bobby kennedy despised lyndon johnson and lyndon johnson didn't feel any differently about bobby kennedy they were just fundamentally different people. but i think john f. kennedy really, he picked lyndon johnson to go on the ticket for two reasons. one, three reasons, rather. one was political. he need ed southern balance on the ticket. and what better balance than lyndon johnson from austin, texas. he had so much power. but the second one is that he picked a vice president because he was the person most capable in his view of operating in the presidency should something happen to him. and then that, that was the case. >> i mean, when you look back on it, and obviously there's so much reflection on his abbreviated presidency, right? but it was an incredibly eventful present the presidency. just that short tenure. so you mentioned the cuban missile crisis, of course, what we were actually facing at the time. was that, is it fair to say that was sort of the darkest hour? was that the worst that it got? and was there the greatest triumph too for him? >> yeah. there's no question in my mind

and some of you will have a mental image of lyndon johnson. but he had this, he had an unusually large head. and he had really begins. and by this time, he had kind of jobs. and when johnson would get sort of invested in something that he was saying, he would often shake his head -- in this case he did shake his head -- and those figures would flap a little bit, and the jobs would kind of, wait would go on the charles, and this is what he did. and he said, stewart, jack, i don't know what to tell you. because, you see, i had a dream last night. and i don't remember tapping either one of you on the. shoulder [laughter] [applause] okay. i'm going to stop there. i'm going to stop there. and see if there are any responses, any questions. and so we'll see where we go. i certainly don't want to overstay my welcome. questions any reactions? yes, sir, in the back. >> obviously, saturday night [inaudible] what do you think. >> i repeat it, go ahead, yeah. what do i think of saturday night live. >> would you think that the press president of [inaudible]

in -- lyndon johnson. in comes richard nixon. he stayed the course for a while, then, all of a sudden, pentagon papers come out, then now we see mcnamara lied, johnson lied, all these liberals who were running the show lied. richard nixon should never have resigned. he started to bring down the military movement in vietnam, and then they come out and impeached him. before they could remove him from office, he resigned. he should have never resigned. now, today, you talk about the washington post has done everything it could to get into all the crap that went on with donald trump and the fbi? all the crap that went on with donald trump and the fbi? that is a falsehood. >> he was right there was a lot of lying. he decided he needed to get out of vietnam. vietnam had torn the country apart and that we were in a situation that was essentially not -- a war. and he were to try to de-escalate the war. that is separate from the things that ultimately brought him down. i think we have to be able to look at the totality of the presidency. w

there is no better person to provide help in that area then lyndon johnson. interestingly, one of kennedy's aides lit later revealed there was a reason to choose johnson. kennedy wanted to get him out of the powerful position that he then held as majority leader. so, -- he would be out of the way in the senate. well, such an action would put johnson in dangerously close to the white house itself. kennedy allegedly replied angrily, words that seem eerie light in terms of subsequent events, quote, i'm 43 years old, i am the healthiest candidate for president of the united states. i am not going to die in office. the vice presidency doesn't mean anything. whatever the case, the democratic ticket was to be kennedy johnson. and his acceptance speech before the convention, kennedy sounded the theme for his campaign, and so doing came up with the phrase that he would frequently you subsequently to characterize his administration when he said, quote, we stand today on the edge of a new frontier. the frontier of the 1960s. a frontier of unknown hopes and perils, a fron

kennedy's death, vice president lyndon b. johnson, his wife at his side, and the grief stricken widow with them, takes the presidential oath aboard the draft, which brings him together with the body of the late president, back to washington. lyndon b. johnson becomes america's 36th president. john f. kennedy chose him as his deputy. together, they were elected by the american people, who now look to lyndon johnson to assure continuity of government. upon him, now falls all the weight of leadership. >> this is a sad time for all people. we have suffered a loss that cannot be -- for me, it is a deep, personal tragedy. i know that the world shares the sorrow that mrs. kennedy and her family bears. i will do my best. that is all i can do. i ask for your help and god's. >> the nation, they world, mourns john f. kennedy. the funeral moves from the white house to the capital. -- the -- process at the capitol steps and -- and with them, president johnson and his wife and attorney general attorney general robert kennedy, the la robert kennedy

