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and there were people in the nixon white house, from the top to the bottom, who so believed in nixon were willing to do most anything to get him re-elected. >> my loyalty to this -- to this man, richard nixon, goes back longer than any person that you will see sitting at this table throughout any of these hearings. >> they decided to break into the headquarters of the democratic national committee. they went in three times. well, they tried to get in three times. the first time, they failed completely because the door was locked. and they didn't have the right locksmith with them. >> the second time, they didn't appear to know where larry o'brien's office was located. so they bugged an empty conference room. >> but it's that third effort that is the famous break-in. and that was an attempt to correct errors made previously. they wanted to move a bug. they had three more bugs which they wanted to plant. they were also going to put a listening device in a smoke detector. and the burglars were told that they were engaged in a national security operation. so this would have been a massiv
and there were people in the nixon white house, from the top to the bottom, who so believed in nixon were willing to do most anything to get him re-elected. >> my loyalty to this -- to this man, richard nixon, goes back longer than any person that you will see sitting at this table throughout any of these hearings. >> they decided to break into the headquarters of the democratic national committee. they went in three times. well, they tried to get in three times. the first time,...
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he wanted to do everything to make sure he won and won big, and there were people in the nixon white house the bottom who so believed in nixon that they were willing to do most anything to get him re-elected. >> my loyalty to this man, richard nixon, goes back longer than any person that you will see sitting at this table throughout any of these hearings. >> they decided to break in to the headquarters of the democratic national committee. they went in three times. well, they tried to get in three times. the first time they failed completely because the door was locked, and they didn't have the right locksmith with them. >> the second time they didn't appear to know where larry o'brien's office was located, so they bugged an empty conference room. >> but it's that third effort that is the famous break-in, and that was an attempt to correct errors made previously. they wanted to move a bug. they had three more bugs which they wanted to plant. they were also going to put a listening device in a smoke detector, and the burglars were told that they were engaged in a national security operation
he wanted to do everything to make sure he won and won big, and there were people in the nixon white house the bottom who so believed in nixon that they were willing to do most anything to get him re-elected. >> my loyalty to this man, richard nixon, goes back longer than any person that you will see sitting at this table throughout any of these hearings. >> they decided to break in to the headquarters of the democratic national committee. they went in three times. well, they tried...
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white house. it wasn't a campaign issue, but nixon knew the media would ask him questions so he said i've had my whitese counsel, john dean investigate this. >> dean has conducted a complete investigation of all leads which might involve any present members of the white house staff or anybody from the government. >> nixon lied, inventing a story about his white house counsel conducting an investigation using me as his new shield. >> his investigation indicates that no one in the white house staff, no one in this administration presently employed was involved in this very bizarre incident. >> i was flabbergasted. first of all, i thought what a nice vote of confidence. isn't that flattering that he called me out. but then i realized he has also put me in front of the bus. >> john dean was gradually being set up. nixon planned to make dean the fall guy. >> in the first couple of weeks after the break-in, i learned that there was an investigation by a prosecutor in florida who had found a check that went through the watergate burglar's account and is connected to the committee for the reelection of the pr
white house. it wasn't a campaign issue, but nixon knew the media would ask him questions so he said i've had my whitese counsel, john dean investigate this. >> dean has conducted a complete investigation of all leads which might involve any present members of the white house staff or anybody from the government. >> nixon lied, inventing a story about his white house counsel conducting an investigation using me as his new shield. >> his investigation indicates that no one in...
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it's a mode of operation at the nixon white house. people understand that when they see how it fits together. this brings the pieces together and couldn't be more timely with the hearings starting for the january 6th insurrection. so much more serious. >> well, thank you, john, dean, for sharing with us and being part of our show today, and we look forward to watching the series and learning more from you and the others in the series. it's a cnn original, water gate blueprint for a scandal scandal that premiers 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >>> on the u.s. coastline, homeowners don't just worry about climate change. they are already living with it. but how much longer their homes remain standing would depend on one thing. their wallets. if you used shipgo this whole thing wouldn't be a thing. yeah, dad! i donon't want to deal with this.. oh, you brought your luggggage to the airport. that's adorable. with shipgo shipping your luggage before you fly you'll never have to wait around here again. like ever. that can't be comfortable thou
it's a mode of operation at the nixon white house. people understand that when they see how it fits together. this brings the pieces together and couldn't be more timely with the hearings starting for the january 6th insurrection. so much more serious. >> well, thank you, john, dean, for sharing with us and being part of our show today, and we look forward to watching the series and learning more from you and the others in the series. it's a cnn original, water gate blueprint for a...
