former counsel to president nixon john dean discusses watergate with bob woodward on "after words," and our prime time programming continues with adele levine who recalls her time as a physical therapist at walter reed army medical center. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> booktv asked, what are you reading this summer? >> i try to keep a lot of different things going, and some of the books i'm reading is "lincoln's boys," the secretaries' impact on the administration. reading "founding of brothers" about how they actually did some things that are off the normal record, so that was really interesting to me. one that is sort of interesting in the latter context is a week called "roosevelt's secret war," and it's about the starting of our international espionage and how he started that in a real hodgepodge kind of way. so that's made an interesting read especially in light of all the things going on currently with the nsa and cia and the things that we have, pertinent perspective. another one i'm reading is "obama's enforcer," probably my most political book of the scherr,

erases portion have been unsuccessful up to this point. >> doug brinkley mentioned john dean in his new book, the nixondefense. john dean this weekend on book tv sits down with the washington post bob woodward. they spent an hour discussing the nixon defense and an hour discussing water gate. you can see that on book tv on cspan 2 this weekend. dan, bridgewater new jersey, republican line. you're on with doug brinkley. >> caller:. hi, i definitely will buy this book. i will read it carefully as i do all of his books. i am really afraid of where if you have a hole in your retina. your brain fills it in with what it thinks should be there. i'm afraid that the tapes are of such superficial readings in a history is now painting a picture of nixon devoid of that. having dealt with him and having known him, i think it's a big mistake so they that haldeman was his friend. the fact is that he had ideas and policies an he trusted no one within and/or outside of this camp. he may have been skizoid and there may have been a lot of things wrong with him. he did have a mult itide itude ideas that i would say went t

well, tonight some new answers as usa today's susan page sits down with former nixon aide john dean who digs up fresh insights into a president that many only remember for the way he left town. >> reporter: four decades ago it was white house counsel john dean fired by richard nixon fearing he was being set up to take the fall for watergate who instead took his story to investigators and ultimately helped to topple a president, but while dean may have told the fbi most everything he knew, he now says back then he didn't know everything. so after researching hours of white house tapes some never heard before dean is once again answering the classic watergate questions, this time from susan page of usa today. >> reporter: now with the benefit of these new tapes and 40 years of study when did the president know about the watergate break-in? did he know about it before it happened? >> no. i don't think he had any advance knowledge there was going to be a break-in. it's clear to me that he's worried whether he indeed order the watergate break-in because he's ordered other break-ins. on three

john farrell. we are reflecting on the resignation of richard nixon years ago on this date and of course gerald ford who was the first and only appointed vice president becoming the first and only appointed president. john farrell's book is coming out. >> either christmas or maybe around father's day. >> louise is joining us. >> thanks for taking my call. i heard some of what this gentleman has been saying and i saw the person you had on prior to him and before that i think it was when i saw the clip that you showed of nixon's resignation speech. it reminded me, again, of what a fascinating and enigmatic, mysterious person that nixon was. it was suggested to me that he had a narcissistic quality. that comes to mind all right but that doesn't answer the question about his personality. complex, yes. but so was lyndon johnson and, yet, all of us felt we know lyndon johnson. the whole country had a sense immediately of the kind of man lyndon johnson was. nixon, for example, in the resignation speech, he looked completely composed, completely unruffled, calm, collected. it was hard to realize that he was

dean and his new book, "the nixon defense." john dean this weekend on book tv sits down with "the washington post's" bob would say ward. they spent an hour discussing the nixon defense, an hour discussing watergate. you can see that on book tv on c-span2 this weekend. dan, bridgewater, new jersey, republican line. you're on with doug brinkley. caller: hi, i definitely would l buy this book, and i will read it carefully, as i did all of mr. brinkley's books. i'm really afraid of the phenomenon where, if if you have a hope, your brain fills it in with what it thinks should be there, and i'm afraid that the tapes, after such superficial readings, that history is now painting a picture of nixon that's dwoud of this. having dealt with him, having known him, i think it's a big mistake to say that haldeman was his friend. the fact is he had ideas in policies, and he trusted no one within or outside of his camp. there may have been a lot of things wrong with him, but he did have a multitude of policies and ideas that i would say really look

