and if you really look at it, if that's true, macgregor is deceased now and you get from mitchell is gone, nixon is gone. but if you look at that point, there is a time in your tapes, it shows which is kind of go full blast with the cover-up. they are going to cover. now, you say the 1970 houston plan didn't concern nixon but i think it did and -- >> guest: he approved it. >> host: but this may 23 tape, and i really thought this was interesting because this houston plan is clearly illegal. everyone knows it's illegal. and nic sims approved it, and on this tape nixon says i ordered that the use any means necessary, including illegal means. nixon is telling this to his chief of staff at the time, al haig -- >> guest: and he quickly says the president of the united states can never admit that. of course, he just had. and so clearly that was one of -- my whole view of this is, this is a matrix. you have a whole series of activities that mr. kobak in 1969. illegal activities that kind of come together and the watergate burglary when five people are arrested in the democratic headquarters,

simon macgregor wood, al jazeera. >> the united nations is condemning the islamic state group. >> after a video surfaced showing fighters marching 100 captured syrian soldiers to their death. the victims were reportedly slashed and shot. we have more from rullah amin in beirut. >> the obvious 7 tore for human rights said 120 soldiers were executed in the past 24 hours. it's a very large number. it's not the first time that the islamic state execute soldiers and prisoners but it is a large number. it happened after the islamic state was able to take over a military air bass in raqqa profess. 500 people were killed as the islamic state was trying to take it over from the government. when they did, they captured a large number of soldiers and killed many as well. this kind of acts are creating fear, fear in not only the civilian population in that area, but, also, even among regime forces. >> rick ozzie nelson is a fellow for stattegic and international studies, rick, welcome. >> hi, john. thank you for having me on. >> what message do you think is the islamic state trying to sends or send