marvin nichols was an advocate of that plan. and when governor connally was trying to sell that plan, one of the things that he used to sell that plan was that if we don't do this, the federal government will. now, that plan failed, but do you know how many votes that plan failed by? it failed by 6000 and change. in other words, or more people at this festival today that accounted for the margin by which that lost. now, i'm not saying that mrs. showed would've been an answer. i think it would create a whole bunch of problems that we are not anticipated. there are a lot of recent two to turn around and opposed the creation of a network of reservoirs across a parched land. but that was really the last time an approach was taken from the top down, and maybe we need to revisit that. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> monday evening at 7 p.m., james comey will be live on booktv on c-span2 in prime time with his best-selling autobiography "a higher loyalty." he will discuss several of the issues he faced