and, of course, lyndon johnson didn't like him at all. i actually think it would have been hard for him to win the nomination, in large part because of johnson. johnson was doing everything he possibly could to prevent kennedy from being the nominee. but i do think the threat of kennedy being the nominee would have been enough to convince johnson to have given humphrey more leeway to distance himself from the white house on the war in vietnam. this ended up being, i think, the reason why humphrey lost. he couldn't distance himself from johnson in the war. he couldn't bring back liberals in his own party to support his candidacy. only in late september when he sort of distanced himself from johnson and the war did liberals sort of come home. i think had kennedy lived, the mere presence of him a possible nominee would have been enough for johnson to do everything he possibly could do to help humphrey be the nominee. saying to humphrey, in you need to say something on vietnam i don't like, i would have supported it. after kennedy was killed

of course, the historic, tremendous feud he had with lyndon johnson. would he be an easier candidate for nixon to defeat them hubert humphrey to turned out to be? the way that bobby kennedy has been portrayed to be anyway, i was five is old in 1968, that it was far from inevitable in june 1968 that he would become the democratic nominee, and the elected president in november. johnson would have come through. he would have done whatever he could have to sabotage him after the convention in chicago. >> we talk about nelson rockefeller as being a hamlet in 1968. not sure whether he is in or out. bobby kennedy was a hammer. he wanted to be in a position to win. he thought growing up against a weekend sitting president, lyndon johnson, so it fell to gene mccarthy who was more of a poet than a politician. and basically, he didn't get a majority in new hampshire but basically knocked lyndon johnson out in new hampshire and was going to win in wisconsin, which led lyndon johnson to get out of the race. bobby kennedy immediately got into the race, and he ran a

that's one of -- yeah, that's one of lyndon johnson's daughter.virginia -- what's the name? >> linda robb. >> linda robb there. george h.w. bush -- for a young republican congressman from texas, had a surprisingly cordial and lovely relationship with then-president lyndon johnson. in fact, on inauguration day for richard nixon, young congressman george h.w. bush went to say goodbye to president johnson as he left washington, d.c. >> one of the only people to do so actually. in fact, in 1964 when george bush ran for the senate, lyndon johnson, of course, was running for reelection -- actually, for election for the first time in 1964. he came through texas and george bush had his entire congressional staff come out and stand as the president's motorcade went by. people said, you know he's a democrat, why would you do that? he's the president of the united states, we have to show respect to the office. >> there was a time he was talking about running for senate and he was seeking the advice of lyndon johnson, and lyndon johnson -- i'm asking -- you d

had we done it strictly chronological, we would have lyndon johnson. that is his person of the year cover for 1967. if we did it chronologically, we would have peggy fleming in this wall. she won the gold medal for sports. vietnam had been a major topic of discussion in the 1960's. that and civil rights defined the 1960's. as well as space, which john f. kennedy initiated. lyndon johnson and his person of the year cover. he had a bad year in 1967. in 1964, he was man of the year, but that was for a good thing. things were going well in vietnam. things were not going well in the country. there were peace demonstrations and war demonstrations all over. time shows lyndon johnson as the person of the year for not having a good year. his problem was vietnam. n antiwar poster, bring the troops home now. this became a slogan. these protesters would use throughout, wherever they were. bring the troops home now. we went from january to march. the massacre which involved lieutenant william. this is the cover here. timell see a number of covers in this exhibition

the day that vietnam ended the presidency of lyndon b. johnson. >> gosh, this is hard to read, jim, you have no idea. >> on that last evening in march, tv cameras rolled into the president's office. johnson spoke live to an anxious nation. >> tonight i want to speak to you of peace in vietnam and southeast asia. there is no need to delay the talks that could bring an end to this long and bloody war. >> johnson was desperately trying to end the war on his watch. he had it in his head the hope that somehow, some way he could get the north vietnamese to the negotiating table and end the war. >> i renew the offer i made last august to stop the bombardment of north vietnam. in the hope that this action will lead to early talks. >> lbj offers to stop the bombing, but only if the north agrees to talk peace with south vietnam. then johnson plays one last card. >> we worked together on the speech. we went over it march 28th, two or three days before the president is going to deliver it. and the president said, maybe i shouldn't run for office. >>

