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looking at video moments ago of president obama arriving in austin, texas, about to speak at the lbj library marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. as soon as it gets started we'll be taking you there live. we will talk about another dramatic story, the mystery airline flight 370. search crews or look going for the signal of the black boxes. sources tell cnn, the plane disappeared from radar about 120 nautical miles after crossing through malaysia meaning it must have dipped as much as 4 or 5,000 feet. malaysia's airlines scrambled signals but didn't tell military officials until three or four days later and the pilot was the last to speak to traffic controls with good night malaysia 37 zero. nic robertson joining us from kuala lumpur. walk us through what you're hearing from sources how long the plane was out of radar contact and what exactly this means. >> reporter: this is the first time we've been told of an altitude variation of the aircraft. the many ply indications are that the aircraft was taken down an altitude under control and taken back up under control. what we're

we will have highlights from the civil rights summit at the lbj library in austin and our own summit with tavis smiley from cbs, nicole hanna jones of republican a and eric dyson of georgetown university and evan wolf son and look back at the boston marathon attack one year later. plus an all-star panel of analysts. 60 years of news, because this is face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs >> schieffer: good morning again, pro russian militants seized police stations in eastern ukraine, there is chaos and confusion today, ukrainian officials say gunfire was exchanged. pistol lard of sky news is there and filed this report for sky news by phone. >> the we are at the police headquarters, which remain firmly in the hands of those armed protesters and carrying ak-47s, pistols and holsters on their hips and remain firmly in control of that building. they are reinforcing their barricades, there was a new delivery of, deliveries while we are filming and also filled sand bags, bashed wire and they are preparing to defends themselves, people are walking in the streets, there is a crowd in

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former president jimmy carter kicks off the civil rights summit at the lbj library by declaring the country is not making good on the era of equal opportunity that johnson and dr. king ushered in. >>> and speaking of legacy building, in case you didn't notice it yet, all three former presidents at the summit have family members either running or thinking about running for office right now. we'll dig in to it. the never-end heing revision of presidential history. >>> good morning from new york. it is wednesday, april 9th, 2014. this is "the daily rundown." before we get to the rest of our show, disturbing breaking news out of pennsylvania. we are getting word that as many as 20 people may have been stabbed inside franklin regional high school in murraysville, pennsylvania, about 15 miles east of pittsburgh. the victims appear to be a mix of students and adults. according to a local hospital official, they range in age from 15 to 60. at least nine people have been hospitalized. good news is, officials say none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. a public safety official says the st

been on my mind this week, some of you may know that yesterday i was down in austin, texas at the lbj library to speak on the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act and the man who signed it into law. and standing there, i thought of all the americans, known and unknown, who made it possible for me to stand in that spot, who marched and organized and sat in and stood up for jobs and for justice. and i thought of all who achieve that had great victory and others. not just with respect to the civil rights act, but the voting rights act and the fair housing act and immigration reform and medicare and medicaid and the first battles of the long war on poverty. over the past five years in the wake of the worst economic crisis of our life time, we've won some victories, for a. nearly 9 million new jobs in america's businesses over the past four years. 7.5 million americans signing up to buy health care coverage under the affordable care act. and millions more who have gained coverage through medicaid and c.h.i.p. and young people being able to stay on their parents' plans. the rate of uninsureded

this was at the lbj library, george w. bush gave a speech following in the wake of president obama and before him bill clinton and jimmy carter speaking at this event, the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the civil rights. a lot of people were commenting about george w. bush's opening remarks. this was in his second paragraph. let's watch. >> it is an honor to be back to the llbj library. last time i was here i introduced my mother, which is a pretty tough task. i'm impressed by the new learn vagss, thank you for showing them to me. former presidents compare their loi br libraries the way other men may compare their -- well, wondering how lbj would have handled that. he's a funny guy at times. the president today quoted one of my favorite lbj lines when he said, if one morning he said i walked on the water across potomac river and the headline would read the president cannot swim. the real influence of the president is not found in the headlines. it can only be judged with time. >> well, a little awkward there, sor

