living author, 12 have been number one bestsellers, so it's my honor to welcome to the axios stage, bob woodward. [applause] mike: good morning, sir. thank you for coming. so we have here the canon. bob: oh, my god. did the publisher give you those free or did you have to buy them? mike: i actually lined the pockets of jeff bezos. bob: ok. mike: amazing life's work spanning so much history. it all started with you as a metro reporter at the "washington post." as we look at our history now, would it have been possible to know before president one next -- before president nixon was elected what was coming? bob: see, this is the question that jeff bezos who owns the post now asks and we said probably not and he said ok in , 2016, we needed to make sure the post has the resources and we did a book on trump with intensive work on hillary clinton and he put in the money and the support. mike: why probably not? bob: just because getting to the inside of somebody is really hard particularly when they are , in the political system were -- political system running for president. mike: white house correspo

woodward mark i bob. take us beyond washington, the beltway, the capital. what is the most important thing going on in the world that you worry about that we should pay more attention to? >> right now i'm concerned about northkorea. i'm concerned about the kim regime , i'm current concerned about the case of their missile technology development. i think we along with our allies have operations in raqqa and mosul. the challenge with the kurds that is getting harder, not easier to solve. so i worry about making sure that our campaign against isis succeeds. manchester is just another reminder that has to succeed and so those are the things, the two most current concerns i have, what's going on in syria, interact and in north korea. >> what's the most concerning problems you with tax? the most interesting problem as we look ahead to the consequences of. >> the biggest problem or the biggest opportunity? i think the biggest opportunity is healthcare. what i worry about is the pace of health inflation. health i

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[laughter] host: bob woodward, thank you very, very much. thank you for your great work. narrator: up next, a look at some recent commencement addresses from colleges and universities around the country. first, we will hear from actor and former governor arnold schwarzenegger, followed by former vice president joe biden whothe founder of girls code. later, another set of commencement speeches featuring said they may or heavier gonzalez and governors doug do fee and rick snyder. and former california governor arnold schwarzenegger was the commencement speaker at the university of houston. he talked about the importance of helping others by focusing on the many people who were crucial to his own successa

host: you were backstage chatting with bob woodward. u have been interviewed by bob many times over the years. what is that likely to entertaining. he gets more out of you then you get out of him, i'm sure, but i have learned a lot from bob woodward took i enjoyed him and his work for a long long time. there aren't many people who can sort of see around corners and in and out of season venues like bob. he has been doing it a long time. what he got there? host: this is present moment hazard of the leadership and your excessively in their? guest: we talk a lot about those days. host: question that bob woodward had for you. he became the 54th speaker of the house in october, 2015. which are greatest of, schmidt? guest: first of all we were in disarray and reunified. i think that was important. since coming to office, i think we had to figure out how to make the government work obama and make sure we didn't have government shutdown , make sure we got things done and i think that was important. i like the way we ended the year with obama on c

speaker ryan: where is bob woodward? bob.i, mike: washington, the beltway, the capital -- what is the most important thing going on in the world that you think we should be paying more attention to? speaker ryan: right now, i am pretty concerned about north korea. i am pretty concerned about the regime, the pace of their missile technology development. allies -- along with our -- have operations going on in mosul. does need to be successful. there's a challenge with the kurds and the turks right now that is getting harder, not easier to solve. so, i worry about making sure that our campaign against isis succeeds. manchester is yet another reminder that has to succeed. those are the two most current concerns i have. what is going on in syria and iraq and north korea. is the most interesting, to you, problem in tech? speaker ryan: say again? most what is, to you, the interesting problem in tech? biggest problem or biggest opportunity question mark i think the best opportunity is in health care. i worry about the pace of he

