's lyndon johnson had been majority leader? -- if lyndon johnson had been majority leader? i'm not so sure. the country turns to the right after that. i have to explain this. i maybe wrong about this. you have to show what the senate was. you have to show why no civil rights had passed in 87 years. , you have toto say show what is happening out in the country with the protests and african-americans won't take it anymore. what will happen if there isn't any legislation that they deserve to have? all of these things hinge on lyndon johnson being able to get that civil rights bill with the tax bill out of the way, and you just heard how he did it. brian: was he interested in civil rights for political reasons or personal reasons, or both? robert: oh, no. you always ask good questions. with lyndon johnson, it is always both. he had compassion since the beginning. but ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided. senate, hen the realizes that he wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill. but then you say

but lyndon johnson came along and did it. when i'm looking around, does anybody in this room understand that that is what the power of government can do to transform ives for the better? brian: i remember talking about the resistance you got from the johnson library when the first books came out. have you tried to talk with his daughters, or did you try to talk with his now deceased wife lady bird? robert: lady bird johnson talked to me. i'm now forgetting the hours. brian: you had twenty or something. robert: we had many hours. the daughters have both expressed that they don't like the books at all. lady bird, too, stopped talking to me before i published any. i think i said this to you on some program, i has said to them when i started book, i sent her a copy of "the power broker" and i said, this is the kind of look i am trying to write. i am not trying to write a favorable or unfavorable book about your husband. but i will check out every story that somebody says to me. i think when it was realized that somebody was going

i'm not understanding lyndon johnson. we will have to move to the hill country for maybe two or three years. and she said, why can't you do a biography about napoleon? then she says what she always says which is, sure. so she does her own books. but she also does an awful what -- lot of research for me. brian: this is about a minute i think. this is the word that -- you will hear it -- that i want you to talk about. this word. [begin video clip] robert: so i was at harvard alone and i did not take a lead or like going to social events alone. i spent a lot of my evenings alone in that office. it was a land of incredible loneliness. i realized i was not understanding this loneliness. when you are alone like that, big things come from little things. rebecca was alone a lot with brutally hard work and loneliness. gentle, dreamy, bookish woman would be alone. alone in the dark when she went out on the porch to pump water. alone with the rustlings in the trees and the sudden splashes in the river. alone in the storms where the

i'm not understanding lyndon johnson. we will have to move to the hill country for maybe two or three years. and she said, why can't you do a biography about napoleon? then she says what she always says which is, sure. so she does her own books. but she also does an awful what of research for me. brian: this is about a minute i think. this is the word that -- you will hear it -- that i want you to talk about. this word. [begin video clip: ] so i was at harvard alone and i did not take a lead like going to social evidence alone. i spent a lot of my evenings alone in that office. it was a land of incredible loneliness. i realized i was not understanding this loneliness. when you are alone like that, come from little things. rebecca was alone a lot with brutally hard work and loneliness. gentle, dreamy, bookish woman would be alone. alone in the dark which he went out on the porch to pump water. alone with the wrestling's in the trees and the sudden splashes in the river. alone in the storms where the wind howled around the

of comes to that conclusion when he hears lyndon johnson berated his staff to him. johnson's staff. how could he talk about these people that had been so loyal to him. johnson wasn't the right way for him to go and he kind of meandered its way into the senate and rode johnson's coattails to the seat and then he began to discover his own independent path after that and that is the kind of trace that i take you through in the book. >> because the primary is so less important. >> an >> did you look like you were going to talk about vice the vie presidency. i was interested in your book, you talk about how bobby kennedy didn't have access to the president anymore but he manages to get his ideas through to lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson would hear him out and say great to hear from you, i will consider that and then he would get on the phone with senator richard russell on the issue of vietnam. can you tell us a little bit about what it's like writing a dual biography. >> in this case it probably was a little bit easier because my goal was to show the relationship betwee

