president's decided to abandon their races for reelection in 1968 lyndon johnson decided not to seek his party's nomination. and in 1950 to harry truman made that same decision, important footnote though in both those cases, their parties went on to lose the white house cnn presidential historian and former director of the nixon presidential library, tim naftali joins us now. tim, great to have you here. can you put this moment in historical context for us? well, one of the, if you will, lessons of the history, the history of presidents not beginning a reelection bid and then not completing it is it? >> it's a very hard decision for president to make both harry truman and lyndon johnson thought about not running again for months before they announced it in maybe in both cases, they had a hard time, if you will, pulling the trigger in the end but they made this decision, and the decision was a lonely one. they made it themselves in the case of lyndon johnson, his family when his family discovered that he was considering this, didn't want them to do it in the case of harry truman, he t

and then lyndon johnson, and then you go down that road and we are where we are. ten years and i say this as my contemporaries you're starting to see more black people be married and in homes, raising kids. when you're home with your wife raising your kids, and then you look at the world, you're saying time-out. this does not look right. how can i get something to my kids, it goes back to the conversation of generational wealth. generational wealth. >> i am joined now by florida republican congressman byron donalds. thank you for being here. we played that lengthy segment, what you posted on your social media. the part of what you said that people take issue with is this line. you see during jim crow, during jim crow, the black family was together. during jim crow, more black people were not just conservative. black people have always been conservative minded but black people voted conservatively. it's that during jim crow, the black family was together. that's what people have taken issue with. what are they missing? >> frankly, what's really happened is that you

about who was affected by lyndon b. johnson's great society, why is it that, that conversation only happens to black people when white people are on welfare, when white people are recipients of these programs to when white people are broken, families as well. why is this a message that is always directed? at black americans i didn't say that at all. i think that's what you're insinuating, but let me let me i mean, that's what you did you were you were trying to lack vote if you're wondering, am i allowed to answer the question? let me let me step into that. okay. a couple of things. yes. lyndon johnson's great society. if you look at the empirical data, was destructive in part. and i said even in my comments yesterday in philadelphia, and parts to black families of throughout the united states of america. you also had some of the very a damaging policies around the criminal justice system than 94 crime bill, which was authored by joe biden, brought by joe biden? yes. you had the war on drugs that was also very damaging to a black

but replacing the ticket, meaning making humphrey of the candidate instead of lyndon johnson, didn't solve the problem. and in the end, the victor in 1968 was richard nixon, the republican running divisions within the party be concern over vietnam, the unpopularity of the administration, all bogged hubert humphrey down as much as it had harmed lyndon johnson. so i think that's a moment we can look at to gain some sense of the risks that this might entail. >> well, we don't know if johnson would have won. i mean, unknowable correct. >> and this is a different situation, the anger with johnson was over his public policies. now, it's different and some of the concerns for democrats is not biden's policy. but can you can pain effectively in the next few months? can he defeat the republican opponent? so there are very important differences, but it is just a reminder that is not inevitable that the replacement leads to party's success and so president biden, we know and his family are at camp david right now. this were told was a long-planned trip to camp david, but just tell us the signif

lyndon johnson. and one of the most articulate spokesmen of modern times, adlai stevenson. and a great fighter. and a great fighter for our need as a nation. and a people. so it's only. on my traveling in wisconsin. in west virginia, senator hubert humphrey. on paul butler, our devoted and courageous chairman. and on that fighting campaign, whose support i know welcome president harry truman. i feel a lot safer with all of them on my side. and i'm proud of the contrast with our republican competitors for their rank that both in that not one challenger has dared to put his head up in the last 12 months. i am fully aware of the fact that the democratic party, by nominating someone of my faith as taking on what many regard as a new and hazardous risk, no. at least since 1928, the democratic party has once again placed its confidence in the american people and in their to render a free and fair judgment and in my ability to render a free and fair judgment. to uphold the constitution and my oath of office, to reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that my directly o

