republican politicians defect from mr. nixon in droves. the evidence against mr. nixon is in his own words, made public in his own direction. there can no longer be a charge that he was railroaded out of office by revengeful democrats or the price. questions have been answered. filling in gaps in the transcripts only make the case stronger. , ande you were president possessed of normal standards of honesty. one of your assistance comes in the office and says mr. president, you are member the burglary at the watergate -- we are spending your campaign money to take your the families of the men caught in a burglary, and to pay the legal fees. what would you say? what would you do? would you examine all your options? say that would be perfectly legal? or would you say something like this -- that money was raised to reelect the president of the united states. nobody in this office is going to use it to support berg were -- burglary.ewers to finde do not have him guilty of a crime to find him unfit for this high office. what what i have done if i had learned that funds g

mr. nixon did these things, every other president has engaged in some of the same conduct to some degree. democracy may is be eroded by degree. its survival will be determined by the degree to which we will tolerate those subtle in the name of what is right. our laws and constitution must be more than a pious wish, more than a santa maria's recital of what we should prefer and not insist upon because we are more than craftsmen who hammer out a just leash and for the benefit of the people of this country we are the keepers of the flame, the symbol of the nation's ideal. the unfortunate things about this process as there are some that would have you believe the white house has been under unfair assault aided by the liberal press. i happen to think some of the greatest wounds are those that are self-inflicted. i say that because i'm thinking of the valuable doctrines that have been tainted because they have been invoked for the wrong reasons. they have been dealt a serious blow for evermore becaus

. >> i think mr. nixon is an effective leader of his party. i hope he would grant me the same.uestion before us is which point of view and which party do we want to lead the united states. >> mr. nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? >> i have no comment. >> if you are live on television and there is a camera right here there is no place to hide. once you see a guy sweating when asked a question, are you sure he is the leader for you? >> that's the question before the american people and only you can decide what you want, what you want this country to be, what you want to do with the future. i think we're ready to move. >> if you saw it on television, clearly kennedy won that debate. >> gentlemen, thank you very much for permitting us to present the next president of the united states on this unique program. >> it was the beginning of a new form of political craftsmanship. you could structure the message appropriately for the tv camera you could have a huge impact. if you couldn't, you were toast. >> i would like to give a welcome to the senator from massachusetts

it has often been said that even if mr. nixon did these things, every other president has engaged in some of the same conduct to some degree. but the answer is democracy may be eroded by degree. its survival will be determined by the degree to which we will tolerate those subtle subversions in the name of what is right. our laws and constitution must be more than a pious wish, more than a sanctimonious recital of what we should prefer and not insist upon because we are more than craftsmen who hammer out a just solution for the benefit of the people of this country. we are the keepers of the flame, the symbol of the nation's ideal. one of the unfortunate things about this process as there are some that would have you believe the white house has been under unfair assault aided by the liberal press. i happen to think some of the greatest wounds are those that are self-inflicted. i say that because i'm thinking of the valuable doctrines that have been tainted because they have been invoked for the wrong reasons. they have been dealt

would on the basis of henry ifsinger making the request, mr. nixon refused to take this action to protect the united states by ordering these for one, would vote to impeach him for that refusal of his constitutional duties and responsibilities. in closing, mr. chairman, let me say that i think we ought to give some serious consideration to exactly what we are doing here. nixon was elected by 47 million people of these united states to be the president of the united states. heard, and on what i have heard today, i cannot and removet bring myself to -- to vote to remove that choice of 47 million people and impeach richard nixon, president of the united states. any timeman, if i have left, i yield the balance of my time. >> the gentleman has 30 seconds remaining. >> let me just complete my comments concerning the national security. the threat was compounded by the fact that mr. ellsberg was a former staff member of the national security council itself prospect that he might divulge additional information, the realization that the soviet government has a

question did we ask rec and park for any comment on july 29th of 993 there was a letter directed to mr. nixon from tim assistant to t to the general manager they expressed two things one was used and the other regarding the telegraph hill boulevard i'm wondering why we didn't ask rec and park for some comment on this. >> there's not on rec and park property there are many buildings but we don't ask rec and park comment on i that's an unacceptable answer we have a letter already on a different project on the same site now we're saying theory not important enough to talk to about something they've written a letter about you don't have to answer. in photograph 1 it includes the project capital p the nomination with no expansion of the building envelope this is something that commissioner johnson ways wondering about two if the project includes the restoration of the cottage why are there noted plans 90 in our packet and how, we approve this without the plans of recreation and restoration if it's part of the project. >> sxhifks e commissioner hillis. >> can we go going going back book to the diag