. >> she had a relationship with lyndon johnson, with richard nixon, john kennedy. did she have a relationship with john kennedy's father? >> yes, they had a romantic relationship actually. while he was married to rose kennedy. he had many relationships. clare met him in europe when he was ambassador. she wrote a book called "europe in the spring." she stayed with him in his country place. they go way back. as far as nixon was concerned, she always liked nexen and he liked her. there was a moment and history, when ike had a serious illness and they thought, there is no way he is going to come back from this and be president. nixon will have to take over. when nixon runs again, he will probably choose clare boothe luce as his running mate. she would have been the first vice president female. as we know, it didn't turn out that way. ike came back and nexen got defeated against jfk. then, when nixon wrote his memoir, he said the one person who could have been president as a woman was clare boothe luce. she had all the qualifications. >> near that same quote, you say th

they're leaving and the only thing that breaks the silence is pat nixon saying it's so sad. >> john farrell, the book is "richard nixon an american tragedy." thank you for being here today. >> it was a pleasure. thank you. >> to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. weekend, we are featuring historic sites and local historians from cities across america. i these are highlights from c-span 2014 cities to or. .atch video from our stops ♪ [choral singing] >> i would like to welcome you to the tabernacle in salt lake city. this is the home of the mormon tabernacle choir -- choir. ♪ the mormon tabernacle choir was organized in 1847 when the first pioneers came into this valley. it was a small group of people who met in a bowery type building, very rustic, and they asked for a choir to perform, but it was in 1849 that welsh pioneers came to the valley and they saying in four-part harmony. they sang in welsh, and that is one brigham young decided you needed to be the nucleus of the great choir, so it really started in 1847 and 1849. they used to sing in a building over on t

bob woodward who knows a lot about nixon, interviewed john dean. i want read you some of the words that woodward writes about nixon. he says that nixon and the watergate ranks as the most consequence shl, self-infliblgting wound of 20th century america. the criminality abuse of power, obsession with real and perceived enemies, rage, self focus, small mindedness, contempt for the law, i go on, a white house full of lies, chaos, distrust, speculation, self protection, maneuver and counter maneuver with a crookedness that makes netflix's "house of cards" look unsophisticated. you get the picture? >> yeah. >> okay. the thing about nixon, however, that for my money, is something that i can't laugh at. when he first took over as president of the united states, the war in vietnam was still raging: at that time, when he took over, 15,979 americans had already been killed. by the time he left office, an additional 27,623 americans also died in the war. what did he think of that war? when he first won the election and before he came president as president ele

we will be right back with former nixon white house counsel, john dean. with us. >> this week marks the 40th anniversary of a defining moment in american history. the resignation of president richard nixon. it was august 19th, 1974 when he boarded marine one for the last time and flashed the v for victory. but it started with the break in at@tma the democratic national committee headquarters at the watergate office building in june of 1972. one of the most important figures in shedding light on nixon's role in the cover up was then white house counsel john dean. testifying in front of the senate committee dean implicated nixon and white house officials including himself in the watergate case and spent four months in prison for his role. and john dean is with us today to talk about his new book, "the nixon defense: what he knew and when he knew it." john, great to have you here. >> thank you. what is new in this new book? because you did transcribe thousands of new recordings? >> i did. every page has something that i did not know. but the big things are.

c-span2, 40 years ago this weekend president nixon resigned, and on the afterwards program you can watch bob woodward who broke the watergate story, interviewed john dean, president nixon's white house counsel. also this weekend booktv visits new york public library and sits down with its president and ceo anthony marks to talk about the library's past, current operations and its future. adele levine recalls her experiences as a physical therapist at walter reed army medical center. you will see todd taken defend his controversial rape comment and books on the last days of the confederacy. all this and more, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. booktv, television for serious readers. >> booktv takes a look at the new york times list of best-selling non-fiction evokes. first on the list is laura homan brand's account of an olympic runner turned army air force bomber in unbroken. next is lynne vincent with heaven is for real followed by daniel james brown's boys in the boat, a look at the crew team and their quest for gold in the 1936 berlin olympics. .. and cheryl strayed ramps up the list with her remembrance of an

