nixon had a pretty good for foreign policy. so who was richard nixon?itically speaking with me tell you a story he was a famous british correspondent who'd been writing things about nixon and he wanted an interview and i told mr. nixon he should do it so i was in the room at the oval office and they don't take notes they just sit and listen. but she asked if he would have been a new deal rather than the postwar era and he wrote a long memo that is in my book about yorba linda and he wasn't against government action and he didn't believe folks like him should rely on it and people should only use the government needed it. so nixon came to power in the postwar gop in 1946, anti-communism and the cold war these were the issues initially that made and define him with the alger hiss case, the battles against adlai stevenson. 1968 he moved on from the conservative to the broader vision of the world. there was a touch of woodrow wilson and this idea he could create a generation of peace. we haven't had one of those so it might be a utopia. in domestic policy i

and so nixon's rise, nixon -- which seemed to me when i was a kid, oh, of course nixon's going to get the nomination. well, nixon getting that nomination is really quite a miracle and quite a drama in itself that i didn't know was there until i sat down to write this book. >> was it surprising that the democrats did quite well in the popular vote in '68 with all the different factions they had going on? >> yeah, you know, there's that theory that if hubert humphrey had one more day, you know, he would have -- because the momentum was going. the polling momentum was squeaking in humphrey's direction in the last few days of the campaign, and he ends up losing by less than 1% of the vote. so that's our second sitting vice president who loses a presidential election, and he loses it by less than 1% of the vote. the, but the democrats seemed utterly hopeless. by the time you got to september, they had the worst convention in the history of political conventions and sadly for them, it was televised. america was not yet accustomedded really to -- accustomedded to full-fledged, televised conv

and i'm nixon's. at the time, many people took that literally, and it didn't help bob when watergate focused a national spotlight on bob. people who didn't know bob and only saw him as a tough white house chief of staff whose crew cut was as intimidating as his prose style missed the whole point. because far from being everybody's s.o.b., bob haldeman was one of the most thoughtful, human, and humane people i have ever met. he was a demanding but fair boss and he was a true patriot. bob was born in los angeles in october of 1926. he was an eagle scout. he was in the naval reserve at the end of world war ii. he graduated from ucla in 1948, and in 1949 he joined the advertising agency j. walter thompson. even before he reached the white house, bob had a life of impressive accomplishment. over the course of a 22-year career, he rose to the highest corporate ranks at j. walter thompson. he was the primary fundraiser for the building of pauley pavilion at ucla, he was the chairman of disney's california in

richard nixon one night is sitting there watching a movie and julie nixon turns to her dad. she said you know you're not the only one suffering. mom is suffering too. then julie feels badly she shouldn't have done that. richard nixon says you know, you were right. that's a rare moment of humanity. >> and it's the family that tries to keep nixon together when the president of the united states is falling apart. >> he seemed too crazy. >> at the very end of the nixon presidency, when the pressure was really intense but before anybody realized he was about to leave office and run b run out of town it was pat nixon's birthday. i was a relatively young reporter in washington. word got out that he was taking his wife out to dinner for her birthday at trader vicks. i was lead to believe it was a cbs flnews exclusive. there were 10,000 reporters an cameras. pushing, shoving to get a picture. everybody crowds around nixon to ask him watergate questions. i was about 20 layers back. i turned to my right and there is pat nixon also pushed to the side. i was with helen thomas who knew pa

today, president nixon's younger brother ed nixon. , [applause] with that, dr. stoner, the stage is yours. very much.u thank you mr. nixon for having us here. we had a wonderful tour of the library and we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our discussion by picking up on the tape that jonathan played for us which was nixon's idea of former , -- formulating friendly relations to counterbalance soviet power. he turned out to be very prescient in terms of not worrying about china necessarily in 1972 but worrying about china farther down the road. we find ourselves now in 2017 in an interesting and new situation where china and russia are important to the u.s. and global affairs. since mr. nixon was president of the u.s. and opened relations with china, rather infamously, we have had the collapse of communism in eastern europe, uprisings in tianemen square and the collapse of the soviet union in 1991, we had a period of weak russia in the 1990's under boris yeltsin as it recovered from the trauma of years of communism and the unexpected and sudden collapse

