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. >> lyndon johnson: we must either love each other ore must die. a classic of how to define youre opponent. >> woman: johnson had said, "goldwater's already tying the rope around his neck. so let him keep doing it with all of his statements and what he's saying out there on the field, and all we have to do is give it a little tug." so the little tug were the ads that these characters concocted. >> sabato: you look back at all the election maps and you see what really caused a realignment? what caused people to think differently about their partisan identification? and, boy, it was 1964. the ads before 1964 weren't just primitive -- they were dull. >> man: eisenhower answers america. >> the democrats have made mistakes, but aren't their intentions good? >> well, if the driver of your school bus runs into a truck, hits a lamppost, drives it into a ditch, you don't say, "his intentions are good" -- you get a new bus driver. >> what is the most important issue confronting the american people in this election campaign? >> the 1960s presents our country
. >> lyndon johnson: we must either love each other ore must die. a classic of how to define youre opponent. >> woman: johnson had said, "goldwater's already tying the rope around his neck. so let him keep doing it with all of his statements and what he's saying out there on the field, and all we have to do is give it a little tug." so the little tug were the ads that these characters concocted. >> sabato: you look back at all the election maps and you see what...
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he hated lyndon johnson with a passion. he had long regarded lyndon johnson as a crook, as sleazy.nd what kind of man they had in the oval office. and so adealood f that advertising was very personally directed at lyndon johnson. >> man: slowly, they begin to understand that something must be wrong... badly wrong... at the top. >> ♪ [ crowd yelling ] new america. ask not what you can give, but what you can take. >> mann: when it was shown to goldwater, he is reported to have said, "that's a racist film. we can't show that." officially, the goldwater people said they never used it, but the truth is, is that the spot was used across the country. republican supporters of goldwater would host these house parties and show the film. it just wasn't aired on television. but it still was out there accusing johnson of having undermined the nation's social fabric. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> man: young citizens for johnson have as guest of honor luci baines johnson, youngest daughter of the president, who is on a one-woman campaign tour for her father. the charming 17-year-old luci is the hit of the evening
he hated lyndon johnson with a passion. he had long regarded lyndon johnson as a crook, as sleazy.nd what kind of man they had in the oval office. and so adealood f that advertising was very personally directed at lyndon johnson. >> man: slowly, they begin to understand that something must be wrong... badly wrong... at the top. >> ♪ [ crowd yelling ] new america. ask not what you can give, but what you can take. >> mann: when it was shown to goldwater, he is reported to have...
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so the lyndon that we all knew, let lyndon be lyndon never was before us. now the tapes have allowed us to hear that man and to know that my god, he was not only interesting, but he understood politics. he knew how to portray it. he knew how to get to the emotional side of an issue. is he still the most remarkable character i have ever known in political life. >> rose: he also knew this, and i think this ties back to i think what you mentioned earlier, obama being-- preferring to be alone, johnson preferring the association of people. johnson never wanting to be alone. johnson wanting people, aides to be around him as he fell asleep so that he can carry a conversation until he fell asleep, even when he was going to the bathroom. there is this notion, it seems to me, that that probably contributed to lyndon johnson's capacity to read people. and therefore he understood their strengths. and he could inspire them. and he also understood their weaknesses and he could bring fear to them. >> i think there's no question about that. the more time that a politician
so the lyndon that we all knew, let lyndon be lyndon never was before us. now the tapes have allowed us to hear that man and to know that my god, he was not only interesting, but he understood politics. he knew how to portray it. he knew how to get to the emotional side of an issue. is he still the most remarkable character i have ever known in political life. >> rose: he also knew this, and i think this ties back to i think what you mentioned earlier, obama being-- preferring to be...
