thank you. >> lyndon johnson -- the most famous moment between lyndon johnson -- lyndon johnson and wallace came in the midst of the selma crisis in which president johnson brought him to washington, or actually, governor wallace volunteered to meet with him where he got people treatment from lyndon johnson. he was pretty intimidated by the whole process, but he was not alone in that respect. lyndon johnson intimidated everyone. that was, of course, in the early 1960's. the last hurrah for the kind of racial campaign came in 1970 against albert brewer, who had been one of his proteges. he replaced his wife as governor. in the wake of that campaign, it was a pretty all out use of the race issue, attacks that brewer was a candidate of blacks. in the aftermath of that, politically, he said to many of his aides that this was the last campaign he would be able to run like this. the public mood of voters was changing and black voters were fully enfranchised at that moment. when he emotionally chain, that, i think, really comes later on. >> as we discussed with dan carter a little earlier, george

in fact, lyndon johnson., his own kids were against the war, and he had anti-war protesters stay at his house. families were broken over it. much like the civil war, i guess. >> the other thing that people should understand that made this real in the way it hadn't in wars fought earlier was television. television was bringing it into people's living room every night. will you talk about the effect of that? >> well, it was wide open because nobody had really done any kind of -- television wasn't restricted. it was all brand new. and so, you know, nobody in the administration or nobody else had any control over it. the journalists were going out there and getting whatever they found. and we don't have that now. it's much more controlled in the battlefield. so we were seeing things in the living room you wouldn't see now. actual battle scenes and people being wounded and that kind of thing. it had a profound effect on the country. it was another reason why people came out against the war, i started seeing it all

and that's how ddb came into the orbit of lyndon johnson and the dnc in 1964. is aides and his advertising firm, wanted to portray goldwater as a dangerous man who, if he got control of the nuclear arsenal, might threaten the peace of the world. >> goldwater, jr.: the mood of the country at the time was one of worry about the soviet union in particular. peace was a big issue. >> man: bombs away. >> d. goodwin: that fear of nuclear holocaust had been part of all of us who grew up in the '50s and '60s. and by that time, we were used to it, after hiding under our desks for so many years. [ sawing noise ] >> man: in a saturday evening post article dated august 31, 1963, barry goldwater said, "sometimes i think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea." can a man who makes statements like this be expected to serve all the people justly and fairly? vote for president johnson on november 3rd. the stakes are too high for you to stay home. >> califano: we had a -- i guess i would call it a rift between the

so, to lyndon johnson and to john kennedy. u make a valued judgment about how much they cared about the issue compared to hubert humphrey? >> i -- kennedy was -- johnson probably was more in line with humphrey. kennedy was a reluctant civil rights person. he came to it later and bobby came it to even more. but it was an issue for humphrey from the beginning. and it was an issue for johnson, actually, for many years too. humphrey was much more passionate about it, i believe. and much more involved with the african-american community. spoke at naacp meetings and knew a lot of people. he didn't know martin luther king, of course, '48, that early, but he did know a lot of labor leaders. and other people who were at that time. and, yeah, so -- >> let's listen to cynthia in sioux city, iowa. >> caller: good evening. i was a member of the television news team in sioux city, iowa, but i happened to be in washington, d.c. reporting the day we withdrew from vietnam. and i had the privilege of interviewing hubert humphrey on that very day

you remember this campaign, how you did lyndon johnson run against barry goldwater? what was his tactic? >> rottenness. no, they -- johnson ran a very smart campaign because he made goldwater the issue as opposed to the issues being the issue. and barry was painted as a, you know, a crazy person. there were things put out by the johnson campaign that some group of psychiatrists in america came out with some statement that barry was mentally ill, some of you probably remember that, you know, and that he was crazy. and then, of course, the famous 10, 9, 8, 7, the nuclear bomb commercial, which only aired one time, but it got a lot of attention that was designed by bill moyers, actually. you know it was a -- it was a totally "do the guy in" kind of a campaign. >> yeah. i mean, it is important to realize the nuclear stuff didn't just come out of nowhere. in the conscious of a conservative, he made a very strong argument that of a craven fear of depth had crept into the american psyche. by that, he meant people were so afraid of nuclear war that they didn't want to confron

