kennedy. >> mr. nixonnt people to start to look to america. >> nixon looks nervous, looks anxious. his eyes are darting about. he keeps looking at kennedy. what's kennedy up to? he's sweating. he's uneasy. it's the exact opposite of the image he's supposed to project. >> the things that senator kennedy has said many of us can agree with. >> and again and again the vice president would say, i agree with senator kennedy. >> and i subscribe completely to the spirit that senator kennedy has expressed tonight. >> and it made him look like basically second fiddle. >> and the fact is television sees it all. >> nixon's supporters are cringing and kennedy's aides are gloating. mayor daley of chicago says nixon looks embalmed. >> mr. nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? >> i have no comment. >> reporter joe alsip says that nixon looks like a suspect in a statutory rape case. nixon's own running mate, henry cabot lodge, says we've lost. >> tv polls show kennedy wins the debate. but radio listeners side

>> mr. nixon, would you like to comment on that statement?have no comment. >> if you're live on television and the camera right here, there is really no place to hide. once you see a guy sweating whether asked a question, are you sure he's 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 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 your message appropriately for the tv camera and you could have huge impact. if you couldn't, you were toast. >> i would like to give a real tonight welcome to senator of massachusetts, mr. john kennedy. [ applause ] >> may i ask you, so that i don't look too naive, a tough question right off the bat? >> whether i'm a republ

here is something i remember mr. nixon sitting as close to me as gaspo is sitting to a slot machine. he said he could survive anything but 50 cent a gallon oil. charlie: ben, i'm in your age break the kind of. inflation was raging on certain products. you had oil and oil-related products. >> i agree. charlie: but i'll make one opt i are point and this is somewhat exculpatory for donald trump. nixon was strategic. donald trump is blundering into this stuff. neil: you mentioned the economic environment can make a difference. let's say whatever the figures are now. that this environment hold, it would take a lot for this thing to escalate against president trump. >> i think it would. he has his own megaphone through social media. he's able to tell the narrative in a way -- at the end of the day his success is their success. impeachment is ultimately political. neil: that's a callous, merciless way to look at it. neil: donald trump making saudi arabia his first trip. remember what he told me. >> i would call up saudi arabia an

mr. nixon's life. they were replaced. probably by one of the smartest attorney generals in the history of the world. watergate was different. there was a great deal of material that had been discovered. a very long, long, 18-month long in depth investigation. in the event they never found any crime. there's a gigantic, huge difference in a sense that there's no crime here. mr. trump has not been accused of any crime. there's no evidence of any kind of collusion with russia during the election. they're backing up a tree that doesn't exist, this is an investigation in search of a crime. a media firestorm and a democratic screaming match over something that we're aware doesn't exist. it's like they're crying out about a zombie apocalypse. there's no such thing. >> neil: so according to ben stein, this is water than watergate. so your sense is -- got you, didn't i? your sense is that -- >> which is smart of you, neil. >> neil: there's nothing here to cover up that we know of. as you know, there's been a push on capitol hill.

. >> and with that vote, mr. nixonthan a century and only the second in all of our history to confront removal from office through the only means in the constitution, impeachment. >> i stood by nixon and felt he should remain in office and then discovered the tape of june 23rd, this was fatal. >> president nixon stunned the country by admitting he held back evidence from the house judic yare committee and not disclosing it in public statements and keeping it from his lawyers. he released transcripts on june 23rd, 1973. two days after the burginglers were caught in the watergate. >> the facts came out. yes, the president himself not only was he involved in this, but he directed this criminal operation. >> the problem with that tape was not that it implicated nixon as it had contradicted what he said. he had not told the country the truth. >> some of mr. nixon's most loyal supporters are calling for his ezugination. >> i'm aware of the intense interest in the american people concerning developments today and over the las

mr. nixon's demands to sack special prosecutor archibald cox. do you think, after what you have seen the last few days, that the current attorney general, jeff sessions, and his deputy should have taken a tougher stand? >> i think they should have, especially the deputy, who was brought in to be more credible professional prosecutor to oversee the rush investigation. and it turns out that in as many of us suspected, his role in the firing of comey pleasantly to provide a written pretext for what president trump later announced was his real reason for firing comey, that he wanted 's involvement in the rush investigation itself. reporter: there are 2 stories they told us the nikki haley line, that indisputably the president has the right to fire the fbi director and nothing illegal in that, and then there is the other story come that he is standing in the way of an investigation. would you say that is a most touching on an offense? >> i think it comes close, and those 2 things are not quite as distinct as they suggest, because president nixon as w

