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
About beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman, and a savvy political partner to her husband, our 36th president , Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening and welcome to cspans first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird. The wife of our 36th president. Here to tell her 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 founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Thanks for being here. Betty karolyi is a first ladies expert. Shes the author of numerous books including first ladies from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. And shes 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. What were the immediate chal
Sports. Mountain west postponing all sports and espn says a big decision can come today. Also, Vladimir Putin is claiming that russia has created the first coronavirus vaccine. California records the highest daily case count after the states stop Health Official resigned. Lets begin with stephanie elam, live in los angeles this morning. Good morning. Good morning, erica. What is not clear is whether or not dr. Sonia angel stepped down because of the backlog. However, what we can tell you is that there is a Record Number of new cases that the state has t put i should say johns hopkinss reporting for this state. That number being 14,485. This is likely due to the back lock, an issue that they realized july 25th that had 250,000 to 300,000 cases that needed to be worked through the system. Now theyre getting the counties to basically attest to those results and getting that data out there. So thats one thing to keep in mind here. But the one thing that we did mission at the top of the sho
Putins vaccine play the russian leader says his country has developed a vaccine for covid19 and is ready to use it. Is it a scientific breakthroug secret service shootout new details on the suspect that forced the president from the Briefing Room and put the white house on high alert. Blast zone the enormous explosion in baltimore captured by a doorbell camera. As the death toll rises, what were learning about a possible cause. Held at gunpoint three teens lice treated eated them like criminals after they were threatened by a man with a knife. The growing outrage tonight. And dont give up the ship. The u. S. Sailors who lived that motto when flames threatened their vessel. This is the cbs eveni news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Brennan good evening to our viewers in the west. And thank you for joining us. Norah is off tonight. Im margaret brennan. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. Joe biden has selected senator Kamala Harris as his running mate
How far theyve gone and what theyve confirmed. Joining us now, cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Elizabeth, should we take this with a grain of salt here . You need to study vaccines over time on thousands of people before you can make reliable conclusions. Right, jim. I wouldnt take it with a grain of salt. I would take it with a shaker, maybe even a gallon of salt. Be extremely skeptical of this. The russians have put out no data. Were basically just taking putins word for it that this is a fabulous vaccine. He said my daughter took it and she was fine. It doesnt matter if his daughter took it. Thats one person. What you want to see is phase 3 trials of tens of thousands of people, and they havent even done those yet. Theyre very straightforward they havent even done those yet. How do we know this vaccine is safe or effective if they havent tried it out in tens of thousands of people . Scott gotly put it guest when he said i wouldnt take it. You make a very important