in 1967, president lyndon b. johnson nominated carter to a seat on the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit which he served until his death in 1979. all three of these judges demonstrated their dedication to the nation and law. it is fitting to honor their work by naming the judicial center and courthouse after them. thank you. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. bishop: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of this bill and i yield such time as i may consume or as he may consume to the gentleman from california, mr. peters, who is the author of this bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. peters: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today to support my legislation, h.r. 1378 to designate the federal courthouse on west broadway in downtown san diego as the james m. carter and judeth n. keep united states courthouse and to designate the federal ju

the panelists include linda johnson roth, daughter of lyndon b. johnson and former white house chief usher gary waters. that's sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern time here on c-span3's american history tv. >> why you're watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. following us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. >>> next on american history tv, the council on foreign relations marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall with a symposium featuring henry kissinger, former secretary of state in the nixon and ford administrations. kissinger discusses the enduring impact of the events surrounding the fall of the wall and he talks about our current relationship with russia and whether we are seeing a renewal of the cold war. the conversation is moderated by richard haas, president of the council on foreign relations. this is about an hour. >> we've got, as you can see, henry kissinger. to make a very long

the messages we found was fidel castro sending a secret message using a journalist to lyndon b. johnson. saying we want to continue talks with you and the difficult political year of 1964. castro sent a message to richard nixon, only 11 days after his inauguration. even though he knew nixon was a hater of the cuban revolution. castro even reached out to ronald reagan a number of times and we found the documents in our research that showed the administration rejected these gestures as propaganda. adds up to a history and a willingness of cuba to be interested in better relations and maybe now is the moment. >> you think after the russians been a muchld've better opportunity for success. >> you would think so. but as you look at the history and see the united states government has moved to the goal post during the cold war, they wanted to things. cuba to sever relations with the soviet union and stop sending training militants and the road was into latin america and revolutionary movements and etc.. over, wecold war was want to cuba to democratize and revolution inown order to imp

have mark updegrove, the director of the lyndon b. johnson presidential library. he is a presidential historian. with him, the start of our show, frank gannon. nixon aid.white house [applause] >> thank you. >> well, thank you. see some e're going to very interesting interviews with richard nixon, conducted by the man to my left, frank gannon. i have seen the clips that we will see tonight. these trikes me about clips -- it is a richard nixon that i've never seen before. i have seen richard nixon talk about some of things that he will address in the clips that you will see, but i've never seen richard nixon as relaxed i see him in these tapes. -- very patna ed when it came to the media. had was the case when he his interviews with frost. i think the reason that we see a different nixon and his case is because the manicures begin with, and his great comfort with frank gannon. and at ery relaxed, times very emotional. he provides insight that, again, i have not seen in interviews. it is a testament to the relationship that he had with frank. frank, i want to start of

lyndon b. johnson, one filibuster. harry reid, his first six year, 281 filibusters. that's paralysis that prevents us from progressing. in fact, you can think of it this way -- we are giving a veto to powerful special interests over the legislation that's important for working american. and that's unacceptable. >> now quickly, explain how ted cruz actually delivered to us a bunch more nominations that are actually passing in the senate tonight. >> many of us are going to send a thank you note to ted cruz. >> he has apologized to republican senators about what he did. >> there was an arrangement agreed to between the leadership of both sides to complete work, leave for the weekend, come back on monday and ted cruz said, you know what, i want to make my point about immigration and really to grand stand a little on immigration. so i'm going to keep everybody here all weekend. and in the course of that, that simply accelerated the consideration of nominees. rough estimate, probably an extra dozen judges. >> because he provided all of this extra floor time for harry reid

in 1964, lyndon b. johnson had in his pocket for the better part of the year a resolution by haveess authorizing him to absolute authority over sending american forces abroad. 2, and incident took place. at that time, six or seven north vietnamese took votes, attacked an american destroyer. it was late at night and stormy and comments are hearing -- ick was a commander and sent to mcnamara that they were being attacked. torpedoes were being launched and he wanted help. aircraftss, the carrier was nearby area planes went to the defense. , a manof those planes named james stockdale who became a vice presidential candidate later on, he was a pilot at that time. he went over the area is down and he fired away at folks and he thought he may have hit but he knew that 4 others were badly hit. he went back thinking he had done a good job. the american ship was being attacked by the north vietnamese a tent in their defense and shot it up and went home and had a good night sleep. lyndon johnson at that time was r

