lyndon johnson wanted to it with condos and hotels and so they were of lyndon. on the other hand, he loved fdr and he loved theodore roosevelt. he's married to lady bird. and from 63 to the end of proxy, lyndon johnson was a first rate concern. ovation president problem with johnson is he thought conservation as america saving america the beautiful lyndon johnson for example signs the wild and scenic river act stopping beautiful rivers from being dammed. today we all own these increase wild and scenic rivers that weren't room castle lyndon he did the if you go the appalachian trail system or the pacific crest trail out here lyndon johnson he did the wilderness act but that's the wilderness act. you look at a map, you'll see big parts of wilderness a million acres where no roads allowed to be built. the wilderness act was born in 1935 in our first wilderness. this unit is, kings canyon, parts of kings canyon national park here in california, and that's harold ickes doing and ansel adams, they got to fdr, the thing eleanor used to say to environmental eleanor said

each of these -- if you think about the character of john kennedy, think about the character of lyndon johnson, the character of nixon. three very different characters. you have the east, massachusetts with kennedy, here are the center of the country, texas with johnson, and california with nixon. you have character traits and personality traits that could not be more different, three men. in each case, the chemistry of their minds, the way that they thought, the deep background of their relationships with their families, their mothers, their fathers, everything, all of that went into making their personalities and their presidencies. this book was a way of collecting those comparative studies and putting them in a sort of foreshadowing. it was intended, deliberately, to be a version in the sense that the great studies of greek and roman historical figures were very much involved with the influence of character and personality upon their behavior and upon history. so, i intended that three-part comparison. i intended one to playoff against the other two playoff against the other to try to see

i'm wondering if that was totally true. >> i don't see any evidence that lyndon johnson ever wanted to fire j edgar hoover. they liked each other, they got along well. i don't think that johnson had that plan. >> we have time for navy be one or two quick questions. >> you didn't expand on how jim thorpe's metals were taken away. >> they were taken away because it turned out after he won 1912 in stockholm, there was a story that broke the said he played bush league baseball in the eastern carolina league two summers. they were immediately taken away and there were four reasons why it was incredible he just. the first is that literally scores of college players were playing minor league baseball in that era including dwight eisenhower. they were playing under aliases. eisenhower played under wilson. jim thorpe played under jim thorpe he never tried to hide it. pop warner is coach at carlisle and the head of the olympic committee knew precisely what thorpe had been doing it might about it when the story broke to save their reputations. thirdly, the question of what's amateur and what's pr

of course his father, famously did it against lyndon johnson after lyndon johnson already exited the 19168 presidential campaign after eugene mccarthy put up strong numbers in new hampshire, the primary that year. he didn't win it, made the president look so poor, but lbj decided not to run again. will history repeats itself. we thought we would give you a taste of that what it means right now. we're focused what is going on, what is happening for the markets, economy, backdrop more and more candidates coming into this race with this debt problem all around us, concerns about the next fed meeting. we have a lot happening concurrently here with all of that. i want to go right now to kevin has it, former top money guy for donald trump, what he makes of these political currents. you know you think about it, kevin, we've been through so many races and events and things that aren't supposed to go one way but they go one way. donald trump's emergence as a candidate is a good example of that. this backdrop for joe biden right now. does any of this enter your sort of economic outlook? is it

then the last two presidents lyndon johnson and richard nixon were also fascinating because they had very long-term relationships with them. he lived on the same block as lyndon johnson from the 40's onward and had decades of relationships with nixon. then when they were in office they both cooperated and were at odds with one another in interesting ways. >> our guest is yale history professor beverly gage author of "g-man: j edgar hoover and d making of the american century." if you live in the central time zone 202-748-8201. mountain and pacific time zones. you can send professor gage a text message 202-748-8903. if you send a text please include your first name and your city. how many of those presidents wanted to fire hoover but he wasn't too politically potent to fire? >> i would say three. none of them did it. he died in his beloved job. the first was truman, who, coming out of the roosevelt years really thought the fbi had acquired too much power and who averred himself had it much power. he was skeptical but did not fire him. then john kennedy really did not like hoover and h

