it is about lyndon johnson. the thing about lyndon johnson is, he was complex.ean, this guy was like a shakespearean character. -non--- had it not been for the vietnam war he would have been , one of the great presidents of all time, but you cannot overlook the vietnam war. it was there. it is a flawed character. that is what makes it interesting. hopefully, it sheds new light on who he was as a person. he was not just a bull in the china shop. a lot of times you see portrayals of him where he is arm-twisting and a bully. but he had a sensitive side and he was very insecure about who he was, fear of being left, fear of moving forward, frightened to death of what happened if he is not loved. we wanted to have a full picture of him. that is why i wanted woody. i don't think anybody could have played this part the way woody host: other than spending seven hours in the makeup chair every day -- woody: it was two hours in the morning and an hour to take it off. host: what was it that drew you to lbj? woody: it is interesting because rob and i have very similar in the

i personally hated lyndon johnson when i was young. i was of draft age during that time because of vietnam and he could have sent me to my death, but what i have discovered as time has gone by and i have worked in government, i have spent time with public policy and politics, i had a greater appreciation for what he was able to accomplish and i felt that that moment in his life when he assumes the presidency, as he talks about, the awesome power of responsibility of the presidency, that is when we could explore who he really was, and in that time of his life. >> lbj seems to be having a bit of a moment here. i mean there has been a lot of talk recently, i mean, there are books which you have read and ad are fascinating but there has been these new approaches to his life, sympathetic looks at his life. on the other hand, the movie takes an unsympathetic look to folks who i think might be surprised by, including bobby kennedy, who comes off not looking good at all in this movie. >> i mean, in relationship to lyndon johnson, because all w

i just told my other friend how i would never play lyndon johnson. then, i wanted to work with rob and i read the script. it. hearthstone wrote it is fantastic. it all fell into place. rob: we talked about it and he expressed his doubts. he said, i don't know about this guy. i said, vietnam war, the man could semi-to my death and i was worried about that. let's take a look and there could be something more to this know.an what we like you have to work that hard. he is one of the greatest living filmmakers. i just wanted to work with rob and i was psyched to work with him. since then, i have done another movie with him. a movie together, but we didn't have any scenes. i had scenes with matthew mcconaughey. never as a director and an actor. >> when you say yes to a role, is the process deliberative or instinctual? -- you know, the main things are the script, the story, if it has heart, if it is the otherrector, and considerations are other actors. are good story and good script, an. and, the director. >> i didn't think i could tell the story. i needed

i'm very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of lyndon johnson's thinking, appropriately, was china. that we certainly didn't want to have a confrontation that would lead to a real conflict there. so, it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation which then not only didn't harm the enemy but it strengthened their resolve, and that led, of course, to all kinds of implications implications and repercussions. the new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations, right out here on this mall there was a million people, or however many it was, that it really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. mass arrests, demonstrations, chicago. all of us can look back and see on c-span, but it was a tumultuous time, most bred by the conflict and one aspect of the conflict it will never, ever countenance, is we drafted the lowe's income level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur. that is wrong. that is wrong. if we're going to ask every american to serve, every american should serve. >> you can see the

the one thing that overrode most of lyndon johnson's thinking was china. not want to did have a confrontation and a conflagration that would lead to a real conflict there. it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual then did notich harm the enemy but it strengthened their resolve. course led to all kinds of implications and repercussions with the new age and the use of drugs. demonstrations right out here on the mall. and million people or however many at was. it really split our society in a that we forget mid mass arrests, demonstrations, chicago , all of us can look back and see on c-span. it was a tumultuous time. most of it was spread by conflict. one aspect of the conflict that i will never ever forget is that we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest level would get a doctor to say they had a bone spur. that is wrong. are going to ask every american to serve every american should serve to later in the war we went to that lottery system. for they first years it was the lowest amount of income. there was a lot of

