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johnson wants nixon to think he's got the goods on nixon himself. johnson to think he has nothing to do with this. >> my god, i would never do anything to encourage hanoi, i mean, saigon, not to come to the table, good god, we want them over in paris. we've got to get them to paris or you can't have a peace. >> lbj knew there was collusion with the south vietnamese government to keep them from negotiating a peace. what lbj couldn't prove definitively was that nixon was involved. >> somebody of the old china lobby are going around and implying -- >> anyone with half a brain knows that nixon is behind the effort to sabotage the peace talks because the south vietnamese would not listen to a fund-raiser, anna chennault, unless they knew for sure that she was speaking for nixon. >> you just see it your people don't tell the south vietnamese they're going to get any better deal out of the united states government -- >> one fact remained unspoken but well understood. if this story hit the news, richard nixon's white house dreams would explode in scandal. i

on this morning after the election, november the 9th. >> we want nixon! we want nixon!

richard nixon.> i announce tonight my intention to seek the governorship of the state of california. >> mrs. nixon said, well, i think it's a terrible mistake for you to run. we've just been through a campaign. we're just getting back on our feet. but if you decide to do it, said i'll be there with you. >> in this campaign, it's generally been stated that if you don't win, you have no future. i would agree with that objective critique, but on the other hand, i don't expect to lose. i expect to win. >> the last chance of richard nixon was to unseat pat brown as governor of his home state in california. the last chance failed. the next day his press chief told the waiting press nixon would not appear or speak, but suddenly, nixon appeared, tired, making an effort to be genial but bitterness forced its way out. >> people say it's going to come down having ran for president, almost made it to run for governor, the answer is proud i'm to have run for governor. i would like to have won. i believe governor

nixon then invited mrs. kennedy and her children to come back for a private viewing, and i remembered that house was locked down the day when mrs. kennedy was coming back. nobody could enter through the east or west wing into the residence area. they invited mrs. kennedy and the children to look at the portraits. on thehung them locations they were going to be, and invited them to the private quarters. julie and trista showed the children the rooms that they had been in when they were young, and that the president and mrs. nixon invited them for a lovely private dinner, and that was one of the most gracious things that they could have done at the time to preserve her privacy and give her the time, her one time that she ever came back to the white house. >> and she wrote the most touching and beautiful letter you can imagine saying that the nixon's had made the day she most dreaded a wonderful experience for her and her kids. would bring a- it tear tear i to see this let -- tear to your eye to see this letter

richard nixon? ambassador lord: it depends on what platform you are talking about. domestic policy, whether it is the environment or women's rights or going off the gold it is wrong for the critics to say that is the only good thing he did. china, they say it was inevitable. it took great courage and even on air force one coming home they did not realize the impact of the chinese military army playing american songs. the first summit that had a major impact. it was seen as a great triumph. the american people had been fatigued by the vietnam war and racial riots, assassinations, demonstrations. people were depressed. nixon -- i think deserves great credit. on, a kinder go history will be -- the kinder history will be. he did some bad things. and he paid for them. it is a shame. i am not saying they were not deservedly paid for. he did thanks that were unfortunate that she did things that were unfortunate -- he did things that were unfortunate. he went into a dark area. it is just a shame because he

treating richard nixon? >> that's a good question because it is hard to general lize. it depends what platform you're talking about. i think it's oversimplified for even his critics to point to the china opening, as if that is the only thing he did. if you look at this exhibit. i must say the domestic policy, whether it is the environment, or women's rights, or going off the gold standard, as well as his foreign policy, but other, the middle east, and detante, it is wrong for critics to say that is the only good thing he did. and in the owe bit. it is water gate and china. and even on china they say inevitable. it is easier for him than hubert humphrey because nixon's right flank was protected where humphrey would have gotten pummelled by the republicans. but it took great courage, as i said, and even on the air force one coming back home from beijing, nixon and kissinger were worried about the reception domestically, to what had just happened. and they didn't realize the impact of television, and the chines