nixon's lost the 1960 election to john f. kennedy. in part due to a poor performance in the first televised presidential debate. kennedy chose to wear makeup, while nixon chose to be in black and white. (laughter) a rookie mistake. but eight years later, nixon pulled off the greatest political comeback in history, when he swept into the oval office. as president, his achievements were many. he founded the e.p.a., ended school segregation, lowered the voting age to 18 and endorsed the equal rights amendment. but his greatest achievement was restoring diplomatic relations with china. for which we owe nixon a lasting debt -- and china $1.3 trillion. (laughter) but this good man was forced -- (applause) yes. yes. but this good man was forced from office by his bloodthirsty enemies who, according to a partial list prepared by nixon, were everyone. (laughter) it was called watergate, a scandal so explosive some call it "watergate-gate." (laughter) not many. just me, so far. but after tonight's show... (laughter) join me now for tonight's ret

nixon. and someve experiences of us learn from those experiences and some buzz do not. would talk about in detail later on, and he was somebody who learned from experience. he had run against john f. kennedy and he had lost. in part because nixon in 1960 had come to think of television as a gimmick that have worn off and therefore i'm a when he participated and nationally televised debates in that year, he did not take the television aspect of the debate seriously. he also rain his own campaign. he did not delegate or trust. what is the saying about lawyers? a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. by 1968, nixon had digested the experience that had led to his defeat. put together a very good team, good campaign organization. mastered television in that year. there was a book written called "the selling of the presidency" which was meant to be an exposÉ but reads as a tribute to how torling -- nixon had came television. he ended up winning the parties nomination that year. a68 was by any reckoning turbulent year. here is a where the america holding together theme comes in. the year, needed in a peaceful peaceful --d in a and the candidate most favored by democra

nixon was somebody who learn from experience. in 1960 he had run against john f. kennedy and he had lost in part because nixon in 1960 had come to think of television as a kind of gimmick that had worn off and therefore when he participated in a nationally televised debate that year, he take the television aspect of those debates seriously. he also ran his own campaign in 1960. he did not delegate a trust. is a thing about lawyers? a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. a candidate who has himself her campaign manager has a fool for a campaign manager. in 1968, nixon had digested the experiences that had led to his defeat, put together a very good team, good campaign organization, mastered television in that year. there's a book written about the nixon campaign called the selling of the president, which was meant to be an exposÉ, but which really reads as a tribute to how thoroughly excellent had come to master this medium of political communication called television. nixon ended up winning his party's nomination that year. i said, was by any reck

john mitchell. halderman once told me richard nixon believed he was president because of john mitchell.n they were partners in new york, practicing law. mitchell left and helped him and used always his political contacts around the country combined. it worked. so he never forgave -- or he never forgot. in fact, nixon brings mitchell to washington when mitchell really didn't want to be attorney general. so -- >> so he's covering for mitchell. but isn't he also covering for his '73 when i tell him. >> does he know there are plumbers, so-called, burglars out there? >> he knows there's a unit that was set up but didn't know illegally until i told him about that. in fact, halderman all but tells him, that's where he says their strings will run out. >> you make it sound like, i know you're not a nixon fan pure and simple. you give him a chance here. are you saying he did this on a loyalty to a friend? >> in the early stage, for sure. what i do is i just trace the conversations that come out in the tapes. i start with the first conversation. i go to until they pull the plug. i let the story te

nixon tapes." >> i was doing a book about john kerry in the vietnam war and i was curios if nixon ever talked abouterry. sure enough, there was a project on the nixon tapes. he was doing transcriptions. later i was working on a walter cronkite project -- i found how nixon wanted to squash cronkite. we are both from the town of perrysburg, ohio. i am at rice. he is at a&m. we went through the tapes and thought we should transcribe them. >> what do we see? >> it is real-time, fly on the wall of what it was like to be in the nixon white house from 1971 to 1973. then the system was pulled due to watergate. you are seeing the foreign policy on show. he deeded domestic affairs to john ehrlichman. some of his domestic achievements like the environmental protection agency, ehrlichman was all over that. >> and his role? >> he is the henchman. the one person that nixon could do business with, even if it is devious. the trust between nixon and haldeman. they say he had no friends except a love for his wife. haldeman was a friend. >> a friend -- i heard transcribing the tapes was more art than science. >> some

bob word, john dean together talking about john dean's new book the nixon defense. that is one hour of on woodward and john dean sitting down together. if you go to booktv. or you can see that schedule there. after it airs, you can see it online at booktv.org at your leisure. c-span3, american history tv every weekend, 48 hours of american history on c-span three, there is going to be a live call-in. this will be with john farrell, he has a new book coming up coming up richard nixon, an american tragedy. weekend american history tv ran the 1974 late july house judiciary committee hearings with the articles of impeachment, the discussion among the members of congress, and some familiar faces pop up in those hearings. charlie wrangle, a member of the committee at that time. we get goodast this week and they're going to do a cbs special report. on august 8,ed 1974. and in the farewell address to the nation and the farewell to the white house will air, and then there will be a call-in. live call-in on american history tv with john farrell all tomorrow on the different c-

