many african-americans blamed lyndon johnson and founded theories as to why lyndon johnson was likelyn president kennedy's assassination because he appeared to have the most to gain. letters came into mrs. kennedy condolence letters that would make this point from black letterwriters and telegram senders would essentially say they believed lyndon johnson was involved in john kennedy's death. this is the state of things when lyndon johnson becomes president. now he does everything he can in order to try to reassure black voters. he realizes he needs to win them over because from the very beginning, lyndon johnson is well aware the election is coming up one year from just under one year from the moment he is sworn in as president. he is looking to build coalitions and reassure liberals and african-american voters. he calls people like martin luther king, the southern christian leadership council conference he calls young of the urban league he calls roy wilson of the naacp to try to reassure these folks pretty goes to congress five days after present case ssa tells congress and the worl

later i met don kendall the the ceo of pepsi cola and he said to me now, i know you you knew lyndon johnson you were young girl, but i have a story you don't know and he said when richard nixon first became president, he asked kendall to go to johnson's ranch to talk about some private controversial matter. he said i get to the ranch johnson's working on his memoirs. says, how can i remember what happened 20 years ago 30 years ago. the only chapters are any good at all. i had this little taping my system on my oval office and then i have verbatim conversations of all these deals i made with the congressman those chapters are really coming alive. so you go back and tell you good friend nixon as he starts his presidency. there is nothing more important than a taping system. by lyndon johnson contrib ute, thank you all very much. thank you. all right. well, then what i want to do today is i'm going to give us our third lecture in our unit about labor and american foodways. and if we've talked about the beef industry

what lyndon johnson brought to the table? was what ronnie duggar who was a famous texan journalist said that every election that johnson and the rest of the people that ran for elections in texas during the timeframe up to 1960 was competitive corruption. it was just depending on who could steal more votes. and johnson ran in 1941. and lost because he didn't steal the votes. but in 1948. he won by 87 votes and received the wonderful nickname landslide linden. now imagine for a second imagine and no election. that johnson ran it did he win without corruption? and yet every author every major biography of lyndon johnson. talks about the fraud in 1941. and in 1948 multiple chapters one book major biography on the election of 1960 says oh, by the way. there was nothing about fraud in 1960, so i'm not going to talk about it since there was no fraud why talk about it. and in another book it didn't even make a half a sense and made footnote on the next little last page and the volume. and it basically said there was no fraud in illi

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

that was under lyndon johnson and and shameless plug that it is my book. i i cover johnson's approach to withdrawal policy and as we know that that never fully went through because by the end of 1964 johnson was conducting reprisal strikes on north vietnam and then into 1965 more sustained strikes. would rolling thunder bombing and then by the middle of 1965 100,000 troops were going in that would rise to over half a million by 1968. but lbj is a fascinating character. not only with respect to vietnam, but with respect to power and bob caro's wonderful work. on lbj really is a study of power and i want to play a couple of clips from lbj that gives you a sense of how he wielded that power one of them comes from just 10 days or so after he became president. it's a conversation between johnson and jackie kennedy the late president's widow, and it's notable for a variety of reasons, but particularly for johnson, who knows that he is going to need to stay in the good graces of the kennedy family. he has picked up the mantle from the fallen present. he's trying t

johnson ran in 1941 and lost because he did not steal enough votes. but, in 1948 he won by 87 votes. and he received a wonderful nickname landslide lyndon. now, imagine for a second, imagine, in an election that johnson ran in he did not win without corruption. and yet, every author, every major biography of lyndon johnson talks about the fraud in 1941, and in 1948 multiple chapters. one book, a major biography on the election of 1960 says that by the way there is nothing about ford in 1960 so i am not going to talk about it. since there was no fraud why talk about it? in another book it did not even make a half a sentence. it made a footnote on the next to last page and the volume. it basically said that there was no fraud in 1960, because the office said there was no fraud. a fairly impartial guy that worked for jon kennedy and was a member of the democratic party. and, in addition to that there was no fraud in texas and the reason there was no fraud in texas is because leon bureau skis said you could not prove it. obviously the answer to the question is there is no fraud, because people who had a great stake in saying there was no frau