lyndon johnson. and one of the most articulate spokesmen of modern times, adlai stevenson. and a great fighter. and a great fighter for our need as a nation. and a people. so it's only. on my traveling in wisconsin. in west virginia, senator hubert humphrey. on paul butler, our devoted and courageous chairman. and on that fighting campaign, whose support i know welcome president harry truman. i feel a lot safer with all of them on my side. and i'm proud of the contrast with our republican competitors for their rank that both in that not one challenger has dared to put his head up in the last 12 months. i am fully aware of the fact that the democratic party, by nominating someone of my faith as taking on what many regard as a new and hazardous risk, no. at least since 1928, the democratic party has once again placed its confidence in the american people and in their to render a free and fair judgment and in my ability to render a free and fair judgment. to uphold the constitution and my oath of office, to reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that my directly o

operations of the us military in north vietnam, as well as evidence of the direct participation of the lyndon johnsonf the conflict and misleading the us congress. ellsberg was threatened for disclosing state secrets. 116 years in prison, but under pressure the court acquitted him to the public. a year later, in june seventy-two in washington, during the election campaign, the police detained five people who were setting up work in the office of the us democratic party in the othergate hotel. among those arrested were former cia agents from nixon's campaign headquarters, and although the news did not influence voters and nixon was re-elected, the scandal continued to develop. a washington post source under the pseudonym "deep throat" claimed that the trail leads all the way to the top. the president was recording all the conversations in the oval office, when the investigation demanded to provide the film, it turned out to be damaged in the most important place. it turned out that nixon personally tried to hush up the matter. after this, impeachment became a foregone conclusion even for republicans.

welfare policy under lyndon johnson it has been destructive of black families.y critics don't want to acknowledge that empirical reality. when you look at the policies that worked for the black community, frankly for all of america have been pro-growth, economic policies and education freedom policies which empower parent and give students and gives young black minorities, young people everywhere an opportunity to excel and achieve academic attainment to be economically viable in. larry: byron, a couple big thoughts. jim crow was in the democratic party for 100 years, let's be serious about that. up until recently unfortunately. there was a democratic senate majority leader a former member of the kkk not so long ago. so people should quit harping on you for that. but the other point i want to make more generically, broadly with you, charles murray, i don't know if you ever read charles murray, smart guy, demographer. bell shape gived give, incidents and growth of welfare state did more harm to marriage and working folks to black and white families. he did have a

different, because the first amendment protects editors, journalists from... the participation of the lyndon johnson as well as evidence of the direct escalation of the conflict of misleading the us congress. for disclosing state secrets , ellsberg faced 116 years in prison, but under public pressure the court acquitted him. a year later, in june 1972 , during the election campaign in washington , police detained five people who they installed wiretapping in the office. us dem party at the watergate hotel. among those arrested were former cia agents and employees of nixon's campaign headquarters, and although the news did not influence voters and nixon was re-elected, the scandal developed. a washington post source under the pseudonym "deep throat" claimed that the trail leads all the way to the top. the president recorded all conversations in the oval office, when the investigation demanded to provide the tape, it... george w. bush started the war in iraq on the basis of deliberately false intelligence. in 2002 he went to niger, where he became personally convinced that saddam hussein had no intent

a few months later, kennedy is assassinated, and 8 months later, the next president, lyndon johnson,nto the vietnam war. the same thing can happen to trump if he tries. of course they will kill anyone, see the photo over there, that's john coneley, the former governor of texas who was wounded during the kennedy assassination. he wanted to meet me in '89, after i had written a book about political trends in the united states, about the likelihood of a third party candidate, someone like rosa perot, winning. conoley told me then: "you wrote a good book, but you have no idea what's really going on." and ordinary americans don’t understand either. because if they understood there would be a revolution in the country. we are facing a new cold war. is there a way out? do you need peace? in the name of peace, we will die in war. thank you very much for this interview. this was america, all the best to you. we will take on this case, it will be an honest detective story. i tell everyone that russia is not a country of gas stations, we can take russian digital solutions to new heights, there

