inaudible question] >> jonathan. >> i think that if you were going to pick a president to figure out, lyndon johnson would be your guide. i mean, he is really just perceptive. their is a famous story that larry o'brien, a kennedy aide and became johnson's chief legislative strategist told about one night when they were -- there were up on capitol hill trying to pass a bill. he was trying to bring it home for the white house, and he came up short. he felt that and procrastinated, spent a couple of hours before reporting back to the white house in the early hours of the morning and finally he goes in and tells president johnson that he has come up short. in johnson's first question is, when did this happen? and he tells him. what did you wake me? and johnson said, when you are bleeding up on that hill, i want to be bleeding with you. at

i think a lot of us will be familiar with the general history of lyndon johnson of 1963. he is the vice president who was stripped of all power. the study of the god who is powerless. what was fascinating to me was where ronald reagan won in 1963, what he was doing and where his career was. >> so if you ask the famous question of ronald reagan, where were you the day of the john f. kennedy was shot, and my book begins the day after kennedy was shot, you find you somewhere he's not supposed to be. in the store that i knew before start working on this about reagan, he had an early in life movie an acting career, which in the '30s and '40s, which then turned into his position in the screen actors guild and then through his work with the ge theater really became more alike about his passion for politics and his sort of removal from the hollywood scene. what i found when you ask that question, where were you a day that jfk was shot is that reagan is not what is supposed to be. he is back working as an actor. he had lost his job as a host of ge theater two years before, and he

lyndon johnson is a common murderer. >> johnson did things that no other president did.hts, great society. he should have been somebody that every young person and every liberal would have celebrated, but they didn't. he became the vietnam war president. >> we'd been told repeatedly that we're succeeding, we're defeating them. they can't hold out. johnson kept saying, there's light at the end of the tunnel. >> this is a cbs news special report. saigon under fire. >> the enemy in vietnam has demolished the myth that a live military strength controls that country. >> the american embassy is under siege. inside are the vietcong terror squads that charged in during the night. >> the tet offensive was an enormous game changer. they were shooting up the american embassy. they had hit dozens of cities all over vietnam. it was a tremendous shock. >> we have known for several months now that the communist planned a massive, winter-spring offensive. we do not think that our military operations are going to be at all materially affected. >> he was unable to be honest with the ameri

it would be unheard of. >> it was especially tough for lyndon johnson. date, the most pro-israeli american president in history. >> johnson was in a very tough mood. i'm tom hughes, i was director in the state department, director of intelligence and research at the time of the liberty incident in '67. back on the liberty johnson himself briefed news week magazine off the record that the israelis had attacked, and the reason they attacked was that they thought this was an intelligence ship that was intercepting israeli communications. the director of news week was soon leaked and this alarmed and their leading friends in the jewish organizations. the israeli organization regarded this as a major problem and what johnson had told news week practically amounted to blood libel. >> declassified israeli documents show they were going to threaten president johnson with blood libel, gross antisemitism and that would end his political career. >> blackmail. this was i'm a former director of the national security agency. they know if these he's thinking of running

c-span: the chapter right after andrew johnson is lyndon johnson. and i just want to read what you wrote. "serving as kennedy's second-in-command tortured the competitive johnson. he soaked his misery in cutty sark. often too depressed to get out of bed, aides had to lift him up and move his arms about to get him circulating." was this while he's president? >> guest: no, no. this is when he was vice president. this is... c-span: well, i mean -- but it was while he was a politician... >> guest: yes, absolutely. c-span: ...not after he'd retired. >> guest: no, no, no, no. no. this was... c-span: aides had to lift him up and move his arms about to get him circulated? where did -- do you have any idea where that came from? >> guest: you know, i'm trying to -- i mean, you're asking me about something i wrote a year ago. i mean, it's in the source material. i can't -- i don't know that i can find -- i could say specifically which one of those books it's from. c-span: but he was so depressed when he was no. 2... >> guest: yes. c-span: ...that this was going

