. >> as far as mrs. nixon was concerned, she liked adventure. very important to live an exciting life. and, frankly, going to congress would be exciting, she thought. >> representative nixon, what do you think congress can and congress must do to deal with this problem of foreign espionage within our own government? >> i think the first thing that congress must do is to continue to expose these activities through the committee on unamerican activities. >> the facts regarding the sinister communist conspir city and other subversive activities should be brought to the american public. >> i am not and never have been a member of the communist party. >> the question is whether or not he has committed perjury before this committee. >> mr. nixon, i urge that your committee members abandon such verdict first and testimony later tactic. >> his was good looking, suave, sophisticated, ivy league manner. he was a very effective witness. >> at the time, everybody was backing him. everybody wanted to drop it completely. everybody was advising nixon to drop i

that's mrs. nixon. he is a very personable young man. . >> the whole nixon family considers it a great privilege to work for the election of the presidency of general eisenhower. and although trisha and julie are a little too young for active campaigning mrs. nixon will travel with me throughout the country and i think you will find that she is one of the best campaigners on record. >> well, i certainly will do all i can. >> after all, he was only 39 years old. and to even be considered for vice president, particularly running with general eisenhower, for whom i had enormous respect, was to me something you only dreamed about. >> a headline in the "new york post" newspaper said "secret rich men's trust fund keeps nixon in style far beyond his salary." >> the revelation that senator nixon, republican vice presidential candidate, was receiving what amounted to a private salary, an extra salary from private persons in california-s becoming a major political story. some republicans are embarrassed. and of course the democrats are demanding th

that's mrs. nixon. he is a very personable young man. l be a great asset to the republican ticket. >> the whole nixon family considers it a great privilege to work for the presidency of eisenhower. although they are too young for active campaigning,s will nixon will travel throughout the country. and i think you'll find she's one of the best campaigners on record. >> i certainly will do all i can. >> after all, i was only 39 years old. and to even be considered for vice president, particularly running with general eisenhower for whom i had enormous respect was, to me, something you only dreamed about. >> the head line in the "new york post" says trust fund keeps nixon in style far beyond his salary. >> the revelation of senator nixon, the vice presidential candidate was what amounted to a private salary from private persons in california is becoming a major political story. some republicans are and of course, they are demanding that nixon withdraw from the race. >> in my judgment and in government that are dishonest should be punished. >>

trump is the first authoritarian president since mr. nixon and neither he or supporters will play fair. mr. cohen will be dealing with these people all the rest of his life. all americans are affected by the growing authoritarian that was made pop already by the president. these people who facilitated his rise will remain long after mr. trump is gone. nelson, what do you think? >> well, cohen's testimony wednesday was riveting. and don't forget, that was only one-third of the testimony he gave this week. he spoke tuesday to the house intelligence committee. he spoke wednesday in public. and we all saw that. thursday, he spoke to the senate intelligence committee. we only saw one-third of it. think about this. all of the pieces we have seen this week, the cohen testimony, trump's tax returns, perhaps, about to be provided, bob mueller has known all of this for months, because he had the opportunity to question cohen for months. every question that was asked of cohen this week, mueller has already asked him months ago. trump's tax returns, you

. >> maybe if mr. nixon had learned about the things -- >> release the tapes. >> so you don't normally see this type of obstruction. it doesn't mean it can't legally constitute obstruction of justice. >> in making this determination, we noted that the special council recognized that "the evidence does not establish that the president was involved in any underlying crime." i'm going to get to that faze in a minute, and while not determative, this is something that barr himself argued in that infamous memo about the issue of obstruction where he basically made a case that you have to prove a crime before you can do obstruction. the president's motive in removing comey and commenting on flynn could not have been corrupt, barr wrote, unless the president and the campaign were guilty of illegal collusion. because the claim is dependent on first finding collusion and he should not be required to interrogate the president about collusion. all right, this is a rabbit hole, i apologize for going down it, if you're tr

cox disagreed with the position taken by mr. nixon. >> the effort to obtain these tapes and other documentary evidence is the impartial pursuit of justice according to law. none of us should make assumptions about what the tapes will show. they may tend to show that there was criminal activity or that there was none. they may tend to show the guilt of particular individuals or their innocence. >> in a letter to senator sam irvin, chairman of the watergate committee, the president said the tapes fall into the category of presidential papers, which, as he has said before, the president won't turn over to another branch of government. and upon receipt of that letter, the senate watergate committee met and unanimously voted to subpoena the tapes. here is some of what senator irvin had to say. >> upon the receipt of this communication from the white house, the select committee held a meeting and unanimously voted to authorize and direct the chairman to issue two subpoens.s one would require the president to produce the tapes. i love my cou

