and i wanted to put lyndon johnson it was a very skilled politician in some kind of context. to understand what was it about the congress at the time, what was it about the country at that time that allowed someone like lyndon johnson to succeed. and that's the story of the book, and the iconic image of lyndon johnson as many of you knew him or who saw him or read about him is the treatment, and that's where johnson would physically hover over both his opponent and his supporters. there's a classic picture with richard russell, his mentor, in the senate, a conservative southerner would you standing over him and russell is looking up. for another with senator theodore green which captures the same kind of image, and that in some ways is how we think of what happened in the period, but i wanted to move beyond that and i wanted to really tried to understand what was going on what was making washington work for those years, and why did that shut down. so part of the story i tell is about social movements, and something that certainly historians have written a lot about. my friend

he hated lyndon johnson with a passion. he had long regarded lyndon johnson as a crook, as sleazy. he believed the american public didn't understand what kind of man they had in the oval office. and so a good deal of that advertising was very personally directed at lyndon johnson. >> man: slowly, they begin to understand that something must be wrong... badly wrong... at the top. >> ♪ [ crowd yelling ] new america. ask not what you can give, but what you can take. >> mann: when it was shown to goldwater, he is reported to have said, "that's a racist film. we can't show that." officially, the goldwater people said they never used it, but the truth is, is that the spot was used across the country. republican supporters of goldwater would host these house parties and show the film. it just wasn't aired on television. but it still was out there accusing johnson of having undermined the nation's social fabric. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> man: young citizens for johnson have as guest of honor luci baines johnson, youngest daughter of the president, who is on a one-woman campaign tour for her fathe

someone like lyndon johnson to succeed? this is the story of the book. again then edits the treatment as johnson would physically however over the supporters. in den a conservative southerner where he stands over ham which captures the same kind of image. but i want to move beyond that for what was going on to make washington work? and why did that shut down? so part of the story is about social movements. and then with those social movements part of why that congress a liberal senator from pennsylvania coal the sexless branch of government. with both the executive branch and congress to take action. congress at that time was very vibrant with grass-roots activist with force politicians to do what they often did have the courage to do at that moment. part of that were interest groups like the afl-cio, a huge force at the time representing organized labor that none of them -- mobilize members but also washington to lobby behind the bills when the house would vote on a measure was a period when things were not recorded. back

s come into this space just as they did during lyndon johnson's today. it has not changed since he died in 1973. there is a document signed by the archivist of the united states and ladybird johnson say nothing in this room can change. this is just as president johnson would have seen it in his day. there have been a number of luminaries in this room -- seven presidents have been through these rooms. six first ladies, the queen of england, prince philip, prince charles, princess diana all have been in this room and it looks exactly as we see it now. there is a famous interview l.b.j. did with walter cronkite in the early 1970's in which l.b.j. is sitting in that chair and walter cronkite on that couch. you see exactly what you see right now. the president was alive for about a year and a half when this library was built. it was inaugurated in may of 1971 and he died in january of 1973. he had a very limited time during which he was a part of this library's life, but a very important time. lady bird johnson continued to make it an important part of her li

the other thing that makes it unique is this is the actual furniture in lyndon johnson's white house, including his desk. this is not the resolute desk we associate with the president the death -- the desk president obama uses and the photo many of us recognize with john f. kennedy junior popping out of his father's desk. johnson however, because he wanted to take his furniture back to the presidential library offered instead to use the desk he had as a senator. he used this when he was senate majority leader and use this as fight resident and took it to the oval office when he ascended to the presidency. that is his chair, his telephone, this is his suite of furniture, including the rocking chair that he sat in on meetings. you will recognize that being similar to the rocking chairs john f. kennedy used when he was president. it was done by the same manufacturer. every president gets to choose the portraits he wants to grace his oval office. in president johnson's case, he chose george washington, andrew jackson, and his hero, franklin roosevelt. he was very much a product of the new