michael: we learned that it was impossible for lyndon b. johnson to be a great president if lady bird johnson had not been first lady. and the problem here is almost every first lady i think and melody would probably agree with this is they always say i really have very little influence on the present to the credit to him. it was all his doing and she would have guessed for state dinners or something like that it lady bird is no exception. in those conversations and i will have with her, she said the same thing. it will if did not know any better, just think that she was sort of this polite minor figure in the entourage. one of the great are actually one of the revelations is that lbj taped his wife without her knowledge and answer, did you know that he was taking you and she said no. but nothing would've surprised me in the 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. my wife for this and she said, you really should be writing books on these tapes and you

talking about all those presidents over 70 years there was one that never met with her and that was lyndon johnson. i thought i'll dispel the mystery of why johnson was sitting this out. it was not that he was an anti-monarchist. quite the opposite. he was opposite. he was somewhat monarchical himself. johnson became president 1963 after kennedy's assassination and as a point of pride, he said i'm not going to leave the united states for at least a year while i consolidate my presidency. then after that came the vietnam war, the prime minister wilson was against much of the vietnam war and johnson was told that if he ever went to london, there would be an anti war demonstration that would close down the city. there was one exception, but otherwise, these great relationships for 70 years with american presidents. >> she had a very famous meeting with john kennedy. jfk. if you watch the crown, you felt like you got a sneak peek of it although i'm not sure how accurate the crown is. tell me what we know of that meeting. >> kennedy went to see queen elizabeth in june of 1961 just after meeting the cru

she met all of them except for lyndon johnson.dership of 15 british prime ministers, seven popes. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live in balmoral, also with me presidential historian doug brinkley. doug, let me start with you, 13 presidents over her reign. former president and first lady barack and michelle obama, they released a statement as did every former president. they said back when we were just beginning to navigate life as president and first lady, she welcomed us to the world stage with open arms and extraordinary generosity. she was dubbed for the more recent presidents, dean of world leaders of sorts. >> she was a dean and an upgrade. if you could be a politician and be in a photograph with queen elizabeth ii, there was no downside, and so all american presidents, first ladies wanted to be seen with her. that would be a photo that would live forever, even if you were somebody as well known as george w. bush or barack obama. to be able to have a photo shoot with the queen was a big deal, and you kn

the only one she did not meet in person was lyndon johnson we're told. was considered a scheduling problem with lyndon johnson at the time. i don't know the real details on that but the only president who did not actually meet face-to-face with her majesty. we'll keep you posted on that. also not oblivious what is going on here back at home where the markets are sorting of testing reacting or trying to understand the consequence of remarks from fed chairman jerome powell who was at a moderated discussion today which he said that the fed will raise rates to fight inflation, quoting here, until the job is done. now that isn't really worthy after fox news or a "fox business alert" but a lot of people sort of seized on this sort of stuff. you draw stocks up and then you draw them down when they reassess it. we've been all over the map here. we've been up about 200 points, down as i say close to 180 points right now. edward lawrence following all of these crosscurrents we're getting from fed officials in washington. edward. reporter: hey, neil, before we get

>> 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 his doing. i would choose guests for state dinners or something like that. and lady bird was no exception. i remember a conversations 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 b

they consistently won their except for, as i mentioned, lyndon johnson.of the contacts had a way of reinforcing this partnership, which has been very central to what they call the alliance. nato, and the rest. and the only time there was any kind of tension, tension would be too strong. but when president trump went to good great britain and he at that time was being critical of nato, in her speech queen elizabeth said, we believe in these structures, she was talking about nato, that we share. and we want to strengthen those structures, not undermine them. and that was seen i think rightly as a little bit of pushback, gentle pushback at the idea of president trump disrespecting nato. >> we all certainly remember watching every move of that visit. and it still is astounding to me to watch these images of these presidents sitting beside queen elizabeth overtime. and again, i saw this earlier but i'll say it again, leaders of the free world kind of smiling ear to ear as if they are ten-year-old boys meeting the queen of england. jonathan alter, thank you. co

