johnson wasn't necessarily happy about that, but she got used to that because lyndon johnson was such a workaholic. mrs. johnson spent a lot of time here at the ranch and it was important because it provided a respite from the turmoil in the presidency. the johnsons could come home and make the connection to the land and the place they valued so much. >> how important was the ranch to them? >> well, she didn't like it at all when -- she said the house looks like a charles adams house. she was very annoyed when he bought it. but she got to love it. as you heard, called it her heart's home. >> and the first lady we refer to a lot, biography is written, he makes a point in here about the difference between the kennedy's who were people of the east coast and people of the sea and the johnson's who are people of the land which earned her their love of conservation. does that connection make sense? >> sure it does, it makes a lot of sense. and that whole being part of texas, whole homeless country of its own is very different from the boston early part of the country, all of that. this is w

lyndon johnson gave mrs. johnson a camera for her wedding gift and she became quite really photojournalist. 8 millimeter camera to capture home movies, hours and hours of home movies as well as a recorder here where mrs. johnson every night at the white house would record her daily observation observations this became the basis for the book, white house diary, insightful chronicling of those years of the 1960s. mrs. johnson, her later years, mrs. johnson loved to sit here at this desk to keep up with her correspondence and all of her activities, very active former first lady. also in this space, we have mrs. johnson's closet with all of the clothing, her formal wear, the ranch clothing with the boots and the hats, and a lot of her colorful outfits and her shoes, one of my favorites, the straw hat with the blue bonnet painted on top. and then her -- all of the photographs of those who mattered so much to her. and to her -- lady bird johnson had a great sense of history. and in fact during her years in washingt

it would've been a different lyndon johnson without ladybird, don't you think? >> i think you'd say that. she was an enormous part of his success. >> on the 1960s question, initially, she and a lot of other people did not want him to take the second spot on the ticket. she considered jon kennedy a junior member of the senate, and she should wait his turn. but she came around, and nobody could've campaigned harder than she did. >> what happened, they had to be convinced and my family story is that did you want robert nixon to win, there you are. >> how did you choose the conservation? >> first of all, it was a heartfelt thing. the first year in the white house, when they had the rest of the kennedy term, she did not choose the project or the curtains that needed changing because the next family may not like it, and acted as if that would be the last year in the white house. after lyndon johnson won so big in 1964, she sent out requests for advice on what she should do. and the word came back that she should do something about washington. the beautification of was

stories were told about lyndon johnson rather than stories told by lyndon johnson. but here's one that does capture the essence of lyndon johnson. and it's told of the 1960 democratic campaign for the nomination for president. and lyndon johnson has thrown his hat in the ring and the other two principal candidates are a senator from missouri and john kennedy, a junior senator from massachusetts. and the three men are sitting in the green room ahead of this debate. they're about to have a debate. why the green rooms are called the green rooms? i don't know. i've been in lots of them and none of them have been green. they're making small talk. and kennedy says, stewart, i have to tell you something, something very strange that happened to me. i had a dream last night and in my dream god reached down from heaven and tapped me on the shoulder and said, jack, you're my boy. this is your year. you are going to win the democratic nomination. you are going to be the next president of the united states. what do you think of that? so stewart looks at kennedy. the model of a s

he asked lyndon johnson for a voting rights act. it was there that president johnson challenged dr. king to go back to the south and to demand a voting rights act. and because of that, the voting rights act -- voting rights movement began in selma, alabama, and it was john lewis who led that movement. on ng brown chapel church march 7 of 1965, john lewis led the selma to montgomery march demanding a voting rights act and right to vote. at the apex of the edmund pettus bridge, john lewis and the other foot soldiers encountered 150 state troopers and a mob waiting for them. john lewis instructed the marchers to get on their knees and pray. they were beaten and they were beaten severely. they returned to brown chapel church and three weeks later returned for the continuation of their march. by the time they got to montgomery, there were 50,000 people in the march. because of this movement, mr. speaker, president lyndon johnson led an extraordinary effort to pass the voting rights act of 1965 which protects the right to vote. the v.r.a. has enabled millions of african-americans to regis

agonyas a source of real to lyndon johnson. it was a set of the vice presidency is it is where you went to die. it certainly was when teddy to mckinley,ame vp but then the president died, and that is what happened to lbj. lbj was not happy as vice president. kennedy had isolated him -- not so much jack but bobby, there was a raging contempt for each other. because bobby was closer to jack, lyndon johnson was shut out and he is not part of these two days. although he makes a very memorable speech about 30 days before in which he uses morality and talks about the morality of the american presidency and what it should be doing for the american black. but these two days he is not present and he is not much present beyond the space program. this is an extremely difficult time for him. als with this. he was shrunken in a most invisible in the kennedy administration. jackie kennedy did try -- jack kennedy tried on several occasions to make him feel at home but he did not trust him as much as he could have. lyndon johnson would become