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when lyndon johnson confronted richard nixon about this. >> hello? >> mr. president, this is dic nixon. >> yes, dick. >> i want to letounow i got a report regarding yr call and i just went on"meet the press" and i said that -- on "meet the press" that i had given you my personal assurance that i would do everything possible to cooperate both before the election and if elected after the election and if you felt, the secretary of state felt, that anything would be useful that i could do, i would do it, that i felt han -- i felt saigon should come to the conference table, that you felt it was necessary to go there or go to paris, either one. i just wanted you to know that i feel very, very strongly about this and any rumblings around about somebody trying to sabotage the saigon government's attitude certainly has no -- actually no credibility as far as i'm concerned. >> i'm very happy to hear that, dick, but that is taking place. >> "that is taking place," what president johnson said. he heard nixon's excuse, didn't accept it, told him it's taking place. he co
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the idea was always let lyndon be lyndon. doris: he felt he needed to have a straitjacket on him because he was afraid the colorful language and metaphors he used would come out and he would not be dignified as a president. the lyndon we knew never was before us. now the tapes have allowed us to hear the man and know that he was not only interesting, but he understood politics and how to get to the emotional side of an issue. he is still be most remarkable character i have known in political life. charlie: this ties back to what you mentioned earlier. obama preferring to be alone, johnson preferring the association of people, johnson never wanting to be alone. johnson wanted people around him as he fell asleep so he could carry on a conversation going to sleep, even going to the bathroom. there is this notion that probably contributed to lyndon johnson capacity to read people. therefore, he understood their strengths and could inspire them. he also understood their weaknesses, and he could bring fear to them. doris: i think t
the idea was always let lyndon be lyndon. doris: he felt he needed to have a straitjacket on him because he was afraid the colorful language and metaphors he used would come out and he would not be dignified as a president. the lyndon we knew never was before us. now the tapes have allowed us to hear the man and know that he was not only interesting, but he understood politics and how to get to the emotional side of an issue. he is still be most remarkable character i have known in political...
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lyndon johnson and some of his colleagues in the senate knew that. in those days, there was no presidential pension, nothing for former president of any kind. truman had sold a book to make a little bit of money. given the draconian task out at the time, he lost much of that in taxes. people would send him the book design and not give him a return envelope. he spent about $35,000 by his own estimation in postage alone. this package for former president approved by lyndon johnson and some of his colleagues allowed for a modest presidential pension, about the same amount a ceo would get at the time, allowing him to send things out in mail, and some things like office space. it saved harry truman from financial management and benefited lyndon johnson, too. funny thing. [laughter] >> join me in thanking my colleagues. [applause] >> again, i want to say what a privilege it has been for us to sponsor this conference, and how much we appreciate you being here. we have more wonderful things happening this afternoon. thank you again. appreciate it. [applause]
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especially lyndon johnson.e had a psychic understanding when a particular senator or congressman cared most about to get him to go with him on a bill. whether medicare, education, appalachia, poverty. he knew that person cared about taking a trip to europe or that person cared about going to a social event or being invited to the white house. he was able to give them what they needed. that is what the art of compromise is all about. when we look at president obama and his legacy, i know as an historian you have to question how much is the man and how much is the times. what did the context of this time afford him, what opportunities? i think he would say even though it was the worst recession since the depression, it somehow did not bring forth the common effort for depression did. roosevelt got both sides working for him in the 100 days. somehow, that did not happen here. is that because polarization reached a point that no matter what he did, it was not want to happen? or was there something more he could hav
especially lyndon johnson.e had a psychic understanding when a particular senator or congressman cared most about to get him to go with him on a bill. whether medicare, education, appalachia, poverty. he knew that person cared about taking a trip to europe or that person cared about going to a social event or being invited to the white house. he was able to give them what they needed. that is what the art of compromise is all about. when we look at president obama and his legacy, i know as an...
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>> the news of the deal by lyndon johnson.he announcement that there was going to be a bombing hall was a huge boost to humphrey. and had the president not dragged his feet and made johnson look foolish, it's quite possible that hew better humphrey would have won that year and that history would have been changed dramatically. >> it's amazing to think about all these alternate histories. we think of the close elections you know, 2000 is one, what if al gore, what the supreme court had been different? but '68 is one, i mean you just think of the that year and that difference. the difference between a nixon and a humphrey. >> think of this in both cases, incumbent democratic president, barack obama and lyndon johnson. and evidence of trickery by the other side and having to decide whether he was going to interfere in the election in the last few days, and trying to figure out the damage to american politics. and in both kiess, they decided not to, probably because they didn't have a conclusive proof that the opposing candidate w
>> the news of the deal by lyndon johnson.he announcement that there was going to be a bombing hall was a huge boost to humphrey. and had the president not dragged his feet and made johnson look foolish, it's quite possible that hew better humphrey would have won that year and that history would have been changed dramatically. >> it's amazing to think about all these alternate histories. we think of the close elections you know, 2000 is one, what if al gore, what the supreme court...
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his wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, ford, carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on, and, of course, more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. so the tradition has been maintained. at some point when a new president's elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it clearly does not sit in the president's pew anymore, but it's one of those great pieces of history that has been long associated with this church from 1856 to the present. abraham lincoln has an association with st. john's as well. when he was elected in 1860, his
his wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, ford, carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on, and, of course, more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. so the tradition has been maintained. at some point when a new president's elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it clearly does not sit in the president's pew anymore, but it's one of those great pieces...
