primary rival, lyndon baines johnson as his running mate. >> that's a great story. >> i reached the conclusion it would be the best judgment of the convention to nominate senator lyndon bffice of vice president. >> there was no primary system to guarantee anybody the nomination. it was up for grabs. the one time where the delegates in that room decided jack could be cold, calculating, and think in terms of what works for him. and so the morning of -- after he had won the nomination for president, jack kennedy gets on the phone, calls up lyndon johnson, says i'll be up there at 10:30, let's talk. he walked into the gramm at the biltmore hotel in los angeles and he offered him the vice presidency, offered it to him. >> the motion is that the rules be suspended and that the honorable lyndon b. johnson be declared the nominee for vice president by acclimation as many favor vote aye. >> aye. >> and kennedy had promised the nomination to stew symington the night before. he had actually promised him. >> wow. >> so he got up and said you know what? i'm looking at the electoral map. he is like steve kornacki. here we go. we got to look at the map. and the map says if you don't

and can the divided democrats bounce back also this hour, lyndon b johnson, daughter on the political violence surrounding her father's turn and why he chose not to run for reelection, then a week out from the olympics, the ukrainian athletes training despite violence and tragedy back oh from my archive based on michael collins on having the right stuff and still having fun. at 71 pop icon cyndi lauper on a life well lived as she embarks on her farewell tour welcome to the program, everyone, and we begin with the story of how strength and weakness or perceived and projected as they shaped the u.s. presidential race this weekend, while the whole world watches along on one side, the republicans at their convention more unified than ever with allies and x it's rivals alike publicly bending the knee for donald trump after the attempt on his life, his election interference and convictions forgotten. meanwhile, the democrats are more divided than ever over joe biden's ability to best trump in november, especially after he was benched by covid. again, the measurable successes of his presiden

and now, lucy baines johnson daughter of the former president lyndon b. johnsono was with president biden at the lbj presidential library tonight. and lucy, i really appreciate your time. it's really nice to speak to you and in the context of the time we're in now, such an important moment and biden tonight said his words, we must strengthen the barred whales of democracy. you were with him before and after speech, you had a chance to speak with him personally. you've known him for a long time for decades. so what was your conversation like tonight, lucy, do you think he he truly is at peace with his decision? >> well, i can't speak for president biden, but i can speak the reaction of everyone who was in the audience. we felt a little bit like the land lin-manuel miranda is wonderful music that said, we were in the room when it happened and, i think that being in the room where it happened when president biden made his first speech, having conceded that he was not going to run for reelection, was just a magical moment. we all were pinching ourselves because as he

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the more recent example is going back to the 1960's when lyndon b. johnson. not that reason itself. lizzy: in the lifespans of biden and trump. kriti: perhaps. lyndon b. johnson was the vice president to john f. kennedy. he inherited the oval office after jfk was tragically assassinated as well. he chose not to rerun because polling numbers were low. as a consequence of the vietnam war and the civil rights act. the parallel is not just the fact that there's two wars going on, both of which the united states has made a very clear choice of which side they are on. also there's a voter participation story behind it. civil rights, it was about making sure you get the minority vote. i would argue it's the same case this time around. lizzy: how fast things could move. what are the next steps? kriti: it comes down to tomorrow night actually in the states. there's a debate -- an interview happening from abc's george stephanopoulos interviewing president biden. we will see what the polling looks like after that. the biden administration campaigns are watching that. the entire dmc is as well.