question did we ask rec and park for any comment on july 29th of 993 there was a letter directed to mr. nixon from tim assistant to t to the general manager they expressed two things one was used and the other regarding the telegraph hill boulevard i'm wondering why we didn't ask rec and park for some comment on this. >> there's not on rec and park property there are many buildings but we don't ask rec and park comment on i that's an unacceptable answer we have a letter already on a different project on the same site now we're saying

mr. nixon's personal involvement in efforts to misuse in political purposes violation of civil rights is clearly documented in event that the meeting between the president, mr. harlem, and mr. dean. there is no question there was some discussion as to how they were going to get the irs to institute investigations of mr. enemies.olitical some of the efforts have not been made available to this committee. the transcripts do not include the last 17 minutes of this meeting. yet mr. dean has testified that there was atime specific discussion about the plan to use irs for these purposes. the justice has listened to the entire tape and has announced in they do indeed. he has made those minutes restraint under the put on him by the court of u.s. appeals he has been unable to provide them. mr. nixon has not made this tape available to us despite his protestations that he intends to go are a fully with our investigation. we can only use the evidence we have. , john dean's testimony clearly indicates ther

. >> i think mr. nixon is an effective leader of his party. i hope he would grant me the same.ion before us is which point of view and which party do we want to lead the united states. >> mr. nixon do you have a comment on that statement? >> i have no comment. >> if you are live on television and there is a camera right here there is no place to hide. once you see a guy sweating when asked a question, are you sure he is the leader for you? >> that the question before the american people and only you can decide what you want this country to be and what you want to do with the future. i think we're ready to move. >> if you saw it on television, clearly kennedy won that debate. >> it was the beginning of a new form of political craftsmanship. you could structure the message appropriately for the tv camera you were in and if you couldn't, you were toast. >> please give a warm hand to mr. john kennedy. >> may i ask you a tough question right off the bat? >> whether i'm democrat or republican? >> television was now the medium that mattered. it wasn't before 1960 and it was every day

mr. nixon got a second chance.ou think -- what are the odds -- shouldn't say that. >> it's okay. connell: what are the odds of -- >> 6-1. connell: there you go! 6-1, pete rose making headlines, the odds of being inducted into the baseball hall of fame? >> i came are in '63. five years after the first guy went into the hall of fame might have been stan musial, i either played with or against, i know a little about the hall of fame and respect the guys who made the hall of fame. connell: of course. >> every person in his or her sport should want to make the hall of fame. if i ever have the honor, i'll be the happiest guy in the world. i'm the one who screwed up, don't sit on your show and whine because i'm not in the hall of fame. connell: do you have the speech ready? what would you focus on in cooperstown. >> thank you for all of you for being there. i had a similar situation when i broke the record september 11th, 1985, because i got a nine minute standing ovation. connell: i remember. >> what happens in the nine

nixon against the united states. mr. jaworski, there has been a request for additional time. the court then set additional time of one-and-a half hours, i understand. >> that's correct, sir. >> it'll be allowed to each side and we will not interrupt the argument with any recess. we'll go right through until you're fin

nixon against the united states. mr. jaworski, there has been a request for additional time. the court then set additional time of one-and-a half hours, i understand. >> that's correct, sir. >> it'll be allowed to each side and we will not interrupt the argument with any recess. we'll go right through until you're finished. >> thank you, sir. >> you may proceed whenever you're ready, mr. jaworski. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court. on march 1 last, united states district court grand jury, set it here, returned an indictment against seven defendants charging various offenses including among them a conspiracy to defraud the united states and also to obstruct justice. john mitchell, one of the defendants, was a former attorney general of the united states and also chairman of the committee to reelect the president. another, h.r. haldeman, was the president's chief of staff. another, john ehrlichman, was assistant to the president for economic -- for domestic affairs. the others were either on the president's staff or held responsible positions on the reelection co

mr. president. >> there's nixon at his strangest. he did it when he resigned, compared the loss of the presidency to the loss of a daughter. saying the best moment joe biden and his wife shared was winning a senate seat. something about the supremacy with which he views politics in life. >> it does show the more human side of nixon when you listen to that on the call to joe biden. nixon constantly liked other politicians. as much as he wanted to destroy them. he was the ultimate "hardball" blood sport political pro. won two huge elections, 68 and 72. he was willing to break the law. willing to abuse power. that's why he's such a disturbing figure. how he dealt with the middle east and the like. when it comes to most of the time he just goes after people with a tomahawk. he's a bully. >> here is one of his favorite fascinations, jfk. here is what he had to say here about jack kennedy. his rivalry was through the 50s and 60s. influenced nixon well after the assassination of kennedy. he discusses the public's favorable perception of ken