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i, lyndon baines johnson.johnson: i, lyndon baines johnson. >> do solemnly swear. vice president-elect johnson: do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. vice president-elect johnson: that i'll support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> that i'll bear. -- true faith and allegiance to the same. vice president-elect johnson: that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> i take this obligation freely. vice president-elect johnson: i take this obligation freely without any reservation whatever. >> i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which i am about to enter, so help me god. vice president-elect johnson: that i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of which i'm about to enter, so help me god. [cheers] [applause] >> the reverend dr. john barkley will now lead us in prayer. >> let us pray. eternal god, our father, we pau
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kennedy followed by lyndon johnson sworn in aboard air force one in dallas. sworn in by federal district judge sarah hughes. the only federal judge to ware in a president. here's gerald r. ford sworn in in the white house, after richmond nixon resigned in disgrace, and here's a picture of the -- and my final story -- this story actually inspired me more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge in 1923 who became president after the death of warren harding. at the time of harding's death, coolidge was staying with his father in a very, very small cottage in vermont, a place had no running water no, electricity no telephone, no internet. none of those thing. so a cure you came by to present the -- a cure you came by to brent the news that harding died and everyone wanted coolidge to be sworn in as soon as possible. so the question was, who would do it, who would swear in the president? the answer was his own father. his own father, john coolidge, was a local justice of the peace and i notary public and sew by the life of an old -- the light by
kennedy followed by lyndon johnson sworn in aboard air force one in dallas. sworn in by federal district judge sarah hughes. the only federal judge to ware in a president. here's gerald r. ford sworn in in the white house, after richmond nixon resigned in disgrace, and here's a picture of the -- and my final story -- this story actually inspired me more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge in 1923 who became president after the death of warren harding. at the time of...
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lyndon johnson wanted to have it both ways. to do good things for the domestic agenda, for the great society. but he also wanted to have the war. >> it was a speech that asked if fear had turned americans into bullies. >> communism will never be defeated by the use of atomic bombs and nuclear weapons. that is nothing except a tragic death wish to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. >> this speech was radical in the sense that it gave a pointed, accusing reminder of how far we had strayed from his main message that non-violence and democracy are a glove on a hand. they fit together. and war was corrupting our promise, the promise of freedom. >> there are those who think that your father's philosophy, king's philosophy, esuppopoused this place in 1967 wouldn't work, obsolete in today's world. >> i don't agree. you know, people felt the same way in the past. they felt the same way about communism and vietnam and the threat it posed. i've heard this i
lyndon johnson wanted to have it both ways. to do good things for the domestic agenda, for the great society. but he also wanted to have the war. >> it was a speech that asked if fear had turned americans into bullies. >> communism will never be defeated by the use of atomic bombs and nuclear weapons. that is nothing except a tragic death wish to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. >> this speech...
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doris, i was thinking today of your former boss, lyndon johnson, about his speech before leaving town for the two notable things that happened, and i'll let you fill in the blanks. the person he noticed on the outskirts of the crowd who showed up to see him off, because it was the right thing to do, and what lyndon johnson started doing on the plane on the way home. >> brian, you have to tell me. you'll pulled it out. >> oh, come on. >> this is embarrassing. >> a young texas congressman named george herbert walker bush -- >> oh for god's sakes, of course. >> to see off the democratic president because he thought it was the right thing to do, and on the plane home, lyndon johnson resumed a bad habit that he stopped while he was president, and he lit up a cigarette, and his family protested, and he said that you know, these next years are for me. he was dead four years later, unfortunately. >> you know, it's right, brian. he didn't take care of himself. his health declined. he had another heart attack. he started smoking again. it was almost as if, sadly, he had nothing left to live for
doris, i was thinking today of your former boss, lyndon johnson, about his speech before leaving town for the two notable things that happened, and i'll let you fill in the blanks. the person he noticed on the outskirts of the crowd who showed up to see him off, because it was the right thing to do, and what lyndon johnson started doing on the plane on the way home. >> brian, you have to tell me. you'll pulled it out. >> oh, come on. >> this is embarrassing. >> a young...