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this is april, 1973, from a nixon office a white house tape. this is former president nixon talking about the man that we've been talking about here, jay gordon liddy. here's part of that tape. >> trying to reach the. i think -- may be able to get him in my office. he seems to be in transit from someplace to someplace. but all report it to you when i see him. >> very good. >> in the meantime, on liddy a, i don't know the man, of course, and have no control of him. but -- to tell him the president wants everybody involved in this to -- everything they know. . >> -- first thing in the morning. >> -- we want to fight around your night you? want to fight around, okay -- the thing i want to be sure is that you understand it as far as liddy is concerned, i have no control of him. i don't know the middle. but since he was has raised the question that maybe not talking because of me. >> no, i don't want to leave that impression. >> what about mitchell? >> he's taking orders from higher authority. >> -- since you are the highest authority. >> fine. >> he
this is april, 1973, from a nixon office a white house tape. this is former president nixon talking about the man that we've been talking about here, jay gordon liddy. here's part of that tape. >> trying to reach the. i think -- may be able to get him in my office. he seems to be in transit from someplace to someplace. but all report it to you when i see him. >> very good. >> in the meantime, on liddy a, i don't know the man, of course, and have no control of him. but -- to...
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called a national tragedy was the discovery of a secret taping system installed in president nixon's white house, and other presidential offices. these tapes proved that white house counsel john dean who testified before the committee for days had been telling the truth and laboriously over the days, revealing that nixon and his leadership team were deeply involved in a massive cover-up designed to conceal the watergate affair. a chain of events that included the commission of crimes. did we learn a lesson? i fear not. the committee found the money and found the two sums of unaccountable campaign money eroded democracy. today, we have the same problem. the citizens united decision, in my mind, would be the worse -- opened the floodgates for corruption. just as with watergate, today's electoral process is awash in shameful amounts of money. democracy will survive. the senator said this, and remember this, it is quote the last best hope of mankind. in his eternal struggle to govern himself decently and effectively, and in my view, democracy will prevail because it must. thank you. [applause] >> la
called a national tragedy was the discovery of a secret taping system installed in president nixon's white house, and other presidential offices. these tapes proved that white house counsel john dean who testified before the committee for days had been telling the truth and laboriously over the days, revealing that nixon and his leadership team were deeply involved in a massive cover-up designed to conceal the watergate affair. a chain of events that included the commission of crimes. did we...
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conducted all investigations with all leads and any present members of the white house staff or anybody from the government. nixonusing me as his new shield. >> his investigation indicates that no one in the white house staff and no one in this administration vinvolved in thi bizarre incident. i was flabbergasted. i thought what a nice vote of confidence. it is enough flattering that he called me out but i realized he also put me in front of the bus. >> john dean gradually being set up and next thing is plan to make dean the fault guy. it is connected to the committee. i immediately said to the editor at "the washington post," hey, there is some guy in florida doing the investigation and they got me onto the next plane. there was a check. $25,000. i called woodward and i said some where in this world is a guy named kenn kenneth dalhberg. >> then he would have gone into the bank account of the watergate burglars. this was the key connection between the committee for real e section of the president and higher ups. >> "the washington post" discovered 25,000 in political contribution to president biden's campaign. >>
conducted all investigations with all leads and any present members of the white house staff or anybody from the government. nixonusing me as his new shield. >> his investigation indicates that no one in the white house staff and no one in this administration vinvolved in thi bizarre incident. i was flabbergasted. i thought what a nice vote of confidence. it is enough flattering that he called me out but i realized he also put me in front of the bus. >> john dean gradually being set...
