, would you say there was a future administration that committed more crimes than the nixon administration as far as obstruction? >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> i would like to thank all of the witnesses for participating, especially mr. dean, professor vance and professor mcquaid. your voices have been very important voices as our fragile democracy has been tested and coming here today has laid out the foundation for our country as to what's at risk. it's often said that history doesn't repeat, it rhymes, and we are hearing many of those rhymes today and i would yield back. >> gentleman yields back. the gentleman from north dakota, mr. armstrong. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we've heard several times today that we have to examine all of this in the totality of the circumstances, and i also would encourage everybody to read volume 1. i would encourage everybody to read the report. i'm on my fourth time through it. i will admit i'm doing it by audio book now. i get to drive a lot in north dakota, but i think h

, would you say there was a future administration that committed more crimes than the nixon administration obstruction? >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> the former u.s. attorney testifying that trump would have been prosecuted if he were not protected by justice department guidelines, saying a sitting president cannot be indicted. >> the facts contained in that report would be sufficient to prove all of the elements necessary to charge multiple counts of obstruction of justice. i would have confidence that the evidence would be sufficient to obtain a guilty verdict and to win on appeal. >> republicans assailed the witness' credibility. >> the fbi referred to you as the master manipulator of the cover-up. >> it incorrect. >> the u.s. attorney said you were at the center of the criminality. >> if i might, i did my best to tell the truth when i was asked. i did my best internally to break up the watergate cover-up when i realized we were on the wrong side of the law. >> wait a second, wait a second. mr. dean has

that created more crimes than the nixon administration as far as obstruction? >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> republican committee members chose not to focus on trump or on anyone in the current administration. instead they went after john dean's credibility as a witness. >> this committee is now hearing from the '70s and they want their star witness back. >> i did not go to prison. >> you're here to provide historical context. >> exactly. >> and throughout history you choose presidents acting like richard nixon and make money off of it. >> those who act like him, i point it out. >> how do democrats plan to pay for medicare for all? >> i'm sorry? >> well, i figured if we were going to ask you about stuff you don't know about we'd start with big stuff. >> who? the kms or which candidate? >> let's get specific to nixon since that appears to be why you're here. >> actually, nixon did have a health care plan. >> it wept on like that. and just as today's hearing was getting under way th

he was interviewed by former nixon administration official frank gannon at the richard nixon presidentialibrary in yorba linda, california. >> governor pete wilson served as one of four eulogists at president nixon's funeral along with president bill clinton, secretary of state henry kissinger, and senator bob dole. he was a baby and and a graduate of the university of california-berkeley college of law. he became acquainted with nixon during the berkeley campaign. he inspired young wilson to public service. before serving as governor he was an assemblyman and mayor of san diego. he transformed the city, in part, by working with president nixon to bring millions of tax dollars back to local government, bringing decision-making power back to the people. it is truly a testament to democracy in america. governor wilson will be in conversation with dr. frank gannon. in 1974, dr. gannon left -- in 1971, he served as a white house fellow to the nixon administration and went on to serve in the white house press office. in 1974, dr. gannon left washington for california aboard air force one, foll

. >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened to the nixon administration reporter: that was the ta democrat's sr witness john dean brought in to try to semble what democrats are putting together here, comparing the nixon administration to the trump administration and speaking of president trump, he's also defending this trade immigration deal with mexico critics say 's nothing new these are things mexico agreed months ago to do thpresident tweeted and alluded to some so of secret deal that mexico dies, but the president says if they don't follow through, those tariffs could still be on the table. phillip? >> all right, tracie potts getting us up to speed todayan tryou. >> almost 25 years to the day of the grisly murders of nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman that led to e trial of the century, o.j. simpson said he is happy and healthy living in vegas. simpson was ultimately acqtted in that case but later spent nine years in prison for robbery and kidnapping simpson said he plays golf nearly every day and still keeps in touch with his kids he adds that

