you know, populism started 48 miles north of lyndon johnson's hometown, johnson city, in the depths ofhe texas hill country. when you think of populism today, you say lyndon johnson's grandfather ran for the legislature on the populist ticket. his father was a democrat, but he was a true populist who said to lyndon johnson, the job of government is to help people cordon the tentacles of circumstance. that's what populism wanted. populism was for social justice, governments stepping in to help people fighting forces too big for them to fight themselves. so when i watch the tea party today try to appropriate the tag of populism, you really think that's really at odds with american history. >> so charles would you agree with that, the populist movement in its essence has really a kind of movement of people wanting government involvement? >> i agree with that very much so. this is a good description. it was, the epicenter was central texas back in the 1880s and '90s, poor farmers wanted to use government to make a better life for themselves. they wanted to use government to make a better l

former agent gerald blaine said he nearly shot lyndon johnson hours after president john kennedy was sassinated. he was standing out johnson's homes when he heard footsteps. he grabbed a machine gun and pointed it to the man approaching him. it was the newly worn in president johnson. about oprah: he was not ready to speak publicly until now. >> tyler perry. >> i think i died that day. oprah: sexually abused by men -- i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. he worked his whole life, served his country defending our freedoms, and depends on social security. so, who would want to privatize it? corporate lawyer david harmer. harmer's social security privatization plan would cut guaranteed benefits and gamble with social security on wall street. while we worry, harmer's wall street friends would make billions in profits from privatization. david harmer. a social security privatization plan we can't afford. meg whitman's hometown newspaper said it best: "meg whitman has demonstrated a loose relationship with the truth" "a poor understanding of government" "pat solutions for proble

a tell-all book from a secret service agent says he nearly shot lyndon johnson just hours after presidently sworn in president johnson just hours after he was sworn in because the previous president had been killed. fortunately no one was hurt. >> we're turning things over to mike and talk about that game-time forecast. a little chilly by that time. >> a different game time. starting at 4:57. about 58 degrees. drop to about 54. plus it's going to be breezy this time. not nearly as calm as it was yesterday, nor as bright because of that afternoon game. here we're looking at the embarcadero, the bay bridge. blowing to the east so that smoke from the fire in san francisco will be blowing to the east also. let's take a look at temperatures. still 48 santa rosa. the rest of us low to mid-50s with patchy fog in a lot of neighborhoods. the only exception probably east bay valley. around the monterey bay and inland, fog and temperatures low to mid-50s. hazy sunshine will rule our sky during the morning and that will be joined by high clouds in the afternoon. cloudy tonight. patchy drizzle possibl

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president lyndon johnson awarded him the medal of honor for his actions under fire in vietnam. he came from a family of warriors and he was among the first 500 advisers sent to southeast asia. later, as a sergeant in march of '67 when his company was overrun by a huge force of north vietnamese, he was forced to take command. he killed several of the enemy and called in artillery to within 65 feet of his own position. despite his own wounds, he crawled across a clearing and climbed a tree under withering fire and in full view of the enemy to mark a landing zone for incoming rescue choppers. placing the medal around his neck, president johnson told him, "you're a good ten." david mcnerney was 79 and his death now leaves 86 living recipients of the medal of honor. >>> when "nightly news" continues in a moment, ann curry just back from a trip from one of the world's most troubled places, along with george clooney, working to help the people there have a better life and future. >>> later, a car that drives itself. could be coming soon to a highway near you. d >>> george clooney is a

a former secret service agent says in his new book that he nearly shot lyndon johnson, hours after johnson sworn in as president. the agent said he was standing guard outside johnson's home, when he heard footsteps in the dark. he pointed his machine gun at a man's chest but did not pull the trigger. he realized it was the new president. >>> some dismal news for women using hormone replacement therapy for postmenopausal symptoms. researchers say the hormone drugs not only raise the risbref breast cancer, but prolonged use increases a woman's chances of dieing from the disease. but their findings do not say whether short-term use of hormone replacement therapy is safe. >>> the nfl says fining players for illegal hits isn't enough. so, an order is going out today. the league will begin immediate suspension of players who engage in flagrant blouse, especially those involving helmets. in the last week alone, steelers linebacker, james harrison, was fined $75,000. patriots safety brandon merry weather and robinson will lose $50,000 for illegal hard hits. >>> and there was an ugly scene at a hoc

