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>> jack kennedy never liked lyndon johnson. bobby kennedy despised lyndon johnson. they were like dogs with the hair standing up on the back of their neck. >> joe kennedy didnt feel that way. he was looking in strategic terms at the map and realized that his son needed texas. >> so the two brothers tapped lyndon johnson to be jacks vice presidential running mate. and they did that for one reason. they were going to do anything it took to get jack elected president. >> first kennedy must beat one...

>> with his ego bruised, johnson gets personal. >> lbj began to disparage joe kennedy sr. as being an appeaser back there with hitler in the pre-war era. >> johnson not only smears jacks family, he also attempts to expose jacks deepest secret. >> the day before the vote, the johnson people put under the hotel room doors of every delegate a yellow sheet of paper saying that kennedy had addisons disease. >> for bobby kennedy, that was absolutely verboten. from that point forward he considered lbj ...

>> 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 ...

>> with his ego bruised, johnson gets personal. >> lbj began to disparage joe kennedy sr. as being an appeaser back there with hitler in the pre-war era. >> johnson not only smears jacks family, he also attempts to expose jacks deepest secret. >> the day before the vote, the johnson people put under the hotel room doors of every delegate a yellow sheet of paper saying that kennedy had addisons disease. >> for bobby kennedy, that was absolutely verboten. from that point forward he considered lbj ...

>> jack kennedy never liked lyndon johnson. bobby kennedy despised lyndon johnson. they were like dogs with the hair standing up on the back of their neck. >> joe kennedy didnt feel that way. he was looking in strategic terms at the map and realized that his son needed texas. >> so the two brothers tapped lyndon johnson to be jacks vice presidential running mate. and they did that for one reason. they were going to do anything it took to get jack elected president. >> first kennedy must beat one...

Existed 20 years ago, right? is something happening here and is it a good -- what, what, whats changed? >> b.j.: i mean, its good to have people from -- to have a more diverse community in a sense, but then you also lose a little bit. >> ashley: the danger is theyre coming to charleston because of the beauty, and were having to fight against, you know, bigger entities that seek to get the land so that they can develop it. and so were fighting to keep whats been ours, and so its important for us ...

Between there and here than gullah culture. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is traditional gullah cooking? >> ashley: well, i think what happens is you change the location of the people, but you do not change who the people were. you did not change the information that they came with, with their traditions. >> sean: if you look at the history of american food and youll -- youll quickly see t...

Up on mosquito beach on james island in charleston. her mother owns the property, which has been in her family for generations. fact of the matter is in the old south back when the dishes, flavors and ingredients of southern cooking, which is to say american cooking as opposed to european, chances are that food was grown, gathered, produced and prepared by african slaves. chef b.j. dennis has made it a personal mission to celebrate and protect the culinary traditions his ancestors passed down to...

Donald trump? >> i dont see him -- i dont see him being lovable. im not judging donald trump -- >> laura: you just dont like his policies. >> no, no, no, thats not true. i dont like his policies, that is true. i dont like the way he conducts his life, the way he treats people. >> laura: you did a movie about lbj with -- >> i dont like a man who goes like this with towels, with paper towels. i dont like that. i dont like the way he treats other people. >> laura: okay, so the paper towel throw. is...

See him being lovable. im not judging donald trump -- >> laura: you just dont like his policies. >> no, no, no, thats not true. i dont like his policies, that is true. i dont like the way he conducts his life, the way he treats people. >> laura: you did a movie about lbj with -- >> i dont like a man who goes like this with towels, with paper towels. i dont like that. i dont like the way he treats other people. >> laura: okay, so the paper towel w throw. is this houston, the hurricane deal? >> yo...