these were feelings that mr. nixonone of the most impressive moments of vice president nixon's day in the turkish capital was his laying a wreath at the tomb of the found per of modern turkey. founder of modern turkey. the second highest official of the united states government paid a solemn salute to the memory of one of the most extraordinary leaders of this century. ♪ ♪ >> driving back through the city enroute to the airport, the american vice president's motorcade stopped in the center of an ancient, historic part of an car a. this gave -- ankara. this gave mr. nixon once again the opportunity to meet the people. he stepped out to shake hands with many persons who quickly surrounded his car. ♪ ♪ >> at the airport there was one last friendly touch. vice president and mrs. nixon had a personal good-bye from police officers who had escorted them. ♪ ♪ >> a final farewell from the chief of the national assembly and from the premier for whom mr. nixon carried a message to president eisenhower. then the vice president's p

besides mrs. nixon and tricia, special guests included julie eisenhower, mamie eisenhower, mrs.rianne. among her many gifts, tricia received her china, the blue tree pattern by lyness, her silver, eloquence from greenfield massachusetts, and her crystal, a cut glass pattern. prior to mrs. agnes party and informal shar was held on may 26. tricia wasn't the first white house bride-to-be to have a shower given in her honor by a member of the washington women's press corps. helen thomas was hostess of the party at which mrs. nixon, julie, and ed's mother were honored yet. other guests included members of mrs. nixon staff and women reporters. one of tricia is gifts from a lady of the press. to be an expression of sympathy for tricia and ed's desire for anonymity. to the movement of all, tricia donned her disguise. on friday evening june 4 at washington's beautiful anderson house, mrs. william rogers, wife of the secretary of state, hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in honor of tricia and it. dean of the diplomatic corps led the way through the receiving line. the secretary

besides mrs. nixon and tricia, special guests included julie eisenhower, mamie eisenhower, mrs.rianne. among her many gifts, tricia received her china, the blue tree pattern by lyness, her silver, eloquence from greenfield massachusetts, and her crystal, a cut glass pattern. prior to mrs. agnes party and informal shar was held on may 26. tricia wasn't the first white house bride-to-be to have a shower given in her honor by a member of the washington women's press corps. helen thomas was hostess of the party at which mrs. nixon, julie, and ed's mother were honored yet. other guests included members of mrs. nixon staff and women reporters. one of tricia is gifts from a lady of the press. to be an expression of sympathy for tricia and ed's desire for anonymity. to the movement of all, tricia donned her disguise. on friday evening june 4 at washington's beautiful anderson house, mrs. william rogers, wife of the secretary of state, hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in honor of tricia and it. dean of the diplomatic corps led the way through the receiving line. the secretary

johnson and then on the other side president and mrs. nixon. and this was to recognize the incredible work that mrs. johnson did while she was in the white house for beautification of america. she was so she was so in mrs. jones was so instrumental in not only planting flowers all over washington dc and other places, but also leading efforts to get billboards off of highways, you know, and and removing other unsightly things along the the nation's roads and in their parks and and that was a great passion of hers. there are so many photographs i've seen of her particularly in texas. it's bluebonnet season now, i guess in, texas pictures of her with the bluebonnets and you know, just just kind of loving flowers and really wanting to beautify nature and president nixon. wanted to recognize mrs. johnson for that the nixon's in the johnsons went way back. um, they were both in washington lbj got there a little earlier than mr. nixon did when he was the first elected to the house in 1946. but you know when nixon was senate was vice president united st

left home, vice president and mrs. nixon returned to washington. a large crowd greeted them including senator nolan and the secretary of state. an historic tour was over. reassurances of east-west friendship had been made around the world, especially with six nations whom the united states is proud to call partner in the struggle for freedom. ♪ ♪ .. ' come to the nixon library. i'm executive vice president of the richard nixon foundation and the special hello to everyone watching on you tube this evening are the nixon foundation web site or all of those watching on c-span. i had the pleasure this evening of welcoming and introducing to the eminent scholars of richard nixon in the nixon era. her moderator this evening is frank gannon a member of the prestigious white house fellows in the nixon administration who later served as special assistant to counselor donald rumsfeld. he's the chief editorial assistant to former president nixon on research and writing of his memoirs during the presidency years in san clemente. and he has the distinction of ha

mr. nixon's claim of absolute privilege on those tapes. >> the case, united states versus nixon, was allut the watergate prosecutor's demand following a subpoena for those audio tapes of conversations recorded by nixon in the oval office. chief justice warren berger, who by the way was nominated by nixon wrote, we conclude that when the ground for asserting privilege as to subpoenaed materials sought for use in a criminal trial is based only on the generalized interest and confidentiality it cannot prevail over the fundamental demands of due process of law in the fair administration of criminal justice. the generalized assertion of privilege must yield to the demonstrated specific need for evidence in a pending criminal trial. nixon was ordered to turn over the tapes, and we all know how that ended. that brings us to yesterday's nonsensical decision by the truffle-appointed judge to not only approve the twice-impeached former president's request for a special master but that this person would be able to sift through the more than 11,000 documents and items the fbi seized from trump's flo