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thoughts and usually there's a conservative reaction is the next was the great society in the 1960s with lyndon johnson and the obama administration brought in the fourth wave, the affordable care act and the dodd-frank act are these monuments, qualitatively a new step in the development of an american states. >> how has this affected you and i and everyone else? >> usually don't meet a bureaucrat face-to-face. >> everything you do in life is affected by rules these people make, anything that involves your healthcare now is increasingly dictated by health and human services to apply for a job there are all kinds of requirements and regulations and employers especially have to comply with all kinds of red tape. compliance costs of satisfying federal regulators are growing exponentially. education, schools are increasingly being managed, schools is to be the quintessential local institution, a place where americans really govern themselves and these are being dictated to by washington. >> every aspect of life is being shaped by, effectively laws that are made and enforced by people nobody knows,
thoughts and usually there's a conservative reaction is the next was the great society in the 1960s with lyndon johnson and the obama administration brought in the fourth wave, the affordable care act and the dodd-frank act are these monuments, qualitatively a new step in the development of an american states. >> how has this affected you and i and everyone else? >> usually don't meet a bureaucrat face-to-face. >> everything you do in life is affected by rules these people...
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followed by lyndon johnson being sworn in aboard air force one in dallas. sworn in by federal district judge hughes. she's the only one to ever swear in a president. here is gerald ford being sworn in in the white house in 1974 after richard nixon resigned in disgrace. and here is a picture of this is my final story for the day, this is, this story actually inspires me more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge in 1923 when he became president after the death of warren harding. at the time of harding's death, he was staying with his father. in a very small cottage in vermont. a place that had no running water, no electricity, no telephone, and internet. they did not have any of those things. and so, a courier came by to present the news that harding had died. and everyone wanted Ãto be sworn in as soon as possible. so the question was, who would do it? who would swear in the president? the answer turned out to be his own father. his own father, john coolidge was a local justice of the peace and a notary public. and by the light of an ol
followed by lyndon johnson being sworn in aboard air force one in dallas. sworn in by federal district judge hughes. she's the only one to ever swear in a president. here is gerald ford being sworn in in the white house in 1974 after richard nixon resigned in disgrace. and here is a picture of this is my final story for the day, this is, this story actually inspires me more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge in 1923 when he became president after the death of warren...
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the next one was a great society in the 1960 lyndon johnson and obama brought in the fourth wave, the affordable care act and they are qualitatively a new step in the direction. >> how has this affected you and i and anyone else on this basisc >> guest: it's everything people make that involves yours healthcare now it's increasingly dictated by the department of health and human services. if you want to apply for a job, there's all kinds of requirements and regulations and employers especially have to comply with all kinds of red tape. the compliance cost is growing. exponentially. education, schools are increasingly being managed and schools used to be the quintessential local institutions where americans really govern themselves and these are now being dictated by washington. so, every aspect of life now is being shaped by the rules andbyl wally -- people that are not accountable to them and think they know how to manage the lives better than ordinary americans themselves. >> host: you use the radio act as an example. why? >> hoover has gone down in history as a 19th 19th century am
the next one was a great society in the 1960 lyndon johnson and obama brought in the fourth wave, the affordable care act and they are qualitatively a new step in the direction. >> how has this affected you and i and anyone else on this basisc >> guest: it's everything people make that involves yours healthcare now it's increasingly dictated by the department of health and human services. if you want to apply for a job, there's all kinds of requirements and regulations and employers...
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lyndon johnson says, because it is right. for all the love of israel, the relationship can get compensated. while there is the start of military leadership, the question of what johnson will do in may of 1967 and what israel would do is write obligated. -- is very complicated. let's go back to context. nassar has united egypt, jordan, syria. they are threatening every day to throw the jews into the sea. when somebody threatens to do that, you take that threat seriously. the jews in israel are in trauma. they clan to in tel aviv -- they planned 10,000 graves because those are the casualties they accepted -- expected. and france called out. -- pulled out. who is going to stand up for us? we look closely at the next memo, and we see the u.s. was unsure. there is a memo from someone to president johnson. they talk about the israeli aid package. we see the military relationship building. he says, i have told the ambassador we will substantially meet their requests. that is quite -- coy. there is a game going on here. when i partic
lyndon johnson says, because it is right. for all the love of israel, the relationship can get compensated. while there is the start of military leadership, the question of what johnson will do in may of 1967 and what israel would do is write obligated. -- is very complicated. let's go back to context. nassar has united egypt, jordan, syria. they are threatening every day to throw the jews into the sea. when somebody threatens to do that, you take that threat seriously. the jews in israel are...