nixon was different. nixon was the model for what they did. majority of the house decided they would pursue articles of impeachment, they literally took the nixons ones and cut in place -- cut and pasted language. his name is the password for the computer when they were drafting the impeachment of 1998. they were very consciously modeling what they were doing on nixon. the problem is they are trying to fit a square pay into a circular hole, or vice versa. they are trying to fit a different set of facts into what made watergate unique. in doing so, they trip themselves up because then they set the standard that high, and the question is, could you meet that standard? is everything short of watergate not impeachable or not. that was a question they could not answer in satisfaction to the country. watergate was a very living memory. it has affected the entire congregation. >> i think a lot of americans thinks bill clinton was impeached for having an affair with an intern. >> right, which is not true. the beginning of what led to the impeachment.

nixon collates -- nixon escalates. he actually orchestrates this so he is making a speech to the american people announcing all of these things at the moment that the navy is dropping min es into the water. vietnam is not famous for its elegant operations. elegant operations. shut the harbor for the rest of the war so these objectives -- first of all course the north vietnamese into serious negotiations. secondly, isolate them from their sponsors. to do that at the operational level, you have got to close the means of transport. shut down the roads in the rail. tactically, you have got a challenge in trying to do that because the same factors that made rolling thunder so difficult are also going to be there. north vietnamese defenses, wide-open geography, weather patterns of indochina. everythingwants is rolling thunder had not been. a rapid, cataclysmic assault. a crashing, nonstop attack on north vietnam that would shock them in addition to bringing this damage down on them. somewhat thats are error -- air war. what

and nixon was outraged, as was henry kissinger, and nixon and kissinger eventually forced an effort toestigate and try to sabotage daniel ellsberg, and that involved a burglary of daniel ellsberg's psychiatrist office. amy: and he was going to face the rest of his life in jail come ellsberg. his trial was going on at this time. >> yes, he was charged with offenses under the espionage act and was facing potential total of over 100 yearars in prison.n. amy: for r releasing the pentatn pages. what was the judge reaction in his trial when he understood what had taken place? result of the investigations by the senate come in the middle of 1973, an enormous number of revelations came out, including those pertaining to ellsberg and what nixon and the administration had done to him that included not only burglarizing ellsberg's psychiatrist, but where taping various people involved in antiwar movement, wiretapping various people who were .uspected of leaking john ehrlichman had actually approached the judge in the pentagon papers case and offered him the directorship of the fbi while he was ju

nixon's birthday. we invited her to our office and showed her the chair and had a birthday celebration with her friends. some of the butlers and household staff came in. there is a wonderful photograph of her looking at something you are not quite 49. she was a very strong supporter. she had a lot of energy and was extremely gracious. -- gracious to people visiting the white house and people that would contribute in some way to the collection. >> you have worked over a period of several presidents. you can see threads today that were begun by pat nixon. >> sure, absolutely. it's an honor to be here with two of these wonderful women who , when i wishtunity i always had. i would have liked to have sat with pat nixon. because of her impact, the love of the house, her incredible privilege she felt to be a steward of the white house and anybody who works in the white house knows the impact or sees the impact -- you see it on the walls of the things they have been able to acquire for the collection. patty me

nixon. she has had an extremely distinguished career including many years in senior roles. our dear friend who works for more than 30 years in the office of the curators retiring as chief generator and is a great colleague for us here at the withiation and has worked us and continues to work with us on many projects. she authored our book on decorative arts in the white house which is available in our bookshop and she is a consultant to our quarterly magazine which we are very proud of and that he is a master of knowledge, so we have a wonderful panel tonight. before comes up, i would like to someone records and -- representing the next and foundation and -- the nixon foundation. you will recognize him as a frequent guest on many news networks and programs. he has written extensively for the new york times, wall street journal and the los angeles times and you will also be familiar with him as host of a nationally syndicated radio program. following his remarks and a brief video, our panel w