and in the 1960s with lyndon johnson. and so where would i be today were it not for the 1964 civil rights act, the 1965 voting rights act? where would i be living today were it not for the 1968 fair housing law, and would i have ever gone to work in state government in south carolina if we had not outlawed discrimination in 1972 in the public sector? and so that, all of those things were delivered by the democratic party, and i think it's high part time that we democrats stop apologizing for being for the underdog, being for the little guy, and being for the middle income americans. and for us to sit and spend all of our time in the campaign moving forward, then i find it kind of interesting. i noticed we have a guest today, i think over here, from the russian embassy. i went to the soviet union in 1972. my daughter went back in 1992. now, when she left to go back, to go over there in 1992, i said to her, well, i hope you really enjoy this trip. i really enjoyed going to the soviet union. and bring me a souvenir back. so

he said lyndon johnson. >> oh. >> i sid lyndon johnson? i said i've known him since he arrived in washington. so he came and worked the rest of the section on the door with me. and i took him in and introduced him to congressman on the floor and went up and down each aisle. told him who they were, introduced him to the reporters nd showed him. >> it exposed him to a living civics lesson that you never would learn from the pages of a book. there's a continuity of stories that he would tell that stories later pages would tell in oral histories. >> it's true that when you look at artifacts, these are the ones that people saved. it was such an important and life-changing period in their lives. as adolescence is always, but certainly for them, it was. so we end up with things say, cards, pens, photos of themselves, yearbooks. one of the images they had, it was matted, they saved it forever. pages were all lined up in front of the rostrum and the house chamber with the supervisors in the front and the pages look pretty happy, even though they're

when i dealt deeper into woodrow wilson's archives is he met with the naacp three times, putting lyndon johnson in his office, one of the times, a silent protest parade in new york city, african americans protesting mob violence in this area. the naacp is doing here and what they do get from wilson and also from harding are statements against lynching. it took a lot of letter-writing and a number of meetings but woodrow wilson makes a great statement here. those are many lynchings and every one of them have been at the blow of ordered law and humane justice. no man who loves america or cares for fame and honor and character or who is truly loyal to her institutions can justify a mob action or the courts of justice are open and governments of states or nations ready, and individuals like do boys, in exchange with wilson and in exchange with harding. harding makes this statement to congress, with lynchings. a free and orderly representative democracy the head of the nation, and americans will follow. as you know, that happens. at the tail end of the hiding statement, the focus or federal law, if

>> i met lyndon johnson twice. once when i was visiting my grandfather who was a colleague of his in the senate, and once later on when he had retired back to texas. he was a big guy. i was struck by how imposing his physical being was, and i would suspect amongst the four, his strongest quality was his persuasiveness. [laughter] >> particularly to get the civil rights bill passed. it's one of the greatest legislative feats in our nation's history. and lyndon johnson powered it through, and i don't think we can teach size. [laughter] >> but i will think we can -- people will be able to be inspired by his lesson, and -- yeah. >> president clinton, let me ask you, you two to talk about each other for a minute. >> beautiful man. beautiful. [laughter] >> what in president bush's leadership style stand out are out for you that you want taught in this scholars program? >> when he decided what he thought was right, he went for it. and sometimes i didn't agree with what he thought was right. but i recognized that he was do

only the president was hit, the governor was hit, who knows if the next shot would have been for lyndon johnsonn's car pulls into the emergency bay at parkland hospital. four agents reach in and grab johnson and pull him out and start to run him down one corridor looking for a safe place. >> mr. johnson's whereabouts are being kept secret for security reasons. if anybody knows where mr. johnson is, it is not us at this moment. >> there was a signal moment in the cultural history. suddenly it occurred the right thing to do is turn on television. >> the reports continue to come in, but in a confused and fragmentary fashion. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas in an effort to save his life. >> it was odd. there were no commercials, just a continuing experience. zpr two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital, where he rests after the assassination attempt which was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, mom? >> absolutely shocked, stunned. we have the same birthday and i'm just crazy about him. >> who

