these for lyndon johnson. -- key swore lyndon johnson.ink he could have won the presidency without that. b p7sñy1[=gx!t(:x>> [unintellig] you saw him as a third candidate seed. " did i tell you that? -- >> did i tell you that? >> no. [laughter] >> you've got to understand something. i was a brand new congressman. we were in california and daley says, you know, have allied stevenson -- adeline stevenson is the target are running for president and i know kennedy had him in his office -- and i know dick durbin had him in his office saying, if you want to run for president, you've got to get out there with kennedy and the rest of them. and stevenson told him, i'm not interested. daly never flew with his family. so, the saturday were the friday before the convention, which have been on monday, dick davey's law partner before he was mayor was on the plane with me. i was a congressman.ß .8 #sdézbilly worked for the ste senate. and sitting across from me is governor stevenson. he says, how are ya? he said, you're going to be a produced and at the

similarly, bobby understood all the deal-making, vulgar side of lyndon johnson and he didn't have any understanding or sympathy with the great side and the great things the man was capable of doing. and the worst thing that kennedy said though to johnson was they hid bobby's visit to the gesture that ended the cuban missile crisis. so johnson felt and the american public thought that the lesson of the cuban missile crisis was we were eye ball to eyeball and we made the other guy blink when the truth was both identify-- sides blinked. >> woodruff: you say he belonged probably in what you say as the second-tier of great presidents. and that was not something that was recognized when he was alive. >> no, i think he belongs with jackson, teddy roosevelt, jefferson, right below the top washington. >> woodruff: despite vietnam. >> yes. but vietnam, it's hard to say despite vietnam. you know, someone used that line with john kevin galbraith and that's like saying switzerland would be flat without the alps. so. >> woodruff: but vietnam was what -- >> vietnam was his presidency and it was, he

lyndon johnson is back in line with us to give us an update to your door was still looking in systemwideelays of this time? >> yes we are borrowing receive these delays until things start to cool down. the reason being we have equipment problems that are susceptible to the heat when it gets as hot a special wing of the first heat wave it's our first look at what the equipment was on the verge of going to be breaking down anyways. >> are the delays are precautionary matter to slow the train to intentionally or is is because such action a bitter breakdown of some the equipment. >> we slow them down intentionally for safety reasons what happens is there equipment issues and its computer basically that says you know what this trackways unclear but when a dozen of the trackways clear it puts a train in that spot to to tell the control center that there may be a train there even though we know there is kind of like a ghost train as a college. we have to manually go through that area where there's a quota on " ghost train in manual mode to can only go 24 m.p.h. where is he might be going of 77

looking on the history of the movement, and what slip through is you could not wait for lyndon johnson to do the right thing. it took people from the outside pushing, even though there were people more favorable to civil rights. they still have to push them. i also want to say it is not only the role of the black leaders. it is important for those of us that say we are about something to step up as well. if we take more of the burden on our shoulders to raise these issues, it becomes easier for black and brown people to be able to do that without feeling they are acting in a tribal way. tavis: it could be theoretically easier for them to do that. on the other hand, the senate says -- the senate says, i am amazed at as white as you are, you are courageous. you are more courageous than most black people. >> that is very kind of you. >> i am not being kind. >> it is also true i have the luxury of being able to say this. when i say the things i say, obviously i have the luxury of having the incentives of being taken more seriously. >> the truth is not offering to be told because you are af

in 1967, president lyndon johnson presented him with the highest award given to those who acted with uncommon and selfless courage. as dolby did during four hours of intense combat in vietnam in 1966. staff sergeant dolby passed away this morning in idaho. he was 64. there are now just 87 living medal of honor recipients. >> up next, a remarkable story brought to us by one of you about a family's extraordinary act of kindness that is making a difference for a young woman they barely knew. >>> time for our "making a difference" report, and tonight the story of a young woman who found herself in a very unhappy situation. through a combination of coincidence and a family with some very loving and open hearts she has been given a new life. it's a family who found they're making a difference in more ways than they could have imagined. here is nbc's claire duffy. >> reporter: what makes a family? it is a question donna and judson emmonds never had trouble answering. >> one of the reasons we're here on this planet is to help other people. >> reporter: and haley cane needs help. all that jud

