but the fact of the matter is, in one speech, richard nixon stole all fdr as forgotten man. and you could even argue that it was a transformative event. we could know it then, but it really contributed in a significant way. it seems to me, to the post the new deal evolution of american politics, technology came to nixon's aid again. the jet plane enabled him to circle the globe and gain visibility as dwight eisenhower's representative at the height of the cold war. and of course, ike's several bouts with illness turned the spotlight on nixon in the way that most vice presidents were not accustomed. starting with nixon, every vice president has been considered a potential president. few, if any, of escaped the traditional, mostly good natured derision that goes with the job. from the gershwin. the immortal alexander. throttle. bottom two. dan quayle is run in with murphy brown and saturday night live's take off on al gore's eye rolling debate preparation. the one exception may have been walter mondale. he who possessed what i call norwegian in charisma. and mondale would have

remember, richard nixon almost died. at the end of october. of course, ford couldn't know, but if nixon -- i mean, at that point, it would have been seen as a genuine act of mercy, and that is the other thing. very quickly, i will close, but the second mistake ford made, and he realized after it was a mistake, was how this was presented to the american people and the rationale that was used, because it was a sunday morning at one of the things i discovered that the le people had never known, phil buchanan, who is not convinced, by the way, of the wisdom of the pardon, brought his pastor from grand rapids, duncan little fair, known by his critics as duncan little faith, a very unorthodox man of god, nevertheless counseled the pardon as an act of mercy. well, the fact is ford told himself afterward, he wasn't pardoning nixon out of mercy, he was pardoning nixon out of the very practical, pragmatic considerations that it was the only way r to get nixon off the front pages and to get the nation's attention back on all the issues that, quite frankl

remember it richard nixon almost died at the end of october.not know but at that point i would've been seen as a genuine act of mercy that's the other thing i will very quickly close. but the second mistake ford made and he realized after it was a mistake of. this how it was presented for the american people was a sunday morning in one of things i discovered that people would bunever know he was not convincd by the way of the wisdom brought his pastor from grand rapids known by his critics duncan little faith in a very fun or conducts man of god. or who nevertheless counsel is an act of mercy. the fact is ford told himself after words he was out partying nixon out of a practical pragmatic consideration it was the only way to get nixon off the front pages and to get the nation's attention back on all of the issues for been neglected for a year or more. the impression was left this was in fact first and foremost an act of mercy the american people are not feeling very merciful the first week of september 1974. i think ford made it much worse than

some days more being monopolized by richard nixon. nixon's tapes, nixon's papers and ultimately nixon's legal prospects. now, for whatever it is worth. gerald ford believe that if the process went forward, nixon would be indicted and tried and convicted, at least for obstruction of justice. and then it would obviously come back to him. so all this is going on and he concluded quite independently, in my opinion, that he had to find a way to change the subject. the media were upset. this was the greatest story. i remember the famous way when when edward the eighth abdicated mencken called it the greatest story since the resurrection. well, this was a close second, certainly as far as the washington press corps were concerned, everyone was obsessed. the country was obsessed critically for didn't do this without consulting. he secured through back channels, up. leon jaworski, the special prosecutor had a sweet in the hotel jefferson, which happened to be the same hotel where phil buchanan and his wife were staying, which facilitated backd

remember, richard nixon almost died at the end of october. if nixon-- of course, ford couldn't know, but if nixon-- i mean at that point it would have been seen as an again, you know, genuine act of mercy. the second mistake ford made-- and he realized that was a mistake, how it was presented to the american people and the rationale that was used. it was a sunday morning and one of the things that i discovered at that people had never known, phil, who was not conveconvincey the way, brought his pastor from grand rapids, duncan littlefair, known as littlefaith, man of god who counseled the pardon as an act of mercy. the fact is, ford told him afterwards, he wasn't pardoning ford out of mercy, he was pardoning nixon out of pragmatic situation, the only way to get nixon off the front pages and to get the nation's attention back on all of the issues that quite frankly had been neglected for a year or more. and the impression was left by buccen who went out and talked to the press that in fact, this was first and foremost an act of mercy and the a