june, a few months later kennedy was assassinated, and another 8 months later the next president lyndon johnsoning could happen to trump if he tries to stop the war in ukraine. of course they'll kill anyone, see over there photo, this is john connolly, the former governor of texas, who was wounded during the kennedy assassination, he wanted to meet me in '89, after i wrote a book about political trends in the united states, about the likelihood of a third party candidate winning, who... something like rosa pero. conoley told me then, you wrote a good book, but you have no idea what 's really going on, and ordinary americans don't understand either, because if they... let's translate from clerical to understandable, everything is not so scary if there are instructions . let's return to the news review, new shelling in the kursk region, as reported by the acting governor alexey smirnov, the village of guevo was under fire. two local residents were shell-shocked, and last night drones attacked the village of an ancient settlement, killing five people. details from elizaveta boukreeva. today was a

and 8 months later, the next president, lyndon johnson, drags america into the vietnam war.d happen to trump if he tries to stop the war in ukraine. of course they are they will kill anyone. see the photo over there, that's john coneley, the former governor of texas who was wounded during the kennedy assassination. he wanted to meet. with me in '89, after i wrote a book about political trends in the united states, about the likelihood of a third party candidate, someone like rosa perot, winning. conoley told me then: “you wrote a good book, but you have no idea what’s really going on, and ordinary americans don’t understand either, because if they understood, there would be a lot going on in this country.” revolution. we are faced with a new cold war, is there a way out? peace, we need peace, everything depends on the people, because politicians are nothing more than a piece of crap. i was there, i was among them, they only care about themselves, they don’t care about people, it is beneficial for them to keep the war machine spinning, so it’s up to the people, if people don’

operations of the us military in north vietnam, as well as evidence of the direct participation of the lyndon johnsonscalation of the conflict and misleading the us congress. for disclosing state secrets, ellsberg faced 116 years in prison, but under pressure public. acquitted him. a year later, in june 1972, during the election campaign in washington, the police detained five people who were setting up work in the office of the us democratic party at the watergate hotel. among those arrested were former cia agents and nixon campaign employees. and although the news did not influence voters and nixon was re-elected, the scandal developed . washington post source under the pseudonym glubokaya. the boat claimed that the tracks led to the very top. the president was recording all conversations in the oval office when the investigation demanded that the film be provided; it turned out to be damaged in the most important way. place, it turned out that nixon personally tried to hush up the matter, after which impeachment became a foregone conclusion even for the republicans. in august '74, nixon resigned.

little rock central high school, but then the kennedys came along, and that after the kennedys, lyndon johnsonit was important to be here. this was ground 04 power -- ground zero for power, and power ma at what point did ben become an institution? mr. demczuk: i think you could probably a that night of april 4, 1968,he only business to be permitted to stay open. police, the national guard, the, space in place to meet and strategize to quell the rebe think that was the beginning that people said look, everybody is closed except ben's. and if we go forward to 2020 with the epidemic, we were the only placeking sandwiches and hot dogs, and we were giving them away pandemic to first responders. nurses in the hospitals, emt workers, the police, the fire department. we did not close made food and gave it away . so i would say 1968, but we've continued that since then. peter: virginia ali atis judge or a homeless person sitting next to a member of congress, all of them have an interesting i am interested in hearing your story and telling them mine. ms. ali: i love that. i love people. i grew up in an

talking about is that marriage rates in the black community were significantly higher before lyndon johnson'siety. before that era was the jim crow era. second thing i would say is that the scrutiny really came from the biden campaign and from democrats. you know, i'm 45 years old. black man in america. i know the history of jim crow quite well. i would never say that jim crow was better for black people. >> byron: for all his support for the former president, his belief in the republican party, he acknowledges his party historically did not prioritize black voter reachout. the reality of america today still is the vast majority of black voters are not conservative republicans. >> i think the reason why that has been the case historically is because there's not been a lot of comfort with black people in the republican party. for the last several decades, just hasn't gone to try to get black voters and court black voters and build relationships with black voters. president trump has changed that view. >> byron: but has donald trump changed the gop enough to sway more black men to vote for them

