richard nixon? so endlessly and absolutely fascinating. the more that i could soak in serves to benefit my understanding and that is how it started. then i learned about nonprofits, i learned about fundraising, programming and i had some very close mentors along the way that helped me out every step of the way. when hugh hewitt took over, he asked me to be his number two and run the staff. i gladly accepted. he made the decision to come back on the board and recommended that i succeed him and much to my look -- my luck, the board agreed. susan: that first distant you took at the library when you were a youngster, you were aged 14. have any of your contemporaries were interested in presidential politics and particularly, nixon history as you are at that age? >> very few. i think it is something that set me apart. i have always been an old soul. i think it has done well for me. susan: when did you decide you wanted to make presidential history museum management, public history a career? pres. byron: r

the nixon era. moderator is frank gannon, member of the prestigious white house fellows in the nixon administration who later served ads special assistant to counselor donald rumsfeld. he promptly joint the new nixon administration in 1969 working with daniel patrick moynihan and later with domestic advisor as special assistant to the president for urban affairs. john later went into banking ultimately becoming head of government relations for chase manhattan bank and president and ceo of the federal home loan bank of pittsburgh. a special note. john is joined this evening by his daughter alexandra and his son phil. so welcome to both of you. john's new book, the last liberal republican, an insiders perspective on nixon's surprising social policy, reveals the influence of those including moynihan and earlyman across the broader administration priorities and how these men who surrounded the president and indeed the president himself impacted american social policy for decade, much of which we're only

in the nixon era. her moderator this evening is frank gannon a member of the prestigious white house fellows in the nixon administration who later served as special assistant to counselor donald rumsfeld. he's the chief editorial assistant to former president nixon on research and writing of his memoirs during the presidency years in san clemente. and he has the distinction of having seven interviewed the former president for 38 hours on tape in 1983 in those materials reside in the peabody archive. our distinguished speaker this evening is john roy price the road scholar and harvard educated attorney who migrated from 1968 rockefeller campaign to that of nixon. he promptly joined the new nixon administration in 199 working with daniel patrick moynihan and later working with domestic adviser john ehrlichman a special system to the president for urban affairs. he ultimately became head of government relations for chase manhattan bank and present ceo of the federal bank of pittsburgh. a special note jona

the nixon era. our moderator is frank gannon, who served as special assistant to donald rumsfeld. he was chief -- assistant to nixon on the writing of his memoirs during the presidents years insane clementa. and he has the we're distinction of having interviewed the president on tape in 1983. those materials now reside at the university of georgia in the p body archive. we also have john roy price, a harvard educated attorney who cofounded the rippon society. he promptly joined the new nixon administration in 1969, working for daniel patrick moynahan as special assistant to the president on -- affairs. john later went into banking later becoming chief of regulations for chase bank. special note, john is joined this evening by his daughter alexandra and his son phil. welcome to both of you. john's new book, the last liberal republican, a insiders perspective on nixon surprising social policy, reveals the influence of moynahan and are look man on broader administration priorities. and how the presiden

and when nixon and moynihan met, moynihan was 42, nixon was 56. so they were really that first year in the presidency. >> and ron ziegler 29. >> oh, that staff was really young. so what was the urban affair council and what did it do or what didn't it do? >> this was the very first executive order richard nixon signed, signed two days after the inaugural parade was over. he saw to basically members of the domestic cabinet. nixon having served under eisenhower was very familiar with the national security council, which was created by statute in 1947. the president was chairman, vice president a statutory member, and you had four or five statutory members, defense, state, cia. this was nixon's idea about forulating domestic policy. he said in his early iterations with pat moynihan, said he wanted something which in a formal way could manage the process about making policy about domestic issues, whether it was rural development or whether it was health insurance or welfare, he wanted someplace for it to be discussed at the top level of government. an