this was a source of real agony to lyndon johnson. it was a set of the vice presidency is it is where you went to die. it certainly was when teddy roosevelt became vp to mckinley, but then the president died, and that is what happened to lbj. lbj was not happy as vice president. kennedy had isolated him -- not so much jack but bobby, there was a raging contempt for each other. because bobby was closer to jack, lyndon johnson was shut out and he is not part of these two days. although he makes a very memorable speech about 30 days before in which he uses morality and talks about the morality of the american presidency and what it should be doing for the american black. but these two days he is not present and he is not much present beyond the space program. this is an extremely difficult time for him. robert caro deals with this. he was shrunken in a most invisible in the kennedy administration. jack kennedy tried on several occasions to make him feel at home but he did not trust him as much as he could have. lyndon johnson would becom

this was a source of real agony to lyndon johnson. it was said of the vice presidency is it is where you went to die. it certainly was when teddy roosevelt became vp to mckinley, but then the president died, and that is what happened to lbj. lbj was not happy as vice president. kennedy had isolated him -- not so much jack but bobby, there was a raging contempt for each other. because bobby was closer to jack, lyndon johnson was shut out and he is not part of these two days. although he makes a very memorable speech about 30 days before in which he uses morality and talks about the morality of the american presidency and what it should be doing for the american black. but these two days he is not present, and actually he is not much present beyond the space program. this is an extremely difficult time for him. robert caro deals with this. he was shrunken and almost invisible in the kennedy administration. did try jack kennedy hard on several occasions to make him feel at home, but he did not trust him as much as he could have. lyndon j

johnson. >> lyndon johnson and bobby kennedy hated one another. >> this man is mean, vicious, an animal in many ways. >> i believe that bobby has had his mayors and his catholics. >> all of it makes him look like a hero. >> bobby kennedy doesn't go after lbj until he's politically wounded. >> i am announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the united states. >> i run because it is now unmistake reply clear that we can change these divisive policies only by changing the man. >> can you imagine the anger that johnson had? here was his nightmare. >> i hear lbj is trying to get rid of 150 pounds. bobby kennedy. it triggers a tax liability for you. and the higher the turnover the more you have to pay in taxes every year. and here's the worst part, because of high turnover, you actually might have to pay taxes even if the fund itself loses money. that's why you want to own low turnover funds whenever possible. the less you pay in fund fees, the less you pay in taxes, the more wealth you can accumulate... the less you pay in fund fees, the less you pay in taxes, (burke) at farmers, we know

and quite pointedly lyndon johnson unleashes an air war on now the enemy, an american air war on north vietnam. and operation rolling thunder, as it's called, begins in which massive amounts of bombs from u.s. airplanes flown by u.s. pilots begin to be unleashed on north vietnam. now these are targeted bombs. they're not wholesale destructions of cities. they are aimed at troop movements, they are aimed at supplies, factories building war materiel. they're targeted bombs. they're not terror bombing. they're not like what happened in the end of world war ii. but the bombs are intense. 600,000 tons of bombs will be dropped on north vietnam in this operation rolling thunder. large-scale support at this point. so is there any critique at this point beyond those very few voices that i discussed earlier? yeah. there are some americans who from the get-go, from the gulf of tonkin resolution right through the play coup incident, the death of eight marines, the launching days later by lyndon johnson of operation rolling thunder, who do protest, who do raise questions. but most of these voices,

and lyndon johnson. for the end of his life would pass and have the 65 major deals. medicaid medicare and food stamps. the upward bound program. he never got along well with southerners. they cannot find him and himself, as he had been on the scene for so long, develop before the likes of martin luther king jr. 1956, there this whenever rally at madison square garden sprinted king and many of his followers were there. but it was new york knows powell's turf. he was a congressman. he expected to be treated righteously. i will review just a little bit about that. about that event, that rally. it was with a degree of fanfare that a massive civil rights valley was at medicine square garden on may 24th, 1956. eleanor roosevelt, randolph, wilson and powell. the familiar gang knew the hall well. had participated in many rallies under its old roof. in the midst of the rally, randolph and others, and adam clayton powell jr. had yet to arrive. many in the audience and come to hear him. randolph found out that powell was across the street. waiting in the hotel to make his entra

lyndon johnson durable. >> you've all heard of lyndon johnson. >> so taft, and nolan for a while. same party, they didn't like each other, but when the democratic party took control of the senate, lyndon johnson became majority leader. the two of them could not have been more opposite. it's a fascinating story. i have no expert on lyndon johnson, but i pore over a wonderful study, it's a wonderful complement to studying ike. one of the signature achievements -- they really went at it. lyndon johnson wasly was trying to undercut eisenhower, but there's a fascinating story about getting the 1967 civil rights act through. johnson is a southerner, a democrat, he had to deal with his faction of southern democrats who were very hostile to civil rights, very hostile to 9 brown decision. eisenhower says i want to strengthen the powers of the justice department so they can investigate and go into the -- and saying things like the emmett till murderer can no longer happen with these guys going free. johnson said, we'll see how it goes. he would water down the bill. mr. president, i know you