bipartisan support and the highest batting average of any president since the second world war, except lyndon johnson, who had a better average than i did. we got along well in washington as far as diplomatic advance and legislation passed. a very good batting average. anyway, i think this relationship with the washington so-called establishment, diplomatic and i would say the news media and light -- in my life, we did not trade in that, and i did not miss it when i was in office. in retrospect, looking back, i would have been better off if i was closer. tavis: you talk about the good relation that you had as a democrat with republicans in congress. not the case with president obama right now. what the make of the politics of republican and democrat in washington today? >> it is abominable. it is a disgrace to a great democracy to see what is happening in our country. the main reason has been the enormous infusion of high quantities of money to campaigns -- governors, congress, the president, in the u.s. senate. now, with the newcomers to the supreme court ruling, secret money can come in on an unlim

and bart spokesman lyndon johnson says it appears the man in the wheelchair got too close to the edge of the platform as the train was arriving, and rolled on to the tracks. and service on the fremont line was disrupted about a half an hour. the man was taken to the hospital. no word on his condition. >>> teens, drugs, and a cow palace rave have proven to be a terrible combination once again. more than a dozen party-goers hospitalized and some in critical condition because of apparent overdoses. anne makovec has more on the halloween party that turned into a nightmare. >> people are crazy. >> last night, crazy turned dangerous. 16 people were taken to the hospital during a party at the cow palace. three considered critical. with symptoms of drug and alcohol overdose. >> we saw a lot of altered levels of consciousness and inability to maintain their own airway, a lot of vomits. >> reporter: it was called sub sonic spook fest, a concert otherwise known as rave. this is video we found on youtube from last night. >> most people are on ecstasy. you will walk through the hallway and the eye

it's not the old days when lyndon johnson democrats came in with big bags of money and so forth. let's just be honest. i would like to have a different system, but we have the system we have. and if liberals do it and nobody complains about it, it strikes me as somewhat hypocritical when conservatives adopt their strategies and follow their models, and conservatives get criticized by the president of the united states by name. i appreciate-- he helped our fund raising. anybody who still wants to contribute can go to our website and contribute. the president of the united states had no problem at all when democrats did this. in 2008, president obama received the benefit of over $400 million of spending by outside groups on his behalf. most of whom did not report a single donor. it was not a threat to democracy when it helped get him elected. >> schieffer: all right. one of the people who did contribute to one of your organizations and whose name was made public was a man named bob perry, i think, the texas home builder. he gave $7 million. what does someone expect for $7 million?

this is barack obama saying i'm not going to be lyndon johnson. >> larry: we'll be back with more. "obama's wars." don't go away. >> larry: you just read that incredible excerpt. how does biden get away with that? >> yeah, that's exactly the right question. and -- because he lost to a certain extent. he didn't get a reduced troop level. and people have talked to him. and this is about, you know, what, he's age 67. he's reached a point where he knows who he is and what his job is. he tells people, he says, i know i'm vice president, not president. and what the president has done is given him air time, in a sense, unlimited air time in these internal discussions, and in this case, you know, there is -- there's an intimacy here that is rather astonishing. >> larry: calls him "man." >> yeah, "man." >> larry: also, i think biden, when he goes on to this show, i don't think he has to check with the white house as to whether he can go do an interview. maybe he does. i don't think he does. >> i don't know. it's -- and you need people who are going to, you know, say, hey, man. >> larry: her

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our frances dinglasan will be there with lyndon johnson, the bart spokesman giving away free prizes.re news. the capsule used to bring out the 33 trapped chilean miners is heading to the country's capital. it will go on display in front of the square of the presidential palace. the collective pride in this incredible just. some of the miners gave thanks where they were trapped 59 days. the miners seem to be recovering but their economic future is less certain because the mine is closed indefinitely. they have other offers probably. each has gotten about $12,000 in donations. >> we begin our morning must-reads with more information about the chilean miners specifically. remember that secrecy pact they agreed to? "the new york times" reports it may be in jeopardy. the paper reports that some of the 33 miners are charging money now for speeches and media interviews, up to $25,000 in some cases. and they may be giving away some of the secrets they were supposed to keep from underground. miner mario sapobla spoke about the desperation men felt. >> also in the times they report that mexico

the thing i would say, i'll quote lyndon johnson in that cleaned up version of being able to walk andew gum at the same time. it's very important for people to complain and vote at the same time. i wouldn't expect activists, liberals to stop complaining. i would be disappointed if they did. i wouldn't want anyone to be satisfied with legislative output. of course people should be satisfied, dissatisfied and pushing us. the question is what's the most effective way to do it. i believe having been there the problems we're talking about were not problems of will but having votes. if you look at the house, much of it is quite good. the filibuster, the senate. i would disagree with earlier panels, whether the president should pressure olympia snowe. the problem is moderate to mainstream republican with whom we used to be able to cooperate have been so terrified by the fate of a robert bennett or liz murkowski that the mainstream conservative wing of the republican party is in fear so we haven't been able to work with them. my basic point, yeah, you should be dissatisfied. what's the best w