[applause] >> lyndon johnson would not agree with me. one scene i have in my book is the third book is 3 april of 1968, lbj pooled out of the race three days earlier, rfk went to see him at the white house, he knew lbj was important but to opposes energetically as he might. kennedy goes to the cabinet room and says to johnson mister president, you are a brave and dedicated man and he says i didn't quite hear that. brave and dedicated man. johnson was taping the conversation secretly which indeed he was. kennedy goes out of the room and i tell this story and johnson says get that tape transcribed as quickly as possible. i want to leak the part about brave and dedicated man, that kennedy said that to me. johnson's aid, mary temple, who told the story, said mister president, the tape recorder didn't work. we think rfk came into the room carrying a scrambler. so we have got nothing. johnson was serious. thank you for asking. [applause] >> that is all the time we have. thank you. >> thank you so much for being here. [inaudible conversations]

time chose lyndon johnson as its person of the year for that year, for not having a good year. his problem was, vietnam, you see here, this antiwar poster, bringing the troops home now, this was a student demonstration throughout the nation, and this became a slogan, these protesters would use throughout where they were, bring the troops home now, this, we went from january for person of the year cover to this is now march, the massacre which involved lieutenant william kelly, this is the time cover here, i should mention that we will see a number of time covers in his exhibition, as many as 10, so this is a cover that actually appeared a year later, at the time of kelly's trial. he would be convicted of a number in 1974 by richard nixon. so the lieutenant, this is a fascinating photograph, this is the photograph of lyndon johnson, and 1st lady lady bird johnson, and they are watching tv screens in the oval office, johnson has just given a national address, it was march 31, 1968, with two prizes. the one surprise was he was prepared to accept a peace in vietnam, instead of outr

the day that vietnam ended the the presidency of lyndon b. johnson. >> gosh, this is hard to read, you have no idea. >> on that last evening in march, tv cameras rolled into the eau value office. even president's staff had no idea how their world was about to change as johnson spoke live to an anxious nation. >> tonight, i want to speak to you of peace in vietnam and southeast asia. there is no need to delay the talks that could bring an end to this long and this bloody war. >> johnson was desperately trying to end the war on his watch. he had it in his head the hope that somehow, some way, he could get the north vietnamese to negotiate and end the war. >> i renew the offer i made last august to stop bombarding north vietnam in the hope that this action will lead to early talks. >> l brbj offers to stop the bombing, only if the north agrees to talk peace with south vietnam and then johnson plays one last card. >> we work together on this speech. we went over march 28th two or three days before the president was going to deliver it and then th

this is a photograph of president lyndon johnson and first lady lady bird johnson, watching tv in the oval office. given ahas just national address, march 31, 1968, with two surprises. one surprise was that he was prepared to accept peace in vietnam, instead of outright victory. the second surprise was that he announced he was no longer a candidate for the presidency, he would not run for a second term. this shocked his political base. and itre dismayed, shocked the nation. it was a surprise.

lyndon johnson was running against barry goldwater and said there has been an unprovoked attack on an american vessel in the gulf of tonkin. goes to congress, gets almost unanimous resolution in southeast asia. no more declaration. truman didn't ask for one, you see how this is going. when was the last time the president asked for a war declaration? 1942. it has never happened ever since. have we been involved in any

been occasions like this harry truman and lyndon johnson died a month rah part in '72 and '73. truman opted not have a state funeral. instead his body lay in state in independence, missouri and nixon was the first person in line to pay respects that day. and then at funeral funeral held at national city church nixon presided over the affair but did not speak. so, unusual in recent days but not unheard of and, of course, these circumstances are a bit more extraordinary to those to which we have been accustomed. >> again, very unusual for a sitting president to not speak at the funeral of a former president. the 2016 campaign left a lot of bad blood between the trumps and the bushes. there was actually some question as to whether or not the president would go to the funeral given the fact that he went to barbara bush's. i don't think there is any way you cannot have a

