alexander butterfield played a role in revealing the cover of that destroyed his presidency. he reflects along with bob nixon's personality and they offer opinions on topics ranging from watergate to policies in vietnam. this program is an hour. >> good evening. i want to welcome you to this conversation with alexander butterfield and bob woodward which will be conducted by my friend and colleague, director of the lbj presidential library. i am director of the center, which is pleased to be cosponsoring this evening's program along with the lbj library. bob woodward, as many of you know, has a special tie to the university of texas. in 2003, he and his washington post colleague, charles bernstein placed papers at the university center. it was a historically significant acquisition, which was fittingly celebrated here, so together again this evening. much has transpired over the following decade. the identity was made public, many hours of white house recordings have been released by the national archives, and the center continues to supplement its watergate work, most recentl

please join me in welcoming to the stage alexander butterfield, bob woodward, and mark updegrove. [applause] welcome bob, not only but welcome back. both of you have graced this stage before. alex, you were here seven years ago for an evening with alexander butterfield and bob you were here with your partner, , carl bernstein, robert redford, five years ago when we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the film. i want to start with you, alex. we saw that clip of you revealing the white house taping system. mr. butterfield: i saw it sideways, but i recall the incident. [laughter] mr. woodward: it was you. i saw it. you ought to tell them why you hesitated. >> there was a pregnant pause there. mr. butterfield: i caused because, fred thompson said, are you aware? during the time of the testimony, i had come to the federal aviation administration and had been there for months, so i thought to myself, you might as well be accurate here, and i did not have a clue if they still had listing devices, so i just paused and said, i was aware rather than, i am aware. >> talk about that moment,

richard nixon's deputy assistant alexander butterfield and washington post reporter bob woodward. here is a preview. intimate access to this president. frequently you were the first that person to see him in the morning and the last one at night. describe the richard nixon you saw. >> well, yes. after the 11th month of the first year in november-december the president called me and bob and he thought we should not change offices -- bob haldeman. i was bob's deputy from the start. he thought maybe bob was getting sort of each ward during the day by all the trivia which is a part of the operations of the oval office throughout the day. and not able to sit back and think as president nixon wanted him to do to follow up on big things and be an idea man. the president even said i want you to be like the assistant president. let alex take your office and deal with the minute to minute stuff. bob, there was only one place for bob to go and we had just given the big people the sherman adams office down of the end as a gesture to the vice president , the first one to begin an office in the

alexander butterfield played a role in revealing the cover of that destroyed his presidency. he reflects along with bob nixon's personality and they offer opinions on topics ranging from watergate to policies in vietnam. this program is an hour.

i want to welcome you to this conversation with alexander butterfield and bob woodward which will be conducted by my friend and colleague, director

alexander butterfield walks in, and he is not accompanied by counsel, which is very rare. at the end of it, i took out this bizarre memo. i took off the front part that indicated what it was and gave him the part that described the meetings, a summary of a transcript. but in the sense, everything had a twist. it was prepared before dean's testimony. but it always had this twisted that dean was responsible for the evil act at the end if he was afraid it would come out. i handed it to alex and i said, can you explain how this would be reconstructed? we went to the president, of the different things. outlooks took it and look at it -- alex took it and looked at it. i asked him a couple questions, could this have come from the president's recollections? no, too detailed for that. could this from somebody else at the meetings? no. so where does this come from? alex took it very deliberately and set it down in front of himself. said, let me think about that for a minute. i finished up the questioning don sanders, very skilled agent. i went back later and look at the stenographer

i want to welcome you to this conversation with alexander butterfield and bob woodward which will be conducted by my friend and colleague, director of the lbj presidential library. i am director of the center, which is pleased to be cosponsoring this evening's program along with the lbj library. bob woodward, as many of you know, has a special tie to the university of texas. in 2003, he and his washington post colleague, charles bernstein placed papers at the university center. it was a historically significant acquisition, which was fittingly celebrated here, so together again this evening. much has transpired over the following decade. public,tity was made many hours of white house recordings have been released by the national archives, and the center continues to supplement its watergate work, most recently with the generosity of the papers of love and jerry -- legendary "washington post" editor ben bradley with research in 2017. in the intervening years, the watergate papers themselves have also been heavily consulted by ,ur students and by historians while collectively, the coun

. >> alexander butterfield at "washington post" reporter bob woodward reflect on the former president personnel policies from watergate to vietnam. for the pleased american history tv we can schedule go to c-span.org. >> thursday morning in washington, d.c. and the u.s. senate is about to gavel in to continue work on energy and water spending bill. it's the first of 12 appropriations bills for 20 something. the bill provides $37.5 billion in western states. at 11:45 a.m. senator senators e on a minute offered by north dakota republican john hoeven that would lock funding for and limiting the epa's clean water rules. more debate is likely and we are also expecting votes this afternoon. the senate does not expect to finish work on the bill this week. now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. . the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, -- today's opening prayer will be offered by the most honorable paul j. swain, bishop of the sioux falls catholic diocese in sioux falls, south dakota. the guest chaplain: almighty god, we thank

announcer alexander butterfield roof announcer: -- alexander butterfield. announcer:for the complete american history tv we can schedule, go to c-span.org. the republican national committee is holding its anyone spring meeting in hollywood, florida. the rnc standing rules committee met to make recommendations on the rules for the republican convention to be held in july. this is one hour. .hour >> let's come to order, please. my name is bruce ash. we are calling the meeting to order at this time. i'd like to call to the dais cindy costa from south carolina to give the invocation. cindy. ms. costa: please pray with me. o lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth. father as we come together to deliberate the rules of our party, i ask that you give us a unity of spirit that goes beyond our understanding. i ask that in all we do, lord, we consider the needs of others as more important than our own and we trust that in all of this, lord, you are leading and guiding us. we thank you and praise you for this day in the name of my lord and savior jesus chris

