- come out. 0k, thank you very much, richard johnson from | much, richard johnson from queen. and of course there is plenty more on the us election on the bbc news website, where we are running a life page. here in the uk, sir keir starmer will prepare the ground for the budget with a speech in the coming hours in which he'll say that britain must "embrace the harsh light of fiscal reality". the chancellor's statement on wednesday is expected to be one of the most significant in recent history, with tax rises, and spending cuts, worth tens of billions of pounds. let's speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. always good to talk to you. what are we expecting to hear from keir starmer later?- from keir starmer later? what is very interesting _ from keir starmer later? what is very interesting about - from keir starmer later? what is very interesting about what | is very interesting about what the prime minister is doing today, he is framing the budget before we actually know what exactly is in it. he is going to talk about embracing the harsh light of physical

. >> richard mentor johnson. former vp or serial killer? >> serial killer. former vice president. >> okay. >> garrett hobart, former vp or nfl wide receiver? >> i'm going to go nfl. >> he has another former vice president. one more. george clinton. former vp or founding member of parliament, funkadelic? >> that is definitely funkadelic. >> trick question. it is both. >> can you tell me what a vice president does? >> to be honest, i don't know. >> that is a question i would love to get answered. >> a lot of ribbon cutting. a lot of hand-holding. like an ornament? very special christmas ornament that just kind of hangs around, you know? >> i think they are a just in case thing. >> okay. the ceo of just in case. >> the official job of the vice president would be to stand behind the president. >> just basically be there. >> yes. >> after hours of searching, something incredible happened. >> i finally found a group of people who are exhibiting the appropriate amount of excitement for this debate. there is, like, four people back there. how exciting. >> how excite

cared from the beginning or whether he figured it out along the way that they he cared richard you know, president johnson cared. and very importantly, most important, president of the 20th century for native americans was president nixon. and he cared and. and it's because, as they say, and we actually did some research and did some oral histories with some of the nixon white house staff. he had a football coach in i can't remember the guy's name, but he was a native guy from from california. and and nixon just loved him because, you know, treated nixon well and encouraged him and at never, never let him down. and nixon thought this guy really should be coaching, you know, not this this small college. and in california, he ought to be coaching in the big ten or or the atlantic coast conference. you know, he was that good. but never worked because he was an indian and he would be discriminated against. nixon believed that and so so he always had a soft spot for and once he let his white house know that he wanted to see some progress. indian country that in the most dramatic change in indian policy in 50 y

richard j. daly in texas, under lyndon johnson. ink those states might have been stolen from richard nixon and nixon came under a lot of pressure from the republican party to contested and in the end, he decided no, i got to do what's right for the country, not what's right for me. i can't contest an election, just put it in the courts at the height of the cold war. and he conceded he met with kennedy about a week after the election. and most tellingly and shows the road cnn's on the contrast in 2020 on january 6 of 20, 1961, as his job, he's certified the counting of the electoral vote that john kennedy, who was in the house chamber at the time, had one had beaten him and congratulated him and said this shows the strength of our democracy it's interesting that they met. >> i mean that they weren't best friends or anything, but i mean, they were they weren't necessarily enemies. do you think that that politics, i mean, is that now just a thing of the past that no i hope not. i don't i hope it's not irreversible. it certainly not som

richard nixon and lyndon johnson use the fbi to surveil their opponents. that was cheating. i am not old enough to have been an opposition research during my grandparents time. i am in opposition research for the democratic party since 2012. when i was the middleman in the deal, to bring the 47% video public during the obama re- election versus mitt romney, and i was doing it as a hobby at the time. after that i got really big, i was able to turn it into a career. which is fun. it is nice to be able to use your hobby is your career. actually make money on doing it. i do want to stress, like i said before, opposition research gets a bad name. the reason why they get a bad name, our job is to dig up the information. we give that information to campaigns. they do dirty stuff with it. >> [ laughter ]. >> it is their fault. the information is just information. i wanted to make that clear. that is an important point. >> it is a great point. paco was a little bit about as we think about the different pattern -- residencies that are involved, everyone has participated in more than o

johnson. and 1964, 61% for richard nixon. so it's working for both parties and 59% for ronald reagan in 1984. now, by 84, we are starting to be a country where a substantial part of the electorate does not remember. but we also have a president, ronald reagan who had made his pre political career in those media of universal appeal literally, and radio in movies and intel edition and who spoke that language naturally and convincingly and so he gets 59% a little less than than johnson and so forth. and so that that's gone. well, you know, we have we have a few voters who still remember world war two. i was born during world war two, but i don't have any memory of it. my and we don't have very many we have very, very few who remember the great depression, who have any living of that. and so it's a different electorate. and i think one of the problems with the discipline, political science over the years is the political scientist apparently of the name want to have rules that always apply every to, you know, what they do. and th

