haldeman?given what we now know and what happen it was a disastrous thing to have done but there was never a thought that one word of those tapes would be played in public or be played to other people, and when it got to the point of having to release them or having even to consider the possibility of releasing them, they should have been, in my opinion now, should have been destroyed. >> i had no idea about the taping system. no, no. >> did you ever talk to haldeman about that? >> no, never. >> john, you didn't know about the taping system in the oval office, did you? >> no. >> did it come as a surprise? >> it did. our white house staff was essentially a dysfunctional organization. i think nixon believed that he didn't have to share every piece of information with everybody. listening to the tapes is very revealing because he's talking to others about me, and what i should know and what he didn't want me to know. and he did the same thing with kissinger and a lot of people. several times i rec

haldeman?say given what we now know and what happen it was a disastrous thing to have done but there was never a thought that one word of those tapes would be played in public or be played to other people, and when it got to the point of having to release them or having even to consider the possibility of releasing them, they should have been, in my opinion now, should have been destroyed. >> i had no idea about the taping system. no, no. >> did you ever talk to haldeman about that? >> no, never. >> john, you didn't know about the taping system in the oval office, did you? >> no. >> did it come as a surprise? >> it did. our white house staff was essentially a dysfunctional organization. i think nixon believed that he didn't have to share every piece of information with everybody. listening to the tapes is very revealing because he's talking to others about me, and what i should know and what he didn't want me to know. and he did the same thing with kissinger and a lot of people. several times i

and bob haldeman changed my life.orked in the nixon white house, and the sense of humor was the leveling factor. the mess we would find ourselves in or whatever it mighten. >> i think a lot of the younger staff people here find that he can far excel them in terms of energy and stamina. >> i took the camera on all my trips. a super 8. i have quite a collection of film. >> john a 43-year-old seattle lawyer will have a broad advisory role in the nixon administration. >> i think we're seeing as basic little time of reform. >> ehrlichman was the chief aid for domestic affairs, understudy of haldeman who he has known since college. >> i was not a passionate nixon person going in. probably if some college friend had invited me to go advance for john kennedy, i might have. >> there were very few illusions about richard nixon, i think. one the senior staff particularly as we got into things. a good deal of kind of dry humor about his mannerisms and foybles and prejudices. he is the president of the united states. he is the onl

. >> i found out i was going to china from bob haldeman.he acting chief of protocol for that trip, and it was one of the great mountain top experiences. the thing -- the thing about the flight to china -- one of the things was, it was just kind of surreal. the plane is taking off to go to china, and we've got a television set there watching us take off. i mean, everything about that trip was televised. i mean, it was a production from start to finish. >> the president will journey to peking in the dead of winter, a season especially severe in the chinese capital. following the announcement issued at 4:00 a.m. peking time, they reemphasized the stated purpose for becoming the first american president to visit mainland china. >> as president nixon has pointed out on a number of occasions, he shall try to seek a new direction in the relationship between our two countries. and to end the isolation of our two great peoples from each other. ♪ >> four hours after his arrival, mr. nixon is taken to see chairman mao, which is considered significant

haldeman, please. >> thank you. >> yes, sir? marvin and dan, they were just green with sick. >> it was a bad night for eric. >> they were all just sick about the fact that the peace had come. yes, we're pissing on it all over. >> in a sense, it was so masterfully underplayed. you dropped this huge bomb in your first sentence, and there it was, it just sits there. i think it was just like a thunder clap. it was great. >> that's right. okay. >> very good. 20? new purina one true instinct has 30. active dogs crave nutrient-dense food. so we made purina one true instinct. learn more at purinaone.com over 20 million drivers are insured with geico. so get a free rate quote today. i love it! how much do you love it? animation is hot...and i think it makes geico's 20 million drivers message very compelling, very compelling. this is some really strong stuff! so you turned me into a cartoon...lovely. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. the beach on your tv is much closer than it appears. seize t

mine, nixon's and haldeman's, everybody who was aboard.the drill is richard nixon steps off the airplane and all the cameras click away and all that. he got off and nobody paid any attention to him. i got off and boy, they were all taking morgue shots. >> in the very last conversation i had with him there, we were talking about this break-in, in california. the elsberg psychiatrist break-in. and he said, i didn't know about that, did i? and i had to indicate to him that he did know about it. >> that, of course, is a totally out of our -- have you ever heard of this? >> yes, sir. >> i never heard of it, john. i should have been told about that, shouldn't i? >> i'm not so sure that you weren't. my recollection is this was discussed with you. >> yeah. yeah. hmmmm. well, i've got to know about that. if i'm in that kind of a position, i'm in a position i just didn't know about. believe me, throughout this thing, i must say i have not known -- i should know about the watergate and i knew that we were checking all this, but my god, i didn't -- >>

