There i am in the back of the johnson signed the Voting Rights act of 1965. I had a better seat than i did for the Martin Luther king speech. One more antidote you might be anecdote you might be interested in, in 2008, i was in the rotunda, we were celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of lbj and i met lucy johnson who i had never met before. On thelucy, i was here day your dad signed the Voting Rights act. She said i was, too. Nobody knew i was here, but im sure everyone knew you were here. She said her dad said , on, get in the car. I will take you to the capital, this is something important. Oh he explained to her that every person was be right beside while he signed the bill and she said why would you want to have a republican there . He said it was important that the American People understood this was not on a bipartisan basis of the American People would be like much more likely to accept what we are doing if they think both sides are involved. That was the story lu
Limitations of that investigation 40 years ago. Kate scott, thank you very much. Thanks. Our coverage of the Church Committee 40 years later continues. This is American History tv only on cspan 3. Welcome to real america on cspan 3s American History tv. 40 years ago in the wake of watergate the United States senate created a special committee to look into the activities of the u. S. Intelligence services. The committee officially known as the Senate Select committee to study Government Operations is best known as the Church Committee after its democratic chairman, frank church of idaho. The committee met for 16 months, reviewing more than 10,000 documents and calling more than 800 witnesses. Its legacy includes the creation of the Senate Intelligence committee and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, better known as fisa, and new requirements for the executive branch to notify congress about covert activities. Two former staffers of the committee are with us to provide co
Schiff, and in a week of speculation, well have reporters covering the campaign and put it all in perspective. Panel with great moments of leadership and courage in american history. Its all ahead on face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs this morning on face the nation. Im john dickerson. We had plans to start with john mccain and Lindsey Graham wo are in kabul, afghanistan, while we wait for their helicopter to land, well start to the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. I want to start with a more recent news. Attorney general lynch who has the ultimate say in the email case in which Hillary Clinton is involved, had a chance meeting with bill clinton on a tarmac. You were a prosecutor. Wouldnt the fact that the husband of someone you were investigating was on the tarmac at all set off alarm bells immediately . Well, it certainly could. Look, i think both of them wish their airplanes had nerve come near each other. And i think they both acknowledged they preferred they ha
Schiff, and in a week of speculation, well have reporters covering the campaign and put it all in perspective. Panel with great moments of leadership and courage in american history. Its all ahead on face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs this morning on face the nation. Im john dickerson. We had plans to start with john mccain and Lindsey Graham wo are in kabul, afghanistan, while we wait for their helicopter to land, well start to the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. I want to start with a more recent news. Attorney general lynch who has the ultimate say in the email case in which Hillary Clinton is involved, had a chance meeting with bill clinton on a tarmac. You were a prosecutor. Wouldnt the fact that the husband of someone you were investigating was on the tarmac at all set off alarm bells immediately . Well, it certainly could. Look, i think both of them wish their airplanes had nerve come near each other. And i think they both acknowledged they preferred they ha
Schiff, and in a week of speculation, well have reporters covering the campaign and put it all in perspective. Panel with great moments of leadership and courage in american history. Its all ahead on face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs this morning on face the nation. Im john dickerson. We had plans to start with john mccain and Lindsey Graham wo are in kabul, afghanistan, while we wait for their helicopter to land, well start to the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. I want to start with a more recent news. Attorney general lynch who has the ultimate say in the email case in which Hillary Clinton is involved, had a chance meeting with bill clinton on a tarmac. You were a prosecutor. Wouldnt the fact that the husband of someone you were investigating was on the tarmac at all set bells immediately . Well, it certainly could. Look, i think both of them wish their airplanes had nerve come near each other. And i think they both acknowledged they preferred they had nerve go