kennedy and lyndon johnson had called on the government to help those in need.ald reagan called on the government to get out of the way so people could help themselves. reagan administration budget director, david stockman, told congress that the job corps had flunked the cost/benefit test. too much cost, not enough benefit. the cost? $15,000 a slot, he said. it made me laugh to see david stockman resurrecting that old canard this year as a justification for closing up the job corps. that was all discussed back in the '60s. the fact is it's not true. the actual costs of the entire job corps operation per enrollee is about 6,000 bucks. now, that's a lot of money. i'm not trying to minimize it. but the question is, is it better to spend $6,000 to transform that young man or woman and turn them into a taxpayer, or to leave them alone save the $6,000, and then spend $26,000 or $46,000 a year taking care of them in jail? schoumacher: job corps benefits were as minimal, david stockman said, as its costs were high. over the past 15 years the welfare state entrepreneurs

so let's talk about lyndon johnson. how did you actually get a job working for him because most white house fellas don't work for the president of the united states. the usually work in some department. how did you get to work for them? >> there's no question that every part of my career as a presidential historian goes back to lyndon johnson. when i was selected as a white house fellow with the big dance at the white house and he did dance with me. there were only three women out of the 16 white house fellas. but you're right, he could've been assigned anywhere in the white house, but he whispered that i said he wanted me to be assigned directly to him. but then it was not that simple in the months leading to my selection like many other young people i was a graduate student at high harvard. i'd written an article that, the new republic because i was involved in the antiwar movement with the title, how true bill clinton john and from power. [laughter] it came out two days after the dance at the white house so i was cer

so let's talk about lyndon johnson. how did you actually get a job working for him because most white house fellas don't work fo how did you actually get the work for him? >> there's no question that every part of my career as a presidential historian goes back to lyndon johnson. when i was elected white house fellow we had a big band at the white house. there were only three women and 16 white house fellows that you are right he could have been assigned anywhere in the white house buddy whispered to me that night as he was twirling around the floor that he wanted to me to be assigned directly to him. it was not to be that simple for the months leading up to my selection. like many young people i have written an article against him which came out in the new republic because i was involved in the antiwar movement with a title how to remove lyndon johnson from power. [laughter] it came out two days after the dance of the white house so i was certain he would kick me out of the program but he said bring her down here for a

this is the kind of gossip that certainly lyndon johnson and hoover himself liked to share.u have a real disconnect both on the part of the fbi, but also on the part of the white house between what it is they are saying publicly during these years and what it is they're talking about in private. >> after j edgar hoover called dr. king "the most notorious liar in the country," a reporter asked him for his response. this is a clip. >> dr. king, what is your reaction to the charges made by j edgar hoover? >> well, i was quite shocked and surprised to learn of this statement in mr. hoover questioning my integrity. very frankly, i don't understand what motivated the statement. >> so that was dr. king. professor, can you talk about what king did when he received this letter? it was actually after he came back from also, right? was he alarmed by it? did they understand who it was from? >> so the press conference that you were showing king's response to was 50 years ago today, so november 18. right after that is when the fbi actually sent off the letter and the tape. however, king d

lyndon johnson. i have known him since he arrived in washington. so, became and worked the rest door.and iion on the took him in and introduced him to congressmen on the floor and went up and down each aisle. told them who he was. to the reporters and a lot of things like that. >> his experience was typical of a lot of the pages. it expose them to a living civics lesson. that you never would learn from of a book. there is a real continuity and the stories he would tell and the stories that later pages would tell us. >> it is certainly true that when we look at artifacts, these are the ones that people saved. it was such an important and life-changing period. as adolescence is always, but for them it absolutely was. we end up with thing lots of people safe like cards and pins and photos. yearbooks. one of my favorite objects is that somebodyge had. they saved it forever of pages at the beginning of the 20th front of the up in rostrum in the house chamber with their supervisors in the front. look pretty happy. the supervisors look a little more sever

>> guest: in the lyndon johnson administration i was a copy boy and went over to the white house and that was to be a very engaging young man and hoped he would be finding the same enemy. years later i wrote a column in a book called burning censorship from the left and so i wrote a column about it and i set it off to what i thought would be the least likely to print it in an times and it's framed on my wall as a historical document and they read another one later on in the "washington post" printed about into the la times. they said what's going on so he contacted all the we contacted all the syndicates and my background was broadcast and they all turned me down so the publisher at the la times i called him up and i said there is good commentary particularly in the social and cultural issues to get peoples attention even more than the economics. he said he might be right. the next time you come to la i will set you up at the meeting from the syndicates people that we that they could own decision. so i went out there and mess with them and they miraculously i must say offered me a ch