the ip's come into this space just as they did during lyndon johnson's day, but it's not open to visitors on a daily basis. this is really a living, breathing artifact. it has not changed at all since president johnson died in january of 1973. there's a document in the corner on this room signed by the then archivist of the united states and lady bird johnson telling my processors myself and successors that nothing in this room can change will stop this is just as president johnson would have seen it in his day. there have been a number of luminaries in this room -- seven presidents have stride through these rooms. six first ladies, the queen of england, prince philip, prince charles, princess diana all have been in this room and it looks exactly as we see it now. there is a famous interview lbj did with walter cronkite and the early 1970's in which lbj is sitting in that chair and walter cronkite on that couch. you see exactly what you see right now. the president was alive for about a year and a half when this library was built. it was inaugurated in may of 1971 and he died in january o

it has been criticized for the portrayal of lyndon johnson. was he working with martin luther king,jr. to reach a voting rights act or arguing that it had to be one thing and voting rights had to come afterwards. it was a matter of timing? >> it was my understanding that president johnson wanted to wait and not move so fast. he said in effect i just signed the civil rights act. we don't have the votes in the congress. if you want me to get a bill passed, make me do it. >> when he said make me do it he meant create the political pressure on congress. >> create the political pressure and the climate, the environment. and selma selected herself because you had all the necessary ingredients. very few people of color were registered to vote. people had to stand in line and take a literacy desk. people were beaten. >> nbc interviewed you before you started the march. >> we will march today to dramatize to the nation and the world that hundreds and thousands of negro citizens of alabama, but particularly here in the area denied the right to vote. we

king, lyndon johnson in january of 1965, calls dr. king. they talked on the phone about a lot of things, and lbj said nothing will be more important than giving them the vote, giving blacks the vote. and doctor, which he called dr. king, i want you, you can contribute to this by you and your leaders finding the worst place in the south, get it on the radio, get it in television, get it in the pull pits so that a guy on a tractor in the midwest will say, that's not fair. that's not fair. you do that and i'll be able to shove this bill through up here in washington. >> the middle part of the country was very good on civil rights. civil rights leader andrew young was with dr. king in the white house that december of '64. he said the tension portrayed in the film didn't happen. let's watch him. >> president johnson did not say that it had to wait. he said that i have a great agenda and i can't just -- i just got through, remember, this was december, the civil rights act of '64 had just passed in july. so we're coming six months afterwards. and

i happened to be here on the day lyndon johnson was going to sign the voting rights act of 1965 one of the two important civil rights measures of the mid '60s. and senator cooper grabbed me by the arm and said i'm going take you to the rotunda. and there i was, in the rotunda conspicuously in the back, witnessing this mountain of a man, lyndon johnson signing the voting rights act of 1965. it made an indelible impression on me. and ironically, just a couple of years ago, we were celebrating the centennial of lbj's birth. and i was involved in the ceremony in the rotunda. with lucy baines johnson representing the johnson family. i had never met her before, and i said, well, i had one experience when i was in the vicinity of your father. and she said, oh, what was that? and i told her that i had been there at the time he signed the voting rights act. she said, i was there too. and she proceeded to tell me that he had put her in the presidential limousine and taken her to the capitol because that was something he thought she needed to witness. and she asked him on the way down, daddy, as

lyndon johnson depended on the grassroots. he depended on the civil rights movement to push ideas like civil rights and i think obama has to connect with grassroots activists who have been calling for him to work with them raesh to separate himself. >> looking at the history of presidents and look vietnam is a very different war than the war that is being fought against isis but looking at the history of presidential historian, history of presidents do you think the president is taking the correct stance right now? >> i don't think this is vietnam for him. i think in general he tried to be restrained including with isis and his strategy is not to let each event dictate what he does militarily. in that way he's living with the memory of vietnam and trying to avoid that kind of confrontation. >> when you went in to writing this book you said you went into it with the sort of conventional wisdom about lbj and that your mind was really changed. as did you your research what was it that changed your perception of this president and