former agent gerald blame sayless he nearly shot lyndon johnson hours after president john kennedy was assassinated. he was standing guard outside johnson's home when he heard footsteps. he turned up a submachine gun and pointed it at the silhouette of the man approaching him. that was the newly worn in president johnson who could have been killed hours after the previous president was killed. fortunately no one was hurt. >> would you believe the simpsons are getting a blessing from the vatican? >> -- according to the vatican, homer and his family are catholic. one of the few programs where christian, religion and questions about god are recuring themselves. they pray before meals and believe in the beyond. the producer says he is in shock with the vatican's statement and that the simpsons actually attend the pressalutheran church. >> have you heard that? i'm sure that's what the vatican is talking about. >> children's brand strollers recalled this morning. >> i'm jenelle wang. president obama is on his way to the bay area as part of his campaign swing in the west. final push to genera

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lyndon johnson having heart problems and gull bladder operation. it is unbelievably stressful. we're making it more and more important that presidents tell us about the health. it's demanded now. when roosevelt was president he had polio. there are only two pictures ever showing him in a wheelchair with braces on because photographers didn't do it. these days we want to know what shape a president is in. it's inhuman what we ask of him to do. he knows what's really going on in afghanistan, president obama. he knows the truth about the climate change. he has all of these pressures on him that are even worse than we're getting fed in the news industry. >> so you're saying the demands of this job are much more difficult today than they were for a president 50 or 100 years ago? >> yeah. theodore roosevelt. when he started feeling stressed, he disappeared to colorado for a week, ten days. leave the press behind. get rev joouf nated. president obama can't leave for 24 hours. he goes to to hawaii and the media is clambering for a statement. in this every minute cycle of the news. fdr

you talk about negotiations, lyndon johnson was the master. if you read master of the senate you can appreciate the magnitude of the mastery of negotiation. that's how we were able to pass the civil rights legislation. now we look back almost myopic how great it was and what achievement it was, we have 40 years of hindsight as we look at that legislation that's what i say about this legislation as west when we look back we are going to say it may not have been perfect. were there ways which we could have improved it? absolutely that's the truth about every piece of legislation we've passed. >> sean: according to medicare's actuary, in spite of barack obama's props and the democrats' promises it will increase cost, according to our own government's -- government's estimates, 500 billion dollars cutting in medicare. as you look specifically at the medicare advantage program and everything in between it is going to force as many as 60% or 70% of the american people they are not going to be able to keep their coverage as president obama promised e

which is called discretionary spending, which i would probably call indiscretionary spending, lyndon johnson'sreat society transformed the budget of the united states government from 85% discretionary, 15% mandatory, to just the reverse. now your ability to cut spending and make trims necessary to restore the government to service in the lives of the people is made very difficult because of the dominance of -- >> i think we should point out is the congressman is also an economist. this is not just a political stump speech here. >> this government cannot grow the private sector of the economy by itself, growing larger. it's like you have a 200-pound jockey that thinks if i just eat more and gain myself to 210 the horse will be able to win the race. >> i like that metaphor. >> that seems simple. we can't afford everything we've got. we have to stop spending somewhere. >> i tell you what, i will give today's retirees and today's working youth a more hard-fast commitment for social security. to every child in america, every working man and woman in this country, i guarantee you you will have socia

on the democratic side, we had a liberal court under earl warren, we had hubert humphrey and lyndon johnsonite house and we were getting things done. >> woodruff: and today the word "liberal" is practically a dirty word. what's happened? >> you know, i don't know. i think liberal is the word that we started out with when i was a young democrat and i was a liberal. and we were proud to call ourselves that. then i think the idea got confused with kind of license. you know, people were liberal with other people's money. people were liberal with life-styles. people were... it became a word that had a sting to it. whereas people started calling themselves progressive. i think it's the same thing. >> woodruff: you were given unprecedented responsibilities as the vice president under jimmy carter, a model that i think a lot of vice presidents-- if not all of them-- have followed since then. even under republicans. dick cheney is an example. is that the model that you created? >> the model we established of executivizing the vice president, putting the vice president in there with the president, wo