it was president lint lyndon johnson who created hispanic heritage week after appealing the most xenophobic anti-immigration law. today, while many americans are honoring those hispanic contributions, last night, florida governor ron desantis had a different idea. proudly taking credit for sending two plane loads of latino migrants to martha's vineyard in massachusetts. roughly 50 venezuelan and colombian migrants, many fleeing venezuela's maduro regime, said they had gun from san francisco, texas, where they were offered flights to boston, not martha's vineyards, roughly 100 miles away. they had no idea what was really going on. >> some of them have been through really horrific things. so they need a break. and they need help. >> this is part of a plan that desantis hatched back in 2021 where he created a new program to transport so-called unauthorized aliens out of florida. and please allow me for a moment to take a moment of former sunday school teacher privilege. because this tactic by supposedly christian right politics like desantis, doug ducey, and greg abbott of texas is about as un

. >> lyndon johnson. >> lyndon johnson. but she met with 13 u.s. presidents. she worked with them.t was her role like and her connections like with them? >> during the time i was there, it was bill clinton's term, and there was no visit while i was there. there were four state visits during her reign. i think it depending on the president. it's like the relationship with the prime minister. for instance, ronald reagan, they bonded over their love of horses and went riding together. >> there are iconic images of them riding together. >> yes, and there is an iconic image of ford leading the queen in a dance on the dance floor. there was something about the relationship the queen. she was talking about her and the king going to see the late president. it was president roosevelt. so, actually this family goes back a long way. i think it was an affection. i think the person who i think george w. bush ii had almost like a father/mother relationship with her. but they all, in their different way, connected and vice versa. that was the thing about the queen more generally, tremendous conne

president since lyndon johnson. i would love to know who was her favorite. michelle talib, or ryan heath but, niall stanage, thank you both. thank you all so much. so much to taken. when we come back, when elizabeth became queen, the british empire was already becoming the british commonwealth, but her influence continued across the globe. the influence from the only british monarch many have ever known. that is next. and later, where the department of justice gave trump appointed florida judge a deadline to reconsider her decision in the mar-a-lago case. and why steve bannon is in the whole out of trouble. tonight, the 11th hour just getting underway on a very eventful thursday evening. thursday evening. thrive in an ever-changing market. the right relationship with a bank who understands your industry, as well as the local markets where you do business, can help lay a solid foundation for the future. pnc provides the resources of one of the nation's largest banks and local leaders with a focus on customized insights to help your business achieve its goals.

president -- am surprised to learn if she only ever did not meet one, lyndon johnson. really, for international leaders, she was someone they admired. she had such a consistent manner. she was able to remain focused and not get into political scandals. francine: [inaudible] instances where the two countries did not get along with the u.k. they would say, we should do a royal visit. people from all walks of life, all religions, all over actually would be impressed by the queen. we are told she had a great sense of humor. [inaudible] she could turn in an elegant manner. she spoke her mind. it was subdued. -- to ensure that her return to london also is something ceremonial, special. i was reminded that she met winston churchill. if you think about him, her godfather was born in 1850. she flipped through almost two centuries -- has lived through most two centuries. she will be greatly missed by future prime minister's. romaine: a lot has been written about her sense of humor. guy was referencing her simulated parachuting with james bond. we got a chuckle out of that. she h

barry goldwater running against lyndon johnson for president where lyndon johnson is being called racist summoned up the anger through their ads and their campaign unfocused it. so that story about what we have seen donald trump do as you tell here has been building and getting refined for many decades in the republican party? >> yeah, i'm glad you picked up on that. the book is essentially a history of the dark side of the republican party, and i show, i was kind of even surprised to find this when i was doing my research, that since the early 50s the republican party has consistently encouraged and exploited extremism. every major presidential candidate, every major republican president has done it in some ways. and when we're talking about doug mastriano, i was thinking about the late 1970s, which unifier kind of old enough to remember. it was the rise of the new right, the religious right, the moral majority and they really fueled ronald reagan's campaign that he won in 1980. but one of the things that they were running a, the moral majority was was basically demonizing and humanizin