>> i would samthe trump adistration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> former pounds robert mueller has said he has no intention of speaking further about the report to congress. but housud jiciary committee chairman jerry nadler is confident mueller will speak to them soon. >>> today jon stewart is in d.c. to help victims of 9/11. nbc news has learned that stewart along with several first responders from the september 11th attacks will speak on capitol hill in front of the house ju ciary committee. the group hopeso secure funding for the nevin victims compensation -- 9/11 victims compensation fuchbld's r. -- fund. the group will voteow tomorr >>> catholic church leaders from around the world will come together in baltimore today. sex abuse victims will be the top of mind as the conference of catholic bishops meets.op the bish are under pressure to pass reforms. during the -- rather, dozens of archdiocese including washington's are under investigation for the handling of alabgations of use by >>> new video shows the moment a man saved a stranded coup

dean, since the nixon administration have you witnessed any future administration commit more obstruction crimes than the nixon administration, yes or no? >> no. >> you would submit that in your view, the nixon administration, compared to every administration after, committed the most amount of obstruction crimes you've witnessed? >> no. i gave a few samples in my written statement and there are probably books will be written comparing these two. >> let me rephrase the question, comparing nixon to just any future administration, would you say there was a future administration that committed more crimes than the nixon administration as far as obstruction? >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> i would like to thank all of the witnesses for participating, especially mr. dean, professor vance and professor mcquaid. your voices have been very important voices as our fragile democracy has been tested and coming here today has laid out the foundation for our country as to what's at risk. it's often said that history does

he was interviewed by former nixon administration official frank gannon at the richard nixon presidentialf four eulogists president nixon's funeral. he is a marine and a graduate of the university of california-berkeley college of law. he became -- he became theainted with nixon during berkeley campaign. he inspired young wilson to public service. before ser a

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nixon and president trump. >> would you say there was a future administration that committed more crimes than the nixon administration, as far as obstruction? >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. i certainly hope don mcgahn is a key witness before this committee. his client is the office of the president. i think he owes that office his testimony before this committee. >> reporter: president trump also taking swings at the watergate figure. >> john has been a loser for a long time. we know that. i think he was disbarred, and he went to prison. other than that, he's doing a great job. >> reporter: dean responding with humor. >> well, i'm honored to be on his enemies list. i was able to make nixon's at the end. so i'm pleased that i'm on trump's. >> reporter: more tension, of course, between congress and the trump administration. the house oversight committee is slated to vote tomorrow in committee to hold wilbur ross and attorney general bill barr in contempt of congress for not cooperating with their investigation into how a question about u.s.

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. >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> let's get more on john dean's testimony from the senior congressional correspondent. >> democrats have had a hard time getting the witnesses that they want. people named in the mueller report to cooperate with their committee because the whiesz has interfered as well as the special counsel. robert mueller has said he does not want to appear in public before the house judiciary committee. so at the moment democrats are settling on another strategy to bring in people with prior knowledge about other criminal aktsz unoffice including what happened in watererigate for president nixon. >> reporter: with their party divided over impeachment proceedings, democrats began the challenge of spotlighting what's in the mueller report without the key witnesses who have first-hand knowledge. their first witness, former white house counsel, john dean. >> the last time i appeared before your commit a was july 11, 1974, during the impeachment inquiry of richard nuxen. clearly i'm not here today as

that committed more crimes than the nixon administration as far as obstruction? >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened to the nixon administration. >> fast competition, john heilemann. >> fast competition indeed. you know, you note the kind of hearings today we basically had a hearing that was sort of two hearings which is a perfect metaphor for the two measures we live in, one america tethered to reality and another america tethered to the republican talking points that seek to knock down reality at every opportunity. he called john dean at one point a she's bag attorney. john dean was part of a criminal enterprise at one point in the white house but then what he is remembered for mostly is he told the truth in the president's view that, makes him a she's bag attorney. that was the talking point the republicans prosecuted all day long. jill just said this was a good table setting for setting out the issues and teeing up what now has to happen which is we must hear from not from the learned scholars and brilliant people l

