lyndon was holding back.ut lady bird says it's a risk she wanted to take even if it takes everything we have. i think he said it is your money. so they went into tv. the rest is history. brian: there was a time when the one television station in austin was ktbc. belonged to lyndon johnson. networks,ll three nbc, abc and cbs. why did that happen? betty: it's impossible to think about a senator being on the commerce committee, in charge of communications, the fcc, not having influence with the people making decisions. to what extent he actually, it has never been shown, any concrete evidence that he influenced people. it seems to me to be absolutely clear that just being in that job was an influence. i compared it to the obama daughters getting into college. i bet they both get into their first choice. when you are the daughter of the president, you have clout. lady bird johnson, one of the people said in the case of , getting a license for tv, he said, "i didn't apply." said i knew the wife of senator johnson

between lady bird and lyndon johnson.rian: betty boyd caroli, your new book about lady bird and lyndon, you started in the prologue this way. "at exactly 4 p.m. on december 9, 1964, lady bird johnson started a slow, dignified descent down the wide stairway from the residential quarters of the white house to the state floor, where more than 600 guests were waiting." why did you start it that way, and what were you talking about? betty: well, i wanted to draw the reader into the story, because that was a very important day for the johnsons. remember, their older daughter was getting married, but it was also one of the worst periods in the presidency. you know, lady bird said that the first two years were wine and roses, and the last years were pure hell. and so, this was a happy family occasion, you could say, in the middle of what was really a devastating period for them. and i wanted to get the reader into the story before i began talking about her childhood, which was extremely troubled, as you know. brian: what else was

book, "lady bird lyndon." later, conversation with defense secretary ashton carter. ♪ this week on q&a, betty boyd caroli discusses her book "lady bird and lyndon," and the marriage between lady bird and lyndon johnson. brian: betty boyd caroli in her new book about lady bird and lyndon. you started in the prologue. johnson started a slow, dignified dissent stairway from the residential quarters of the white house state or, where guests were0 waiting." betty: it was a very important day for the john's. --johnsons. her daughter was getting married. the first two years were wine and roses, and the last were pure hell. this was the middle of what was a devastating. -- devastating period. i want to get the reader into her story, before talking about her troubled childhood. brian: what else was there about the wedding, you said, that was important? betty: for me, what stood out was she said in her unpublished diaries that as lyndon walked birdthe aisle, lady was not looking at her daughter, but lyndon. she noticed

i worked for lyndon johnson and i also worked for my stepfather. but in reading the diaries, it came to light how many times they got together that i didn't know about. i asked my wife, who was the social secretary at the white house, if she could remember how many times drew had come to a social function at the white house. and it shows up a lot in the diary. and she said she didn't recall exactly how many. i said, well, do you think it was a lot? she said i don't think it was a lot. but when you read the diary, i hope everybody listening to this program will read the diary, you will see it comes up time and time again. he and drew and my mother go off to the white house for dinner or lunch. he is always saying something about jack or about lyndon in the book, in the diary. he mainly calls him lyndon. sometimes he calls him johnson. sometimes president. but, frequently he just says lyndon is doing a wonderful job. he is working so hard. i wish i could help him more. but i had to write that column about him because he has gotten too far off on the

he rarely calls and lyndon. he calls them johnson. sometimes president. frequently, he says lyndon is doing a wonderful job. i wish i could help the more. but i had to write that column about him because he has gone too far off on the vietnam thing. and he really needs to get away from that. brian: we have another tape. before we run it, drew pearson helped write some of the state of the union message that lyndon johnson gave back near the end of his term? well -- brian: it was in the middle of his term, 1964. he had just gotten reelected. was -- aware that he tyler: i was not. that would have been the type of thing that drew would have made shoe did not get out. he knew that that diary was going to get out until after he died. there is a little innuendo here. [video clip] drew?oup? -- there didn't you hear? >> i am on the plane. i am in north dakota. >> you disappoint me. >> i heard you got a tremendous amount of applause. rs.i got 81 applause applause, after the introduction and the ovation was "we intend to bury no one and we do not intend to be buried