. >> nearly half a century ago, president lyndon johnson signed the civil rights act.ow a new exhibition is featuring the work of photographers who sometimes braved mobs to highlight the struggle for equal rights. for 14 years, they marched and sat in, protesting a system of segregation. and through it all, bob adelman was there. >> i was deeply, deeply moved. i remember tearing up reading about how the young people were involved. >> mason: as a young photographer, adelman volunteered to take pictures for civil rights groups. he documented voter registration drives and freedom rides, often finding it difficult to be a passive observer. >> they were getting pushed around and beat up. and i'd jump in, try and help them. and i had to learn that that wasn't what i was supposed to do. >> mason: it's a lesson he remembered may 4, 1963, in birmingham, alabama, producing what adelman considers his proudest picture: a huddled group of young protestors braving violent streams of water. >> they were intent on standing up. it was a great, great moment. >> mason: adelman was soon j

are you lyndon johnson the mother of pavel levine. and i say yes mary. what do you. any open his little book and he said he began to read i regretfully inform you that your daughter private living only in chelsea. is due. of a self-inflicted wound. and i just began screamin it harlan i just moved past arkan believe. after the initial shock the family began to question the army's rush to judgment that living in a died of a self-inflicted injury. that's the one with the rifle. dr johnson is a veteran himself who went on to work for the army as a civilian specialist in psychology for nearly three decades but for the past three years he has studied every aspect of his daughter's did. but i am looking for the skits that the criminal investigators may. have just to showcase in. their close up of it. love it as another blood pattern with his brother joe a former prisons officer with forensics training their spin countless hours analyzing and cross referencing photos reports and the testimony of those in the camp and i when this account they stated that from the time he hear

republican congressman melvin laird, who i came to believe was, with a possible exception of lyndon johnson, the best politician i ever knew; certainly, one of the wisest. mel and i became life-long friends. he's well into his 80s now, but he's sharp as ever. and he's worried about the all- volunteer army that he helped to create, and worried about where we're going in afghanistan. in a letter last week, he said the volunteer force has far exceeded his expectations, but that we are asking too much of it now and the "multiple deployments and disregard for the personal and family life of our troops and their emotional well-being threaten to undermine our national security." afghanistan worries him even more. he first went there in 1953 and he said the culture is tribal, not nationalistic, yet we fought eight years and lost a thousand americans yet we are no closer today to stability, let alone victory." laird remembers how bad intelligence and misunderstanding led us to vietnam, and he wonders now if we have made the same mistakes again. "i know something about misguided wars and how easy it

done since lyndon johnson was in the oval office..ster posey smokin' i . >>> a giants pitcher accomplished something tonight that hasn't been done tonight since linden johnson has been in the oval office. buster posey smoking mile high. a hit to right. three more hits, the guy is hitting .356. jonathan sanchez was the subject of trade rumors but some of the best deals are ones that never get made. he struck out the side in the seventh inning. pat burrel tattoos the breaking ball. 5-0 giants after the long ball of the season, that was a brief interlude to the strikeout barrage, he struck out seven in a row. time juan mary shell's record set in 1964. he had three in the game. giants win 10-0, they are within one game of san diego now in the west. vin mazzaro was not able to pitch the a's fourth consecutive game lasting 6 innings, fourth inning 1-0 royals. but rajai davis, he drives home rajai davis, cliff pennington look at the play, beautiful play to get the outs, but a run comes into score and that's the decisive run, royals win 3-2.

. >> reporter: both of lyndon johnson's daughters were white house brides in the '60s.aughter linda had a christmas wedding. daughter lucy with a texas-size wedding cake, seven tiers, eight feet tall, weighing more than 300 pounds and then there was trisha nixon married in the rose garden. trisha earned the nickname the cover girl bride featured on the cover of "life" magazine, not once, but twice and while she may have enjoyed the attention, others went out of their way to avoid it. john kennedy jr. surprised everyone when he married in a secret ceremony offer the coast of georgia. orchestrating a small low-key wedding with just 40 guests. jenna bush married in texas choosing wildflowers over the white house surrounded by just close friends and family and the misty-eyed father of the bride danced with his daughter to the song "you are so beautiful." ♪ you are so beautiful to me >> reporter: now it's chelsea's turn from that 12-year-old to the 18-year-old helping hold together her parents' marriage to a chic young woman today. her walk down the aisle, the happy ending t

you have a president that you know is going to say i can't win and i can't get out just like lyndon johnson did just how the pentagon papers expose that nixon this is going to expose barack obama having to deal with george bush's mess i can't win but i can't get out that's going to be the bottom line we will have learned nothing absolutely nothing i think that is going to be the legacy not whether julian or p.f.c. manning are going to be heroes or not. that's unfortunate but you know. if you look at the more more more we give you happier news we can still learn nothing and that's sad and south korea thanks so much for being here are there still much more to come on tonight's show today marks the sixty fifth anniversary of the bombing of not the saki so we're going to show you how this atomic bomb is not a lasting effect on the people of japan and i'll ask why this dark day in history is being ignored by the mainstream media then we're going to highlight the attention around afghan women in this time of war. bloggers are for your use of the media's using the plight of afghan women to spark a

