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305. said thats pretty good, to years, special guy. i want to thank a true patriot, your executive director bob wallace. along with your outstanding national auxiliary. president dee gilroy. thank you, dee. and congratulations to vfws incoming leadership, b.j. lawrence and sandy gribal. where are they? great, great. congratulations. were also joined by a brand-new va secretary robert willki. hes going to be fantastic. who was just confirmed by the senate last night with an overwhelming vote. the...

Commentary. there have been times in television history where the prevailing political themes did drive certain plot lines, did you television was afraid of them. it was too controversial. >> from television city in hollywood -- >> the smothers brothers comedy hour. >> my old man is a negro. you are a fascist. >> a variety show that ran in the late 60s. >> gigantic. very big hit. they really went after the vietnam war and after lbj. >> all you guys in vietnam, come on home. >> lbj called the hea...

Commentary. theres been times in television history where the prevailing political themes did drive certain plotlines. but television was afraid of them. they didnt want to deal with them. it was too controversial. >> from television city in hollywood. >> most famously, "the smothers brothers comedy hour." >> you are fascist. >> a comedy show in the 60s. >> a big hit. they went after the vietnam war and lbj. >> all you guys in vietnam, come on home. >> and lbj called the head of cbs and said you...

Nonpolitical head of state shes not allowed to share those feelings. she is used to meeting political figures, putin, assad. donald trump is the latest in the list of controversial figures. the fact that the meeting went over by 17 minutes indicates they were perhaps quite enjoying their tea together. >> shes met with every u.s. president except lbj since 1952. having to be mindful of the royal protocol, what are your observations? how did he and mainelania do? >> he didnt bow, she didnt courtes...

Our democracy and human rights were degraded. so it is important to recognize that there is a living society and therefore there has to be a living constitution in some respect. before we go, jon meacham, what are your top five speeches in american history? soul of america, go. >> the whole history? oh, lord. gettysburg address. the first inaugural of fdr. not least because we have something to fear but fear itself. the biggest cheer from the crowd came when he called for wartime executive pow...

Announcing from the same senate caucus room his brother had used. >> i am today announcing hi candidacy. >> for the presidency of the united states. >> i was not interested in running for president. i was not interesting in opposing president johnson per se. what i was interested in is trying to develop a meaningful policy in vietnam. >> reporter: kennedy knew it wouldnt be easy. >> im going to have a very, very rough road ahead of me. i have five months even before the convention comes. >> just...

From the outset of creation of television, we have a 24/7, he even uses that, 24/7 responsibility to preserve fact and truth on the air waves. when he spoke to the broadcasters association and when lbj spoke to broadcasters, he re-enforced when he decided not to run for re-election the significance of television as a medium because if you look at what is on social media, it is really just clips from your show, other shows. weve preserved that architecture video. it is sbintegral to the busines m...

States. that should be our first priority. >> reporter: one week before his death, bobby kennedy did something no member of his family had ever done -- he lost an election. running second in the oregon presidential primary. >> im going to do all that i can and ive done all that i can so far and if at the end of it im not successful, then i will have to abide by that. >> reporter: robert francis kennedy didnt set out to be president. for years, he was his older brothers jack most trusted adviser,...

How sad and how embarrassing. >> david jolly, i mentioned lbj earlier for a reason. you can go get his recorded phone calls in austin, texas, and hear him, as presidents do, giving marching orders to his lieutenants on the hill. have you any doubt that the gop committee script in that hearing today came from pennsylvania avenue? >> i dont doubt it, and i love that question, brian, for this reason. there is a story yet to be uncovered whether this is occurring or not, and i do believe it is. and ...

Earlier for a reason. you can go get his recorded phone calls in austin, texas, and hear him, as presidents do, giving marching orders to his lieutenants on the hill. have you any doubt that the gop committee script in that hearing today came from pennsylvania avenue? >> i dont doubt it, and i love that question, brian, for this reason. there is a story yet to be uncovered whether this is occurring or not, and i do believe it is. and it is lbj-like. are jordan and others on the committee and per...