lyndon johnson, war and poverty. state had to implement in a fashion that they found judicious these big programs. the affordable care act is the largest expansion of government in the last 50 years. what is interesting about the federal government, the federal government can do a whole lot. it's just in our own times we live in an age where there is the most economic inequality in american history since the gilded age in the late 19th century the age of the rockefellers and the vanderbilt, these titans. what the federal government can do when we think about ferguson would be whether it's a great society or an urban renewal program. what's interesting is that what impact white americans as well and latinos. the reason why i say that as americans we should think about black equality because even the new deal and great society because of institutional racism black equality was not actually achieved even though there were these huge federal mandates. in 2014 because we are aware of racial injustice we should have huge f

lyndon johnson could never have imagined that ronald reagan would be such a definitive figure in the long term success of the johnson legacy. that is where i would ask we be more charitable. we should hold them to a high standard when talking about what they think and what their ideas are, but we should not necessarily expect them all to be political svengalis. >> to politicians to they deserve credit charity? >> yes. i have given criticism, but i do believe that today's leaders are probably intellectually as capable as any we've ever had. i do feel cheered by the kind of people running for congress these days you have had direct military experience. as of one generation ago two-thirds of the members of congress had military experience that gave them greater ability to weigh such things as defense budgets and national security issues than their successors in the intervening time who had none of that. today's crop of those will provide a new brand of. too early to say whether out of that will come eisenhowers are reagan's of the future, but it is encouraging. maybe i should say the ke

and in the 1960s with lyndon johnson. and so where would i be today were it not for the 1964 civil rights act, the 1965 voting rights act? where would i be living today were it not for the 1968 fair housing law, and would i have ever gone to work in state government in south carolina if we had not outlawed discrimination in 1972 in the public sector? and so that, all of those things were delivered by the democratic party, and i think it's high pa time that we democrats stop apologizing for being for the underdog, being for the little guy, and being for the middle income americans. and for us to sit and spend all of our time in the campaign moving forward, then i find it kind of interesting. i noticed we have a guest today, i think over here, from the russian embassy. i went to the soviet union in 1972. my daughter went back in 1992. now, when she left to go back, to go over there in 1992, i said to her, well, i hope you really enjoy this trip. i really enjoy ed going to the soviet union. and bring me a souvenir back. so w

for all of the historical analysis with lyndon johnson and how powerful he was. lyndon johnson never had the kind of slitive power that harry -- legislative power that harry reid hasing a gated within his office and his staff. and mitch is determined to change that. i think when that begins to happen, all kinds of good things will begin to happen. again, if you have two managers on the floor, republican and democrat, you have to get together. olympia's done it. she's managed on the floor as a republican. i've done it. you can't be mad at your democratic counterpart when you're trying to move a bill across the floor. all kinds of wonderful things begin to happen and that is mitch's number one goal. mitch has an enormous advantage that is not available to most senators. he knows he's not going to be president of the united states some day. [laughter] consequently, he will focus on the institution and making it work. one other thing -- if i were advising him at this point, i of d say do this to get rid some of the difficulties that grip the senate and i think the ho

in 1964, for example, lyndon baines johnson was the democratic candidate, and all the polls show that he was defeating every republican, who ever it was, whether it was nelson rockefeller or george romney, father of mitt romney, or bill scranton, or barry goldwater, or richard nixon. all of them could not receive more than 20 or 25% of the vote. why? because john kennedy had been assassinated the previous november, and the american people wanted his successor, lyndon johnson, to carry out the martyred president's program. so no one could have one in 1964-- have won in 1964 on the republican side. but barry goldwater decided to go for the nomination for two reasons. number one, because young people like you all had come to him and said, you must run. you must raise the conservative standard. we have worked so hard for you these last couple of years. we want you to run, to be that conservative candidate. so he was responding to the call of young people and young conservatives all over america. there were issues that had to be discussed, that had not been discussed in american politics f

