in 2003 he and his wraug post colleague carl bernstein, placed their watergate papers here at the university's harry ransom center. it was a historically excite in acceptance. the identity of deep throat was made public. many hours of white house recordings had been released by the national archives, and the ransom center has continued to supplement its watergate holdings most recently with the generous gift of papers of legendary washington post editor ben bradley. which we look forward to opening for research use early in 2017 in the intervening years, the watergate papers themselves have been heavily consulted by our students and historians while collectively, the country as a

i think we -- the lesson from nixon to obama is we have an obligation to find what carl bernstein and i always called -- we never called it the full story because you never get it. but the best obtainable version of the truth. >> would you start these campaigns another half year earlier? >> no. >> i mean to get all this -- >> no. we have a lot of work to do. the new owner of the "washington post" jeff bezos has made it clear that we will have the resources to do our job. and not get dazzled and sidetracked by polls. yeah, we have to cover the polls. we have to cover what the candidates say, what the speeches are, what the policy positions are. but the best index -- look, we know when charlie rose interviewed putin a couple of months ago the president of russia, he asked -- one of the great moments, he said to putin, you were a kgb officer. there's a saying, once you're in the kgb you're always in the kgb. and putin sat there and gave this answer. he said, not a stage of our life passes without a trace. the most interesting way for putin to say yes. not a stage of our life passes witho

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joining me is carl bernstein., at the same time you've got the similar warning from john boehner as well as david plouffe acting as a senior adviser of president obama. is this a real and valid fear among democrats who support >> yes, and it's not just democrats who support hillary clinton. it's her closest friends and people in her campaign who see the campaign in a kind of spiral. there's a long way to go. but a kind of spiral that they can't quite get hold of to get her and the campaign righted. and part of the problem is they know that their candidate is not a good candidate in terms of the distrust factors and playing in to the distrust factor by her own actions and she's clumsy and they're very concerned about how she is conducting the campaign. not just the way it's being perceived but her own actions and particularly upcoming things that will go to the distrust factor that they see trump exploiting. >> so, do you think it's more about her and her issues and the distrust factor or more about trump and the w

let's bring in cnn political commentator, carl bernstein. e of hillary rodham clinton, and he knows a hell of a lot of these situations. brother bernstein, what do you see in the latest information from the inspector general? >> this is a devastating event for hillary clinton. it is a time bomb that has been ticking, and it is starting to explode around here. there is more to come, because the f.b.i.'s investigation is og beg -- ongoing. she is definitely not going to be indicted, but much more than a legal matter. it is about lying. it is about she hasn't been truthful about this. and it goes to perceptions of her, that i spent the week in washington talking to democratic leaders and they're horrified and that she has done to herself here to her campaign and the fact that she and donald trump seem to have some kind of equivalence see, who is the worst serial liar. that's devastating, given trump's record. >> what part do you find most devastating? some of this had been known before. what do you think is the smoking gun. >> the idea that the

but everything, that's what democracy's about. >> let me bring in carl bernstein. listen. a lot of people have been throwing the media under the bus. it gets under my skin a bit. the fact that, you know, senator sanders said messy and then messy again this morning and then we add, you know, jeff weaver on with alison this morning with clean-up. not, you know, meaning to incite aggression or violence or anything but meaning sort of conversations around democratic party and platforms. that could become heated so they said. is this a tactic? >> i think the real tactic, i talked to some of sanders people, he believes he has a path to winning. it is about that big but he believes there is a path and this is part of it and to get the super delegates doing well in california he is better against trump. >> saying things like messy? >> and, and, and, i won't defend him but what he intends to say is, look, we have got to win this election. this is what his people tell me and i have better numbers against trump. look what i did in california and hillary clinton's numbers on d

. >> carl bernstein's book on his biography of hillary clinton lays it out. you have george stephanopoulos who quit the white house because of these reasons. >> he didn't say he quit because of -- >> all -- most if not all of this has been aired over and over and over again, i think what's going to be interesting is the more donald trump or the press goes on both of them in these areas, i don't think -- it's still going to be the economy, it's still going to be other things and i think the press does get preoccupied with -- >> there is a fascination with trump and women and bill clinton and women and hillary's role in her husband's gland ring. >>> let me move on because there was a huge media build up for the fox broadcast network prime time special the first one with megyn kelly. one of the guests was donald trump. let's take a look at when they talked about whether the candidate has had second thoughts about anything he has done in this campaign. >> when you look back on the past nine months from that first debate to now, any regrets? >> absolutely i have r