conclusion when he hears lyndon johnson berated his staff to him. and he says this man's political enemy. how could he talk this way about the people that have been so loyal to him. he knew that johnson wasn't the right way for him to go. he kind of meandered its way into the senate and the johnson's coattails to the new york senate seat and he begins to discover some independent path after that and the nasa trades have taken to the book. >> the primaries are much less important. >> he was working with heart of the itinerary kobe but this power broker and things like that. >> steve, did you want to you want to come in on that? >> in terms of what? you looked like you were going to talk about the vice presidency.k i was in your book. he talk about how bobby kennedy didn't have access to the president anymore. h but to get his ideas through the lyndon johnson were optimally with you. >> you get his ideas through in here if and not in a crate digger from you, i'll consider that. then he would get on the phone with richard russell and on thel issue of v

narrator: lyndon johnson was not the only national figure on the south lawn. making an impromptu appearance, a johnson favorite, dr. billy graham. the well-known evangelist reminded the group that as they took inspiration from the president, he, in turn, needed their strength. he asked everyone, no matter their religious background, to pray that god give the president wisdom and strength. was thehe white house focus of deliberations. the newly created crisis committee convened in the evening. the russians, in a surprise move called for an emergency session of the delegation. it would be headed by none less than the soviet premier. on the day that the soviet premier arrived in york, president johnson made a short hop to dulles airport to greet the premised are of a. he was en route and had made a red carpet visit to the white house earlier and would be the president's guest at camp david. they cover the spectrum of middle east problems -- the thest insoluble question of refugees, israel's territorial gains, the arab refusal to accept israel as an independent na

returning to austin, texas, lyndon johnson was greeted by incumbent congressman jake pickle. it was a good time to meet a whole new generation of constituents, including one who seemed unsure have this literal convictions. persuasion from the number one party leader was all that was needed to bring him into the fold. the main event of the evening was a self rest democratic dinner. also sharing in the festivities be visitedy, soon to by the stork. plate. was $1000 per for the president, it was a chance to relax in a down-home atmosphere. after three weeks of wrestling with the middle east, it is a real pleasure to come home tonight to peace and quiet of texas politics. opinion, inces of want to make my position abundantly clear the beginning. i am from pierce -- for peace, territorial integrity, and the unrestricted navigation of the houston ship channel. >> the president returned to the white house for a round of duties. he had often remarked that one of the chief executive's most important jobs is attracting able and talented public servants to washington. the month of june

house naval photographic unit produced monthly film reports on the activities of president lyndon johnson. up next american history tv's real america, the president: june 1967. events depicted include the six-day war in the middle east, the nomination of thurgood marshall to the supreme court, and a three day summit. these are archived at the lbj presidential library and you can watch many of them on their youtube channel. ♪ >> on the second of june, prime minister wilson of great britain was welcomed to the white house. the visit had been arranged to discuss the urgent problems common to both governments. however, a crisis that developed with suddenness would be given priority. the recent impasse in the historically explosive middle east situation. >> we come here today in another time of trouble when peace and justice are again in the balance. it is on occasions like this that the council of old and trusted friends is most welcome. >> israel facing yet another climactic point in her 19 year struggle for survival saw not only the threat of maritime buck -- blockade but the threat of ex

>>rick: what he was trying to do was get under lyndon johnson's skin, to make lyndon johnson call out richard nixon by name as a competitor. suddenly, richard nixon was on the front page again. richard nixon was in the news. richard nixon was a debating partner of the president. richard nixon was the leader of a leaderless opposition party. >>dick: 1967 brought the summer of love. many young americans, disillusioned with politics, were turning on, tuning in, and dropping out. >>david: going on simultaneously was a growing dissatisfaction with american life, the, uh, commitment to materialism. the youth was rebelling against that. >>strike! strike! >>tom: very quickly, the promise of the '60s turned into bitterness and polarization and what you call the generation gap. >>david m.: the parents of that era came out of a very routinized existence of job, family, suburbs. and here you had a generation that's saying, well, we don't like where you guys have been sending us. you know, we don't like that you're sending us into this routine. we don't like that you're sending us to the war. fina