i understand 45 years later whether it was lyndon johnson or dr. king, everybody had a piece of the puzzle. i'm at the point now where i have white friends, black friends, all nationalities of friends, all age groups coming to be a part of the solution. my question is, what you suggest that i do? what can i do as a citizen, a local citizens? i'm looking just for an opportunity. i'm going down to south dallas later this morning. i just want to know what i can do to get involved. i'm willing to leave my number for someone to call me and tell me about things that are going on because i believe that we do need the police. it is absolutely absurd for anybody to think that we do not. there is a cyber i come from in urban neighborhoods where the police were extremely prejudice. that is not all the issues. let us bring the issues. guest: well, what can you do? you can be in touch with the church if there are activities going there. there are many civic organizations, fraternal organizations. their crimewatch organizations. their opportunities to run for th

happened to be here on the day lyndon johnson was going to sign the vote rights act on 1965 one of the two important civil rights measures of the mid '60s. and senator cooper grabbed me by the arm and said i'm going take you to the rotunda. and there i was, in rotunda conspicuously back in the back, witnessing this mountain of a man, lyndon johnson signing the voting rights act of 1965. it made an indelible impression on me. and ironically, just a couple of years ago, we were celebrating the centennial of lbj's birth. and i was involved in the ceremony in the rotunda. with lucy baines johnson representing the johnson family. and i said i never met her before, i said well, i had one experience when i was in the vicinity of your father. and she said, oh, what was that? and i told her that i had been there at the time he signed the voting rights act. she said i was there too. and she proceeded to tell me that he had put her in the presidential limousine and taken her to the capitol because that was something she thought she needed to witness. and she asked him on the way down, daddy, as s

lyndon johnson on civil rights. it would only be human for them to protest a little bit. >> i've heard some supporters of the film say that critics and historians are missing the point. this is what selma looked like and felt like from the ground level, not from the corridors of power. is that what you think? >> absolutely. absolutely. this film is unfortunately as relevant today in examining critical issues that impact african-americans and other disenfranchised people as it was in the 1960s. so again, having seen the film twice, i didn't walk away from either experience thinking anything differently of lbj. he was a busy man who had a lot of things on his plate. i didn't get from the actor's performance any type of negativity or any type of bad impression. so i'm not even sure where all of this is coming from, to be honest with you. but i would encourage people to go and see "selma." it's certainly a film that i think is going to encourage people in this country to finally start having some real and honest talk ab

i happened to be here on the day lyndon johnson was going to sign the voting rights act of 1965, one of the two important civil rights measures of the mid '60's. and senator cooper grabbed me by the arm and said i'm going take you to the rotunda. and there i was, in the rotunda, conspicuously in the back, witnessing this mountain of a man, lyndon johnson signing the voting rights act of 1965. it made an indelible impression on me. and ironically, just a couple of years ago, we were celebrating the centennial of lbj's birth. and i was involved in the ceremony in the rotunda. with lucy baines johnson representing the johnson family. i had never met her before, and i said, well, i had one experience when i was in the vicinity of your father. and she said, oh, what was that? and i told her that i had been there at the time he signed the voting rights act. she said, i was there too. and she proceeded to tell me that he had put her in the presidential limousine and taken her to the capitol because that was something he thought she needed to witness. and she asked him on the way down, daddy

king lyndon johnson in january of 1965, calls dr. king. they talked on the phone about a lot of things and lbj said nothing will be more important than giving them the vote giving blacks the vote. and doctor which he called dr. king, i want you, you can contribute to this by you and your leaders finding the worst place in the south, get it on the radio, get it in television get it in the pull pits so that a guy on a tractor in the midwest will say, that's not fair. that's not fair. you do that and i'll be able to shove this bill through up here in washington. >> the middle part of the country was very good on civil rights. civil rights leader andrew young was with dr. king in the white house that december of '64. he said the tension portrayed in the film didn't happen. let's watch him. >> president johnson did not say that it had to wait. he said that i have a great agenda and i can't just -- i just got through, remember this was december, the civil rights act of '64 had just passed in july. so we're coming six months afterwards. and we di

