i didn't know his condition until robert kennedy spoke at a rally that i was having to organize a andaid ththat dr. g had been assasassinated. amy: i w want to go to that clc. kennedy i i have some very : sad newsws for all of yoyou, i think sad d news for a all of or fellow citizizens and people who love peace all over ththe world. and that is that martin luluther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee. amy: that was robert kennedy breaking the news to so many john lewis you are there. >> i cried, with so many other people. and i said to myself, "we still have bobby." i went back to atlanta, attended the funeral with robert kennedy and hundreds and thousands of others. after the funeral was over, i got back in the kennedy campaign, went to oregon and later to california. i campaigned for bobby kennedy with cesar chavez. it was a wonderful effort. we went all over los angeles, going into wealthy neighborhoods, knocking on doors, urging people to vote for bobby. and that evening the primary was over, bobby kennedy came up to me and said, "john, i'm going downstairs

robert kennedy's fate as a presidential candidate now hangs on the outcome of the california primary.l day and the sun drenched san joaquin valley. >> bobby kennedy having lost oregon knew he had to win california. that would be his convention. >> after the satisfied prosperity of oregon which failed to respond to kennedy's approach, the senator is again turned on. >> he was a rock star. it gave him a kind of courage and power to keep going. >> part the job, they grabbed their arms around his legs so he wouldn't get pulled by his admirers. >> he campaigns so hard that his hand is goaleswollen. he loses his voice. >> i will work with you. give me your hands! >> abc news presents race to the white house is. complete election coverage 1968. tonight the california primary in the golden state. >> an hour and a half after the polls have closed in california, the biggest primary of them all, a slate of delegates pledged to senator eugene mccarthy has established an early lead to senator rob kennedy. >> on the last day, the early returns were not good. bobby kind of sat nervous like a little

king and robert kennedy left off.o if it hadn't been for them, i'm not so sure that i would have got involved in american politics. >> lewis plotted his entry into politics as he continued his voter registration work in the 1970s. >> it is no longer the drama in the streets. it is in washington. it is in city hall and state capitols around the south and around this country. >> he ran for the fifth congressional district in atlanta in 1977 and lost. he went on to serve on the atlanta city council but continued to eye the fifth district. >> right now it's the highest possibility for a black elected official that would like to move up. >> the seat opened up again in 1986, but there was another sncc veteran running, julian bond, who marched alongside lewis and at the time served in the georgia state legislature. >> they were inseparable. they had collaborated virtually on everything for more than 20 years. >> after a crowded primary, the vote came down to a runoff between the two friends. >> the race was on. each of these

. >> senator robert francis kennedy was 42 years old. >> we demonstrate against the war in vietnam. >reds of men killed last week in vietnam was the highest this summer. >> they are running an all white political party in 1968. >> we all need george c. wallace for our president of the united states. >> vote republican in november. >> the peace groups are demanding permission to march on convention hall. >> these cops here are tough. they'll kill you with a maul. >> as long as i am mayor of this town, there will be law and order in chicago. >> this is the moment of truth for the democratic party. >> tuesday night, i spent my evening at senator kennedy's campaign headquarters to celebrate his victory in california. tuesday night, i was in ecstasy with joy. wednesday morning, sorrow. and this morning, utter despair because now i'm lost. i'm desperate. and i don't know where we're going from here. >> by the early summer of 1968, there was this ache in the american spirit. what the hell is happening to us? is the country coming apart at the seams? >> no words can really fully convey the fe

king and robert kennedy left off. it hadn't been for them, i'm not so sure that i would have got involved in american politics. >> lewis plotted his entry into politics as he continued his voter registration work in the 1970s. >> it is no longer the drama in the streets. it is in washington. it is in city hall and state capitols around the south and around this country. >> he ran for the fifth congressional district in atlanta in 1977 and lost. he went on to serve on the atlanta city council but continued to eye the fifth district. >> right now it's the highest possibility for a black elected official that would like to move up. >> the seat opened up again in 1986, but there was another sncc veteran running, julian bond, who marched alongside lewis and at the time served in the georgia state legislature. >> they were inseparable. they had collaborated virtually on everything for more than 20 years. >> after a crowded primary, the vote came down to a runoff between the two friends. >> the race was on. each of these men

