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Since 2016. denny hamlin, three three-time daytona 500 winner starts 30th. cole custer and cody ware or in his first daytona 500. daniel ham rick and david ragan who won here in july 2011. row 18, thursday night on the final lap of the race next to 2018 champ austin dillon. b.j. mccloud in his first daytona 500, and aric almirola nearly won here in 2018. 97 formula one champion completes the starting lineup. time for the toyota rev up to green. ♪ ♪ >> on friday night, the all-new toyota tund...

Lbj came up through the political ranks in texas, first a congressman and then a senator. if you didnt toe the line in jim crow and segregation, you simply werent viable. lyndon johnson had to do that. it wasnt in his heart im confident. when he did have the power to make a difference on civil rights, when he became the all powerful majority leader in the senate, perhaps the most powerful majority leader weve ever had, he pushed through the 1957 civil rights act, largely impotent, but for its sa...

Linden b johnson entered the white house during a national cries and on top of that expanded social work programs. his accomplishments are often over shadowed by the most copt ruvrlgs war. it provide as captivating look at one of the most consequential presidents in u.s. history. >> this style was 180 degrees from john kennedy. kennedy was polished. lbj was hill country. cowboy hat. >> washington at that time is disproportionately influence fwhied ivy league elites and he was not from the ivy le...

Important civil rights legislation passed since reconstruction. the civil rights act ended discrimination in public accommodations, and it mandated nondiscrimination in employment. it dramatically transformed life in the south. >> it was monumental. monumental. >> the airways were full of discussions about how unprecedented this was and historic, and yet he was depressed. i asked him why. i said, whats wrong? he said i think we just delivered the south to the republican party for the rest of my ...

We will not stop working for you. >> reporter: with a decisive win in 1964, president lindin johnson swung for the fences with his plan for a great society. its a history president biden knows well. and a playbook he hopes to follow. >> this bill puts working people in this nation first. >> reporter: but legislative wins have been harder to come by. >> there was a lot of talk of transformative legislation, of historic legislation. there was talk of fdr. there was talk of lbj. and was a trap for ...

>> thank you. im not worthy of it. i will try to be. >> lbj was intensely aware that he came into the office under the cloak of tragedy. lady bird johnson said she felt like people were looking at the living but wishing for the dead. >> there was always that sense that he was no john kennedy. indeed, he wasnt. >> anything that i did that someone didnt approve of, they would always feel that president kennedy wouldnt have done that. my conduct in the office being contrasted with president kennedy...

Themselves and their rights as citizens that they had never had before. >> that problem with respect to race and his aggressive attitude towards making it fair, we got more adverse mail, more criticism on the racial programs of the great society than we did on the vietnam war. >> the irony of johnson passing the voting rights act is that the celebration was incredibly brief. >> you have this enormous high signing of the voting rights act, and then couple of days later, what? the riots. >> i thin...

Before we wrap things up, i want to just show you what we have about ukrainians coming together in unity. the scene earlier today at the stand with ukraine rally here in washington, d.c. several pro-ukrainian groups gathering at the lincoln memorial to show solidarity and to petition the biden administration to sanction russia. >> my heart is worried about ukraine. i dont want another war. i dont want struggles. ukraine went through this many times. theres no need for this now. i support all ukr...

In history. many suggested president biden might have the same opportunity to repeat lbjs success. laura jarrett has a look at how thats playing out so far. >> two presidents, skilled in negotiations of the senate, promising bold action. >> to every american watching, help is here and we will not stop working for you. >> with a decisive win in 1984, president johnson swung for the fences with his plan for a great society. its a history president biden knows well. and a playbook he hoped to follo...

Hopes. >> well, thank you very much. im so happy to hear that. i knew you had just that great spirit. you know, you have our support and backing. we know what a difficult period this is. >> its an impossible period. >> he hadnt yet figured out how to deal with president johnson. he said, you know, when you meet with president kennedy, he would ask questions for an hour. when you met with president johnson, he would talk for an hour. >> one of the great tributes we can pay in memory of president ...