nixon surround himself with great diversity. the difference between conley and burns, and peterson it was really quite something to get them in the room and basically make decisions everyone sort of agreed to. i don't of that biden has this kind of diversity. i hope he does but i don't follow it so closely. when you're making it really big decisions the most dangerous thing is to have everyone feel exactly the same way and not present any challenges. and third, kissinger was acutely aware there was a relationship between international economic policy and our foreign policy. and in the end, they were really emerged. i hope biden is able to do that too. there is no kissinger in this administration. and there is no connolly who basically brought the opposite viewpoint. and so i hope this whole question of interlinking foreign policy and economic policy is taken very seriously by biden. i think that's one of the lessons of the camp david meeting. >> going to hold up the book here as a show. not just because i am a monetary policy ne

so nixon knew something had to be done.nse, the post world war ii era had ended, and we needed a new system to replace it. and at the heart of this decision was we have to delink the dollar from gold, we have to allow the dollar to be devalued. so that was why they did it even though there was so prosperity around. >> but you had a fierce nationalist in john conley. you had a delicate internationalist in paul volker. you had an advocate for total free-floating currency. there were all these different views. i wonder if you can just us a little insight into how these personalities came to this decision. >> well, that's a really good way to put it because nixon knew something had to be done. he didn't really have a grasp of the international financial situation. in fact, only one person there did, and that was paul volker. what was remarkable about the people around nixon was that most people had never heard of that. and if they heard of it, they heard it in a much different context. as richard said, john connally was the sec

headed by the nixon administration and president nixon personally, democrats and republicans came togethern 1971 to transform medical research and treatment, and that is what i cannot -- why i cannot think of a better location for today's conference. and it is my fondest hope that we will come away from this conference with a renewed appreciation for what humanity can accomplish when we dedicate resources and commit to a common goal. so let's begin the day with a discussion about how the national cancer act changed from observing manifestations of cancer and looking at empirical innovations for treatment to one of looking at the mechanisms of cancer and employing rational, targeted interventions. so it is important to start our conference in this way to understand the most amazing transition. based on understanding of mechanisms -- reality for acute and chronic diseases and paved the way in the not-too-distant future for medicine in which we as a society not only eliminate disease but restore health. so to lead this discussion, it is my pleasure to introduce our conference chairman, dr. an

nixon's expansion opens an entirely new theater of horse elsewhere nixon through american support forn on american relationships with authoritarians and places as diverse as brazil, chile, pakistan on and on one could go. for many commentators this tolerance for brutality and they turn away from democracy provides a major reason to despise nixon. jimmy carter gave a classic formulation in his famous 1977 speech at notre dame university pretty said in part for too many years we have been willing to adopt a flawed and erroneous tactics of our adversary sometimes abandoning our values for theirs. vietnam he said was the best example of the intellectual and moral poverty of u.s. poverty choices. but he blessed nixon's decision-making more generally and embrace of any dictator joined us. it kind of criticism perhaps peaked in the early 21st century with the publications the trial of henry kissinger which proposed no less than prosecution for the decision making during the nixon presidency. expressions of hostility nixon had departed from honored american traditions both in the content of h

so, nixon. >> really interesting question. in the interests of the speed round i'll say mostly it's the person. but i think the policies have been underemphasized as a reason for the hatred over time. >> johnson? >> i think it's a combination of both. for example, if you look at something like the kerner commission where johnson commissions this group to look into the reasons for some of the riots that happened in american cities, with the best of intentions, but ultimately ignores the findings. so it's like, you know, the policy seems to be there, but then ultimately the personality gets in the way. >> roosevelt. >> i would say it was both. he smoked and he drank, his kids divorced their spouses and all those things caused problems. it was also the particular policies. it was also the context. without mussolini and hitler, there wouldn't have been as much hatred of roosevelt. >> lincoln? >> a lot of southerners made fun of nixon for being the person who chopped wood. but i would say it was far more policy. and here i would ta