lyndon johnson. now our party was built out of the sweatshops of the old law. east side, the dark mills of new hampshire, the blazing horse of illinois, the coal mines of pennsylvania. the hardscrabble farms of the southern coastal plains. and the unlimited frontiers of america. ours is a party that welcomed generations of immigrants. the --, the irish, italians, the poles, and all the other, and listed them in its ranks and fought the political battles that helped bring them into the american mainstream and they have shaped the character of our party. that is our heritage. our party has not been perfect. we made mistakes and we paid for them. but ours is a tradition of leadership and compassion and progress. our leaders have fought for every piece of progressive legislation from our fda and rca to social security and civil rights in times of need. the democrats were there. but in recent years, our nation has seen a failure of leadership. we've been hurt and we've been disillusioned. we've seen a wall go up that separates us from our own government. we've lost

i mean, lyndon johnson and it cost his party the election and he did it earlier than president biden would be doing it. so the thing right now that i think is most important is for the democratic party to come together around messaging and around a candidate, whether that be joe biden or whether it be someone now let's have joe biden decides that he's going to step down and allow someone to take the place. the unity, the solidarity. that is what matters the most. because part of what we're trying to tap into is not necessarily the swing voters or things like that, but it's about who it's about manifesting turnout who can generate the highest level of turnout, who can get these people that who revote likely voters in the past, who can get them to the stage. and i think what we've seen in the past 1968, 19, 1984, these various years is that when the enthusiasm isn't there particularly united around a candidate? that's when democrats lose, which johnson's vice president was the candidate and 68 and that was a problem for him because he carried some of the burdens of lyndon johnson. >> b

and lyndon johnson help kennedy win that race.ith president trump right now, where he is with hispanics, with blacks, with people under age 30. and with independence. i mean, he's very strong across the board, so he can pick some when that you can focus on like, hey, let's, let's get someone gets stuff done. let's get someone who helps him govern. he doesn't have to make a choice like some of the others names that you cited where maybe they needed a blend to actually get the electorial block. what would you bring to the ticket specifically if you're if you're on it, would it be your business experience? you talked about governing? what is it specific? why should you pick you basically? >> well, i think that's that's a reupped president trump. president trump understands the criteria that he wants. he's going to make that choice at the time he makes it. he's got a lot of great choices and i think everybody everybody, the whole country, maybe knows my background, which is both both success in business and success as in the executive

. >>> president lyndon johnson one set of race in economics in america quote, if you can convince thee won't notice that you're picking his pocket. hell, give him somebody to look down on and he will empty his pockets for you.end quote. his words here, reality that is reflected in politics today and there is a new book that explores how persistent racial divisions prevent us from ending poverty for all americans. joining us now is the national co-chair for the poor people's campaign and founding director of the center for public theology and public divinity at yale divinity school. he is also the author of the book "white poverty, how exposing myths about race and class can reduce construct american defogger sea." so glad you are here with us. you point out that white people are by far the biggest racial group living in poverty and that is something that makes sense if you think about the numbers and demographics in america, but why is it the white folks are not the face of poverty in america? >> i spent a long time in political mythology and the political trick lyndon baines johnson

