nixon. i wanted to talk about mrs. nixon's push to get a woman on the supreme court. pat nixon was about her desire, a woman on the court, because she was publicly pro-choice. pray, pray, the equal rights amendment, pro-choice before roe versus wade. pat nixon's biggest legacy to me is what she did to advance women advancing women at that point in our history, in the early 1970s is the major legacy of that. nixon what a great example she was for a first lady. but then. under. ladies and gentlemen, name is jim byron and i have the honor of being the president and ceo of the richard nixon foundation. and it's my pleasure to welcome you to the nixon library this evening for another distinguished speaker series. i'd like to begin by welcoming my colleague tamara martin, the director, the richard nixon presidential library with the national archives, and she's doing this evening by her daughter, eleanor. welcome. i i'd also like to extend a to our president's council and associates club members a

richard nixon and pat nixon. i was just astou reading richard nixon particularly, and i looked at loof the courtship letters to that. i know you see. and he is like a smitten schoolboy. hes coming by her tour like i'm not really sure i want you to come in. it's late at night. she doesn't him in sometimes he her to dates with other men in l.a. repeatedly which loved that she made him do that. she made him work really. i was like, wow, that is amazing. like you got to put up a lot. if you're going to do that. you so i just was it really blows your mind. you read these letters how tender they are and also during world war two, how selfless they both halves of the couple are. richard nixon writes her from south pacific where he's serving, saying don't scrimp on yourself like spend money on yourself, buy clothes, go to shows eat good meals. i want you to do that. well, pat is saving like crazy. she's super thrifty, as we see throughout book and she saves their nest egg that later it becomes very important to them. but

nixon's help., a huge jump from the johnson years you have maybe a couple hundred women in this position, up to a thousand and more, mrs. nixon pushes for this. she also is pushing to get a woman on the supreme court. reall wants it to happen, publicly talks about that, when it does not happen she is disappointed and president nixon is afraid of her reaction, there are funny stories about, that telling julie, mommy very mad at me about. that set the scene for sandra day o'connor later to come in, and mrs. nixon supported a woman's right to choose there is her legacy for women, then other legacy her international diplomacy. we talked about that from the beginning of the years on. in vp years, and first lady in pursue and africa, and she did a lot of solo trips to cement relationships. and to china with the panda deal. to russia, she is going behind scenes with russian wives, smoothing things over, work are for peace, that is what they want for their children and grandchildren this soft diplomacy she

nixon? heath: i like to think of myself as an archaeologist or anthropologist and i have always perceived her as a little enigmatic. i am 54 and do not really remember his presidency but what i remember is not really knowing who pat nixon was, not really having a positive or negative, just almost a link. and then -- blank. and then i was reading more and there is plastic pat, the moniker given to her by john fairchild, things like that and then the woodward and bernstein rumors about her having an alcohol problem and being reclusive. these added to the mysterious portrait and the whole book, however, is an excavation and deconstruction of that mysterious image, but she is not really mysterious at all. the media i always view with a level of suspicion because they are often not true and when i started reading, i found she was not really mysterious at all, she kept a distance from the press and even from people sometimes so you can get to a certain with her and then her thoughts are her own. p

five people associated with president richard nixon's reelection campaign. it evolved into a battle between congress and the president over access to tape recordings that contained evidence about the crime and the cover up. it concluded with the resignation of president nixon under threat of impeachment. so i wanted to point out several documents in this case. one is the security log right here from the watergate complex. in this security log, you see the date of june 17, 1972, which was the date of the break in at the watergate hotel. the log has a note written by the security guard from the watergate frank will who made a note in the log that he had seen a piece of tape on a door that prevented the door from latching and made the door accessible from the outside. first he removed the piece of tape but later the same night as he was continuing rounds, he found another piece of tape on the door. that tipped him off that something was happening and there might be intruders in the building. he called the police and when the police arrived, they found the five

and led to nixon being forced out of. and it turned out elliot. richardson was very well informed about the october surprise as well. and when i was interviewing him, he told watergate was a garden party compared to the october surprise. and yet there i was at newsweek, which was owned by the washington post and of course, the washington post uncovered watergate. they that's where they did their great greatest work. and yet when i got the washington to newsweek, they did a 180 and they covered it up. and i was sort of agog about it and i can go more more details if people want to but i would sort of after three months there by astonishment it was was so astonishing about what did is they ran three articles a week after week and they said the october didn't happen. the october surprise didn't happen the october surprise didn't happen. and if their news in the audience news is when something happens when something doesn't happen, you don't that three times in a row and something was going on and i was trying to figure it out. i you know, i think wha

