butterfield?ultimate supervision of the office of special files. >> mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any devices, listening devices, in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> on whose authority were they installed, mr. butterfield? >> on the president's authority for posterity. >> all right. mr. butterfield, as far as you know from your own personal knowledge, all of the president's conversations were recorded? as far as you know. >> that's correct. >> mr. butterfield, if one were to reconstruct the conversations, what would be the best way to reconstruct those conversations? >> well, in the obvious manner, mr. dash, to obtain the tape and play it. >> thank you very much, sir. >> a startling development. >> certainly critical in regard to dean's testimony and in essence the case against the president of the united states. >> ron, can you tell us how the president was informed about mr. butterfield's testimony and what his reaction t

butterfield for -- butterfield. want to reiterate and say this is not the kind of hearing where we have a lot of rah rah. this is a sober and somber gathering of witnesses so we can do the work that we were elected to do and that is to try to provide several resources to several departments that we have discussion with today and that violence,demic of gun eliminate suffering and pain of families and communities nations affected by this senseless epidemic. with that, i want to ask my friend who i have known for many years -- so many families, including my family. a significantn and striking demographic change youryou recognize [indiscernible] knowing this particular era of violence, do you see a significant change in the demographics? >> [inaudible] >> use the mic please. >> what i have seen is that the perpetrator and the victim as i said were african-american and what i see is there is not today a relationship between perpetrator and victim that resulted in a successful arrest and adjudication of the particular per

reppo butterfield. . butterfield: i yield back. the eshoo: i recognize gentleman from illinois, representative robin kelly, for her statement. and thanks for your work as well. rep. kelly: thank you, chairwoman eshoo, and thank you for your work in this area. i want to welcome everyone to chicago and thank the witnesses who are taking the time to be here. thank you for holding this important hearing on gun violence as a public health crisis. thank you to all of my colleagues. i really appreciate you being here. i being here, you are showing your commitment to solutions that will end our countries gun violence epidemic. congresswoman schakowsky has talked about the statistics of chicago and the area. is aicago, there disproportionate number of victims, young african-american gun targeted by violence. i have introduced legislation to require the nations -- the surgeon general, the nation's on gun to issue a report violence and public health. in 20 19, it is time for this surgeon general to issue a report on gun violence. addressing t

--n alexander butterfield alexander butterfield was the man who put the taping system in the white house at the request of the president and his chief of staff. when alexander butterfield tells of the watergate committee about the taping system, he also tells white house lawyers that he just did this. so white house has a little bit of notice before the public knows. is sick with pneumonia. his lawyers and its chief of staff gather around his bed to discuss what to do. this is july of 1973. you cannot make this up. they are debating, and the all kindsis getting of stuff. vice president spiro agnew who has not yet had to resign for taking bribes when he was governor. his advice is, burn them. , coming from a state that creates some of the best barbecue in the world said, build a bonfire. is president's lawyer worried about an obstruction of justice charge against himself as well as the president. and the lawyers out there will notice is a challenge. if you know something is going to be subpoenaed and you destroy it, you actually could be charged, the court will find you guilty. you could

butterfield from the state of north carolina. mr. butterfield: let me thank you, congressman horsford, for yielding time this evening and thank you for your extraordinary leadership. elijah cummings was my friend. nearly every legislative day for the past 15 years, we talked about every subject you can imagine. some of it consisted of small talk. but very often it consisted of serious conversations about our families and about our communities. and so on behalf of my family, on behalf of the 750,000 people of the first congressional district of north carolina, i extend condolences to the cummings family and to the good people of baltimore. you know, mr. speaker, several years ago, i shared with congressman cummings a very sad situation in my district involving an african-american attorney who had suffered a debilitating stroke and was having financial problems. immediately, immediately, mr. cummings said, you know, i have great affection for black lawyers who have served their communities and i'm going to send him some money. and he d