and indeed that gave the campaign in selma gave lyndon johnson the mother impetus to introduce it. that fellow on the tractor, did conclude it was not right. there were basic injustices in america that should not stand. and reluctant congress ultimately passed the voting rights act after selma. selma was catalyst in making that happen. >> schieffer: what do you think happened here, mr. updegrove? i know that andy young who was a top aide to martin luther king junior, was part of this. he said the movie got that part dead wrong. yesterday clifford alexander one of johnson's top aide, an african american later secretary of the army he says they got it wrong. what happened here? >> well there's no litmus test for movies that based on history. there's no standard that says you got this wrong, you got to correct that. on your very air on cbs two mornings ago the great civil rights leader concluded that the movie needed a villain. and what better villain than president of the united states. unfortunately just doesn't ring true historically. >> schieffer: i want to thank you very much for

sunday night at 11:00, princeton university historian julian zellezer examines lyndon johnson. on american history tv on c-span three, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, university of california's davis professor eric raushway on the allied strategy during world war ii and sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. sammy morris tours the schools a millionaire hurt collections which houses the world's largest assemblage of papers related to the american aviation pioneer. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching bike calling us -- e-mail us -- or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> on the cover is lyndon johnson showing a scar. could you tell us about that? >> i was very moved and very upset as were the editors of the "new york review of books." they reviewed books and so wants with the same point of view is mine which was very much thinking the war in vietnam was a dirty war. and

but it's in my view blaming lyndon johnson for having a kind of bigoted attitude that he never had. and it certainly didn't have when he supported the civil rights act of 1957 and he deserves a lot of credit johnson, for selma. and andrew young has said exactly what i'm saying. >> gill robertson, douglas brinkley, thank you both. wolf blitzer is here with a preview of "the situation room." today you're examining north korea's military threats and you have the state department's spokeswoman there.

and lyndon johnson. we have the audio recordings from the oval office from the telephone conversations. we know precisely about their conversations and their meetings. what was the role as martin luther king,jr. was pressing for action on voting rights the beginning of 1965. lbj having forced through with the filibuster in july, the landmark 1964 civil rights act was initially saying to martin luther king,jr. i have the poverty of the project and all these other things and the south up against me because of the civil rights act. we have to take it one step at a time. was theirs a partnership or difference of tactics? what does your history tell you? >> you set the context perfectly. this is starting only six months after the 1964 civil rights act has been passed and signed into law. so lyndon johnson was entirely supportive of dr. king and the civil rights movement's desire for voting rights legislation. but he wasn't at all sure that january, february of 1965 was a long enough time lag from the landmark

in 1965 lyndon johnson said let's move the tv show back into the evening so that more people can get to see the state of the union message. and so now it's an evening performance and it's a live tv, the major networks are all covering it. and so it gets a considerable audience that way. and since the late '90s, it's been streaming on the internet around the world. in recent years the two parties have sort of become cheerleading squads for their presidents. but there are moments when clearly, something that the president says inspires something more than just a partisan reaction. there's a bipartisan reaction, and you can tell what the mood of the congress is to some degree, what the responses are. >> and all the world knows that no successful system builds a wall to keep its people in and freedom out. [applause] >> and, of course, immediately after the speech, members of congress will rush out into statutory hall where there are dozens of cameras set up for television stations around the country that they'll be getting personal reactions of the members, the immediate reactions. now o

but senator byrd hired lyndon johnson. much more hands on. senator byrd hired richard drexel. he knew the rules inside out. and byrd spent a long time studying the rules of the senate, studying the procedures. and he was determined when he became leader he was going to make the rules, make the senate work more efficiently. he cracked the whip a lot more than his predecessor had as leader. a very tough maneuver and negotiator. and he also worked closely with the republican counterparts. senator baker was the -- became the republican leader when senator byrd became the democratic leader. they worked together. the panama canal together. it was only that partnership of what happened. had to face senator byrd. he knew so much about the rules. senator baker tells a story he went up to senator byrd the other day and said i'm going to make a deal. i won't surprise you if you don't surprise me. byrd said let me think about that. at the end of the day, byrd came back and said, i agree. that was the working

