here's the way this happens because ehrlichman, this is the thing that amazes me that neither ehrlichman or haldeman tell nixon what their vulnerability is. haldeman hence vaguely in those early conversations well there are some strings that would be a problem. i'm not even sure how much ehrlichman has told him but what happened is john mitchell within 48 hours of the arrest bob marty and ann fred leroux, two of his aides debriefed libby and lady confesses that he had to me that he had used two men in watergate that he used in a break-in and daniel ellsberg's psychiatrist office and now the d.c. jail. libby tells him the other thing come the cia has provided paraphernalia and what happens so mitchell's genuinely concerned at this point. my hunch was that mitchell had that not have been the case might've stepped forward and said listen i made a terrible mistake here and done the right thing. he has been so worried about the fact that the white house has got both feet in this as well. >> host: this is what mitchell called the white house wars. that's part of the 1970s houston plan which ni

and he wanted to focus on the great game of foreign policy, but his people, george schultz, john ehrlichman, did significant work with the congress with the environment, on civil rights, a number of other issues, and so teddy kennedy once said if he had taken richard nixon's health care plan which is similar to obamaca obamacare, it would have been the best deal he ever made. he held out for too long. >> clearly one of the turning points, the tapes. the supreme court battle that was a unanimous decision and the house judiciary hearings which we have been showing. there's a question from mark hastings which i think is one of the looming questions of this whole era. why did he keep the tapes? why did he not destroy them? >> that question is chewed on. part of the reason was is that he was sick with pneumonia when the tapes were announced. he was in the hospital. and a delegation of his attorneys went out to visit him and they presented the case. the hard nosed political types said burn them. actually they had a way to get rid of them. they had an eraser they could have done it without having

but then this struck me because ehrlichman talks about the watergate cover-up to say there were eight or 10 people around the white house the first holderman says all kinds of people knew about the cover-up then nixon said i knew it. but then realizing he had just confessed realizing he had been recorded he immediately tried rather awkwardly then he is heard to say i know but i did not know. this gobbledygook you dig it out you realize that they all know. >> they confess it is clear. >> with a covering up? >> initially it is clear nixon and covers up for mitchell he is concerned for his friend holderman once told me he believes he was president because of john mitchell right or wrong he was as campaign manager, his friend and encouraged him to do it and made a possible so he just felt great affection for mitchell and did not want this to /. that is where this starts the he is very worried in this is very interesting just looking at the facts looking in a very interesting way. >> i did have a good editor and i tried to stay out of it. but one of the things that is very apparent very ea

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he never got information except from haldeman and ehrlichman before john dean went in. he was a closeted man. that were loyal did not stay loyal long. if you notice, every single one bailed. it did not quite happen that way. >> i think we are coming to the end of our time. i would like to thank you for being here today. that is thef us history news network says, history is not just the past, it is the present and the future, too. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> monday night, the economist reflects on the life of milton friedman and his contributions to the study of economics, especially his work to reestablish the american economy following world war ii. he also reflects on his personal relationship with friedman and the economist's influence on his own career. only on american history tv on c-span3. >> general george washington bid farewell to his officers following the revolutionary war. >> fraun says tavern is at 54 lower manhattan. it was built in 1719

he never got information except from haldeman and ehrlichman before john dean went in. he was a closeted man. those that were loyal did not stay loyal long. if you notice, every single one of them bailed. it did not quite happen that way. >> ladies and gentlemen i think , we are coming to the end of our time. i would like to thank you for being here today and remind all of us that the history news network's headline says, "history is not just the past. it is the present and the future, too." thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> you are watching american history tv. follow us on twitter. for information on our schedule, upcoming programming semi . discusseshomas devine henry wallace's 1948 campaign for president as the nominee of the press of party. wallace served as vice president under fdr, before being placed by harry truman for the 1944 election. professor devine argues the wallace's campaign strategy of focusing on courting minorities in the jim crow south,