i walk in there and get ushered into richard's office. richard is there.e's got this big plate glass window in his office and it's covered with a sheet. you can't see out. so i said richard what's going on here. he said let me show you. he peels the sheet back. there's a view over this construction site down the block where the rest of the bass brothers with their money and some of richard's are building two new office buildings, later referred to as darth vader at the o.k.corral. and richard said i can't stand to see my money being put in this. >> you worked for robert, right? he worked for sid. >> what happened in that context was that the brothers split the business and richard had been running the business for all four brothers and it wound up with two-on-one side. i wanted to run the business with the other brothers bob and extend one of his other brothers. richard came to me and said hey you're a lawyer you have no idea what you're getting yourself into. i'll tell you what, come sit in my office and watch what i do and you'll learn. just show up any

tonight a look at the life and career of richard nixon. david gergen began his political career in 1971 as a staff assistant on president nixon's speech writing team. we'll now hear about mr. gergen's relationship with the president and how he was later chosen to write the president's letter of resignation. this is about an hour and a half. >> hi, i'm tim atelli, and i'm director of the richard nixon presidential museum in yorba linda, california. i have the honor and privilege to be interviewing david gergen for the program. david gergen. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. >> as i told you, i'll go in chronological order. i want to start by asking you about the relationship, if you can call it that, that developed between former president nixon and bill clinton. >> it was an odd relationship between bill clinton and president nixon, one that would have, i think, never -- you never could have predicted. you have to remember that hillary clinton, after all, was on the staff that helped to impeach h

nixon, but bill clinton came to have great respect for richard nixon's insights. i remember he told me once that he had received a private letter from richard nixon about the soviet union. he said it was the most insightful and helpful paper he'd received up until that time on the subject. i had an unusual experience working for president clinton in that i'd worked for president nixon and i kept up with him off and on in the years intervening, and i had a call from president nixon who said i'm going to be in washington in a couple of weeks. would you come have breakfast with me? i said, sure, i'd be honored to come, and i asked him if i could bring somebody from the white house, and i told him i'd like to bring the chief of staff which was matt mccharty who was then chief of staff for bill clinton and he happily agreed to go and we went to the washington circle hotel which is on dupont circle, and i remember arriving there in the morning and it was just the three of us, but a young woman who was there with him was his research assistant and she went on to write bo

i am grateful to carlos for bringing richard here. this was one of the few times -- [no audio] and so, it is a really good idea that we do that sometime. that we continue to operate, a commitment to the work we have started and that we have built on and that we have done for decades is important to us, and there is a history. not only should you be happy about long tenure as superintendent sees -- superintendencies. my experience is is that is a good thing. in addition to that, we have always said in the time i have been on the board whenever we needed to make a change, we do not want to start over. and people say they are going to fix the school district. we should not be interested with that. it is not that it does not need to be improved. it is that we need people who understand, this is a job that is never done. we need people to understand that this is a matter. i am very happy that richard has agreed to stay with us, and for our whole community, that we are making a move that is in the name of continuity and continuing the work

i'm actually a great admirer of richard nixon's foreign policy. i'm more liberal that this domestic policy. but i'm interested in talking to you. i know you're going to hire somebody else. i was in north carolina, was right on the verge of accepting a job there when the phone rang. they fished me out. it was the white house calling. it was ray price on the line. he said i interview everybody, i'd like you to come to work for me. i said i can't believe it. i said, i want to remind you. he said that's fine. he said why don't you come for a year, it's 1971. we won't have an election campaign. i'll try you out, you try me out. we'll see how it fits. but i think we need diversity around here. i like the fact that you have views that are not consistent with everybody else. we have pat buchanan as far over to the right as you are to the left is a good fit. let's try it. and let me run interference on the fact that you're not a big nixon loyalist and didn't work in the campaign, et cetera, et cetera. i said okay, for a year, what the hell. sounded like gr