and lyndon johnson -- i respect lyndon johnson because he was one smart cookie. but lyndon johnson was a major player. he was a very tough cookie. and he was able to silence his critics by doing it. so we're going to get your voice back. we are going to get it back. when it looked like i was going to win -- we still have these never trump, never trump, all these people, never trump. that's why i love mike. mike said, hey, he's doing a good job. he's such an amazing guy. we always got along. somehow, we always got along. and there are a few others, too. we have some pretty good relationships. is it, you know, we're going to do something. and when i got the nomination, and as we were getting a and is working on the life form, i said to my people, see if you can add in the johnson amendment. call it the johnson amendment. that we are going to get rid of the johnson amendment. [applause] now i wanted to come and explain it because a lot of people don't know in the kind of detail, in depth i have explained it to you today. i was at a couple of pastors a few weeks ago

it was a landslide for lyndon johnson. why such a disparity and was barry goldwater misunderstood in the '64 campaign? >> well, a lot of reasons. first of all, people were terrified of the prospect of nuclear war, that he never really backed down from. lyndon johnson was dishonest on issues like vietnam. he said i'm not going to send american boys 7,000 miles away to do what asian boys should do. there was a bumper sticker that showed up the next year, if i voted for barry goldwater, there would be a war in vietnam. i did vote for barry goldwater and there was. by the same token, barry goldwater's ideas about the role of the federal government were not popular. when he said we should sell this -- the tva, that was seen as crazy. and, you know, his ideological time had not come. and also i mentioned the absolutely atrocious campaign he ran. i found a memo, they fired the research staff from the rnc and i found a form letter they sent out to political science professors in every state, said, dear professor, please send us an

it was the first time since taking the office of president that lyndon johnson spent the night on thete room for the occasion was aboard the u.s.s. north hampton. the cruiser was a sea borne command post and had communication equipment ready to serve the chief executive in any national emergency. ♪ on sunday, 21 august, the president departed from north hampton to campobelio island for discussions with prime minister pearson from canada. ♪ national anthem plays] ♪ the president supplied his own brand of effective personal diplomacy as they informally discussed the world problems that affected both their nations. later in the day, at the international park, the president and the prime minister joined forces in the planting of a document box in the corner of a new visitor's center. the f.d.r. home may have invoked nostalgic memories, for roosevelt left an endearing reminder more than anyone else for the limits, powers and obligations of the presidency. the obligations, he felt, both to his own people and to the world, were clearly evident six days later in idaho, the site of the atomic

hubert humphreys is really a good guy, and he's not going to put lyndon johnson in a position where lyndon johnson feels that he's undercut by his number two, the guy he empowered. at the same time, johnson is just totally dismissive of humphrey and especially humphrey's contribution or desire to be -- to make a contribution saying, you know what, this war is not the right war. >> let's get to another call. this is larry in sherman oaks, california. hi, larry. >> caller: hi. i'm a rather big fan of humphrey's, and for many years it it took a while for me to accept he wouldn't be, president, even after his passing. he put up my own humphrey's website since 2002. in 1998 i visited mhs along with with the humphrey institute when steve sandell was there. we looked in the catalog and didn't see any item surrounding the middle east war in june. i would have thought humphrey would have made some speeches or interviews or something. didn't see anything. that surprised me. >> was he involved in middle east policy, and did he speak out on it? >> he was. they're talking about june of '68, i guess. i

from lyndon johnson's tapes, he called hubert humphrey and said, did you see what that sob said abouts in "the new york times" this morning? johnson went out in a press conference and slammed bench richard nixon as badly as any president has ever attacked a leader of the opposition party. those of the world's -- words of jewels would cover. mike wallace had been at the airport. i was reporting to nixon on what i heard. i was on the plane listening on radio. nixon came out to the plane. i said, you're not going to believe what the president is saying about us. we flew up there, and mike wallace flew after us. out and handled it beautifully, was gracious to johnson. ssaid, he's a little tired from his trip right we have questions on vietnam that need to be answered. the whole country, the media said, richard nixon is saying the right thing. all of a sudden, end of 1966, richard nixon's vaulted up into contention by lyndon johnson for the republican nomination. however, 1966 election win, we won. big time. get to the weekend after that, our celebration at the drake hotel. richard nixon t