. >> reporter: in july of 1973 the senate watergate committee cornered richard nixon. >> mr. of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> reporter: nixon's ovaffl oice had a secret recording system. >> play it tough. that's the way they play it. >> reporter: the tape suggested a criminal conspiracy that reached the president. in august of 1974 as impeachment loomed, nixon resigned in disgrace. now 40 years later, these same recordings are redefining nixon's legacy. >> from 1971 to 1973 nixon's tape recorder captured 3,700 hours of conversations at the white house and camp david. in their new book "the nixon tapes," douglas brinkley and luke brick ter revealed why many of these discussions for the first time revealed discussions for the first time. cbs's historian douglas brinkley. good morning. this is a big book. >> the transcripts piled up a mile high. we tried to whittle them down. what mattered in a hi tore cal view and to tell his personality. >> tell us the most important revelation you've seen and heard

watergate committee heard a bombshell from white house aid alexander butterfield and richard nixon was cornered. >> mr installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes sir. >> nixon's oval office had a secret recording system. the tapes suggested a criminal conspiracy that reached the president. >> in august 1974 as impeachment loomed nixon resigned in disgrace. >> now, 40 years later the same recordings are redefining mix son's legacy. >> and here we have this unique presidential record of 3,700 hours and only around five to seven percent have ever been transcribed and for a historian this is a gold mine. >> luke, an associate professor of history at texas a & m has dusted off a library of nixon tapes in the national archives. they are part private conversations and deliberations they are the policy-making process in real-time. nixon thought he was making history and he wanted to record that history. >> transcribing that history took necter 10 years some tapes are much easier to understand than others. >> a lot of the days and nights

that witness was former nixon white house aide, alexander butterfield, who revealed this. >> mr.ow, from your own personal knowledge, from 1970 then, until the present time, all of the president's conversations in the office, as mentioned, and on the telephone, as mentioned, were recorded? as far as you know? >> that's correct. >> you certainly recognize the questioner. it was fred thompson, 2008 republican presidential candidate, and former "law & order" actor. he was then chief council to the republican minority in the watergate investigation. the former nixon aide testified that the president had ordered the secret service to covertly bug the white house oval office, the cabinet room, and several other spaces and telephones, all used by the president. after the testimony, tv cameras rushed the chief counsel, who explained why the revelation of the existence of these nixon tapes was so crucial. >> mr. dean testified quite extensively, to particular meetings, that he had with the president, which goes to the question of knowledge by the president of the so-called cover-up. >> th

nixon missing tape. e-mails don't disappear. mr. koskinen has been less than truthful. e quoting the liberal george washington law professor who says that barack obama is the president that richard nixon always wanted to be. i think that's a little insulting to richard nixon. hopefully we'll get to the bottom of the e-mail debacle and we'll find out what was said by the senior irs officials and get to the bottom of this truly all of awful scandal. >> got to wrap it there. have a great day. >>> a line of powerful storms spawning some very dangerous weather with folks caught right in the thick of it all. >> i saw it come by. it looked like a big white cloud coming by. you couldn't see. it was that heavy. >> what exactly was it? and is more severe weather on the way? we're live with that story. >>> a new reality show where real life couples get married but here's the hook. they've never seen each other. a team of experts use extreme scientific match making to make sure they are compatible in every possible way and then they get hitched. that brings us to our facebook questi

mr. obama. 28% said george w. bush. 13% said richard nixon. the same poll found when asked what if republican mitt romney had become president 45% said the nation would be better off. 38% said worse off. 10% said the same. now white house officials are hoping to get a boost tomorrow when job numbers for june coming a day early because of the fourth of july holiday. the economy slaing by 2.9 in the first quarter. >> tough news. ed henry on the north lawn. now to a middle east that's a proverbial tinder box. israel said nine mortar shells were launched into its territory from gaza. the murder of three teenage israelis was followed by a murder of a palestinian teen. john huddy is in jerusalem again tonight. >> reporter: israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at hundreds of palestinian rioters in east jerusalem today as they slung fist size rocks back. police say 16-year-old mohamed's badly burned body was found dumped in a jerusalem forest after several men reportedly shoved him into a vehicle this morning. the boy's mother said sh