on that issue i agree with mr. nixon. my home state legislature has been working on legislation that would require any presidential for vice presidential candidate who wants to be on the bat local in illinois to release their tax returns. they think the people have the right to know the true character of the person who sits in the white house. mr. speaker, we have to know if our president's a crook. i would like to see the senate take up this bill and if they are unable to follow in the great leadership of this house, i hope that other states will follow the great leadership of the state of illinois. mr. casten: thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. engel: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 208, i call up house concurrent resolution 24, expressing the sense of congress that the report of special counsel mueller should be made available to the public

nixon hideaway. yeah, and he was asked the question. he said do you know -- mr.utterfield, do you any of any taping system in the white house? he said, yes i do. he said later he understood by blowing the whistle on the fact tapes existed he'd probably be doing in the president. but he said i'm not going to perjure myself for anyone. and pardon me, don, if i'm talking really fast but bringing back those memories you want to get it all in if you can, is that the system worked. reporters like woodrow is bernstein and others brought attention not just to the public but officials. how did he figure out they're burglars? does he threaten every burglar? no. but he'd read enough to know that these weren't just anybody. they were people that were special. >> when you come to new york, please i want to have dinner and hear all of those stories. i do have to say in watching those tapes and we watched you and john dean and watched dan rather, and we look back on those times. and it is important for us to remember that presidents have always been held accountable by the medi

mr. trump is not nixon and not going to kick him out of office.barrass them or humiliate him. neil: they hope to make them all one termer. the president was indicating -- pardon me. i'm speechless thinking about it. that he might go after funding the affordable care act. a lot of republicans taking we agree with you on not only support measures to do that. we have not seen to replace you in a phrase that was a force error with house democrats. what you think? >> i would say that was an unforced error is the way we describe in baseball terminology neil: okay, thank you. and it was a serious mistake to president trump and i don't know where he's going on this. actually what they've got so far is mr. obama is not going to be be remembered in koester at history for obamacare which was not a bad thing. neil: how do you explain to the 20 million who would lose insurance or stand two. they say they're serious problems with this because the other 150 don't like this when i get out. this is something they don't have a replacement for. it could be a real pr

mr. president, you are about to go off in retirement. richard nixon talks about it, gerald ford works on a commission for the and plays a lot of golf and jimmy carter pursuits interest in the carter library in terms of the middle east and the problems of the inner cities. >> going back out on the mashed potato. >> i am trying to get the public to demand changes, line item for a veto. the balance budget amendment, that most of the states have but the federal government does not have. thomas jefferson called attention to that. and, there are things that, well, for example, the 22nd amendment passed by our own party as revenge for roosevelt. it says two terms is the limit for a president. this is the only office that is elected by all of the people. i think that is an infringement on the democratic rights of the people. now that i am out of office so they can not accuse me of wanting to do it for myself i am going to see if i can not mobilize the demand. it is against their democratic rights to vote for whoever they want to vote for and for how long. >>

mr young looking. down a. little bit to see on the. whose story isn't new nixon called in henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated that in latin america an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. the chilean economy scream so wants to make the economy of venezuela screed. breaks it killed joan. and welcome back three board members of the mexican state oil and energy company p.m.x. have resigned they've resigned over differences with president andras man molo pres obrador on low on how to reform the company the wall street journal reports the trio plan to leave the board within weeks while the government has asked them to remain until two currently vacant board seats are filled boost production and refining capacity and reduce mexican reliance on imported gasoline as we reported on low has committed to five point five billion dollars to get pm access finances back in the black the departure of the board members would give onload the opportunity to replace all five appointed members of the