and haldeman agreed at first. if haldeman had actually followed through on that, i think the history of watergate would be entirely different and we'd be talking about h.r. haldeman as the mastermind of watergate. without the tapes we wouldn't have known what nixon had done. >> woodruff: what's the significance of the conversation with elliot richardson, who he just announced that day he was going to appoint as acting attorney general? >> again, i find when you read that, there's a sadness that runs through that conversation because he brings on richardson because he really admired him. he respected him. he thought this was a really honorable guy who was going to help me. and then he says to him-- first he says to the american people, "i think it's a good idea to have a special prosecutor." then he says to richardson, "well, you know, i don't think it's a very good idea, you really don't have to." who is he saying that to? he seems to be trying to say something to himself displood how much was he maneuvering behin

haldeman, please. >> thank you. >> yes, sir?arvin and dan, they were just green with sick. >> it was a bad night for eric. >> they were all just sick about the fact that the peace had come. yes, we're pissing on it all over. >> in a sense, it was so masterfully underplayed. you dropped this huge bomb in your first sentence, and there it was, it just sits there. i think it was just like a thunder clap. it was great. >> that's right. okay. >> very good. >>> senate democrats have chosen north carolina sam ervin to investigate the watergate bugging case. the committee will have full subpoena power and a $500,000 budget. >> when it was learned today that some of the watergate conspirators had been involved in illegal actions relating to the pentagon papers case, the whole affair took on a new and more sinister air. two of the convicted watergate conspirators burglarized the offices of a psychiatrist of defendant daniel elsberg to get files on elsberg. >> the message of watergate, as i read it, is the same as the message of the pentag

he spoked to haldeman.lowing the speech, the president spent the rest of the night taking calls of support. this one from california governor ronald reagan. a call from the reverend billy graham. nixon asked about tv coverage of the speech. in the midst, nixon was instructing diplomat david bruce, his envoy to china. three months before anyone knew about the white house taping system, nixon asked haldeman to destroy the tapes. for whatever reason, that was never done. bill plante, cbs news, washington. ( applause ) >> schieffer: china's booming economy is threatening some of its most famous residents. that story is next. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. [ male announcer ] staying warm and dry has never been our priority. ♪ catering to the conveniently located has never been our priority. our priority is, was and al

he's fired haldeman.scinating relationship between those two. >> i interviewed bob haldeman right before he died. he's a christian scientist. he refused surgery on his stomach cancer. i said what was watergate about? he didn't get it. he never was a real politician. >> i think with this new 300 hours it shows how the president's trying to salvage things via the soviet union and china. i thought some of the dispatches with david k.e. bruce who as you know, one of the great diplomats, he suddenly grabs bruce, puts him in the white house, he says you're going over to china as my guy but don't listen to the state department, even though you'll be ostensively working with them, you'll be my eyes and ears. if you could somehow get rid of watergate and focus on the other things here, it's in foreign policy that nixon sees his resurrection. >> here's another conversation between george herbert walker bush, chairman of the rnc back then, and nixon talking about dirty tricks. here they are. >> would you rather not

haldeman? what's this mean? screw it! >> nixon is caught in the web he created, and half of him knows that he broke the law, abused his power, and the other half of him is the defense lawyer trying to deny it. >> reporter: but the tapes also capture the richard nixon who built the bridge to china. >> we've got to get along with them. or -- it's no problem for the next five years or the next 20 year, but it's the critical problem for our age. >> reporter: the tapes end july 12th, when the system is publicly revealed. richard nixon hangs on 13 months more. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> when we come back here tonight, the fix is in. a do it yourself movement to save money. >>> finally tonight, a story for anyone who's ever had a broken toaster or a busted lamp. tossing those items in the trash or paying someone else a lot of money to fix them aren't the only options. turns out fixing them yourself may be easier you think. in fact, the idea has sparked an entire movement. as we hear now from nbc's kevin tibbles in

haldeman? what's this mean? screw it!> nixon is caught in the web he created, and half of him knows that he broke the law, abused his power, and the other half of him is the defense lawyer trying to deny it. >> reporter: but the tapes also capture the richard nixon who built the bridge to china. >> we've got to get along with them. or it's no problem for the next five years or the next 20 year, but it's the critical problem for our age. >> reporter: the tapes end july 12th, when the system is publicly revealed. richard nixon hangs on 13 months more. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> when we come back here tonight, the fix is in. a do it yourself movement to save money. on my shoulder.ke up to a blistg the blisters were oozing, and painful to touch. i spent 23 years as a deputy united states marshal and i've been pretty well banged up but the worst pain i've experienced was when i had shingles. when i went to the clinic, the nurse told me that it was a result of having had chickenpox. i wouldn't wish it on my worst