franklin roosevelt started it, eisenhower accelerated it, lyndon johnson was on board and so was richard nixon. there was a bipartisan sense we should industrialize the countryside, at the expense of places like detroit and cleveland who are seeing the manufacturing operations leave in those same years. peter: you use a couple of examples. the gm plant in ohio and also the honda plant which has been very successful in marysville, ohio. steven: yep. let's back up for the viewers. honda opened its first manufacturing placentral ohio in what was a tiny place called marysville in the late 1970's. then they moved into automobiles. they started with cycles. then honda created satellite supplier factories that feed into the central assembling plant in marysville. all of those places around ohio are also in tiny locations. honda keeps ohio as the second most important state in auto manufacturing but it is not an urban phenomenon anymore, it is a phenomenon of the countryside. one thing i discovered doing the book was that honda's engine plant is in a town called anna -- ana, ohio. there were mor

franklin roosevelt started it, eisenhower accelerated it, lyndon johnson was on board and so was richardixon. there was a bipartisan sense we should industrialize the countryside, at the expense of places like detroit and cleveland who are seeing the manufacturing operations leave in those same years. peter: you use a couple of examples. the gm plant in ohio and also the honda plant which has been very successful in marysville, ohio. steven: yep. let's back up for the viewers. honda opened its first manufacturing plant in central ohio in what was a tiny place called marysville in the late 1970's. then they moved into automobiles. they started with cycles. then honda created satellite supplier factories that feed into the central assembling plant in marysville. all of those places around ohio are also in tiny locations. honda keeps ohio as the second most important state in auto manufacturing but it is not an urban phenomenon anymore, it is a phenomenon of the countryside. one thing i discovered doing the book was that honda's engine plant is in a town called anna -- ana, ohio. there were

partisan issue, franklin roosevelt started it and eisenhower accelerated it to lyndon johnson was all on board, so was richard there is a bipartisan sense that we should industrialize the countryside at the expense of those places like detroit and cleveland who are seeing those manufacturing operations leave in the same years. >> steven conn, you use examples, lordstown, the general motors plant and semi rural ohio, but also a plant which has been very successful in marysville, ohio. >> the honda plant -- let's back up, honda opened the first manufacturing plant in central ohio in what was then a tiny little place called marysville, ohio. this was in the late 1970s. they started with motorcycles and moved into automobiles. one honda also did was to create a set of satellites applied -- satellite supplier factors that feed into the central assembly plant in marysville. all of those places around ohio are also in tiny locations. it keeps ohio as the second most important state in automobile manufacturing, but it is not an urban phenomenon anymore, a phenomenon of the countryside now. one of the things i discove

lyndon johnson came out of that right as president. it happened in 1974 when richard nixon resigned because of watergate. that led gerald ford to be. so we think of these guys, on the one hand, as unimportant second fiddles, all the kinds of descriptions you want to make. but the fact is, it could be that one of them would emerge as president, and that makes a difference. yeah, it really is one heartbeat away. okay. what's the strategy for both men tomorrow night? are they playing offense? are they trying to win over swing votes or are they playing defense? basically, let's not rock the boat a little of each. there are two rules. when it comes to the vice president in a debate. one, do no harm. do nothing that will cause your leader, your your presidential nominee, to have to come back and cover up your stuff and undo it. that takes away valuable time at this time of the year. and the second thing is go after go after the other guy. you've got nothing to lose. go after, point out all the deficiencies, all the things he might have said. so for example, a walz will go a

and in 1968, chicago was actually chosen because mayor richard daley had an iron grip on security in, the city. he was a friend of lyndon johnson. he hoped johnson would be elected that year. and even after johnson withdrew, hoped he might be convinced to come back in the race after withdrawing. however, it was really chaos at the convention, and i think the media's coverage in particular of the in the streets giving it more attention than even what was going on the convention center, where the nomination of hubert humphrey and who was reaching the peak of his own career, i think really start to show that the political parties are political institutions in disarray. and americans watching at home in the millions seeing this play out on their televisions in which mayor daley's police took part in the violence against protesters, really shocked americans. and i think probably played into the hands of richard nixon that fall. what about the republican convention in miami beach? and miami beach could be secured by a few causeways by shutting those off. the hubert humphrey actually wanted to change the convention to miami beach, tho

