kennedy and lyndon b. johnson recording as part of the presidential recordings project at the miller center. ken hughes, also with the miller center, who worked extensively and famously in some ways on the lbj and especially on the richard nixon recording project. chester patch, a historian whose research interests and product has encompassed johnson and ronald reagan. robert strong. bob strong was assistant director when the miller center was conducting its oral histories. i am mike nelson. i have an affiliation with the miller center but my day job is at roads college in memphis, tennessee. our format will be essentially this. there are no prepared presentations, no prepared remarks. we are going to be flashing over the course of this session 15 cartoons. just a tiny, curated, but tiny slice of what we could do and should do if we have enough time. it will unfold chronologically from the johnson administration through the reagan administration. and then basically, i am going to throw the floor open to br

even after winning the election of 1964, lyndon b. johnson was not clear about what to do with what he called the little country in asia. the tapes and documents of the time indicate he knew he could not win in vietnam. he nonetheless chose war. when nixon was elected in 1968, he ordered the strong-armed technique of massive bombing, to bring the north vietnamese to the peace table. from the statistics we reviewed in class, we learned that the bombing became unconscionable, particularly when nixon admitted in what was dubbed the zliilch memo that bombing had no effect in the conduct of the war. nonetheless, nixon continued the bombing in order to have an effect on the upcoming elections of 1972. as has been our practice throughout the course, we have used music and film as examples of the culture of those who served in vietnam and the united states. it is a reflection of social history during wartime. let's listen to some music, quietly. there are other classes going on and right next door, they are giving tests. (music) (music) >> fo

kennedy's death, vice president lyndon b. johnson and his wife takes the presidential oath before the jet that brings him together body of the late president back to washington. lyndon b. johnson becomes america's 36th president. john f kennedy chose him as his deputy. together, they were elected by the american people who look to lyndon johnson to ensure continuity of government. upon him, now falls all the weight of leadership. >> this is a sad time for all people. we have suffered a loss that cannot be -- for me, it is a deep personal tragedy. i know that the world shares the sorrow that mrs. kennedy and her family feel. i will do my best. that is all i can do. i ask for your help and god's. the nation, the world mourns john fitzgerald kennedy. the funeral quartet moves from the white house, to the capitol. seat of the congress of the united states. at the capitol steps and from the limousine come the principle warnings mrs. jacqueline kennedy and her children and president johnson and his wife and robert kennedy, the late

after the fall of the berlin wall of lyndon barracks popularity way in the 1990 s. he began to paint his musical career declined as he struggled with a drinking problem his record sales slumped but true to his motto no panic he staged a comeback in 2008. with guest musicians such as rapper young the late fifty's there may be album shark beats by his 1st to reach number one in the charts. since then the godfather of german rock has been touring tirelessly and selling out stadiums now in his seventy's. is more popular than ever. in the seventy's and the 1980s. you were very strongly against german the division of your country also sometimes when it wasn't popular to be against it why were you did you feel so strongly about it so uncool to a close to the door to it was was he was doing see the gun do didn't run to move those. young people to mention you can point these out to those who you know couldn't. go on this money in sydney and clones conceptional. to get their kids to own museum. on this. one for now you quoted and symbols on the model city and it would authori

like this is also hosting an exhibition devoted to lyndon baird's art and his commitment to the people of east germany. in law i'm sick of the museum of thought. for a very special exhibition special because of the just he was right here because he's actually better as the legend of german rock music and i don't use that word legend lightly because this. as for strode to the german rock scene for nearly 50 yes 50 years linda welcomed thank you the italians had an. absolutely i'm my 1st question is here you are in your 8th decade playing 2 stadiums yeah the biggest audiences ever. they all love you know the family will close welsh all you know they carry is through the school 23000000 roos strollers and all that yeah yeah. we did of you. know as. you thief there was. it's made from. 'd you know and it brings a lot of luck to us does a good girl getting a little good for the bones really is good is good for the draws cheers with a little forces you get. a little bit. me me me me me me me me me me made it easy oh good it is will both good and. let's find out more about his amazing man mr