he is the most selling nonfiction living author. , it's my honor to welcome us bob woodward. [applause] what it have been possible to know before president nixon was elected what was coming? >> this is the question that who owns the post now and we said probably not and then he said ok. in 2016, we need to make sure that "the post" has he the resources and did a book on trump and intensive work or hillary clinton and he put in the money and the support. >> and yes probably not? >> just because, you know getting to the inside of somebody is really hard particularly when they are in the political system running for president. >> white house correspondents' dinner, you made an appearance with carl bernstein and got huge applause for one line and you said, mr. president, the media is not fake news. elaborate. >> that's right. it's not fake news, from the point i was making is yes, sometimes we make mistakes but done in good faith. left, right, center and may disagree with it and not like it, but it's not people sitting around saying let's make something up. >> you had a tough mes

i'm going to keep you with me. >> alex, i can blame bob woodward. you can't do anything about that. nson knows this from the post. when ben bradley was the editor of "the post," it was always, don't gloat. you know, get self satisfaction out of doing the job. no gloating. and he would -- >> ever. >> -- literally at times during the nixon period run around the newsroom and say no gloating. >> keep your head down. >>> still ahead, nancy pelosi urges his caucus to cool it with talk of impeachment. there we go. she's not holding back her own scathing criticism. we'll play you that sound when we come back. >>> and we'll talk to senate democrat shelden whitehouse. you're watching "morning joe." we shall return. ♪ (woman) one year ago today mom started searching for her words. and my brother ray and i started searching for answers. (vo) when it's time to navigate in-home care, follow that bright star. because brightstar care earns the same accreditation as the best hospitals. and brightstar care means an rn will customize a plan that evolves with mom's changing needs. (woman) because dad ma

bob woodward is a 45 year veteran of the washington post, associate editor, shared two pulitzer prizes for watergate and the coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. he is the author of 18 national best-selling books, the author of the most selling nonfiction living author to have been number one bestseller so i'm honored to welcome to the axios stage bob woodward. [applause] >> good morning, thank you for coming. >> so we have here that candidate. >> oh my god. >> did the publisher give you those free or did you have to buy them? >> i actually lined the pockets. >> okay. so an amazing latticework spending so much history, it all started with you as a metro reporter at the washington post, all the presidents men and let's look at our history now, would it have been possible to know before president nixon was elected this was coming? >> this is the question jeff bezos now asks and we said probably not and then he said okay , in 2016 we need to make sure the post as resources and we did a book on trump, did intensive work on hillary clinton and he put in the money and the support. >> why

i think that's continued to keep the focus and pressure on them to do so. >> charlie: bob woodward, many make comparisons to watergate and the saturday night massacre. no better than you to compare them. >> it's the same and different. the investigator, the person doing the real investigation, fbi director comey is out. at the same time in the saturday night massacre in 1973 ages ago it was at a point when there were charges john dean, nixon's counsel on the record and four days of public testimony at the watergate hearings and the existence of the secret taping system and there was a path to seeing whether what dean was true or not. there's lots of surmise, lots of questions about the trump campaign and the russian connection. there's not to the sort of evidence that existed in the watergate case. what's interesting here and i think very important it removes comey and he of course last year in the campaign put himself out as the one who was going to make the judgments on the hillary clinton e-mail investigation so he's got a lot of stature. he's gone. his replacement, whoever it is will

now, in a discussion hosted by the media group axoi ios, bob woodward talks about the media coveragef the trump presidency and media coverage of donald trump. [applause] mike: appreciate it. thank you for being here and think it to this amazing team that has put together this amazing space.

bob woodward.or bob. how are you, bob? >> good. how are you? >> it's best instead of us asking you questions, just push a button, have you talk -- >> like the button in the oval office that brings the diet coke. we have one here for bob woodward. >> no, this one you press a button and a legend tells you what they are working on. what interests you? usually you're following something. what are you following today? >> i'm following your conversation of the thought i had was suppose you were doing a book on the trump administration and trying to condense what happened in the first 100 days. not much. a lot of road testing of ideas, gorsuch to the supreme court but really didn't change the balance. interestingly enough, this budget deal actually is something new, five months of spending. trump won on defense. the democrats won on lots of things. nih funding, for example. if you can pull away from the politics here, there is such a thing as the national interest. that budget deal may be in the national

