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and without understanding the land, you will never understand lyndon johnson. at sounded to you but to me it sounds like a great western. >> yes. [laughter] >> one day she took me in a car out to the johnson ranch. which is beautiful.and she said not get out of the car.i got out of the car. there was a field of grass there. she said now, stick your fingers into the ground. and i set my fingers in and there was so little soil on top of the rocks that you could not even get the length of my fingers into the ground. and you knew, it was going to wash away again.and i always felt Ãjohnson's incredible b his refusal to take anything for granted, his knowledge of what one state could do something Ãin fact do with the land. >> that is so interesting, it really is. because it is what creates character, ambition, anxiety. all of the stands. you know ? >> thank you for reading so beautifully. >> under know about that. thank you. [laughter] the other thing, talk about before, place creates mood also. talking a little about the mood. not just johnson's mood or our mood but
and without understanding the land, you will never understand lyndon johnson. at sounded to you but to me it sounds like a great western. >> yes. [laughter] >> one day she took me in a car out to the johnson ranch. which is beautiful.and she said not get out of the car.i got out of the car. there was a field of grass there. she said now, stick your fingers into the ground. and i set my fingers in and there was so little soil on top of the rocks that you could not even get the length...
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. >> lyndon johnson: we must either love each other ore must die. a classic of how to define youre opponent. >> woman: johnson had said, "goldwater's already tying the rope around his neck. so let him keep doing it with all of his statements and what he's saying out there on the field, and all we have to do is give it a little tug." so the little tug were the ads that these characters concocted. >> sabato: you look back at all the election maps and you see what really caused a realignment? what caused people to think differently about their partisan identification? and, boy, it was 1964. the ads before 1964 weren't just primitive -- they were dull. >> man: eisenhower answers america. >> the democrats have made mistakes, but aren't their intentions good? >> well, if the driver of your school bus runs into a truck, hits a lamppost, drives it into a ditch, you don't say, "his intentions are good" -- you get a new bus driver. >> what is the most important issue confronting the american people in this election campaign? >> the 1960s presents our country w
. >> lyndon johnson: we must either love each other ore must die. a classic of how to define youre opponent. >> woman: johnson had said, "goldwater's already tying the rope around his neck. so let him keep doing it with all of his statements and what he's saying out there on the field, and all we have to do is give it a little tug." so the little tug were the ads that these characters concocted. >> sabato: you look back at all the election maps and you see what...
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and that's how ddb came into the orbit of lyndon johnson and the dnc in 1964. 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 s
and that's how ddb came into the orbit of lyndon johnson and the dnc in 1964. 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...
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in 1968, the vietnam war was raging out of control to the point that lyndon johnson decided not to run for re-election. humphrey was the democratic nominee. president johnson was december prat l desperately trying to get the south vietnamese we were supporting into peace talks with north vietnam. south vietnam's president was afraid lyndon johnson would not be tough enough with the north vietnamese so it was a struggle to get the people we were supporting with money and already 30,000 american war dead to the peace talks. richard nixon got word to the south vietnamese to resist any peace negotiation. nixon feared any breakthrough in the peace negotiations would give the election to hubert humphrey. the broad outlines of this story have been known for years now, the names of the key players have been known, but with jack ferrell has discovered and reported in yesterday's "new york times" for the first time are nixon's own words about the scheme. the monkey wrench. jack ferrell has found nixon campaign aidhaldeman's nates about a conversation with nixon about the scheme, notes, "keep wor
in 1968, the vietnam war was raging out of control to the point that lyndon johnson decided not to run for re-election. humphrey was the democratic nominee. president johnson was december prat l desperately trying to get the south vietnamese we were supporting into peace talks with north vietnam. south vietnam's president was afraid lyndon johnson would not be tough enough with the north vietnamese so it was a struggle to get the people we were supporting with money and already 30,000 american...
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let's hear from mark about his relationship with lyndon johnson. >> you bet. let me start by adding lbj's contribution to despairing the vice presidency. he said with very earthy language from texas, johnson said that the vice president was like being a stuck pig 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 might 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. lyndon johnson went to college at southwest state teachers university. both men were accidental presidents, stepping into the outsize shoes of their eloquent harvard educated predecessors. truman assumed the presidency upon the death of the titanic franklin roosevelt and lbj after the assassination of john f. kennedy. when truman took office, the washington post did not have a high opinion of him, riding that we would be less
let's hear from mark about his relationship with lyndon johnson. >> you bet. let me start by adding lbj's contribution to despairing the vice presidency. he said with very earthy language from texas, johnson said that the vice president was like being a stuck pig 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 might call flyover...