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landslide lyndon. robert caro went back and did some research to find one of the people that managed one of the precincts that lyndon johnson had 1202 votes were cast alphabetically in favor of lyndon johnson. so without those he might not have one by 87 votes. but he did. so a lot of interesting things. >> you also mentioned in the book he is a wonderful writer and historian but also one of the most engaging people. >> some people write great books other people may not be great writers have better at public stories some people like scott berg writes incredible books he's now writing a good one on thurgood marshall but also to describe what he has written is dave mccullough. he's now 85 or 86 years old he's incredible the way he does this book then the first book was johnson and then panama canal. but he is married for 60 years to his wife so he will write it up in a paragraph. and she reads it back to him. and they have been doing this a long time. then he tells the story once in the interview where h

for good or lyndon back again his $10000.00 fans at the leipzig arena it was a truly special. and just as at his 1st like this concert more than a few people had their own. life and now we're celebrating 30 years it will come you are you happy the way it's gone. and as you can. go to the clones with us if you go good lord who is with them isis must notice most of the innocents must is going on the ocean to get consumed blood was drawn since on the drums on an. innocent good to one on some good moments on the. ocean this is the most punished put in and on for the shift in this is to do this. this is. so months ago over the course a male devotion can decide to do this on the on this done and on would be conferred on video from. i'm wonder if you can describe yourself in a few words every german knows who you are but outside of germany maybe know this is what is in your doors as it takes is using a visio zubin him as if it was only show it is his would know and seeing him i would as was is the other thing of you one with a good one to sing of it isn't it was just kind of goes in

in 1948 x 87 votes, called landslide lyndon. robert caro did some research and found one of the people who managed one of the precincts where lyndon johnson, were cast alphabetically in favor of lyndon johnson. without those 202 votes cast alphabetically in favorable and in johnson he might not have won by 87 votes that he did win. a lot of interesting things about the people in the book. >> you mentioned scott burke, you mentioned in the book that he is a wonderful writer, and the most engaging people. >> some people write great books but other people may not be great writers but telling stories. some people like scott bird right incredible books, he is writing a new one, but a great -- one of the great ones describing what he had written as david mccullough. when you look at david mccullough he is 85 or 86 years old and is incredible the way he does his books, he started as a graduate from yale running magazine articles and his first book was the johnstown flood and the brooklyn bridge and the panama can now. 60 years to his w

lyndon johnson went to them and said, mr. johnson, it's time for you to do something on civil rights. we think of lyndon johnson as a southerner -- he was far more progressive on race. that was partly because lyndon innson's wife was teaching segregated schools. he said you need to put the moral authority of the presidency behind this. and unlike the situations in mississippi, there were not riots that kill people. george wallace made a big show, but stepped aside. kennedy said, i want to go on tv and propose the civil rights legislation. the speech was being written as he was on live tv and they were handing them sheets of paper. at that point he said, this is a moral issue as clear as the constitution, as old as the scriptures. that was important turning point, but it did take him a while. >> question? >> yes, ma'am. getsuntil the microphone there. thank you for your patience. i was struck by your memories of kennedy's assassination. did you interview other people who were children when it happened? dean: oh, gosh, yes. and

door lyndon barrack is a household name in germany he lives in the hotel atlantic in hamburg and he's created an entire museum dedicated to himself as well as a musical featuring his songs. born in small town west germany in 1946 he had a domineering father and a loving mother. a brother english and twin sisters into and if they caught began playing in jazz bands as a teenager. he was 27 when he got his 1st major break as a singer and lyricist with his band the comic forecast on. their 973 album put the rock music in germany on the map revolutionary for that time. would olympian back has written more than $600.00 songs so far and released $36.00 studio albums which have sold millions of copies. from the beginning of the iron curtain was a frequent theme in his lyrics. goes if you lose. it's mostly gloom. get out of the. me. the division of germany dramatize it as a love song this. after the fall of the berlin wall lived in barracks popularity way in the 1990 s. he began to paint his musical career declined as he struggled with a drinking problem his record sales slumped but true to hi

