it was robert johnson for sure but then muddy waters. >> but keep in mind here you know this is the stones coming onto his territory in his town, his stage playing his songs. so you know, sure, it's a great lift for him when he went out and opened shows for eric clapton. it's a great lift for him, all the stones went and saw him. but he doesn't he's not backing down and playing satisfaction here. he's playing hoochie coochie man. the stones know how to do that. >> well we want to definitely thank you alan for sharing your time and talent and knowledge with everybody at home. >> well my pleasure. i'm thrilled to be a part of this. this is such an amazing show. >> and we hope you are a part of it too and hope you are happy about being able to see this but we hope you take that extra step and support the station that is bringing you this particular program, this kind of documentation of music history. we have a number of ways that we would love to say thank you when you call the number at the bottom of the screen and support this pbs station. ♪ ♪ >>music legends, muddy waters and the roll

you talk about the tension between lyndon johnson and robert kennedy. five gus background when they met and why there was so much hatred. >> guest: the first time they met it was fascinating. lyndon johnson is the powerful majority leader of the -- for center of joseph mccarthy and the committee. the -- how do we know what happened the first time they met? with him told me the same story. he had breakfast every morning johnson in the senate cafeteria and joe mccarthy had the round table near the cashiers' register he would sit with the staffers. johnson walks in one morning and mccarthy was there including bobby kennedy. and mccarthy jumps in deference to johnson except robert kennedy. he sits there. and johnson walks over to the table and shakes hand and sees bobby kennedy isn't getting up and johnson knows how to handle any situation like that. he stands there as it's described to me like this. and forcing robert kennedy to get up. and george reiding said there was no reason for it. two dogs come to the room and the hair rises on the back of their nec

not that lyndon johnson ever won it all against robert kennedy. when the plane lands at andrew's air force base he has made arrangements. i should have said one of the things people in the cab and said was how in assistant johnson was that jackie kennedy be standing beside him while he took the oath because he wanted a symbol of continuity and she understood this too. when she doesn't come out johnson says why don't you go get her and o'donnell says the want to do and she says for the sake of history i should. john some ones the coffin to come off of the back door of air force one where himself and jacqueline kennedy behind it and the kennedy aides and and his aides to have this impression of continuity but as the plane pulls up on andrews air force base the front door has a ramp go up to too and robert kennedy runs up the front ramp, pushes his way the land of the plane, pushes his way past lyndon johnson without ever looking at him and he goes down with jackie behind the coffin. we all know that scene of the coffin coming down on a forklift with

and so for me to come along and try and sing, you know, like robert johnson or b.b. king or buddy guy. first time i met the blues, you know, how could you hope to be a guy from the middle of england and get anywhere near that as a presentation. it was a pointless exercise. just wouldn't be part of the agenda at all. so it is just about getting on. and i was 20, john was 22, jimmy was 23 or whatever it was. so you didn't have this kind of need to be purist or whatever. >> was there a leader? >> among pu? >> was there first among equal? >> well, jimmy was in charge. with the crafting initially. and with the understanding. and all that and we and i really couldn't believe it he got the extra money for driving the van. and i got some penicillin. we were feeling pretty good about all that stuff, you know, and going back and telling all those people without kept crossing the road to avoid us, that you know, something was going on. as time went on we matured a little bit from the middle of england. and we played a different role as things developed. >> did it keep getting b

kennedy and later his martyred brother, robert kennedy. and yet johnson managed to get past all of his hangups, to get the job done together with king, and then tragedy struck big-time. five days after the voting rights act was signed by the president, with king at his side, the largest riot in american history broke out in the watts section of los angeles, california. both johnson and king were surprised. and were slow to respond initially. johnson just -- people tried to call, telling him we needed to send airplanes out to help the california guard transport troops. he wouldn't take the telephone call. he was just so totally demoralized. and so was king who was on vacation in puerto rico. but they snapped out of it. but the riot was a symbol of the fact that revolution was now heading in another direction. young, black, impatient, dissatisfied with the amount of progress that was being made, launched launched launched the back power movement, which both johnson and king resisted as best they could. there's a wonderful conversation, which

with president johnson and dr. king? >> that is another amazing story which i'm sort of in awe of. the bottom line to that story is that they were both patriots. when johnson became president, bobby kennedy was in huge disstress. once he came out of the disstress and decided he wanted to get back in the picture, he wanted to be johnson's vice-presidential candidate, some weird telephone calls when they were both fighting against the klan in mississippi. trying to find the murderers of swerner, cheney and goodman. an 80-year-old man was indicted this week for those murders. here they are, they're working on this. bobby says to l.b.j., i understand you are getting all kinds of reports about me. i understand you know everything that i'm up to, what i'm doing. and johnson said, oh, no, nothing could be further from the truth. but one of the jobs that johnson had the f.b.i. doing was keeping track of bobby kennedy. now, against that from november 22, 1963, through the passenger of the civil -- through the passage of the