the sole president she did not meet was lyndon johnson.ipartisan issue. here are just a few examples from those who met with her. >> you remind me of my mother. >> in terms of the look of her and just the generosity. she was very gracious. >> she has embodied the spirit of dignity, duty and patriotism that beats proudly in every british heart. >> this dinner is a humbling reminder of the fleeting nature of presidencies and prime ministerships. your majesty's reign has spanned about a dozen of each. and counting. that makes you both a living witness to the power of our alliance and a chief source of its resilience. >> happily, i'm conscious of the honor that is on us tonight. i ask you to join me in a toast to her majesty, the queen. >> outfront now, david gergen, who advised four of the presidents who met with the king, including reagan and clinton, and van jones, special advisor to president obama. so, david, all four presidents you advised met with queen elizabeth ii. i know you also met her once. i'm just struck by as we hear those soun

president except lyndon johnson and i can't help but think of a story that roy jenkins told of foreignretary rab butler coming to washington and lbj holding dollars over his head thinking he was humiliated him and roy jenkins said he spent the rest of his life retelling the story chortling, laughing and mocking lbj. not a lot of love lost between britain and lbj. but for the other presidents, an extraordinary legacy starting with truman. and we lost his audio. all right. here is a good lead up. david, a special relationship, talk about the queen. >> she did the impossible. she united a nation that has been fractious and divided and argumentative. across the u.k., she managed to ensure that she legitimatized political division by symbolizing national unity. and fact that you have tributes from the around the world, some of the words you've been using this morning, grace, stoicism and who doesn't just spoke about something important globally and i have the very great privilege when she went abroad, the foreign secretary goes with her and gets to go and brief her about foreign affairs. mo

. >> and the only president queen elizabeth didn't meet with was lyndon johnson. no real reason why. why she. never mind. they never met other than according the lbj library, the invitation was just never extended by either one , although they did send letters to each other. >> but it sure looked like a fist bump. the trump it did. asten, laura ingraham asked, did it look like a fist bump? and he said it was. and i think he would just kind of going down and they cut the picture the wrong time. >> but, you know, it looked like she went right into it. right. thank you . meantime, queen elizabeth , 70 year reign is the longest of any british monarch. she recently took part in a massive celebration for her platinum jubilee that celebrates has now turned to grief. the uk will now hold 12 days of national mourning and the queen's body will lie in state in parliament's westminster hall until her funeral. queen elizabeth , the second was born into the royal windsor family on april twenty one nineteen twenty six at birth as the oldest daughter, the duke and duchess of york

the 14 she didn't meet, i think which was -- >> lyndon johnson. >> lyndon johnson.he met with 13 u.s. presidents. she worked with them. what was her role like with -- and her connections like with them? >> the time i was there, it was bill clinton's turn. there are for estate visits during her reign. i think it depends on the nature of the president. the queen's relationship with prime minister -- ronald reagan, they bonded over their love of horses. they were riding together. >> there are iconic images now of them writing. >> yes. and the iconic image of president ford leaving the queen at a dance at the white house. the obama visits. i think there was something about the relationship the queen had with the u.s. and her family, it was profound. i remember sitting next to the late queen mother talking about the king going to see the late president. i remember thinking, which president? and it occurred to me it was president roosevelt. so actually, the family goes back a long way. i think there was an affection, i think the person who, i think george bush the second

other than lyndon b. johnson.who described her as defining an air for the obamas, to trump, to the clintons. how would you describe the relationship that queen elizabeth ii had with the united states? >> it's ironic that a country that was built on rebellion against the british crown has, over the years, come to have so much affection for it. more so than i would say and with queen elizabeth the second. she has been our constant. i think what fascinates the american people and her own approach to power is the u.s. presidents stay there maximum of eight years. she was there for 70. that is an incredible time to maintain those approval ratings. but what it does give you is so much wisdom, so much experience, and she was the leader. but the whole world loved her, the dignity, and strength. she was certainly the glue that held my country together and much of the commonwealth. and that's why there's been such an outpouring of respect. not just from the public, but from world leaders. >> she was a very private person, b