inflation played a big role in nixon years. when i think about it today -- richard, i'm not going to let you off the hook here because you've forgotten more about this than i know -- we face a very tricky situation. i don't know if it's a parallel, but certainly the biden administration is very focused on getting everybody back to work. they're saying all the inflationary pressures are transient. and i hope they understand that you can't deal with inflation once it's totally recognized. there are lead times and expectations. but let's put it this way. the approaches to inflation in '71 and today are of more than just academic interests. because a lot of people are looking at the '70s and saying are we there again. let me just throw this ball to you for a second. i told you all i know about the analogy. but how do you see it? >> of course, jeffrey, you and i worked together when it reached its zenith in the carter administration. it keeps growing and growing and growing. once you build in behavioral patterns and expectations, an

nixon and nixon v. serickre. because senate select committee basically approved and, kind of, reaffirmed the prior decision from nixon v. zurich cap -- suricka overroads the privilege and therefore the privilege has to yield and the documents have to be produced. but there is a second step, which is kind of akin to a lawn index in a foia case and excited epa v. mink case. as to a particular document that one isn't really responsive or it's really sensitive because it's got personal information or there are some other kind of extraordinary circumstance where that document should be redacted or maybe a substitute should be produced. then you can, like, make those individual requests, but you essentially have to provide an index where you say as documents they shouldn't be produced because they're not really responsive or there's personal information or some other, you know, kind of compelling reason why even though privilege has been overcome, we want you, court, to look at those in camera. and here's our argument

nixon.uinn a member of the board of directors of the nixon foundation former president of the nixon foundation. [applause] councilwoman haney of the city were there she is, and councilman jean hernandez. [applause] and a special welcome tonight to emma waters, jessie's wife, thank you for joining us. emma and jesse left their four -month-old baby to be here with us tonight. we know it is tough on them we are doubly appreciative of them for being here tonight. how many of you are members of the nixon foundation and library want to see everybody's hand shoot up. that is pretty good, that is pretty good. how many of you have renewed your membership since covid? >> that is better than i was expecting. if you are not a member i would encourage you to look at it you will receive all kinds of special benefits including advance ticket sales to events like this one. you can sign up s at nixon foundation.org. i havelc the pleasure this evening of walking back to the nixon library are moderated for ton

the nixon foundation. [applause] councilwoman beth haney of the city of yorba linda. where is she? there she is. [applause] and councilman gene hernandez. [applause] and a special welcome to jesse's wife. thank you for joining us. [applause] emma and jesse left their 4-month-old baby to be with us here tonight. we appreciate them for being with us here tonight. how many of you are members of the nixon presidential library? i want to see everyone's hands shoot up or that's pretty good. how many of you have renewed your membership since covid? that's better than i was expecting. if you are not a member i would encourage you to look at it gives you receive all kinds of special benefits including advanced ticket sales to events like this one and you can sign up at nixon foundation.org. i'd the pleasure of welcoming staff to the nixon moderator our moderator jennifer and a host of of -- on kla said i'm ready but he can hear jennifer every weekday along with her cohost from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on a.m. 870. pl

>> welcomed back to the nixon presidential library. [applause] my name is jim byron and i'm the [applause] and the executive vice president of theri richard nixon foundation. it is my pleasure to welcome you back. this is the only second in person event since march 2020. and the biggest crowd. [cheers and applause] that west have assembled since then and the first book signing in nearly 17 months. thank you to all of you for being here and being a part of this. i like to start by recognizing if use special guest today been with the board of directors and then the grandson, member of the board of directors at the nixon foundation former president. councilwoman from the city of yorba linda. and then that councilman hernandez. and the special welcome tonight to jesse's wife. thank you for joining us. [applause]ab they left her four -month-old baby to be here with us tonight. we are doubly appreciative to them for being here tonight. how many of you are members of the nixon foundation or library? everybody's hand should shoot up. that is p