so you had lyndon johnson finally made it into the oval office in 1963. that was following the assassination of president kennedy, lyndon johnson said himself, he said there are three pillars of segregation that i am going to knock down. he knocked on the first massively with the 1964 civil rights act, he knocked on the second which was voting which was the 1965 voting rights act. he said my final move will be to get a competent, gifted, african-american on to the united states supreme court. that was thurgood marshall who graduated number one harvard university law school. so marshall was the right man, in the right moment, at the right time in this country's history. >> what was the final vote?, any democrats voted for and against, republicans won against? >> republicans won against? >> the final vote was 69-11. that seems wide but it is not. if the southerners had a stop, the white house at 60 votes or less than they could have filibustered the nomination and marshall, or the white house could not have withstood a filibuster. so in reality, the white h

it's still done today but nobody was as masterful at it as lyndon johnson. and it's just amazing because senators go to the senate to vote. that's their bread and butter. but he convinced 20 of them back off, don't show up tomorrow into the halls of the u.s. senate. and don't vote. and they didn't vote. so that was amazing. >> host: wil haygood is the author. the book is called "showdown: thurgood marshall and the supreme court nomination that changed america." wil haygood appeared on booktv from columbus, ohio, is home town and a longer segment if you like to see the full segment you can go to booktv.org. type in the author's name and you will be able to watch the whole thing. >> republican candidate for president mike huckabee discussed his book "god, guns, grits and gravy" earlier this year on booktv's author interview program "after words." >> host: is the point of the book. t

the guys at the top, lyndon johnson and his key advisers. you have to ask what was the fundamental premise of operation rolling thunder? this is johnson during one of his famous tuesday lunch sessions. most of thee decision-making was made for operation rolling thunder. mcnamara,ean rusk, rostow.walt until 1967 you have no regular at theseattendee tuesday lunches. then the chairman of the joint chiefs started attending. until then it was total civilian control determining where were going to bomb and how effective it is going to be. the fundamental premise that that the have is primary enemy in the south indigenous guerrillas cannot andt without support direction from the north vietnamese. these guys are not stupid. army of a communist 300,000 men. 50,000 are nva and the remainder of the vietcong.s field johnson will achieve his desired political objective of an independent stable non-communist south vietnam. bombing and it's cheap. risk a greato number of american men. spigot.can be like a or tightknitse it depending on the reaction of the

lyndon johnson and his key advisers. you have to ask yourself, what was the fundamental premise of operation rolling thunder? what do they believe, and what were they trying to accomplish? during a tuesday lunch session at the white house. where most of the decision-making was made for operation rolling thunder. you have johnson, mcnamara, national security advisers. 1967, 2.5 years into the war you have no regular military attendee at the tuesday lunch. total civilians patrol determining where we are going to bomb, what targets, and how effective they think it will be. premise thesel men have for operation rolling thunder is that a primary enemy in the south, the viet cong insurgency, cannot fight without support and direction from the north vietnamese. vietnamvering north from the viet cong and we will achieve success. these guys are not stupid. they know that on the eve of the they are in south vietnam, you have a communist army of 300,000 men. , north, 50,000 are nva vietnamese army. those that are left are the indig

lyndon johnson realized he was no longer in charge of the war.hat did you lose? >> i had 36 when we started. we got 21 killed. >> what were you thinking about? >> i was thinking of my wife and my baby that i haven't seen, i guess. i got a baby coming in june. that was on my mind. i just knew we were going to get overrun. >> if you look at the history of vietnam, it was a tragic comedy of errors from beginning to end. and the tragedy of johnson is that he achieved remarkable things, particularly in terms of civil rights, but will be remembered for vietnam. >> it's the full shakespearean wheel of fortune, the man who has nothing who rises to everything and then loses it all. >> in a moment of tragedy and trauma, the duties of this office fell upon me with america's sons in the field far away, with america's future under challenge right here at home, i have concluded that i should not permit the presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year. accordingly, i shall not seek and i will not accept the

