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>> john: first job was cutting lawns. >> newspaper girl. >> shoveling snow. >> baby-sitting. >> john: what was your first job. >> my job was to clean up the parking lot. >> i needed money and i needed to michael my own money. >> they taught me what hard work is. >> john: i'm told there is no jobs. >> there is nothing out there. >> there are jobs out there. >> yes, we are hiring. >> john: even young workers do just fine. >> i'm 16 and i'm getting paid than most of my friends. >> do internships exploit wsnern says yes, but mark cuban says. >> the fact we can't do it is ridiculous. >> john: this restaurant owner says the minimum wage kills first jobs. but that is our show tonight. [ applause ] >> john: >> tonight the studio audience it filled with relatively young people because most are interns. some work here at fox. some work elsewhere in new york. internships have become increasingly common in american. y common half of college students do some kind of internships. it's a way for young people to build a resume. try to work out and ways for companies to try workers out and for compani
>> john: first job was cutting lawns. >> newspaper girl. >> shoveling snow. >> baby-sitting. >> john: what was your first job. >> my job was to clean up the parking lot. >> i needed money and i needed to michael my own money. >> they taught me what hard work is. >> john: i'm told there is no jobs. >> there is nothing out there. >> there are jobs out there. >> yes, we are hiring. >> john: even young workers do just...
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. >> john: but they've never been enforced. >> john: witness the audience. >> i was wondering why nobody raised their hand. i am breaking the law because i'm not paying you. but it can't be the immediate benefit of the employer. >> john: aside what the lawyers have worked out as a reporter, what is wrong with benefiting? it's win-win. >> it's win-win in many ways but there are people with unemployment so high, many people are saying, well it would be great if employers instead of taking all these smart young people without paying them. >> john: hire people and pay them but replacing paying work? >> i wrote the story where i --. >> john: workplace. >> the graduate of a good college in new york and she was looking for a job in fashion industry. got a job with one of the most famous fashion house, she worked 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. sometimes she worked weekends and wasn't paid at all. a lot of the time she didn't have things to do, she ran errands. >> john: she can quit. >> that is true. we believe that companies should follow the rules. that is a conservative notion, companies should not br
. >> john: but they've never been enforced. >> john: witness the audience. >> i was wondering why nobody raised their hand. i am breaking the law because i'm not paying you. but it can't be the immediate benefit of the employer. >> john: aside what the lawyers have worked out as a reporter, what is wrong with benefiting? it's win-win. >> it's win-win in many ways but there are people with unemployment so high, many people are saying, well it would be great if...
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i am john scott. thanks for watching. see you next week. >> john: first job was cutting lawns. >> newspaper girl. >> shoveling snow. >> baby-sitting. >> john: what was your first job. >> my job was to clean up the parking lot. >> i needed money and i needed to michael my own money. >> they taught me what hard work is. >> john: i'm told there is no jobs. >> there is nothing out there. >> there are jobs out there. >> yes, we are hiring. >> john: even young workers do just fine. >> i'm 16 and i'm getting paid than most of my friends. >> do internships exploit work sners the obama administration says yes, but mark cuban says. >> the fact we can't do it is ridiculous. >> john: this restaurant owner says the minimum wage kills first jobs. but that is our show tonight. [ applause ] >> john: tonight the studio audience is filled with relatively young people. mainly because most are interns, some working else where in new york. internships is increasingly common half of college students do some kind of internships. it's a way for
i am john scott. thanks for watching. see you next week. >> john: first job was cutting lawns. >> newspaper girl. >> shoveling snow. >> baby-sitting. >> john: what was your first job. >> my job was to clean up the parking lot. >> i needed money and i needed to michael my own money. >> they taught me what hard work is. >> john: i'm told there is no jobs. >> there is nothing out there. >> there are jobs out there. >> yes, we...