tragically, lewis was with robert kennedy in los angeles in june of '68 and was actually in his hotel room waiting for kennedy to come back after his victory in the california primary, and that's when bobby kennedy was assassinated. john lewis was with a group of people supporting robert kennedy, who never got to see him again because he was then taken to the hospital and passed away soon thereafter. john lewis was there for many of the great and some of the terribly tragic moments of the second half of the 20th century. >> melissa: spell >> harris: there are severalstoe told seven in total, at least that we know about at this point, along this route. representative john lewis' home-going, and it routes through washington, d.c., today. as they do this, the department of justice, as chris wallace was telling us, plays a significant role in some of the choices that went into why they stop at certain places. we saw a stop, a pause, and so we drove by the department of justice. next, the national counsel of negro women. representative lewis was involved with his organization on a variety

robert kennedy approves wiretaps of king's home in the fall of 1953 after the march on washington. the fbi will also tap hotel rooms. in 1964, the fbi goes after king after elected communist ties and sexual proclivities. i find nothing. shortly after he is named nobel prize winner, the fbi compiles a composite tape of extramarital sexual encounters. the idea is a send one tape to make it sound like king is having a sexual encounter with several women in his hotel room. they send this tape to king anonymously with a letter. "king, in view of your" -- this is from the fbi. "i will not dignify your name with a mr. or a reverent, or a doctor, your name calls to mind only a king like that of henry the eighth. look into your heart, you know you are a fraud and liability or all of our us negros. this is definitely a dude from the fbi. "you are a colossal fraud, clearly you don't believe in any personal moral principles. you are filth'etc.. you are on the record, all of your acts. listen to yourself, you filthy animal here to the american public, the church organizations helping protestant

the recruitment of black voters for the campaign in several states. >> it was a big deal for robert kennedyal for john lewis. it marked his transition to politics. >> lewis was in a rally with kennedy on the day his idol, dr. martin luther king, jr., was shot. >> martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight -- [ crowd screaming ] >> just two months later, the nation still reeling from king's death, kennedy won the california primary, lewis was in the hotel suite as he gave the victory speech. >> my thanks to all of you and let's go on to chicago and win there. >> next thing, it was announced on television that he been shot. >> is there a doctor in the house? >> and we saw the scene with bobby laying on the floor. we all just broke down and just cried, really. >> with two assassinations, tragedies for the nation as well as personal losses for john lewis, helped set his future course. >> to lose two people that i admired and loved was almost too. yeah, later, i just said let's pick up with dr. king and where robert kennedy left off. without them, i'm not sure i would have gotten involve

king and robert kennedy left off.dn't been for them, i'm not so sure that i would have got involved in american politics. >> lewis plotted his entry into politics, as he continued his voter registration work in the 1970s. >> it is no longer the drama in the streets. # it it is in washington. it is in city hall. the state capitols around the south, around this country. >> he ran for the 5th congressional district in atlanta in 1977 and lost. he went on to serve on the atlanta city council but continued to eye the 5th district. >> right now, it's the highest possibility for a elected official that would like to move up. >> the seat opened up again in 1986. but there was another sncc veteran running. julian bond, who marched alongside lewis and, at the time, served in the georgia state legislature. >> they were inseparable. they had collaborated, virtually, on everything for more than 20 years. >> after a crowded primary, the vote came down to a runoff between the two friends. >> the race was on. each of these men badly

king and robert kennedy left off.f it hadn't been for them, i'm not so sure that i would have gotten involved in american politics. >> reporter: lewis plotted his entry into politics as he continued his voter registration work in the 1970s. >> it is no longer the drama in the streets. it is in washington. it is in city hall, the state capitols around the south and around this country. >> reporter: he ran for the fifth congressional district in atlanta in 1977 and lost. he went on to serve on the atlanta city council but continued to eye the fifth district. >> right now, it's the highest possibility for a black elected official that would like to move up. >> reporter: the seat opened up again in 1986, but there was another sncc veteran running, julian bond, who marched alongside lewis, and at the time, served in the georgia state legislature. >> they were inseparable. they had collaborated virtually on everything for more than 20 years. >> reporter: after a crowded primary, the vote came down to a runoff between the tw