>>rick: what he was trying to do was get under lyndon johnson's skin, to make lyndon johnson call out richard nixon by name as a competitor. suddenly, richard nixon was on the front page again. richard nixon was in the news. richard nixon was a debating partner of the president. richard nixon was the leader of a leaderless opposition party. >>dick: 1967 brought the summer of love. many young americans, disillusioned with politics, were turning on, tuning in, and dropping out. >>david: going on simultaneously was a growing dissatisfaction with american life, the, uh, commitment to matlism. the youth was rebelling against that. >>strike! strike! >>tom: very quickly, the promise of the '60s turned into bitterness and polarization and what you call the generation gap. >>david m.: the parents of that era came out of a very routinized existence of job, family, suburbs. and here you had a generation that's saying, well, we don't like where you guys have been sending us. you know, we don't like that you're sending us into this routine. we don't like that you're sending us to the war. finally,

returning to austin, texas, the hub of his old congressional district, lyndon johnson was greeted by incumbent congressman jake pickle. ♪ a good time to meet a whole new generation of constituents, including one who seemed a little unsure of his political convictions. a little persuasion from the number one party leader was all that was needed to bring him into the fold. the main event of the evening was a southwest democratic dinner with loyal fundraisers of five states attending. also sharing in the festivities was dr. lucy, soon to be visited by the stork. the tab was $1000 per plate. on the menu was a democratic party approaching solvency. for the president, it was a chance to relax in a down-home atmosphere. president johnson: after three weeks of wrestling with the middle east, it is a real pleasure to come home tonight to the peace and quiet of texas politics. in case there should be any differences of opinion, i want to make my position abundantly clear in the beginning. i am for peace, territorial integrity, and the unrestricted navigation of the houston ship channel. ♪

through these books urban power and lyndon johnson national power as studies in political power. but i thought if you are a minor awards and whatever i was. and the first prong robert moses. i didn't know anything about power. >> talked about his audio project on power looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america and shares his progress in his book on lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion since the beginning. the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition could inside, he realized if he wants to be president, he has to pass a civil rights bill. ut then he says, so he feeling false? not at all. all his life he wanted to know how -- >> sunday night. >> president trump met with business leaders and c.e.o.'s on technology development. it including representatives as well as drone manufacturers. this is 25 minutes. president trump thank you for being here and giving us a chance to see some of the

he saw something in lyndon johnson. the way lyndon johnson first became a political figure in texas was through the distribution of works project administration and other federal funding that were going to the districts. this was a very controversial issue at that point, the idea of federal money going to state and local projects. so lyndon johnson was able to use that as one of the conduits for that cash to build a power base. when he came to washington and served in congress, he was one of fdr's most loyal supporters. he was still a fairly junior congressman, but he believed in fdr's mission. if you look at almost everything he attempted to do during the great society years, he was trying to fulfill the work different than roosevelt. he truly believed his war on poverty, the idea of lifting up those people who were most in need, the civil rights agenda, civil rights act and voting rights act, these were things directly related, direct descendents of the work of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. there were few people he

. >> talking about books on lyndon johnson he points out that fdr was important to lyndon johnson. do you have any personal history of that relationship and were there other politicians that he was responsible for running? >> one thing he was genius at was detecting town. he saw something in lyndon johnson. the way lyndon johnson became a political figure in texas was through distribution and federal funding that was going through the districts. this was a very controversial issue at that point. the idea of federal money going to state and local projects and so lyndon johnson was able to use that as one to build cash and he served in congress, he was one of fdr's most loyal supporters. now he was still a fairly junior congressman at that point but he believed in fdr's mission and if you look at almost everything he attempted to do, johnson attempted to do during great society years, he was trying to fulfill the work of franklin roosevelt. he believed war on poverty, lifting people who were most in need, the civil rights agenda, civil rights act and voting rights act. these were thi

to lyndon johnson. do you have a personal history of that relationship and were there other politicians he was responsible for preparing to run for office connect one of the things fdr was a genius that was detecting palance and he saw something in lyndon johnson and the way lyndon johnson first sort of became a political figure in texas was through the distribution of works project administration another federal funding going to the districts. this was a very controversial issue at that point with the idea of federal money going to state and local projects, so lyndon johnson was able to use that as a conduit for the cash to build a power play and when he came to washington and to serve in congress he was one of fdr's most loyal supporters. he was barely knew at that point, but he believed in fdr's mission and if you look at almost everything he attempted to do during the great society years he was trying to fulfill the work of franklin roosevelt. he truly believed this war on poverty, the idea of lifti

