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Friends. do you get those 6:30 cheeseburger phone calls? >> i have not talked to him at 6:30 in the morning -- >> no, at night. hes not eating a cheeseburger for breakfast. >> well, i have gotten calls from all sorts of odd times, and this is a guy that is always on the job and for feedback on how hes doing. the idea -- a lot of presidents have these type of personal habits. reagan did, and lbj did, and all sorts of things they do that never get publicized and its unfortunate that people try to ...

>> that is true and i can bear eyewitness testimony. [ laughter ] >> bathroom diplomacy and thanks to extraordinary fly on the wall, fly on the wall, reporting from "the washington post" we know lbj is not the only american president known to mix business with bathroom. this is a section from todays reporting thats about the presidents negativity toward nato and our nato allies particularly german chancellor angela merkel. quote, his demeanor with the german leader was in striking contrast with ...

[ laughter ] >> bathroom diplomacy and thanks to extraordinary fly on the wall, fly on the wall, reporting from "the washington post" we know lbj is not the only american president known to mix business with bathroom. this is a section from todays reporting thats about the presidents negativity toward nato and our nato allies particularly german chancellor angela merkel. quote, his demeanor with the german leader was in striking contrast with the encounters with putin and authoritarian figures. ...

Deficit talking about dooms day predictions with this and look ive looked at the four major tax cuts the last hundred years and closest to this is the 1960s because you had a decent economy like now and then the tax cuts of ken edi carried out by lbj, gdp went to 6% for two straight years and treasury revenue increased, its showing an ignorance of history or choosing to ignore it i should say. >> dagen: stacey why the scare tactics because the democrats know that this is a win for republicans? >...

Misconduct. today amid pressure from his democratic colleagues michigan democrat john conyers, a man who served with lbj, a genuine civil rights icon with a remarkable record in the united states congress, announced his retirement. in the wake of news that several former aides had accused him of sexual harassment. democrats initially rallied around conyers who seemed to want to hang on to his seat. in an instantly infamous appearance on "met the press," nancy pelosi seemed to play down the accus...

Sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. it represented after a serious review a clear violation of our companys standards. as a result, weve decided to terminate his employment. while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years hes been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. now, let me hone in on that piece of the statement, john. "the new york times," "variety," and other news outlets have been pursu...

I shall not seek and will not accept. we had the words memorized instantly. everyone on the country when lbj said that. no one knew he was going to say it. almost knew in the white house. the one person that did not was lady bird and he had a hand signal with her. he said he wasnt decided because it was right at the end of the speech. after he gave the speech about vietnam policy and how he was going to try to change things and to try to de-politicize it, not gong to run and a hand signal to giv...

The 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. im back. aleve pm for a better am. wow. this month of november has been a crazy month in the news and its been a very busy month for me personally. ive been meeting "last word" viewers miami to boston, seattle to los angeles talking about "playing with fire." my very first televised interview about my book was with my friend rachel maddow. here now is how rachel introduced "playing with fire" on her show and our conversation about it at the very be...

I was a high school eyewitness to these things. i shall not seek and will not accept. we had the words memorized instantly. everyone on the country when lbj said that. no one knew he was going to say it. almost knew in the white house. the one person that did not was lady bird and he had a hand signal with her. he said he wasnt decided because it was right at the end of the speech. after he gave the speech about vietnam policy and how he was going to try to change things and to try to de-politic...

Wow. this month of november has been a crazy month in the news and its been a very busy month for me personally. ive been meeting "last word" viewers miami to boston, seattle to los angeles talking about "playing with fire." my very first televised interview about my book was with my friend rachel maddow. here now is how rachel introduced "playing with fire" on her show and our conversation about it at the very beginning of my book tour. >> on the last day of march in 1968, president lyndon john...