if richard nixon would've survivedsu the second term, who you think you would've supported and 76? >> how we entered into the orbit. the lyndon johnson nixon had a good relationship with president johnson the post- presidency. endorsement 72 campaign was a very strong individual. and so, that is the main relationship he would have had. was his question? [inaudible] the political part of him would have stayed neutral. he liked jon connolly and so much he had a bro manse with jon connolly. he thought connolly would've been the best running mate for reagan. but thenn he said a lot of times that he be the best running mate but he would never pick him. >> ken, thank you. ladies and gentlemen let's give him a round ofla applause. kent will be available at the front lobby to sign copies of behind closed doors. please pick up one we will see you up there shortly. thank you for coming, good night. ♪ the book is titled all the presidents money. it's about how the men who governed america comic govern their own money according to the subtitle on the cover could the author megan gorman is a founding partner of checkers financial management san f

johnson, the vietnam war. yes, there were lies lies by richard watergate and the vietnam war. yes, there were lies in by many different presidents over the years. and our nation's leaders military leaders. clinton brought it to new height. clinton was, known as a governor as slick willie. slick willie, was the franchise of some pool hall state on the south and he began his he began his public appearances really by got to know him because of his lying about gennifer flowers who's having an affair he lied about it on 60 minutes. so the first time we know he was lying, his first day in office, literally the first week he had a focus on what was then called gays in the military. but it was this whole notion that you believed if you were gay, you were not, or a lesbian were going to not be in the military. and he had a focus on this. and so he came up with this cockamamie idea of don't ask, don't tell, don't ask if i want my sexual is and i want professor what my sexual orientation is. and if several years of that being a policy 14,000 people were kicked of the military. he continu

johnson, sir. well, the conservative party chair, richard fuller, told gb news chopper's political podcast that ditching. first of all, at the time and still i think removing bofis time and still i think removing boris johnson, whatever one might have thought about what went on or didn't go on at the time was a mistake and it was a mistake because that wasn't the question to be answered. if you wanted to change, you had to agree who the next leader was going to be. my personal view was also getting rid of someone who had just won a general election was probably not going to end well. whatever happened . to end well. whatever happened. >> well, indeed. now i'm joined in the studio by political commentator andy williams. andy, thank you very much for coming in and joining me on a friday afternoon. very good to see you, boris. i mean , you know, we boris. i mean, you know, we don't stop talking about boris. and i can't wait for camilla's interview on sunday morning. it's going to be absolutely brilliant. but the question i want to ask, rather than the chagos islands, which we've done a lot. is he going to m

. >> well, staying somewhat with bons >> well, staying somewhat with boris johnson, conservative party chairman richardat down with our political editor, christopher hope, in his latest podcast to chat about the former prime minister. let's have a listen. >> first of all, at the time, and still, i think removing bons and still, i think removing boris johnson, whatever one might have thought about what went on or didn't go on at the time was a mistake. and it was a mistake because that wasn't the question to be answered. if you wanted to change, you had to agree who the next leader was going to be. my personal view was also getting rid of someone who had just won a general election was probably not going to end well. whatever happened. >> well, apparently boris johnson, in his book unleashed on october the 10th, says getting some pr for that, isn't it? he would have won the 2024 general election if he was still in charge. well, he's going to say he believes that. yeah. >> i mean, you're going to say that, aren't you? of course you are. >> well, he's still got loyalists that think it. >> i mean, it's sel

richard fowler and republican media consultant alex. a joint statement from mitch mcconnell and speaker mike johnson which is a rare rare occurrence aftertiple assassination attempt on his life. vice president harris may want people to trust with sacred duty of executive authority but she must abandon for base and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers american lives and institutions. time to knock it off. >> we can all agree and so in the the town hall week we heard voters say the criticism on both sides are a little bit severe in this moment. the voters want to hear about the issues. but that being said, we have a conversation is he fascist or not fascist? it has everything to do the former chief of staff often times the copresident and retired general, marine general john kelly says, "i saw him use this language." >> john: and mike pence chief of staff said he never saw it. >> i will delete for store staff. >> john: why do you think he has general staff. >> he doesn't have anything to gain by the former president of the united states and not trying to sell a book or run for office that made these comments because he wanted to warn the

