caulfield apparently did. tax returns. moderator: roger barth -- john: i was going to say they had placed in the internal revenue service a man that was very from it to the white house by the name of roger barth, and fourth was able to get, i think several audits initiated however he did i do not know and one was of course larry o'brien, that nixon was very interested in constantly pounding on his desk that ehrlichman do something about. moderator: tell us about your role in the itt store. -- story. john: i had very little to do with the itt matter. i had been away, i had been on a foreign vacation when that all europe did -- erupted in the press, the fact that itt had arranged to give money and convention facilities to the republican party and all the business about the memo and the settlement of the itt case. as i said, i was out of town and it was the hot subject. the most memorable moment of my involvement was when they wanted to prove the memo to our bosses with anderson that he had gotten a hold up was a forgery and

caulfield apparently did. pulled some tax returns. moderator: roger barth -- john: i was going to say they had placed in the internal revenue service a fellow that was very friendly to the white house by the name of roger barth, and barth was able to get, i think several audits initiated, however he did i do not know, and one was of course larry o'brien, that nixon was very interested in constantly pounding on his desk that ehrlichman do something about. moderator: tell us a little bit about your role in the it&t story. john: i had very little to do with the it&t matter. with the it&t matter. i had been away, i had been on a foreign vacation when that all got corrupted in the press, the fact that itt had arranged to give money and convention facilities to the republican party and all the business about the memo and the settlement of the itt case. as i said, i was out of town i came back in, and it was the hot subject. and about the extent of my involvement, the most memorable moment of my involvement was when they wanted to prove the

one afternoon, jack caulfield, the new york city detective who was not troubled by much of anything. he is a new york city detective who has seen just about anything. he came into my office wide-eyed, literally. i had not seen jack that way. he said i just came from chuck colson's office. colson wants me to break into the brookings institute and firebomb the brookings institute. he said the president is convinced there is a copy of the pentagon papers in the brookings institute and what we should do is send a team in there and explode the place and when the fire company comes, we can send someone into crack the safe and get these papers out. i said this is insane. he said i am troubled by it, too. i said don't do anything. the president, john ehrlichman bob haldeman are all in san clemente. i called john and i said i have something we should talk about eye to eye, person to person. i jumped on the next courier flight and flew to california. i met with him the next morning and he said, what's troubling you? i told him what caulfield had done in by then i had pulled dc code and learned

a partner at cliner, perkins caulfield, and buyers was the mentor and boss to ellen powell. powell claims she was subjected to harassment after ending an affair with a colleague and is asking for $15 million. >>> oakland police are investigating the death of marcus west. he was shot and killed on his way to work this morning near noland park. abc 7's wayne friedman talked to neighbors who heard seven shots and said the victim of left to die in the street. >>> the family of jahi mcmath is suing children's hospital oakland. abc 7 talked to the family attorney who called the hospital's errors while treating the oakland teenager inexcusable. >>> and on capitol hill today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told congress that entering into u.s. nuclear talks with iran is a "very bad deal." his appearance was arranged solely by republican leaders. house democratic leader nancy pelosi says his speech was condescending condescending. abc's karen travers has more from washington, d.c. >> reporter: congress rolled out the welcome mat for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu

peterson, because i know about the ellsberg break-in, i know of other wiretaps at this point from caulfield running a wiretaps or the secret service on nexen's brother -- nixon's brother. moderator: you know this before the break-in. john: i know we have a disaster on our hands. i say the fbi has by this time made a federal case. initially it is a local burglary. there is electronic equipment found quickly. it makes it a federal case. which reports are back to peterson. i tell henry listen, i don't know all the details of this. and i obviously would be in a position to tell you i did. i don't think the white house could take a wide open investigation by the fbi. if the fbi agent start coming in their following leads, i'm thinking about what i don't know is national security or not national security. tell henry, this has national security implications. he says the fbi and the department of justice is going to do a narrow investigation. that is pretty much what they did. moderator: are you winking back and forth at each other? does he know what the implications are? john: there are no implica

ellen powell signed cliner perkins caulfield and beyer for $16 million.aimed she was passed over for promotions and fired after she complained about discrimination. a jury of six women and sick men ruled on friday there was no bias. after the verdict, she said she hoped sharing her story will help level the playing field for women in silicon valley. >>> american astronaut scott kelly and russia's cosmonaut are at their new home in space for the next year. it will be a record-setting trip for kelly, and the pair are on what could be a very revealing mission for scientists and researchers. we learned more from rachel crane. >> reporter: a mission to become the first american to spend an entire year on the international space station. that's nearly twice as long as any other american has ever stayed in space. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: kelly will spend 12 months orbiting the earth in addition to leaving his family for a year, he will explore something we take for granted -- gravity. that will have a profound effect on his body. kelly will take part in studies to find

jury of six men and six women is discussing ellen pao's $16 million lawsuit against kleiner perkins caulfieldyers. she used to be a junior partner there. she claims the firm discriminates against women and failed to promote her after she complained. the company says that pao wasn't promoted because she lacked the qualifications and expertise. >>> a happy ending tonight to the bunny caper in walnut creek. all three of the animals have been returned to the valle verde children's center and appear happy to be together. two of the rabbits were returned yesterday. the third was brought back last night. the thieves left a letter acknowledging it was a bad idea. security video captured a group of teenage boys and girls taking those rabbits. fortunately, they're all back safely. >> all right. let's talk about the weather forecast. warming up soon. >> meteorologist drew tuma is here with the latest. hi, drew. >> at least for one day, guys. then we'll go back down to a bit more normal weather pattern over the weekend. heat head our way and more sunshine for your thursday. live doppler 7 hd right now is

she is suing kleiner perkins caulfield & byers where she works saying she was wrongly denied a promotiond against her complaining to her boss ises about gender discrimination. investors say pao was failed and looking for a big payout. i want to bring in my guest, scott kurnit, knows a lot of the players in silicon valley. scott, i have to say, how many hours have you been distracted by watching and reading this trial? scott: everyone the west coast is transfixed by it, i think on the east coast we are happy to read something about at the end of the day. it is a big deal. i think it is good for women. only 6% of venture capitalists are women. happy market is women. -- half of the market is women full stop half of the consumer market. if you are a venture capitalist you are in it to make money. everyone in capital is in it to make money. and john doerr, who has been the greatest central capitalist of the last two decades, has been her biggest advocate all the way through. her advocate as we have seen in the testimony, and i think more importantly if you are a venture capitalist and you wan