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>> the news of the deal by lyndon johnson. e announcement that there was going to be a bombing hall was a huge boost to humphrey. and had the president not dragged his feet and made johnson look foolish, it's quite possible that hew better humphrey would have won that year and that history would have been changed dramatically. >> it's amazing to think about all these alternate histories. we think of the close elections you know, 2000 is one, what if al gore, what the supreme court had been different? but '68 is one, i mean you just think of the that year and that difference. the difference between a nixon and a humphrey. >> think of this in both cases, incumbent democratic president, barack obama and lyndon johnson. and evidence of trickery by the other side and having to decide whether he was going to interfere in the election in the last few days, and trying to figure out the damage to american politics. and in both kiess, they decided not to, probably because they didn't have a conclusive proof that the opposing candidate wa
>> the news of the deal by lyndon johnson. e announcement that there was going to be a bombing hall was a huge boost to humphrey. and had the president not dragged his feet and made johnson look foolish, it's quite possible that hew better humphrey would have won that year and that history would have been changed dramatically. >> it's amazing to think about all these alternate histories. we think of the close elections you know, 2000 is one, what if al gore, what the supreme court...
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especially lyndon johnson.e had a psychic understanding when a particular senator or congressman cared most about to get him to go with him on a bill. whether medicare, education, appalachia, poverty. he knew that person cared about taking a trip to europe or that person cared about going to a social event or being invited to the white house. he was able to give them what they needed. that is what the art of compromise is all about. when we look at president obama and his legacy, i know as an historian you have to question how much is the man and how much is the times. what did the context of this time afford him, what opportunities? i think he would say even though it was the worst recession since the depression, it somehow did not bring forth the common effort for depression did. roosevelt got both sides working for him in the 100 days. somehow, that did not happen here. is that because polarization reached a point that no matter what he did, it was not want to happen? or was there something more he could hav
especially lyndon johnson.e had a psychic understanding when a particular senator or congressman cared most about to get him to go with him on a bill. whether medicare, education, appalachia, poverty. he knew that person cared about taking a trip to europe or that person cared about going to a social event or being invited to the white house. he was able to give them what they needed. that is what the art of compromise is all about. when we look at president obama and his legacy, i know as an...
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charlie: we remember lyndon johnson, who you know better than most.he idea was always let lyndon be lyndon. seen hend we would have colorful president we every knew. he felt he needed to have a straitjacket on him because he was afraid the colorful language and metaphors he used would come out and he would not be dignified as a president. the lyndon we knew never was before us. now the tapes have allowed us to hear the man and know that he was not only interesting, but he understood politics and how to get to the emotional side of an issue. i mean, he is still be most remarkable character i have known in political life. charlie: this ties back to what you mentioned earlier. obama preferring to be alone, johnson preferring the association of people, johnson never wanting to be alone. johnson wanted people around him as he fell asleep so he could carry on a conversation going to sleep, even going to the bathroom. there is this notion that probably contributed to lyndon johnson's capacity to read people. therefore, he understood their strengths and could
charlie: we remember lyndon johnson, who you know better than most.he idea was always let lyndon be lyndon. seen hend we would have colorful president we every knew. he felt he needed to have a straitjacket on him because he was afraid the colorful language and metaphors he used would come out and he would not be dignified as a president. the lyndon we knew never was before us. now the tapes have allowed us to hear the man and know that he was not only interesting, but he understood politics...
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and that takes a different kind of thinking, i suppose. >> rose: remember lyndon johnson who you remember better than most. the idea was always let lyndon be lyndon. >> and we would have seen the most interesting president that any of us ever knew. no, i mean he felt that he needed to have a straight jacket on him because he was afraid that the colorful language, the metaphors, sometimes the crudeness that he expressed would come out and he wouldn't be dignified as a president. so the lyndon that we all knew, let lyndon be lyndon never was before us. now the tapes have allowed us to hear that man and to know that my god, he was not only interesting, but he understood politics. he knew how to portray it. he knew how to get to the emotional side of an issue. is he still the most remarkable character i have ever known in political life. >> rose: he also knew this, and i think this ties back to i think what you mentioned earlier, obama being-- preferring to be alone, johnson preferring the association of people. johnson never wanting to be alone. johnson wanting people, aides to be around him
and that takes a different kind of thinking, i suppose. >> rose: remember lyndon johnson who you remember better than most. the idea was always let lyndon be lyndon. >> and we would have seen the most interesting president that any of us ever knew. no, i mean he felt that he needed to have a straight jacket on him because he was afraid that the colorful language, the metaphors, sometimes the crudeness that he expressed would come out and he wouldn't be dignified as a president. so...