this lyndon johnson and the 1970's. , i respectjohnson lyndon johnson because he was one smart cookie. but lyndon johnson was a major player. he was a very tough cookie. and he was able to silence his critics by doing it. so, we are going to get your voice back. we are going to get it back. it looked like i was going to win. we still have had all of these "never trump" people. and that is why i love mike. because mike said, "hey, he is doing a good job." he is such an amazing guy. we always got along. somehow, we always got along. and there are a few others, too. we have some pretty good relationships. but i said, "you know, we are going to do something." when i got the nomination, and as the were getting it, we were working on the platform. i said to my people, "the if you can add in the johnson amendment, policy johnson amendment." they're going to get rid of the "johnson amendment." [applause] now, i wanted to come and explain it because a lot of people don't know any kind of detail and depth i have explained to you today. i was with a couple of pastors a couple of weeks ago, and t

one time in 1964 he had this very sensitive meeting with lyndon johnson and about how they would handle the issue of race riots. london johnson spent hours of preparing. there was an entire memo that was going to guide his incredibly delicate ago seasons. the meeting lasted 15 seconds and then barry goldwater was like, when do i get to try this new plan that is coming out? "let's go back to the campaign. it was a landslide for lyndon johnson. why such a disparity? was barry goldwater misunderstood in the campaign? >> a lot of reasons. first of all, people were terrified of the prospect of nuclear war. people -- lyndon johnson was dishonest on issues like the and not. there was a bumper sticker that showed up the next year, and said if i voted for barry goldwater there would be a war in vietnam. i voted for barry goldwater, and there was. his ideological time had not come. also, i mentioned the atrocious campaign he ran. i found a memo that inspired the the research staff. i found a formal letter they sent out to political science professors and every state. it said, dear prof., please s

thank you. >> lyndon johnson -- the most famous moment between lyndon johnson -- lyndon johnson and wallace came in the midst of the selma crisis in which president johnson brought him to washington, or actually, governor wallace volunteered to meet with him where he got people treatment from lyndon johnson. he was pretty intimidated by the whole process, but he was not alone in that respect. lyndon johnson intimidated everyone. that was, of course, in the early 1960's. the last hurrah for the kind of racial campaign came in 1970 against albert brewer, who had been one of his proteges. he replaced his wife as governor. in the wake of that campaign, it was a pretty all out use of the race issue, attacks that brewer was a candidate of blacks. in the aftermath of that, politically, he said to many of his aides that this was the last campaign he would be able to run like this. the public mood of voters was changing and black voters were fully enfranchised at that moment. when he emotionally chain, that, i think, really comes later on. >> as we discussed with dan carter a little earlier, george

lyndon johnson came to ago,ngton 35 years grateful for the opportunity to serve as an administrative to a texas congressman. it was a time when few opportunities were afforded gain practical experience in the workings of government. president sawthe proof the picture had changed. 14,000 young americans serving a variety of government agencies would soon leave washington, taking home insights and a new appreciation for both the problems and the potential of federal machine. some of that federal machinery as students bore witness to the president's remarks on the draft. presidential advisory commission had begun its work on a program that would call for system for selecting the nation's youth for service in the armed forces. commission, the would examine certain non-military alternatives to the draft such as the peace corps, the teacher corps. president would seek a program to help all those who wanted to train for public service. the chief executive was determined that his term in office would mean a greater role for young people. at the same time, he cautioned, it would mean a greate

lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson in the 1970's.e was having a problem with either one or more churches . they were really going after him. he is a powerful guy. smart guy. tough. very much different from what we have today. we don't have tough. isis and all with of the problems. we need tough. [applause] and we need smart. but we don't have that today and it iftainly will not have hillary into and gets in. it will be four more years of this nonsense. it will be very interesting. so i have the meeting and explained to them about lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson wanting to silence people that did not feel him.od about in particular, one church in houston. one church in houston. maybe -- he basically silenced the pastors and the ministers priestsrabbis and the and people of religion. i said well, that is incredible. and for some reason the churches pastors, the evangelicals did not do anything about it. i know how tough you are. smiling. you all know. it you havenk of men and you have women. very powerful group. women. now you have reli