rose and saying yeah, i would like to be mayor of chicago some day, i mean if it was working for lyndon johnsonr ronald reagan or jack kennedy or for bill clinton, we have had his own desk cleared out that night. and he would have gone back the next morning with the locks changed. i mean, now it's a tribute in a way to president obama that cohave somebody around who was so high profile but will you not see pete rouse on charlie rose or on bob schieffer. >> lehrer: what about the newshour. >> that is a different show because it is a substantive show where you can speak to the nation on a thoughtful, serious manner. >> lehrer: he read it just exactly the way i wrote it. but i mean do you think that rouse is going to be that different? that we're to the going to hear about him in a public way and the president will be better served by him than he was by rahm emanuel? >> i think he's highly respected. both on the hill and within the administration. there is a long background with tom daschle in leadership in the senate so he knows the hill. and he has a good reputation among republicans on the hill

lyndon johnson was trying to get a civil rights bill through congress, and he was in pretty good shape in the house but with problems in the senate. as others will remember, in 1954, he could not depend on democrats to pass this bill. white southern democrats were not for it, so he needed republicans. it was a very different time, because johnson knew that the senate leader, a senator from my home state -- they had been leaders of the senate in the 1950's and they knew each other extremely well. they were very good friends, disagree about all sorts of issues, but like each other a lot. so to try to get the civil- rights bill passed, he called him up and said, i you have some doubts about this bill. it might be dangerous for you politically in southern illinois, but look at it this way. if you vote for this and support it, other republicans will support it, and if that happens, the bill will pass the senate. it will change history. 100 years from now, american schoolchildren will know only two games. abraham lincoln and everett dirkson. [laughter] he liked what he heard and it did chang

only since lyndon johnson. megyn: what is that showing. >> reporter: this is spending per person, small, small, small, small, world wars. government spending, the great society. we're going to cure poverty, they didn't but they thought they would. going straight up to $10,000 per person this is nondefense spending. this is before obama. now we have tarp and the stimulus even more. but even with all this, this isn't the worst of it. i think we have a clip that tries to address but the big hit is going to be. >> it's going to get worse because the common thread is entitlement. social security, medicaid, medicare, the big one, what are we going to do about that? excuse me i have to take some of these. i'm the old person, i need this. are we baby boomers entitled to their money? no i won't give it back, i need that. we boomers who expect to collect social security and medicare are basically stealing from babies. you two may not have much of a future because you have to pay for geezers like me. you better work reall

lyndon johnson once had such an increase -- extravagant introduction, he thanked the speaker and saidwould please my father and my mother would believe it. in any case, it is great to have rather as a friend. when i called him and set on the 27 of september, would you present some emmys? he said yes. i said wait a minute, don't you want to look in your date book? he said if there is anything else in it, i will change it. now that is our friend. each year, the television academy presents a lifetime achievement award to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to the craft of broadcast journalism, or to documentary making per se. the very first recipient was the late ruth arledge. dan rather has a lifetime achievement award. tonight we salute one of the most accomplished documentarians in the history of the medium, frederick wiseman. fred has a very distinctive style. for instance, he never uses a narrator, which i assume does not endear him to the anchormen in the audience tonight. his films plunge into the midst of the lives of their subject, take a hard look at both th

but in the aftermath of the work on the president on the president of the united states, lyndon johnson, woke up and said whoa, there is this major powerhouse in the middle east. it opposes the soviets in the cold war. we should be aligned with that country. and so, the alliance was born. and israel stood by the united states throughout the cold war. and then after the fall of the soviet union, israel stood by america in the fight against the perpetrators of terror. the result was the emergence of one of, if not the most multifaceted, deepest alliances in this country, the united states has known with any foreign nation in his post-world war ii period. the non-alliance has many, many different faces. there is the area of intelligence sharing and policy coordination, which in itself is fast. there's weapons development. united states is involved -- deeply involved and committed to the development of israel's anti-ballistic missile system, the era three, aero two, david slaying, iron dome systems. we have joint treating and maneuvers this year we have a major tournament ever, juniper juni

why a security guard was seconds away from shooting lyndon b. johnson. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. she's against banning assault weapons... and that's reckless and dangerous. she's for risky new oil drilling that could threaten our jobs. fiorina's plan would mean slashing social security and medicare, which would devastate seniors. and she'd make abortion a crime. no wonder fiorina is endorsed by sarah palin. carly fiorina. just too extreme for california. [ boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. you know it's bad when the press asks if you'd take a lie detector test. meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented. her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose relationship with the truth" a 4-alar

