. you were with him before and after speech, you had a chance to speak with him personally. you've known him for a long time for decades. so what was your conversation like tonight, lucy, do you think he he truly is at peace with his decision? >> well, i can't speak for president biden, but i can speak the reaction of everyone who was in the audience. we felt a little bit like the land lin-manuel miranda is wonderful music that said, we were in the room when it happened and, i think that being in the room where it happened when president biden made his first speech, having conceded that he was not going to run for reelection, was just a magical moment. we all were pinching ourselves because as he had said to us he cared a lot about the office but he cared most about

and so i mean, the way the president has handled at this time around, he kind of out lbj. lbj, it seems almost right and i think one of the big things that sets this apart, there'll be lots of people to say this is 1968. we're heading into in 1960 a, i think i would urge caution around that history is not destiny. the difference here is the way that the party, the democratic party in the left seems to have coalesced around kamala harris very rapidly because of the decision that joe biden made as president. i don't think this means that all of those divisions, all those tensions that really under during the current state of the party right now, don't exist. but instead, that democrats have really come together idea. >> oh, solidarity. >> in the face of overcome originally were overwhelming odds. there's also a way i think biden's speech played into this really quite beautifully. and brilliantly last in which the party consent itself, the democratic party is now sending himself assigned to in contrast to a figure like donald trump, who has refused to step down, who actively

or even see a picture of him, just a paper statement, is interesting and a lot different from when lbj got out. there was a televised speech. >> brian: many people didn't think it was about his health. and of course it is about his health. bret baier, appreciate it. don't believe your lying eyes, that was white house message for months. i'll pause. >> the president's stamina, president's wisdom, ability to get this done, you have called this the cheap fakes video, that is what they are. everything he does day in and day out is cognitive test. >> brian: unbelievable. how did she face the press today? ari fleischer did kjp's job before, he will join us next to talk about this big cover-up. (bell ringing) someone needs to customize and save hundreds with liberty mutual! (inaudible sounds) ♪ liberty. ♪ when the sawdust settles and the engine roars the thing you care about is a job well done. but when you get your tools from harbor freight something about the job feels different - your wallet. whatever you do, do it for less, at harbor freight. (♪) (♪) bounce back fast from heartburn with t

. >> reporter: goodwin worked with lbj in the white house, and he features in her latest book about thed for the good of the country that he was in such difficulty that he wanted to bring peace in vietnam. thunderstruck was the country by that decision, but it was for the good of the country, he believed, and there was an extraordinary reaction to it. >> reporter: as with fdr and lbj, biden's challenge, she says, is showing the american people he's up to it, not just with a single interview but by showing command of what is perhaps the hardest job in the world. >> president biden has a right to be proud of is that he has a character that has humility. he's had resilience. he has empathy toward other people, toward parts of the country, toward people in trouble, and he's had accountability and responsibility. so i think keeping that idea that what he wants most of all is for that character to be remaining and be part of his legacy will factor into how he decides this thing. only he can really decide that. it's a really hard decision he's going to have to make in these going to have to ma

how joe biden's withdrawal echoes lbj, march 31, 1968, when lyndon b.nson said that he would not be running in the election that fall. it came in the final minute of a 40-minute speech from the white house. here is about 90 seconds of that address. [video clip] >> american sons in the field far away, with america's future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes in the world's hopes for peace and balance every day, i do not believe that i should devote an hour of my day, of my time to any personal partisan causes, or to any other than the awesome duties of this office, the presidency of your country. accordingly, i shall not seek, and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. but let men everywhere know, however, that a strong and confident and vigorous america stands ready tonight to seek an honorable peace. and stands ready tonight to defend an honored because, whatever the price, whatever the burden, whatever the sacrifice. that duty may require. host: lbj back in 1968, the democratic convention that y

there's greater context rounding why lbj and of course vietnam and all the things were going on when you look at this, the idea that a lame duck, i mean, is he sort of unshackled now as a lame duck, even though his running mate is now going to be the candidate with you executive order is becoming into play. well, there'll be more action a little bit more of a a bite and a bark. >> well, he doesn't have to think about reelection anymore. he is somewhat unshackled he can do the types of things that may be politically risky. but because he's not running for reelection, he is not facing the voters anymore. he could do some things with executive actions. i do expect us to see the some of that, but we also have to remember that he's done quite a lot of executive actions over the past three years because he's had especially over the last two years, he's had a congress that has not been willing to pass very much just very tight margins over the course of his presidency. and so he's result resorted to executive action over and over and over again. and so some of that has already been exhauste

. >> host: sean, you mentioned lbj on march 31 , 68 stepping away. remember watching that speech? >> caller: yes, he was trouble he ought to have been because he took over because of john f. kennedy moved into his life in dallas and lo and behold he probably got really tired of it all. i think it is the same thing with biden. of course he is a lot older. >> host: in 30 or 40 minute speech by lbj is available in our archives. he was about vietnam at the very end he said he was standing down from the election. vice president harris was put out a statement on president biden's speech tonight is my the greatest honors of my life to serve as vice president to our president joe biden for joe's legacy of accomplishments just over the last three and half years is on match in modern history of and one terms he has already surpassed the legacy of most of presidents who serve two terms in office. that was just to put out and she goes on to say i'm a first-hand witness being with him in the oval office, to the situation room and seeing him on the global stage with world leaders. president joe

lbj, the war in vietnam was a disaster. so, they were very unpopular nationally but also within their own parties. so, the circumstances today i think are very different. biden has obviously been drawn much deeper into the campaign, into the general election, essentially, but he's also obviously quite unpopular it it is that internal party pressure that at least, in part, i think, drove all three from seeking another term. host: for the other two that you mentioned, was it that unpopularity that was the main driver, or were there other factors? guest: i think that each was unique. truman had been in office for about seven years and was eligible to run, but democrats have control of the white house for 20 years at that point. there was economic, so economic discontent in the country. inflation, joblessness, unpopular price control, and above all the war in korea was a stalemate. that was truman's war. that really settled him as well. and then he was deeply unpopular. he was wounded by losing the new hampshire primary, even t