rayburn said "epitaph." the second time robert kennedy comes down, he apparently -- am i going on too long? >> no. >> the second time he comes down, each of these meetings, he wants to meet with lyndon johnson but lady bird says i did not think it ought to meet. rayburn knows the also should not meet. there's too much antagonism. the second time that bobby kennedy comes down, he said "i have to get rayburn." john connally is his campaign manager because he is the only man tough enough to handle bobby kennedy. sam rayburn is old. he has cancer at the time. he is blind. he is sam rayburn, at this massive, and smiling figure who has ruled this for a quarter of a century. >> it is almost a father and son. he loved lyndon johnson like his son. he would spend perhaps most sundays in washington at the johnson's home. he loved the two johnson girls. connally says go in there and talk to bobby kennedy. i have got to sign sam rayburn. he is a very smart, brilliant little man. he is a little timid. he walked back out.

i have got to sign sam rayburn. -- find sam rayburn. busbyhe is a very smart, brilliant little man. he is a little timid. he walked back out. he said bobby kennedy was glaring at me. i walked outside. i said i will deal with him. from out here. i will not stay in there. connally comes back with sam rayburn. bobby kennedy says he wants lyndon johnson to withdraw from the ticket. rayburn says to bobby kennedy "are you authorized to speak for your brother?" bobbykennedy says "no." he says "they come back when you are." bobby kennedy leaves and goes back upstairs andhe comes down a third time to do get johnson to withdraw and this time he meets with johnson along. -- alone. >> what do you think out of all the research did jack kennedy sent his brother down to get him off the ticket or not? >> i do not know. i do not know. no one can really know. robert kennedy and world history -- in his oral history says of course not. i was so close to my brother. what you think i did? however, jack kennedy did everything he could to get johnson to except the nomination. -- to accept the nomination. a

the first time he sees sam rayburn and john connolly. rayburn is the mighty... the great speaker of the house and john connolly is lyndon johnson's top aide and you know why johnson picked connolly to run his campaign? he says "he's the only man tough enough to handle bobby kennedy." so bobby kennedy there's with rayburn and connolly and he says "there's going to be a terrible fight, the liberals don't want johnson, labor doesn't want him. how about if he accepts instead the chairmanship of the democratic national committee?" and rayburn replies in a four letter expletive. bobby kennedy leaves and goes back upstairs. sometime later that day he comes down a second time. this time he meets alone... what happens is he comes down and each time he wants to meet with johnson and lady bird johnson who knows how these two men hate each other says... basically is saying "lyndon, don't meet with him." so the second time rayburn meets with bobby kennedy and it's quite a scene. he comes down and john connolly, who's tough, know there is's someone tougher than him and it's s

and shortly johnson did call on rayburn. rayburn got his career started. and, now it's 1939. john nance garner and roosevelt have split. garner was always roosevelt's man in texas. someone is going to be roosevelt's man in texas, the dispenser of the new deal power and patronage in texas. rayburn, who is the majority leader still, unless he's become speaker, i can't remember the date, is the logical choice, but johnson wants that job. and to get it, he persuades roosevelt that, falsely, that rayburn is his enemy. and i couldn't understand what happened here. i'm going through these boxes in the johnson library, and i've interviewed some people who were involved, and i'm trying to piece together from the interviews and the papers, what's happening. and there's never one piece of paper, there's never one document, at least i never seem to find one. it's always a series of telegrams and memos, and you can see the picture building up, and the picture was so depressing to me. i remember, to be honest with you, that my thought was, god, i hope this doesn't mean what i think it does

rayburn. who is mr. rayburn. >> yes. >> chuck?> who is henry waxman. >> you got it. >> nytimes.com welcomes you to the list of the best 1,000 movies ever made which includes this 1931 bela lugosi film. chuck? >> what is dracula. >> dracula, yes. >> all right. >> that leaves you with $18,100. but we bump that up to $50,000. >> chuck just cleaned up last night. his total winnings of 50 grand went to the d.c. based charity samaritan inn, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. chuck, nice work. tonight, keeps getting better, our own kelly o'donnell on "jeopardy." still ahead on "way too early" while you're awake your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto in