the first calls to mount the special prosecutor to take over the russia investigation -- mr. nixon was compelled to do so, as was bill clinton. guest: the funny thing is that the independent counsel -- there's a lot of confusion in terms. independent counsel's don't exist anymore in terms of independent counsel law that expired in 1999. democrats passed that after watergate. then, they let it lapse. we should did that function back to the department of justice with special counsel. panel wouldcuit select an independent counsel and he was given a degree of independence. that bothered people like justice scalia who said it was unconstitutional to have this free moving part in our government. in a case called morrison v olson, the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of that law. some members are talking about reintroducing that law, solving the problem by allowing an independent counsel to be selected. host: this is from illinois. independent line. connie, go ahead. caller: i want to thank mr. turley for telling the truth here. this investigation hasn't been going on for just a

mr. nixon's life and legacy. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." and the cleveland cavaliers are well on their way to a third straight nba finals appearance. last night the calves crushed boston 130-86. ouch. james and the rest of cleveland starter took a seat in the fourth quarter. the cavs have won 13 straight playoff games dating back to last year's finals. that's quite a record. >> indeed it is. >>> what technological changes are coming in the decades and even the centuries? ahead, artificial intelligence to limitless lifespans. we'll hear bold restrikdss. that's coming up. >>> and tears of a clown. tomorrow is the final night of the circus. we'll see wha to its final stop >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning: saturday." richard nixon's presidency may have ended in disgrace more than four decades ago, but a new book says mr. knicksen had a big influence in the world we live in. coming up, we'll talk with the author. >>> and it was a record-breaking sale. the highest auction price for a piece of american art. wheel tell you more about the paint

and mrs. nixon, there is a little house you can tour that's his childhood home. i assumed they moved the home to the library site, but i was told that, no, he chose the site of his childhood home for the library, which i thought was just interesting. interesting statement about him, that i wouldn't be surprised, but my question is, i understand that the libraries are a partnership between private and public. do the -- does the public funding stop when the government takes over or do they continue to work together. >> answer is the latter, that they continue to work together. the national archives has a lot of the administrative responsibilities, the presidential foundation does things like they run the gift shop. they pay for certain exhibits that are above and beyond the scope of the presidential library, for example, the most obviously example is at the reagan library, there is this air force 1 exhibit, where you walk into this glass enclosed room, and air force 1 is sitting there before you, and you can go in it, and that exhibit was paid for by the foundation

mr. nixon's life and legacy. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." and the cleveland cavaliers are well on their way to a third straight nba finals appearance. last night the calves crushed boston 130-86. ouch. james and the rest of cleveland starter took a seat in the fourth quarter. the cavs have won 13 straight playoff games dating back to last year's finals. that's quite a record. >> indeed it is. >>> what technological changes are coming in the decades and even the centuries? ahead, artificial intelligence to limitless lifespans. we'll hear bold restrikdss. that's coming up. >>> and tears of a clown. tomorrow is the final night of the circus. we'll see what brought the train to its final >>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo, divers will return to the delaware river this morning, to search for missing swimmer, police say four friends, went for swim, late last night, near pleasant hill park in northeast philadelphia when three of them got out they notice

mr. nixon's time in office may have the new book announces he had an outside effect on the nation. to be joined by its author john a. farrell, we're pleased to have you here. >> any time. >> let's talk about taking a trip to saudi arabia in the middle of a crisis. >> are there any analogies? >> which richard nixon did in 1974. >> he did. his last summits with soviet leaders. basically he diddet for good reasons but also as part of a distraction and it did nod work. >> it did not work. >> he resigned a month later. in 1972 he went to china. that was a big deal. he signed a salt treaty. that was a big deal. that influenced people in 1972. i can't sense that president trump will bring anything like that back from this trip. >> the parallels of what happened between the trump white house and the nixon white house are almost eerie. the invocation regard regarding the witch hunt. president nixon used the same words. where did the sense of grievance come from? >> it came from a veery keynesin childhood. his father was an emotionally abusive fellow. his mother was very, very cold and as ni