he saw something in lyndon johnson. the way lyndon johnson first sort of became a political figure in texas was through the distribution of works project administration and other federal funding that were going to the districts. this was a very controversial issue at that point, the idea of federal money going to state and local projects. so lyndon johnson was able to use that as one of the conduits for that cash to build a power base. when he came to washington and served in congress, he was one of fdr's most loyal supporters. he was still a fairly junior congressman, but he believed in fdr's mission. if you look at almost everything he attempted to do during the great society years, he was trying to fulfill the work of franklin roosevelt. he truly believed his war on poverty, the idea of lifting up those people who were most in need, the civil rights agenda, civil rights act and voting rights act, these were things directly related, direct descendents of the work of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. there were few peopl

it wwhich lyndon johnsone of thosis responsible fortory that changed the course of our society. frustrated the great society programs, snuffed them out in the cradle. i mean every constituency that we had practically for the great society program for remaking the institutions of america, schools, roads and all of that was a victim of the vietnam war. many times i left in january of '67 because i felt what i cared about was no longer being nurtured, no longer being funded, and there was no longer a priority of lyndon johnson. he had to be, when you're in a war, you have to fight it, and so i left. my influence was limited then, humbled, because the president, i was an advocate of stopping the bombing of the north. and i used to go to meetings in the cabinet room and i'd come in and the president said, "here comes ban the bomb bill." and they began to see me that way and therefore believed that i was skewed. - no less light than doris kearns goodwin said that, "moyers should write the book, because all of those blanks even in caro's work can be filled in by bill moyers." and when

i was going back to this small college at the end of the summer, and lyndon johnson at his desk said, "you know, i think you ought to transfer to the university of texas." that's where he lived and that's where he had a television station and i said, "mr. leader i don't have any money, "i'm going to get married, and i've got a job "in north texas in denton," he said, "i'll give you a job-- - [don] ktbc? - [bill] ktbc the radio station which somehow mysteriously was the only station in the country that could broadcast all three networks. (audience laughs) - i wonder how that happened. - they had a monopoly, the favorable gods were looking down, and i got a job with him. he had promised me that he would pay me a hundred dollars a week that was astonishing in '54. it was more than my father had ever made in his life as i said earlier and i went down and he worked me 40 hours a week but we bought the first mobile unit in texas. and i used to tool around town study, covering accidents and murders and the state senate the state legislature and that was probably the biggest crime scene in au

i was going back to this small college at the end of the summer, and lyndon johnson at his dk said, "you kno i think you ought to transfer to the university of texas." that's where he lived and that's where he had a television station and i said, "mr. leader i don't have any money, "i'm going to get married, and i've got a job "in north texas in denton," he said, "i'll give you a job-- - [don] ktbc? - [bill] ktbc the radio station which somehow mysteriously was the only station in the country that could broadcast all three networks. (audience laughs) - i wonder how that happened. - they had a monopoly, the favorable gods were looking down, and i got a job with him. he had promised me that he would pay me a hundred dollars a week that was astonishing in '54. it was more than my father had ever made in his life as i said earlier and i went down and he worked me 40 hours a week but we bought the first mobile unit in texas. and i used to tool around town study, covering accidents and murders and the state senate the state legislature and that was probably the biggest crime scene in austin

i was going back to this small college at the end of the summer, and lyndon johnson at his desk said, "you know, i think you ought to transfer to the university of texas." that's where he lived and that's where he had a television station and i said, "mr. leader i don't have any money, "i'm going to get married, and i've got a job "in north texas in denton," he said, "i'll give you a job-- - [don] ktbc? - [bill] ktbc the radio station which somehow mysteriously was the only station in the country that could broadcast all three networks. (audience laughs) - i wonder how that happened. - they had a monopoly, the favorable gods were looking down, and i got a job with him. headromised methate woulpe a hundred dollars a week that was astonishing in '54. it was more than my father had ever made in his life as i said earlier and i went down and he worked me 40 hours a week but we bought the first mobile unit in texas. and i used to tool around town study, covering accidents and murders and the state senate the state legislature and that was probably the biggest crime scene in austin. (audien