telegram, didn't think the same about that nixon. but he stuck with it. and that's, i think, a really important point of the book. he is passed over for promotion originally when acheson what acheson doesn't doesn't accept him at first, he's initially passed over to be the deputy to george kennan, the policy planning staff. he's passed over for seven or eight other really big jobs throughout, his career and i think that there's something inspiring about, his resilience and willingness to keep with it. but in terms of the profession, retire and military officers at the end of world war two moved up in rank. foreign service moved on to next posting. nixon had no real career set for him in the national security act of 1947. doesn't really create a cadre of national security professionals. so what i say in the book, if it's as a generalist, somebody who is willing to learn, willing to embrace all of the things all of the components of national security planning that he really a way to thrive and, succeed and stay in the game. right and c

nixon have pockets sewn into her. so is true. and if so, what was in what would she carry in those pockets? what was the purpose? thank you. i do know that she did have pockets sewn in and i think it was for just practical items. she needed. i don't know, all the specific contents. that is a mysterious question so next i'm going to have to research each that, but it is she did have pockets in into a of her clothes that is correct and enduring mystery an enduring mystery pat nixon's mysterious pocket. and on that note let's thank keith and bob for a terrific presentation. ladies and gentlemen, the book is the mysterious mrs. nixon. he is agreed to sign all of your copies. so pick up a copy and join us in the front lobby. thank you for coming and night. christmas, 1968 when man first cut the silver cord of earth's gravity to orbit the moon. saturn five had provided the power to take him there. the command and service modules had sustained him but man cannot begin his mastery of the moon until he can land on its inhospitable surface

nixon and al gore most recently. "america reports" now. ♪ ♪ >> thank you.continue our coverage with the live look on the house floor. getting ready to officially certify president-elect trumps sleeping election win sealing the deal on this historic second term in office. we begin with this monday afternoon. am john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be back with y you. >> sandra: good to have you back, john. happy new year to you and happy new year to all. i am sandra smith in new york. this is "america reports." vice president harris will preside over these proceedings certifying the outcome of the election that she lost to donald trump your two weeks from today, trump will be sworn in as this nation's 47th president. live on capitol hill as we watch this together. >> john: good afternoon. the election was wrapped up in november, but nothing is final until congress certifies the electoral congress result during a joint session of congress. with both the movement dictates that the vice president in her capacity as president of the senate "open all the c

nixon's contribution to the white house physically is enormous. the white house today is in effect, the nixon house in the state rooms. you could use it as a set for a nixon movie, and it would be pretty authentic. they brought the white house to that state, but outside the gates it is a home whose history and occupants are still under siege for much of his presidency from the vietnam protesters at the beginning, his tenure to the watergate scandal. at the end, the white house becomes an insular place for president nixon and a place where he finds solace. one particular room that adjoins the lincoln bedroom, richard nixon, was a man who cherished his solitude, his intellectual privacy. it was his habit to hole up in what was his favorite room in the white house? the sitting room he loved a fire in the fireplace, and it was his even in the height of summer. i'm watching it summer at that to turn the air conditioning up high as it would go and start a fire. and it's important for every president to have not only a place, but a time when he can think

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nixon, mr. and mrs. david eisenhower. >> so, we leave with high hopes , in good spirit and with deep humility. always remember others may hate you, that those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. and then you destroy yourself. >> nixon's farewell was many things. it was a wrenching personal experience. it was a farewell to his staff but it was also a farewell to the white house family. >> this isn't the biggest house. even smaller countries are much bigger. this is of the finest house but this is the best house. >> it's interesting richard nixon talked about the house. i think by that the house both on the personal level, and as a historic symbol. no one who spends any time in the house can fail to appreciate either role, but i think nixon implicitly was apologizing to the country for perhaps besmirching a little bit of that house and its history. >> it's the best house because this house has a great heart. that heart comes from those who serve. >> with president nixon bidding farewell the home u

so nixon announced during the in 1968 that he intends to end the draft. he was trying to appeal to young people who were increasing anti draft and antiwar. but most people believe he was actually going to do it. and he did. the military was highly resistant. they had no idea how they were going to ever feel, especially the army, because it's the biggest it has the left with clear identity, had no idea how they were ever going to feel all those boots. certainly that changed, but yet it was it was a perfect storm because there was support from all parts of american society for ending the draft. aside from the military had to figure out how they were going to do that. they had to recruit 20 to 30000 people a month and stop and think about that. the army now is failing to recruit 65, 70,000 a year. and they had to recruit those huge numbers at a time when there was not much respect for the military in the wake of a failing war at a time when youth culture was highly anti-authority. and so there was there was a fair amount of panic, but also in terms of trying

