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he said lyndon johnson wouldn't understand. he said he would charmian or thread new or cajole you or bride you, he would do whatever he had to but he would get your vote. you see this with johnson over and over again. you see him getting votes in the senate that you don't believe are possible to pass this legislation. >> is that what americans want for president? do they want a london -- do they want a lyndon johnson to -- pick your verb of choice -- many worse things, or do they want a more recent diplomat, which is what our current president appears to be? >> it depends what lyndon johnson we're talking about. if you're talking about 1964 or 1965 repast medicare and medicaid, which seemed impossible to pass or 70 separate education bills, or are you talking about the lyndon johnson of '66 and '67 and '68, where he is a figure who deceived the american public and tried to get us into a war -- got us into a war in asia, tried to do it -- after the first escalation of 125,000 troops, which he did on a saturday because he thought
he said lyndon johnson wouldn't understand. he said he would charmian or thread new or cajole you or bride you, he would do whatever he had to but he would get your vote. you see this with johnson over and over again. you see him getting votes in the senate that you don't believe are possible to pass this legislation. >> is that what americans want for president? do they want a london -- do they want a lyndon johnson to -- pick your verb of choice -- many worse things, or do they want a...
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martin luther king told lyndon johnson that, lyndon johnson listened as he argued, and lbj said to dr. king, go out there and make it possible for me to do the right thing. that is where real change comes. but the reason we have poets and the reason we both talked to artists and others is we fight back by celebrating what is good in our lives. the creativity of authors, the enthusiastic populism of general hightower, the restrictive journalism of lopez. when you read it biggio funny talking about -- when you leap -- when you read giovanni talking about love, you want to fight to save a species that make love and a world that is hospitable to the portrait of love. we fight back by celebrate what is best in our lives and our culture. it is not just politics or economics, although there are prophetic voice is in there about politics and economics. this book is as relevant today as when we did these interviews, but we also have to celebrate -- henry david thoreau, the great author of the 19th century, said it, "to affirm the quality of the day is the highest of the arts." and you have to
martin luther king told lyndon johnson that, lyndon johnson listened as he argued, and lbj said to dr. king, go out there and make it possible for me to do the right thing. that is where real change comes. but the reason we have poets and the reason we both talked to artists and others is we fight back by celebrating what is good in our lives. the creativity of authors, the enthusiastic populism of general hightower, the restrictive journalism of lopez. when you read it biggio funny talking...
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he said, lyndon johnson would jaw on you, and you, or cajole you, he would do whatever he had to but he would get your vote. and you see this with johnson over and over again. you see him getting votes in the senate that you don't believe are possible to pass as legislation. >> is this the model, is that what americans want for the president? do they want and lyndon johnson who controls -- cajoles, or pick your verbal choice, or do they want a reasoned diplomat, which is what our current president appears to be? >> it depends on what lyndon johnson we are talking about. are you talking about 1964-1965 when he passed medicare, medicaid, two great civil rights bills which seemed impossible to pass, and 70 separate education bills, or are you talking about the lyndon johnson and 1966, 1967, 1968 -- who tried to get us into a war -- who got us into a war in asia, tried to get basically, as james reston wrote -- this is after johnson's first escalation of 125,000 troops, which he did on a saturday because it thought it would not get much coverage on sunday. preston said the president of th
he said, lyndon johnson would jaw on you, and you, or cajole you, he would do whatever he had to but he would get your vote. and you see this with johnson over and over again. you see him getting votes in the senate that you don't believe are possible to pass as legislation. >> is this the model, is that what americans want for the president? do they want and lyndon johnson who controls -- cajoles, or pick your verbal choice, or do they want a reasoned diplomat, which is what our current...
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medicare, medicaid, at great civil rights bills and 77 education bills or you talking about the lyndon johnson of 66 or he is a figure who deceived the american public and try to get this into a war in asia and tried to do it -- this firster johnson's education. he did on the saturday because he did not think again mit woult much coverage. ithere is something to be said for a president to establishes a persona. persona obama has established is honest,,, smart, and is trying to go through a hurricane. there's a lot to be said for that. >> you have written about another wartime presidents. to what extent are these zero wars -- is there any parallel with the world war ii and fdr or are they so utterly different that he cannot make its way through it? >> of the wars that the united states is fighting in afghanistan and iraq and libya are so different from world war ii that there is no meaningful comparison. with this group, if we were not told that there was a war going on in afghanistan, you would hardly know it. very few people that i know have relatives who are fighting in iraq or afghanistan.
medicare, medicaid, at great civil rights bills and 77 education bills or you talking about the lyndon johnson of 66 or he is a figure who deceived the american public and try to get this into a war in asia and tried to do it -- this firster johnson's education. he did on the saturday because he did not think again mit woult much coverage. ithere is something to be said for a president to establishes a persona. persona obama has established is honest,,, smart, and is trying to go through a...
