"bob" haldeman. after the nixon administration larry worked for pepsico, unical and the times mirror company. when he retired in 2008, he was chief operating officer of the apria health care group. in his retirement, although i think his wife dee might quarrel with the word, larry has been busy serving on boards, working on non-profits and keeping up with kids and grandchildren. under his chairmanship, the splendid new orange county performing arts center was built and opened. larry has been a board member and a chair of the new majority, a republican nonprofit think tank. among many notable honors, he's a recipient of the horatio alger award. as a member of the nixon foundation board, larry has played a prominent and generous part in opening up our new nixon library. it's my pleasure to introduce the honorable larry higby. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, bill. and good morning. let me add my welcome to everyone here in the east room of the new nixon library. and a special welcome to our c-span

as soon as bob steps inside the room, he identifies himself to the guard. haldeman, number 148963-v. i cringe. nom and i push forward to greet him but bob is distracted. guiding us toward the door on the opposite side of the room he tells us to hurry if we want to get seats on the patio. the guys told me outside is the best place to be, he explains. the three of us step out into a small grassy area which is enclosed on three sides by the l-shaped visitor center and the camp chapel. the fourth side is open to the road where a painted white line runs along the edge of the asphalt. bob doesn't relax until we're seated at one of the picnic tables. as we eat, bob and his mother are both at ease and animated, while i feel restrained and out of sorts. sharing stories with us about life in the camp, bob describes an overly strict guard named deputy dog. and he talks about one of the guys who tried to blow up his mother's plane after he took out life insurance on her. bob tells us that he lives in a multistory dorm with over 400 other inmates. he's assigned a cubicle which h

and there's a photograph of the memo back that has bob haldeman's writing but it's a he has seen, goad. that means the president has seen, go ahead and get the vice president, write the speech and we will deliver it in a couple of days, which is what he did and the vice president went out to des moines iowa and delivered his speech on the 13th and it was one of the greatest successes in the career of the vice president who depend ridiculed for a great part of that time and i can still remember after i finished the speech i was called over by the president of the united states to the oval office and he was doing some editing on my work and i was a little concerned about this because i thought that it was a poetic masterpie masterpiece. he had his coat and tie and glasses on and he had a pen out and would write down the words. they were licensed by government i was jolted by that and then as he went on he said quietly in sort of a murmur this will tear the scabs off of these expletives and i broke out laughing and he did also because we knew that this was going to set the country on fi

when you think about the comments that richard nixon made and the secret tapes with bob haldeman speaking about jews and italians and african americans. if trump does not immediately do something about this, his presidency, again, when it comes to race and many other areas, is going to be considered the worst, perhaps maybe even in u.s. history. >> but we're hearing from sources, congressman, very close to the white house that the president has no regrets about what he said yesterday. what does that tell you about president trump? >> to me that tells that he's not serious, and that he is not taking his position as president as one that will enable him to lead. it's hard to imagine for the next 3 1/2 years that he's going to be able to effectively govern because of the things that he's saying. he's not going to be able to put pressure on members including members of his own party to be able to get legislation passed and be taken seriously because when it take -- when it comes time for him to actually step up to the plate and do what's right, he's shown repeatedly that he just cannot do it.

her husband, bob haldeman, served as chief of staff in the nixon administration. she reads excerpts from her book, "in the shadow of the white house." from the richard nixon foundation, this is an hour. >> good