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. >> john: close?we made a profit through 2006. last year. that is when the volume of mail dropped. 50% decline in single piece first class mail. >> john: get the government out of business? >> there is no one going to buy the postal service. it's mandated to go everywhere in this country. >> john: just sell it and if you live way the heck out you have to come into the local 7-eleven to get the mail? >> if congress chose that -- they won't allow that and i don't think the public would allow that. we operated like a business if congress will let us. they may, a bill passed a senate and had a couple good things in it. the house is considering legislation zbleengts this has gone on for years and years and each congressman wants to keep -- you want to keep your local post office? >> all the parts that we have flexibility and control over, we are making a profitable enterprise. we do need more flexibility. we have a new product we want to market. it takes eight months to get approval through the prc, postal
. >> john: close?we made a profit through 2006. last year. that is when the volume of mail dropped. 50% decline in single piece first class mail. >> john: get the government out of business? >> there is no one going to buy the postal service. it's mandated to go everywhere in this country. >> john: just sell it and if you live way the heck out you have to come into the local 7-eleven to get the mail? >> if congress chose that -- they won't allow that and i don't...
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: thank you senator john barrosso.hat you think you know may not be so. do you steal ever? you say no, but my cameras caught people in the act. this happy couple used capital one venture miles for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. >> john: we all have biases, but i grew up believing scientists are special. they are smart, of course, but unusually up by yased and careful and trustworthy. >> they are very accurate, down to earth people. >> dry. >> i know a lot of research people that are kind of dry. >> john: some scientists are kind of dry. my older brother is a scientist but he is also weird and angry sometimes. that volatility in
: thank you senator john barrosso.hat you think you know may not be so. do you steal ever? you say no, but my cameras caught people in the act. this happy couple used capital one venture miles for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card....
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. >> john: close? >> we made a profit through 2006. last year. that is when the volume of mail dropped. 50% decline in single piece first class mail. >> john: get the government out of business? >> there is no one going to buy the postal service. it's mandated to go everywhere in this country. >> john: just sell it and if you live way the heck out you have to come into the local 7-eleven to get the mail? >> if congress chose that -- they won't allow that and i don't think the public would allow that. we operated like a business if congress will let us. they may, a bill passed a senate and had a couple good things in it. the house is considering legislation zbleengts this has gone on for years and years and each congressman wants to keep -- you want to keep your local post office? >> all the parts that we have flexibility and control over, we are making a profitable enterprise. we do need more flexibility. we have a new product we want to market. it takes eight months to get approval through the prc, po
. >> john: close? >> we made a profit through 2006. last year. that is when the volume of mail dropped. 50% decline in single piece first class mail. >> john: get the government out of business? >> there is no one going to buy the postal service. it's mandated to go everywhere in this country. >> john: just sell it and if you live way the heck out you have to come into the local 7-eleven to get the mail? >> if congress chose that -- they won't allow that and...
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. >> john: close?a profit through 2006. last year. that is when the volume of mail dropped. 50% decline in single piece first class mail. >> john: get the government out of business? >> there is no one going to buy the postal service. it's mandated to go everywhere in this country. >> john: just sell it and if you live way the heck out you have to come into the local 7-eleven to get the mail? >> if congress chose that -- they won't allow that and i don't think the public would allow that. we operated like a business if congress will let us. they may, a bill passed a senate and had a couple good things in it. the house is considering legislation zbleengts this has gone on for years and years and each congressman wants to keep -- you want to keep your local post office? >> all the parts that we have flexibility and control over, we are making a profitable enterprise. we do need more flexibility. we have a new product we want to market. it takes eight months to get approval through the prc, postal regulat
. >> john: close?a profit through 2006. last year. that is when the volume of mail dropped. 50% decline in single piece first class mail. >> john: get the government out of business? >> there is no one going to buy the postal service. it's mandated to go everywhere in this country. >> john: just sell it and if you live way the heck out you have to come into the local 7-eleven to get the mail? >> if congress chose that -- they won't allow that and i don't think the...
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>> i am, hey john. >> john: good morning. to talk to you and to frank. this is cool. >> i enjoy your work online. great to talk to you. >> well, i'm glad we have this mutual appreciation. or you know, phrase i probably can't use on current tv. i almost called it circle tv. >> john: thank you for getting the point across and thank you for the imagery in this room. lee, i love you your work. lee papa joined us on stage with "the stephanie miller show" sexy liberal tour with me and hal sparks last february in philly. i thought you know, the republicans haven't been that rude in the last week. they haven't done anything obnoxious relating to the fast and furious or the healthcare bill. what could possibly be getting you angry? >> there's nothing to talk about? i want to talk about katie holmes. >> thank you please. man outside your house wants you to speak up. >> you want to know something? i do have a katie holmes story. do you want to hear it? >> john: if it is brief. >> brief katie holmes story. i happened to be walking near b
>> i am, hey john. >> john: good morning. to talk to you and to frank. this is cool. >> i enjoy your work online. great to talk to you. >> well, i'm glad we have this mutual appreciation. or you know, phrase i probably can't use on current tv. i almost called it circle tv. >> john: thank you for getting the point across and thank you for the imagery in this room. lee, i love you your work. lee papa joined us on stage with "the stephanie miller show" sexy...