was already due to be in texas for fund raisers tonight in houston, and then at an event at the lbj libraryomorrow. but this is something that he is duty bound to do, and something he has done in the past. he'll also meet with the families and the survivors as well. >> mike thank you very much. >>> there was more emotional testimony today from oscar pistorius. he is on trial for the shooting death of his girlfriend back on valentine's day of last year. on this his third day of testimony the prosecutor showed this video of pistorius at a shooting range firing at a watermelon, when it explodes, he compares it to the head. >> pistorius sighing the thought he heard an intruder and accidentally shot his girlfriend through the bathroom door. when we return a dire warning about your security online how your passwords and information could be at risk. >>> i'm andrew thomas, buildings and lives were ripped apart by the salomon islands flood. lou clear >>> crews searching for that missing malaysian airliner say they have now detected new signals consistent with the planes black boxes. the transmissio

president obama and three other presidents are marking the anniversary at the lbj library in texas.e viqueira is it surprising to see a summit getting so much attention. >> well when you consider the land mark legislation, the civil rights act 50 years ago, this year in june, certainly no surprise, the president, the sitting president, and all of the living past presidents are there to mark the occasion. obviously a significant event for this president. and frankly, del, lbj's legacy now being rehabilitated to some extent. he has worn the albatross of vietnam, but when you look at everything he accomplished. known of course as the master of the senate, the voting rights act, medicare, and the civil rights act, all being enacted under lbj's tenure, politics were a lot different back then, and i think you are going to hear president obama speak very point nextly about the issues of race and the legacy of lbj, del. >> and this harkens back to a time when both sides of the aisle came together and got something done. >> it has a nixon to china feel to it, doesn't it? lbj came from the hi

he is speak about the lbj library in austin, texas. he is joined by many of the titansover the civil rights movement, that is john lewis shaking his hand right now. he also referenced andy young, and also julian bond who was one of the younger students during the civil rights movement, but is now teaching at the university of virginia in charlottesville. they are looking back at a moment in history when president johnson signed the civil rights act into law. mike viqueira is at the house with, and mike as you listen to the president describe the civil rights act of 1964, you couldn't help but think about the health care legislation of 2014. >> yeah, that was on the president's mind obviously. what can you say about a speech like that? here is president obama, the first african american president, and mrs. obama the e deant -- desendants. and then upon ascending the president he did a 180 and became a hero, an icon, alongside some of those giants that you just mentioned in attendance. putting his pen to the civil rights act in june of 1

msnbc reporter adam sueward ewa joining us from the lbj library.nd i have seen the list, entertainment, sports, and i have seen from billie jean king to krozny stills and nash, and may vis staples, and presidents are there, and what is the point that we are expected to hear? >> well, the summit is going to be looking at not only lbj's legacy as far as the civil rights are concerned, but the civil rights going forward there. are panels on gay rights, panels on immigration, panels on women's rights, and what we are going to hear from the speakers and the presidents in particular, they will try to talk about civil rights not as a past issue, but reframing the issue going forward and talking about what they would like to see happening, and that is maybe different depending which president is speaking from barack obama to george w. bush, but there is certain ly going t be a lot to see. >> and this event is obviously at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library. if there is a mark on his presidency, it is for the vietnam war, but he also was a pioneer o

the president was in austin yesterday at the lbj library commemorating 50 years in the civil rights effort led by linden johnson. and 50 years ago, my father was part of that historic congress. he served in the congress with the passage of medicare and medicaid. with head starts, and those programs are now in the agency i've had the honor to lead. it seems like a wonderful passing of the baton, and the affordable care act is the most significant social change in this country. in that 50-year period of time. so i am so grateful to have had this opportunity. i appreciate all of the effort and support, i thank my cabinet colleagues who are here on the front row, and not only are they here today on the front row, but they have been part of an all hands on deck effort, making sure that the 7 and a half million people were able to sign up for affordable healthcare. so thank you, mr. president, and what i know, is that sylvia, in the year that i've had the opportunity to work with her is a trusted and valued friend, a great partner, and she'll be a terrific leader for hhs. so i'll turn it over to

