. >> mr. nixonsays nothing about how he would attain it. >> at this point, the war is continuing at as hot a pace as it has ever been. more troops are being killed every week than at any time in the course of the war. >> this weekend the enemy stepped up attacks throughout south vietnam. >> we knew that we would not be able to influence the republicans on vietnam. so, we wanted to put massive pressure on the democrats. i didn't think anything could happen with vietnam without that challenge. ♪ >> this is a cbs news campaign '68 convention special. what's going to happen in chicago? on this eve of the beginning of the 35th democratic national convention, chicago is nearly security-tight. perhaps the heaviest security ever provided for a political gathering in the free world. >> the police, several thousand of them, are now deployed. soldiers have arrived in chicago and are standing by. >> for the convention, the plan was to have a mass anti-war demonstration and a mass countercultural festival. we ga

mr. nixon will make a better president than mr. eisenhower. the reason i say that is that mr. nixon has trained for this job. brian: it did not work so well for the prediction. tyler: no. two presidential elections he has been wrong on. dari,is one later in the i think it is early 1968, and he predicts that, if nixon is nominated, he will lose. but he just predicts that in the diary. as far as i know, it did not appear in the column or on the radio. brian: he did say this -- i have already come to the conclusion that ike has no guts. why didn't you like eisenhower? tyler: i have no idea. in 1951, we were in europe together. and he sought out ike. we talked for a while. that was the only time i think i ever personally met eisenhower. i was a freshman in college. so it was a personal relationship. but as a president, he didn't do what drew would have liked to have done. i don't think there was one specific thing. maybe mccarthy. it is a lot of people criticized ike for not taking after mccarthy. think, had the i opinion that, the more he went after mccarthy, it just picked him up

[video clip] >> i've predicted that mr. nixon will become president of the united states within approximately a year. i think mr. nixon will make a better president than mr. eisenhower. the reason i say that is that mr. nixon has trained for this job. [end video clip] -- it did not work out did not work out so well for him on that prediction. tyler: no. two presidential elections he has been wrong on. there is one later in the diary, where it is -- i think it is early 1968, and he predicts that, if nixon is nominated, he will lose. but he just predicts that in the diary. as far as i know, it did not appear in a column or on the radio. brian: in 1964 in the diary, he did say this -- i have already come to the conclusion that ike has no guts. why didn't he like eisenhower? tyler: that's a very good question. him in 1951. we were in europe together. and he sought out ike. we talked for a while. that was the only time i think i ever personally met eisenhower. i was a freshman in college. so, there was a personal relationship. but as

you taught -- -- you tell a story about mrs. nixon. mr. xon showed little interest -- craig: that was from jim holy. he told me this story and i just thought it was two wonderful to leave out. it is not germane to the story, but it is a good backdrop to the story. she was laying there and she was pleading. tell nancy i wish i could have been there for her. and then she recovered. she waswhole time laying there suffering from a heat stroke, she is -- next -- nixon is talking about college football. she recovers and they go to the andand he goes to the door sits down and leaves his wife to fend for herself. brian: did jim really think that represented how richard nixon was to his wife on a regular basis? craig: i don't know. i did not ask him that. brian: later on in the book -- miffed atnow he was hillary clinton for not attending his wife's funeral when hillary was first lady. hold ase instead to fundraiser for a female democratic candidate to the white house. 2006 -- u write, "in craig: a hundred billion dollars. brian: is that the real cr

i wonder, here's china, our buddy, mr. nixonthem into the world community of nations. they're the ones ginning the pollutants that are causing global warming and they're not prompt missing to stop. they're promising to consider it. if we're going to try to, quote, save the earth, which is ridiculous goal. saving the earth -- the earth is not danger of being lost. if we're going to save the earth, china has to sign on in a huge way. india has to sign on. they're not doing it. all the burden comes on the american worker. chatted about this before and you mentioned epa. i was formed under richmond -- riched nixon, but water streams -- that was a teddy roosevelt type of approach. want clean air and clean water and 3#%oyñ÷ sky to look beautifl but i don't want people being terrifiedgmç and the governmentd long-term giant powers of the ordinary american in order to quote, save the planet. i'm more worried about saving political freedom. that is to me the real thing we're in danger of losing. >> i talked to nebraska senator on fox busi