and narrative -- lyndon baines johnson is the least interesting, it's the people that did that march is about their courage and struggle. it's so beautiful. >> i'm glad you like it. >> jon: congratulations. really lovely work. >> thank you. >> jon: "selma" is in theaters everywhere on friday. ava duvernay. [ applause ] ♪ t-mobile's network has more data capacity per customer than verizon and at&t it's a network that puts data were you need it most a network designed data strong ♪ ♪ [holiday music] ♪ it's been said that we are all unique little snowflakes. miller lite just happens to be a less-filling unique little snowflake, brewed to have more color and taste. you be the snowflake you are and we'll be the snowflake we are. happy new year. it's miller time. [ applause ] >> jon: that's our show. join us tomorrow night at 11:00. your moment much zn. onsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org it's 11:2-9d and 59 second. this happened on buzzfeed. congress is back this session and you know what that means. that's more cuff links on pants fas

lost a lot of supporters and allies, including lyndon johnson when dr. king spoke emphatically against the vietnam war. dr. king's first comments about the vietnam war were in 1965 when he answer aid reporter's question by saying the war in vietnam accomplished nothing. that didn't say much but it did get president johnson's attention. in a phone message lbj complained that some people were getting the impression that you're against me in vietnam. lbj's words. lbj was right to be worried that martin luther king was turning against him on vietnam. over the next two years as lyndon johnson turned others to their deaths in vietnam, dr. king tried to steer clear. he worried that expanding his civil rights campaign of injustice that turning it to the civil war would hurt the movement in the united states. dr. king found it impossible to speak about justice without speaking about the vietnam war which he called, quote, an unjust, evil and futile war. he was, of course, right about the futility of the war. the united states of america lost the war in vietnam af

but senator byrd admired lyndon johnson. he also admired richard drexel who knew the rules inside out. byrd spent a long time studying the rules of the senate, studying the procedures. and he was determined when he became leader he was going to make the rules, make the senate work more efficiently. he cracked the whip a lot more than his predecessor had as leader. he was a very tough negotiator. but he also worked closely with the republican counterparts. senator baker became the republican leader when senator byrd became the democratic leader. they worked together. they got the panama canal treaty passed together. senator baker had to face senator byrd. he said, he went up to senator byrd the other day and said, i'm going to make a deal. i won't surprise you if you don't surprise me. byrd said let me think about that. at the end of the day, byrd came back and said, i agree. that was the working relationship. they did not blind side each other. that kind of cooperation helped make the senate work. even when they were fightin

but senator byrd admired lyndon johnson. he also admired richard drexel who knew the rules inside out. byrd spent a long time studying the rules of the senate, studying the procedures. and he was determined when he became leader he was going to make the rules, make the senate work more efficiently. he cracked the whip a lot more than his predecessor had as leader. he was a very tough negotiator. but he also worked closely with the republican counterparts. senator baker became the republican leader when senator byrd became the democratic leader. they worked together. they got the panama canal treaty passed together. senator baker had to face senator byrd. he said, he went up to senator byrd the other day and said, i'm going to make a deal. i won't surprise you if you don't surprise me. byrd said let me think about that. at the end of the day, byrd came back and said, i agree. that was the working relationship. they did not blind side each other. that kind of cooperation helped make the senate work. even when they were fightin

but senator byrd hired lyndon -- admired lyndon johnson. he also admired richard drexel, who knew the rules inside out. byrd spent a long time studying the rules of the senate, studying the procedures. and he was determined when he became leader he was going to make the rules, make the senate work more efficiently. he cracked the whip a lot more than his predecessor had as leader. he was a very tough negotiator. but he also worked closely with the republican counterparts. senator baker was the -- became the republican leader when senator byrd became the democratic leader. they worked together. they got the panama canal treaty passed together. senator baker had to face senator byrd. he said, he went up to senator byrd the other day and said, i'm going to make a deal. i won't surprise you if you don't surprise me. byrd said let me think about that. at the end of the day, byrd came back and said, i agree. that was the working relationship. th