you knew lyndon johnson, which i knew. you were swimming with lyndon johnson in the pool at his ranch? >> and the great thing about the pool was it had rafts that had note pads and floating memo pads. because he really didn't want to swim, he just wanted to talk. so that day he had given a speech that talked about his at the alamo and it wasn't true. and i said to him, "how could you do that?" and he said, "oh these journalists are such sticklers for detail." and then he said, "they would ask you about the wallpaper on the room where you first made love. and they wouldn't ask you about the thing itself." so then he goes on about how his great, great grandfather died at the battle of san jacinto, and he seemed right, they're being sticklers for detail. until i found out the guy didn't die there either, he'd been a real estate trader and died at home in bed. now, that's harmless. he wanted to have somebody like that. but then after a while if your credibility is not believed and you lose trustworthiness as he did on vietnam

you were swimming with lyndon johnson in the pool at his ranch? >> and the great thing is it had rafts with floating telephones and floating memo and note pads. that day he had give an speech talking about his great great grandfather dying at the alamo and it wasn't true. and i said how could you do that? he said the journalists are such sticklers for the detail. they will ask you about the love. it's harmless. ehe wanted somebody like that. but aer a while your credibility is not believed and you lose trustworthiness on vietnam, that's when the credibility gap begins. i don't know what will happen to trump if he gets further along with all the things we know are not true and he comom back and says it is true, but nobody's holding him to it. >> stephen: we're about 50 days away from iowa and another to 12 days away from new hampshire. the leader at this point is generally p one who wins new hampmpire and the one who wins new hampshire is usually nominated. if history is our guy, donald trump has a good shot at being the republican nominee. >> unle

needless to say, say, lyndon johnson, who is a southern himself, he convinced 20 southern senators to not to vote. that was brilliance. he was a master politician and he would tell them, he would tell them look i am going to be looking at bridges next year, highway funding, looking at ways to help you. but, first, first i need you to help me. it's called old fashion horse trading, it is still done today but nobody was as masterful at it as lyndon johnson. it was just amazing, because senators senators go to the senate to vote. that is their bread and butter. but he convinced 20 of them, back back off, don't show up tomorrow. into the halls of the u.s. senate, don't vote, and they did not vote. so that was amazing. >> ..

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book, "lady bird lyndon." later, conversation with defense secretary ashton carter. ♪ this week on q&a, betty boyd caroli discusses her book "lady bird and lyndon," and the marriage between lady bird and lyndon johnson. brian: betty boyd caroli in her new book about lady bird and lyndon. you started in the prologue. johnson started a slow, dignified

but he took enough votes that it scared lyndon. he got 42% of the vote.thy was a nothing, an upstart. if mccarthy could draw blood, johnson was vulnerable. >> they said '68 was the year. i think march the 12th is the day. [ applause ] >> how does this strike you? you're not disappointed he didn't actually win? >> oh, no. he did win, though. this is exactly what he wanted. he said we shouldn't have dissent that breaks down our system. you should work through the democratic process to get what you want. you can hope and you've got to base it on a dream and this is coming true. >> whatever happened to robert kennedy? >> um, i think -- >> who's he? >> perhaps the most important result out of all this from mccarthy's viewpoint is that he will from now on be treated as a serious presidential candidate. >> all of a sudden, after new hampshire, there's a new political reality and bobby very rapidly starts recalculating. >> would you welcome his entrance? >> it's a little crowded now, but -- [ laughter ] music: "another sunny day" by belle and sebastian ♪ ♪ ♪ such

lyndon johnson, "an american dream," and "no ordinary time," franklin and eleanor roosevelt, the home front in world war ii. okay, so we've come to the portion of the show where i'm legally required to ask you about donald trump. ( laughter ) ( applause ) are there precedents in american presidential history where someone like donald trump is running for president? because he's very popular. >> it has to do with periods of when a presidential candidate can promise things that they may not be able to deliver but people want to believe it, like saying "we'll build a wall on the southern border and mexico >> stephen: fantastic and tremendous? >> tremendous, but the problem with demagogues, which i think is the definition, to make promises which you can't necessarily keep, like he says, "i'll never disappoint you." if a lover made that promise to somebody or a friend, it would be impossible to keep, you'd think. >> stephen: has anyone like trump been elected, is there any precedent for somebody like that who actually-- i mean, demagogues have run before but has one of them actually got in

