ross bell knew this, lyndon johnson knew this. johnson then to move. another major development is in early march 1967. robert kennedy then came out against johnson and the vietnam war. biography ofnjures robert kennedy, such injured is pleased with himself in figuring out that the vietnam war and the used against lyndon johnson to deny him the presidency and open up a way for robert kennedy to become president. pulling together different people to write a new narrative. this is his book from 66. the bitter heritage, vietnam and american democracy. if you go to this book and the other book, for its vietnam hearings, you will go back to french scholars only. none of these people site vietnamese. they don't read vietnamese, , and yet no any they're coming to judgments about the war in vietnam. book,r frenchman had this which lessened or made sure that bobby kennedy read and was introduced to. bobby kennedy then turns against johnson in the war in march of 67 on the grounds that it is an independent movement not controlled by hanoi, a spontaneous revolutio

been rumored in bits and pieces have come out over the years but nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson and david frost and his biographers. he always said he had never played any role in doing this. >> john farrell, longtime journalist and author of a book regarding it in and his longtime political career. >> the way that the watergate burglars -- the way the team was assembled was clumsy. cynical, burnt out former intelligence or fbi bynts that were supervised young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be, as one of the famous quotes go "the cat that brought the dead mouse to the door of the president." >> tonight on c-span's q&a at 8:00 p.m. eastern. , theis morning, joseph president of the plowshares fund, talks about his book asclear nightmares" as well north korea's nuclear program and the recent chemical attack in syria. and then craig shirley discusses his book "raisin -- reagan rising." and later, randy cap of the migration policy institute looks at the sharp capps is have a sharp drop of apprehensions at the u.s. and mexico border and president trump immigration policies. a

. >> lyndon johnson captured very well the promise of the first year, which is you are elected. you have a mandate working with the congress. as lyndon johnson said when he became president, no matter how big your majority, you get one year before congress stops thinking about you and starts thinking about themselves, their own reelection. in january of your second year, all the members of congress are thinking about midterm elections. they are cautious about taking any risks to help you get your mandate and agenda through. >> which is why presents early on in the administration are eager to get something done. they feel this is a moment i will never happen again. they are also learning the ropes and not as experienced as they will be. this is why they make mistakes. this is why that first year, the first few months is so important in setting the agenda. >> lobbyists and law firms and news media leaders -- report on government in washington. i underestimated that. >> how did jimmy carter, who was like donald trump, an outsider, and that was why he was elected. in the post-waterg

it is astounding all that lyndon johnson was able to do with congress. he would have been seen as one of the greats if he had not at the vietnam war, which is the great albatross around his presidency. it means that lbj could probably only stay around number 10 or so . vietnam many people feel, was a mistake and they blame it on lyndon johnson. recent years we celebrate ling -- lyndon johnson more for the -- the votingt rights act. this has become story broke american history. -- storybook american history. host: writing about president , joining us from grand rapids, michigan, are you sorry to see that he has fallen a bit in the survey? a couple of things may account for it. survey was that much , the president passed away the beginning of 2007. if you recall, there was a considerable national reaction not only to the news but a kind of a reassessment that took place at that time, favorable by , thearge, of ford challenges he confronted, and his efforts to try to bring the country together in the wake of the watergate scandal. we are decades beyond that

lyndon johnson heard of this and if you listen to the johnson tapes online, you'll hear call him guilty of treason and all sorts of other bad stuff. he had both the south vietnamese industry embassy tailed to some extent so there was a debate over surveillance with that incident in well. in the end, richard nixon was elected. it does not go through the peace process and it made johnson lood credibility problems. looked like he was manipulating the election them himself. he johnson then faced a similar choice as president obama did when he got word that there had been contacts between the trump campaign in russia. johnson made the same decision that obama did which was not to go public with it because it's a great shock this would be because they do not have the evidence to nail it down and directly tie it to the candidate of the very many comparisons, that's probably the one that dumps out. of course, additional sweetener that in both cases, we were involved -- were talking about the break-in in the democrat democratic national,. >> what about the larger veracity? >> they both had troub