johnson was elected 48 by 47 votes landslide lyndon. robert caro went back and did research and found one of the people who managed one of the precincts where lyndon johnson had one where 202 votes were cast alphabetically. [laughter] so without those in favor of john said he may not have one by 87 votes. so there are some interesting things. >> you also mention she is a wonderful writer and historian but they are not great telling. nd scott writes incredible books now writing one on thurgood marshall but if you look at david mccullough he's incredible the way he does these books starting off from yale and then on the brooklyn bridge. but over 60 years with his wife they put these book on - - these books together he does a paragraph at a time then she reads it back to him and he listens and says i have to change that they have been doing this for a long time he told the story once at one time she read the paragraph back and she said that doesn't's mind - - that sentence doesn't work. read itt again. and said i don't think it works read

kennedy's death, vice president lyndon b.ohnson, his wife at his side, and the grief stricken widow with them, take the presidential jet,- both aboard the which brings him along with the body of the president back to washington. lyndon b. johnson becomes america 36 president, john f. kennedy chose him as his deputy, together they were elected by the american people, who will now look to lyndon johnson to ensure governance. upon him now falls all of the weight of leadership. >> this is a sad time for all people. we have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. for me, it's a deep personal tragedy. i know that the world shares the sorrow that misses kennedy and her family bears. i will do my best, that is all i can do. ask for your help, and god's. ♪ >> nation, the world, mourns john fitzgerald kennedy. he's move from the white house to the capital, seat of the congress of the united states. >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series, real america, saturday at 10:00 and sunday at 4:0

and what's important about this play is to see what an extraordinary man lyndon johnson was and how heoyed by vietnam. which was part of his own fault. but also, that he managed to get through civil rights, voting rights, education, poverty programs in the first day, he passed 10 # days >> we're talking today about medicare for all because of elizabeth warren rolling out her plan lyndon johnson signed it in. but he was an incredibly complex individual stubborn, bullheaded >> he had to be. >> you think so? >> of course he had to be, to deal with -- do presidents have to be? >> no, but if you're dealing with a kennedy legacy, and let's face it, he inherited everything from kennedy and he kept him going, he was very loyal to him. mcnamara was around a long time and pushing and they were pushing the vietnam thing quite strongly so he was ---io ioyou know, he u there a lot. >> you're up every night with "the great society." t the reviews have been spectacular, by the way. it's the in-person experience, getting to see brian cox up close. do you think there's some world in the future where br

it does not include the lyndon johnson section. it does not include the vietnam war. you could call that a scandal. it was a horrible mistake. perhaps even worse was the invasion of the dominican johnson, where the dominican republic could come into the hands of a social democratic. >> those limitations were set for us. misconduct, i cannot recall any of that from the carter administration. correct me if i'm wrong. the lack of washington insiders was a handicapped for carter. guess i will leave it at that. karen: i want to ask one follow-up question. at what point did it or did it not become evident inside the white house that the lack of insiders was a problem? office, later i became the chief speechwriter. that seems pretty clear to our little cabal. karen: give us some reflection before we get into individual presidents on how you think about this word misconduct and what it means in terms of how we should think about ideology, policy, sexual scandals, whatever it is. mucham in favor of a broader definition of misconduct. i feel like the most serious and thetial mi

pulitzer prize winning artist pat olyphant's political cartoons focusing on the presidencies from lyndon b. johnson to ronald reagan. here is a preview. >> i love this cartoon. [laughter] moving on to the nixon campaign. this is right after richard nixon announced as a republican candidate for president, that he will end the war and win the peace in vietnam. he's presenting himself as a dove, after supporting every hawkish escalation of the war up until that point. captures that it the commentary at the time and for years afterwards didn't capture, just how impossible it would be for any of the candidates to come up with a satisfactory outcome in vietnam. nixon was trying to avoid saying he would win the war, because he knew he could not do that and it would not be credible. and really didn't have much of a plan for ending it, or winning the peace, as we will get into a little later. so the idea of him scrambling to sort of pull a rabbit out of a hat is perfect, i think. i want to draw everyone's attention to the facial expression on the rabbit. [laughter] jaded, butd as others might tak

he will look to lyndon johnson to ensure continuity of government.pon him it now falls all the weight of leadership. this is a sad time for all people. we have suffered a loss that cannot he waived. for me, it is a deep and personal tragedy. sharesthat the world what mrs. kennedy and her family bear. , that is all ist can do. i ask for your help and guards. >> the nation, the world mourned john fitzgerald kennedy. they move from the white house to the capital to take the seat of the united states. >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series " reel america." that's on american history tv. pulitzer sheiks planes the differences between the event and the author's life. the jefferson county missouri library hosted this event. thrilled to see you here tonight. this is the third and final program in this series. we have had wonderful crowds turn out each time. it's been really satisfying. thisve c-span here taping to show on television is the icing on the cake.