congressman john lewis and the director of the lbj library gave introductory remarks. we will show those comments to you tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the houseday, oversight committee voted 21-12 along party lines to hold former irs official lois lerner in contempt of congress. that citation now goes to the full house for consideration. here is a look at part of that committee meeting. >> it will be a significant cost to the taxpayer and we will not be able to get to the bottom of this through this channel. it is unfortunate because i think there is a danger here when a powerful government committee works against the interests of the american people. >> the gentleman's time is expired. we now go to the gentleman from ohio. >> thank you, i yield my time to the congresswoman from wyoming. cynthia lewis. >> i thank the chairman and i thank the gentleman from ohio for yielding me his time. tois uniquely consequential a woman in a position of public trust to be in contempt of congress, to have behaved contentedly. yes, lois lerner does have the right to remain silent. a co

couldn't figure out how to work together. >> and at the lbj library.0th anniversary of the civil rights act and it's fair to act would that type of legislation make it through a congress today? i think the answer is probably, no. something that grand and something that sweeping, and it's a reflection half a century later about how different politics are than they were 50 years ago. >> mark halperin, or even 15 years ago? >> it's gotten so worse so quickly. >> the irony, the last three presidents, they all ran saying, the perfect diagnosis of what was wrong and with a strong belief they were the ones to fix it, and all three of them have failed to do it. it's quite a puzzle, and president clinton probably, because he came from arkansas, probably spent, and was governor for so long and in public life longer than the other two, he probably feels this and has a better feel for the heartbeat of it than anybody in the country and yet he can give a speech but he can't change it. >> yep. and what's so fascinating, john heilemann, is that those three presidents

memorial service wednesday, president obama heads to austin today for a civil rights summit at the lbj library with his presidential brethren. bill clinton is there, jimmy carter, and both george bush and his father. speaking of bush 41, he surprised the obamas -- look at that. he greeted them when they arrived at the airport in houston. george h.w. bush, the president, said when the president comes to your hometown, you show up and you welcome him. what a great surprise! >> he's in a wheelchair because he is battling a form of parkinson's right there, but there has been so much joy in his life in the last year. he just marked the 25th anniversary of his election. i just get the sense he is enjoying this time so much, and you can tell by the president and mrs. obama there. everyone is enjoying being with him right now. >> i think it's legitimately a warm relationship. >> i think you're right. >> i think it really is. all right, "early start" all right, "early start" continues right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> school stabbing rampage. a student slashing his way through a high

johnson and the newly opened lbj library. the civil rights summit is honoring those who worked and fought for equality in our country and changed the future for millions of americans. >>> new at 11:00, general motor's ceo now says she has put two gm engineers on paid leave in connection with those faulty ignition switches. this as an outside attorney continues his investigation into why the company took more than a decade to recall nearly a half million cars, even though it knew at the time the cars were faulty. the bad switches are linked to 31 crashes and 13 deaths. >>> a southern california siracha plant has 90 days to figure out how to stop making odors. the plant turns peppers into powders to make sauce and apparently it's pungent. the plant's been working on a filtration system since the plant calm online in november. >> i love it, pepper, powder, very pungent to the populous. >>> changing now to our microclimate forecast, as we check in with anthony slaughter. take a look at san francisco and san jose, gorgeous days ou