. >> we do, it's by a woman named joan mellon and it's the story of the dark side of lyndon johnson. lbj was a tremendous president but he had a very dark side. the story is told through the lens of a man completely unknown to history named matt wallace who only interacted with him on a couple occasions. but his story tells a great deal about the dark side of lbj and the deals he made with his cronies to which matt wallace has very much evolved and is aware of. he's an amazing guy and in 1951, he walked into a small golf course owner in texas and shot the man dead. he was arrested two hours later and he said to the arresting officer, i work for lyndon have to get back to washington. within an hour, lbj's personal lawyer lawyer was defending him and he was exonerated. then he got top security clearance for weapons contractor in texas and had top security clearance for the next 12 years which the office of naval security tried to rescind and they couldn't. there is a hidden story of lbj who had a very dark side as well. >> where does this mellon get this information? >> it's really int

this is a lyndon johnson campaign commercial from that same year. >> on october 24th, 1963, barry goldwater said at the nuclear bomb, merely another weapon. merely another weapon? vote for president johnson. the stakes are too high for you to stay home. >> the next one, yeah, the next one is even more famous. you may remember this. this is the infamous daisy commercial of 1964. if we could run that as well, please. it's a little bit longer. >> one, two, three, four, five, seven, six, six, eight, nine, nine. >> eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. these are the stakes. to make a world in which all of god's children can live. to go into the dark, we must either love each other or we must die. >> vote for president johnson on november 3rd. the stakes are too high for you to stay home. >> again, maybe the most famous political cartoon in all of american history. you'll notice, not mentioned by name. it's understood you're supposed to know who is being referred to. barry goldwater scared many democrats and many republicans as well. i would like to finish one more commercial before we

so lyndon johnson picks up on this. this is the origin of liberal environmentalism, that the government has a duty they argue to protect nature for people's use and enjoyment. then comes the protests of the late '60s, antevietnam protests and the civil rights movement and so on and so forth. and those things infuse and give it new vigor and by 1970 you have things like earth day, april 22nd, 1970. you have a slew of legislation like the clean air act and a little bit later the clean water act and endangers species act in 1970, on and on and on. major pieces of environmental legislation that we are familiar today, most of them emerged from this period, and they are signed by richard nixon, arguably the second-most important environmental president after teddy roosevelt. he the ended to see voters when we looked at earth day rallies, but things have changed. it is a very different world in 1970 than it is in 1964. and barry goldwater comes in and is influenced by this. he's deeply influenced by all of this. he's influence

thank you. >> lyndon johnson -- the most famous moment between lyndon johnson -- lyndon johnson and wallace came in the midst of the selma crisis in which president johnson brought him to washington, or actually, governor wallace volunteered to meet with him where he got people treatment from lyndon johnson. he was pretty intimidated by the whole process, but he was not alone in that respect. lyndon johnson intimidated everyone. that was, of course, in the early 1960's. the last hurrah for the kind of racial campaign came in 1970 against albert brewer, who had been one of his proteges. he replaced his wife as governor. in the wake of that campaign, it was a pretty all out use of the race issue, attacks that brewer was a candidate of blacks. in the aftermath of that, politically, he said to many of his aides that this was the last campaign he would be able to run like this. the public mood of voters was changing and black voters were fully enfranchised at that moment. when he emotionally chain, that, i think, really comes later on. >> as we discussed with dan carter a little earlier, george

let's hear from mark about his relationship with lyndon johnson. >> you that. let me start by adding lbj's contribution to despair in the vice presidency. he said with very earthy language from texas, johnson said that the vice president was like being stuck in a screwing match. like the gentleman nancy and bill have spoken about, lyndon johnson and harry truman were very much cut from the same cloth. both were born of modest means in small-town america, what we may call flyover country today. they never forgot where they came from. truman never went to college although he read every book in the independence, missouri public library. both men were accidental presidents, stepping into the outside shoes of their eloquent harvard educated predecessors. franklin roosevelt and lbj after the assassination of the eloquent and graceful john f. kennedy. when truman took office, the washington post did not have a high opinion of him. we would be less than candid if we did not recognize that this that has been thrust upon him. and lbj said of kennedy, he was a great public

where he is on the screen and he opens up with a classic flowery opening about the council of lyndon johnson as a precedent faces consequential decisions and president obama cut him off and said richard, do people really talk like that and so he kind of clams up and was, you know, humiliated and snickering around the table. so, t to me, that human story of

and begged him to come to louisiana and lyndon johnson, the phone call is enshrined on the web site of the johnson library and lyndon johnson says "i'm kind of busy but i'll send my best man." and russell long said i'm not the least bit interested in your best man. this occurred at 1:30 and by evening lyndon johnson was on the ground in new orleans and he went into a shelter in the ninth ward and, of course, it was dark and it was hot as it always is in storm season in louisiana and he walked into that shelter and he shined a flashlight in his face and he said "any name is lyndon baines johnson and i'm your president and i'm here to make sure you get all the help you need." and they don't make presidents anymore. we're glad to see president barack obama here, we're glad to see other leaders here but we need that spontaneous compassion. >> do you think people will be satisfied with the president's visit there today and the attention like this coverage is getting right now? >> i think people will be satisfied. we were pleased to see that the president realizes that this is going to tak