he laid out his private a speech up the lyndon b johnson library. we'll say about 60 years since the signing of the civil rights act. fighting that cold, the time limits full supreme court justices. the code of conduct the quote and the constitutional amendment service. the decision made earlier this month on the presidential immunity, the plan sends video child suppressing cobra. so let's see as of the election message devices. i've been told that live over say more supreme court nominated the senator, vice president president. and anyone who history anyone alive today, i should have great respect rise to the separation of powers made out in our constitution. but what's happening now is not consistent with that doctrine of separation of powers. extreme is, is undermining the public confidence in the course. decisions about solved is 0 for them. i'm talking about people use and half of it. you follow all stories by lucky with all websites, elders ever, don't come with this is next. don't see shift the this is took, took is the 1st country in the wor

it happened with president lyndon b. johnsone incumbent announced he would not seek re-election, but no presumptive nominee has ever dropped out so close to an election. put simply, it's historic and there's a system in place to select the new nominee. democrats couldn't easily push biden out without his consent, that's because biden had more than 3,900 delegates pledged to him after winning the democratic primary, but no candidate has been formally nominated. right now that formal nomination is scheduled for a virtual roll call before the convention. according to the current rules, with biden dropping out before the nomination, the pledged delegates would meet at the scheduled convention and cast their ballot for another candidate. two things could happen -- one candidate could win a majority of delegates or if no candidate wins a majority of delegates in that first vote then over 700 superdelegates are allowed to vote. superdelegates are a group of democratic leaders including former presidents, mayors, major fund-raisers, the

we had a historical picture of lyndon b johnson in mind when we were writing this. marcus.ht. thanks, scott. well, a historic east bay theater where some big name stars got their start may soon shut down. we're talking about the california shakespeare theater, also known as cal shakes. after 50 years, the theater could close because of financial difficulties. the executive director calls the orinda theater a hidden gem because it sits in the foothills near highway 24. many artists got their start there, including annette bening, colman domingo, mahershala ali, as well as zendaya. we do it for the young people who are going to come to this performance and see live theater, live shakespeare for the very first time, and quite possibly, have that experience be very impactful to them as it was to myself as a young person as it was to the hundreds and thousands of students who have come through our venue over the years. waresley says that in a good year, the ticket sales could cover about 50% of the budget. now it only covers about 30%, so they're looking to raise $350,000 to sta

he laid down his plan and his speech at the lyndon b. johnson library where he also not 60 years since the signing of the civil rights act. biden has called the 10 limits for supreme court justices. the code of conduct for the court and the constitutional amendment to revisit the decision made earlier this month on presidential immunity. the plan stands nearly no chance of passing congress, but it's seen as an election message devices have been told that live over see more supreme court nomination, the senator vice president president and anyone who history anyone alive today, i should say. i agree, respect. rise to the separation of powers made out in our constitution. what's happening now is not consistent with that doctrine of separation of power. extreme is, is undermining the public confidence and of course, decisions. reynolds has more from austin and texas. present buying is for photos, 3 areas of reform for the supreme court. one, he wants to limit the terms that justice is serv. currently the concern for life, the longest serving justic

that was president lyndon b. johnson in march of 1968 i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president president biden's decision coming less than one month after he faced off against donald trump. >> at that debate, right here on cnn, a debate where biden started off like this thank you. >> sure. that we're able to make every single solitary person eligible for what i've been able to do with the covid excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with what if we finally beat medicare biden's performance scene live by over 50 million people. >> and it's so alarmed democrats that conversations about replacing him began before he even stepped off that stage. and within weeks, they were becoming impossible to ignore until a man with a gun climbed atop a building in pennsylvania you something they said, take a look at what happened that assassination attempts, the first time an american president or candidate had been injured since ronald reagan was shot in 1981. a

this is absolutely an unprecedented situation when you have to go all the way back to 1968 when lyndon b. johnsonor office. >> as vice president kamala harris edges closer to getting the commitments from delegates she needs, speculation quickly turning to the veepstakes, with focus on big names in battleground states like arizona senator mark kelly. >> harris' team, they're already talking about picking someone from a potential swing state, somebody who hails from one of these critical states that harris would need to win the presidency. they're trying to figure out a way that she can extend her reach beyond her typical base. >> in kentucky today, governor andy beshear amused about the possibility. >> i don't know how the vice president's process is going to go, but i certainly think what we've done here in kentucky is something that should be a model for the country. >> in president, governor josh shapiro was coy. >> i spoke to the vice president yesterday shortly after i spoke to the president. you know what we focused on? defeating donald trump. >> and in michigan, governor gretchen whitmer pu