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him because the meetings that he had with sam rayburn to house speaker or senate majority leader lyndon johnson once a week sometimes. i mean that stunning if you think about recent presidents. >> host: actually i was surprised to read out myself. i knew that he made a big priorities of reaching out to members of congress and i knew this he had a drink with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson on a regular basis but you have wonderful detail about that. >> guest: their histories were really something that gave us a lot. jim haggerty as press secretary, a lot of folks and go whitman as secretary of and she is just chock full of stories and we found documents and things that had not been tapped. the other reason i did a susan was because he's the first television president or tv anchor. it was a big deal and i was surprised and i did not know before your grandfather no transcript of news conferences were put on the record. he could get a the news conference and asked to present a question but you could not quote directly from the president of the united states. you would paraphrase that they wo
him because the meetings that he had with sam rayburn to house speaker or senate majority leader lyndon johnson once a week sometimes. i mean that stunning if you think about recent presidents. >> host: actually i was surprised to read out myself. i knew that he made a big priorities of reaching out to members of congress and i knew this he had a drink with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson on a regular basis but you have wonderful detail about that. >> guest: their histories were...
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franklin roosevelt, which was signed by his wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, ford, carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on, and, of course, more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. so the tradition has been maintained. at some point when a new president's elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it clearly does not sit in the president's pew anymore, but it's one of those great pieces of history that has been long associated with this church from 1856 to the present. abraham lincoln has an association with st. john's as well. when he was elected in 1860, his first church service that he attended after he arrived in washington in february of 1861, was at st. john's. he came to st. john's on the 24th of february, on a sunday, for the 11:00 service with senator william seward of new york. they sat in the front of the church, but hardly anybody recognized him, including the rector, who was giving the sermon at the time and didn't even know he was s
franklin roosevelt, which was signed by his wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, ford, carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on, and, of course, more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. so the tradition has been maintained. at some point when a new president's elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it clearly does not sit in the president's pew...
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because in meetings that he had with sam rayburn, house speaker, or senate majority leader lyndon johnson once a week sometimes. that's stunning if you think about recent president. >> host: i was surprised to read that myself. i knew that he made a big priority of reaching out to members of congress, and they knew that he had a drink with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson on a regular basis, but you have some wonderful detail about that. >> guestthat gave us a letter jm haggerty as press secretary, a lot of folks, his secretary, chock full of stories. we found documents and things that have not been tapped to be as a reason i did was because he's the first television president. so for a tv anchor it was a big deal. i was surprised and they did not know before your grandfather, no transcripts of news conferences were put on the record. you could go to his comfort and as the president a question, or you could not quote directly from the president of united states. you would paraphrase. they would always have the out to say president didn't say it that way. when your grandfather came in, he sa
because in meetings that he had with sam rayburn, house speaker, or senate majority leader lyndon johnson once a week sometimes. that's stunning if you think about recent president. >> host: i was surprised to read that myself. i knew that he made a big priority of reaching out to members of congress, and they knew that he had a drink with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson on a regular basis, but you have some wonderful detail about that. >> guestthat gave us a letter jm haggerty as...
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. >> brian who took on award for portrayal of lyndon b.nson in hbo's all the way changed the tone. >> i'm often asked, how would lyndon johnson think about donald trump, i honestly feel that 36 would put his arm around 45 and earnestly wish him success. >> and still no response from the white house, but we will continue to monitor a fallout if any if the good morning goes on, heather and clayton. heather: thank you, ha. clayton: is it fair or does it go too far. heather: those comments already coming in. the time now nine minutes until the top of the hour and playing panic, the airline scrambling to get backseat on track, how it could impact you if you're flying out. clayton: state now giving drug addicts a safe space to shoot up. if you think the clock ran out for you to get super bowl tickets, think again. how you might be able to score some for cheap. dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very
. >> brian who took on award for portrayal of lyndon b.nson in hbo's all the way changed the tone. >> i'm often asked, how would lyndon johnson think about donald trump, i honestly feel that 36 would put his arm around 45 and earnestly wish him success. >> and still no response from the white house, but we will continue to monitor a fallout if any if the good morning goes on, heather and clayton. heather: thank you, ha. clayton: is it fair or does it go too far. heather: those...
