entitled to be treated with dignity. that s what labor unions are all about. they provide dignity for people who deserve to be treated differently, and i want to thank joslyn, and i want to thank president and madam president. i know you didn t expect to be in this role at this moment, but as i told you before i believe that the future of american labor is in very good hands. i really mean it. thank you. [ applause ] i want to welcome everyone to the white house. i really mean that. this is your house. it s not hyperbowl. this is a fact. this is your house. i wouldn t be here without you. in my white house you will always be welcome. you will always be welcome. labor will always be welcome. i intend to be the most pro-union president, the most pro-union presidency in american history and one of the things i am able to do that is that the public has changed, too and you ve educated the public. i want to thank the dues-paying members of the laborers marty. marty walsh who h
notion that it couldn t happen, that they could not elect a catholic president of the united states. if you know our political history for the decades preceding that with al smith and others there was evidence that , you cannot elect a catholic, and that was all transcended and exploded one night in november 1960. and so the world we were looking at in 1968 when i could really finally pay attention was a world coming apart in the united states. the vietnam war is raging, we had an incumbent president lyndon johnson who had been elected four years ago in a landslide who was on the way to an easy reelection again. he was very likely to be facing some of very good at losing presidential elections. richard nixon, who had the distinction in history at the beginning of 1968, of being the very first vice president in history to lose a presidential campaign. he then made hubert humphrey the second 1968. as the year began, it was back in that ancient america where if someone said, i d
tonight and get you home in time to watch the last word of the evening. [applause] it s very important that we end on time to talk about the new book playing with fire they ve had several interesting careers back in the late 1970s and the wrongful death and police brutality and the plaintiff s lawyer made into a movie and they told me it s actually going to be reissued soon. so if you don t have a copy. then they got into politics for a time working for senator daniel patrick moynihan and as the staff director of the environmental public works committee and later the finance committee. after that he found his way into tv. along the way they did some acting on some shows. i mentioned that they won an emmy for his work on the west wing. that is the last thing that he won until this week when he made it into the hall of fame. [applause] luther king and the democratic convention in chicago and the nomination fights in both party all against the vietnam war and civil rights movem
the guy, right? yeah, we grew up not too far apart. the past, the future. alexa, how old is tom brouk kau? 76 years old. did you think there was a lucky star hovering over ronald reagan? i was very blessed. did you have any clue? no, you were supposed to have the clu. unforgettable moments. from heroes to the greatest generation. you guys haven t been back here in 40 years. first time back. how does it look to you? peaceful. a half century of history. the soviet as we know it is breaking up now. and you were there, because he was. you are a legend. don t talk to my family about that. if you re not a legend, then what are we doing this special for? i know, i know. tonight, tom brokaw at nbc news, the first 50 years. the great plains of north america, my home state of south dakota. where the wind never seems to stop blowing. this is the land of the missouri river, crazy horse and sitting bull, lewis and clark and of course the hearty
yeah, we grew up not too far apart. the past, the future. alexa, how old is tom brouk kau? 76 years old. did you think there was a lucky star hovering over ronald reagan? i was very blessed. did you have any clue? no, you were supposed to have the clu. unforgettable moments. from heroes to the greatest generation. you guys haven t been back here in 40 years. first time back. how does it look to you? peaceful. a half century of history. the soviet as we know it is breaking up now. and you were there, because he was. you are a legend. don t talk to my family about that. if you re not a legend, then what are we doing this special for? i know, i know. tonight, tom brokaw at nbc news, the first 50 years. the great plains of north america, my home state of south dakota. where the wind never seems to stop blowing. this is the land of the missouri river, crazy horse and sitting bull, lewis and clark and of course the hearty pioneers who cam