listen, in the aftermath of the assassination of robert f. kennedy president johnson pressed congress tone act gun control ledge slaix he had sent to capitol hill years earlier. after at the assassination lbj ordered all of us on his staff to act swiftly. "we have only two weeks, maybe even ten days," he said, "before the gun lobby gets organized." after newtown president obama was not suggesting action on gun reform in ten days or two weeks but he was asking for it within six weeks, by the end of january. and now joe biden has sped up that six-week time frame to four weeks. and the consequence of that, just like back in 1968, is that the gun lobby is having a hard time getting organized. just like lbj said. the same dynamic is actually at work not just at the federal level but in new york state where new york democratic governor andrew cuomo yesterday in his state of the state address called for new state-level restrictions on guns in new york. and he was not kidding. he was not just calling for something in a speech he hopes people will sta

s economic recovery alice robert oulds earlier told my colleague carrie johnson it may prove to be a tough task for the celtic tiger one of the key challenges facing many countries in europe is of course the economic difficulties. is of course rigidly sticking to the austerity drive which the european union wants which it mandating arlan to do it's effectively running its budget policies in many different areas amount of money that it can be constrained to deal with the deficit but of course arlen's medicine that they're taking and partly suffering from but they're getting on with it isn't really vied for the rest of europe so if they're going to be driving forward the agenda in the european union for the next six months that's not the. economic problems but let me ask you this i mean this coming year twenty thirty in the e.u. has come up with something called the european year of citizens to essentially highlight the rights people have because they're in the e.u. what do you make of that one of the key words that people should have is a via to elect their own governments and for tha

johnson. the other one was by justice kennedy. the other one was by justice roberts very recently in the demonstrations of military fit -- demonstrations at military funerals. they both said the same thing. they said, we don't like what these people did. as a matter of fact, what they did and their beliefs are abhorrent to most americans, and to us personally, but unless we protect their rights, all our rights are in jeopardy. and that is why the concept of a constitutional democracy is so important and must be preserved, but is not understood today. it is not understood by many americans. why? it is not that hard to understand. we live in a democracy. a democracy is supposed to be governed by a majority opinion. so, why isn't the court just governed by whatever the majority of people think? the answer is that that is what is also called mob rule. a constitutional democracy is one that protect everyone's rights, even those who are the minority. that is a concept that was discussed in the federalist papers, which i know we all read

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robert caro latest volume in his ongoing biography of lyndon johnson. andrew solomon, far from the tree. it was only recently published. a 900 page compendium looking at different child rearing examples of special needs children. those three books alone loan are meaty substantial and but those are tip of iceberg. >> host: bob, same question. >> guest: sticking a little bit with what sara said it was a big year for dead presidents. she mentioned robert caro, fourth probably will be five volumes on lyndon johnson which is incredible act of both reporting and writing about a seminal figure in 20th century american history. but we also, doris kerns goodwin's book, team of rivals, which was published in 2005 is back on the best-seller list, thanks to steven spielberg's movie, lincoln. in our list it was up to 20 or so, remarkable for a serious book that has been out so long. john meacham's new biography of thomas jefferson. when you think there is not more to be said about thomas jefferson, one comes along, writes popular, readable, somewhat controversial bo

lyndon johnson appointed weaver. today hud as the agency is known as is head quartered in the robert c weaver federal building. also on this day in 1990 the first black governor took the oath of office. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> after being sworn in by justice lewis powell j he spoke to the crowd. >> today because of your faith in our efforts i stand before you as chief executive of the state. and now in keeping with the sanction and privilege extended to all governors it is my honor to address the people of the commonwealth and to express to my fellow citizens the profound gratitude and deep sense of purpose that i feel in fulfilling your expectations. >> the milestone in u.s. history. a week from today the nation's first black president gets officially sworn in for his second term. preparations and rehearsals are already underway. that happening today in washington d.c. president obama actually gets sworn in twice this time. you know, twice because sunday is the of

robert kennedy suddenly leapt into the race. march 31, the boss asked me to monitor president johnson speech on vietnam. on a car radio at laguardia airport to greet him when he arrived back from visiting julie. at the end of that speech, president johnson suddenly announced he would not run again. four days after that political earthquake, dr. martin luther king was assassinated in memphis. washington and 100 other cities exploded in riots that lasted days and required tens of thousands of troops. in early june, a week after our oregon primary victory i got a 3:00 a.m. call from our building headquarters, robert kennedy was shot in los angeles. i called the boss. julie and david have been watching tv and already awakened him. that office for democratic party came across -- apart in chicago. and so it plans went in that dramatic and divisive year. at added sand, richard nixon was president of the united states. [applause] now consider, consider the city he came to end and the hostility he found here. the nation had been torn apa