i like gene rayburn. >> i do too. the match game.eah. >> this is the segment where tucker barnes and i put our heads together to answer your most pressing questions. today's question comes from caroline kay in fredericksburg, virginia. she writes, why do dogs howl when they hear sirens. >> their poor the ears. >> they don't all do it. >> not all dogs howl when they hear sirens. some do, some breeds steam to do it more than others and some dogs don't howl when that he hear sirens. you touched on something. you said because of their poorling ears. >> it sounds leak they are in pain. >> most dog experts do not believe that is the case. they don't think it is because of pain. what do they think it is because of? >> before we do that, i want to show a little video of what we're talking about. hopefully we have that. >> they are hearing the siren. >> is that i video or photo. >> we can't hear anything. >> watch in skin anthrax. anth -- watch in action. >> oh! >> i know. >> are you sure it is not because they are on the side of a cliff? >>

back live to the rayburn house office building, the site where the house oversight committee meeting this morning to talk about inspectors general posts that are vacant. there's 73 posts in the government that are vacant. tonight they'll hear from the agriculture department and general services administration. darrell isa said the obama administration has hostility toward the inspector general community. we will have this hearing live once it gets under way. while we wait, though, we're going to show you some of the conversation from this morning's "washington journal" in just a moment. >>> "washington journal" starting the morning asking about same-sex marriage, getting input from our viewers. we'll show you as much as we can before the oversight committee gavels in this morning's hearing. >> here's "the wall street journal," "obama backs gay marriage." "the washington post," "historic step by obama on statement-sex marriage" and here's the "new york daily news," "gay okay" on the front page there. and "usa today" this morning, president takes sides on police call gamble and "the wa

. >> sam rayburn was one of my grandfather's best friends.speaker of the house, so they would come down here on a daily basis. >> part of the mystique are the booths dedicated to some of the famous people in history. one of them being richard nixon. >> he liked the meatloaf. >> he would come to read a paper? >> yeah, this is called the rumble seat. a lot of famous people sat there, and that's where john would sit there on sunday. >> the booth i am sitting in today, is the proposal booth, as it is known. this is where john proposed to jackie. >> you might notice we are in a dimly lit part of the restaurant and it's a special part of the restaurant, it's called the dugout. it has not changed in 65 years. where i am sitting right now, sam rayburn sat with lyndon johnson and billy martin number two, and they shared everything from politics to drinks and food, and now their stories are passed along through generation to generation, and billy martin number five has one story about lyndon johnson before he became president. >> they were talking poli

and then in the eighth -- actually it is the seventh and high and deep and ryan rayburn at the wall andns goodbye and off his glove. re ddick's of the game and they demolish them. he knows what he will be doing, working out, hard. jenkinss and other rookies hit the field. the kid from illinois was gassed. that's him. he is leaning over and grabbing his knees. these guys haven't played since december. but even jim harbaugh is wondering, what have they been doing the past few months? >> we have a ways to go. it is not a panic button or anything. i knew where we would be. it is a process of going from a to b. everybody is at a certain point and we will get them there. >> arena ball. the nose rings complete the look for me. wondering how he feels about the red lipstick business. to james row and he

and while i was dealing with these french speaking constituents in the darkroom of the rayburn building, there she was. hillary was in the thick of the action. she was on the case. on the impeachment stuff and advising the committees, let's face it. we both served cabinet level in our governments. i was most recently minister of finance for france and hillary of course as the film beautifully showed is still today serving as one of the most outstanding secretaries of state of the united states of america. [ applause ] she's always ahead of me. secretary of state, madam clinton. you shattered the glass ceiling like no one else with 18 million votes. and i was struggling very hard with zero vote. when i last saw hillary she was being introduced by meryl streep at the woman of the world summit in new york. and meryl handed her an oscar. i can surely say that nobody has ever given me an oscar. although, inside job got the oscar for documentary films. holy cow. i thought maybe i could outdo madam secretary of state. i worked hard on my twitter account. i have hundreds of thousands of chinese

and then in the eighth -- actually it is the seventh and high and deep and ryan rayburn at the wall and aloha means goodbye and off his glove. re ddick's of the game and they demolish them. he knows what he will be doing, working out, hard. jenkinss and other rookies hit the field. the kid from illinois was gassed. that's him. he is leaning over and grabbing his knees. these guys haven't played since december. but even jim harbaugh is wondering, what have they been doing the past few months? >> we have a ways to go. it is not a panic button or anything. i knew where we would be. it is a process of going from a to b. everybody is at a certain point and we will get them there. >> arena ball. the nose rings complete the look for me. wondering how he feels about the red lipstick business. to james row and he throws for six touchdowns and a nice touch pass to hank edwards in the back of the end zone. the sabercats win their fourth straight 70-59. tiger woods wasn't thinking about making the cut. he was thinking about contending and he will play at the player's championship. tiger was in dang