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john's john's at the time, was contacted by president lyndon johnson and asked if the following day, the saturday, on november 23rd around noon if st. john's would have a brief memorial service on behalf of president kennedy. and, of course, the church was quite happy to comply, and on that day, president johnson, his wife ladybird, and some of the staff, came over, they had a private memorial service here, and there is an iconic picture of president johnson coming out of the church with his wife and the rector of st. john's and the look on johnson's face says it all. if ever was a pained expression that captured the mood of the moment, that was the picture that did it. st. john's is a church. i've been giving you a lot of examples of historic artifacts in this building, it's not a museum, although people may feel that that's why they note it for, the fact it's been here so long, the fact it's been associated with presidents, but one thing that is absolutely the case is that this church has been an integral part of washington from its very beginning as a worship place. when st. john'
john's john's at the time, was contacted by president lyndon johnson and asked if the following day, the saturday, on november 23rd around noon if st. john's would have a brief memorial service on behalf of president kennedy. and, of course, the church was quite happy to comply, and on that day, president johnson, his wife ladybird, and some of the staff, came over, they had a private memorial service here, and there is an iconic picture of president johnson coming out of the church with his...
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october of 1968, lyndon johnson was close to a break through in the peace talks between north and southietnam but found evidence that richard nixon intervened to mess up the negotiations. you recovered records. including this note. any other way to monkey wrench it? alderman. anything rn, richard nixon, can do? what did he do? >> he had envoy, woman named anna chinault, connected to the government in saigon and sent messages telling them that the nixon administration would play a nicer more lenient role on the south vietnamese government than a humphrey administration would and they found it compelling. missing factor that i chanced upon doing research in yorba linda were notes from haldman that show that nixon not only countenanced this but directed it. something he and his supporters denied for 50 years. >> talk about haldeman but first, you wrote nixon insisted he hadn't sabotaged the peace initiative to bring the war in vietnam to early conclusion, my god would never do anything to discourage them coming to the table. now we know he lied. how might history have been different if the
october of 1968, lyndon johnson was close to a break through in the peace talks between north and southietnam but found evidence that richard nixon intervened to mess up the negotiations. you recovered records. including this note. any other way to monkey wrench it? alderman. anything rn, richard nixon, can do? what did he do? >> he had envoy, woman named anna chinault, connected to the government in saigon and sent messages telling them that the nixon administration would play a nicer...
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precedent going back to lyndon opportunity se the to stab israel in the back one allowing anti-se se mites at the u.n. to attempt israel to e map of indefensible pre1967 borders, would leave eaker, the world's only jewish state less than nine miles wide. mr. speaker, no government greater any responsibility than that of protecting the innocent. stood by and allowed not only isis, boko russia, and syria, but also planned parenthood to desecrate the innocent on a horrific scale. to dent barack obama went great effort against taxpayers' wishes to give billions of planned dollars to parenthood to expand abortion on demand in america and throughout world and to proactively romote policies to allow the indiscriminate killing of these, the most defenseless of all human beings. appointed an he empire and rad -- of radically and bortion judges government bureaucrats. when he was in the state legislature, barack obama voted no four times on a bill that would have protected after they were born alive. in the u.s. senate mr. obama voted no op a bill that would have prohibited someone from a mino
precedent going back to lyndon opportunity se the to stab israel in the back one allowing anti-se se mites at the u.n. to attempt israel to e map of indefensible pre1967 borders, would leave eaker, the world's only jewish state less than nine miles wide. mr. speaker, no government greater any responsibility than that of protecting the innocent. stood by and allowed not only isis, boko russia, and syria, but also planned parenthood to desecrate the innocent on a horrific scale. to dent barack...
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just happened, consider the facts that we are still assessing the presidency of your old boss of lyndon johnson of this yearbooks coming out of hoover and nixon and it still goes on. with that said, how can you assess the two-term presidency of barack obama. >> i think there are two different definitions in the dictionary for your legacy. >> if we look at the near term of what he's leaving to his successor, he encouraged an economy that was free full of housing market and by the end of his eight years, there were more jobs and the housing market has stabilized and the autoindustry has been recovered and saved and the new york terms, he conducted his presidency with a certain dignity and the grace of the way he handled the tragedies of sandy hook and the no drama and the lack of scandal. that's clear. as a symbolism of becoming the first african-american to be president. the long-term and that becomes more complicated and that's what historians will have to figure out 50 years from now and it will depend a lot of his signature healthcare thing stay or the climb change agreement that he f
just happened, consider the facts that we are still assessing the presidency of your old boss of lyndon johnson of this yearbooks coming out of hoover and nixon and it still goes on. with that said, how can you assess the two-term presidency of barack obama. >> i think there are two different definitions in the dictionary for your legacy. >> if we look at the near term of what he's leaving to his successor, he encouraged an economy that was free full of housing market and by the end...