it is when lyndon johnson for space. when lyndon johnson left the air force space. why did you go there to say goodbye to a democrat? pres. bush: i was a junior texas congressman. lyndon johnson was a senior political figure. he had been elected president of the united states. at the suggestion of a woman who youed for me, she said, want to go out there, and pay your respects. him on almosth every initiative. but i went out there and stood in line. by, could walked hardly believe it. he turned around and came back. i heard the johnson family appreciated it. it isiscovered in life not hard to do something that might appear to be kind or thoughtful or proper. going there was all of it, i hope. i know that president johnson mentioned to me after i got back from texas he appreciated it. what have you learned about how you wanted to live your time after the presidency? i've stayed off of all boards of directors. i have tried to avoid activities that might diminish the office i was so honored to hold. i don't think any particular president has been a role model. i have gr

in december of 1968, lyndon b. ofnson was nearing the end his presidency. he did not run for reelection, and richard nixon beats hubert humphrey and the november election, next on "reel america," a documentary about lbj activities that month, created by the white house naval photographic unit. the film includes the liking of the national christmas tree and holiday scenes with the johnson family, a meeting with president-elect nixon, cabinet meetings and scenes of apollo 8, the first nasa mission to orbit the moon. ♪ -- ♪ [holiday music playing] ♪ president johnson: for the sixth and last time, i have come to like this christmas tree in the nation's capital. my prayer now, as it has been in each of these other decembers, is for peace and reconciliation abroad, justice and tranquility at home. . -- ["the wizard of oz" being sung] ♪ >> for this time will be the last time that i have had the privilege of inviting the youngsters of washington for christmas. it is a special joy to have one of my own children to celebrate the great coming of santa along with you.

you want to be out there to pay your respects to lyndon johnson as he served this country. i differed with him on almost every legislative initiative but i went out there and stood in the long line, his cabinet and friends, and he saw me, walked by, could hardly believe it. he came back and spoke to me, and subsequently i heard over and over again that the johnson family took note of this and i think appreciated it, but i have discovered in life it is not hard to do something that might appear to be kind or thoughtful or proper, and i think going all ofi hope it was those things. i know president johnson mentioned to me after i got back to texas -- he came back to live and i came back on the congress he appreciated it very much. brian: have you learned anything from lyndon johnson tour boat -- how you wanted to live your time in the presidency? pres. bush: i am sure, but i stayed off the boards of directors. i tried to avoid activities at night and diminish the office i was honored to hold. i don't think any particular president has been a role model. i have great respect f

lyndon johnson was a senior political figure. a texan who he had been elected president of the united states. it was the suggestion of a woman who worked for me. i wish i could say i thought of it. she said, you ought to be out there to pay your respects to lyndon johnson. i differed with him on almost every legislative initiative. but i went out there and stood in line. he saw me, walked by, could hardly believe it. he turned around and came back. and spoke to me. thatrd over and over again the johnson family took note of this and appreciated it. i've discovered in life it is not hard to do something that might appear to be kind or thoughtful or proper. i think going there was all of those things. i know that president johnson mentioned to me after i got back from texas he appreciated it. brian lamb: have you learned anything from lyndon johnson or other presidents about how you wanted to live your time after the presidency? pres. bush: i am sure i have learned something from others but i've stayed off of all boards of directors

johnson got such comfort from this that lady bird johnson told me later on during those days, if lyndon had converted to catholicism. >> host: michael beschloss, how insightful was it to talk to lady bird johnson? >> guest: absolutely unbelievable. she gave her last tv interview to c-span in 1999 and she loved the interview but she felt she was not quite what she had been before so that turned out to be a definitive interview. one thing she did. always wore presidents another thing they have in common, they were all married to a strong woman and i wish i could say if we ever have to have a war president again the president is married to a strong man. she made it possible for lbj to get through that war. i'm not psychiatrically qualified but a lot of these things on lbj takes you and i talk about that are paranoid and angry and prone to severe depression, she pulled him up, called him down when he got too excited, johnson at war, i put these in the book, johnson is seeing bobby kennedy and martin luther king are trying to embarrass me. the reason students are protesting the vietnam war i