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white house council, should publicly testify. that's the job that you had. you were the white house council during the nixon presidency.nk for example, we have rumor that he advised trump not to do what exactly he's doing. how strongly did he do that? what context did it happen in? he doesn't represent trump. he represents today, post watergate, the office of the president. that's his client. he should be protecting the presidency. and i think he's got a moral obligation to come forward on three occasions, he swore an oath to the constitution that he'd support and defend it when he got his two bar licenses, and when he took the job he's in right now. that's >> he did sit for an informal meeting with the january 6th select committee. i don't know if it was videotaped or not, but is that not enough? >> i don't think it is enough. because he is in such a unique position, when a client -- excuse me, when somebody damages your client, as trump has done the presidency, i think that counsel has a job to do to protect that office. >> when it comes to potential criminal prosecutions down the road related to the january 6th inve
white house council, should publicly testify. that's the job that you had. you were the white house council during the nixon presidency.nk for example, we have rumor that he advised trump not to do what exactly he's doing. how strongly did he do that? what context did it happen in? he doesn't represent trump. he represents today, post watergate, the office of the president. that's his client. he should be protecting the presidency. and i think he's got a moral obligation to come forward on...
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nixon learned this firsthand this afternoon. when he invited the republican leaders of the house and senate along with senator gold water down to the whitegoing to happen in the senate? gold water, one of the great moments in presidential history. he said mr. president, you have five votes. one of them is not mine. the next night, nixon announced on television that he was resigning. >> good evening, this is the 37th time i have spoken to you from this office. throughout the long and difficult period of watergate. i have felt it was my duty to persevere. to make every possible effort to complete the term of office. to which you elected me. to leave office before my term is completed is of harm to every instinct in my body. but as president, i must put the interest of america first. >> america and the world saw in 1974 was the most powerful man in the world lose his job. and for anyone who doubted the strength of the u.s. constitution, what they witnessed removed those doubts. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. vice president ford will be sworn in as president at that hour. in this office. >> the night nixon annou
nixon learned this firsthand this afternoon. when he invited the republican leaders of the house and senate along with senator gold water down to the whitegoing to happen in the senate? gold water, one of the great moments in presidential history. he said mr. president, you have five votes. one of them is not mine. the next night, nixon announced on television that he was resigning. >> good evening, this is the 37th time i have spoken to you from this office. throughout the long and...
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goldwater gave himself a big tumbler of whiskey, pulled out his diary from the last days of the nixon white house to us how he and the leadership of the senate and the house had gone to nixon and nixon asked, will i convicted in the senate in a trial? goldwater looked at the president and said, mr. president, you have very few votes, and you do not have mine for acquittal. and that next day, richard nixon resigned. that's the power the republicans have and have not used against donald trump. but watch liz cheney. >> well, but those republicans now are doing everything they can to undermine liz cheney. i don't know if we're going to have that sort of moment. by the way, john, i want to tell you the cnn documentary last night was just amazing. i'm looking forward to part two next week, so thank you. and, carl, you as well. thank you both. i appreciate it. >> good to be with you. >>> so they travel the world for their sport, and they see the difference. u.s. men's soccer team calling out how common mass shootings are here and calling for stronger gun laws. i'm going to speak with a player next. ever
goldwater gave himself a big tumbler of whiskey, pulled out his diary from the last days of the nixon white house to us how he and the leadership of the senate and the house had gone to nixon and nixon asked, will i convicted in the senate in a trial? goldwater looked at the president and said, mr. president, you have very few votes, and you do not have mine for acquittal. and that next day, richard nixon resigned. that's the power the republicans have and have not used against donald trump....
