valenti onelieve that.ime, he was jockeying for other jobs in the white house and administration before he left. he leave indid protest. i think he and the president had come to the end of the road of the relationship. moyers was in bobby kennedy's camp. conversation reflects a desire on the part of to cast moyers as the good angel and the white house who ultimately had to leave because he was cast aside. that vastly overplays it. the book is not about vietnam. the idea that he left in protest because of vietnam was manufactured by a lot of the kennedy partisans. brian: your personal view on this. you have spent a lot of time with these people. you think you would not like working with -- who do you think you would not like working with? joshua: there is a guy we have not talked about, george reidy. brian: hold it right there. i have some video of george reidy. this was done in 1996. he is no longer with us. >> when it comes to , johnson was positively chaotic. he never really quite knew who was running thi

valenti read it and decided whether he got in there. the next morning he would pick up the memos and dispersed the instructions. valenti later estimated johnson was reading 300,000 words a week in policy papers which meant the lengths he was reading more. he was incredibly important. he was also a speech writer. he was a utility player like all of them. that was a critical role. he was really broad and open minded for a texan who had never really worked. he went to harvard and whatnot for his mba. he was a man of the world but he did not know washington. this was the mid-1960's when a lot of ideas were fomenting. he was seen as an oddball. he would let staff members and folks in the cabin agencies put -- in the cabinet agencies put stuff in the night reading. ryan: correct me if i was wrong -- brian: correct me if i was wrong but i believe he left the white house and went to work for the motion pictures association of america. i think it was the first -- he was the first lobbyists to make $1 million a year. joshua: i heard that story bu

. >> here's a photo that includes moyers, jack valenti and marvin watson. who are those people standing with lynn condition johnson? he was a very sincere and earnest theologian , he ended up working for johnson in johnson's media business in texas, at the station lay by dirt -- lady bird owned. and on the senate staff. >> what about jack paleti? >> he was just a friend a young advertising and p.r. guy from texas who johnson knew. he ended up marrying one of johnson's secretaries and he's a fascinating character. the fact that he's there is happenstance. he was advancing a leg of the texas trip in november of 1963 l.b.j. invited him on from houston to dallas, he happened to be five cars back in the motorcade or 10 cars back when the president was assassinated. johnson put him on air force one immediately and brought him back o d.c. >> of all the people you wrote about who intrigued you most? >> mcfeverson. he was one of the few that didn't go to university of texas in austin. he wrote a letter to l.b.j. and that spun into him coming to washington on the sta

. >> from the vantage point jack valenti november 1963 in advertising pr gay mom -- pr guy and from the young businessman became friendly with the senate secretary and he was tasked as a volunteer with the leg of the trip that president kennedy was taking in houston and johnson said get on air force two and fly to dallas and come with me afterwards so he did. he was ten cars back in the motorcade through a whirlwind of circumstances that he wanted on air force one but he wasn't sure why but on the four left corner you can see a very confused looking valenti had no idea why he was there. he went on staff having no experience that johnson really respected his opinion became the appointment secretary and a great gatekeeper not on who got to see him but the information that he would look through the memorandum of staff and would decide what should go before the president and he wears a champion of the oddball idea with those proposals and concepts are little different from moyers who was on appointment that day 29 years old he was a staff member with johnson since the 1960 presidential camp

. >> reporter: bianca valenty may be more bummed than most.he is one of six women who was set to make history by taking part in the mavericks contest. now she can look forward to next year. >> we'll see what women are capable of and it's going to be amazing. >> reporter: the women were set to compete in a single winner take all heat, and they hope for more. >> we'd like to see two heats next season, two semifinals and a final. >> no contest means lots of disappointed businesses in half moon bay. >> we were relying 100% on mother nature to give us perfect conditions and some years she doesn't produce and this is one of them. >> right now we could use it because it's down, the harbor is not busy and the crab has dropped off and we're looking for a boost to the economy for us down here. >> reporter: the the world surf league says its plan is to have women in the competition next year and the women, of course, want more, as you heard. its committee has set up a meeting with the coastal commission for next month. that is the agency that approves th