i remember him saying lyndon johnson is a great leader. because his word is good. scheduling legislation. he says the vote to be a 10:00, it will be a 10:00. there was a civility and the senate that they respected and contributed to. i learned more about that than i did any legislative initiative. picture people talk about, in 1969 probably when lyndon johnson left the air force base and you cannot tell who everyone is in the picture, but it looks like a lot of democrats and one republican. why did you go out there to say goodbye to democrat? george h.w.: i was a junior texas congressman. he was a senior political figure, texan who would been elected president. i thought it was a suggestion of a woman at work. i wish i could say i thought of it. she worked for democrats and republicans and said you want to go out there. to want to pay your respects him as he leaves office. him on the most every legislative initiative but i went out there, stood in the long line and he saw me. he walked by, he turned around and came back and spoke to me. subsequently i heard over an

first, a look at lyndon b. johnson's televised oval office address on march 31st, 1968 when he surprised the nation with his announcement that he would not run for reelection. . >>> the stage was set. president johnson put the finishing touches on his address to the nation. finally with the reassuring presence of his family seated nearby, the president was ready to deliver one of the most important speeches of his entire life. a speech that would alter the course of world history. >> good evening, my fellow americans. tonight i want to speak to you of peace in vietnam and southeast asia. no other question so preoccupies our people. no other dream so absorbs the 250 million human beings who live in that part of the world. no other goal motivates american policy in southeast asia. >> first, addressing himself to the continuing problem of vietnam, the president outlined plans for a unilateral american de-escalation of that conflict. >> tonight i have ordered our aircraft and our naval vessels to make no attacks on

lyndon johnson was a senior political figure. a texan who had been elected president of the united states. at the suggestion of a woman who me.work -- who worked for i wish i had thought of it. she said, you want to go out there, and pay your respects. i differed with him on almost every legislative initiative. but i went out there and stood in a long line of his cabinet and friends. he saw me, walked by, could hardly believe it. he turned around and came back. and spoke to me. subsequently, i heard over and over again, that the johnson family took note of this and i think appreciated it. i've discovered in life it is not hard to do something that might appear to be kind or thoughtful or proper. i think going there was all of it, i hope. i know that president johnson mentioned to me after i got back from texas he appreciated it. brian: what have you learned about how you wanted to live your time after the presidency? pres. bush: i've stayed off of all boards of directors. i have tried to avoid activities that might diminish the o

but i think you shouldn't underestimate the crucial role that lyndon johnson played.here might have been no other president who could have done that because he had the credibility as a southerner and he had the hugely positive relationship with various key figures in the u.s. senate. >> you know, i think the key difference -- and in many ways i absolutely agree in this height of segregation throughout the 20th century was terrible, but the critical difference between the u.s. and a country like south africa is that the united states had a law, had an original way of looking at itself which was that all men are created equal. even though it was thomas jefferson who wrote those words, an unrepentant slave holder, those words established a direction that was very hard for the country to resist. that's what allowed people not only at the beginning of the country but the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the u.s. constitution and then the laws of lyndon johnson with of course the groundswell that had been created by people like martin luther king was able to bring to fruit

johnson, where's the lyndon johnson library? >> is in austin texas and we ask you to come, it's wonderful, we used to be the premier library and we still are in the sense that we have tapes of daddy talking. and he will be talking to harry truman, and i am fortunate enough to have to have met your great great aunt, princess alice was a hoot. and her younger sister was wonderful and they took her to sagamore hill. and president truman gave me a tour of his library. i mean, i have been blessed with getting to meet a lot of these people so, i hope that they'll come to the library of every president and learn, because there's so many things. i mean, christian can tell you about going to many of the libraries and learning, and daddy went, too. and so all these years i have been saying all those bad things about hoover [ laughter ] and i never knew he did all those wonderful things to feed europe. >> so is there truman library? >> there is a truman library. >> it's an independence missouri about half a mile from grandpa's house. >> an