at the lbj library in austin, texas, to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. there today. bill plante reports on how president johnson pushed through the landmark legislation. >> no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory. and the earliest possible passage of t pass rhts bill for which he fought so long. >> rep0 s or ther by battin the streets over racial equality, passing president kennedy's civil rights bill seemed out of the question for the new president. he brought up the civil rights bill and said pass this as a testament of john f. kennedy. >> one of the things about lbj, he was in the best sense of the world brilliantly opportunistic. >> reporter: joseph califano was part of johnson's domestic policy team. >> the assassination of kennedy, he used other things to get the civil rights act of 1964 passed. >> reporter: getting civil rights bill through the congress controlled in part by southern segregationists took all of lyndon johnson's guile. here he is using his persuasive powers on congressman russell. >> i t

the president talked of his recent trip to the lbj library and said back in the 60 60's pee were skeptical of medicare for years until people realized it helped lift seniors out of poverty. with us bill snyder, in new york, yegeny, research associate at manhattan institute, and cee cee connolly, price water cooper health research institute. on the road of this latest enrollment period, one very damaging thing happened, and that is people started to lose their health insurance while other people were trying to gain some by signing up. that ended up being one of the unpredicted impacts of all of this. did it have to go down that way? and has it readdicted who is in and who is out in the near term? >> yes, absolutely, ray, and talk about confusing. some how no one involved, government, private industry, media, too, were able to clearly explain what was happening. people who were in essentially inadequate or sub-par plans. >> under the affordable care act. >> no, prior to the affordable care act were going to have the opportunity and in some respects the requirement to move into plans that cov

we will have highlights from the civil rights summit at the lbj library in

. >> schieffer: this week, president obama and clinton, carter, and george bush will go to the lbj library in austin to make the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act, the most important piece of civil rights legislation since reconstruction. the act was a culmination of a partnership lyndon baines johnson and martin luther king, jr.. and it was in may of 1964 in the midst of a 60-day filibuster that king appeared on "face the nation" to lobby support for the act. >> from washington d.c., the reverend martin luther king, jr. >> southern democrats some johnson's closest friends and allies wanted no part of the bill. and mounted the filibuster to block it. king was clearly worried. >> we find now that the darkness are much more active and co conscientious and determined. >> the message was one of simple logic. >> injustice and if this bill does not go through, it will jeopardize the strength and maturity and health of our nation. >> as king mounted a crusade johnson pulled out all the political stops. he spoke out, negotiated, threatened, made deals and most importantly made an ally of se

we're awaiting second set of remarks from the director of the lbj library will be dipping in and out as news worthy things happen and take the president's remarks when those begin shortly. i do want to ask you again about lyndon b. johnson's legacy. fz not just civil rights, the current president, according to president clinton in his remarks, owe a lot in a range of issues to johnson, everything from voting rights to fair housing, there's medicaid. lyndon b. johnson's track record was diverse and listen to what he had to say about what president obama and he himself owed to lbj. >> we're here because the civil rights act and voting rights act made it possible for jimmy carter and bill clinton and barack obama to be president of the united states. [ applause ] >> michael, how much do you think president obama owes to lbj? >> certainly his election, what president clinton said was very right. the degree to which this country changed. vietnam froze lbj's image so people in the 70s and 80s and beyond knew about medicare and knew about civil rights and all of these other things but it wa

scholars here at the lbj library believe that johnson's work in civil rights has been overshadowed. bama, for example, has never publicly referred to lbj. but today he will take note of johnson's civil rights record and will note that the battle for equality is far from over. >> john lewis has certainly referred to president johnson calling him one of the best friends that african-americans have ever had. >> the more you learn, the more fascinati fascinating. when you play a game with your friends who would you like to have a dinner party with? right there, >>> nearly 700,000 americans have had their dna sequenced, but this doctor says one look in the mirror can teach you just as much about your genes. dr. sharon moalem will show us what to look for next on "cbs this morning." toyota green room. we'll show you next on "cbs this morning." >>> this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is sponsored by panera bread. find your panera favorite at panerabread doppler. panerabread.com. if you're living with chronic migraine, your life is a game of chance. but what if the odds could be in your favo