the nixon foundation.] councilwoman brett haney of the city of yorba linda. there she is. councilman jean hernandez. [applause] and a special welcome tonight to emma waters, jesse's wife. thank you for joining us. >> and i just elect their baby to be with us and we know it's tough on them and we appreciate them for being here tonight. how many of you are members of the nixon foundation library? i want everybody's hand shooting up r. that's pretty good. how many have renewed your membership since covid u? that's better than i was expecting. if you're not a member i'd encourage you to look at it because you'll receive all sorts of special benefits including advanced ticket sales to events like this one and you can sign up at nixon foundation.org . i have the pleasure this evening of welcoming back to the next and library our moderator for tonight's conversation , jennifer horn . most of the morning answer on kr and a. you can hear jennifer every weekday with grant stitch field from 6 am to 9 am on a.m. 70 th

nixon's staff and women reporters.isha's gifts from a lady of the press appeared to be an expression of sympathy for trisha and ed's desire for anonymity. to the amusement of all trisha donned her disguise. on friday evening, june 4th, at washington's beautiful anderson house, mrs. william p. rogers, wife of the secretary of state hosted a reception for the diplomatic corp in honor of trisha and ed. dean of the diplomatic corp led the way through the receiving line. the secretary of state was unable to be there as he was attending meetings in portugal and france. trisha graciously anticipated the gift from the ambassador. in his remarks to this international group of guests, the president expressed this wish for his daughter and her future husband. >> i would like to leave one thought with you on this occasion, which is my wish for the bride and groom after the wedding ceremony. first, the chance to live their own lives, but, second, more than anything else, the chance to know the world as i've had a chance to know it.

nixon's staff and women reporters.sympathy for the couple's desire to be anonymous. she dawned this disguise. on june 4th, at washington's beautiful anderson house, mrs. william p. rogers hosted a reception. ambassador's acosta led the way through the receiving line. the ambassador himself was unable to be there. trisha graciously accepted the ambassadors gifts. in his remarks, the president express this wish for her's daughters husband and his daughter. >> it is my wish for the bride and groom after the wedding ceremony to live their own lives. but second, the chance to know the world as i've had a chance to know it and i look forward at a time where this will truly be an open world where they will have the chance to go to your countries and to all the countries of the world and to know the people of those countries. because what a wonderful future it is for your children and our children to know each other. ♪ ♪ ♪ well tricia entertained at the white house dinner for the members of her wedding party in the wise of the

looking ahead to the anniversary of president nixon's trip to china. the renal of the pows. the 50th anniversary of the youngkin for war. we foundation build educational experiences and events, conferences around these types of programs. or i should say around these anniversary is to make them into types of programs and then reports these out across social media and we are connecting, it is working. we do hear from young people that say i did not know about that or i only heard there was this thing called watergate. i did not know president nixon was the first president to negotiate in arms control agreement with the soviet union. there are real learnings that are being had. that is in support of our mission. >> that is sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to all of our podcasts on the new c-span now app. c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with a

nixon's life was drawing to a close.ding was over, but a new life and career at mrs. edward finch cox was just commencing. at a press conference tricia once said. >> the most important thing is love. but -- you can't really define it. you can say i love this about a person. i -- just can't quite define. dek on the night of march 16. the father of the bride >> the events leading up to this memorable day all started back on the night of march 16th. the father of the bride to be announced his daughter's engagement. the occasion was irish evening at the white house, a celebration in honor of the visit to washington of john lynch, prime minister of ireland, and mrs. nixon's birthday. >> i understand that i'm supposed to make a surprise announcement. the difficulty is that every time i'm supposed to make a surprise announcement i find that some way it is leaked before i get to make it. and this seems to be no exception. under the circumstances, of course, i was wondering whether making an announcement to this very distinguishe

