kobak in 1969. illegal activities that kind of come together and the watergate burglary when five people are arrested in the democratic headquarters, then you've got an investigation. you have a thread on the sock is going to pull it down. and all of this is connected. >> guest: well, you know what was interesting is chuck colson reported his reaction, nixon's reaction that first weekend, which i think is true, but nixon was wise enough to walk it back. and colson, who only colson could quote himself as here's a, said he could remember what nixon had told him that weekend when they talked, the weekend of the 18th and 19th of june of 1972. but he did know what his staff had told him. he had told them. so that the meter they made it inadmissible hearsay, and he said he told his staff that nixon was so angry to learn that the committee was involved in this he would've thrown an ashtray across the room. well, you know, that isn't a surprising reaction to. >> host: so did nixon know about the watergate b