just had here and what nicole has just said. >> the summit is extraordinary, to talk about lyndon baines johnson, 50 years afterwards. here, john f. kennedy gained in death what he didn't necessarily earn earn in life, an ernest reputation for the achievement of civil rights but the so-called redneck president from texas did more for black people, i would argue than any president since abraham lincoln, he joined the figureable in 2,000 the greatest americans to ever live, martin luther king in a kind of fellowship of common ideas, along with many others, but the civil rights leader and the president joined together to forge connections that were both prophetic and also politically savvy to forge difference and democracy in this nation, the tragedy is we have come down from that mountain, the supreme court has said that the very means by which we have achieved justice in terms of voting rights is a significant symbol that we no longer needed, that kind of logic is askew so what we need to do is recuperate and regenerate the same kind of prophetic passion that lbj and mlk had together. >> tavis sm

during his time as majority leader, lyndon baines johnson faced only one filibuster. harry reid has faced more than 400. the silent filibuster is used when 41 or more senators merely threaten to filibuster. this is different from the talking filibuster in which one person takes turn talking for as long as he or she can without eating, drinking, or going to the bathroom. if you have been watching the news lately, you might've noticed that almost all bills are described as needing 60 votes to pass. this is because cloture is passed in order to end debate to prevent a filibuster meaning that 60 or more senators must vote to end debate on a bill because there is a threat of a filibuster. by taking time to vote on cloture, senators are taking time away from working on the issues that are important to our country today and will deeply affect our future. the use of the silent filibuster has become considerably worse under the presidency of barack obama. the republican minority in the senate has used it exponentially more than any other senate. since barack obama has been pre

and that is true because of men like resident lyndon baines johnson. [applause] -- like president lyndon baines johnson. in summary ways he embodied america, with all our gifts and all our flaws, and all our restlessness and all our big dreams. --s man, worn into poverty born into poverty, weaned in the world full of racial hatred somehow found within himself the ability to connect his experience with the brown child in a small texas town, the white child in appalachia, the black child in watts. became inl as he that oval office, he understood , he understood what it meant to be on the outside, and he believed that their plight was his plight, too, his freedom was wrapped up in theirs and making their lives better was what the hell the presidency was for. [applause] those children were on his mind when he went to the podium in the house s law. it never occurred to me, he said, and my dreams that i would have the help -- the chance to help the sons and daughters of the students that he had taught so many years ago all over this country. now, i do have th

deprivation and discrimination, these were not abstraction to lyndon baines johnson.inseparable as opportunity and justice are joined. so that was in him. from an early age. now, like any of us, he was not a perfect man. his experiences in rural texas may have stretched his moral imagination but he was ambitious. very ambitious. a young man in a hurry to plot his own escape from poverty and to chart his own political career. and in the jim crow south, that meant not challenging convention. during his first 20 years in congress, he opposed every civil rights bill that came up for a vote, once calling the push for federal legislation a farce and a shame. he was chosen as a vice-presidential nominee in part because of his affinity with an ability to deliver that southern white vote. and at the beginning of the kennedy administration, he shared with president kennedy a caution towards racial controver controversy. but marchers kept marching. four little girls were killed in a church. bloody sunday happened. the winds have change blew. and when the time came, when lbj stoo

the act was a culmination of a partnership lyndon baines johnson and martin luther king, jr.. and it was in may of 1964 in the midst of a 60-day filibuster that king appeared on "face the nation" to lobby support for the act. >> from washington d.c., the reverend martin luther king, jr. >> southern democrats some johnson's closest friends and allies wanted no part of the bill. and mounted the filibuster to block it. king was clearly worried. >> we find now that the darkness are much more active and co conscientious and determined. >> the message was one of simple logic. >> injustice and if this bill does not go through, it will jeopardize the strength and maturity and health of our nation. >> as king mounted a crusade johnson pulled out all the political stops. he spoke out, negotiated, threatened, made deals and most importantly made an ally of senate republican leader dirkson. when the bill passed johnson insisted on signing it at the capitol rather than the white house. because, he said, some who voted for it would be defeated in the next election and he owed it to them. >>

hood shooting, president obama heads to austin today to attend a civil rights summit at the lyndon baines johnson library with his presidential brethren, bill clinton, jimmy carter, george w. bush and george h.w. bush will all be the there. >> it's quite a crew. >> speaking of george h.w. bush 41, he surprised the obamas by greeting them when they arrived at the airport in houston wednesday. said george h.w. bush, when the president comes to your hometown, "you show up and welcome him." i've got to say, by the smiles and the response that that had, you really see what a little gesture, what a difference it can make. . it's a wonderful thing. sometimes bipartisan is a lovely, lovely image. >> sometimes it takes until you're out of office before the bipartisan -- >> that's a fantastic point, but michelle obama and barbara bush, they held hands the entire time. >> this is true. >> the entire time! something oso tender about it. >> a great photographic moment. >>> right now, investigators scouring the ocean for missing malaysian airlines flight 370. they're dramatically narrowing the search this morn