lost a lot of supporters and allies, including lyndon johnson when dr. king spoke emphatically against the vietnam war. dr. king's first comments about the vietnam war were in 1965 when he answer aid reporter's question by saying the war in vietnam accomplished nothing. that didn't say much but it did get president johnson's attention. in a phone message lbj complained that some people were getting the impression that you're against me in vietnam. lbj's words. lbj was right to be worried that martin luther king was turning against him on vietnam. over the next two years as lyndon johnson turned others to their deaths in vietnam, dr. king tried to steer clear. he worried that expanding his civil rights campaign of injustice that turning it to the civil war would hurt the movement in the united states. dr. king found it impossible to speak about justice without speaking about the vietnam war which he called quote, an unjust evil and futile war. he was, of course right about the futility of the war. the united states of america lost the war in vietnam after

and narrative -- lyndon baines johnson is the least interesting, it's the people that did that march is about their courage and struggle. it's so beautiful. >> i'm glad you like it. >> jon: congratulations. really lovely work. >> thank you. >> jon: "selma" is in theaters everywhere on friday. ava duvernay. [ applause ] you pay for you data every month. so why does your carrier take back what you don't use? it's your data. now at t-mobile, all your unused data rolls forward to the next month. and we'll even get you started with 10gb of free 4g lte data. ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ push it. ♪ ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. ♪ if you're salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. ♪ it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ i'm pushing. i'm pushing it real good! [ applause ] >> jon: that's our show. join us tomorrow night at 11:00. your moment much zn. onsored by comedy central captioned by

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i think lyndon johnson was a man of his times so he served the times. i think that there was a right tact on the movie. i think these are people who are close to johnson and want to preserve the memory. i am shocked that they didn't hit us earlier. i am kind of surprised that they didn't if that is what they meant. i don't think anybody thinks lyndon johnson before he became vice president was -- that wasn't exactly the measure of the man. >> some people say that this is all part of the oscar smear campaign. "american sniper," selma. >> i think in the case of the imitation game it started with a review in the new york review of books and claimed that allen turring didn't kill himself, that we were saying that to glorify him. to me when we did the research it dropped the idea that in 1930 there was a conversation where he was fascinated with the legend of snow white and the poisoned apple. both things that he worked on. when a biaug rfer dropped an interview one of our greatest war heroes -- all of this is convenient. if i am an editor i was promising yo

some of these people are bob dylan, president lyndon johnson, barbra streisand. we have science. we have the apollo 11 crew. the first landing on the face of the moon. we highlight marshall nuremberg, who not only cracked the genetic code back in the 1960's, but also won the nobel prize for his work. charles schultz, one of my favorite parts of the exhibit. we were lucky enough to get two of his original sunday comics. and a pair of skates that illustrates it was a lifelong amateur hockey fan. that is something we try to do in the exhibit, to find one object or one document that speaks to the accomplishments of each person. the importance of an exhibit like 60 from the 60's is to show how americans 50 years ago completed work that is still relevant in the 21st century. for example, in the early 60's, we launched the first communications satellite, which was the precursor to the electronic age we are experiencing now. satellite communications, cell phone reception, worldwide television reception. one of the people we are highlighting is the inventor of the world's first videogame,

do you think the film is unfair to lyndon johnson? >> i don't think the film is. it's art. it's drama. i love the film. the film is so real. it is powerful. it made me cry. >> the film does not purport to be a documentary. it's actually quite largely accurate, but not every single thing in it is accurate. >> reporter: in the end the film acknowledges lbj's dramatic voting rights speech only eight days after bloody sunday. >> we shall overcome. >> reporter: as martin luther king praises johnson in shared triumph. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> and we are back in a moment after a break with a disaster at sea. why investigators now say it was done deliberately and for good reason. ♪ >>> the sports world, along with all those of us viewers around the country, still reacting with grief to the news yesterday of the death of stuart scott. in millions of american homes, all the way to the white house, he's being remembered as a great broadcaster with the cadence, the parlance and the sensibility of a great musician. in the business of game highlights he was a game-cha