>> i thought the pardon of richard nixon was the right thing to do. i thought it was a brave thing to do. i thought jerry ford deserved the honor when the john f. kennedy library some years later gave him the kennedy medal for bravery citing the watergate -- the pardon of richard nixon. i thought it was the right thing to do. i also thought it was as a little matter handled very clumsily so that it was a complete shock to the country. i remember it happened at 11:00 on a sunday, about 30 days into the presidency of jerry ford. i was working for president ford at that time. of course, i was an outsider because i was a nixon person. and they brp were about to repl me, which i didn't know. i remember driving with my wife. we were coming back from church or something. we heard the news of the pardon. i near went in the ditch. i was stunned at the pardon. and the reason i thought it was clumsily handled is there was no preparation of the public. there was no balloon that went up, trial balloon. instead, there had been the, no, we're not doing that. we woul

richard nixon. you see, soaring rhetoric alone cannot sustain a presidency. it takes substance. but substance without sizzle cannot persuade. every administration struggles with a combination of substance and sizzle to show presidential leadership. how that was worked out with our 37th president is the topic today. and we have an excellent moderator with us that i'd like to introduce right now. lee huebner. [ applause ] >> lee came to richard nixon's attention in 1962 as the co-founder of the ripon society at the university of wisconsin and he worked with richard nixon in what we call the wilderness years when he was a private citizen and successfully was with him in the 1968 campaign when he was elected president. so lee became the youngest member of a speech writeing team that started on nixon's white house staff and he was, by no means, the least contributor. he had opinion with the man for so long, he was a contributor from the very outset. at the end of his white house years, he then became the

there were a lot of very good people who work for richard nixon. richard nixon had a dark side but also had a real eye for good talent on the bright side and he brought a huge number of good people into public service who went on to serve with distinction in the ford administration. many of them wanted to work for richard nixon and a great many went on to work for george w. bush. but they went on and did very good things in life. we didn't turn into -- and so a lot of those associates i'm very proud of. but i thought nixon left a legacy that republicans should be proud of. i believe that environmental protection was positive. i think his ideas on health care, trying get universal coverage are right. i happen to be more for a private system than some of the democrats. but he is -- i think there is much there that in that legacy that people can look back upon and say deeply tragic, flawed president did enormous damage to the presidency but let's remember the whole of richard nixon and who he was. >> which is what president clinton said. >> yeah. >> a

and richard nixon -- >> i don't remember that phrase, pat, but -- >> richard nixon went out also and he became -- agnew was supposed to carry the hod, be the bayonet of the party. richard nixon went out and began taking up some of the themes. we were using with the vice president. he came off as exceedingly harsh. ed muskey had that famous cape st. elizabeth address on national television where he was calm and statesman-like, they say we're for crime, and that's a lie. they know it's a lie. clearly we were looking for an up, positive thrust. and put that election behind us. >> john mitchell even said of the '70 campaign, looks like we're running for sheriff. there was a backing away maybe from some of that harsher rhetoric. ken, you came to the white house just at that time. you were involved in trying to rally a lot of people on behalf of the cause. what do you recollect? >> i rise in tribute to the junior speechwriters in the white house. you had the murderers row of buchan buchanan, saffire and price and then a whole tribe of us who were really jr. speechwriters who never got to w

the richard nixon i see in the play and the movie and especially the movie is not the richard nixon i knew. i was talking to one friend about this, he came up and i think it was true, it's sort of the hollywood version of nixon and i think that's pretty true. a couple of things that struck me about him just were visually they portray him as always walking around stooped. he never did. and talking bombastically, he never did. and, of course, david frost is a very skilled guy, but he had to make a theatrical piece and i think he made a knee attry cal piece, it was not a theatrical presidency, it was a very serious presidency. >> let's run the trailer that comes out, it describes what the movie is about, it's full of fast-paced stuff that wasn't in the movie. let's watch that and we'll talk about some of the people we see. >> good evening, i shall resign the presidency at noon tomorrow. >> this is an historic day, the only time a president has ever resigned. >> knew about the watergate cover-up. >> the man who had committed the greatest felony in american history will never stand trial.