it was signed by president lyndon b. johnson. this is a later portrait. she also had been working on the voting rights act. as a woman of color, she is asian-american. seen and witnessed the infringement of her citizenship rights. legacy is the voting rights act and also title ix. design and to help be an architect of the title ix amendment. which is basically the equal opportunity and education act that a lot of of women have benefited from. helped to takees the story up to 1965 and points .eyond citizenship rights are an ongoing conversation. how these activists, particularly these women's really helped influence american law. excited to have a little bit about this exhibition. it included six galleries in this long hallway. it was covering bedtime from 1830 up to 1920. but also looking and pointing to the events that happened after the passage of the 19 amendment. read up to the 1965 voting rights act. women, i am really hoping that people come away these women were empowering themselves, and helped to empower us today. there were looking at the past,

it was signed by president lyndon b. johnson. this is a later portrait, she also had been working on the voting rights act. she also seen and witnessed the infringement of her citizenship right. legacy as the voting rights act but also title ix. thewent on to help design architect of the title ix amendment, which is basically the equal opportunity education act. a lot of us women have benefited from. these figures help to take the 1965 and beyond. and how these activists really influenced american law. i'm so excited to have told you a little about this exhibition. it included this long hallway and was really covering the time also1832 through 1920, pointing to the events that happened after. through the portraits of these women, what i'm hoping people come away with is that these women were empowering themselves and help to empower us today. pastwere looking at the and what had not been done. to change the unites states constitution. example toet the take our voting rights and to ensure they remain sacred and they remain unquest

that was lyndon johnson because of the goldwater landslide. finally in 2010, the democrats get it.e barack obama credit, nancyt peloost a lot of people their careers and seats, cost eyok seven more years before people said there faorable. now the idea that you're going the wrist of your hand iswith absolutely blowing smoke. it is self-delusion, self-deception. it's going to require careers and the same kind of effort. bill brad riput in four years of working on tax reform, which i anything is a lot less tough. >> woodruff: you're saying warren. >> cold shower, nice to talk about it, it ain't going to happen. >> woodruff: you heard it here. so we are in thanksgiving week, and i can't let you get away without asking both of you what do we have to be thankfu for? david? >> i'm thankful that we didn'tbe n our career i in this era. we saw what re politics was normally like. i have been thinking about the quality of thanksgiving. we've had a healthy exerce in the country on racial justice, the treatment of native americans. we've laid open the sins which have to be laid open, bu you have

lyndon johnson from ate segre state in texas does civil rights. ronald reagan the coldsri w ends the cold war. we honor people, presidents and lawmakers who tl us what we don't want to hear. what i would urge republicans to do is think what you want us to think when we look at your portrait on the wall and has a small chance o working because no politicn can imagine a world where we are not staring adoringly at their picture. it is what will get you viewed in history the way that you would want your famwy it v you and the way you would want history to talk about you. seconds.we just have a few you have written abo america's soul and better angels. thishanksgiving week or not? jon: i am if only because as well ton said a gettingrica this far was damn closeest thing and winst churchill is said it you can always count on the ericans to tdory eing right once they did everything else but i think the 242 year me expe and 55 year since the voting rights act that willbewi. : we will have to leave it there. i will bring you back for ahow on churchill. this

i happen to know most of lyndon johnson's phone calls, important ones, were recorded. nixon recorded apparently many more than lbj did. and i am sure the security people in the white house have something more telling than we have seen so far. because everything we have seen pses in it and people i talked around it. somewhere buried in the white house may well be a recording as with the nixon tapes -- the congress had to go t to court to get the supreme court to rule yes or no on whether those tapes could be made -- that take that butterfield was talklking abouto be made public. publics ruled for the and for congress. we could c come down to that in this if somebody reveals in the courts the next few days that, yes, there is a tape of the recording between president trump and the president of ukraine. amy: weirs begin with legendary broadcaster, journalist, president of the schumann media center, bill moyers. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "killing me softly," one of the top hits back in 1973 in the midst of the on a well, imimpeachment inquiry into richd nixon. thi