nixon escalates. linebacker.peration pocket money keeps the ports closed through the remainder of the war. so he istrates this, announcing all of these things at the very moment that the navy is dropping these mines into the water. vietnam is not famous for its elegant operations. elegant operation. shut the harbor for the rest of the war. the objectives, strategically what you are trying to do is course the north vietnamese into negotiations and isolate them from their sponsors. to do that at the operational level, you have to close the means of transport. you have to shut down the roads and the rail. technically, you have a real challenge in trying to do that, because the same factors that made rolling thunder difficult will also be there. the wide-open geography and the weather patterns of indochina. with linebacker is everything that rolling thunder had not been. he wanted a rapid cataclysmic assault. nonstop attack, on north vietnam that would shock them in addition to bringing down this damage o

>> nixon. >> richard nixon. >> nixon. >> yeah, nixon. >> nixon. >> is anybody else running but nixon?president was a political animal. the president was phenomenally skilled. he was able to handle virtually anything. >> five men wearing white gloves and carrying cameras were caught early today in the headquarters of the democratic national committee in washington. they were caught by a night watchman, and they did not resist arrest when the police came. they apparently were unarmed, and nobody knows yet why they were there. the film in the camera hadn't been exposed. in any case, they're being held. >> the democratic national committee is housed in the fashionable watergate complex. the break-in apparently planned well in advance. files were ransacked and papers removed. also in this area, ceiling tiles had been removed for the suspected planting of bugging devices. >> it was saturday morning, june 17th. the phone rang, it was about 6:30. a colleague of mine, chuck work, was on the phone. he said hello, it's chuck. we have a hot one. we have a burglary at the democratic national commi

well, i'm not a crook. >> nixon is a crook! nixon is a crook! nixon is a crook! nixon is a crook!e tapes. >> today's subpoena is for 64 conversations covering more than 45 hours. >> the president and his lawyers pursue their hard line on not giving another inch on the watergate scandal. >> it was like trench warfare. charge after charge over the top. >> president nixon will fight the case all the way to the supreme court. >> only a few yards gained and then lost. there wasn't going to be a miracle. we couldn't make one happen. >> history was made today as the unanimous supreme court told the president of the united states that he has no right to withhold white house tapes subpoenaed for the watergate cover-up trial. >> the meeting will come to order. make no mistake about it, this is a turning point, whatever we decide. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the president has engaged in a series of actions designed to thwart the lawful investigation by government prosecutors, and i am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the subversion, the destruction of the constitution. >> la

next winston lore talks about the nixon administration's foreign policy approach, he's the author of kissinger on kissinger, afflictions on diplomacy grand strategy and leadership, he describes president nixon's relationship with the secretary of state henry kissinger and how is instrumental and developing foreign policy strategies they hosted this event, good evening ladies and gentlemen, i'm with the richard nixon foundation, welcome to the presidential library, before we introduce our speaker, i just wanted to mention a couple of special guests, we have our distinguished speakers lisa lord and her husband jack wild and we have betsy here it's the wife of. distinguish speaker just a doctor kissinger as to president nixon and he joined the security staff in 1969, special assistant working and traveling the world on every major diplomatic initiative in the midst of the vietnam war and the greater cold war, use with him during the talks in paris that culminated in the paris peace accords in 1973, he was with president nixon during his first presidential trip in the historic arms treat

richard nixon elected in 1968. --s in world war ii, he started out --a attorney in forcing enforcing the prices on tires. he and his wife decided that was no way to spend the war. he signed up for the navy reserve, went out to the southwest pacific as a supply officer and became known as the best poker player in the theater. we will find of interest that he tends to find strategic affairs in these poker terms. i mentioned the bigger game. he talks about moves and games all the time. his national security advisor, henry kissinger, has an even more dramatic story. he was born in germany in 1920. his family escaped in 1938 from the third reich. he was drafted in the army in 1943. went over to europe as an enlisted person in the intel community. valued an asset because he knew the community and the language. they moved him into what we would now call civil affairs. he ended up becoming the mayor of graph out, germany. that's a nice town even today. defense -- secretary of defense miller, he's enlisted man in world war