lyndon johnson before president obama lyndon johnson was the last president to have a second cook cooking for the family. most presidents have the white house chief executive chef to everything. cook for the family and guests. >> including make recommendations for their replacements? >> sometimes they will make a recommendation but typically somebody on the staff may be elevated or somebody the president knows. most cases it someone the president knows from their prior life before the presidency if they're going to make a change. most sense 1960 most presidents have kept a holdover from the previous administration. a guy named henry was a swiss born guys serve from johnson all the way to reagan and then there was a reagan chef and george w. bush had the same one and then walter came in with the clintons and served to the end of the first term and then an assistant chef who came in under the clinton administration got elevated to white house executive chef and she's been there so she's executive chef right now. >> is their food budget? >> yes. before you get to truman essentially our presi

and the phone rang, it was two days after christmas, and it was lyndon johnson, i hadn't talked to him in two and a half years. he said, "bill how are you doing?" "i'm fine, mr. leader." "what are you doing," he said. "i'm packing to go back to austin." and he said, "no, no, i'm going to make a run for it, "i don't think i'll get it but i need you back." i hung up and i said, "judith pack for washington, "not for austin." and we went up, on the way she said, "what did he offer to pay you?" and i said, "i have no idea he didn't mention it." (audience laughs) and so i spent that year back in his office traveling with him, spending every night in some hotel, around the country, seeing all of the politicians, meeting them, watching what happened. they were heavy drinkers in those days, and after all day of campaigning they'd come to the hotel and they would drink until 1:30, 2:30, 3:30 in the morning and i had to stay up until it was over. of course i learned a lot, but gradually, that led me in the direction of washington for my career. when he didn't get the nomination he did get picked

lyndon johnson, national power. studies in political power. but i thought, you know, when you're roorper, i won a couple of really minor journalistic awards. when you win an award, whatever i was, 24, you think you know everything. the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> robert caro talks about his auto project. looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. and he hears his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. but i wrote in the book, ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided, when he was in the senate he realized if he want it's to be president, he has to pay the civil rights bill, that he really turns to this. then you say, was he feeling false? not at all. because all his life he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> for the next ho

johnson was the last president to have a second cut for the family most have the chief executive chef do everything >> including making recommendations for their replacements?. >> sometimes but typically this is somebody a prison knows -- the president knows from their prior life that they bring in if they make a change but since 1960 and most presidents have kept the holdover from themo previous administration. sova one guy served from johnson all the way through reagan bin reagan and bush had the same chaff -- shaft and the assistant was in the clinton administration mortgages promoted and iss w ben there ever since. >> is there a food budget?. >> yes. so they had to pay for food out of their own pocket so the air force one that was not a free-for-all. in to have more history is the creation is a reflection of this because in with the intent -- installation of air-conditioning. they called them the deal to nothing congress.ss which so that is why the navy operations saw a lot of the food is not run by the white house kitchen staff but the navy staff. >> is there any more elaborate m

he shares his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. but thein the book, ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided that he realizes that he wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill. feeling say, so was he false? not at all. all his life, he wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people of color. announcer: sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and a." >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, see stan was -- c-span was created as a public service by america's public television company. it is brought to you by -- today by your cable or satellite provider. announcer: the director of the national institutes of health testified at a senate hearing --und

he shares his progress on the next volume of his multipart biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. i wrote in the book, but the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided that he realizes that he wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill. then you say, so was he feeling false? not at all. all his life, he wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people of color. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and a." >> this weekend on c-span3, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, the disbanding of the confederate army of northern virginia is discussed by carolyn janie. >> these terms, the terms of appomattox has surrendered his army. they said nothing about declaring the confederacy. there has been a peace treaty and as of may 9, jefferson davis remains on the run. >> at 8:00 p.m. on lectures and history. boom of theas oil mid-20th century and the expansion of u.s. oil businesses to saudi arabia and canada. >> a geologist framed the theory saying that ameri

part on lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided, he was in the senate , he realized if he wants to be president he has to pass a civil rights bill , he really turns to this. then he said, was the feeling false? not at all. all his life he had wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." queen elizabeth ii attended the opening of british parliament and gave a speech. the speech is written by the government, given to the queen to read in front of members this espeech is about 15 minutes. >> you may be seated. queen elizabeth: my lords and members of the house of commons. my government's priority is to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the european union. my ministers are committed to rking with parliament to devolve the administration's business and others to develop the widest consensus on the country's future outside of the european union. a bill will be introduced to repeal the european communit