mr. obama is abusing his power. you said president's like nixon abused power aggressively.o criminals and planned immigration crime. if you made those accusations against sammy obama having the same facts you have against barack obama you would lose a huge defamation lawsuit. you need proof, man. you have none. that's why investigations are taking place. saw brit hume nimbly evade your question for who he would pick for secretary of state, hillary clinton. you criticize president obama for playing golf. you subject us to the friv olity of jesse waters. it's always a serious undertone to waters world. o'reilly if you really think the people waters talked with around harvard were putting him on. you grossly underestimate the pinheadedness of the general public. jesse's reputation as a roguish scallywag precedes him. the folks were putting him on. i need to know if you and miller will be in dallas. looks like we'll be there march 14th. tickets not on sale yet, but that's the date we think we're going to have. we hope to see you in the show. we hope everyone is coming in the da

mrs. ford asked me when she interviewed me for the job, because i was closing up anne's office after president nixon resigned and i got a telephone call from another colleague saying, maria, mrs. ford is looking for social secretary. i said, give me a couple of days because i have some other things i have to take care of. thinking because part of my job with anne was to recommend people for presidential appointments. so i thought, ok, i'll start talking with people and come up with names. my friend said, no, i am talking about you. i said, lord, no. i do not know where to begin with that job. he said, it is too late. your name is in the hopper. with that, a few days later i got a call from mrs. ford asking me if i wanted to be considered. and i said yes. then it was interesting because she'd been in washington, she knew everything that went on. she said one of the questions that she interviewed me three separate times. each time for three hours. she knew exactly what the position entailed, what she was looking for. in fact, much later on she said to me, if i ever come back to the white house as othe

nixon against the united states. mr. jaworski, there has been a request for additional time. the court then set additional time of one-and-a half hours, i understand. >> that's correct, sir. >> it'll be allowed to each side and we will not interrupt the argument with any recess. we'll go right through until you're finished. >> thank you, sir. >> you may proceed whenever you're ready, mr. jaworski. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court. on march 1 last, united states district court grand jury, set it here, returned an indictment against seven defendants charging various offenses including among them a conspiracy to defraud the united states and also to obstruct justice. john mitchell, one of the defendants, was a former attorney general of the united states and also chairman of the committee to reelect the president. another, h.r. haldeman, was the president's chief of staff. another, john ehrlichman, was assistant to the president for economic -- for domestic affairs. the others were either on the president's staff or held responsible positions on the reelection co

mr. lacovara. the case is submitted. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] listening to the oral arguments from july 8, 1974. the case of united states versus nixon. is evanfrom us new york davis. thank you for being here. as the oralback arguments and unanimous decision written by the chief justices is, what was the significance of that? >> as a lawyer, i have to say this is one of the top 10 decisions the supreme court of the united states has ever made. is right up there with marbury versus madison. indeed, it sites marbury versus madison. it is a very fundamental decision and its principal holding is that no man, person, as above law. basic conclusion. quickly to go over the four issues i mentioned earlier, the court held that it did have jurisdiction, the court held that it was a totally proper dispute for the court to decide. the court held that the rule, the law governing subpoenas of type had been complied with and the court held that there was no absolute executive privilege, that there was a need for balancing and that it would forppropriate for the need the criminal case to outweigh the interest of the president in the confidentiality

mr. you have any discussion with him in respect to this payment for attorney fees? absolutely not. and did the president saying to you about that? no sir. previous occasion discussed with president nixon the fact that money was being paid to these defendants? no sir. man to mitchell was the which leroux turned for permission to pay the last $75,000. the testimony,m and whether was on the 20th of the 21st of march is not -- of -- march, i'm sorry. it's not totally clear. mr. leroux had come to his office and asked his authorization to pay the $75,000. mr. dean told him he wasn't dealing with money matters, and he would have to talk to mitchell. in the conversation with mitchell, leroux told mitchell that the more money was needed $35,000, --ys fees, $75,000, and another some for the maintenance of the family of mr. hunt while he was in prison. the total amount was rejected. and a figure of $75,000 was approved by mitchell. with the assurance that it was for attorney's fees. mitchell's testimony that he did not talk this over with the president, the president didn't know. and then going to dean's conversation with the president immediately following, which was the first time the preside

