butterfield said no. and down in front of the senate caucus room, is called carl stern who has attorney counsel sam dash. carl? >> mr. nash, what do you do now? now you are where that there are these tape recordings, and presumably they are still in existence, how do you get them? >> i think the answer to that is obvious, i'm fairly sure that the committee will vote to request the tapes for the particular dates that come up in the testimony. >> the committees to painted the tapes, richard nixon fought that subpoena all the way to the united states supreme court, which unanimously or did the president to hand over the tapes. the tapes prove that john's testimony was accurate, and the president was shown to be committing impeachable actions, in his own, voice in the oval office on tape. only then did republican leaders of the senate go to the white house to tell president nixon that he had no choice but to resign, or be convicted in a senate impeachment trial. as a result of the investigation of the preside

butterfield.in the haldeman-nixon circle. and he was in charge of what is called internal security, which means wiretapping. >> i was the deputy white house chief of staff, chief administrative officer, and director of internal security. >> i then said to sam dash, you've got to interview alexander butterfield. >> we put butterfield before the committee. and i think we thought that it might be an interesting investigation, and we might uncover some wrongdoing. but nobody anticipated what happened. >> there was a surprise witness at the watergate hearings today, and he made a dramatic disclosure. >> we didn't know who he was or why he was coming. we never heard of him. >> and so the mystery guest turns out to be alexander p. butterfield. he has been described as one of the half dozen people at the white house closest to the oval office. >> will you stand and raise your right hand? >> i knew -- i knew it was just going to be huge. >> mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listenin

butterfield. is there anything about there being a type recording in the oval office and the butterfield's comment? i was afraid you all were going to ask this and i've been told that i've got to tell the truth. my memory is bad, but those words stick right with me. that's exactly what happened and he told the truth not only was there a tape recording the oval office when an executive building in another office and mainly there was one at camp david's down in virginia where the president went on vacation the thought occurred to me on july the 13th 1973. oh my god an opal office. that's one thing executive build us another the other executive office. that's another but camp david. six months ago the premier of the soviet union stayed in camp, david when my turn came i said, uh, mr. butterfield on this camp david thing that that bothers me, uh, because we have visitors there. he said no mr. boyce when the when the president is not in the room oval office camp david where this never a recording. it d

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butterfield, in the president's oval office? >> well, in the obvious manner, mr. dash. to obtain the tape and play it. >> during the watergate period, there had been a revolving door at the department of justice. john mitchell is succeeded by richard kleindienst. richard kleindienst is forced to resign and replaced by elliot richardson. >> elliot richardson, highly regarded, was nominated by president nixon to be attorney general. and the senate said to him, we like you, we respect you. but if you don't appoint a special prosecutor, we're not going to confirm you. >> attorney general elliot richardson chose archibald cox, a friend, to be the special prosecutor. archibald cox was the incarnation of a nixonian nightmare. nixon hated kennedys and distrusted anybody who had worked for jack kennedy. so the fact that a harvard professor who had worked in the kennedy administration was his pursuer was a nightmare come to life for richard nixon. >> archibald cox, he was kind of an arrogant, stilted law professor. he wasn't a prosecutor, that was clear. he hired prosecutors who

but the real break was the nixon tapes and alexander butterfield losing. >> and carl, if butterfield had never been asked and answered the question of was there a white house tape, if those dates were buried to history throughout the administration would nixon have served up his full term? were they the factor that drove him out of office? >> we don't know, its history and at the same time you have to think without those tapes it's the tapes that ultimately made it impossible for richard nixon not to be held accountable. and one of the things, i think one of the awful legacies of watergate and there are too many awful legacies is the notion of the smoking gun. the idea that it was necessary to have a smoking gun when in fact there was so much evidence without that tape, that last tape from john dean's testimony, from some of the stuff we had reported. from what the watergate committee was able to do from the saturday night massacre was called . you didn't need the smoking gun and also goes to today. so i think this idea that you raise about did you really need it? he might well have

questioned washington's casualty coverage policy, saying white house officials are playing down cleans butterfield losses. pharmacy analysts, john kieriyaki says the u. s. has a long history of hiding the true situation on the ground during its conflicts. it's always been us military policy to, to make the situation on the ground look more positive than it is. we did this throughout the warrant out the dentist and certainly we did this in iraq. we did it in, in vietnam. famously, the neoconservatives of the republican party used to be the one that wanted to jump into every international conflict. they saw a recent poll found that 44 percent of americans have an unfavorable opinion of biden's handling of the conflicts in ukraine with the majority. one thing, the government to stick to domestic problems instead of getting involved in military activity abroad. well, john kerry r q again says that washington is neglecting domestic problems while focusing on foreign conflicts. we've got a terrible infrastructure situation here in the united states. we have terrible, international or interstate rather h

flames have burned at least 12 acres near butterfield drive. that's northeast of the truckee-tahoe airport. firefighters do say they are making good progress and will remain on scene overnight to watch out for the hot spots and make sure the fire does not spread. people are being asked to avoid that area and watch out for emergency vehicles. >>> also, the electra fire is california's second biggest fire of the season. it started on monday and crews say it's about 40% contained right now. people living in parts of amador and calaveras counties have been ordered to evacuate. the cdf says flames have burned more than 4,000 acres near the river. one firefighter did get hurt. hundreds of residents are hunkering down, waiting to return to their homes. they are worried about the fire, of course, but they're also worried about people taking advantage of the evacuation orders. rachel wolf has their story. >> an air mattress here, right, that blows up. >> reporter: steve lilly and his wife are camping out in their suv at the italian picnic ground on high