. >> i think mr. nixon is an effective leader of his party. i hope he would grant me the same. question 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 really 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 bee, what you want to do with the future. i think we're ready to move. >> if you saw it on television, clearly kennedy had 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. and if you couldn't, you were toast. >> i'd like you to give a real tonight welcome

butterfield's other assignments was the nixon account, to really like her and so it goes up and says mrs. nixon, the president has this list of five for the state dinner, do you want -- he thinks you might want to do the same thing. you must be kidding. he said no, that is what he does, and wanted to know, no, i would like to meet everyone. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> great question. no, i don't -- not to my knowledge, i think you always have doubts, you circle back, but no. that never happened to my knowledge. [inaudible] >> is your assessment. >> i talk to him and i think he feels a lot of people called him up and said wow, why didn't you tell me? and i was up earlier in the week in harvard doing a forum like this and david gergen who worked for nixon was the one interviewing me playing patrol so we have a question session, some student came up, first person in line and said i am a alexander butterfield's grandson. and we knew him, life and never saw the 20 boxes, would have been a great paper. you know, i think he is at peace. he is convinced he did the right thing that there is a little bit,

somebody else had the weather for then nixon could build a little wall and then a general who was the chief military aid and had to give the elbow to other people mr. president i will say hello. [laughter] if you are not on the list. but nobody knew this then the next day when they will be hashed out the dinner had gone, nixon said i like this let's continue and that one rehash of the state dinner nixon said you know, how long it took the waiters to bring and get rid of the solids? ten minutes. that is too long. butterfield said i am not doing my job i should have time to the solids. [laughter] so the minuet with five people nixon said check with the first lady so his other assignment was the pat nixon account to meet with her so he says mrs. nixon, a the president has a list of five for the state dinner. day you want to do the same thing? alex. you must be kidding. he said now he is not kidding she said no. i like to meet everyone. >> [inaudible] [inaudible] >> ted is a great question. no. not to my knowledge. hough i thank you always have doubts and circled back. no. that never happened to knowledge. >> [inaudible] >> i have talked to him and i

one of them is on page 19 of your book you tell a story about mrs. nixon.ichard nixon showed little interest when his wife grew faint in the sun. cot in to lie down on a the library. craig: that was from jim holy. he told me this story and i just thought it was too wonderful to leave out. it is not germane to the story, it is not central to the story, but it is a good backdrop to the story. she was laying there and she was pleading. saying tell nancy i wish i could have been there for her. and then she recovered. but the whole time she was laying there suffering from a heat stroke, nixon is talking about college football. she recovers and they go to the car and he goes to the door and goes in and sits down and leaves his wife to fend for herself. to go to the far door and open it up and fend for herself. brian: did jim really think that represented the way richard nixon was to his wife on a regular basis? craig: i don't know. i did not ask him that. brian: then, later on in the book, page 316. craig: i knew that he was very miffed, richard nixon was miffed

kennedy quietly gave nixon $1000 to defeat her. mrs. uglas was the perfect target for nixon's style of campaigning. >> it was an unseeded campaign he waged against me. the essence of that kind of campaign is this: to avoid the issues, you work up bogus issues. betty: the relationship with lyndon goes back to their days together in the house. when she came in the house of representatives from california in 1945, she was gorgeous, hollywood-smart, and glamorous. she was the most glamorous woman in the house. she stands out like a birthday cake on the salad bar. she is in lyndon johnson's office the first day she is there. she was attacked on the house floor by congressman rankin for the same thing set in the 1950's, being a communist. she stood up and said, "are you referring to me?" there was a scene. lyndon gets the speaker and gets rankin to answer helen's question. rankin says he wasn't, which is not true. it is interesting, how public lyndon came to her rescue. they would walk hand-in-hand, his car would stay over at her house. brian:

[inaudible conversations] >> "usa today" reporter ray locker looked into the nixon administration and found some things. mr locker, what'd you find about the nixon administration that others haven't? >> well, the big thing was he restructured the national security council on his first day in office, funneled everything through the white house and away from the cabinet agencies that usually handled that. and that created a series of resentments and rivalries that then nixon had to keep his hands on and cover up a lot of secrets with throughout his entire presidency. >> was this unprecedented at the time? >> yes, it was. i mean, these agencies -- state department, pentagon, cia -- used to have a lot of latitude and a lot of authority, and he really bottled that up. >> by taking control of those agencies, what did -- how did it affect the u.s. government? >> well, it meant that those agencies didn't know a lot about what was actually happening in vietnam and in diplomacy and all sorts of matters of foreign affairs. and that meant that those cabinet officials could not testify before congress and let them exer

nixon, thank you. [laughter] >> thank you, mr. president. retirement is not working quite as you thought. he was in the eastern when nixon gave the famous speech about his father. he did a diary entry that night saying what kind of women is this really? he only showed us who he really was at the very end. he appreciated nixon's patronage. nixon made it a lot possible for them. he made his life har hard with watergate but he gave them the u.n., the republican national committee. now, nixon's view of your father is one that's really important because it endured in parts of the political culture. and your father told me this and it's in the papers. nixon didn't think your dad, he doubted your fathers tough this, consistently. he thought he was a loyal appointee. nixon once said to george shultz, bush takes our line beautifully. but that was his job. he served in these non-executive jobs, one of the reason why he might have had a little trouble articulating the vision of things later, is he was never in an executive job where you had to do. you are encouraged to subsume your vision because you