. >> you are backstage chatted bob woodward and interviewed by bob many times over the years. >> that's very entertaining. he gets more out of you then you get out of him i'm sure, but i have learned a lot from him. i have enjoyed his work for long time. there are not many people who can see around corners and in and out of things like bob kim is the internet a long time. >> in the -- [inaudible] so the question that bob woodward had, you became the 54th speaker of the house in october 2015. what is your greatest accomplishment? >> first of all, we were in disarray and reunified. i think that was important. since coming to office we had to figure out how to make divided government work with obama. we had to make sure we didn't have government shutdowns to make sure we get things done. that was important.de i like the way we ended the year with obama on cures for opiate, that was an issue everyone believed in. have been years in the making and it wasn't going to get done if we kicked it out. i like the way we ended on that. now, we have got contributed opposition party to a governing par

bob woodward broke the watergate story. he should know, right? >> he should know.s absolutely right on this issue. you know ultimately, you know i think comparisons to watergate are a little bit ill-advised. yes there are obviously issues here that need to be examined. there are questions that need to be answered. why the investigations pending in front of both the senate and intelligence committee and fbi are important to come to a conclusion. and frankly i am also on the side of having an independent prosecutor in all of this. most americans are in favor of an independent prosecutor. it is no skin off anybody's nose to make sure, particularly in the light of the fact that whoever the president appoint to the fbi, obviously it going to have to have some kind of a relationship with being appointed by the president and at the same time trying to investigate what is going on. i agree no crimes yet but we have to find out what is going on. david: noelle, they're investigating right now. the fact watergate began with a crime, the break-in at dnc headquarters. the only

if bob woodward, as you know is like the patron state of investigative journalists.damning testimony from him. basically acknowledging that the media is failing, completely failing. that if he was truly candid, he would acknowledge that they're not practicing political journalism, they're practicing political advocacy. and they're doing it with an agenda to try to destroy this. that's effectively i believe what he was acknowledging. cheryl: it's interesting because the liberal media didn't even take president trump speech in jerusalem yesterday. fox news took it. fox business took it. we were the only network. cbs, nbc, nobody took it. a speech by president of jerusalem. how arrogant is that? >> i don't even reference it as fake news anymore. i consider it e and o news. errors and omissions. even the washington post or new york times are using very, very weak sources or lack of sources to go on the record for their journalism, their articles. but then you've got these cable networks who are omitting real news. here you had an attack, a blowing up little girls, jihadi

however bob woodward has done extruded a work on the last three presidents in real time in a series of books. i don't know how critical, i feel billet but president nixon fi overwhelming. >> why do you not like the final days work this is the final day that president nixon died. >> i was live on pbs with big bird when in my ear, the green light came on and they said, i s right when the light comes on, you do your delivery and i'm standing next to big bird and i said present network has died in an interview with berg's right ahead. it was a shock. i knew and liked president nixon very well. i served him twice.lesson f much underappreciated, more appreciated now and i think a great lesson for donald trump is that richard nixon was brought down by people that were too loyal to him. hyper- partisan loyalists can get your presidency in big trouble. you want loyal people but you don't want hyper- loyal people who are doing things in your name that you don't know about. richard nixon didn't know about the watergate break-in. and for that he had to resign. >> what about steve bannon mark. >> i

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their reader: bob woodward on his impressions of president trump. >> we asked him about power. there were some things obama had said about power. comes to the united states about its humility. is -- iid real power hate to use the word, but real power is fear. narrator: c-span programs are available at www.c-span.org on our homepage and by searching the video library. narrator: in his weekly address, the president talks about his legislative agenda, including a new budget proposal and border security. delawareom carper of delivers the democratic response, paying tribute to memorial day and giving his reaction to the health care law. trump: my fellow americans, each month, families across the country work hard to balance their budgets and make the tough choices necessary to take care of their loved ones and give their children opportunities they never had before. this is who we are as americans. we take pride in leaving each new generation a better country than the one we inherited. yet, for decades, washington has refused to make the tough choices. as a result, the american drea

