fred thompson representing the minority, being at the request of howard baker. the minority was somewhat more aggressive than the majority. that is fred thompson, who passed away recently. if you didn't recognize him in his earlier incarnation as a staffer in the senate, then later u.s. senator, would have sold you a reverse mortgage. scott armstrong, who did work for sam dash was probably the most aggressive. not knowing exactly what he is looking for. but i am convinced would ultimately run into it one way or another. the person that asks the direct question is don sanders, who works for the minority of lawyers. and they well ask alex butterfield. to give you background of how that happened, there was a memo sent to fred thompson. buzhardt being one half of my replacement as white house counsel, who handled nothing but watergate after i departed the white house. there was a document prepared that was pretty close to a transcript in a summary of all my conversations with nixon that was given to fred thompson by buzhardt. it was remarkably accurate. it goes on f

many senior positions in the senate culminating in this role as counsel to senate majority leader howard baker. jeff served on the senate, senator kennedy's senate judiciary committee step for many years and he became his chief counsel in 1992. during this time with senator kennedy, jeff was the lead staffer on sixth supreme court nominations. if anyone understands the role the senate plays in the supreme court justice nomination process, it is all of the gentlemen we will be hearing from here today. the moderate of our panel today as chris geiger of buzzfeed come at without further ado i will turn the program over to chris. thank you all for being here. we are all looking forward to learning a lot today. [applause] >> thank you all for being here this morning. i believe we are going to start with some comments from our esteemed senators who have joined us today, beginning with senator hatch. so called you up a first. -- so call you up first. >> i am certainly delighted to be today. vicki kennedy is one of my favorite people in this world. i remember what a difference she made in the life of m

really, and i wanted to start a bit with marty gold, the former counsel to the majority leader howard baker, and the well-known author of the senate book, to talk a little bit about the history here. what is this advice and consent that we talk about in terms of how it actually exists and what is required of this? >> thank you very much. and i want to say thank you to -- the kennedy institute to work in the united states senate 44 years ago. senator kennedy was serving and i had the opportunity to watch the career of one of america's great senators not only in the era in which he served but in all of the american history. so it's a great honor to be here and to be with all of you. the constitutional convention met between may 29, 1787, and september 17 of that year. they are have been a number of wonderful books written about the constitutional convention, two of them, the summer of 1787 by david stewart, and playing on this meant by richard neiman. they talk a lot about the issues that divided the members of the constitutional continued, the framers, but those issues principally did not in

>> former senator howard baker said what did the president know and when did he know it? i have to think what does the reader know and when did they know it? it's a complicated process. there are more sources of information now. so you're trying to think what is it that people are talking about. that's my main problem. >> so your job as a political cartoonist is to push the envelope, to provoke sides. >> my job is to draw on the envelope. >> you do it very well apparently. >> how hardest to find just the right tone? it depends on the subject. we were talking about charlie hebdo earlier, and also the year i won the pulitzer, i was president of the association of american editorial cartoons. we had never had an event like this before. we were afraid of this for years. in fact, there's never been any sort of violence against a cartoonist in the united states, nor has there been any violent acts against radio or television people. >> did that send a chill through you or did it just give you greater resolve to keep on what you're doing, keep on doing it. >>> the next day i dre

[applause] president reagan: even howard baker is writing a book about me. it is called three by five, the measure of a presidency. [laughter] president reagan: mike in his book he said that i had a short attention span. i was going to reply, but let's move on to something else. [laughter] [applause] president reagan: now, i forgot to acknowledge yakov smirnov, i have heard him before, he is a very funny man. i just have an idea -- why don't you and i have fun? how would you like to go to the summit as my interpreter? [laughter] [applause] president reagan: the media certainly has had a lot to report on lately. i thought it was extraordinary that richard nixon and on "meet the press" and spent the hour with chris wallace, tom brokaw, and john chancellor, that should put an end to the talk that he has been punished enough. [laughter] [applause] president reagan: of course you have been reporting on the new york primary. i am afraid that dukakis's foreign policy views are too far left for me. he wants no u.s. military presence in korea. no u.s. military presen

she spoke to students at the howard baker center for public policy at the university of tennessee in knoxville. i am matt murray and i would like to welcome you to the howard h baker junior center for public policy. person toed to be the introduce our speaker for the attorneysamar ali, an where she specializes in cross-border transactions, international law, and private diplomacy. assistant as commissioner of economic affairs under governor bill haslam. in 2010, she was selected for a white house fellowship where she served as an advisor on the senior staff of homeland security secretary janet napolitano focusing on foreign and domestic policy. immediately following her fellowship, she worked as an advisor to the department of homeland security in washington, ec -- d.c. associate0 she was an and worked in the united -- in d.c. and the united arab emirates. she is an adjunct professor at the university -- at vanderbilt university. she teaches courses in international relations. she received her bachelor's in , and was theence first arab-american elected as student body president. she g