nixon $1000 to defeat her. saying it will not break my heart if you can turn the senate's loss into hollywood's gain. mrs. uglas was the perfect target for nixon's style of campaigning. >> richard nixon ran for the house of representatives. it was the same kind of campaign in 1950.against me the essence of that kind of campaign is this, to avoid the issues, you work up bogus issues. brian: that is from "american experience" on pbs. tell us the background on her. betty: she's talking about the senate campaign in 1950 when she lost to richard nixon. the relationship with lyndon goes back to their days together in the house. lyndon was younger than she by about seven years. when she came in the house of representatives from california in 1945, she was, i say in the book, gorgeous, hollywood-smart, and glamorous. all the men in the house of the representatives, she was not the only woman, but she was the most glamorous. i said she stands out like a birthday cake on the salad bar. of course lyndon was going to make a play for her. he appears in her office almost first day she is there and offers to show her aro

nixon did. but, it's not all about mr. obama. on the right believe the republican party is cowardly and also ineffective. they want an%z/ñ aventricle aventricle avenger. >> pc police run by the far left. >> one possible thing expand the logic of terrorism and talk about white racial terrorism. >> um-huh. >> and talk about the way white fear has garnered racial violence historically from anti-immigrant riots to antiblack riots to lynch mobs. >> so forget about muslim extremism, it it is white racial terrorism that the far left believes is a threat. again, this kind of insane stuff makes people angry. now, on the other side, the bernie sanders black lives matter crew is furious as well. they believe america is and always has been an oppressive place. far left wants reparations payments and a deacon destruction of the so-called white privilege capital litcsh jik is system tool moderate below up the whole system and impose a strident view of of the world that does not tolerate dissent. numbers on the far left are far left than on the

mr. clean," and lived up to that nickname when he resigned from the nixon administration rather than derailhe watergate investigation. he never truly retired. in recent years he has led the fight to protect puget sound, and has urged his fellow republicans to join him in fighting climate changes. he spent his life putting country before party or politics, and he reminds us how noble public service can be. our air and water is cleaner, and our lives are brighter because of him. back in 1966, plans were laid for a highway straight through some of baltimore's most diverse neighborhoods. the new road it seemed like a go, and it was going to happen until it ran into a young social worker. let's just say, you don't want to be on the wrong side of barbra mikulski. [laughter] she stopped that highway and jumpstarted one of the finest public service careers we have ever seen. for decades, barbra has been a lion, a lioness on capitol hill, fighting for working families, fighting for high-paying jobs, fighting for the prospects of america's women and girls. i could not be prouder to have her by my sid

mr. clean and lived up to that nickname when he resigned from the nixon administration rather than derailhe watergate investigation. he's never truly retired. he's led the fight to protect puget sound and has urged his fellow republicans in combatting climate change. he spent his life putting country before party or politics. he reminds us how noble public service can be. and our air and water is cleaner and our lives are brighter because of him. back in 1966 plans were laid for a highway straight through some of baltimore's most diverse neighborhoods.b< the new road seemed to be a go until it ran into a young social worker. and let's just say you don't want to be on the wrong side of barbara mikulski. she stopped the highway and jump-started one of the finest careers we've ever seen. for decades barbara has been a lion, a lioness, on capitol hill fighting for working families, fight iing for high tech, high paying jobs, fighting for the prospects of america's women and girls. i couldn't have been prouder to have her by my side as i signed into law the lilly ledbetter payout. the first la

mr. president. retirement is not working. he was in the east room when nixonave the famous speech about his mother and father and a diary entry that night saying what kind of man is this really? the only showed us who he really was at the very end. he appreciated nixon's patronage, nixon made it possible, made his life hard with watergate but gave him the u. n, gave him the republican national committee, now nixon's view of your father is one that is really important because it indoors in parts of the political culture and your father told me this and it is in the papers too. nixon didn't think your dad -- he doubted your father's toughness consistently, thought he was so loyal appointee, nixon once said to george shultz, bush takes our line beautifully. but that was his job. he served in these non executive jobs and one reason he might have had trouble articulating the vision thing later, he was never in an executive job where you had to do it so you were in fact encouraged to subsume york vision because you were serving the president of united states. so you

nixon can go to china. >> now as kamal was hinting at earlier, mr.odi was earlier in afghanistan in the capitol where he held talks with the afghan president. he handed over four attack helicopters to the afghan military, and inaugurated a new parliament building, built by india, as a gesture of cooperation. >>> afghan security officials have sent in reinforcements to helmand province. 20 people were killed overnight. the u.s. is helping afghan troops are air strikes. our correspondent is in the province close to where the fighting is happening. >> reporter: we are hearing from afghan security officers here in helmand. they are telling us reinforcement by road just reached the district, just less than 24 hours ago, afghan security officials -- afghan security officials deployed afghan official forces. we are hearing from residents that heavy fighting is still going on. and afghan security official also telling us they have now the control of the police headquarters building, and the district headquarters building, but the fighting is in a very small

mr. brokaw then goes on to discuss big ideas generated by the greatest generation and , including the marshall plan, the civil rights movement, president kennedy's commitment to landing on the moon, and president nixon'spening of china. this was hosted by friends of the national world war ii memorial.

