with me now john nixon who helped rescue innocent bystande bystanders.n, you wrote a moving piece today in which you said we lost our innocence on another perfect day in september 12 years ago and lost something monday too, and that is the idea we'll ever feel totally safe in this city again. is that how you think many people in boston feel today? >> well, piers, i think that when i wrote that, i probably was a little more despondent than i should've been. i was sad yesterday, i'm angry today and i got that sense from the city today talking to people. we will never be the same. it's just that new york was -- will never be the same after 9/11. that doesn't mean that whoever did this has won. that whoever did this -- because this is a very tough town. we take only three things seriously here and that's sports, politics and revenge. and i think it's going to take a lot more than what was done yesterday to knock a town like boston out. and i really sense that across the city today that people were angry and that people were absolutely determined. you know, i

nixon's perspective? >> you could have done that rather than tearing it down. >> help do that? >> two things. one, i didn't tear it down. the exhibit came down when johnundation were in charge of the library. it comes down in the spring of 2007 and we the national archives, then i was the national archives didn't take over until july. first of all the nixon administrator it down. >> you were responsible for it. >> i wanted that to happen. the second thing i preserved it. we digitized it. you can see it online. it's on the website of the nixon library. i understood the importance to public history that the public get a chance to see what was there. but let me step back for a moment and ask you this. it's a very important question. there's a difference between history with a capital h which we all can debate, and the president's perspective. i know for a fact that that exhibit was not presented as if it were one perspective. it was presented as history with a capital h. you can say now that it was his perspective but it was actually presented as history. >> if you go to other presidential libraries would you see the same thing at those other presidentia

several administrations and several left leaning actors, that may be redundant, and john cusak playing richard nixonnda playing nancy regan. first tell us why you find it so objectionable. >> first i want to give honor to my brother pete wright who served in vietnam and was killed. from an early age i was taught about what she did in vietnam and i had never endorsed her in anything in my entire life. when i had found out that i was on the computer and i had found out that she was going to play nancy reagan, that was just to me, that was enough. and i had talked to young people at my work and other places where they didn't even know who jane fonda was, they thought she was an exercise guru or you know starred in stupid movies and that's all they knew about her. when i talked to them about her, they were like wow. when i saw she was going to be playing this part, i decided to go ahead and say, let me see if other people feel like i do. and so i made this page to boycott it, i knew that they wouldn't change having her in the movie, but i wanted to see if enough people were as mad as i am about her port

>> i didn't see anything quite as fascinating as that except at john connolly's funeral where sitting next to richard nixonthey talking about? >> where are the lip-readings? >> i want the tape. they were chuckling away there. it was great. i do want to know. i'm serious. thank you. you're always great. thank you for coming. i think you're right about the mother. she couldn't have been as mean as it sounds. we'll be right back after this. meet the 5-passenger ford c-mc-max one. c-max two. that's a super fuel- efficient hybrid for me. and a long range plug-in hybrid for you. now, let's review. introducing the ford c-max hybrid and the ford c-max energi plug-in hybrid. say hi to the c-max hybrids. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking o

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john adams and john quincy adams don't have presidential libraries, but richard nixon does.ng that the presidential library thing has gotten way out of hand, congress has tried to control the explosive growth of the size and the scope of the shrines, but the former presidents' layers find ways around the limitations. so modern presidents spend a career in politics, debasing themselves by begging people for money for their campaigns. many of them actually make the mistake of thinking that those very rich people giving them those big bags of money are actually their friends. some presidents believe that those very rich people would really want to be deeply involved in their lives, even if they didn't get to sleep in the lincoln bedroom from time to time. and after a career of begging people for money, a career of always having to calculate how their next political decision might affect their endless need for massive donations, from wall street, and the other wealth centers of america, you would think that the one pure joy of watching your successor take that oath of office as