read a letter that the occasion was tr writing about the death of his wife which i'm sure made mrs. nixon feel better that day. one thing about that tearful farewell is that nixon appeared self aware for the first time. he said never let your enemies get under your skin or they will destroy you and then you will destroy yourself. i didn't hear that today. i heard institutionalized self pity from the president. and yes jfk said life is unfair and yes all presidents have kind of enforced solecism. but we expect particularly in nuclear age, the man is given a card every morning with the codes to actually unleash armageddon if he believes the national security interests requires it. we expect them to have a temperamental balance, a sense of character, a sense of self that is healthier than what we are seeing. the greek said character is destiny. and the donald trump who is president today is the donald trump who ran for president. so we can be surprised perhaps by the pace of events, but i think a reasonable person could have assessed his character last year and not been too far off in predic

mr. nixon didn't like it. we would rather just bought a health insurance policy for everyone.my is totally right. we cannot let americans be denied healthcare because of pre-existing conditions because they're an hour old or 80 years old. it's not in the heart of americans to deny healthcare. jimmy made it a point in an emotional way. he's an emotional guy. he waters his heart on his sleeve -- >> neil: i thought he changed the context of the debate in a real way. i differ that with colbert and the cheap shots and the cursing he did with the president. i think we will look back at this time for kimmel, whether you like him or not. he tried to stay above that and say that that is a human right. now, what i'm asking you is do republicans risk not getting on board with that or looking callous if they try to cost it out, if they try to say, all right, this state might put you through hoops to get it in these sort of panels where they're deciding whether you warrant this coverage or not. do they risk looking heartless. >> yes, i think the democrats will try to make them look heartle

both from mr. nixon and mr. trump feel this way. when people have the enormous power of the presidency and they believe they are surrounded by enemies they can be tempted to misuse power. richard nixon does it. we know it, the evidence is clear. we don't know if donald trump is yet doing it but he is acting in such a way that it leads us to suspect he has done something wrong. he is acting as if he has something to cover up. i'm not suggesting he is, but he is acting that way. why he does it this way, i don't know. what we saw on the campaign he responded to an attack by being aggressive. that is what he is doing now. but he is president of the united states, not only are rules different but decorum is different, he speaks not just for his campaign but the united states of america. that is why we look like a 20th century banana republic. >> and that is why we are analyzing every word and tweet and spoken word that comes out of his mouth is because he is the president and what he says matters. thank you so much timothy naftali for com

and mrs. nixon had their picture taken here at giza, not far from cairo. m were their hosts, president and mrs. sadat, and with the great pyramids in the background, it made as nice a family album shot as anyone could want. >> a family album shot. watergate? what watergate? let's just get these pictures done. looking back, we do know nixon was actually less than two months from the end of his presidency during that photo op. a man who did pride himself on foreign policy was out of town for the beginng ofhe end of thscandal that would end his career. currently, president trump is on his first foreign trip, getting out of town and overseas, even as the investigations into his campaign ties with russia unfold. in the week that he has been away, he has lawyered up, retaining personal counsel to represent him, setting democrats because of the related treasury delay in giving up documents about russia. consider another major story this week as well. president trump trying to pressure his intelligence director and nsa chief to publicly deny the existence of any ex

and mrs. nixon had their picture taken. with them, their hosts, president and mrs. sadat.k ground, it made as nice a family album shot as anyone could want. watergate? let's get these pictures done. he was less than two months away from the presidency. he was out of town for the beginning of the end of the scandal that would end his career. currently, president trump is on his first foreign trip, getting out of town and overseas, even as these investigations unfold. in the week that he's been away, he's lawyered up, hiring counsel. because of the related treasury delay in giving up document delays about russia. president trump trying to pressure his jenintelligence director and nsa chief to denial any evidence of collusion. and now reports that his son-in-law is the under an inquiry because he is believed to have relevant information, some of which has been relevant to the "washington post" tonight, tonight, that he attempted to set up a secret channel to the russians. and that donald trump was consumed with all these russia issues even while abroad with this trip. so a lo