his name was richard nixon. he had taken a number of courses at duke law school and perjury among other things, he did not like the way they denied the various questions. do you know what occurred chamber and the answer would be i don't know anybody by that name. next and goes home and he said he stayed up all night on this. did he have another name? so he says well what was the name of the communist party and he gives them another name. do you know a man named -- and have to test my memory. the skies line. this is one that nixon made that paid off. it's an ironing given what happened to nixon later on. nevertheless, nixon believed him. so he becomes a hero to the right, eisenhower eisenhower didn't like the politician. but he's picking up delegates. and with buckley there was no compromise because nixon couldn't do anything right by the vice president because he was ike's understudy. >> so national review is not trying to nixon, but because he is eisenhower's understudy what they do is they don't quite quote --

>> to nixon. i said, you know, this is pretty enormous and if dawned on all of us we were in sort of hushd tones, as i recall. we said really? is this going up to the president? i know senator ervin was. he said, you know, i just don't believe that the president of the united states of america can do all the things that john dean said he did. well, he did more. and, yes, i was awe struck. >> leslie, i think that after dean testified, we became aware of where this might go and how it was an enormous matter in the history of the nation. but probably not before dean testified. there was a lot of speculation, but after dean testified, yes. >> was it a weight on you? >> we actually believed dean because sam had met with dean privately for a long time, but i got involved a little bit of time before he testified, and we spent hours and hours going over every line of that testimony. i remember i was with him one night until 4:00 a.m., and he got pushed on it. and when that process was over, i believed him

and he did say to me one time a little bit about nixon. nixon swore him in. i told the senator about having been invited to the white house when i was the chief counsel and staff director of the separation of power subcommittee. nixon invited us. he greeted us coming in. and they didn't all of a sudden whatever got in the car and started talking to himself. i mentioned it to somebody coming back up. that's strange. i said, senator, he got in the car and was talking to himself. i always thought it was very strange. you have to remember this. irvin had a battle with richard nixon for almost five years on military spying on civilians and pounding funds, being an imperial presidency. so while it was not personal, senator irvin just did not trust the man. >> right from the beginning. the amazing thing is that in those days, really we did have a middle. we had the conservative democrats, and we had the liberal republicans. and the country had a middle. we have completely we have lost that. it's gone. it just went up in smoke. and i don't know that you can really do

but i'm particularly glad you mentioned nixon, partlyjust because it comes from that era of the earlyt only was nixon and watergate going on, but it spawned the conspiracy political thriller. and, you know, i had no role in this, but one thing i love about this book is the cover. and the cover is absolutely a ‘70s—era sort of cover design. it could be day of the jackal or three days of the condor, which were thrillers i grew up with and loved. and the nixon era really incubated an atmosphere where people were ready to believe that the president was somehow a danger, and therefore buy into those kinds of scenarios. some people will think either looking at this book, just looking at the cover, or reading it, that this is a bit rich. you can't bear donald trump, so you've written a book portraying him, albeit through an unnamed president in these pages, as somebody who is about to blow up the world. and they say, come on, if you believe that, write it, put your name on it and answer questions, rather than suggesting that it can happen. how do you answer that? well, jonathan freedland is

president nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] >> and with that, dr. stoner, the stages years. dr. stoner: thank you very much for having us here. we had a wonderful tour this afternoon of the library. we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our discussion by picking up on the tape that jonathan just played for us which was nixon's idea of formulating friendly relations with china to counterbalance soviet power in the early 1970's. he turned out to be very precedent in not worrying about china necessarily in 1972, but worrying about china further down the road. we find yourselves now in 2017 with a new situation in both china and russia are important to the united states and global affairs. since mr. nixon was president of the united states and opened relations again with china rather infamously, we have had the collapse of communism in eastern europe, we have had uprisings in tiananmen square of course. we have had the collapse of the soviet union in 1991. we have had a. o period of weak russia in the 1990's as it was struggling after 70 years

younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] , the stage isat yours. , thankk you very much you for having us here. we had a wonderful tour this afternoon at the library and we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our on theion by picking up tape that jonathan played for us nixon's idea of former leading relations to counterbalance soviet power. he turned out to be very prescient in terms of not worrying about china necessarily in 1972 but worrying about china farther down the road. we find ourselves now in 2017 witnessing a new interest -- situation where china and russia are important to the u.s. and global affairs. was president of the u.s. and opened relations with china, rather infamously, we have had the collapse of communism in eastern europe, nemen square and the collapse of the soviet russiaa period of a weak in the 1990's under born -- boris yeltsin as it recovered from communism and the unexpected and sudden collapse of communism. 15 successor states as a result including russia, who are forging the

nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] with that, dr. stoner, the stage is yours. dr thank you for having us here. we had a wonderful tour of the mr. putin came into office and proclaim that russia is once again of great power. to be reckoned with. , or fromrussia seized their perspective, took act crimea. back crimea.- took in the intervening periods between 2014 and 2016, china and oil,a signed agreements on perhaps as a counterbalance to american power. 2000 -- in 2011 the united states began a refit it to asia from europe to counter chinese power in the south china sea. in 2016 we elected a new president and the united dates which has further thrown -- my first question to get our conversation rolling to our panelist is what is the state of this trilateral relationship and almost august of 2017? are we heading toward conflict? is conflict inevitable among anse three powers, or is alliance of two against one inevitable? is it possible we might be able to cooperate with either china or russia? there are issues

pat nixon was so broken when richard nixon gets on national television in the 1950s and shares he havy sing shares every single detail of their foo their financial details and she has to sit there as the little blond white. when they get to the white house, two things happened. first of all, they're living above the store and for the first time they're home a lot. >> she can keep her eye on him. >> and the second thing -- and this goes to nancy reagan and ronald reagan, it goes to the obamas, to the clintons, many of the people we've already mentioned. being in the white house is so lonely. it is so isolating. you don't trust anybody because everybody around you wants something from you and is often intimidated by you. often that intimate relationship you have with your significant other, with your spouse and sometimes with your child can be the one time that you actually get some clear advice. so during the iran contra scandal nancy reagan keeps on bringing one powerful member of the republican party or the democratic party, of the republic to ronald reagan to say, you got to put your

now, president nixon was a navy man.d world war ii because of his faith as a quaker and never backed down enlisted voluntarily in the u.s. navy served honorably in air airport command becoming officer in charming at the canal in the islands. while he was honorably discharged in 1946, he didn't retire from the u.s. naval reserve until 20 years later 1996. during which time he served as the u.s. congressman, a u.s. senator, and vice president of the united states. as president, richgd are nixon commitment to the u.s. military was unwaiverring. upon entering office he faced reality that young men have been shipped off by thousands to fight in jungle of vietnam facig that challenge richard nixon focused on negotiating the end to american involvement in vietnam and brought our soldier home. in negotiated the release of all american p.o.w. from the prison of north vietnam and welcomed them home in 1973. he tended the draft in instituted today's all volunteer military. today's secretary of defense jim mattis recently visited th

in a sense we have been there before with the nixon presidency.was about removing him from power. there was a question raised among some of those around him as to whether his travails and horror of the position he was in had unbalanced him. if it had, was that anything anyone could do about it? absolutely right. characters themselves referred to nixon and the madman strategy that this is where he deputed henry kissinger to go around the world that saying to world leaders quite nixon he is crazy enough to do this. he believed leaders would fear him more and accommodate him with peace in vietnam and that kind of think as iam glad in vietnam and that kind of think as i am glad you mentioned him because he comes from that era, the early 70s, where not only was nixon and watergate going on, it spawned the political thriller. i did not have a role in this but the cover is absolutely a 70s era cover design. it could be day of the jackal or day of the condor. it was when people we re of the condor. it was when people were ready to believe the president wa