there's a case that goes all the way back to lyndon johnson's days during the vietnam war where somebodyho didn't want to fight in vietnam said if they force me to pick up a gun, the first person who's going to be in the sights is lyndon johnson. now, he was charged with a crime, threatening the president of the united states, and the supreme court threw that out and said that's free political expression. and protected. >> and the court has really begun to great lengths. the high court, to protect the first amendment and free speech. so in light of that, how do you think they're going to take on and rule on this particular case, especially dealing with the social media nexus. >> right. i think the supreme court taking this case is actually good. because what they're trying to do is have the law catch up with technology and what is now current. elliot roger, as you know, had made some very disparaging comments on youtube and facebook. and he went on to stab one of his roommates and went on a shooting spree at the university of santa barbara. that's one of the reasons i think the supreme c

lyndon johnson, 1966, approval, just over 40%. democrats lost four senate seats and more recently george w. bush in 2006 approval under 40%. republicans lost six seats and control of the senate. now president obama has done his part to help democrats mostly by raising a lot of money. also by staying out of competitive states, he has rarely campaigned at all this year. >> woodruff: we're still waiting for results in crucial states, republicans need to take over one more seat to clinch majority giving republicans control of both chambers of congress. we wrap up the night with mark shields, mike it gerson, amy walter and stu rothenberg. i think, michael, my question to launch this conversation is, if americans are not happy with what they have been seeing in washington, what are they going to start seeing? in the next month, the next two years that's going to make them more pleased about what goes on in this city? >> they have to have an alternative. this is not just a loss for obama it also represents something the crisis, modern li

lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcasts is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone. >>> thank you forgetting up early and coming in this morning. >> my pleasure. >> most would want to sleep in after all the turkey. it is friday. november 28. also known as black friday. >> a lot people are shopping right now. now a quick check of the weather of the. >> get your comfortable shoes on. be careful. look at this fog. the atmosphere is already getting moist for the big rain. they coming later in the evening. through wednesday. threat than quarter-mile at fairfield. livermore is eight miles so that is better. three-quarters of a mile at half moon bay. in downtown san francisco on the embarcadero we are mostly in the 40's and we will top out in the mid-50's to 60's transitioning to haze. low-to-mid 60 but not "spare the air" day with rain in the north bay by 7:00. the road? >> looking clear but for the fog which is a big factor for black friday morning shopping free. >> at the golden gate bridge it is socked in. really, really, limit

when i dealt deeper into woodrow wilson's archives is he met with the naacp three times, putting lyndon johnson in his office, one of the times, a silent protest parade in new york city, african americans protesting mob violence in this area. the naacp is doing here and what they do get from wilson and also from harding are statements against lynching. it took a lot of letter-writing and a number of meetings but woodrow wilson makes

>> i met lyndon johnson twice. once when i was visiting my grandfather, who was a colleague in the senate, and once later on when he retired back to texas. he is a big guy. hiss struck by how imposing physical being was. would suspect his strongest quality was his persuasiveness. particularly to get the civil rights bill passed. the greatest legislative feeds in our nations history. lyndon johnson powered it through. i think people will be able to be inspired by his lesson. >> let me ask you to talk about each other for a minute. >> wonderful man. beautiful. >> what in president bush's leadership style stands out for you that you want taught in the scholars program? >> when he decided what he thought was right, he went for it. sometimes i didn't agree with , but i thought was right recognized he was doing what he thought was right, not what he thought the politics of the moment required or what the constituencies in the party required. about no child left behind, but one thing it reflected was a concern for the ach

lyndon johnson and barack obama it was white house micromanagement. a lot in these statements from robert gates. growing controversy over claims the commander in chief is acting micromanager in chief. bill: the bitter cold is already here, only november. what's next? we will show you. >> i could not see as it was coming down so i had to pull over. >> trying to stay warm out of this. martha: get ready, old man man winter is coming. causing lots of problems on the nation's roadways has dramatic video in oklahoma city. the car skidding off the road. accidents all-around, similar similar problems in colorado where a snowstorm dumped more than a foot of snow there. >> it is important to throw down the dry deicer because it adds traction to the wheels. if you put down a liquid, with the temperatures we are having overnight it will freeze up make the roads more slick then they need to be. martha: with more on this. good morning. >> good morning, martha. another surge of cold air. some significant snowfall in colorado, snow across the planes and portions of t