quite pointedly lyndon johnson unleashes an air war on now the enemy, an american air war on north vietnam. and operation rolling thunder, as it's called, begins in which massive amounts of bombs from u.s. airplanes flown by u.s. pilots begin to be unleashed on north vietnam. now these are targeted bombs. they're not wholesale destructions of cities. they are aimed at troop movements, they are aimed at factories building war materiel. they're targeted bombs. they're not terror bombing. they're not like what happened in the end of world war ii. but the bombs are intense. 600,000 tons of bombs will be dropped on north vietnam in this operation rolling thunder. large-scale support at this point. so is there any critique at this point beyond those very few voices that i discussed earlier? yeah. there are some americans who from the get-go, from the gulf of tonkin resolution right through the coup incident, the death of eight marines, the launching days later by lyndon johnson of operation rolling thunder, who do protest, who do raise questions. but most of these voices, most of these individua

april 1965 to protest lyndon johnson's escalation of the war in vietnam. and once again, it's like that party. they plan for a few hundred people to show up. i mean, again, they don't have like national advertising for this. they have no budget at all to market or announce this. and again, there's no twitter. there's no social networks. there's no easy way to get people's attention. all they have are chapters around the country. and they put out the word to their chapters and say, tell, like, other people that they should, like, come to this. it will be interesting. well, once again, there's a kind of shocking moment when these few characters from sds are kind of up in front of the crowd in washington, d.c. and people just keep coming. you know, they didn't really know would appear. 5,000, 10,000, 15,000, almost 20,000 people show up in washington, d.c. for what is the first antiwar march and rally. you know, the third tool that these guys are trying to create and develop. these are early days. april 1965. there aren't that many troops yet in vietnam. thou

kennedy, president kent, president lyndon johnson very uncomfortable. parts that are radical structural transformation and not just reform. king is going amplify the parts much more after malcolm's assassination but when we think but the context of george floyd, ahmad arbery, san bra bland, one thing you see from malcolm and martin they realize the criminal justice system, even in the context of the 1950s and 1960s was a gateway to panoramic injustice. we need a radical transformation not just criminal justice in the out but the way in which the criminal justice system interfaces with all aspects of democratic institutions, and that guess from public spaces where people are being surveilled in terms of housing, goes for public schools that are pipeline to corrections for juveniles and adults. that goes for so many different aspects of our lives. but i think malcolm and martin absolutely understood that. so even though that is a debate, i think over time they both come to realize that they're on the same side of that. it's really about a point of emphasi

a brief effort to start a parade. >> lyndon johnson was weary of holding a convention in chicago but he gave it to chicago and daley because he assured him, it will be a controlled environment, we will keep it under control. >> one, two, three, four, stop this damn war! one, two, three, four, stop this damn war! >> the democratic party was closed to change on vietnam unless it faced such massive pressure that might make it turn. >> mr. vice president, this is the opening night of the democratic convention. are you going to be nominated? >> that's my hope, my plan. that's what we're trying to do. >> the security around this international amphitheater has been worthy of an armed camp. >> someone called the amphitheater ft. daley and i think at this point, that is not very far from the truth. >> i was distributing farm worker literature and mayor daley's henchpeople shoved me aside and broke my glasses. i mean, i wasn't hurt, but that's the floor of the convention. >> take your hands off of me. unless you intend to arrest me. >> a small group of reporters, at least on the periphery of i

[applause] david: if somebody wants to learn more about lyndon johnson, where is the lyndon johnson library? linda: it is in austin, texas, and we ask you to come. it is wonderful. we used to be the premiere library because we -- and we still are, in the sense that we have tapes of daddy talking. and he'll be talking to harry truman. i am fortunate enough to have met your great, great aunt. both of them. princess alice was a hoot. [laughter] her younger sister was wonderful. they took us to sagamore hill. president truman gave me a tour of his library. i have been blessed with getting to meet a lot of these people. so i hope they all come to the library of every president and learn. there are so many things. clifton can tell you about going to many of the libraries and learning. and daddy went, too. and said, all these years i've been saying all those bad things about hoover. [laughter] linda: i never knew he did all of those wonderful things to feed europe. david: is there a truman library? >> there is. truman library is in independence, missouri, about a mile from grandpa's house. david:

months later lewis was there when president lyndon johnson signed the act into law. >> the president of the united states, lyndon johnson, members of the house and senate, and the american people heard our cries. and responded to our pain and to our suffering. >> reporter: the voting rights act was renewed several times, most recently in 2006 with bipartisan support. but in 2013 the u.s. supreme court invalidated federal oversight of elections, a key part of the law designed to keep tabs on states with a history of discriminating against minority voters. the court decided such oversight was no longer necessary because of changes made by states since 1965. lewis strongly disagreed and became the lead advocate for fully restoring the law. >> they're saying in effect that history cannot repeat itself, but i succumb and walk in my shoe. >> reporter: vanita gupta is the head of the leadership conference on human and civil rights. the group that lewis worked with to reestablish the act. >> give me an example of where it's still an issue. >> well, voter suppression is

from 1965 to 67, lyndon johnson takes over from the assassinated john f. kennedy. he clamps down on the wiretapping suggesting that it should be formally outlawed. there are a couple of supreme court cases, burger v. new york, and katz versus united states. both the 1967. these cases, the supreme court changes its tune and says wiretaps have to fall within the same procedures as a warrant. it needs probable cause, the people initiating the wire type have to specify the crime they are investigating. they have to specify the place to be searched. specify the conversations to be seized. in 1868, congress follow suit, it sets the specific standards for obtaining wiretaps. this will not stop (noise) cointelpro overall. it will target other groups including the black panther party which it will help to destroy with informants, misinformation and violence. and the american indian movement, which ends with a violent 1971 siege in south dakota the wall so after the new left in the ku klux klan clan, successful in some degree which we will discuss. . in 1975, watergate revel

[applause] david: if somebody wants to learn more about lyndon johnson, where is the lyndon johnson library? linda: it is in austin, texas, and we ask you to come. it is wonderful. we used to be the premiere library because we -- and we still are, in the sense that we have tapes of daddy talking. and he'll be talking to harry truman. i am fortunate enough to have met your great, great aunt. both of them. princess alice was a hoot. [laughter] her younger sister was wonderful. they took us to sagamore hill. president truman gave me a tour of his library. i have been blessed with getting to meet a lot of these people. so i hope they all come to the library of every president and learn. there are so many things. clifton can tell you about going to many of the libraries and learning. and daddy went, too. and said, all these years i've been saying all those bad things about hoover. [laughter] i never knew he did all of those wonderful things to feed europe. david: is there a truman library? >> there is. it is in independence, missouri, about a mile from grandpa's house. david: why did he wear tho

so 1965, for example, roughly at the time that lyndon johnson is telling the american people, we've begun to escalate a military involvement in vietnam, you've got martin luther king and tens and tens of thousands of others marching in selma, alabama to ensure the right of african-americans to vote in a state that had long disenfranchised them. so right? so there's this kind of parallel social movement occurring as these early, and we can use the word now, antiwar advocates are trying to come up with solutions. so obviously to some extent, this nascent antiwar activism is going to look at the civil rights movement. they have a repertoire. we already have some means and tools and practices that might be adaptable to our cause. so that's one piece out there. there's another piece out there that's almost happening simultaneously, but it's again a precursor to this. we talked earlier about what was happening on the university of california berkeley campus in the fall of 1964, really just weeks after the gulf of tonkin resolution is passed. on the campus at the university of california, you re

johnson. like, he has the opportunity to be as progressive as lyndon b. johnson. lyndon b. johnson may have been labeled a racist, but his record doesn't reflect that. lyndon b. johnson's record shows a progressive on race and class. right now this moment calls for it. we need that kind of radical legislative change, like that '57 civil rights act. that '64 civil rights acts change. that '65 voting rights act change. like the civil rights act smashed jim crow. so we need biden, along with his team to create legislation that smashes white supremacy. that's it. >> stephen: charlamagne we have to take a break. don't go away, folks. we'll be right back with more charlamagne tha god. ♪ ♪ step up. prep up. to help keep you free from the risk of hiv. from the makers of truvada, there's another prep option: descovy for prep. a once-daily prescription medicine that helps lower the chances of getting hiv through sex. it's not for everyone. descovy for prep has not been studied in people assigned female at birth. talk to your doctor to find out if it's right for you. step up. for

galvanizing support for the voting rights act, signed into law by president lyndon johnson. lewis never lost his young, activist spirit. taking it from protest to politics. standing up for what he believed was right, lewis was arrested more than 40 times by police, according to his congressional office. >> i'm on my way, and we a're going to win this race. >> he was selected to city council in atlanta. then, to congress in washington, representing georgia's 5th district. fighting against poverty and for healthcare, while working to help younger generations, by improving education. he reached out to young people in other ways. co-writing a series of novels about the civil rights movement. winning him a national book award. in the life of so many moments and great achievements, it was the achievement of another, in 2008 that, perhaps, meant the most. the election of president barack obama. >> we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. we are, and always will be, the united states of america. >> a dream, lewis admits, was