he is speaking from the lyndon b. johnson presidential library, marking the 60th anniversary of the civil rights act. >> i was lined up waiting to be sworn in to congress, and there was another little fellow in the senate who was too young to get in. they had to wait three or four days before he turned 30 to swear him in as a united states senator. for the last 50 years, he has devoted himself to fulfilling the dreams of the american people, all of them rich, poor, black, white, red, green, gay, straight, whatever we are. i am here reminding you that if you live long enough, all of us are going to be handicapped one day. [laughter] but few people have been able to thrive and succeed in the midst of so much pressure and tension and responsibility as joe biden. and i was thinking what i should say, and i said that maybe ray charles said it best when he started his recording of "america the beautiful" with a third version of that song. it said "o'beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than so their country lo

. >> byron: leading up to the election of 1968, incumbent president lyndon b. johnson the race at the end of march. >> i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. >> if you look at 2024, it looks a lot like 1968 in certain respects. it was very divisive year, 1968. it was very turbulent. a number of events played out that felt like -- they gave us a great deal of uncertainty in this country. we're seeing that today. >> byron: the stakes for the country are once again sky high. >> this election got a whole more interesting. it was always consequential, but now i think the focus on it is going to match the gravity of the moment. >> byron: like then, the democrats have a new name at the top of the ticket. >> we're not afraid of hard work, we like hard work, don't we? >> byron: vice president harris the presumptive nominee has rais raised more than $100 million in new donations and nearly 60,000 new volunteers signed up to help her campaign. >> we just had the best 24 hours. [ cheers and applause ] of grassroots fun

. >> reporter: it was the first address of its kind by a sitting president since lyndon b. johnsonounced he would not seek reelection in 1968. >> i shall not seek, and i will not accept the nomination of my party. >> reporter: the speech came three days after president biden released this surprise statement on sunday afternoon, saying, "i believe it is in the best interest of my pa country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term." the president denied for weeks, and you denied for weeks that he was even thinking of stepping aside, what changed from all those days that he had that message to sunday? >> he met with a small group of advisors on saturday evening, and with his family, and was thinking through how to move forward. sunday afternoon, he made that decision. >> reporter: his withdrawal amid sagging poll numbers has given the democratic ticket new life. >> are you ready to get to work? [cheers and applause] >> reporter: forcing former president donald trump to refocus his campaign to take on vice president kam

. >> reporter: speaking at the lyndon b. johnsonrary, president biden says he's pushing for a constitutional amendment stating any former president could be prosecuted for crimes while in office. he thinks the nine justices should be required to disclose all major gifts and travel and recuse themselves from cases in which their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest. >> these scandals involving the justices have caused public opinion to question the court's fairness and independence. >> reporter: and he's calling for 18-year term limits for justices, plus a new system where the president would nominate a new justice every two years, as older ones time out. the proposals, endorsed today by vice president harris, are dead on arrival in a divided congress but should breathe even more life into a democratic party coalition revived in the last week. >> for him to get to the point where he thinks the constitution has to be amended to constrain the supreme court is a big deal. >> reporter: biden's ideas are all a response to

anderson, in the last hour, presidential historian doris kearns goodwin reminded us that lyndon b johnson was the last president to drop out of a reelection race. the year was 1968 doors told me that johnson felt quote, relief and accolades after his decision and the same might be for president biden goodwin also talked with our randi kaye about johnson's surprise announcement. here's her report i do not believe that i should devote an hour. or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes, 56 years ago, president lyndon b johnson suddenly ended his campaign as joe biden didn today i shall not see and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. that stunning announcement during what was billed as a speech about vietnam, shock to the country when he withdrew from the race. he talked about the fact that he just wanted to use those remains any months for presidential duties, hoping to bring the war in vietnam to a close rather than campaigning and the response was extraordinary at the time, there was widespread disappointment and johnson's handling of