nixon is even sworn in. they are already on getting ready to move. by january 17th, carter and john huggins are murdered and killed as documented in this book, how it was and who the actual murders was above and beyond the us organization putting up two brothers called the snyder brothers. the real name of the real killers are in this book well researched. they never went to jail and never went to prison. one of those killers wound up in their los angeles district office of the fbi as reported by another fbi agency who wrote a book called "fbi secrets" after he retired. this is important to understand. what were they doing. by the end of the 1969, we'll be rid of the black panthers, says john mitchell, and what was happening by the end of that year? by the middle of that year, i'm in jail. i mean they got charged not just in chicago, but connecticut. when you read this book, you are going to read and talk about the -- the new york 21 and the new york chapter, and the counterintelligence program with the fbi and what they were doing to us. well documented. a lot of the information co

john f. kennedy and richard nixon. from 1968 to 1970 don served as the chair of the kansas republican party. his zeal for politics kept him involved for many years chairing committees in support of his favorite candidates. he put his name on the ballot one year for governor but fell short by 530 votes in a primary. as a long time kansas resident, don was well known and respected by many throughout our state but especially in southwest kansas. he was such a strong advocate for rural kansas and the special way of life we enjoy in small communities across our state. on several committees don focused on the future of rural kansas and helped make certain people could return to the communities we call home. from his participation in kansas politics to his public service career he was always look for a way to serve fellow kansans. in recognition of that service don was awarded the lifetime achievement award by washburn law school in 2012. family and friends describe him as someone whose generosity, enthusiasm and overall op

john: welcome back to "viewpoint." on social media today i asked ifal y'all had a better correspondence dinner than nerd prom. and nadine gross tweeted. the "if only nixonsmart enough to befriend and woodward and bernstein" dinner. we could have all appreciated the agnu speech. if you have a comment for the very. please tweet us at "viewpoint" ctu or john fugelsang or use the hashtag "viewpoint" or post it on facebook. if you were watching c-span on saturday night and who doesn't watch c-span on saturday night you saw the year's neared prom. attended by nerds like bradley cooper and katy perry where the white house correspondents association dinner where politicians and press and celebrities get all dressed up. >> it's amazing to think how much our country has changed in 18 years. think about it. if in 1995 you told me in 2013 we would have an african-american president with a middle named hussein who was just reelected to a second term in a sluggish economy i would have said, oh, he must have run against mitt romney. >> john: joining me now to discuss all the bess moments of the night is my all-star panel. strap yourself in. legenary comedian and featu

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nixon wanted to split the two. the president, confident of his intelligence team? he's beent the guy closest to in some ways in the biggest decisions he's made, al qaeda, john brennan, as the director. chris: is he confident? >> it's interesting. intimately involved in the drone counterterrorism killing program. wants the c.i.a. out of that so we'll see. i think david and i both agree this will take time and it's years as opposed to months or weeks. chris: when we return, scoops and predictions from the notebooks of these reporters. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley... delicious granola bars made with the best ingredients in nature. nature valley. nature at its most delicious. chris: david, tell me something i don't know. >> there is a quiet debate about to put more time pressure on iran before their election in june to try to push, a deal.sh for >> you'll hear something more about this number, 113,000, this week. talking about immigration and one of the sticking points ha

nixon wanted to split the two. the president, confident of his intelligence team? he's beent the guy closest to in some ways in the biggest decisions he's made, al qaeda, john brennan, as the director. chris: is he confident? >> it's interesting. intimately involved in the drone counterterrorism killing program. wants the c.i.a. out of that so we'll see. i think david and i both agree this will take time and it's years as opposed to months or weeks. chris: when we return, scoops and predictions from the notebooks of these reporters. chris: david, tell me something i don't know. >> there is a quiet debate about to put more time pressure on iran before their election in june to try to push, a deal.sh for >> you'll hear something more about this number, 113,000, this week. talking about immigration and one of the sticking points has been how many workers could you bring with a new kind of visa for migrant workers and working theory is fewer than 200,000. spot might be 113,000 a year allowed to come in and work. cory booker eyeing a senate race in 2013, would be the sixth thecan-american elected to senate and if he wins, he wants cothia should he serve in the senate. c