. >> i think you meant lyndon johnson in 1968. involuntarily for the next president. >> that's right. >> let's hear from our viewers. let's begin with kathleen here in tucson. you are on with author chris whipple. >> hello. i'm so glad to get on. as you talk about, you indicated that ron barber replaced all see gabbard. ron barber replaced gabby gifford. >> i am so sorry. that was me. of course it was gabby gifford. sorry about that. i know he was the chief of staff. i apologize for the. thank you. >> no problem. we are in tucson and we love gabby so we wanted to make sure we got that straight. thank you. >> thank you. anything for our guest? that was just for me and my mistake. [laughter] here i am correcting you and i made the mistake. let's hear from great falls, montana. talking about the biden administration. >> yes. i've been a lifelong republican until the last 10 years. i became disillusioned with that. i still live in a republican state, republican majority even where i live. i'm just wondering, what is it going to take b

what do we do when and how can we possibly catch up to the soviet union and he turned to lyndon johnson to help him answer that question. because johnson i said kennedy wasn't really engaged on the issue of space until 1960. well, lyndon johnson was engaged from the moment that sputnik went on that very day. he jumped into the fray and he was the principal mover behind nasa for example, and so he was kennedy's point person in the white house on space and kennedy turned to johnson and said help me figure this out. and johnson already knew the answer and he went around amassing support very quickly for it from other parts of the government. and that was that we had to pledge to go to the moon. this was something that had been discussed with the nasa and elsewhere for for some time, but never that seriously, but what johnson saw and what ultimately kennedy concluded was that if we weren't going to be able to catch the soviets in the next couple of years, maybe if you set a goal that was almost a decade away a goal that was going to require the creation of new technology that no one had env

your father took on president lyndon johnson over the war in vietnam. caused great divisiveness within the party, especially when lyndon johnson opted the run. your your father entered the race. he took a lot of grief in taking on a president. do you feel any pains of -- pain taking on this president? >> well, yeah, you know, it's like running against somebody in your family. but, you know, ultimately i think i'm in a much better position to beat donald trump than joe biden. i disagree with him on basic issues like my father did with lyndon johnson on censorship. the white house shouldn't be censoring political critics. what we're doing with this war is unnecessary prolonging it and unnecessarily hiking up the blood shed. i disagree with that. i disagree with the public health policies of this administration. so i think like my dad ran on principle, he did not believe he could win. his objective was to tell the truth to the american people and that's what i'm going to do. if there's an appetite for that, i'll be in the white house in 2025. >> sandra: po

the party, especially when lyndon johnson opted not to run and your father ended the race tragicallyook a lot of grief for that division within the party and taking on a president. do you feel any pangs of pain taking on this president? >> well, yeah, look, it's like running against somebody in your family, but you know, ultimately i think i'm in a much better position to beat donald trump than joe biden is and i also just disagree with him on basic issues like my father did with lyndon johnson on censorship, i don't -- that the white house should be censoring political critics. what we're doing with the war is unnecessarily prolonging it and unnecessarily hiking up the bloodshed. i disagree with that. >> i disagree with some of the public health policies of this administration like my dad ran on principle. he did not believe he could win and his objective was to tell the truth to the american people and that's what i'm going to do and if there's an appetite for that, i'll be in the white house in 2025. neil: i lied when i said that he is my last question, because there's another one

thank you, lyndon johnson. every time i see a bowling ball, i think of you. peter: i hope that story goes viral. this is a text message from gf in colorado springs. i am a sucker for horses, gunsmoke, westerns. i am puzzled by the fact that nine of your books contain footnotes, sources, been their fees, or documentation. can you help me understand? jeff: do you have not read my chapter notes. i am careful to try to list everything and i would urge you to go back and look again. peter: with, profit -- rec, providence, kentucky. caller: thank you for taking my call. question is about waco. at the end of the operation, when the assault happened, the attorney general reno and president clinton both have to sign off on that? or was that just a decision clearly made at the local level? jeff: thanks for asking. an interesting threat attaches to back. janet reno -- an interesting story attaches to that. janet reno had only been swearing and in e middle of the waco standoff. the fb brought to her a written plan to end the siege. their idea was they would insert a tear

in this episode, we'll hear from two presidents lyndon johnson and richard nixon. lbj was president of the united states from 1963 to 1969 and during those turbulent years, he often invoked america's better angels in speeches. and he also talked about his vision of a great society. and he went to the statue of liberty to sign an immigration bill. after those, we'll hear from richard nixon, 1969. richard nixon talked abt e great silent majority. and in 1974, he resigned from office beginning now. here's lyndon johnson. president hatcher. governor romney. senators mcnamara and hart. congressman meader and stabler. and other members of the pine michigan delegation. members of the graduating class. my fellow americans, it is a great pleasure to be here today. this universe today has been coeducational. since 1870, but i do not believe it was on the basis of your accomplishments that a detroit high school girl said, and i ot in choosing a college, you first have to decide whether you want a coeducational school or aeducational school. well, we can find both here at mich