miles away from richard.ust like hundreds of other bass trop bass strom county residents, brian returns to find nothing but a foundation and charred memories. >> this is just one of 1,600 homes that burned. this story repeats itself 1,599 other times. fire could take everything you got, just like that. >> the historic blaze claims the lives of two bastrop county residents and consumes 34,000 acres. richard counts his blessings. because he stayed behind and filmed, his footage can be used by the texas forest service to better understand the path the fire took. even so, he has a word of warning for those who find themselves in the path of a wildfire. >> my advice to others that get in a situation like i was in, if you can get out, get out when you can. >> hope i get to see you guys again or hope you guys get to see me, again. >>> coming up, a storm chaser catches up to the storm, but gets a little too close to the action. >> oh, my god! laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would

richard, it sounds like you said you paid for the party.for the party. >> i have been screaming here, aretha. >> okay. >> all right. have a good night. >> nice hearing you, i love you, and god bless you so much. >> thank you so much, anderson. it's a pleasure speaking with you, but sorry it's on a sad occasion. >> i am as well. it's an honor talking with you and little richard as well. >> thanks for bringing me on, anderson. >> appreciate it, little richard. >> i love your show, i always loved it. >> we'd love to have you back some time. andy is going to stick around with us. it is amazing because there are few people who are sort of broadcasters in the broad sense that he was. i mean, think of regis philbin, larry king, people who could kind of span the range of doing a serious thing, doing a dance show, doing a game show, doing all the variety. >> absolutely. i think the key word and you have said it a couple of times is likable. he was so likable. there was nothing offensive about this guy and president obama used a word that has been on

a former staff member to richard nixon. a lot of information about secret conversations came out after the testimony. so it's a very unsatisfactory -- very unsatisfactory conclusion because it showed, number one, that the committee wasn't willing to make a proper investigation. number two, that they were basically allowing a double standard of justice to take place. one for the president of the united states and another for everybody else. just months after having reasserted basic constitutional authority and the rule of law which means nobody gets preferential treatment. and the nixon pardon has had ram -- terrible ramifications. we've had other pardons of top-flight government officials who clearly engaged in wrongdoing and now -- and were permitted to go free. it happened with president bush i. questions have been raised about whether president bush ii will issue the pardon. and so i think it's just -- it set a very -- it ended the watergate proceedings with kind of a bad taste, at least in my mouth, and i think it estab

eisenhower and her father, vice president richard richard nixon. julie nixon married david eisenhower in 1968, just before her father took his own presidential oath of office. they recently clan rated on the book "going home to glory, a memoir of life with dwight d. eisenhower," 1961 to 1969. in this conversation at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library the eisenhowers recall ike's presidency and later retirement in gettysburg, pennsylvania. the relationship between ike and his vice president and the reasons that propelled richard nixon to make another run at the presidency after his close loss to john f. kennedy in 1960. this program is one hour and 15 minutes. >>> well, good evening, and welcome to our program tonight. i'm don karlton, and i have to get my glasses out, or i won't be able to see what i'm talking about. i'm the director of the university's center for american history. the brisco center is delighted to join with the lbj library and co-response oregon tonight's program featuring david and julie eisenhower's fascinating book, "go

the legendary aretha franklin and richard -- and little richard will join us in a few minutes. but here a look back at his career by koreen wynter. >> reporter: he was known as the world's oldest teenager. dick clark began his career on the weekly dance party that would later be known as "american bandstand" in philadelphia in 1956. the show became a national and later an international sensation, after it was picked up by abc one year later. ♪ ♪ come on baby, let's do the twist ♪ >> reporter: in spite of racial attitudes at the time, clark was a pioneer in promoting african-american artists, including percy sledge, the silhouettes, the supremes and gladys night and the pips. an appearance on "american bandstand" could launch their careers. and from jerry lee louis to janice jackson, they all wanted dick clark to give their record a spin. >> if you look at the history of "american bandstand" it covers everything. when we started in 1952, it was very como and eddie fisher and the four aces and so forth, through the rock 'n' roll period, country music, rhythm and blues, rap music,