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his wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, ford, carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on, and, of course, more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. so the tradition has been maintained. at some point when a new president's elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it clearly does not sit in the president's pew anymore, but it's one of those great pieces of history that has been long associated with this church from 1856 to the present. abraham lincoln has an association with st. john's as well. when he was elected in 1860, his
his wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, ford, carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on, and, of course, more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. so the tradition has been maintained. at some point when a new president's elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it clearly does not sit in the president's pew anymore, but it's one of those great pieces...
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new vice president lyndon johnson, stood up and made an effort to create some shade for pros with a top hat but didn't help. you can actually see that in the picture. johnson standing next to frost holding a top lat. potts could be heard to say i'm not having a good light and i can see in the sun. so instead frost delivered an older poem, "joy the gift outright" which he had memorized. even then frost's upon recommend did not and. he connect his preparation by informing the assembled throng this poetry had been dedicated at the president-elect, mr. john finley. frost had inned a verttily stated the name of a scholar from harvard. finley new forecast frost and may have been a friend of frost but finally was no f. finley what not jack kennedy. here's a depiction of george washington's inauguration. the first one in 1789 which took place in new york city, which was our capitol at the time. the next two inaugurations took place in philadelphia and the first one in washington was in 1801. there's a myth, a legend, that george washington added the words "so happen me god at the end of the oat
new vice president lyndon johnson, stood up and made an effort to create some shade for pros with a top hat but didn't help. you can actually see that in the picture. johnson standing next to frost holding a top lat. potts could be heard to say i'm not having a good light and i can see in the sun. so instead frost delivered an older poem, "joy the gift outright" which he had memorized. even then frost's upon recommend did not and. he connect his preparation by informing the assembled...
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lyndon johnson wanted to have it both ways. to do good things for the domestic agenda, for the great society. but he also wanted to have the war. >> it was a speech that asked if fear had turned americans into bullies. >> communism will never be defeated by the use of atomic bombs and nuclear weapons. that is nothing except a tragic death wish to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. >> this speech was radical in the sense that it gave a pointed, accusing reminder of how far we had strayed from his main message that non-violence and democracy are a glove on a hand. they fit together. and war was corrupting our promise, the promise of freedom. >> there are those who think that your father's philosophy, king's philosophy, esuppopoused this place in 1967 wouldn't work, obsolete in today's world. >> i don't agree. you know, people felt the same way in the past. they felt the same way about communism and vietnam and the threat it posed. i've heard this i
lyndon johnson wanted to have it both ways. to do good things for the domestic agenda, for the great society. but he also wanted to have the war. >> it was a speech that asked if fear had turned americans into bullies. >> communism will never be defeated by the use of atomic bombs and nuclear weapons. that is nothing except a tragic death wish to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. >> this speech...
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doris, i was thinking today of your former boss, lyndon johnson, about his speech before leaving town for the two notable things that happened, and i'll let you fill in the blanks. the person he noticed on the outskirts of the crowd who showed up to see him off, because it was the right thing to do, and what lyndon johnson started doing on the plane on the way home. >> brian, you have to tell me. you'll pulled it out. >> oh, come on. >> this is embarrassing. >> a young texas congressman named george herbert walker bush -- >> oh for god's sakes, of course. >> to see off the democratic president because he thought it was the right thing to do, and on the plane home, lyndon johnson resumed a bad habit that he stopped while he was president, and he lit up a cigarette, and his family protested, and he said that you know, these next years are for me. he was dead four years later, unfortunately. >> you know, it's right, brian. he didn't take care of himself. his health declined. he had another heart attack. he started smoking again. it was almost as if, sadly, he had nothing left to live for
doris, i was thinking today of your former boss, lyndon johnson, about his speech before leaving town for the two notable things that happened, and i'll let you fill in the blanks. the person he noticed on the outskirts of the crowd who showed up to see him off, because it was the right thing to do, and what lyndon johnson started doing on the plane on the way home. >> brian, you have to tell me. you'll pulled it out. >> oh, come on. >> this is embarrassing. >> a young...