>> when lyndon johnson is pushing through the great society, he's riding the wave of the civil rightsre a lot of americans who are not at all happy about this. >> johnson is a man whom i've known for a long time and i like him personally, but i've watched him change from a conservative democrat to an extreme liberal democrat. >> too often, the '60s is simply seen from a liberal perspective, but the conservative movement had its fans. >> i told my wife, i said honey, what do you think about my running for the presidency? >> i would not say he was politically ambitious. what made my father run started several years before that. it really started with my father's book, "the conscience of a conservative" in 1960, which became kind of the bible of the conservative movement. >> goldwater brought together a kind of muscular americanism, anti-communism, and this growing political opposition to the expansion of the federal government. >> at the time, the republican party was dominated by the eastern liberal establishment. >> conservatives saw the more moderate, liberal part of the republican p

films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago, on august 27, 1964, president lyndon b. johnson accepted the presidential nomination at the democratic national convention in atlantic city, new jersey. less than a year earlier, lbj was sworn in following president kennedy's assassination. he would go on to win the general election against barry goldwater. next, president johnson's speech, in which he outlines the goals of what he calls a great society. this is about 30 minutes. >> he appreciates this tremendous reception, but he has a message to give to you and the american people. [applause]

american president lyndon johnson knew that the to make sure a local conflict did not become a world. with the u.s. blocking israel and russia adesigned arab clause. >> i am bryce lockwood, united states marine corps, retired. our primary purpose was to intercept communications of the russian spy craft at alexandria, egypt. we were not targeted against israelis. >> life was relaxing. one of the nice things about the liberty we had air conditioning. it was cool in the hot days. it was a very laid back, very clean ship. it was spotless, the morale was high, very high. >> by the time the liberty arrived off the coast of egypt on the 8th of june the war had just two days left to run. israel had seized the old city of jerusalem, the west bank and the gaza strip. jordannian forces were stripped and only egypt held out. >> the only voices we got were those of israeli or hebrew what we were hearing. >> my name was bob wilson, i worked for nsa, on june the 8th, 1967, when the -- what we were trying to monitor, find something coming from the direction of egypt, there just was nothing. they own

there is a photo on your wall of a president that you did not serve in congress with, a texan, lyndon johnson. what is your relationship with him? was 12 or 15 years old, he landed a helicopter in a football field and i got to know him them. i went to work for him then. i think they were paying me three dollars a day to put up his placards. but what i had to do to get one of his placards put up is to bring him three placards to a guy that he was running against, so they were really hiring me to tear the other guy's placards down. 30-35le was sheriff for years, and he got me into politics. he was a good sheriff and well thought of, and always a good man. >> you left politics for a while and worked in private industry. you decided to come back and make your bid for a nationally elected office. what are you back in? -- what drew you back in? >> i was living in the smallest county in texas, and dallas spills over upon us. it increased the value of our land. i bought a lot of land and then sold at the right time and was buying and selling land, but during the 80's, when everything hit the bottom,

you know, we're all familiar with the lyndon johnson reign around here. robert carroll has given us that support in great detail. and some look at l.b.j.'s well-known heavy-handedness as a kind of mastery. that's the way some look at it. personally, i have always believed the leader that replaced him was a better fit for this place, and evidently so did johnson's colleagues who elected mansfield upon johnson's departure with overwhelming enthusiasm. they had had it up to here with l.b.j. they were excited that he was gone. in fact, carroll reports that he tried to come to the first lunch after he became vice president and was going to act as the sort of de facto majority leader even though he was now vice president. that was, shall i say, unenthusiasticcally received. he was almost thrown out of the lunch, never to return. and mansfield was, as i said, enthusiastically closen to replace him. now, the chronicles of l.b.j.'s life and legacy usually leave out what i just told you, but by the time he left the senate, as i indicated, his colleagues had had eno

lyndon johnson. what was your impression of him? >> he landed a helicopter many our football field and i got to know him then. i went to work for him and i think they were paying me $3 a day to put up his placards, but what i had to do, i had to bring them three placards of the guy they were hiring me against. they really were hiring me to tear the other guy's placards down. i got to application later because he was a good -- politics later. >> you left politics for a while and worked in private industry but decided to come back and make your bid for national elected office. who drew you back in after your time in private life ? >> i was in business and i was buying and selling land. i was -- rockwall county's the smallest county in texas, 254 counties and my little county is the smallest. dallas spills over on us and as they spilled over on us, it increased the value of our land and the counties next to us. i bought a lot of land and bought it and sold it at that time right time. during the 80's when every hit bottom, i was running