interesting thing about him is he actually was lyndon johnson mentor. you look appear on the wall, you will see that although he was a mentor, by the time johnson was president their relationship but obviously slayed. russell led filibuster against the civil rights act. the democrats knew that they could not break the filibuster without enlisting the support of the republicans. to enlist the support of the republicans, they had to go to this man, the senate minority leader. they needed him and his republican to vote in favor of closure to end the filibuster and ultimately pass the legislation. after adding some amendment to title vii he threw his support hundred 64 civil rights act. he ultimately pass the act. as they are working on the act, it is important to point out the context of the social history of the time. a lot of people were distraught -- to satisfied with the slow progress of the bill. outside on the street you have more militant groups advocating for stronger measures is the civil rights. particularly malcolm x who gave his bullet speech i

lyndon b. johnson? robert: i will guess lyndon b. johnson. ed: that was my guess. richard nixon was the answer. to be clear, it is not casino. ed: we continue with the otr pop quiz, this time focusing on games of chance in massachusetts. we are talking about casinos. this is number three. according to the mass gaming commission, how much gross gaming revenue did the plainridge park casino generate during its first month of operation last july? multichoice. $8 million $18 million $80 million what' s the miniumum age for purchasing a lottery ticket in massachusetts? 18. last week, the massachusetts gaming commission announced it hired a new executive director. robert: um. ed: close. the jordan. -- [indiscernible] janet: so every casino is massachusetts you' ll have a unique problem. when it comes to look or licenses. the laws here stop serving at 1:00 a.m. you' re planning to have a smaller venue without liquor right now, but will you try to get this changed? robert: there has been discussion about common laws about getting extended hours. i think it is a localized i

ht, she gives an inside look at the marriage and political partnership of lady bird and lyndon johnson. >> lady bird johnson is an example of those women who saw something in those men, the ambition, the opportunity to really climb and make a mark in the world, and they married them in spite of parental objection. of that. example that is why i had to find out more about her. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> c-span presents landmark cases, the book, a guide tour series, which explores 12 historic supreme court brownons, including versus the board of education, miranda versus arizona, and roe versus wade. cases, features and deductions, highlights and the impact of each case. tony morrow and published by c-span in cooperation with an imprint of sage publications incorporated. it's available for a dollars c-spanus shipping at .org. by tom cotton on the implications of closing the guantanamo bay detention facility. this event hosted by the .eritage foundation this is 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation at our louis lehrman auditor

between lady bird and lyndon johnson.rian: betty boyd caroli, your new book about lady bird and lyndon, you started in the prologue this way. "at exactly 4 p.m. on december 9, 1964, lady bird johnson started a slow, dignified descent down the wide stairway from the residential quarters of

this guy trump is making an appeal to all of the people who feel that they >> so you're saying when lyndon johnson got up there to congress and said, "we shall overcome," that drove other southerners away and that's what led to trump's candidacy today. >> and lyndon johnson said that what he was doing was good for the country and the worst thing in the world for the democratic party, and there is no republican party today as we know it. >> i want to ask you briefly about cuba, because our next segment deals with a critic of what's happening there. you have been there about half a dozen times. you were there last december when the new deal was announced. how positive is this for cuba, for the united states, for people here? >> i was with president obama at the organization of american meeting last fall in panama. i saw 50 countries represented by 49 democracies, cuba being the first ones to enter. bill, every complexion that you would want to see, every flag in this hemisphere, and i couldn't thanking god that i live in this hemisphere. all democracies, no one fighting each other, no heads

for anyone who possibly knows >>> abstruse gail hannah is accused of taking lyndon al vers and then leaving him on the side of the road. >>> chiz ol m chislom is accused of killing his math teacher. >>> divers are searching for a missing hard drive in a lake after the san bernardino >>> no idea syed farook and tashfeen malik were planning the attack. abandoned an attack plan in 2012. >>> there's signs in canada reading, welcome to canada in both canadian and arabic. >>> after these pictures showed up online as ku klux klan members, students say it's sparked new matters. >>> the polite x factory is shutting down, and about 300 people are going to lose their jobs. polar tech is moving their factory to tennessee. >>> it was a very foggy start to the day. a lot of sunshine out there this afternoon. pamela is here with a look at your mild forecast. a lot going on today, pamela. >> reporter: it's still a friends at worst er here. those clouds will thankfully break awart awart, and we will experience some of that sunshine. hour-by-hour temperatures. here in boston, a very comfortable evening for y

