he tells the story of the rise of linden johnson. with each chapter of the book, as he progresses, you see in the voice that he is getting a little wiser, he is getting smarter and getting prepared for the twist of the knife. and it is in this getting emotional intelligence, this perspective i sought to replicate in my own writing. i tipped my hat to him in the title. his book was entitled "a political education" and it is nod to him i worked it into my title. his book is a gem and i commend it to you. this is stuff that happened before i showed up. i needed to know how won and lost the battles. i saw them through his eyes. the eyes of any many. it is his readers who see what life looked like to that small town public school by who showed up in oz. i had the fist feeling in 1975 and that excitement lasted for decades. let me describe how much excitement i had and how the people i interacted with shook my thinking. page six for those of you re reading along. it was the people who drew me in. the people in pursuit of power fascinated m

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 her. [ applause ] >>

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 sebelius and the president i

>> president obama would not be president if linden johnson had not passed the civil rights act of 1964 voting rights act of '65. he created the climate and made it possible for a man of color to be elected president. >> it's that legacy lbj's family and friends hope someday trumps vietnam. >> new doors of opportunity and education swung open. they swung open for you and they swung open for me. that's why i'm standing here today. because of those efforts. because of that legacy. >> president george w. bush used his speech in austin to talk about inequality in education and defend part of his own legacy. the no child left behind act he signed into law in 2002 which many in his own party have now rejected. >> no law's perfect. every legislative instrument eventually requires adjustment. but the problem comes when people start to give up on the goal. the alliance between ideology and complacency seems to be getting softer. i fear the soft bigotry of low expectations is returning. >> chuck todd has more from austin where he was traveling with the president. >> you know, luke, presidential l

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