mr. forsythe: population control was a big topic. six months after next and became president, he gives -- after nixon became president, he gives a speech about population control and appoint a national commission that comes out with a report endorsing abortion for population control in march of 1972 just as harry blackmun is writing his first draft of his opinion in roe versus wade. susan: we will move to understanding the woman who brought this case to the supreme court. we were talking about the 50 states. this was a texas law. will you explain the texas law being contested? mr. forsythe: it was one of the 30 or 40 that had prohibited abortion except to save the life of the mother. although there had been debates in texas legislature as there were across the state, texas retained its traditional prohibition until the time the case was final. susan: the case has the name row versus wade but roe is a pseudonym. mr. forsythe: she is actually normal gene mccarthy. she was a young woman married to a man a few years older than her. she was already the mother of two children when she found herself pregnant. the marriage abuses, troubled. sh

nixon was president. when gerald ford took on that awesome responsibility at a difficult time he turned to somebody to be a strong, guiding hand. he picked the right guy. mrker, you said that no one would challenge the statement you then went on to make. i would say that anyone who is thinking about challenging dick cheney should think twice before they set about doing it. when we changed houses, there was a change going on. he showed me the bottom of the white house with manacles on the wall and there were skeletons, and dick in the cartoon looked at me and said you may want to renovate a little bit. [laughter] there was no such thing in the white house. the only thing we ever received [laughter] from the cheney's was their good wishes. and the way tried to help us out. i say to your daughters, and all your family, the thing that my family has cared deeply. i hope we communicated that about his health and i'm glad to see him in such a great health. i want to thank your whole family for the kindness you have shown when i lost my son. and the generosity you showed contributing to a memorial. it means a lot. it's a part of washington people don't see enough

mr. clean and lived up to that nick and when he resigned from the nixon administration rather than derailtergate investigation. he has never truly retired. his recent years he's led the fight to protect puget puget sound's andy's urged his fellow epublicans to join them in combating climate change. so you spend his life putting country before party or politics he reminds us how noble public service can be and our air and water is cleaner and our lives are brighter because of him. back in 1966 plans were laid for a highway straight through some of baltimore's most diverse neighborhoods. the new road seemed like a go. it was about to happen, that is until i ran into a young social worker and let's just say you don't want to be on the wrong side of barbara mikulski. [laughter] she stopped that highway and jumpstarted one of the finest public service careers we have ever seen. for decades barbara has been a lion, a lioness, on capitol hill fighting for working families, fighting for high-tech, high-paying jobs fighting for the prospects of america's women and girls. i couldn't have been proud

mr. brokaw then goes on to discuss big ideas generated by the greatest generation and , including the marshall plan, the civil rights movement, president kennedy's commitment to landing on the moon, and president nixon's opening of china. this was hosted by friends of the national world war ii memorial. josiah: ladies and gentlemen, my name is josiah bunting. i am with the friends of the national world war ii memorial. it is a wonderful privilege and pleasure to welcome all of you here this morning at a time in our national history which we must always commemorate with great feeling. my mission this morning is to introduce our introducer -- [laughter] josiah: if you will give me just one moment -- george marshall , who was head of the army in the second world war, had a friendship through the mails with douglas freeman. freeman was recognized then, and probably still is, as our foremost historian of the civil war. he wrote a great biography of general washington and general lee and of course lee's lieutenants. rick atkinson, who it is my pleasure to introduce, is the foremost historian of the second world war, and his stature among us whominds of those of write or read history is approximately the sam

nixon was president. when gerald ford took on that awesome responsibility at a difficult time he turned to somebody to be a strong, guiding hand. he picked the right guy. mr you said that no one would challenge the statement he then went on to make. i would say that anyone who is thinking about challenging dick cheney should think twice before they set about doing it. when we changed houses, there was a change going on. he showed me the bottom of the white house with a were manacles on the wall and there were skeletons, and dick in the cartoon looked at me and said you may want to renovate a little bit. [laughter] there was no such thing in the white house. the only thing we ever received from the cheney's was there good wishes. and the way tried to help us out. i say to your daughters, and all your family, the thing that my family has cared deeply. i hope we communicated that about his health and i'm glad to see him in such a great health. i want to thank your whole family for the kindness you have shown when i lost my son. and the generosity you showed contributing to a memorial. it means a lot. it's a part of washington people don't see enough of a. we