>> the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >>as former nixon white house counsel john dean before the house judiciary committee yesterday. did his testimony change any minds on whether president trump committed obstruction of justice? joining us, democratic congressman eric swalwell, a 2020 presidential candidate. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. thanks for having me back. >> be honest, on a scale of one to ten, ten being best, how successful do you feel john dean's appearance was in terms of accomplishing your main goal of highlighting what you think president trump's wrongdoing is? >> it goes to 11. >> you think it was that effective and that successful yesterday? >> i do. and you know, it is said often that history doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes, and we heard a lot of rhymes yesterday when you put in perspective what the trump administration has done in just three short years compared to what we saw during the nixon administration. and also lays the foundation for where we need to go next to make sure we hold this

he is the former white house counsel for the nixon administration during the watergate scandal.at john dean said was he reports robert mueller's was a a roadmap f for congress o further investigate donald trump. the president was watching part of it because a tweet from the president repeated his long used motto of no obstruction, no collusion. , robertial counsel mueller did not come to the conclusion there was no obstruction of justice by the president. the man who is key y in this in the coming days of testimony on capitol hill is jerry nadler, house judiciary committee. he wants to make sure no president, republican or democrat, will be able to act in this way. fore was a little success him. the department of justice has accepted to hand over some of the documents that were used in the evidence in that investigation by robert mueller, specifically the part of the investigation that was looking into whether or not there had been obstruction of justice by the u.s. president. the president says there was no obstruction of justice. a lot of democrats believe there was. that is w

nixon. he was able to identify the act same kind of patterns taking place in the trump administration accordingecial counsel mueller's report. >> republican colleagues approached today's hearing very differently than the democrats. you know, it was very obvious when you saw it. this is what some republicans had to say about john dean. watch this. >> today chairman nadler brings in front of the judiciary committee a guy to talk about obstruction of justice who went to prison in 1974 for obstructing justice. >> i did not go to prison. >> you pled guilty to obstruction of justice. i'm glad you got to stay out of prison. mr. dean has made a cottage industry out of accusing presidents of acting like richard nixon. >> you tried to give us historical context. i refer you to incredible witness, and number two, biased witness. much of what you say seems very difficult to accept at face value, quite frankly. >> hearings featuring buckets of chicken and convicted felons unfortunately haveec for this o committee. >> are you troubled that so many of your republican colleagues seemed to view john dean as a v

that committed more crimes than the nixon administration as far as obstruction? >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> what was the saturday night massacre? >> saturday night massacre occurred in october of 1973 when richard nixon removed or fired archibald cox as the special counsel -- >> yeah, i could catch your testimony on tv! in fact, by the way, i could this morning. i'm a republican. i believe that you use everything you've got, do as much business as you want and generate as much as you want to work for yourself, but i don't believe it's the problem of this committee to come on and here from those that are not part of the mueller investigation, who are not a part of this, pontificating on things that you can do on tv. >> maybe you were thinking about this, when you said the president of the united states was incapable of doing anything. were you thinking about the fact the embassy is now in ge semi. -- jerusalem. i think about this one. every single candidate for as many cycles as i

firm by anybody is not subject to oversight by congress and i recall busy in the nixon administrationwhen i was there a jim celestion to the then secretary of defense was so worried that nixon was being erratic during watergate he issued an order to the military staff do not obey any military director from the white house the president unless you check with me to confirm that it's genuine and not an act of erratic and impulsiveness and that may have happened in this particular situation although it's very troublesome we don't even have a permanent secretary of defense now it's vacant and there's just a nomination bruce i want to ask you a little more about this notion of things being kept secret because various analysts have observed as you have as well how president trump run says white house a little like a family business so how much of this was about his personal relationship to rex tillerson or lack thereof indeed was this a question of trust well i think he doesn't really trust anybody outside of correct is personal family and that's why it's not simply mr tillerson look at the

committed more crimes than the nixon administration as far as obstruction? i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened to the nixon administration. >> congressman holtzman, thank you for joining us. there is this overlap between nixon, tricky dick, as his enemies call him, and this guy. trump, if he did tell mcgahn to fire mueller, it's what nixon did on the saturday night massacre. same thing. >> absolutely. >> it's called obstruction of justice. >> correct. and, remember, knicksen was nam nixon was named an unindicted coconspirator. remember that. the case that mueller's made. of course he didn't draw a line and come up with a total. he said i can't draw a conclusion, but the facts repeat almost exactly what nixon was doing. i wrote a book, "the case for impeaching trump," and i point out those examples. it's not only the firing -- trying to fire the special prosecutor. and he didn't do that only once. it's also trying to -- >> did he go back and try it again when mcgahn didn't follow through or what happened? >> yes, of