now, president nixon was a navy man.ar ii because of his state as a quaker and he never backed down and enlisted voluntarily in the u.s. navy. he served honorably in the south pacific command air transport command eventually becoming its officer in charge of the guadalcanal in the solomon islands. while he was honorably discharged in 1946, he didn't retire from the u.s. naval reserve until 20 years later, in 1996. during which time he served as a u.s. congressman coming u.s. senator and vice president of the united states. as president, richard nixon's commitment to the military was unwavering. upon entering office, he faced the reality that young men had d been shipped off by the thousands to fight in the jungles of vietnam. facing that challenge, richard nixon focused on negotiating the end of and five hours which are some. he negotiated the release of all pows from the prisons of the vietnam and welcomed them home in 1973. he ended the draft and instituted today's all volunteer military. today's secretary of defense r

but i'm particularly glad you mentioned nixon, partlyjust because it comes from that era of the earlygate going on, but it spawned the conspiracy political thriller. and, you know, i had no role in this, but one thing i love about this book is the cover. and the cover is absolutely a ‘705—era sort of cover design. it could be day of the jackal or three days of the condor, which were thrillers i grew up with and loved. and the nixon era really incubated an atmosphere where people were ready to believe that the president was somehow a danger, and therefore buy into those kinds of scenarios. some people will think either looking at this book, just looking at the cover, or reading it, that this is a bit rich. you can't bear donald trump, so you've written a book portraying him, albeit through an unnamed president in these pages, as somebody who is about to blow up the world. and they say, come on, if you believe that, write it, put your name on it and answer questions, rather than suggesting that it can happen. how do you answer that? well, jonathan freedland is denouncing trump regularly

the nixon foundation is largely supported by its members.they support educational programs to engage in civic discourse and learning, membership support special engagements like this evening's event. the impact of this support allows the foundation to continue to continue its important work, allows president nixon's core vision, lasting structure of a more just society, to expand other parts of the country in the world and make differences in people's lives. if you're not already a member i encourage you to join us this evening, where you entered this evening part of the extended nixon family. president nixon was a navy man, he was exempt from the draft in world war zero mac, he never backed down and enlisted voluntarily in the u.s. navy. he served honorably in the south pacific command airport air transport command eventually becoming its officer in charge and guadalcanal. he was honorably discharged in 1946, didn't retire until 20 years later in 1996 during which time he served as us congressman, us senator and vice president of the united

i was assigned to photograph richard nixon. of course the strategy of getting that nomination was no easy task. one of the life photographers made this iconic image of robert and jfk in a hotel room, kind of deciding who they would offer the vice presidency to. lyndon johnson eventually becomes a running mate to jfk. i have seen this picture published in parts of the world where they are discussing the cuban missile crisis. or they are discussing armament. or this is a hotel where they are meeting with khrushchev. it wasn't long before he secured that nomination and really had to go out on the road to -- out on the road to prove himself. in california he is up there with governor pat brown. here he is preparing some notes for a democratic rally. the wonderful thing about the kennedys as they never push photographers or writers away. they didn't care how they were photographed. they didn't care of the tie was fixed. they knew that if they made themselves accessible to the media, they would be published and it was a groundswell.

