c-span: go back to the relationship between lyndon b. johnson bobby kennedy. >> so his brother said that johnson was afraid to fail. all the people who knew him best said he was afraid to fail and be like he was father. he was afraid if he ran for the presidency he would fail. i think that's basically why he didn't run. c-span: i want to go back to bobby kennedy. how badly did jfk beat lbj? >> guest: the final tally 806 to 409. that's not realistic tally. when they get up to wyoming, kennedy doesn't have the necessary votes. you see johnson's strategy, and it's a strategy the more you like at 1960 you say it would have worked if only he could keep kennedy from getting a majority in the first battle. the bosses that the david lawrences, the dick dailies. in the back room, they were lyndon johnson. and kennedy gets down wyoming, he still doesn't have the necessary votes. the chairman of the wyoming delegation has promised teddy kennedy that if it comes down to his delegation, he will give the last five votes in that delegation. they have ten of th

lyndon b. johnsonforce one in 1963. >> we are heading into the deep freeze. >> we do have today and tomorrow. the temperatures should make it above 40. it is going to change. a deep freeze is on the way. it is coming in sunday and going to continue on monday and tuesday. we are at 37 degrees in chicago. do not get used to it. look at this, we have this satellite picture showing cloudiness that is switching from time to time across the area. not the kind of cloud cover you worry too much about. as the seven-day indicates, we do have shots of light snow flurries. probably in about seven days, we are watching a system that suggests there will be a rain- snow mixed in chicago. for this weekend sunday is just terrible. monday again, 0 during the day. it is an interesting couple of days. >> thank you. thank you for joining us today. >> have a great afternoon. we have more music now from the irish house party. you can catch up with the heritage center for a full list of the chicago area takes. go to the websi

the contrast is enormous from the time that lyndon b. johnson was president of the senate. lyndon b. johnson for six years presiding over this body saw one filibuster. and harry reid in his six years presiding over this senate has seen 391 filibusters. and let me convey that even when you have the votes to end a filibuster, the fact that it is launched creates enormous paralysis. imagine you're debating a bill and you continue debating through the end of the week and you come in the following monday and you debate and nobody has anything to say and so somebody says, "i ask unanimous consent that we have a final vote on this bill." now, you see, we don't have a previous question, motion on this floor, so one has to ask for unanimous consent. any of a hundred senators can weigh in and say "no." and when they they weigh in and say "no" on that monday, on tuesday, a petition is put forward with 16 senators saying, let's have a vote on closing debate. and that vote can't happen until thursday, under the rules. and if it's successful on a thursday, you have to have 30 hours more o

and our next guest said it's one of the lessons that you can learn from a previous president, lyndon b. johnsonoining us is joe who served as a special assistant to lbj and a close adviser to president kennedy as well. he is the author of the awesomely titled what the approximately hell is a presidency for? >> making washington work, a new publication and he joins us now. i am endlessly fascinated with lbj and the life story and the 39s presidency. you can read these books and see the immediate change when jfk dies and lbj assumes the office, there is this bill install and he works his magic and the phones and gets his way on that and gets his way on the tax bill that kennedy couldn't get through. my question is when you look at the great skills and the talents that lbj had dealing with the senate and congress, do they really apply in the era of hyper polarization that we live in? the republican leader. does mitch mcconnell respond with the same? >> i think you have to remember that there was terrific polarization in the 1960s. the democratic party was in control of tourn democrats who were aga

written and so forth and discovered lots of unexpected things that are favorite stories is the lyndon b. johnson story so when we went to those archives, there were tapes while johnson had the same tapes going but they kept him hidden until two or three years ago in our book was one of the first ones that have access to the tapes. now lyndon johnson famously was president when medicare passed in 1965. but johnson himself tells in his autobiography he was resisting medicare and he stopped it singlehandedly as the chair of the ways and means committee she could do that, then after the 1964 election which was a landslide for the democrats, there was a markup of the bill. there were three bills before the committee that the administration proposal cover hospital care, the proposal just covered doctors' care and another proposal which suggested let's not cover people over 65 let's cover poor people. she was the great an antagonist of medicare and he sits back and says let's pass all three. the officials were at the time panicking what is he ought to and they go running by the way he says could you re