> karl rove is right about one thing, richard nixon did put his white house secret service in weird marching band like uniforms pictured there. i dare say mr. rove remisplaces what mr. obama may be thumbing his nose at. joining me is michael steele and howard dean. >> governor and lieutenant governor -- >> i love it. so much in common and yet so little in common. >> michael steele, let me start with you, the highway trust fund, is this a good idea for republicans to litigate and be preparing a lawsuit so close to the midterm elections? do you think this helps? >> my own view is i don't think it does. i think it becomes a distraction from some broader and more important arguments that congress could make about the president's agenda, certainly given the revision downward of the forecast for the economic growth -- >> the jobs thing. i think there is a lot more meat and substance for the party to go after. but i understand the politics of this. we're into that foggy hazy crazy day of summer in washington. where this type of distraction is what everybody wants because it takes a lot of pressure off of actually getting anything done. >> well, g

nixon? >> not carter. >> no, definitely not carter. >> i don't know. >> it's carter. >> i think it's a serious mistake. >> they said his name weird, mr. a carter fan just by looking at you. >> what are you looking at, popeye. >> what is that right there? >> jfk. >> what does that stand for? >> idiot. >> who's that? >> goober? >> dwight eisenhower. >> who are you? one of the mental patients? >> fdr. do you know who that stands for? >> franklin roosevelt. >> no. i honestly did not know that. >> what is he famous for. >> isn't there a famous building? >> abraham lincoln. my favor president. >> >> few f yif you were a pres you'd be babraham lincoln. >> who's that? >> taft. >> taft. >> who's that? >> bush senior. >> that hurts, man. >> there you go again. >> this is ronald reagan. he was wonderful, yes. >> what's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear ronald reagan? >> he was an actor. >> bonzo. >> what's his favorite line? >> the broccoli? >> i do not like broccoli. >> nixon? >> is she right? >> oh, my god. that is so embarrassing. my parents, if they see this. >> have you ever watched "the o'reilly factor?" >> all the time

nixon was the conspiracy. that is not enough, we concede, a claim of executive as mr. st. cause claire says, he's still the position to in a invoke executive privilege. where we said we must bear an evidentiary burden to the of the court is on drawing the nexus between the conversations and the conclusively determined pri many, a facia case in which the member.nt was a we made that showing to judge sirika. before the is court. he found there was that nexus. under sealere placed reflects that he did make the showing. >> that showing or such a could, arguably be made whether or not the grand jury had named the president. could it not? sir, it could have been made as an evidentiary matter. --did we say it was >> pardon me? >> isn't it your position that it was independent of the naming president? unindicted -- >> yes, the evidence that was judge sirika we submit would be sufficient to make that showing. it's not legally necessary. we did not have to make -- we did not have to prove a in effect prove the whole case that may take three months to try in order to defeat claim of

nixon. not carter. no, definitely not. i don't know. >> it's carter. >> i think it was a serious mistake. >> they said his name weird. jimmy carter. >> mr.ot a carter fan. >> just by looking at you. >> what are you looking at popeye? >> who's that right there? >> jfk. >> that's jfk. >> what's that stand for? >> idiot. >> who's that? >> hoover. >> dwight eisenhower. >> who are you, one of the mental patients? >> fdr. >> do you know what that stands for? >> franklin roosevelt. >> no, i honestly did not know that. >> what's he most famous for? >> isn't there a famous building named after him? >> that's lincoln. my boy. >> my favorite president. >> if you were a president, you'd be beabraham lincoln. >> who's that? taft. >> taft. >> theodore roosevelt. >> who's that? >> bush sr. >> oh, that hurts, man. >> there you go again. >> this is ronald reagan. he was wonderful. >> what's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear ronald reagan? >> wasn't he an actor? >> he cared about this country. >> what's his most famous line? >> the broccoli. no, that's george bush. >> i do not like broccoli. >> is that nixon? >> is she right? >> oh, my

