richard nixon. he is the only president in american history, nick's and was forced to resign -- nixon was forced to resign. we should keep all of this in mind. what i remember most was that washington in those days, we often woke up in the morning and would have no idea what would happen next. there was nothing more stunning than to hear the president of the united states was about to pardon the former president of the united states. i am tom brokaw, nbc news, new york. >> we are honored to have with us today, steve afford, the youngest son of resident gerald r. ford -- president gerald r. ford and first lady betty ford. he is also the chairman of the gerald r. ford presidential foundation. i have had the pleasure to work with steve over the years, and nobody is more committed to preserving the history of the ford presidency, and he even inherited his dad's winning personality. mr. steve ford. it is always a pleasure to come back to grand rapids. dad learned so many great valuees hs he used later in

within 24 hours of nixon leaving office, nixon picked up the phone himself and called his former chief of staff alexander haig, and said to send those tapes out here. there were 900 reels of tape and hundreds of boxes, and the secret service was worried that the floor was going to collapse. ford aids learned of this request, and they said, this is an important question, who owns these boxes and tapes? they understood that these contained crucial evidence that the prosecution force would be engaging them. so they were very wary about letting this material get out of their sight. president ford said not to move any of it until they get the opinion of the attorney general. four days later, that group meets with william saxbe, nixon's fifth attorney general, and saxbe issues a notification that these papers belong to nixon. there was an interruption, and one person noted that if you send those records and tapes out to california, the only thing that people will remember is that jerry ford committed the last act of the watergate cover-up. becker said you might have heard a pin drop in the r

that these papers belong to nixon. ande was an interruption, one person noted that if you send those records and tapes out to california, the only thing that people will remember is ford committed the last act of the watergate cover-up. said you might have heard a pin drop in the room. ford was dead silent, waved off saxbe, and said that those papers and tapes were staying here and the they belonged to the american people. began tohen an animus develop between the ford people and the nixon team. it was only later that ford into thenton becker white house and said that he was thinking about pardoning richard nixon, i need to know the legal ramifications. benton almost fell over. his job was to find out how to block -- how broad presidential powers were. benton learned that they were extremely broad, but one of the things that he understood, and this is key to the story, he only share this to his closest advisers, there was a case during the 1915 year during the woodrow wilson presidency which involved an effort by woodr

in the nixon library to provide the definitive answer to questions, what did president nixon now and when did he know it? and what will stand as the most authoritative account of one america of america's worst political scandals, "the nixon defense" shows how the disastrous mistakes of watergate could have been avoided and offers a cautionary tale for on-time. i've always been a big fan of john dean because i remember as a kid during the watergate scandals they were always on tv in my parents let me stay home from school so from that point forward i thought he was the greatest guy in the world. i would also like to introduce rick perlstein the author of nixonland the rise of the president and the fact -- fracturing of america "new york times" bestseller. before the storm barry goldwater and the unmaking of the american consensus. his essays and books reviewed in "the new yorker" "the new york times" or "washington post" or the nation and the village voice and slate among others. his latest book is "the invisible bridge" the fall of nixon and the rise of reagan. in january of 1973 ric

archives in the nixon library to provide the definitive a rented questions what did president nixon know and when did he know it and what will stand as the most of forte of count of one of america's worst political scandals, "the nixon defense" shows how the disastrous mistakes of watergate could have been avoided and offers a cautionary tale for our own time. i have always been a fan of john dean because i remember they were always on tv and my parents let me stay home from school so from that point forward i thought he was one of the greatest guys in the world. also i will introduce eric peristein, the author of the new york times best seller, the rise of another, before the storm, barry goldwater and the unmaking of the american consensus. is essays and book reviews have been published in the new yorker, the new york times, washington post, the nation, the village voice among others. his latest book is the invisible bridge, the fall of nixon and the rise of reagan. in january 1973 richard nixon announced the end of the vietnam war and prepared for a triumphant second term until t

the old nixon. >> i wrote a diary of being on the nixon campaign plane.out just saying, what does he believe in? what does he care about? how can we trust him? i realize that the person i felt most related to was robert kennedy. >> i have traveled and i have listened to the young people of our nation. and felt their anger about the war that they are sent to fight, about the world that they are about to inherit. i am announcing, today, my candidacy for the presidency of the united states. [ applause ] >> eugene mccarthy clears the way and tests the water. but he wasn't the guy who was going to get there. bobby was going to get there. >> this nation must adopt a foreign policy which says clearly and distinctly, no more vietnams. [ applause ] >> you have the declaration of another rival candidate from within his own party, currents of anti-war sentiment are building up, and at the same time, the war is getting worse. i think if you're lyndon johnson, you feel you're being surrounded by a stampede. >> good evening, my fellow americans. tonight, i want to spea

