And what was the point of your documentary . Robert they had their first confrontation in print in 1960 or 1962. Bill on the right, gore on the left. Three columns, i think it was Associated Press that they did. A stunt. But, it really became more personal when gore went on the David Suskind show and dismissed bill buckley as kind of a characters. He sort of made the rirght a the right a respectable place to be. Gore dismissed it and demanded equal time. Brian you knew gore vidal, did you know bill buckley at all . Morgan i did not. He was the revelation to me, i was familiar with gore, but i buckley the man, and buckley the tv personality. Buckley told one of his editors, upon moving to new york, dont hang out with the conservatives, hang out with the liberals. The conservatives are boring. Buckleys apartment in new york with his wife patricia was full of liberal writers and some of her gay friends and people in the art world. Not what i wouldve thought of. He really had kind of a goi
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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a wing fragment discovered on an island in the indian ocean is on its way for testing to see if it belongs to a missing malaysia airliner. The debris was carefully packaged and loaded onto a cargo flight today bound for special defense facilities in toulouse, france. Meanwhile, locals scoured reunion islands coastline for traces of more debris. And australian officials who are leading the search for the plane urged caution about what the wreckage means. Im n
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
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