it started with lyndon johnson during one of his daughters weddings.lyndon johnson cursed about it because they could hear it during the wedding vows in the white house. 100,000 antiwar protesters circling the white house chanting hey, hey, lbj, how many kids did you kill today? the national news has never done justice about how out-of-control it was in the 60s and 70s and how much of a threat the antiwar protesters were two are very existence of the republic. >> having worked with president nixon myself everyday for four years, i can tell you he was really nice and generous and kind and warm and funny. [applause] thank you for that question. final question. >> just another guy from queens. i followed the other guy from queens from his sister to send down the escalator. i think his ability to manage this date set up that shiny object. and i was a huge fan of reagan voted for him proudly. do you see parallels in the way reagan was able to manage not the same manner, that that was part of his success politically. >> i think that he handled the national m

and lyndon johnson heard of this, and if you listen to the johnson tapes on line, you'll hear him call guilty of treason and all sores of other bad stuff -- all sorts of other bad stuff. he had the campaign tailed to some extent or the other, so there was sort of a debate over surveillance with that incident as well. and in the end, richard nixon was elected because the south vietnamese did not go to the peace process, and it sort of made johnson look like -- who already had a credibility problem -- and it made it look like he was being clumsy and manipulating the election himself. johnson then faced a very similar choice, as president obama did when he got word that there had been contacts between the trump campaign and russia. and johnson made the same decision that obama did which was not to go public with it because of the great shock this would be and because they did not have the evidence to nail it down and directly tie it to the candidate. so that's probably of the very many comparisons, that's probably the one that jumps out with, of course, the additional sweetener that in bo

nixon denied at the time to lyndon johnson and david frost and his biographer. always said he never played any role in doing this. >> john farrell. >> the way that the water gate burglars were, their team was assembled and they were clumsy and fbi agents who supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous -- >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on cspan q and&a. >>

i raise that because king had to butt up against lyndon johnson. we have to butt up against a guy names donald trump. saying i'm sorry, i was wrong, i made a mistake. what kind of message do you think the way mr. trump does things is sending to our community? >> it's very worrisome. it's the politics of fear and anger. i actually think we will not get to a healthier place in this country. we are not going to get to the kind of triumphant equality and liberation and justice we seek if we allow ourselves to be governed by fear and anger. they are the ingredients of justice. you tolerate other people. if you give into fear and anger, you tolerate abuse. go anywhere in the world where people are being abused and horrific things are being done to people. if you ask the oppressors why are you doing what you are doing, they will say it's anger. we are angry about what these people did or afraid they will do that. we have to resist the politics of fear and anger wherever they manifest themselves, when ever they present themselves. saying we can't have a ce

wheree was a yellow pad in the midst down of october 1968, we are going to monkeywrench lyndon johnson'seace initiative. this is something that has always been rumored, and bits and pieces cannot over the years , but nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson, and he denied it to his biographers. he always said he never played any role in doing it. >> a longtime journalist and the author of "richard nixon, the life." >> the way that the watergate burglars team was assembled was clumsy. they were the cynical, burned-out fbi agents who were supervised i young men -- by young men on nixon's staff. they wanted to be the

where in the midst down of october 1968, we are going to monkeywrench lyndon johnson's peace initiative. this is something that has always been rumored, and bits and pieces cannot over the years , but nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson, and he denied it to his biographers. he always said he never played any role in doing it. >> a longtime journalist and the author of "richard nixon, the life." >> the way that the watergate burglars team was assembled was clumsy. they were the cynical, burned-out fbi agents who were supervised i young men -- by young men on nixon's staff. they wanted to be the "cap who brought the dead mouse" to the desident store -- president's oor. >> washington journal continues. paul kanere joined by of the washington post. the headline of this recent ofce is that the nomination new gorsuch is on track to change the rules of the senate. what is going on with this nomination fight? guest: it is kind of unlike anything in history, because you have this working month absence since justice salida died, and you have -- justice antonin scalia died, and you have

