and midday, attorney john mitchell called ben bradley and katharine graham, publishers of the paper. more than three times. each person was probably called twice that afternoon. they tried to convince them that this was a dangerous thing to do, that it would endanger national security and would also a endanger lives. charges that make you sit up and take notice. we took that very seriously. in reading the files very carefully, it was evident that nothing in the files was going to endanger national security. certainly nothing that would endanger lives. it was a hard decision for katharine graham. two things that are important that are hard to imagine today since we are so used to documents coming out occasionally. one is that this was the first time that a journalist had received secret government files from a source who was outside the government as opposed to an inside whistleblower. a source outside who had stolen the files. that made katharine graham pause, the political and ethical issues of that. it also was the first time that the nixon administration had tried to force her to

ben bradley of the "new york times" wrote, by the end of "a doll's house," my nerves were ground meet. i couldn't breathe in a taxi headed back. i don't think either of us expected to get much sleep but when theater is this exciting it's well worth a little insomnia. here's a look at the production. >> my husband is! (laughter) >> you must love me very much. this is exactly how it should be! >> sometimes i have terrible urges. >> urges? you're hiding something from me. >> what do you mean? how can you tell? >> i can help you in any way. you know how happy that would make me. >> you have no idea! lie. it contaminates you. (arguing) >> do you have any idea what you've done? >> one more hour! [ whispering). >> you were looking away. i was. t's different than the theater, isn't it? >> yeah. to watch it on the screen like that. >> and we recorded that two years ago. the production in our heads, at least, feels like it's changed quite a bit. >> charlie: what happens after march 23? >> well, we finish on march 23 and then we have no idea. we have been very lucky. we've had several opportunit