nixon. few congressmen were in town because of the holiday.ng those here and impressed by his telegram was democrat morris udall. >> they come from republicans and businessmen and people most of whom begin their statement by saying, i've supported the president. i've never believed in impeachment, but he's now gone too far, and we're going to have to -- we want the congress to take strong action. there's a real wave out there in the country today, ray, on impeachment, and it's got support it never had before. >> telegrams. a year and a half into the watergate scandal, richard nixon discovered the limits of what the public was willing to put up with. americans would not sit still for the president of the united states trying to kill off the investigation into his administration. for voters, that was a bridge too far. well, we're now a year into the investigation of a different president with a special counsel and a grand jury in d.c. plus lots of white house staffers lawyering up. there's no way to know yet how all this ends, but we can try to

nixon did a lot of work, as well. she never got a lot of credit for it. you see the flag flying over the white house 24/7, that is one thing she did. nixon made the white house wheelchair accessible. things you don't really notice. various have done a lot, but this two who did the most are jacqueline kennedy and mrs. nixon. two minutes left. caller: good morning. who select the contractor? does donald trump have his hand in any of that? can you tell me how long this might take before the president have to ber will we paying for extra time? guest: president trump had nothing to do with the contractor or this job. --s is usually done with the through the general services administration. is a federal government organization that handles these kinds of things. not just white house upkeep, but federal buildings everywhere. they are the ones that picked the contractor i think. know there are folks who do not like president trump and can read into this, but i am pretty sure he is absolutely nothing to do with the selection of the contractor or this. again, the a

so i have problems about nixon and his character so buckley decides the policy that is tough on crime in the law and order he hopes a stronger hawkish view. and becomes a power broker to fix the campaign and he forms a common bond one of them is a great statesman this is the last invention of how political leaders will decide how the delegations go. . . who are john cowher, the senator from texas, strom thurmond just joined the republican party when goldwater was nominated. a couple of elected officials, acting like a political buzz, that surprised me greatly and i urge you, the last point, you say you will settle on the left of evil you know what you wind up with. the unraveling of the buckley nixon relationship which it vote another chapter to. >> give curtis a chance to say something, if you start lining up behind the microphone, make your point. >> tom and i had forgotten how enormous the issue of catholicism was in 1960 once kennedy was elected, disappeared as a nation but it was a huge factor in kennedy's strategic planning. how he dealt with it, people harken back to the house

but the nixon presidency only lasted another 10 months. episode has been dubbed the "saturday night massacre." and william ruckelshaus, one of the central characters from that night, joins us now. thank you very much for being with us, bill ruckelshaus. 44 years ago, this happened. how fresh is it in your memory? >> well, it'll be there as long as i'm around. it certainly became a very important part of my life. it affected it directly the next several months. but it's never left my consciousness. >> woodruff: were you worried at the time that president nixon would get away with what he was trying to do? >> not really. i didn't think at the time that the american people would tolerate firing a man who is essentially hired by the senate and by the justice department to investigate crimes that they expected were committed by the president. >> woodruff: how similar, and you've written about this recently, how similar and how different are what happened back then to what's going on right now with the trump presidency and the russia investigati

thank you reverend charles williams and the reverend vivian nixon. we're going to keep moving toward august 28th to show america what race should be about. >>> coming up, out of coverage of the state of emergency in charlottesville continues with the mayor of that city. this is "politics nation." (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) the joy of real cream in 15 calories per serving. enough said. reddi-wip. (flourish spray noise) share the joy. chances are, the last time yoyou got robbed.an, i know-- i got a loan 20 years ago, and i got robbed. that's why i started lendingtree-- the only place you can compare up to 5 real offers side by side, for free. it's like shopping for hotels online, but our average customer can save twenty thousand dollars. at lendingtree, you know you're getting the best deal. so take the power back and come to lendingtree.com, because at lendingtree when banks compete, you win. when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says

richard nixon didn't, lbj didn't. but jack kennedy had ca riz ma and i think that could have possibly tipped the ballots in some people's minds, smart as hell too. >> here's one because it's an ethical question in part. we looked forever, trying to figure out how much it cost to buy a vote in west virginia. we really worked on this. and we finally got a little help from, god rest his soul, dick donahue who was the point man on organization before the primary. and as near as he could tell from dealing with these county sheriffs, if you wanted a vote in the west virginia primary and god, johnson money bought -- everybody. it's a tradition down there. it cost $2 and a half a pint of branded whiskey. if you used moon shine, it was a full pint. and at the end, if that's what you wanted out of the west virginia primary, that's what it took. and kennedy did it. >> and papa joe sent literally money in suitcases, cash in suitcases into west virginia. they kept it underhotel beds, dispensing it. the lbj was sending money to sup