i had the honor of chairing the lyndon b. johnson foundation for 30 years. among the finest achievements that the current chairman and i claim is that we recruited the director of this lbj library and this three-day program is a terrific tribute to mark and his wonderful staff. [applause] from 1965 until the end of his term, i served as an aide to president johnson. on april 4, 1968, i had the sad duty of taking a flash associated press message into the oval office and handing it to president johnson that read dr. martin luther king has been shot in memphis. our world changed that tragic day. president johnson had enormous respect for dr. king. they worked together to pass the civil rights act, the voting rights act. what we are celebrating this week, 50 years later. our panel is about as good as it gets. first, doris kearns goodwin, a pulitzer prize winning author, a former member of the lbj white house staff and one of the first members of the white house fellows program created by president johnson. joe califano who served as domestic affairs adviser -- b

vips come into this space as they did in lyndon johnson's day. it's not open to our visitors on a daily basis. the remarkable thing about the space is it's really a living, breathing artifact. it hasn't changed at all since president johnson died in january of 1973. there is a document in the corner of the room signed by among others the archivist of the united states and ladybird johnson telling my predecessors myself and my successors that nothing this this room can change. to my left down the block is the colorado river. this is an important site in the city's history. this is where waterloo was. it was a cluster of cabin occupied by four or five familieses including j. carol. i'm standing at the spot where the cabin was. this is where mirabella mar was when he and the rest got word of a big buffalo herd in the vicinity. they jumped on the horses congress avenue -- wasn't the avenue. it was a muddy ravine then that led north to the hill where the capitol sits. the men galloped on the horse s. they stuffed their belts full of pistols and rode i

. >> reporter: arguing scenes like these unfairly portray president lyndon johnson as dragging his feet. >> it does a disservice to lyndon johnson by not giving him a little more credit that he deserves for pushing the whole of voting rights agenda forward. >> reporter: one former johnson aide even claiming lbj was the mastermind behind the selma protest marches, not dr. king. the film's director fighting back on twitter calling the notion "jaw-dropping and offensive to the civil rights groups and black citizens who made it so." this isn't the first time hollywood's been accused of taking liberties with history. films about jfk, nixon and lincoln all heavily criticized. >> abolishing slavery will end this war. >> reporter: despite the controversy, "selma," the first major film about king, is nominated for four golden globes, an endorsement audiences are unlikely to ignore. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> we have much more ahead on "world news tonight." >>> up next, millions of americans share their holidays on social media but with every post could you be inviting some unwanted vi

he says that part of the movie is inaccurate. >> lyndon johnson and martin luther king jr. worked in tandem and were partners, in bringing about the voting rights, it was really a question of saying, we have to consider strategically how best to push for the voting rights acts. >> he credits johnson for doing arm twisting so southern democrats would support the voting rights act. >>> selma is one of eight nominees for best picture this year. >> we are pleased to announce the film selected as the best picture nominees. >> with six nominations, the coming of age epic boyhood appears to be the movie to beat this year. it's even topping the list for las vegas odds makers. >> the full list of best picture nominees include american sniper, the imitation game, bird man selma, boyhood, the theory of evereverything the grand budapest hotel and whiplash. >> mark your calendar for oscar sunday. the big awards show february 22nd right here on abc 7, your oscar station. >> a lot of us like to doodle but few of us do it in three dimensions. >> just female announcer: when you see this tru