. >> in the last hour, presidential historian doris kearns goodwin reminded us that lyndon b johnson was the last president to drop out of a reelection race of the year was 19 68 doors told me that johnson felt quote, relief, an accolades after his decision in the same might be for president biden. good win also talked with our randi kaye about johnson surprise announcement. here's her report i do not believe that i should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes, 56 years ago, president lyndon b johnson suddenly ended his campaign as joe biden didn today i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. >> that stunning announcement during what was billed as a speech about vietnam, shocked the country when he withdrew from the race. he talked about the fact that he just wanted to use those remaining months for presidential duties, hoping to bring the war in vietnam to a close rather than campaigning. and the response was extraordinary at the time there was widespread disappointment and johnson's handling of

so from the, from the election that we're seeing now that lyndon b johnson, the knights that he would neither seek nor with the except the nomination of the democratic party. and part of the reason was because of the ongoing war in vietnam, he said that there was a division in america's house, and he believed that by stepping down he'd be able to heal it. so now what we're seeing is joe biden effectively saying there's a division in the democratic house and, and assessment as well. and by stepping down and he hopes to be able to bring both sites together. and they might be able to pull it together. but look from the debate just over 3 weeks ago. this was always going to happen. people argue about whether or not debates have been consequential and many of them have no, we haven't move the needle very much. you back to 196. they don't have kennedy against richard nixon, john f. kennedy looked much better on the screen and that perhaps we'd some of the vote. but the reality is this was the most consequential debate in modern political history that joe biden completely blew it. he looked

that's when president lyndon b johnson decided against running for re election. but of course that happened in march of that year. we're now much closer to the convention then johnson was in 1968 were just weeks away from the democratic national convention. how big of a political earthquake is this as well, as you pointed out there, this is unprecedented. and the democrats are really need to move fast. as james was explaining there, there has to be some sort of process to really unify the party. because if we just go back a few days, there were voices on social media and progressives, and others on the democratic party who really were against this movement to pressure joe biden, to pass the torch. but they were calling it a bloodless crew in the making. and they may come around for uh, a comma la harris, but the time is running out so well. no. after the election, whether this worked or not, or joe biden will say, i told you so. and other democrats will say, you know, this was the right thing to do. it's all going to depend on what are the results in november, st

you know, you go back 50, all the is for more to the former us president lyndon b johnson. when he refused to seek re election, he did a big televised address from the oval office to the entire nation, explaining why he was not seeking re election. when an american president steps down old doesn't want to seek re election, it's a big photo all the signs, the paper he doesn't address to the country, but here we have a posting on x. what looks like a digital signature by joe biden. it does seem a summer saying in washington to be a bit suspicious, your thoughts on a who was behind the move you thing 5 and was totally suffering an independent in this or there was something else going on behind the scenes to i think i was take you back the road to the very essence of the system of germany and domain that's in the west. i have to say as a citizen of the globe of south that in the past, the system was of course, ugly and very i'm just, well, there was an individualistic flavor to it. we had leaders in the west. we had individual for the magicians who had their own impact on the w

there's a lot of part allows of what lyndon b johnson did when he withdrew his nomination. in 1968, i want to buy that now. the democrats will be hoping the piles and certain not least because the schubert humphrey then vice president who became the know many good, absolutely shall light in the general election in november and don't go anywhere. i want us to assist you a bit of tape now or if we can, or shortly after president bind endorsed to come on errors. but trump campaign released a video attacking her political record. let's watch a comma was in on it. she covered up, chose obvious mental decline. our president is in good shape and good. how tireless, vibrant, and i have no doubt about the strength of the work that we have done, but commonly knew joe couldn't do the job. so she did it look what she got done, a border invasion, runaway installation, the american dream debt they created this mess. they know commer owns this, failed the record. so allen, you know, the specs. the question, of course, i mean they will have to change tactics. now, and they'll continue to g