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i had actually worked internally to try to end the cover up at nixon's white house.ll known. there's nobody that seems quite in the same to position is that i know of. but there are people who are truth tellers, and they may likely come forward and tell what really did happen. and that's what we need, are truth tellers. >> absolutely. and the truth is not partisan. and showing trump's intent and state of mind has become a part of this -- a crucial part of this investigation. here's what republican committee member adam kinzinger said about that today. listen to this. >> i think if anybody truly believed after what you see, after what the attorney general says, after every piece of information comes in, if you truly believe the election was stolen then, if the president believes it, he's not capable of being president mentally. this was all about keeping power against the will of the american people. >> you know the catchphrase follow the money because of watergate. could the catchphrase for this january 6th probe be follow the lies? >> that's a tougher road, actually
i had actually worked internally to try to end the cover up at nixon's white house.ll known. there's nobody that seems quite in the same to position is that i know of. but there are people who are truth tellers, and they may likely come forward and tell what really did happen. and that's what we need, are truth tellers. >> absolutely. and the truth is not partisan. and showing trump's intent and state of mind has become a part of this -- a crucial part of this investigation. here's what...
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. >> joining us now is former nixon white house counsel and cnn contributor john dean. during watergate, what needs to happen during these hearings to make them successful? do they have to boil it down, make it as simple as possible for the american people to understand? what are your thoughts? >> i think they have to educate the american people. a lot of people are looking at this as pure partisan witch-hunting, but it happens there are some witches involved. so hoping they'll find them and explain to the american people why they are witches. that will be done this time in primetime, which i think is very important. watergate was held mostly during the day with rebroadcast at night by public broadcasting, but they were daytime hearings, and they were very slow to build and acontract attention. >> john, the justice department's decision not to prosecute mark meadows, white house chief of staff and deputy chief of star scavino for failing to cooperate with the committee. what's the message you think is sent to any future white house? >> yeah. i'm not sure it sends a mess
. >> joining us now is former nixon white house counsel and cnn contributor john dean. during watergate, what needs to happen during these hearings to make them successful? do they have to boil it down, make it as simple as possible for the american people to understand? what are your thoughts? >> i think they have to educate the american people. a lot of people are looking at this as pure partisan witch-hunting, but it happens there are some witches involved. so hoping they'll find...
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john dean, you pulled back the curtain on the nixon white house during the watergate hearings. who do you think has the potential to be the john dean of these january 6th hearings? >> well, i certainly think the former vice president, pence, could do that. as michael suggested. there are other aides, though, that might well come forward. i think somebody like cipollone, the former white house counsel, he was all over this and threatened to resign, apparently, on multiple occasions, which jared kushner thought was just whining. i suspect it was more than whining. you don't really do that, legally you can't do that. so i think there are several people who could take the role i took. it's not a pleasant route, but it's one that is necessary and could certainly expedite the findings, if you will. >> i suspect there will be bombshell after bombshell coming up in the next round of hearings. >> can i just add, john dean, white house counsel, well known, involved in the conspiracy and paid for it. i don't have to tell you that, john, but there may also be some people, there may be some
john dean, you pulled back the curtain on the nixon white house during the watergate hearings. who do you think has the potential to be the john dean of these january 6th hearings? >> well, i certainly think the former vice president, pence, could do that. as michael suggested. there are other aides, though, that might well come forward. i think somebody like cipollone, the former white house counsel, he was all over this and threatened to resign, apparently, on multiple occasions, which...
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the plot was linked to president nixon's white house and exposed a broader culture of corruption, abuseand dirty tricks that brought down his administration. jill was on the special prosecutor team. to mark the anniversary, she has been speaking to the bbc about the watergate scandal and how it relates to the january 6 hearings of today. >> this is the place where on june 17, 1972, five men broke into the democratic national committee headquarters and were caught. they were caught for a variety of reasons, all of them rely stupid. they were caught red-handed. they had on them evidence that linked them to white house. the white house denied any involvement and said it was a third-rate burglary. >> i had no prior knowledge of the watergate break-in. >> the pre cap after it. our office was established, the special prosecutor. we started using t grand jury to get evidence. the watergate hearings took place over 51 days and riveted the nation. >> this was the biggest day of the watergate hearings yet. >> literally, almost all of america, 85% of american households watched the heangs. they wa
the plot was linked to president nixon's white house and exposed a broader culture of corruption, abuseand dirty tricks that brought down his administration. jill was on the special prosecutor team. to mark the anniversary, she has been speaking to the bbc about the watergate scandal and how it relates to the january 6 hearings of today. >> this is the place where on june 17, 1972, five men broke into the democratic national committee headquarters and were caught. they were caught for a...