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this is a life-size wax replica of lyndon johnson. this is jimmy carter, which is not bad. looks like he is maybe getting over the flu, but still. being become, i don't know what happened there. this was a tough on mrs. eisenhower. she will haunt your dreams. gettysburg, pennsylvania maintains a set of our presidents in wax since 1957 /- 57 and their wives but the wives are one third size for some reason. eke. hall of presidents in gettysburg just closed down. maybe they didn't want to make a trump. this weekend they auctioned off all 44 of their life-size wax presidents. harry truman got his head separately in a box. truman's wife bess strapped in to a car next to chester arthur's sister who performed the duties of first lady. best new thing in my world today, we got one. we got our own life-size wax president. would you like to see it? are you ready? can i have a fake drum roll? ding. yeah. we are now the proud owners of this life-size wax sculpture of president can you tell? i know it looks like your uncle after a rough night but according to them it is president eisenho
this is a life-size wax replica of lyndon johnson. this is jimmy carter, which is not bad. looks like he is maybe getting over the flu, but still. being become, i don't know what happened there. this was a tough on mrs. eisenhower. she will haunt your dreams. gettysburg, pennsylvania maintains a set of our presidents in wax since 1957 /- 57 and their wives but the wives are one third size for some reason. eke. hall of presidents in gettysburg just closed down. maybe they didn't want to make a...
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he came to work for lyndon johnson. she was a beautiful addition to washington.long with her husband who became chief of protocol and adviser to president johnson. they were a fixture on the washington political and social scene. later the tragic loss of one of their five children led anne hand to find solace in her hobby of creating beautiful things. >> it also basically saved my life because i could be busy. >> reporter: and anne hand has been busy for years now making jewelry and memorabilia. her own best career memory came from this pin -- the one she made for the first inauguration of president barack obama. >> and to see the people that came through the door to buy the pin, many of whom were crying, sobbing. black, white, different nationalities, so many people they said they had to have this pin because they didn't think in their lifme see a black man elected to the presidency of the united states. and i felt so lucky to be a part of that. >> reporter: anne hand's political memorabilia has marked the changes in washington. as she prepares now for another,
he came to work for lyndon johnson. she was a beautiful addition to washington.long with her husband who became chief of protocol and adviser to president johnson. they were a fixture on the washington political and social scene. later the tragic loss of one of their five children led anne hand to find solace in her hobby of creating beautiful things. >> it also basically saved my life because i could be busy. >> reporter: and anne hand has been busy for years now making jewelry and...
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. >>> president lyndon johnson delivered his final state of the union address to congress on january 14th, 1969, less than a week before the inauguration of his successor, republican richard nixon. the speech served as his good-bye to the american people, and as he did not give a farewell speech. president johnson spoke about what he saw as his accomplishments, including the passage of the voting rights act and the creation of medicare. and he expressed hope that negotiations would result in peace in vietnam. our coverage of the 50-minute address comes from cbs news. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> my distinguished colleagues of the congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor, not only officially, but personally to me, of presenting to you the president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] [ applause ] >> mr. speaker. thank you very much. mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the congress and my fellow americans, for the sixth and the last time i present to the congress my assessment o
. >>> president lyndon johnson delivered his final state of the union address to congress on january 14th, 1969, less than a week before the inauguration of his successor, republican richard nixon. the speech served as his good-bye to the american people, and as he did not give a farewell speech. president johnson spoke about what he saw as his accomplishments, including the passage of the voting rights act and the creation of medicare. and he expressed hope that negotiations would...
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lyndon johnson was the first president to endure protests of hundreds of thousands of people taking togainst his vietnam war policy. when those protests began, he expected to cruise to re-election in 1968. by the spring of 1968, those protests drove lyndon johnson to surrender and decide not to run for re-election. he was succeeded by richard nixon who became the most protested president in histy. the year after the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, he resigned from office in scandal. at the time of the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, the news media did not think there was much point to the protest. after all he was re-elected, sworn in for a second term. why protest that when there's nothing he can do about that? a year later, nixon was gone. in the middle of the non-stop decade of protests of the 1960s, the decade when martin luther king jr. and the civil rights protesters eventually joined protesters, the protests seemed hopeless to the people that never seem v participated in the protests. but the protesters succeeded in give getting this civil r
lyndon johnson was the first president to endure protests of hundreds of thousands of people taking togainst his vietnam war policy. when those protests began, he expected to cruise to re-election in 1968. by the spring of 1968, those protests drove lyndon johnson to surrender and decide not to run for re-election. he was succeeded by richard nixon who became the most protested president in histy. the year after the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, he resigned from office in...