. >>> protesters in ferguson, missouri are angry at governor jay nixon for declaring a state of emergency before the grand jury has announced if it will indict officer wilson for shooting the unarmed teenager. the governor is doing this as a precaution. cnn's sara sidner is in ferguson. >> reporter: a lot of folks talking about what has happened over the past 24 hours. governor nixon declaring a state of emergency and then saying he has activated the national guard in preparation for the grand jury deciding whether or not to indict officer wilson. propere protesters are upset with governor nixon because they say it is painting them and violent. many show up and are not violent, but very, very loud. they do a lot of chants and they come at police with very strong words. for the most part, they have been peaceful. this paints them all as violent. however, the governor has said he wants to make sure the community is prepared and businesses and residents are protected and he will do whatever it is in his power to make sure that happens. he has gone ahead and put forward the state of emergency

that's where i joined the nixon administration. while at justice i had a lot of dealings with the white house staff, and so when john ehrlichman became assistant to the president for domestic affairs, that chair sat empty for a little while, and then the president invited me to come over and serve as white house counsel. >> host: what is the role of the counsel? how often would you meet with the president? >> guest: very seldom, actually. the best description i've ever had of my job, i actually put in the early part of this book -- because alex butterfield, who worked for bob had match, the chief of staff -- haldeman, had a pretty good overview of the white house. he handled a lot of administrative functions. he said i had two masters. i actually had three; bob haldeman, who i reported to, john ehrlichman never gave up the counsel's job actually and nixon continued to turn to him for an awful lot of things that related to the counsel's office, and ehrlichman just had me do the work. and then, of course, when the president started c

how nixon's war was weighing on him personally.way to let his staff see hr haldeman describe it in his diary. listen. they're talking here about a woman, they describe her as mrs. nolde. this is man who's considered the last official combat casualty of the vietnam war. so the story is about mrs. nolde's visit to washington for her husband's burial at washington's arlington national cemetery. >>> just declassified audio diary from nixon's staff. he later wrote in his memoirs that he never hated the veet nap war more than he did in that moment, in that single enkoubt e counter with the family of the man who was the last reported combat casualty of vietnam. >>> on friday, this past friday, the current commander in chief, announced that he is doubling the number of u.s. service members in iraq. today, though, the pentagon said those additional troops will not be sent until congress votes to send them. president orb is apparently determined now that this decision will not remain his alone. it is never supposed to be a president's decisi

jay nixon. let's go to a clip of him. matt sledge asked if he was responsible for how police respond should protests erupt after the grand jury. nixon struggled with his answer. >> you have to clear the state of emergency, but the highway patrol on the unified command. does the buck stop with the when it comes to how many protest are policed? -- it, uh,u know, it our goal is to -- is to, you know, keep the police and allow folks voices to be heard. -- in a balance, that they am using the resources we have to marshal to be predictable for both those pillars. more't -- you know, i am -- i just will have to say i don't spent a tremendous amount of time personalizing this. >> that is governor jay nixon. he went on to say, prefer not to be a commentator on it. your responses, to governor nixon's answer not wanted to take responsibility to the police response and his overall state of emergency that he has just imposed? >> it is disturbing, but it is consistent both for his behavior in the governor's o

governor jay nixon right now. >> good afternoon. for those of you here from out of state, my name is daniel issam. since september 1st i've been the director of the missouri department of public safety. previously i was chief of police for the st. louis metropolitan police department. and most recently, a professor in the criminalology and criminal justice department at the university of missouri-st. louis. i made the decision to join the department of public safety ten weeks ago because of the critical issues that were before all of us in law enforcement. and because of the opportunity to make a difference in the community. my community, where i grew up and where my family and i make our home. but also key to joining dps was the promise that governor nixon gave me. he told me he was committed to bringing people together, to establishing missouri as a model for improving relations between police and the community we serve. he understood that this was not simply a law enforcement issue. and he was committed to more than simply gettin