nixon. >> nixon was forced to appoint a new special prosecutor.nths went on, bit by bit he was forced to turn over the tapes. they were as damning as he had feared. white house counsel john dean's testimony turned out to be entirely accurate. >> how much money do you need? >> i would say these people are going to cost a million dollars over the next two years. >> you could get a million dares, and you could get it in cash. i know where it could be gotten. >> it was clear nixon's defenses were beginning to crumble. >> would you consider the crimes to be impeachable if they did apply to you? >> well, i've also quit beating my wife. >> the meeting will come to order. >> in july of 1974, in a packed hearing room, the house judiciary committee began to debate removing the president. >> make no mistake about it. this is a turning point whatever we decide. >> committee chairman peter row dino was a democratic machine liberal from newark, new jersey. he was new to the job. some doubted whether he could handle it. >> a highly partisan prosecution if ever t

>> absolutely. >> was nixon paranoid? yes.led to other things happening. >> there was a mood of panic and despair. nixon wanted to bring in a group of people who would do security. these kind of jobs and told me to do whatever it took. that really led to the creation of the plumbers. >>> from the oval office of the white house a conversation with [ song: johnny cash, "these are my people." ] ♪ these are my people ♪ ♪ these are the ones ♪ ♪ who will reach for the stars ♪ ♪ these are my people ♪ by the light of the earth, ♪ ♪ you can tell they are ours ♪ ♪ a new step to take ♪ and a new day will break ♪ yes, these are my people ♪ my mom washes the dishes... ...before she puts them in the dishwasher. so what does the dishwasher do? cascade platinum does the work for you, prewashing and removing stuck-on foods, the first time. wow, that's clean! cascade platinum. behr presents: tough as walls. that's some great paint. ♪ that's some great paint. behr ultra, ranked #1 in customer satisfaction with interior paints. great paint, new l

the trump example as admitted by the president is a similar motivation. >> in nixon's case, that nixon all this and he didn't really have to. you know, that's the shakespearean part, ari because in june of 1972 nixon was doing this because he was worried that he might be defeated by, of all people, george mcgovern, who was the democratic obvious to be the democratic nominee very shortly and was running way behind. so, you know, nixon was running very scared in an election campaign which by then he didn't really need to. >> do you see parallels there in the lengths that the president admits to have gone along with ru rudy giuliani, who has been in the news to get dirt on mr. biden who may or may not be the nominee? >> absolutely. if biden turns out not to be the nominee or not a formidable front runner, there would be that parallel, for sure. >> and in that parallel and obviously no one in this panel or any of our panels tonight is p prejudging what will happen, but i do wonder michael and then eleanor about the significance of what we always call tapes, an echo that the president and h

ok. >> pat nixon comes to mclean, virginia, medford, oregon. the first lady., but never aloof. reachable. a new park at border field, california is cause for a visit to another country. a fence separates the mexican people a few feet away, but they extend her welcome and she extends hers. >> i am going to come around. >> pat orders the fence taken down. later, there are other hands that stretch out to pat. a child seeking comfort, and others equally in need. from the deprived to the infirmed, pat symbolizes and nation's concern. -- a nation's concern. that concern extends to the victim of peru's terrible earthquake in july 1970. pat asks if she can come and they say yes, please. she brings not only money but plane loads of precious medical supplies. her very presence lends comfort. they know what she feels is real. she, too, is wife, mother, parent. and to parent comes the special joy of tricia's wedding at the white house. lovely as befits the first lady , in the president's daughter. ♪ [applause] >> and now, she's officially made madame ambassador. the first

in 1972, nixon won re-election by a historic landslide. >> i richard nick nixon do solemnly swear --still growing. so just weeks after the election inside the oval office, richard nixon declared war on the press. >> the press is the enemy. the press is the enemy. the press is the enemy. >> nixon hated the press. because it was digging into the very story he was desperate to hide. that the white house was deeply involved in the watergate coverup. his campaign seemed to work. only in his second term, nixon's approval ratings soared. but then came the first crack in the white house defense. in the summer of 1973 -- all of america was riveted by the senate watergate hearings. >> what did the president know? and when did he know it? >> as the country watched, white house counsel john dean turned on his president. >> i began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency. >> dean testified that the watergate burglars were blackmailing white house aides. >> the white house was being directly subject to blackmail and i didn't know how the handle it. >> i told him