is in one speech richard nixon stole fdr forgotten man.ou could even argue it was a transformative event we could not know it then. but it really contributed in a significant way it seems to me the post- new deal evolution of american politics. technology came to nixon's aid again enabled him to circle the globe and gain visibility as to why eisenhower's at the height of the coldan war and several bouts with illness turned the spotlight on nixon in the way it most vice president's were not accustomed starting with nixon every vice president has been considered a potential president. few have escaped the traditional mostly good-natured that goes with the job from the gershwin's dan quayle's run in with murphy brown and a saturday night live takeoff on al gore eye rolling debate preparation. the one exception may have been walter m mondale he, who possess what i call norwegian charisma and mondale would've been the first to fill out at that. you heard it more than once walter and mom mondale is the first the first postmodern president the fi

as clay whitehead, who was a director of the office of telecommunications policy under richard nixon, he was frequently frustrated by this lack of public knowledge on how tv actually functioned. and he noted during one congressional hearing when he was talking about televisions regulatory policies, that people spent hours a day watching television. that they had little understanding of what he called the corporate and government forces behind the medium that so fundamentally shaped their lives. and i think this is still true for many television viewers or streamers or social media users today. popular culture can serve presidential priority is, certainly as administrations can use it to shape news agendas and even circumvent the press court and speak directly to the american people. but it is also essential to remember that hollywood, the television industry, and social media, and tech companies today, that they are businesses, and they are more concerned about profits than anything else. executives in all of these worlds have long looked [ indescernible ] with politicians to advance

richard nixon's decision to appear on "laugh in" as a last ditch effort to win votes in 1968. may appear the same as ron nessen, gerald ford's press secretary, his decision to appear on saturday night live and bill clinton's decision to appear on mtv in 1992. and i certainly make the argument in the conclusion of my first book that each involve a strategy of using entertainment to bypass the press and speak directly to voters to sell their personalities on the campaign trail. but my new book shows that there's actually more to the story as well. and unpacking the shifting media landscape from nixon to ford to clinton illuminates significant changes in how popular culture is used as a political tool. and as a consequence, how embracing such political entertainment has changed how the public interacts with the president and how the public consumes political information. my first book, showbiz politics examines how new technologies notably radio, then motion pictures and then television brought alternative ways for presidents to win elections and to govern. it opened up opportuni

boford had succeeded with richard nixon in 1960 and humphrey in 1968 had failed. then rockefeller spurred their petitions to run with a blunt rejoinder that he wasn't meant to be standby na equipment. he had known every vice president says henry wallace, all of them unhappy in the job. in time he would add his own name to the roster of dispirited vice presidents. at his best trying to maintain a sense of humor, asked to describe his official responsibilities he explained partially i go to funerals, i go to earthquakes . if we have learned anything over the last couple of days it's the painful truth in harry truman's c characteristically patched assessment of most american vice presidents as about as useful as the cows six feet but that is not all we have learned. beginning with richard nixon seven years ago and accelerating with walter mondale has he succeeded vice president rockefeller this constitutional fifth wheel has been reimagined as the presidents understudy to use dick cheney's phrase, a president in waiting, of liaison to capitol hill and political wing

and he narrowly beat out richard nixon that far. but such a strategy generated as much criticism as it did a claim for being too much style and not enough about substance. and that's why while kennedy experimented with such a strategy, it was a bitter and defeated richard nixon, who actually truly ingrained in presidential politics. so here's how. two years after richard lost the 60 race to kennedy, he suffered political defeat. this, the california governor's race in the beverly hilton hotel. he lashed out at reporters and what he called his last press conference where he infamously made that declaration. you don't have nixon to kick around anymore. this moment captured nixon's anger at the media and his belief that a media bias had personally targeted targeted him and had undermined his political career as he was wallowing in this. he thought long hard about the 1960 election. he thought long hard about the television debates and the his poor performance on tv. but he thought more broadly about nick kennedy's approach to politics