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and usually there's a conservative reaction is the next was the great society in the 1960s with lyndon johnson and the obama administration brought in the fourth wave, the affordable care act and the dodd-frank act are these monuments, qualitatively a new step in the development of an american states. >> how has this affected you and i and everyone else? >> usually don't meet a bureaucrat face-to-face. >> everything you do in life is affected by rules these people make, anything that involves your healthcare now is increasingly dictated by health and human services to apply for a job there are all kinds of requirements and regulations and employers especially have to comply with all kinds of red tape. compliance costs of satisfying federal regulators are growing exponentially. education, schools are increasingly being managed, schools is to be the quintessential local institution, a place where americans really govern themselves and these are being dictated to by washington. >> every aspect of life is being shaped by, effectively laws that are made and enforced by people nobody knows, they don
and usually there's a conservative reaction is the next was the great society in the 1960s with lyndon johnson and the obama administration brought in the fourth wave, the affordable care act and the dodd-frank act are these monuments, qualitatively a new step in the development of an american states. >> how has this affected you and i and everyone else? >> usually don't meet a bureaucrat face-to-face. >> everything you do in life is affected by rules these people make,...
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new vice president lyndon johnson stood up and made an effort to create some shade for frost with a topbut it did not help. you can actually see that in the picture. johnson is standing next to frost holding a top hat. frost could be heard to say, i'm not having a good light. and i can't see in the sun. so instead frost delivered an older poem, the gift outright. one of which he had memorized. but even then, problems for him did not end. he concluded his presentation by informing that his poetry had been dedicated to the president-elect mr. mr. john finley. [laughter] frost had inadvertently stated the name of a scholar from harvard. finley knew frost. finley may have been a friend of frost. but he was no jack kennedy. [laughter] here is a depiction of george washington's inauguration. the first one in 1789 which took place in new york city which was the capital at the time. the next two inauguration took place in philadelphia. the first one in washington was in 1801. there is a myth, a legend that washington added the words so help me god at the end of the oath. but there is no real pr
new vice president lyndon johnson stood up and made an effort to create some shade for frost with a topbut it did not help. you can actually see that in the picture. johnson is standing next to frost holding a top hat. frost could be heard to say, i'm not having a good light. and i can't see in the sun. so instead frost delivered an older poem, the gift outright. one of which he had memorized. but even then, problems for him did not end. he concluded his presentation by informing that his...
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the next one was a great society in the 1960 lyndon johnson and obama brought in the fourth wave, the affordable care act and they are qualitatively a new step in the direction. >> how has this affected you and i and anyone else on this basisc >> guest: it's everything people make that involves yours healthcare now it's increasingly dictated by the department of health and human services. if you want to apply for a job, there's all kinds of requirements and regulations and employers especially have to comply with all kinds of red tape. the compliance cost is growing. exponentially. education, schools are increasingly being managed and schools used to be the quintessential local institutions where americans really govern themselves and these are now being dictated by washington. so, every aspect of life now is being shaped by the rules andbyl wally -- people that are not accountable to them and think they know how to manage the lives better than ordinary americans themselves. >> host: you use the radio act as an example. why? >> hoover has gone down in history as a 19th 19th century am
the next one was a great society in the 1960 lyndon johnson and obama brought in the fourth wave, the affordable care act and they are qualitatively a new step in the direction. >> how has this affected you and i and anyone else on this basisc >> guest: it's everything people make that involves yours healthcare now it's increasingly dictated by the department of health and human services. if you want to apply for a job, there's all kinds of requirements and regulations and employers...
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lyndon johnson says, because it is right. for all the love of israel, the relationship can get compensated. while there is the start of leadership, the question of what johnson will do in may of 1967 and what israel would do is write obligated. -- is very complicated. let's go back to context. nassar has united egypt, jordan, syria. they are threatening every day to throw the jews into the sea. when somebody threatens to do that, you take that threat seriously. the jews in israel are in trauma. they clan to in tel aviv -- they planned 10,000 graves because those are the casualties they accepted -- expected. and france called out. -- pulled out. who is going to stand up for us? we look closely at the next memo, and we see the u.s. was unsure. there is a memo from someone to president johnson. they talk about the israeli aid package. we see the military relationship building. he says, i have told the ambassador we will substantially meet their requests. that is quite -- coy. there is a game going on here. when i particularly li
lyndon johnson says, because it is right. for all the love of israel, the relationship can get compensated. while there is the start of leadership, the question of what johnson will do in may of 1967 and what israel would do is write obligated. -- is very complicated. let's go back to context. nassar has united egypt, jordan, syria. they are threatening every day to throw the jews into the sea. when somebody threatens to do that, you take that threat seriously. the jews in israel are in trauma....