you had the white house, in that case under lyndon johnson, making the military decisions which were based more on politics than on military strategy and tactics. that was a disaster. i think you have seen shades of that in the obama administration. too many decisions were made in the white house among staffers and so forth. the military ought to be given the goal. the president say, "this is what i want you to do," and then it is up to the leadership and pentagon to determine how to do it and what resources are required to do it, and they come and say that. could they be held accountable if it does not go well? yes, but they are the decision-makers. that is the way it should operate. joe: sir, a russia question. the president has talked about a ,ew relationship with russia going in a new, friendlier direction. yet, we are seeing revelations day by day about russian hacking in the election. do you consider russia a friend or foe at this point, and is there anything in the defense policy bill aimed at curtailing russia's activity or deterring russia's activity in terms of interfering

you had the white house, in that case under lyndon johnson, making the military decisions which were based more on politics than on military strategy and tactics. that was a disaster. i think you have seen shades of that in the obama administration. too many decisions were made in the white house among staffers and so forth. the military ought to be given the goal. the president say, "this is what i want you to do," and then it is up to the leadership and pentagon to determine how to do it and what resources are required to do it, and they come to us and say that. that is the way it is supposed to work. could they be held accountable if it does not go well? yes, but they are the decision-makers. that is the way it should operate. >> we are at the halfway mark, gentlemen. joe: sir, a russia question. the president has talked about a new relationship with russia, going in a new, friendlier direction. yet, we are seeing revelations day by day about russian hacking in the election. do you consider russia a friend or foe at this point, and is there anything in the defense policy bill aime

johnson. he can compassion from the beginning, i wrote in the book, overriding s the consideration with him. t was only when compassion and ambition coincided in the senate, he realizes if he wants he has to pass civil rights bill, he turns to this. say, so was he fielding forth? not at all. he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> sunday night 8 eastern on q&a.n's >> "washington journal" continues. back focusing e on the healthcare legislation that senate republicans are a look at right now, they are meeting -- the republicans doors.closed get a first look at the details in this draft legislation that

remember, they needed to get support of texans, lyndon johnson, to get it passed. for the most part, you are entitled to see what our government is up to. there have been millions of records revealed that have helped us get a sense of what was going on. >> why would oil well locations be secret? >> well, that is a really good question. i suppose if you are an oil company, you like to make sure nobody else knows where you are drilling so i imagine to the benefit of the companies. >> the name of your book is called"the art of access: strategies for acquiring public records" if it is a law why is it art and why do we need strategy? >> that is a really good question. we shouldn't need strategies but we do. you can have access to federal records but every state has a public record law that requires you to state and local records like town hall and school district. a lot of agencies don't provide the information when they are supposed to by law. research i have done shows for example, on average, three quarters of the time if you ask for a crime log from your local polic

he shares his progress on the biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. but his ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when camp edition and ambition that coincided in the senate, he realized he wanted to be president and had to pass a civil rights bill. and then he said --was he feeling false ? all of his life, he had wanted to help poor people am a poor people of color. at 8:00 p.m.ht eastern on c-span's q&a. >> at his weekly briefing, paul ryan discusses the senate health care bill and the federal budget. this is 10 minutes. speaker ryan: first off, i want to begrudgingly congratulate the press corps on their victory last night in the congressional women's softball game. it was a pretty close one, right, 2-1? who played? come on. [laughter] all right. well, congratulations anyway. you know, it was really cool to see special agent krystal griner throw out the first pitch. i don't know if you watched it, but she had just got out of the hospital yesterday. to see her throw out the first pitch was a very, very cool thing to see. i