. - [margaret] lyndon b. johnson- - [johnson] and we shall overcome. - [margaret] and bobby kennedy. - [bobby] he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. - [margaret] dick goodwin wrote some of the most memorable speeches of the civil rights era. - always when he wrote a speech, it wasn't just necessarily to make pretty language, it was to provoke people to action. - [margaret] later, he helped draft al gore's 2000 concession speech. - this is america and we put country before party. - [margaret] can we learn from the past to help us navigate today's challenges? - [doris] we're in a very tough time right now, but these other times were even rougher. - [margaret] what does pulitzer prize winning historian doris kearns goodwin say now? - [announcer] "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, and by the following... corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. - doris kearns goodwin, welcome back to "firing line." - i'm so glad to be with you. this

the closest thing we've come to this before was a 1968 when the l b j. lyndon b johnson decided that he would not run again. so this time we want to see what his job, i'm going to say. how does he see it? because remember that debate performance effectively killed his presidency. i'm what see going to do in the coming months. and thanks play much indeed. all right, public and up presidential no, many adult trump has taken his election campaign to charlotte, north carolina. from the is telling support is the way by and was now pushed by leaders of the democratic party to quit the presidential race. he said the move was on democratic biden's nominee for the purpose is the most incompetent phone left vice president in us. history was have a listen to what he's saying right now, states against all orders in upstate new york. 2 months ago, another 15 year old girl was attacked by an illegal alien such as walked into our country, assaulted with a metal pipe, abducted driven to an isolated area, raped and killed. and a texas last bond, 12 year old jocelyn newton gary was tied up sexually as

he lay down to speech of the plan at the lyndon b. johnson library. well, he will say monk, 60 years since the signing of the civil rights act by the school full tub limits, the supreme court judges the code of conduct the court or they constitutional event . but to reverse the decision made any of this, but the presidential immediately, the con subsidy no chance of passing congress, but it seemed as of the election message to vote since i've been told to live over say more supreme court nominated the senator, vice president, president and anyone who history anyone alive today, i should have great respect rise to separation of powers made out in our constitution. but what's happening now is not consistent with that doctrine of separation of powers. extreme is, is undermining the public confidence in the course. decisions brought riddles as both boston in texas. the present button is for those 3 areas of reform for the supreme court. one, he wants to limit the terms that justice a serve. currently, the concern for life, the longest serving justice clar

nothing closest to it was 1968 with lyndon b johnson. what happened to him, but he just dropped out of the race on his own. what we're saying is a burden basically, of a soft crew happening within the democratic party in here in the united states. as we speak, horsberg, it's very rare to hear the work who in a western democracy. but i don't think that's what we're dealing with right now, because what you're finding within his own party, as you accurately pointed out, just yesterday, biting his time and time again said on national television in the papers and interview that he was going to be in this race and he was going to make it to november and he was going to be a re election was his goal. and now all of a sudden a change will is change because those that are considered to be the most powerful within the democratic party, that would be brock obama. that would be nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, they've all decided that he no longer can be at the top of the ticket, mainly because they saw that he was probably going to lose the house in th

you'll remember that in the back in march, 1968 because of a very unpopular war. lyndon b johnson, the notes that he would neither seek. no, we accept the nomination of the democratic party. he said that there was a split in the house of america, and he wanted to try and he will not by stepping aside what is cleared in 1968 to not or is that there was a split in the democratic coast. i'm maybe to abide by stepping aside with the noticed we're getting for all the endorsements we're getting from camelot is he's hoping that he can perhaps unite around one uh, one candidate. and that would be his vice president. and also, just as, as a weird puddle out in 1968, there was a convention that was due to be helped by the democrats in chicago. and where's the 2024 convention being held in chicago? so lot of pod allows there, but it seems that most people are grateful. the joe biden seems to have done in their view the right thing by stepping down. and because of the say, while he's more than capable of getting to the end of his town, the what a would be years 2 years, 3 years, 4, if he won the p

