that's what lyndon baines johnson was willing to stand up for.hat's the continuing fight that we still have that john lewis was fighting literally until the day he died. >> as we continue to watch and wait for the ceremony to begin here, a bit of color from inside the rotunda. we continue to see some lawmakers here. pretty much all of them have taken a place. senator dick durbin there. house and senate members have been streaming in for the last 20, 30 minutes or so. you probably notice that a few of them are wearing masks with the words good trouble written in white. other members wearing masks that say vote. we're told by folks there inside the rotunda, lawmakers have been mingling, had been mingling for roughly 20 minutes or so. some air hugs, elbow bumps, everyone reportedly masked so far. the rotunda has fallen quiet which would lead everyone to believe that this is a ceremony that is about to get under way. and again, once it gets under way, we're told it should last roughly an hour or so. after the ceremony, congressman lewis will lie in s

when president lyndon baines johnson picked up his pen to sign the voting rights bill into law, what he etched in ink had already been sanctioned by blood, the blood of the martyrs, the blood of swerer in, cheney and good man. two jews and an african-american murdered in mississippi. the blood of viola luiso, the blood of john lewis. we celebrate john lewis. he was wounded for america's transgressions, bruised for our iniquities. the chaft tiesment of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed. so let's remember him today and let's recommit tomorrow to standing together and fighting together and voting together and standing up on behalf of truth and righteousness together. we'll get through this together. let's save the soul of our democracy together. let's worship the lord. let's worship the lord together. thank god for john robert lewis. let the nation say amen. >> amen. >> and let the angels rejoice. >>> good morning. i'll be coming from the 23rd number of psalms. the lord is my shepherd, i shall not want. he making me to lie down in green pastures, he restoreth my s

. >> the cover of the book is really an iconic photograph of lyndon baines johnson, and i believe it was during the height of the vietnam war. is that correct? >> that's right. it was 1968. and tet offensive had happened. martin luther king had been assassinated. robert kennedy had been assassinated. what he's doing in that picture, what we know, we don't know all of it, and we don't know what's on his mind, but he's listening to a tape recording from his son-in-law who went on to be the senator of virginia. he was a marine lieutenant in vietnam sending back audio cassettes to his father-in-law about what was happening in vietnam. johnson wanted a kind of battlefield perspective. he was worried he wasn't getting a straight story from his generals. so he was listening to the tape in that picture. and so that's the background for that picture. you can't see the tape recorder on the cover because the book would have been too long. but it is the kind of agony, conjured the agony and weight of the office. when you open the book, there's a picture of president johnson and the republican le

and last week mj hegar won the election for that senate seat, which was one held by lyndon baines johnson. a combat veteran who won a purple heart for her service in afghanistan, and she will join us tonight for her first national television interview since she became the democratic nominee for senate in texas. m.j. hagar will join us at the end of this hour. >>> and tonight donald trump is trying to run the kind of republican presidential campaign that won richard nixon the presidency in 1968 by less than 1% of the vote. it is the law and order campaign. in 1968 richard nixon became the first presidential candidate to successfully ride that slogan, law and order, to victory. and that is why under the guidance of convicted felon roger stone who idolized richard nixon, donald trump sporadically tweets law and order, exclamation point. that's it. and that is why donald trump is playing with fire in portland, oregon tonight. donald trump is clearly hoping for fire in portland tonight. portland officials accuse the federal officers who donald trump has sent into portland ostensibly to protect

then, when it was known that we had enough enough representatives, lyndon bains johnson really started acting ugly. he called hubert humphrey and he told him, if you want the vice presidency, you better stop these people. he called people who were up for judge ships. he said, if you don't do this, you are through booking. we had the list of people. and congressman, whose name i will not put out here at this point. came to us and i remember, bob moses and i were in a meeting. and the congressman asked us for the list of people who were supportive. because he said what he wanted to do was show lyndon bands that he had in fact, the kind of support and therefore to be able to move the agenda in our direction. bob moses just looked at him and said, and i said to bob, do you think he's going to steal the list? bob hesitate a little more and then he said he gave him the list. what that congressman did was use that so to get the johnson administration to go after each one of these people to get them to capitulate. >> this was a sufficient minority. >> sufficient minority to do a minority repor

that we hadknown representatives, lyndon baines johnson really started acting ugly.told them -- if you want the vice presidency, you better stop these people. he called people who were up for judgeships. he said if you don't do this, you are through booking. we had a list of people. we had a list of people. bob moses and i were in a meeting. the congressman asked for the list of people who were not supportive. it was to show lyndon baines he had in fact the kind of support could move the agenda in our direction. bob, dos -- i said to you think he is going to steal the list? bob hesitated a little more and he gave a whistle. if you saw the list, you have seen it. what the congressman did was to get the johnson administration to go after each one of these people to capitulate. >> sufficient minority -- mr. cox: sufficient minority, minority report, yes. so, this congressman to the list and then went and gave us, you -- i would not use the word betrayed, but close. at that point, we had -- we had basically played by the rules that were established. when it came out that