sandra: if bob woodward spoke out, would it have any affect. >> no.ove the fray. the problem today i think is that and not, i don't buy take e news, i do buy people are sources things, they don't write these unless they have sources you also have a white house with a bunch of people who did not believe in this president initially, they need to be cleaned out. sandra: the president's ability to tackle the problem, many are confident he is doing the right thing, his supporters on that. thank you very much. >> brad blakeman, ed lol rollin. sandra: still ahead, one thing to watch for ahe i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. mattress firmness? fortunately there's a bed where you both get what you want every night. enter sleep number and the semi-annual sale going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes fr

sandra: if bob woodward spoke out, would it have any affect. >> no.is sort of above the fray. the problem today i think is that and not, i don't buy take e news, i do buy people are sources things, they don't write these unless they have sources. you also have a white house with a bunch of people who did not believe in this president initially, they need to be cleaned out. sandra: the president's ability to tackle the problem, many are confident he is doing the right thing, his supporters on that. thank you very much. >> brad blakeman, ed lol rollin. sandra: still ahead, one thing to watch for ahead on "sunday morning futures." they replace it with a brand new one. that's cool. i got a new helmet. we know steve. it's good to be in (good hands). .. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go

charlie: joining me from washington, bob woodward, associate editor of "the washington post," dan bolles, chief correspondent at "the washington post," michael shear, correspondent for "the new york times," and in new york, fran townsend who served as homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to president george w. bush. i am pleased to have all of them on this program. michael she are, what has been added to this story today? michael: a couple of things have been added. one is that we discovered today that just days before his firing, jim comey, the director of the fbi, requested additional conduct the sprawling investigation into in the u.s.ing election and possible contacts with trump advisors. that generated additional intensity behind the democratic calls for an independent prosecutor. obviously, then raising the question among democrats and other critics as to whether or not that provides one more motivation or reason for president trump to fire the fbi director, suggesting that perhaps he was trying to stall or delay or hamper the investigation. that is ultimately where we ar

sandra: if bob woodward spoke out, would it have any affect. >> no. the fray. the problem today i think is that and not, i don't buy take e news, i do buy people are sources things, they don't write these unless they have sources. you also have a white house with a bunch of people who did not believe in this president initially, they need to be cleaned out. sandra: the president's ability to tackle the problem, many are confident he is doing the right thing, his supporters on that. thank you very much. >> brad blakeman, ed lol rollin. sandra: still ahead, one thing to watch for ahe >> we are back with our panel. what's the one big thing to reach for. ed: a big name important person would be very important. >> looking toward wednesday when the president does his first domestic policy address in iowa. reporter: tax reform, will that be a key issue for him? ed: it will be a key issue. but to a certain extent he has to revisit the budget. it's dead on arrival. he need to let people know it's all about action from now on. reporter: that does it for ""sunda

all about the importance of good journalism. >> tucker: >> tucker: how did y- did you listen to bob woodwardlook -- i thought the whole evening was arranged around a response to a guy that wasn't there. >> the whole evening was arranged around the first amendment -- >> tucker: >> tucker: i look ae numbers from the public who believe that the press isn't straight and i think it is a real threat to our business and our real threat to everything tt we represent and do in the media, if people don't believe us. one of the reasons they don't believe us is because of the way the last election was covered, which was overwhelmingly in favor of one candidate over another. that is not surprising given that there is no politically diversity in the press corps. politico did a study on this. how many registered republicans in the white house press corps? zero. that's a huge problem, don't you think? >> i'm a registered independent. i think it is important to be neutral when you are covering politics in the white house. >> tucker: do you i agree with you. you think of the people covering the white house ar

. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel, including bob woodward about his refusal to deny he's got a recording device in the oval office. all right now on "fox news sunday" ." >> chris: hello again and happy mother's day from fox news in washington. we want to begin by telling you who you are not going to hear the white house. since the president fired james comey on tuesday we've been asking for a guest to explain the president's reasoning and discuss the public. saturday morning white house officials that they would not put anyone out to discuss that. if they did offer senior officials to talk about the president's foreign trip this week. when we said we were going to focus on comey for at least the first half-hour of this program, they put those officials on other shows. in a few minutes we will talk to senator mark warner, cochair of the senate intelligence committee into russian and possible links to the trump campaign. and republican senator mike lee. let's bring in kevin corke with the white house. >> the list of individuals being interviewed of the director of the federal bur