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e -- lyndon johnson wanted to have it both ways. he wanted to do good things, but he also wanted to have of war. tavis: it was a speech that asked if fear has turned americans into bullies. >> communism will never be defeated by atomic arms or nuclear weapons. to prevent us from reordering our priorities so the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of the war. >> this speech was a radical in the sense that it gave appointed -- it gave a reminder of how far we have strayed from his main methods of -- main message that non-violence and democracy fit together and that war was corrupting our promise of freedom. >> it was a speech that vietnam violence was not sweetness and that retaliation was not straight, a speech at remains as controversial today as it was then. there are those who think your father's philosophy, king's philosophy would not work in today's world. >> i do not agree. people felt the same way in the past. they felt the same way about communism and vietnam and the threat it posed. i have heard this in my
e -- lyndon johnson wanted to have it both ways. he wanted to do good things, but he also wanted to have of war. tavis: it was a speech that asked if fear has turned americans into bullies. >> communism will never be defeated by atomic arms or nuclear weapons. to prevent us from reordering our priorities so the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of the war. >> this speech was a radical in the sense that it gave appointed -- it gave a reminder of how far we have...
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lyndon johnson talking to sam rayburn and sam rayburn was saying... lyndon was saying he'd been to his first cabinet meeting and he met robert mcnara and he went to sam rayburn and said "the smartest one there is the guy with the comb in his hair. he's smart." and sam rayburn said "i just one time wish he had run for dogcatcher." so politics matter and the capacity to understand where america is and how you can influence america and move it. but that's also what we expect from our best presidents, the pacity to use leadership to bring the people to demand policy reversals and policy change. i'll leave it at that. thank you. >> i was going to say, charlie, that what i've learned from this aside from some really, really art analysis by smart speak that i'm going to have to run for dog catch sore fareed n never accuse me again of being a professor who's never run for dogcatcher. >> i was trying to put anymore the company of sam rayburn when i hold that story. >> i areciate that! >> rose: thank you. pleasure. back in a moment. stay with us. we'll talk abou
lyndon johnson talking to sam rayburn and sam rayburn was saying... lyndon was saying he'd been to his first cabinet meeting and he met robert mcnara and he went to sam rayburn and said "the smartest one there is the guy with the comb in his hair. he's smart." and sam rayburn said "i just one time wish he had run for dogcatcher." so politics matter and the capacity to understand where america is and how you can influence america and move it. but that's also what we expect...
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c-span: you also told a story about richard russell and lyndon johnson and the warren commission. >> guest: and the war in -- there were lots of those. no, i have a first photograph there is of president johnson with his knows about this far away from richard russell, right after he becomes president, telling him you know, i love you. i don't know the exact quote, but you're like a father to me but i want to give you warning going to pass this civil rights bill. you're my dearest friend but i will run you down if i have to do it and i just want to let you know that in advance. then heels tricked him into going on the warren commission within just a few days of that because russell did not -- as the premier southerner, did not want to sit on a war in -- on a commission headed by earl warren who was the architect of the brown decision, outlawing segregation in the southcom and johnson just would not take the no for an answer, kind of tricky maneuver and basically said, you know, you are my mama come in your my daddy, you're everything else, you are darn well going to go on that commissi
c-span: you also told a story about richard russell and lyndon johnson and the warren commission. >> guest: and the war in -- there were lots of those. no, i have a first photograph there is of president johnson with his knows about this far away from richard russell, right after he becomes president, telling him you know, i love you. i don't know the exact quote, but you're like a father to me but i want to give you warning going to pass this civil rights bill. you're my dearest friend...
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paper, and it was cope the conservative democrat who wrote a letter to his good friend, senator lyndon b. johnson, recommending the 20-year-old bill moyers for an internship in washington. he went to washington, and something happened between him and lyndon b. johnson, who was a powerful man, senator majority leader. he took the boy under his wing, took him in as perhaps the son that he did not have. and mr. moyers became mr. johnson's protege. he came back to texas, he went to work for the johnson's radio station in austin, and enrolled in the university of texas in austin, he married judith susan davisson, a lucky move on his part, and he became a lay preacher, preaching in country churches around. he got a scholarship off to the university of edenboro, and that confirmed him in the desire to become a minister. his preaching in country churches was not about ethics, my friends. it was about sin. they were good hard edged sermon. they demanded no less than that. he went off to southwestern baptist seminary, got his masters in divinity. he got a call at a small church, and he was good at it. he e
paper, and it was cope the conservative democrat who wrote a letter to his good friend, senator lyndon b. johnson, recommending the 20-year-old bill moyers for an internship in washington. he went to washington, and something happened between him and lyndon b. johnson, who was a powerful man, senator majority leader. he took the boy under his wing, took him in as perhaps the son that he did not have. and mr. moyers became mr. johnson's protege. he came back to texas, he went to work for the...