way to go. [ speaking minionese ] >>> that was president lyndon b. johnson just over 60 years ago.ad of the long-awaited signing of the 1964 civil rights act. today that hope for happiness he mentioned is at high risk of being held up at the hands of donald trump. joining me know is civil rights attorney benjamin crump. it has been 60 years since the civil rights leader reverend dr. martin luther king was presented with one of the pens used to sign the civil rights act of 1964 into law. yet we still find ourselves contending with conservative forces seeking to curtail a quality for every american. your thoughts on this having spent the last few days in new orleans at the essence festival and with former president donald trump at the center of it all. how can we move forward? >> it is vitally important that we talk about this historic moment 60 years later because in 2024 we heard right here that black women who started this our to help black women have access and quality. the very thing that president johnson signed into law was the civil rights act of 1964 under attack from all of

convention floor and we haven't seen that sort of thing, and open convention, since 1968, when lyndon b. johnson the nomination, but that was in march and that's three months earlier thanjoe biden is earlier than joe biden is withdrawing. earlier thanjoe biden is withdrawing. so, all of the science, though, are that kamala harris is often quite a good start in of garnering support for her candidacy and that this will be hers to lose now. ., , ., now. indeed. clearly, though, keen to have _ now. indeed. clearly, though, keen to have a _ now. indeed. clearly, though, keen to have a confirmed - keen to have a confirmed nominee in position as soon as possible. joe biden, though, david, as late as saturday night was insisting he would remain in the race. that had all changed by sunday afternoon local time. all changed by sunday afternoon localtime. have all changed by sunday afternoon local time. have we any further insight into what or even who changed his mind?— insight into what or even who changed his mind? well, do you know what? _ changed his mind? well, do you know what? had _ changed his mind

as you know there were huge fights within the con rconvent don, lindh lyndon b johnson said he would, they have not faced this problem in a very long time that brings up the issue of the almost 92 million dollars cash on hand that the biden committee has from their last fec report. kamala harris if she is the nominee probably has control of that money, but if they come up with someone else as the nominee, that new nominee will not get the biden campaign chest, they have to do then is give it to the party. mark: democrat party is very good at breaking the rules and creating new rules then wrapping themselves in self righteous indignity, the republicans and trump campaign need to keep marching forward and hammering away. and let the d democrats do what they do best, implode, thank you my friend, god bless. >> thank, mark. mark: we'll be right back. mark: welcome back america. we have not heard from house majoriti leader, steve scalise, a good man. pelosi, and obama have not endorsed kamala harris yet. >> this is telling that the leaders of the democrat party, who were behind this coop

. >> reporter: president biden spoke at the lyndon b. johnson changes he's proposing for the u.s. supreme court. >> i'm calling for a constitutional amendment called "no one is above the law" amendment. we're a nation of laws, not kings and dictators. >> reporter: biden cited recent supreme court rulings he called extreme, including overtime turning of roe v. wade, and a decision granting partial community to ex-presidents. >> the court is being used to weaponize an unchecked agenda. >> reporter: among the core components of president's ideas are an enforceable code of ethics. the nine justices would be required to disclose all major gifts and travel. >> we need a mandatory code of ethics for the supreme court, and we need it now. >> reporter: and biden's supreme court plan includes 18-year term limits for justices. if adopted, the sitting president would nominate a new justice every two years as older justices time out. >> for him to get to the point where he thinks that the constitution has to be amended to constrain the supreme court is a big