. ♪ narrator: december 1968, the final full month of the presidency of lyndon johnson.time when great achievements were harvested by americans, in space exploration, economic gains and statecraft. when the violence of the past year gave way to a growing hope for peace and goodwill. as the year drew to a close, preparations were well underway for the inauguration of richard nixon as president on gender where 20th, 19 69, passing the torch of american leadership marked by an unusual degree of cooperation. in one of his final cabinet meetings at the white house, president johnson laid out the course for his administration to follow in at the remaining days ahead. president johnson: i have a brief statement i want to make concerning the last month of this administration. we have had five years to initiated and implement a program and change existing policy and formulate our own policy. i think every member of the cabinet may be just as proud of the record. the government will run without interruption until january 20, and each department head has daily problems to solve and

two months later, president lyndon johnson would announce that he would not seek another term, but the speech was primarily on vietnam and the tet offensive. here's what lbj said march 31st, 1968. >> their attack during the tet holidays failed to achieve its principal objective. it did not collapse the elected government of south vietnam or shatter its army, as the communists had hoped. it did not produce a general uprising among the people of the cities as they had predicted. the communists were unable to maintain control of any of the more than 30 cities that they attacked. and they took very heavy casualties. but they did compel the south vietnamese and their allies to move certain forces from the countryside into the cities. they caused widespread disruption and suffering. their attacks and the battles that followed made refugees of half a million human beings. the communists may renew their attack any day. they are, it appears, trying to make 1968 the year of decision in south vietnam, the year that brings, if not final victory or defeat, at least a turning point in the struggle.

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southern states for generations, but it was the greatest thing he ever did, and a transform america, lyndonbe, she will look back and say i did one good thing. thank you very much, we will look again at the papers at half past 11, but next the film review. hello there and welcome to the film review here on bbc news, and taking us review here on bbc news, and taking us through this week's cinnamon releases his mark. what have become for us this week. very very good week. we have the old man and the gun, which may or may not be robert redford's final on screen. we have sorry to bother you a social economic satire which is a hit. get off of me. and white boy rick a true story with a great cast. so the old man and the gun, and robert redford what is he 82? know he is 112. i met him some years ago. i was really impressed, but he the best thing about him as he looked like he is age. he wears it fantastically well. as far as age. he wears it fantastically well. as farasi age. he wears it fantastically well. as far as i can tell he described this as his left thumb. he's been acting for such a long

this created a lot of problems fomus and that history with lyndon johnson, so when gene mccarthy was running, he was running more clearly against the war. theopular magazine in 1960's and 70's, teen magazine and it with you and your father on the cover. you were 16 years old at the time, i haven't seen that ask her for a long time. it's very sweet of you to put it position to the war known. for democrats, he was a very curial figure, not very popular on capitol hill. he'd been the number two choice for johnson to be his vp nominee, he lost out to hubert humphrey. when mccarthy challenged it was very exciting to have my father announce his presidency. we were thrilled he was going to askedd a number of people were you afraid and one of the things we learned in our family is not to be afraid. her father's candidacy, senator eugene mccarthy for march of 1968. let's watch. >> what is your reaction as a politician? can you take him? glaxo haven't been moved to withdraw and i think i can certainly win in wisconsin and i see no reason to win -- to believe i couldn't go on and win another pr

let me begin by asking about announcement of lyndon johnson. march 31st. where were you. >> the saturday before the sunday i was at nixon's apart. on nixon's bate speech on vietnam. arg. ere having an nixon was moving towards a war. ion on the we had word that president time on had asked for sunday night. what nixon - going to wisconsin he said "pat i atnt you to be at la guardia the primary term nail." he was making an appearance. on what johnson said before the said before the press gets to me." i'm sitting in a limousine on the tarmac in la guardia. had nixon's african american driver saying "i knew it would happen when l.b.j. announced he again."not run i got out of the limo and ran to the jet. press was walking to the plane. i said johnson is not going to again. nixon stepped to the top of the steps on the plane and said i year of the drop out. george romney dropped out of newhampshire, nelson rockefeller decided not o run in march. that was the - we drove into nixon's nominee. expect a not challenge of kennedy. >> he didn't think kennedy win the nomi