still wanted to segregate and subjugate black people and they don't want to acknowledge that lyndon johnson great society, that actually lead to father's not being in homes and federal agencies, state agents come and examine the apartment to make sure there was no father figure in the home for welfare checks to go out, then you have 94 crime bill, ushered in by joe biden which is also destructive of policy, you look at that era, it has been it i it i destructive of black families. and you look at policies that have been working are pro growth economic policies and education freedom policies that empower parents and gives students young black people an opportunity to excel and achieve and get academic appointment to pe come economic viable in america. larry: jim crow was in the democratic party for a hundred years, up until recently. there was a democratic senate majority leader who was a former member of the kkk not so long ago. people should quit harping you on for that. other point to make charles murray, very smart guy, sociologist. he did so much work so-called bell shape curb and other

unemployment rate has been below 4% for 27 straight months, something that hasn't happened since lyndon johnson was president. i don't know how much stronger case can be made for the economy being in reasonably good shape given everything we've gone through. >> i want to go back to what we were touching before. not just corporations warming to donald trump, even in the last few weeks, wall street's biggest names, some of them packing donald trump. i want to go through the reasons they are. you have nelson, steve schwartzman, bill lachman, ken griffin potentially backing trump depending who he picks as vp. they are using reasons i do not understand. they say inflation. inflation is a top priority although donald trump has not presented one policy that will lower inflation. he is doing the opposite. immigration. today president biden is saying he will close the border. we know through donald trump, republicans just blocked the last thing he wanted to do. they are saying anti-semitism. anti-semitism. i don't know if you remember charlottesville, but i do. it was donald trump who said they were goo

lyndon johnson, he chose not to seek reelection because of his own volition, vietnam and health problemswith biden, the first time a sitting president was asked to leave by his own party and i don't know if he wants that legacy is a guy who beat donald trump in 2020 and three and a half years later steps aside because told to so i don't think he's going anywhere this time and that's his decision to make but based on what we saw on that debate stage thursday night, here's the state of the race right now. this was an earthquake that has consequences if joe biden stays in. we are looking at ten to 15-point victory for donald trump nationally. donald trump leads and every swing state before the debate north carolina, georgia, arizona, nevada, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. afterwards, think that the polls are going to be even worse for joe biden and to expand the map, trump is leading in new jersey right now, a poll that came out yesterday tied in minnesota. regina, new hampshire, maine and a landslide and also by the way, if that happens, we are looking at a senate 55, 56 seats for repu

more black people were conservative -- but more black people voted conservatively, and then acw, lyndon johnson and you go down that road and we are where we are. >> that is a republican congressman and trump surrogate telling voters in a trump state things went down after civil rights began. he spent the last 24 hours trying to clarify those comments including just this evening with my colleague joy reid. we're going to show you how that conversation went and talk about it with joy herself coming up next. it with joy herself coming next number smart bed? i need help with her snoring. sleep number does that. thank you now, save 40% on the sleep number special edition smart bed. plus, free home delivery when you add an adjustable base. shop now at sleepnumber.com >>> today marked another day with nor major decision from the supreme court where we await several significant rulings amid donald trump's claims he's immune from prosecution to the availability of abortion medication. all of that hangs in the air as does the controversy surrounding justice samuel alito after it was reported the flags a

and no one seemed to be able to stop in washington. us president lyndon johnson made pushing the k k k, one of his top priorities asked s bianchi j. and cuz we have to send these men into the field to bring down this tower organization plan was a priority. french, really in mississippi. i was a small as 3 age or a 150 age, working small officers joining the director of the f. b. i flooded the study with the fbi. i opened a new offices all around specifically to investigate klan activity. religious cheap, special agent employee more. the fbi i pulled out all the stops to neutralize the ku klux klan. especially in mississippi with the farm rifle. the nice ation was suspected of involvement in the mysterious disappearance of the 3 civil rights activists. within a few weeks, 18 members of the k k. k had been arrested thanks to the information gathering through questioning. roy moore and his team was able to identify the man behind the operation. his name was samuel violet's. the grand dragon for the state of mississippi. san bowers was the head of a white tides cost plan in this city, wh