casey stiegel is live at the lbj presidential library in austin with the latest.ma arrived here on campus and his keynote address is supposed to start at the top of the hour, at noon local time, 1:00 eastern. you know the president and first lady traveled to texas yesterday to attend the memorial service down at fort hood. now the purpose of this three-day summit at the lbj library in as you thin is really two-fold. number one, as you said it is to celebrate 50 years since president lyndon baines johnson signed the historic civil rights act of 1964 which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination. then a year later, of course he signed the voting rights act which removed a lot of barriers that prevented african-americans from voting. but number two, this is also designed to point out that we still have an awful lot of work to do. it did not end with lbj's work in the '60s. there are many modern-day civil rights issues this country is faced with like immigration and gay marriage. the work that has to be done has been the recurring theme

president obama was in texas today at the lbj library. the house oversight committee votes to hold former irs official in contempt of congress. >> the whole number of the electorate is to vote for the president the united states was 538, of which the majority was 270. george w. bush has received for president united states 271 votes. al gore of the state of tennessee has received 266 votes. the state of the vote for vice president of the united states is delivered to the president of the senate is as follows. the whole number of electors appointed to vote for vice president of united states is 538, of which a majority is 270. the cheney of the state of wyoming has received for vice president of the united states 271 votes. joe lieberman of the state of connecticut has received 266 votes. this announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice present of united states, each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2001, and shall

the president gave a speech at the lbj library yesterday. before he spoke, clinton spoke about voter id laws been said that when we deal with this -- one way to do it as may be to put a photo one the social security card. there is some controversy. where's the president on this? >> we have not had an opportunity to review all the implications of that idea. speaking on the question of voting rights, president obama believes we should be making it easier and harder for every eligible citizens to vote. is a position has discussed on many locations. we have not seen a formal proposal or had a lot of time to review the one you mentioned. as a general principle, the president is making it easier for them to vote not harder. in public office seems to have the same perspective. >> on health care, midterm onlyions you said people care if they have a insurance coverage or not. "that isfically said what will matter." will it also matter if someone had a plan and they lost it? >> there will be a debate in every race about this and many other issues. i m

. >> at the lbj library. >> i go back and look at that. johnson did great legislative work. without the march on washington a year before, is it really possible to imagine this? i don't think so. colleagues of mine came up with a wacky idea. at first, all of the date civil rights organizations say they did not want to do it. they wanted to work with in the system. >> a former communist. >> a pacifist and a great figure. a controversial one. one of the early gay intellectual forces. his is a life, by the way, 2-d tour, a life of great humility and great praise. he was being groomed to be the gandhi of the pacifist movement. prisonerheroic battling segregation in jail. battling racism. he was getting attention for battling segregation. in the early part of his life, he was promiscuous. he gets caught with sexual acts in prison. he has a morals charge. after the morals charge, in those days, it was illegal to be gay in public, he could never be the leader. ego and,ged his behind the scenes, does so much good for the country, even though he can no longer be the star. that is in

. >> reporter: joining civil rights leaders at lbj library, president obama celebrated 50 anniversary of late president lindlinden b johnson. >> they swung open for you and me. that is why i'm here today. because of those efforts, because of that legacy. >> reporter: talk of coming together was hours after more divisive rhetoric from the president and his attorney general alteric holder -- eric holder, saying that republicans are poring big money into midterms prying to prevent people from voting, a member of audience shouted it was un-american, un-american how is it we put up with that that we don't have to, earlier yesterday holden spoke at reverendal sharp sharpton national -- network, said that racism. >> last 5 years have been defineed by significant strides and reforms in even in face of unpress dined dented -- holder veers from his prepared remarks to claim there was a civil right connection to heated exchange he had tuesday with two house republicans about whether he should be held with attempt in congress. >> what attorney general ever had to deal with that kind of treatment,