[laughter] host: bob woodward, thank you very, very much. thank you for your great work. narrator: up next, a look at some recent commencement addresses from colleges and universities around the country. first, we will hear from actor and former governor arnold schwarzenegger, followed by former vice president joe biden whothe founder of girls code. later, another set of commencement speeches featuring said they may or heavier gonzalez and governors doug do fee and rick snyder. and former california governor arnold schwarzenegger was the commencement speaker at the university of houston. he talked about the importance of helping others by focusing on the many people who were crucial to his own success as a bodybuilder, actor, and politician. this is 20 minutes. [applause] mr. schwarzenegger: thank you very much, thank you. [applause] mr. schwarzenegger: thank you very much. thank you. whose house? whose house? whose house? [applause] mr. schwarzenegger: it is wonderful. thank you so much for the wonderful introduction, mr. president. it is fantastic to be here today at th

. >> reporter: would bob woodward and carl bernstein have had the same impact in the era of twitter? and so-called fake news? >> we know there's no such thing as fake news. we live in a time when people don't believe facts. and if we can't convince that facts are facts, that's a very difficult situation. >> reporter: tonight the senate intel committee issued a subpoena for documents from general mike flynn, a sign their investigation of him is pressing on. senators are also asking questions about trump's business dealings. >> during your investigation of all things russia, did you ever find a situation where a trump business interest i you concern? >> senator graham, i can't comment on that because that impacts an investigation. >> reporter: officials tell abc news that the fbi is increasingly focused on several trump associates, including carter page. brian ross caught up with page who, along with all the others, denies ever colluding with russia. >> it's ridiculous. >> what's ridiculous about it? >> everything. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by vladimir putin. today, as all of thi

onouncer: bob woodward donald trump. him ifdward: we asked you knew what power was.bout power coming to the united states because of its humility and strength. and then he said, and this is one of those moments where he said, "willpower is -- i hate to use the word but real power is fear. -- "reel power is -- i hate to use the word but real power is fear." >> a soldier broke his back in a helicopter crash in-- iraq. he is the first to use an excess skeleton, which has given him the ability to walk again. he talks about surviving the crash and what it is like to use the technology. >> good evening. for those of you i have not yet met, my name is melissa. thank you for being with us this evening. if you have not attend -- if you have attended an event here before, you know we start each event

. >> bob woodward on his impressions of president trump. asked him about power. what is power? we quoted some things obama said comes to thes -- united states because of its futility and restraint. and trump said -- it's one of those moments where he said real power is -- i hat

. >> rose: bob woodward, many people want to make comparisons to watergate and the saturday night massacreno one better than you to compare them. >> well, it's the same. it's different. the investigator, the focus, the person doing the real investigation, f.b.i. director comey is out. he's gone. his replacement, whoever it is, will be somebody trump picks, somebody probably approved by the attorney general sessions, and they're now going to have much more control of where this investigation goes. they haven't ended it, but they have deluded it. >> i actually think in some ways what bob is saying underestimates, in large order, the commitment of the men and women of the f.b.i. this is a 100-year-old organization. you've got the same agents working the russian investigation yesterday morning are working it this morning. they are career prosecutors who are issuing subpoenas. you betcha. in some respects, the firing, i don't want to underestimate the strength and power of james comey, but in some respects the firing of james comey puts greater fire in the belly of the career agents, the career

ask bob woodward on his impressions of president trump. >> we asked him about powers. what is power? in we quoted some of the things obama said about power. power comes to the united states because of its humility and restraint. and trump, then he said, and it is one of those moments where he said "real power is -- i hate to use the word -- but, rope our is fear." c-span programs are available on our homepage in by