. >>> and then, lyndon johnson, and you go down that road and we are where we are. >> republican congressmanw as a unifying time for black families and lamenting the landmark programs enacted in the 1960s to help low income americans. back with me are nicole hannah jones. dahlia lithwick. people have accused your seminal text of being some kind of rewriting of history. but i do wonder what you make of the conservatives who have lobbied the same criticisms absolutely rewriting the civil rights era and great society programs. >> yeah. i don't know if he is saying that out of ignorance or cynicism. what we do know is his own marriage was not legal in the state he lives in until 1969. we know that as he is talking about black voters mostly conservative, the very first civil rights martyr was a black man named harry moore and his wife henrietta moore who were bombed in florida. they were voting rights activists. the first martyrs of the civil rights movement. and donald is from florida. the poverty rate in jim crow was more than 55%. when they say those things, that i are clearly not really talki

something that hasn't happened since lyndon johnson.for the economy being in reasonably good shape, given what we have gone through. >> i want to go back to what we were touching. not just corporations but what you mentioned earlier. wall street's biggest names, some of them are now backing trump. i want to go through some of the reasons. in the last cup of weeks you have -- potentially backing trump, depending on who he picks as of the he. the are using reasons i don't understand. piercing inflation. donald trump has not presented one single policy that would lower inflation. he is doing the opposite. they are mentioning immigration. to day, president biden said he will close the border. we know that republicans just blocked the last thing he wanted to do and facing anti- semitism. i don't know if you remember charlottesville but i do. it was donald trump that said they were good people on both sides. what is the real reason? >> i remember -- jamming next to him. he stuck it out. when i think about folks, it comes back to taxes and reg

health, education, and welfare, which no longer exists, but did exist at the time and president lyndon johnsoncould you say that the president that signed the civil rights of 1964, the voting rights act of 1965, the president gave us medicare, medicaid, the higher education act. elementary and secondary education act, that those are the things that broke up the family. so you're much better being together enslaved than to pursue your happiness or even your country's greatness, its independence and freedoms. that to me defines what this campaign this year is all about. when people don't know what joe biden has done, i ask them to come with me and see what he has done. >> and i didn't mean to interrupt you, i apologize for the satellite delay, but donald trump says that he is the best president for black americans since abraham lincoln, and in a new poll from from the usa today suffolk has president biden down with black voters in the battleground states in michigan, pennsylvania, significant drops from where he stood in, you know, 2020. you told "politico" you don't understand these polls. we d

celebrate the great fathers in her city, she then advocated for a national holiday. 1966 president lyndon johnsonr us, lauren, ashley, great stuff we will see everybody tomorrow. we don't have much price movement of the market to report at the moment but i can count you down to "coast to coast". five seconds. three, two, do it. >> here you go again

close to it, a presumptive nominee, drop out of the race was in march of 1968 when president lyndon johnsonection. his vice president, hubert humphreys, who did not run in a single primary, won the nomination at the convention in chicago because back in those days, most of the delegates went to the convention free to vote for anyone. that is never happened again because the rules change beginning in 1972 that created the current system of voters choosing the nominate ■çthrough primaries, and it is worth noting in 1968, which you can read all about in my book about that presidential campaign called "playing with fire," hubert humphrey lost that election to richard nixon by less than 1% of the vote, and the humphrey campaign quite reasonably blame their loss on not being able to raise enough money in so short a time, and not having enough time to build the presidential campaign around the candidate who was forced to enter the race so late, and not run in a single primary. we will get our first major clues about the effect of last night's debate, which was not seen by most voters until polls b

we don't talk about when we talk about housing for the homeless is public housing.in 1965 when lyndon johnsondecided to start hud, one of the principal reasons was to provide housing for ththe house -- i have pictures of houses that my family have lived they hang in the wall of my office. roof, two rooms. and noere homeless. no one here would like to live in that place. just 26 minutes away from a nice hotel in downtown dallas. the point i'm hopefully making, the whole point of phousing was to deal with homeless people and poorright now we need the mayors to put pressure on public housing.right now, we are between $70 billion and $90 billion away from doing repairs on public housing. i had a hearing in new400,000 units of public housing. we should not have americans living like tha we should not have human beings living like that in public housing. one of the good things about is -- it feels so good to be around people i actually like. [laughter] i think we are in a situation right now where the thing tt and it is we've got to deal with making the housing and get rid of the ridiculous one-for