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i will tell you what being reflected for lyndon johnson. i was listening to a tape or something for something i am writing now. everyone knew that if you denied him a vote, he would never stop trying to pay you back. he is now president. there is a crucial moment in the finance committee. it is 9-8 against him. he has to change the vote. he gets a call for a vote within the finance committee. he has five minutes. because the democrat from ohio. he says, i cannot do that. my company needs this tax break. i will lose face. lyndon johnson says -- and yet to hear his voice on the tape -- you saved my face today and i will save your face tomorrow. [applause] [laughter] >> you are absolutely right. the context is different. it is hard to compare. money makes a difference. media makes a difference. one thing is permanent -- how to use power. one aspect of using power is to instill fear. i think he is used it with the wrong people. it is more the people who work for m or who are his allies at one time or another who can tell you he will cut you off
i will tell you what being reflected for lyndon johnson. i was listening to a tape or something for something i am writing now. everyone knew that if you denied him a vote, he would never stop trying to pay you back. he is now president. there is a crucial moment in the finance committee. it is 9-8 against him. he has to change the vote. he gets a call for a vote within the finance committee. he has five minutes. because the democrat from ohio. he says, i cannot do that. my company needs this...
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lyndon johnson said in 1960, the first time after martin luther king, jr., received a peace prize, dr. king went with a group of us, and we met with president lyndon johnson, and he said common-law -- and he says, you need to sign it. he said, make me. that is what we did. you need to get out there and push and pull. as in the congress, we have three major trade bills that are pending, and people want it. they call every single day trying to get the votes from the ways and means committee. i say, no way. it means the transfer of jobs here, and the other side of congress, they do not have the will to vote for the trade adjustment act, and it is ok. if you lose your job, we are not going to help you. we are not going to make money available for training. we cannot stand for that. you need to help us fight. we never had a web site. we never heard of the internet. we did not have a facebook. we did not have done ipad. we did not even have a fax machine, but we use what we had, and you have got to use what you have. do not be quiet. stand up. speak out. do it. >> we are coming very close t
lyndon johnson said in 1960, the first time after martin luther king, jr., received a peace prize, dr. king went with a group of us, and we met with president lyndon johnson, and he said common-law -- and he says, you need to sign it. he said, make me. that is what we did. you need to get out there and push and pull. as in the congress, we have three major trade bills that are pending, and people want it. they call every single day trying to get the votes from the ways and means committee. i...
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i still remember lyndon johnson talking about that night at the end of the tunnel. and how the vietnam was probably some vietcong with a flashlight. >> there's a deep sadness that i feel. he knows about the light at the end of the tunnel. that's why he played around the phraseology if not the light of the end of the tunnel that's what he's thinking that is what was in his mind and overpowering he said as it suggests that at the end of the day he really doesn't know how we are going to get out of their. he's playing with different formulas, he is kicking the can down the road. when he started in december of 09. those were 30,000. they didn't get there until the summer, the tail end of the summer of 2010 and they claimed to have done quite well. but at this particular point, you can do believe to be sympathetic to the military point of view and say well, if you want to get another two or three seasons of fighting, you could really hurt the other guys. general petraeus when he went out in the summer of 2010 told a number of his people that the most important thing for
i still remember lyndon johnson talking about that night at the end of the tunnel. and how the vietnam was probably some vietcong with a flashlight. >> there's a deep sadness that i feel. he knows about the light at the end of the tunnel. that's why he played around the phraseology if not the light of the end of the tunnel that's what he's thinking that is what was in his mind and overpowering he said as it suggests that at the end of the day he really doesn't know how we are going to get...
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. >>> well, a british tabloid reports that jackie kennedy onassis believes president lyndon johnson was responsible for her husband's assassination. according to the daily mail, she believes that lee harvey oswald was part of the larger conspiracy that included johnson. she also admits to affairs with act ear william hole ten and an -- actor william holten and an italian tycoon for retaliation for kennedy's affairs. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it started as a bizarre idea that had city leaders accused of bein >>> i'm dana king. here's what we're working on for the 6:00 news -- it started as a bizarre idea accusing city leaders of being food police. but now the idea has caught on to restaurant the here. we'll have much more -- restaurants here. we'll have much more at 6:00 tonight. >> thank you. >>> up next --
. >>> well, a british tabloid reports that jackie kennedy onassis believes president lyndon johnson was responsible for her husband's assassination. according to the daily mail, she believes that lee harvey oswald was part of the larger conspiracy that included johnson. she also admits to affairs with act ear william hole ten and an -- actor william holten and an italian tycoon for retaliation for kennedy's affairs. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it started as a bizarre idea...
