[inaudible conversations] good evening. Good evening. Im the director of the president ial library and i want to welcome you here tonight for a conversation between joe califf on and bob schieffer. The top domestic assistance from 1965 to 1969 and was responsible for helping to put into place many of the programs of the Great Society. Prior to that he was a special assistant to secretary defends robert mcnamara. Joe went on to serve as the secretary of Health Education and welfare from 1977 to 1979. And then served as the chairman and president at the center on addiction and Substance Abuse at columbia university. He is the author of nine books including the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. Originally published in 1992 by simon and schuster the book has been re released and is now back in publication. Thats a very unusual in the book industry for a book that is 20 plus years to be released and it speaks to the excellence of this volume. Tonight joe will talk about his book and ab
Next the domestic policy aide to president clinton johnson. He presented firsthand account of the johnson administrations Great Society legislation this contains language some people may find offensive. I want to welcome you here tonight for a conversation between joe and bob schieffer. He was hoping to put into place many of the programs of the Great Society. Prior to that come even a special assistant secretary of defense robert mcnamara. Joe went on to serve as the secretary of Health Service education and welfare for president jimmy carter from 1977 to 1979 and then served as the chairman and president at the center on addiction and Substance Abuse at columbia university. Hes the author of nine books including the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. Originally published in 1992 by Simon Schuster eight has been released and is now back in publication. Tonight joe will talk about the book and his former boss that you describe senate. Its bluntly honest and calculatingly devious. M
Schools, city hall, social well tear fair if blacks in baltimore and other cities if blacks are running those institutions and the promise of the Civil Rights Movement is if we were running them we would be different and better than whites well why are blacks failing in systems run by their own people if the issue was race. Youve listened to president obamas responses since baltimore, the public statements hes made. Hes giving a speak today at georgetown university. Its 11 25 on cspan 3 for our viewers if you want to watch. What are you expecting to hear from the president on this topic of overcoming poverty . First of all, im glad hes speaking out. Its been six years since the president has said anything. Hes probably spoken less about poverty than any previous president. He seems to be promoting the same strategies that have failed over the past 50 years. We look at the problem. First of all you cant generalize about poverty. Not everybody is poor for the same reason. Therefore, you
Youre so gracious. Carry pop back to the earlier panel real quick . Engaging. You are very accessible in terms of answering questions and how are you doing this and what are people wearing. ,y question for this panel is how many people are in the press corps . Is about 40, im guessing. I wouldve thought twice as many. Peoplee are a number of who wear multiple hats. You could be sent off to boston and all the sorts of things. We are all aware of the strains that journalistic institutions and the media are under and the need to have fewer people covering more things. Technology can help with that. The number of people in the press room who are devoted to the Supreme Court correspondence has gone down materially. The core people you rely on, that you have known like these , those institutions remain committed. There are a lot of regional papers that have completely , some of theerage Television Networks have retrenched considerably. It is a smaller and smaller group. When i read something
Our entire environment. That only begins with flowers and trees and landscaping. That is from a film created by the Johnson Administration with Lady Bird Johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue. She was a natural campaigner, a successful businesswoman, and a savvy political partner to her husband, our 36th president , Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening and welcome to c spans first ladies. We will tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird, wife of the 36th president. Here to tell our story tonight are two guests, Cokie Roberts, political commentator for abc news and npr. Shes also the author of two books about womens political history. Eddie lloyd caroli is a first ladys expert. She is the author of numerous books. She is currently 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 in national tragedy. Over the immediate