>> well, it's not unlike what mr. nixon did that got him in a lot of trouble when he asked the cia through his chief of staff to go to the fbi and tell them to halt part of their investigation. actually haldeman, his chief of staff, didn't carry out the full instructions, but they were certainly there on tape. i think that what he's doing -- what trump is doing is certainly more than a pr effort. if he could get these people to step out and give him some sort of wedge or opening against the fbi, i think he would have used it and pursued it because he clearly doesn't want the fbi investigation to go forward, so it's part of a pattern, showing his intent, and this may come back to haunt him, don. >> you think it's part of a pattern. i asked that in the last segment. you think this is a pattern? >> i do. i think it's a clear pattern. even when he's sharing his private thinking with lester holt and saying, well, i didn't think this was a legitimate investigation. therefore, i thought it was appropriate to fire this guy who was

. >> one of the problems was mr. nixon on the train. >> running for the senate. >> no, this was in 1952 on the train back warren had some, i don't know exactly what he thought he was get, maybe he was still a candidate for president, i remember as vice president four years before, but he felt that nixon did -- kind of did him in. kind of did his own thing and that left a feeling. >> skrichl in the party. >> yeah, warren has not a fan of nixon and when my father was running against nixon he certainly was happy to see my father win. >> what -- by the way i will straits in politics, watch what enemies you make because they can do you in later. that's the point been trump, how many fights you can have? how many enemies you can make? and the fact is there's a limited kwoesha before you run out the score. >> is that something that you know more about now than you did before? is that something you've learned from your career in politics? >> well, when i was secretary of state i met this long been here over 30 years and he was a s

what historically has happened when republicans have taken on powerful presidents like mr. nixonthey have come out on the good end of history and not the wrong end of history. so when you can just obviously see mistakes and refuse to call them, uriyou are inviting more those mistakes. republicans need to get their act together and not be so worried about legislation they're not enacting because that's what they want to have happen. this is just distorting and distracting all of washington. >> in the minute we have left, the echos -- i guess i have to reference watergate here. the ranking member of the house oversight committee, also the ranking member of the house judiciary committee saying if there's any recordings, congress needs to obtain them. the idea we are talking about recordings in the oval office is -- i don't know if it's jada view or -- if it's deja vu or -- it's by jizarbizarre. >> the white house as early as 2011 transferred their system into the voip, where they can now have digital packets. they may well be a button on his phone he can press and make a recording.

. >> the firing of james comey has been compared this week to the actions of our 37th president mr. nixon first president since richard nixon to fire a law enforcement official in investigation of the white house. >> do you agree with the sentiment this was a nixonian move? >> if there was an obstruction, it's sfloo bob schieffer is with us from washington. bob, let me first say it's really good to see you from washington on satellite this morning. >> well, thank you very much, gayle. >> just hearing your voice. bob, is this a fair comparison? >> there are many parallels watergate. i have to tell you i think all the way back to the kennedy assassination to draw parallels, i was there, as you know. i have always felt that if lee harvey oswald had been put on trial, a lot of these con spearcy theories circulating today would have been put at rest then. it is absolutely imperative that donald trump find a way to reassure the american people that these questions about russia are not true, if that is his version. he's got to lay it all out and not find ways to tweet it out news media. he's got

his name is mr. nixon. and he had taken a number of courses at duke law school on perjury among other things. and he did not like the way that they deny the very questions. do you know whittaker chambers? he said i don't know anyone by that name. nixon goes he stayed up all night on this. did he have another name? so he says to chambers, name someone in the communist party. and then he says do you know another one by -- given to what happened to nixon and things later on. but nevertheless nixon believed him. so he becomes a hero to the right. he invited, nixon gets all of these young republicans and all of these governors conferences and he is picking up delegates. of course, with buckley, there was no compromise because nixon couldn't do anything because he was ike's understudy. >> clip it to your lapel. ask okay. so they're not very kind to nixon but because he's eisenhower's understudy. so what they do is they say, they don't quite quote - george wallace. but they take the view that we are not a republic