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. >> john: but they've never been enforced. >> john: witness the audience. >> i was wondering why nobody raised their hand. i am breaking the law because i'm not paying you. but it can't be the immediate benefit of the employer. >> john: aside what the lawyers have worked out as a reporter, what is wrong with benefiting? it's win-win. >> it's win-win in many ways but there are people with unemployment so high, many people are saying, well it would be great if employers instead of taking all these smart young people without paying them. >> john: hire people and pay them but replacing paying work? >> i wrote the story where i --. >> john: workplace. >> the graduate of a good college in new york and she was looking for a job in fashion industry. got a job with one of the most famous fashion house, she worked 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. sometimes she worked weekends and wasn't paid at all. a lot of the time she didn't have things to do, she ran errands. >> john: she can quit. >> that is true. we believe that companies should follow the rules. that is a conservative notion, companies should not br
. >> john: but they've never been enforced. >> john: witness the audience. >> i was wondering why nobody raised their hand. i am breaking the law because i'm not paying you. but it can't be the immediate benefit of the employer. >> john: aside what the lawyers have worked out as a reporter, what is wrong with benefiting? it's win-win. >> it's win-win in many ways but there are people with unemployment so high, many people are saying, well it would be great if...
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. >> john: i'm told we all should vote. overpopulation is what makes poor people poor. >> higher education is single most important investment. >> john: i'm told you should go to college. politicians say picked clothing must be made in america. they think they know why people freeload. but what you think you know often is not so. myth and true. that is our show tonight. >> what you think you know may not be so? how can that be? we know a lot. schools, read and watch tv and learn from parents and friends, why would not what we know might not be so it's because our instincts might not be that way. i thought consumers were ripped off. regulation hurt consumers more. i thought america was running out of fuel and overpopulation was big problem and it's crucial for things to be made in america. all wrong. let's start with the made in america frenzy. harry reid and others are upset that the u.s. olympic ka committee bought uniforms made in china. >> i think they should take all the uniforms and put them in a pile and burn them and
. >> john: i'm told we all should vote. overpopulation is what makes poor people poor. >> higher education is single most important investment. >> john: i'm told you should go to college. politicians say picked clothing must be made in america. they think they know why people freeload. but what you think you know often is not so. myth and true. that is our show tonight. >> what you think you know may not be so? how can that be? we know a lot. schools, read and watch tv...
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john? >> ed henry at the white house for us. thanks. senior political analyst brit hume is here with his thought ox the penalty credit. good evening. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> the fumblin fumbling in the y camp today explaining the governor's position on the supreme court finding that the healthcare fine is a tax is certainly embarrassing. it will be seen that the governor is unable to use the healthcare tissue his advantage. that doesn't mean that the issue will not work to his advantage anyway. that's because romneycare is unpopular as ever and the president owns it. it is his signature achievement and for much of the first two years he set aside all other priorities including the economy to push it through congress. romney meanwhile has pledged to repeal it. despite the healthcare skeleton in his closet. the question is this. will voters who want to get rid of obamacare, vote for obama because they have misgivings about the romney record on the issue? it's like the economy. democ
john? >> ed henry at the white house for us. thanks. senior political analyst brit hume is here with his thought ox the penalty credit. good evening. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> the fumblin fumbling in the y camp today explaining the governor's position on the supreme court finding that the healthcare fine is a tax is certainly embarrassing. it will be seen that the governor is unable to use the healthcare tissue his advantage. that doesn't mean that the issue will...