opponents that president nixon had when he was running for president and his first major opponent was president kennedy. so chris and i had a wonderful career for our dinner with mrs. lincoln, and as she had more glasses of wine, she told more stories and i was more than happy in the book turkey tomorrow. which is exploited she shared about senator john f. kennedy, when he was running against richard nixon, she told me that senator kennedy was often plagued by laryngitis and he would did to losing his voice and get a sore throat. she had a suggestion and said why don't you call the senator and see if he has any kind of memory. so you have to be older than i do know who he was. but in the 50s and 60s one of the most prominent members of the senate, he was the republican leader from illinois, he had a shock of white hair and he had an interesting beautiful voice that was so beautiful and they got him to make a couple of albums where he spoke the words and 18 grammy for it. and he always spoke like this he called everyone my good boy. so he calls and says i'm on the campaign trail and i keep losing my voice and do you have any suggestions and is there anything that i

mr. true truman. >> the buck stops here? >> i'll turn this damn bus around. >> harry? >> harry truman. >> that's what i just said. i swear. >> who said "the buck stops here"? >> dunno. >> dunno? >> i don't know. >> nixon. >> what did he do in life? >> he was the president. >> oh, my god. i feel stupid. >> this certainly comes as shock to me. >> who did harry truman bomb, do you remember that? >> i'm going to say it. russia. >> no, japan. >> speak softly and carry a big -- >> speak softly and carry a big -- >> frame? >> speak softly but carry a big -- >> stick? >> excellent. do you know who said that? >> roosevelt. >> which one? >> teddy. >> very good. >> that is exactly who i mean. >> carry a big stick. >> put a quarter in the square jar. >> i don't remember. >> teddy roosevelt. >> what are you so mad about? >> there's nothing to fear but -- >> fear itself? >> who said that? >> i just did. >> edgar allen poe? >> fdr. >> very good. >> a house divided against itself cannot stand. >> um -- >> lincoln? >> lincoln? i don't know. >> you got it. >> embarrassingly enough i haven't heard that one. >> never heard of that? >> no, rub it in. >> who did lincoln free? >> oh, the slaves? >> are you sure? >> not sure

mr. flug. >> as you know, i am like you, a watergate junkie. and there are a lot of us around. i agree with you that it wasn't destined that nixon would get caught and taken out of office. it might not have happened but for a series of like the happenstance, and having the right people in the right places at the right time. so i agree with you on a lot. i'm still troubled about the gerald ford question, because the first one who tried to do something about stopping the watergate investigations was gerald ford when the first and investigations started in the house. >> how else do you think he became vice president? >> that's going to be my bottom line question. do you think that he was -- that it was a deal somewhere along the line? i know many people have looked at it, including the board of directors of the "profiles in courage" award which awarded that honor to joe ford, came out and decided -- gerald ford, that which he said should win the day that when he helped the country avoid a protracted fight. but do you think there may be more that we don't know? >> i don't think so, jim. the question is, was there a deal? and it was

nixon had when he was running for president. and, of course, his first major opponent was president kennedy. chris and i had a wonderful three or four hour dinner with mrscoln who, as she had more glasses of wine, she told more stories -- [laughter] and i was more than happy in the book to repeat them all. but just a very quick story that she shared about senator john f. kennedy. when he was running against vice president richard nixon, she told me that senator kennedy was often plagued by laryngitis, and he would get, he'd lose his voice, and he'd get a sore throat. and she had a suggestion. she said why don't you call senator dirksen and see if he has any kind of memory. now, you have to be older than i to know who that was, but back in the '50s and '60s, he was the republican leader this the senate. he was a big, tall, lanky senator from illinois, had a shock of white hair, and he had the most mill flewous -- mellifluous to voice of anybody in american history. his voice was so beautiful, they got him to make a couple of albums where he spoke the words to patriotic song, and he won a grammy for it. and he always spoke like this, my dear boy. he calle

nixon white house tapes. a new book reveals the president's surprising feelings about a lot of subjects. bill plante is at the white house this morning. mr to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. they combed through 37 hours of audiotapes to find these nuggets. many views are antiquated and offensive, but there are a few surprises. in 1971 richard nixon claimed he was sympathetic to the gay people. >> they have a problem. they're born that way. that's all. i think they are. >> reporter: but nixon's tolerance still had its limits. >> boy scout leaders, ymca leaders and others, bring them in that direction and teachers. and if you look over the history of societies you will find, of course, that some of the highly intelligent people, oscar wild, air for air is stopple, et cetera, were all homosexuals. >> reporter: nixon also revealed his views on women who curse. >> a man drunk and man who swears, people will tolerate and say that's a sign of masculinity or something other than that. we all do it. we all swear. but you show me a girl who swears and u'll show you an awful unattractive person. >> the audio clips were released by "vanity fa