the president was in austin yesterday at the lbj library commemorating 50 years in the civil rights efforts led by linden johnson. and 50 years ago my father was part of that his totoric congre. he served with headstart and those programs are now in the agency that i have had the honor to lead. it seems like a wonderful passing of the baton and the affordable care act is the most significant social change in this country in that 50 year period of time. i'm so grateful to have had this opportunity and i appreciate all of the effort and support. i thank my cabinet colleagues here in the front row. not only are they here today, but they have been part of an all hands on deck effort making sure that all 7.5 million people were able to sign up. what i know is that sylvia in the year i have had the opportunity to work with her is a trusted and valued friend and a great partner and a terrific leader for hhs. so i'll turn it over to her. >> all right i'm john berman here at cnn in new york. you have been watching president obama saying good-bye to health and human services secretary kathleen sebeli

we are waiting president obama's key note address in the lbj library in austin texas. making it 50 years since johnson signed the land mark legislation in law. kwh when mr. obama begins to speak we'll bring you live to theentious vent. >> a fox news alert. can congress haul lois lerner to jail? that is a question as the house committee is voting to hold the face of irs scandal in contempt of congress. i am greg in for bill hemmer. >> the congress is frustrated that former irs official lois lerner refused to answer the question. we have the results of the vote. n21- 12 in the house oversight committee and goes to the full house to determine whether lois lerner is in contempt of congress. they arousing every tool to compel lois lerner to testify. key law maker ares involved in the organization said the evidence against learner is overwhelming in the targeting of the conservative group scandal. learner made 17 factual assertion claiming her innocence and taking the fifth and refusing to answer questions from law makers. a former federal prosecutor said she cannot say inno

. >> to the lbj library. commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act. something that he signed in june of 1964, in this building behind me, and to celebrate lbj himself, a man whose legacy was tarnished over the last generation because of the escalation of the war, principally, but to relook at his record, passing landmark reglation. to medicare, food stamps a host of social programs but the civil rights act, and the voting rights act. two landmark pieces of legislation pushed through in a time of racial division and social unrest. the president talked about the cynicism, president obama about the cynicism that pervades an american society, and is the jaundice view of washington with and keep pushing forward as lbj himself did. >> rereject such cynicism, because michelle has lived out the legacy of those efforts. because my daughters have lives out the legacy of those efforts, because i and millions of my generation were in a position to take the baton that hend had to us. it was a

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it's interesting i spoke at the lbj library the other day, and most of us weren't around to pay it reallose attention to those debates or their pretty distant now in the past, apparently it took several years before people realized hey, medicare actually works. and it is lifting a lot of seniors out of dispair and poverty. so way have been through this cycle before. it happens each and every time we make strides in terms of strengthening our commitments to each other, and we expand some of these social insurance programs. there's a lot of fear mongering and a lot of political argument, and debate. and a lot of accusations are flung back and forth about socialized medicine, and the end of freedom, and then it turns out that it's working for a lot of folks and we still live in a free market society. constitution intact, and we move on. in the meantime let's focus on things that the american people care about. >> a couple of points here on the affordable care act. it is time to move on to other things. and then on your crane a lot of questions. the military options for ukraine. a lot to sa

i was at the lbj library the other day, and most of us want to pay close attention to those debates, because they are distant now in the past, but that apparently took several years before people realized the care actually works and it is lifting a lot of seniors out of despair and poverty. through thiseen cycle before. it happens each and every time we make some strides in terms of strengthening our commitments to expand someand we of the social insurance programs. there is a lot of fear mongering and a lot of political argument and debate and a lot of accusations that are flying back and forth about socialized medicine and the end of freedom and then it turns out that it is working for a lot of folks and we still live in a free market have the constitution in tact, and we move on. i do not know long how long it is going to take, but in the meantime, how about we focus on things the american people care about? thank you, everybody. >> [indiscernible] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> hearing from presi

