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Lyndon b. johnson entered the white house during a national crisis. despite that he used the office to enact an historic expansion of civil rights and social support programs. his accomplishments are often over shadowed by his escalation of one of america's most controversial wars. now the new cnn original series lbj triumph and tragedy provides a look at one of the most consequential presidents in u.s. history. here is a preview. >> his style, was 180 degrees from john kennedy. kennedy was polished, harvard. lbj was hill country. cowboy hat. boots. >> washington at that time was disproportion...

Lincoln's life and the journey we tried to follow in this docudrama can make you feel that sense of i want to be more like this guy, somehow there's something about him that transcends just being president and just being a leader. >> all right, doris, thank you so much, i hope all of you will watch doris's documentary series "abraham lincoln" starts on the history channel sunday night at 8:00 plus here on cnn the life of another president, linden johnson, lbj triumph and saturday, you can switch over after her show sunday at 9:00 and new in ukraine, people preparining for the possibilityf a wa...

French prosecutors. brunel always claimed he was innocent and his french lawyers told cnn their client's, quote, decision was not guided by guilt but by a sense of injustice. brunel founded a modeling agency in paris in the 1970s. and later a u.s. modeling agency with epstein's help. epstein was found dead in his prison cell in august 2019 while awaiting trial. a medical examiner ruled his death was suicide by hanging. nadia bashir, cnn, london. this presidents' day weekend, cnn is premiering a new original series focused on the life and presidency of lyndon baines johnson. see how his presi...

And come in with a few inches of snow. u.p. of michigan, ontario, quebec. they picked up an awful lot of snow than us here in the lower 48. really only 4 to 6 inches. temperatures are the warmest he will get in new york, d.c., even atlanta. temperatures go down all day, brianna. >> yesterday was awesome. but today, not so much. chad, thank you. >> you're welcome. so the all new cnn original series lbj triumph and tragedy provides a captivating look how johnson managed to land one of the sweeping policies in history. in his first term of office, many wonder whether president biden would have ...

Candella, the director of lbj, triumph and tragedy the series. and you hear president johnson saying we must abolish all racial discrimination. why was it important for him to take up civil rights as soon as becoming president. >> i think that lbj looked at civil rights and poverty as moral issues and i know it surprised a lot of people that early on in his legislative record he was not a strong supporter of it. that changed in 1957. and it is really remarkable if you look at what he did in passing the '64 civil rights bill, he had not been elected president. you could try to imagine in modern...