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bluemont down to lyndon, virginia. bit of wet snow on the ground first thing this morning. in and around the city it's just light raindrops if anything. not everybody's even seeing rain or snow early today. not everyone's going to get much. but there's still plenty of puddles left after all of yesterday's rain. so bus stop weather, 30% chance of a sprinkle or flurry early this morning. temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 30s now up near 50 later today. but windchills this morning are down below freezing. so you'll need your winter coat for sure. put your hat on, as well. may want to have the little pocket size umbrella. again not expecting a lot of rain or even a wet snowflake or two. but because of the clouds and the chillyness and the in at a c-minus. northwest winds later on this afternoon up around 15 to 20 miles per hour. another breezy day but not as wet or windy as yesterday. earlier, melissa mollet was doing this. i didn't know whether she was verklempt or drying her nails. >> a combination of both. a combo
bluemont down to lyndon, virginia. bit of wet snow on the ground first thing this morning. in and around the city it's just light raindrops if anything. not everybody's even seeing rain or snow early today. not everyone's going to get much. but there's still plenty of puddles left after all of yesterday's rain. so bus stop weather, 30% chance of a sprinkle or flurry early this morning. temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 30s now up near 50 later today. but windchills this morning are down...
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they mobilized at the national level for their influence on lyndon b. johnson, as his rise to power takes place. becomes a state cochair for the visa kennedy campaign, the mexican american wing of that effort. and then the sit in movement among african americans helps to recalibrate the scene a little bit so after 1960, white liberals in the democrats of texas are sort of forced to handle their black and brown counterparts more as equals and less as a sort of recipients of their patronage. and that's the moment when real coalition building and more democratic movements begin to take place. i don't know how were doing on time here. i don't want to get into too much detail about that but i'll just say for now and we can talk more in the q&a, the first efforts to come together as a statewide coalition occur after brown becomes the president of the texas afl-cio in 1961. and most of those early efforts and incomplete disaster. there's all these various reasons for discussed among various groups. there's a sense among mexican american activists for example t
they mobilized at the national level for their influence on lyndon b. johnson, as his rise to power takes place. becomes a state cochair for the visa kennedy campaign, the mexican american wing of that effort. and then the sit in movement among african americans helps to recalibrate the scene a little bit so after 1960, white liberals in the democrats of texas are sort of forced to handle their black and brown counterparts more as equals and less as a sort of recipients of their patronage. and...
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lyndon b. johnson will be laid with the help of the president's daughters. the destroyer has a wave piercing haul, a stealthy space. lbj used an unverified attack on a destroyer in 1964 to launch the vietnam war. >>> developing news in canada. a gunman opened fire at a mosque. a community's swift reaction to the shooting. >>> tech fighting back. the action many silicon valley companies are taking against the president's immigration ban. >>> and the 49ers find their man. man. why their pick >> announcer: good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >>> 5:00 a.m. on monday, january 30th. glad you're here. i'm natasha zouves. >> i'm reggie aqui alongside mike nicco, alexis smith. does jessica come back tomorrow? >> i hope so. we miss her. >> hopefully she comes back. had too great of a time on vacation. >> she's never coming back. >> supposed to be nice today. >> maybe not as nice as where she was but still nice. let's look at one concern for your morning commute. santa rosa and windsor, thick fog there. here's a look at the ro
lyndon b. johnson will be laid with the help of the president's daughters. the destroyer has a wave piercing haul, a stealthy space. lbj used an unverified attack on a destroyer in 1964 to launch the vietnam war. >>> developing news in canada. a gunman opened fire at a mosque. a community's swift reaction to the shooting. >>> tech fighting back. the action many silicon valley companies are taking against the president's immigration ban. >>> and the 49ers find their...
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he held the record, more than a million people turned out to see lyndon baines johnson inaugurated inry of 1965 that was interestingly his second inauguration, right? of course his first inauguration happened under very different very extreme circumstances. president kennedy was assassinated and vice president johnson had to become president johnson, had to be sworn in as the new president on an airplane.
he held the record, more than a million people turned out to see lyndon baines johnson inaugurated inry of 1965 that was interestingly his second inauguration, right? of course his first inauguration happened under very different very extreme circumstances. president kennedy was assassinated and vice president johnson had to become president johnson, had to be sworn in as the new president on an airplane.