my question is for the lyndon johnson foundation. at the time when johnson was in politics he was hard core democrat, probably if you can compare his presidency, the most progressive president until barack obama and when he retired, he -- the state was a solid blue democratic state but now it's pretty much republican and as conservative as can be. so my question is how difficult is it to promote one's legacy in a political climate that has changed profoundly since the time they had existed. >> thank you. >> one of the reasons that texas is now a rhett state as opposed to a blue state is because of lyndon johnson, because of the sweeping civil rights legislation of the 1960s. there's a great story about about lbj, one of my favorites, he's talking to richard russell. richard russell is in the news because there's talk about renaming the russell senate building the mccain senate building. richard russell was a mentor and friend to lbj and helped him to ascend the ranks in the senate and lbj knew that when he was endeavoring to pass the

linda johnson robb is the first child of our 36th president, lyndon johnson. she lived in the white house during the last years of had her father's tenure in office from 1966 to 1969. and for over two decades has served as a trustee of the lbj foundation. and susan ford bales is the fourth child and only daughter of our 38th president, gerald ford. she lived in the white house during the -- a bulk of her father's presidency and since 1981 served as a trustee of the gerald ford presidential foundation. moderating our panel is david rubenstein, the co-founder and co-executive chairman of the carlyle group and our country's leading patriotic philanthropist. generously contributing to the preservation of our nation's history and culture. he is also the host of bloomberg the david rubenstein show. peer to peer conversations. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to this stage matthew mckinley, tweed roosevelt, linda johnson robb, susan ford bales and david rubenstein. [ applause ] >> thank you all for coming. i want to apologize as one of my roles of the chairman of

through her writing, she is called "lady great heart" by justice marshall, who lyndon b. johnson appoints to the supreme court circuit. thurgood marshall. said, in his "oral history" he said, eleanor roosevelt was lady great heart. she changed the tone for civil rights. fdr did not do a damn thing. he actually said that. [laughter] paul: here she is, we'll talk about her relationship with soon, and slide, here she is with marian anderson. she did not just talk about it, she made this a central tenet of her career. blanche: absolutely, she runs comeshen marion macleod to the white house for dinner. she runs down to embrace her and walk her into the white house. paul: that is marian anderson. blanche: marian anderson, not only does she support her fabulous concert on that easter , but she has her as entertainment when the king and queen -- on the queen of england comes. it very clear,s we have got to change the situation. paul: as soon as she leaves the white house she becomes a board member of the naacp. here she is with the queen. your book does a wonderful job of describ

eight, he offered his resignation to lyndon johnson. the republicans were not having any of that. johnson already announced he wasn't going to run for reelection. he was a lame duck president, so the republicans criticized including mixing who became the candidate for the republican presidents nomination and then he became the candidate and was president elect. warren hated nixon, just hated him. he couldn't believe that richard nixon was going to name his successor so that is of course what happened. >> the line on round one in your research in the book did you come across anything that gives you insight into whether or not the chief justice expectation by using that phrase. if you could share a discussion about that decision versus maybe the lack of unanimous decisions in the koran supreme court i would appreciate that and i was wondering -- >> it was all in the deliberate speed which he lifted from an early opinion of oliver wendell holmes. frankfurter agreed on it that it would give the states leeway, but they were both terribly disappointed and one in particular became more a

