special prosecutor archibald cox wanted the tapes himself.yesterday president nixon ordered cox to stop going to court to get the tapes. >> last night we were told the court order would not be owe bad that the papers, memoranda, documents of that kind would not be provided at all. >> archibald cox let the president have it, this is obstruction of justice and that was the turning point. >> there was a limousine on the west side drive way of the white house this afternoon, with the number 77. when reporters spotted him leaving the white house, they knew that some sort of situation was in progress. >> what is going on today? >> there will be an announcement later from the white house. >> the following historic events occurred. the president of the united states demanded the attorney general fire special prosecutor archibald cox. the attorney general refused and resigned. the president then ordered the assistant attorney general to fire the special prosecutor. the president immediately fired ruckleshouse. bourke was ordered to fire cox, he did. >

the secretary of state for air liberal, archibald sinclair, introduced a practical consideration. bombing civilians would represent quote a diversion of effort from the military objective. and anderson agreed quote it costs us something in them nothing. by which he meant that if they bombed defenseless towns or villages, she would lose an opportunity to bomb important military objectives while germany would lose only civilian lives. and now anthony swung decisively against the proposed action quote waste of the moon that night, bigger diversion than i had thought. so it was three for bombing german civilians, five opposed. churchill argued quote my instinct is all the of the way. but he deferred quote i submit unwillingly to the view of the cabinet against. so, supportive, humorous, democratic prime minister kept his practice war cabinet on an even keel. it sounds too good to be true and, in fact, often a was too good to be true. first of all war cabinet ministers deemed churchill to the unrealistic romantic. quote, it does drive me to despair when he works himself up into a passi