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because the meetings that he had with sam rayburn to house speaker or senate majority leader lyndon johnson once a week sometimes. i mean that stunning if you think about recent presidents. >> host: actually i was surprised to read out myself. i knew that he made a big priorities of reaching out to members of congress and i knew this he had a drink with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson on a regular basis but you have wonderful detail about that. >> guest: their histories were really something that gave us a lot. jim haggerty as press secretary, a lot of folks and go whitman as secretary of and she is just chock full of stories and we found documents and things that had not been tapped. the other reason i did a susan was because he's the first television president or tv anchor. it was a big deal and i was surprised and i did not know before your grandfather no transcript of news conferences were put on the record. he could get a the news conference and asked to present a question but you could not quote directly from the president of the united states. you would paraphrase that they would rise
because the meetings that he had with sam rayburn to house speaker or senate majority leader lyndon johnson once a week sometimes. i mean that stunning if you think about recent presidents. >> host: actually i was surprised to read out myself. i knew that he made a big priorities of reaching out to members of congress and i knew this he had a drink with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson on a regular basis but you have wonderful detail about that. >> guest: their histories were really...
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roosevelt, which was signed by his wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, ford, carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on, and, of course, more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. so the tradition has been maintained. at some point when a new president's elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it clearly does not sit in the president's pew anymore, but it's one of those great pieces of history that has been long associated with this church from 1856 to the present. abraham lincoln has an association with st. john's as well. when he was elected in 1860, his first church service that he attended after he arrived in washington in february of 1861, was at st. john's. he came to st. john's on the 24th of february, on a sunday, for the 11:00 service with senator william seward of new york. they sat in the front of the church, but hardly anybody recognized him, including the rector, who was giving the sermon at the time and didn't even know he was speaking
roosevelt, which was signed by his wife, eleanor roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, lyndon johnson, ford, carter, ronald reagan, george bush, and so on, and, of course, more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. so the tradition has been maintained. at some point when a new president's elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it clearly does not sit in the president's pew anymore, but...
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vice president-elect johnson: i, lyndon baines johnson. >> do solemnly swear.johnson: do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. vice president-elect johnson: that i'll support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> that i'll bear. -- true faith and allegiance to the same. vice president-elect johnson: that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> i take this obligation freely. vice president-elect johnson: i take this obligation freely without any reservation whatever. >> i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which i am about to enter, so help me god. vice president-elect johnson: that i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of which i'm about to enter, so help me god. [cheers] [applause] >> the reverend dr. john barkley will now lead us in prayer. >> let us pray. eternal god, our father, we pause again to acknowledge that in thy presence we are living and moving, and in
vice president-elect johnson: i, lyndon baines johnson. >> do solemnly swear.johnson: do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. vice president-elect johnson: that i'll support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> that i'll bear. -- true faith and allegiance to the same. vice president-elect johnson: that i will bear true faith and...
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because in meetings that he had with sam rayburn, house speaker, or senate majority leader lyndon johnson once a week sometimes. that's stunning if you think about recent president. >> host: i was surprised to read that myself. i knew that he made a big priority of reaching out to members of congress, and they knew that he had a drink with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson on a regular basis, but you have some wonderful detail about that. >> guestthat gave us a letter jm haggerty as press secretary, a lot of folks, his secretary, chock full of stories. we found documents and things that have not been tapped to be as a reason i did was because he's the first television president. so for a tv anchor it was a big deal. i was surprised and they did not know before your grandfather, no transcripts of news conferences were put on the record. you could go to his comfort and as the president a question, or you could not quote directly from the president of united states. you would paraphrase. they would always have the out to say president didn't say it that way. when your grandfather came in, he sa
because in meetings that he had with sam rayburn, house speaker, or senate majority leader lyndon johnson once a week sometimes. that's stunning if you think about recent president. >> host: i was surprised to read that myself. i knew that he made a big priority of reaching out to members of congress, and they knew that he had a drink with sam rayburn and lyndon johnson on a regular basis, but you have some wonderful detail about that. >> guestthat gave us a letter jm haggerty as...