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ship, which led to a resolution rammed through by lyndon johnson, which led to a and strategy of how to bring it to a close. i am sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of lyndon johnson's thinking, appropriately, with china, that we certainly did not want to have a confrontation and a conflagration that would lead to a real conflict there. it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation, which then not only did not harm the enemy, but strengthened the results -- strengthened their resolve. that led to all kinds of implications and repercussions, the new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations -- right here on the mall, there were one million people or whatever it was. it split society in a way that we sometimes forget. , demonstrations, chicago, we can all look back and see them on c-span. time, andumultuous one aspect of the conflict i will never countenance is that we drafted the lowest income level of american, and the highest income level founder dr. that would say -- found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur. that was wrong. if we a

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calling to see if we could speak with the lyndon barber. >> we were told the company would not make himwe also tried for several months to speak to congressman marino. finally we went to his >> hello. i'm bill whitaker with 60 minutes. >> yes. >> we would look to speak with congressman marino if we could. >> refer you to the chief of staff. >> we were told he was not available. >> okay. can you please turn the camera. ask the camera to leave the office. >> his staff then called the capitol hill police on us. >> accept the uninvite and leave the area. >> when joe ranacizzi looks back he has one regret. >> all these people have died happened under my watch. the one thing i wanted to do. the one thing that i thought would have the most impact is to lock up, arrest, one of these corporate officers. you arrest a corporate officer, you arrest somebody that is, that is involved in the decision process, knowing what the law is, if you make that arrest, then everybody sits up and takes notice because three-piece suit guys don d they don't. >> you can see much more of that story on our website, c

becausey sympathetic the one thing that overrode most of lyndon johnson's thinking, appropriately, was china. we certainly didn't want to have a confrontation and conflict that would lead to a real conflict there. it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual not onlyn, which then didn't harm the enemy, but strengthen the resolve. course, to all kinds of implications and repercussions. the new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations. right out here on the small there was -- on this small there was -- this mall there was would million people whenever. it really split our nation in ways we forget. a masto menstruation in chicago that all of us can look back and see on c-span -- a mass demonstration in chicago that all of us can look back and see on c-span, most of it was bread by the -- most of it was bred by the conflict. income levele most of america and the highest that a doctor would say they had a bone spur. that is wrong. later in the war we went to the lottery system. the four years and years, it was the most income americans, which -- the lot of minorities lowest in

lyndon johnson had dinner with him on the eve of the six day war the strategy worked the u.s. israeli relationship proved to be stronger than the killing and injuring of more than two hundred americans. american israeli relationship was very much at stake. was brought back from the precipice the crucial intelligence came from the u.s. ambassador to the united nations after goldberg he wore in tel aviv that the united states had the audiotape which revealed israeli pilots knew it was an american ship before that time. the tape was quietly buried. and i think just insertion was my to sweep it under the rug to put it behind my reading is that the us government had made the decision to accept the apology and reject the other us now but don't push it further with the politics sorted the only remaining issue was the fate of the u.s.s. liberty badly damaged and now in malta for extensive repairs. the torpedo hole was massive and was revealed to be much bigger once they got the ship into dry dock and drained of water the sealed compartment was a water filled too full of bodies body pa

and i'm very sympathetic because one thing that overrode most of lyndon johnson's thinking, appropriately, was china, that we certainly didn't want to have a confrontation and a conflagration that would lead to a real conflict there. so, it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation, which then, not only didn't harm the enemy, but it strengthened their resolve and that led, of course, to all kinds of implications and repercussions, the new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations. right out here on this mall, there was a million people or however many people it was that it really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. mass arrests, demonstrations, chicago, that all of us can look back and see on c-span, but it was a tumultuous time and most of it was bread by conflict and one aspect of the conflict, by the way that i will never ever countenance that we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. that is wrong. that is wrong. if we're going to ask every american to ser

this is a known story because some opinion that fall lyndon johnson got win offed and send the fbi out to tail and tape -- to tap the -- the tapes always come back -- to tail and to tap the republican envoy -- anna chenault and the south vietnamese embassy and the presidential palace in saigon. so johnson is getting all this inflammation and he sees what is happening, he gets on the phone, calls the republican senators live everett dirkson and says i'm reading their hand, everett, and this is darn near treason. so, he confronts nixon, and nixon denies it, but it hasis actually happened, and the great tragedy of this story is that there really was a peace stealer from the soviet union to johnson that summer, and the soviet said, if you'll do a bombing halt we can promise there will be productive talks elm we'll get the north vietnamese to the table. so what nixon saw as a dirt from y trick, johnson believed was a chance to end the war earlier. but nixon examiner seeded and the south vietnamese pull back, and the peace talks don't happen and nixon is elect in one of the closest elections