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as president lyndon johnson said -- and i quote -- "there are no problems we cannot solve together and very few that we can solve by ourselves." democrats and republicans have rarely needed to come together more than today. i know this agreement won't make every republican happy. it certainly won't make every democrat happy either. but both parties gave more ground than they wanted to and neither side got as much as it had hoped. but that is the essence of compromise, of consensus building, and the american people demanded compromise this week and they got it. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: this is an important moment for our count country. i appreciate the majority leader's comments and want to say a few words to our colleagues who have been so patient over the past several days. and whose ideas and encouragement have been so helpful in getting us to this point. first of all, let me reiterate that before any agreement is reached, republicans will meet to discuss the framework that the white house and congressional leaders i
as president lyndon johnson said -- and i quote -- "there are no problems we cannot solve together and very few that we can solve by ourselves." democrats and republicans have rarely needed to come together more than today. i know this agreement won't make every republican happy. it certainly won't make every democrat happy either. but both parties gave more ground than they wanted to and neither side got as much as it had hoped. but that is the essence of compromise, of consensus...
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months after president kennedy's assassination reportedly show that she believed vice president lyndon johnsonible for her husband 'death. the -- husband's death. the paper reports how she became convinced that johnson, along with southern businessmen, orb straighted the -- orchestrated the assassination. the paper also says that she had an affair for retaliation for her husband's infidelities. >>> maim gamemaker 2-k reports -- sports will release a new game, nba lockout or not. they will feature, michael jackson, larry byrd, magic johnson. >>> today, education secretary arne duncan will announce a new waiver system to allow on the- outs of -- opt-outs of the no child left behind. the law, they say, has created an unhealthy focus on testing. the state would have to show it has the ability prepare students for college. >>> welcome back. the time is 8:21. san diego's police chief is calling the weekend shooting death of a police officer an assassination. 36-year-old jeremy lenwood died yesterday after a gunman shot him on saturday while the officer sat in his patrol car. the police chief said th
months after president kennedy's assassination reportedly show that she believed vice president lyndon johnsonible for her husband 'death. the -- husband's death. the paper reports how she became convinced that johnson, along with southern businessmen, orb straighted the -- orchestrated the assassination. the paper also says that she had an affair for retaliation for her husband's infidelities. >>> maim gamemaker 2-k reports -- sports will release a new game, nba lockout or not. they...
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i still remember lyndon johnson talking about that light at the end of the tunnel. and how, you know, the joke. vietnam was it was probably some vietcong with a flashlight. [laughter] >> but there's -- ted, there's a deep sadness that i feel -- to even raise that. he knows that. he knows about the light at the end of the tunnel. he's read all those books. that's why he played away with the phraseology so it's not the light at the end of the tunnel. but that's what he's thinking. that's in his mind and that to me is overpoweringly sad because it suggests that at the end of the day, he really doesn't know how we're going to get out of there. he's playing with different formulas. he's kicking the can down the road. when he started in december of '09 when he said he's going to have the surge troops go in, those were 30,000. they didn't get there until the summer -- the tail end of the summer of '10, 2010. and so they've had one fighting season, and they claim to have done quite well. well, fine but at this particular point you can -- you can be sympathetic to the milita
i still remember lyndon johnson talking about that light at the end of the tunnel. and how, you know, the joke. vietnam was it was probably some vietcong with a flashlight. [laughter] >> but there's -- ted, there's a deep sadness that i feel -- to even raise that. he knows that. he knows about the light at the end of the tunnel. he's read all those books. that's why he played away with the phraseology so it's not the light at the end of the tunnel. but that's what he's thinking. that's in...
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these numbers would come as a huge disappointment to president lyndon johnson, who launched his war on poverty back in 1964. nearly 46 million of your fellow citizens are receiving food stamp assistance. that represents 21 million american households. numbers went up in 49 out of 50 states. nowhere more than alabama, which saw 120% surge in food stamp use. listen to this, 36% of the state's population now receiving government food aid, over a third of the people in that state. the department of agriculture suspects the increase can be attributed at least part time to the tuscaloosa tornado. >>> and we are continuing to track the path of tropical storm emily tonight. it has now brushed past puerto rico, targeting the dominican republic and haiti where more than half a million people, remember, are still living in makeshift shelters after last year's earthquake. as for florida, portions of which are in emily's possible projected path, latest forecast from the national hurricane center tells us any impact from emily won't be felt there until saturday afternoon. >>> problem for much of the
these numbers would come as a huge disappointment to president lyndon johnson, who launched his war on poverty back in 1964. nearly 46 million of your fellow citizens are receiving food stamp assistance. that represents 21 million american households. numbers went up in 49 out of 50 states. nowhere more than alabama, which saw 120% surge in food stamp use. listen to this, 36% of the state's population now receiving government food aid, over a third of the people in that state. the department of...