., while getting raves, unfairly depicts lyndon johnson as a reluctant civil rights warrior. >> we need your help. >> it will have to wait. >> it cannot wait. >> reporter: lbj ordered his attorney general to draft a voting rights law. >> it shows is them to be at odds with one another. in fact the opposite was true. they were very much support irof each other. >> reporter: working together on voting rights. >> we take the position that every person born in this country when they reach a certain age that he have a right to vote. >> reporter: also disputed the film's suggestion that lbj ordered fbi director j. edgar hoover to spy on king exposing his infidelity. >> do you think the film is unfair to lyndon johnson? >> i don't think the film -- it's art, it's drama. i love the film. the film is so real. it is powerful. it made me cry. >> reporter: the film does not purport to be a documentary. it's actually quite largely accurate. but not every single thing in it is accurate. >> reporter: in the end, the film acknowledges lbj's dramatic voting rights speech only eight days after bloody sun

. >> reporter: arguing scenes like these unfairly portray president lyndon johnson as dragging his feet. >> it does a disservice to lyndon johnson by not giving him a little more credit that he deserves for pushing the whole of the voting rights agenda forward. >> reporter: one former johnson aide even claiming lbj was the mastermind behind the selma protest marches, not dr. king. the film's director fighting back on twitter calling the notion "jaw-dropping and offensive to the civil rights groups and black citizens who made it so." this isn't the first time hollywood's been accused of taking liberties with history. films about jfk, nixon and lincoln all heavily criticized. >> abolishing slavery will end this war. >> reporter: despite the controversy, "selma," the first major film about king, is nominated for four golden globes, an endorsement audiences are unlikely to ignore. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> we have much more ahead on "world news tonight." >>> up next, millions of americans share their holidays on social media, but with every post, could you be inviting some unwan

i understand 45 years later whether it was lyndon johnson or dr. king, everybody had a piece of the puzzle. i'm at the point now where i have white friends, black friends, all nationalities of friends, all age groups coming to be a part of the solution. my question is, what you suggest that i do? what can i do as a citizen, a local citizens? i'm looking just for an opportunity. i'm going down to south dallas later this morning. i just want to know what i can do to get involved. i'm willing to leave my number for someone to call me and tell me about things that are going on because i believe that we do need the police. it is absolutely absurd for anybody to think that we do not. there is a cyber i come from in urban neighborhoods where the police were extremely prejudice. that is not all the issues. let us bring the issues. guest: well, what can you do? you can be in touch with the church if there are activities going there. there are many civic organizations, fraternal organizations. their crimewatch organizations. their opportunities to run for th

lyndon johnson did with president eisenhower, and history proved him right as well. 9. work with the house. it is a coequal branch of government, and nothing the senate does except in ratifications and confirmations is final unless the house concurs. both my father and my step-mother served in the house, and i appreciate its special role as the sounding board of american politics. john rhodes and i established a joint leadership office in 1977, and it worked very well. i commend the arrangement to others. number ten -- no surprises. bob byrd and i decided more than twenty years ago that, while we were bound to disagree on many things, one thing we would always agree on was the need to keep each other fully informed. it was an agreement we never broke -- not once -- in the eight years we served together as republican and democratic leaders in the senate. eleven -- tell the truth whether you have to or not. remember that your word is your only currency. devalue it and your effectiveness as a senate leader is over. and always get the bad news out first. twelve -- be patien

lyndon johnson did with president eisenhower, and history proved him right as well. 9. work with the house. it is a coequal branch of government, and nothing the senate does except in ratifications and confirmations is final unless the house concurs. both my father and my step-mother served in the house, and i appreciate its special role as the sounding board of american politics. john rhodes and i established a joint leadership office in 1977, and it worked very well. i commend the arrangement to others. 10. no surprises. bob byrd and i decided more than twenty years ago that, while we were bound to disagree on many things, one thing we would always agree on was the need to keep each other fully informed. it was an agreement we never broke -- not once -- in the eight years we served together as republican and democratic leaders in the senate. 11. tell the truth, whether you have to or not. remember that your word is your only currency. devalue it and your effectiveness as a senate leader is over. and always get the bad news out first. 12. be patient. the senate was con