kennedy's death, vice president lyndon b. johnson, his wife at his side, and the grief stricken widow with him, takes the presidential oath on board the jet which brings him, together with the body of the late president back to washington. lyndon b. johnson becomes america's 36th president. john f. kennedy chose him as his deputy. together, they were elected by the american people, who now look to lyndon johnson to ensure continuity of government. upon him now falls all of the weight of leadership. >> this is a sad time for all people. . we have suffered a loss which cannot be weighed. for me, but it is a deep, personal tragedy. but i know that the world shares the sorrow, that mrs. kennedy and her family shares. i will do my best, that is all that i can do. i ask for your help in god. >> the nation, the world mourns john fitzgerald kennedy. the funeral cortege moves from the white house to the capitol, seat of the congress of the united states. we pause at the capitol steps, and from a limousine come the principal mourners. mrs. jac

only thing worse and anything bad that comes out of the state, anything bad that we hear in lyndon b. johnson's comments would have been a in lyndon b. johnson's view, to have been forgotten. this has kept him so relevant and yet so intimate the experiences of listening to these conversations. mark: melanie in these podcasts that you debuted last you use the conversation extensively in your project, what was it that made the so valuable. melody: a couple of things, one i'll step back for a second it cannot answer that question through the lens of my experience as a staff person so having been ted kennedy's chief counsel and having been obama's domestic policy advisor, is much as happened in the room estimate happens in the fall. in written material can't capture that. but a memo looks like by the time it that it gets to a senator or a president, is often been edited and reedited lots of people put their opinions and and they said things back in scribbles and notes. it will tell you something but when you have the conversations, you get the nuance commute in the tone of voice and you get the hum

." >> season one focuses on lyndon johnson, the gulf of tonkin incident, the march on selma and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew that they were being recorded. >> certainly johnson's secretaries knew because they were transcribed -- because they were charged with transcribing many of those conversations. they were the ones who make sure the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them through an open door from his office to theirs. >> you will also hear blunt talk. >> i want a report on the number of people assigned to kennedy on the day he died and the number assigned to me and i want them right quick. >> presidential recordings, on the c-span now mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we take your calls live on the air of the news of the day and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, the council on foreign relations' stephen cook discusses president biden's visit to saudi arabia. in our spotlight on podcasts, a talk about the podcast "politics in question" which examines american poli

a lot of the politics baldwin captured and eddie is talking about but also lyndon johnson asserted control over the entire situation. so two things happen, one is he forces change to go to judge frank johnson and follow the court orders about the nature of the march. and in what i think is one of the most important moments in modern american history is the lesson of it i think lives on. .he summons george wallace to the oval office. lbj had very steep cushions on nthe couch so the person would sit and lbj would loom. he was in the rocking chair.he leans over to george wallace and wallace says i can't control voters and johnson says wonderfully don't ship me george wallace. and then he says your, this is not about 1968. is not about 1988. it's about history and when you die do you want a scratched stony grave that says george wallace, he hated . or do you want a beautiful elegant granite monument that says george plus, he built. and that's the fundamental question it seems to me of citizenship. his do you want to hate or do you want to build? and one of the things any and i say off-line a g

about tearing down lyndon johnson and president kennedy . he becomes afraid that this chenault affair is going to become public so he orders a break in of brookings to try to retrieve these papers which he thinks exist which don't really exist. the plan they come up with is that they are going to buy a fire engine. staff it with the same human cmigrcs who are later caught breaking into the water gate a yearlater . dress as firefighters. they're going to firebomb brookings, then have this fake fire engine respond, these burglars run up, burglarize the safe e, get these papers out and flee in the chaos of the fire at brookings and g gordon liddy explains the plan fell apart not because it's actually an incredibly criminal and all whole thing for the president of the united states to order by the way, completely crazy as well crazy in addition to being criminal because the white house turns out being too cheap to buy the fire engine . . >> some of this is pretty sinister. there is a notable syndicated columnist and they sort of contemplate an a

the kinds of things that very goldwater had talked about, when he ran and lost to lyndon johnson in 1964. his conservatism was out of favor in the 1960's. by 1980, it had a majority support in the united states under ronald reagan. it is a remarkable change. so what you had was the party of richard nixon and, if you will, nelson rockefeller and george romney, the father of senator mitt romney today -- that party which was more eastern in its grounding, more midwestern, gave way to a party that is southern-based and sun belt-based and a much more conservative party. the republicans have always been the more conservative of the two major parties, but by the time ronald reagan was ele >> c-span's washington journal, every day, we take your calls live on the heirs is on the news of the day and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming saturday morning, a council on foreign relations senior fellow discusses president biden's upcoming visit to saudi arabia. at our spotlight on podcasts, a talk about the podcast politics and questions, which examines political institutions and ways to