it was 50 years ago that lyndon baines johnson used his considerable political skills to push through here's senior white house correspondent bill plante. >> no memorial or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. ( applause ) >> reporter: 50-years-ago when there were bloody battles in the streets over racial equality passing president kennedy's civil rights bill seemed out of the question for the new president. he brought up the civil rights bill and said pass this as a testament to john f. kennedy. >> one of the things about l.b.j. was he was in the best sense of the word, brilliantly opportunistic. >> reporter: joseph califano was president johnson domestic policy chief. >> the assassination of kennedy, he used brilliantly among other things, to get the civil rights act of 1964 passed. >> reporter: getting the civil rights bill through a congress controlled in part by southern segregationists took all of lyndon johnson's geill. here he is using his persuasive powers on geor

these are not abstractions to lyndon baines johnson. he knew the poverty and injustice are as inseparable as opportunity and justice. that was in him. from an early age. like any of us, he was not a perfect man. his experiences in rural texas may have stretched his moral imagination. he was ambitious. very ambitious. to plotman in a hurry an escape from poverty and to chart a political career. in the jim crow south, that means not challenging conventions. his first 20 years in congress, he opposed every single civil rights bill that came up for a vote. chosen as a vice presidential nominee the cousin ofhis ability to -- because his ability to deliver that vote. caution towards racial controversy. .archers kept marching four little girls were killed in a church. bloody sunday happened. the wind of change blew. came, when lbj stood in the oval office and looked out over the south lawn in a quiet moment and asked himself what the true purpose of , what withwas for the end point of his ambition? he would reach back in his own memory and wou

. >> and in the struggle of lyndon baines johnson -- >> and well, you have not noticed it and the longtime to say that it embraces the kennedy legacy much more than president johnson and for obvious reasons, because the kennedys are so much more glamorous, and of course, president johnson's legacy is wrapped up in vietnam, but i think that todd is right, and i saw a play last week about jimmy carter and the camp david accord and saw the lbj play on broadway as well, and both of them strike me as similar in the sense that they represent a longing for a moment when the politics worked and the democratic presidents were a able to get big things done either on the domestic policy or foreign affairs, and you could almost see the longing in the face of the democrats. >> and the playwrights. >> exactly. >> and todd, three one-term presidents enjoying the renaissance, and he brought up in jimmy carter and the camp david play, and the lbj and the library and the legacy of george h.w. bush viewed in a positive way, but all of them are considered failed presidencies, because they did not get a second

bryan cranston makes his broadway debut as president lyndon baines johnson in "all the way," best known for his emmy awarding role walter white in his hit television series "breaking bad." (siren) (gunshot) (screaming) ♪ (truck horn blowing) (motor revving) (sirens) (traffic sounds) ♪ >> charlie: outside the neil simon theatre in new york, we couldn't help but run into some of the fans! (talking at the same time) >> in a good way? come see the play! >> we would like to but we're only here a day. we'll come back. >> come today! come on! >> we're such fans of yours. oh, thank you, nice to meet you. >> charlie: we also went backstage. >> well, here's the entrances we have going backstage. here we have some props over here i want to show you. >> charlie: yeah. his favorite -- just a little cutting, all that's needed. hoover's favorite prop. >> charlie: people forget lyndon johnson was the guy that a put this stuff in the white house, the taping. >> he did. he told nixon, you're going to need this because you're going to forget what people tell you in private. so he considered a recorded pho

takeaway time, and monday takeaway time, and this week, we are marking 50 years since president lyndon baines johnson landmark piece of legislation first proposed by president kennedy ended segregation in public places and banned employment on the basis of color, religion, sex and national origin. and to mark the anniversary this week, we are all going to the civil rights summit at the lbj library in austin, texas, and presidents, obama, clinton, w. bush, and carter will be speaking along with the civil rights leaders and dignitaries and we will have special guests joining us this week. thursday, i will sit down with football legend jim browns and first daughter luci baines johnson and her daughter, to discuss l.b.j.'s legacy, and tomorrow, we will have former assistant to johnson, if you remember that, joe califano. and frankly, to be blunt, we will have an attempt to sort of de-vietnam his legacy a little bit. that is it for today's edition of "the daily rundown." coming up next is chris jansing. i will see you tomorrow. >>> i'm msnbc bill karins and on this monday, continuing the watch of another

in 1960 lyndon baines johnson, he was up for re-election in the senate, and he was also running for president. he did not of course win the nomination for president in 1960. that honor went to john f. kennedy. but then mr. johnson did get tapped to run as mr. kennedy's vice presidential nominee. and even with that second choice job to run for, lbj still had the problem of his senate seat being up at the same time. lyndon johnson had served two terms in the senate by this point. he was the majority leader in the senate. he was really powerful. he was really good at being a senator. and he really didn't want to give up that base of power for himself. but texas stay law at the time was a problem. texas state law at the time said you can't run for two offices at the same time. you can't run for re-election as a senator and for vice president. johnson by law couldn't be on the ballot to be re-elected senator and be vice president at the same time. and so if he had followed that law then the cost of running for the vice presidency and losing would have been johnson holding no public office at all.

