bob woodward and carl bernstein. they obviously need no introduction. they've been rather well exposed recently. to go over the history but we are thrilled to have them here today and i want to say both our longtime friends of mine and so for me it's a double pleasure to have both of you so gentlemen, welcome and thank you . >> one other note, remember you can if you want to hear from those of you in the audience you can tweet to washington post live and if we can we will try to get to some of the questions. so i want to start by reading something and then get you to respond to it. bernstein looked across the newsroom. he thought woodward was a prima donna. yale, a veteran of the navy officer corps. lawns, greens word, state rooms and class tennis courts. but probably not enough pavement for him to be good at investigative reporting. bernstein thought woodward's rise, rapid rise of the post and less to do with his ability and his establishment credentials. woodward new bernstein occasionally wrote about rock music and that figured. bernstein looked like

bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of this story and then a second. under the guidance of legendary editor ben bradley, whose wife sally is here with us today, and the support of the publisher catherine graham, whose son don is here with us today, they exposed a tale of cover-up, corruption at the highest levels of government. the totality of their work changed journalism and politics, earned recognition from around the world, and left the washington post be honored with the pulitzer prize for public service. the significance of their work extends well beyond hollywood tributes and priced committee accolades. through their relentless, painstaking efforts to bring the truth about the nixon administration to light, bob and karl epitomized the founding fathers vision of a free press. there could be no such thing as self government, the founders understood, if there were no independent scrutinize of government officials. that is precisely what the watergate story was about. men in power thought they were beyond accountability. bob and corals journalism pr

let's bring in journalist carl bernstein, co-author of many books, most recently the author of "chasingtory." carl, thanks for being with me on this final program. >> good to be with you, always. >> i want to know, we have talked so many times over the years about the role of the press. but it's changed a lot in the 30 years this program has been on the air. in the 50 years for example since watergate. what do you think is most important about what has changed and what do we need to make sure doesn't change about american journalism? >> i think the essential bottom line of reporting is to reach the people, the readers, and the viewers with what bob woodward and myself for 50 years have called the best attainable version of the truth, which means even in some of the commentary or a lot of the commentary, that it ought to be repertoirially based. i try to do that. but in this book "chasing history," the most important line in the book, it's about what i learned as a 16, 17, 18-year-old going to work in journalism, is a line that i was taught about great reporters covering civil rights. th

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joining us now, carl bernstein, also former nixon white house counsel john dean.our reaction first of all to the search and what you're hearing from people in the former president's orbit? >> well, first, this is a deadly serious matter. in the view of even former top officials of the trump administration. i spoke today to one of the senior most intelligence officials throughout the trump presidency, and the point he made without knowing what these materials are is that it is virtually impossible in his view that the fbi and the justice department would take this action without knowledge or belief that the materials contained the most sensitive national security information, of real magnitude, that this could not be done unless there was reason to believe that the national security could be grievously injured if these documents got out. it's not just in this person's view, but it's speculative that this would be about the lawyers not being totally truthful but, rather, not being truthful or that there is knowledge that the government now has that what is being wit

watergate scribbler carl bernstein was witness number one. >> the essential bottom line is to reach the people, the readers of the viewers with what bob woodward and myself are 50 years now called the best obtainable version of the truth. i know there's been a lot of angst about, for instance, calling donald trump not only on this network but all over, a criminal. you know, we called nixon a criminal president reporting on watergate. he never was convicted of a crime. he was a criminal president. the truth is not neutral. >> apparently the truth is also negligible. partisan guests like this like bernstein are prima prima fossae journalism is reporting s and letting citizens and commentators a fact about how it -- this is showing you that he's been a negative force for a long time. >> laura: carl bernstein. that stegosaurus has been lumbering around. [laughs] >> all roads lead to deep throat. the finale of the show was something. sba tried to resurrect himself saying i oppose donald trump. stelter made a similar plea. >> i know it's not partisan to stand up for decency and democracy and

joining us now to discuss, cnn political analyst carl bernstein. and douglas brinkley. glad to have you on tonight. i mean carl, i'll start with you. because i feel like we are in the wild wild west. more often than not. so much of what we've experience together over the past six or seven years is astounding. but nuclear documents potentially being within the documents, not within the federal government's control? but at mar-a-lago? the seriousness of the potential threat to national security information. i just don't know what to say. it is so concerning. what is your thought? >> my first thought is, let's find out exactly what those materials are. we do not know yet. but i tell you what i do know, if you go back to what i said on anderson's show. the other night. i had spoken with someone in the highest level of intelligence, bureaucracy or establishment. the highest level. through the trump presidency. throughout those years, who said look. these documents are of the highest magnitude. there is no question, or garland and the justice department wouldn't have done mes

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well, i mean carl bernstein. i mean that stegosaurus has been lumbering around the the ice age. i mean, he's been vulgar. i mean, he's got laura , but they all lead back to deeper. well, in the finale still,in stelter show was really something as foxy tried to resurrect himself on the wayy out the door today saying, but i oppose donald trump. stelter made a similar plea for relevance. here's what i do know. i know it's not partisan to stand up for decency and democracy and dialog, not partisan to stand up t to demagogues it's required. it's patrioticic. ke we must make sure we don't give a platform to those who are lying to our faces. the freeee world needs a reliabe for reliable sources for the last time. i'm brianrc silver. why is pat buchanan on that real battle? buchanan facee on that real he's been pretty much right about every major issue. so i don't know if he was trying to ding his book. but laura , i loveov on the waya out the door still just tryingg to depict himself as a fom new founding fatheret or something. and you know what i hate most of all the the long dramatic

bob woodward and carl bernstein. these were reporters of the washington post, the lead reporters in the watergate scandal for the post, they teamed up in 1972 and worked together through the scandal in 1974. together they wrote to books about the washington scandal. catherine graham is another name that will encounter. she was the post publisher during the watergate scandal. the post was a family own newspaper and she was the publisher from 1969 to 1979. she backed the watergate investigation. sometimes in the face of government pressure, catherine graham died in 1970. he was the post-executive at the time. that is the top news room official of a newspaper. then broadly broadly oversaw the watergate coverage with his newspaper. me he was the executive editor for 1968 to 1991, a period that watchfully coincided with the posts rise to the top ranks of american journalism. bradley died in 2014. another name that will hear is that of michael get investigative panels from both houses of congress. federal investigators, sp

bob woodward and carl bernstein these are these were reporters for the washington post the lead reporters on the watergate scandal for the post. and they teamed up in 1972 and were together through the scandal in 1974. together they wrote two books about the watergate scandal. catherine graham is another name that will encounter she was the posts publisher. during the watergate period the post then was a family-owned newspaper. and she was publisher from 1969 to 1979. she backed the watergate investigation. sometimes in the face of government pressure catherine graham died in 2001 ben bradley is another name will encounter today. he was the posts executive editor at the time. that is the top newsroom official. of a newspaper ben bradley broadly oversaw the watergate coverage of his newspaper he was executive editor from 1968 to 1991 a period that roughly corn caused coincided with. the posts rise to the top ranks of american journalism bradley died in 2014 another name we'll hear is that of michael gettler michael gettler. he was the post's ombudsman or in-house media critic. from 2000 to