he shares his projects -- progress on his biography of lyndon johnson. book that in the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when it comes and ambition coincided when he was in the senate, he realized if you wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill, that he turns to this. so was he feeling false? not at all because all of his life he wanted to help poor people, and particularly poor people of color. >> at his weekly briefing, house speaker paul ryan discussed the senate health care bill and the federal budget. this is 10 minutes. speaker ryan: first off, i want to begrudgingly congratulate the press corps on their victory last night in the congressional women's softball game. it was a pretty close one, right, 2-1? who played? come on. [laughter] all right. well, congratulations anyway. you know, it was really cool to see special agent krystal griner throw out the first pitch. i don't know if you watched it, but she had it just got out of the hospital yesterday. to see her throw out the first pitch was a very,

a at 10:00 on real america, monthly film series on the activities of president lyndon johnson. >> he remarked one of the chief executive's most important jobs was attracting able intelligent public servants to washington. the month of june would see two major appointments, first the secretary of commerce and thurgood marshall as associate justice of the supreme court. at 6:30 eastern, george washington university history professor discusses the cold war competition between the u.s. and china to influence new independent african and asian countries. >> during the 1960's, the rivalry intensified. this is an important point where i think to many american policymakers chinese activities in southeast asia and africa start to become as or more worrisome than soviet activities. >> at 9:00, eric buckland talks about confederate colonel john as mosby. -- s. mosby. >> a couple of times lee complained that he was fighting into many small groups. this decentralized way he operated the not make sense. he needed to mask his forces and take one big target. that went completely against everything mo

see these books, lyndon johnson national power of zpuds political power. but i thought, you know, when you're a reporter, i went a couple of really minor awards but when you win an awards you think you know everything. the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. >> pulitzer prize winning robert caro talks about his audio project on power, looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. and he shares his progress on the next volume of his multi-part biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had some compassion in the beginning. but the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincide, he realizes if he wants to be presidents he has to pass the civil rights bill that he really turns to it. but then you say so was he feeling fault? not all the. because all his life, he had wanted to help poor people and particularly poor people of color. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the world war ii battle of midway took place june

president lyndon b. johnson appointed the kerner commission to investigate what led to the riots. next on american history tv, a panel of journalists convened in discussed the riots, the kerner report, and how those impacted journalism. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. >> hello, everyone. ok, my name is marlo stoudemire. i'm the project director of the detroit 67 project, looking back to move forward, i'm here today on the hacks of our ceo and staff,ve director, our and our board of trustees to invite you to a very wonderful panel today and welcome you to the detroit historical museum in midtown detroit, founded in 1928, and our mission is telling detroit stories and why they matter. lookingoit 67 project back to move forward is a multi-your community engagement project, which really highlights and commemorates the summer of 1967 in detroit. those who engage in detroit 67 will be able to understand the july 1967,ing up to where we are today, and how to connect to efforts moving things forward. it's very important for us to really look back in history and set the tone for what

that's what the cia said, that's what they wrote in a memo that they delivered to lyndon johnson. so i don't think that arabs could have done it. >> thank you. let me -- i'll call on you in just a second. let me ask about, you've already hinted in your issue of sources. talk about the sources that went into, that you consulted for this book, and perhaps also talk about what are some of the areas where the evidence is still very fragmentary where, you know, we're on thin ice, perhaps in. >> okay. so i regret the fact that i didn't have mossad or general security documents because those would have been valuable. don't think i'll ever see them. i think that they're waiting to be declassified, and when the date arrived, they simply shred them. that's what i was told. i didn't have access to syrian or egyptian archives. you can mitigate the fact for egyptian archives by the fact that people in egypt, like other countries, they take documents back home with them after they finish their role or their function. and they used it for political purposes. later, they published them. so i had

he shares his projects -- progress on his biography of lyndon johnson. book that in the ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when it comes and ambition coincided when he was in the senate, he realized if you wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill, that he turns to this. so was he feeling false? not at all because all of his life he wanted to help poor people, and particularly poor people of color. >> at his weekly briefing, house speaker paul ryan discussed the senate health care bill and the federal budget. this is 10 minutes. speaker ryan: first off, i want to begrudgingly congratulate the press corps on their victory last night in the congressional women's softball game. it was a pretty close one, right, 2-1? who played? come on. [laughter] all right. well, congratulations anyway. you know, it was really cool to see special agent krystal griner throw out the first pitch. i don't know if you watched it, but she had it just got out of the hospital yesterday. to see her throw out the first pitch was a very,

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