by june 1970, the nixon administration had started casting about for some sort of public gambit to try to reclaim the narrative, to try to change the story. and in june 1970, they hit upon an idea that must have struck them at the time as a sort of cheap and cheerful way to turn the whole mood of the country around. at least that's how they approached it. "the new york times" was first to break the news about their plans in mid-june 1970. quote, a small piece of scrap paper was taped on the lobby wall of a washington office building this week to notify the public of a new tenant. on the paper in red crayon were the words "honor america day committee, suite 506." the new tenants set up headquarters in the capital a few days ago. it's planning honor america day in washington on july 4th. a series of patriotic activities highlighted by a mass rally and fireworks display in the evening at the washington monument. although the committee is using crayons and scrap paper for signs, it's being directed by executives who wear expensive business suits and shiny cuff links. the chairman of the ex

the white house counsel from president richard nixon's administration says he sees parallels between the watergate investigation and special counsel robert mueller's pressure probe. at adean testified today house judiciary committee on robert mueller's report. house republicans contended the molar report was thorough. >> i think this committee does have a role in it is adding -- that the the special counsel could not, and that is public education. this report has not been widely read in the united states or congress from some of my conversations, but i think it is a very important function that the committee is serving by bringing these matters to public attention. mark: earlier today, president trump tweeted that dean was a "disgraced former white house counsel." jerrold nadler says the justice department will turn over some information the panel had subpoenaed related to the mueller probe. sought torr has limit congressional access to redacted portions of the report as well as the underlying evidence. the house is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a resolution authorizing chairman nadl

most rigorous thing we have heard from is from former white house counsel john dean in the nixon administration obstruction, and he does not e have a first-hand knowle the 2016 influence in russia, so it is hard to see where .ngress is goi impeachment would be the more serious process, but even investigations and oversight, there is no reasonhey cannot call robert mueller to just repeat what he put in the report, translatet for americans so they can understand the seriousness of it. jane: kellyanne conway is one ot those people wes to expln what the president is doing and she is in hot water herself. the hatch act, which means a government official cannot use that position to engage in politics. she apparently has. president trump says it is free speech. is he right? >> he is not right that itfrs speech. if she were doing electoralty activin her private life, that would be protected, but the supreme court, the first iendment, very clear that the context of your job as a federal official, you don't have the same first amendment protections. in 1939, because of the democric party using government

he said he sees parallels between nixon's administration and president trump's.>> special counsel mueller has provided this committee with a roadmap.>> reporter: ahead of the hearing the justice department agreeing to turn over some of the underlying evidence from the mueller investigation. including files used to determine whether or not the president obstructed justice.>>> we have a responsibility to do this work. the priorities were from november 26 it appears we have an issue with who got elected president.>> reporter: and return nailers said democrats will hold off on a vote to hold attorney general bar in contempt of court congress. instead they are planning to vote on a resolution that would allow the house to sue for the testimony of william barr and former white house counsel don mcgann.>>> this will allow us to walk and chew gum at the same time. to hold the president accountable while continuing to deliver for the people. >> reporter: this isn't the end of the hearing for house democrats. mora planned this week focusing on obstruction of justice and trump campaign connections w

. >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration>> john dean has been a loser for many years. >> reporter: president trump and his party called the hearing a stunt. >> how many american presidents have you accused of being richard nixon. >> i actually wrote a book about mr. bush and mr. cheney with the title "worse than watergate." >> reporter: the justice department says it's handing over these key mueller documents as long as democrats drop their push to hold the attorney general in contempt of congressv context.d there is tonight, thank you, nancy.ll the worst measles outbreak in more than 25 years has jumped. 41 new cases have now been registered. the c.d.c. says there have been more than 1,000 confirmed cases this year in 28 states. that's the most since 1992. public health officials blame the outbreak on misinformation about vaccines. the president today talked up his immigration deal with mexico, the one that ended the threat of new tariffs, but he said mexico has agreed to do even more than has been announced. the mexicans s