it's about tearing down lyndon johnson and john f. kennedy two democrat presidents. yeah. he he becomes afraid that this this chenault affair is going to become public so he orders a break-in of brookings to try to retrieve these papers, which he thinks exist, which don't really exist the plan that they come up with is that they are going to buy a fire engine staff it with the same. cuban emigraves who are later caught breaking into the watergate a year later dressed as firefighters. they're going to fire bomb brookings then have this fake fire engine respond these burglars run up burglarize the safe get these papers out and flee in the chaos of the fire at brookings. yeah and gordon liddy. explains the plan fell apart not because it's actually like an incredibly criminal and awful thing for the president of the united states to try to order by the way completely crazy as well, but completely crazy in addition to being criminal but because the white house turns out to be too cheap buy the fire engine. that and it because some of it's really sinister. there's a there's a th

. >> season one focuses lyndon johnson. you will hear about the civil rights act, the 1964 presidential campaign, the march on selma, and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> johnson's secretaries new because they were tasked with transcribingany of those conversations. they were the ones who made sure the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them through an open or -- ope door. >> you will hear some blt talk. >> want a report of the number of people assigned to kennedy the day he died and the number assigned to me now. if mine is not less, i wanted less right quick. if i cannot ever goo the bathroom, i will not go. i will stay rig behind these black gates. >> presidential recordings. find it wherever you get your dcasts. c-span is your unfiltered view of governmentunded by these television companies and more including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that is why charter has invested billions tilting infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering

>> well, what we learn is that it would have been impossible for lyndon johnson to be a great president if lady bird johnson had not been first lady. and the problem here is true of almost every first lady, i think both brian and melody would agree with this, is they always say, i have very little influence on the president, please give the credit to him, it was all he is doing. i would choose guests for state dinners or something like that. and lady bird was no exception. i remember a conversation both brian and i would have with her. she said the same thing. if you did not know any better, you would just think she was sort of this polite, minor figure in the entourage. but actually, one of the revelations of these tapes is that lbj taped his wife without her knowledge. i asked her, did you know he was taping you? she said no, but nothing would have surprised me. and this is a case of that. and the other thing is that he would talk to her maybe a little bit less on this phone call, but elsewhere, just beautifully. and my wife heard this and said, you know, you should really be writing

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here many of those on c-span' is new podcast. >> season one focuses on the presidency of the lyndon johnsonu will hear about the civil rights act, the 1964 presidential campaign, the march on selma, and the war in vietnam not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly johnson secretaries knew, because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations. in fact, they were the ones who make sure the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and there's. >> you will also hear some blunt talk. >> i want to report on the number of people were assigned to kennedy. i want it right quick. if i don't have to go to the bathroom, i won't go i will just stay right here. >> presidential recordings, find it on the c-span mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> only at c-span to get information straight from the source. no matter where you are from or where you stand on the issues, c-span is america's network, unfiltered, unbiased, word for word, if it happens here or here or here or anywhere that matters , america is wa

. >> season one focuses on the presidency of lyndon johnson. he will hear about the 1960 four civil rights act, the presidential campaign, the gulf of tonkin incident, and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly johnson's secretaries new. they were tasked with transcribing many of his conversations. they were the ones who made sure that the conversations were taped, as johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and there's. >> you will hear some blunt talk. >> i want a report of the number of people that were assigned to kennedy the day he died. the number assigned. and of mine aren't adequate, i want them adequate. if i don't go to the bathroom, i won't go. i won't go anywhere. i will stay behind these gates. >> presidential recording on the c-span now mobile app or wherever you get your podcast. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussed policy issues that impact you. coming saturday morning. our focus will

