Of american freedom. He was asking lawmakers to help him pass this legislation. President johnson even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. What happened in selma is part of a Larger Movement that reaches into every section and state of america. It is the effort of american ne groes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American Life. Their cause must be our cause too. Because its not just negroes but really it is all of us must overcome crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome. [applause] scarlet you must look at that with mixed emotions. On the one hand, a proud moment for him and the country. Not easy. On the other hand, then came vietnam and all that suggested and perhaps limited what he might have achieved otherwise in building society. Doris no question. I think about those years when i knew him, the last year of his presidency. He was so sad during that time. He knew better than anyone that his legacy had been cut into by the war in
Wayses, and the exciting thing that ive been a part of is to watch in one single day as we voted on american amendments in one day of this year than we did in all of 2014. Right now if you look at i think the numbers weve passed over 60 bills, most of which were bipartisan. 25 of which have been signed into law. Rose Doris Kearns Goodwin on Lyndon Johnson a new documentary about william f. Buckley jr. And gore vidal and al hunt on the story with colorado senator cory gardner. All of that when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Doris Kearns Goodwin is here. She is a president ial historian. She is a pulitzer prizewinning author. His first book Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream was publicked way back in 1977. The biography is now bei
President johnson even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. What happened in selma is part of a Larger Movement that reaches into every section and state of america. It is the effort of american negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American Life. Their cause must be our cause, too. Because its not just negroes but really it is all of us that must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome. [applause] charlie you must look at that with mixed emotions. On the one hand, a proud moment for him and the country. Not easy. On the other hand, then came vietnam and all that suggested and perhaps limited what he might have achieved otherwise in building society. Doris no question. I think about those years when i knew him, the last year of his presidency. He was so sad during that time. He knew better than anyone that his legacy had been cut into by the war in vietnam. How i wished he was alive now. You know what produced the Vot
With a new tape. It seems to show ways being discussed to commit voter fraud on a massive scale. Fox news channel as we told you last night has not independently verified the content, but what we see is shocking. Watch this. It is an easy thing for republicans to say, theyre bussing people in. You know what, weve been bussing people in [ bleep ] 50 years and were not going to start now. Going to find a different way to do it. So, i mean, i grew up with that idea, you know. They used to bus people out to iowa. We needed people out there, bus people out there. The plan discussed was how to bring people from one state into another state to vote illegally. They couldnt validate well, okay. Lets just say in theory if a Major Investigation came up, a major vote fraud that way, how would they prove it and who would they charge . Are they going to charge each individual . Going to charge each individual with a crime or are they going to go after the facilitator for conspiracy which they can pr
With a new tape. It seems to show ways being discussed to commit voter fraud on a massive scale. Fox news channel as we told you last night has not independently verified the content, but what we see is shocking. Watch this. It is an easy thing for republicans to say, theyre bussing people in. You know what, weve been bussing people in [ bleep ] 50 years and were not going to start now. Going to find a different way to do it. So, i mean, i grew up with that idea, you know. They used to bus people out to iowa. We needed people out there, bus people out there. The plan discussed was how to bring people from one state into another state to vote illegally. They couldnt validate well, okay. Lets just say in theory if a Major Investigation came up, a major vote fraud that way, how would they prove it and who would they charge . Are they going to charge each individual . Going to charge each individual with a crime or are they going to go after the facilitator for conspiracy which they can pr