. >> you don't waste any time do you lyndon? >> rather not have it than have it this way. >> rose: we'll have those stories and more on what happened and what might happen. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications >> rose: and so you begin how? >> a series of conversations. >> rose: is it luck? at all or is it something else? >> boom. >> rose: what's the object lesson here? >> i assume we do a lot of good things. >> rose: tell me the significance of the moment. ♪ ♪ >> rose: we begin with a look at the news of the week. here are the sights and sounds of the past seven days. >> time is just about up for i.s.i.s. in raqqa. glus backed cushedz forces u.s.. >> democratic congresswoman for politicizing the president's call to a grieving military widow. >> didn't say what that congresswoman said, didn't say it at all. >> the president stirs controversy over goal star families.

resistance to the war, with footage of demonstrations, interviews, and portions of a press conference by lyndon johnson. >> they raise their voices. they march against the government. definessenters themselves with this kind of protest activity. some go farther, burning selective service jobs and burning the american flag. hundreds of protesters are sometimes arrested. which activities fall in the bonds of lawful dissent and which go beyond the rabbits -- go beyond the limits and the, lawless or rebellious? ♪ >> the wide world of people and events. this week, "the vietnam war: how much dissent?" here with that story, our abc correspondent. john: hardly a day goes by without a new report of another demonstration or protest against the vietnam war. hardly a day passes when those who support the war wonder how much dissent is too much? those who oppose it asked themselves how far can i go in expressing this opposition? question "how much dissent" is as old as socrates. it is as familiar as the opinion as oliver wendell holmes that the right of free speech does not give people the right to shout fi

series, abc scope, examines footage of the war -- and portions of a press conference by president lyndon johnson. [chanting] >> they raise their voices, placards, and march against the government. most dissenters of the vietnam war can find themselves at this protest activity. some go farther, burning selective service cards. flying viet cong batters and burning the american flag. during march demonstrations, hundreds of protesters are sometimes arrested. which activities fall under the bounds of lawful, justified dissent? which go beyond the limits to become lawless and perhaps rebellious? scope. the wide world of people and events. partweek, the vietnam war, 107. how much dissent? correspondentabc john scali. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] day goes by without a new report of another demonstration or protest against the vietnam war. hardly a day passes when those who support the war don't wonder how much dissent is too much.

who knows if the next shot would have been for lyndon johnson. johnson's car pulls into the emergency bay at parkland hospital. four agents reach in and grab johnson and pull him out and start to run him down one corridor. looking for a safe place. >> mr. johnson, his whereabouts are being kept secret for security reasons. if anyone knows where mr. johnson is, it is not us at this moment. >> it was a signal moment in our cultural history. suddenly it occurred to us the right thing to do is turn on the right thing to do is turn on the television. why should over two hundred years of citi history matter to yo well, because it tells us something powerful about progress: that whether times are good or bad, people and their ideas will continue to move the world forward. as long as they have someone to believe in them. citi financed the transatlantic cable that connected continents. and the panama canal, that made our world a smaller place. we backed the marshall plan that helped europe regain its strength. and pioneered the atm, for cash, anytime. for

lyndon johnson said the same thing. uppedd nixon callously the ante on the war. there were a lot of lives. writingy mcnamara and memos saying we could not win this war. many thousands of men died in that conflict when they should not have. we did not learn from the french, from past mistakes, so i think it is legitimate to have this brilliant film as part of the discussion. host: our guest is cal thomas. let's get to your phone calls. new hampshire, republican line. the morning, scott. caller: i would like to say at least half the country are so sick and tired of identity and racial politics. it is already destroyed the democratic party. they have lost majority governorships. the only power they have is in the media. guest: it is true. there is a wonderful piece in the outlook section of the washington post of an et acan-american men who m member of the ku klux klan of all things and left when he showed him his membership card. this guy was a terrific piano player. the white guy had never heard a black man play like that since jerry lee lewis. the man said jerry

. >> lyndon johnson is a common murderer and should be arrested for murder. peace boom should have the anger of vietnamese women whose children were hit by napalm. the peace movement has to use the tactic of disruption, since the american people are drunk with apathy. announcer: we continue our series on photojournalists with diane walker.