lyndon johnson was president at the time and he was a great hero worshiper of fdr so it was done almostvernight. the trouble was, there have been barred -- there had been an ongoing project of roosevelt memorial. there is a famous one that was advanced in the late fifties as a modern stonehenge. it was in a semicircle. there are endless debates -- you can find books and reprints on the latest plans someone should write a doctoral dissertation on the history of the roosevelt memorial before they finally settled in the seventh -- in the 1970's on the plan that was ultimately built. my reaction to the roosevelt memo was a sense that clyde d. eisenhower was a man of humility and would not want a grandiose monument to himself. my response is that nobody would. no president is going to write a memo saying that i am such an extraordinary figure that i think a battleship's size monument should be built to meet commemorating my achievements over the decades. i think that roosevelts memo -- i think he is being modest in a bid coming way. i think that in the back of his head, he knew that somethin

the biggest since lyndon johnson was president. now, the data is particularly disturbing because there are so many things that should be working. mortgage rates are at their lowest ever. there are plenty of homes s ts choose from. and those homes are, relative to the boom, are reasonably priced. all the factors are there for buying, but there is very little buying. the dow fell about 1.3%. futures call for that slide to continue today. now, you're going to get more home data today. new home sales, and then we'll get more reports after that. brent, oftentimes many of these reports are referring to the same sorts of situations and they can be conflicting, but this report we got yesterday, particularlying in. >> let's hope they conflict and we get better news today. >>> san francisco mayor gavin newsom will announce a new option for green drivers this morning. he'll unveil toyota's new hybrid and the new charging station. that will be at the civic center plaza across from city hall. >>> let's check the morning commute with mike. thing

when lyndon johnson was president of the united states, not that long ago, he very much wanted to have the budget not be over $100 billion. i wong one of his budgets was $99.9 million. whatever is done should be fair. the most important thing is whatever the president ultimately decides to do, it should be a concept that everybody is sharing the 59 a little bit and everybody is putting in their contribution to society to make the country a little bit stronger. >> rose: assess for me how well you think barack obama has handled the economy? >> the economy was in worse shape than he realized and worse shape than most people realize and the problems he had to deal with were significant so it's hard to say how he's done given what he's inherited. the most important thing he has to deal with now is the american people are not that happy where the economy is going and the dissatisfaction that his job approval ratings probably reflect the fact the economy is probably the number one issue on the minds of americans and getting jobs rating is something they want. whether it's fair or not, he has

but the good thing was that shortly thereafter, the president, who was lyndon baines johnson at the time, did ask me to dance. and what kind of a dancer was l.b.j.? he was a terrific dancer. you mentioned that you had to fight down the temptation to share your views on the vietnam war. you bet. i was marching against the war and playing in a wonderful play called, oh, what a lovely war-- very anti-war sentiment-- at arena stage at the time. l.b.j. was pariah to those of us who were against the war, and there i was dancing with him. and i thought, "now's my chance to tell him." and then i thought, "it's not the time." this poor man needs a little relaxation. besides, he fox-trots very well. [laughing] if he'd been a poor dancer, you would have let him know your view? [laughs] you bet. i-i was-- on the other topic of courage, another early example in your career came in a scene from the great white hope, where--by today's standards would not be shocking or offend most people, i think-- but a scene in which you and james earl jones are in a bed together-- interracial couple, fully clothed.

dwight eisenhower was lampooned for frequent golfing especially amid recession in 1958, lyndon johnson, ronald reagan, george w. bush were mocked for retreating to their ranch is often and bill clinton was ridiculed for hobnobbing with the rich and famous on martha's vineyard for several vacation. counting the time, mr. obama would vacation for 48 days or nearly seven weeks, according to a long time white -- white house correspondent for cbs news who keeps a record. at this point in his presidency, george w. bush was midway, 27- day stay at his crawford ranch, would bring his time to more than 16 weeks. also in "the boston globe" the front page, low-key visit. obama turns vineyard into aisle of seclusion. front page of "the boston globe" this morning. mobile, alabama. the democratic line. caller: the reason i am calling, it seems that they're rich, they continue to get richer. they never paid taxes, and the bottom line of it is is that we do not want the bush tax cuts to continue. the bottom line of it is, is that germany is continuing to grow. i was watching cnn the other day and they

kennedy a few months later and lyndon johnson, the first southern president since the civil war, by thethat about. i think we have to recognize as americans whichever political side we are on whether we are white, black, brown, or yellow, we need to recognize that given that history, that this is a very difficult topic. if we can talk about it in mutual respect and if we can agree or disagree without being disagreeable, i think we will go a long way. on an optimistic note, no, i don't know what it means to have felt the sting of that discrimination. as a southerner, i have seen it. i have had friends who have experienced it. i would just say that you look at where we were 47 years ago when an african-american in the south could not go away restaurant or lunch counter or get into a school of the wanted to. that is where we were 47 years ago today. today, not far from here, a mile from here, an african-american sets in the white house and there are african-americans in congress and we still have a first amendment that protects the right of glen beck and al sharpton to go + out and protest