mr. trump tweets grievances against people in media or culture, nixon tapes were in secret, on one he asksis cavett, and quote, how can we screw him. >> who the hell is cavett, god, he's -- >> he's terrible. >> well, is there any way we can screw him? that's what i mean, there must be ways. we've been trying. >> joining me, dick cavett. >> that's okay. the door was open. i was looking for rachel maddow. >> sometimes you settle for what you can find in a newsroom. let's look at this comparison that many people make of john dean and cohen. take a look. >> uh-huh. >> i am ashamed, because i know what mr. trump is. he is a racist, he is a con man, and he is a cheat. >> i began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and if the cancer was not removed, the president himself would be killed by it. >> do these conversion stories move americans? >> that's a good thought. what i was jolted by when dean came on the screen just now, remembering the thrill of those days. and as he said, you woke up and had to get your watergate fix right away. >> the people were hooke

mr. budget. if you look at the blue areas, each blue president going back to president carter had a better deficit than he started and every red president going back to nixon ended up worst than they started. is that true? mr. vought: i note your chart. i also note president clinton benefited from a republican congress that was committed to balancing the budget. mr. scott: and he had to shut down the government to stop them from messing up his budget. so don't give them any credit for going into surplus. in fact, when bush came in, can you tell me what president -- what happened during the bush administration with a republican congress that messed up the budget? mr. vought: it did lead to an increase in the deficit. mr. scott: that's right. what did they do to accomplish that feat? mr. vought: we are not here to say that spending control has not been a bipartisan problem. we're saying that -- mr. scott: we already established under democratic presidents against that under republican presidents it gets worse. under the education budget, it's been pointed out you cut the education department by how much, about 12%, is that right? mr. vought: we spend -- we c

that the court properly asserted jurisdiction to resolve the conflict between president nixon and the special counsel? mr. lee: senator, i'm not -- i'm vegasly familiar with the case -- vaguely familiar with the case. i never read the opinion. obviously it's an important decision. as an inferior court nominee, if i'm confirmed, i'll faithfully follow it. ms. klobuchar: in an article you wrote in september of 2002, you criticized the use of disparate impact claims which allow plaintiffs to show that a policy has a discriminatory effect, even if it wasn't motivated by an intent to discriminate. the supreme court has repeat lid affirmed that dess par at impact claims are an important tool to protect against discrimination. can you speak how you would approach a case involving this claim if you're confirmed as a federal judge? mr. lee: thank you, senator. obviously if the supreme court and the employment context has held the disparate impact claim could be viable, i think there's a test, provide disparate impact, the other side has to proffer a reason to show that there were other factors involved and the ot

mr let's have a summit for the moment. that i am. going to say on. the whole story is a new nixon holding henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated in latin america. terms of economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. the chilean economy scream so wants to make the venezuelan. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often this very dramatic development only really going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. officer. told them to get up off the ground or begin to pay down. them freeze on the sounds of an mit grown man with misleading essentially. through his own. wish to away from the officer. of his group. the obvious or did they kind of lunge for the web in one's midst and then when it happened on trace one as i didn't hit him i never saw any contact with. any kind of went back to where they were so the officers back here there try again fifteen feet apart at this point and that's when the

it could subpoena mr moeller they have really limitless power when they are doing investigations relating to impeachment indeed one of the articles of impeachment against president nixonand which i was involved stated that his refusal to comply with a judiciary committee subpoena was itself an impeachable offense so i think this now puts the ball in the court of the house judiciary committee and then the democrats they will have to step up to the plate and take it political accountability for pushing this invasion investigation further it's or it's going to stop i think they're democrats are divided nancy pelosi the house speaker has impeachment she did the same in two thousand and six which i think emboldened some of the crimes of george w. bush and richard cheney saying impeachment is off the table because they're making political judgments rather than the judgment of whether or not the kind of conduct in the oval office is such that it it creates a very great worry about it herons to the rule of law and discharging the administration of justice and writing confidence that the american people are being the the first concern of the president rather than private inter

mr. hutchins. >> no. >> chairman rodino tleleft the m and cried. >> an official impeachment would come later with a full house vote. nixon'sepublican defenders have kroumabcrumbled. there is a count down towards the expected and end of the nix nixon's presidency. tonight at 9:00, eastern daylight time, the president of the united states will address the nation. it was over. >> i have never been a quitter to leave office before my term is completed is a harm to every instinct of my body. as president, i must put the interests of america first, therefore, i should resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> the impeach. me me ment -- impeachment, it worked. >> the scandal itself triggered a lot of fate in government and politicians. it will be 25 years before impeachment will come up again. >> do you understand that? >> this time -- it was a completely different story. ♪ i think i found my dream car. it turns out they want me to start next month. she can stay with you to finish her senior year? of course she can! [ laughter ] [ groaning ] hey! want to drive? really? [ engine revs ] do you think we can do this, rob?