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lyndon johnson went to new orleans and walked around with a flashlight and said, "this is your president, and i'm here to help." they don't get it right all the time, these are human beings, they're imperfect. but character and history do intersect. and that's the nature of this job. do we expect too much of presidents? perhaps. but we expect a certain level of empathy, a certain level of reassurance from the chief constitutional officer of the executive branch. and we're not getting that. >> john mvp meacham, thank you so much. >>> the last thing before we go tonight, it's an image that may stick around awhile. those pictures of donald trump's unique three-point shot style of distributing storm relief today in san juan. while no two disasters are alike and no two presidents are alike, the video does illustrate an enormous break from presidential style in the past. one of the benchmark examples often cited is hurricane betsy, johnson took a flashlight, shined it into his face, and said, "my name is lyndon baines johnson, i am your president, i am here to make sure you have the help you n

. >> lyndon johnson is a common murdere. there are no limits to dissent. the peace movement should have the anger of the vietnamese woman whose child was murdered by napalm dropped by a u.s. plane. the peace movement has to use the tactic of disruption because the american people are drunk with apathy. they don't care. our country is in the situation that germany was in the 1940's. they are committing mass murder. >> his views on the limitations of dissent. >> students who raise money for the viet cong communists and send it overseas to be used against american servicemen, and victoryo call for the of the communism, if i were president, the first thing i would do is have my attorney general drag some of these before a grand jury and indict them and send them off to prison for what they are, traders. they are traitors. i am not talking about honest dissent. many good people in this audience probably and throughout this country honestly dissent about our country being in vietnam. maybe you think we should not be there because it is not in our interest to be

lyndon johnson is a murderer and should be arrested. think the peace movement should have anger. if it needs -- a viennese woman whose child is burned by napalm. that is the anger the peace movement should reflect. the american people are drunk with apathy. >> on sunday on 7:00 p.m. eastern on oral history, we continue our history and photojournalist with diana walker. that i should accept their offers to be behind the -- behind the scenes every time they offered it, because anytime you see the president of the united states behind the scenes, you learn something about the president. you see something. it is important. i can be there for you. you can't be there, and everything i see is important. allmerican history tv, weekend, every weekend, only on peace the m3. -- only on c-span3. >> president trump met with governor ricardo rossello of puerto rico in the oval office to run an update on hurricane maria every efforts. he said the federal government job".ne a "really great pence, fema, and tom bossert work in attendance. this is 35 minutes.

goes back to lyndon johnson after the hurricane, he consoled americans after the death of john kennedy big part of the presidency since. donald trump going to puerto rico, suffering, families, throwing paper towels rolls out at them as if a funny game show and scene around the table asking everyone to say how great his administration did in bringing relief to puerto rico was disrespectful and something that we really should not see a president be doing. >> right. you used that word consoling. i suppose the first fundamental part of that is empathizing with people as individuals. that was absent in a way. >> there's a reason for that. because we want to know that the president is going to emotionally react to things the same way that we do. when people are suffering after a hurricane, it will move him to make extra effort to make sure they're taken care of. that's what we're not seeing there. >> presidential historian, michael bech loss, i always learn talking to you. thank you. >>> ahead a big news story from inside trump world, team of reporters from three different outlets working on