we're back with cynthia nixon and kristin davis.nd you have a favorite one, a story that you would like to share. >> i like the one that got away, really. >> stephen: i have a hint about what this is, and i have a hint for you, too. >> i can't wait! >> there was an episode where the famous phrase, "he's just not that into you, "was coined, where miranda learns that, you know, if guys don't seem that interested, you know, they're just not that into you, give up. so miranda dated a guy who then was trying to leave quickly after the date. and she said, "it's fine, you're not that into me, it's fine." and he blurted out, "i have diarrhea and i have to leave." we were all sitting around on the set the other day, and somehow one of the writers who was a writer on the old show said that, actually, stephen colbert was almost cast in that part. and i have to say the guy who did it was great. nothing against him. he was fantastic -- >> stephen: they wrote that with me in mind? ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> i wouldn't go that far, but i-- i do

his loyalty to his colleagues, loyalty to president nixon and george bush. what do you make of that? guest: i think that was one of his extraordinary things. i tell you what he did one day, he went to mitchell, the opposition and he said, what if i bring nixon and have a joint session with the senators, just senators, and ask nixon anything you want to? i have never forgotten that. everybody showed up and they asked hard questions of nixon. he did not use a note. he covered domestic policy, foreign policy. when he finished, they gave him a standing ovation. they being the democrats and republicans of the u.s. senate. that is what he did. he tried to keep people together. he would tell us we have a bigger agenda than trying to -- clinton. beside -- if i tried that, that would be like the roadrunner thing. he rolled up the bomb and throw it down there and bill would pick it up and roll it around and roll it right back to him. he did not waste any time do

to prevent the future president from abusing the power of the presidency as nixon had. the trumpet administration systematically worked to erode transparency, evade accountability and upset the system of checks and balances. it is so fundamental to our democratic order. it has become clear that a new set of reforms is necessary. many provisions draw directly on our -- they are not anti-trump measures. they are forward-looking. they protect against future abuses by any president of any party. i am especially proud of the reforms within this bill within the dish era committee's -- judiciary committee's jurisdiction. we reaffirmed that partners may form the basis of a bribery scheme. we reaffirmed the self pardons -- that self pardons are private. we ensure that the presidency is not a get out of jail free card. we ensure meaningful enforcement of congressional subpoenas to streamline the extradited court process. we worked to prevent clinical interference on the white house with the independence of the varmint of justice by ensuring that certain communications be recorded

is fascinating about nixon, that the most potent evaluation of of nixon was by nixon in his farewl addresson the day that he resigned in august 1974, he is up there talking and his wife is there and his daughter, two daughters and son-in-law's and everyone is in the east room in the audience and is going along in any kind of like what this is why call you here and he says, always remember others may hate you but those who hate you, don't when unless you hate them and then you destroy yourself and then think of the wisdom not just for politicians, the hating destroys you. and you look at and listen to his tapes. and if hate was a piston that drove him, and he never let go of that hate. nixon's gift to history thank you so that lesson of you know the hardest thing to do is to cricket packages, say, you know, and he was an active hater and so is there something positive there, sure, environment. what he did with china and so forth but you cannot have that added to in fact politics and culture the way did and feel good about it. >> one more question because we could do them all but then i will

nixon was preoccupied. his relationship with nixon was nothing like the bush-baker relationship. when it came to the middle east, nixon with his anti-semitic views regarded kissinger in his pocket and did not want him involved in the middle east. the first three years he had to maneuver around that reality. and he got control, nixon became so tied down with his watergate woes, that kissinger in effect became president of foreign policy. that is with the new york times labeled him as. he had, in effect, the powers of the presidency in his hands. because the presidency was so weakened when he would draft a letter in nixon's name, and he did it a lot, to try to move the israelis in particular, they did not take it seriously. he did it have -- he had a disadvantage in the fact that he had a weakened president. essentially ford was in ingenue. he did not know about the middle east. kissinger had all of the successes under his belt. ford was willing to defer to kissinger. he essentially remained the president for foreign policy with ford. the same thing happened. when he would draft th