time tonied it at the lyndon johnson and david frost and his biographers.hey said he never played any role in doing this. in fact, he had used a , andtween, a campaign aide had her communicate to the south vietnamese they would get a better deal if they held back from the peace process, and he got elected. the war went on. there toly went to far leave the impression the war would not have gone on if he had done this. we don't know that. but certainly lbj thought there was a decent chance that a peace deal was possible. whatever nixon did to disrupt it, i make the argument that this was far worse than watergate given the great loss of life that followed. sayn: in your sources, you that ashland wanted the job and didn't get it. john: there is a whole section of not just haldeman's scrawled shows the also it degree of self-consciousness because haldeman had collected all that stuff together. there were memos and timeslips showing the number of phone calls that went back and forth between the nixon campaign and anna, and is at all but nicely aside and nixon's l

rumored.always nixon d knighted at the time to lyndon johnston, -- nixon d knighted at first to lyndon johnson. aboutcer: on a book richard nixon into his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way the team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical, burnt out fbi agents who work supervised by president nixon's staff who just wanted to be -- as they said "the cap that brought the dead mouse to the ." sident's door announcer: sunday night on q&a. >> all month, we are featuring our studentcam winners in c-span's video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year, students told us the most urgent issue for the president and congress. our second prize high school winner is from silver spring, maryland. abigail is a student at montgomery high school. her documentary on islamaphobia is entitled "the crisis and the fear." >> the syrian refugee crisis has been in the news for a really long time. and my cousins are refugees from iraq. and i have heard their stories. i know that if they had their wish, they would be at home. not in this country is a refugee. with the new pre

rumored and bits and pieces have come out over the years, but nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson and he denied it to david frost and he denied it to his biographers. always said he had never played any role in doing this. >> john farrell, long-time journalist and author of the book "richard nixon: the life," from his early days in congress, tenure, and downfall as president. >> the way the watergate burglar teams were assembled was clumsy, they were burnt out former intelligence or fbi agents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous quotes to go, the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> the united nations special envoy for yemen discussing now the ongoing conflict in the middle east nation and its framework for peace. he also talked about the humanitarian situation and the impact on the nation's economy. he gave these remarks at the middle east institute here in washington, d.c., shortly after briefing the u.n. security council in new york. it's about 45 m

yellow pad where auldman writes down in the mist of the october 1968, we're going to monkey wrench lyndon johnson peace initiative. bits and pieces have come out over the year but nixon denied it at the time time and he denied it to david frost and his biografrz. always said he never played any roll in doing this. >> mr. nixon's political career from his early days in congress and to his downfall as president. >> the way that the watergate burglars. >> good afternoon, everyone. as you know we're moving forward with the gorsuch nomination for the supreme court that should be wrapped up some time friday. it appears as if closure will not be invoked but we'll find out on thursday but either way we'll be moving toward confirming judge gorsuch on friday. when we get back, we'll be moving to the funding of the government. discussions are underway on a bipartisan basis. house and senate appropriators and we anticipate being able to finish that last week before the time runs out and so that's the agenda for this week and the week we get back. >> i got to the senate in 2002 and immediately senator schumer

she had a white house fellowship under lyndon johnson. she began writing on the presidency. you may have read her books on johnson. certainly on lincoln and we will talk about that. she has a very important set of common presidential greatness elements. starting with courage and self-confidence. starting with courage and self-confidence. change, seeing something that goes wrong so change doesn't get stuck in a particular rot. having a intelligence strong moral compass. she learned it from lyndon johnson, the man did not know how to relax, i don't think he knew how to relax. presidents need to be able to find some way to relax. finally, to be both inspiring and to be able to be inspired. how did lincoln carry out these elements of greatness? as she points out, he kept the faith, even on the darkest days of the civil war when it looks like the union could lose to the south and the confederacy. even at the beginning of the presidency when the country broke apart, as someone who was against slavery, they caused the first set mistake of the confederacy to lead the union. he kept

