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We must abolish not some but all racial discrimination. >> johnson was a new deal democrat. that doesnt mean he would be a supporter of civil rights. >> after lyndon johnson, the biggest faker in the united states, having opposed the civil rights act for all the years of his life, this is the phoniest individual that ever came around. >> his own legislator record on civil rights was horrible. from the day he got into congress until the late 1950s, he voted against everything. certainly, i sit he...

The civil rights act and voting rights act. but his decision to escalate the war in vietnam overshadowed his legacy. see how it all plays out. it premieres sunday at 9:00 p.m. right here on cnn. heres a preview. >> lbj was intensely aware he came into the office under the cloak of tragedy. >> it drove him to try to do things no one else had ever achieved. >> he said to his aides what the hell a presidency for? if youre not going to do something bold why be here? >> i think lyndon johnson would b...

>> i remember thinking, is this the beginning of world war iii? so that was the country when lyndon johnson became president. that was the country he was dealing with. >> this is a sad time for all people. we have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. i will do my best. that is all i can do. i ask for your help and gods. >> the thing that concerned me and those around me very much was trying to give the world a picture of stability and to give them a confidence that we are not rudderless. we h...

>> the gulf of tonkin becomes an inflexion point in the lbj presidency. he ultimately doubles down on the war in vietnam. >> all the information i had was, that they were serious, and i felt at the time and i feel now that if confronted with an identical situation tomorrow i would respond the same way. >> for lbj its escalation or appeasement, and hes damned if he will appease the north vietnamese and give into communism. >> barry goldwater was saying we know what the problem is, we should launc...

Was elected by 87 votes. they called it landslide lyndon. >> this is texas politics at the time. its the way the game was played. i think johnson won it legitimately. but im not completely certain of that. there are elements of that story that are tough for me to pin down. >> this was at a time in texas when stuffing the ballot box was a common practice. it simply meant lbj stole better than his opponent. >> within that context of texas politics, that may not have been entirely a bad thing for j...

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It is wrong, deadly wrong to deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote in this country. wednesday, i will send to congress a law designed to eliminate illegal barriers to the right to vote. this bill will strike down restrictions to voting in all elections. >> i think president johnson said what i expected him to say about voting rights and about submitting the voting rights act. what i didnt expect was for him to make it so personal. >> my first job after college was as a teacher in c...

Dependant on the notion that every citizen in america would have the right to vote, and i think thats why he and uncle martin worked so tirelessly for the passage of the voting rights act. >> they were both committed. they were both terrific politicians. i think they knew they were doing something that they needed the other one for. >> the voting rights act was signed into law in august of 1965 and johnson was so happy, he viewed that as important as any piece of legislation. he said this law wi...

Thanksgiving. >> im afraid to. i dont have enough -- i havent read a third of the stuff i need to read. i read until 2:00 in the morning. he didnt tell me when he made me vice president. going to get harder. >> an assassins bullet has thrust upon me the awesome burden of the presidency. >> i think most of the historians that were anticipating the presidency of l lyndon johnson felt when we lost president kennedy, we lost an opportunity to move forward. we never felt that. >> following the assass...

>> once lbj gave west moorland 150,000 ground troops, really there was no turning back. >> he wasnt happy with the press and the press wasnt happy with him. >> the big lie was optimism. >> he had no idea of the vengeance that would come down on him. hello, everyone, im michael holmes coming to you live from laviv in ukraine, ahead this hour, joe biden agrees in principle to a summit with vladimir putin to drive to prevent russia from invading ukraine, follows an ominous warning from the u.s. a...