so the worst since nixon is really the worst ever. mind the public cates biden even with most of the press covering up his dementia for this whole term. sure they panicked and piled on him after that deadly debate but they can't make us forget how many times they live for him. they are still doing good even when he does stuff like this. >> astounding what is happening. one piece of good news my son was out here and his wife they got the notification yesterday their home has probably burned down. today it appears that may still be standing. they are not sure but the good news is i am a great-grandfather. as of today. >> greg: way to read the room at you callous corpse. [applause] sorry your city is burning but i brought cigars. anybody got a match? i'm going to be a great granddaddy. [bleep] what a clown of. i guess we can be grateful he didn't ask jimmy carter to stand up at the eulogy. where was the media before all of this when it was obvious biden was 25th amendment material? lets tartan to a rocky war vet and purple heart recipien

for those who need a reminder, richard nixon ordered department officials to fire archibald cox, the special prosecutor investigating watergate. two officials, elliott richardson and lee michael's resigned rather than carrying out richard nixon's orders. on the committee considered the appointment of loretta lynch to be president obama's attorney general, a republican number of the committee emphasized, "what we need from our next attorney general more than anything else is independence." that same member who know still serves on the committee said, "the job is not to be the president's wingmen. the job is to represent all americans. the attorney general must be willing to stand up to the president and say no when the office demands it." when attorney general nominee merrick garland came before this committee, another one a republican colleagues still serving told garland, "my sole criteria for voting for your confirmation is your pledge to make sure politics does not affect your job as attorney general." the view that the justice department must be insulated from political influence

one of the first things ford did was pardon nixon. carter and others across the country thought that was the wrong thing to do. that nixon should have been fully prosecuted, impeached, etc., etc. years later carter, ted ken tkeurbgs and everybody else realized ford had done the right thing to allow the country to move forward after watergate. as of 1974 ford was still take ago lot of heat over having pardoned nixon. and so it was that special moment. keep in mind between 1968 when nixon won his first term, through the 1988 election, and bush 41 who served until 1993, those were all republican president years with the exception of jimmy carter's four years between january, 1977 and january, 1981. it was a republican continuum with that one narrow four-year exception of carter. and that only arose -- it was a very close election. he barely beat ford because it was in the aftermath of watergate. host: we are marking the life and legacy of the late president jimmy carter. you are watching the scene unfold at andrews air force base. the sp

it was richard nixon who said, a man is not finished when he is defeated.my friends, he also said, the greatness comes not when things go always good for you, but when you suffer some defeats, some setbacks, you take some knocks. because only until one has been in the deepest valley can one appreciate the highest mountaintop.n in the fight for freedom, in the fight for our constitution, in the fight for our way of life, my friends, neither donald trump nor yours truly, roger stone, ever quit at in that fight. god bless you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this morning the state him for president jimmy carter continues as his remains are taken from the carter center and brought to washington, . watched the departure ceremony live starting at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later in the day at 4:30 eastern a memorial service will be held at the u.s. capitol. you can follow all of our live coverage on a free mobile video app c-span now or online at c-span.org. democracy unfiltered with c-span. experience history as it unfolds with c-span's live coverage this month as republic

director hoover had a wiretap on nixon's campaign and gave it to hubert.ubert called in his aides and said what should i do with this? they said you have to leak it to the press because it's treasonous. he said i'm from minnesota, i believe in clean politics, i'm not going to do it. peter: that story about not going to the peace talks, the nixon side has denied that. stuart: it's very well established. we actually have the transcript of the wiretap. peter: stu eizenstat, how'd you get from washington to atlanta in the first place? stuart: i think in high school i would have been voted to be the least likely to get into politics and public policy because i was maybefully shy and very bookish. first i got involved in student government and u.n.c. had a very well established student rnment. second, i went to keenan football stadium in 19 to hear president john f. kennedy challenge my generation to get involved in politics, to make the country your mission. that had a tremendous impact and third, in the summer of 1963 i applied with an internal internship with

you milhous nixon, do solemnly swear. i, richard, bill house nixon. do solemnly swear. that you will faithfully execute the office that i will face. fully execute the office of president of the united states as president of the united states, and will to the best of your ability and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and repair, reserve, protect and defend the constitu of the united states, the constitu of the united states. so help god. so help me god. senator dirksen, mr. chief justice. mr. president. president johnson. vice president humphrey. my fellow americans and my fellow citizens of the world community. i ask you to with me today, the majesty of this moment and the orderly transfer of power. we celebrate the unity keeps us free. each moment in history, a fleeting time, precious and unique. but some out as moments of beginning in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. this can be such a moment for forces now are converging that make possible for the first time. the hope that many of man's deepest aspirations can at last be realize