yesterday, former president bill clinton also spoke about vote rights at the lbj library. >> we all know what this is about. this is a way of restricting the franchise of 50 years of expanding it. is this what martin luther king gave his life for? is this what lyndon johnson employed his legendary skills for? is this what america has become, a great diverse thriving democracy for? to restrict the franchise? >> jonathan capehart, an msnbc contributor, and dale is with voting rights. i want to talk about the fact of the voter suppression efforts. as you know all the facts and figures. my question is how is it going to affect voting? will it discourage african-americans and young people and other people from voting? or will it get to and say we're going to try to stop you from voting because you tend to vote democrat. will it get people to vote or will nay win their effort to suppress? or will it turnaround and have a backlash? your thoughts? >> i certainly hope there's a backlash. we can't really let these efforts stand. what's really amazing to me, chris, is ten years ago we weren't havin

i spoke at the lbj library the other day, and most of us weren't around to pay it real close attention to those debates, or they're pretty distance in the past. it took several years before people realized, medicare actually works, and it's lifting a lot of seniors out of despair and poverty. so we've been through this cycle before. it happens each and every time we make some strides in terms of strengthening our commitments to each other and we expand some of these social insurance programs. there's a lot of fear mongering and a lot of political argument and debate and a lot of accusations are flung back and forth about socialized medicine and the end of freedom and then it turns out that it's working for a lot of folks, and we still live in a free market society, and constitution is intact, and then we move on. and i don know how long at it going -- i don't know how long it's going to take. in the meantime let's focus on things the american people really care about. all right? thank you, everybody. >> the president was not expected to take questions earlier on but this is his first p

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i spoke at the lbj library the other day. you know, most of us weren't around to pay real close attention to those debates. they are pretty distance now in the past. apparently it took several years before people realized, hey, medicare really works and it's lifting a lot of seniors out of despair and poverty. so we've been through this cycle before and we've made strides in our commitment to each other and some of the insurance programs, there's a lot of fearmongering and political argument and debate and a lot of accusations are flung back and forth about socialized medicine and the end of freedom and then it your honor its out that it's working for a lot of folks and we're still living in a premarket society. constitution is in tact and then we move on. i don't know how long it's going to take. in the meantime, how about us focusing on things that the american people really care about? all right? thank you, everybody. >> mr. president -- >> you just heard mr. obama talking about this agreement in ukraine. i'm jake tapper.

we're going to have four presidents who are going to be here at the lbj library to discuss just that.> glad you're there covering it for us. we'll check back with you tomorrow, suzanne. thank you so much for doing this. that's it for me. thank you so much for watching. i'll be back at 5:00 p.m. eastern, two-hour episode of "the situation room." newsroom starts right now. >>> wolf blitzer, thank you so much, as always. great to be with you on this tuesday. let's begin with the hunt for flight 370. really disappointment today in the frantic search to find a source of those pings, deep somewhere in the indian ocean. search crews are still trying to relocate the sounds that they hoped would lead them to the flight's black boxes. u.s. navy locator, tpl, we explained how thior

. >> reporter: joining civil rights leaders at the lbj library we swayed to gospel s g songs today, president obama celebrated the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act being signed by talking of doors of opportunity for everyone. >> they swung open for you, and they've swung open for me. that's why i'm standing here today, because of those efforts. because of that legacy. >> the talk of coming together was mere hours after more divisive rhetoric from the president and his attorney general eric holder. in a closed door fund-raiser in texas last night, the president charged republicans are pouring big money into the midterms and purposely trying to prevent people from voting. when a member of the audience shouted it was unamerican, the president replied, unamerican. how is it that we're putting up with that when we don't have to. yesterday, holder spoke at the national action network and suggested race was a factor in republican attacks on him and the president. >> the last five years have been defined by significant strides and by lasting reforms, even in the face, even in the face, of unp