i think lyndon johnson's so called great society was one of the greatest misnomers in american political history even back then, in the 19 sixties, 70% plus of black kids were born into the two parent homes. today. that number is less than 30% in the opposite direction, the very policies that we implemented in this country in the name of helping black americans have actually been disastrous for black americans and all americans, and i think that that's something that we need to wake up to 18 65 year talking about the black codes, right? that's right, enacted to make it a crime for a black person to carry a gun in the south. but you're equating that to the current president, you're referring to economic change? what are you saying? i was referring to joe biden's. i think ill chosen expression to say they're the party that wants to put you back into chains. what i'm actually saying is that if you look at the policies of the modern democratic party democrats, absolutely. so what i'm saying is that actually, it's policies like that of lyndon johnson and joe biden that are actually holding bl

under lyndon johnson he usednd fbi, irs and cia to go after civil rights groups he didn't trust.spy on the democrat convention in atlantict city to sekee what kennedys were saying about him. he bug the hubert humphrey'shi phone to see what his vice president was saying on theca campaign trail aboutmp the vietnam war. this is incredible what past presidents did and got awayit work under obama there was no cause or connection but irs was used to go after tea party organizations that were hurtful to him in 2 2020 election.it anh.d the fbi was used duringg the obama administration and biden administration. obamona/biden to spy, i would argue on the trump campaign.p trump is a choir boy. he never did this stuff. women were brought in and out of john kennedy's office. east german spy they had to out, a mob boss' girlfriend. ' girla 16-year-old intern. itd is disgusting, and lbj was worse. the abuse of women. in the oval office.ff so putic it in context.la when idis going on in manhattan and atlanta. trump called and said can you find votes. that is legal. or trump and the documents. he

lyndon johnson. yeah. sure. right. sure. in 1968, andy card once told me, our mutual friend andy card, who was george w's first chief, of course, longest serving chief, said, you know, chris, if anybody tells you they're leaving the white house voluntarily, they're probably lying to you. so, i mean, for all those reasons and i think i think it's not just ego and ambition, but i really think joe biden feels that he's got it. the mission is not accomplished. do you think age is just qualifying so jack has a great position on this that i want you to describe in a minute. but i just mentioned andy card. card. we've had this i've had this conversation with him and he's he believes and he does that. there should be a constitutional amendment forbidding anyone from running for president at age five or older. and he says, look, i'm 75 and i'm not as sharp as. i used to be to to which i think jack has a very persuasive argument. well, it's a it's a simple argument, really. let the voters decide. there's no one, literally no one in th

why do united states by a very notorious letter coming from the us president, lyndon johnson, which is known as the johnson that are in well, basically it was about cyprus, but the actual it were wide, wide ranging. and then tucker, basically decided to cultivate good, good ties to russia. i know that during the cold war, the decision to cultivate, the relationship with the soviet union was essentially secondary. it was an emotional and perhaps also a strategic reaction to the americans and buffle as their relationships them. now, is it conditional on, on the west, or is it this thing into itself? well, this is what i was going to say. actually, it is not conditional on west energy above all. ok, basically, now what we have as mental is of the turkish russian or approach mall these days. one is that while turkey doesn't get along with its western partners, whatever is important to khaki, we don't basically see i to i with the western world. so let's go, i mean, the west and particularly the united states project of carving out a quarter. the son of them is least supplying the p k. k. m

why do united states by a very notorious letter coming from the us president, lyndon johnson, which is known as the johnson letter in well, basically it was about cyprus, but the actual it were wide, wide ranging. and then tucker, basically decided to cultivate good, good ties to russia. i know that during the cold war, the decision to cultivate, the relationship with the soviet union was essentially secondary. it was an emotional and perhaps also a strategic reaction to the americans and buffle as their relationships them. now, is it condition now what we have about the turkish russian or approach moved to western world. so decidedly, again, st. louis. and, and the reason again, basically in, in terms of trade in economy is, people get, get along very well. what you're essentially saying is that of elements in that, i mean new height and basically decided to invade unoccupied. iraq. while i'm going to open and northern front using your territories, and i'm going to basically put my troops on everywhere in your territory and talk. you said, wow, you know, we can't have it like that. an