why does president nixon take a position between these two extremes? how does he view the conflict of vietnam? >> in 1963, president kennedy with his characteristic elegance and clarity said we wanted to see a stable government in there, carrying on the struggle to maintain independence we believe strongly in that we are not going to withdraw from that effort. for us to withdraw would mean a collapsed not only of south vietnam but southeast asia, so we are going to stay there. president eisenhower and president johnson expressed the same conclusion during their terms of office. for the future of peace, precipitous withdrawal would be a disaster of immense magnitude. a nation cannot remain great if it betrays its allies and lets down its friends. our defeat and humiliation in south vietnam, without question, would promote recklessness in the councils of those great powers who have not yet abandoned their goals of world conquest this would spark violence wherever our commitments helps maintain peace. in the middle east, in berlin, eventually, in the west

but how can president nixon tell that these people support him? how does he know they make up a majority? how can somebody tell what different people are thinking? one way is to conduct a nationwide poll. i did the next best thing, talked to somebody who directed a poll, a researcher respected for his objective reproach and renowned for the reliability of methods. years, thelast 33 american institute of public opinion has been a respected reporter of active. -- attitudes. the institute has pioneered techniques of sampling and refined of the methods of research which have been used all over the country and by foreign research organizations in all parts of the world. george gallup is president of the organization. today, we would like to question him about one of his most recent polls. 3, residents nixon spoke to the people of the united states about his policy in vietnam. he mentioned a silent majority of american, who he felt supported his position. what did your organization do following that speech? immediately following the speech, we had a squ

government's position and nixon. two points. one, clinton v jones answers the question about whether the president is in his personal capacity, official. he was represented in that case in a civil lawsuit based on unofficial conduct that occurred before office by private attorneys. supreme court said he can raise his immunity doctrines in that posture. he did not prevail in that case. but he wasn't defeated by -- by the nature in which he proceeded to the court. second, the department of justice has said, and i think their brief is clear on this, they are saying you can avoid the difficult constitutional question that our primary argument raises by adopting the u.s. versus nixon position, as your honor said might be applicable here. imposing the heightened standard it requires given the sensitivity of the office. that standard applies beyond privilege as the cheney decision i think helpfully makes clear. if you measure, and this will be my final point, take this subpoena. the fact that it's copied from a congressional subpoena a

government's position and nixon. two points, clinton b jones answered the question about whether the president and his personal capacity is official he was represented in that case in the civil lawsuit based on a unofficial conduct for the office by private attorneys. the supreme court said the immunity doctrine in that posture. he did not prevail in the case but he was not defeated by which he defeated the court. hashe department of justice said and i think their brief is clear on this, they are in avoid difficult constitutional questions that our primary argument raises by nixon physician might be applicable in imposing the height standard it requires given the sensitivity of the office the standard applies beyond privilege and helpfully makes clear and if you measure this and be my point, take the subpoena from a congressional subpoena and its scope apply nixon to put it into nixon and apply the standard i think it's impossible in the subpoena, the court inks for the proceedings are wanted on the basis, i don't th

and one last point about the us government position and nixon. two points. clinton v jones answers a question in the official capacity it to be represented in the case in a civil lawsuit based on unofficial conduct with five private attorneys and the supreme court said he can raise immunity doctrines and that preposterous. he did not prevail but he was defeated by the nature of the court. the department of justice has said and i think their brief is clear, they say you could avoid the different colt constitutional question the argument raises by adopting the nixon position that could be applicable with the sensitivity of the office that standard applies beyond privilege and helpfully makes clear. in my final point if you take the subpoena and it spreads in scope then apply nixon and apply that standard i think it is impossible to sustain a subpoena if they think further proceedings are warranted on that basis that i could read and the district court for review and to make an evaluation of this kind of subpoena meets the heightened burden requirement in the p