[applause] david: if somebody wants to learn more about lyndon johnson, where is the lyndon johnson library? linda: it is in austin, texas, and we ask you to come. it is wonderful. we used to be the premiere library because we -- and we still are, in the sense that we have tapes of daddy talking. [laughter] and he'll be talking to harry truman. i am fortunate enough to have met your great, great aunt. both of them. princess alice was a hoot. [laughter] her younger sister was wonderful. they took us to sagamore hill. president truman gave me a tour of his library. i have been blessed with getting to meet a lot of these people. so i hope they all come to the library of every president and learn. there are so many things. clifton can tell you about going to many of the libraries and learning. and daddy went, too. and said, all these years, i've been saying all those bad things about hoover. [laughter] linda: i never knew he did all of those wonderful things to feed europe. [laughter] david: so, is there a truman library? >> there is. truman library is in independence, missouri, about a mile fr

lyndon johnson takes over for the assassinated kennedy, cranks down on wiretapping. there are a couple of court cases, katz versus united states. in 1967. in these cases the supreme court changes its tune and says wiretaps must follow the same procedures as a warrant. the people initiating the tap have to specify the crime they are investigating, specify the conversations to be seized. congress then follows suit. this will not stop. he will surveille several groups such as the black panther party. the fbi will go after the new left and the ku klux klan. they will successfully undermine some of these as we will discuss. then watergate, a special committee led by frank church, a democrat from idaho, to investigate the intelligence community. someone managed to break into an fbi headquarters, grabbed a bunch of documents. when they got back to their place, they discovered they had a whole bunch of these cointel pro documents which nobody knew existed. there had basically been no major effort in intelligence reform higher to that despite records that the federal governme

vietnam was started by lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson was a texan. the last five wars have been started by texans. we've been at war for 20 years. clear channel radio had 1,500 a.m. radio stations during the bush administration. at&t comes out of the state of texas. georgia has cnn and time warner loaded with military bases. the east coast, connecticut and new york and california, that's your liberals, loaded with wall street, loaded with, you know, the treasury and the federal reserve and silicon valley. >> rick, i'm going to jump in because you're really taking us in a much broader sense than the case, so thanks for your call. our time is short, so with apologies, i'm going to move on to john in west lake village, california. go ahead, please. >> caller: yeah, my question is the model that's being proposed is this american model, a rising of the american constitution. my question is, the british, they have a prior restraint law, they have a state secrets law, they have very strict libel laws. they seem to have a pretty rigorous, fair press, maybe e

johnson to sign into law the voting rights act of 1965 ensuring that african americans had the right to fully participate in a democratic process in the united states; whereas john lewis faithfully served the city of atlanta between 1977 and 1981 embodying his election fight promise to bring a sense of ethics and moral courage to the atlanta city council; whereas john lewis faithfully served the fifth congressional district of georgia in the house of representatives between 1987 and 2020 serving as the conscience of the congress by continuing his pursuit of justice in truth in the capital of the united states; and whereas the senate

the great society going lyndon johnson was just coming off a 60% plus victory in 1964. "the new york times" wrote that conservatism was dead for a generation on the day after barry goldwater lost to lyndon johnson in 1964. in 1966, richard nixon, the former vice president, spent a lot of time on the midterm circuit. the republicans had a huge year. ronald reagan became governor of california. and you were setting up a kind of backlash. lyndon johnson had about as much time as president kennedy had entirely in office to deal and execute the mandate he received in '64. so american politics is a pendulum. anyone who thinks this presidential election is over is crazy. absolutely. it is 100 days and what we're seeing, i think, to go to what michael was saying, is a conscience effort to show and to sow certain kind of chaos in the country so that trump can appear to be the fortten brass like hamilton and the figure we need to think about and the country will have him on its mind for about 24 hours or so, is not richard nixon, but george wallace who was the governor of alabama

lyndon johnson said cure. poverty was not cured. after a point, it's reduction decreased in rate, that is, it settled down around one level and staying there, no matter what. helped the poor in very expensive ways or not. there seems to be some section of every nation that will always have some poverty. so the goal was too large. income inequality i am less worried about. wh is worrisome is the sense of those who are poorer that they can never make it. that should be all of our concern. there should be opportunity for all. it used to be that higher taxes make more income inequality. david: we will have to have you back to talk about that. thank you to amity shlaes, chairman and ceo of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. this friday night at 9:00 eastern time, bloomberg will air a special called "unequal america," talking about the way that income inequality may influence the election. i spoke with a senior advisor t

from 1965 to '67, lyndon johnson takes over for the assassinated kennedy, cracks down on wiretapping. there are a couple of court cases, katz versus the united states. in these cases the supreme court changes its tune and says wiretaps must follow the same procedures as a warrant. following probable cause. the people initiating the tap have to specify the crime they are investigating, specify the conversations to be seized. in 1968 congress then follows suit. setting specific standards for setting wiretaps. this will not stop cointel overall. they will surveil several groups such as the black panther party. the fbi will go after the new left and the ku klux klan. they will successfully undermine both, to some degree, as we will talk about. then watergate, a special committee led by frank church, a democrat from idaho, to investigate the intelligence community. someone managed to break into an fbi headquarters somewhere, grab a bunch of documents. when they got back to their hidey hole, they discovered they had a whole bunch of these cointelpro documents which nobody know existed. it s

