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Couldnt do. >> lbj has faith in the american people they will do what is right, but they need to see first what is wrong. >> johnson leans in with king to put those moments in front of the nation. let people see whats going on, whats happening. we see in the months that would follow kings work in selma, alabama. >> president johnson and dr. king had been deliberating for sometime, brokering an agreement, if you will, that dr. king deliver a peaceful march. >> the people over in the selma area st...

To try and pass a voting rights act. >> johnson says, look, i have done all -- you know, i have my hands full with the war and blah, blah, blah, and he says i dont have the power to do that. >> he said i know we need this but i cannot do it right now. i just dont have the power. >> i want to play something, you had that meeting on december 18th of 64. this is a phone call four days earlier, december 14th, with the attorney general. >> try to figure out what i can do to get 100% people to vote. w...

>> he picked up something like 37 seats in the house and a couple seats in the senate. he had everything he needed to be able to move a legislative agenda, and being lyndon johnson he was not going to let a moment go to waste. >> almost in the very hour the polls closed the president was whipping his staff into a greater frenzy. >> johnson was a man on a mission, not knowing how long his honeymoon would last, how long he would be in office. >> hello? >> yes, mr. president. >> i thought i would c...

Lyndon johnson had many wonderful days, but that day in dallas, he was magnificent. >> i wish to god there was something that i could do. i wanted to tell you that we are grieving with you. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. i know you loved jack and he loved you. >> lyndon johnson finds himself now being the president of the united states. just on a human level, its hard to imagine what that must have felt like. clearly, his leadership skills, his sense of direction and what needed to...

>> goldwater is strongly anti-communist, and very militaristic, and another crucial threat is goldwater takes a stand against civil rights and starts to mobilize votes in the south. >> my fellow americans, i accept your nomination. >> there was quite a stir about him. newspaper campaigns, supporting robert kennedy for the vice president nomination on the democratic ticket. the president wanted no part of that. >> im not going to let them put somebody in bed with me that will murder me, i just ca...

Current set of circumstances, theres a limit to what he can get done. >> unlike biden, president johnson had basic math working in his favor. >> johnson has 295 democrats in the house. 68 democrats in the senate. so 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...

Westinghouse broadcasting. the election was coming up in 64. this was 63. the idea was to make sure that texas was a kennedy state. >> presidents didnt travel much many those days, to start with. not nearly as much as they do now. when it was announced he was coming to texas, it was a big deal. we were all so excited in ft. worth. >> president kennedy wanted to come to texas to raise money. the governor discouraged it. the president wasnt very popular, at least in texas. the polls showed him in ...

Day in the new cnn original series "lbj: . >> johnson says, look, ive got my hands full, blah, blah, blah. i dont have the power to do that. >> he said i know we need this, but i cannot do it right now. i just dont have the power. >> you had that meeting on december 18th of 64. this is a phone call four days earlier, with the attorney general. >> trying to do what i can do to get 100% of the people to vote. were going to try to get everybody to register, and those that dont register, we can regi...

Of getting registered, now, if the state laws are too high and they disqualify a bunch of them maybe we can go into the supreme court and get them held unconstitutional. >> its a problem, yes, sir. >> i know that. see what you can do and do that pretty quick. >> i wish i had known that. i had not heard that. that was before we got there. >> my god. i mean, its unbelievable. if there ever was an exhibit a of being a masterful politician, that was it. >> johnson is not taking anything for granted....

Signed into law by president johnson. >> ive been having these quiet 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 votes. plus, he didnt have this. >> when bloody sunday happens and americans turn on the tv and see peaceful protesters like jon lewis getting beaten, it changes the temperature, nationally. >> while president johnsons legacy may ultimately may have been marred by the war in vietnam, presi...