mr. president, i would yield the floor. >> 40 years ago the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. american history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. this weekend the house judiciary committee as it considers impeachment of the president and the charge of abuse of power. >> what you have here, are questions about what the framers had in mind, questions about whether the activities that had been found out by the committee and by the senate watergate committee were indeed impeachable. and thirdly can we prove that richard nixon knew about them and even authorized them? >> watergate, 40 years later, sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on american history tv, on c-span3. . . >> i thought it would be compelling to tell the story of a white family in the back -- black, with the same name who come from the same place and all of them from slavery through the civil war, reconstruction, jim crow, the civil rights movement up until today. and compare and contrast. >> author chris tomlinson on his family's slave owning history in texas and how the legacy still affects americans on. he talked with the brother of former nfl running bac

mr. mcdonald's entire confirmation hearing on our website c-span.org. >>> forty years ago the watergate led to the only resignation of an american president. revisiting 1974 and final weeks of the nixon administration. the committee as it considers impeachment of the president and charges of abuses of power. >> what you have here are questions about what the framers had in mind, questions about whether the activities that had been found out by the committee and by the senate watergate committee were, indeed, impeachable. thirdly, can we prove richard nixon knew about them and even authorized them. >> watergate 40 years later sunday night 8:00 eastern. >>> a new report on the current threats and homeland security challenges. this comes 10 years after the commission issued its recommendations for reforming u.s. intelligence community in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack. following remarks from members of the commission, we hear from the chair of the house homeland security committee milk make mccall from texas. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for coming today. we appreciate you being here. i am the director of the homeland security project at the bip

mr. serrano: this has very little to do with a bowling alley or not the picture of president nixon bowling at the white house. by is about this desire republicans and by the tea party segment of republicans in some cases, to make barack obama seem . ke an illegitimate president his presidency has been questioned on and on. questions about his birth place and what he said his religion was and questions about whether he was old enough to be president. there has been questions about everything. now these petty attacks continue. this is a nonissue. this is a nonstarter. first of all, this was about fixing up a bowling alley that as been there forever. i don't think the people really spend a lot of time concerned about the fact that all presidents, and i mean all presidents, are not allowed to pick up and go to the local place to have a beer or have -- bowl a game of bowling or whatever. and so this is not an issue that we should be dealing with. but what's important about it is that g.s.a. furthermore has canceled the project. the federal contract was pulled on july 9. so i'm sure that the oth

nixon, ronald reagan, george herbert walker bush and george w. bush, all of these former administrators said climate change requires action now and it should not be a partisan issue. mr. president, i ask rhetorically when did the environment become a partisan issue? when i first got into politics, it was a while ago but it was completely bipartisan. we -- we addressed this issue together because the health of the american people, the ability to go to work and breathe clean air and not have an asthma attack or a heart attack, the desire to make sure your kids were swimming in safe, clean water and they were drinking clean water, this wasn't partisan. now, the latest thing we know -- and this is critical to put in the record at this time -- is that when you clean up dirty, filthy carbon pollution, you also make sure that the air is cleaner to breathe. this is critical. that's why the administration's plan is going to lead to healthier communities. we can't afford to sit around here debating whether climate change is real. we can't afford that. all we wanted to say is in this resolution and all senator klobuchar says is climate change is happening, the experts are telli

mr. nixon's personal involvement in efforts to misuse for political purposes in violation of civil rights is clearly documented in event that occurred. in the meeting between the president, mr. harlem, and mr. dean. there is no question there was some discussion as to how they were going to get the irs to institute investigations of mr. nixon's political enemies. some of the efforts have not been made available to this committee. the transcripts do not include the last 17 minutes of this meeting. yet mr. dean has testified that during that time there was a specific discussion about the plan to use irs for these purposes. the justice has listened to the entire tape and has announced in open court they do indeed. he has made those minutes available. under the restraint put on him by the court of u.s. appeals he has been unable to provide them. mr. nixon has not made this portion of the tape available to us despite his protestations that he intends to go are a -- to cooperate fully with our invest