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Franklin d. roosevelt and lyndon johnson. >> legislative genius. >> obnoxious. >> it is hard to nail him down. >> what remains undeniable is this is one of the most consequential presidencies in american history. >> no president ever came to this office on a platform of doing what was wrong . >> in fort worth this more than, in drizzling rain, thousands gathered around the presidential hotel, many starting nearly three hours before the kennedys were to come out. >> i was working for

>> lyndon johnsons victory is a breath to behold. all the standards in measurement in politics, thats a landslide. >> sorry about georgia. >> louisiana is a bunch of crooks and mississippi is too ignorant to know any better and alabama is the same way, but georgia knows better. >> you did awfully well. were proud of you. i dont see any way it could have been improved. you campaigned well and carried the election. >> no question, somebody that craved approbation, he would be gratified by getting ...

Helped him to find that af affirmation. >> one of the dominating ideas of his life was to help people. as president of the united states, he wanted to help them as only a president can help them by using the engine of government. >> this administration declares unconditional war on poverty in america. >> its on one hand incredibly bold to declare war on anything, let alone poverty, which is a complicated, intractable kind of a problem that social scientists in 1964 dont really understand all tha...

The southeast asia treaty, and every signor had an obligation. >> a war had already been taking place for four years between vietnamese parties. >> we were fighting in vietnam. >> thats all the commitment and all the statements that kennedy made, bobby kennedy made, and i would be the first american president to put my tail between my legs and run out. >> for lbj who had been kept out of decision making with regard to vietnam, he believed he had no choice but to keep on kennedys secretary of sta...

Succeed to the presidency. and he has already succeeded. he is in a position to transact business and take whatever action he needs to take to protect the republic. >> there was a great blur of activity that night. congressional leaders came to be ushered in to see the president. we stayed with him until about 4:00 in the morning. >> the night of november 22nd, that night he was up late, late, late in the night, thinking about what the priorities were, what could we do, how could we bring this c...

Pain of bprejudice. >> he always talks about how he would look in their eyes what he was teaching them, what they were saying is why do people not like us because of the color of our skin? and somehow, you never forget what poverty and hatred can do when you see its scars on the hopeful face of a young child. >> for the first time, he sees through their eyes the sting of poverty and bigotry and racial hatred. >> catula made lyndon johnson a different person. being exposed to somebody who was dis...

Tragic and shakespeary an. >> thank you and congratulations. the series lbj: triumph and tragedy premiers sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn. are you looking for a longer weekend? pack your bags. one country announced they are switching to a four-day workweek. whwho is it? well tell you. stay with us. well pay off your phone up to $800. you can keepep your phone. and keep your number. visit your local t-mobile store today. what happens when we welcome change? we can make emergen...

Conversations with members of congress for the last two months. im tired of being quiet! >> but biden didnt have the votes for a new bill on voting. plus, he didnt have this. >> when "bloody sunday" happens and americans turn on the tv and see peaceful protesters like john lewis getting beaten, it changes the temperature nationally. >> while president johnsons legacy may ultimately have been marred by the war in vietnam, president bidens first year in office has been dominated by covid-19 and ot...

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. majority of the senate had full confidence in lbj. his ability t...

Trimmed, and yes, i expect a filibuster. >> to break the filibuster, johnson has to vote to closer. >> that was the vote in the senate to stop debate and to stop the filibuster, so this required 67 senators and if those 67 votes were not produced, then legislation would die in the senate. >> hes got roughly 40 democrats he thinks will go for cloture. now, we have to have the republicans and you cant do anything with southern democrats, and nobody can get to russell -- >> we would say the same to...