. >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened to the nixon administration has been a loser for many years. >> reporter: president trump and his party called the hearing a stunt. >> how many american presidents have you accused being richard nixon? >> i wrote a book about mr. bush and mr. cheney with the title "worse than watergate." >> reporter: the justice department says it's handing over these key mueller documents as long as democrats drop their push to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. >>> the cost of corona won't be rising anytime soon. the u.s. and mexico reached an agreement on a plan to stel stem the flow of migrants to the southern border. that stopped a series of tariffs that were supposed to take place yesterday. che chip reid has the story. >> reporter: president trump used the winning team of the indianapolis 500, to wave the checkered flag on his immigration deal with mexico. the president claims it was his threat to impose steep tariffs on mexico that forced mexico to give in, a tactic widely criticized by members of both pa

between nixon and trump. >> comparing nixon to just any future administration. would you say there's a future administration that committed more crime than him as far as obstruction. >> trump add mergs is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> the former u.s. attorney testified that trump would have been prosecuted if he were not protected by justice department guidelines saying a sitting president cannot be indicted. >> the facts would be sufficient to prove all the elements necessary to charge multiple counts of obstruction of justice. >> i would have confidence the evidence would be sufficient to obtain a guilty verdict. and to win on appeal. >> republicans assail the witness credibility. >> you're not fall guy. the fbi referred to you as the master manipulator as the cover up. at the center of the criminality. >> if i might. i did my best to tell the truth. when i was asked. i did my best internally to break up the water gate cover up. when i realized we were on the wrong side of the law. >> wait. wait a second. mr. dean made

and he said he sees parallels between the nixon administration and president donald trump. >> mueller has provided this committee with a roadmap. >> ahead of the hearing the justice department agreed to turn over evidence from the investigation. in return for the files, nadler ski said they will hold off on holding attorney general william barr in contempt of congress. >>> governor newsom will spend some time studying the aging population. they are forecasted to grow by 8.6 million people. they want to establish a master- planned like transportation, and a nursing shortage. >>> palo alto has one of the toughest plastic bands. they approved an ordinance distributing the distribution of plastic straws. it it takes effect in january. plastic produce will be banned in grocery stores and at farmer markets. this is part of their zero waste plan. >>> starting this month all workers will receive four weeks of a family leave. new mothers will get an additional 6-8 weeks. soon employees can bring their children to and in that network a day care center for $20 a day. they are hoping to increase

and then the next person who's the deputy attorney general, one of the great people in the nixon administrationt willing to do it. so the deputy attorney general also resigned. >> he said well, you're commander in chief is ordering you to do this, i don't know what added to the discussion. he said well, who else was around? >> i said bob borkus here, he was the last one that was eligible to do it. >> the commander in chief finally found someone willing to carry out his orders. cox was fired. >> i asked all the people in the department to stay. so ended what would become know as a saturday night massacre. the president's motive was to remove the possibility confrontation as quickly and early as possible. >> richard nixon violated the law and he compromised the office and he violated the compact that we thought we had with him. >> he must have considered the comparable reaction in congress and the possibility of impeachment. >> some of us felt the imperial presidency was getting out of hand. the president was putting himself above the law and they demanded action. the public out cry to the saturd

is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration the president dismissed dean. >> dean's been a loser for many years. >> while explaining a mysterious tweet explaining mexico signed off on a secret agreement deal critics claim there's nothing new. >> he create as crisis and then acts like he goes on to solve it. >> that mexico had already agreed months ago to hold migrants on their seed and speed up troops to the guatamalan border. >> it's got to be enforced to make sure mexico follows through. >> if not, the secretary of state says tariffs, taxes on mexican goods are still on the table. now, the trump team put a 90-day deadline on this mexico deal but tell us, brian, they think they'll start to see progress in about a month. we'll continue to track that for you. >> tracitracie, talk about the . apparently they're walking that back what do we know, what do we don't know >> right the president said they cam up with provisions that they need to approve that i don't know anything about it, the secret part of the deal that they alluded