mr. trump's former opponent hillary clinton is comparing his presidency to that of richard nixon. mrs. clinton gave the commencement address today at her alma mater wellesley college in massachusetts. she told graduates about the day she was in their shoes 48 years ago. just a few months after nixon was elected. >> we were serious about the past presidential election. [ laughter ] >> of a man whose presidency would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice. [ laughter ] [ applause and cheers ] >> clinton criticized the trump administration's recent budget proposal saying it represents unimaginable cruelty. >>> a mysterya man unplugs a bounce house with children inside. home surveillance that could lead to the man people are calling a neighborhood grouch. >> plus, life was off to a ruff start for these dogs. the effort now get them into forever homes. >> and we give you a first look at a new floating waterpark at springlake opening just in time for the holiday lovely. ,, ,,,,,, ,, ,, ,, ,,,, >>> >> closed cap tioning for this newscast is sponsored by "liv

mr. nixon had just left the law firm. he was president because it was nixon's law firm. after i accepted the job, elaine is going there went all around the law school. so it got to the point where i would walk by a mirror and i didn't want to look at it. >> you have taken a job at the law school -- i mean at the law firm and the people in law school are saying elaine is going there. >> and they were saying it very proudly. all right, you landed something. >> it is a tribute to them and a tribute to you. >> so what happened? >> i felt awful after i said yes because that's not the reason i had gone to law school. and i was doing it only for money. and that's another principal i picked up that stuck with me. i stumbled into it but it is a good principal. it is all right for money to be a factor in decisions. it is the real world. we need it. but when it is the only factor and you're doing something solely because of money, then you need to stop and think. >> couldn't you have said i'm going to go to this law school, make a lot of money for 20 years and then i'll go back to

president nixon and president refused to turn over tapes of some of his white house conversations, mr. nixonordered firing of mr. cox. rather than comply with the order to fire him, the attorney general elliot richardson and deputy ag, william ruckleshaus, they resigned. they didn't gohrough, stepped down. jeff sessions, current attorney general, deputy rod rosenstein, they recommended fire to president trump. all reached a such a level, official twitter account of the nixon presidential library is not this out. fun fact, president nixon never fired director of the fbi. hashtag, not nixonian. senator chuck schumer have called for the russia investigation to be stepped up to similar level what we saw in the watergate days. they have been calling it, stepped up calls for pegs prosecutor to be appointed which exactly what archibald cox was so. neil: even though other concurrent investigations going on in the house and senate, there are a lot of investigations going on. reporter: some john mccain want a special select committee as opposed to special prosecutor. apples-to-apples comparison is not

they are comparing this to what mr. nixon've got a chapter on the saturday night massacre, i was right in the oval office when nixon decided to fire elliott richardson. that was a major event in the middle of a deep political crisis in the country. this is nothing comparable to it. people like "the new york times" are using the word nixonian because they've got the old sense, the bit in their teeth that they can take down another president. stuart: you don't think it's going to come to that? they are hinting that maybe this is another -- there's no chance of this? >> look, the establishment, the media, the deep state and the, and the whole d.c. octopus be, if you will, has targeted trump the way it targeted nixon and succeeded. targeted reagan, didn't bring him down with iran contra. what they want to do is cancel the returns from last november. and, basically, overturn the election by a man who they could not defeat at the polls. that's my judgment. stuart: why are they so contemptuous of trump? >> i can understand, trump ha

mr. trump is the first president since richard nixon to fire a law enforcement official investigating thehite house. the timing raises questions. comey had just asked for more resources for his investigation of russian interference in the u.s. election, including possible collusion by team trump. gh'll start at the white house tonight with major garrett. >> reporter: as comparisons to watergate swirled, president trump met today in the oval office with president richard nixon's secretary of state, henry kissinger. mr. trump offered a brief explanation for his firing of f.b.i. director james comey. >> because he wasn't doing a good job very simply. he was not doing a good job. >> reporter: the white house described it as an erosion of confidence. deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. >> frankly, he had been considering letting director comey go since the day he was elected. director comey has shown over the last several months and frankly, the last year a lot of missteps and mistakes. >> reporter: but there was no sign that president trump had lost confidence with him during this