honestly, not to take it back to 1963 but it reminds me of when the secret service then said to lyndon b. johnsonn't have you in a convertible anymore. of course, he rejected it eventually. but for several months they kept him not in an open top car because it wasn't safe. and this feels very much like that. as for kimberly cheadle, the f secret service director. after the shooting, i had many agents who told me, look, she is facing an internal revolt inside the service. there are people who are really against her. partially because she is a woman. but there were many people who, agents who were defending her the day of the shooting and saying she can't be responsible for every single security event planning. strategy. and of course, it all comes back to her. but in the days after the shooting, steph. people that defended her inside the agency said i'm sorry she has lost the locker room. part of it was that she said things that were embarrassing, she applied local police who were responsible for security when it is really the secret service's job to make sure that they do their job to make sure t

amidst the vietnam war and tumbled outside the democrat party in the nation, incumbent president lyndon b. johnson made an announcement people initially thought was not possible, it only happened because confluence of events including the protest and challenges within the democratic party, when he addressed the nation in a televised speech explaining his new plan. >> i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. >> as you can hear in the future, he was speaking before that nomination was resolved, yet seen troubles in the early primaries, that was march of the election year, the washington post noting that lbj re-signed with some echoes biden has been feeling, concerns about lbj's health, discontented handling over the work, competition from fellow democrats. the democrats went onto the emphasis 1968 nomination, they feel -- face other problems, humphrey was picked and he lost to nixon. if you go back to the beginning, biden had this on his mind last night, you have the way america began because holding any type of election was a big deal the

he's the first sitting president to not seek reelection since lyndon b johnson, who stepped aside innt in vietnam. >> he's not up to serving four more years. can he serve out the rest of his term? how do you respond to that? >> i think that's ridiculous. seriously, president decided to not run for reelection. that's it. >> the president returned to washington after nearly a week of isolating at his delaware home due to covid. his doctor says he is now testing negative for the virus, and his symptoms have resolved. you can see the president's speech tonight on ktvu beginning at 5:00. our time now is 605. >> and today, vice president kamala harris is in indiana to deliver a keynote speech at a convention for an historically african american sorority. the event is meant to empower women through community service and leadership. the speech was scheduled before vice president harris sought the democratic presidential nomination, and she'll talk to a group she really wants to reach women voters. yesterday, vice president harris campaigned at a high school in the battleground state of wisco

the vietnam war and tumult inside the democratic party and the nation the incumbent president lyndon b. johnsonople thought it was not possible and it only happened because of a confluence of events including the protests and challenges within the democratic party when he addressed the nation in the televised speech explaining his new plan. >> i shall not seek, and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. >> as you can hear in the future tense, he was speaking before that nomination was resolved. he's seen troubles in some of the early primaries and that was march and the washington post noting that lbj resigned with some echoes that biden has been feeling, for example, concerns about lbj's health, discontent over his handling of the war and competition from fellow democrats. the democrats went on to the infamous 1968 nomination. they also faced a lot of other problems that year. humphrey was picked and he lost to nixon. if you go back to the beginning and biden had this on his mind last night, you have the way america began because holding any type of el

. >> bret: sixth years ago today president lyndon b. johnson signed in the civil rights act.h as reverend martin luther king jr. gathered behind johnson at that event? tomorrow on "special report." we will tell you why the u.s. military and the defense industry are being barred from sponsoring next year's south by southwest music festival and conference series. remember, if you can't catch us live, set your dvr, 6:00 p.m. in the east. 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. een a busy week already. we're not done yet. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight that's it for this "special report." fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" is next and we have got you covered no matter what happens all over the world. >> brian: i'm brian kilmeade laura ingraham special edition of the ingraham angle. >> are

liz: 1968 democratic national convention with lbj but lyndon b. johnson stepped out in march saying he wasn't going to run as a second term president. i need to give you the headline that is crossing from reuters saying this is exclusive from reuters the harris campaign aims to have enough delegates to secure the nomination by end of day wednesday. that really sounds to me like there's not going to be a sprint type of primary where a lot of others throw their hat into the ring, what happened to the great governors the everybody thought would be opportunistic at this moment. >> more power to the harris political team through trying to use the job or not off to the races to squelch any possible opponent. it is working so far. if they get that by wednesday that will be significant obviously it doesn't happen until monday of the first day of the chicago convention which is august 19. but that would be a big deal and it would coalesce with the democrats. liz: let me ask about the trump camp, donald trump coming off of the dnc with jd vance as his running mate,