here's betting you don't want to think about lyndon johnson's penis. i'm not sure even lady bird wanted to think about his penis but she signed on for the job, the rest of america, no so mon. plenty of people had deal with the jobson johnson, especially during the five plus years he was president. bay lot of measures he was, not too put too fine a point on it, crazy. it wasn't so much his fierce amibition, extreme even by the standards of the narcissist, to the driven partly by the fact he came from a family of men who died young of heart disease and he lived with a sense that he was always racing the clock. and it wasn't just his -- towards his enemies, particularly the kennedys and particularly robert. that's the wail he played extreme contact sport was 1970s politics and wasn't the micromanagement of the vietnam war. it was a hideous and murderous exercise but as much the result of floundering, fearful, wilful blindness as anything else. it ought not to come as too much surprise that man who effected a rough-hewn courtliness in the public persona mi

vice president lyndon b. johnson western berlin as a personal emissary of president kennedy. at the airport, the vice president, accompanied by robert watson, united states commander on a guard soldiers of the west berlin police. guarda guard -- honor soldiers of the west berlin police. the vice president and mayor move on to city hall, where anxious people seek reassurance on the position of the united states. makeeir part, west germans it clear that they want the western alliance to stay and are opposed to any weakening in the protection they now enjoy. vice president johnson carries a message for president kennedy. freedom granted to west berlin, the united states is committed to the survival and future of a free west berlin. general lucius clay, who engineered the 1948 berlin airlift, is president kennedy's special advisor to berlin in the crisis. august 19, 1961. the first battle group of the united states seventh army is dispatched across 110 miles of soviet east germany to join forces in west berlin. the battle group, commanded by glover john's, is met by a cartel. as

as lyndon johnson recalled, he had a genuine and unaffected interest in the problems of others. johnson observed that people rejoiced with him when he was happy, mourned with him when he was sad. and at all times they reposed in him the trust and confidence that are accorded only to a very close and dear personal friend. at 27 years old the young lawyer toppled the incumbent and easily won the general election for county attorney in 1905. barkley then won election as mccracken county judge, essentially the same position we call county judge executive today, before going to the house of representatives in 1912. in the house, barkley was not only an avid progressive and devotee of president woodrow wilson, but he befriended young lawmakers by the names of sam rayburn of texas and pat harrison of mississippi. re-elected six times to the house, barkley moved to the senate in 1926. i would note that his campaign manager for that senate race was none other than fred vincent who would later become chief justice of the united states. it was in the senate where barkley became widely acla

i thought -- it's what lyndon johnson did in the hill country in 1956 to get elected. these guys are serious. >> as a journalistic matter, you want to report on people who are big names that come to your state. anthony brown, he has no national attention, by the way, because of those polls. he got clobbered. >> he was a terrible candidate, number one. he ran a terrible campaign. he wouldn't come and do a debate in baltimore. he didn't. they had an empty chair in the democratic primary for him. terrible candidate. but larry hogan was not a politician. he was not very well known. and having christie there, i think because of his lack of political background, helped him more than it might help someone else. >> brown was point man on the spectacularly failed maryland health care exchange. >> right. maybe this year not being a politician was a good thing. mary catherine, david, thank you so much for joining us this sunday. >>> ahead on "media buzz," jon stewart apologizes for a pretty dumb joke. and up next, ed henry on pressing the president over whether he really got the

lyndon johnson jettisoned voting. he got rid of housing.these were issues that riled the american people. they did not want to see neighborhoods integrated or voting made easy. a lot of people, he even got rid of the public sector discrimination. it only outlawed discrimination in the private sector. so it jettisoned enough to get the votes needed to pass. one year pass. one year later you get the voting rights act. three years later, the fair housing law. four years law. four years after that outlawed discrimination. it was not until 1972. the same thing here. when i first said when i first said that this law must be done in such a way that it can be implemented incrementally a lot of my friends on the left castigated me. i laughed at them. done incrementally, and it should be done so. honor the fact that you should not bite off more than you can chew. >> okay. maybe one or two questions. >> can you speak to how the entire heads of the party of both chambers were reelected, de record low approval rating of congress and what the american pe