lyndon johnson had also promised the genius of private industry and the key to unlocking the mystery of perpetual housing prices. the management, erratic legislation, racial discrimination, combined with redlining and rapacious inclusion of formic exclusion allows the industry to believe in the city. it was not government intrusion that sank the low income homeownership program, it is government negligence. this was not just an issue fully motivated personnel, it was the outcome of mismatched objectives and tasks. when public policies are guided by the objective of private enterprise and the hud home ownership and bodily work, they are advanced of conflict. the business who argued for commercial enterprise in the 1960s, tried to present themselves, in the end, the objective of profit making outpaced the necessity for housing. the end of explicit exclusion, pressure and a period of predatory inclusion, the segregated housing market continued because it was possible. the end result has meant perpetual housing security for black people and persisting racial wealth cap between black and

the hud act was lyndon johnson's last greatest legislative accomplishment. it was a bill plant in collaboration with representatives from private enterprise and what was known as the kaiser commission. the businessman who participated describes the promotion of single-family home ownership for poor people as socio-commercial enterprise. business with a conscience. johnson would go on to describe the legislation as the magna carta are of the city. but it's focused on the market and ownership insured was a bipartisan bill. for decades, federal officials relied on public housing to shelter for and low income people. by the end of the 1960s, public housing have become politically untenable with endless - - over its location and inhabitants. the poor suffering from a mixture of government neglect and shrinking tendency. the result of the dangerous conditions and/or by residents and the constant pressure for such housing to exclude anyone other than the poorest tenants. the hud act was a pivot away from the notion of public or state responsibility for housing. poo

richard nixon and gerald ford and senator lyndon johnson. if any of you happen to have a photograph of the four of them with winston churchill inscribed, i'd like to have it. when churchill next returned to washington in january 1953, still as prime minister, the balance of power had shifted. the president-elect was his friend from the second world war, dwight d. eisenhower. churchill sent ike a warm message of congratulations but he privately worried about the new administration, telling his secretary, "i am greatly disturbed. i think this election makes war much more probable." churchill was especially worried of the new secretary of state, the stone face leds john foster dulles. dulles said "it would be most unfortunate for churchill to return to washington because he would cast a spell on american statesmen. after churchill's second meeting with dulles. his secretary reported "churchill had said some very harsh things about the republican party in general and about dulles in particular. he said he wanted no more to do with dulles, whom h

but in october of 1983 lyndon baird was suddenly allowed to go to east berlin at the height of the cold war east germany wanted to appear cooperative even allow him to tour the slum he said aslan rules and. to him in the mail stated that it is. but what the rock musician didn't know was that his every step was surveilled by hundreds of stasi officials. then there was the performance at the past stick i probably. didn't back played 4 songs of the rock for peace festival in front of a select crowd of party faithful his real fans were left outside where they vented their anger. in the back didn't mince words not even when it came to demands that east germany to some. thank you it's. going to screw me a little bit. then. the paper about the concert states that didn't in bags vulgar language and his decadent appearance were inappropriate for the peace of the permission to perform was deemed a political misjudgment. lindenberg was too unpredictable for the east german leadership which cancelled the plans tour disappointing his east german fans . who will. do so this result. was this new cool

i mean lyndon edwards and one of the lead demonstrators here tell me a little bit about why you have showers known about the problems of climate change for over 30 years hyundai on one of the biggest emitters of call in the world that's all right these acts of criminal damage of the catalyst for the piece to make the 1st arrests. that needs a hard sell accountable for the atrocities to humankind and so on not sure well. we've just seen 2 extinction rebellion revellers been taken away by hades i know it's weeks ago betty and exactly what they're up to. 8 hours after the shutdown began police take action. citing section 14 of the public order act which forbids obstruction of the highway. more than a 1000 arrests and $30000.00 new recruits later with growing support across $33.00 countries the u.k. government finally agrees to meet tax on. on the 1st of may 21000 the house of commons makes history becoming the 1st national parliament in the world to declare a climate ecological emergency. climate change activism stretches back 50 years april the 22nd the 1917 that saw the launch of us d