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it is interesting, i spoke at, you know the lbj library the other day, you know, most of us weren't around to pay it real close attention to those debates, or they're pretty distant now in the past. apparently it took, you know, several years before people realized, hey, medicare actually works and it is lifting a lot of seniors out of despair and poverty. so we've been through this cycle before. it happens each and every time we make some strides in terms of strengthening our commitments to each other and, you know, we expand some of these social insurance programs. there is a lot of fear-mongering and there are a lot of political argument and debate and a lot of accusations are flung back and forth about socialized me sin and end of freedom. it turns out, it is working for at love folks and we still live in a free market society and, constitution is intact. then we move on. i don't know how long it is going to take. meantime how about focusing on things the american people think about. all right? thank you, everybody. >> mr. president -- liz: president obama very clearly saying that eigh

and they're headed to the lbj library and the president will deliver the keynote speech, marking theark civil rights act. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker is traveling with the president and joins us live from austin. kristen? >> hi there, tamron. president obama will speak in just over an hour from now and it will be poignant because the civil rights act made his presidency a possibility and president obama will talk about the incredible progress that has been made since 1964, but he is also going to talk about the difficult work that remains ahead particularly when you think of high poverty rates in minority communities, womens rights and rights of those within the lgbt community. yesterday i was able to interview president johnson's eldest daughter, linda johnson rob and she wishes her parents were here for the celebration marking the anniversary. if they were, they would say a lot of work remains. take a listen to what she had to say. >> i feel that they're watching from above and reminding us all keep going, keep going. moving on. don't sit on your laurels. >> r

in his speech at the lbj presidential library in austin, texas, president obama reminded audiences thatf legislation, are ever fully secure. >> we are here today because we know we cannot be complacent. for history travels not only forward, history can travel backwards. >> president obama's words come one day after former president bill clinton used his speech to denounce the strict voter i.d. laws in some states that some believe are directly aimed at suppressing the vote. some of the very people who fought thor that 1964 law, and the voting rights act that passed a year later. president clinton also used his speech to say while many may remember president johnson as the vietnam president, he thinks lbj will ultimately be known as the civil rights president. the next guest has been a key leader since the 1960s when he worked on expanding voter registration in the segregated south, as well as field secretary for the naacp, and ultimately as the head of the national urban league. vernon jordan was a top adviser to president bill clinton and i'm so pleased you were able to join us. >> tha

the president was in austin, yesterday at the lbj library commemorating 50 years in the civil rights efforts led by lyndon johnson. and 50 years ago my father was part of that historic congress. he served in the congress with the passage of medicare and medicaid with head start and those programs are now in the agency i have had the honor to lead. it seems like a wonderful passing of the baton, and the affordable care act is the most significant social change in this country in that 50-year period of time. so i am so grateful to have had this opportunity. i appreciate all of the effort and support. i have thanked my cabinet colleagues here on the front row, and not only here on the front row, but they have been part of the all hands on deck effort to make sure that the 7.5 million people were able to the sign up for affordable health care, and so thank you, mr. president, and what i know is that sylvia in the year that i have had the opportunity to work with her is a trusted and valued friend, and a great partner, and she will be a terrific leader for hhs. so i will turn it over to s

and to mark the anniversary this week, we are all going to the civil rights summit at the lbj libraryw. bush, and carter will be speaking along with the civil rights leaders and dignitaries and we will have special guests joining us this week. thursday, i will sit down with football legend jim browns and first daughter luci baines johnson and her daughter, to discuss l.b.j.'s legacy, and tomorrow, we will have former assistant to johnson, if you remember that, joe califano. and frankly, to be blunt, we will have an attempt to sort of de-vietnam his legacy a little bit. that is it for today's edition of "the daily rundown." coming up next is chris jansing. i will see you tomorrow. >>> i'm msnbc bill karins and on this monday, continuing the watch of another strong soaking storm in the southeast. this is going to be moving up the east coast in the day, but the threat of severe weather is most likely in the southeast withen a few tornadoes throughout the day. and that rain arrives in new england as we go throughout the night and lingers tomorrow morning. (dad) well, we've been thinking a