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haldeman, his chief of staff, and john ehrlichman, his chief domestic adviser, have resigned. dean has been fired. reportedly, dean is implicated in efforts to cover up the watergate scandal, and he may implicate ehrlichman and haldeman. >> good evening. i want to talk to you tonight from my heart on a subject of deep concern to every american. today, in one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency, i accepted the resignations of two of my closest associates in the white house, bob haldeman, john ehrlichman. >> he thought, by throwing out his inner circle, he would be left alone. he was throwing these people under the bus so the bus wouldn't hit him. >> justice will be pursued fairly, fully, and impartially no matter who's involved. >> richard nixon wants to control everything. but he's extraordinarily delusional. i mean, he really doesn't seem to understand that he's digging himself deeper and deeper into the crime when he's trying to dig himself out. >> we must maintain the integrity of the white house, and that integrity must be real, not transparent. there can be n

joining us is john ehrlichman from toronto. did mr. trudeau win or did the conservatives lose?u slice it we've got a divided nation this morning. the liberal party wakes up this morning and power so that is a positive for them. him, whenather before there are big battles there can be casualties. he begins his second term with a minority government. you mentioned the conservatives. they kept the liberals out of the providence -- province of alberta. we know there has been trudeau mania. he has become a star and there was a lot of excitement. scandals,me, ethical broken promises left the liberals in a tough spot on the campaign trail. they did incredibly well in alberta and ontario. quebec was fascinating because found thequebecois vote overnight. tom: that's right where i wanted to go to go back to mr. trudeau senior and the tensions between english-speaking canada and the french of quebec as well. how did quebec and the entire emotion of quebecois fit into the forming of this minority system? >> i think right now in this country the reality is the canadian economy is still driv

john dean testimony. you have the people inside the administration being sent, as we know, with halderman and ehrlichman andchell into indictments. then you have, of course, the tapes. i mean, the tapes were the smoking gun. and by that time, republicans had to respond to events. so, the question will be, how will these hearings educate the country? how will they make the country understand if this person is above the law, what that means? >> doris kearns goodwin has agreed to stay with us over this break. a big question for her on the other side of this break when we come back. e other side of this break when we come back. >>> historian doris kearns goodwin has been kind enough to hang around, and i lied, i have at least two more questions for you. the qualities in this book, which i sincerely hope everyone reads, of presidential leadership. what's your answer when you're asked about trump's brand of presidential leadership? >> well, just look at the qualities that my four guys that i studied -- lincoln, the two roosevelts, and lbj -- on civil rights they shared -- humility, empathy, resilience, the abilit