lyndon johnson wanted to it with condos and hotels and so they were of lyndon. on the other hand, he loved fdr and he loved theodore roosevelt. he's married to lady bird. and from 63 to the end of proxy, lyndon johnson was a first rate concern. ovation president problem with johnson is he thought conservation as america saving america the beautiful lyndon johnson for example signs the wild and scenic river act stopping beautiful rivers from being dammed. today we all own these increase wild and scenic rivers that weren't room castle lyndon he did the if you go the appalachian trail system or the pacific crest trail out here lyndon johnson he did the wilderness act but that's the wilderness act. you look at a map, you'll see big parts of wilderness a million acres where no roads allowed to be built. the wilderness act was born in 1935 in our first wilderness. this unit is, kings canyon, parts of kings canyon national park here in california, and that's harold ickes doing and ansel adams, they got to fdr, the thing eleanor used to say to environmental eleanor said

public health lyndon sa s that not listening. health lyndon says that health _ not listening. public health lyndon says that health pollution - not listening. public health lyndon says that health pollution is - not listening. public health lyndon says that health pollution is the i says that health pollution is the largest risk to public health not just in london but in the uk. is it not right to be tackling this with every tool available?— not right to be tackling this with every tool available? well, when tfl's own impact _ every tool available? well, when tfl's own impact assessment - every tool available? well, when | tfl's own impact assessment said every tool available? well, when i tfl's own impact assessment said it would make virtually no difference whatsoever, then you have to ask yourself why is he doing it? could it possibly be the £200 million that he expects to make from it? find it possibly be the £200 million that he expects to make from it?- he expects to make from it? and it is that a big _ he expects to make fr

. >> lyndon b. johnson is very similar to joe biden. how are they the same?ialists. lyndon b. johnson was the majority leader in the senate. does that sound familiar? he was vice president to kennedy. joe was vice president to obama. he was appointed as the president after jfk was assassinated. then he was elected. his big socialist programs were the great society. the great society where big government programs to address education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, medicare, medicaid, food stamps and welfare. tell office of economic opportunity and big labor and labor unions. now, lbj had the great society, but joe biden had build back better. and he still is working on it. the largest public investment in social infrastructure and environmental programs that is actually working what fdr started that lbj expanded on and joe biden is attempting to complete. >> my favorite part about all of this is, it seems like she is just learned that there is this guy named lyndon johnson. wait until you hear about this guy. wait until she hears

then the last two presidents lyndon johnson and richard nixon were also fascinating because they had very long-term relationships with them. he lived on the same block as lyndon johnson from the 40's onward and had decades of relationships with nixon. then when they were in office they both cooperated and were at odds with one another in interesting ways. >> our guest is yale history professor beverly gage author of "g-man: j edgar hoover and d making of the american century." if you live in the central time zone 202-748-8201. mountain and pacific time zones. you can send professor gage a text message 202-748-8903. if you send a text please include your first name and your city. how many of those presidents wanted to fire hoover but he wasn't too politically potent to fire? >> i would say three. none of them did it. he died in his beloved job. the first was truman, who, coming out of the roosevelt years really thought the fbi had acquired too much power and who averred himself had it much power. he was skeptical but did not fire him. then john kennedy really did not like hoover and h

lyndon johnson steps aside, increasing involvement in the vietnam war at the time. lyndon johnson was 59 years old. you know, it's interesting to look bat at this moment. now you have robert kennedy jr. who is challenging joe biden. there are some similar dynamics going on out there. let me ask you this. do you think that joe biden -- do you support him as the nominee? do you want him to run, juan or would you like to see someone younger and, you know, perhaps more able? >> no, i think -- by the way, i don't agree that joe biden is somehow unable or mentally deficient. i don't agree with that. do i think that most americans would share this feeling in my heart. you'd like to see a younger generation come forward. i don't think there's in question that 80 is old. again, last week, alexandria ocasio-cortez endorsed him, this is -- >> very tepid. she was like well, if he's the guy, i would. it was very tepid endorsement. the question is why aren't -- why is there no one around this president that can make speak a little truth to power in this situation? because it feel

let me quote, at the signing ceremony of the act on july the second, 1964, president lyndon johnson made these remarks. quoting now. "the purpose of the law is simple, it does not restrict the freedom of any american, as long as he respects the rights of others. it does not give special treatment to any citizen." i'm going to read that again. "it does not give special treatment to any citizen." it does say the only limit to a man's hope for happiness and for the future of his children shall be his own ability. beginning today, america's colleges and universities have a legal and moral obligation to strictly abide by the supreme court's u -- supreme court's opinion. these obligations compel the removal of all racial and ethnic classification boxes from undergraduate and postgraduate application forms. furthermore, the administration -- administrators of a higher education must note, the law will not tolerate direct prophecies for direct classifications. for those in legal positions at public and private universities, you have an obligation to follow the letter and the spirit of law . for