it started with lyndon johnson. during one of the weddings. know there were so loud that lyndon johnson cursed about because they were talk is allegedly here during the wedding bells. in the white house. and 100,000 were anti- war protesters out there chanting. and you know the national news is never done justice about how in control he was in the 60s and 70s and how much of a threat the antiwar protesters were to our very existence as a republic. >> having worked with president nixon myself every day for four years, he was brilliant and generous and kind and visionary and warm and funny. [applause] >> thank you. final question. >> hi another guy from queens. i followed the other guy from queens. i think his political ability to manage, set up that shiny object. i see some parallels in the way that reagan was able to manage, not in the same manner but is that, if it was part of the success politically advised. >> i think that he handled the national is better than republicans presidents gerald ford, they never give him a chance. in nixon, ther

this is something that had always been rumored but he said at the time -- he denied it to lyndon johnson and denied it to david frost and he denied it to his biographers. always said he never played any role in doing this. >> long-time journalist and author of the book "richard nixon the life" on mr. nixon's political career from his early days in congress to his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way that the watergate burglars team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical, burnt out, former intelligence or f.b.i. gents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous, "the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door." >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome representative sam bonamici democrat from oregon. your first time on the c-span network. we're glad to have you. welcome. guest: thank you, steve. happy to be here. guest: let's talk about i.c.e. agents and where they can and cannot go and talk about your bill. guest: sure. we introduced this act las

wrightstown -- this is where alderman writes down, we're going to make you would lyndon johnson's pay initiative. this was something that had always been rumored and bits and pieces have, over the years, but nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson, and he denies it to david frost, and he denied it to his biographers. he always said he never played any really in doing that. >> john farrell, longtime journalist and author, mr. nixon's political career from his early days in congress to his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way the watergate burglars, their team was assembled was clumsy. they were burnt out former fbi bynts who were supervised young men on nixon's staff who wanted to be in. it it was the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president door. >> the los angeles times has been putting on the festival of books for more than 20 years. and it has become an institution a part of the community. celebratea way we can with the readers of the paper and with the city as a whole. it is a very notion of reading. of thereen the idea being something called "fake news" is o

rumored and bits and pieces have come out over the years, but nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson and he denied it to david frost and he denied it to his biographers, always said he never played any role doling this. >> john farrell, author of the book "nixon." to his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way that the watergate burglars, the way their team was assembled, they were clumsy, former intelligence or f.b.i. agents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous quotes go, the cat that brought the dead house to the

where haldeman writes down in the midst of the -- october 1968 we're going to monkey wrench lyndon johnson's peace initiative. this has been rum you'red and bits and pieces can't out but nix exxon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson and denied it to david frost and always said he never plate any roll in doing this. >> john farrell, longtime journalist saw for or the book "richard nixon, the life" on mr. mixn's political area. >> the way the watergate burglars -- the team was assembled, they were cynical, burnt-out, former intelligence or fbi agent whose were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous quotes go, the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> but the other sort of contribution that i think the book -- i hope the book has is a discussion of the domestic trade and this is a trafficking of dead bodies. i've traced medical school records, anan nat my professors -- anan my professors involved the traffic and they wrote letters back and forth to one another, looking for the dead

i am not completely against nepotism, the healthcare roles, and rfk after that, lyndon johnson prevents you hiring relatives. she is not qualified to work in the white house, has no basis to work in the white house, there are plenty of women morse qualified and -- >> that is offensive -- she is not qualified because she wasn't in politics that she worked for the trump organization. she went to wharton, and nepotism nepotism. it is unpaid and has to follow the government ethics will. >> want to talk about qualified in washington dc you want to have that debate? 538 people in dc are not qualified to run a one car parade. inner-city youth in high school, enough cases in north korea, guys diane right now in iraq taking back land from isis, russia did something in the election and we are worried about ivanka trump? if he wantss to pay her that is his responsibility. there are bigger issues to deal with. dagen: there is a plans lgbt protest party for saturday night to protest despite her being an advocate for gbt to protest the climate rules that have come out of the white house. >> ivanka is