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. >> reporter: chief spokesman lyndon johnson said that four times. >> let me make this clear, bart loves free speech. this agency takes free speech seriously. i love the free speech amendment so much that i'm telling the protestors, here is an opportunity to gain the public's ear. >> reporter: but they have to happen in areas outside of the turnstiles. he cited a 1969 supreme court ruling that it says allowed limiting public speech when public safety is at sake. but bob franklin admits the debate will go beyond the next board meeting. >> it's brought up a national issue. i think bart is the test case for this and what happens when the first amendment rights to make a phone call collide with public safety. >> reporter: late this afternoon the aclu told me it disagrees with bart's interpretation of the 1969 supreme court ruling which dealt with whether the government could punish free speech by the ku klux klan and not whether they could stop the speech in the first place. >> bart passengers are concerned about safety along their commute. some riders told us today the ordeal made them thin
. >> reporter: chief spokesman lyndon johnson said that four times. >> let me make this clear, bart loves free speech. this agency takes free speech seriously. i love the free speech amendment so much that i'm telling the protestors, here is an opportunity to gain the public's ear. >> reporter: but they have to happen in areas outside of the turnstiles. he cited a 1969 supreme court ruling that it says allowed limiting public speech when public safety is at sake. but bob...
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>> i don't think there could be a bigger difference between lyndon johnson and myself as president ofon did give us medicaid and medicare and i think he set the course for where we're at right now financially. it's just taken this long to get there. so i'm good -- about as opposite i think -- i know lyndon johnson when he took office, new mexico voters didn't vote for him. roswell was an air force base at that time and because roswell didn't vote for him, he shut down that air force base. that's not me. that's not me. my thing is issues first, politics last. and that's what i would be as president of the united states. >> we'd like to thank you for being here today. >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] like to think all of you in the audience as well as our television and radio arenas -- audiences listening today and we're adjourned. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, ceremonies in germany to mark the 50th anniversary of the berlin wall the then a conversation with a fo
>> i don't think there could be a bigger difference between lyndon johnson and myself as president ofon did give us medicaid and medicare and i think he set the course for where we're at right now financially. it's just taken this long to get there. so i'm good -- about as opposite i think -- i know lyndon johnson when he took office, new mexico voters didn't vote for him. roswell was an air force base at that time and because roswell didn't vote for him, he shut down that air force base....
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lyndon johnson did not need to argue as hard against money. is it not the context that is trapping this presidency, rather than the failings of his personality? >> lyndon johnson did not need to worry about running against money quite so hard, partly because he always said texas oil money behind him. but he had something just as tough, which is the southern conservative midwestern domination of congress. when johnson came into office, and his conservative coalition was formed in 1937 -- 37 in response to the supreme court packing bill, and stayed in power a quarter century. roosevelt never got a single major domestic bill through congress after 1937. no real major legislation passed until johnson came into office. every president has huge problems facing them. just to go back to a point, about being comfortable in your personality, not afraid to be ruthless, i will tell you what the rules listed for lyndon johnson. i was just listening to a tape for something i am writing now. everyone knew that if you denied him a vote, he would never stop tr
lyndon johnson did not need to argue as hard against money. is it not the context that is trapping this presidency, rather than the failings of his personality? >> lyndon johnson did not need to worry about running against money quite so hard, partly because he always said texas oil money behind him. but he had something just as tough, which is the southern conservative midwestern domination of congress. when johnson came into office, and his conservative coalition was formed in 1937 --...
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. >>> a british tabloid reports jacqueline kennedy onassis believed vice president lyndon johnson wasesponsible for her husband's assassination. according to the "daily mail," mrs. onassis believed that accused assassins lee harvey oswald was part of a larger conspiracy which included johnson. the tabloid claims there are secretly recorded tapes from jackie o. she also admits to affairs with actor william holden and an italian tycoon in retaliation for jfk's affairs. >>> 4:50 now. it's official. last month was hotter than usual across the country according to a new government report. july was the fourth hottest month on record here on the planet. in the past 30 days, more than 3700 high temperature reports have been set or tied across the nation especially down in the southwest. >>> yeah, across the deep south, of course, here in the bay area we have been cooler than normal. we have a trough along the west coast keeping those temperatures down a bit but things beginning to change as high pressure starting to build in now out of the southwest. still we have some low clouds and fog agai
. >>> a british tabloid reports jacqueline kennedy onassis believed vice president lyndon johnson wasesponsible for her husband's assassination. according to the "daily mail," mrs. onassis believed that accused assassins lee harvey oswald was part of a larger conspiracy which included johnson. the tabloid claims there are secretly recorded tapes from jackie o. she also admits to affairs with actor william holden and an italian tycoon in retaliation for jfk's affairs....