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john's john's at the time, was contacted by president lyndon johnson and asked if the following day, the saturday, on november 23rd around noon if st. john's would have a brief memorial service on behalf of president kennedy. and, of course, the church was quite happy to comply, and on that day, president johnson, his wife ladybird, and some of the staff, came over, they had a private memorial service here, and there is an iconic picture of president johnson coming out of the church with his wife and the rector of st. john's and the look on johnson's face says it all. if ever was a pained expression that captured the mood of the moment, that was the picture that did it. st. john's is a church. i've been giving you a lot of examples of historic artifacts in this building, it's not a museum, although people may feel that that's why they note it for, the fact it's been here so long, the fact it's been associated with presidents, but one thing that is absolutely the case is that this church has been an integral part of washington from its very beginning as a worship place. when st. john'
john's john's at the time, was contacted by president lyndon johnson and asked if the following day, the saturday, on november 23rd around noon if st. john's would have a brief memorial service on behalf of president kennedy. and, of course, the church was quite happy to comply, and on that day, president johnson, his wife ladybird, and some of the staff, came over, they had a private memorial service here, and there is an iconic picture of president johnson coming out of the church with his...
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october of 1968, lyndon johnson was close to a break through in the peace talks between north and southietnam but found evidence that richard nixon intervened to mess up the negotiations. you recovered records. including this note. any other way to monkey wrench it? alderman. anything rn, richard nixon, can do? what did he do? >> he had envoy, woman named anna chinault, connected to the government in saigon and sent messages telling them that the nixon administration would play a nicer more lenient role on the south vietnamese government than a humphrey administration would and they found it compelling. missing factor that i chanced upon doing research in yorba linda were notes from haldman that show that nixon not only countenanced this but directed it. something he and his supporters denied for 50 years. >> talk about haldeman but first, you wrote nixon insisted he hadn't sabotaged the peace initiative to bring the war in vietnam to early conclusion, my god would never do anything to discourage them coming to the table. now we know he lied. how might history have been different if the
october of 1968, lyndon johnson was close to a break through in the peace talks between north and southietnam but found evidence that richard nixon intervened to mess up the negotiations. you recovered records. including this note. any other way to monkey wrench it? alderman. anything rn, richard nixon, can do? what did he do? >> he had envoy, woman named anna chinault, connected to the government in saigon and sent messages telling them that the nixon administration would play a nicer...
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just happened, consider the facts that we are still assessing the presidency of your old boss of lyndon johnson of this yearbooks coming out of hoover and nixon and it still goes on. with that said, how can you assess the two-term presidency of barack obama. >> i think there are two different definitions in the dictionary for your legacy. >> if we look at the near term of what he's leaving to his successor, he encouraged an economy that was free full of housing market and by the end of his eight years, there were more jobs and the housing market has stabilized and the autoindustry has been recovered and saved and the new york terms, he conducted his presidency with a certain dignity and the grace of the way he handled the tragedies of sandy hook and the no drama and the lack of scandal. that's clear. as a symbolism of becoming the first african-american to be president. the long-term and that becomes more complicated and that's what historians will have to figure out 50 years from now and it will depend a lot of his signature healthcare thing stay or the climb change agreement that he forged in
just happened, consider the facts that we are still assessing the presidency of your old boss of lyndon johnson of this yearbooks coming out of hoover and nixon and it still goes on. with that said, how can you assess the two-term presidency of barack obama. >> i think there are two different definitions in the dictionary for your legacy. >> if we look at the near term of what he's leaving to his successor, he encouraged an economy that was free full of housing market and by the end...