. >> and the nixon white house wasn't happy with you. >> the nixon white house, imagined i could usehis word about a president, a presidency, sneakily, prepped the guy, young guy who was a right-winger to oppose kerry, left winger, called t.v. booking as they saw it. kerry was effecti. so was the other fellow but the white house wasn't thrilled. they thought i didn't let him -- i am just sorry nixon is not with us. let me take that back instantly. what i mean is, i'm sorry he didn't live long enough to see my dick cavett's watergate which was on pbs and you can find it online, and you must see it. dick cavett's water graduate. you can find the whole show. somebody found that i had tons of watergate stuff on my show. i had mitchell. i had g gordon liddy. and you can see him ask if i am a jew, ask somebody. and if you want to just a sample, youtube has the moment where nixon says to his lickspeetle, hr that woulderman, what can we do to screw him? have you ever seen your name mentioned by the president of the most powerful man in the country who wants to screw you? context? >> the son

nixon says the st. louis police will lead the response. oddly, though, the governor was unable to say definitively who exactly would be in charge of security. >> given that you have declared the state of emergency and you've put your highway patrol under limited command, does the buck ultimately stop with you when it comes to how any protests are policed? >> um, it, uh -- you know -- our goal is to, you know, keep the peace and allow folks' voices to be heard. i have to say, i don't spend a tremendous amount of time personalizing this, vis-a-vis me. >> is there any one agency ultimately in charge? >> we've worked hard to establish unified command to outline the responsibilities. and now with the additional assets provided by my order today of the missouri national guard, we've worked through a number of operational issues, the folks have. >> nixon's announcement comes just days after the fbi issued a bulletin to law enforcement across the united states, warning that any protests following a grand jury announcement, quote, will likely be ex

nixon, the last liberal president. moynihan said that the american public is conservative in its ideology but liberal in the programs it wants. that's why you have a tea party that says keep government hands off my medicare, or the concern of many on the right have about immigrants is not really the labor force, but actually the social services that are made payable to them. everybody wants a piece of the pie and all the rest. that was a ship i remember that reagan made, the early reagan opposed medicare, he opposed benefits for war veterans. it was kind of old liberty kind of conservatism and then he ran for president and he said all of that aside. >> he ran for governor and he set it aside as well. to me looking at reagan in the '60s, you really have to sort of separate his passionate anti-communism and his passionate about fighting communism from everything else. because you really cares a lot less about everything. i don't mean that he doesn't believe some of these positions he takes but it's just for him the gold

listening to these new nixon tapes, there's a lot of stuff here.se tapes has to do with the war. there's this sort of riveting glimpse of how nixon's war, the vietnam war was weighing on him as a president personally. it was a way he was willing at least once to let his staff see and halderman described it in his diary. what they are talking about here is a woman, they describe her as mrs. nolde, the wife of the man considered to be the last official combat casualty of the vietnam war. this is about mrs. nolde's visit to washington for her husband's burial at washington national cemetery. >> looking at mrs. nolde, the wife of the colonel who was the last man to die in vietnam, she came to washington for the funeral with her five children, some brothers and sisters and the whole family. and after the fooneral service, the president had them come in. he says they were a typical american family and that she had conducted herself and walked in like a first lady. and then on the kids, the 17-year-old boy who had a ragged beard and a mustache and long ha

governor nixon is probably getting wind of that. >> we're looking at live images. we're seeing continued movements on the streets of ferguson. a lot more police in the aerial shots we're seeing than individuals. and yet, to be fair and clear to the law enforcement goals here, they are patrolling at night and expecting or preparing for any wide range of response first thing in the morning or before even sunrise. we don't know. i want to mention that rudolph giuliani, who is a prosecutor and former executive, was considered a conservative law and order guy was critical weekend here on "meet the press" of governor nixon saying sure. >> he would have done it but wouldn't have announced. >> i'm reading from what is our account of the second press release regarding the national guard. from a criminal law perspective, no the a political obviously or ideological perspective, what is your view of the policing report that governor nixon is taking. >> as dr. peterson said, one of the problems in especially minority communities and poor communities is the ways in which they're

nearly 40 years ago today richard milhouse nixon resigned his presidency in the wake of one of the most devastating scandals and crises of our government has interpreted the repercussions of events that led to the president's resignation are with us to this day and as rick perlstein argues in his third book, "the invisible bridge" have shaped u.s. political debate or the lack thereof ever since. perlstein is the author of two previous works nixonland, the rise of the president and the fracturing of america a "new york times" bestseller and before the storm, barry goldwater and the unmaking of the american consensus which won the 2001 los angeles times book award for history. his essays and reviews have been published in "the new yorker," "the new york times," the "washington post" and the nation among other outlets. in his cover essay on the invisible bridge for "the new york times" book review this past sunday frank rich wrote, it says much about perlstein's gift as a historian that he persuasively portrays a silky splendor interlude between the fall of nixon and the rise of reagan as

