and we remember a man who generated a catalogue of era- defining films, dustin hoffman. stay tuned, it's all still to come right here on "through the decades." decades." the monkees was a t-v show that had deubted in 1966, but by 1967 were a smash hit. the show was about a struggling rock band and starred davy jones, peter tork, michael nesmith and micky dolenz. the t-v show launched these actors into a very successful career as a very real band who scored 10 top 20 hits on the billboard charts. "my parents were both actors and singers. so i was born and raised in the business. the earliest recollections of my father on the set, ya know. so it was the family business." in 1956, dolenz starred in "circus boy" about a kid who gets adopted by a traveling circus owner. when the show ended, dolenz returned to school until 1965, when he got a role in a sitcom about a rock n roll band. "the monkees was a television show about an imaginary band that wanted to bethe beatles. that was the essence, the theme of it. and on the television show, we were never successful." but the t-v

just like dustin hoffman in that movie "midnight cowboy." >> hey, michael flynn's a good guy, okay?this go! >> trevor: hey! hey! i'm obstructin' over here! what's wrong with you? ( cheers and applause ) and number four, a surprised entry said to be the senate's most moderate republican, susan collins of maine. her defense was something special because, remember, before donald trump asked comey to drop flynn, he kicked everyone out of the room, right? which, to most people, would mean trump knew he was about to do something wrong. >> not necessarily, and here's why. the first interaction that the president had with mr. comey in early january at trump towers, it was the f.b.i. director who cleared the room. perhaps the f.b.i.'s actions in that first meeting sent a significance nat to the president that that is how their interactions should take place. >> trevor: okay. let's back up for a second. the first time trump and comey met, comey cleared the room to tell trump about potentially embarrassing information, right? and now senator collins is saying that all trump learned from that m

they were subsequently portrayed by robert redford and dustin hoffman in "all the president's men" whichased on their book. >> every day bob and i would go have a cup of coffee together in the morning in a little vending machine off the newsroom. >> it sure is quiet in here. >> and on this particular day, not that long after the break-in, i put a dime in the coffee machine, which is what it cost then. and i literally felt this chill go down my neck. i mean literally, made my hair stick up, i think. and i turned to woodward and said oh my god, this president is going to be impeached. and woodward looked at me and said oh my god, you're right. that is carl bernstein in the documentary "all the president's men revisited" which includes the perspective of some people who did not live through watergate themselves like our own rachel maddow. when we come back, a journalist who covered watergate and one of the watergate prosecutors will join news a discussion on how the investigation of president nixon resembles the investigation of president trump. even a coupe soup. [woman] so beautiful. [man

carl bernstein was played by dustin hoffman. >> one of the things i had observed with carl is that hemoked so incessantly, and carl was always -- always had ashes on his tie and his shirt. and i said, that's got to be in the movie. >> is there any place you don't smoke? >> 40 years later the two investigative reporters are back in the "washington post" newsroom. i joined them for a reunion with ben bradlee. >> i'm glad to see you. >> their former editor. >> like a working reporter. >> it's the first time in decades we've all been together. >> hello, robert. >> how are you? >> it's tempting to think that watergate could never happen again. but these two reporters and their editor know better. >> come on. i look pretty damn good considering. >> yes. it's only 40 years ago. >> is it? >> i wanted to dig deeper into their story and to see what if any impact it had on our culture today. >> let me get thaez guys out of the newsroom. >> "vanity fair" photographer annie leibovitz is here to document the three men who took on our president. for bob woodward watergate started much the same way m

they were subsequently portrayed by robert redford and dustin hoffman in "all the president's men" which> every day bob and i would go have a cup of coffee together in the morning in a little vending machine room off the newsroom. >> it sure is quiet in here. >> and on this particular day, not that long after the break-in, i put a dime in the coffee machine, which is what it cost then. and i literally felt this chill go down my neck. i mean literally, made my hair stick up, i think. and i turned to woodward and said oh my god, this president is going to be impeached. and woodward looked at me and said, "oh my god, you're right." >> that is carl bernstein in the documentary "all the president's men revisited" which includes the perspective of some people who did not live through watergate themselves like our own rachel maddow. when we come back, a journalist who covered watergate and one of the watergate prosecutors will join us in a discussion of how the investigation of president nixon resembles the investigation of president trump. is that good? yeah it's perfect. bees! bees! go! go! g

wide floor in some obscure in washington with 400 lawyers grinding away and robert redford and dustin hoffmanwhat is the actual reality of mr. mueller's day-to-day existence? are continuing to pick away. they have begun to assemble their team, but there is increasing pressure from the white house and senate republicans and democrats as asl to move this along, not quickly as possible, but as efficient as possible. tom: we still have the congressman from louisiana and critical condition. stephen carter, one of our great legal and professorial mines at harvard, both sides might usefully learn a lesson of justice marshall who was able to fight unceasingly for what he believed to be right while remaining civil towards the other side. today, never a hand of compromise, never a whisper of sympathy for those it is easier to call names. what will be the reality for the senate in the coming days? kevin: i have covered congress for five-six years and have not seen anything like yesterday. feltone we spoke with, you why they call capitol hill a campus. there is a lot of support for the majority whip sky