at the dinner last night, journalists bob woodward and carl bernstein described what they learned reporting on president nixon's "watergate" scandal. >> unreasonable government secrecy is the enemy, and usually the giveaway about what the real story might be. and when lying, lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road-map in front of us. >> sreenivasan: the correspondents association president defended news organizations from the constant barbs from the white house. >> it is our job to report on facts, and to hold leaders accountable. that is who we are. we are not fake news. we are not failing news organizations, and we are not the enemy of the american people." >> sreenivasan: and the featured entertainer, "daily show" comedian hasan minhaj, joked about the absence of the usual guest of honor. >> the leader of our country is not here. and that's because he lives in moscow. it's a very long flight. it'd be a hard for vlad to make it. vlad can't just make it on a saturday; it's a saturday. as for the other guy, i think he is in pennsylvania because he can't take a jo

howie: bob woodward said we make mistakes and public trust is down.knowledge in a way many others didn't. but all three cable news networks took trump's speech live. i don't want him for not wanting to spend the evening hobnobbing with journalists he doesn't much like. and he seemed very personal. joe require was planned -- joe: it was planned, it was strategy and it worked. the split screen is what he has been doing since he has been in office. project the media as fake and he's the one fighting for you. forget about anything said in the speech or at the dinner last night. the elites are having their fun time and he's talking to real people in pennsylvania. that's all it was. i wouldn't make a whole lot more out of it. howie: it wasn't like he went and gave a speech at the same time. he gave us the sound bites. i could be there, but i chose to be with you. erin: the "new york times" also reported that he was going to try to make real news at that event, but made news throughout the week and took away the reason yes was going to go. howie: the preside

but i met bob woodward and he just came out with "all the president's men."sudden, at 30 years of age, he was getting quite wealthy. and we had breakfast or lunch over at the madison hotel and he said, what do i do with the money? i said, "investing is just about assigning yourself the right story." i said, imagine if ben bradley this morning said to you, what is the washington post company worth? what would you do if you have to write this story in a month? you would go out and interview tv brokers and newspaper brokers and owners and assign value to each asset. i said, that is what i do, i assign myself the right story. it is nothing more than that. now, there are some stories i can't write. if you asked me to write a story on what is some glamorous, non-profit-making business worth, i do not know how to write the story. but if you ask me to write a story about what is potomac electric power worth, or something like that, i can write the story. that is what i am doing every day. i am assigning myself a story, and then i go out. david: so you get the annual

i know all the credit goes to bob woodward and carl burnstein, and they deserve it but very little credit goes tho the whistleblower and in this case that is mark felt. one interesting thing about him was when the nixon white house was first dealing with the problem that there were serious leaks that had to come from the top and the united states leads from the top, not the bottom, he knew it was mark veldt, the deputy of the fbi. this was his first response: is he jewish? and holdman responded no, i think he is catholic. i don't know what either one has to do with it but the role of mark veldt in the case of watergate is significant. when i think of vietnam, i don't know what the first thought that comes to your mind is but it is the pentagon papers. when i think of the pentagon papers i think of daniel elsburg and the work he did and continues to do including writing a blurb for the book i am very proud of. in june, i am going to appear with him at berkeley to talk about whistleblowers in this particular book. when you think of the scandals of torture and abuse, think of the need for th

of that kind of announcer: bob woodward on his impression of donald. >> we ask him about power.oted some things obama had said about power. statesomes to the united because of its humility and restraint. and trump said, and it was one of those moments where he said "willpower it is -- i hate to use the word -- but real power ." fear announcer: c-span programs are available at c-span.org, on our homepage, and by searching the video library. >> washington journal is next. we will take your calls and look at today's news. wilbur ross will talk about the administration plus plants to administrate nasa -- nafta. 3:30 pmerage begins at eastern here on c-span. later, clinical strategic from both sides of the aisle talk and theesident trump 2018 elections. next hour, a conversation on u.s. efforts to combat terrorism. transport topics congressional reporter discusses the potential impact of the trump administration on the changing tracking industry. columnistcago tribune clarence page on his recent pieces on crimes in the united ♪tates and the media host: two new candidates have emerged