so lyndon johnson gets handed the totally collapsed government and army of south vietnam. and eventually, he made his own decisions about sending american combat troops. but johnson went to his grave arguing that kennedy's assassination -- or overthrow and assassination of the vietnamese president, johnson was a big supporter of the president, was the reason he ended up committing combat troops. >> patrick sloyan is the author of the new book, "politics of deception: jfk's secret decisions on vietnam, civil rights and cuba." thanks so much. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> again, welcome to the library of virginia. i'm happy to introduce tonight's distinguished author, former governor wilder, who as you heard has a new memoir entitled "son of virginia: a life in america's political arena." as noted, i'm the states politic editor at the richmond times dispatch, and i'm proud to be in sort of what's become a select fraternity of virginia political reporters who first encountered doug wilder back in 1985, 30 years ago when he was barnstorming the state as part of his hist

in july of 1955 when the majority leader lyndon johnson had a heart attack. this left democrats without a majority leader for the last few weeks of the session. for the next 29 days, clements served as acting majority leader. this is during his first term. lead thehe had to senate without appearing to be a 's absents.lbj a difficult balance to strike. had to perform to the satisfaction of johnson. can you imagine that? he remained a demanding task hospital bed.s after visiting johnson, clements reported back on the views regarding a particular piece of legislation. haveuld like the bill to been taken up yesterday and passed the day before yesterday. that was lbj. succeededss, clements in holding together the democrats, and his efforts garnered favorable reviews. 1955 was important for clements, not only because of his work as acting majority leader, but because happy chandler was running for the governor's office. clements remained a power broker in the state. as one of the head of the dueling factions. he vigorously opposed chandler's campaign. he and his al

delays back to lyndon boulevard. the parkway is moving well. no delays on the northern state or the lie. and a reminder that alternate side parking is in effect city wide. >> thank you, meg. >>> a dash of hip hop made for an upbeat kwanza celebration. dougie gave lessons on how to do the dougie. if you're thinking that the museum is an unusual spot for the live event, the staff says you're mistaken. >> here at the museum of natural history we're able to connect all of the rich traditions in a concert. >> kwanza runs through new year's day. >>> 40% of hair loss are women. there is a new accessory offering women more choices when it comes to regrowing their hair. >> reporter: pharmacist patel's hair loss made her feel >> no matter what you do, put makeup on, dress up, do whatever you want but your hair >> reporter: nine months ago cap pro. battery operated baseball cap with a special disk inside the dome. flip the switch and the scalp is hit. >> it acts on the cells and stimulating energy factory of the cell but produc

kennedy and then attempted to help lyndon johnson when johnson was president for a little while, are your speeches for jfk and lbj different? i think his answer -- he was a friend of mine. i knew him well. cared about him a lot. i think his answer would be, yes, because lbj was not jfk. they were just different human beings. but his answer would also be, but at the end of the day, ted sorenson was the writer so there would have been some similarities. so it's a complicated little dance. yes, sir. >> we have time for one more question. i'm sorry. peggi is going to be signing books. >> thank you for coming, appreciate you being here. as someone who has spent several years working with president reagan to use eloquence to rise to the occasion of national crises. how would you assess looking at president obama's performance in turkey after the paris attacks, how would you assess his performance in terms of his comments following the paris attacks? >> very often -- i don't see the world 100% the way barack obama does, the way president does so very often i feel different from him. i mean,

he quickly became an ally of rising star and soon to be senate democrat leader lyndon johnson. after only three years in the senate, johnson promoted clements to the democratic whip. he had good relations with both conservative and liberal democrats. an important attribute in a closely divided senate. when the democrats would regain the majority in 1955, clements became majority whip. clements served as party whip from 1953 to 1957. one of only three kentuckians to serve in that position. the others are wendell ford and myself. the whip is responsible for counting votes and trying to persuade senators to support legislation promoted by the majority party. i can assure you it's a pretty hard job. clements job got even harder however in july 1955 when majority leader lyndon johnson had a heart attack. this left senate democrats without a true majority leader for the last few weeks of the senate session. so for the next 29 days clements stepped into the breech and served as acting majority leader. all of this remember is in his first term. clements had to try to lead the senate wi