woodward and bernstein, journalists whose dogged reporting of the watergate scandal led richard nixon to resign. >> mr. president, the media is not fake news. >> follow the money, but follow also the lies. >> going back now to the proposal to change the libel laws. the current law states that in order to bring a lawsuit you have to prove actual mall as. that is, that a reporter knew that a story was false, and published it anyway. changing that would likely require a constitutional amendment. and that would be a tall order. david wright, abc news,ment white house. >>> another member of the trump white house set to leave his post. senior member of the administration confirmed, dr. sebastian gorka stepping down. gorka is national security aide. used mainly as radio and television commentator. neither the white house or commenting. >> chartered fishing boat came to the rescue of three men stranded in the water off the florida coast after their boat sank. it happened 15 miles off coast of jacksonville. the three men were left clinging to a cooler as well as the a gas can. they were treading in water for t

woodward and bernstein, journalists whose dogged reporting of the watergate scandal led richard nixon to resign. >> mr. president, the media is not fake news. >> follow the money, but follow also the lies. >> david, let's turn back to north korea. we mentioned earlier, the president is inviting the president of the philippines, and we're also learning that he's extended the invitation to other world leaders? >> reporter: yes, he spoke today with the prime ministers of thailand and singapore. inviting them as well. he's already discussed north korea with china and japan. and they're clearly making a strong diplomatic effort to come up with a regional solution. tom? >> david, thank you. >>> next tonight to the manhunt that continues for an escaped convict described as extremely dangerous. authorities tracking leads in the hunt for 28-year-old david watson. convicted of trying to kill a police officer. authorities releasing images of watson's tattoos. which include the word "evil" on the back of his neck. >>> next tonight to southern california, a deadly shooting spree under investigation. one victim dea

secretary of state, or of course today's talk of tapes in the oval office, reminding us of it is nixon tapes. mr. trump has tweeted more than a half dozen sometimes this morning as washington reacts to his interview with our lester hold. if you missed the interview, i'm going to show a couple clips. while the fires of james comey was controversial, it's what the president said in this interview that could really cause problems. as you know, the president says the fbi told him hess's not under investigation, though clearly members and former members are. flynn has subpoenaed. president trump said he asked the fbi director if he was under investigation, once at a dinner, twice by phone. >> did you call him? >> in one case i called him. in one case he cal me. >> did you ask him. >> i actually, yes. i said if it's possible, will you let me know, am i under investigation? he said, you are not under investigation. >> the president says in the case of the dinner comey was asking at that dinner if his job were secure. the president asked, if he were under investigation. you can see where that's going to

nixon. comeyrmination of mr. ought to mind the so-called saturday night passenger -- massacre of 1973 when richard nixon sought fire the special prosecutor of watergate. onlye 109 year history, one fbi director has been fired until tuesday. president clinton fired william sessions and said janet reno leadership and concluded he could no longer lead the bureau. nancy, magnolia, delaware, republican. caller: i want to know why donald trump took so long to fire comey. i think he should have fired all these people immediately upon his election. host: why do you think he took so long, and does it concern you that it took about 110 days? caller: i think he was trying to be fair, in all honesty. i think he was trying to be a fair person and so he dragged his heels. unfortunately, i don't think that was a great idea. host: fair in what way, fair to? caller: comey. host: in what way, do you think he was trying to review this over the course of the last 110 days? caller: i think he is trying to make sure there is a reason i

. >> the firing of comey has been compared to the actions of the 37th president, richard nixon. >> mrpresident since richard nixon to fire a law enforcement official investigating the white house. >> he's accused of being nixonian. >> do you agree with the sentiment this was a nixonian move? >> if there's obstruction of justice, this is completely nixonian. >> cbs news contributor bob schieffer covered the nixon administration and many others during his very stellar career. he's with us now from washington. bob, first, let's just say it's really good to see you. really good to see you in washington and on the satellite this morning. >> well, thank you very much, gayle. >> just hearing your voice. so bob, is this a fair comparison? >> you know, there are many parallels to watergate, but i have to tell you i think all the quay back to the -- all the way back to the kennedy assassination to draw parallels. i was there as you know. i have always felt that lee harvey oswald had been put on trial a lot of these conspiracy theories that are still circulating today would have been put at rest