but our favorite story is the lyndon b. johnson story. so when we went to the archives, derrick tapes. remember the tapes that got nixon so much trouble? johnson had this thing keeps going, but they kept them hidden. they didn't release to the public till two or three years ago and our book was one of the first that had access to these tapes. now lyndon johnson famously was that when medicare passed in 1965 and the normal story that johnson himself tells in his autobiography goes like this. representative wilbur mills was fighting, resisting medicare. he stopped he single-handedly and as chair of the ways and means committee could do that. after the 1964 election, and insight for the democrats, he stated that the last day of the markup of the bill. there's three bills before the committee. administration proposal which covered hospital care. the ama proposal, which discover doctors care that another proposal, which suggested let's not cover all people over 65. vicious cover poor people. the great antagonist of medicare sits back and says

the timely lesson for obama, drawn from the experience of lyndon b. johnson last president to aggressively fight for comprehensive gun control, is this -- demand action on comprehensive gun control immediately, from this congress, or lose the opportunity during your presidency." joseph califano then goes on to quote lbj directly in terms of the way he instructed his staff directly back in 1968. listen, in the aftermath of the assassination of robert f. kennedy president johnson pressed congress tone act gun control ledge slaix he had sent to capitol hill years earlier. after at the assassination lbj ordered all of us on his staff to act swiftly. "we have only two weeks, maybe even ten days," he said, "before the gun lobby gets organized." after newtown president obama was not suggesting action on gun reform in ten days or two weeks but he was asking for it within six weeks, by the end of january. and now joe biden has sped up that six-week time frame to four weeks. and the consequence of that, just like back in 1968, is that the gun lobby is having a hard tim

. >> vice president lyndon b. johnson widow with them, takes the presidential oath aboard the jet, which brings him together with the body of the late president, back to washington. >> the flag flies at half-staff. president truman asks the full roosevelt cabinet remain in office. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. ♪ oh! progress-oh! -oh! -oh! oh! oh! ♪ what do you know? oh! ♪ bacon? -oh! -oh! oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your story for a chance to win a progress-oh! makeover in hollywood. go to facebook.com/progresso to enter. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ wha

barry goldwater's uncompromising conservative politics spelled defeat in the 1964 race against lyndon b. johnsondow. call it winning by losing. today barry goldwater is remembered in phoenix with his own memorial park and by conservatives nationwide as a pioneer. >> well, he lost terribly but he didn't bite on his principles >> reporter: presidential historian douglas brinkley says while goldwater went down in flames he blazed a trail for a big winner. >> goldwater was the john the baptist figure for ronald reagan. the two of them together defined a modern american conservative >> i believe we are going to prevail. >> reporter: likewise, says brinkley, 1972's democratic candidate george mcgovern, an opponent of the war in vietnam, was ahead of his time. both candidates lost big. but today loom large. >> there is such thing as the goldwater-ite today. there is a mcgovern-ite >> reporter: still? still. there's no such thing as a gerry ford or a jimmer carter democrat. >> reporter: there are losers who went on to do big things. not necessarily things that we all like. >> well, yes. i'm thinking of

. >> vice president lyndon b. johnsonken widow with him takes the presidential oath aboard the jet, which brings him, together with the body of the late president, back to washington. >> the flag flies at half-staff. the full roosevelt cabinet is asked to remain in office. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. ♪ >> filled with hope and patriotism. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to a very special edition of "cnn saturday morning." it is saturday, january 19th. i'm randi kaye, coming to you live from the national mall in washington, d.c., as we gear up for the 57th presidential inauguration. and all morning, our cnn political team will be bringing you the very latest on all the preparations for the big day and the biggest challenges as well, facing president obama in his second term. but first, we have some breaking news to tell you about. it involves the ongoing hostage crisis in algeria, involving ameri

president lyndon b. johnson signed the gun control act of 1968. >> we have come here to sign the most comprehensive gun control law ever signed in this nation's history. >> as we await tuesday for vice president biden's recommendations, the president's respond and the outcry from either or both sides, we are well served to keep in mind in recent history, there's no clear liberal or consensus on gun policy. our freedoms, cherished as they are must be balanced by civic responsibilities. at the table today, dan gross, tracy meres, law professor at yale university. thanks to all of you for being here. >> thank you. >> i want to start with you in part because i tell this story, a story that i think has been lost even though it's recent history. i worry as we enter into the new conversation about guns and the possibility of getting common sense gun legislation that we will miss this has not always been a partisan issue and hasn't been id logically marketed. what do we learn from this history? >> history is long standi