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this is a life-size wax replica of lyndon johnson. this is jimmy carter, which is not bad. looks like he is maybe getting over the flu, but still. being become, i don't know what happened there. this was a tough on mrs. eisenhower. she will haunt your dreams. gettysburg, pennsylvania maintains a set of our presidents in wax since 1957 /- 57 and their wives but the wives are one third size for some reason. eke. hall of presidents in gettysburg just closed down. maybe they didn't want to make a trump. this weekend they auctioned off all 44 of their life-size wax presidents. harry truman got his head separately in a box. truman's wife bess strapped in to a car next to chester arthur's sister who performed the duties of first lady. best new thing in my world today, we got one. we got our own life-size wax president. would you like to see it? are you ready? can i have a fake drum roll? ding. yeah. we are now the proud owners of this life-size wax sculpture of president can you tell? i know it looks like your uncle after a rough night but according to them it is president eisenho
this is a life-size wax replica of lyndon johnson. this is jimmy carter, which is not bad. looks like he is maybe getting over the flu, but still. being become, i don't know what happened there. this was a tough on mrs. eisenhower. she will haunt your dreams. gettysburg, pennsylvania maintains a set of our presidents in wax since 1957 /- 57 and their wives but the wives are one third size for some reason. eke. hall of presidents in gettysburg just closed down. maybe they didn't want to make a...
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. >>> president lyndon johnson delivered his final state of the union address to congress on january 14th, 1969, less than a week before the inauguration of his successor, republican richard nixon. the speech served as his good-bye to the american people, and as he did not give a farewell speech. president johnson spoke about what he saw as his accomplishments, including the passage of the voting rights act and the creation of medicare. and he expressed hope that negotiations would result in peace in vietnam. our coverage of the 50-minute address comes from cbs news. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> my distinguished colleagues of the congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor, not only officially, but personally to me, of presenting to you the president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] [ applause ] >> mr. speaker. thank you very much. mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the congress and my fellow americans, for the sixth and the last time i present to the congress my assessment o
. >>> president lyndon johnson delivered his final state of the union address to congress on january 14th, 1969, less than a week before the inauguration of his successor, republican richard nixon. the speech served as his good-bye to the american people, and as he did not give a farewell speech. president johnson spoke about what he saw as his accomplishments, including the passage of the voting rights act and the creation of medicare. and he expressed hope that negotiations would...
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he came to work for lyndon johnson. she was a beautiful addition to washington.long with her husband who became chief of protocol and adviser to president johnson. they were a fixture on the washington political and social scene. later the tragic loss of one of their five children led anne hand to find solace in her hobby of creating beautiful things. >> it also basically saved my life because i could be busy. >> reporter: and anne hand has been busy for years now making jewelry and memorabilia. her own best career memory came from this pin -- the one she made for the first inauguration of president barack obama. >> and to see the people that came through the door to buy the pin, many of whom were crying, sobbing. black, white, different nationalities, so many people they said they had to have this pin because they didn't think in their lifme see a black man elected to the presidency of the united states. and i felt so lucky to be a part of that. >> reporter: anne hand's political memorabilia has marked the changes in washington. as she prepares now for another,
he came to work for lyndon johnson. she was a beautiful addition to washington.long with her husband who became chief of protocol and adviser to president johnson. they were a fixture on the washington political and social scene. later the tragic loss of one of their five children led anne hand to find solace in her hobby of creating beautiful things. >> it also basically saved my life because i could be busy. >> reporter: and anne hand has been busy for years now making jewelry and...
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. >> brian who took on award for portrayal of lyndon b. johnsonhbo's all the way changed the tone. >> i'm often asked, how would lyndon johnson think about donald trump, i honestly feel that 36 would put his arm around 45 and earnestly wish him success. >> and still no response from the white house, but we will continue to monitor a fallout if any if the good morning goes on, heather and clayton. heather: thank you, ha. clayton: is it fair or does it go too far. heather: those comments already coming in. the time now nine minutes until the top of the hour and playing panic, the airline scrambling to get backseat on track, how it could impact you if you're flying out. clayton: state now giving drug addicts a safe space to shoot up. if you think the clock ran out for you to get super bowl tickets, think again. how you might be able to score some for cheap. dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly
. >> brian who took on award for portrayal of lyndon b. johnsonhbo's all the way changed the tone. >> i'm often asked, how would lyndon johnson think about donald trump, i honestly feel that 36 would put his arm around 45 and earnestly wish him success. >> and still no response from the white house, but we will continue to monitor a fallout if any if the good morning goes on, heather and clayton. heather: thank you, ha. clayton: is it fair or does it go too far. heather: those...