>> my only new year's resolution this year, i think i'm going to try to sleep through the nixon administrationve heavyweight boxers. there were conversations. >> when you mentioned the national anthem and talk about playing it in any unorthodox way, you immediately get a guaranteed percentage of hate mail from people who say how dare -- >> that's not unorthodox. >> it isn't unorthodox? >> no, no, i thought it was beautiful. there you go. >> i just thought anything that is interesting ought to have a place on a talk show rather than young pretty actresses who use the word "excited" in every sentence. you're not frequently seen on television. is that by choice? >> well, of course, it is the most impressive medium of all. it's the medium that will either save america or send it down into demise, there's no question about it. >> i'm getting out of it myself. >> really? >> we'll be back after this. >> what you do is book the best possible guests from different kinds of businesses, maybe not everybody in show business, some politics, some newspaper people. get them all on the stage together and hope

president trump compared to the nixon administration and watergate, trump made all of the officials available. did not exercise executive privilege against special documents available. if you wanted to draw a contrast between watergate and the mueller report, you couldn't have done better than bring john dean to testify. >> yeah, he looked like mr. greenjeans from the captain kangaroo era. mr. green jeans is here. he was i think referencing you tonight. he was on cnn and others who are criticizing his appearance, congressman, let's watch. >> were you taken aback by some of the personal attacks by republicans. did you expect the hearing to be contentious as it was? >> i did, actually. i know the players, i've watched them before. i watched them badger hillary clinton. they're all flame throwers. >> i don't see the flame thrower. >> i don't badger. i brought the facts. she wanted to blame the tragedy of benghazi on a video. we knew that was wrong when she talked about that. the president was falsely accused. >> what's the curiosity. why would someone like john dean be concerned about that. >> f

of the institution to fire the man in the russia administration but said he looked at the nixon administration and said it eidn't work out too well for him. th president described own ng internal pol showing he is trailing joe biden in 11 key states but he said the polls he looks at shows he is winning everywhere. >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> comments t during that abc interview are picked apart by the democrats running for president in 2020. overhe weekend, south bend, indiana, mayor and presidential hope pete buttigieg appeared on "meet the press" and told chuck todd what he would do. >> you call the fbi. the moment you look at it, you have implicated yourself and i don't think you would want to do that. look.so things are complicated in politics and ethics. this is not. and this is not theoretical either. a hostile foreign power successfully attacked our democracy the last election and there's no indication they are backing off from tryi to do it ine next election. >> buttigieg spoke to chuck from richmond, virginia, where he was appeared at a campaign event. >>> tensions between u.s. an

he said he has seen parallels between nixon's administration and donald trump's. >> special counsel mueller has provided this committee with a roadmap. >> reporter: ahead of hearing the justice department agreeing to turn over some of the underlying evidence from the mueller investigation. including files used to determine whether or not the president obstructed justice. >> we have a responsibility to do this work chairman is showing authority. >> it appears we have an issue when he was elected president. >> reporter: in return for the files chairman nadler says democrats will hold off on a vote to heard william barr in contempt of congress. instead they are planning to vote on a resolution that would allow the house to sue over the testimony of william barr and don mccann. >> this will allow us to walk and chew gum at the same time. to hold the president accountable while continuing to deliver for the american people. >> reporter: this is in the end of the hearing for house democrats. more are planned this week focusing on obstruction of justice and trump campaign connections with russia.

is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> this committea is nowng from the '70s and they want their star witness back. >> john's been illusive for a long time. we know that. i think he was disbarred. he went to prison. >> the predent also attacked democrats for continuing to focus on the mueller report, tweeting no do overs. now, we want to give you "the new york times" response to the president's bashing the newspaper for being fake news. "the new york times" saying actually we still stand by our story. we are confident in our anreporting. as with so many other occasions, our stories stand up over time and the president's denials of them do not. calling the press the enemy is undemocratic and dangerous. >>an sus mcginnis, thank you. >>> potomac yard is a popular shopping plaza and destination, but it wl soon be home to virginia tech's innovation campus. that's part of the deal bringinn amto arlington. julie carey tells us tonight the new site will be part of a complete redevelopment of the area. >> this is a great way to start a monday. >> that's the re

