Beautification her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner successful businesswoman and a savvy political partner to her husband are 36th president Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening and welcome to cspans first ladys implements an image. Tonight we will tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson unto everyone is lady bird. The wife of our 36th president. Here to tell her story archie. Guest the you roberts political commentator for abc news and npr and the author of two books about womens political history founding mothers and thanks for being here. Betty is the first ladys expert. She is the author of numerous books including first ladies from washington to Michelle Obama and working on a new biography of Lady Bird Johnson. Ladies i want to start with the beginning where we were 50 years ago this week. This is an administration birthed a national tragedy. What were the immediate challenges for the brandnew first couple on the first terrible days after the assass
Taking over and he still is our. Image pushing the kennedys out of the way. Lyndon johnson was very lucky to help them with that. And when to to say say. What did she do during those first weeks . She said she was on skates. In fact, it would be hard to find a first lady that is repaired and she was. She merely started taking notes. Notes while she was still in planning to hear it president kennedy had died. Started making plans me for putting her Radio Station line draw to some kind of line trust so they would not be used in marketing. She really took over fast. A quick study. Theest she could play off idea of and for taking notes. This was an history with document itself defensively as you. There was a daily dialer diary. There were also Lyndon Johnson phone things. This hates. There was also a Television Crew that followed and documented. Is this new to the administration . Had this been going on for a allowing collects the of documentation was new. She did not report everything. So
Then, in commando gear, jumped out, ran into the shop, seemed perfectly relaxed as they broke into glass cases and stole diamonds worth 3. 5 million. And then they got back in their cars and just drove away. They entered the door, broke all the glass in the cases, take the jewelry, and are out in less than 30 seconds and have a getaway plan. Within a matter of hours, they are in another country. Safer for almost 90 years, the place to go for both sophisticated and laughoutloud humor has been the new yorker magazine. Chances are, the cartoons are the first things you turn to. I suppose you came in here to see the cartoons. Safer every wednesday, ink stained characters hoping against hope to get their works published. This is one of his masterpieces a dog at heavens gates asking, is there any chance of getting my testicles back . Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im morley safer. Im bob simon. Im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. What you wear to bed is your business. So,
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