the most potent evaluation of nixon was by nixon in his farewell address to on the day he resigned in august 1974. he's up there talking and his wife is there and daughter, two daughters. son-in-laws and he has every one in the east room audience. he's going along and he kind of like, this is why i called you here. he says always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. then you destroy yourself. think of the wisdom not just for a politicians but the hating destroys you. you look at, listen to his tapes, i mean, hate was the piston that drove him and he never let go of that hate and nixon's gift to history i think is that lesson of hardest thing to do is ever crank it back and just say, ooh. he was an active hater. is there something positive there? sure. in the environment what he did with china and so forth. you can't have that added to infect politics and the culture the way he did and feel good about it. >> only ask one more president because we could do them ul and then i'll turn to president trump which is another story. i picked george

is fascinating about nixon, the most positive event printed evaluation of nixon was he in his farewell address on the day he resigned in august of 1974, he sat there talking his wife is there and his two daughters and son-in-law's and these room audience in any kind of like ths is why collier here and he said, always remember that others mayh hate you, but those who hate you do not when and as you hate them and then you destroy yourself. nothing about the wisdom of this painting destroys you and you look at or listen to his tapes, and hate was the piston that drove him and he never let go of that hate. nixon's give to history i thank you so that lesson the hardest thing to do is to take you back and you say, he was an active hate. is there something positive there, guess what he did with china and so forth, but you cannot have that attitude and affect politics and folk culture the way he did can feel good about it tonight, ask one more question and then will to president trump which is another story. george herbert walker bush, when he died, extraordinary one term president come in, yo

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nixon does not listen to him and runs. the nixon becomes a president he becomes insecure as we all know. all of the dirty that were played, instead of saying listen, you need to appeal you are a better man than this. you do not need to do these nefarious acts to stay in power. you do not need to raise campaign funds. he do not need to destabilize the grand family and destroy their ipo because you're angry at the "washington post". instead he was an enabler and takes a thousand dollars loan from howard hughes in 1970 that rears its ugly head later on. it's really the cause, i believe of white nixon believed at the dnc. which obviously led to impeachment his ultimate resignation. could have played a very different role in that presidency. and unfortunately didn't. quick to talk about enablers. some people accused georgia being an enabler for bill clinton and his affairs. he taught collusion. >> ... correct the issue. he commit perjury by testifying getting a blow job from monica lewinsky before the scandal broke, he'd been a

about nixon. the most potent evaluation of nixon, was by nixon, in his farewell address, on the day that he resigned in august of 1974. he is up there, talking, and his wife is there, and two daughters, son-in-law's, and in the east room audience. this is why i called you here. and he says, always remember, others may hate you. but, those who hate you do not win, unless you hate them. and then, you destroy yourself. now, think of the wisdom, not just for that, but, the hey destroys you. so what you look at, and you listen to his tapes, it is the piston that drove him. and they never let go of that. so, with nixon's gift to history, and that lesson of the hardest thing to do is sit back and say, oh. so, he was an active hater. there is something positive there, and they are in the environment. what they did with china, and you can't have that attitude, and infect politics, and culture, and the way he did, and feel good about it. >> they could do them, and you return to president trump. another stor

nixon does not listen to him and runs. the nixon becomes a president he becomes insecure as we all know. all of the dirty that were played, instead of saying listen, you need to appeal you are a better man than this. you do not need to do these nefarious acts to stay in power. you do not need to raise campaign funds. he do not need to destabilize the grand family and destroy their ipo because you're angry at the "washington post". instead he was an enabler and takes a thousand dollars loan from howard hughes in 1970 that rears its ugly head later on. it's really the cause, i believe of white nixon believed at the dnc. which obviously led to impeachment his ultimate resignation. could have played a very different role in that presidency. and unfortunately didn't. quick to talk about enablers. some people accused georgia being an enabler for bill clinton and his affairs. he taught collusion. >> ... correct the issue. he commit perjury by testifying getting a blow job from monica lewinsky before the scandal broke, he'd been a

