does anybody here think that the civil rights movement is simply about lyndon baines johnson signing the voting rights act? >> no! sanders: change comes from the bottom up. it comes when people stand up and say the status quo is no longer acceptable. so, for 100 and more years, people stood up and fought, sometimes they were lynched, sometimes their homes were bombed. i was in birmingham, alabama, a couple weeks ago. i went to the church where four beautiful children were killed because of a racist explosion. what i learned on that day, and i did not know this -- i should have. i didn't. there were 14 bombings in birmingham during that month. in other words, the city was s trying to by racist terrorize people fighting for civil rights. but the people of birmingham, allies, saidite , sorry, segregation and racism in america.in in america.end they stood together. they sat in. we made huge breakthroughs. but it happened not because of somebody on top. it happened because millions of people said enough is enough. what about the women's movement? 100, 150 years ago women said we are not g

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they were on the hill to do a few profiles of lyndon baines johnson and i think that he saw something there. he saw she had not only a real gift as a writer but an eye for observation she thought could be unleashed on politics. >> i learned she wasn't purely irish, she had german on one side of her family but when she came to washington she was very much irish. i want to talk about the relationship with the kennedys and politics, president kennedy and senator kennedy. start with jfk. how did she get to know him and what was that relationship like? >> her relationship is more complicated than has originally been per trade. >> she got to know jack when she was a single congressman in washington and jfk asked her out on a date and he did so in perhaps the most kennedy fashioned through a proxy which took considerable umbrage with and said if the congressman would like to ask me on a date he will have to do with himself, showing that she wasn't too shy to be a good reporter. he went on a date with her and it never went anywhere. she drove to one of her girlfriends that he had to do some t

. >> lyndon baines johnson, brian. >> and we're glad we're in it, lita. thank you for watching. >> you got a deal, emile. have the president send me a letter to confirm. we'll see you may 7 in fairfax. and if mr. obama would rather see us in los angeles, we'll be there march 12. tickets make great valentine's day gifts. and happy birthday to world war ii vet jerome star, 99 years old today. >>> growing anger among many american voters. tonight, bret baier has a special report called "voter revolt." >> all lives matter is a new racial slur. >> explain for our viewers why it's a racial slur. >> white americans have created the conditions that require a phrase like "black lives matter." do you know how it is to live in a world where i didn't have to say black lives matter? do you know how horrific it is to grow up as a child in a world that so hates you? >> "factor tip of the day," catch "voter revolt" 10:00 p.m. this evening. that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news website, which is different than billoreilly.com and spout off about "the fa

does anybody here think that the civil rights movement is simply about lyndon baines johnson signing the voting rights act? >> no! sanders: change always comes from the bottom up. it comes when people stand up and say the status quo is no longer acceptable. so, for 100 more years people stood up and fought, sometimes they were lynched, sometimes their homes were bombed. i was in birmingham, alabama. a couple of weeks ago, i went to the church where four beautiful children were killed because of a racist explosion. and what i learned on that day, and i did not know this -- i should have, but i did not -- there were 14 bombings in birmingham during that month. in other words, the city was under siege by racists trying to terrorize people fighting for civil rights. but the people of birmingham, throughout the south, blacks and white allies said sorry, segregation and racism is going to end in america. and they they stood together. they marched on washington. they sat in. and we made huge breakthroughs. but it happened not because of somebody on top. it happened because millions of peopl

. >> according to a cbs vote profile analysis, lyndon baines johnson has been elected president of the united states. and the landslide has carried him in. >> we're going to devote our days and the years ahead to strengthening the republican party. >> after goldwater loses, all it did was to make the conservatives more determined than ever. in addition, they found another star. >> the first question is for you, senator goldwater. it's been said that ronald reagan has assumed the mantle of leadership of the conservative movement. would you comment, please? >> i would say that if he continues in a successful political career, that i don't think you could deny that he would be the leader. if reagan is elected governor of california, this gets to be a new ball game. >> there is this growing social uneasiness about the kinds of changes that are taking place in america. >> conservative leaders were able to capitalize on those resentments towards government and toward this new america. >> as you move through the '60s and even as reagan wins election in '66 to become governor of california, th

baines johnson, a wonderful, wonderful lady, whose children i had the pleasure of meeting, some foot soldiers, when they were driving back, viola louisa was behind the wheel, somebody, violently took a gun and killed her. so voting has never been easy. voting rights have never been easy. a lot of blood was shed. and it baffles me why we're faced with a situation where the united states supreme court eliminated section 5, not an illegal provision, but a provision that somebody disliked because i believe it empowered voters. and so what the congress was tasked to do by the court, who i think incorrectly and wrongly ignored 15,000 pages of testimony, ignored tens upon tens of witnesses and a meticulous rewriting of the voting rights act to prove that it was still necessary in its skewed deliberation, the supreme court decided to reject it. indicating that it was long passe and of course some brilliant legislators used the example that because we have eliminated polio, because of the vaccination, is it appropriate to get rid of the vaccination? no, it is not, mr. speaker. and so with tha

baines johnson he put a nominee forward, it is rejected, everything you want to do is rejected, a republican president takes over to find an alternative to earl warren but the fact is there's a process for this. >> there is a process that there is also cold political reality. i don't think the republican party should lie down and go along with a process that chuck schumer himself the fried. there is hypocrisy on both -- neil: believe me, i am not a big apologist for one of the other but he just said i don't like any of the names the come out of this, so chances are i will reject everything. never in that tirade did even chuck schumer say we will not have a confirmation hearing process. >> that is a delineation without a difference. what is the point of having a hearing if you have already declared you're never going to -- >> these guys make up their minds, they are all little worms, they make up their minds. think about it. you don't deny the process, right? >> i am not -- stuart: i am just saying it is clear. i appreciate you coming by. this is a needless -- now we have the supreme court re

mccarthy8, eugene essentially ended the reelection hopes for lyndon baines job than amid the backdrop of the vietnam war. mccarthy one by losing to johnson. that it is not a big enough when and therefore you lost. >> two of the biggest names that helped shape the history of the new hampshire primary our candidates who spent timeless hours working and new hampshire, and banked on success. talking about will clinton and john mccain. >> they may have come from different parties but the common thread uniting clinton and mccain, a relentless focus on new hampshire voters and what mattered most to them. >> the unthinkable had finally happened. >> the whole state was devastated. >> nowhere is the situation worse than in new hampshire the question is when will thing stop getting worse. >> local coffee shop is offering out of work customers the recession special. >> take a look at all the vacant property. >> they have over 150 resumes. >> they say one thing, it's like watch my lips. people are losing their homes. >> i think they woke up just a little bit too late and it is going to hurt him. >