robert kennedy approves wire taps of king's home and the offices in the fall of 1963 after the march on washington. the fbi will also tap king's hotel rooms, which kennedy maybe knew about, unclear. in 1964, the fbi then goes after king by feeding tips to the press about his alleged communist tries and sexual proclivities, encourages the irs to harass him. they find nothing untoward. shortly after he's named the nobel prize winner, the fbi compiled a composit tape from king's hotel room of extramarital sexual encounters. the idea is they send one tape to make it sound as if king is having an extramarital affair with several women in his hotel room. it's just a composite of several incidents in which this happened. they send this tape to king anonymously with a letter. jump around a little bit in this. king, in view of your low -- this is from the fbi. king, in view of your low grade abnormal personal behavior, i will not dignify your name with a mister or a reverend or doctor, and your last name comes to mind only king henry viii and his conduct lower than a beast. king, look into you

hopeful people i've evernc met the only time he came close to giving up was after the murder of robert kennedy in 68. mlk was assassinated two months earlier when bobby kennedy died it seemed any hope for justice and equality had died also. he didn't allow the spirit to overcome him or spend his life hoping for better but making the world better. he still had hope with the belief in the future of this nation. i was reminded this weekend of john lewis humility and a day i will never forget barack obama sworn to be the firstni african-american president in the united states. leaving the podium he said to the new president asked him to sign the inauguration program. the president hesitated and then wrote the following inscriptio inscription, because of you joh john, barack obama. john there was was an icon in the american civil rights movement if he can find his life work only for racial injustice he would still be in the pantheon of heroes. but his vision and faith was bigger than just one group that commitment was too genuine and democracy and said you cannot build a wall must be for all the no

indianapolis was the site where senator robert kennedy informed our city that dr. martin luther king had been killed 50 years on that night, 50 years ago. it was in indianapolis in 1968 that i learned that john lewis learned about dr. king, his friend, his mentor, his hero, he learned of his death. he had not been to this park in indianapolis for 50 years. and yet he came there as the keynote speaker and he brought together our community. democrats, republicans, hispanics, african-americans, whites. everyone stood together to hear his words and to honor him and to pay tribute to his legacy, to the legacy of dr. king and to the legacy of senator robert kennedy. john was our friend. he walked the talk. he's walking in heaven now. he's showing us all how to walk the talk. and now it's up to us to not let him down. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. mr. walker. mr. walker: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to recognize the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. haley stevens. ms. stevens: congressman john lewis. the embodi

he once said the only time he came close to giving up was after the murder of robert kennedy in 1968. martin luther king had been assassinated two months earlier. and when bobby kennedy died, it seemed for a few weeks that any hope for justice and equality had died, too. that's what john lewis said. but he didn't allow despair to overcome him. he didn't spend his life hoping for better. he spent his life making the world better. he still had hope. and he had a profound belief in the future of this nation. i was reminded this week of a story that captured so well john lewis' humility and his enormous redemptive influence on america. it was january 20, 2009, a day i will never forget. barack obama was sworn in to be the first african american president of the united states. as he was leaving the podium, john lewis stepped forward to the new president and asked him to sign his inauguration program. the president hesitated, pulled out a pen, and wrote the following encryption. because of you, john, barack obama. john lewis was an "conof the american civil rights movement. if he confined h

campaigning with robert kennedy. i had, i heard senator robert kennedy was speaking the democratic nomination i had sent him a telegram and told him i wanted to help. and he invited me with some of his staffers to go and work in annapolis. to get people registered to help help organize area so i was there, mobilize enough . a rally would be heard that doctor king had been shot yet we didn't know, just that he had been shot.and kennedy came in and it was robert kennedy made the announcement that doctor king had been assassinated. and we all just cried and it was very sad. if it wouldn't have been for martin luther king jr. i don't know what would have happened to me but this man had emerged as a moral leader of the nation area he was my friend. he was my inspiration, he was my big brother. >> rfk made a speech in indianapolis, didn't he mark. >> robert kennedy did make a speech, it was a trumped up speech and he stood on the back of a car. he spoke out of his guts. and because of what he had to say that evening , it w

king and robert kennedy left off.it hadn't been for them, i'm not so sure that i would have gotten involved in american politics. >> reporter: lewis plotted his entry into politics as he continued his voter registration work in the 1970s. >> it is no longer the drama in the streets. it is in washington. it is in city hall, the state capitols around the south and around this country. >> reporter: he ran for the fifth congressional district in atlanta in 1977 and lost. he went on to serve on the atlanta city council but continued to eye the fifth district. >> right now, it's the highest possibility for a black elected official that would like to move up. >> reporter: the seat opened up again in 1986, but there was another sncc veteran running, julian bond, who marched alongside lewis, and at the time, served in the georgia state legislature. >> they were inseparable. they had collaborated virtually on everything for more than 20 years. >> reporter: after a crowded primary, the vote came down to a runoff between the two