i respect lyndon johnson because he was one smart cookie. but lyndon johnson was a major player.e was a very tough cookie. and he was able to silence his critics by doing it. so we're going to get your voice back. we are going to get it back. when it looked like i was going to win -- we still have these never trump, never trump, all these people, never trump. that's why i love mike. mike said, hey, he's doing a good job. and he is such an amazing guy. we always got along. somehow, we always got along. and there are a few others, too. we have some pretty good relationships. i said, you know, we're going to do something. and when i got the nomination, and as we were getting a and is working on the life form, i said to my people, see if you can add in the johnson amendment. call it the johnson amendment. that we are going to get rid of the johnson amendment. [applause] now i wanted to come and explain it because a lot of people don't know in the kind of detail, in depth i have explained it to you today. i was at a couple of pastors a few weeks ago but they weren't really sure. i hop

lyndon johnson used the "n" word. it was pretty common along figures in southern politics privately. there were a couple of times when he slipped up and used it publicly, as well. that was not typical at all. i think much more important than whether you use the "n" word. as i said, lyndon johnson did but often in a different context. i think the real problem was the extent to which the early 1960s, this man who had been a racial moderate had been on the board of trustees at tuskegee university, black university -- >> when? >> in the early '50s. he told someone that blacks are going to vote in this state, and i want to be on the ground floor. of course, currents change. that was by the late 1950s. and i think the tragedy is someone who had these empathetic feelings for both black and white, let himself be caught up politically and emotionally in the racial currents of the 1960s. and yeah, this was a period of time there, it was nasty business i think. >> right here in alabama, florence, alabama, tina. you're on "the co

so, you know. >> at that convention where lyndon johnson was nominated in 1964, johnson, lie think athat moment bobby kennedy as you say had no interest in doing that, johnson was so paranoid he apparently asked j edgar hoover to have agents check out what was going on in the kennedy camp and to the stationed at the convention a report back to him if anything, if they picked up anything where there is going to be kennedy movement. the truth was, the best speech at that convention was a speech at bobby kennedy delivery. it was, depending on who is counting, it counting, it was as long as 17 minutes of interruptions applied during bobby kennedy's speech. it was a speech that lbj, and his paranoia that was a critical speech about him. it talked about son, and his loss of his brother jack and in truth, the end of that speech was the most rousing endorsement of lbj. bobby kennedy was three things. he was a catholic, he, he was a joe kennedy and rose kennedy said sun and the third pillar he stood on was a democrat. he darn well was going to support and although he detested lbj he was going

and about 30 minutes later there is a rustle outside and lyndon johnson said i'm here to have one with you and they disappeared at the back room of the same office for the civil rights bill. that relationship proceeds the institution of little bit and you even alluded to it earlier. the main goal is to restore the senate institutions. you are something of a historian you thought about getting your phd history at one time. he went on the floor before you are the majority leader and said he wanted to run the senate the way that mike mansfield ran it. at the time you and i both came here. >> guest: we were talking about this earlier. first of all, you have to open the senate up. the last year of the majority there were 15 roll call votes in the entire year. the first year of the majority in 2015 you open the senate up, let people vote. number two, when we talk about regular order which people -- it seems the bill is actually worked on together and comes out to the floor with bipartisan support and has a better chance of success. the best example i can think of happens to be your bill to c

you have to take anything lyndon johnson said with a grain of salt, but i think he actually meant that because his image of a good welfare program was a civilian conservation corps in the 1930's, or people went out to shovel dirt, move wheelbarrows to get stronger and healthier. he really wanted people to flourish in our society, not be perpetually dependent. by that measure, the war on poverty has spent a complete flop. people are no more self-sufficient today or less self-sufficient than we started 50 years ago. that's why we need to change the way welfare is given in a way that helps, that combines with the positive energies of the recipient toward work and marriage, so that when you get a sin gistic effect of the poor and n helping themselves the government reinforcing and complementing that positive activity, rather than displacing it and saying, go home, we have a free something for you. >> bruce ney even r, would you like to say anything in conclusion? >> i thank my colleagues have said things quite well. i am happy to leave it there. >> robert, anything? >> no, i think we have