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bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great a side of lyndon johnson vietnam war that got us part of the fact of will center in the fixture injury system of bretton woods and that pushes into the inevitable position where the day which is boom bust and move to the point where the nation states pick all the liabilities the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they sat on a grenade right now and the nation state is the the vessel that within which humanity has been able to see it guard certain human rights and if that goes it's effectively a new a futile a smart. u.s. markets have opened in the green after wednesday's losses on wall street meanwhile the russian indexes that have surrendered their gains this fears over the stability of the banking sector persist however given wings live still remains uncertain well of course our business desk is following all of those latest things for us let's cross live to it now and dimitri at how are russian shares fairing amid all of this global market volatility well since its globa
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what happens to welfare programs eventually they get caught take for example what happened to lyndon johnson's great society welfare programs that cut poverty in half in the one nine hundred sixty s. by the bubble driven go go nine hundred ninety s. very few people were thinking that maybe one day they would need welfare maybe one day they would need a long term help because the country may have a severe recession or even another great depression so predictably fifteen years ago president bill clinton drank the republican kuwait in pledged to end it welfare as we know it he fundamentally changed the way welfare was administered in the united states by placing strict new requirements on impoverished families to collect benefits as a result he did and welfare as we know it and he didn't end poverty and his welfare reform ripped huge chunks of the social safety net away and that social safety net is now it wasn't so badly needed back then but it's now pretty badly needed but no longer exists as this chart shows the ruritania years of the one nine hundred ninety six when clinton signed welfare ref
what happens to welfare programs eventually they get caught take for example what happened to lyndon johnson's great society welfare programs that cut poverty in half in the one nine hundred sixty s. by the bubble driven go go nine hundred ninety s. very few people were thinking that maybe one day they would need welfare maybe one day they would need a long term help because the country may have a severe recession or even another great depression so predictably fifteen years ago president bill...
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bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great aside lyndon johnson vietnam war that got us part of the fact of all satir in the fixture a system of bread and words and that pushed us into the inevitable position where did it which is boom bust boom bust and move to the point where the nation states take all the liabilities the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they sat on a grenade and the nation state is the the vessel that within which humanity has been able to see quite certain human rights and if that goes it's effectively a new a futile a smart. for more news updates and videos await you on our web site l.t. dot com is that what we have a new online today well on this day more than twenty five years ago the american president ronald reagan always sparked world war three when the joke he was about to start bombing the soviet union but that's only broadcast nationwide sparking mounts. and russia's testing is the state of the our police to miss out on the line up which will be the world's most advanced submarine
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bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great society of lyndon johnson vietnam war and i got a spot of the fact the gold standard in the fixture injury system of bretton woods and that pushes you to the inevitable position the word today which is boom bust and move to the point where the nation stays take all the liabilities the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they sat on the grenade right now and the nation state is the the vessel that within which humanity has been able to see accord certain human rights and if that goes it's effectively a new a feudal smart. now they say every cloud has a silver lining but it's golden for those who heeded warnings about where the dollar would be heading while markets and investors react to the lowering of the u.s. credit rating and europe's debt crisis the price of gold has reached an all time high for the first time in history the precious metal has stopped past its record price of one thousand eight hundred dollars an ounce investors new gold as a safer bet amid rising worries
bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great society of lyndon johnson vietnam war and i got a spot of the fact the gold standard in the fixture injury system of bretton woods and that pushes you to the inevitable position the word today which is boom bust and move to the point where the nation stays take all the liabilities the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they sat on the grenade right now and the nation...
