he said, what shall i tell john dean if he asks me how it is going? tell him if he has a problem he has to go to me. in the tapes there is discussion between the president and john dean about who do i think i am. but it was an improper use of the irs, and i would not do it. >> did you speak to the president about this? >> he never brought it up. >> this is really important. the private library made the argument -- and this is an argument school kids absorb -- that all presidents break the law and the difference is that richard nixon got caught. i felt that this was a terrible lesson to be teaching students, that their presidents are corrupt. i thought it was to -- let's say the presidents break the rules. i thought it was a sad lesson for two reasons. one, that was not what you should teach kids. secondly, it is not true. third, it gives presidents the possibility of redemption if they commit real crimes. frankly, sometimes presidents are bad, and we should not think they should all be venerated. i knew that i did not want to be a carpetbagger. i did not want to be an e

. >> he said john dean has brought me a list of 50 names. he wants a full field investigation and that is an unpleasant thing to happen. >> it was shortly after the farewell speech. al haig called me and he said we forgot one thing, we forgot a resignation letter. >> i said i would be glad to read it. >> he said you don't get it. you need to write it. >> i thought the best way was not for me as an historian, was for the players, the key people from that era to tell the story themselves. i thought the best way to do this was to start a video oral history program that involve the the nixon players but also players and the watergate drama from the left and right and have them tell the story and use portions of that story in the museum to lead visitors understand the complexity of the constitutional drama about a former head of the nixon presidential library and museum details the library's oral history project tonight at 8:00 on >> this morning a roundtable discussion on the agenda for the new congress. then a look at the salaries of

. >> he said, john dean has just wrote me a list of 50 names of people and wants a full field investigation. that is a very unpleasant thing to have happen to you. >> the chief of staff called me. i cannot remember exactly what he said. he said he forgot one thing. we forgot a resignation letter. i said i would be interested in reading it. he said, you need to write it. >> the most interesting thing to me, key people from that era telling the story themselves. the best way would be to start a video oral history program that would show players from the left and the right, to have them tell the story and to use portions of the story in in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of the drama. >> timothy nattali details the oral history project sunday night at 8:00 on to win a. >> -- "q &a." >>justin hyde

john dean. >> johnny walters came to me and said, john dean, the president's counsel, has just brought me a list of i think 50 names of people and wants a full field investigation of them. that is a very unpleasant thing to have happen to you. what should i do? i said, do not do it. he said, what shall i tell john dean if he asks me how it is going? tell him if he has a problem he has to go to me. so they never brought it up with me although on the tapes there's discussion between the president and john dean about who do i think i am holding this up but it was an improper use of the i.r.s. and i wouldn't do it. >> did you speak to the president about this? >> he never brought it up. >> this is really important. the private library made the argument -- and this is an argument school kids absorb -- that all presidents break the law and the difference is that richard nixon got caught. i felt that this was a terrible lesson to be teaching students, that their presidents are corrupt. not crooks, but let's say that the presidents break the rules. i thought it was a bad lesson for two reasons. one, tha

. >> johnny came to me and said, john dean the president's council, has brought me a list of 50 names of people and wants a full investigation of then. that is a very unpleasant thing to have happened to you. >> shortly after the farewell e, and, al haig called mea he said, we have about one thing. we forgot a resignation letter. i said, that is very interesting. it will be interesting reading. he said, you do not get it, you need to write it. >> dressed in a was for the players, key people living from that era to tell the story themselves. i thought the best way to do this was to start a video oral history program that involves the nixon players, but also players in the watergate drama on the left and right, to have them tell the story, and then to use portions of that story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> the former head of the nixon presidential library details the brary's oral history project. sunday night. >> i like to watch c-span because i can get the news about the contrast, also the debates and the election and news cov

. >> came to me and said, john dean, the president's counsel, has just brought me a list of i think 50 names of people, and wants a full investigation of them. that's a very unpleasant thing to have happen to you. >> shortly after the speech, al haig, chief of staff called me, and he said, we are forgot one thing. he said we forgot a resignation letter. i said, that's very interesting. interesting reading. he said, you don't get it. you need to write it. >> i thought the best way was not for me as an historian -- i'm a trained historian, although i wasn't a nixon specialist. was for the players, key people living from that era, to tell the story themselves. so i thought the best way to do this was to start a video or history program that involved the nixon players in the watergate drama, from the left and right to have them tell the story, and then to use portions of the story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> the former head of the nixon presidential library and museum, details the library's oral history project sunday night at 8:

. >> johnny walters came to me and said john dean, the president's counsel has just brought me a list0 names of people and wants a full field investigation of them. that's a very unpleasant thing to have happen. >> shortly after the farewell speech, al haig, chief of staff called me. i care what he said that he said he forgot what came. the site? he said would provide a resignation letter. i said that's interesting. he said he don't get it, you need to write it. >> best it is not for me as an historian. i'm a trained historian. before the players, key people living from that area to tell the story themselves. so i got the best way to do this to start a video oral history program that involves a mix of players, but also the watergate trauma from the left and right to have them tell the story and then to use portions of the story than ecm to let visitors understand the complexity of the constitutional drama. >> lilly ledbetter was in the sex discrimination case against her employer of 19 years, goodyear tires. her 10 year battle ended in a five to four supreme court won her. and she doe

. >> johnny walters came to me and said john dean, the president's counsel has just brought me a list of 50 names of people and want as full field investigation. that is a very unphrfpbt thing to have happen. it was shortly after the farewell speech. al haig, schaefer of staff, called me and it was to the effect david we forgot one thing. i said what is that. he said we forgot a resignation letter. i said i would be interested to read it. he said you don't get it. you need to write it. >> i thought the best way was not for me as a hitstorian, for the players, key people living from that era, to tell the story themselves. so i thought the best way to do this was to start a video oral history program that involved the nixon players and also players in the watergate drama on the left and right to have them tell the story and then to use portions of that story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> the former head of the nixon presidential library and museum details the library's oral history project tonight at 8:00 on "q&a." >> "washingto

. >> johnny walters came to me and said john dean, the president's counsel has just brought me a listof i think 50 names of people. and once they full investigation of them. that's a very unpleasant thing to happen to you. >> it was shortly after the farewell speech, al haig, chief of staff called me. i can never exactly what he said, in effect, we forgot one thing. i said, what's that? he said, we forgot a resignation letter. i said that's interesting. i will be interested in reading it. he said no, you don't get it. you need to write it spent i thought the best way was not for me as a story. i'm a trained historian, but for the players to keep people living from that era to tell the story themselves. so i thought the best way to do this was to start a video oral history program that involved the nixon players, and the watergate drama. on the left and the right, to have them tell the story, and then to use portions of the story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of the constitutional problem. >> the former head of the nixon presidential library and museum details

as a scholar at the american enterprise institute has three decades of public service to higher education as dean of johns hopkins in the state department of planning and the secretary of state just up to the secretary of defense. i will pose a question to kickoff the conversation. the first question is what have been done in new york -- new year's eve a day? what are the key strategic questions? >> and thank you for being here. we just heard bob hale struggling with the process but for that budgetary operations but that at the moment and then in the 11th year but the pentagon does not have a lot of opposition. we don't know how many are needed because of abominate decide on a faster downsizing but those 88 million is a relatively noncontroversial. but to do talk about a couple of numbers to frame the broader strategic dialogue, that 80 billion needs to be added to the 550 billion of the nuclear weapons activities is $550 billion according to the defense authorization bill that has limited significance that provide them many are done on the resolution basis in sequestration is a possibility. of 550 billio

has happened to gay marriage? it's become normal, and in certain demographics it was the most important issue. >> john: that was grand inquistor rush limbaugh on monday. let's turn back to my panel deanhree fine comedians. dean i'm going to start with you because you're the only man in new york wearing color. rush limbaugh he compared pedophilia to gay marriage. how crazy does he have to sound before even his fans hear it. >> i think what he wanted to do--you remember that sick feeling when you first heard of gay marriage. you know that sick feeling you felt when you heard about blacks and white getting married? he couldn't say that any more. this is the snake oil salesman. the rest of them, these publicity whores. >> we know he's a homophobe. >> this is the most shocking thing is the reason rush limbaugh found out about the pedophilia thing was by reading the guardian in england but rush limbaugh represents republicans who are dying on the vine. republican party and rush limbaugh will not to continue to exist if they go on-- >> normalize pedophilia. i think rush limbaugh exists for stupidity and ignorance. how much decades did he reached hatred. no one should give credence to a sing

dean thank you so much. i don't know what you are complaining about 1 degree here did you see care beau maine? >> plus janice has her parka. >> you have to practice what you preach. >>> john kerry making his case before a senate committee to become the next secretary of state. >> when you listen senator kerry speak you get a sneak peak into the foreign policy goals for the next four years. senator kerry thinks one of the main challenges they will face if confirmed is al qaeda. they are looking for new ways to carry out the attacks. osama bin laden in the documents that came out is quoted as urging his cohorts to go to other places, to get away from the airplanes get away from the drones. he specifically encouraged al qaeda to disperse and they did. >> another major foreign policy challenge senator kerry says is what to do about irani specially since our closest ally in the middle east israel is anxiously following iran's every move as they try to build a nuclear weapon. >> we will do what we must do to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i repeat here today our policy is not containment. it is prevention. >> the top republican senator bob corker from tennessee t