the us is engaged in a proxy will with russia and ukraine is the butterfield. thus, the view of former cia officer raymond mcgovern, who says the continuance across moscow's red lines only leads escalations in the conflicts. now this view is shared by many, including former us secretary of state, henry kissinger, who states the more than once ukraine should serve as a buffer zone between the east and west prominence. us scholar john mearsheimer also believes that the u. s. on this allies are the ones responsible for the ukranian crisis. now, i must be said that the majority in the west do view russia's actions in ukraine as an unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country. but it appears that alternative opinions are finding their way on to the political arena as some european leaders such as from gary mpm to all bon, are urging the block to take a different approach to the war in ukraine form i say officer ray mcgovern things to the u. s. should accept a shift towards a more multi polar world. existential threat means that you're a very nation, it's defense is in

i've taught you butterfield process but listen in the closing arguments the prosecutor missed one verye i stand with donald trump and the constitution i'll never back off that ever. >> they argued to the jury today and when a person gets a subpoena in executive. it's for congress to decide whether they state of privilege is valid or how broad it is. that's absolutely false. >> hannity: that's a great point about congress making the decision on his part which is the latest example of two-tiered justice system that guy right there a bomb attorney general eric holder he never prosecuted for contempt of congress despite a criminal referral back in 2012. after failing to turn over documents gunrunning sandal but of course as per usual one role for democrats one rule for everyone else. they have not applied this law since 1974 the last person convicted somebody new wealth to gordon liddy. had to explain fox news contributor jason chaffetz. on one hand i admire him in a lot of ways on this because they could've taken the easy way out many people did it was subpoenaed they show up they vote th

and it stars me and lawrence fishburne, david oyelowo, asa butterfield, steven pass equal, it's an incredibleperformer. his album "multiverse" is out july 29th. bwiz khalifa on the mercedes eq stage. [ cheers and applause ] yes! and tomorrow, "jimmy kimmel live" has another great show in store. but i wonder if there's somebody who could tell us about that in perfect farsi? hm. >> i can. >> oh, hi, nicole. nicole kayra is another actor who needs just one more gig to get health care for the year. take it away, nicole in farsi. [ speaking foreign language ] guest host rupaul. [ speaking foreign language ] >> kerry: yes! whoo! [ cheers and applause ] whoo! pretend i have confetti, whoo! [ speaking foreign language ] that's "thank you" in farsi. nicole kayra, everyone! [ cheers and applause ] our guest tonight is one of the biggest movie stars in the world, i mean that literally, he's a gigantic human being. [ laughter ] now he gives voice to superman's dog in "dc league of superpets." it opens in theaters july 29th. please say hello to dwayne johnson! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> kerry: hi! >> he

they got alexander butterfield to reveal the existence of the secret white house tapes.y provide a foundation upon which we built, as prosecutors, putting any number of individuals in jail for their crimes. we were at the point after nixon had left office, had resigned in disgrace the presidency, the first to do so, and then we would decide what would become of now citizen nixon. so, in that sense, we had the same question before us. and we were united in our view on the staff of the special prosecutor's office that richard nixon should be prosecuted. now, donald trump is in a different posture obviously, but our view was that if the facts supported it, it was our obligation to move forward. president ford took that decision away with his pardon of richard nixon, and he paid a price for it. the wisdom of his decision is still something that hitorians will debate. but we don't have that situation with donald trump. there is no pardon in the offing as a preliminary matter, a decision must be made by the attorney general. if there is evidence to present to a grand jury requ

old lawyer became a soldier after fort sumter and he enlisted in a prize as a private in daniel butterfield's 12, new york militia regiment the very day before he volunteered. he married miss arabella griffith of new jersey. like his mother almira arabella was an intelligent and an attractive woman. she was also 10 years his senior at 35 to his 25 and since at 25, he looked 10 years younger. the couple drew some nasty comments. this was a really interesting part of the research at least to me. one acquaintance called barlow arabella's quote unquote boy husband another recalled witnessing an embarrassing introduction of frank as arabella's son instead of husband. you know you laugh that said by all accounts that made him a more interesting person to me someone who was not afraid to buck tradition and custom. let's go to his military career after. after the initial enlistment, he left the 12 new york and he was then commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 61st new york volunteer regiment in november of 1861 promoted to colonel in early 1862 barlow trained his unit under the direction of the comm

. >> good evening everyone my name is kevin butterfield on behalf of george washington mount vernon and the ladies organization continues to protect and preserve it today, i want to welcome me too this conversation about george washington's farewell address. on september 19, 1796 george washington announced to the world he would not seek

watching the watergate hearings, and watching the moment the changed everything, which was alexander butterfieldying under oath, on tv, and revealing that pretty much everything that richard unexcited said was on tape. pretty much all of it was tape recorded in the white house, on the telephones,

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. >> good evening everyone my name is kevin butterfield on behalf of george washington mount vernon and the ladies organization continues to protect and preserve it today, i want to welcome me too this conversation about george washington's farewell address. on september 19, 1796 george washington announced to the world he would not seek reelection to the presidency. his letter to friends and citizens offer some of the much thorough, thoughtful and inspiring advice has ever been given to the american people. in more than a few genuine warnings were included there as well. the hopes and fears remained with us as a nation are now discussing this now 225 year old document. much of what we debate and discuss in 21st century america politics is addressed here in one form or another. in recognition of this document we brought together an incredible lineup of talented scholars to reflect on the relevance of the farewell address today. we were joined by jon avalon author, columnist, senior political analyst, is the author of books including the one we will discuss tonight washington's farewell