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john? >> john: see where all of this goes. mike emanuel. thanks.of millions of dollars in tax-free union funds going to junction of luxury report and purchasing big ticket items like country club, golf courses and learjets. not talking about membership but the actual thing. fox business reports the i.r.s. is initiating a preliminary inquiry to see whether the non-profits including unions are breaking tax law. florida judge set bond for neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman at $1 million. while he awaits trial on the second degree murder charge for killing trayvon martin. the judge had revoked zimmerman's substantially lower bond last month after it was discovered he misled the court about his finances. still ahead tonight, update on house race that could be big trouble for a new york legend. first, republicans' big ideas for how they would fix healthcare. >> john: the fourth of july passed without the traditional fireworks from many parts of the west, as wildfires continue to blaze. fires in wyoming, utah and colorado prompted air quality h
john? >> john: see where all of this goes. mike emanuel. thanks.of millions of dollars in tax-free union funds going to junction of luxury report and purchasing big ticket items like country club, golf courses and learjets. not talking about membership but the actual thing. fox business reports the i.r.s. is initiating a preliminary inquiry to see whether the non-profits including unions are breaking tax law. florida judge set bond for neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman at $1...
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i've asked john dean to start. if you don't know what the crime was, you don't know why there was an investigation. john, would you tell us a little bit about the first week after the june 17, 1972 bungled break-in here in this building? >> as you know, tim, i have trouble looking at that week from the time i lived it to the time i look back on it. today i know a lot more about that week than i did at that time. so i can't help but look at it from hindsight. the cover-up really starts within moments of the white house learning about the fact that five men had been arrested here in this building wearing business suits, rubber gloves, money stashed in their pocket and that they're from the reelection committee. jim mcgruder, the deputy director of the reelection committee, calls bob haldeman who is in florida with the president who happens to be in the bahamas. gets an update very quickly as to what's going on, tells mcgruder that he's got to get back to washington immediately. does that. they put out a press release
i've asked john dean to start. if you don't know what the crime was, you don't know why there was an investigation. john, would you tell us a little bit about the first week after the june 17, 1972 bungled break-in here in this building? >> as you know, tim, i have trouble looking at that week from the time i lived it to the time i look back on it. today i know a lot more about that week than i did at that time. so i can't help but look at it from hindsight. the cover-up really starts...
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john? >> john: wendell goler at the white house. thanks.utface from the romney campaign today. in contrast to a senior advisor earlier this week. mitt romney himself said that the president's individual healthcare mandate is a tax. shows that the president has broke an promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. >> i said i agreed with the dissent. the dissent made it clear that they felt it was unconstitutional. it's in the minority. so now the supreme court has spoken. wile i agreed with the dissent, that is taken over by the fact that the majority of the courts said it's a tax. therefore, it is a tax. >> earlier in week, romney's senior advisor said the candidate insisted he believed the mandate was a penalty, not a tax. president obama insisted in an interview in 2009 with george stephanopoulos of abc that the mandate was not a tax. >>> a man wearing afghan army uniform shot and wounded coalition troops in eastern afghanistan today. it's a reminder while we are flipping burgers today, our forces are still engaged in a very dangerous
john? >> john: wendell goler at the white house. thanks.utface from the romney campaign today. in contrast to a senior advisor earlier this week. mitt romney himself said that the president's individual healthcare mandate is a tax. shows that the president has broke an promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. >> i said i agreed with the dissent. the dissent made it clear that they felt it was unconstitutional. it's in the minority. so now the supreme court has spoken. wile i...
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john? >> john: casey stegall for us tonight.ople were killed and 40 wounded in iraq today when veg table truck exploded. several more were killed in bombings elsewhere in the country. an official from the united states says jordan must open refugee camp to serve thousands of syrians fleeing the fighting in their country. military defection are increasing, the assad regime has a stranglehold on the country. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has more. >> fighting raged across syri syria. sources showed several city including homs and surrounding. 38 were said to be killed. for the first time, u.n. observers reached douma you should seen for days. international red cross evacuated the injured. 85 syrian soldiers including a general across the border with tur. i can one of the biggest defection in recent week. turkey says it scrambled the jet for third consecutive day when the syrian helicopters approached the order. no action was taken. if interview, bashar assad expressed regret for the syrian downing of the turkish
john? >> john: casey stegall for us tonight.ople were killed and 40 wounded in iraq today when veg table truck exploded. several more were killed in bombings elsewhere in the country. an official from the united states says jordan must open refugee camp to serve thousands of syrians fleeing the fighting in their country. military defection are increasing, the assad regime has a stranglehold on the country. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has more. >> fighting raged...