the first earth day took place in the nixon administration. environmental accomplishments are beginning to be recognized. lists the main presidential stewards of the as theaters roosevelt, franklin roosevelt, richard nixon and jimmy carter for their records. thinking about -- and certainly what he did in that area is relevant today, and there are so many areas in which things he did 15 years ago or during his presidency are unfolding today and affecting the lives of people. if you're a member of the military services he created the all volunteer army. how is richard nixon relevant to people, especially young people for whom he is history and in some cases ancient history? why should they be interested and aware of and even grateful to richard nixon for what he did gov. wilson: well, we have seen a great deal of concern, properly expressed, about the fact that not everybody in this country has had equal access to opportunity. and that has led to success in the other direction as we are seeing now in some of these unhappy reports about people try

>> well, let me give you a little history, i noticed after people left the nixon administration, not very many of them had nixon's -- their time at the nixon white house on their resumes. it wasn't a good selling point. and i think hope hicks is smart enough to realize that being too close to this presidency indefinitely is not going to be a career booster, so i think there's some of that. >> you would know that having lived that history, john dean. thank you so much, as always. for coming on. i want to get to some news now, the federal reserve makes a decision, steady as she goes. they will keep the key interest rate unchanged despite the multiple attacks from the president. tell me more? >> what's really important here is the forward guidance and the language we're getting out of the fed right now. it's remaining open, hinting to an interest rate cut. this is what the market and trump wanted to see, and it also indicates that it's doing so, leaving that option open because of soft economic data. they change the language around economic activity from solid to moderate. and they also

nixon. >> i would say the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened in the nixon administration. >> ranking member republican doug collins, calling today's hearing, quote, a mock impeachment inquiry. >> i don't appreciate the fact that here we are again, with priorities in this committee turned upside down. >> reporter: but as the drumbeat among democrats for impeachment inquiry intenses, dean's testimony is causing ire from the president himself. >> john has been a loser for a long time. i thching we know that. he has been disbarred and went to prison. other than that, he's doing a great job. >> also on the defensive over his tariff threat against mexico, which critics have called a crisis of his own making. >> if we didn't have tariffs, we wouldn't have made a deal with mexico. we got everything we wanted and we'll be a great partner to mexico now, because now they respect us. >> reporter: trump claimed that a fully signed and documented agreement would be revealed mexico's foreign minister contradicted trump saying no secret immigration deal existed between his country and th

president trump compared to the nixon administration, watergate, trump made all his officials available. did not exercise executive privilege. made all the emails and documents available. if you wanted to draw a contrast between watergate and the mueller report, you couldn't have done better than actually bring john dean to testify. >> laura: yeah. he kind of looks like mr. green jeans from captain kangaroo. mr. green jeans is here. he was i think referencing you tonight. he was on cnn. others who are criticizing his parents, congressman. let's watch. >> were you taken aback at all by how personal some of the attacks by republicans work? did you expect the hearing to be as contentious as it was? >> i did actually. i know the players. i watch them before. i have watch them badger hillary clinton. they are all flamethrowers. >> laura: i don't see the flamethrower part. >> i didn't badger hillary clinton. i brought up facts, the fact that she wanted to blame the tragedy in benghazi on the video. we all knew she knew what was wrong which talked about that. the president was falsely accused

the nixon administration ended that day. and so did the relevance of anything john dean has to say. you will remember, if you are old, was nixon's white house counsel during watergate. he helped orchestrate the payoffs and cover-up that brought down his boss. dean was incarcerated for that he was convicted and insofar as rated. that's pretty much all you need to know about john dean. is he the living answer to a trivia question that is until this week. yesterday, house democrats brought dean to congress to testify up on capitol hill. not about richard nixon but about the mueller investigation. the mueller investigation? john dean is 80 years old. he has nothing to do with robert mueller or his investigation. dean hasn't worked in any of the last 8 presidential administrations. when john dean last held a politically relevant job, francisco franco ran spain. it was a long time ago. so why was dean on capitol hill? simple, he works for jeff zucker now as a cnn contributor. democrats wanted to hear him talk like this. >> if i had the channel a little of richard nixon, i think he would te