richard nixon went to win the 1968 us presidential election and appointed henry kissinger as his national security advisor, but it was kissinger's 1973 appointment as the secretary of state in the nixon administration that made history of the house and the senate and all of our other distinguished guests. i know all of you will want to hear from the new secretary of state, and as we work for a world at peace with justice, compassion and humanity. we know that america in fulfilling man's deepest aspiration, fulfills what is best within it. thank you very much. became the first high-ranking official in the us government who was born outside the country. i had no prior knowledge of the watergate breaking. i neither took part in nor knew about any of the subsequent cover-up activities. today, in one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency, i accepted the resignations of two of my closest to society. after the watergate scandal and nixon's resignation in 1974, kissinger maintained his position as the secretary of state in the new government, headed by the former vice president gerald

richard nixon went to win the 1968 us presidential election and appointed henry kissinger as his national security advisor, but it was kissinger's 1973 appointment as the secretary of state in the nixon administration that made history of the house and the senate and all of our other distinguished guests. i know all of you will want to hear from the new secretary of state, and as we work for p at peace with justice, compassion and humanity. we know that america in fulfilling man's deepest aspirations. fulfills what is best within it, thank you very much. kissinger became the first high-ranking official in the us government who was born outside the country. i had no prior knowledge of the watergate breaking. i neither took part in or knew about any of the subsequent cover-up activities. today, in one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency, i accepted the resignations of two of my closest associate, after the watergate scandal and nixon's resignation in 1974, kissinger maintained his position as the secretary of state in the new government headed by the former vice president geral

american support for the jews took a new form during the richard nixon era. former us president richard nixon says: our commitment to the survival and security of israel is deep-rooted. we are not allies based on an official document something stronger has bound us together. ethical commitment. nixon believed that jewish power should be used. jews in america had influence in various areas of politics, economy, media and culture. the political participation of jews in the elections was 90%. according to nixon, the jews were america's strategic capital. this was a green light for jewish lobbies to grow faster. america, except for about 6 million jews, has left room for the fate of jews outside iran. since the arab-israeli war in 1973, the zionist regime has received the most aid from the united states it was after world war ii. the total direct aid of the united states to israel amounted to 140 billion us dollars until 2003. of course , 4 billion every year. dollars are added to the previous figure. this amount is equivalent to a fifth of the total us foreign a

kestinger served as both national security advisor and secretary of state under president richard nixon and continued as secretary of state under nixon's successor gerald ford. however, he left a dark legacy raging from supporting dictators and terror squads to directing cous and ordering war crimes. kestinger is known for his role in carpet bombing of cambodia during the vietnam war, which caused the death of 150,000 civilians in neutral country. the indiscriminate bombing campaign was expressing kissinger's infamous order to an american general when he said, quote, anything that flies and anything that moves, the civilian death toll in cambodia was more than those killed in usa wars against several west asian countries over the past two decades. cassinger's genosalo campaign also enabled the rise of cambodia's ramoruje dictatorship. yet, ironically enough, kestinger was awarded nobel peace prize for ending a war. which he had blood on his hands. kessinger was also involved in a cia hatched cous against chile's socialist leader salvador alenda in 1973. the coup was followed by a region

nixon and continued as secretary of state under nixon's successor gerald ford. however, he left the door. legacy raging from supporting dictators and terror squads to directing cous and ordering war crimes. kestinger is known for his role in carpet bombing of cambodia during the vietnam war, which caused the death of 15000 civilians in the neutral country. the indiscriminate bombing campaign was expressed in kestinger's infamous order to an american general when he said quote, anything that flies and anything that moves. the civilian death toll in cambodia was more than. kill in us lead wars against several west asian countries over the past two decades. cassinger's general campaign also enabled the rise of cambodia's romuruj dictatorship. yet, ironically enough, kestinger was awarded nobel peace prize for ending a war which he had blood on his hands. kessinger was also involved in a cia hatched cous against chile's socialist leader salvador alende in 1973. the cou was followed by a regional campaign. political repression and assassination in south america, dubb