if you know richard, usually with great relish. he's long voshted for a level playing field and more normalized business environment in the airline industry in the united states. that commitment and business focus has served airlines for america well during richard's tenure as our chairman. he has led with great vision and commitment and dogged determination, the effort to transform and rebrand the old -- he's also led our effort to lay out a clear path to create a more competitive global aviation industry in this country through the adoption of a national airline policy. this is a major issue not just for airlines but for the economic connectivity of this country. richard is going to talk about that in his remark. richard's stemming up to business challenges is well documented. what is less well documented perhaps is his commitment to social issues that impact all of our personal lives. this was recognized last year when he was given the sandra taub humanitarian award for the breast cancer association. it's my great personal and p

more from aretha franklin and little richard. who's lucky enough to work alongside him. ryan seacrest said it was a joy to work for him every new year's eve. we will all miss him. he left a rich legacy. president obama also paying tribute tonight. he reshaped the television landscape forever as a producer and for 40 years we welcomed him into our homes to ring in the new year. more important was the way he made us feel, as young and vibrant and as optimistic as he was. our own tribute continues after a short break. rhythmically ] ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum, bum-bum ♪ ♪ [ imitates guitar noise ] ♪ [ vocalizing up-tempo heavy metal song ] ♪ [ vocalizing continues ] ♪ [ all singing ] the redesigned, 8-passenger pilot. smarter thinking. from honda. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or m

lee. >> gail sky-jones says richard lee's home was raided. a spokeswoman said agents were serving in multiple lok buzz no arrests warrants and information is sealed by court order. that is all she would say. some tried to sper swayed the police. others screamed on sen tiz. and the. >> we have a real hero to us and an activist to us. his university is a beacon of change and innovation. >> oakland city council woman says enforcement of federal marijuana laws is out of place in oakland. >> and a top priority is stopping gun riot autos of all days, shooting today in oakland under scores the security council woman's statement, coming up at 6:00 tonight how they tried to prevent d.e.agents from leaving this sight even as they're shouting for them to go. >> police in san francisco arresting protestor was occupied a vacant building yesterday. we're live from the scene. >> police have just finish add resting the protestors who took over this building last night. it sits on northeast corner of turk and goss street and according to police inside is a me

joining me today, msnbc political analyst richard wolffe, former intern to richard now well established champion journalist sam stein of the "huffington post," catherine crier, author of patriot acts" and former white house press secretary and head of the obama super pac priorities usa action, bill burton. after a weekend of policy heavy discussions in colombia, the headlines out of the trip were focused on a potential scandal involving secret service and prostitutes. but obama's focus was trained on domestic issues especially those he hopes will help him in november including immigration. >> the only reason we do not have a law right now that has provided a pathway to citizenship, not just for d.r.e.a.m. act kids but for folks who are here, are law abiding citizens is because the republicans have consistently demagogued this issue and have blocked action in congress. >> sam, i will throw this first question to you to maybe time the ire you're feeling because i brought up the fact that you were once richard's intern. i will not comment on that. i thought this was interesting. not intere

franklin, 2k50urdo you rr the first time you saw little richard?yes, many years ago i met richard at the apollo theater, he came backstage and we met. there was something he wanted me to record and i think it was "you saw me crying in the chapel" that was it. >> wow. but that's where we met. not that many years ago. >> not that many years, five years ago, maybe. >> she's way way younger than me. >> yeah, i was a baby then. >> she was way younger. she was a young girl. >> richard, what do you think dick clark's legacy is going to be? >> oh, my god, i think that he made such a great contribution to the health and welfare of the young adults across this country and in and out of the country. >> we have got a digital dashboard question from one of our viewers from facebook. shirley asks was he as kind off set as he was on set? >> he was the same man on camera as he was off camera. he was just a warm and beautiful man. >> i think that's one of the things that kimberly came across on the screen, if viewers really didn't know who he was in person, but he