." >> the subtitle of major mcmaster's book is "lyndon johnson, robert mcnamara, the joint chiefs of staff, and the lies that led to vietnam." that's very tough language. and the most obvious question to lead off with is, why did every important person in washington, seemingly, from 1964 to the end, engage in lying? >> typically what you hear about vietnam and certainly what is contained in the historiography of that war is the interpretation that the war in vietnam was inevitable and that it was brought on by a tidal wave of cold war ideology. what this new evidence reveals, in dramatic fashion, is not only was the war not inevitable, but, indeed, that it was only made possible through these lies and deceptions. >> so you make a different argument about our failures in afghanistan. not that military brass or politicians were lying to americans. all the information was out there. americans just weren't paying attention. so what have you learned about sustaining public commitment to a long-term foreign conflict and engagement? >> when a healthy democracy goes to war, everyone has skin

queen elizabeth in fact meeting every single serving american president except lyndon johnson since 1951arry truman was her first presidential meeting as a 25-year-old princess, representing her father, the king, during a u.s. visit. ♪♪ 6 she came back in 1957 now as queen. >> i want to say how much i appreciate the warmth and friendliness of your reception. >> reporter: receiving an all-american welcome, a state dinner hosted by president eisenhower, and a ticker tape parade in new york. queen elizabeth always appearing eager to take part in american traditions and xharming the public along the way, watching a baseball game with the first president bush. >> it's great. >> i mean, she came all the way from england. it's great. >> wonderful. meet the great great lady of the world. >> reporter: and attending the kentucky derby during the second bush presidency. >> always so exciting. >> we see her and we'll go -- >> reporter: we've glimpsed other memorable moments, that famous dance with president ford at the white house. a standing ovation when she became the first british monarch to addr

but she has not taken on lyndon johnson's lesson about tense, she has kept her enemies out. boris johnson learns what happens when you displease the parliamentary party. francine: thanks so much, lizzy burden there at westminster. joining us is hugh gimber from j.p. morgan global asset management and kristine aquino from our research team. dollar is changing everything. >> the tide that is moving everything else. in currency markets ecb pressure on the yen -- you see the pressure on the end that is starting to worry markets. authorities in china have been trying to mount a stronger pushback, making the yuan stronger. what is the overwhelming force -- but it is the overwhelming force in corporate stories overnight from the u.s. at this point, there is nothing that will stop it. francine: i want to ask about the u.k. but actually the dollar seems to be dominating everything. hugh: when you look at the pound, i think a lot of what is going to be driving that is the strength of the dollar. when you take out the relative strength of the dollar compared to the day, the only thing t

. >> the folks in the staff people with no with no positive response from lyndon johnson came up with an adf and then to come up with a negative income tax i had actually engaged and i had dinner with him and said you want to think about. so anyway we finally got in front of him and moynihan said go with. and then manage and then nixon would agree to it. >> it is very important of the negative income tax to name things so it's also interesting the society produce new federalism early on. >> but there is so much else i have to miss because i want to ask about nixon you are some interesting things and some that i think he entered the presidency opening hoping in areas of human they need to hitch power to decency what do i mean by that? >> read his inaugural address from every president when the time the republic began and in that address that he was taking a very conciliatory attempt at harmonizing to tap down the noise level and hostilities the inaugural address is a beautiful address so this is where i feel that pat cannon who advised my friend or adversary said that history can be no