good morning. >> nixon got -- caller: nixon got caught red-handed doing a crime. it's amazing that ford pardoned him and he got away with no jail time. host: what lessons should congress take from that today? caller: what nixon did was a crime, what trump did with a phone call? i don't see that happening. .ost: that was ray ron, san diego, go ahead. caller: thanks her having me on. having lived through the nixon impeachment, clinton, and here we are again, there is one primary lesson i take away as a nobody, which is that nobody in this country is above the law. not a soul. if you are a democrat and you clinton.l to, say, if you are a republican and you feel loyalty because you voted for nixon, we cannot do that. that's the message to congress. there cannot be loyalty to the president. there must be a uniform adherence and understanding of , of ourtitution separation of powers. we have to step back from our emotions and just understand what the truth is. we have to listen to all sides of every story. thank you for letting me talk. god bless our country. rob in new

nixon then invited mrs. and her children to come back for a private viewing and i remember they locked down -- the house was locked down that day when mrs. kennedy -- mrs. onassis was coming back. nobody could enter into the east or west wing into the residence rea. they invited them up to the private corridors and julie and trisha showed the children the rooms that they had been in when the kennedy children were young and then president nixon invited them for a lovely private dinner and i thought that was one of the most gracious things they could have done at that time to privacy rs. onassis' and give her her time, her one time she came back to the white house. she wrote the most beautiful letter you could imagine saying that the knicksons made the day she most dreaded a wonderful experience for her and her kids and it just -- it would bring a tear to your eye to see this letter. she was also very complimentry nixon about how the white house had been improved and that there were more dark corners anymore a

of impeachment against president nixon was obstruction. could what's happening today with this white house lead to trump having a similar fate? >> without a doubt. richard nixon was held accountable by the house judiciary committee for doing exactly what donald trump is doing now. at a certain point richard nixon through his lawyer said that's it. i'm not giving anything more to the house judiciary committee. no more tapes, nothing. he was held accountable in the sense that the house judiciary committee passed articles of impeachment and two members of the gop joined in on that. the problem right now, there is no basis in constitutional history for the argument that the white house lawyer made, lawyers made, regarding the unconstitutionality of speaker pelosis approach. nothing in the constitution that says how the house is supposed to impeach. it doesn't say whether one committee, six committees. also doesn't say how the subpoenas should fly, whether they should come from the chairs of committees or should come from the committee as a who

impeachmentcase for was clear was with president nixon, and if president nixon had not resigned, and if he had been impeached, would he have been convicted and removed from office? mr. matz: the historical evidence strongly suggests he would have been. part of the reason he ultimately did resign is a delegation of prominent republican senators went to him and said you're going to lose in our chamber. and at the time, his popularity ratings had been plummeting. he had essentially sabotaged all of his relationships with the republican leadership in congress, and national impeachment sentiment, which was first polled in this period of time increased steadily until it hit 57% at the time he resigned in august of 1974. so it seemed clear that's the direction the nation was trending in. what's interesting about the nixon case, we talk about this in the book, particularly at the end of chapter four, it illuminates what factors make it more likely that congress will impeach and provides a case study to see when the stars will align where that can be possible. and nixon did everything sort of

nixon foundation.friend of mine, someone i really, really look up to. he's the post presidential chief of staff to president nixon. please give a warm welcome to colonel jack brannan. [applause] >> thanks to all of you for coming, for your continued show of support, and your continued show of patriotism across the community and across the country. each year, on this day, we as a community come together, here at the richard nixon presidential library, to reflect on and remember the lives of the 2,977 americans that perished 18 years ago today. each of those lives has been marked with an american flag meticulously placed just outside that window in our patent amphitheater just last night. -- late last night by the staff members here at the richard nixon foundation. these great patriots offer to place the nearly 3000 flags out of respect and honor to those that fell nearly two decades ago. and, it's important to note that these staff members, some were very young. in fact, so were so young, they -- in fac