jay butterfield going to oregon next year, tonight he's throwing touchdown passes to jackson. pirates had to go to back up qb. not a problem. we go overtime. pittsburgh kicker, short field goal to take the lead. liberty takes possession. liberty won the same score. your choice for news, you can find updates around the clock. x -- again. wait, that's like our fifth one, isn't it? it's getting kind of creepy. oh, relax -- it's probably just from victor, that flower-delivery guy i dated. who's victor? we never heard about him. oh, because i knew you'd never let me go out with an ex-con. hey, maybe it's dylan trying to win you back. mm. so, victor -- it's a closed door? maybe it's not a guy who's in love with haley. oh, thank you. maybe it's a guy who's obsessed with haley and is getting plastic surgery to look like her so he can replace her and live her life. luke. so they can only be for haley? of course not. haley isn't the only hottie living here. i washed the car in my cheer shorts the other day. i definitely felt eyes on me. has it ever occurred to you that those flowers cou

. >> my name is alexander porter butterfield. >> butterfield, are you aware of the installation of anyffice of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices. yes, sir. >> it was a bombshell. >> the pressure is on the president to produce those tapes. >> if not for those tapes nixon would have completed a second term. >> instead nixon would have spent the rest of his presidency from trying to hear them. he fought subpoena after subpoena. >> i have never heard of seen such outrageous vicious disturbing reporting. >> even as they tried to convince the american people that watergate was a press creation. >> what is it about the television coverage of you in these past weeks and months that has so aroused your anger? >> don't get the impression thaw arouse my anger. one can only be angry with those he respects. >> mr. president. >> mr. president. >> finally, a drastic step. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. >> our offices have been sealed by the fbi. >> a mass firing of the men pursuing the case. the saturday night massacre. >> the news caused a sen communication and sent

. >> my name is alexander porter butterfield. >> mr.are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> if wt was a bombshell. >> the pressure is on the president to produce those tapes. >> had it not been for the tapes, i'm convinced richard nixon would have completed his second term. >> instead, richard nixon would spend the rest of his presidency trying to keep anyone from hearing them. >> the white house made it clear today that president nixon has decided not to release tapes of his conversations. >> if i were to make public these tapes, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect from now on. >> he fought subpoena after subpoena. >> i have never heard or seen such outrageous, vicious, distorted reporting. >> even as he tried to convince the american people that watergate was a press creation. >> what is it about the television coverage of you in these past weeks and months that has so aroused your anger? >>

butterfield: thank you. let me join with the congressman and thank you for your incredible work on the subcommittee. you promised us months ago that we would have this hearing and you have filled that commitment, so thank you very much. it is good to be with my colleagues, particularly olive -- all of those from illinois, and my good friend bobby rush is to my right, and i understand we are in your congressional district. thank you for your work. the gun violence epidemic in america can no longer be ignored. we must treat this epidemic for what it is, a public health crisis. that is why we are here today. democrats in the house recognize this crisis and we are determined -- yes we are -- we are determined to take some action. with that said, madam chair, i would like to yield two minutes to my friend from illinois, congresswoman kelly. i was going to yield congresswoman kelly sometime if she was not on the schedule. she is on the schedule? reclaiming my time. [laughter] rep. eshoo: don't lose the time. rep.

butterfield, is recognized. mr. butterfield: i thank the yielding. for i rise today in strong support of h.r. 4617, the shield act. the world knows, the world knows that our emocracy was attacked in 2016 by foreign actors, and so we have a responsibility as a against to fight back foreign cyberintrusions into our emocracy and protect the sanctity of our elections. the shield act does just that. now, our right country is facing an existential crisis. question for each of us is, what are we going to do? what are we going to do to efend the principles and the constitution upon which this country was founded? the vote today on the shield act moments ne of those that some years from now we will all look back and each of us give an account for what we did. we must take a vote to defend democracy from foreign nterference and ensure that every american's vote counts. the words of in our dear colleague, congressman cummings, which are swirling today.this chamber he said the following -- when we're dancing with the angels, in question will be asked 2019, what