carl bernstein, the author of "a woman in charge, the life of hillary rodham clinton" and l n lanny davis white house special council to president clinton. carl, you first, it was found that secretary clinton violated federal rules in setting up a private server at her home. what did she do wrong and why is this such a big deal now? >> because it's rather indefensible. there is no defense, it was reckless and irresponsible, it may have endangered the national security and she wasn't truthful about it. that said it's part of an accumulating problem she has of distrust, the so-called liar factor that's been talked about all day on cnn and the other networks. and she's up against a candidate donald trump who can outlie her almost anybody else about 7-1 if we subject him to real tests of truth. so we have a pretty undesirable situation going on with these two candidates right now. >> all of you know brian fallon, the campaign secretary. he spoke about it a few minutes ago. >> if she didn't get approval, doesn't that mean she broke the rules? >> no wolf. it was confirmed that the rules that we

beinart, carl bernstein, and patrick heely, correspondent for "the new york times," and two more kmen at a timers, margaret hoover and christine quinn. and jonathan ka seen ee, sanders surrogate. christine, what do you make of the tension in the democratic party? >> first of all, we're the democrats so we argue and feel strongly about things, so i'm not surprised, this is coming to the end of a very emotional, hard fought campaign. >> do you blame sanders for not tam ping things down? >> he should run as long as he thinks he should. if he wants to run until the last ballot is cast, that's his right. it could be better in the general election, folks that want to vote for bernie sanders will have had the opportunity to do that. obviously people need to behave in a dignified and civil fashion regardless of what party they're at and all of the gatherings, but i have no doubt this is typical end of campaign emotion and feeling and that come philadelphia we will be a united party. >> jonathan, do you agree with feinstein about what could happen at the convention? >> first thing i want to sa

joining me, special panel for today, correspondent for "the new york times," maggie laborerman, carl bernstein, author of "a woman in charge, the life of hillary rodham clinton," gloria borger, kaleigh mcenany, ana navarro, democratic strategist donna brazile and former mayor of philadelphia, michael nutter. mr. trump tweeted amazing crooked hillary can do an ad when her husband was the worst abuser of women in political history. i don't want to bring this up, but his escapade, shall we say, mr. trump's and you might be too young to remember, but tabloid fodder for decades. why bring up bill clinton's infidelities if your own house is not necessarily in order? what happe what's the thinking? >> his logic, hillary clinton, accusations on the part of the accusers of bill clinton, paula jones, all aqccused hillary clinton of attacking them trying to be heard and trying to make victimization known. that's a fair line of attack. that being said, i think it would be more powerful not coming from trump but coming from the women themselves. i'd like to see juanita broad rick come out in their own voic

want to bring in alex burns, "the washington post" carl bernstein, writing a best selling biography,oman in charge, life of hillary rodham clinton. and gloria borger is with us, caylee mcnen ee. and beinart. alex, start with you. what do you make of kasich not endorsing trump? he said he didn't know him well. is he buying time? >> a lot of people in the party are giving trump not quite benefit of the doubt, but enough time to see whether he can change. anderson, the bigger deal out of the interview is not just refusal to endorse up front, but the way he spoke about what it would take to issue endorsement. he said donald trump would need a full scale personality and policy transplant to get him there, which i guess is not entirely out of the question. this is the governor of the most important swing state where donald trump appears to have an even shot at winning. giving him a very, very cold shoulder. >> gloria? did you see that. >> he did. he mentioned having a nice conversation with paul ryan, but on issues like trade, immigration, temporary ban on muslims, he disagrees with donald

reaction now from bob cusack, cnn political commentator bob beckel, and political commentator carl bernsteino have all of you here. bob cusack, we just heard from donald trump and hillary clinton. here's what you tweeted out today. you said a preview of clinton versus trump, clinton, release your tax returns, trump, release transcripts of your wall street speeches. #nothingreleased. that's a pretty good prediction. is that what we're in for over the next six months? >> fasten your seat belt, don. i think we're going to see some crazy stuff. the debates, i think, are going to smash records ratings. but overall, yes, you're going to have a big fight over the tax returns that trump has not released as well as the transcripts. i think it's going to be very nasty. it's going to be very unpredictable. i think trump is going to have to do very well in the debates in order to win this thing. but we've seen, don, that he's done very well in the republican debates. he's a good debater. so is hillary clinton. i just think it's going to be overall one of the nastiest races you've ever seen. >> hillary c

carl bernstein and mark preston, he just sat down. nice. teleported over here from the magic wall.t's like magic. jackie, first to you, what does donald trump need out of this pick do you think? >> he definitely needs someone who knows washington, who knows how to legislate, but i have to say on portman, it was like he was selected as tribute because he immediately was attacked by ted strickland from the get-go saying that of course donald trump wants him as his running mate, blah, blah, blah, he's with his agenda. there's a risk of even being named by donald trump for some of these republicans who are up for re-election. >> i love a "honger gam "hunger reference. >> historically speaking some picks have gone over better than others. some have not been very good. >> start with palin. >> john edwards was not good either. >> what was the one i threw out earlier? >> tom eagleton was a historically bad pick. >> i'm not going to give donald trump advice. i got off the phone with somebody a couple minutes ago who knows kasich very well, is in touch with him, who believes that kasich woul