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bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great aside lyndon johnson vietnam war record just after the fact of all satir in the fixit stranger a system of bread and loads and that caused this new to the inevitable illusionary world today which is. and move to get rid of nation states take over liabilities the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they sat on the grenade and the nation state is the the vessel that within which humanity has been able to see it are certain human rights and if that goes it's a fake a billion you have feudalism up. european markets have surrendered their earlier games as fears over the stability of the banking sector insist they're wrong in diseases following suit the main concern right now being rumors over the possible government bailout of french. but given the recent swing of the outlook still remains uncertain wall street about to start trading after last night slump our business desk is following all the latest figures for us join them for an update in about ten minutes time. so the no
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bretton woods we're running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great society lyndon johnson vietnam war and i got us off to be defacto gold standard and the fixed exchange rates system of bread and words and that pushes you to the inevitable position the world today which is boom bust boom bust and move to the point where the nation states take all the liability of the banking system and then effectively but there's also a position where there's all the grenade and the initial stages the the vessel that we've been which humanity has been able to save guard certain human rights and if that goes it's affectively and you have feudalism are well it's not all bad news in the financial world all markets and investors react to the lowering of the u.s. credit rating and europe's debt crisis the price of gold has reached an all time high for the first time in history the precious metal has some past its record price of one thousand eight hundred dollars an ounce investors you gold as a safer bet amid rising worries about debt levels and the weak u.s. dollar watch our gold in business
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that's how the civil rights legislation got passed, helping a democratic president, lyndon johnson. that era seems long gone to me to hear senator paul speak. >> eric, that's interesting, i think last week it was said that it's counterconstitutional. the idea that you fight hard for what you believe in but at a certain point when you realize it's not going to happen you have to be willing to compromise. a lot of folks think compromise is a dirty word? >> i think it depends on what you're compromising on. it can be practicality and a lot of other issues but if you compromise your principles, why bother? jesse helms said, if you think freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why are they barttering away? a lot of people believe that. rand paul is one of those. he believes we're going to a bad place in the cou
that's how the civil rights legislation got passed, helping a democratic president, lyndon johnson. that era seems long gone to me to hear senator paul speak. >> eric, that's interesting, i think last week it was said that it's counterconstitutional. the idea that you fight hard for what you believe in but at a certain point when you realize it's not going to happen you have to be willing to compromise. a lot of folks think compromise is a dirty word? >> i think it depends on what...
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that's how the civil rights legislation got passed, helping a democratic president, lyndon johnson.ems long gone to me to hear senator paul speak. >> eric, that's interesting, i think last week it was said that it's counter constitutional. the idea that you fight hard for what you believe in but at a certain point when you realize it's not going to happen you have to be willing to compromise. a lot of folks think compromise is a dirty word? >> i think it depends on what you're compromising on.
that's how the civil rights legislation got passed, helping a democratic president, lyndon johnson.ems long gone to me to hear senator paul speak. >> eric, that's interesting, i think last week it was said that it's counter constitutional. the idea that you fight hard for what you believe in but at a certain point when you realize it's not going to happen you have to be willing to compromise. a lot of folks think compromise is a dirty word? >> i think it depends on what you're...
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bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great society of lyndon johnson vietnam war and i got a spot of the fact of gold standard in the fixture injury system of reading words and that pushes you to the inevitable position where the day which is boom bust boom bust and move to the point where the nation states take all the liability of the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they are the grenade now and the nation state is the the vessel that within which humanity has been able to sit guard certain human rights and if that goes it's effectively a new a futile or smart. european markets have surrendered their early again this fears over the stability of the banking sector has assessed the wrong indices are following suit the main concern right now being room is over the possible government bailout of french saw three thousand i'll buy but given the recent swing of the outlook still remains uncertain with wall street about to start trading after last night's slump our business desk is following all the latest figures for u
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now ok now you bring something up there it sounds similar to what was experienced during the lyndon johnson and kind of guns and butter you know they want it all and this led to a huge over expenditures was the lead ultimately to nixon closing the gold window in one nine hundred seventy one stacy arab or do i do the show with brilliantly asked me earlier in the show can obama if he was really a leader do our. vers next and just say we're going to reopen the goal window at twenty twenty five thousand dollars an ounce to inflate away these debts well that doesn't inflate away the debts i mean that that is an attempt to remind of ties gold put the u.s. back on the gold standard yes that's what we should do but there's no chance that we're going to do that certainly not under obama you know that was the last time the u.s. government actually did default we defaulted on our promise to pay goal and basically rendered a dollar fee out with no real value but i think that the loss that you're going to see in the dollar in the decade ahead is going to be far greater than the loss and in one nine hund
now ok now you bring something up there it sounds similar to what was experienced during the lyndon johnson and kind of guns and butter you know they want it all and this led to a huge over expenditures was the lead ultimately to nixon closing the gold window in one nine hundred seventy one stacy arab or do i do the show with brilliantly asked me earlier in the show can obama if he was really a leader do our. vers next and just say we're going to reopen the goal window at twenty twenty five...
