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Fdr had the new deal, and jfk had the new frontier, and lbj had the great society. >> what johnson was going to do was tell the country we cant just focus on the fact that we are rich. we cant just focus on the fact that we are powerful. we have to be great. >> the purpose of protecting the life of our nation and preserving the liberty of our citizens is to pursue the happiness of our people. in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society b...

Had the new frontier, and lbj had the great society. >> what johnson was going to do was tell the country we cant just focus on the fact that we are rich. we cant just focus on the fact that we are powerful. we have to be great. >> the purpose of protecting the life of our nation and preserving the liberty of our citizens is to pursue the happiness of our people. in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society but upward to the great society...

>> the best we can do now is just hope that wallace will be true to his word and king will break them up peacefully after 35 or 40 minutes. >> and king did break them up peacefully to go back. >> i dont know if lyndon johnson knew we would have bloody sunday, and at that moment it meant people couldnt turn away anymore. johnson recognized that moment would provide the legislative leverage that he needed. >> you look at the timeline, and the march over the bridge is the 7th, and then lyndon johns...

>> president biden would say hes not going to let the stalemate in washington derail his agenda. he is looking to executive orders to get things done where he can and trying to highlight achievements like the bipartisan infrastructure bill. he hopes to cement his legacy with the first black woman appointed to the high court as lbj did in 1967 with the first black justice, thurgood marshall >> what an interesting look. thank you so much. you can watch the premiere sunday 9:00 p.m. eastern this su...

The same page. >> when we left, dr. king said, we have to get the president some power. >> thats what precipitated the voting rights campaign. were going to give him some power. hey! its me! your dry skin! im craving something were missing. the ceramides in cerave. they help restore my natural barrier, so i can lock in moisture. weve got to have each others backs... cerave. now the #1 dermatologist recommended skincare brand. if you wake up thinking about the market and want to make the right mo...

>> that problem with respect to race and his aggressive attitude towards making it fair, we have got more adverse males, more criticism on the programs in the great society than we did on the vietnam war. >> the irony of johnson passing the voting rights act is that the celebration is brief. >> theres the signing of the voting rights act and then a couple days later, watts, the riots in watts. >> i think lyndon johnson would be seen today as one of our top three greatest presidents but he made o...

And the administration announced a series of incidents on the gulf of tonkin. there had been an early attack on an american warship on august 2, and there was a second possible attack. >> the gulf of tonkin events in early august of 1964 gave lbj the ability to show that hes no wimp, that hes going to be able to request a joint resolution in support of his ability to respond and to act in southeast asia without having to seek a declaration of war is huge. there were only two dissenting votes. hi...

Unprecedented this was and yet he was depressed, and he said i think we just delivered the south to the republican party for the rest of my life and yours. >> long before lyndon johnson came into a position of power our leaders were recommending great advances in the field of civil rights and great advances in the field of health and education and environment, things of that nature. i just happened to be the catalyst. >> lbj, like so many of our presidents, was driven to greatness. he wanted to ...

Johnson had basic math working in his favorite. . >> johnson has 295 democrats in the house, 68 in the senate. so he had large majorities. president biden has never had that. >> and, unlike now -- >> lbj also had people he could work with on the republican side to compensate for the democratic votes that he was losing from the south. >> its a harsh reality that has led to disappointment for democrats on everything from bidens sweeping plan to remake americas social safety net to even modest atte...

Southern politician that knows how to use power. >> i remembered that time in the office when dr. king said that we got to get the president some power, and it was less than 100 days. where dr. king gave him some comment. dr. king and john lewis gave lyndon johnson some comment. >> this cnn original series, lbj:triumph and tragedy" brought to you by medicare plans. ary ca. ...and lab tests. - wow. - uh-huh. plus, $0 copays on tier 1 & tier 2 prescription drugs. - wow. - uh-huh. unitedhealthcar...