black people were not just conservative but more black people voted conservatively, and hew, lyndon johnson't believe your lying eyes insisting democrats are twisting his words even though he was on tape and there is north carolina congressman dan bishop who is running for attorney general, he blasted trump's guilty verdict in the hush money cover-up but bishop went even further comparing trump's legal situation to that of a black person in the segregated south. don't believe me, watch. >> it's as bad as it was in alabama in 1950, if a person happen to be black in order to get justice. and that's what they did in new york. >> that they bishop is referring to is the da alvin bragg. we are going to give both of them a f on the program tonight. frenemy hayes brown and former republican congressman joe walsh, gentlemen, it's great to have both of you. which is worst of the week? >> you put up a tough choice, but i'm going to have to go with byron donalds, just for the sheer historiography of what he said like don't get me wrong, both of them are wrong in their framing of this, the ship tried to

and hew, lyndon johnson.e where we are. >> that is a republican congressman and a trump surrogate telling people that things went downhill after jim crow ended and the civil rights era began. byron donalds has spent the last 24 hours trying to clarify those comments with my colleague joy reid. we will talk about that conversation and how it went with joy coming up next. with joy coming up next. developed with vets. made from real meat and veggies. portioned for your dog. and delivered right to your door. it's smarter, healthier pet food. what causes a curve down there? is it peyronie's disease? will it get worse? how common is it? who can i talk to? can this be treated? stop typing. start talking to a specialized urologist. because it could be peyronie's disease, or pd. it's a medical condition where there is a curve in the erection, caused by a formation of scar tissue. and an estimated 1 in 10 men may have it. but pd can be treated even without surgery. say goodbye to searching online. find a specialized ur

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. >>> president lyndon johnson once said of race and economics in america, if you can convince the lowestnotice that you are picking his pocket. give him somebody to look down on and he will empty his pockets for you. these words here underscore reality that is reflected in politics today, and there's a new book that explores how persistent racial divisions prevent us from ending poverty for all americans. joining me now is the national cochair for the poor people's campaign, bishop william barber, president of repairers of the breach, director of the center for theology and public divinity at yale divinity school. author of the book, white poverty. how exposing myths about raising class can reconstruct american democracy. a barber, so glad you're here with us. listen, you point out white people are by far the biggest racial group living in poverty, and that is something that makes sense, if you think about the numbers and demographics in america, but, why is it white folks are not the face of poverty in america? >> i spent a long time in political mythology, johnson knew it was happening

it was not the top story in new york times that day, although to be fain lyndon johnson had just died. so it wasn't that it wasn't that think people understood that it was going to be as big of a deal as it was because as blackman himself said at the time, doing what he thought the constitution required, but d most people think abortion is a decisn between a woman and doctor recognized a right to abortion didn't mean abortion was accessible. so there there were birth control clinicsited states. there was nothing comparable when it came to of in the united states in the 1970s were performed in hospitals. and somewhere between 15 and 24% of all hospitals offered abortions meant that the vast majority of americans who needed access or wanted access to abortions, lived nowhere near a hospital so this was the birth of the abortion clinic. organizations like planned parenthood and tabortion rights action league raised moneynics which would be both in terms of radicallyo abortion and also laying the groundwork for the idea that abortionly different from birth control. quintessentially from h