lyndon baines johnson faced only one filibuster. harry reid has faced more than 400. the silent filibuster is used when 41 or more senators merely threaten to filibuster. this is different from the talking filibuster in which one person takes turn talking for as long as he or she can without eating, drinking, or going to the bathroom. if you have been watching the news lately, you might've noticed that almost all bills are described as needing 60 votes to pass. this is because cloture is passed in order to end debate to prevent a filibuster meaning that 60 or more senators must vote to end debate on a bill because there is a threat of a filibuster. by taking time to vote on cloture, senators are taking time away from working on the issues that are important to our country today and will deeply affect our future. the use of the silent filibuster has become considerably worse under the presidency of barack obama. the republican minority in the senate has used it exponentially more than any other senate. since barack obama has been president, cloture has been filed more

lyndon baines johnson was sworn in and decided to stake his early presidency on passing the civil rightsogy could more he wieloquently honor pres kennedy's memory. >> reporter: but politics was nasty on the hill. southern democrats who felt their way of life was being threatened threw up hur after hurdle in the house. senators tried to talk the bill to death. richard worked in the white house for kennedy and then for president johnson. >> he was from the south and he had seen firsthand of course the poor blacks and poor mexican americans and others who were not getting a fair break in society. >> you wering swift passage for the bill -- >> reporter: lbj not only supported the bill, he also knew how to get it passed on capitol hill. >> johnson was the master of the senate. and as majority leader, he knew where all the bodies were buried, he knew what everybody's weaknesses with you es were. >> reporter: so he worked the phones. >> he would be on the phone with dr. king, then he would call governor wallace, then he'd call senator dirksen. and then he'd be on the phone with richard russell.

number one, as you said it is to celebrate 50 years since president lyndon baines johnson signed the and banned employment discrimination. then a year later, of course he signed the voting rights act which removed a lot of barriers that prevented african-americans from voting. but number two, this is also designed to point out that we still have an awful lot of work to do. it did not end with lbj's work in the '60s. there are many modern-day civil rights issues this country is faced with like immigration and gay marriage. the work that has to be done has been the recurring theme throughout this three-day summit. tuesday night, former president jimmy carter talked an awful lot about gender equality. where he thinks we are still lacking on that front, not just at home but abroad. then last night, former president bill clinton addressed the issue of recent changes to the voting rights act such as new voter i.d. laws which he believes is taking one giant step backwards. listen to president clinton. >> i am concerned that on this 50th anniversary these divisions and the lack of a spirit o

for the memorial services at fort hood, texas, on april 9, 2014, and for honoring president lyndon baines johnson on april 10, 2014. i ask unanimous consent to place in the record on roll call vote number 171, the substitute amendment of mullvania, would have voted no. on roll call vote number 172, these involved the budget resolution, on the congressional black caucus budget, i would have voted yes. on roll call vote 173, on the progressive caucus budget, i would have voted yes. and on roll call vote number 174, on the ex patriot health care clarification act, i would have voted no. that finishes the votes on april 9. i would ask unanimous consent that the april 9 votes be placed appropriately in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman's statement will appear in the record. ms. jackson lee: on april 10, on roll call vote number 175, on the woodall of georgia substitute budget amendment, i would have voted no. on roll call number 176, the democratic alternative for mr. van hollen, i would have voted yes. april 10, and on roll call vote 177, the republican fiscal ye

. >> on november 22, 1963, luci baines johnson was sitting in spanish class when she heard about president kennedy's assassination. within hours her father lyndon johnson was president and lucy subbedly was a first daughter at just 16. more than 50 years later, ms. johnson is part of a concerted effort along with family and members of the late president's inner circle to provide a fuller picture of johnson's years in the white house including an attempt to spotlight his long list of domestic achievements that fell under the heading of lbj's great society. among them of course the civil rights act, creation of medicare, creation of headstart, establishment of public television, a dozen environmental laws including the clean air act. and lucy johnson front and center as he signed the acts. but recognized vietnam has taken up much of the oxygen talking about his legacy. she hear s warring protesters outside the white house day and night. vietnam was her father's cross to bear and you can hear that in his father's own voice. a phone call just six months into his presidency on this issue in 1964. take a listen. >> worries the hell out of me. i don't