. >> lyndon johnson is a murderer and he should be arrested. movementhe peace should have the anger of vietnamese woman, was bodies were burned by american -- whose bodies were burned by american planes. we have to use the tactic of disruption. sunday, we continue the series on photojournalists, with diana walker. accept theirhould offers to be behind the scenes. every time they offered it. anytime you see the president behind the scenes, you learn something about him. you see something. i can be there for you. you can't be there. everything i see is important. weekend, every weekend. american history television. on c-span3. education labor and pensions committee chair alexander crafted a bipartisan deal on health care with ranking member patty murray joins senate colleagues to discuss the latest in health care policy. this came a day after a bipartisan deal was

president lyndon johnson was thought of going down to his ranch. he had one of those cars that turned into a vote. the presidents to drive around but not an unofficial capacity. the vehicle behind me is undoubtedly the most famous presidential vehicle. arguably the best known presidential limousine of any sort. this is the lincoln continental used by president kennedy. it is in fact the car in which he was writing when he was assassinated in 1963. the car looks very different when can the road it. we see those pictures of kennedy and think of it as being the flu. if it not have this roof. it was a convertible. it did not have any armor. this was after world war ii. we did not there could be daft risk of danger that could be that risk of danger. just after president eisenhower signed legislation that would create the interstate highway system. business,raveling for for work, going by car and to some extent by airplane. lincoln -- this lincoln was a perfect fit for president kennedy. cars likebout large cap blacks. by 1958 and 1959, it got it fit obs

. >> by early '65 lyndon johnson stepped up u.s. involvement authorizing defensive ground combat by troops and decided to send in this new experimental helicopter division. >> the day president johnson got on tv in 1965. >> i have today ordered to vietnam the air mobile division. >> what did you tell your wife and five children before you left? >> after dinner i told my kids i was going off to vietnam. why? because of war and i was reading a book to my little five-year-old daughter and she looked up at me and said daddy, what's a war? i really couldn't give her an answer that made sense. and i got up at 1:30 in the morning and went to war. >> some call it the valley of death, in november 1965 is where air mobile troops faced a battle it shocked people from d-day. that's next on war stories. >>> vietnam was over 8,000 miles from the united states but with the cold war going full tilt, kennedy offered helicopter companies to help the south vietname vietnamese. the helicopters were nicknamed flying bananas. >> in 196 we bring the uh 1

lyndon johnson is a common murderer, who should be arrested.ovement --peace the peace movement should reflect anger, it has to use the tactics of disruption. the american people are drunk with apathy because they don't care. truman was committing mass murder in the 40's. the only people who are safe in this country are the people who are risk -- willing to risk their lives to stop this country from murder. criticsmore moderate failed to distinguish between responsible and responsible dissent. there is a tendency to create be impression that you must for ho chi minh if you aren't for president johnson. that you are either for us or against us. your line up with the president, or the communist party. this is very dangerous. this attempts to point out the weaknesses and the fallacies of the policy and offer alternatives. it should be differentiated. creating situations in our communities under the guise of dissent. this is one of the problems we face as dissenters. >> do you think president johnson himself has been guilty of intolerance toward dis

hi, jack. >> you mind if i ask you a question, lyndon? >> you're out of your damn mind, jack.>> we need southerners. >> no power in the vice presidency. >> power is where power goes. >> i'm guessing you don't do a lot of deer hunting. >> it's an embarrassment around the world. >> you submit this bill now it will never become law. >> what are we waiting for? [ gunfire ] >> go, go, go. >> you don't waste any time, you, lindon? >> excuse me? i'd rather not have it this way. >> now the country needs a man who can deliver. >> there will be no compromise. this is about making president kennedy's vision a reality. >> this will define your presidency. >> i can only hope. >> "lbj" hits theaters nationwide on november 3rd. that's coming up. actor woody harrelson plays johnson in the film, and rob reiner, the critically acclaimed director who brought to story. first of all, congratulations. i am a political nut since i was 2. same way this guy is. we read the papers. you are unbelievable in this movie. the first second i go, oh, i know woody harrelson, he's played steve schmidt. you were

it was signed into law by president lyndon johnson and been amended a number of times on a bipartisan basis to strengthen and enhance the protections that were built into that law when it was, again, enacted many years ago. in fact, in 1990, george herbert waste, fraud, and abuser bush signed the last update and upgrade to the clean air act which is exactly what this administration, the prior administration was proceeding under when they designed the rule. the supreme court has weighed in on this question about whether or not greenhouse gases are covered under the clean airr act. in 2007, massachusetts versus the e.p.a., the court, republican majority court ruled in favor of the fact that greenhouse gases are, in fact, covered under the statutory umbrella of the clean airr act. this is what the court said. because greenhouse gases fit well within the clean airr of air of air n pollutants, we hold that e.p.a. has the statutory authority to regulate the emission of such gases. in 2014, the court reinforced that ruling and a decision written by an toin scalia, the godfather of conservati

sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of lyndon johnson's thinking, appropriately, was china. we didn't want to have a confrontation with china. it would lead to a real conflict there. the whole of our actions. escalationry gradual which not only didn't harm the enemy, but strengthened their resolve. to all kinds of implications and repercussions. the use of drugs. the new age. demonstrations. all the people on this small. in aally split our society way we sometimes forget. demonstrations. chicago. all of us can look back and see on's he span. time -- it mulch was was a tumultuous time. lowest income level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that said they would have a bone spur. that is wrong. if we ask every american to serve, we should have every american serve. thefor years and years lowest income americans, which means a lot of minorities, were forced to go and fight. to me, that is a black mark on the history of this country. the most probable to fight while the wealthy's a home. -- wealthy stay home. >> how apprehensive were you when you are fl

on the books today and the following year 1968 after the assassinations of mlk and rfk president lyndonigned a new federal gun control act restricting the sale of mail order guns like the one lee harvey oswald used to kill jfk but what he wanted was blocked by the nra. >> block these safeguards were not the voices of an aroused nation. they were the voices of a powerful lobby, a gun lobby that has prevailed for the moment. >> a gun lobby. lbj couldn't have known it would go on to get even those compromised rules from that '68 bill reversed. by the time reagan became president he was again working with them but this time for di lewding gun restrictions. even that bill did ad a new rule barring machine guns, fully automatic rifles that let you unleash a hail of bullets. that feature has a legal significance. it's nearly impossible to legally justify gun use in self-defense. and it's made after 1986 and to turn another gun into a fully automatic weapon. everyone knows gun control is an uphill battle and in the '90s some laws were passed after heinous shootings. both opposed by the nra. . m

an "action news" viewer captured this video near the intersection of adams and lyndon avenues and officials say that high winds fanned the flames making it more difficult and the father and his 5-year-old son escaped using a second year porch and taken to the hospital for treatments the house is a total loss. >>> police in west pike land township, are trying to track down the hit and run driver that struck a mother and daughter last friday. live at police headquarters is "action news" reporter, bob brooks. what is the latest here? >> reporter: well tonight the police need help trying to track down the driver responsible for this as they again almost killed a mother and her 16-year-old daughter. it was along the scenic art road, the mother and 16-year-old daughter and pet dog were out this friday evening for a walk-in stead of returning home one of them would be air-lifted to the hospital and the other injured with broken bones. >> friday afternoon my officers received a call for an accident hit and run on the 1900 block of artsville road. >> that is police chief clark. he took us through th

one of the things that overrode lyndon johnson's thinking was china. we did not want to have a conflagration that would lead to a real conflict. they cautioned our actions so that it was a very gradual then, not onlyh did not harm the enemy, but it strengthened their resolve. that led to all sorts of implications. demonstrations right here on the mall. there was one million people. it really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. demonstrations, chicago, all of us can look back and see on c-span. it was a small swiss time and --t -- it was a told tulmultuous time. incometed the lowest level of america and the highest doctor to say they had a bone spur. for years and years, it was the lowest income americans that were forced to fight. african-americans. host: when you were taking off from the carrier, how apprehensive were you when you are flying into place like northern vietnam? senator mccain: we had a horrific fire and i was hit by a missile. i was transferred and was flying any -- uss a risk host: how old were you? senator mccain: 20,

and we know that lyndon johnson privately was saying at the time a few weeks after the assassinationer, he thought that kennedy was trying to kill castro, and castro got to kennedy first. he never said that in public, but johnson in the weeks after the assassination was terrified that information would get out to the general public that suggested that the soviets were behind this, the cubans were behind this, because he felt if that was the case, there would be enormous pressure on johnson to either invade cuba or even retaliate militarily against the soviet union. he didn't want to do either of those things. >> everything you say is true, michael beschloss, and i mean it. everything you said is so helpful. it's so helpful for you to give us the history of all this. history is going to come alive this thursday. >> it's going to be fascinating. and congratulations, by the way, on the great new book, "bobby kennedy" next week. >> thank you, sir. you've done more than your service here tonight. thank you, michael beschloss. it's called "bobby kennedy: raging spirit." it comes out next w