nixon and richard nixon's relationship like while he was in the white house? and did their love letters continue? he was traveling in and out. and as was serving as first lady. right. well know things change. and i think particularly when you are busy, remember or at that point we've been through elections, we have two beautiful daughters. everyone is spinning plates, you know, trying to keep up with everything. so love letters, of course, know, diminish. i haven't seen any from that time period, but though i'm not quite up to that not i can't say for sure there aren't any because i'm working my way through all of them. but at that point i think what happens is he is consumed with politics and she trying to take care of the children and be a political wife. but what is evident is the pat and -- team. so there are many references to this all through the time, running up through the vice president c into the first the election of 1960 and in 68. they are a team. they are together going on all over the world. in fact, president eisenhower actually told --, bring

kistinger served as both national security advisor and secretary of state under president richard nixon and continued as secretary of state under nixon's successor gerald ford. however, he left a dark legacy raging from supporting the dictators and terror squads to directing cous and ordering war crimes. kestinger is known for his role in carpet bombing of cambodia during the vietnam war, which caused the death of 150,000 civilians in the neutral. country, the indiscriminate bombing campaign was expressed in kessinger's infamous order to an american general when he said quote, anything that flies and anything that moves, the civilian deaththoll in cambodia was more than those killed in usa wars against several west asian countries over the past two decades. cassinger's genocidal campaign also enabled the rise of cambodia's khamoruje dictatorship. yet, ironically enough, kestinger was awarded a nobel peace prize. for ending a war which he had blood on his hands. kessinger was also involved in a cia hatched cous against chile's socialist leader salvador alenda in 1973. the cou was followe

kissinger who served presidents richard nixon and gerald ford was even consulted by later presidents on international issues. but a dark cloud has descended on his legacy and reputation as a former top american diplomat, supported cous, dictators and wars around the world. here's a report. henry kissinger, influential american politician and career diplomat has died at the age of 100. kestinger served as both national security advisor and secretary of state under president richard nixon and continued as secretary of state. under nixon's successor gerald ford, however he left a dark legacy raging from supporting dictators and terror squads to directing cous and ordering war crimes. kestinger is known for his role in carpet bombing of cambodia during the vietnam war, which caused the death of 150,000 civilians in neutral country. the indiscriminate bombing campaign was expressing kissinger's infamous order to an american general when he said, quote, anything that flies and anything. moves, the civilian death toll in cambodia was more than those killed in usa wars against several west a

kissinger who served presidents richard nixon and gerald ford. was even consulted by later presidents on international issues, but a dark cloud has descended on his legacy and reputation as the former top american diplomat supported cows, dictators and wars around the world. here's a report. henry kissinger, influential american politician and career diplomat has died at the age of 100. kistinger served as both national security advisor and secretary of state. under president richard nixon and continued as secretary of state under nixon's successor gerald ford. however, he left the dark legacy raging from supporting dictators and terror squads to directing cous and ordering war crimes. kestinger is known for his role in carpet bombing of cambodia during the vietnam war, which caused the death of 15000 civilians in the neutral country. the indiscriminate bombing campaign was expressed in kestinger's infamous order. to an american general when he said, quote, anything that flies and anything that moves, the civilian death toll in cambodia was more than those killed in us led wars agains

richard nixon arrived in moscow on may 22, 1972.retary of the cpsu central committee brezhnev and us president nixon signed the strategic arms limitation treaty: salt-1. i had great respect for gromyk, he was against it. knew exactly what to do, and was very stubborn, specific and precise, he had a wonderful sense of humor, so intellectual, garamyka had excellent command of the art of double negatives, and when he used it, he had to think hard to understand what he really meant. yes, it was not easy to deal with gromyk, he did not give up his position, he did not give up territory. but he is always excellently prepared and ordinary negotiations dragged on for a long time, especially with regard to arms control. in june 1973 , leonid brezhnev made a return visit to the united states, during which an open-ended agreement on the prevention of nuclear war was signed. in 1970. nuclear weapons tests. president nixon i believed, like i did, that this was extremely important for russia and the united states. understand each other. and he wa