. >> lyndon johnson said when he became president no matter how big your majority you get one year before congress stops thinking about you, the president and start thinking about themselves, their own reelection and in january of your second year after you have done your first year all the members of congress are thinking of the midterm election and are really cautious about taking a risk to help you get your mandate through. >> watch c-span cities tour of charlottesville, virginia at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2:00 pm on american history tv on c-span3 working with cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. >> freshman congressman trey hollingsworth represent indiana's ninth congressional district, the seat was previously held by senator todd young. we spoke to congressman hollingsworth as part of a series of interviews we are conducting with new members of congress. this is 10 minutes. >> trey hollingsworth representing the ninth district of indiana, a republican. what did you do before coming to congress? >> been in business my entire career. i renovate

nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson and he denied it to david frost and he denied it to hisgraphers. always said that he had never played any role in doing this. on mr. nixon's political career from his early days in congress to his tenure and downfall as president. washe way the team assembled -- they were clumsy, they were cynical burnt out former intelligence agents who are supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> washington journal continues. host: congressman paul tonko of new york joins us now. a week removed from president

lyndon johnson reached into the congressional pull and pluck to members of congress to sit on the commission. two members of the house of representatives. one was gerald ford. it was because he had that reputation of being able to work together with people of differing ideas, to reach reasonable conclusions. he was one of the seven warren commissioners. after he completes that he and another man by the name of jack stiles worked on a book called a portrait of the assassin. he believed firmly in the commission's finding at least harvey oswald had acted alone as the loan gunman. there was no evidence that was brought to the commission that would refute the finding. he remains open to other evidence that might prove otherwise that might counter that opinion. during his lifetime he never saw any that could show that it was lee harvey oswald alone who acted as the assassin of resident kennedy. he is earning his reputation through hard work, not a piece of legislation that he is known for. he is known for being able to move legislation, to craft the coalitions necessary to get legislation passed.

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pad where haldeman writes down in the midst of the october 1968, we're going to mungy wrench lyndon johnson'snitiative. this is something that had always been rumored and bits and peaces had come out over the years but nixon denied it at the time to lyndon johnson, denied it to david frost, denied it to his biographers. >> john pharrell on president nixon's presidency. >> the way that the watergate burglars, their team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical former fbi agents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who wanted to be the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >> on c-span clinton watts at the senate intelligence hearing. >> through the end of 2016 and start of 2016, the russians began to seek to affect the outcome of the election. sought to sideline opponents on both sides of the political spectr spectrum. they were in full swing in both the republican and democratic system. >> lieutenant general gina grosso on the shortage of pilots in the military. >> including our active guard ujts was short

lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... . >>> all right tonight we have a follow-up to a story we brought you last night on abc news at 11. >> a family from north carolina came to san francisco to spread the ashes of this man joe willingance but before the family got the chance to do that someone stole his ashes from a rental car. >> as abc news reporter melly wood row explains the clock is ticking. >> mary wilkinson and her daughter julia came to the whatever to honor his life and love of. but in the few hours they had before the room was ready someone broke into the rental car trunk stealing a suitcase mary wallet and joe's remains. >> i feel like i wasn't even responsible to keep him safe. just knowing that they took my dad and they don't even know probably what it is or they -- he has no value to them. and what if they just throw it in the trash. like he deserves more. >> the wilkinson say they called san francisco police. dispatchers directed them to fill out an online report even after they explained what was stolen. >> the police should have said y

nixon at the time denied it to lyndon johnson and david frost, and his biographers.always said he never played any role in doing this. >> longtime author of the book "richard nixon: the life" from his early days in congress to his downfall as president. >> the way that the watergate burglars, the way that their team was assembled was clumsy. they were burnt out former intelligence or fbi agents that were supervised by young men on staff that just wanted to be the cap that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. "q&unday night on c-span's a." "newsmakers," chair of the veterans affairs committee talks about improved accountability act va hospital's, and legislating given veterans access to community-based care.