robert kennedy approves wiretaps of kings home in the offices in the fall of 1963 after the march in washington. the fbi will also tap kings hotel rooms, which kennedy maybe or maybe did not know about. unclear. in 1964, the fbi then goes after king by feeding tips to the press about his alleged communist ties and sexual proclivity's. encourages the irs to harass him. i find nothing untoward. shortly after is named the nobel prize winner in october 1964, the fbi compels a composite tape from kate's hotel rooms of extramarital sexual encounters. the idea here is they send one tape to make it sounds like king is having an extramarital affair with several women in his hotel room is just a composite of several different incidents where this happened. they sent this tape to king, anonymously, with a letter. job around the little bit. king, if you have your -- this is from the fbi. king, and view of your low great personal behavior, i will not dignify your name with either a mister or reference or a doctor, and her last name calls to mind only the type of king such as king henry the eighth

robert kennedy had proposed that there be a christmas truce. we thought that was really important because we thought if people could just stop fighting at some point, then maybe they would continue to not fight. so those were the two reasons we decided to wear the arm bands, but when that article for the student newspaper found it -- the faculty advisor for the journalism class saw that article, he took it to the principal of the school and the principal of the school got on the phone to the principals of other schools in des moines and said, do you know this is going to happen? we better have a meeting. they had a meeting and decided not to permit the wearing of the arm bands. well, we went ahead and wore the arm bands anyway and got kicked out of school. after we were kicked out of school, we didn't quite know what to do about it, so we called a lawyer, a local lawyer who was involved with the iowa civil liberties union. he said, you know, you have a federal case here. they violated your constitutional rights. you should go back to school so

wisconsin trying to demean lyndon johnson and weaken his role in the robert kennedy was the most powerfulperson for this first thousand days. then he had the terrible tragic circumstance were kennedy is assassinated and suddenly the vice president is elevated to the presidency. and now rfk, robert kennedy's working for someone who hates him there's a screaming fight they have in the oval office shortly after johnson is inaugurated right after the first cabinet meeting prayed they don't talk for two months after that. think about it rfk was the sitting attorney general and did not talk to the president for two months that is unusual sometimes you have the president giving certain powers to a vice president it's interesting in the book that hubert humphrey you think lbj might have learned had the nicer more inclusive just the opposite was the case he was belittling humphrey as the kennedy people the measure of events and in later years he points out the vice president had become more powerful need to look at my chapter on the bush 43 administration dick cheney had mentioned earlier is very

indianapolis was the site where senator robert kennedy informed our city that dr. martin luther king had been killed 50 years on that night, 50 years ago. it was in indianapolis in 1968 that i learned that john lewis learned about dr. king, his friend, his mentor, his hero, he learned of his death. he had not been to this park in indianapolis for 50 years. and yet he came there as the keynote speaker and he brought together our community. democrats, republicans, hispanics, african-americans, whites. everyone stood together to hear his words and to honor him and to pay tribute to his legacy, to the legacy of dr. king and to the legacy of senator robert kennedy. john was our friend. he walked the talk. he's walking in heaven now. he's showing us all how to walk the talk. and now it's up to us to not let him down. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. mr. walker. mr. walker: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to recognize the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. haley stevens. ms. stevens: congressman john lewis. the embodi

robert kennedy has been working at the justice department to make sure nothing goes wrong. they are gaining scenarios. how will they remove george wallace if he refuses? what will happen if he does refuse? should they hold him in contempt of court because there is an order to the university? how will they handle that? how will they preserve the dignity of the black students who just want an education? the kennedys have been preparing for this assiduously. they have studied maps provided by the forestry service. they have a position on the edge of campus in case a lynch mob chases the two away. thousands of klansmen outside the door of the university, the gates of the university. this is happening that day. kennedy on monday is preparing for this. the confrontation won't take place until tuesday. on monday, he is gaming this. one advantage i had in writing this story is -- and i did not know it until well into it -- there was a documentary film team that day in the white house, led by robert drew, one of the early cinema verite filmmakers. i had access to the raw footage whi

roberts brother was killed whatever you believe about the kennedy assassination all of the or even in some way didactic you. if it was oswald alone it was because he was a very we know of the fact the us is making again that it was castro it was revenge if that was the end. it was because they didn't like him to giving up on the bed. yet it was because if you missed it with the i am right out rogue elements of the national hero it was because they were angry were going to be over here about it she'll the 2nd has never left the us government actually died when i read the intent to work on her action action here but you know it or think we're still angry don't castro but we don't know how many hundreds of millions of lives may be affected by all these foreign policy decisions just finally what's happened to camp dietrich which reaches so much in this book is associated with plum island because of course there is a conspiracy in fact law some of us representative from the republicans because of a smith said lyme disease could have been created by camp dietrich it's a disease 300000 ameri