richard jordan is tracking the story from the newsroom. richard? >> reporter: yeah, right now the big concern is of more aftershocks, and of course there's a tsunami warning in effect right now. this earthquake had a magnitude of 8.7. it hit off the west coast of sumatra. you're looking at video from indonesian tv. you see people in search of higher ground. some evacuations have been issued at this point for people to get out of that area, especially the low lying areas. we are hearing report that some people felt the earth shake for up to a minute. anyone in a tall building, anything with five floors or higher was -- was told to simply get out of the building as fast as possible and of course try to find a safe location. there is a tsunami warning that has been issued now for all cities along the coast of the island. there's also a tsunami watch which is not as severe. that is spreading wide in parts of sri lanka, australia, myanmar, thailand, evacuations also issued there in thailand. this, of course, comes about eight years since that devastatin

richard, that is personal.nothing to do with campaign finances. >> everything to do with a vote by jury. >> let me jump in avery and ask you this. do you think edwards will take the stand? i think everybody wants to hear from him. if he feels confident, do you think he'll take the stand? >> not, alison in a million years. has he too much to lose. richard will agree with me on this. there's not a chance edwards will be on the stand. he'll have other strong supporting witnesses. i think it gets down to the question whether or not the jury says he was trying to hide this from a much smarter wife elizabeth. this has nothing to do with campaign finance. an untested theory. alison, i think the prosecution at this point is going to have some problems. >> let's go ahead and switch gears to a bizarre story. a new york woman fired for donating a kidney to her boss. debra strechbs is suing her boss and former employer. the boss asked her. she was fired. he says the claims are baseless. she was treated fairly. she said, no

richard nixon said. government must learn to take less from people so that people can do more for themselves. let us remember that america was built not by government but by people, not by welfare but by work, not by shirking responsibility but by seeking responsibility. in our own lives let us -- let each of us ask not just what will government do for me, but what can i do for myself. and i wonder, that comes pretty chose to what john kennedy said. >> it might be. i'd have to look back at his. but this was certainly central to what richard nixon was trying to do, uh-huh. >> what's the hardest thing about writing an inaugural speech? >> i don't know. i guess probably just feeling the weight of history on it. and you want to be much more careful about, be sure it's right, right in tone, right in substance, right for the occasion and also what you want to do, you want to lift the public up, you really do. and try to get your administration off to as good a start as you can and also give you a little levera

>> do we have richard on the phone?e're still works to get richard engel who is in the region. in the meantime, let's go ahead and say this rocket launch has failed. they're working to confirm those reports, how do you feel this will play out? >> we have not confirmed that yet independently or u.s. officials, so i'm reluctant to say that, but if it has failed it will be a big set back for the north. the concern will be that they then try to do something else militarily against their neighbors. i understand that nbc has confirmed while i've been on the air that the launch has indeed failed. >> so senior u.s. officials are now confirmed to nbc news that this rocket launch has failed. all indication social security that it has failed that's what one official is saying. they're still looking into it, as soon as that occurs we'll be hearing from the white house. two u.s. officials confirming or saying that the rocket broke up as soon as it took off. but like you were saying, andrea, we're waiting for official word and when t

richard is not satisfied with his official version at all only witness that you was in you have here you know. this is irrefutable yeah this is you know he he clearly tells them that he came to identify he didn't see anyone he said i'm too tired i didn't see them. the second time they show him a line. he can't be absolutely sure. in then to or to the end. he describes the other guy and then he describes thomas in you know when you have something like that. no you know. this story of the self contradicting president and only witness for the richard rayna he now wants to know about the arrest. are ok. five days after the crime it is in this quiet houston suburb at the police arrested thomas miller. this is the street where the shooting took place. actually the police were already waiting for thomas. at night when miller drove his car down a dead end the police ambushed him but they arrested and those plans gunfire broke out. it is in front of this house at the shooting took place. this is ninety eight to fifty one. when he saw the police thomas miller tried to escape. to try to get awa