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we've waited a long time to chat with bob haldeman, and now we have the opportunity, and the questionwhere to start. here you were working -- you worked four years in washington as nixon's number two man, nixon's s.o.b., as you called yourself. nixon never went to key biscayne without you. he never went anywhere without you. >> pretty close to right. >> what you're accusing yourself of is a cloudy crystal ball. that's hardly the mea

president nixon spoke with bob haldeman three days after the watergate break-in when investigators listened was an 18 1/2 minute gap in that recording from june 20th, 1972. it became one of the biggest mysteries of watergate. nixon's secretary, rosemary wood, said she erased the tape accidentally by stepping on a pedal while reaching for the telephone. after a comprehensive review, two men think they know who really did it. phil houston is a cia interrogator and james robenalt is a nixon historian. welcome. so who did it? >> well, we think all the evidence shows that nixon actually erased the tape originally, sometime in july of 1973. >> what's the evidence? >> the evidence is that you start with rosemary wood on october 1, 1973. she's listening to the tape. she answers the phone. she said she pushed the record button down. that can't do anything. the experts now tell us that would have done nothing. it would not have created a buzz. he gets off the phone, she stops it, rewinds, comes back, there's a buzz. so it's already there in the tape. she didn't do it. she couldn't have done it. to ca

we've had a long time to chat with bob haldeman and we have the opportunity and the question is wherewere working -- you worked four years in washington as nixon's number two man, nixon's sob as you called. never went to a game without you. never went anywhere without you. >> pretty close to right. >> what you're accusing yourself of is a cloudy crystal ball. that's hardly what the american

if a guy like haldeman was there, god help us. he was the worst with guys like him.y get a look at a person. this is not from a fan, necessarily, because i have a mixed view of the guy, but he's without a doubt the most fascinating president we've ever had. he may have had a screw loose, but there's parts about him that were ingenious. we'll be right back, on that note. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call liberty mutual insurance at... to speak with an insurance expert and ask about all the personalized savings available for when you get married, move into a new house, or add a car to your policy. personalized coverage and savings -- all the things humans need to make our world a little less imperfect. call... and ask about all the ways you could save. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's yo

dennis: and haldeman and what do you get them to do?and ambassadors? >> through participation marketing which is we make it fun for a fan or follower to talk about a brand in social me the and spread the marketing message and we have many applications we do it with and one which has enormous popular one is hash tag our mosaic, as people tweet in facebook posts there profile becomes a thailand bigger picture like a puzzle piece. dennis: we are looking at this, this picture for revlon, each dog that shows up, this took weeks, time lapse photography, took weeks to show up and every time someone posted, there photo or image becomes a tiny pixel. why weren't they posting? what was the question that went out to fans on this? >> we were getting people to talk about casting a spell and that is in line with the marketing message, all about spellbinding and magical so had people casting a spell and those spells word wishes they wanted to come true, casting a spell to make it come true. dennis: a photo flunked. we will see where it goes to the nex

nixon and haldeman and john connally and so forth. and then as i began writing, i realized that the story would be better told in two parts. and i wanted to take the political material and publish it as a separate volume because i think it stood very powerfully on its own. c-span: two hundred and thirty pages, $23. was this a hard thing to do? >> guest: no, it really wasn't, because i had the diaries, so i had all of the quotes there, and i had a lot of the insights that i had written in the diaries at the time. so the book pretty much wrote itself. c-span: the new yorker excerpted the part on bill clinton, time magazine wrote a major piece, the new york times reviewed it. there's lots more. does that surprise you? >> guest: no, it doesn't. it doesn't, because whether you like or dislike richard nixon, whether you respect him or not, there's no denying that nixon was one of the most powerful and controversial people to ever run this country in the 20th century. so there's no ignoring richard nixon, and he continues to fascinate us. c-

haldeman, who was his chief of staff.had an hours long rundown of all the press, you know, talking to all the different cabinet members and so on. that was very typical of his relationship to his staff members. we really wanted to capture that relationship in the film. the movie is really about nixon's his staffers, to the people who worked for him. nixon seen through their eyes was the nixon we wanted to capture. >> well, you did. it's a terrific film. brian frye, co-producer of "our nixon." thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> "our nixon airs this sunday night 9:00 p.m. eastern, only >>> all new with the next hour of "newsroom." having it all without children. it's a choice more and more women are making. why? >>> plus, ex fro player aaron hernandez claiming his innocence and god has plan for me and at least i'll know my true supporters. >>> and lee goes on. ♪ >> reporter: after the death of actor corey monteith, the show decides how to move forward. the next hour in "newsroom." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ]

we've had a long time to chat with bob haldeman and have the opportunity and the question is where toou worked four years in washington as nixon's number two manxon'