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john feary is here. john, how do you explain all this talk about people learning how to be an american, the charges, you have the candidate himself on your side talking about the president being far in in his thinking. what's that angle that we are getting? because bachmann is the ultimate case of this. >> well, let me first disassociate -- take these two things apart. michele bachmann's thing is absolutely outrageous. i don't know what she's up to. mccain was absolutely right. you can quibble or have serious disagreements with to into obama's foreign policy, but throwing her under the bus is ridiculous and as dangerous as joan boehner said. the worst thing is it's a distraction from what the campaign should be about, which should be about the economy. now, if you're talking about some of the rhetoric coming from mitt romney and others, listen, all is fair in love and war when it comes to politics. those are saying the same thing about mitt romney, calling him un-american. stephanie conner is calling him
john feary is here. john, how do you explain all this talk about people learning how to be an american, the charges, you have the candidate himself on your side talking about the president being far in in his thinking. what's that angle that we are getting? because bachmann is the ultimate case of this. >> well, let me first disassociate -- take these two things apart. michele bachmann's thing is absolutely outrageous. i don't know what she's up to. mccain was absolutely right. you can...
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we called john doar. i think i made the call to john doar. of course, you never want to put a person in this position. i called john doar to say, if you're going to be asked, would you accept it if you're asked? and he said that he would. so i told the congressman that he would and he called the congressman and he was hired. >> after the judiciary committee approved the three articles of impeachment, the "new york times" wrote a story about the history of the committee and made the argument that -- that congressman rodino had a hard time making up his mind and that in order to push him to make up his mind, somebody leaked to the press the names of john doar and a few other people. it's true that the -- is it true that the congressman had a hard time? >> i don't think he a hard time. he was extremely judicious. where you are in your point of history, that became one of the great aspects, because, again, he had a conversation one night. he said -- of course, i was this very young sort of let's get going staffer, and he said to me one evening, h
we called john doar. i think i made the call to john doar. of course, you never want to put a person in this position. i called john doar to say, if you're going to be asked, would you accept it if you're asked? and he said that he would. so i told the congressman that he would and he called the congressman and he was hired. >> after the judiciary committee approved the three articles of impeachment, the "new york times" wrote a story about the history of the committee and made...
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and new york magazine john heilemann. first up until 10:00 thursday morning, barack obama was having a very bad month of june. but then despite most predictions, chief justice john roberts joined the supreme court's four liberals to let the president avert political disaster. without roberts, a george w. bush appointee himself, the landmark obama accomplishment would have been struck down by the court's conservatives. and the president's opponents would have been handed a battering ram for the coming campaign. any observer could see that a weight had been lifted off the president's shoulders. >> whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the supreme court's decision to uphold it. >> what an unusual pairing. barack obama, the liberal president, progressive president, and chief justice john roberts. they will be joined together in history. >> yeah. and i think you couldn't see this coming. because if you go back to the oral a
and new york magazine john heilemann. first up until 10:00 thursday morning, barack obama was having a very bad month of june. but then despite most predictions, chief justice john roberts joined the supreme court's four liberals to let the president avert political disaster. without roberts, a george w. bush appointee himself, the landmark obama accomplishment would have been struck down by the court's conservatives. and the president's opponents would have been handed a battering ram for the...
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prosecutors in los angeles, john bright john tested negative for alcohol and controlled substances and it appears he had a seizure. blood tests found low level of a sleeping bill in his system but they couldn't tell if it was a factor in the bizarre crashes. it comes after a month after police in california said the rear end of car backed into it again as he drove off and slammed into a second car. cops found him unconscious behind the wheel. according to documents, both treating doctors agreed that he was suffering from confusion following a seizure and crashed as a result. he resigned less than two weeks after the incident he did not want his health to be a distraction from the job. >>> the man affectionately remembered as america's sheriff has died. andy griffith died at his home today. he was 86 years old. he rose rose to fame in the 1950s but bai78 a star in the 1960s when andy griffith show was must see tv clocking 35 million views each week. that is more than seinfeld and double the hit sitcom friends. they would check in on griffith signature care, a southern sheriff in a small
prosecutors in los angeles, john bright john tested negative for alcohol and controlled substances and it appears he had a seizure. blood tests found low level of a sleeping bill in his system but they couldn't tell if it was a factor in the bizarre crashes. it comes after a month after police in california said the rear end of car backed into it again as he drove off and slammed into a second car. cops found him unconscious behind the wheel. according to documents, both treating doctors agreed...