kennedy, who, apparently, is a lyndon. johnson vice president, he still put such a hand.e robert kennedy throws again challenging the incumbent president of the united states of america is the danger. if successful, the mystery of the assassination of president kennedy may be solved. still. this, of course, is not the same heavy artillery. no two brothers john and robert uh, those really. in general, u john president robert attorney general they have. in general, the power was huge. uh, but they still couldn't remove hoover. they wanted to remove the depth from the post of chairman of the fbi, but they couldn’t, and of course, there were gigantic anglers on them, so say, e compromising materials. what i want to say is that he moved forward, he generally has a strange policy, unlike his two brothers, in general, well, he follows me along the administrative line. he really is such a fighter for justice, a fighter with vaccinations and so on. let's hear his statement at his nomination. the collapse of us influence in saudi arabia and the kingdom's alliance with china and ira

impressions of the crew with the plot oleksii olesya kruglyakov from houston iryna shynkarenko at the lyndon johnson space center now the most popular saying is already unusual houston, we have a problem, and the motto of the last few months, we fly, it shows our determination, and after 50 years, to return to the moon , the first step on this path was the artemis mission alone, which last year tested a lunar rocket with pei elephant systems and the latest space technologies, and now a new stage in houston announced the names of four astronauts who are to fly around the moon on the orion spacecraft if the artemis flight alone took place in a completely autonomous mode, the ship was controlled from the control center in houston, the commission artemis-2 we plan to transfer all this under the control of the crew and work out the procedure in case of emergency situations, so if something goes wrong in future missions, we will already know that the crew knows how to maneuver the car and work with communication systems, it will be a completely different flight on artemis 1 did not have many elements nece

next week, lyndon johnson on the great society and immigration and richard nixon on the silent majority and his 1974 resignation speech. as a reminder, all of the speeches in the series are available to listen and watch online at c-span dot org slash

the russians, the cubans, perhaps even vice president. lyndon johnson, we don't have the definitive answer, but our guest today is one of the world's leading experts on this subject. and he's uncovered some new information. i'm john kerry aku and you're watching the whistleblowers. ah. 2 there are enough questions about the john f kennedy assassination to fill a library. countless books already have been written on the subject, and many of them have only served to make the issue murkier. rather than to clear up some of the myriad questions surrounding the case. every 5 or 10 years, congress demands that, that ca, declassify, and release a tranche of documents related to the assassination. and with great hope among the public that more light would be shed on one of the most infamous crimes. in american history, we are invariably disappointed. many of us hang on films and documentaries, by the likes of oliver stone, to explain the many twists and turns in what has become a never ending investigation. but now historian jefferson morley, one of the leading experts in the world on the kennedy a

but most importantly , it proved the fact of the direct participation of the administration of lyndon johnson in escalation and misrepresentation of the us congress for disclosing the gustaiana of elsbergs. grozilo 116 years in prison. but under public pressure. the court acquitted him, a year later in june 72 washington enters the election campaign. the police detained five people who were setting up microphones in the us democracy office in the hotel from sergeevich. among those arrested were former cia agents and campaign staff. nixon was not affected by the news. and nixon was re-elected, however, the scandal gained momentum. a washington post source under the pseudonym deep throat claimed that the tracks lead to the very top later it turned out that it was an operative the fbi and the secret service itself struggled with the growing influence of the cia, the president recorded all conversations in the oval office. and the film is accidentally damaged. at the most important point , it became clear that the president personally tried to interfere with the investigation. after that, impeach

next week, lyndon johnson on the great society and immigration and richard nixon on the silent majority and his 1974 resignation speech. as a reminder, all of the speeches in the series are available to listen and watch online at c-span dot org slash

president, first democratic president, since lyndon johnson, to just really not be addressing this in in a party where this has been such a main point. it's been such a political struggle. and where african-americans are still such an incredibly important constitu civil rights activists are, still part of the broader party coalition. and there's things they're but carter's carter's ideas on race are about opportunities. they're about support for historically black colleges, universities. and that's exactly the kind of like nixon's they're very of based on economic opportunity. and that's that's not nothing that's not to say those things are bad necessarily good. but but it's different than having a more comprehensive plan about federal involvement and equal opportunity about bolstering voting and these things were important to the administration. and there there's plenty of evidence that carter was carter was in these ideas. he agreed with these ideas that even as a as a person in the south, he had actually borne personal cost as a business person, not joining these kind of reactive s