within a monkeywrench, the lyndon johnston piece initiative. rumored.always nixon d knighted at the time to lyndon johnston, -- nixon d knighted at first to lyndon johnson. aboutcer: on a book richard nixon into his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way the team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical, burnt out fbi agents who work supervised by president nixon's staff who just wanted to be -- as they said "the cap that brought the dead mouse to the ." sident's door announcer: sunday night on q&a. >> all month, we are featuring our studentcam winners in c-span's video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year, students told us the most urgent issue for the president and congress. our second prize high school winner is from silver spring, maryland. abigail is a student at montgomery high school. her documentary on islamaphobia is entitled "the crisis and the fear." >> the syrian refugee crisis has been in the news for a really long time. and my cousins are refugees from iraq. and i have heard their stories

reassure them and essay don't worry we have had a lot of crazy presidents in modern history and lyndon johnston-- lyndon johnson's aides used to argue about whether he was manic-depressive or clinically paranoid. jfk and nixon took psychotropic drugs and so yes, presidents at the very moment where they should feel affirmed and confident that the american public has put them in the seat of power often they are gremlins-- their insecurities come out instead and so nixon was walking the halls talking to the paintings and doing a lot of crazy things and so watergate. so, yes, we have survived a lot of crazy presidents already, so of course we will survive one more. host: do you think donald trump can quote unquote drain the swamp or change washington culture? guest: i think it's up in the air. you know, he has a-- has appointed a lot of people sort of that from the swamp, but it remains to be seen whether lied to kennedy, you know, they appointed joe kennedy to the securities and exchange commission because he was a fox in the hen house. he knew because he had broken the rules himself how to catch

within a monkeywrench, the lyndon johnston piece initiative.ored.always nixon d knighted at the time to lyndon johnston, -- nixon d knighted at first to lyndon johnson. aboutcer: on a book richard nixon into his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way the team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical, burnt out fbi agents who work supervised by president nixon's staff who just wanted to be -- as they said "the cap that brought the dead mouse to the president's door