richard nixon and the north vietnamese. he said it was peace with honor and everybody knew it was just an american with raw. johnson's of it was that she wanted to do his past. he did not know how. he made the wrong choices. mcnamara and others felt they could advise johnson. there was a question of why did he not just resign? there was a memo saying we really need to get this thing done. anyway we can get them. why didn't he resign? mcnamara said could you imagine in the middle of a war, the secretary announces that he is so opposed to the policies of the elected president that is going to wait. i knew i could not do that. there is another aspect to this. the very complicated business of mcnamara's relationship with the kennedy family and johnson's relationship with the kennedy family. bobby kennedy in particular detested lyndon johnson. truly detested him. lyndon johnson basically returned in kind. in 1960, when jfk was trying to name lbj as his running mate, bobby actively was against it. he believed that as a southern senator he was essential to the ticket. bobby was deeply opposed. he basically tried to turn it

around the world, boris johnson's scandal hit premiership is starting to look like the good old days, and even the chairman of the tory party , the chairman of the tory party, richardh gb news that ditching boris was a mistake. authoritarian lockdowns the partygate scandal and a pathologically dishonest but entertaining prime minister in johnson now resembles the stuff of dreams. hand on heart, given the dreadful start he's made, how many people, if given a chance, wouldn't like to replace sir keir starmer with bojo himself? a return to upbeat speeches , wacky photo speeches, wacky photo opportunities and the general mood of cheer that the country is now so lacking. yes, he limped from one disaster to another, and his claims about being stitched up by colleagues are utterly laughable, with johnson being a man never suited for high office. but unlike the current incumbent in downing street, johnson had a supernaturally good political instinct . choosing the brexit instinct. choosing the brexit cause over remain all those years ago and striking exactly the right note , with voters in the right note, with voters in 2019 winning a landslide victory and keeping jeremy c

johnson. if he was investigated as a part of any of this by the state department of we do not know. host: richardmassachusetts a trump supporter. caller: i voted early for donald and jd vance because they are more likable. that is the other ticket. they are just people i just don't like. i am also a part time golfer. i so enjoyed donald trump golfing comments on arnold palmer. not all of them. but he is a likable guy and i want to have somebody that is joyful and has a sense of humor and that is it strong and will not be pushed around by vladimir putin. host: any comments? likability is something both candidates are trying to achieve. they hope voters can latch onto that. obviously, kamala harris, when she got into the race, talked a lot about bringing joy to the campaign. tim walz, the governor of neighboring minnesota has brought a large element of midwestern vibe, the data vibe. it donald trump, obviously, as the caller said, is very much liked by his supporters. very much not liked by the other side. obviously, the other side does not see the joy factor in kamala harris that democrats do. >>

johnson. they weren't blamed on jack kennedy or the eastern establishment on clifford or george marshall or mcnamara they were blamed on richard nixon. so that was one big burden he carried. the second headwind he had was that you people have to remember that the congress was in the hands of democrats during the entire time richard nixon was in office. the house and the senate was in the hands of the democrats. and so any time he had to get any supreme court appointment, judgeship legislation through any executive appointments, any legislation he to do it through an adversarial congress. so that that the fact that he managed to get anything through in the five and a half years it was through congress that was a very partizan congress. and thirdly, the third, edwin, was that he was faced with was an antagonistic and negative press dominated by three networks. major newspapers. the washington post, the new york times and newsweek newsweekly were unfriendly throughout the. so i just wanted to do that and give you that as a backdrop anyway my mainly is about my years with president reagan but was different about my book. it's not

johnson. they weren't blamed on jack kennedy or the eastern establishment on clifford or george marshall or mcnamara they were blamed on richard nixon. so that was one big burden he carried. the second headwind he had was that you people have to remember that the congress was in the hands of democrats during the entire time richard nixon was in office. the house and the senate was in the nds of the democrats. and so any time he had to get any supreme court appointment, judgeship legislation through any executive appointments, any legislation he to do it through an adversarial congress. so that that the fact that he managed to get anything through in the five and a half years it was through congress that was a very partizan congress. and thirdly, the third, edwin, was that he was faced with was an antagonistic and negative press dominated by three networks. major newspapers. the washington post, the new york times and newsweek newsweekly were unfriendly throughout the. so i just wanted to do that and give you that as a backdrop anyway my mainly is about my years with president reagan but was different about my book. it's not a

this fascinating individual richard goodwin as a memoir and, as a history of this extraordinary turbulent and and and dramatic period one of the high points is when johnson goes a joint session of congress congress, the marchers in, selma had been beaten the whole nation and watched john lewis and jim lawson and others being savaged by state troopers. and he decides that there has be a voting rights bill. but not only does he. unveil his legislation call for their call for voting rights to be passed despite a filibuster but he closes off by quoting the anthem of the civil rights marchers that -- doing, wasn't it? yeah. this is really, i think, the moment that -- would feel proudest of and the collaboration with lyndon johnson was so perfect, johnson decided to do this speech for a joint session of congress on a sunday night, and he was going to give it on monday night. normally would take weeks to worry about a joint session of congress speech but he wanted you know the timing was important because the firing the conscience of the country had been fired by watching selma and what had happened to the peaceful marchers. and they needed to march. they had t