the press is a reality, and nixon wants to destroy them. the smart presidents, john kennedy, rose veltd, reagan -- >> they tried to seduce the press. >> or at least don't get hate trined your heart. that's what does nixon in. he turned so many journalists against him. >> chris matthews. who wrote a book about jack kennedy said, i think nixon didn't understand that he's one of those people that would get caught, like ted kennedy gets caught. some people get away with everything, some people get caught. nixon led his life as if he wasn't going to get caught, and he did. i don't know what to make of that. >> grandiosity. i think that's a point of nixon's sense of grandiosity and entitlement. nixon hated the harvard and yale crowd. i'm always amazed how he tried to compensate by being tough, talking barnyard language or making racial slurs because he thought that would shock people, and would you control the room with that kind of language. certainly kennedy told all sorts of off-colored jokes, but they're not on tape. some presidents, like ronald reagan, just didn't go

saturday noon, a live call in program with author and judgist john feral on nixon's life and water gate skapdal that ended his presidency. this weekend on cspan 3's american history tv. 40 years ago in july, the house judiciary committee began hearings to consider articles of impeachment against president nixon. up next a selection of opening statements including bawilliam cohen and the committee chairman. first a brief conversation with william cohen. he was a republican member of the committee in 1974. now he gives a behind the scenes account of the proceedings. secretary william cohen in july of 1974 you were a republican and member of the house judiciary committee. after a month of closed door meetings, the articles of impeachment were about to be introduced on the committee that you served on. what was happening. >> republicans were gathering together and caucuses i assume presidents are doing. there was very little discussion between members. i didn't have a discussion before the night before it went public. i wet with rails spback. he invited a number of people for coffee. it was

dean and his new book, "the nixon defense." john dean this weekend on book tv sits down with "the washington post's" bob would say ward. they spent an hour discussing the nixon defense, an hour discussing watergate. you can see that on book tv on c-span2 this weekend. dan, bridgewater, new jersey, republican line. you're on with doug brinkley. caller: hi, i definitely would l buy this book, and i will read it carefully, as i did all of mr. brinkley's books. i'm really afraid of the phenomenon where, if if you have a hope, your brain fills it in with what it thinks should be there, and i'm afraid that the tapes, after such superficial readings, that history is now painting a picture of nixon that's dwoud of this. having dealt with him, having known him, i think it's a big mistake to say that haldeman was his friend. the fact is he had ideas in policies, and he trusted no one within or outside of his camp. there may have been a lot of things wrong with him, but he did have a multitude of policies and ideas that i would say really look

saturday on "after words" bob woodward interviewed former counsel for president nixon john dean on thewatergate scandal. sunday at five anthony marx, president and ceo of the new york public library sheds light on the libraries past present and future. booktv, television for serious readers. >> tonight on c-span watch our coverage of the annual western concerns summit. here's a look. >> the middle east, the bloodiest and most dangerous and most unstable region in the world is in flames from tripoli across the horn of africa all the way to the mediterranean. in syria, a bloodthirsty dictator that this president drew a red line and said if he crossed it he would pay, and then retreated at the behest of vladimir putin. that dictator has slaughtered 160,000 of his own innocent civilians in order to keep our this administration that in the cheap seats and watched it happen. >> catholic priest and evangelical ministers have been beheaded by al-qaeda, terrorists who are seeking to overthrow that administration. in egypt, the muslim brotherhood took power immediate they beginn to destabilize t