it could subpoena mr maule or they have really limitless power when they are doing investigations relating to impeachment indeed one of the articles of impeachment against president nixon and which i was involved stated that his refusal to comply with a judiciary committee subpoena was itself an impeachable offense so i think this now puts the ball in the court of the house judiciary committee and then the democrats they will have to step up to the plate and take it political accountability for pushing this invasion investigation further it's or it's going to stop i think they're democrats are divided nancy pelosi the house speaker has impeachment she did the same in two thousand and six which i think emboldened some of the crimes of george w. bush and richard cheney saying impeachment is off the table because they're making political judgments rather than the judgment of whether or not the kind of conduct in the oval office is such that it creates a very great worry about it herons to the rule of law and discharging the administration of justice and writing confidence that the american people are being the the first concern of the president rather than private interes

it could subpoena mr maule or they have really limitless power when they are doing investigations relating to impeachment indeed one of the articles of impeachment against president nixon and which i was involved stated that his refusal to comply with the judiciary committee subpoena was itself an impeachable offense so i think this now puts the ball in the court of the house judiciary committee and then the democrats they will have to step up to the plate take it political accountability for pushing this invasion investigation further it's or it's going to stop and that's how it ought to be they were elected to decide impeachment or not it's a political as much as a legal decision and that's where the ball is now it really isn't so much and the hands of mr barr and mr trump how divided or united is congress on this issue off impeachment because we were speaking to our reporter earlier on political hay who was reporting that democrats in particular are worried about starting the impeachment proceedings because trump remains widely popular with his base. well i think they're democrats are divided nancy pelosi the house speaker has impeachment she did the same in two tho

so there isn't really a precedent in the modern era even in the nixon era which is controversial where an attorney general comes out like mr. barr says actually, i'm the one who decides. this is very breaking bad. he's the one who knocks tonight and we'll fine out. i'm not here to prejudge it. find out if congress agrees that's a decision that only the ag is going to make over the course of a weekend with the private process. that's the end of it. so that's me building on your insight there. now i want to ask you on page three, let me read so everyone understands what mr. barr asserts tonight. is that mueller did not draw a conclusion one way or the other. as to whether examine -- it constituted obstruction. he writes that most of the conduct in the obstruction analysis by mueller has been the subject of public reporting. as a lawyer it makes me think that some of it was not. which means there's other secret stuff that mueller found that we don't know about and then barr writes for each of the actions, there's unresolved what mueller views as quote difficult issues of law regarding the president's actions and intent. what

>> i don't dispute that's how they were dealt with in the nixon and the situation with president clinton. but what the attorney general and mr. rossi fail to recognize is that those investigations operated under an independent counsel statute, ari. that is markedly different. that law sunset. bipartisan republicans and democrats did not want that law to continue after the investigation of president clinton. so what replaced it was a special counsel regulation. and the difference between leon jaworski and ken starr was they reported to judges and panels. here you have an interdepartmental department of justice situation. the special counsel is not an entity unto himself. the special counsel reports to the attorney general of the united states. that's different. and then there is a specific regulation that governs what confidential report is delivered not to the united states congress, but a report that first goes from the special counsel to the attorney general. and the attorney general then makes a determination pursuant to the regulations adds to what should be released to the united states congress. i also think it's not r

you have to resign because nixon asked whether he could survive a senate vote on impeachment. he expect ed he could and gold water said, no, mrotes and you don't have mine. and the next day he resigned. >> so what is the legacy of watergate and how does that apply to the trump administration and investigations today? >> one way of look iing at thiss we seem of a to have a major national scandal in our politics. about every 50 or 60 years. you go back to the 1920s. we had a scandal then and then we had gaewater gate. water gate and it's a recurrent theme in our democracy. and one that does require a lot of support for the rule of law for traditions and guardrails in our democracy. had the system not snuck back, and i agree the system of checks and balances ultimately did work in the watergate case. we haven't seen where they are going to work in the trump indication. i also think that the nixon provides something which trump does not. nixon had a very bright side in his life. he had an aspiration side. he inspired to be a man of peace, who built a lasting foundation of peace. he wanted to follow in the footsteps of a churchill

