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Airplane was lyndon johnson. he said to the federal judge, sara hughs, proceed. >> i solemnly swear -- >> i solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve. >> preserve. >> protect. >> protect. >> and defend. >> and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the c...

>> he felt like he was judged by those ivy leaguers who dominated washington, because he where he was from, because of how he spoke. he felt, i think in his own mind, he paled in comparison to them. and yet he dominated them on any given day. that insecurity was -- those were demons that roamed around lbjs consciousness at any given time. >> he turned that to a positive. it drove him to try to do things no one else had ever achieved. >> we had read about his growing up in the texas hill country....

>> you never had to guess where linden johnson was coming from. he was coming from that growing up in the hill country of texas. >> now, that is my kind of television or streaming or whatever. shes currently the executive director of students of democracy and appears in this new series on lbj. lets talk about this. at the beginning of this -- the current presidents term, joe biden, you heard a lot about how he had the opportunity to be the next lbj to pass a sweeping domestic agenda. how do you ...

We got to get the president some power, and it was less than 100 days. >> dr. king gave him some power. dr. king and john lewis lyndon johnson some power. to make dentistry work for your life. so we offer a complete exam and x-rays free to new patients without insurance - everyday. plus, patients get 20% off their treatment plan. were on your corner and in your corner every step of the way. because your anything is our everything. aspen dental. anything to make you smile. book today at aspendent...

Authorization from congress or even the american public. >> 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 goldwate...

Employee that is controlled by lyndon johnson, the president of the united states and not the governor of the deep southern states. at the same time he doesnt tell king that he himself is trying to work out through nonlegislative means a way to get voting in the south. hes keeping that up his sleeve because he wants martin luther king to put it all out there for this cause. he wants him to think that its all on him. >> johnson certainly is well aware of kings great strategic abilities and his ab...

Look back and see what has been done, because theres no better way to judge the future than by the past. >> its been half a center since lbj was in the oval office. he remains this misunderstood, enigmatic figure. some people think he was a power hungry warmonger. >> for me, lyndon johnson was the devil. >> the president is authorized to prevent aggression. >> nothing was beyond his capacity of doing when he wanted it. >> he lied to the american public. >> other people think he was the greatest ...

Lbj was hill country, cowboy hats, boots. >> washington at that time was disproportionately influenced # by the ivy league elites. >> you never had to guess where linden johnson was coming from. he was coming from that growing up in the hill country of texas. >> lbj triumph and tragedy premieres tomorrow night at 9:00 on cnn. and new tonight, the former miami dolphins head coach suing the nfl and three teams for racial discrimination has a new job in the league. the pittsburgh steelers announc...

Sullivan jackson. >> everybody was waiting on the president. nobody knew what was going to be said, but there was an air in the house that night that was very helpful. >> i speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy. at times history and fate meet at a single time, in a single place, to shape a turning point in mans unending search for freedom. what happened in selma is part of a far larger movement, which we choose into every section. its the effort of american negros to ...

All are with you. >> thank you, doctor. thank you so much. >> president lyndon johnson invited us to come to the white house after winning the nobel prize. we had an appointment at 4:00 and didnt get to see him until almost 7:00, and bundy and russell were coming out as we were going in, and we realized what was going on. they were trying to get him to escalate the war in vietnam. my feeling was that this wasnt the president johnson i had seen in action and that i knew. this was a president john...