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dean and his new book, "the nixon defense." johnn this weekend on book tv sits down with "the washington post's" bob would say ward. they spent an hour discussing the nixon defense, an hour discussing watergate. you can see that on book tv on c-span2 this weekend. dan, bridgewater, new jersey, republican line. you're on with doug brinkley. caller: hi, i definitely would l buy this book, and i will read it carefully, as i did all of mr. brinkley's books. i'm really afraid of the phenomenon where, if if you have a hope, your brain fills it in with what it thinks should be there, and i'm afraid that the tapes, after such superficial readings, that history is now painting a picture of nixon that's dwoud of this. having dealt with him, having known him, i think it's a big mistake to say that haldeman was his friend. the fact is he had ideas in policies, and he trusted no one within or outside of his camp. there may have been a lot of things wrong with him, but he did have a multitude of policies and ideas that i would say really looked t

john dean will join us to mark the 40th anniversary of richard nixon's resignation. those stories and much more straight ahead. >> for anyone who needed a wakeup call, this is it. >> american war planes are once again striking inside iraq. >> trying to stop the advance of islamic state fighters. >> the government of iraq invited us to assist them. >> america is coming to help. >> nato called russia to withdraw their troops from the border. >> russia is trying obully a small country. >> step back from the border. >> fragile ceasefire has crumbled. >> israeli war plean planes are aoverhead. >> far greater than what held us together. >> are international public emergency. >> i am declaring the current outbreak of ebola disease a public health emergency of greatest concern. >> we begin with return of u.s. combat operations to iraq. friday for the second time, f-18 hornet fighters from the george zimmerman h.w. bush struck the kurdish city of erbil. two fighters dropped bombs on a military could b convoy. aid and u.s. humanitarian air drops have dropped more than 5,000 ga

that led nixon to watergate and a conspiracy to obstruct justice. white house counsel john dean broke ranks with nixon and exposed the cover-up, which is detailed in his new book. >> how could he so foolishly do things that would result in the destruction of his own presidency? and, sadly, the simple answer is he wasn't as savvy as i thought he was. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> i'm a fighter. i just didn't want to quit. also, i thought it would be an admission of guilt, which of course it was. >> former president nixon fought to restore his reputation, always refusing to examine himself too closely. >> as far as sitting down and psychoanalyzing myself and saying, now, how could i have been a better person, it's just not my bag. >> when nixon died in 1994, five living presidents attended his funeral. bill clinton said nixon should be judged by his entire career and not just watergate. >> the enduring lesson of richard nixon is that he never gave up being part of the action and passion of his times. >> another lesson can be found in nixon's

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we will take you live at noon eastern with john farrell who will offer his perspectives. he is working on a new book on richard nixon. we will first year from john from new hampshire. go ahead. , iwhen i was 10 years old went to the white house and capitol with my parents. i still don't know to this day, my parents are long gone, i don't know whether my parents voted for nixon and kennedy -- nixon or kennedy. i was in my mid-20's, i guess i was 27 during the watergate hearings. congress and by their investigation of nixon.

bob woodward who knows a lot about nixon, interviewed john dean. read you some of the words that woodward writes about nixon. he says that nixon and the watergate ranks as the most consequence shl, self-infliblgting wound of 20th century america. the criminality abuse of power, obsession with real and perceived enemies, rage, self focus, small mindedness, contempt for the law, i go on, a white house full of lies, chaos, distrust, speculation, self protection, maneuver and counter maneuver with a crookedness that makes netflix's "house of cards" look unsophisticated. you get the picture? >> yeah. >> okay. the thing about nixon, however, that for my money, is something that i can't laugh at. when he first took over as president of the united states, the war in vietnam was still raging: at that time, when he took over, 15,979 americans had already been killed. by the time he left office, an additional 27,623 americans also died in the war. what did he think of that war? when he first won the election and before he came president as president elect, he

bob woodward interviews former counsel for president nixon john dean on the watergate scandal and sundayfternoon at 5:00, anthony marks sheds light on the library's past, present, and future. book tv, television for serious readers. >>> the house oversight committee recently heard an update from irs commissioner john koskinen about his agency's response about congressional oversight and inquiries into alleged targeting of conservative groups. representative jim jordan of ohio is the subcommittee's chair and pennsylvania's matt cartwright is the ranking member. >>> committee will come to order. we want to thank our witness for being here again, and we'll start with some opening statements. i'll started first by recognizing the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from california, mr. issa. >> thank you. commissioner, i know this is unprecedented to have a commissioner of the irs in front of this committee so often. i appreciate the fact you've been willing to be briefed and participate even beyond our requests at times. as we continue to explore a number of questions, the time li