not before that otherwise nixon would be a problem and just a subpoena was permitted in that case. how is that different when it's just a grand jury subpoena not even a trial subpoena? >> i do agree that there is a consensus around the core idea of immunity. i think that reaches back at least to indictment certainly that story as quoted but with the bork brief supports that broader view remember that was the agnew grand jury investigation and in the course of that brief it explains why the vice president did not have this kind of immunity but offered reasons why that would be with the grand jury's work that this is important and said at the end of the opinion this is not true with respect to the president that was a grand jury investigation and subpoena. >> what about the moss memo. >> that seems to suggest there are things that can be gathered while the president is still president even if he cannot be indicted while in office. >> the answer is yes but it's not the things he gathered from the president. >> but the tapes gathered from the president of the united states supreme cour

he said you can call her misses nixon or you can call her madame ambassador. i guess i will just call her pat. welcome home, pat. ♪ >> for 32 years, it is a partnership, forging a political career together, bringing up a family together. the bond strength things with the years -- strengthens with the years. share in the joy of victory, but their bond is also tempered in the crucible of defeat. >> and he does become our next president, that he will have my support. [applause] she shares with the triumph, the nation welcomes a new president and a new first lady. pat knows that the white house is many things. official ceremony, executive headquarters, but more than any time before, it is the place where the people are welcome. guests findeption, the first lady a hostess of dignity and warmth. theheir first two years, president and his first lady entertained 13,000 guests at dinner alone. pat is the president's lady and more. out of her desire to serve from her decent -- deep interest and love of all people, she emerges as a force in her own right. her ready warmt

and the next day nixon announced he was going to resign. he was withdrawing from the battlefield, and if you look back on it, you know, 45 years ago, he has to get some credit for nothi program from senator blunt, he wouldn't even discuss the conduct of the president. >> yeah. >> brennan: he said, he didn't really mean what he said. >> he didn't want to defend them. none of them want to defend the conduct. the few who are speaking out on his behalf are attacking the process. the other side is partisan, the other side is unfair. the other side are whistleblowers and spy, all that, not talking about what the president did and whether that's okay. i did a survey if you will of a former white house chief of staff going back the reagan, republican and democrat, over the last couple days. not one of them could remember a circumstance where they solicited or accepted foreign help in the context of something with political implications. it's something that hasn't been done. republicans don't want the defend it, but they do want the stick by the pre

nick ackerman was one of the watergate special prosecutors in the case against us president richard nixon this document is in new york for tonight's and he joins me from there mr ackerman welcome to the program. when you look at what has been reported reported from the depositions that have been offered so far what do you think is the case for impeachment now clear cut yeah i think it's pretty clear cut the congress makes it pretty clear that a president under the constitution makes it clear that a president can be impeached and then removed from office for high crimes and misdemeanors and bribery and we can be a clear case of bribery i would donald trump holding back the funds that were procreated by congress for the defense of ukraine holding back a visit to the white house in return and both is this is for an investigation into the bidens on mr trump's chief political rival in the upcoming election so it seems to me this is a pretty clear case as it is now and the congress over the last 3 or 4 weeks has developed a pretty strong factual basis to move forward on. the yet you say that it

i was not done under nixon or clinton. please don't appeal to the president saying were asking for something and adopted him in it so it was unprecedented. the process in which were proceeding is unprecedented. my friends want to believe it's a good process, that's fair enough and you're certainly entitled to do that. the processes, they nixon in the clinton impeachment on both sides i suspect will see and vote on thursday that the process that were receiving is not exempted by both sides and is unprecedented. >> with all due respect, i will admit there is no process to be found on the republican side. >> miss torres. we'll make sure everybody gets to go. >> thank you mister chairman. i just need to respond to first of all, i support the amendment but i feel i have to respond to my colleague mr. raskin. he said something to the effect and i don't know if i got it totally accurate that avenging the minority is a wild accusation and that's why we can't permit them to subpoena people because will go off and his tracks. may i