woodrow wilson, harry truman, lyndon johnson. george w. bush.house. ultimately, democrats tried to run from obama. didn't work. you can run but can't hide. they have to find a way to defend what has been done. >> there is no such criticism of hillary clinton. a lot is fair. how she is as a candidate. you are right. the biggest problem all along how does she walk the line between, keeping together the obama coalition and adding to it. how great it will be for hillary clinton to have the governor in florida on her side. the newly elected senator of iowa on her side. >> coat tails. i don't know when they went out. they want out a while back. co-tails are coat tails are so overrated. people, important, news making headliner people. come to your state. to bring a crowd in. so, that, get you on tv. get you on the paper. >> look. the city loves politics. because the city loves itself. the city loves to read about itself. >> it's called narcissism. >> so we have gigantic italic ied, capitalized narcissist. there is a real world out there. putin. potenti

brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 12, 1972, former president lyndon johnson spoke right symposium at his recently opened presidential in austin, texas. in what was his final speech, lbj talkeds death, about the future of civil rights and the role of government in for all equality citizens. >> i believe that the essence of lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and decency and for everyof life individual. andif our efforts continue if our will is strong, and if are right, and if remains our constant fellowon, then, my wericans, i am confident shall overcome. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2, here on we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings events.ic affairs then an weekends, c-span 3 is the home to american history tv that tell our nation's story, including six unique series. the civil unique series -- these civil war's 150th anniversary, touring museums and historic sites, history shelf -- the best-known writers,history lectures in history, with top college professors

conversationffice lyndon johnson had with some reporters, some reporters would say, tell me what to writehe said in this letter, send me word what to do. i will live -- how many times do you find a journalist saying to the president -- this letter is written in strictest confidence does ahow many times journalist say, tell me what to do? implicitwas an understanding that a gotrepublican editor who behind abraham lincoln -- during the secession crisis, greeley said, let the south go. lincoln was always aware that horace greeley was going to be tough to harness. some people called this the suicide letter. as you read, greeley says, i must live only until i get my instructions. so there was no instruction that we know of, no letter that called him down. >> another person you write about is william bryant of the evening post in new york. it is all around the cooper union speech. what the read pro-douglas state register said. where is that paper? >> in springfield, illinois. it is a democratic paper. when lincoln is ready to go to cooper union, they have a negative prognostication about what i

kennedy and lyndon johnson and rich arrested nixon, but we thought after nixon we wouldn't have any. fresh material. and to hear inside the white house is something we don't have post richard nix until now. >> i want to listen to ronald reagan and margaret thatchering on the october of 1983. he didn't say he ordered troops. let's listen. >> we want to put them kind of out ahead in helping in the restoration so there will be no taint of uncle sam trying to impose the government on them. we think the military part of it is going to end shortly. but as i say, i'm sorry for any embarrassment we caused you. it was just fear of or own weakness over here in regard to secre secrecy.y ow weakness over here in regard to secrecy. own weakness over here in regard to secrecy.u own weakness over here in regard to secrecy. >> somehow barbahow is barbara? >> just fine. >> give her my love. >> i will. >> so julian, police an fridays there at the end of the conversation, but ronald really is apologizing to margaret thatcher. why is he expressing so much humility? >> it's an interesting tape. thatcher

films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago, on august 27, 1964, president lyndon b. johnson accepted the presidential nomination at the democratic national convention in atlantic city, new jersey. less than a year earlier, lbj was sworn in following president kennedy's assassination. he would go on to win the general election against barry goldwater. next, president johnson's speech, in which he outlines the goals of what he calls a great society. this is about 30 minutes. >> he appreciates this tremendous reception, but he has a message to give to you and the american people. [applause] >> chairman mccormack, my fellow americans -- i accept your nomination. [applause] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. and i thank you, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side the man that last night you so wisely selected to be the next vice president of the united states. [applause] i know i speak for each of you and all of you when i say he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. [applause] and i speak for both of us when i