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in 1968 richard nixon was running against hubert humphrey, the vice president under lyndon johnson, againstkdrop of a war in vietnam. it looked like the administration was on the cusp of securing the negotiation to win the war, so at the last minute the next session -- the nixon campaign opened the secret back channel with the south vietnamese to get them to pull out of the peace talks. >> on november 2, with three days to go until americans went to the polls, the president suddenly announced that the south vietnamese government would not attend the proposed talks after all. a representative of the nixon campaign at the candidate's personal direction had personally contacted the saigon government, urging him to stay away from the talks. promising that once nixon was elected he would drive a harder bargain with hanoi then humphrey would. >> and it worked. with the peace talks stalled, and nixon won the election. the delay and subsequent expansion of the war cost 20,000 american lives and millions of vietnamese, laotian and cambodian lives. a similar thing happened in 1980 when the next democ

celebrate the great fathers in her city, she then advocated for a national holiday. 1966 president lyndon johnson recognized the holiday there you have a 1910, washington. now we know. time is up for us, lauren, ashley, great stuff we will see everybody tomorrow. we don't have much price movement of the market to report at the moment but i can count you down to "coast to coast". five seconds. three, two, do it. >> here you go again. >> so many bulls and so many records and i'm not talking about whether the nasdaq makes fixed-rate records in a row or whether the s&p 500 can score the 30th record this year, so far nvidia can add to the 166% entered again this year, so far that is happening as well, the other stuff like goldman sachs upping the price target for the s&p third time or times this year and outside investor advanced international up to $3 billion for a minority stake in fisher investments for the first time all are very powerful signals, some with salable market unleashed and others look at the same development and salable market that might be on a short leash. well, i am neil cavuto. we

lyndon johnson's policies, the great society and other issues led to a massive decline in the marriageca. that is an empirical fact. the problem the democrats want to create. creation on their part. because i said jim crow they think i'm talking about some golden era. what is important here in this entire phony controversy is that joe biden, his campaign, democrat leadership and terrible press want to make an issue. they want to gas light black people in the country and make black people think in america republicans look at jim crow like it was a great time in american history. that's not true. they are gas lighting and lying and so bill, to be blunt with you i won't be intimidated and do an apology tour. i will stand up to them and the foolishness they are trying to concoct. what they want to see happen is black people quote, unquote, stay voting for democrats and they will use race, gas light, lie, twist words for that to be accomplished. i won't let them twist my words. i will stand up for them. >> bill: kareem jeffries called it outlandish and outrageous. check yourself before you

and lyndon johnson and you go down that road and now you know where we are. >> i'm sorry. indeed.etray you, symone. that was republican congressman byron donald's of florida romanticizing the jim crow era last week. his remarks met with swift pushback from democratic leadership. the congressman said his words were taken out of context. we see a debate on the matter with reverend al sharpton. >> i'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. but look. you were born in brooklyn and you went to the cell. you want to florida state. you have an interracial marriage. your the congressman of the district that is not a black district. how can you even live with yourself acting like jim crow was a good arrow or better arrow for blacks what would happen to you? >> that is really cute. >> right now you are lying about what i said. i did say jim crow -- . >>> >> four times. >> that is not to say it was better never said the words didn't come out of my mouth. when will you get that through your school and everybody elseschool. >> i would like to know who he was talking to when he thought he could sp

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black people were not just conservative, but more black people voted conservatively and hew, lyndon johnsontilized the don't believe your lying eyes shtick saying democrats are twisting his words even though he was on tape. there's north carolina congressman dan bishop running for state attorney general joined the gop course this week blasting trump's guilty verdict in the new york hush money cover-up trial. bishop went further comparing trumps legal situation to that of a black person in the segregated south. don't believe me? watch. >> is as bad as it was in alabama in 1950, if a person happened to be black, in order to get justice. that's what they did in new york. >> that they bishop is referring to is alvin bragg. he is comparing a black man to white segregationists. don't know these two in history class but we will give both an f on the program tonight. joining me, writer and editor for msnbc daily and former congressman joe walsh is the host of white flag with joe walsh. it's great to have both of you with us. which congressman is worse of the week? >> you put up a tough choice here.