done a lot, s have but the two that did the most are clearly jacqueline kennedy nixon.. host: few minutes left, laura in troy, michigan, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: good morning. renovations the being done, who selects the contractor? donald trump have his hand that and can you tell take long this might before the president come necessary or will we be paying extra time at maralago? guest: president trump had the ng to do with contractor, this is done by the gsa, general services a bland sounding title for federal government handles these at kind of things, they handle, not and white house upkeep things like that, but federal buildings everywhere. ones that i think pick the contractor, i know like are folks who don't president trump or read into hat everybody wants, but i'm pretty sure he had nothing to do with the selection of the contractor for this and again, approval of this renovation job dates back to the obama era happens president trump to be the president now, but had nothing to do with it. gorge, new york, 4r50e79 lee, republican, go ahead. this may s

it's like a slave plantation, basically. >> nixon is serving 15 years for third degree murder.ery and battery with a deadly weapon. but he's had plenty of trouble inside prison, as well. >> marcus young has approximately 25 disciplinary reports in his history. disorderly conduct. theft. disobeying orders. fighting. possession of weapons. possession of narcotics. assault or an attempted assault on inmates. lewd and lascivious exhibition, telephone violations. several spoken threats. >> nixon has also seen his share of trouble. >> i came here for a ride, the whole, it was a big ride and they emergency transfer everybody to this unit. the officers kept on just bugging us about oh, you won't do this. you won't do that. y'all scared. y'all kids. and they just always mess with us. so everybody got tired of it and we just tore up the dorm. >> in confinement, the men have little to do when they're not working on the labor squad. but young hopes his new book will open a door to his future. >> i just wanted -- one of the first books i ever read right here on the stock market. about inves

rumor has it that cynthia nixon may be running for that office. what is inspiring the former sex and the city star to get politically active. >>> plus... >> hometown team, i love the eagles, i love the team, always support them. >> and diehard eagles fans watched as the bird descended on lincoln financial field today, what they are saying about this upcoming season. >>> plus a bit later a texas boy gets the opportunity of a lifetime, how he wowed crowd, during a powerful performance by idina test. >>> would you vote for cynthia nixon for governor, the former sex and the city actress may have her sight set on that picks, she's been approached by liberal groups encourage and her to challenge andrew cuomo. so far nixon has not commented on the possibility of running for office. >>> fans flocked to lincoln financial field again lincoln financial field. it's last one for fans before the preseason begins. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh caught up with a few die hard. >> reporter: more than 36,000 fan packed lincoln financial field for another day of

she reached out to the two campaigns, both nixon and kennedy. nixon did nothing. kennedy did nothing for a while. because he had -- irish mafia was a guard and in those days, they made a determination we don't get involved in this, we don't rock the boat or jeopardize our support in the southern states. so miss king was desperate to find some help, she appealed to harris wofford working in the civil rights office of the kennedy headquarters. harris wofford wanted jack kennedy to do something. he wondered who can i turn to. he turn to sarge shriver. kennedy was in chicago at the time and he waited until kenny o'donnell and salinger and sorenson had left the room and he went in and said, look, jack, coretta king is in terrible discomfort, you could help if you just called her. and kennedy, without ever trying to calculate beyond that, said, sure, i'll call her. give me her number and he dialed her number in the hotel room. and it was a break-through. dr. king's father, daddy king, was really a more prominent political player than dr. martin luther king jr. at the ti