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roberts did, john. he -- i understand his sentiment. it's a conservative sen tie meant. he says, we ought not to be deciding these things, the elected representatives should. but this was such an open-and- shut case that he should have acted on it but he failed to act, and as a consequence of that i think, as i say, john roberts may well have re- elected president obama. >> he put the word tax turned micro scope and got enough out of it to take the position that he has taken. a lot of thought went into this tax code before it was formed, a lot of deliberation. and who knows whether or not he has caught the essence of tax the way he describes it. >> i would points out that the health insurance plan that governor romney signed into law in massachusetts had a similar penalty, has a similar penalty if you do not -- if you can afford health insurance and choose not to buy it. and governor romney called at personal responsibility incentive. so i think i will go with that language, and i commend the chief just
roberts did, john. he -- i understand his sentiment. it's a conservative sen tie meant. he says, we ought not to be deciding these things, the elected representatives should. but this was such an open-and- shut case that he should have acted on it but he failed to act, and as a consequence of that i think, as i say, john roberts may well have re- elected president obama. >> he put the word tax turned micro scope and got enough out of it to take the position that he has taken. a lot of...
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dean and interview john dean. and i felt he was -- i felt he was truthful but looking out for himself is the way i felt about john dean. and, of course, his performance giving that account from memory and then when it was compared to the tapes being so accurate was rather -- my memory is not like that at all. i could not have done that. i just have -- but the tapes did corroborate what he said, but still meeting him, i felt that he was, you know, focusing on his own interests but his own interests coincided with his accurately recalling the meetings he had been in. >> how helpful were the materials from the watergate special prosecution force? >> they were somewhat helpful, but the special prosecutor had a slightly different take on things than john did. john was very good friends with hank rose who was a very important person on the special prosecutor staff, and they'd gone back to civil rights days i think it was, maybe even the neshoba county case together, they knew each other very well, and ruth liked john. i
dean and interview john dean. and i felt he was -- i felt he was truthful but looking out for himself is the way i felt about john dean. and, of course, his performance giving that account from memory and then when it was compared to the tapes being so accurate was rather -- my memory is not like that at all. i could not have done that. i just have -- but the tapes did corroborate what he said, but still meeting him, i felt that he was, you know, focusing on his own interests but his own...
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, dagmar hamilton, to some extent joe woods, but i also worked closely with john davidson, john whitman and sam garrison on the republican side. but i was welcomed in both camps. i'm not sure everybody was welcome in both camps, and i think the hard core of the watergate task force, i'm not aware that that had any republicans on it. so the evidence of the watergate conspiracy, i think, was mainly developed by the democratic staff. and they were not -- they were not quite so partisan as the congressman from texas who at a democratic caucus was asked, what is the theme of jack brooks? what's the theme of this article ii about agency abuse, fbi, cia, it's all so confusing. i don't understand it. he took his cigar out of it, and said the theme of this argument is we're going to get that son of a bitch out of there. but staff weren't permitted to think or speak in some ways. but there's no question that some of them were not friendly to president nixon. >> was there some pressure on the republicans in the staff because there are a number of minority members of the staff who were very disappo
, dagmar hamilton, to some extent joe woods, but i also worked closely with john davidson, john whitman and sam garrison on the republican side. but i was welcomed in both camps. i'm not sure everybody was welcome in both camps, and i think the hard core of the watergate task force, i'm not aware that that had any republicans on it. so the evidence of the watergate conspiracy, i think, was mainly developed by the democratic staff. and they were not -- they were not quite so partisan as the...