you have the president of the united states lyndon johnson your figure and simple and voting rights act passed. sing is not your war but said know -- but king said no and gave the speech. >> yes, he gave the speech, i a prophetic sermon and was killed exactly one year later. ut he was very clear that you tri-un er separate the everyone of racism. militarism. e knew that the prophetic role of the preacher or religious eader or moral leader is to challenge the soul and the heart of the nation. if you listen to his voice and words, he is very clear. vincent harding, who helped him draft that particular speech and some say that something like 150 newspapers wrote articles the next week, even civil rights organizations passed resolutions against him. unions did the same thing. not all but some. know that there was one place the nation magazine stuck with him but many pulled away. his own staff. he understood that we had to challenge. he questition is and the reason we a are at the press club toda is because repairs of the breach and we are convening the souls poor folk auditing america years

here was a yellow pad for aldman writes down in the midst of october '68 we will monkey wrench lyndon johnson's peace initiative. nixon denied it at the time to johnson, david frost and his biographers and said he never played a role in it. >> john farrell, author of the book richard nixon; the life on richard nixon's career from the early days in congress and teen tenure and downfall as president. >> the way the watergate team was assembled was clumsy, burned out members who wanted to be the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> tonight on c-span's q&a. democrats set it stage to block neal gorsuch setting stage for nuclear option. making it all but certain republicans will change the rules of the u.s. senate to ensure his conformation later this week. the post writes democratic opposition to gorsuch has been building and four more senators announced monday they would vote against him giving democrats the 41 senators to block a procedural vote and com pel president trump and republicans to either withdraw gorsuch's nomination or changing the senate's rule to require the 60

this is something we saw in the 2008 election, whether it was martin luther king the outsider or lyndon johnson the president who made the big ellis difference in civil rights law. this is somebody who really truly believes that in the establishment, and up think people saw that about her, that she was representing the establishment andst status quo. donald trump's argument was the exact option, he was as disrupter, somebody who was going to bring change. she just couldn't -- these are her words -- couldn't wrap her mind around what was going on in the election trat, that desire to change somuch that antipathy for anything that was a part of the system orst establishment, she just -- it wasn't just that moment iegt after new hampshire where she said that. there were other times she expressed that, she didn't have that feel. i think she's somebody who understands legislative tactics very well but not that natural politician, not her husband that goes out, talks to an audience, tells them a little bit of what they want to hear. >> yeah. >> -- to get them to trust him, at least in the moment. you

lyndon johnson reached into the congressional pool and plucked two members of congress to sit on that commission. two members of the house of representatives. one was gerald ford. and it was largely because he had that reputation of being able to work together with people of differing ideas to reach reasonable conclusions. one of theecame seven warren commissioners. after he completes his commission's work, he and another grand graffiti and -- grand rapidian, a man by the name of jack stiles, worked on a book called "a portrait of the assassin." i would know it is "the assassin ," not "an assassin." he believed firmly in the commission's finding that lee harvey oswald had acted alone. as the lone gunmen. there was no evidence brought to -- as the lone gun man. there was no evidence brought to the commission that would refute that finding. he remained open to other evidence that might prove otherwise, that might counter that commission's contention. but during his lifetime, he never saw any that could conclusively show that it was lee harvey oswald alone who acted as the assassin of pr

toon denied it at the time lyndon johnson. and to david frost. and to his biographers. always said he had never played a role in doing this. >> john farrell, author of "richard nixon: the life." >> the way the watergate burglars were assembled was clumsy. they were burnt out former intelligence or fbi agents supervised by young men on nixon's staff, who just wanted "catsone of the famous that brought the dead mouse to the president's door." sunday night on "q&a." >> next, historian william about therg talks effectiveness and legacies of 20th-century presidents. the conversation focuses on the book "the american president: from teddy roosevelt to bill clinton." the new york historical society hosts this hour-long event. tonight's program, the , atican president part two the new historical society. i would like to thank bernard schwartz for making this lecture possible, along with all of the other programs he supports. i would like to thank and recognize two of our trustees.