the southern control of the democratic party moved to the control of the republican party when lyndon b. johnson insisted on the civil rights act. he knew that was going to change the party. it did. look at them. the bigotry is in place, the failure to integrate. make me do it. have a movement. you want change? create a movement. eleanor roosevelt tried to do that. writing, she is called lady great heart by who lyndon b.ll johnson appoints to the supreme court circuit. oral history that eleanor roosevelt was lady great heart. she change the tone for civil rights, fdr did not do a damn thing. he actually said that. paul: here she is, we'll talk about her relationship soon and here she is with marian anderson. she made this a central tenant of her career. absolutely, she runs down when she comes to dinner at the white house. she runs to embrace her and walker into the white house -- walk her into the white house. anderson. is marian sheche: not only does support her fabulous concert on that easter sunday. entertainment when the queen of england comes. clear,lly makes it very we have got

president lyndon b. johnson attached conditions for receiving development aid one of them being that recipient countries must reduce their population. and. it was a time of drought and starvation in india. the president spoke on the phone with the secretary of agriculture. are on the border. of the president. but if you want to. exhibit a i don't want to get. over thirty but what are you out on the road right now i don't know but i don't know what else to get out of. here compared. to. he stopped food deliveries until indira gandhi to the demands. accusations were made that the west had imperialistic intentions with its population control project if. a department was founded at the united nations in nine hundred sixty nine the un f.p.a. the united nations population fund through this ostensibly neutral paff western governments channeled millions into population control in developing countries the major donors besides the united states were sweden great britain germany and switzerland. south korea was amo

fewer republican senators when orrin hatch did his work 1978 there were 38 and he had fewer than that lyndon johnson and the american labor movement decided in effect to make it illegal for any state to have a right to work law. that that they wanted to do they thought they could do it except the legislative filibuster was in place. at that time it took 67 votes he could defeat a measure with the overwhelming majority so now why do i tell this story? the shoe was on the other foot meter the president say get rid of the filibuster and legislative majority and do it our way. we should not do that. we have never done that in the united states senate may say that's the whole reason i came from the th house so every time the majority got an idea one of those major purposes of the filibuster is to protect the minority in this country alexis de tocqueville wrote a book democracy of america may be the best book of democracy of america ever written and looking into potential problems and one was russia and the other was the tyranny of the majority and said in the 18 thirties one of the great problems

announcer: this weekend on reel america, a 45 minute naval documentary showcasing president lyndon b. johnson's activities in december 1968, featuring the lighting of the white house christmas tree, the johnson family, a meeting with president-elect nixon, and the first nasa mission to orbit the moon. here's a preview. ♪ >> for the white house, christmas, 1968 meant nostalgia, hope, thankfulness. it was president johnson's last christmas in this house. although mr. johnson, like much of the nation, suffered a bout of the flu, he was home in time for the presents to be opened. twohis family, except his sons in law, were gathered about him. this year more so than in the recent past was ending on a note of hope. by christmas, the astronauts were heading safely homeward. freedkorea had finally the crew members of the pueblo. all in the vietnam conflict had gathered in paris. and the nation prospered like never before. president johnson shared the satisfaction of all americans in these blessings, but as always, his thoughts were on those who were far from home, standing vigil on the freedo

and lyndon johnson and that in effect to make it illegal for any state to have a right to work law.he and then to tour the country and was able to defeat those measures by the overwhelming democratic majority. the shoe was on the other foot right now because republicans are in charge me heard the president say get rid of the filibuster we should not do that we have never done that in the senate it has always been different the reason i came to the senate from the house so every time the majority got an idea one of the major purposes is to protect the minority in this country alexis de tocqueville democracy in america may be the best book and was very perceptive and some are looking ahead for american democracy. one was russia. the other was the tyranny of the majority he said that in the 18 thirties and one of the great problems might be the tyranny of the majority and that is preventing the tyranny of the majority of the american democracy. and conservative friends we might think about the fact that we republicans or conservatives and since world war ii nearly 70 years and have the s