. >> reporter: bianca valenti may be more bummed than most. she's one of six women that had been set to make history by taking part in the mavericks contest. now she can only look forward to next year. >> we're going to see what women are really capable of. it's going to be amazing. >> reporter: the women were set to compete in a single winner take all heat. but boosters say by next year they hope for more. >> we would really like to see three heats next season, two semifinals and a final. >> reporter: meanwhile no contest means lots of disappointed businesses in half moon bay, from the surf shop -- >> we're relying 100% on mother nature to give us good conditions. in some years she didn't produce. this is one of them. >> reporter: -- to local restaurants. >> the weather has gone down, the harbor isn't busy, we're looking for a little bit boost to the economy for us down here. >> reporter: and the world surf league says its plan is to have women included in the competition next year. of course, as you heard, the women want more time. they have

the florida legislature has passed a package of moderate gun control measures in the wake of the valenti's day massacre at marjory steman douglas high school. the measures raise the age for purchasing firearms statewide, from 18 to 21, and ban the purchase of possession of bump stocks, and impose a three-day waiting period to buy guns. but the measures do not include a ban on the sale of assault rifles or limits on high-capacity magazines, as the survivors of the school shooting had demanded. the measures also allow local school districts to arm certain school workers, including tehers. the legislation now heads to florida governor rick scott's desk. on wednesday, the confessed parkland shooter, 19-year-old former student nikolas cruz, was arraigned on 17 counts of murder. there was another school shooting wednesday in birmingham, alabama. one student was killed and another is in critical condition. authorities say the shooting appeared to be an accident. "the new york times" reports last week president trump's personal lawyer secretly obtained a temporary restraining order to silence adul

office on the far left corner against the wall of the plane you will see a very confused looking jack valenti, no idea why i was there. he went on staff, having no political experience but johnson really respected his intellect and his dedication. he became the appointment secretary, proved a very deft gatekeeper for johnson not just in terms of who could see them but what information he consumed. he called through 5000 words for miranda from staff and different departments every week and decided -- he was credited by quite a few staff members for having been a champion of the oddball idea. he put in front of johnson a wide variety of proposals and concepts. he was a little different from bill moyer who was also on the plane that day, and ordained baptist minister. he had been a staff member on johnson ave. senate staff and his 1960 presidential campaign. he later jumped ship and worked at the peace corps in the kennedy administration advancing the austin portion of the trip and valencia was an accidental passenger on air force one, moyer was an elder statesman of pbs and always came across a

the women's team pursuit it was the third consecutive world title for the united states jennifer valenti chloe di go kimberly geist and kelly kaplan the great britain by one point three one one seconds to claim gold there was a gold medal for great britain in the men's team pursuit kinna madi charlie tanfield ethan hater and ed clancy overcoming denmark thirty two year old clancy was also in the school the last time britain won the team pursuit title back in two thousand and twelve in the men's care and that was goal for colombia fabienne hernando put as a pup so went one better than he did at last year's world championships in hong kong to win the title defending champion has me a wiring of malaysia finished down in thirteen. and it was a first gold medal of these championships for valorous year when he karalee up winning the men's sports race. that four time world champion was hamilton is looking like the man to beat once again heading into the new formula one season and the sadie's drive was on top of the time sheets in pre-season testing in barcelona on thursday mclaren's saw full ru

the had help from the women's march organization, valenti talk about the people other than those performingwere people who were very young students, 11 years old going up there and talking about their experiences. there was a kid from washington, d.c., whose twin brother was killed. you had a wide range of ages. they were all under 18. it is something they talked about and that they wanted to make clear. the young activists and young adults, they are people that will push the movement forward for what they want. they want change and that is what they think will happen. that let me conclude on point. there were no well-known celebrities or politicians speaking yesterday. guest: i think it was. i think the point was people, your friends and family that you know, where the people up there. kids that you could fill -- you could look at them and say, that could be my child. the website is newsy.com. , his firstels appearance here on c-span. a political reporter. thank you. up next here on c-span and live on c-span3, american history tv and we look back years ago to 1968. we are calling the serie