and it's not really well known, but president and mrs. nixon were really great champions of historic preservation and i would encourage you for an interesting take on an event here at the carter house proclaiming that first national historic preservation week. my colleague catherine in france has written a an article in the new issue of white house history, which is the journal published by the white house historical association, in which details this particular event. catherine, by the way, started her career at the national trust right here as curator and deputy director of the carter house. she's got it in her blood as she carries out the full programs of the national trust. we've been the national trust has been honored over the years to play a role in programs like save america's treasures, which is known to many of you, which was begun by hillary clinton during her husband's administration and preserve america, which was begun by our trustee emerita, laura bush during her husband's administration. and it's really it's fair to say that the

mrs. richard nixon began their tour of six nations that was to take them completely around the world.ir first destination was manila. the busy capital of the philippines was, like the rest of the

are the echoes of nixon's two negotiate with middle east partners to have new thinking, what was the key insight your administration had to make the abraham accords possible? mr. pompeo: thank you, good to be with everyone. there are echoes of nixon, when you heard about people who needed to be in place to make such a thing happen. the understanding that allowed this to break free with something president nixon would have appreciated. the understanding was that we made a decent effort to make life effort the palestinians and clearly demonstrated that were going to reject that and everything else and that us from the central conceit which was, nothing can happen until that is fixed. until somehow the palestinians and israelis come to understanding we knew that wasn't going to happen with abbas in charge in the west bank and hamas in charge of the gaza strip. we were able to convince the other countries that joined the abraham accords to move past that as well, that this was a different time in history, and ending the conflict in making life better for the palestinian people was important. it was changing their core foreign policy belief, which was changing --

let's bring in former nixon white house counsel, john, dean and cnn senior legal analyst mr.th you. you reaction to this new new york times reporting that trump knew there could be legal problems if he didn't return government documents but refused to anyway? well don you've been talking over the past several weeks and the courts are about proving knowledge and intent. if i described on the show, one of the most difficult task for prosecutors as you have to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt. not just that the documents were there. that is fairly easy to establish, but that donald trump knew they were there and that he had a criminal intent. well if you have a reliable lawyer like eric kershaw and saying i told him to his face that he had these documents you shouldn't have them. they could get to in trouble. well a, that shows donald trump you had the documents. be, it shows that he knew holding on to them was wrong, in some respects. so that could be a really crucial piece of evidence, don. >> according to this report after his conversation with -- trump returned 15 block

nixon's efforts to negotiate with other middle east partners,to have new thinking ? what was the key insight that your administration, our administration had that made the abraham records possible over to you. mr>> thank you, it's great to be with everyone tonight. there are certainly echoes of what you heard president nixon's ego there. when you think of people, leaders that had to be in place to make something, the structures that had to be built, i'm sure will talk. the sinful understanding that a lot of this to break free was something that i think president nixon would have appreciated. times were certainly different when we came into office. the understanding was we made a decent fall on effort to make life better for the palestinians and we clearly demonstrated they were going to reject that and everything after that and that freed us from the central conceit that frankly both republicans and democrats administration for us which was nothing can until mistakes so somehow the palestinians and israelis came to an understanding. we know that that wasn't boston charge in the west bank, with hamas in charge of the gaza strip so we were able to talk about the insurance of depth. we were able

> or heron rebuking apartheid in a song to johannesburg and nixon pushing no knock warrants in a song that was essentially also journalism. mrting black americans. it's the same tactic that led to the police killing of breonna taylor in her sleep. >> we're going to did a poem for one of our unfavorite people who's now the head of the nixon campaign. no-knock, the law in particular, the authorities and members of the police force no langer have to knock on your door before entering. ♪ no knocking head rocking enter shooking shooting cussing killing crying lying and being white ♪ >> those poets were capturing real life in america from work and love to policing and systemic racism. they built a path for the next generation of poets, also known as rappers like dr. dre leading nwa's song about how police think they have the authority to kill a minority, or tupac s shakur, the son of a black panther who was sadly prophetic when speaking out in his 20s. >> the same element of crime white people fear, we fear. we defend ourselves from the same element they're scared of. all society is doing is leeching off the ghetto. they use the g

nixon was in a position to make a call in 1968 that have endless positive international ramifications. host: mrs. eisenhower, did you want to add anything? >> the last meeting where my father travels up, he had a copy of foreign affairs where he said we need to end the isolation of china and recognize the united states and china have to move forward together. eisenhower had based his presidency and post-presidency and saying, no recognition of red china. at the end eisenhower came to agree that it was time for a new shift. host: that was david and julie nixon-eisenhower 10 years ago when it was held on the mall. we are the washington convention center are in the washington convention center. a lot of activity, a lot of people come book bags being passed out. all sorts of events happening. we are pleased to be joined by elizabeth williamson, her book is sandy hook: an american tragedy. she is a writer. how tough was a do it right book and to research it -- was it to write this book and research it? >> i owe a great debt to the families of the victims and were forthcoming with me and trusted me wi