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About beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman, and a savvy political partner to her husband, our 36th president , Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening and welcome to cspans first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird. The wife of our 36th president. Here to tell her story tonight are two guests Cokie Roberts, political commentator for abc news and npr. Shes also the author of two books about womens political history founding mothers and ladies of libe...

So one thing that the movement that did, this was particularly the Labor Movements, there were a number of young labor organizers who were there and they organize teams that went around basically roving groups of young people who went around that every time there was an important vote coming up they would go to the offices of friendly representatives, find them and say you get down to the hostel right now. Whatever you are doing is not as important. They were very successful, very aggressive. Actually ultimately they were told to kind of toned it down. But just this idea that there were these ...

Lyndon johnson developed a reputation as a dmen straightive public speaker with a pension for telling tall tales. His six consecutive terms in the house of representatives and two term as a senator from texas could not erase his down home image. Many democrats in 1960 frowned upon kennedys choice for a man they believed belched allowed, cussed, violated personal space, and never apologized. Once president , he claimed that he did not, want to be the president who built empires or sought grandeur. But johnson liked to be in charge. In private his wife said he was a warm and mellow man. In gener...

Johnson and the great society. Hundreds of hours of phone calls. Trove isof a research it for you and other historians . You get a real feel for how Lyndon Johnson tried to lobby and put together coalitions for legislation. Also, people he was working with not just him. Have they tried to work the president , place pressure on the white house. It is unfortunate we do not have that after richard nixon. It is a treasure for those of us who study american politics. Is this a good time to assess his time in the white house . Absolutely. With the enormity of everything he accomplished, we are looki...

Untrue. This is new day. We want to welcome our viewers around the United States and around the world, it is friday, july 10th. The United States setting a single day high of more than 63,000 new cases. Researchers at harvard say the outbreaks are now so severe in some states that shutdowns should be mandatory. Texas is very close to that threshold as well. At least three states reporting a Record Number of deaths. Arizona, florida, and texas all seeing alarmingly high Positivity Rates, dr. Anthony fauci says we have allowed the virus to come come roaring back. He said Long Division is also to...