[laughter] [applause] but even howard baker is writing a book about me.is called "the measure of a president." [laughter] [applause] mike, in his book, said i had a short attention span. but letreply to that, us move on to something else. [laughter] [applause] now, i forgot to acknowledge jacob smirnov. i have heard him before. he is a very funny man. i just have an idea here. why don't you and i have a little fun? how would you like to go to to the summit as my interpreter? [laughter] [applause] the media certainly has had a lot to report on lately. i thought it was extraordinary that richard nixon went on meet the press, spent an entire hour with chris wallace, tom brokaw, and that should put an end to the talk that he is been punished enough. [laughter] [applause] and of course, you have been reporting on the new york primary. i am afraid that michael too far left for me. he wants no u.s. presence in korea anymore. no military presence in central america. and no u.s. military presence at the pentagon. [laughter] [applause] michael dukakis got great new

he brought in a new team, howard baker as his chief of staff and that third team was the third chapter ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> george bush played a major role in everything that we have accomplished in these eight years. america needs george bush and barbara bush as first lady. >> george bush will be the 41st president of the united states. >> the election of bush with the american people was we want more reagan, we want more of what we had. bush was the closest thing to a third term for ronald reagan. >> ronald wilson reagan, the 40th president of the united states, in two days he leaves office as our oldest president and as one of the most popular ever. >> ronald reagan was the chief architect of the 1980s. you don't always identify a president with years, but reagan should be identified with the 80s. >> they called it reagan revolution, and i'll accept, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery. a rediscovery of our values and our common sense. as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future shou

he brought in a new team, howard baker as the chief of staff, and colin powell, and the third team wasadies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> george bush played a major role in everything that we have accomplished in these eight years. america needs george bush and barbara bush as first lady. >> george bush will be the 41st president of the united states. >> the election of bush for the american people was that we want more reagan and more of what we have had, and bush was the closest thing to a third term for ronald reagan. >> ronald wilson reagan, the 40th president of the united states and in two days the he leaves the office as our oldest president and as one of the most popular ever. >> ronald reagan was the chief architect of the 1980s, and you don't identify a president with the decade, but ronald reagan was the definition of the '80s. >> they call me the revolution man, but to me, it is more like a rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and common sense. as long as we are remember the first principles and believe in ourse ourself, the future is always goin

in the clip that follows, i believe you can see howard baker on the far side of the screen. he looks like he is ill after having found this information out. >> 1969, continued to be employed until march 16 of this year. is that correct? >> yes. i was aware of listening evices, yes sir. >> when windows devices placed in the oval office? >> approximately the summer of 1970. i cannot begin to recall the precise eight. my guess, the installation was ade between, and this is a very rough guess, april or may of 1970, and perhaps the end of the summer or early fall 1970. >> were you aware of any devices installed in the office? >> yes. >> where they installed at the same time? >> yes. prof. dean: the dates were wrong, 71 was when it was installed. on jim hamilton's recollection of his meeting with me, he has nailed it. showing the kind of tricks that memory can play. he vividly remembers my wife being there. she was not there. she remained in marathon, florida. that is what memory can do. it was just myself, and i left this soon as the meeting ended. the taping system had been unco

as well as with other candidates going back to howard baker. anita dunn, the managing director at skdknickerbocker, former white house communications director, and the communications director of the 2008 obama campaign. and like everyone else, other campaigns. ben ginsberg, a partner at jones day. a national council for romney for president as well as other candidates. tom perrelli, who is not here with us today, but a former u.s. associate attorney general. scott reed, who is not with us, but a senior political strategist at the u.s. chamber of commerce. and campaign manager for the 1996 bob dole presidential campaign. matt rhoades, chairman of american rising and campaign manager for the 2012 romney presidential campaign. and manny rouvelas, a partner at k&l gates. a distinguished group. let me introduce the co-chairs who will say a few words and give us highlights. all of the other working group members can come up. the chairs of our commission of our working group are bob bauer. bob is a professor of practice at new york university law scho

reagan: even howard baker is writing a book about me. it is called "three by five, the measure of a presidency." [laughter] pres. reagan: mike, in his book, said that i had a short attention span. i was going to reply to that, but what the hell, let's move on to something else. [laughter] [applause] pres. reagan: now, i forgot to acknowledge yakov smirnov. i have heard him before, he is a very funny man. i just have an idea -- why don't you and i have a little fun? how would you like to go to the summit as my interpreter? [laughter] [applause] pres. reagan: the media certainly has had a lot to report on lately. i thought it was extraordinary that richard nixon went on "meet the press" and spent the hour with chris wallace, tom brokaw, and john chancellor. that should put an end to the talk that he has been punished enough. [laughter] [applause] pres. reagan: of course, you have been reporting on the new york primary. i am afraid that dukakis' foreign policy views are too far left for me. he wants no u.s. military presence in korea. no u.