there's a great line in robert caro's latest biography of johnson. they're talking about how big to be on civil rights and one of the so-called wise men goes to johnson and basically said that's not practical. it's a worthy cause but it's a lost cause. and johnson turns around and goes, what the hell's the presidency for? i actually thought yesterday was an interesting day. it was one of the days where compare it, say, to health care. this was a big idea and the president went out there with an ambitious proposal. the question, though, in american politics now is whether he can match the intensity of the nra. what matters is not simply 60/40, 70/30 in polls. you know that. can he mobilize on a sustained basis? people who really care about this issue? >> and this is another reason why it's such a game changer because so many people have been engaged by the sandy hook massacre, whatever the nra spins, people that want sensible gun safety laws are going to spend three, four, five times as much. mika, also the argument that there's a slippery slope and i

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tonight, it is the author robert caro, the latest in his series about lyndon johnson. next, we will hear remarks from former cbo directors as well as economic adviser for george h.w. bush. from the urban institute, this is 1.5 hours. >> welcome to the urban institute "first tuesday." this is about the fiscal cliff. we want to welcome everybody in the room and those watching us on the web. i am a fellow and editor of the tax policy center blog. the fiscal cliff is a phrase i suspect most of us hope we would never hear again. born out of the great debt limit battle of 2011, the cliff was intended to be a physical wounds so severe, it would drive the president of to reduce the deficit. the idea is that democrats would agree to cut spending, and democrats would agree to cut spending, on necessary compromises to avoid tax increases that would have happened if the government toppled over the cliff. at the time, skeptics figured something different. one thing was to find a way through delay and obfuscation. this is largely what congress did on new year's. now, over the next f

life and watching him exercise power is a way to see what a president can really do. >> chris: robert carol spent almost half his life telling the story of lbj. he is a student of power, how you get it and what you do with it and johnson he says was a genius at both. >> chris: how long did you think it was going to take you? >> i thought about ten years. >> chris: and now we are, what, 36 years into this? >> something like that. >> chris: the breadth and depth of the work is stunning. since 1976 he has written four books. he says he is not a he ended up writing a book about it. >> nobody has ever looked at a stolen election from beginning to end. and said this is what a stolen election is. >> in his latest passage of power tells how johnson succeeded john kennedy and saved his agenda. >> he takes legislation that kennedy had introduced that was stalled, that really wasn't going to pass civil rights, the tax cut bill, and in an instant johnson gets it moving towards passage. >> thank you very very very much. >> last fall caro took part in the library of congress book festival on the na

finally robert caro, the pulitzer prize winning author of the biography of lyndon johnson. the most recent biography is called "the passage of power." i'm pleased to have all of them here as we broadcast on this inauguration day as we talk about the second term of president barack obama. i begin with robert caro. what is the challenge for presidents in a second term? >> challenge but a great opportunity when you're in the second term you have nothin mo to run for,no more elections. so what you're running for a place in history and you know if you do a great job you will have a great place in history. >> rose: and you never know what's coming though, as vietnam -- >> oh, it -- as i write now, the last line about lyndon johnson, when his second term starts with passing medicare, voting rights act, civil rights act just on the triumph of getting social welfare legislation through and here comes vietnam in 1965 overshadowing it all and everything turns and as you're listening to the tapes of these conversations and you hear the despair in his -- the growing despair in his voice

>> chris: robert caroll spent almost half his life telling the story of lbj. he says he's not a biographer, he's a student of power, how you get it and what you do with it an johnson he says was a genius at both. >> chris: how long did you think it would take... >> i, thought about ten years. >> chris: and now we are, what, 36 years into this? >> something like that. >> chris: the breadth and depth of the work is stunning, since 1976 he has written four books, 3400 pages, winning almost every award there is starting with the pulitzer and he's not yet to johnson in vietnam. why has it taken so long? when he look at how johnson was first elected to the senate, in 1948, by 87 votes, he ended up writing a book about him. >> nobody ever looked at a stolen election from beginning to end, and said, this is what a stolen election is. >> chris: his latest, "passage of power" tells how johnson succeeded john kennedy, and saved his agenda. >> he takes legislation that kennedy introduced, that was stalled, really was not going to pass, civil rights, the tax cut bill, and,