she was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman and savvy partner to her husband, lyndon baines johnson>>> good evening. tonight we'll tell you the story of claudia taylor johnson known toe everyone as lady bird. here too tell her story tonight are cokie roberts, the author of two books about women's political history, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. thanks for being here. and we have an expert, with a number books from martha washington to michelle obama, currently working on a new biography of lady bird johnson. ladies, i want to start with the beginning of where we were 50 years ago this week. bhamp the immediate challenges in the first terrible day. >> they were enormous. first of all, nobody knew if there was a widespread plot. so the country was in terror for a period of time. then they had to be both taking over and making sure that there's a peaceful transition of power, without seeming to take over because of the image of being pushing the other, the kennedys out of the way. so they had to be very, very careful in thousand they handled it. lyndon johnson was very lucky

when president lyndon baines johnson picked up his pen to sign the voting rights bill into law, whatn ink had already been sanctioned by blood. the blood of the martyrs. the blood of two and an african american who are murdered in mississippi. the blood of john lewis, we celebrate john lewis. he was wounded for america's transgressions. bruised for our iniquities. chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes, we are healed. so, let's remember him, today, and let's recommit tomorrow to standing together and fighting together, and voting together, and standing up on behalf of truth and righteousness, together! we will get through this, together! save the soul of our democracy, together! let's worship the lord. let's worship the lord, together. thank god for john robert lewis . let the nation say amen. and let the angels rejoice. >> good morning. i will be coming from the 23rd number of psalms. the lord is my shepherd, i shall not want. he maketh me to lie down in green pastures. he leads me beside the still waters. he restores my soul, elitist me in the path of righteousn

lyndon bains johnson died that day, and it's really that that dominated the headlines. how much, or how long did it take the media to catch up with importance of the story? clarke: it was on the front page of "the new york times, " below the fold. johnson's death is the leading headline on january 23. >> but it was announced by walter cronkite. what is significant, i think, about the earlier media announcements is that the media almost consistently says that the right to abortion is limited to the first three months and we know that is inaccurate. but that was the initial message the public got. we know that when you look at roe and doe together and you look at the viability rule in roe vs. wade, but doe v bolton looks at all factors, that unlimited health definition requires the states to perform abortion even after fetal viability. the press got it wrong and has continued to get it wrong. >> we always talk about the impact of the decision on the court and on society. we begin with harry blackmun talking about what public reaction was in his mailbag after this decision

natural campaign, or successful businesswoman and a savvy political partner, are 36 president, lyndon bains johnson. good evening, welcome to c-span's first ladies. we'll tell you the story of claudia taylor johnston, also known as ladybird. our two guests are cokie roberts, the host of women's political history, thanks for being here. betty boyd caroli is the author of numerous books about first ladies, and is working on a new autobiography of labor johnson. let's start with where we were 50 years ago. what are the immediate challenges for the brand-new first couple in those first terrible days after the assassination of kennedy? >> they were enormous. first of, all in about a new whether there was another one in the plot. they had to be taking over and having make sure there was a peaceful transition of power without seeming to take over, because of the image of being pushing the other, the candidates out of the way, so they had to be very, very careful and how they handled it and lyndon johnson was very lucky that he had ladybird to help him with that. because she had a good year for knowing exa

when president lyndon baines johnson takes up his pen to sign the voting rights into law, what he etchedd by blood. the blood of the martyrs. the blood of swerner, champon, goodman, two jews and an african-american murdered. the blood of john lewis. we celebrate john lewis. he was wounded. for america's transgressions. bruised for our iniquitieiniqui. the chastisement of our peace was in him. by his strife, we are healed. so let's remember him today, and let's recommit tomorrow to standing together and fighting together and voting together and standing up on behalf of truth and righteousness together! we'll get through this together! the democracy together. let's worship the lord. let's worship the lord together. thank god for john robert lewis. let the nation say amen. >> all: amen. >> and let the angels rejoice. >> good morning. i will be coming from the 23rd number of psalms. the lord is my shepherd. i shall not want. he maketh me to lie down in green pastures. he leads me beside the still waters. he restores my soul. he leads me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. yeah,

if you had said in the middle of january 1968, woodland and baines johnson not be a candidate for renomination, that wouldbe considered -- lyndonaines johnson not be a candidate for lamination, that would be considered unlikely as well. from thery olsen ethics and public policy center. thank you. guest: thank you. host: are you optimistic or pessimistic about the direction of the country? we have our phones divided as follows -- if you are optimistic -748-8000 and if you are 748-8001.ic 202- poll, onlyo a new 31% of voters think that the country is headed in the right direction. 69% of those surveyed from a 29th to june 1 say the country is on the wrong track. other incumbent presidents have won reelection with significant majorities saying the country was on the wrong track. a "washington post analysis showed that barack obama and bill clinton won reelection track numbersrong in the polls. the president will have a speech at mount rushmore. we will have live coverage, 7:00 for those of you on the west coast. joining us, we have a political from sioux falls. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you. host: how did this come to