. >> final question may be the toughest with callbacks to great senators of the '70s, howard baker of tennessee, popularized the phrase, what did he know and when did he know it? i asked that about the governor of michigan. in your view, what did he know? when did he know it? >> well, at the very most fundamental level person who was in charge of flint, the one person who replaced flint city government, and became a one-person governor of that city, reported only to one person. and that was the governor of michigan. so, the lines of accountability are very clear. if we can prove that michigan governor rick snyder didn't know anything that was going on, that itself is a problem since he was the one line of accountability that the emergency manager had. that itself is part of the issue. the other part of the issue here is that what governor snyder has disclosed in terms of e-mails from his office, michigan also has a very untransparent system by which the govern nor and his staff, their e-mails and documents aren't obtainable by foia and he made a lot of stuff public and everything thus

house counsel, adviser to the 2008 mccain campaign as well as with other candidates going back to howard bakerdunn, the managing director of skd nicker boxer and a communications director for the 2008 obama presidential campaign. and not only that campaign, many other presidential and other campaigns. ben ginsburg, partner at jones day and national counsel for romney for president as well as, again, other candidates. tom pearl is not with us today, but as part of the group is a partner at jenner and block and was former u.s. associate attorney general. scott reid, again, not with us today but senior political separate just at the u.s. chamber of commerce and campaign manager for the 1996 bob dole presidential campaign. matt rhodes who is with us, chairman of america rising, and campaign manager for the 2012 romney presidential campaign and manny ruveles has been involved in numerous campaigns. so a distinguished group. but let me introduce the co-chairs who will come here, say a few words about what this exercise was, give us some highlights. all the other working group members can come up her

[applause] president reagan: even howard baker is writing a book about me.t is called "three by five," the measure of a presidency. [laughter] mike in his book he said that i had a short attention span. i was going to reply, but let's move on to something else. [laughter] [applause] now, i forgot to acknowledge yakov smirnov, i have heard him before, he is a very funny man. i just have an idea -- why don't you and i have fun? how would you like to go to the summit as my interpreter? [laughter] [applause] the media certainly has had a lot to report on lately. i thought it was extraordinary that richard nixon went on "meet the press" and spent the hour with chris wallace, tom brokaw, and john chancellor, that should put an end to the talk that he has been punished enough. >> we are going to break away from this recorded event to go live to philadelphia with ted cruz, introduced by former candidate carly fiorina. part of our road to the white house coverage here on c-span. [applause] sen. cruz: thank you so very much carly for your incredible friendship and lea

many senior positions in the senate, culminating his role as counsel for senate majority leader howard baker. jeff served on senator kennedy's judiciary staff for many years and became his chief counsel in 1992. during his time with senator kennedy, jeff was lead staffer on six supreme court nominations. if anyone understands the role the senate plays in the supreme court justice nomination process it is all of the gentlemen we'll be hearing from today. the moderator of our panel today is chris geithner of buzzfeed. without further adieu, i will turn the program over to chris. thank you all for being here. we're all looking forward to learning a lot today. [applause] >> thank you all for being here this morning. i believe we're going to start with comments from our esteemed senators who joined us today, beginning with senator hatch, so i call you up first. >> i am certainly delighted to be here today and vicki kennedy is one of my favorite people in this world. i remember what a difference she made in the lives of my really dear friend ted kennedy. ted was a we did a lot together. we fought

from the former white house counsel in indicating campaign and other candidates going back to howard baker

[laughter] [applause] baker reagan: even howard is writing a book about me. it is called "three by five, the measure of a presidency." [laughter] mike, mike devers in his book said that i had a short attention span. i was going to reply to that, but what the hell, let's move on to something else. [laughter] [applause] ronald reagan: now, i forgot to acknowledge yakov smirnov. i have heard him before, and he is a very funny man. i just have an idea -- why don't you and i have a little fun? how would you like to go to the summit as my interpreter? [laughter] [applause] ronald reagan: the media certainly have had a lot to report on lately. i thought it was extraordinary that richard nixon went on "meet the press" and spent the hour with chris wallace, tom brokaw, and john chancellor. that should put an end to the talk that he has been punished enough. [laughter] [applause] ronald reagan: and of course, you have been reporting on the new york primary. i am afraid that dukakis' foreign-policy views are a little too far left for me. he wants no u.s. military presen