you were going into direct battle with richard nixon when you took on this case. j.people who were willing to be vengeful about lawyers like you and cases like this. did any of that enter your mind? were you concerned about any of that? >> oh, y e. we were concerned because our phones were being tapped. john was being followed. two guys standing across the street continuously fixing a bike would be in a car following him if he left his apartment at anytime. and it was a terrible pressure in the handling of the case. and i have to say that john's attitude was helpful even to me. he had a philosophy that the government does these things and we will still succeed. >> what was it like for you, as i said, having represented this one client in a case you knew could have implications for many, many more. to be sitting here tonight with president obama in office considering taking executive action, using as the primary building block of his justification for this the building block that you laid in the lennon case, that you could be responsible now for the enter of -- or the

missouri governor jay nixon held a news conference moments ago. >> later this evening the st. county prosecutor will announce the grand jury's decision. while none of us knows what that will be, our shared hope and expectation is regardless of the decision people on all sides show tolerance, mutual respect and restraint. >> the governor said he spoke with community and faith leaders earlier today to express their hope for a

governor nixon should compel the prosecutor to cooperate.ply with sensible and proper rules of engagement that will allow them to concentrate first on people engaged in negative behavior. >> ferguson mayor

he argued the big three networks or biased against nixon administration policies. all three networks printed their evening news to broadcast -- preempted their evening news to broadcast the remarks live. we will show you coverage by cbs. >> the following is a special broadcast on cbs news. >> good evening. are broadcasting a speech live from des moines, iowa, by the vice president of the united states, spiro agnew. it will be delivered from the grand ballroom in des moines, iowa. the scene is in the grand ballroom where the state chairman of the republican party of iowa is introducing the head table guests. the vice president is attacking the objectivity and fairness of network television news, which he says is in the hands of a small and unelected elite. president is due to appear within the next minute or two. this is a meeting of the midwest regional republican committees, which includes the states of illinois, indiana, michigan, minnesota,s, nebraska, missouri, north dakota, oklahoma, south dakota, west virginia, and wisconsin. at the head table will be the sen

several years ago ben and i were invited to speak at the nixon library in california.s astonished that this was happening, could not believe that the world had turned so much. "how do you like them apples?" he said smiling. and adding a second favorite line, think about that for a minute. we showed up at reagan national t.s.a. security for a flight to california. he was not driving these days, so he had no driver's license. he had forgotten his passport and he had no photo i.d. card. led out his aarp [laughter] tattered and expired. [laughter] ben always said you have to go with what you have. even if it is a low fare. the t.s.a. man was not going to have anything to do with this and he wouldn't even look at ben's aarp card. behind us in line we heard a voice. it sounded like the voice of moses. it was vernon jordan. [laughter] maybe you know the voice. never a subtle presence, vernon bolted forward and said to the t.s.a. man this is ben bradlee, the former editor of "the washington post". ben bradlee said the t.s.a. man, and then improbably and miraculously he waved b

they followed the campaign, nixon versus george mcgovern. nixon won in 1972 despite the washington post's investigation and other stories appearing. by january of 1973, enough stories were coming out. hersh had become an investigative reporter for the new york sometimes. he discovered the hush money paid to the burglars to keep them from spilling the beans when they were being tried. at that point, congress realized they needed to look into it. the senate voted to hold an investigation. mike mansfield was the majority leader at the time. usually when a resolution is submitted to hold a special investigation, the person that submits the resolution becomes chairman. edward kennedy had been chair of a sub is committee judiciary that started looking into watergate. they suggested the special committee. people thought of him as a presidential candidate. mike mansfield realized they should not have anybody on this committee who could be seen as a presidential candidate. he prevailed on sal irvin at the end of his long career. a lawyer and judge fr

because eric holder is not pleased with governor nixon.xon did not seem pleased with the county prosecutor's decision to release the decision tonight rather than say in the daytime. he said that's their call. so all these authority figures seem to be on different pages when it comes to how to orchestrate this. and what to do, frankly. and they may well be at odds as to the underlying facts and the merits of a case against officer wilson. >> yeah, jonathan, i guess that's one of those questions, the state of emergency the dlfr declared, you could see, we had congressman cleaver who was saying look, it's maybe not the best thing. on the other hand, if something were to happen and he hadn't declared a state of emergency, he would be responsible for that. >> well, see, it was the wrong tone. i don't argue with his action. but his tone throughout has been punitive and lecturing to people who are demonstrating and protesting with good reason. he could have just said, this is a procedural thing, i have to declare a state of emergency now, so that