that will be live from the rayburn house office building on capitol build at 11: 45 eastern. >>> here is a look at some of the programming on the c-span networks. live at 2:00 with general dempsey talking about security challenges. on c-span at 2:00 eastern. c-span 2, a day look at the u.s. economy. focusing on government spend, housing market, federal banks, tax rates and other topics, live on c-span 2. tonight here on c-span 3, american history tv prime time all this week, while congress is on break. tonight historians talk about the fight against slavery. that begins at 8:00 eastern. >>> join american history tv and book tv this weekend as we feature the history and literary culture of oklahoma city's capital. on american history tv, visit the site of the oklahoma city bombing and land runs and native american tribes of the area. that is this weekend here on c-span 3. >>> between 1971 and 1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things. and then you hold on the big one. hell i've done this so often

. >>> here on c-span3 back live to the house rayburn office building. you've been watching some of the earlier proceedings of the house armed services committee as they markup the 2013 defense authorization bill. the budget for the pentagon calling for $554 billion plus $88 billion for the war in afghanistan. the budget would cut the service by -- cut military personnel by 21,000 and give service member as 1.7% pay raise. committees in recess for lunch and votes on the house floor. live kov rouge when they resume. we spoke positive a reporter earlier who has been covering today the markup session for details on what's happened so far and what's ahead. >> joining us is mark oliveri, a defense and foreign policy reporter with congressional quarterly. what are some of biggest issues the committee has to deal with in this 2013 programs bill? >> well, i'm sorry. i didn't hear your question. i think you asked the big issues they're dealing with. what they've actually dealt with, pretty big things. congressman turner was able to get an amendment passed or adop

. >> sam rayburn comes and tells him that he should accept the vice presidency. lbj ask very pointedly. he says, what he said today he said i should accept it when yesterday you said i shouldn't. he said because if you don't accept it, just as god made little green apples, richard nixon will become president of the united states. that is something that rayburn, who just despised president nixon could not deal with. i think that lbj does it for the country and a large mentor. >> did he play any significant role -- i don't believe that kennedy ever introduced introduce any civil rights legislation? is that right? but i know there was frustration with wallace during kennedy's administration about letting the students at the university. i am wondering if johnson played a role as a southerner in any of that stuff? >> johnson uses jfk's martyrdom, in part to give the civil rights act of 1964 through. he says very pointedly to lawmakers, this is what our president would have wanted. this is what john f. kennedy, our fallen president, would have wanted. you owe to him an

thank you very much indeed. [ applause ] >>> live pictures on capitol hill from the rayburn office building. members of the house arms services committee meeting to consider the national defense bill calling for a budget of $554 billion. it would give active duty service members a 1.7% pay raise and reduce the number of military personnel by 21,000. joining us is c.q. to talk about what is going on. frank, the republican defense budget is higher than the white house proposal. at the same time we have the automatic budget sequester spending cuts starting in january. that would take a meat ax approach. how much members reconcile this? >> it is an interesting situation because in the house they are ignoring the bca and setting aside for defense about $8 billion more than the bca would permit. it is going to come down to a discussion between the senate and the house as to reconcile the differences. in the house if you don't meet the caps on the defense side that means it is going to put more pressure on the domestic side as we saw in the ryan budget resolution a lot of the cuts that he is sugge

in the case of sam rayburn who had to keep quiet, you see him moving the senate.hey had the representatives. you see it within my first book. this great governor had to be a henchman until he was 50 years old. as soon as he gets the power, he goes and says it now we have to pass social welfare legislation. >> talking about four books, what time in all these years were you the maddest? >> well, there have been a number of times. >> and why? >> you get really angry when you follow some of johnson's methods and some of the things that he did. in the first volume, you learn about lyndon johnson in college. you say this is incredible, the things he did to get campus power, stole elections, blackmailing a student. you do get angry at him. it is disgusting. in the second volume, you see, the second book is about a stolen election. still in elections is a part of america. when he sees him stealing this election and you see the negative campaigning, you get angry. the third volume is probably the increase. -- the angriest. there's a section on a liberal new dealer. johnson

