mccord, who is a former cia employee and now he runs his own private security.uess what else he is, an adviser to nixon's campaign. he was released on bail. i don't think this is the last we're going to hear of this story. >> it's one of the most shocking actions i think that has happened in this country in a long time. but i must say that if the legacy of years of wiretapping and snooping and violation of privacy in which the government itself has been too deeply involved. >> both democrats and republicans played with pranks and tricks all the time. the difference in watergate was that these people were foolish and they got caught. >> no one in the white house staff, no one in this administration was involved in this very bizarre incident. >> nixon said this is being investigated by the congress, by the fbi, but even more importantly i've had my own white house counsel, john dean, conduct an investigation and he has reported to me that nobody presently employed in this administration had anything to do with this. well, this is the first i heard of my investigat

. >> his partner kent mccord sharing a story about the show's influence how in the late '60s two officerst. >> they said you guys are really making it tough on us. i said, really? why? and they said because we've got to live up to your image. >> it's an image they're highlighting in the lobby of its headquarters and a dispatch farewell to a make believe officer whose impact was all too real. >> one adam 12, martin milner is in the watch. >> rob hayes reporting for abc news. >>> and so many of the speakers said that they loved the show and the show made such a difference because it was so accurate with how it portrayed police life. they used the right codes. the equipment was the same. >> oh, what? >> totally -- tried to arrest you. >> that's the news for this half hour. >>> this morning on "world news now," the coast guard's difficult decision. >> the heart break for families of 33 crew members aboard a cargo ship that disappeared during hurricane joaquin. the big development overnight. >>> explosive take-down moving in on armed smugglers ready to send nuclear weapons to isis. the frighte

ex-boyfriend, joe, had kidnapped her mother, her youngest brother bradley and her mother's boyfriend andy mccord everybody else in the city of baltimore watched the hostage drama unfold on live television. joe palczynski's long-time attorney dave henninger was at the scene immediately. >> you're live on the air, go ahead. >> joe, joe, this is dave. joe, look, i am here for you. joe, i am here to get you some help. i need you to come out, joe. i need you to come out, and i need you to release the hostages and come out as soon as you can. i need to you come out right now. i'm here for you. >> bill toohey is the spokesman for the baltimore county police department and was immediately on-site for the standoff. >> joseph palczynski and television had this -- were obsessed with one another. joe palczynski wanted television. television wanted joseph palczynski. when he started taking people hostage, the first thing he did when he went into that house was turn on the television. >> the palczynski murders, kidnappings, two-week manhunt and hostage standoff had become a media circus. >> when he was on the

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