mr. trump callused with anybody to do that? >> after you famously told nixones, he didn't take your advisor maybe history would have taken us a different direction. to the extent this president has recordings of comey, would you tell him to burn them? >> no. if he's made them, no, i wouldn't tell him to burn them. there's nothing illegal about what nixon did. it was foolish that he with a taping machine that started as soon as he started talking. jack kennedy and others during the missile crisis, you talk with dough brain in. he is sending signals whether he is removing missiles. don't you want a tape recording and record of that you can look over and say what exactly did they commit to and what didn't they commit to. >> yeah, but not between the fbi director and president. patrick, appreciate you being here. >> delighted. >> see what you're tweeting @smerconish and via facebook. smerconish, trump is nixon updated for 21st century. target still dnc, but burglary now contracted to russia instead of wire taps. hacks. i think when it is an enemy state trying to m

mr. trump him.d the man investigating nixon saturday night massacre the special pros cutesor was three only president, consequences. -- this calls l will amount to special prosecutor to take over the russian investigation. compelled to do so, as was bill clinton. econd consequence, mr. trump will find it impossible to banish russian narrative and down in moscow. russian government made secret contaminate u.s. democracy on tuesday, vladamir putin chalked up another victory. president did something associated with nondemocracy, interfered with course of nixon fired even the head of the f.b.i. that is the financial times take on events of the last couple of days. virginia, jack, independent line. caller: hi. my opinion is the president has a right to fire the f.b.i. director. the f.b.i. director made mistakes. ofever, he was never accused doing anything unethical or unlawful. servant, whose served honorably, who made to akes, deserves the right resign, in my opinion, not be like you arenguage terminated immediately, immediately, which is ju treated like eing a t.v. prop. it's disgusting. and i

plus, i'll bet nixon only got one scoop of ice cream for dessert, but i get two scoops, okay? two scoops, two scoops. >> of course, mru're also very different from nixon because he won the popular vote. >> listen, o.j., you are being very mean to me, okay? >> this week you also met with the russian ambassador in the oval office. you must have known the optics on that would be terrible! >> come on, do you think i care about optics? look at me, i sit on every chair like it's a toilet, okay? >> i thought that was some of the funniest bit. the stuff with sean spicer was so mean! it was, i thought it was too mean about shaean spicer. >> the whole thing came across as mean-spirited. that was actually good comedy. and paul ryan, that is actually substantive. the question is, what will make paul ryan turn? it doesn't appear much right now. >> well, ryan says he pretty much wants to focus on the things in his control. >> right. he doesn't talk about the tweets. >> yeah. >> he doesn't get down in the mud. >>> companies around the world bracing for more fallout from that big, huge cyber attack, the biggest ever. 200,000 users i

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mr. trump is the first president since richard nixon to fire a law enforcement official investigating the house. the timing raises questions. comey had just asked for more resources for his investigation of russian interference in the u.s. election, including possible collusion by team trump. we'll start at the white house with major garrett. >> reporter: as comparisons to watergate swirled, president trump met today in the oval nixon's secretary of state henry kissinger. mr. trump offered a brief explanation for his firing of fbi director james comey. >> because he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. he was not doing a good job. >> reporter: the white house described it as an erosion of confidence. deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. >> he'd been considering letting director comey go since the day he was elected. director comey has shown over the last several months and frankly the last year a lot of missteps and mistakes. >> reporter: but there was no sign that president trump had lost confidence in him during this friendly exchange in january or this april 11 interview. >>

mr. taft represented the republican outsiders. then nixon and lodge, goldwater and rockefeller. >> right. >> and then, again, nixon and then rockefeller. but there's always a split inside the republican party between the conservative outsiders and the more moderate insiders, and this, of course,ar hasn't again in 1980 -- happens again in 1980. reagan represents the conservative outsiders, and bush represents the more moderate insiders, and this is the fight over, you know, the nomination. the future of the party boils down to these two individuals. >> well, tell us about it. >> well, it was a see i saw battle for -- seesaw battle for a while because reagan kind of coasts. reagan is at his worst when he's not challenged. reagan is at his best when somebody's challenging him. he was competitive.. mike dever once told me he was the most competitive s.o.b. he ever knew. he needs to be challenged, otherwise he doesn't rise to the occasion. so he doesn't take the george bush challenge seriously, and he ends up losing the iowa caucuses in january o