main and butterfield about 45 minutes ago. all day long we have been tracking how law enforcement has been dealing with the shut off. doing what they can. >>> in san jose's it was just if you stop signs at times. at others there was a full- blown electronic sign. in saratoga or stop signs. this one had a deputy keeping a watchful eye. morgan hill an officer watching over an intersection is students got out of school. montclair shopping district and officer posted outside dark storefronts. in fremont admission boulevard of the city's busiest intersections police officers were directing traffic by hand for some time. until there engineers and caltrans jerryrigged the solution. portable generators hooked up to the control box the power just this one intersection alone. there are extra gas cans just in case. all over the area law enforcement agencies are finding a way through the power shut off. but none stand out quite like morgan hill.>>> how does it feel to be alone in this? >> our city staff and leadership step out of their co

alexander butterfield about the taping of the white house. and presumably there will be some point at which this -- the stretching and stretching and stretching of the gop and the senate might finally reach its bursting point. but it would be rash to assume that even this is that stretching point, even though it's more than what john dean said or what alexander butterfield said. >> i mean, we can look even beyond congress, the republicans in congress and look at what happened last night when the lieutenant colonel, an iraq war hero, an american patriot was accused on fox news of possible treason, possible espionage. i want to play this real quickly and get your response, james. >> but get this. this is buried in the "new york times" piece tonight but i found very interesting. he's a decorated colonel in the iraq war but because colonel vindman i am greated from ukraine along with his family when he was a child and influent in ukrainian and russian, ukrainian officials sought advice from him about how to deal with mr. giuliani though they typi

horsford: thank you, congressman butterfield. stories r sharing your of friendship and how chairman cummings really touched your life, as an example to so many here in this body. i'd now like to yield to my good friend, the congresswoman from the great state of new york, yvette clarke. mr. clarke: i thank my colleague, our chairwoman, ms. bass -- ms. clarke: i thank my colleague, our chairwoman, ms. bass, and our co-leaders for this evening's special order hour, for providing this moment for us to reflect. let me start by saying, on behalf of myself, the clarke family, and the people of the ninth congressional district of new york, i rise today to reflect upon the life and the legacy of the great chairman of the house oversight and reform -- government reform committee, chairman elijah cummings. and express my heartfelt and deepest condolences to his wife, maya, his family, friends, constituents and staff. our great nation is mourning, is in shock over the loss of a great man. as one of seven children born to parents who were sha

>> the butterfield stage came through tucson, and whatever you wanted, you had to buy it from solomonner. >> as the town grows, so do warner's riches, but his business interests are interrupted when civil war breaks out in 1861. >> tucson was under the confederacy and captain sherod hunter asked all of the citizens to swear an oath to the confederacy. >> what about solomon warner? was he game? >> he wouldn't do it, and when he wouldn't do it, they confiscated all of his goods. >> solomon retreats to mexico, then returns to tucson after the war to reclaim his store. but another kind of bloodshed breaks out along his trade routes. this is, after all, the wild, wild west. >> was that an easy thing to do in those days, getting goods back and forth? >> it was dangerous. >> several times, he had been shot by arrows from indians when he was bringing dry goods back and forth. >> sounds like a hollywood character in the making. >> it was amazing that not only did he survive apache attacks, he lived to be 89. >> when solomon dies in 1899, tucson's in mourning. >> there was a great ceremony beca