in the meantime, the democrat electors had sent in a separate certificate to congress and richard nixon was the sitting vice president and had to preside over the chamber, so he had multiple certifications in his hand and was a little before old for a time on what to do about it. ultimately, it was decreed that hawaii's votes would go to mr. kennedy, but it was -- disputes go way back and it was the toxicity and intractability of the 1876 dispute which was just paralyzing for a while and ultimately to trying to develop rules of the electoral count act that would clarify who wins and what was an adequate basis for objecting. host: this image of a sitting vice president counting votes in an election they lost and announcing the winner and that they themselves have lost an election -- is it a uniquely american thing that happens? guest: as far as i know. it is an episodic unremarkable thing. we are going to have to see today ms. harris, our vice president, standing before the chamber and going through this process. previously, in 2016, we had vice president biden atop the chamber and he wa

you milhous nixon, do solemnly swear. i, richard, bill house nixon. do solemnly swear. that you will faithfully execute the office that i will face. fully execute the office of president of the united states as president of the united states, and will to the best of your ability and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and repair, reserve, protect and defend the constitu of the united states, the constitu of the united states. so help god. so help me god. senator dirksen, mr. chief justice. mr. president. president johnson. vice president humphrey. my fellow americans and my fellow citizens of the world community. i ask you to with me today, the majesty of this moment and the orderly transfer of power. we celebrate the unity keeps us free. each moment in history, a fleeting time, precious and unique. but some out as moments of beginning in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. this can be such a moment for forces now are converging that make possible for the first time. the hope that many of man's deepest aspirations can at last be realize

and you hear president nixon tell chuck colson that danny brewster case, maryland's u.s. senator danny brewster, let's go after him. find out who the other democratic senators are that took those campaign contributions since. and chuck colson said, well, mr. president, there were republican senators that took those contributions to and also voted on that bill. and nixon says, i don't give s h about the republicans, don't get the democrats, because what want to do is we them want to put the pressure on the chairman of the senate committee, sam ervin, to get him to back off of the watergate investigation and the way we're going to get them to do is to go after these democratic u.s. and lay them out the way brewster's been laid out, the way brewster's taking the hit and he orders think about this in this day and age, think about this. it's on the tape. i've heard it. president nixon in the oval office orders colson to get the attorney, the justice department and the fbi to go democratic. united states senators and did. and you know what? the real tragedy this is on this part

and it's my pleasure to welcome you tonight to the nixon library. i also want to welcome all of you live tonight on youtube and on x formerly known as twitter because we live stream of our distinguished speakers series events and we're proud to offer them as civics lessons that anyone watch online and enjoy. i want to welcome blake kernan, a member of the board of directors of the richard nixon foundation. thank you for being here. and i want to recognize a few special guests. mike antonovich, longtime los angeles county supervisor. where's mike? there he is. and i want to welcome mazzie, francine and jo lynn and pat mahoney, who are members of the american civics campaign finance committee. so thank you all. i also want to thank all of our presidents club members, associates club members for their support, which makes this evening and all of our distinguished speakers series events possible. and if you're not a member, i would encourage you check out membership and check out our membership options by going to nixon foundation dot org this evening.

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so the worst since nixon is really the worst ever. and keep in mind, the public hates biden, even with most of the press covering up his dementia for this whole term. and sure, they panicked and piled on him after that deadly debate, but they can't make us forget how many times they lied for him. hell, they're still doing it even when he does stuff like this. >> it's astounding what's happened. i with only one piece of good news, my son was out here and his wife are there. they got a notification yesterday that her home was probably burned to the ground. today it appears that it may be still standing. we're not sure. but the good news is i'm a great grandfather. as of the day, way to read the room, you callous corpse. >> i think it was really good. sorry. your city is burning, but i brought cigars. anyone got a match? i'm going to be a great granddaddy. are. what a clown. i guess we can be grateful he didn't ask jimmy carter to stand up at the eulogy. so where was the media before all this? when it was obvious biden was 25th amendment

nixon resigned.e has seen it all. he starts his day by watering the plants in the oval office and he'll go out and take care of the rose garden. if a president has a pet, he'll take care of the president's pets. i've never seen a happier public servant in my entire life than dale haney, a truly great public servant and great american and that house is populated with that kind of person that works behind the scenes and they are so proud to take care of this house. mrs. likennedy famously said th white house belongs to the american people. it doesn't belong to the bidens or the trump or the lincolns. it belongs to you and the people owatching tonight and it's peoe like dale that are there to take care of that house every single day presidency and presidency. >> with that introduction we'll show you now the people's voices gallery on this oftour of the people's house. the white house historical association's immersive exhibit that's just opened a few weeks ago. >> matt castelo, chief education officer a