and if it were up to lyndon johnson, the most hard-nosed politician you can imagine, and the same story of politicians and egalitarians. and should we turn to questions? >> i will talk to you. >> you probably could tell -- we will take it from there. >> we have our first question over here. >> the nature of politics today where you have people being rejected by a majority of those. >> which people are we talking about? >> trump and clinton. >> being rejected -- this is a wacky year. there were stresses in both political parties, some of which we saw in advance and what we didn't. political parties are important but there are always coalitions and stresses within them and in the case of the republican party what we seeing some solace coming, was the old reagan coalition of small government, pro-business and the cultural war wing of the party white resentment, fell apart, came unglued and donald trump took the nomination because of that split. the establishment had little offer to its own people turning back the clock culturally nor did it have much to offer in 2008, tax cuts, cutting soc

it was a turbulent for the democrats with president lyndon johnson dropping out of the race and senator robert kennedy's assassination. demonstration outside the convention hall over shadows the proceedings as protesters and anti-vietnam war. >> humphrey lost to republican nixon and of the general election of less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. george wallace finished third in the race. this portion of the speech is just under 40 minutes. our coverage is from nbc news. >>> mr. chairman. mr. chairman. my fellow america americans, my democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [ applause ] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and ratificati ratification, yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city and for the personal injuries which ever occurred. [ applause ] >> it cannot be condoned whatever the source. i know that every delegate to the convention shares tonight my sorrow and my distress over these incidents and m

that involves lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson died january 23, 1973, which was the day that row v. so wade -- roe v. wade was not the lead story. >> host: share this e-mail from darren in baltimore. did jeffrey eat or interview the late o.j. attorney, johnny cochran. if so, what was he like? >> guest: i disagreed with johnny cochran about the o.j. simpson case. i disapproved of some of the tactics he used in the courtroom, but i can say this now that he is gone. i love johnny cochran. i thought he was one of the most delightful, intelligent, appealing, charismatic people i'd ever met. in terms of pure charisma, the three people i would put in a category different from everyone always are open practice -- oprah winfrey, bill clinton, and johnny cochran, the froze "lit up the room" is something johnny decide wherever he went, and yet he defended o.j. simpson and, yes in my opinion, o.j. simpson was guilty as hell, but johnny also defended a lot of people who were not prominent and he dade lot of good in the world, especially when it came to the story of race in los angeles. so, i thi

. >> but what lyndon johnson did for was to put bobby in charge. and he had bobby to blame. that is exactly the purpose that you said. and nobody better but jack kennedy filed that bill. but the only one of his advisers if you file a civil rights bill 51 to win reelection 64 imagine it is one who bobby kennedy was. essentially that was a different generation. and then to be listed in the navy. that is what kennedy ended up with. and to be a little inadequate spending so much of his life and when he was born but early generation of kennedy kids. that is the run of the zero letter. but then he wanted to show his dad he could get things done. and what he boasted to endure it at the end and there was nothing more important that executed that the state. other than bobby kennedy. one more question. >> my question is what do you think that bobby kennedy would have thought about the younger bobby kennedy? >> unknown owe this will then but that was the perfect last question. and while i thought i was being tough and i used precisely that standard. in what he said about the mccarthy e

lyndon johnson. >> as the senator, overrated. >> my? >> master of the senate. >> [inaudible] >> indispensable player with the civil-rights movement. >> senator sherman of kentucky. >> role model with great conviction. >> ted kennedy. and to he was passionate about almost everything but in many ways the most accomplished candidate never was attorney general but the most accomplished candidate least two just mentioned ted kennedy's name. >> when i made my first speech on the senate floor about american history he came over and solicited and got co-sponsors within one day he knew exactly how to make the senate work senator robert byrd? >> during the presidential campaign governor christie got all over senator rubio for repeating himself but a in your book you say one nice start boring myself to tears i know i am beginning to drive the message home. you think redundancy is a

and what we are doing is in the tradition of lyndon b. johnson who rallied a grief stricken nati nation. [ cheers and applause ] >> who rallied a grief stricken nation when our leader was stricken by the assassin's bullet and said to you and said to me and said to all the world, let us continue. and in the space -- and in the space of five years since that tragic moment, president johnson has accomplished more of the unfinished business of america than any of his modern predecessors. and i truly believe that history will surely record the greatness of his contribution to the people of this land and tonight to you, mr. president, i say thank you, thank you mr. president. ♪ ♪ >> yes, my fellow democrats, we have recognized and indeed we must recognize the end of an era and the beginning of a new day. and that new day -- and that new day belongs to the people, to all the people everywhere in this land of the people, to every man, woman, and child that is a citizen of this republic. and within that new day lies nothing less than the promise seen a ge