gearan, let's take on jon meacham's assertion that this was on par with john dean, with alexander butterfield in watergate saying tapes? yes, we taped conversations all the time. with the smoking gun tape, obviously it's taking hours to filter out. again, my point that we can't see or hear what happened today is hampering. but do you think in hindsight it will be viewed that way someday? >> well, brian, i think a lot of that depends on how republicans, frankly, react to this. i mean, we have now the account of democrats who were in the room describing how completely and utterly appalling they found the story that bill taylor told them. and you have republicans mostly saying that they are not entirely convinced or giving the president some leeway or some cover here. i think the next several days will be very determinative of just how big a pivot point this is. what i think is completely clear, however, is that ambassador taylor gave an extraordinarily detailed account from his own meticulous notes and never underestimate the power of a state department guy with a pad and pen. like, this guy to

he is said to have planted the idea with slack's ceo, stewart butterfield, which listed in june.fy led the trend in 2018. and so far, airbnb has also indicated it is leaning towards a direct stock listing next year. i caught up with the new york stock exchange president, stacey cunningham, on monday. stacey: if you take a step back and think about why companies choose to go public, there are typically four reasons. one is access to capital. two is having the credibility of a public listing and the visibility of that event. the third is liquidity for early investors and their employees, who very often have been getting paid in shares or options of stock and want to be able to use that and go buy a house. four is currency, so they can engage in m&a. traditionally, access to capital has been the primary driver in raising money. what we are seeing now is, for many companies, because they are much larger, companies in the private market space, it is really the liquidity for their employees that is driving the public listing. it allows you to ask yourself can we decouple capital raisin

with stewarte idea butterfield which listed in june.fy led the direct listing trend in 2018 and so far, airbnb has indicated it is also leaning toward a direct stock listing next year. i caught up with new york stock exchange president, stacy cunningham, earlier monday on these topics. stacy: if you think about why companies choose to go public, there are four reasons. one, access to capital so they can raise money. two, having the credibility of a public listing. in the visibility of that event. third, liquidity for early investors and their employees who often have been getting paid in shares or options of stock and want to be able to use that and buy a house. four, currencies so they can engage in m&a. traditionally, access to capital has been the primary driver in raising money. what we are seeing now is for many companies, because they are larger companies in the private market space, it is more the liquidity for their employees that is driving the public listing. it allows you to ask yourself, can we decouple capital raising from

>> so i think -- as i said, before alexander butterfield comes and testifies that nixon is on tape, nohard nixon resigned, there were very few republicans on his side. and almost nobody from the house. what happens is a group of senators decide really for constitutional reasons, for reasons, their legacy, history, the constitution requiring it that they should vote to impeach, to convict president nixon. and they go to see him. and they tell him they'll not be able to support him. and nixon decides to resign. so if you imagine if some trajectory, it's going to be right at the end, and it's going to be a small number of senators. >> fareed zakaria, thank you. you can watch his special report "on the brink, when a president faces impeachment" tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern toom. >>> a colorado teacher nate white credits the 2018 top ten cnn hero, amanda boxtel for helping him overcome the odds. he is now walking independently again following a kayaking accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. anderson cooper shares nate's story as we count down to the big reveal of the 2019 to

. >> the alexander butterfield day. >> exactly. just hope they can stay focused for a couple of weeks and do it. >> it has to happen now. you don't draw this out. >> so many things -- >> no, no. >> do you hear me, democrats? do you hear michael moore? get it done before thanksgiving then you'll have something to be thankful for. right? you're a man of history, sir. and your movies are something. what's next? >> you're kind to say that. i'm working on something for the election year here. >> for 2020. >> yes, that i'll be able to announce in another month or so. it's something i haven't done before, so i hope it'll have a powerful impact. >> the greatest documentary movie in history, it's a financial fact. >> yes, it's a financial fact but i also know the impact that -- and it won the palm dor, but your next guest, senator klobuchar, i was talking to her over there and she was telling me this wonderful story of going on a bike trip across michigan 19 with her father and they said a cycling accident and he broke his cheekbone. and sh