governor nixon will announce and swear in the members of the newly created ferguson commission. >>> there is new concern over the levels of arsenic found in rice and rice product like baby cereal and gluten-free foods. a study to be released today recommends you not ease rice more than twice a week. scientists looked at arsenic levels from rice across the country. california rice seemed to have the smallest amount of arsenic compared to rice from other parts of the country. the average american eats 25 pounds of rice every year. and that is twice as much rice than americans did ten years ago. >>> capitol hill is primed for a major showdown later this morning. it has to do with the keystone xl pipeline that would shoot oil through the middle of the u.s. while there are environmental concerns, a proposed bill was approved in the republican-led house last week. things aren't as certain in the senate. the vote is expected to be razor thin, somewhere on either side of the 60 votes needed. if passed that

in an upcoming film about an historic meeting between nixon and elvis presley.priately titled "elvis and nixon." >> michael shannon from "boardwalk empire" has been cast to play the king of rock 'n' roll himself. >>> and talk about a crazy midterm moment you didn't see. in l.a. folk has to cast their votes at a mcdonald's playground. and remember this -- >> could that be me? >> yes, i will remember to bring home the milk. don't worry about it. >> good save, good save. well, wednesday on "politics nation" al sharpton had his own phone moment. take a look. >> can senator mcconnell stand up to ted cruz? and -- hmm. i think that's my phone. excuse me. >> is brokaw calling? >> i love the facial expressions. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> all right, i am joined by bob franken who has pretty good facial expressions himself. good morning to you. >> well, i'm hoping that the reverend doesn't strike out and take on an acting career. >> oh, geez, that's tough. only 5:00 in the morning here. yesterday the president said the people have spoken and he hea

just before that, governor nixon was in ferguson to meet with several business owners whose shops sit along this avenue. that was the scene of some of the most violent clashes in the early days after michael brown's death. since then, protests have mostly been peaceful with just a few arrests, but charles davis, who met with the governor earlier, isn't worried about the reaction to tonight's decision. >> the governor of the state of missouri comes into your burger shop and says, hi, how are you doing. >> right. >> reporter: what did you take from that? >> i just took that he was being concerned. he came by to make sure we were okay. >> reporter: do you plan to stay open? >> yes. i stayed open then, and i'm going to stay open now. >> reporter: now, governor nixon has set up a 16-person commission to address the concerns of this community, but, scott, the test will be tonight to see if that kind of outreach and preparation will keep the peace in ferguson. >> pelley: michelle miller in ferguson for us tonight. michelle, thank you. rikki klieman has been a prosecutor and a criminal defens

nixon was. nixon, nixon started out writing every book himself, a certain amount of editing went into it. a lot of other people's research. he was a lawyer. he would stack it up in front of him and then take a yellow legal pad and then write. he took some pride in his work. ronald reagan, i think, was not essentially interested in that. but i remember visiting his office in california after he had ended his presidency, and he had this magnificent glass cabinet that stretched forever containing every single saddle that he had been presented with during his gubernatorial, his acting and his presidential career. this wonderful row of western and english saddles, all beautifully -- [inaudible] and he was so proud. he took one down and showed each one and described what it was and where it had come from and who had presented it to him. it was quite, quite extraordinary. i describe, i think, in the book the fact that when you visited his office, what you got was a photograph of yourself with the presi

be true, nixon should resign his office. the lang of proper protection by the national guard put responders, firefighters and police officers in physical jeopardy. the property loss was inexcusable if it could have been prevented. most americans despise these looters have dishonored the brown family. then again, michael brown's own stepfather was captured on tape soon after the decision was announced doing. this. [shouting] >> extremely disturbing. again, people who loot and burn after an 18-year-old american has been killed and dishonored the man's legacy. if you want to protest peacefully, final. if you sincerely believe there sin justice in our system, let your feelings be known. these looters could not care less about michael brown. they are criminals. that was obvious last night. and then there are the pundits. the usual group of charlatans who will say anything to get a paycheck and attention. >> it really does seem like the fix was in. there is a tradition here. there is a tragic tradition with this prosecutor. he is