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richard, how important was john dean's testimony? >> well, it was very, very important. but to fred's litany, i would add two other things. you had to have an opposing party controlling the senate, and you had to have a judge like john sericka, who was willing to follow the evidence and to be aggressive in in not allowing his courtroom to be used to steal further cover. so i watched john dean's testimony before i was appointed to the special prosecutors' office. i saw this young man only four years older than i. i was an assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york at the time. and i saw him drone on and on in that john dean monotone for hours and hours, and i listened to the content and i absolutely couldn't believe that richard nixon, the arch-strategist, whether or not i had other opinions about him, i certainly didn't think that he would be the type of person to allow a young man, inexperienced as john dean was, to have as much authority as john dean seemed to have, according to his testimony, and certainly not to have richard nixon incriminate himsel
richard, how important was john dean's testimony? >> well, it was very, very important. but to fred's litany, i would add two other things. you had to have an opposing party controlling the senate, and you had to have a judge like john sericka, who was willing to follow the evidence and to be aggressive in in not allowing his courtroom to be used to steal further cover. so i watched john dean's testimony before i was appointed to the special prosecutors' office. i saw this young man only...
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and john was not in favor of doing that. and i remember he said it was going to create an expectation that there will be an -- and it's just not going to happen. you're going to go over there, and there's not going to be anything, and then you'll have created an expectation, and people will be drawing inferences, one bigger than another from what you didn't find, rather than focusing on the evidence that really exists. so expectation is important. obviously, it's important in the political realm too of not creating political -- but he was talking more about evidentiary expectations. >> when do you think you shifted because it's an important pivot, from being an inquiry to, when you say litigating, at a certain point he's becoming a litigator? >> at a certain point we are presenting a case. certainly when we're drafting articles of impeachment john, as you know, was reluctant. the staff never got to take any position. john was reluctant to take a position and he did not really do so until just before the vote, where he clearl
and john was not in favor of doing that. and i remember he said it was going to create an expectation that there will be an -- and it's just not going to happen. you're going to go over there, and there's not going to be anything, and then you'll have created an expectation, and people will be drawing inferences, one bigger than another from what you didn't find, rather than focusing on the evidence that really exists. so expectation is important. obviously, it's important in the political...
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john's biggest challenge wr, hes told me, was the pressure to do it fast. we ended up taking, as i said, about six months. and there were a lot of people who would want it to be done much shorter than that. but john felt that it had to be done right, that it had to be a thorough look at what the record showed, that it -- and i remember our feeling strongly that whatever conclusion we came to, it was important -- important -- that it be solid enough so that it would attract bipartisan support. and even before the smoking gun tape, we did get significant bipartisan support in the committee for the cover-up article. for some of the other articles, too, although i don't remember them as well. it wasn't what happened after the smoking gun tape came out and basically all of them supported the articles. but we -- this was a -- we wanted this to be -- john wanted this to be as i recall a constitutional process so that you could say at the end of it the constitution has a mechanism to deal with abuse of power and subversion of the constitution in a serious way, and
john's biggest challenge wr, hes told me, was the pressure to do it fast. we ended up taking, as i said, about six months. and there were a lot of people who would want it to be done much shorter than that. but john felt that it had to be done right, that it had to be a thorough look at what the record showed, that it -- and i remember our feeling strongly that whatever conclusion we came to, it was important -- important -- that it be solid enough so that it would attract bipartisan support....
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john feehery. he also joins us tonight. joan, john, what do we got? john, how do you explain this cacophony right now that's going on? all this talk about people learning how to be an american? the charges, sununu's up to this. you've got the candidate himself talking about the president being foreign in his thinking. what's that angle that we're getting? because bachmann's the ultimate case of this. >> let me first disassociate, mix these up. take them apart. michele bachmann's thing, absolutely outrageous. i know mccain was absolutely right. you have quibble, have some serious disagreements with obama's foreign policy, but you know, throwing her under the bus i think it's ridiculous and dangerous as john boehner said. i think is ridiculous and the worst thing is it's a distraction from what the campaign should be all about, which should be about the economy. now, you know, if you're talking about some of the rhetoric coming from mitt romney and others, listen. all is fair in love and war when it comes to politics. they're saying the same thing about
john feehery. he also joins us tonight. joan, john, what do we got? john, how do you explain this cacophony right now that's going on? all this talk about people learning how to be an american? the charges, sununu's up to this. you've got the candidate himself talking about the president being foreign in his thinking. what's that angle that we're getting? because bachmann's the ultimate case of this. >> let me first disassociate, mix these up. take them apart. michele bachmann's thing,...