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as soon as the bombing began and lyndon johnson americanized a war and he sent ground troops and began a bombing campaign that really pulled us into the war. fully and so king called the negotiations, but again, he was hesitant because again speaking out against the war but you know, it just distracts from the issue the main issue you're concerned about but it really it stuck with them snick in january of 1966 as after one of their try with jimmy jackson. i think jimmy lee jackson. no. birthday sammy young sammy young was a veteran and a navy veteran sneak organizer was shot and killed at a gas station when he tried to use a white. restroom which again was illegal the civil rights act outlaw that so with that sneak finally came out and wrote a statement against warren vietnam opposing the war in vietnam saying they would support people who chose not to go to vietnam and as a result of that julian julian bond was not seated. he was elected to the state legislature at georgia. remember nick they refused to see them. so this is the reaction right? king leaves the protest about bonds failu

. >> the next episode focuses on lyndon johnson. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> johnson's secretaries new because they were tasked with transcribing conversations. they made sure the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them. >> you will also hear some blunt talk. >> i want a report on the number of people assigned to kennedy on the day he died. i can't ever go to the bathroom, i will just jerome powell announced the largest interest rate hike. said the increase was not the housing market >> i will begin with one overarching message. we understand the hardship high inflation is causing. we are committed to bringing it down. we have the tools and resolve to restore price stability. the economy and country have been through a lot. it is essential inflation down to have a strong period of labor market conditions that benefit all. from the standpoint of our mandate to promote price stability, the picture is plain to see. the market is tight and inflation is high. the federal open market committee raised it

but in no way did it implicate him. , and come it implicated his enemies, kennedy and lyndon johnson.t was a secret history of the war in vietnam. nixon at that point was not a part of that. explain why he then went off on that and everything else that ensued. >> this has long been one of the great mysteries, which is your absolute right. there are 2 million words in the pentagon papers and not one of them is "nixon." should've been one of the great political coups of his life. two mortal enemies, jfk and lbj, are slammed in these papers and nixon is not mentioned at all. however, the key that we now understand, that has been unlocked in the last two years that gives us the understanding for the first time of nixon's overreaction to the pentagon papers, is the chennault affair, which is that nixon becomes afraid in the wake of the ellsberg release of the pentagon papers in june 1971 that as part of these leaks that the documents documenting the chennault affair will come out. he knows these documents exist. he doesn't know where they are. he ces to think they are at the brookings inst

of those conversations on c-span2 new podcast, presidential recordings season one focuses on lyndon johnson. you will hear about the 1964 civil rights act, the 1964 presidential campaign, the gulf of tonkin incident, the march on selma and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly johnson's secretaries knew because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations. in fact, they would want to make sure that the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and there's. >> you also his blunt talk. >> jim, i want a report of a number of people assigned to kennedy on me the day he died and the number assigned to me now. and that mine are not less i want them less right quick. and if i can't ever go to the bathroom, i won't go. i promise you i won't go anywhere. i'll just stay right behind these black gates. >> presidential recordings, find it on the c-span now mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> after months of closed-door investigations the house january 6th committee is set to go p

. >> season one focuses on the presidency of lyndon johnson.ill hear about the 19 624 civil rights act, the presidential campaign, the gulf of tonkin incident, the march on selma, and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly johnson's secretaries new because they were cap -- tasked with transcribing many of his conversations. in fact, they were the ones who made sure that the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and fairs. >> you will hear blunt talk. >> i want to report of the number of people that signed to kennedy on the day he died. if i can't ever go to the bathroom, i won't go. i won't go anywhere. i will stay behind these gates. >> presidential recordings. find it on the c-span now mobile app or wherever you got your podcast. >> president biden response to the supreme court overturning the landmark roe v. wade decision which protected women's rights to an abortion, saying, sad day for the court in the country. he called on congress to pass fed

there's a lyndon johnson over here with fdr. i've run this by bush clinton and president obama. they all agree president obama agrees with the concept that that was the dialectic. in which he governed? it was not a dialectic that has delivered. the results i think many people want which is one of the reasons it fell apart in 2016, right? the shift so i don't see that as a shift what i do see is four years ago exactly when i was closing the soul of america book. i believed that trump was the fullest manifestation of our darkest impulses. but that like joe mccarthy. it would burn out not that it would go away. but that these forces ebbed and float. and what january 6th did and it took me a long time to get there. is it suggested to me that there was something more permanent about this? i still think it can be. okay. but i didn't foresee that and one of the things that eddie and i agree with just lest you think this is a marital therapy thing. is i dislike it? i disagree i should say. when people say about something terrible that happened charlottesville, so when they say this isn'