. >> reporter: march 1968, president lyndon b. johnson, stunned the nation by announcing he would not run for re-election. >> this is a hard and a difficult campaign. >> reporter: two months later, robert f. kennedy, locked in a tight race for the nomination, was shot and killed. at the democratic convention that year in chicago, chaos both outside and inside the amphitheater. after a floor fight the democrats nominated vice president hubert humphrey. >> i am ready to lead our country. >> reporter: but it was too late. richard nixon went on to defied humphrey in november. today, democrats are once again in turmoil after president biden's halting debate performance against donald trump last week. >> look, if we finally beat medicare -- >> reporter: even biden's allies saying his mental fitness is fair game. >> i think it's a legitimate question to say, is this an episode or is this a condition? >> reporter: democrats now essentially left with three options in the coming weeks. one, a wounded biden goes on to face donald trump in november.

. ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> sean: earlier today resident biden traveled to the lyndon b. johnsonin austin, texas where he told many long off-the-cuff stories about things that has happened to him 50 years ago. another crowd politely clapped and they laughed along. they seem well aware that joe is on his way out ethically biden had already outlined the actual point of his speech earlier today in a washington post op-ed which i frankly, i don't -- doubt that he will himself, revealed a series of what he calls were forms to the supreme court drawn up for him ia and blessed by left-wing hard professors like lawrence tribe who is an idiot left-wing id a lot. anyway specifically biden later three ideas that a constitutional amendment one of the supreme court's recent really unconventional immunity. good luck with that. eighteen year term limits for the justices -- justices and nonbinding enforceable code of ethics for them as well. by president harris wasted no time endorsing joe's proposals because according to her, "no one is above the law." didn't like the decision. so sorry. no har

. >> that's president lyndon b johnson announcing he would not run for a second term. time a sitting president decided not to run 56 years ago. of course, now history being made again with president biden's announcement yesterday. johnson was facing a tough election amid the increasingly unpopular war in vietnam and growing national unrest in 1952. despite leading the country through the end of world war two. harry truman also opted not to seek reelection. presidents teddy roosevelt and calvin coolidge also decided not to go for another term. democrats are hoping to avoid history repeating when johnson and truman stepped aside. republicans won those elections. bay area politicians are weighing in on president biden's announcement to drop out and how they feel about vice president kamala harris. a man is at the live desk with their reaction. >> reggie, we spoke with san francisco mayor london breed, who praised president biden for his leadership. >> i appreciate the service of president biden and everything that he's done, not just for this country, but for this city an

formally make those announcements on camera, it is so an op-ed earlier today but on camera at the lyndon b. johnsonrary in austin, texas. >> neil: just to be darting the eyes and causing the teas on this, monitors can be on board with this? agrees with that 100%? >> one hundred%. her campaign came out today saying she agrees with president biden will back him 100% all the way and ultimately she will be the one that will be dealing with the jeers and the cheerfulness plan as president biden announced that he will -- so she's the one that is going to try and take passed the finish line but as your next guest will accurately tell you it is not an easy thing to do on any day let alone try to cram this and before an election. >> neil: yet to put it mildly so even if you put it off to the future about what were looking at, david spunt, thank you ever mentioned brilliant legal eagles are with me right now. trey gowdy castaneda and americo scott former zacharie lamoureux encouragement, former federal prosecutor, we've got the hole shebang there. come to be the forward -- attorney general, expert on all the