>> robert kennedy was a senator from new york state then. jean mccarthy was just about to run for president shortly and then lbj would announce he was a running for reelection and in the epilogue of my book you see where all of these political characters are in the cities of the book you can look at el pas paso, robert kennedy and richard nixon both in milwaukee on the day. the campaign running for reelection in wisconsin then but on the verge of speaking of running for president. madison was one of the first major protests almost every semester from then on. and within a year of that the national guard was called they were not there for this protest and that unfolded but at the book end of that some people blew up the research center. and in the middle of the night was killed. and that was one of the other tragedies. >> thank you for taking my call. >>caller: general alan the greatest general we had in world war ii. so can you comment on what he did after the war? and when he passed away? have there ever been an autobiography printed about

under jfk the attorney general kennedy's brother from the days they were both in the senate and robert kennedy tries to demean johnson and we can his role in that was the first 1000 days but then you have those circumstances now suddenly the vice president and now kennedy works with the president and in the oval office that in the coronavirus. but that is unusual. sometimes you have a president giving certain powers to a vice president it's interesting in the book i point out humphrey was lbj vice president and from what he said he was nicer to his and in fact the opposite as he was belittling humphrey but then in his later years he did say the vice president did become more comfortable you look at dick cheney he is very involved between secretary rice as the national security advisor and then :-colon powell. and then i mentioned earlier the bush domestic team but the foreign-policy team and then the vice president was an important part of that. and that situation with the vice president. >> we have a lot of questions coming in we will get there as many as we can now we will get to more of the

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your book you quote richard helms as saying the principal driving force was attorney general robert kennedy and you say there's an irony that actually the cia acid in paris was receiving a poison pen on the same day as as malcolm x. said the chickens came home to roost and j.f.k. robots brother was killed whatever you believe about the kennedy assassination all of the or even in some way didactic you. if it was oswald alone it was because he was a very we know it go back to us making it was castro it was revenge then with the and after a few moments it was because they didn't like any giving up on the baby. yet it was because if you missed it with the i am right out rogue elements of the national hero it was because they were angry were going to be over that shield the 2nd had never left the us government actually died when i. went to work the persian action q but you know it's a moment of thinking we're still angry don't castro but we don't know how many hundreds of millions of lives may be affected by all these foreign policy decisions just finally what's happened to camp dietrich which r

and particularly overwhelmed by the reports but we had the tet offensive and mlk, robert kennedy. it was a time in america and write a book and also has that picture on the cover. first of all this is a historical book and obviously i write about him this is the burdens of the office and then quickly package you to the burdens and then the author of my favorite quote. >> what is your favorite quote of the presidency? >> he had a lot of great quotes you could just keep writing books about johnson because he so colorful was so much character. sometimes it's like a jackass in the hailstorm sometimes you have to take it. that is one of the central questions about the author. what about the tenant of the office and johnson's he was those are unfair and sometimes you have to sit and take it your job is to take a i think donald trump looked at some of those and then he punches those in the new on on - - in the nose. and that represents a change. >> let's go back to the founders. to overburdened and misunderstood. is that the job the founders thought they were describing in the constituti

he was a trusted voice to my robert kennedy.tudent on, first as a demonstrator, and later as a aide.gn was also a teacher and a cherished friend. bobby learned from one another. listened. they understood. they. freedom rider, john at a bus s in 1961. from the basement of the first baptist churchjohn, artin luther king jr., sought refuge, they called bobby asking for protectionro of supremacists surrounded the church. president kennedy sent in the national guard. in indianalis, the night we lost dr. king, john influenced bobby's decision to ignore the mayor's plea to cancel the rally. instead seeking to comfort and seeking comfort. from a devastated crowd of black supporters. as the youngest speaker in the march on washington, his was a clarion call to end racial discrimination and segregation in the united states. over half a century later as unrest over systemic violence against black americans gripped our nation in recent weeks, john reinforced what he knew was true. quote, you cannot stop the call of history, tsaid. you may u