>> i will always be most grateful to lyndon johnson but not for the reason that you might think. watching him the last years of his life on his ranch helping him with his memoirs was an experience to see a man who had no other resources than politics he did not know how to get to the day he had mocked meanings to figure out what to do throughout the day which cow was given the itch medicine what tractors he had to have meetings like they were in the white house at night he cannot go to sleep until he knew how many people were coming to the library he went to my people go through their then kennedy. free donuts or coffee or anything but a man who was so sad he couldn't be alone. he asked me to stay outside his room to take a nap 23 years old you think the most exciting thing is to become president of the united states that he had not balanced that success with family or love or friendship it left him so bereft at the end the impact i realize success at that price is not worth it then not long after watching him die i got married and had children that which it took me so long to wr

jet lyndon johnson was every colorful. and he used them choice words i cannot repeat area but he told us that we had to go back to the south and really get people to register. he was committed, he later spoke at howell university and other places area that he was committed to the civil rights. it has never received credit that he should receive area he ushered in the written great society. not only the voting rights bill, but medicare and medicaid. we got to fair housing act. done in his administration area i have high regard and that's ultimate respect for what he did. the day president barack obama was elected, that doctor king church, not the old church but the new church , and then i saw the state of rhode island and pennsylvania go for him read i knew then he was on his way to being elected president. i jumped so high and i didn't think feet were going to touch the floor. and i started crying and a reporter asked me that evening. that john, we notice you are crying so much area and i said with the tears are of happine

president lyndon johnson used the public outrage to motivate his proposal of a voting rights act in a speech to congress on march 15th. >> what happened in selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and state of america. >> the only time i saw martin luther king shed a tear, and i wasn't with john, but i bet you he cried too. >> their cause must be our cause too. >> was when lyndon johnson closed his speech with we shall overcome. >> and we shall overcome. [ applause ] >> coming up -- >> to lose two people that i admired and loved was almost too much. >>> we will use the energy and the resources of our organization to implement the voting bill. >> but the violence against marchers at the bridge in selma in 1965 helped convince congress to pass the voting rights act, and it secured john lewis' reputation as an icon of the civil rights movement. but that march also signaled a breach between lewis and his group, the student nonviolent coordinating committee. >> i felt at the time that the organization and maybe even the movement was moving in a different dire

that's what lyndon baines johnson was willing to stand up for. and that's the continuing fight that we still have that john lewis was fighting literally until the day he died. >> as we continue to watch and wait for the ceremony to begin here, a bit of color from inside the rotunda. we continue to see some lawmakers here. pretty much all of them have taken a place. senator dick durbin there. house and senate members have been streaming in for the last 20, 30 minutes or so. you probably notice that a few of them are wearing masks with the words good trouble written in white. other members wearing masks that say vote. we're told by folks there inside the rotunda, lawmakers have been mingling, had been mingling for roughly 20 minutes or so. some air hugs, elbow bumps, everyone reportedly masked so far. the rotunda has fallen quiet which would lead everyone to believe that this is a ceremony that is about to get under way. and again, once it gets under way, we're told it should last roughly an hour or so. after the ceremony, congressman lewis will li

here is president lyndon johnson, sorry it is such a big quote -- here is president lyndon johnson speaking at the signing ceremony for the 1964 civil rights act, which took place not coincidentally on july 2, the anniversary of the date when the constitutional congress had declared independence. this is lyndon johnson. 188 years ago, a small band of valiant men began a long battle for freedom. they pledged their lives, their fortune and their sacred honor to forge an ideal of freedom. not only for political independence but for personal liberty, not only to eliminate foreign rule but to establish the rule of justice in the affairs of men. we believe that all men are created equal, yet many are still denied equal treatment. we believe that all men have certain unalienable rights, yet many americans do not enjoy those rights. we believe that all men are entitled to the blessings of liberty, yet still millions are being deprived of those blessings not because of their own failures but because of the color of their skin. in our own time, numerous civil rights activists, including disability ad

