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but what it shows in some ways the post world war ii europe that we've known is beginning to unravel. >> on that note, richardnraveling does xi jinping look around and see tul mlt here in the united states and say it's a moment for myself? >> for putin it makes it less likely to jump in an on an agreement for ukraine. usee the new prime minister, in south korea, the constitutional crisis. people are tempted. in march the question will be whether our adveries see opportunities opening for them. >> from the president emeritus on counsel of foreign relations. thank you. >> jonathan, we're going to miss you. >> i appreciate that. we'll all get a little more sleep. more on donald trump's news conference at mar-a-lago including where the president-elect says he stands on the polio vaccine. you'll want to hear that. and then coming up on "morning joe," the latest from capitol hill as trump threatens republican senators who oppose his cabinet nominees for what he says are stupid reasons. >>> plus, national security communications advisor john kirby will join us live from the white house with an update on the repeat w

pardon power conferred upon me by article ii, section two of the constitution, have granted, and by these presence, do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto richard nixon. >> it was a pree.tive pardon that sparked a lot of controversy, because president nixon had likely committed crimes but hadn't been charged. 350 50 years later, joe biden considers s preemmtive pardon. >>> and trump considers a plan to deport people to countries that aren't their own, and some of the countries he has in mind are telling him no. >>> we begin tonight with the trouble with donald trump's national security picks. among his many controversial and unqualified selections thus far, tulsi gabbard, his choice for director of national intelligence, looms as perhaps the most concerning of all. that's the message from nearly 100 farmer national security officials who say they're alarmed at the prospect of her leading the nation's intelligence community, overseeing all 17 intelligence agencies, including the cia, and briefing the president daily on intelligence matters. in a letter obtained by nbc news, the officials noted several of her past actions call into her question t

pardon power conferred upon me by article ii, section two of the constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free and absolute pardon unto richardixon for all crimes he, richard nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from july 20, 1969 to august 9, 1974. peter: steve ford, what was your reaction to the pardon? steven: i think my reaction was much like the rest of the country. it was shock. i knew at that moment dad had probably ended his political career, but that was not on his radar. he always felt he was a public servant and his job was not to get reelected but to serve the public and he felt very strongly that the pardon was the best way he could serve the public, but i told him. i said, dad, the country is going to kill you on this, and i was right. it did not take a rocket scientist to know the pardon was going to land in the lap of america and they were going to be very angry about it. i think what's interesting about the pardon is dad had called in the leaders of congress, both democrats and republicans, and they had told him, listen, richard nixon was still in the headlines every d