and then after all of that, in 1966, president lyndon johnson appointed her a federal, making her the first black woman to occupy such a role. she was appointed to the u.s. district court and then and what drew me to this life. well it was because when i was researching a prior work, i came to understand that motley had not received the attention, the scholarly attention that she deserves. there had been relatively little written about her. and i thought that the absence of her story in the literature was a kind of historical malpractice. and i also concluded that, unfortunately, her erasure of her lowered visibility likely came down to two gender arms race because in western society its historical significance tends to be accorded to males and women's stories are not highlighted. that's true of women of all backgrounds. and yet it's it was especially notable to me that motley, who was a protege of thurgood marshall, worked alongside him and martin luther king jr, who was her client? well known to them, but had been that been featured in the history like these individuals were and tho

in 1963 lyndon johnson reaches out to him as one of two members of the house of representatives. but that the commissioners on the committee that's investigating the assassination of president john kennedy, the warren commission. we go to the next slide to use his own phrase he was going to be a workhorse, not a show horse. not someone who's going to make his name by things giving speeches on the floor but someone is going to make his name by work on committees and learning the mechanics of congress. he was known for his constituents, that's what we see on the left. he's sitting at his desk reading constituent mail. he had a standing order that all constituent phone calls and letters would be answered within 24 hours. his constituents in his district appreciated that. in 13 elections they return him to congress each time with not less than 61% of the vote. we call it at the library the ford it's an aggressive calendar you might see where he jotted down, not every day but often we would get a sense of his work. for him it was not a monday -- friday job. he was often in the office

she capstone her career by becoming the first black female female federal judge, appointed by lyndon johnson in 1966. as you can imagine, she has inspired a generation of lawyers, including women of color lawyers, like my late colleague, the first black woman appointed to the faculty of the harvard law school. and judge ketanji brown jackson, who cited constance baker motley as a role model. so, motley is a person who should be well known by all of us, because, as i said, she really did lay the groundwork for modern american society, changing the legal and social landscape. >> and fannie lou hamer? ms. larson: fannie lou hamer rose up to become an incredible leader in the 1960's, but as was brought up, she had an entirely different life trajectory than constance. it cannot be underestimated the deprivation and poverty that she was born into. in 1917 the 20th child of a mississippi sharecropper, and her life was defined by a hunger , lack of access to health care, education. she attained a six grade education, and also the incredible violence that permeated life in mississippi. and she rose o

and msnbc says that she knew all american presidents except lyndon johnson. ohnson. she came and they had a dinner in 1991, lady bird with queen elizabeth 2. and no trip was more significant than in 1976 when she got an opportunity to be part of america's bicentennial celebration. >> and the dance with president ford. the queen has made historic trips. like her visit to china in '86, her visit to ireland in 2011. what did these trips mean for the uk and did she have an impact on how things ended up around the world? >> right now they are mourning the death like we are in the united states almost on par with the uk. and she was -- bill clinton had the best line i've read in that she was born into a circumstance, she had no choice of, but she really could have been on her own a cracker jack politician and a diplomat. and that is a rare combination. and nobody really knew whether she was right or left, was she a tory or a unionist. i mean, she was able to kind of go -- enter a kind of zone unto herself. and that made her welcomed everywhere. and so in china, ther

i think only lyndon johnson was unable to make a state visit because he was so busy but i think theye atmosphere and i think king charles has that same diplomatic skill of being able to welcome people warmly and there's no political side to them so people can trust the members of the family in that way that they will be fair in the way that they make judgments and that makes a big difference. >> all right. thank you very much for sharing the memories. charles anson, thank you. we're back in a moment. stay with us. have you seen my new phone yet? it like, folds in half. i would never switch to samsung, i love my phone. what??? ♪ (...it folds in half.) you see i loveve my phone. i would never switch to samsuuu... (gasping) ♪ age comes with wisdom. and wisdom comes with benefits. dryer's broken ok... you want a socket.... th's especially true when it comes to medicare. so make the wise call and learn morebout cigna medicare plans in your area. their tools and resources make it simple and easy. bears can smell wifi. visit cignawisecall.com today. you want to flip it. welcome to my digest