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maybe during vietnam when lyndon johnson refused to face facts for two or three years and punished people who tried to tell the truth. ironically h.r. mcmaster wrote a very good book about this called "dereliction of duty." this is a dereliction of duty in my opinion by this president, more than comparable to the tough decisions lyndon johnson faced. this is totally unnecessary. he could have and should still be being a responsible leader, but i've given up hoping honestly for anything from him. i think others like dr. fauci can play an important role. >> the president can look the other way, he can try to downplay what is happening and the reality of it, but the science doesn't change. people getting sick don't change. in fact it could be getting worse, right, because people aren't getting the messaging that they need to hear. governor dean, the rnc is continuing to move forward with plans with it's in-person convention. the president is expecting to give his speech in jacksonville, florida. as someone who has chaired the dnc, how long does it take to plan a convention? is it too late to

galvanized into law by president lyndon johnson. lewis never lost his young act it visit spirit. taking it from protest to politics, standing up for what he believed was right, lewis was arrested more than 40 times by police, according to his congressional office. >> i'm on my way and we're going to win this race. >> reporter: he was elected to city council in atlanta, then to washington representing florida's fifth district. fighting and working to help younger generations by improving education. he reached out to young people, creating a series of graphic novels about the civil rights movement, winning him a national book award. in the light of so many moments and great achievements, it was the achievement of another in 2008 that perhaps meant the most. the election of president barack obama. >> we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. we are and always will be the united states of america. >> reporter: a dream lewis admits was too impossible to consider decades before, even as he thought to forge its foundation. >> this

president lyndon johnson used it for his proposal of a voting rights act in his speech. >> what happened in selma is part of a far larger movement that reaches in to every section and state of america. >> only time i saw martin luther king shed a tear and i wasn't with john, but i bet you he cried to. >> their cause must be our cause too. >> was when lyndon johnson closed his speech with "we shall over come". >> and we shall over come. >> coming up: >> and to lose two people that i admire and love was almost too. ♪ ♪ we've always put safety first. ♪ ♪ and we always will. ♪ ♪ for people. ♪ ♪ for the future. ♪ ♪ and there has never been a summer when it's mattered more. wherever you go, summer safely. get zero percent apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. t-now that sprint is a part ofd. t-mobile we have more towers, more engineers, and more coverage than ever before. this is not just a bigger network it's a better one. and now you can get an awesome network at an amazing price. welcome to t-mobile. america's largest 5g network.

from 1965 to '67, lyndon johnson takes over for the assassinated john f. kennedy. wire tapping suggests it should be formally outlawed. there are a couple supreme court cases. berger v. new york, and katzv. united states. both in 1967. in both cases, the supreme court changes its tune, say wire taps have to follow the same procedures for a warrant. there must be probable cause, the people initiating the wire tap have to specify the crime they're investigating, specify the place to be searched, specify the conversations to be seized. in 1968, congress follows suit, sets specific standards for obtaining wire taps. this will not stop cointelpro overall. they will go on to target other confrontational political groups including the black panther party which it helped to destroy with informants, misinformation, and violence. and the american indian movement, which ends with a violent 1971 siege at wounded knee, south dakota. the fbi will also go after the new left and the ku klux klan, successfully undermine both to some degree which we'll talk about. in 1975, watergate

president lyndon johnson used the public outrage to motivate his proposal of a voting rights act. in a speech to congress on march 15. >> what happened in selma is part of a far larger movement, which reaches into every section and state of america. >> only time i saw martin luther king shed a tear and i wasn't with john. but i bet you he cried, too. >> their cause must be our cause, too. >> was when lyndon johnson closed his speech with, we shall overcome. >> and we shall overcome. >> coming up. >> to lose two people was too much. o lose two people was too much ♪ ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪ ♪ it's amazing to see them in the wild like th-- shhh. for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. with spray mopping to lock away debris and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. the shark vacmop, a complete clean all in one pad. >>> we will use the energy and resources of our organization to implement the voting bill. >> the violence against marchers at the bridge in selma in 1965 helped convince congress to pass the voting rights act.

vietnam was started by lyndon johnson. and he was a texan. the lacks five wars have been started by texans. we have been at war for 20 years. clear channel radio had 1500 am radio stations during the bush administration, at&t comes out of the state of texas. georgia has cnn and time warner loaded with military bases. the east coast, connecticut, new york, california that's the liberals that is loaded with wall street, with the treasury, federal reserve and silicon valley. >> i'm going to jump in, because you're taking us in a much broader sense than the case. our time is short, with apologies i'm going to move on to john in west lake village, california. >> my question is, the model that is being proposed, this american model rising from the constitution, my question is, the british have prior restraint law in the state secrets law, they have a very strict libel law. they seem to have a pretty rigorous, fair press, maybe even better than ours. why is the model that mr. abrams proposed better than the other model? >> i really don't agree that