alexander butterfield and bob woodward. here is a preview. intimate access to this president. frequently, you were the first staff person to see him in the morning and the last one at night. describe the richard nixon that you saw. thefter the 11th month of first year, in november and december, the president called thought we should i wase, not change, but -- bonds deputy from the start. he thought that maybe bob was getting sort of, what do i want to say? t toward during the day by all of the trivia that is part of the operation of the oval office through the day. and, not able to sit back and think as president nixon wonders him to do. the president even said, i want you to be more like the assistant president, so let alex take your office and deal with the minute to minute stuff. there was only place for bob to go. the first vice-president had been given an office inside the oval office -- the last guy you want to get an office to because he has a beautiful office on the hill as president of the senate. bob went over and said, ted, we are going to have to take it back. he o

. >> former next and deputy assistant alexander butterfield and washington post reporter bob woodward reflect on the presidents personality and policy from watergate to vietnam. for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> madam secretary we probably give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. >> [applause]. [inaudible] >> today, officials from the pentagon and the department of veterans affairs were on capitol hill to discuss the challenges in treating veterans with posttraumatic and stress and brain injuries. witnesses called for more research into traumatic brain injuries. senator lindsey graham chairs the subcommittee. this. this is one hour and 15 minutes >> the hearing will come toward her. were here to receive testimony and research, diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress and dramatic brain injury in the department of defense and department of veteran affairs.te to receive testimony from the department of defense and veteran affairs on diagnosisjur. treatment, this is an important hearing, we must everything we can to help servicemen and

. >> deputy assistant alexander butterfield and alan woodward focus on the former president's policies. for the weekend schedule go to cspan.org. >>> coming up next, a hearing kpz water safety and infrastructure affordability. local leaders and utility officials talk about the challenge of modernizing deteriorating water systems and a challenge by the federal government. this is about two hours. >>> the meeting will come to order. i've been talking to someone down there. we have one from oklahoma. well, the epa has identified $384 billion in drinking water needs and 271 billion in wastewater needs over the next 20 years based on capital improvement plans developed by local utilities. according to the u.s. conference of mayors, which i really enjoyed visiting with u.s. countries, and i'm glad to have you here to represent them. that was about three weeks ago or so. anyway, it's your meeting. it's nice to see some of the people that are still at the u.s. conference of mayors are there when i was a mayor. that was a long time ago. but according to the u.s. conference of mayors through 201

. >> former nixon deputy assistant alexander butterfield and "washington post" reporter bob woodward reflect on the former president's personality and policies from watergate to vietnam. for the complete "american history tv" weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> president obama delivers his last speech at the white house correspondents' dinner a week from saturday. and coming up this saturday, c-span takes a look at some of his previous speeches from past dinners. >> no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the donald. and that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter, like did we fake the moon landing? [ laughter ] what really happened in roswell? and where are biggie and tupac? [ laughter ] all kidding aside. obviously we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. for example, no, seriously, just recently in an episode of "celebrity apprentice," at the steakhouse the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from omaha steaks. and there was a lot of blame to go around, but you, mr. trump, recognize tha

. >> former net sin deputy assistant alexander butterfield reflects on the former president's personalityte to vietnam. go to c-span.org for the complete schedule. >> democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton held a campaign rally in new york following her primary victory in the state. before the new york results bernie sanders had won eight of , the last nine contests. [alicia keys singing "new york"] >> ♪ now you are in new york the streets will make you feel brand-new the lights will inspire you here in new york where dreams are made there's nothing you can't do count on new york. these streets will make you feel brand-new these lights will inspire you let's hear it for new york what dreams are made of there's nothing you can't do, count on neo--- count on new york these streets will make you feel brand-new these lights will inspire you let's hear it for new york new york, new york ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ hillary clinton: thank you, new york! [crowd chanting] >> hillary hillary! ms. clinton: you know, today you proved once again there is no place like home. [cheers and appl

i want to welcome you to this conversation with alexander butterfield and bob woodward which will be conducted by my friend and colleague, director of the lbj presidential library. i am director of the harry ransom center, which is pleased to be cosponsoring this evening's program along with the lbj library. bob woodward, as many of you know, has a special tie to the university of texas. in 2003, he and his washington post colleague, charles -- carl bernstein placed papers at the university's harry ransom center. it was a historically significant acquisition, which was fittingly celebrated here, together again this evening. much has transpired over the following decade. the identity of deep throat was made public. many hours of white house recordings have been released by the national archives,

. >> deputy assistant alexander butterfield and alan woodward focus on the former president's policies. for the weekend schedule go to cspan.org. >>> coming up next, a hearing kpz water safety and infrastructure affordability. local leaders and utility officials talk about the challenge of modernizing deteriorating water systems and a challenge by the federal government. this is about two hours. >>> the meeting will come to order. i've been talking to someone down there. we have one from oklahoma. well, the epa has identified $384 billion in drinking water needs and 271 billion in wastewater needs over the next 20 years based on capital improvement plans developed by local utilities. according to the u.s. conference of mayors, which i really enjoyed visiting with u.s. countries, and i'm glad to have you here to represent them. that was about three weeks ago or so. anyway, it's your meeting. it's nice to see some of the people that are still at the u.s. conference of mayors are there when i was a mayor. that was a long time ago. but according to the u.s. conference of mayors through 201