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white house. she certainly put, as mrs. nixon get, her own, and as subsequent first ladies did, they're on the way on the white house to be part of it. but certainly, in misses johnson's case, i can say that she felt she needed to be true to herself. and i don't think she was following in, the, you know, the -- >> understood. barbara? any thoughts? >> first of all i agree with nancy wholeheartedly. lady bird johnson and pat nixon, as mary showed, where their own first ladies, had their own personalities and brother own stamp as all first ladies do to the white house. i would just say that -- it shows the popularity of the televised or 1962 and how it was received. we have already talked about first ladies and popular culture. it actually became such a popular part of culture, so much so that if people see the fairly recent movie jackie, they know that that piece, both the camelot interview that mrs. kennedy did after the assassination, and the tour 1962, became a major part of that hollywood film several years ago. >> well, i wou
white house. she certainly put, as mrs. nixon get, her own, and as subsequent first ladies did, they're on the way on the white house to be part of it. but certainly, in misses johnson's case, i can say that she felt she needed to be true to herself. and i don't think she was following in, the, you know, the -- >> understood. barbara? any thoughts? >> first of all i agree with nancy wholeheartedly. lady bird johnson and pat nixon, as mary showed, where their own first ladies, had...
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national tragedy was the committee's discovery of a secret taping system, installed and president nixon's white house and other presidential offices. these tapes proved john dean, who testified before the committee for days, had been laboriously for days, revealing that nixon and his leadership team were deeply involved in a massive cover-up designed to conceal the entire watergate affair. a chain of events that included the commission of crimes. did we learn a lesson? i three or not -- i fear not. the investigation found huge sums of unaccountable campaign money erode democracy. today we have the same problem. citizens united decision, in my mind one of the were supreme court rulings in our history, opened the floodgates for corruption. just as with watergate, today's electoral process is awash in unlimited and shameful amounts of money. democracy will survive. as senator durbin said, it is "the last best hope of mankind." in my view, democracy will prevail, because it must. thank you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, i want to call up here the folks that made this possible. they are called sponsors
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the plot was linked to president richard nixon's white house and exposed a broader culture of corruptionpower, and dirty tricks that brought him his administration. this person was on the special prosecutor team investigating the cover of allowing the break-in. she has been speaking to the bbc about the watergate scandal and how it relates to the january 6 hearings of today. ♪ >> this is the pla where on june 17, 1972, five men broke into the democratic national committee headquarters and were caught. they were caught for a variety of reasons all of them really stupid, but they were caught red-handed, and they had on them evidence that linked them to the white house. the white house denied any involvement and said it was a word, burglary. >> i had no prior knowledge -- and said it was a third rate burglary. >> i had no prior knowledge -- >> our office was established that the watergate special prosecutor, then we started usinghe grand jury to get evidence. the watergate hearings took place over 51 days and riveted the nation. >> this was the biggest pay of the watergate hearings yet. >>
the plot was linked to president richard nixon's white house and exposed a broader culture of corruptionpower, and dirty tricks that brought him his administration. this person was on the special prosecutor team investigating the cover of allowing the break-in. she has been speaking to the bbc about the watergate scandal and how it relates to the january 6 hearings of today. ♪ >> this is the pla where on june 17, 1972, five men broke into the democratic national committee headquarters...
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>> how did the nixon white house a deal with that? >> while nixon was not in the white house, you're talking about the transition. nixon's office was right next to mitchell's. john mitchell became the campaign manager. i happen to be one of the people that is condensed, that mitchell would never be elected president had he not been brought in. with kennedy. the criticism was that nixon tried to self manage his campaign and that he needed to delegate that information he delegated it to mitchell now >> ok, so, i need to wrap this up soon, but i need to turn this over. i'm sure you can react spontaneously. because we are in the midst of these jan. 6 hearings, and there is so much discussion about the current republican party, which is certainly an interest of yours as a historian, what do you see as the present and future of the party? there are books that can be written about this. but where do you see the party going from here? >> the party is there. it's gone. the republican party that the majority of the country has known in their lif
>> how did the nixon white house a deal with that? >> while nixon was not in the white house, you're talking about the transition. nixon's office was right next to mitchell's. john mitchell became the campaign manager. i happen to be one of the people that is condensed, that mitchell would never be elected president had he not been brought in. with kennedy. the criticism was that nixon tried to self manage his campaign and that he needed to delegate that information he delegated it...