i'm richard lou in for alex today. first, president obama is attending the summit of the americas. 12 secret service personnel were dismused from the country amid accusations of misconduct. last night four small explosive devices were detonated in the site of the president's summit. joining me is the white house correspondent mike have a caro. let's start with the explosions, reports say it was 45 minutes away from where the president was to be. any concern here? what are you hearing? >> reporter: so far no undow concern for this in the capital of columbia. the president arrived there last night and there have been some official functions. two small explosions in bogota and the president for the summit is in the city of cartagena. there were explosions at 8:00 p.m. last night in cartagena. they are said to be small with investigations underway, richard. >> also secret service personnel were dismissed. what do you know about that? >> these are uniform secret service agents in plain clothes in suits that are with the pre

richard, good evening. >> good evening, brian. in addition to that rocket test, there are also reports coming from south korea that this country could be preparing for an underground nuclear test, and u.s. officials say it is possible. this rocket is poised for launch, north korea says, to carry a satellite into orbit. but u.s. officials worry it could easily be converted into an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the united states. the standoff comes just as this secretive isolated country has allowed outsiders, journalists in for a closer look. in one of pyongyang's squares today, we saw up to 100,000 people express to devotion to kim jong-il as a giant mural of the departed leader was unveiled. the control of this society was immediately apparent. people stood in rows at attention. applauded on cue. and waved pom-poms in a shimmering sea of pink. north korea's vision of a patriotic utopia. this is an important period for north korea, and over the next two weeks, there will be a series of festivals, parades, and

this this unique evidence enabled richard to form his own opinion. undermines the official version well. well to argue that thomas was or was not there it's debatable but to actually come up with who did the shooting and we don't you know i can say without a doubt there is questions here you know who actually did the shooting there were five people that night. four man and a woman armed and parks near the hotel according to the police report it was about two am when the group entered the hotel went to the reception desk and asked the two employees for the cast restaurant. hotel clark douglas walker refused to comply he was shot dead at the age of twenty five. is young colleague wounded is the only witness of the crime thomas miller is pointed as being the murderer of the young receptionist based soley on his testimony. richard is not satisfied with his official version at all only witness that you have it was in you have it here you know yes this is irrefutable you know this is you know he he clearly tells them that he came to identify he didn't see

>> good morning, richard.gal but probably should be and dangerously close. the reason for that is that this policy is not ration ali relaald to any business reason the hospital can assert and no job function, either. perfect proof is that while people may be too fat to get hired, once they're hired they won't be terminated if thigh become too fat while they're there. >> david, we did want to point out here that we asked the hospital for a statement but so far they haven't got back to us. but under the policy, it says, applicants are required to have a body mass index of less than 35. 210 pounds for someone who is about 5'5", and 245 pounds for someone who is 5'10". is this legal and they break it down to bmi? >> right. first of all, the bmi is really not a good indicator of whatever the policy the hospital might be asserting. for example, arnold's schwarzenegger bmi is too high but i don't think the hospital would assert he has the physical characteristics necessary to do the job. more importantly, does appear

richard, thank you. >>> 5:03 now. a hunt this morning for a man two attacked two women who thought they were going look at an apartment. police say the women responded to an internet ad for an apartment near eisenhower avenue and mill road in alexandria. when they got there, the suspect grabbed them, pulled them into an abandoned building, and started hitting them. they escaped. minutes later the s.w.a.t. team stormed the building. they searched for three hours. the suspect, though, was already gone. >>> developing in north korea this morning, crews have begun fueling a rocket that many say could be a precursor to another nuclear test. north korea plans to launch the rocket loaded with a satellite between tomorrow and next monday in honor of the 100th birthday of founder kim il-sung. western nations say it's a cover for a long-range missile test. japan has threatened to shoot the rocket down if it enters their airspace. the u.s. will withhold food aid if north korea goes through with the launch. >>> a week after their