johnson knew enough not to bother him that whole time. the only time he called him up was to say, i'd like to about cotulla and didn't no exam. my husband, richard goodman knew exactly what that meant. he wanted to talk about this experience. and so a passage was written him when he said, when i was there in 1928, there was i could do to help those kids. but those kids now have kids of their own and grandkids and, i am standing here now as the president, the united states and i have power, and i intend to use it to, help those kids. it was a great moment. so that's where there's a through line to all of this. you see, that's what's so to watch them when they're young that sometimes these things stay with them know from our own lives that something touched us in a certain way and changed us and that's why we just i just want these kids realize when they're reading this that, these things can happen. and then become something really important for the country. you know what? i think one of the reasons it's so important to tell the life stories the years before they were in office, obviously, but they're crucial early learning as children that peopl

johnson. if you was investigated as a part of any of this by the state department of justice, we don't know. host: richardmassachusetts, trump supporter. good morning. caller: i am voting for trump vance, the reason is that they are more likable than the other ticket. walz and harris are just people that i just don't like. i'm also a part-time golfer and i so enjoyed donald trump's golfing comment on arnold palmer. not all of them, but he was a likable guy and i'd like to have somebody that is joyful, really, and has a sense of humor and who is strong and won't be pushed around by putin and the other gangs. host: any comments? guest: likability is something that both candidates are trying to achieve and hope that voters can latch onto. obviously kamala harris when she got into the race talked about bringing joy into the campaign. tim walz, the governor of neighboring minnesota has brought a large element of midwestern vibes, the dad vibe, and donald trump obviously as the caller said is very much liked by his supporters, very much not liked by the other side. and obviously the other site doesn't see the j

good doctor richard johnson. good evening. i miss you last time you were on.o it's nice to have you. it's also a very nice indeed to have each and every single one of you at home as well. there is a lot we need to discuss tonight. i want to talk to you about wealth tax. do you think we need one? and if so, tell me to whom and how much? also, chris kaba goodness gracious me. it's all come out now, hasn't it? ladies and gents, there's lots i want to talk to you about when it comes to that. get in touch with me all the usual ways you can. email me gbviews@gbnews.com. you can go to the website, which is gbnews.com/yoursay. talk to me and each other there. or you can tweet or text me, but look, the big news today people. i mean where do we even begin with this? have you seen some of these prisoners that are being released today? big up keir starmer. they were saying celebrating with their loved ones, getting lifts in very stunning, luxurious cars. i have to say, who am i talking about? the 1000 prisoners that were being released early today. why? because of overcro

johnson. this was over. you granting permission for richard desmond to do that development in westferry.hat meant that he could have saved a potential £40 million. you then had to go back on that decision. at the time, you accepted that your decision was technically unlawful, but denied any bias. though lawyers acting for you did admit the case could lead to the fair minded observer to conclude that there was a possibility of bias. so you were involved in a bit of controversy back in 2020 that saw you lose your job. back in 2020 that saw you lose yourjob. she makes a point then, doesn't she, about impropriety. is there a whiff of impropriety. is there a whiff of impropriety about you, mr jenrick? >> well look firstly on the issue itself, i just note that a couple of weeks ago the labour controlled tower hamlets council approved the very same scheme. all these years later, millions of pounds wasted. and i will never be ashamed of trying to get homes built in this country. getting young people onto the housing ladder. but the point about kemi's remarks in the papen about kemi's remarks in

jenrick being sacked by boris johnson back in 2020 over this kind of controversy about allowing a housing development to go ahead. by housing development to go ahead. by richard desmond funnily enough, my former boss at the sunday express and it did land him in some hot water. i didn't know they were that. have the gloves come off. >> oh, i'm not sure that they were ever on really, really . i were ever on really, really. i mean, there's been a lot of briefing from both sides in the press. it's quite obvious, or at least it looks very much like it's coming from these both camps. and it does make life quite difficult in the sense that there aren't all that many. there are. so few mps left that you kind of want all of your good people to be on the team when it comes to it. >> yes. i'm going to ask kemi whether she would have robert jenrick in her team. robert jenrick, in turn, has said he would like somebody like jacob rees—mogg, my would like somebody like jacob rees