so how did lyndon johnson and his people exploit that? spots.ut to see which ran one time on the night of december 7, 1964, was seen probably by 100 million people by the end of the week because it aired only one time on television but aired on the local, on the network news but it's seen as the spot that sort of destroyed goldwater. i argue in this book that i've got coming out in october that this spot really didn't destroy goldwater. goldwater had already destroyed himself. this spot did not and i think the polling bears that out. i think the polling proves what i argue. but the spot is sort of seen as the spot that just destroyed goldwater. it's not seen in context which is the first of a number of spots that drove home the idea that if goldwater is elected, he will destroy the world. we will have a nuclear war so we will see this barrage of spots that aired for about three or four weeks starting in early september, all aimed at stoking the fears of nuclear war. seven, six, six, eight, nine, nine. >> 10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,

it was only put in 1954 by lyndon johnson. so important that you get out and vote. get rid of it. it should have never happened in the first place. [applause] how much the evangelical community is deeply committed to helping those in poverty. i know it for a fact. my economic agenda can be summed up in 3 beautiful works. jobs, jobs, jobs. [applause] which we don't have now. i don't even have to mention the tremendous construction workers in this room. i think i have every one of them. built?know how much i you have a lot of construction workers in iowa. i was surprised to see how many. i love this state and hope they get out november 8. i in asking for the support of all americans that want more opportunity, higher wages, safe communities, competent leadership, and honest government. very simple. [applause] we are going to send the son special interest packing. and we are going to once again have a government of, by, and for the people. remember, and we sometimes forget, republicans are the party of abraham lincoln. pretty good president, right? i said i'm going to

it was only put in 1954 by lyndon johnson. so important that you get out and vote.e will get rid of it. it should have never happened in the first place. [applause] i also know how much the evangelical community is deeply committed to helping those in poverty. i know it for a fact. my economic agenda can be summed up in 3 beautiful works. -- three beautiful words. jobs, jobs, jobs. [applause] which we don't have now. i don't even have to mention the tremendous construction workers in this room. i think i have every one of them. i love my construction workers. do you know how much i built? you have a lot of construction workers in iowa. i was surprised to see how many. i love this state and hope they get out november 8. i asking for the support of all am americans that want more opportunity, higher wages, safe communities, competent leadership, and honest government. very simple. [applause] we are going to send the son special interest packing. -- we are going to send the special interests packing and we , are going to once again have a government of, by, and for the

lyndon johnson had become president after the assassination of john kennedy. johnson insisted he was too busy, so he did not actually run as a candidate. >> when wallison announced he was. to run for the democratic primary, nobody paid any attention to him. he got about two paragraphs in the "new york times." when he went to the northern states in 1964, the governor predicted he would not get 1% of the vote. he got 33% of the vote. it stunned everyone i think it was at that moment that pundits, political observers realised that the separation in the south, was going on in the south was not just southern. clearly there was a constituency for someone like wallace. >> george wallace ran for president in 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976. in 1968 he won five states and 46 the electoral votes. that is the last time an independent candidate has won any electoral votes. here is george wallace announcing in 1968. >> over the years i have repeatedly stated that one of the existing political parties must offer the people of this country a real choice in 1968, that i would lead

were gave any serious thought but there was a discussion in joe must have heard about it because lyndon johnson asked the governor of pennsylvania to check it out. >> so at that convention where johnson was nominated nominated, at that moment bobby kennedy had no interest but apparently keos j. edgar hoover to have agents check out what was going on in the kennedy camp and then report back to him if they picked up anything if there would be a draft kennedy movement but it turns out the best speech was a speech that kennedy delivered depending on whose account you used 17 minutes of applause during his speech but it is what lbj thought it was about him in his paranoia about the loss of his brother into the end of the speech was the most rousing endorsement of lbj that kennedy was three things he was catholic, and joe kennedy's son in the third pillar is he was a democrat and even though he detested lbj he would support him 1964. >> do we have microphones to people have a question there would like to ask? >> the robert kennedy was thinking of running and i wrote a letter and said dole into the ca