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Keep kids apprised of his position. >> we dont need to be here for long. 60 votes in the senate. the majority in the house and president trumps signature. thats what is needed. >> but there is a growing unease the shutdown may extend into the new year and the new congress. >> lbj said sometimes you just have to hunker down like a jack ass in a hail storm and take it. >> democrats say nancy pelosi is dictating the democratss strategy in her quest to win house speaker. if he cooperates with the pr...

Pelosis election for the speakership. shes now in that unfortunate position of being beholden to her left wing to where she cannot be seen with agreeing with the president on anything until after shes the speaker. if thats the case, we go into the next congress, i think. >> is there a reason for democrat to negotiate at all before democrats take control of the lower chamber? >> no. theres no incentive. donald trump has created a situation where he has no leverage, and there was the old saying th...

His room, and he said i just asoon die now, but i have not done something. when lbj had a massive heart attack, he said to himself, what if i died now, what would i be remembered for? he went for a civil rights bill in the senate, the first civil rights bill since reconstruction. the interesting thing about teddy roosevelt, he said i dont want to know what people will think about me for 20 years, and the thing that is important is that people think i lived an honorable life and played decently, ...

His running mate. he had the wisdom to know that he needed texas and he needed southern votes. and lbj was able to deliver texas. >> let me say first that i accept the nomination of the democratic party. [ cheers and applause ] the republican nominee, of course, is a young man. but his party is the party of the past. >> nixon was watching kennedys acceptance speech and he thought it was weak. he thought kennedy came across as being privileged and efiminite, not that good on tv. and he thought, i...

Convention. >> thank you again for coming. thank you, senator. >> me knew exactly what they were doing. >> the delegates start voting. >> johnson believed that hed win. kennedy was worried. he thought he had it sewn up, but he wasnt certain of it. >> my only vote will make majority for senator kennedy. >> kennedy won the nomination, but he did not unify the party. there were many senior democrats suggesting that he couldnt win in november. >> in a surprise move to heal party wounds, kennedy name...

On saudi arabia, but the cia director gina haspal was noti noticeably missing. >> i think it was a mistake not to have the director of the cia not there. >> nobody was happy that she was not there. >> and not having gina has pel at the cia briefing was a cover-up. >> this is the most persuasive presence in the briefing was the empty chair. >> the administration instead trying to switch the focus today to why the u.s. in their view needs saudi arabia as an ally against iran, and joining me is joh...

Things done. and what i really am looking forward to is her versus donald trump. >> part of its shes not likable because shes a woman who gets things done. dont you think, jeff, this looks good, that part of why she isnt as effective is because shes not this media maverick. shes not so great in front of a camera and microphones, because her talent lies behind the scenes in actually getting things done. and people want some fire breather thats a leader thats going to get us all mad and divide us ...

My father was the democratic national committeeman from maryland. the excitement of it was great because my father had been a big supporter. >> jack kennedys main rival for the democratic nomination is lbj. >> i move here and now to solicit the votes of every delegate present in this room or the sound of my voice. >> lyndon johnson, the majority leader of the united states senate, senator from texas, thinks kennedy is sort of a lightweight. >> some talk about how we ought to do it, and when we g...

>> bobby rallies the doctors to lie, to say that jack is healthy as can be. >> will bobbys damage control pay off? >> climactic moments of the democratic convention. before the first ballot is completed, wyoming clinches the kennedy triumph with the deciding votes. >> john f. kennedy fights off strong opposition to win the nomination. he is now the democratic partys presidential candidate. >> we will carry the fight to the people in the fall, and we shall win. >> jack faces a tough decision. he ...

My father was the democratic national committeeman from maryland. the excitement of it was great because my father had been a big supporter. >> jack kennedys main rival for the democratic nomination is lbj. >> i move here and now to solicit the votes of every delegate present in this room or the sound of my voice. >> lyndon johnson, the majority leader of the united states senate, senator from texas, thinks kennedy is sort of a lightweight. >> some talk about how we ought to do it, and when we g...