john, your reaction to what dean hall had to say, the fact that you want to encourage people to live out their faith and be inclusive? >> what is interesting is the echurch he is right hasough a 20 year process of discernment and embraced homosexuality. going to eugene robinson and a huge outcry in the church so much so that the membership numbers are down 16% over the last decade. a thumb of local congregations have broken off and aligned themselves with other more traditional branches of the international communion. what the dean doesn't say is the step that the church has taken of the national church in the united states is directly in violation of international angloican law and the book of prayer. they can do this if they want but redefining marriage to be something it was never understood to be is going to have dramatic consequences both in this country and in their church. >> shannon: some people do split although the most recent polling shows that americans are still split on the issue when it comes to gay and lesbian marriage. very much sort of a 50/50 with a slight advantage to those who favor gay marriage here in this country. for some the dividing line is ab

he has more than three decades of public service and higher education. he was president of the world bank, dean of the johns hopkins school of international studies and assistant secretary of state for east asia. and long served at the pentagon. the great panel to be joined with. i will pose a question to each one of them to kick off the conversation then turn it over to all of you. the first question i want to pose to mike -- what the heck happened on new year's day and even what does it mean for defense? what do you see playing out in the next weeks moving forward? >> thanks, peter. we just heard robert hale wrestling with the questions of where we are in the process. we got a two month reprieve. keeping this among top of the lead for the most unstable budgetary decision making periods ever. especially when there is no quick surprise in the terms of military operations. the afghanistan conflict is in its 11th year. the pentagon has not a lot of opposition over its request for funds there. president obama may soon decide on a faster downsizing of troops. the $88 billion requested for overseas contingency o

has been very active in democratic circles. she was the national finance director for her word -- howard dean election and now helped john defeat the incumbent in the state of montana. steny also managed the campaign of senator franken in minnesota, and she defeated norm coleman; correct? she's a graduate at the university of minnesota and she grew up in the town and here is stephanie, the president of emily's list and then we will take questions from all of you. >> thank you. thank you, all, so much for coming up and good morning. again, my name is stephanie schriock, president of emily's list, though as was mentioned, grew up in butte montana, where my heart and soul still reside. great to be here today to the i want to thank you all for joining us this morning and give a special thanks to the national press club for having me and for setting this up. it's really an honor for me to be here today. and i just wanted to start for those of you who don't know as much about emily's list, emily's list has been around now for 27 years, and we are committed to electing pro-choice democratic women to office up and down the ballot acros

paul has more than three decades of, um, experience in public service and higher education and an incredibly wide variety of roles. as president of the world bank, as dean of the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies, at the state department and assistant secretary of state for east asia and pacific affairs and long service at the pentagon. so it's a great panel to be joined with. what i'm going to do is pose a question to each one of them to kick off the conversation, and then turn it over to all of you. the first question i want to pose to mike, and it's a basic, simple one. what the heck happened on new year's day and eve, and what does it mean for defense? what do you see playing out in the next days, weeks, moving forward, and what are some of the key strategic questions you see coming out from that? >> yeah, thanks, peter. and, again, thanks to all of you from being here. we just heard bob hale. we got a two month reprieve, keeping this among be not top of the list for the most unstable budgetary decision making periods ever. especially when les -- when there's no big surprise in terms of military operations, at least not at the moment. in oth

. >> johnny waurplts came to me and said john dean the president's counsel has brought me a list of 50 names of people and wants a full field investigation. that is a very unpleasant thing to have happen. >> it was shortly after the farewell speech the chief of staff called me. i can't remember what he said but it is david we forgot one thing. i said what is that. he said we forgotten a resignation letter. i said that is interesting. i will be glad to read it. he said you don't get it. you need to write it. >> i thought the best way was not for me as a historian but for the players, key people living from that era to tell the story themselves. so i thought the best way to do this was to start a video oral history program that involved the knicksen players and players in the watergate drama from left and right and have them tell the story and use portions of that story in the museum to let visitors understand the complexity of this constitutional drama. >> the former head of the knicksen presidential library and museum details the library's oral history project sunday night at 8:00 on "

he has more than three decades of public service and higher education. he was president of the world bank, dean of the johns hopkins school of international studies and assistant secretary of state for east asia. and long served at the pentagon. the great panel to be joined with. i will pose a question to each one of them to kick off the conversation then turn it over to all of you. the first question i want to pose to mike -- what the heck happened on new year's day and even what does it mean for defense? what do you see playing out in the next weeks moving forward? >> thanks, peter. we just heard robert hale wrestling with the questions of where we are in the process. we got a two month reprieve. keeping this among top of the lead for the most unstable budgetary decision making periods ever. especially when there is no quick surprise in the terms of military operations. the afghanistan conflict is in its 11th year. the pentagon has not a lot of opposition over its request for funds there. president obama may soon decide on a faster downsizing of troops. the $88 billion requested for overseas contingency o