the lyndon johnson administration also brought an antitrust case against the car makers for conspiring and deceiving and tricking california unions that believe they were working on the problem when really they were just filibustering, delaying and tricking and that kind of ended with a whimper. nixon settled the case, although nixon did. it was under nixon that we had the first clean air act and so those that waiver became part of the clean air act. but but through the seventies, as my lungs can attest, growing up, we had a solution, but it didn't mean the remedy was at hand because it just takes a while for technology and public acceptance to creep through the, you know, the political ecosystem. the los angeles area still has the worst air pollution in the united states. it's greatly improved, partly because of the clean air act. and there is an environmental ethic in the united states. it's still really bad air. it's not like china, which loses 3000 people a day. but we still left out, lose thousands of people a year prematurely to air quality. californians as a whole want to be gre

. >> lyndon b. johnson is very similar to joe biden. how are they the same? they're both democrat socialist. lyndon b. johnson was the majority leader in the senate. does that sound familiar? he was vice president to kennedy. joe was vice president to obama. he was appointed as the president after jfk was assassinated, then he was elected. his big socialist programs were the great society, the great society where big government programs addressed education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, and welfare. the office of economic opportunity and big labor and labor unions. now, lbj had the great society, but joe biden had build back better. he still is working on it. the largest public investment in social infrastructure and environmental programs that is actually finishing what fdr started, that lbj expanded on, and joe biden is attempting to complete. >> so, reverend al sharpton, that sound you're hearing is the white house thanking marjorie taylor greene for the campaign commercial. let's remember, of

bjohnson _ were 14 but she did not meet lyndon bjohnson.ersations about reinforcing the friendship— conversations about reinforcing the friendship which is what the visit was about— friendship which is what the visit was about and today the discussions were private but we can probably bet that they _ were private but we can probably bet that they did discuss ukraine, an issue _ that they did discuss ukraine, an issue both — that they did discuss ukraine, an issue both men have been very engaged — issue both men have been very engaged in and the environment and climate _ engaged in and the environment and climate so _ engaged in and the environment and climate so a very important marker put-down _ climate so a very important marker put-down of— climate so a very important marker put—down of that relationship between the king and the president. thank— between the king and the president. thank you _ between the king and the president. thank you very much indeed and we can bring in my next guest. matthew barzun — former us ambassador to the ukj

. >> lyndon b. johnson is similar to joe biden. how are they the same?in the senate. does that sound familiar? he was vice president to kennedy. joe was vice president to obama. he was appointed as the president after jfk was assassinated, then he was elected. his big socialist programs were the great society, the great society where big government programs could address education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, medicare, medicaid, food stamps, and welfare. the office of economic opportunity and big labor and labor unions. now, lbj had the great society, but joe biden had build back better. and he still is working on it. the largest public investment in social infrastructure and environmental programs that is actually finishing what fdr started, that lbj expanded on, and joe biden is attempting to complete. >> there's been a major shakeup in the presidential campaign for republican florida governor ron desantis. after less than two months on the campaign trail, desantis fired roughly a dozen staffers and more dismissals are

writers for guidance and one of the greats out there is robert caro, who has written books about lyndon b johnson and his of the books that he wrote about president johnson. he had a passage that began to understand lyndon baines johnson, to know the 36th president of the united states of america is to understand the character of the nation. and so in a very deliberate both to him, to the place that to sonny's life deserve, i will read you this quick passage. know dasani, lashawn coates to follow this child's life from her first breaths in a brooklyn hospital to the full bloom of adulthood is to reckon with the story of new york city and beyond its borders with america itself. it is a story that begins at the dawn of, the 21st century in a global financial capital, riven by inequality. it is also a story that reaches in time to one black family making way through history, from slavery to the jim gross crow south, and then the great migrations. passage north. there is no separating dishonest childhood from that of her matriarchs. her grandmother, joanie, and her mother chanel. their flee

under lyndon johnson in 1965. at the time i'm sure nobody in a million years dreamed we would still have this stuff almost 70 years later. should we have a discussion in how long are we going to do this? and again, let's have a discussion if part of this is supposed to be a way to make up for past sins, why are we giving benefits here to people who may not even be citizens yet? people who just moved here from syria. should that be considered a different sort of person, subject to benefits? let's have a discussion there. but in any event, i hope as we write more and more about the supreme court case and preferences in college admissions, i hope people begin to ask some of these questions as to whether or not they make any sense at all whatsoever. so in any event, i leave here hoping that our news media and this congress spend a little more time updating themselves on what's going on in ukraine. i hope they spend a little bit more time wondering as to whether we have this transgender crisis even a little bit just be

when lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act in 1968 the southern states really went all out. i can mention george policy was the governor of alabama at the time who was a democrat. i can remember sure connor in georgia, it was a democrat, but then the pendulum swung where most of the old dixiecrats and democrats win over to the republican side when barry goldwater ran against lbj. that is when the pendulum swung, when democrats -- blacks started leaning more towards the democratic party. there were a lot of surprised faces. it was another caller who disputed what the guy from new york was saying, but he was correct. you have to take in the context and the times he was talking about. i am a 70-year-old guy, i live there a lot of this stuff and the pendulum has swung as far as democrats back then, and democrats now. host: mary is in philadelphia, line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. i am concerned that we are funding these nonprofits, these business organizations that are primarily filing against us in our united states court system based on civil rig

he doesn't have the option to decide, as lyndon johnson in -- did in 1968, to make hundreds of thousands of u.s. groups to south vietnam and then still the north vietnamese army watched. johnson decides that this is a real problem for him if only politically. what does he do? he doesn't run for reelection. retires to a ranch in texas. putin can't do that. he doesn't have that option. he won't survive that. >> let me ask you about a hypothetical resolution to this conflict. you said that putin is not looking for an offramp. given the steps to get to it, do you share the view that i've heard from any other observers in this deal, that potentially putin might settle for an agreement that he's made -- and then retain crimea. do you think that is something he can live with -- if they were willing to accept that? >> not permanently. i always say, when he does not want an offramp, we stay with the highway up or turnpike analogy. if he consolidates the geographic aims they have made on ukraine, sure. you might agree to the eventually. not now. at some point, where he thinks the military operativ

there's a lot more to appalachia than that. - in 1964, lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. basic essential character, the pride, and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. - when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat, how all these things are, i think we've all felt it at some point: shame. - what should people know about this area that they don't know, that they're not getting? - it's just how much that people in this area have been exploited. [bell rings] [industrial music] the land agents who came in and bought up all the mineral rights. the coal and timber companies that started extracting and taking everybody's labor rights. - i can't fight a big coal company. it's got too much money. - politicians from d.c. that could make a quick day trip down here and get a good sound bite. - who is a miner in this group? who is it? stand up. you're all standing up anyway. - the drug companies. - 9 million pills in kermit, west virginia over two years. one pharmacy, 9 million pills. - one pharmacy in a town of 372 people. - the other side of this i

lyndon johnson says. it's not going to make much difference at all. and you know, i remain curious about whether that was just him speaking politically or if he really believed that because of course, it radically changed immigration. and in route to changing the demography of the united states. one of the first places where those changes became apparent was queens new york. you know where i happen to have grown up queens is now the most statistically the most diverse county in the united states prior to the immigration act. it was the second whitest portion of new york city. and over time, you've seen a huge influx of people from a variety of places, the world. it's really not a coincidence. and that change happened very quickly. it's really not coincidence that the most nativist politics that we've seen in the politics of the prior presidential administration, which you make note of, are connected to a political who was born and raised in queens, new york, was donald trump. well, and you have queens, new york. you also have many of these figures, in

yes, julian's many equally celebrated books include the fierce urgency of now lyndon johnson. congress and the battle for the great society and burning down the house. newt gingrich. the fall of the speaker and the rise of the new republican party from these titles alone, you can easily see the venn diagram of their long running and overlapping interests in american political history and miss america now drives home for us how the disinformation crisis is a condition made acute by the trump presidency as much as by the role of social media in spreading lies and it makes inescapable the fact that this disinformation is a chronic condition with very deep roots in america's self-conception. in fact, maybe what distinguishes a myth from a lie is that a myth takes time to take hold and can be corrected, but perhaps not undone with a countervailing truth. not that it's a given any longer that the truth will this larger lie. the range in this book is as impressive as it is sobering. reaching as it does from the myth of american exceptionalism to that of the vanishing indians, to the

he does not have the option to decide as lyndon johnson did in 1968 after the ted offensive.ch the tet offensive. johnson aside this is a real problem for him and politically doesn'tio run for reelection, retire to the lbj ranch in texas. putin cannot do that. he does have that option it will allow that to happen. he won't survive that. >> let me ask you that in hypothetical resolution or remarks of this concept. you said putin is not looking for an offramp. you shared the view many other observers in the field that potentially putin might settle for an agreement that would lock in again will in crimea do you think that is something that except that? works not permanently. he doesn't want an offramp to the turnpike analogy and agreement the geographic gains that they have made on sovereign ukraine. not now at some point he thanks a special military operation has ground to a halt. this is the best that he can get for now. but he will never surrender his pursuit of thoset goals to detoxify and demilitarized ukraine. so it yes and agreement in the future is possible. it would on