. >> interesting comment there from bob woodward the other day saying some journalists are binge drinkingthe anti-trump kool aid. >> yes, i think there is a lot of glee about being able to cover the stories that we've covered this week, that is going a little bit too far, but i agree that journalism has all been good, the stories need to be out. >> let's play a sound bite about president asked about a story at a news conference this week. >> did you urge former fbi director james comey to close or back down the investigation to michael flynn and also -- >> no. no, next question. >> shortest answer we've heard. but when donald trump said this is a witch-hunt, referring to naming of special council, and hobert mueller and media coverage of that mess, he is casting as fake news. you made the point a lot of details have not been contradicted. >> a lot of is real news, fixed in with fake news. there are still members of mainstream media referring to hacking of election by russia that is nonsense, and then other networks declarings this comey memo proves who president trump intended to do, we d

i know all the credit goes to bob woodward and carl bernstein. very little credit or fame ever goes to the whistleblower niksch this case, mark felt. and when the nixon white house was first dealing with the problem that there were serious leaks that had to come from the top -- the united states is the ship of state that leaks from the top, not from the bottom. haldeman new it was mark felts. he told richmond nixon, i think it's mark felt the fbi. the deputy the fbi. and nixon's first response was his jewish? and haldeman wants no, i think these catholic. i don't know what either one would have to do with it but the role of mark felt in the case of watergate is extremely significant. when i think of vietnam dish don't know what the first thought that comes to your mind is -- it's the pentagon papers and when i think of the pentagon papers i think of daniel elseburg and the work that daniel elsberg did in the 1970 and continues to do, including writing a very nice blush for the book that i'm very proud of and in june i'm going to appear with danie

announcer: bob woodward on his impressions of president trump. >> we asked him about power. what is power? we quoted some things obama had said about power, it comes to the united states because of its humility and restraint, and then he said -- it's one of those moments where he said -- real power is, i hate to use the word, but real power is fear. announcer: c-span programs are available at c-span.org, on our homepage and by searching the video library. announcer: next, "q&a" with knock and announce. abe.r that, shin soavso then, a discussion on the impact of the iranian elections. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," former counterterrorism and intelligence officer malcolm nance talks about his career and his most recent book "the plot to hack america: how putin cyber spies and wikileaks tried to still 2016 election." and "hacking isis." >> former senior chief petty officer malcolm nance. what is the story of the nance family in the military? guest: i love being called senior chief. i come from a very old u.s. military family.

meanwhile, at the correspondence dinner t "washington post" bob woodward joined by former reporting partnereporters to have humility. >> we all need to face the reality that polling numbers show that most americans disapprove of and distrust the media. this is no time for self satisfaction or smugness. >> yesterday, white house chief of staff, reince priebus. considered new restrictions floated by the president. >> there was what he said about opening up the liable laws. that would require, as i understand it, a constitutional amendment. is he really going to pursue that? >> i think it's something we looked at. how that gets executed it's a different story. reince priebus rieeince priebus >>> if this tax reform plan increases the deficit, will the president still sign it. >> nearly a $20 trillion national debt that doubled under the last administration. the american people are crying out for tax relief. we have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. the president is going to drive to lower that to 15% to make businesses large and small more competitive. lower the tax rate to 3

gotten so bad that legendary journalists bob woodward is not phiing to tone it down. >> i think it'sse there are people around who are kind of binge drinking the anti-donald trump kool-aid. >> right. >> and that is not going to work in journalism. >> jesse: speaking of binge drinking, greg? >> greg: i don't know what that means. >> jesse: when mr. watergate says the media is getting too watergatey isn't that a problem? >> dana: watters gate. >> greg: pizza hut coming out against cash carbs. kind of a big deal. i'm wondering of the 2% who isn't negative i'm wondering who that might be. because the media hasn't accepted the reality would you accept the situation. they wanted martin sheen but they got charlie sheen. they rail against trump. they provide media more content than a thousand kardashians. >> dana: had helped save their jobs. he made journalism great again. >> jesse: that's that's a great point: 93% of the coverage was negative what do you think that's about? >> dana: all media is up across the board. "the washington post." >> jesse: even the failing "new york times." >> dana