nixon era. i think we will probably have to hear from bob mueller himself. i don't know how we could accept at mr. barr's word without telling us whether there were lines he wanted to pursue and was not able to. i think the american people will need to hear from mueller. >> what will democrats do if the attorney general declines to make everything, all of the documentation, all of the backgrounds, everything in his nearly two-year investigation available to congress? >> we'll fight and we'll win. the moern peopamerican people v have the subpoena power now and we have the courts that will back us up. i want to say this. i do not want to hear from a president that was unwilling to go under oath as a subject of this investigation, attack a report where others so willingly did go under oath. he has no credibility. the state of the evidence will not include his testimony. so anything he says about it i think >> will democrats subpoena robert mueller? >> that's a decision for chairman nadler. it's my view that the report will not be fully accepted by the american people until we hear from bob mueller.

it could subpoena mr maule or they have really limitless power when they are doing investigations relating to impeachment indeed one of the articles of impeachment against president nixon and which i was involved stated that his refusal to comply with the judiciary committee subpoena was itself an impeachable offense so i think this now puts the ball in the court of the house judiciary committee and then the democrats they will have to step up to the plate and take it political accountability for pushing this invasion investigation further it's or it's going to stop i think they're democrats are divided nancy pelosi the house speaker has impeachment she did the same in two thousand and six which i think emboldened some of the crimes of george w. bush and richard cheney saying impeachment is off the table because they're making political judgments rather than the judgment of whether or not the kind of conduct in the oval office is such that it creates a very great worry about it herons to the rule of law and discharging the administration of justice and writing confidence that the american people are being the the first concern of the president rather than private inter

mr. president, i counted, you have four votes. one of them is not mine. and talk -- >> rough. >> yes, rough. stuck it to him. the next night nixon's another one of your books, "the final days." a hell of a book. anyway, over the past 24 hours democrats have spoke with one voice in calling for the mueller report to be released in full. let's watch. >> the entire unfiltered report as well as the evidence underlying that report must be made available to congress and to the american people. >> the mueller report must be made public for a full accounting. >> let's have the president urge the attorney general to release the report in its totality to the american people. >> i think the american people deserve to see the report itself, not simply the attorney general's summary of it. >> we need the mueller report and the documentation released so that the public can make a determination. >> obviously we really need to see mr. mueller's report. >> we will be pushing in every direction to make sure that it is released. >> and i want to see the whole report, and certainly the public wants to see the report. nearly 90% of the public has sai

it could subpoena mr mole or they have really limitless power when they are doing investigations relating to impeachment indeed one of the articles of impeachment against president nixonand which i was involved stated that his refusal to comply with the judiciary committee subpoena was itself an impeachable offense so i think this now puts the ball in the court of the house judiciary committee and and the democrats they will have to step up to the plate and take it political accountability for pushing this invasion investigation further it's or it's going to stop i think they're democrats are divided nancy pelosi the house speaker has impeachment she did the same in two thousand and six which i think emboldened some of the crimes of george w. bush and richard cheney saying impeachment is off the table because they're making political judgments rather than the judgment of whether or not the kind of conduct in the oval office is such that it creates a very great worry about it herons to the rule of law and discharging the administration of justice and writing confidence that the american people are being the the first concern of the president rather than private interes

if you go back to that debate, you'll see specifically that even nixon spoke about school facilities. so i only have 23 seconds. mr. chairman, goudo you want to give any response to that? >> other than saying that nixon lost? >> okay. >> to kennedy? listen, what we need to do is face up to the reality a lot of schools have to be fixed and we have to do it the right way. there is a debate from where we do that. but i think you should keep on pushing. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, gentlemen. the gentleman from texas, mr. arrington, to inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the witnesses. >> excuse me. mr. chairman. >> yes. >> you know, we have to go to the white house and i would like to be excused. >> so you mean give up time with the chairman of the ways and means committee to go to the white house? >> no. i fully understand, but the allocation of resources will be much more significant here for a longer period of time than will be the debate that will take place in the white house. and by the way, just to let you know, it is the new committee that are dealing with jobs and the related issues to