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lyndon johnson was the first president to endure protests of hundreds of thousands of people taking togainst his vietnam war policy. when those protests began, he expected to cruise to re-election in 1968. by the spring of 1968, those protests drove lyndon johnson to surrender and decide not to run for re-election. he was succeeded by richard nixon who became the most protested president in histy. the year after the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, he resigned from office in scandal. at the time of the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, the news media did not think there was much point to the protest. after all he was re-elected, sworn in for a second term. why protest that when there's nothing he can do about that? a year later, nixon was gone. in the middle of the non-stop decade of protests of the 1960s, the decade when martin luther king jr. and the civil rights protesters eventually joined protesters, the protests seemed hopeless to the people that never seem v participated in the protests. but the protesters succeeded in give getting this civil r
lyndon johnson was the first president to endure protests of hundreds of thousands of people taking togainst his vietnam war policy. when those protests began, he expected to cruise to re-election in 1968. by the spring of 1968, those protests drove lyndon johnson to surrender and decide not to run for re-election. he was succeeded by richard nixon who became the most protested president in histy. the year after the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, he resigned from office in...
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democratic and republican members of this senate was to read the chapter in robert caro's book about lyndon johnson entitled "the desks of the senate." where robert caro talks about the burnished mahogany tops and he tells the story of the senate through the senators who were protagonists in great debates throughout our history, and he highlights the idea that this senate is supposed to be a deliberative body that reflects on issues with a thoughtful exchange of ideas. unfortunately, that certainly does not describe the senate of this moment. having just arrived from the house of representatives, what we're witnessin witnessing todah more like the tyranny of the majority characteristic of that body. this body is supposed to be different but at least for now it seems very much like the house that i just left. as a result of the fast-track process in the senate, we will be overriding and roughshodding over the will of a majority of the american population. and americans, mr. president, are just now waking up to learn about the bait-and-switch scheme that has been perpetrated on them. for more than si
democratic and republican members of this senate was to read the chapter in robert caro's book about lyndon johnson entitled "the desks of the senate." where robert caro talks about the burnished mahogany tops and he tells the story of the senate through the senators who were protagonists in great debates throughout our history, and he highlights the idea that this senate is supposed to be a deliberative body that reflects on issues with a thoughtful exchange of ideas. unfortunately,...
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lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... >>> and happening right now, floodding hitting homes all along the russian river. the worst of that is still to come. >> a live doppler 7 shows us the new storm moving in and with it more heavy downpours and heavy winds. >> 4:30 club, glad you're here on a tuesday, i'm natasha zouves. >> traffic reporter alex smith and this morning, well, got to have both hands on the wheel. i was hydroplanes all the way here. >> yeah. high amount of hydroplaning during the morning, probably more during the evening. the heaviest of the rain is moving through the east way right now and then we'll get a little bit of a lull. but that doesn't mean much if you're headed toward san ramon and along highway 24. that's where the best radar returns are right now. let's take a look at our day plan as we look from our roof camera. so a slight tapering at 7:00 but by noon, the storms become stronger, the winds become faster, heavy downpours this afternoon and even some thunder possible in brief, even heavier downpours during the evening hours. i'l
lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... >>> and happening right now, floodding hitting homes all along the russian river. the worst of that is still to come. >> a live doppler 7 shows us the new storm moving in and with it more heavy downpours and heavy winds. >> 4:30 club, glad you're here on a tuesday, i'm natasha zouves. >> traffic reporter alex smith and this morning, well, got to have both hands on the wheel. i was hydroplanes all the...
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lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... >>> a wild scene caught on camera. this is in india. that's a leopard causing all that chaos in the middle of that. at least 20 people were injured by the big cat. eventually, wildlife officials were able to subdue the leopard with a tranquilizer. >>> in south carolina, the man convicted of killing nine black churchgoers has been found competent to proceed with the sentencing phase of his trial. on wednesday, jury yors will decide if dylann roof will die or spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2015 church massacre. dylann roof will represent himself and his attorneys will serve as stand-by counsel. >>> now to a strange and ultimately deadly tragedy in amarillo, texas. four children died from an accidental pesticide poisoning. neighbors remembered the victims in a candlelight vigil monday night. six others remained hospitalized overnight. after being exposed to the lethal gas. here's what happened. fire officials say a chemical reaction occurred when someone tried to wash off a pesticide that had been sprayed u
lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... >>> a wild scene caught on camera. this is in india. that's a leopard causing all that chaos in the middle of that. at least 20 people were injured by the big cat. eventually, wildlife officials were able to subdue the leopard with a tranquilizer. >>> in south carolina, the man convicted of killing nine black churchgoers has been found competent to proceed with the sentencing phase of his trial. on wednesday,...