kissinger who served president richard nixon and gerald ford was even consulted by later presidents on international issues, but the dark cloud. has descended on his legacy and reputation as a former top american diplomat, supported cous, dictators and wars around the world. here's a report. henry kissinger, influential american politician, and career diplomat has died at the age of 100. kestinger served as both national security advisor and secretary of state under president richard nixon and continued as secretary of state under nixon's successor geralf. bord, however, he left a dark legacy raging from supporting dictators and terror squads to directing cous and ordering war crimes. kestinger is known for his role in carpet bombing of cambodia during the vietnam war, which caused the death of 150,000 civilians in neutral country. the indiscriminate bombing campaign was expressed in kessinger's infamous order to an american general when he said, quote, anything that flies and anything that moves. the civilian death. in cambodia was more than those kill in usa wars against several west

kissinger. who served presidents richard nixon and jeral ford was even consulted by later presidents on international issues, but a dark cloud had also descended over his legacy and reputation as a former top american diplomats supported cows, dictators and wars around the world. henry kissinger, influential american politician and career diplomat has died at the age of 100. kestinger served as both. national security advisor and secretary of state under president richard nixon and continued as secretary of state under nixon's successsor gerald ford, however he left a dark legacy raging from supporting dictators and terror squads to directing cous and ordering war crimes. kestinger is known for his role in carpet bombing of cambodia during the vietnam war, which caused the death of 150,000 civilians in neutral country. the indiscriminate bombing can was expressing kissinger's infamous order to an american general when he said quote, anything that flies and anything that moves, the civilian death toll in cambodia was more than those killed in usa wars against several west asian countr

nixon and richard nixon's relationship like while he was in the white house?nd did their love letters continue? he was traveling in and out. and as was serving as first lady. right. well know things change. and i think particularly when you are busy, remember or at that point we've been through elections, we have two beautiful daughters. everyone is spinning plates, you know, trying to keep up with everything. so love letters, of course, know, diminish. i haven't seen any from that time period, but though i'm not quite up to that not i can't say for sure there aren't any because i'm working my way through all of them. but at that point i think what happens is he is consumed with politics and she trying to take care of the children and be a political wife. but what is evident is the pat and -- team. so there are many references to this all through the time, running up through the vice president c into the first the election of 1960 and in 68. they are a team. they are together going on all over the world. in fact, president eisenhower actually told --, bring pa

nixon and richard nixon's relationship like while he was in the white house and you know, did their loveters continue as he was travelling in and out and she was serving as first lady? >> right, well, you know, things change and i think particularly when you're busy, remember at that point we've been through elections. we have two beautiful daughters, anyone is spinning plates trying to keep up with everything, so love letters, of course, you know, diminish. i haven't seen, you know, any from that time period, but though i am not quite up to that, let's not-- i can't say for sure there isn't any because i'm working my way through all of them, but at that point i think what happens, again, is he is consumed with politics and she is trying to take care of the children and be a political wife. ... is evident is the pat and -- team. so there are many references to this all through the time, running up through the vice president c into the first the election of 1960 and in 68. they are a team. they are together going on all over the world. in fact, president eisenhower they are together going

let me just talk about richard nixon for a second.ident who dominated his time as an ex president. gerald ford's presidency was held hostage by some extent by the whole issue of him pardoning nixon. so we have a precedent where an ex president takes the attention of the nation away from other things. >> but it strikes me that, i mean, this is a case, that if there's going to be a case that waves whether a former president should be held accountable criminally, it is on this matter, it is on a question of whether that president sought to overturn a free and fair election. so this is unlike, i think, the nixon case, this is at the heart of american democracy in some ways. and actually speaking of that, just over the weekend, i'm sure you heard trump repeatedly over the last few days talking about, i guess you could say, joking about wanting to be a dictator for a day. but he doubled down over the weekend. take a listen. >> i said i want to be a dictator for one day. but the new york times said, and you know why i wanted to be a dictator