colleagues at the nixon white house. we thought he was posing a threat given did the violation of the laws. you simply couldn't do that. i don't think we're there yet with donald trump but i do think there is an issue about his insecurities and where they may lead. we saw the real donald trump today. the unapologetic, unmasked donald trump. yesterday was a fake donald trump. that's parent now. and we see a man lashes out, can't control himself and he's only a short way away from the nuclear button. he's the man who tells whether we go to war or not. yes, i think there's some dangers here to the country. >> david axelrod, we've seen time and again this president stepping on the white house's oh message. today there were a lot of positive things he could have been talking about, north korea seemed to have blinked on the whole issue of guam. you know, president wanted to talk about infrastructure. the stock market at a high. and yet, i mean, is this probably one of the worst days for this president you've seen? >> yeah, it'

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she reached out for support to the two campaign, both nixon's and kennedy's. nixon did nothing. kennedy did nothing for a while because the irish mafia was also a pre torn guard in many ways. and they made a determination we don't get involved with this, we don't rock the boat, we don't want to jeopardize our support in southern states. and so she was desperate to find help. she appealed to harris wafford. he wanted kennedy to do something. he wondered who could i turn to? he turned to sarge schrieber. he went in and said, look, coretta king is in terrible discomfort. you could help if you just called her. kennedy, without ever trying to calculate beyond that, sure, i'll call her. give me her number. and he dialed her number in the hotel room. and it was a breakthrough. dr. king's father was really a more prominent political player than was dr. martin luther king, junior, at the time. he immediately was ready to go public with it. he was prepared to vote nixon and announced he was going to vote for kennedy. jack kennedy went off from chicago on the plane, mentioned casually to p

what nixon tried once, trump, trumped him by doing twice. the russian investigation. that's what he told the russians why he did it. nitsch got the attorney general to resign and then got the special counsel investigating him fired. trump is still working on those two steps trying on get sessions to quit so he could get someone in there to do the dirty work. he is heading in that direction. nixon bras in a general as his chief of staff in 1973. trump has just done same thing. bringing in general kelly to settle the ship. but point after point, trump keeps trying to cover up what can't be covered up. he is saying his meeting with the russians was ball adoptions. like nixon. he keeps going back to the seasonable of the crime. two weeks ago, he said it was also about russian adoptions. trump can't double down on a story that mr. mueller knows full well isn't true. it smacks hard of cover-up. richard mullhouse trump. "all in" with chris hayes starts now. >> he weighed in. offered a suggestion like any father would do. >> the white house caught r

richard nixon only resigned because of two things.e, there was the smoking gun, and number two, you had principled republicans who were willing to stand up against him. i don't think you're going to see republicans stand up against president trump until that base begins to crack. if the base begins to crack, that changes, but again, richard nixon never enjoyed kind of -- the sycophants, the supporters, the air cover, the fluffers and media that donald trump can call upon in a pinch. >> we're seeing jeff flake find his voice against donald trump, increasingly so, and with eloquence. thank you have of. tonight's special last word is next. hello, this is adt, is everything ok? i could hear crackling in the walls, and my mind went totally blank. all i remember saying was, "my boyfriend's beating me" and she took it from there. when a fire is going on, you're running around, you're not thinking clearly, so they called the fire department for us. and all of this occurred in four minutes or less. within five minutes. i am absolutely grateful

>> well, yes, but nixon did go mad by '73 and '74.d of his administration, kissinger would go in and hear nixon say bomb people to the bejesus. kissinger would say yes, sir, walk out and disregard richard nixon. we may have a case where mattis and kelly are not listening to donald trump. i mean, he's been deeply erratic this year. suddenly the public is going to have confidence that donald trump's actually ve lly sly andg a mad man game would be reckless. i think we've got to calm down. north korea has been a problem for 70 years. they're always saying idiotic things. we just need to stay calm and work with china. >> thanks, everyone. >>> coming up, we'll get the real story from someone who knows what he speaks. general spider marks joins us next. we're on to you, diabetes. time's up, insufficient prenatal care. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you, too. for those who won't rest until the worl