didn't robert kennedy say mrs. johnston run taxes for us?>> when approaching the campaigning issue, how did she reply to people? >> i haven't heard a reply to that question. >> i don't think it would've been addressed to her, you know? it was much more either directed towards the kennedy. >> the next calls from john, in charleston, in charleston. >> i appreciate the series. one question i had was how was mitch johnson was treated on the lady bird spread? she came in 1964, who is a big powerful congressman. he went out on a limb, not only for her, but she was treated pretty bad here in charleston. overall, how she treated in the rest of the south, and their relationship with the rivers and the johnson's? >> hello, will have a clip later. but the campaigns down on the approach in the south. >> 1964, we were in a different place because the president had signed the 1964 civil rights bill in the summertime. and the south was up in arms. mrs. johnson absolutely insisted on taking the ladybird special through the south, saying this was the part of

robert caro deals with this. he was shrunken in a most invisible in the kennedy administration.ack kennedy tried on several occasions to make him feel at home but he did not trust him as much as he could have. lyndon johnson would become the great civil rights president within a year. colleen: from rick, do you believe the assassination of medgar evers one day after kennedy's june 11 speech was some kind of statement to jfk? andrew: well, it was. june 11, 1963 may well be the singular, single most important day in the history of the civil rights movement. we have the university of alabama and integration. we have jfk's introduction of the civil rights act of 1963. and in the early hours of june 12, 12:20 a.m., medgar evers, the unsung hero of the civil rights movement, shot from behind in his driveway, in his home, in a segregated subdivision in jackson, mississippi. kennedy's day had ended and he was asleep. he woke that morning to find, and a sense, perhaps the reason he had given that speech and the consequence of that speech. byron de la beckwith had heard the speech, but ke

and i do remember the killing of robert kennedy. older, i started to read up on things as far as movement --il rates rights movement. i watched many documentaries. it is interesting to me how the issue of black lives matter, you i do notblows my mind, understand why people do not get it. no one said that all lives did not matter. what are you tripping on? no one ever said that. this is about a group of people disrespected so and put on a level of being subhuman. it blows myine, mind that this country measured a black person by a certain percentage of what they had in their blood. are you kidding mez/ in this country -- are you kidding me? in this country? i did not ask to be born here. i was born here. time, theny point in person who is just speaking, said you could get killed at one point in time in this country for your civil-rights. are you kidding? for your civil-rights? it is mind blowing. but, you know,, it is like that thing, it is a trip. and these. citizen things happen. andi am a black female there were blacks back in the

robert kennedy had been assassinated. what he's doing in that picture, what we know, we don't know all of it, and we don't know what's on his mind, but he's listening to a tape recording from his son-in-law who went on to be the senator of virginia. he was a marine lieutenant in vietnam sending back audio cassettes to his father-in-law about what was happening in vietnam. johnson wanted a kind of battlefield perspective. he was worried he wasn't getting a straight story from his generals. so he was listening to the tape in that picture. and so that's the background for that picture. you can't see the tape recorder on the cover because the book would have been too long. but it is the kind of agony, conjured the agony and weight of the office. when you open the book, there's a picture of president johnson and the republican leader in the senate in which johnson is much more assertive, kind of on the balls of his feet, engaging in what has been called the johnson treatment in negotiations with dirksen, so those two pictures

here was robert kennedy, address number eight.nk we are don't speaking english but we are not speaking the same line which because there is a problem in education, voting, public accommodations, problem of the treatment of the negro. been treated not equally. we want to do something about it, senator, but you are opposed to every provision of the bill for one reason or another. , but i feel fighting this bill, i have still fighting to preserve a constitutional government in the united states and protect and preserve the personalnomic, legal property rights of all americans. >> what is the prospect for a bill this year? there will be one, but how broad? there are many in congress. how many republicans will support the administration in the battleground of the house? will the public accommodation sessions -- section stay in the bill? here is an opinion. >> the constitution talks about three things. it says life, liberty, and property on and man can't be denied any of those without due process of law. process of law. if you use the c

