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People like richard russell who was one of his mentors. >> richard russell was a person of towering stature among segregationists in the south. >> he made me and i know it. i dont ever forget. nobody meant more to me than you, except my mother. >> lbj knew you couldnt exercise political power unless you had it. for lbj, growing up in texas, the only way he could get political power was to tow the line on segregation. >> great pride in the civil rights act, the first civil rights legislation sinc...

I tell you the truth of the matter, i didnt think about it very much. >> good morning, mr. president. >> i want to announce your appointment. this afternoon. >> i think it would be advisable if you dont mind if i could have this weekend. i wanted to sit down with a couple people. >> its leaked all over the papers that you are going do it. they will be shooting me with questions. i am going to make it clear you are mr. poverty. is that all right? >> our chief weapons in a more pinpointed attack w...

Lbj was not from the ivy league, nor was he ever elite. >> thank you. we feel like a country dog. >> you never had to guess where lyndon johnson was coming from. he was coming from that growing up in the hill country of texas. >> named the town johnson city after my grandfather and his cousin. headquarters of the ranch where they assembled the cattle. >> he came from nothing. no running water. no electricity. >> he had four siblings. he had a mother who thought he was absolutely perfect. she was...

Air force one was waiting for the press. im convinced that it was president johnson who told the assistant press secretary, i want the press on that airport. he wanted it reported correctly. he didnt want any rumors. he wanted reporters there. >> whatever emotions or passions, put them under strict discipline. he was very quiet and seemingly very much in command of himself. >> he said, does anybody in this plane know the oath of office? nobody did word for word, precisely. he said, you will have...

Everett dirksen. >> he said you know that bill cant pass unless you get up to dirksen, you have to let him have a piece of the action. he has to look good all the time. >> dont you think that i am going to be pawning republicans around. >> lyndon johnson had the reputation of being a great manipulator. he could work his magic in the congress. >> if there was anything to know about a person, somehow or another lyndon johnson knew it. >> names of children, grandchildren, names of their wives and m...

Mistake. >> vietnam really pulled him apart. he couldnt make a win out of this no matter how hard he tried. >> lbj said i wish they knew that i want peace as much as they do. >> its important to reflect and look back and see what has been done because theres no better way to judge the future but by the past. >> lbj, triumph and tragedy premieres sunday night at 9:00 on cnn. and up next, crime and justice in the united states, excessive force, a surge in crime, a backlash to reforms. the countr...

Johnson era. he was able to get a lot of things done that perhaps biden is not able to do given political circumstances. i think what you can learn from johnson is he understood masterfully, as you heard from the earlier clip, timing and what his political capital looked like. he was a master at political calculus, knowing the right time to get certain things passed or to push certain things through congress. both lyndon johnson and joe biden are creatures of the senate. they understand that bod...

They do. >> its important to reflect and look back and see what has been done because theres no better way to judge the future but by the past. >> lbj, triumph and tragedy premieres sunday night at 9:00 on cnn. and up next, crime and justice in the united states, excessive force, a surge in crime, a backlash to reforms. the country grappling with all of it. were going to talk about it right after this. lunchableses! built to be eaten. new vicks vapostick. strong soothing vapors... help comfort...

Is a perversion of the american way of life. >> my fellow americans, i am about to sign into law a civil rights act of 1964. >> only a southern president could have shepherd that bill, only the former master of the senate could shepherd that bill. >> i think it would have been easier for southerners to oppose a civil rights bill introduced by a northern liberal. >> the civil rights act is the big one, because kennedy had pursued it and not been able to break through that southern wall. johnson h...

Crisis, policing. if you dont have the votes in congress, its nearly impossible to get anything done. something president biden has found out the hard way. two presidents skilled in negotiations of the senate, promising bold action. >> to every american watching, help is here. and we will not stop working for you. . >> with a decisive win in 1964, president lyndon johnson swung for the fences with his plan for a great society. its a history president biden knows well. and a playbook he hoped to ...