he does not have the option to just decide, as lyndon b.hnson did in 1968 after the tet offensive, to commit hundreds of thousands of u.s. troops to south vietnam. then the north vietnamese army lost a defensive. johnson decided this was a real problem for him, if only politically. what does he do? he does not run for reelection and retired to the lbj ranch in texas. president putin does not have that. you will not allow that to happen. he will not survive that. >> let me ask you in hypothetical remarks. you said that putin is not looking for an offramp. given the speculative steps, do you share the view i have heard from many other observers in this field that potentially putin might settle for an agreement that would lock in gains he has made in the donbas region and other regions of ukraine? and of course, retain crimea. do you think this is something he could live with if ukrainians were willing to accept that? sullivan: not permanently. i always say, when i say he does not want an offramp, if we stay with the highway or turnpike analog

he doesn't have the option to just decide, as lyndon johnson did, in 1968 after the tet offensive, right, commits hundreds of thousands of troops to south vietnam and then still didn't see-- the north vietnamese and viet cong with the tet offensive. and johnson says it's for the united states, what does he do, doesn't run for reelection and retires to the ranch. and putin can't do that, what he's constructed won't allow that to happen and he won't survive that. >> let me ask you a hypothetical with this conflict, you said that russia, putin is not looking for an off ramp, but there's been -- and given that it takes a few speculative steps to get to, do you share the view i've heard from other observers in this field that potentially putin might settle for an agreement that would lock in gains that he has made in the donbas and other regions of ukraine and then of course, retain crimea. do you think that that's something he could live with if the ukrainians were willing to accept that? >> not for good. not permanently. i always say when i say he doesn't want an off ramp, if we stay with t

i'm going now by lyndon quanto, a landscape fire management specialist and former us force firefighter linden fire has always burned through for us, but now we're facing hotter and longer wildfires, partly due to climate change. talk to us about the difficulties of fighting. wild fires is temperatures rise. yes, as temperatures rise, we have more difficult conditions. obviously for the folks on the ground, it's very, very difficult to get fires under control when you have environmental factors making it even harder. so it's not just on the ground but also aerial resources. for instance, high temperatures make the water drops evaporate more quickly and on the ground. it leads to more in the severe fire behavior, such as pre heating of the, of the area which can lead to airy ignition or fire behavior, which leads to higher confection columns. which of these big smoke homes that you see, which eventually create its own weather, which makes it even more unpredictable on the ground? many european union countries are sending reinforcements degrees to help local firefighters. how important is

. >> president lyndon johnson signed a sweeping new measure declaring that america would be color blindake real the promises of democracy. >> the law was a little known chapter of the civil rights movement, and it would change the face of america, setting it on a path to become a much more diverse country. this demographic revolution happened largely by accident. thanks in part to a congressman who wanted to keep america white. >> we are a prospering people. wherever we live or earn our livelihood -- >> by the 1960s the authors of the racist immigration laws of the 1920s had gotten exactly what they wanted. america was overwhelmingly white. >> they wrote laws to ensure that that would happen and it worked. >> immigration had plummeted. the percentage of foreign-born americans dropped by nearly two-thirds. as a the "new york times" headline had predicted, america's melting pot had effectively come to an end. but since the war against nazi g germany, there had been a consensus that a race-based consensus was wrong. >> because of the awfulness of hitlerism, the awfulness of the nazis, they

he was rehabilitated in some degree by lyndon johnson giving him a medal.over years, it is taken a very long time and adjusted this year the department of energy revoked the finding against him. it took that long for the u.s. government to acknowledge this great wrong have been done to him. this i think his reputation will always be an ambiguous one. he was an incredible hero for this country, a great patriot. one of his great quotes is dammit, i happen to love this country. that is a big part of who he was. but he also had his past that became inconvenient to where the world went, once fascism had been defeated and communism became the big threat. i think he will always have this very ambiguous position in history. i think his story is a cautionary tale. it rains all kinds of questions the film does not have any easy answers. if it is just incredibly dramatic to live through the skies experience. brian: you say the casting, murphy unbelievable. i think he's going to blow people away with this how you are not going to walk with every word possibles not beli

>> yeah, i mean, you're seeing what -- the rollback of the lyndon johnson great society and even richard nixon era politics. you know, i once got to edit ronald reagan's diaries and of all the entries he kept them every day as president except when he was shot, he said i'm not trying to destroy the new deal, i voted for fdr four times. i want to unravel and unroll the great society and starting in 1982 during the reagan years, you had the birth of the federalist society which was created by harvard and yale lawyers wanting these kind of outcomes and wanted to do away with the epa and affirmative action and stop the women's right movement and undo roe versus wade, the list is long, and it's been a large march of decades to get to this point. the people most scelebrating ar the cato institute and as we pointed out, many gen-z people will be angry and you'll have lgbtq people, minorities in america for discrimination at universities and colleges, so there will probably be a backlash to this conservative act of radicalism that's really an attempt to destroy those legacies from the '60s and '