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go to melvin, joining us from chicago as a look at how the country, including lyndon johnson, watched this live, christmas of 1968. verify.i am calling to you said -- was the recovery ship for the apollo 8. i was on board of the time we did the recovery and it was a that sounds fascinating. host: we are looking at their return and pictures and celebration of what that meant for them. what was going through their minds? guest:untry or what it represend and what it had done and what it had wrist -- risked. we were still in a cold war and this was a battle of ideals. freedom and communism. it was thought that the alive, d in putting together this book you had firsthand accounts. guest: it was the luckiest thing in the world for me that all three astronauts were not only zeding but welcomed me into were just asmen and the kids would rather around and watch, i thought of , theyauts as demigods were half human and half godly to me, another species. they were so done or even attemd to do before. when i finally met frank borman had to getders, i used to the idea that these were the nicest, mo

of 1968,: in december lyndon b. johnson was nearing the end of his presidency. he did not run for reelection. richard nixon beat hubert humphrey in the november election. railamerica, a 45 minute documentary about lbj's activities that month, created by the white house naval photographic unit. the film includes the lighting of the national christmas tree, and holiday scenes with the johnson family. a meeting with president elect next incoming cabinet meetings about the economy and vietnam, and scenes of apollo eight. the first nasa mission to orbit the moon. ♪ [holiday music playing]

lyndon johnson was looking for something to perhaps unify people.tional trails in our state and when he proposed this to congress he said, but the beauty of the american outdoors must not be a holiday treat, but part of our daily life and a resource that ought to be available to every american. with our five trails in the dalles and the magnificent willamette forest. this allows everyone across the country to come together and enjoy oregon's beauty and bounty during the holiday season. i am pleased to call oregon home. and it is an honor to have our tree here as the national christmas tree to celebrate this special time of year. i hope this tree inspires all of you here to go out and find your own trail. again as president johnson said 50 years ago, beauty belongs to all the people. and this is beauty. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, congressman deblasio. i have the great privilege to introduce the speaker of the house of representatives. paul ryan has served the people of the first congressional district of wisconsin since 1999. he be

lyndon johnson, i listened to the tapes he made of his private conversations. he got weirdly paranoid and furious in the last years of the vietnam war. he was almost hallucinating saying on these secret tapes did you know bobby kennedy and martin luther king are paying rit rioters to embarrass me? and the soviets and china is paying college students to demonstrate against me in vietnam. when you are thinking about a president possibly going to war and particularly if we are talking about the current president donald trump, not everyone thinks he is the most well adjusted person on earth. remember that in wartime that's only the beginning. it gets worse. >> let's just quickly ask you what you think will be the reaction to a series of cascading events. what happens after the sentencing of michael flynn and, you know, continuing pressures with the mueller investigation. what if the economy goes south and poll ratings go worse. some are predicting, as i said, december potentially could be the worst since the great depression. what about these very real issues. what

martin luther king is assassinate inside he 36th 36th president, lyndon johnson, wants to sign their fair housing act into law, the third in his trio of civil rights laws. the voting righting a, civil rights act and the housing act. george h.w. bush is under thunderous pressure to oppose the fair housing ability but has just been to vietnam and sees african-american soldiers fighting aside white and hispanic soldiers and makes a deep impression. is these can go overseas and put their lives on the line, suretily they should be able to come back home and live where the want. so he supports it. votes for it. also you said, john, the letters opposed to it were 500 to 2. people opposing george h.w. geo. bush's stance on the fair housing a. he goes back to his district and talks to a very angry group of constituents. and he talks about this crisis of conscious that he experiences and why he ultimately had to do it, including that experience he had in vietnam. and he gets a standing ovation. it's an amazing moment. it's a moment that i would like to think that we can have in today's america

even the lyndon b. johnson coming in when racial tensions were escalating, there was no thought that there would be a desegregate the south. people that the assassination might be a conspiracy. we are living in a complicated time but i think that is what history can tell people is there is a perspective and reassurance that we went through these times that we had the right leader. that is one of the questions, this history make time, does the man make history? leadership that leads historians like both of you to write about these figures hundreds of years later, is it the opportunity that is born of crisis? jay: i think it is the opportunity born of crisis. i would say man does make history. leaders do make history. it is impossible to think about the civil war without thinking about abraham lincoln. impossible to think about the emancipation proclamation, the first inaugural, second inaugural, without thinking about abraham lincoln. it is impossible to think about the birth of this nation without think