i do want to suggest the republicans and the nixon period were eager to impeach nixon are they were always rigorously neutral, they were not. but they behaved as we would expect american-statesman to behave. facts,re interested in they were prepared to make hard judgments even when against their own political party. help thatat least congress in present day might take a lesson for those guys. impeachmentory of in the age of trump, mark bowman -- frank bowman is joining us. west virginia, good morning, ed. caller: good morning. it sounds to me as though the democrats are investigating the president for impeachment. can even get their appeal. host: let me stop you. --t republicans guest: despite what you are hearing from some of the president's defenders, what are going on in the closed are hearings are that all of the members of the committee doing the investigation are present, if they want to be, in the hearing room with the witnesses. democratic representatives, republican representatives, and in addition to the representatives, congressman, congresswomen, and our staff members, lawyers,

nixon was always pretty organized and articulate in public.private, however, on the tapes, as long as that machine was still hooked in, you would see this kind of just kind of confused monologues and self-pity sort of thing that trump is very open about. so that's the big difference between trump and nixon is one was behind doors dealing with these kinds of situations and not doing it well. trump is not doing it well in public. >> house republicans -- and in one case, justin amash, who is a former republican -- they're speaking out. i want you to listen to what they had to say tonight to cnn. watch this. >> i think it's fine to have the inquiry. i haven't heard anything yet that would tell me that we should impeach the president of the united states. but i'm very interested in hearing the rest of the testimony. >> you're asking a lot from these officials to go out onstage and try to keep the story straight. so i think mick was telling the truth there, that there was a quid pro quo, and then he went back and realized, oh, well, that's not what

president nixon, julie nixon and david eisenhower. dad did do a couple of trips with the president abroad. he went to midway island when nixon met with president -- this president. i cannot understand this picture. in the back all it said was cooney berg. apparently, midway action is a national wildlife refuge for the albatross. he also accompanied the presidential detail during nixon's european tour. i cannot find a picture of dad with elvis. i'm really bummed, but i did find one with david jensen, he had a consultation before his tv series. and in january of 1971, we were talking about senator richard b russell. he passed away, and there was a state funeral here and atlanta. i superimposed it so you would know. that was his last presidential trip. he retired in march of 1971 after 20 years in the secret service. i usually end here, but i have reasons to keep going. he wrote the book, he was on several shows, the johnny carson show, the martin show. he also worked in the carter campaign, the 1976 carter campaign. he did the advanced

nixon was a student of the presidency.sion of what americans and what he expected of a president. now, he fell short of that. he didn't want the public to know the gap between what he thought they expected from a president and the reality of richard nixon, so when the public began to realize the difference between the real richard nixon and the ideal president, it really undermined his credibility with the public. donald trump on the other happened, donald trump says what you see is what you get, and by saying, you know, richard nixon said, americans, you don't want a crook as your president, i am not a crook, donald trump is saying, americans, you understand me. you know what i do, you know the enemies i'm fighting. i am corrupt, but you don't really care, do you, because what's more important to you is i stay in office. these are fundamentally different approaches not only to the defense against an impeachment inquiry, but they're differential visions of the presidency. donald trump hassen from the start reworked the pre

: dean testified about how white house aids and nixon himself broke the law. he says he's listened to hundreds of hours of nixon's tapes and knows his dark side. >> the darkest richard nixon i can see in the rose garden with donald trump in the way he handles situations. but nixon would never engage. >> reporter: tonight dean sat beside representative eric swallwell, who said trump confessed to urging ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden and the impeachment investigation must move forward. >> doing nothing will make his behavior worse. >> reporter: president trump continued to lash out at the white house whistleblower on twitter saying why aren't we entitled to learn everything abt the whistleblower he tweeted? on capitol hill, members of congress are now preparing for a last minute briefing by the state department's inspector general who's expected to share documents related to the state department and ukraine. >> you're seeing the independence of your inspectors general at work right now and the importance of that. these individuals are appointed by th