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installed in president nixon's white house and other presidential offices. these tapes prove that white house john council john dean who testified before the committee for days? had been telling the truth in laboriously. of days revealing that nixon and his leadership team were deeply involved in a massive cover-up designed to conceal the entire watergate affair. a chain of events that included the commission of crimes did we learn lesson? i fear not. the committee followed the money it's investigation and found that huge sums of unaccountable campaign money a road democracy. today we have the same problem. the citizens united decision and my mind one of the worst supreme court ruling star history. opened the floodgates for corruption just as with watergate. today is electrical process as a washington in unlimited and shameful amounts of money. democracy will survive as senator irvin said in remember this it is quote the last best. hope of mankind. in his eternal struggle to govern himself decently and effectively. and in my viewmocracy will prevail because i
installed in president nixon's white house and other presidential offices. these tapes prove that white house john council john dean who testified before the committee for days? had been telling the truth in laboriously. of days revealing that nixon and his leadership team were deeply involved in a massive cover-up designed to conceal the entire watergate affair. a chain of events that included the commission of crimes did we learn lesson? i fear not. the committee followed the money it's...
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i want to fast forward to a year later, april 1973, from a nixon office white house tape. this is talking about the man we have in talking about, g gordon liddy here is part of that tape. [video clip] >> they were trying to reach me. they seem to be in transit from someplace. >> very good. >> in the meantime, on liddy, i don't know the man and have no control over him. the president wants everybody involved in this and everything they know. >> i will get that first thing in the morning. >> i think that's the best thing to do. one thing i want to be sure of that we understand, i have no control over him. his -- raising the question that maybe he is talking because of me. because of mitchell. >> taking it from a high authority. it will be handled discreetly. >> i just want to be sure to understand as far as the president is concerned, you have to call anyone on that. those are your orders. >> thank you. >> i talked to john dean. i wanted to ask you this, the president thinks it is important that if we tell liddy's attorney -- >> we are trying to get in touch with him. >> you
i want to fast forward to a year later, april 1973, from a nixon office white house tape. this is talking about the man we have in talking about, g gordon liddy here is part of that tape. [video clip] >> they were trying to reach me. they seem to be in transit from someplace. >> very good. >> in the meantime, on liddy, i don't know the man and have no control over him. the president wants everybody involved in this and everything they know. >> i will get that first thing...
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i want to fast forward to a year later, april 1973, from a nixon office white house tape. this is talking about the man we have in talking about, g gordon liddy here is part of that tape. [video clip] >> they were trying to reach me. they seem to be in transit from someplace. >> very good. >> in the meantime, on liddy, i don't know the man and have no control over him. the president wants everybody involved in this and everything they know. >> i will get that first thing in the morning. >> i think that's the best thing to do. one thing i want to be sure of that we understand, i have no control over him. his -- raising the question that maybe he is talking because of me. because of mitchell. >> taking it from a high authority. it will be handled discreetly. >> i just want to be sure to understand as far as the president is concerned, you have to call anyone on that. those are your orders. >> thank you. >> i talked to john dean. i wanted to ask you this, the president thinks it is important that if we tell liddy's attorney -- >> we are trying to get in touch with him. >> you
i want to fast forward to a year later, april 1973, from a nixon office white house tape. this is talking about the man we have in talking about, g gordon liddy here is part of that tape. [video clip] >> they were trying to reach me. they seem to be in transit from someplace. >> very good. >> in the meantime, on liddy, i don't know the man and have no control over him. the president wants everybody involved in this and everything they know. >> i will get that first thing...