editor in chief of the hill.com, bob beckel, author of i should be dead, and political commentator carl bernstein charge, the life of hillary rodham clinton. good to have all of you here. bob cusack, we heard from hillary clinton and donald trump. clinton, release your tax returns. trump, release transcripts of your wall street speeches. #nothingreleased. good prediction. is that what we're in for? >> fasten your seat belt. we're going to see some crazy stuff. the debates, i think, are going to smash record ratings. but overall, yes, a big fight over the tax returns that trump has not released, and the transcripts. i think it will be very nasty. i think it will be very unpredictable. i think trump will have to do very well in the debates in order to win this thing. we have seen, don, he's done very well and in republican debates, good debater, so is hillary clinton. i just think it is going to be overall, though, one of the nastiest races you've ever, ever seen. >> carl, hillary clinton said she's ready to take on donald trump. if he throws a 1990s playbook at her, she says whatever it is, she's

alex burns and carl bernstein, wring the best-selling biography, "a woman in charge," cnn chief politicalalyst, gloria borger, as well as kayleigh mcenany, and on the left, atlantic media contributor, peter bernart, so alex, what do you make of kasich not endorsing trump. he said he didn't really know him well. >> i think a lot of people in the party are giving trump not quite the benefit of the doubt, but enough time to see whether he can change. but, you know, anderson, i think the bigger deal out of the interview was not just the refusal to endorse up front, but the way he spoke to you, he said donald trump would need a full-scale personality and policy transplant in order to get him there, which i guess is not entirely out of the question, but this is the governor of the most important swing state, where donald trump appears to have an even shot at winning. giving him a very, very cold shoulder. >> gloria? >> if you look at every issue, it is kind of like paul ryan. i know he mentioned having a nice conversation with paul ryan to you, but on issues like trade and immigration and on th

carl bernstein.oman in charge, the life of hillary rodham clinton," and lanny davis. so excited to have all of you on. carl bernstein, the inspector general found that secretary clinton violated federal rules in setting up a private server at her home. why is this such a big deal now? >> because it's rather indefensible. there really is no defense for what she did. it was reckless. it was irresponsible. it may have endangered the national security, and she wasn't truthful about it. that said, it's part of an accumulating problem she has of distrust. the so-called liar factor that has been talked about all day on cnn and the other networks. and at the same time, she is up against a candidate, donald trump, who can outlie her or almost anybody else about seven to one if we subject him to real tests of truth. so we've got a pretty undesirable situation going on with these two candidates right now. >> yeah. so all of you know brian fallon, who is our campaign press secretary. he spoke with wolf blitzer j

let's talk to cnn political commentator carl bernstein, obviously a journalist of very high reputation: the life of hillary rodham clinton." arguably, the definitive work on clinton to date. mr. bernstein us this morning, as always. >> thank you. >> were you able to take a listen or take a read of the interview with mr. trump this morning? >> i watched it. i thought he was fairly incoherent through much of it. and it raises many questions, both about the candidate and the pres press. >> he says that's on me, that i came hot out of the box, i didn't congratulate him and focused only on a small part of what he said. >> he showed himself out to be the victim in this campaign, victim of you, victim of cnn, victim of "the new york times," victim of chuck todd. on and on and on and on. we have a new dynamic in this campaign. we have no idea where it's going to go. and the driving die nynamic is candidates who are distrusted, disliked and even despised by a majority of the american people, according to almost every poll. this is the definitive starting point of this campaign. what the press d

throat, the nixon administration insider who helped steer "the washington post"'s bob woodward and carl bernstein in reporting the watergate scandal. that theory was finally disapproved in 2005 with the -- disproved with the 2005 death of f.b.i. director mark lane who was in fact the real deep throat. bob didn't need public service. he had already built a successful career in business before he decided to run in 1992 for the seat his father once held. he took a pay cut to serve his state and our nation in the senate. bob bennett and i disagreed on many issues. when we did, he was always principled and polite. i suspect that was a reflection of his upbringing. watching his father serve in the senate where members of differing political parties could disagree without questioning the other senator's motives. in his last political race in 2010, senator bennett was targeted for defeat by the force we now refer to as the tea party. after his loss, he spoke to a reporter for """the salt lake tribune"" and he said -- quote -- " the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic, and it's very clear that s