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President. the library of congress says it knows of no similar occurrence in the past. >> richard nixons second term was, of course, a disaster. he did not make it to the end of his second term, nor did his vice president. the inauguration that started that disastrous second term, apart from pat nixons beautiful coat, you look back on that inauguration and all the different ways it went wrong, it seems like its a harbinger of the doom that was about to come. nixons immediate predecessor was lynd...

In other words, you would would take that risk if the situation came about. >> this is a serious thing that we are going to be uneasy and we know whats happening now, all right. something may make these people shoot them off. i just dont know. ill tell you this, id id want to keep my own people very alert. >> ultimately the situation wasnt resolved peacefully. >> in 1963, president kennedy was assassinated. as domestic protest against the vietnam war mounted, ike sympathized with lbj.

Sympathized with lbj. >> he wrote this to you, no one could hate war more than i, but i get very upset when i find people who are quite willing to enjoy the rights afforded by this country but publicly announce to flaunt their responsibility. >> do you remember this? >> yes i do. there you are in the middle of it, in college and so forth so you dont even think about it. >> the vietnam war ended in 1975. eisenhower did not live to see it. from 1955 until his death, his death, he had seven heart a...

Sympathized with lbj. >> he wrote this to you, no one could hate war more than i, but i get very upset when i find people who are quite willing to enjoy the rights afforded by this country but publicly announce to flaunt their responsibility. >> do you remember this? >> yes i do. there you are in the middle of it, in college and so forth so you dont even think about it. >> the vietnam war ended in 1975. eisenhower did not live to see it. from 1955 until his death, his death, he had seven heart a...

>> presidents as far back as the one who held the first televised press conference have been wary of taking our questions. >> i see we are try aing a new experiment this morning. >> richard nixon thought we were a tad intrusive. >> especially with the president, with a microscope. >> noticing the white house briefing room was built on top of where the white house swimming pool used to be ronald reagan joke that had he had a plan. >> i only had to push the button and splash. >> other presidents w...

Terrier barney nailed a reuters reporter. >> i got bit by barney. >> reporter: and bill clintons cat socks had a turf war with buddy. >> i did better with the palestinians and israelis than i did with socks and bunny. >> franklin roosevelt was so close with his dog that theyre together forever as statues. lbj got flack from animal lovers for picking up his beagle by the ears. and president bush once accidentally dropped barney. you never know with presidential pets whos going to take whom for a ...

>> i only had to push a button and splash. >> other presidents were more comfortable around us like l.b.j. who once answered reporters questions aboard air force one while striping down until he was only left in a towel. actually, answering questions while nude might be more common than you think if you believe the tale that john quincy adams was taking a skinny dip when he emerged to find the first female reporter sitting on top of his clothes forcing him to answer her questions. here at cnn we...

Let me remind you, uma, of 1968 and 69 when richard nixon became president. lbj, lyndon johnson, there had been race riots across america. 120 cities, neighborhoods, were burned to the ground. there were tanks in the street. there were students in the street saying hey, hey, lbj, how many kids did you kill today? the power was transferred to richard nixon, so the same gangs were in the street. nixons daughters, julie and tricia, were in college and as they walked across campus, students would sp...

>> and paul ryan wants to come for all of lbj and the new deal. >> i dont think theyll succeed. >> chris matthews and joy reid, thank you for being here. dont go anywhere, my friend and colleague rachel maddow will be joining me in just a moment and she will when i am done pick up live coverage of this historic evening and the presidents farewell address. dont go anywhere. i love my shop,

How much do you say, i cant believe we ended up here. >> there is a fate as there always is in the presidency. theres a splash with their rival. reagan had the big break with gorbachev at the end and exploited it brilliantly. but look at the two presidents weve had in the last 16 years. both have had reelections that werent as good as their first elections. they start to fade and i think its very hard to get reelected with pizazz anymore. so the fade -- >> part of that is the polarization. >> wh...