it actually happened richard nixon in the watergate case.n it didn't happen for a long, long time. however, this current court has granted direct review 19 times in the last four years. i have to credit steve vladik looked that up. the biden student loans case went direct to the supreme court. an important dispute about immigration enforcement, skipped that middle level, went right up to the supreme court. so this is what doj is now asking the supreme court to do. they're going to decide on that fairly quickly. >> all right. elie honig, really appreciate the breakdown and the fact that you would never get into a bar fight. good information. >> never, ever. >> scare people off from the start. why would they start? >> got the crew laughing with that one, elle. >>> ukrainian back in washington preparing to head to capitol hill with hat in hand trying to win other new rounds of funding from a very divided congress on this issue and frankly a divided country on this issue as he battle against vrussia. >> he has face time with mike johnson. arlett

. >> reporter: president richard nixon tried to in you invoke limited immunity in 1974 when he triedo avoid handing over his white house tapes to the special counsel investigating the watergate candle. he did not try to invoke immunity over criminal prosecution. >> supreme court in the summer of 1974 swept all of these arguments away, and said that richard nixon had to turn over the tapes. >> reporter: nixon handed over the tapes, which contained evidence that he was involved in the watergate coverup. shortly after that he was out. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> after leaving the presidency in his iconic 1977 interviews with david frost, nixon seemed to indicate he thought he was above the law while serving as president. >> when the president doesn't that means is not illegal. >> reporter: -- says nixon was not referring to absolute presidential immunity. >> he was talking about a very narrow band of national security and to make stick security operations, which for a period of time, could be done in the united states, and it not be illegal, but even

today's class is about president richard nixon and his national security advisor, henry kissinger.in some ways, nixon's one of the most brilliant people ever to occupy white house. he had incredible

today's class is about president richard nixon and his national security advisor, henry kissinger.in some ways,

i want to ask you about richard nixon, one of the six leaders you profiled. his leadership on a lot of domestic policies that are often overlooked, the environmental protection, law enforcement assistance, a lot of domestic issues. i was covering then as a local reporter. but on foreign policy the extraordinary leadership on the middle east laying the groundwork for middle east talks and course china. is there any way you can you can understand the failure of resignation and the events that to his resignation with all of those leadership qualities that you were part of? so so closely that you witnessed amidst name of the leader you referred to? i was in speaking of richard nixon, understanding how how you can reconcile some of his domestic and foreign policy successes, extraordinary successes on foreign policy with you were so much a part of with the of the read of his resignation. nixon. footage to a degree if you commit admit to american graduates but he had an element that in security that made him make it to the actions which he thought would protect you

i knew how much these types meant to richard nixon . i knew how much the secret of the states meant to him, and now i was telling the whole world i was a fan of richard nixon. i've been on his staff for those. for years i felt honored to have been there. and now i was, i was the person who was going to cause great discomfort for him and, and harm to his presidency as the holes case. do you know nixon in the us, a foreign policy process was mounting abroad in october 1973 soon and egyptian slaves israel. the next knew that the young king, who was a direct outgrowth watergate, with the russians, felt he was so preoccupied as they could do what they did. on the one hand, that was an extremely 10 situation on the other. the. so it as an opportunity to begin a piece, process, kissinger organize the nail is to send minutes for supplies and weapons to israel, a us i lot. when is riley forces successfully and circled egyptian troops, egypt cold on the soviet union fade? if most cars extend its own troops, the middle east conflict will become a

because richard nixon as a good lawyer understood that that's nonsense. he did as a former president seek immunity from civil prosecution for which he got limited immunity but during the time he was president has lawyers never sought immunity from criminal prosecution. they sought immunity from judicial orders. richard nixon clearly had a motive and was a lawyer and he didn't try with the trump team is trying to do. the point here he made is really important. we want a united voice from the court not simply for the court's credibility. that matters of course but for the constitution we need to define the limits on presidential power yet again and that needs to be done with one voice by the supreme court. >> we know the saying no one is about the law. the court is going to have to put that very starkly and plainly including the president of the united states. i do want to ask you about this political upheaval that we are seeing.>> democracy exists because institutions but also civic responsibilities . exits up to us to show that we want our leaders not to