this bill upholds the core values that animated the original elementary and secondary act signed by lyndon johnson. education is a civil right. thatthis bill, we reaffirm fundamentally american ideal that every child, regardless of race or background, deserves a chance to make out of their lives what they want. this is a big step in the right direction. a true bipartisan effort and a reminder of what can be done into these enter issues in the spirit of listening and compromise. but, of course, now the hard work begins. laws are only as good as the implementation. and that means we are going to have to be engaging with the schools and communities all across the country, educators, school leaders, families, students, elected officials, community leaders. philanthropies. all to make a promise of a long a reality. it is going to take students like antonio. he is doing his part, taking advanced classes. he plays the violin, he plays sports. he owns one share of stock in tesla. [laughter] president obama: he is clearly going places. i would invest if i could. one of the reasons he is thriving is

discusses her book, giving an inside look at the marriage and political partnership of lady bird and lyndon johnson. a lady bird johnson is perfect example of the conclusion i came to which is saw something in those men, the ambition, the opportunity to climb and make a mark in the world, and married them in spite of parental objection so she's a good example of that and that's why i decided i had to find out more about her. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and specific on c-span's "q&a." >> house minority leader nancy pelosi and the democratic house gun the violence task force hosted a forum on reducing gun violence. heard testimony from gun violence experts and gun safety advocates. event is 35 the minutes. er 5, 2010, jonathan >> september 5, 2010, jonathan williams was sitting in his vehicle when he was shot in the head and killed. williams was struck by gunfire directed at individuals in the area of his vehicle that he had no association with. during the incident, nine shots were fired by michael hilton. hilton was convicted of murder of williams and was sentenced to 25 years in the depart

the preparation and passage of the immigration legislation, the symphony conductor from austria, lyndon johnson to immigrant concerns and who had been able to escape thanks to johnson's personal intervention. it was delivered at a podium in the shadow of the statue of liberty, the interpretation of the legislature. the bill we signed today is not a revolutionary bill bleated does not affect the lives of millions but it is one of the most important acts of congress and the administration. 50 years ago, 50 years later, backfired. what is the significance of this legislative move? what lessons can we learn relevant today to current immigration climate and talk about the passage of this lock contributed to the current immigration system. what you have, increasing flow of people and their families coming in, prioritizing them in visas and green cards which we probably know suffer from incredible backlogs. >> when president johnson said union address to announce this, the key question is we should ask what can you do not in what country were you born, so his idea was to be selected in the bas

. >> lyndon johnson ordered that body be brought immediately to air force one. of war. they almost shook the crucifix off the top of the coffin as they were trying to get that coffin out of the hospital. >> vice president johnson is expected to be sworn in as president aboard an airliner before flying back to the nation's capital. >> johnson wanted to show the american people that the government was functioning without interruption. and also perhaps he wanted to show that his predecessor's family bore him no ill will for the assassination. >> lyndon johnson is flying back to washington to take the reins of government, at which time president johnson will have to take into his hands the reins of the most powerful nation in the world. >> is there any doubt in your mind chief that oswald is the man that killed the president? >> i think this is the man that killed the president, yes, sir. >> is there any evidence any one else may have been linked with oswald to this shooting? >> at this time we don't believe so. >> i don't know what this is all about. >> did you kil

a sunday night on "q&a," historian discusses her book, "lady bird and lyndon." look at theside marriage and political partnership of ladybird and lyndon johnson. >> lady bird johnson is a perfect example of the conclusion i came to, which was those women saw something in those men, the ambition, the opportunity to really climb and make a mark on the world, and they married them that is why i decided i had to find out more about her. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 on c-span q&a. on the eve of the american revolution, williamsburg, virginia was a bustling capital city, home to politicians, tradespeople, and slave populations. up next, we returned to the williamsburg of the 1770's. we see revolutionaries and loyalists mingled on the streets, and take doors of the palace of the governor and the virginia capital building. we begin with the colonial way of burke president and ceo -- colonial williamsburg