kennedy, the attorney general is famously kennedy's brother, robert f kennedy who hated johnson and he did them from the days in the senate he is trying to demean lyndon johnson and weaken his role in robert f kennedy was the most powerful person in the kenny amen canadin administration then you have a terrible tragic circumstances and the vice president is elevated to be presidency and now rfk who is working for president who hates him and there is a big screaming fight that they have in the oval office shortly after johnson is inaugurated after the first cabinet meeting and they don't talk for two months after that. and everybody in the audience with the weird coronavirus period. rfk was the sitting attorney general and knowing the president for two months, that is unusual. sometimes you have a president giving certain powers to a vice president that they may have one administration on the other. i also point out that hubert humphrey was lbj's vice president and he might've learned from the experience that he had to be nicer with humphrey and the opposite was the case, he was belittl

they have martin luther king assassinated, robert kennedy has been assassinated, so it was a time of low in america and they wrote a book and they have that picture also on the cover and we chose it because we want people to know this is a historical book although we have a president of the moment. this is a book about the office and that picture gets right to the burdens and also johnson had a quote about the presidency also. >> host: what is your favorite quote about the presidency lac >> guest: you could keep writing books about johnson because he had so much character but anyway, sometimes it's likee it, he punches is in the no's and says no i don't i don't have to take it, that represents a change in the presidency and we can talk about whether that is a good or bad thing and you describe the presidency of the hardest job in the world, overburdened, misunderstood, is investing jobs at the founders thought they were describing in the constitution. >> it is farmer powerful than anything that they worry about, the president has complained about the job in fact john hansen who is th

he runs for president we find him not giving attribution when he plagiarizes people including robert kennedy and john f. kennedy. the list is endless. the amazing thing is the only original thought he seems to have had is when he claimed he went to college on a full ride scholarship with a double major and all these other things he didn't do. probably sticking to plagiarizing is safer for him. judge jeanine: well you know and i heard that as well. he says that in such earnest. i got a full scholarship and i graduated with 168 credits and he didn't. he's so passionate about his lies but what does it tell you about the economic plan? is this an admission that number one he knows that the economy is president trump's strong point, or is it number two that these are just words and his sea approaches hopefully the presidency he's nothing more than really a socialist, words don't match his actions. >> i think you have hit the exact right term. these are just words judge. the fact is that joe biden is all about turning the phrase and not in fact turning real management. if you look at his history w

robert kennedy appeared.ce again i do not think we are speaking english but we are not speaking the same language because there's a problem here, problem in education, voting, problem and public accommodation and the treatment of the nigro. the need has not been treated equally and we want to do something about it, senator and we want to have you join us. but you're opposed to every provision of this bill for one reason or another. >> i am sorry i have detained you as long as i have. that fighting this bill i am still fighting to preserve the constitutional government in the united states and to protect and preserve the basic economic, legal, personal and property rights of all americans. >> what is the prospect for a bill this year? there will be one. the question is how broad? how many republicans will support the administration in the immediate battleground in the house? while the public accommodation section stay in the bell? can the senate choke off a filibuster? here's a sample of senate opinion. >> the

these are people who tended not to do well in the kennedy administration. she praises robertcnamara, did really well. i think he really did listen to her. one thing to remember, though, this is how different times were in those days. the moment that the kennedys went to texas on the 21st of november, 50 years ago, 1963, since the inauguration, jacque kennedy had never been west of virginia. she did not travel domestically in this country. she had small children. she didn't campaign. she thought that that would be something to do in election year. and that's why going to texas meant so much because she said, jack, i will do anything to help you, especially because she said, jack, i'll do anything to help you, especially because i had made the election year 1964. >> so what else do you learn about her savvy in listening to all these hours of tapes? >> that this is someone -- you remember what you were mentioning what arthur was said, this is someone who gave the impression of someone who was not involved in politics, for instance, before the election 1960 or actually the conven

and after texas did go for kennedy, johnson in '60, didn't robert kennedy say mrs.ohnson won texas for us? >> when approached during campaigning about the catholic issue, how did mrs. johnson reply? >> i'm not sure i ever heard her reply to that question. >> i don't think it was a question that would have been addressed to her. you know, it was much more directed to the kennedys. >> next call to don. >> caller: good evening. how are y'all? >> good, thank you. >> caller: good. i appreciate c-span having the "first ladies" series. how was mrs. johnson treated on the lady bird express. i believe congressman bob, her with congressman mendel rivers who was a powerful congressman in the state. he went out on a limb to do all he could for her. she was treat pretty bad here in charleston. how was she treated to the south and what was their relationship with the river's and the johnson's? >> thanks so much. a little bit later we'll have a clip from the the lady bird express. campaign tile and the approach to the south we're talking about. >> 1964 we were in a whole different