but our favorite story is the lyndon b. johnson story.so when we went to those archives, there were tapes. remember the tapes that got nixon into so much trouble? well, johnson had those same tapes going, but they kept them hidden. they didn't release them to the public until two or three years ago, and our book was one of the first ones that had access to these tapes. now, lyndon johnson famously was president when medicare passed in 1965. and the normal story that johnson himself tells in his autobiography goes like this: representative wilbur mills was fighting, was resisting medicare. he stopped it single handedly and as chair of the ways and means committee, he could do that. then after the 1964 election which was a land slide for the democrats, wilbur mills is sitting there the last day of the markup of the bill. there are three bills before the committee; the administration proposal which just covered hospital care, the ama proposal which just covered doctors' care -- your hospital care wasn't going to be covered -- and another pro

it is a situation that has been with us for six years, and lyndon b. johnsons study -- this is no surprise to you, but the 112th congress was the most polarized ever. the distance between the two due to record levels between the 111th and 112th even different than the before when they used to take out pistols and shoot each over. >> yes. >> stephanie: i look at poll after poll -- i mean 90% of the american people want background checks for gun -- and you think -- and yet you hear over and over we're probably not going to be able to get any of this gun stuff done. but this is part of the reason right? >> it is part of the reason. why are we talking about reducing food stamps and hunger programs at a time when we can't even close a loophole for a oil company. well, it's a filibuster. dream act, why couldn't we do it? filibuster. and we had 59 votes to close debate, and we needed 6 0. and when we had that group that said we want more debate no one would go to the floor and defend secrecy. if they had to defend their position, we would have gotten the 60th vote. >

in philadelphia. 65 oaths of office have taken place in washington d.c., and one in dallas, lyndon b. johnson in 1963. james in brandon, florida on our republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i wanted to ask the country to pray for our president obama -- i am a republican, and i voted republican this year. that was to my commitment to the republican party. i am very disappointed with my party. i do not like the direction they are taking. to be honest with you, i do not like the fact that they are not cooperating in the house or any other place with democrats or with president obama. i would ask the president if he would open upper a new investigation on the 9/11 attacks on this country. i am unsatisfied with the commission report that was put out. host: that was james in brandon, florida. you can see on the capital, five large flags hanging down. the explanation of the five different flags they had hanging down -- this is a congressional report. framed against the black -- the backdrop -- the backdrop of red, white and blue -- we have at ross flag wi

lyndon johnson was inaugurated in 1965. at the ceremony, ladybird johnson started the ceremony of the first lady's held in the bible swearing in. this is about 15 minutes. >> do you lyndon b where. -- solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of the presidency of the united states. and will to the best of your abilities. >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> preserve, protect and defend it -- >> the constitution of the united states and -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> so help you got a. >> so help me god. [applause] >> my fellow countrymen, on this occasion the oath i have taken before you and before god is not mine alone, but ours together. we are one nation and one people. our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen but upon all citizens. that is the majesty and the meaning of this moment. for every generation there is a destiny. for some, history decides. for this generation the choice must be our own. even now, a rocket moves toward mars. it reminds us that the world will not be the same for our children, or even for ourselves in a short span of years. the next man to stand here will look out on a

pero no fue el unico con tanta seguridad en 1965, lyndon b. johnsonue transportado hasta la tarima de juramentacion en una limosina a prueba de balas, como medida preventiva tras el asesinato de su predecesor, john f. kennedy. la toma de posesion presidencial no siempre fue a principios de aÑo. tradicionalmente era en marzo o abril pero una enmienda constitucional cambio la fecha a enero, justo para el segundo termino de franklin delano roosevelt. fue cuando por primera vez se juramento a un vicepresidente en la misma tarima que al primer mandatario. y no crea que todos estos eventos han sido siempre en washington, dc. george washington juramento como primer presidente en la ciudad de nueva york, y luego en filadelfia donde dio el discurso de juramentacion mas corto de la historia: de solo 135 palabras!! ah!! y no siempre hubo un gran signo de dÓlar en los gastos de esta gran celebracion. los invitados para el primer baile oficial de toma de posesion pagaron cuatro dolares para entrar pero claro, eso fue en 1809 cuando james madison se hizo presidente