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white house. and this is mrs. nixon's opening, was talking about her in the white house today, but she puts the letter into this booklet and it is still in pristine condition. it is part of my wonderful memorabilia about the white house. and this is mrs. kennedy as well. she gets the national geographic society did gathered to help put together the photographs. she calls on arthur's licensure who of course was the harvard historian brought to the white house as a adviser to the president, but in houses story in, and you love working with mrs. kennedy. so he helped with the narrative of it. and i should note though the three branches of government is the white house that has the first historical association. very soon after, the capital historical association would be funded by ten you later and the supreme court historical society but. mrs. kennedy was on the cutting ledge in doing that. but there was no as well that you put together an office called the curator of the white house and again worked with that office in putt
white house. and this is mrs. nixon's opening, was talking about her in the white house today, but she puts the letter into this booklet and it is still in pristine condition. it is part of my wonderful memorabilia about the white house. and this is mrs. kennedy as well. she gets the national geographic society did gathered to help put together the photographs. she calls on arthur's licensure who of course was the harvard historian brought to the white house as a adviser to the president, but...
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white house. she sort of put as mrs. nixon did her own and as subsequent firstly did their own play on the white house to improve it, but certainly in mrs. johnson's case i can say she fell she needed to be true to yourself. and i don't think she was following and you know an emmy. understood barbara any any thoughts on the on the emmy win itself? sure. well, first of all, i agree with nancy wholeheartedly lady bird johnson and pat nixon as mary showed where their own ladies their own first ladies and their own personalities and brought their own stamp as all first. ladies do to the white house. i would just say the emmy shows the popularity of the tour the televised tour 1962 and how it was received in we've already talked about first ladies and popular culture. it actually became such a part of popular culture so much so that if people have seen the fairly recent movie jackie, they know that that piece both the camelot interview that mrs. kennedy did right after the assassination and the tour in 1962 became a major part of t
white house. she sort of put as mrs. nixon did her own and as subsequent firstly did their own play on the white house to improve it, but certainly in mrs. johnson's case i can say she fell she needed to be true to yourself. and i don't think she was following and you know an emmy. understood barbara any any thoughts on the on the emmy win itself? sure. well, first of all, i agree with nancy wholeheartedly lady bird johnson and pat nixon as mary showed where their own ladies their own first...
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an overeager imagination and sort of criminal rambunctious nests to punish richard nixon's enemies inside the white houseamy: i want to ask, why was nixon -- ultimately was the burglary of the dnc -- why was it all about that and not the illegal bombing of cambodia or the whole issue of johnson, you know, understanding clearly nixon have prolonged the war, the deaths of 70 the enemies but he was concerned about u.s. soldiers, so he could get her elected? >> this is fascinating to go back and look at all of these event 50 years later because watergate has been handed down to us in popular culture in history, movies like "all the presidents men" with robert redford and dustin hoffman, turned out to capture a very small slice of the overall story. much of it has only become clear with the passage of time. that was really the goal of my book, to try and retell the full story of watergate start to finish. because what becomes clear is the guiding adage that we think is true out of watergate -- the coveup is always worse than the crime, would you here basically and every mern political scandal. it turned out n
an overeager imagination and sort of criminal rambunctious nests to punish richard nixon's enemies inside the white houseamy: i want to ask, why was nixon -- ultimately was the burglary of the dnc -- why was it all about that and not the illegal bombing of cambodia or the whole issue of johnson, you know, understanding clearly nixon have prolonged the war, the deaths of 70 the enemies but he was concerned about u.s. soldiers, so he could get her elected? >> this is fascinating to go back...
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i want to fast forward to a year later, april 1973, from a nixon office white house tape. this is talking about the man we have in talking about, g gordon liddy here is part of that tape. [video clip] >> they were trying to reach me. they seem to be in transit from someplace. >> very good. >> in the meantime, on liddy, i don't know the man and have no control over him. the president wants everybody involved in this and everything they know. >> i will get that first thing in the morning. >> i think that's the best thing to do. one thing i want to be sure of that we understand, i have no control over him. his -- raising the question that maybe he is talking because of me. because of mitchell. >> taking it from a high authority. it will be handled discreetly. >> i just want to be sure to understand as far as the president is concerned, you have to call anyone on that. those are your orders. >> thank you. >> i talked to john dean. i wanted to ask you this, the president thinks it is important that if we tell liddy's attorney -- >> we are trying to get in touch with him. >> you
i want to fast forward to a year later, april 1973, from a nixon office white house tape. this is talking about the man we have in talking about, g gordon liddy here is part of that tape. [video clip] >> they were trying to reach me. they seem to be in transit from someplace. >> very good. >> in the meantime, on liddy, i don't know the man and have no control over him. the president wants everybody involved in this and everything they know. >> i will get that first thing...