part because of that convention in which fannie played a major role and it was signed by president lyndon b. johnson. and i'm also standing, this is a later portrait of pats arcpatsy. she had seen and witnessed the infringement of her citizenship rights and so part of her legacy is now the voting rights act but also title ix. she became an architect of title ix act which is the equal rights anticipated which a lot of women have benefitted from. these two figures helped take the story up to 1965 and points to beyond to how citizenship rights as an ongoing conversation and how these activists, particularly these women really helped change and influence american law. so i told you a little bit about this exhibition. it included six galleries and this long hallway and really covering the time from 1832 to righted up to 1920, but also looking and pointing to the events that happened after the passage of the 19th amendment. so right up to the 1965 voting rights act. and through the portraits of these women, what i'm really hoping people come away with, is that these, these women were empowering

lyndon b. johnson becomes america's 36th president. john f. kennedy chose him as his deputy.ether, they were elected by the american people. they will look to johnson to ensure continuity of government. upon him now falls all the weight of leadership. >> this is a sad time for all people. --have suffered a loss that for me, it is a deep personal tragedy. i know that the world shares the sorrow that mrs. kennedy and her best. bear. i will do my that is all i can do. , and god's.ur help > the mission, the world mourns john fitzgerald kennedy. living from the white house to the capital. -- moving from the white house to the capital. >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety in our weekly series, weekly america. saturday at 7:00 on american history tv. next on the presidency, former white house administration staff members analyze the work of political cartoonist. they focus on the presidencies and includew bush barack obama's 2008 election. the miller center hosted the event. >> we are going to get

he has done more for our society broadly than any president with any great program since certainly lyndonnson and i think you have to go to fdr to compare. somewhat president trump has done is restore plain speaking and clear thinking to the presidency. that's what he has returned to the white house. ilhan omar is not a clear thinker. lou: that was pretty plain. >> but what i don't think what she realizes if the impact fit was and the strong america. she doesn't realize if you got rid of capitalism and got rid of america's role in the world, it's a world we wouldn't want to live in. lou: i hope you would agree with me that we want a modest foreign policy. i think that's what this president is guiding this country toward. to move those troops out of syria i think is critically important. i think the president got some of this loudest cheers at his rallies when he talks about bringing our troops home. i wonder whether we want to be present in 100 countries with our troops. >> that's something that should be discussed. but at the end of the day, the equation is very simple. ways good for ame

kennedy's death, vice president lyndon b., his wife at his side, and the grief stricken widow with them, takes the presidential oath aboard the jet, which brings him and the body of the late president dr. washington -- the body of the late president back to washington. lyndon johnson becomes the 36th president. john f. kennedy chose him as his deputy. together, they were elected by the american people. falls all the weight of leadership. >> this is a sad time for all people. we have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. for me, it is a deep, personal tragedy. i know that the world shares kennedy and of mrs. her family. i will do my best. that is all i can do. help and god's. ♪ the nation, the world mourns john fitzgerald kennedy. the funeral moves from the white house to the capital, seat of the congress of the united states. films can watch archival our weeklyppears on series real america. saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. announcer: next, professor timothy shannon teaches

during his $964.00 election campaign lyndon b. johnson visited appalachian and was horrified by the poverty he saw after his reelection he launched the most a plan to put an end to poverty. here and now declared on time there's no war on poverty in america i one of his ideas was to create food stamps coupons given free of charge to the poor and. to this day the government distributes these food stamps to 40000000 american people. in this mobile home park in the heart of appalachian the majority of families benefit from this food aid. with the american flag hanging from the front steps this is the mobile home of 58 year olds iranian collins a former marine ceremony a no longer works following a long term illness she receives a pension of 700 euros. she faces a daily struggle to get by and her financial difficulties have gotten worse since she took in her niece jennifer's an unemployed single mother who has 3 children to take care of. leah lindsey and jayden fortunately jennifer receives food stamps. on the forests. accordant how ma