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they're trying to demean lyndon johnson and weaken his role. and kennedy was the most in blue agile person outside the president and that first thousand days that have the terrible circumstances work kennedy's assassinated in the vice president is elevated to the presidency. and now he's working for president who hates him and in fact there is a big screaming fight in the oval office shortly after johnson is inaugurated after the cabinet meeting. and everybody is in this weird coronavirus. think about it was the sitting and turning general outside the president for two months that was unusual. so sometimes you have a president giving certain powers to the vice president they may have one instead of another. i also point out that hubert humphrey it was lbj's vice president lbj might have learned from experience he had to be nicer more inclusive. an effect the opposite was the case he was as belittling as humphrey as the kennedy people were of johnson and this measure of events. in later years they have become more powerful the bush 43 administra

the johnson administration for example lyndon johnson asked the white house operator to report to him on the white house staffers and he can try to identify leakers in the white house to report to him where white house staffers are being taken by the army drivers with the white house staffers. presidents are trying to get a handle in the nixon administration became a union that led to watergate in the mitigation. the reason they were called the plumbers because they were designed from scratch week. they broke into the watergate themselves but the reason they started in the nickname because of leaks. there is a cat and mouse game between the administration and staffers on the leaking issue and there will always be technology leaking and noise technology identifying who the leakers are in the best way to address it is to have the president to make it clear in bringing people who are willing to not leaking against. i don't want to suggest all leaking is evil but sometimes administration will talk about a certain policy that they are making or personnel there picking up, this is necessari

lyndon johnson asked operators to report him on who white house staffers were calling so he could try to identify leakers similarly had the white house motor pool to report to him on where white house staffers were being taken by the army drivers who drive around white house staffers. presidents are always trying to get a handle on that that led to the watergate the reason they're called the plumbers as they were designed to stop leaks they ended up breaking into the watergate hotel to get the papers but the reason they started, the reason i had that nickname is because they were to stop leaks. as a cat and mouse game between administration and staffers on the leaking issue. that's in technology for identifying who the leakers are. i really think the best way to address it is to have the president set a standard for behavior and bring in people who are willing to not be leaking against one another. i don't want to suggest all leaking is evil sometimes a president or administrational put out a trial is not necessarily designed to destroy sometimes is designed to get a policy was in sun

they voted for the democrat, lyndon johnson, and i suspected they voted that way because they believe in their own civil rights. they believe in voting rights. they believe in fair housing. they believe in taking care of people in the golden years with mediciare, which democrats propose. they believe in taking care of low income people with medicaid. they believe in educating young children with the elementary education act. they believe in the higher education act. they believe in protecting this environment, all of which were a part of lyndon johnson's program and by the way, they all still exist today. so these people who said democrats are sitting here doing nothing, i ask her to review that for me and i hope that she's of income high enough that her children and grandchildren would not need the elementary and secondary education act or the higher education act. these are all programs proposed by democrats. i don't call thatting nothing. >> congressman james clyburn, democrat of south carolina, he serves in the leadership of the house as majority whip. also the chair of the select

. >> the cover of the book is really an iconic photograph of lyndon baines johnson, and i believe it was during the height of the vietnam war. is that correct? >> that's right. it was 1968. and tet offensive had happened. martin luther king had been assassinated. robert kennedy had been assassinated. what he's doing in that picture, what we know, we don't know all of it, and we don't know what's on his mind, but he's listening to a tape recording from his son-in-law who went on to be the senator of virginia. he was a marine lieutenant in vietnam sending back audio cassettes to his father-in-law about what was happening in vietnam. johnson wanted a kind of battlefield perspective. he was worried he wasn't getting a straight story from his generals. so he was listening to the tape in that picture. and so that's the background for that picture. you can't see the tape recorder on the cover because the book would have been too long. but it is the kind of agony, conjured the agony and weight of the office. when you open the book, there's a picture of president johnson and the republican le

president lyndon johnson came and spoke to a joint session of the congress eight days after bloody sunday and condemned the violence in selma, introduced the voting rights act. and before he concluded that speech, he said, "and we shall overcome." we call it the "we shall overcome" speech. it probably was one of the most meaningful speeches any american president had delivered in modern time on the whole question of civil rights. brian: on that note of we shall overcome, you mentioned in your book about rosa parks. and you go back to her training. you say that she wasn't trained i mean, that when she sat in that bus and wouldn't get up, that she had an earlier training for that in tennessee. can you tell us about that place? rep. lewis: there is a little school, at that time, a little school that exists in tennessee in a little place called mount eagle, tennessee. it is between nashville and chattanooga, tennessee, and was called highlander folk school. it was started by a guy, a brave and courageous white gentleman by the name of miles horton. it was a wonderful place. and he was a wonde

president lyndon johnson came and spoke to a joint session of the congress eight days after bloody sunday and condemned the violence in selma, introduced the voting rights act. and before he concluded that speech, he said, "and we shall overcome." we call it the "we shall overcome" speech. it probably was one of the most meaningful speeches any american president had delivered in modern time on the whole question of civil rights. brian: on that note of we shall overcome, you mentioned in your book about rosa parks. and you go back to her training. you say that she wasn't trained -- i mean, that when she sat in that bus and wouldn't get up, that she had an earlier training for that in tennessee. can you tell us about that place? rep. lewis: there is a little school, at that time, a little school that exists in tennessee in a little place called mount eagle, tennessee. it is between nashville and chattanooga, tennessee, and was called highlander folk school. it was started by a guy, a brave and courageous white gentleman by the name of miles horton. it was a wonderful place. and he was a wo