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we have with us right now the man who said those words, former nixon white house counsel, john dean. ting with bob woodward uncovered the watergate scandal. i want to play something that arizona house speaker rusty bowers said during his very moving testimony today. let's play that. >> and i said, look, you are asking me to do something that is counter to my oath, when i swore to the constitution to uphold it, and i also swore to the constitution and the laws of the state of arizona, and this is totally foreign as an idea or a theory to me. and i would never do anything of such magnitude without deep consultation with qualified attorneys. you're asking me to do something against my oath and i will not break my oath. >> carl bernstein, let me ask you something. was that a john dean moment, do you think? >> i don't think we're there yet. it was a moment of great integrity. it was a moment at which we see in fact what liz cheney said in her closing statement. there will come a day when donald trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain. >> she said that to all -- >> to the republicans w
we have with us right now the man who said those words, former nixon white house counsel, john dean. ting with bob woodward uncovered the watergate scandal. i want to play something that arizona house speaker rusty bowers said during his very moving testimony today. let's play that. >> and i said, look, you are asking me to do something that is counter to my oath, when i swore to the constitution to uphold it, and i also swore to the constitution and the laws of the state of arizona, and...
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on watergate 50 years ago, carl found donnell segretti, the chief dirty tricks terr for the nixon white house, but it took two years for reporters and the senate watergate committee to discover that segretti hired and paid 22 dirty people to play dirty tricks on senator muskie. if you look at the history, it's stunning, for $250,000, nixon and his team got the person, nixon in '72, wanted to run against. not muskie, because he was strong, but george mcgovern. the idea that the leader of one party, let alone the president, would undertake a criminal covered program to say, let's find something i can beat, and nixon found him and did it. it's an appalling history of somehow we let this man -- we let this man take over. remember, the difference between trump's second time running, trump lost. nixon won. won with a subversion of the democratic electoral process. >> and the history needs to be learned and relearned. new generations need to know what happened. >> also, the important thing to look, both nixon and trump, both crimes began with undermining the basic principle of democrat sick -- free
on watergate 50 years ago, carl found donnell segretti, the chief dirty tricks terr for the nixon white house, but it took two years for reporters and the senate watergate committee to discover that segretti hired and paid 22 dirty people to play dirty tricks on senator muskie. if you look at the history, it's stunning, for $250,000, nixon and his team got the person, nixon in '72, wanted to run against. not muskie, because he was strong, but george mcgovern. the idea that the leader of one...
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his hard work and uncanny ability would take him to nixon's side throughout the entirety of the historic 1968 campaign and into the white house on january 20th, 1969. dwight has written a terrific new memoir -- the president's man, which you can see here to my left. much of it deals with his work with president nixon. the president's man is it without a doubt one of the most important contributions to the understanding of the nixon presidency and nixon as a person that has yet been written. dwight will speak this evening with frank ann and. frank joined the nixon white house in the summer of 1961 as a white house fellow assigned to donald rumsfeld and bob finch. he worked with john glickman on the domestic council staff along with colonel brennan and a handful of other staff members. he was asked to fly aboard air force one on the final flight home to california on august 9th, 1974. frank worked with the former president in san clemente for five years as richard nixon's chief editorial assistant, organizing the research and writing of his memoirs, working with diane sawyer. frank received his bs from the georgetown university
his hard work and uncanny ability would take him to nixon's side throughout the entirety of the historic 1968 campaign and into the white house on january 20th, 1969. dwight has written a terrific new memoir -- the president's man, which you can see here to my left. much of it deals with his work with president nixon. the president's man is it without a doubt one of the most important contributions to the understanding of the nixon presidency and nixon as a person that has yet been written....