. >> in december 1971, president nixon declared a war on cancer. up next, a conversation from the richard nixon presidential library about the impact of the law in the 50 years since it was signed. >> [indiscernible] she has a phd in russian history. why someone who chose that career is now coming up on stage as the founder and cochair. it is because she represents a story many of you all share. how cancer impacted her life. it impacted her sister and family. she understands the tragedy of cancer. she has played numerous roles that i can't even recount for you, service on the advisory board. she has built multiple programs that are influencing policy today. when i say she is my boss, i say it's because she has been the chair. and when she says get up there, i get up there. it is my pleasure to introduce a transformational woman who has made such a huge difference in health care policy both at the fda and nci. [applause] >> thank you. it's actually not true, i'm not his boss, madalyn is his boss and his friend. i'm his good friend and adore him. i c

. >> joan byron began working at the nixon foundation as a 14-year-old marketing intern. now, at age 28, he's the foundation's and ceo. sunday on q&a he talks about the life and career of president nixon in the work of the foundation. >> we are obviously looking ahead to the anniversary of his trip to china, trip to russia, the ending of the vietnam war and the signing of the paris peace accords, bringing home of the pows. the 15th anniversary of watergate. we, as a foundation, build educational experiences and events, conferences around these types of programs, or, i should say, around these 50th anniversaries and make them into types of programs, then we push them out across social media. we are connecting, it is working, we do hear from young people that say, i did not know about that. or, i'd only heard there was this thing called watergate. i did not know that president nixon was the first president to negotiate an arms-control agreement with the soviet union. there are real learnings that are being had and that's in support of our mission. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.

with nixon ford george h to be was, clinton, george w. bush, obama and trump as well as the cia and the joint chiefs, hollywood in the supreme court. but douglas brinkley has a degree in humanities and professor brinkley is a best-selling author and a grammy award-winning producer as serving as the president of the story and cnn. and then the "washington post" and the boston globe and the author ofme numerous books new york times bestseller is american moonshot jfk and a great space race. just before we begin, please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices please note with the exception of our house photographer will be taking photography this morning please join me to welcome our guest. [applause] thank you. >> good morning. welcome to bob assess. [laughter] and what an honor for the new york historical society with a 40 minute conversation and isha number one in the charts. i would be remiss if i do and ask him the very question so when did you first meet bob caro? [laughter] i think about 25 years ago. and how do you ver

[laughter] and nixon is revealed in the tapes. it's not only the criminality.ut then on the day in august 1974 and then you have a license they are that this is why i told you. others may hate you but those whoo hate you but then you have rsdestroyed yourself. not just for politicians but it is you and then to listen to the tapes. and listen to what drove him. and then to let go of that hate. so then nixon's gift to history so the hardest thing to do but he was active. is there something positive there? and that you cannot have that added to. and then to do good about that. >> and that is another story. but when george herbert walker bush died even though he was a one term president could you see him in that light? and would never let me talk to it. and he was chairman and around the country and then when the truth came out that was hard duty to be chairman. so also i really want to talk to you with a very angry letter to say you and i didn't have much of a relationship. [laughter] and you are a part of the press and i see all of these things and i claim i did

. >> june began working at the nixon foundation at 14. now he's president and c.e.o. talks about the life and career of president nixon and the work of the foundation. >> we're obviously looking ahead to the 50th anniversary of president nixon's trip to china, trip to russia, the end of the vietnam war, and the signing of the paris peace accords, bringing home the p.o.w.'s. the 50th anniversary of yom can i purr -- yom kippor. we should make these anniversaries into types of programs and we push them across social media and we are connecting. it is working. we do hear from young people that say, you know, gosh, i didn't know about that. or, you know, i'd only heard there was this thing called watergate. i didn't know that president nixon was first president to negotiate an armed control agreement with the soviet union. there are real learns that are being -- learnings that are being had. >> jim byron, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to "q&a" and all of our podcasts on our new c-span app. >> earlier today, house speaker nancy pelosi,