. >> this week on "the presidency," a look at political cartoons focusing on presidencies from lyndon b. johnson to ronald reagan. >> moving on to the nixon campaign, this is right after richard nixon reaches out as a republican candidate that he will end the war and win the peace in vietnam. so he is rebranding himself as a supportedr having every hawkish escalation of the war up until that point. and i think this captures the commentary at the point -- and captures later did not -- just how impossible it would be for any of the candidates to come up with a satisfactory outcome in vietnam. nixon was trying to avoid saying he would win the war because he knew he could not do that. it would not be credible. he did not have much of a plan for ending it or winning the peace. as we will get into a little bit later. pull aa of scrambling to rabbit out of a hat is perfect, i think. i do want to draw everyone's attention to the facial expression on the rabbit. i read it as jaded, but others might take a different tack. this is really curious. when i thought of the phrase, ick nixon, i never

very interesting i had the plane lyndon johnson was sworn in on after jack kennedy was killed in dallas. that was the secretary of states lane -- state's plane and that day. one wasew air force ordered, it didn't arrive until after george h w bush was president. david: you are one of the few people who work for gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george herbert walker bush. how would you contrast the working style in the oval office? who was easier? fmr. sec. of state baker: nice try, david. i get that question all the time and i tell people i don't compare the presidents i work for because the minute you say something nice about one of them, it will be interpreted to be something negative about the other. david: what was it like to be chief of staff or ronald reagan. was it fun? fmr. sec. of state baker: it was tough because i was constantly under attack from the so-called true believers. i ran to campaigns against reagan and then he asked me to be his white house chief of staff. i defy you to tell me when that is going to happen again in american politics. [laughter] fmr. sec. of state ba

john tower decided to run for lyndon johnson's senate seat after johnson left to become vice president. that is when the two of them first became friends. in 1968, i think there was a discussion on the earlier panel about the short list for vice 68, according in , nixon'seacham's book short list for vice president was john tower, george bush, spiro agnew and one more, ronald reagan. wouldn't that have been something? 1989 and at this point, former chair of the armed service committee and george bush names him to secretary of defense. it comes out that there are his love of women and booze and a conflict of interest investigation as well. it was the first time since 1959 that a cabinet officer was not confirmed. 45 republicans and 55 democrats. 47 53 --went down 47-53. means twoe, it democrats crossed over. they voted yes. it was due to the fact that the democrats were in the senate and in control of the senate. make is thatint to george bush felt very strongly that loyalty goes down, as well as up. he was tremendously loyal to john tower despite all the flaws that were exposed. notearf

yeah, she is the best -- as my book points out, she's the best legislative leader since lyndon johnsono trust her to do this right, i expect the impeachment to happen. we will have this trial and what i'm hopeful is the hundred senators -- just like in a court of law, a doesn't listen to public opinion, a jury doesn't listen to public opinion, the 100 of us should base this on the facts and the evidence. i'm hopeful the republicans and democrats alike take it that seriously. they don't listen to their mail on this one, don't go on social media, but listen to the evidence, has the president of the united states done something that we would classify as high crimes and misdemeanors, and if he has, we remove him. >> stephen: would you recommend like in a trial you all get moved to a ramada on the edge of town so you can't be influenced by social media? >> i don't even have an answer to that. >> stephen: all right. okay. yes, but i'll answer for you. ( laughter ) yes, you should all be moved to a ramada. in a jury there's a foreman who's keeping order. who is keeping order? >> the chief jus

lyndon was a big reagan supporter. -- doubtful whether or not reagan has read the books. there may be is a little bit of a message in that. -- it was considered to be wholesome. >> wholesome and hard-working. pulling yourself up by the bootstraps. that whole notion that regan famously said he didn't support government. -- government money. if somebody comes to you and says i'm here from the government and i'm here to help -- >> you are supposed to be suspicious. >> that is the worst thing you can hear. there is a kernel of a sand -- a slightly antigovernment -- >> since we are talking about a fewremember reading years ago about judith. the vice presidential candidate was sarah palin. seemed want to this idea that people are doing this all themselves and that laura ingalls wilder did it all herself. government had loaned the money to buy land. how did you react to that and what is your interpretation of how much help or not from the government did the ingalls get? >> it's quite clear that laura herself had a contradictory reaction to the federal government. for a time in t