in the close contest between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. rom the outset, nixon realized that fidel castro was either going to be an opportunity or a problem for him. pretending on whether castro was still in power or gone by election day. in the fall of 1960, john kennedy was beating the eisenhower administration over the head with fidel castro. kennedy didn't realize that no subject rosed american voters more than the sector of communist cuba. and in every stop, he reminded voters that the island was near eight minutes away. and he blamed eisenhower and company, including vice president nixon for letting this happen. imagine being in the shoes of richard nixon. he had a well earned reputation as a communist buster, and along comes the democrat from massachusetts, suggesting that he, richard nixon, was not quite anti-communist enough. kennedy somehow managed to out flank nixon as an anti-communist hawk. probably the best example of this occurred in one the nixon kennedy television debates. not the first, the one that's most famous, but the f

. >> to me it shows the genius, the perverse genius, of richard nixon. never even debated in the campaign of 2010, because nobody has paid for it, except a 1% of americans whose loved ones are in battle. nobody else. we are not paying with our dollars, not paying for it in blood, in children. it is a terrible moral indictment of this country. >> you know who andrew bacevich is? ph.d. of boston university, had his son died in iraq. "people find nothing in this and the prospect of armed conflict without any doubt." does he have a point? -- without end." does he have a p point? >> he does. it is a little scary the country will not tolerate an endless war. >> but we do. we up the military that as the fighting for us. >> that is what is so unfair about it. and unless there is shared sacrifice, is it an unfair situation to map so few do so much. >> by the genius of richard nixon, do you mean abolishing the draft? >> yes. no threat of service no threat of bodily harm, and all of a sudden is toga partis high school was bad... i was obviously gay, and some kids d

. >> to me it shows the perverse genius of richard nixon. afghanistan was never even debated in the campaign of 2010, and the reason is that nobody has paid for it. nobody is paying for it except the 1% of americans whose loved ones are in battle. we are not paying for it in dollars, in blood, in our children. it really is a terrible moral indictment of this country. you know who andrew bacevich is? ph.d. at boston university, his son died in iraq. "to be an american soldier to find to be s-- that people find nothing amiss about it war with no anend." does he have a point? >> he does. but the country will not tolerate an endless war. >> it does. >> that is what is unfair about it. unless you have the shared sacrifice, is an unfair situation to have so few doing so much. >> by the genius of richard nixon, do you mean abolishing the draft? >> yes. no threat of the service, no threat of bodily harm, and all of a sudden it is toga parties again. >> the republicans had their first presidential debate this week, carried on the fox news channel. fo

. >> to me it shows the perverse genius of richard nixon. the reason it was not debated in the campaign up 2010 is that nobody has paid for it. only those whose loved ones are in battle. we're not paying for it in dollars, in blood, in our children. it is a terrible moral indictment of the country. >> you know who andrew bacevich is? professor, had his son died in iraq. "nothing in this in the prospect of armed conflict without end." does he have a point? >> he does. it is a little scary. i don't think that this country, for all the problems, will tolerate an endless war. . but we -- >> but we do. we have the military that as the fighting for us. >> that is what is so unfair about it. unless there is shared sacrifice, this is an unfair situation to have so few do so much. >> by the genius of richard nixon, do you mean abolishing the draft? >> yes. there was a huge revolt in the country did abolish the draft, the threat of bodily harm, and all of a sudden is toga parties again. >> republicans held their first to debate this week a commentary

never really became public but we do cover it in the book well that's interesting richard nixon. summaries i always figured he was probably the last guy what does this say about americans that we feign outrage by what publishes a pornography like you do but we love politicians who are supposed to be the embodiment of morality and get away with much worse. many many americans speak with . the europeans are much more laid back than the. thought of creation album fair that's why they take those three hour lunches but america has theirs need. me. about sex but when you consider that other than those are thirty five all the strongest single desire we have is that of which sacks so you examine something we use to communicate with more than any other medium you know make that effort and . we don't need saying they aren't saying right and they're right and wanted to be creative. and well david vitter after he came out with for being with prostitutes actually got a standing ovation from the republicans in the senate but i'm curious if french president francois mitterrand funeral his wife

