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>> ji. >> and i discovered how much of a news junky you are. >> i enjoy it. >> you're so plugged in. >> you appeared on "breaking bad." >> i did. >> are we allowed to say that. in an episode i directed. >> you directed that one? really? >> yes, i did. >> those were the days, i'm sure that's what gave the momentum to "breaking bad." >> that's it. >> the thing about you being so plugged in to current news, i wondered if that's what inspired you and your historical fascination. clearly, you didn't just do this role, you lived it, read it, listened to it, went to the lbj library. he was you. >> wh...

Health care ceases to be an issue? >> that's hard to say. i spoke at the lbj library the other day. you know, most of us weren't around to pay real close attention to those debates. they are pretty distance now in the past. apparently it took several years before people realized, hey, medicare really works and it's lifting a lot of seniors out of despair and poverty. so we've been through this cycle before and we've made strides in our commitment to each other and some of the insurance programs, there's a lot of fearmongering and political argument and debate and a lot of accusations are flung...

>> i think it's hard to say. it's interesting. i spoke at the lbj library the other day, and most of us weren't around to pay it real close attention to those debates, or they're pretty distance in the past. it took several years before people realized, medicare actually works, and it's lifting a lot of seniors out of despair and poverty. so we've been through this cycle before. it happens each and every time we make some strides in terms of strengthening our commitments to each other and we expand some of these social insurance programs. there's a lot of fear mongering and a lot of political ...

Rights summit this week at l.b.j. library delivered by the 44th president of the united states who expressed his gratitude to the 36th president of the united states. >> because of the civil rights movement, because of the laws president johnson signed, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody. not all at once, but, but they swung open. not just blacks and whites. but also women. and latinos. asians. and native americans. and gay americans. and americans with a disability. they swung open for you. and they swung open for me. that's why i am standing here today because of...

Absence of oppression. >> obama wants equality in the work place. that makes no sense. why would i stare at a man's chest. >> we have big news from the world of late night tv. >> a new contender for the king of late night, steven colbert, the next host of the late show. >> i live my life by a scorched earth policy. >> colbert will play himself. >> this was my enemy. now i have his head. >> not the character he plays on comedy central. >> no longer is comedy going to be a covert assault. >> rush limbaugh says cbs has declared war. >> cbs just declared war on the heartland of america. >> what yo...