shenanigans in the nixon administration with regards of the same thing that broken into the watergate had also broken psychologistss and his case that was famously , thrown out of court. mr. sexton: one of the things that often is set against whistleblowing is it will be contagious. once there is one whistleblower that has released information becoming a celebrity, others will seek to follow suit. was that the case with ellsburg in the 1970's or were these really separate incidents? prof. mistry: the 1970's, you have a host of national security whistleblowers. many are in the cia. it is not a homogenous bunch. there is more consistency and -- in the than in other 1970's generations, but some individuals are inspired by what ellsberg did. others reject the idea of taking classified information and putting it in the public realm. there is an interesting point here which goes back to the espionage act. espionage act is being used to prosecute whistleblowers. it ensures that the handling of information is crucial. this is what separates the u.s. and its use of the espionage act and the countries that have an official secrets act, and also it has meant that the u.s. has indis

mr. conway's tweets questioning the president's mental health. cnbc puts it into some historical perspective, pointing out, this is now a washington spectacle, unseen since the wife of tricrichard nixon's attorney general sounded alarms about watergate. oh, boy. nbc's jeff bennett is over at the white house with this one for us. jeff, listen, i know this is something that kellyanne conway has responded to. and typically, right, it's someone between a husband and a wife, in a marriage, a household, whatever, would stay between the two of them. but the president has sort of yanked that away from them and thrown it out up into the public. >> you're right about that. and a couple of months ago, the president dismissed george conway, hallie with , as a publ speaker and today he took it up a notch and called him a total loser. at one point, he was up for a top job in trump's justice department. george conway ultimately withdrew his name from consideration. so this whole surreal twitter saga really came to a head on sunday. the president in the midst of that twitter tirade, george conway responded to it by posting screen shots of the medical definition of narcissistic personality disorder. an

mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening device in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices. yes, sir. >> the senate watergate committee discovers that nixons in the white house. >> george bush was shocked and stunned, flabbergasted. >> if nixon is involved in any way in this scandal, this is probably going to come out on these tapes. >> privately, bush is fuming. but his job is to defend and support the president. and so even as members of his own party slowly begin to call out the president, george h.w. bush still defends him. >> everyone is saying come out and criticize nixon or something like that. and i remember sitting around the pool. i said, you've got to know that he's guilty, don't you? george said, he told me that he wasn't and that he didn't know anything about it and i completely accept what he said. >> george bush had no idea that the president of the united states was lying to him. as well as the rest of the country. ♪ pardon the interruption but this is big! now with t-mobile get the samsung galaxy s10e included with unlimited data for just $40 a month. webut some of us turn outhose dreams...... into action... the bookers.

. >> the nixon justices were a lot more moderate than the trump justices and the george w. bush tapes. >> comey wrote an op-ed. let me read it. quote, i'm not rooting for mr. mueller to demonstrate trump is a criminal. i'm not rooting for anything except that the special counsel be permitted to finish his work, charge whatever case is warranted charging and report on his work. it seems he's arguing that whatever the outcome here, the process worked. there is a win in terms of this even happening. >> that's what folks have been saying all along. the rule of law will get to the right result if you let it happen. that's been most people's gripe is that the president is going to undermine the functioning of the justice system, the special counsel's office. if we let it happen the way it should, everyone who can be charged will be charged. let the justice system work in that. it will be a fair result. we'll see. >> well, maybe. also the issue of how much of this report becomes public is very much unresolved. we shouldn't have too much happy talk about how the system worked until we know the resolution. >> the other issue is although no one leaked anything in w

mr. cohen. so that's worthy of subsequent examination but it's a very troubling development with echoes of richard nixon> i'll tell you congressman gerry connelly, i'm sorry this was a bit briefer nan than usual. >> i understood perfectly. >> thank you so much. >> the president just moments ago made what might be a very surprising revelation about his firing of james comey and it involves his wife melania. that's next. d it involves his wife melania. that's next. ♪ when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪tum tum tum tum smoothies. also available tums sugar-free. at first slice pizza lovers everywhere meet o, that's good! frozen pizza one third of our classic crust is made with cauliflower but that's not stopping anyone o, that's good! there's brushing...and there's oral-b power brushing. oral-b just cleans better. even my hygienist said going electric could lead to way cleaner teeth. and unlike sonicare, oral-b is the first electric toothbrush brand accepted by the ada. oral-b. brush like a pro. watergate. involves his wife melania. watergate

