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Managing the congress. It becomes a detrimental, but really when youre talking about structural legislative problems, that really is one way in which Lyndon Johnson was much better positioned than almost any president in modern memory. I think we have time for one more question. A question for both of you. It when you talk about being less critical of politicians going forward, are you talking about the number of times or just what our criticisms are . I think there will always be an abundance o...

Nixon was seen as a Foreign Policy sage. When he died, all the president came out there to california to be at his too many or his bur l burial. September 7th, 1972, 10 32 a. M. Following the controversial shooting of candidate George Wallace whether they were candidates for the presidency or not were offered tem pouporary secret service protection. Youve got one u. S. Senator kennedy whose a secondary factor in the campaign. You give him secret Service Coverage throughout the campaign. He said,...

As i leave the presidency. To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every american. And leaving it, i do so with this prayer. May gods grace be with you in all the days ahead. More now on the 40th anniversary of president nixons resignation. With a recent discussion hosted by the Washington Post. It includes journalist bob woodward, carl bernstein, Elizabeth Drew and ruth marcus talking about the scandal that led to president nixon stepping dow...

Possibly to elect gerald ford as speaker of the house. And he said if nixon had put more of his attention toward republicans in that congress, then in building up this huge eh electoral land slide but the key thing about watergate was the tapes. Without them, nixon he would have probably survived. Host and one final personal moment you have been sharing about richard and pat nixon. With the helicopter departed the white house, what happened . Guest nixon is looking out as theyre leaving and the ...

In the age of really accessible video, we cant talk about nixon 40 years later without taking the opportunity to go back in time and actually see the events of that evening. So if we could do that, that would be great. It never works. Were going to give the sound ten seconds to work and then well he never resigned. If anybody can read lips and can tell us what happened. Its all a trick. So without that dramatic moment, some of us remember it. Some of us have seen it on tv when the wireless feed ...

Even industry has grown rapidly. The camps outside israels borders where more than a million refugees maintain a miserable existence. Israel says it would be impossible to readmit them. The arab states sporting the refugees do not accept any condition at all. Up next on American History tv, a panel of historians and Museum Professionals talk about methods and challenges for presenting womens his to a nonacademic audience. They make recommendations and discuss upcoming projects. This round table ...

Its an opportunity to learn about innovation thats happening in the marketplace and how that will impact my job at the fcc. I look at new televisions i think what is that going to do for television standard. When i think about head phones, what is it going to do for raf and things like that. Satellite products and video products, its whats the impact on so many different items we have before us or items that may come before us and i get to learn a number of different products that may come to ma...

Understanding of history and its impact on the world today. To develop an Educational Initiative for young people, students, and adults. She recently led the historical campaign, which raised more than 100 million. Under her directions the New York Historical society has lost groundbreaking exhibitions. In recent years she has been honored with the woman of distinction metal, the deans metal in 2005, education and student advocacy award. And many many other awards we do not have time to read tod...

In the beginning of september, we are live from the Nations Capital for the National Book festival celebrating its 15th year. This is on book tv. Announcer tonight on cspan, q a with Michael Witmore regarding the Folger Shakespeare library. Then, progressives and campaign 2016 and a look at republican president ial primary tactics. Announcer this week on q a, our guest is Michael Witmore director of the witmore of the Folger Shakespeare library. Brian lamb Michael Witmore director of the Folger ...

Inside the metro train. This transcript shows that people were frightened and calling 911 and coughing and saying that people were suffocating in the train and begging for dispatchers to rescue them. Very fearful. When you read through the transcripts, you see how frightening it was for people stuck inside the train cars in that smoking tunnel and as we see from the video, the smoke was filling up in the train cars. Many were fearful they were not going to make it out alive. The 911 tribute tran...