this is lyndon johnson's no child left behind act. he wanted to make sure that poor children had the opportunity to keep up with their peers in education. compensatory spending of federal dollars through federal programs could make up for the achievement gap. he started this program that has grown into that 600 page that's red tape that schools have to jump through. we have seen stagnant achievement. we haven't close the the grap. graduation rates are still 75% since the 1970s. we have probably spent, cumulatively almost nothing to show for it. host: the statement then, the states have also failed on their own efforts? guest: i would say this , it has done is create an accountability chain that's misdirected. the students and primary customers of parents and taxpayers, brings down the only accountability chain. host: our guest here. jennifer marshall. caller: good morning. i would very happy to hear the system of grading. hello? host: go ahead. you're on sir. caller: okay. one other thing i would like to add though, is that the lotter

a former secret service agent says in his new book "the kennedy detail" he nearly shot lyndon johnson photograph shows bruising under zahra's eye to the left. she said it was blamed on her stepdaughter's clumsiness. that explanation was apparently nothing new. >> always, she fell down, or she rolled out of bed or she didn't have her leg on right and couldn't walk right and fell or it's always zahra's fault. >> reporter: search warrants on the family home turned up a $1 million ransom note addressed not to zahra's parents but to her father's boss. police seized the couple's cars, they found possible blood in one and cadaver dogs found the presence of human remains in both. elisa baker admitted to writing the ransom note and the investigation took a grim turn. >> the decision to focus this investigation from a missing child or abducted child will turn into a homicide investigation. >> reporter: investigators have spent days at this work site where zahra's father, a tree trimmer, had access to heavy equipment. cadaver dogs seemed to hit on a wood chipper but nothing stuck. throughout it

oswald and lyndon johnson. trust me, i can tell them myself verbatim. but you've heard them, too, so i won't. but we've had a pretty good run. on our anniversary last year, bob said to me, is there really anything you've done that you wish you -- anything you haven't done that you wish you could have done? and i said, yeah, george clooney. [applause] >> everyone always thinks bob is so self-confident but he's like most men in need of constant reassurance. he was looking in the mirror the other day and complaining about getting old. he was whining about his hairline receding and wasn't as white. he said he had those awful bags under his eyes and so many wrinkles and he said, please tell me something positive that will make me feel better. i looked at him and said, well, you have 20/20 vision. [laughter] >> the truth is, he's not perfect but he'll do until perfect comes along. so i think i'll keep him. i might as well, at his age he doesn't have much trade-in value. but tonight, ladies and gentlemen, i will give him to you. [applause] >> oh, you've got to

lyndon johnson was trying to get a civil rights bill through congress, and he was in pretty good shape in the house but with problems in the senate. as others will remember, in 1954, he could not depend on democrats to pass this bill. white southern democrats were not for it, so he needed republicans. it was a very different time, because johnson knew that the senate leader, a senator from my home state -- they had been leaders of the senate in the 1950's and they knew each other extremely well. they were very good friends, disagree about all sorts of issues, but like each other a lot. so to try to get the civil- rights bill passed, he called him up and said, i you have some doubts about this bill. it might be dangerous for you politically in southern illinois, but look at it this way. if you vote for this and support it, other republicans will support it, and if that happens, the bill will pass the senate. it will change history. 100 years from now, american schoolchildren will know only two games. abraham lincoln and everett dirkson. [laughter] he liked what he heard and it did chang

clinton, there were some restraints on clinton, but bush was the biggest government president since lyndon johnson. obama has only increased that amount. that is what is unsustainable. you cannot bridge that gap through taxes. i would like to see some -- even a symbolic amount -- to touch this side of the scale. places like california and other places are asking what they can you to raise taxes, eliminate the deficit. we are talking about debt that has zoomed past the levels of countries like greece. raising taxes alone will not do that, especially if you weigh in what it will do to the economy. we need to reduce spending, too. host: matt welch is our guest from "reason magazine." long island, new york. marcello, democratic line. good morning. caller: i have a couple of questions on slashing the government. i heard an education show earlier paying for college and tuition. people get grants, scholarships, people paying for their students to get help with their education, which is wonderful, but i have a comment on campaign contributions. why are they not taxed? people are hurting and they see these

remember years ago republicans pointed out that lyndon johnson was poor when he became senator and rich when he died. i don't -- senators and congressmen and elected officials have as much right to make investments as long as they're not doing it as illegally as anybody else. i don't fault anybody for the ability to pay their mortgage and to make successful investments, particularly since most of them are successful in the ones that i make. but you know, i think that the specific question -- one of the great issues of the next four to five years is going to be the question of trade. and that's been -- particularly in hard times, it's very easily to cite foreign enemies as the reason that you're doing bad low. and the question of how many jobs are created or here and how many jobs are created there depends on what kind of job it is and who loses it and who gains it. so i think -- and i think that as the economy drags on, you already see it with the administration's attempt to, in the last few weeks to say that the real problem is china. some of these things are dangerous. some of them ar