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john mccain, whatever else you think about the rest of john mccain's career in politics, john mccain is someone who diz not fail that test of leadership when he ran for president in 2008. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him and he's not -- he's an arab. he is not -- >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen, that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all about. he's not. thank you. >> you know, john mccain's vice presidential pick sarah palin did at times in the campaign traffic in presidential conspiracy theory about barack obama, but john mccain pretty much did not. and the campaign did not. he was offered the opportunity to traffic in conspiracy theories about jeremiah wright and bill ayers and the president being a secret terrorist or secret muslim or maybe secretly foreign, and he said no. a lot of the right said yes, but the candidate himself pretty much in 2008 said no. and john mccain today in the united states senate stood up and took that same kind of moral stand again. >>
john mccain, whatever else you think about the rest of john mccain's career in politics, john mccain is someone who diz not fail that test of leadership when he ran for president in 2008. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him and he's not -- he's an arab. he is not -- >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen, that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all about. he's...
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john nichols. hey, john. how are you? >> good. peter.y and going to put you front and center as our longest subscriber. >> 150 years? i wasn't there at the very beginning. >> baseball cap now. >> hey, john eric byrnes here with bill. how are you doing? >> great brother. it's great to hear your good voice. afsme, both of you are right. >> that's a union that not only has had a long history of militancy going back to 1932 when it was founded in my home state of wisconsin one of the things is that it has historically had leadership that has erred and i am going to say it bluntly,erred left. they have not been afraid to be progressive and be way out front. now, they are the most under attack union. >> yes >>. >> in the united states. >> but you know why? >> yeah. it's because they -- it's also because afsme doesn't just defend its workers. there are some unions, you know their job is to represent its workers. afsme has a dual mission. it must defend the public sphere. it has to defend public services. they have to defend the work that nobody
john nichols. hey, john. how are you? >> good. peter.y and going to put you front and center as our longest subscriber. >> 150 years? i wasn't there at the very beginning. >> baseball cap now. >> hey, john eric byrnes here with bill. how are you doing? >> great brother. it's great to hear your good voice. afsme, both of you are right. >> that's a union that not only has had a long history of militancy going back to 1932 when it was founded in my home state of...
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it's as dangerous as john boehner said. it's a distraction from what the campaign should be all about, which should be about the economy. if you're talking about the rhetoric coming from mitt romney and others, all is fair in love and war when it comes to politics. they're saying the same thing about mitt romney. they're calling him unamerican. stephanie conner is calling him a felony. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. has anybody questioned his citizenship? >> they've questioned where he's putting all his money. [ talking at once ] >> they are questioning everything about him, yes. >> no difference between questioning a guy's tax returns and whether he's american or not. there's no difference. >> there's a difference between the rhetoric of michele bachmann which is horrible and the rhetoric -- >> let's go on here. >> john sinunu apologized for the comments and he should apologize. >> what did john sinunu say? you are saying it is so much different than what michele bachmann said, you are saying it is un-american. where doe
it's as dangerous as john boehner said. it's a distraction from what the campaign should be all about, which should be about the economy. if you're talking about the rhetoric coming from mitt romney and others, all is fair in love and war when it comes to politics. they're saying the same thing about mitt romney. they're calling him unamerican. stephanie conner is calling him a felony. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. has anybody questioned his citizenship? >> they've questioned...
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and john didn't agree with that on two counts. first of all, he was not infatuated -- this comes across in some of the reports, so on, with the notion that a president is a co-conspirator because the president has so much power that really in a conspiracy it's just one person agrees with another to do a wrongful act and then does something to further their agreement. that's not the way john thought the white house or the president worked. the president was the person in charge. these people were his agents, and he didn't see criminal conspiracy law as relevant. the other thing, though, was that he did feel, too, that impeachment because of our feeling that it was a constitutional crime but had to have the seriousness and persistence -- it had to be something more than just one event because taking a president from office is such a major event and potential blow to the country, and everyone would agree not to be done lightly, at least at the time everyone thought it should be done lightly, we said that at the time, no one thought i
and john didn't agree with that on two counts. first of all, he was not infatuated -- this comes across in some of the reports, so on, with the notion that a president is a co-conspirator because the president has so much power that really in a conspiracy it's just one person agrees with another to do a wrongful act and then does something to further their agreement. that's not the way john thought the white house or the president worked. the president was the person in charge. these people...