. >> reporter: president richard nixon tried to invoke limited immunity in 1974 when he tried handing over his white h house tapes to the special counsel investigating the white house scandal he didn't try to invoke over criminal prosecution. >> the supreme court in the summer of 1974 swept all these arguments away and said that richard nixon had to turn over the tapes. >> reporter: nixon did hand over the tapes which contained evidence he was involved in the watergate cover up. shortly after that he was out. >> i shall resign the presidency at noon tomorrow. >> reporter: after leaving the presidency in his 1977 interviews with david frost nixon seemed to indicate he thought he was above the law when he was president. >> when the president does it, it's not illegal. >> reporter: but he was not referring to to absolute presidential immunity. >> he was talking about a narrow band of national security and domestic security operations which for a period of time could be done in the united states and it not be illegal but even that narrow band which does not include insurrections and burgl

. >> reporter: president richard nixon tried to invoke immunity over judicial orders 1974 trying to avoid handing over his white house tapes to the special counsel investigating watergate scandal. he didn't over criminal prosecution. >> the supreme court in the summer of 1974 swept these arguments away and said that richard nixon had to turn over the tapes. >> reporter: nixon did hand over the tapes by contained evidence he was involved in the watergate cover-up. after that he was out. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> reporter: after leaving the presidency in his iconic 1977 interviews with journalist david frost, nixon seemed indicate he thought he was above the law while serving as president. >> when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. >> reporter: but historians say he was not referring to absolute presidential immunity. >> he was talking about a narrow band of national security and domestic security operations which, for a period of time, could be done in the united states and not be illegal. even that narrow band, which does not in

to congress, us president richard nixon called population growth one of the most serious problems for the fate of humanity and called for urgent action and work on it begins. for example, the leading american demographer king sclivis, who by the way had many children, began working to limit childbearing. all over the world, along with the popularization, contraception of sexual mores and the encouragement of unnatural forms of sexual act. do you realize when this trend of concern began that there would be too many people, a billion gold would not be enough to live comfortably in peace. remember, we provided quotes. obviously, you remember, yes, that 69 years ago this question was raised, what happens next, people of the rank we are talking about... and in all other patients - this is 87%, transsexualism was combined with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, personality disorders and other mental disorders, a similar picture, by the way, their american colleagues described them, so... you listened, yes, how many complex words , definitions, how many organizations work, scientists write pa

nixon, that one can deal, and indeed it turned out that this is exactly the case, nixon could affordente with moscow and beijing, blaming this man for that he sold out to the communists - that’s already, well, that’s what they were just calling for emergency psychiatric help, so to speak, to those who would dare to accuse him of this, uh, well, firstly, he began his political career as an assistant to senator... mccarthy, and most importantly, most importantly, so to speak, this is his famous participation in these kitchen debates with nikita sergeevich khrushchev himself at the american exhibition in moscow in 1959, after that everything, so to speak, is one hundred percent american patriot, who was not afraid to say to the eyes of this communist dictator that american cuisine is the most the best kitchen in the world, naturally there were all sorts of doubts that he was a russian spy there, they were there. abandoned and he could calmly pursue this policy of détente, it is quite possible that in the united states people will come to power with such one hundred percent, so to speak,

there were three appointees that richard nixon had on that court and it was a unanimous decision forcing over those tapes. >> you were there. you were involved. you saw it happen yourself, but we are in uncharted territory, and it is fascinating to sort of see because this is bigger than just obviously donald trump. this is about the presidency as a whole and how it operates in this country, and so we will all be watching. i know you will be. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> coming up next for us, one of ron desantis' biggest supporters who is on the campaign trail in iowa with him today joins us to weigh in on all of this. also just in to cnn we have new numbers that are giving a new sense of how americans are feeling about the economy as we head into the holidays, and also what this -- where consumer confidence stands and what it means for the new year. >> and it's an underground maze. we will speak to a reporter who was taken inside the labyrinth of tunnels built by hamas in gaza. what he saw. >>> this morning ron desantis is on the campaign trail once again in iowa, and it is crunch t