he calls up commissioner johnny walters, summons him to the white house for a meeting in the white house counsel's office. irs commissioner walters comes up to the white house, comes to meet with john dean at that meeting. john dean hands the irs commissioner an envelope. in that envelope is a list of people. hundreds of people who the president wants investigated and pursued and audited by the irs. for political reasons. this is two months before nixon's re-election race against george mcgovern. and john dean as white house counsel hands the irs commissioner a list of george mcgovern's staffers on his presidential campaign and george mcgovern's top donors, and he says to the irs commissioner, okay, go get them. and the irs commissioner, this guy johnny walters, despite the fact he was picked for this job supposedly on a recommendation of a guy who knew he'd do it, walters is not done with this. he says he was shocked by this request from john dean. he walked out of that meeting with john dean holding this envelope containing this enemies list, this list that nixon was ordering him to in

and the irs commissioner, this guy johnny walters, despite the fact that he was picked for this job on a recommendation of a guy who knew he would do it, walters says he's shocked by this request by john dean. he walked out of the meeting holding this envelope containing this enemy's list, this list he was ordering him to investigate. you're the head of the irs, investigate this list of people. what did johnny walters do with that list? took it back to the irs, in that sealed envelope, and he locked it up in a safe in his office. he did not act on it at all. he did not follow nixon's orders. and that list just sat there in that safe in the commissioner's office at the irs. and then eight months layeter, watergate opens. john dean turns against nixon and started to testify and it was john dean in his congressional testimony who ended up telling the world that, yeah, there was an enemy's list, and he told them what happened after that list was for. and what he said it in the hearing room, you could hear the gasps in the room. >> whether it be an fbi investigation of an individual or irs

the irs commissioner, johnny walters walked other to his safe in his office and unlocked the safe and took out his own copy of the list. that nixon had dean give to him months before. that list was sitting in the safe. once dean disclosed it, he took out the list and brought it to congress. handed it over still sealed. and we remember that nixon enemy's list now. almost rylee. it is a badge of honor to be someone that richard nixon perceived to be an enemy that they was going to come after you. but nixon wasn't just making an enemies list for his own psychological enjoyment. a hate list to make himself better. he updated an enemy's list because it was a list of targets and people against whom action was expected. he expected ordered government agencies to take action on those enemies on behalf of the president. >> the bulk of the senate dealt with challenges of dean's story. one area he opened up. turned over to the committee documents which are saved that showed the white house was planning to use the internal revenue services and other federal agencies as weapons called enemies on s

walter cronkite, in our newsroom. and -- there has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. >> just turn the mic on. i can't hear you, johnny me to move back a little bit. is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce to you the chief cameraman. and assistant news director. bert, we have brought the people pretty much up to date. would you tell them exactly what you know as of this point? >> well, i was standing at the trade mart, waiting for his arrival there. all of a sudden we saw them approaching, they didn't slow down, as a matter of fact, they were going 70, 80 miles an hour past us. and then i jumped into a police car and went to parkland. >> these two men come in and one of them had a large machine gun and they were hollering for the cots and the stretcher and everything. >> what happened? >> then the president came in behind him and they took both of them back -- >> albert thomas, democrat of texas is standing outside the corridor of the emergency room said he has been told the president was still alive but in very critical condition. >> the president has not arrived here.