couple years ago, the cia de-classified the president's daily briefs, that lyndon johnson was receivingthing really big, we probably would have gotten a hint from those documents. >> why is it important to you that these documents are part of the public record? >> it is important that all of our records are eventually processed and made available to the public. it is one of the hallmarks of our democracy, that we offer transparency to the american public. so it is -- something as important as the assassination of a president has to be brought forward to the public. we have to see documentation relating to the event. >> i talked to another historian who said, yeah, they're curious to learn about what might be in the documents about lee harvey oswald, the six-day trip to took to mexico prior to killing kennedy. that seems to be a little bit of a missing piece to the puzzle here. details about that trip. >> this is such a byzantine story in general. there is so much to know. so that's one of the pieces of the puzzle that needs to be resolved. i have no doubt, regardless of what comes out i

staatsoper lyndon op holding a centuries old tradition for excellence in music.but well done that was funny reopening but that it's closing yes well we have to take that with a grain of salt let's look at things in perspective germany we've got some incredible contemporary buildings but we have a tendency to not deliver on schedule and on budget let's look at berlin airport we're still waiting for that to happen. in hamburg have you been it's also taken way longer than it needed to and it cost so much more same four staatsoper here they had to budget almost twice as much money and it took them three years longer so they just want to make sure that tomorrow on the national holiday the german day of unification it had its doors open and it is going to have its doors open in fact it already started this past weekend they had a major open air concert on the street there are some lovely images we have with people celebrating the sun was out it was just a great day and star conductor daniel barenboim was conducting beethoven. it was just so many thousands of people fro

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. >> so when lyndon johnson became president she was one of the first phone calls with those hours after the assassination and said you will do fine. and to have a much closer relationship. >> it is interesting you should mention that but she did develop a different kind of feeling for chester arthur there is evidence he reciprocated in any physical way they did show up and visit her which i think is pretty compelling evidence devalued her advice -- valued heard by. >>. >> talking about those physical changes that he put in some windows but that did not last?. >> he was very concerned with of physical appearance. and then moving into the white house. he redecorated calling in tiffany from new york but then somebody we did that it did not last very long but he did care about the parents and style. >> as early career seemed to be a pretty good guy. and then succumbed to temptation that is redeemed in the office. i am wondering what that says about him and this is the heart of the question has there been other historians that dispute the role of redemption to think that is interesting for g

president of the united states barack obama was the first democrat to take virginia since 1964 and lyndonohnson. not to be outdone president trump has entered this race through twitter at times tweeting on behalf of ed gillespie. a lot has been made about what the trump effect will have on this race come november. we spoke to ann khadamian and she cautions many people are saying there is a big trump effect might be rethinking that come election day. >> i think you can put too much weight on it. donald trump right now is showing some impact in drawing democrats to the polls in a negative way but there's also going to be some -- there's some evidence that he's pulling also people in on the republican side but not in huge margins. >> reporter: so, it could be a wash. >> it could be a wash. >> reporter: now, how rare is this obama appearance today? well, this is the first day he has done any campaigning since 2016's presidential race. he started the day earlier in new jersey campaigning for democratic new jersey gubernatorial candidate phil murphy. he ends this evening in richmond with the de

lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country...nt building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ] >>> today i held my annual golf tournament on behalf of friends of camp concord. that's the founder there. we were at crow canyon country club. a perfect day for golf. everybody warmed up. in the 21 years i hosted the friends of camp concord, we sent 9500 underserved kids to camp at lake tahoe, all expenses paid. with today's event we will surpass 10,000 this summer. >> that's great. >> these tournaments usual i will only last about five. >> it's tough. we've done a good job of keeping it going. >>> larry is of course spending the week in china with the warriors as they spread their global brand. and the fans are besides themselves. raider head coach jack del rio. ♪ every day it's getting closer ♪ ♪ going faste