nixon was. nixon, nixon started out writing every book himself, a certain amount of editing went into it. a lot of other people's research. he was a lawyer. he would stack it up in front of him and then take a yellow legal pad and then write. he took some pride in his work. ronald reagan, i think, was not essentially interested in that. but i remember visiting his office in california after he had ended his presidency, and he had this magnificent glass cabinet that stretched forever containing every single saddle that he had been presented with during his gubernatorial, his acting and his presidential career. this wonderful row of western and english saddles, all beautifully -- [inaudible] and he was so proud. he took one down and showed each one and described what it was and where it had come from and who had presented it to him. it was quite, quite extraordinary. i describe, i think, in the book the fact that when you visited his office, what you got was a photograph of yourself with the presi

governor jay nixon named a commission recommending how to deal with the fallout of the protests here. some african-americans called for a protest nationwide. our the city, state, and country ready for the outcome, whatever it happens to be? >> i've been very impressed looking at how the community is dealing with it. this is not to deal with the short term but the people there you read their bios, two cochairs and members of the community, a really impressive group of people and i think they're worried about outsiders coming in and about the unknown. in general between the leadership of the governor local leadership, the city is ready to deal with whatever the grand jury decides. >> i think there is no doubt as a mentioned in the opening, the national african-american leaders are calling for protests if the indictment does not come in. i respect those people a lot but no one outside that room has seen all of the evidence. no doubt if the indictment does not come through, a large number will feel as though this is a miscarriage of justice no matter what the evidence says. how that gets

between nixon and elvis presley. guess what, bill, it's appropriately titled elvis and nixon. minnie driver is going to neverland, that's right. driver is joining allison williams in "peter pan" live playing the part of the older wendy. >> i did not know what the older wendy meant. >> i'm dara brown. this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news from nbc denver affiliate 9 news, rape suspect delivered to authorities by mother. 19-year-old elijah jordan jackson was arrested last thursday after his mom drove him to the county jail. he's accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in february. >>> and on nj.com, bamboozled what happens when a 3750 bottle of wine really costs $3750. yes, it happened at a casino in atlantic city. joe lentini asked the waitress to recommend a bottle. of course she pointed to screaming eagle oakville 2011 saying it cost thirty-seven fifty. he ordered it not knowing she meant 3700. after some complaining, the price was reduced to 2200 buck

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propere protesters are upset with governor nixon because they say it is painting them and violent. many show up and are not violent, but very, very loud. they do a lot of chants and they come at police with very strong words. for the most part, they have been peaceful. this paints them all as violent. however, the governor has said he wants to make sure the community is prepared and businesses and residents are protected and he will do whatever it is in his power to make sure that happens. he has gone ahead and put forward the state of emergency. we do know there are folks who appreciate that, including the mayor of st. louis who supported the governor's decision saying that preparations are necessary and it is not that easy to simply call up the national guard and have them be ready. he has done that in advance. also saying that the national guard will be in the background. it will be the police departments who are front and center, namely the st. louis county police department and the missouri highway patrol. >> sara sidner, thank you for that from ferguson. >>> convicted 9/11 te

nixon do you have a comment on that statement?i have no comment. >> if you are live on television and there is a camera right here there is no place to hide. once you see a guy sweating when asked a question, are you sure he is the leader for you? >> that the question before the american people and only you can decide what you want this country to be and what you want to do with the future. i think we're ready to move. >> if you saw it on television, clearly kennedy won that debate. >> it was the beginning of a new form of political craftsmanship. you could structure the message appropriately for the tv camera you were in and if you couldn't, you were toast. >> please give a warm hand to mr. john kennedy. >> may i ask you a tough question right off the bat? >> whether i'm democrat or republican? >> television was now the medium that mattered. it wasn't before 1960 and it was every day after 1960 after those presidential debates. >> try to find a western. >> once everyone had a tv set in their living room and advertisers got a grip

in that press conference, governor nixon laid out a plan, a law forcement plan, essentially, in case there is unrest, if there is a non-indictment or indictment of officer darren wilson, that residents and businesses in the community will be protected. that wasn't really received well in some parts of the community, especially protesters in support of the brown family, who say that if there's any violence at all, it will likely be from the police inflicted on the protesters. so the family says and brown's attorney says they're going to come out here and try to just respond to some of those concerns and what was in the press conference initially. >> simply put, county officials say just take a deep breath, stand back, and calm down. at the same time, dr. michael bodden, the private forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on michael brown, is set to testify before the grand jury today. so what are we hearing about that? >> yeah, dr. bodden just went into the west justice center about 20 minutes ago. and the family hopes that by hearing an independent voice, again, dr. bodden perf

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