been rumored and bits and pieces had come out over the years but nixon zmied it at the time to lyndon johnsonied it to biographies always said he never played any roll. >> john fairly long-term journalist and author of the nixon the life and mr. nixon's political career early days in congress to tenure downfall at president. >> the way the watergate team was assembled they were clumsy sing cynical burnt out intelligence agents supervised by young men on nixon's staff wanted to be one of the famous quotes go, the cat that brought the dead house to the president's door. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> the aligns for health reform hosted a discussion on the future of medicate and how the program will be impacting by proposed health care policy. a panel of health spernts experts sieltd several studies and medicaid and talked about access to health services in ruler areas. the republican failed effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act and the role of state governments in providing quality health care to residents with proposed policy changes in play.

to lyndon johnson and he denied it to david frost and he denied it to his biographers. always said that he had never played any role in doing this. on mr. nixon's political career from his early days in congress to his tenure and downfall as president. washe way the team assembled -- they were clumsy, they were cynical burnt out former intelligence agents who are supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> washington journal continues. host: congressman paul tonko of new york joins us now. a week removed from president signing an executive order aimed at rolling back several obama era climate energy regulations. congressman, remind us what that order targeted. guest: basically they target the clean power plan which is a very strongly organized program that addresses carbon pollution in our society coming from our power plants. i think it is so important because it's a major way to which islimate change a concept. the fact are in. speak very strongly about the damage of carbon pollution an

david: you know, that is why i made the allusion to lyndon baines johnson, i think unlike reagan, trumpmore active guy, like lyndon baines johnson, he would corner reluctant congressman and forcing him to do what he won't do himself. >> you're right. he has a little bit of lbj in him. that makes him a very unique president. we haven't had that kind of a president in a long time. i was thinking back, senator warren, no surprise, president trump a f, big fat f for his first 100 days. the bay of pigs happened during kennedy's first 100 days. william henry harrison died on day 31. david: that's a good point. >> we have to put things into perspective here. david: jane cook, glad to have you do. thank you very much for being here. have a good weekend. >> you too. lauren: coming up activism without sacrifice leaving to the snowflake generation to come up with the lays iest protest ever. ♪ ♪ >> congrats students at yale university on a quote hunger strike. >> it's unbelievable. the students are protesting for better student benefits. yale students earn a stipen of 30 grand a year, and they rece

essay don't worry we have had a lot of crazy presidents in modern history and lyndon johnston-- lyndon johnson's aides used to argue about whether he was manic-depressive or clinically paranoid. jfk and nixon took psychotropic drugs and so yes, presidents at the very moment where they should feel affirmed and confident that the american public has put them in the seat of power often they are gremlins-- their insecurities come out instead and so nixon was walking the halls talking to the paintings and doing a lot of crazy things and so watergate. so, yes, we have survived a lot of crazy presidents already, so of course we will survive one more. host: do you think donald trump can quote unquote drain the swamp or change washington culture? guest: i think it's up in the air. you know, he has a-- has appointed a lot of people sort of that from the swamp, but it remains to be seen whether lied to kennedy, you know, they appointed joe kennedy to the securities and exchange commission because he was a fox in the hen house. he knew because he had broken the rules himself how to catch people breaking the

this explores challenges us presidents face in the first year of the job we met lyndon johnson said when he became president, no matter how big your majority is, you get one year before congress stopped thinking about you and thinking about themselves and their own reelection. about january of your second-year, all the members of the congress are thinking about their midterm election and they're really cautious about taking risks to help you get your mandates and agendas approved. >> watt c-span city stir up silence for virginia saturday at noon eastern on c-span twos book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> the hudson institute for center for religious freedom hosted a discussion about us egypt relations the same day egyptian president visited. >> [inaudible]