mr. chairman, i am sitting here thinking, believe it or not, if something richard nixon, of all people, once said. and richard nixon once said the only people who don't make mistakes are people who don't do anything. we all make mistakes. and i said to our sons now, 29 and 30-years-old, i've said to them, nothing wrong with making a mistake. the key is we don't want to continue making the same mistake. in this case, mistakes, not only harm your companies but we talk about the harm, 150 really innocent people across this country. so the question is, what do we do about it? and you've talked to us today about a number of things that each of you have done. and i am pleased to hear the statements of apology, of contrition. acknowledging the harm and damage that's been done. and god knows i wish and i'm sure 148 million people wish that the kind of thinking of the actions you've displayed in the last year or so that you've been in your position, mr. begor, that that kind of thinking had existed in the previous administration, if you will. you talked about what i think is really important. leaders

mr. manafort as a lifelong and irredeemable felon is beyond the pale and grossly overstates the facts before the court. his health has dramatically deteriorating thus far in prison. "outfront," evan perez, former nixon white house counsel, john dean, and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, harry sandic. evan, they come out and say this is terrible. this is not okay. you actually think this is a pardon play. how? >> it's a total pardon play. look, if you read the sentencing memo that they write here, they mention very often in this memo that there is no collusion. that mueller was appointed to look into collusion. and he found none. and that according to this memo, according to manafort's attorneys, that really manafort is being prosecuted, he's being punished for essentially for working for donald trump. that if he hadn't gone to become chairman of the trump campaign, that none of this would be happening to him. they point out a couple times, they use terms like tighten the screws to try to use the manafort prosecution to try to get to donald trump. keep in mind, erin, this is something, this is a court, t.s. ellis, the judge there, who had expressed some skepticism

mr. chairman. in the presence of the secretary and chairman and the comptroller, i just want to note while we've been meeting today, andy marshall has passed away. he ran the office assessment from the nixon administration to the obama administration. i can think of fewer people who have had a bigger impact on focusing our defense efforts, our national security in right selection than mr. marshall. and we talk about a lot of stuff today. but i think as general dunford started out, people today, some of them not in uniform, it is a remarkable life. he has been before our committee i don't know how many times over the years. so i wanted to note that that passing and but also to honor his memory because he made such a difference. >> and i think that is very appropriate note to end on. we are adjourned. thank you, gentleman. >>> senate republicans on capitol hill. president trump spoke briefly with reporters about the mueller report and healthcare. >> some democrats are still talking about. >> i don't think they are talking about impeachment. we have the greatest economy we've ever had. our country is unique rescue credible shape. they and others created -- ridiculous witch hunt where it was

danny akroyd, when he did richard nixon, that was funny and john belushi did henry kissinger, let's pray, henry, let's pray and john belushi would say i don't want to pray, mrn with it. again, you hit the nail on the head when you were talking about china, that's something i would love to see on "saturday night live." i would love to see cesily strong do more ocasio-cortez on "saturday night live." maria: she played me after the debate. >> i saw that. that was great. maria: that was awesome. >> that's what i want to he see. when we followed the original "saturday night live," we had to follow belushi and gilda and our producer said just be funny and they did it this weekend on "saturday night live." it was funny and it was great. especially with leslie jones and hkeenan doing the r. kelly kell. when you go to the president, you don't have to do that. when you want to pick an issue, it's china taking over everything. maria: i'm surprised they're not doing more on the dems. is there anything to make fun of with aoc. you started the conversation calling yourself joe ocacio piscopo. >> absolutely. i keep saying this over and over and over again. leslie jones, y

mr. chairman. mr.at ambassador, thank you for your public service. we appreciate the hard work you do on behalf of the country.. for decades since president nixon and secretary kissinger and the end of the cold war the u.s. operated under the assumption with increased economicac integration and exposure to the system of capitalism and democracy chinai would adopt some of our systems, at least in part. that simply hasn't happened. not only has communist china e skewedse democracy and engaged human rights abuses, repression of religious minorities, air, land and water ando treated the workers poorly they have not transitioned to capitalism or a market economy. the chinese state economy not only cheats by stealing intellectual property, restricting access to their markets buts the chinese government subsidizes its industry. the 2019 fortune global 500 includes 111 chinese companies, of which o 78 of those companie are viewed to be 50% or more owned by the state. could you share with us your senseu of what the long-term policy of the united states is and the goals that you have as part of the negotiation to have long-term structural change on this