b. johnson in 1965. >> i also -- i also thought you ought to bring in the whole mccarthy anticommunist political situation in the united states. >> right. clearly i think that johnson in 1965 is, you know -- mccarthyism certainly died out a bit by the time you get to the early 1960s. but i think certainly communism and the fear of the domino effect, which is really kind of -- is articulated by eisenhower in the mccarthy era, if you will, i think certainly is still on johnson's mind. he doesn't want to lose south vietnam like truman lost china. like china was truman's to lose. but clearly, i think, johnson is thinking along those terms when he's devising his grand strategy and the political objectives for south vietnam. >> sir, you started off saying you can have a grand strategy but still lose a war. in the context of our current situations in iraq and afghanistan, is that situation still hold true? >> so this is, i think, where i'm obligated to say that what i'm about to say is not repr

>> lyndon b. johnson, no doubt about it. kennedy was an idea person who inspire people and aroused their best passion, their best instincts, and appealed to the greater good of each individual. lyndon johnson knew how to get it done. he spent a lot of time on the phone. depending on the nature of the problem, if it was a big problem, i need your help. he worked every issue personally in addition to having a very able staff that worked the hill on both sides of the house and the senate. i have never seen someone so effective as johnson. in one instance, i had worked with my predecessor on the public works economic development act. i did a great deal of the staff work, writing the language, the committee report, conference report. i was invited to the white house along with other authors for the signing. lyndon johnson grabbed me by the lapel and said "i want you to tell john that i want that." i went right across the room to john and said, -- he looked at me laughing and said, "i know what you are here for and i will do it."

lyndon b. johnson used to talk about this endlessly. if we have a booming economy and everybody gets a job. he was an old-time democrat. that ethos is gone. >> i come back to the other themes which is oil prices. one wonders how much money will go into capital increases for these companies to continue to drill and will that result in job losses? what has been an enormous engine for job growth the last five years. >> it's a transference of wealth within our country and within the world. transference of wealth went to texas. it went to north dakota. i talked with brian sullivan last night. everyone feels they are geniuses there. i can put up a hotel and charge $ 00 a night. if oil goes to $50. >> there is a big piece about alaska and subcities there. >> alaska, if anyone was there in the down turn, it did not help people who lost their jobs. >> did you nail the number? we asked you tweet us your predictions for november. the winner will receive a cnbc 25 commemorative book autographed by the "squawk on the street" gang. we'll announce the

. >> this is a private quarters for present lyndon b. johnson and the first lady. when is a private, i mean this is not part of a tour to the public. this has never been open to the public. you are seeing this because it is c_span special access. it is not open to our visitors on a daily basis. the remarkable thing about the space is that it is a living, breathing artifact. it has not changed since present johnson died in 1973. there is a document in this room that was signed by the van architects of the state, and lady bird johnson saying that nothing in this room can change. >> we are at the 100 block of congress avenue in austin. to the left is the river, the colorado river. this is an important historic site __ it is where waterloo was. it was just four or five cabins that were occupied. this is where lamarr was staying when he, and the rest of the men, god word of the buffalo herd. the man jumped on the horses. congress avenue at that time which is the muddy ravine. the men galloped on the horses __ they had stuffed their belts for pistol, and fired and shoute

b. johnson and chief usher, gary walters. you're on the c-span three american history tv. >> each week we help to tell the story of the 20th century. >> 70 years ago, 1944, the german army launched operation on the rhine. in a plan by adolf hitler to surprise the allies and capture the belgian port of antwerp. paul newman chronicles the story of the 84th infantry division and it includes american and german veterans reflecting on their experience a few years later. >> i dug out a pair of blue silk pajamas and i put them in my bedroll. i put them on, i crawled into my bedroll to sleep for the night. of course, this news spread through the battalion immediately. >> these are the men that served in the division that distinguished itself in critical engagements during world war ii. this story could be the story of any division where courage endurance, and self-sacrifice become commonplace. >> it reminds you of the kinds of things that the american people are made of. the mortar shell came in

b. johnson and chief usher, gary walters. you're on the c-span three american history tv. >> each week we help to tell the story of the 20th century. >> 70 years ago, 1944, the german army launched

the panelists include linda johnson roth, daughter of lyndon b. johnson and former white house chief usher gary waters. that's sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern time here on c-span3's american history tv. >> why you're watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. following us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. >>> next on american history tv, the council on foreign relations marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall with a symposium featuring henry kissinger, former secretary of state in the nixon and ford administrations. kissinger discusses the enduring impact of the events surrounding the fall of the wall and he talks about our current relationship with russia and whether we are seeing a