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stats ran it for what seemed like forever from lyndon johnson's time through the nixon, ford and carter administrations. his name was as familiar as a washington landmark, like one of those places you hear on the radio traffic reports. as in traffic is backed up all the way to the whatever. it was years before i knew that it was actually a river. all i knew was it was somewhere out there that traffic backed up. the same with elmer stats. his name was on so many reports that people who didn't know what he did knew his name. and those who did know knew you could take what his agency reported to the bank. its facts were seldom disputed. its neutrality never challenged. his political affiliation never known. the times noted that it could rest on a pillow that had a donkey on one side and an elephant on the other. stats came from a different washington in another and better time. somehow i'm glad he didn't know about the partisan bungling that brought the embarrassing downgrade of our credit rating. he might have found that hard to take. back in a minute. [ male announcer ] how can power con
stats ran it for what seemed like forever from lyndon johnson's time through the nixon, ford and carter administrations. his name was as familiar as a washington landmark, like one of those places you hear on the radio traffic reports. as in traffic is backed up all the way to the whatever. it was years before i knew that it was actually a river. all i knew was it was somewhere out there that traffic backed up. the same with elmer stats. his name was on so many reports that people who didn't...
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the issue of inequality which has been pretty much off the table since the reagan revolution lyndon johnson tackled any quality with his great society programs and cut poverty in america almost in half in less than four years if we really believe in a humane society if you really take seriously that word happiness as the human right that thomas jefferson wrote into the declaration of independence and we need to start again a conversation in this country to deal with the horrible inequality that is driving so many of our social ills. it's time for our daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's today's question warren buffett says it's time for shared sacrifice from the mega rich will congress loosen your choices are yes every single poll shows the vast majority of americans agree with warren buffett or no with the republicans in congress have signed grover norquist anti x. pledge will still prevail log on to thom hartmann dot com to let us know you think the polls will be open until tomorrow morning. coming up the idea that corporations are people is spreading like a bad buyer i
the issue of inequality which has been pretty much off the table since the reagan revolution lyndon johnson tackled any quality with his great society programs and cut poverty in america almost in half in less than four years if we really believe in a humane society if you really take seriously that word happiness as the human right that thomas jefferson wrote into the declaration of independence and we need to start again a conversation in this country to deal with the horrible inequality that...
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after bretton woods we're running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter greatest lyndon johnson vietnam or half of the defacto gold standard in the fixture injury system of bread and words and that pushes you to the inevitable position that we're today which is boom bust boom bust and move to the point where the nation states take all the liability of the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they are a grenade and the nation state is the the vessel that within which humanity has been able to see accord certain human rights and if that goes it's affectively and your feudalism are. all serbs in northern kossovo dismantling roadblocks set up to increase tensions with ethnic albanians our attempts to peace deal was brokered between the sides by nic patches broke out in the last month half the cost of the police to control of two disputed border crossings with serbia to enforce a trade ban but as our rafa knox now reports some subs feel forced to protect themselves from ethnic aggression on a daily basis. eighty two year old little bit sir who lives
after bretton woods we're running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter greatest lyndon johnson vietnam or half of the defacto gold standard in the fixture injury system of bread and words and that pushes you to the inevitable position that we're today which is boom bust boom bust and move to the point where the nation states take all the liability of the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they are a grenade and the nation state is the the...
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bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great society of lyndon johnson vietnam war and i got a spot of the type of gold standard in the fixture injury system of bread and words and that pushes you to the inevitable position where the day which is boom bust boom bust and move to the point where the nation states take all the liability of the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they're on the grenade right now and the nation state is the the vessel that within which humanity has been able to sit guard certain human rights and if that goes it's effectively a new a feudal smart. check out our website r.t. dot com for more news blogs. an analysis here's a taste of what's on the line right now we were banished nato says insurgents in afghanistan down with the elections helicopter. dead were killed in a special operation something to tell about it and now i. find out what's being done to stop sexual predators when paedophile offenders escape justice in russia. shots have been fired inside the estonian defense ministry in thail
bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great society of lyndon johnson vietnam war and i got a spot of the type of gold standard in the fixture injury system of bread and words and that pushes you to the inevitable position where the day which is boom bust boom bust and move to the point where the nation states take all the liability of the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they're on the grenade right now and the...
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bretton woods we were running deficits like the sixty's we had the guns and butter great and lyndon johnson vietnam war they got just part of the practical sattar in the fixture injury system of bread and loads and that pushes you to the inevitable illusionary world today which is boom bust and move to the point where the nation states take all the liability of the banking system and then effectively put themselves in a position where they are the grenade and the nation state is the the vessel that within which humanity has been able to sit guard certain human rights and if that goes it's a plague oblio you have a little smart. talk out our website artie dot com for more news blogs an analysis here's a taste of what's on the line right now with nato he says afghanistan down the coalition's helicopter people that. were killed and the special place and something and i. can't find out what's being done to stop sexual predators who paid a father for justice in boston strong. shots have been fired inside the estonian defense ministry in thailand after a gunman burst into the headquarters and all
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