. >> because john brennan has been so involved in the killing part of the cia, of counterterrorism operations since 9/11, is it kind of a nixon goes to china moment, but putting him in charge of the cia right now, give up some of those capacities. is it possible he's there because he has the credibility to say i'm not a softy. i'm not afraid of killing people. >> he certainly has the presence and support. he's one of president obama's closest advisers. what he does and advocates would be considered to have a blessing of the white house. there are constituencies in the cia to want to dial back some of the operations and to go back to the espionage intelligence analysis that they've been doing traditionally because they realize there's opportunity costs. as you put in the set-up piece, thr real questions about the cia's performance during the arab spring and whether they were really able to provide intelligence to the white house. and the question was was it so focused, did it lift so far in one direction that it had not been, would not been able to do the sort of traditional spying. >> you write in a big picture sense, that th

truman and john eisenhower, both of whom, of course, are writers themselves, and they view their grandmothers very well. so they were wonderful help. then i talked to the other siblings. richard nixon's very much younger brother edward nixon, who most people don't even know he has a still that was still arrive. he was very helpful. teddy kennedy, eunice shriver. i talked to people who were part of the families, and they gave me insights and anecdotes that don't necessarily appear anywhere else. >> have you met any of the mothers? >> yes. i met and interviewed rose kennedy. mrs. carter, oh, yes, i interviewed lillian carter, she's memorable. and i was around a bit with virginia clinton kelley, but i didn't interview her, but i was very much around when she was there. so those i did really get to watch and talk to and got a feel of their personalities. >> how many of these 11 women have a book written about them? >> you know, five of them write their own autobiographies, and that was wonderful, because they then put many family stories in that don't appear in other president-oriented biographies, stories about the boys when they were little, stors about how they felt about their kids w

richard nixon became president and apollo eight became the first manned spacecraft to leave's earth's orbit. >> "mad men" creator matt whiner is here along with johnyou know when we decided -- obviously you focus where the show is going to start. we focused in spring of '67. do summer love or whatever. i always like to move ahead because it gives me energy in the story. gives me a mystery in the story as to what happens when we weren't with them but as we looked at 1968 it became obvious it was probably one of the worst years in u.s. history and just a relentless barrage of terrible events, political events. the economy was not as bad as it is now, but the war was obviously raging and it became clear that we were losing the war, which is what one of the episodes is about. >> and you think we're raging today. >> i feel like there -- i feel like there's a malaise in the united states right now. i do it's -- believe r not. i don't kno a culture can have h the self-esteem, but whatever the principles are that make us feel good about being americans and about where we live and this thing, just -- the simplest thing, this is the greatest country on eart

nixon did worse. what do you think about that? >> i'm not surprised. media changed so much. remember, barack obama ran against george bush, not john in the first election. and even in the midterms and even this last election there were continuing to be people that were running against george bush who hadn't been on a ballot in, what, seven years. it has been since 2004 for goodness sakes and so i think there is a lot of this where he -- i don't think he worries about it. i also say that. because he's walked away from the spotlight. he is going to have a presidential library open. he's a family man. i think history, once people get away from it and start judging barack obama for his presidency instead of him acting as if he's always inherited problems, remember, obama has been president for almost five years. that's a long time. >> and i will say as we wrap this up, it does -- it did appear, guys, that he isn't too worried about it and said about as much to the dallas morning news. >> president carter who is -- who became very beloved after he left office, even though people didn't think he was a great, competent president. there i

john wayne. the way you thread that out is good. you will see. >> what's fascinating about it is you look back on nixon and you realize that martin luther and the domestic legislation was fairly liberal, but we were so divided as a country, huh to choose sides. >> i shouldn't probably talk too much about this, but it's inescapable and a great moment. in the documentary, you see something that really stands out. that is when they had the watergate hearings, there was a clip of the hearings themselves. you have the tendency and they are grilling three guys. two guys are lying and is telling the truth. what rises up out of it is you see both parties, democrats and republicans working together to get to the truth. >> right. >> now all you have it do is imagine that moment and compare it to today where you got it in washington as a war zone. people are not working. there was no compromise. the definition is the art of compromise. you have been a compromiser all your life. >> mike has been compromised his whole life. >> the fact that he is here. >> it's a horrible compromise and what does it say to you? really quick on the company you keep. g