erases portion have been unsuccessful up to this point. >> doug brinkley mentioned john dean in his new book, the nixondefense. john dean this weekend on book tv sits down with the washington post bob woodward. they spent an hour discussing the nixon defense and an hour discussing water gate. you can see that on book tv on cspan 2 this weekend. dan, bridgewater new jersey, republican line. you're on with doug brinkley. >> caller:. hi, i definitely will buy this book. i will read it carefully as i do all of his books. i am really afraid of where if you have a hole in your retina. your brain fills it in with what it thinks should be there. i'm afraid that the tapes are of such superficial readings in a history is now painting a picture of nixon devoid of that. having dealt with him and having known him, i think it's a big mistake so they that haldeman was his friend. the fact is that he had ideas and policies an he trusted no one within and/or outside of this camp. he may have been skizoid and there may have been a lot of things wrong with him. he did have a mult itide itude ideas that i would say went t

saturday noon, a live call in program with author and judgist john feral on nixon's life and water gate skapdal that that's no longer the question. it's what can we do with africa, not what we can do for africa. what can we do together. what can we do together? and i mean that. the president means if. i believe there's a significant opportunity for the united states and africa to do more that benefit both our people. this is america's economic self-interest. $50 billion in u.s. exports to africa already support a quarter of a million american jobs right here in the united states. africa, african consumers are spending

nixon white house from 1971 to 1973. pulled duestem was to watergate. you are seeing the foreign policy on show. deeded domestic affairs to john ehrlichman. me of his domestic achievements like the environmental protection agency, early -- ehrlichman was all over that. and his role? >> he is the henchman. the one person that nixon could do is miss with, even if it is devious. the trust between nixon and haldeman is. they say he had no friends except a white -- a love for his wife. haldeman was a friend. i heardend -- transcribing the tapes was more art than science. ones are easy to describe -- transcribe when they are on the phone. but there are bugs everywhere. some would call it inaudible. today's technology and if you get any year for the voices, luke prevailed. knowing nixon's voice or kissinger's is easy, but sometimes you don't know if it is strom thorman or someone else. luke actually went to henry kissinger and went through them with -- to identify a bunch people we could not. between 1971 and 1973. ues of the jews -- iss time are the via john -- vietnam war. thisg, i have inherited mess and i could be a folk hero if i pull and ei

joining me will be jay nixon and john lewis. thank you to david gregory for 20 years at nbc. all the many stories that he covered. we'll be paying tribute to him on sunday as well. my colleague and my friend. and chuck todd, of course, will be taking over as the permanent moderator of the longest serving television program in history, "meet the press" on nbc. chuck todd starts on september 7th. >>> remember to follow the show online and on facebook and on twitter at mitchell reports right here. ronan farrow daily joins us next. really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the co-pilots. all sitting... ...trusting... ...waiting... ...for a safe arrival. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. designed to help the driver in you... ...care for the passenger in them. the subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. let's show 'em what a breakfast with whole grain fiber can do. one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate hold the whip, two espressos. make one a double. she's full and focused. [ barista ] i ha

john mitchell said, mr. president-elect, i can't go with you. that response was up in the waldorf towers when nixon put his arm around john's shoulder and said, john, we're going to florida to start planning the government. and mitchell said, mr. president-elect, i can't go with you. and a tear comes down his face. and he says, i've got to go to connecticut and figure out what to do about martha. she was in an institution up in connecticut at that point. so her problem really was severe then. and she gets out. she's in this washington environment with all this stuff going on. and it was just a tragic story. and she was not a well person. >> you mentioned you were a point of contact? >> she liked to call the president. she liked to call "my president." so she would call. and the system had been arranged by which i would get martha's calls, and i would talk to her and act accordingly. whatever the plan was. i would also call over and let john know that she had called. but she would call and say, i want to talk to my president. i would say he was in a conference or on the phone. can i take a message?

missouri governor jay nixon announcing ron john of the missouri state highway patrol will now commande crowd control. he's black, he's from here and he can put a new face on the tension between the community and the police. shannon. >> mike, thank you. >>> the highest ranking american officer to die in afghanistan was laid to rest today at arlington national cemetery. 55-year-old major general harold green was killed august 5th by a gunman believed to be an afghan soldier. it was green's first appointment in a war zone in his 34-year career. >>> republicans are taking some preemptive shots at president obama over the likelihood of executive action on immigration. alabama senator jeff sessions called the prospect chilling, and is urging americans to press senators on where they stand. today, texas governor rick perry addressed national guard troops whom he's ordered to be deployed to the border. >> i think all of us understand that this is a stop gap measure. we are doing this because the federal government fails to perform its constitutional duty. >> a new fox news poll indicates most