robert gladden is a young boy crying out for help. a doctor said the teenager suffers from a major disorder. >> prosecutors have dropped rape charges against a popular restaurant on federal hill. a man was arrested after a customer claimed she was assaulted inside the restaurant. the prosecution dismissed the charges. the principal of mount saint joseph high school has resigned. barry fitzpatrick is stepping down after acknowledging he had inappropriate communications with students. it is not clear how many students were involved. a police investigation is now under way. ravens fans are waiting for sunday's super bowl. >> jennifer franciotti got a chance to sample some of the regional delicacies. she joins us live with more. i am envious. >> i will see if i could bring something back to you. i focused yesterday on the beignets. they were amazing. cafe du monde is world famous in the french quarter. it is the place to go. these beignets are made by the hundreds around-the-clock. a roller cuts them into squares. they do not take long to

now, chief johnson, let me begin with you if i could, in my experience many -- >> i'm thomas roberts at msnbc headquarters in new york. we've been watching the testimony of wayne lapierre, the ceo of the nra, one of the many called to the hill to testify on the senate judiciary full committee val situation of what should america do by violence. gabry elle giffords coming in and testifying very powerful to lead out this morning's hearing. i want to welcome connecticut senator blumenthal, your immediate reaction to wayne lapierre, he referenced what took place in newtown, connecticut and heartbreaking loss of children, saying there's nothing more precious than our children and also basically saying that the idea of more gun laws is not the action that needs to be taken but it's more of the evaluation of instituting an enforcing the gun laws we already have. >> i think that mr. lapierre ignores what really was enormously powerful, even riveting testimony from gabby giffords and her instruction to our committee, the judiciary committee and congress itself, to be bold, to be courageous, b

abc2 news sherrie johnson has more on the story. i know a lot of this is coming down to his age. >> reporter: a big day in court today. 15-year-old robert gladden junior is expected to appear before a judge at -- expected to appear before a judge at 9:30. the hearing will determine whether adult charges will be changed to juvenile charges. he is charged with multiple counts of attempted murder, first degree assault reckless endanger men be a gun violations -- and gun violations. he is accused of opening fire inside perry hall cafeteria on the first day of school. 17-year-old daniel borowy was severely injured and returned to high school a few weeks ago. due to delays in the juvenile hearing the trial has been rescheduled to february 19th. >>> a baby is dead and her mother charged with the child's death. yesterday afternoon sheriff deputies were called to a hope for a child in cardiac arrest. firefighters tried to revive the 9-month-old selena baldeo but she died at the hospital. her 19-year-old mother is in critical condition. polic

so i saw the johnson inaugural. it was facing the west front. it was much more intimate and cramped sort of in the back -- excuse me, the east front and then i remember jimmie walker -- jimmy carter walking. >> that was what the secret service called him. >> yes. that created quite a stir in january of '77. in '80 reagan went to the west front because he wanted to look west and that was something and then in 1996 just a personal remembrance i was at georgia brown's eating lunch and i walked out and bill clinton, the great procrastinator, was riding by in his limousine and i saw through the window he was still writing revisions of his second inaugural address, but it's always an extraordinary event and, of course, nobody could forget obama, just the surge, just the enormous, enormous crowds that were unbelievable. so that's kind of a smorgasboard of my ancient memories. e appreciate re a walking the color that you can provide. >> thank you. >> fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin, thanks as always. >>> sports is coming up next when the news at 10

finally robert caro, the pulitzer prize winning author of the biography of lyndon johnson. the most recent biography is called "the passage of power." i'm pleased to have all of them here as we broadcast on this inauguration day as we talk about the second term of president barack obama. i begin with robert caro. what is the challenge for presidents in a second term? >> challenge but a great opportunity when you're in the second term you have nothing more to run for, no more elections. so what you're running for a place in history and you know if you do a great job you will have a great place in history. >> rose: and you never know what's coming though, as vietnam -- >> oh, it -- as i write now, the last line about lyndon johnson, when his second term starts with passing medicare, voting rights act, civil rights act just on the triumph of getting social welfare legislation through and here comes vietnam in 1965 overshadowing it all and everything turns and as you're listening to the tapes of these conversations and you hear the despair in his -- the growing despair in his v

eastern the focus on robert karo and the "years of lyndon johnson, the passage of power" he discusses the newly released biography of lbj. it's the fourth book in the johnson biographical series. he promises a fifth and final book in the future. watch it tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the latest non-fiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedule on our website. you can join in on the conversation on social implead sites. >>> recently the economist magazine held the world and 2013 festival which coincides with the world in public indication. it provides reader be a global perspective on the july coming year across the sphere of business, economic, media, and other issues. a portion of the event included remarks by lynn foresters rothschild. he discussed the role of capitalism in society and how to make it more inclusive. she said the inequality problem is one of th