residence lined the hallway in the rayburn office building in an effort to see arizona congressman trent franks, who is pushing legislation to largely ban late-term abortions in the city. >> gruesome late-term abortions who can feel pain is, in my opinion, the greatest human rights atrocity in the united states today. >> reporter: the congressman's attempted intervention on abortion interventioned prompted many city residents to call ironically for more constituents service. >> and i live in the district and i am glad that mr. franks is so into taking care of all of our urban problems. one thing he could do is to continue the federal funding for the metro. >> reporter: eugene kenlow brought a photo of a d.c. pothole. >> and going to be into our d.c. government, he might as well take care of the potholes, to. >> reporter: some came to get him to intervon on confusing parking regulations and many referred to the arizona republicanman as mayor franks. >> and one thing he could do is the anacostia river. it's dirty and needs to be cleaned. i brought the plunger along to bring to him to help

they burglarized the rayburn and longworth house office buildings just steps from the u.s.ol building. they took some big ticket items but also snatched keepsakes, even bottles of wine and a staffer's jacket. they happened in mid april and all were in the middle of of the night when the offices were locked. that has led some to speculate they were allen side jobs done by someone with keys to the offices. an investigate is still under way. >>> new information in a murder for hire plot in wood brim, virginia. police arrested a second man, ralph justice. he was a jail guard in prince william county. investigators say he conspired with michael ruzinak to harm his 2-year-old stepson. the plan according to police was to have the acceptston arrested and put in jail where he could be sexually assaulted. police say ruzinak later hatched a murder for hire plot against his stepson. >>> a map accused of assaulting two women in arlington is still on the run this morning. police say the first incident happened last friday night around 11:00. a woman was walking home when she noticed a ma

. >> reporter: they targeted the rayburn and longworth house office buildings just steps from the u.scapitol. california republican jerry lewis' office was hit the night of april 21st. >> it's just outrageous. railroad arlene lewis serves as her husband's chief of staff. the bandits took white house easter eggs she'd checked since jimmy carter's presidency. >> i had thought about donating them to the children's hospital to auction them off at one of their events and i should have done that because now i don't have them. >> reporter: they didn't say this unsigned baseball blocking to a lewis staffer, but they snatched three others. >> they had probably over 25 signatures on each one of those, just famous baseball players that came here every year for a special hotdog lunch that we had and then went into my closet and stole those. >> reporter: they also swiped book ends carved out of the old capitol steps and bottles of wine from lewis' office. >> it's too bad. these things were personal. thief kind of meant something to us and it's just too bad somebody thought they had to steal it. >>

same rayburn said let's not have the these kids go home and pay for it.nator taft and richard nixon said absolutely. if we're going to go to war, we all have to pay for it now. who has ever said ha in the last several years. >> shared sacrifices. >> alex, you're absolutely right. you know i'm not a president bush barber. i think he's a terrific guy but he missed an opportunity right after 9/11 when he knew we were going to war, he should have looked in the camera and said mr. and mrs. american, i know i promised you a tax cut. i'm going to ask the congress to repeal it while we're at war. when the war's over, if i'm still here, i hope to implement it again. i don't think one american would have bitched. not one. >> james wright, thank you for shashing with us. the book is "those who have bourn the battle." you also governor george pataki who has to go. thank you for joining us. a pleasure and honor to have you. >> coming up, president obama and mitt romney may share a common enemy. we'll explain next in what. [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how

sam rayburn says after telling him he should not accept it tells him he should. lbj says why do you say that today and yesterday you said no? >> if you don't accept it because he will become president. he does it for the party and for the country. >> did he play a significant role? i believe kennedy introduced civil-rights legislation. but there was negotiation with wall less in to the university and did johnson play a role? >> johnson uses jfk martyrdom to get the civil rights act 1964 through. he says this is what our fallen president would have wanted. you owe it to him. it is exploited. i don't know if kennedy could do it. it would be difficult for the northeast tarrant democrat to get civil rights those democrats who have resistant for. >> was the quiet? >> we have to move on after this. >> he was relegated said he could not do a lot. >> i have always enjoyed him calling of bill moyers he was not speaking loudly enough. bill responded i was not talking to you mr. president. [laughter] true story. wears has a deep spirituality and we wondered what kind of inf