senator, but then republican counsel of the nixon committee questioning alexander butterfield. yesterday president trump claimed the white house possesses a word for word exact transcript of the july 25th phone call conversation that's at the center of the impeachment inquiry right now. >> not only were many people on the phone, we had stenographers on the phone taking it down word for word. they didn't know that i had a transcript done by very, very talented people, word for word, comma for comma done by people who do it for a living. we had the exact trapt. >> so where's the exact transcript right now? it's certainly not the one the white house released of that conversation. on the first page of that memo it was released and there's a disclaimer saying not a verbatim transcript, that's what it says on the document and was put by white house people by trump. and for more i'm joined by katrina mulligan and also held positions at doj and dni, national intelligence. trump is very clear about this, verbatim, word for word done by stenographers but no one could claim that a ten min

butterfield? >> well, in the obvious manner, mr.y, this smile comes over my face, and i said, get those tapes as fast as you can before they disappear. >> this afternoon i received from the white house a letter declining to furnish the eight requested tapes. careful study before requesting the tapes convinced me that any blanket claim of privilege to withhold this evidence from the grand jury is without legal foundation. >> nixon had a legitimate argument that congress shouldn't be able to delve into the private discussions of the president in the white house. that's a legitimate constitutional argument. but to invoke executive privilege to cover up a third-rate burglary was suspect. >> now both the senate watergate committee and special prosecutor archibald cox are taking the white house to court in an effort to gain access to those tapes. >> as the weeks have gone by, many have urged that in order to help prove the truth of what i have said i should turn over to the special prosecutor and the senate committee recordings of convers

as those hearings on television, alexander butterfield and the tapes and everything. you saw most republicans and most voters who had voted nixon stuck with himni up to a point d then the needle really moved and it was afterly that public exposure. we have a conversation about the founders and what they'd think of what's goingrs on now. one thing they were totally concerned with ista the impact foreign powers on our government. so the constitution is also like aio giant sort of dam to try to keep that out. the emoluments clause, for example. why ise. that in here? rich countries like spain and england from influencing -- >> when you talk about foreign money. this is something that was f on the table very recently until the president completely backtracked one using his hote for theng g7. i want to bring in more reporting, viewers will note we'veno been on triple zeros foa few minutes. most of the votes are in. garrett, i want you to walk us through what you're hearing and i'll bringar in heidi as well o of i washington. to both of you, really teeing up the question, w

taylor won oscars for roles of "who's afraid of virginia woolf" and "butterfield life."ne of the highest comedy honors, the mark twain prize for american humor. chappelle joining an elite club that includes lily tomlin, steve martin, eddie murphy just to name a few. chappelle accepting the award sunday at the kennedy center saying, quote, i love this genre. it has saved my life. comedians like tiffany haddish and sarah silverman were on hand to pay tribute. haddish describing him as a mentor and a big brother. eddie murphy who was also there to celebrate his friend said that chappelle motivated him to get back to work, so dave, we thank you for that. >> yes, we do. >> congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] >>> another david in the news, david hasselhoff, who's going to be working 9 to 5 pretty soon and we don't mean on the beach. the hoff joining the cast of dolly parton's "9 to 5, the musical." this is not the first time the hoff has traded the sand for the stage. he made his broadway debut in "jekyll & hyde" in 2001. he's a singer as you know. he has a huge following

butterfield always does a good job. since he's not here, i will ask his question. how much does a section two lawsuit typically cost, and what are the resources? and if you could chime in here, too, mr. ross. what are the resources that go into filing a section two lawsuit? >> thank you for that question. these lawsuits can run in the ballpark of hundreds of thousands of dollars. studies have shown that voting rights cases are among the most complex cases that are heard by federal courts. often these cases require that civil rights groups like ours retain experts to conduct extensive demographic analyses, produce maps, and so forth. this is not a sustainable way to deal with the crisis of voter suppression and widespread rampant voting discrimination that we face in our country. these cases are not just costly, but they are long and protracted and can take several years to bring to final resolution, meaning that voters on the ground are literally experiencing and living the effects of having a discriminatory law, a practice on the books in their community each and