never really became public but we do cover it in the book that's interesting richard nixon first summers i'd always figured he was probably the last guy what does this say about americans that we feign outrage by what publishes a pornography like you do but we let politicians who are supposed to be the embodiment of morality get away with much worse. larry many america they speak with . a european and they're much more laid back than the america. they're a part of gave them fair that's why they take those three hour lunches but america has serious need a marriage needs. about sex but when you. are other than the others are sort of survival of the strongest desire we have is that what saxo you examine commonly used to communicate with more than any of the medium you know make that effort and the only thing and they aren't saying right and right once you've created. well david vitter after his came out with for being with prostitutes actually got a standing ovation from the republicans in the senate but i'm curious if french president francois mitterrand funeral his wife his mistress and h

as richard nixon says, you won't be able to kick this guy around anymore. >>> the pga tour in charlotteover in the club house with a one shot lead. jonathan byrd can force a playoff, if he can sink this birdie putt. no pressure. can't contain his excitement in those pink pants. first playoff hole, right to rest left breaking putt. not going to fall. he birdies the whole, giving gloverrer two putts to win. misses the first, sinks the second for the victory. >>> madrid open in tennis. nadal supplied the shot of the match in the second. between the legs winner. in the end, it was djokovic who prevailed to win his 6th title of the season. >>> time for another quick break. coming up, skins drafts and working with dave snyder. stick around. ohre.cva >>> welcome back. for nearly a decade, the name vinny sorato was synonomous with the redskins. he still keeps up with his former employer. >> they could have had a quarterback in -- >> they liked john beck, so trading beck to get more picks, because they had given away picks to get mcnabb. what it does, it just increases the odds on the numb

that's when he first met richard nixon has a young man. he'll probably tell you a little bit about that. but he's a neighbor. the rogans live here, and he was a member of our board for quite some time before he went on the bench in two or three years ago. but his life and public service and legal professor began in '83 when he graduated from law school. he was a practicing attorney. very successful and private legal practice. he was deputy da in los angeles, he was the youngest musical court judge elected. he went on to be a congressman. you know him as a congressman. he also served as under secretary of commerce in washington after serving as congressman. and he was head of our pat tent office. then he came back here and did private practice and he was drafted into the judiciary where he now serves. he's done not only rough -- "rough edges" which was a fashion mating book about his life, but "catching our flag" which you are here to hear about. and that book deals with his assignment as one the principal managers to help on the prosecutio

he actually led a more hawkish campaign toward the soviet union than did richard nixon, partly to... and he may not have won the election if he hadn't gone in that direction. so he went very much to the right of richard nixon on issues to dealing with military defense in the soviet union. >> rose: so what impact did it have on the cold war? >> it extended it by 30 years. now, would it have been extended anyway by 30 years? perhaps. but the wall froze everything in place. >> rose: or if there had been changes in the soviet bloc or if you had gorbachev come on earlier it might have... >> yeah. look. when president... >> rose: did... go ahead. >> when president kennedy acquiesced to the wall he could not have known that it was going to fall down 28 years later. he just couldn't have known. he was acquiescing to a situation, a status quo that he was willing to live with if it didn't get any worse. at that point, we were worried about things getting worse with the communist world. communism would spread even further. so to lock in the status quo and to get in a situation where eastern eur

police used tear gas in clubs to disperse protesters then president richard nixon called in the military robert klotz was a police captain a day later the eighty second airborne came in and helicopters. and i was assigned as allies on with the commanding general of the eighty second airborne and paratroopers landed at the national monument. but protesters wouldn't backgammon people trying everything to end the war and nothing would end it and so this was like one of the last ditch efforts and in a sense it was almost like an indian tribal sort of like you know the image of may day was sitting bull sitting bull was you know part of a massacre so for us it was that last stand the last stand of dignity no. trying to end the war. and and we willing to abandon people willing to you know put their lives on the line to do that. by eight am on may third police had arrested more than two thousand people we had made plans as to where we were going to keep prisoners when they were arrested and you line to reno was one place the redskin practice field which was down by our of a stadium was another t

he was appointed president when president richard nixon resigned. >>> still ahead -- >> we awakened to death. it was quite an experience. >> they risk their lives, jumped on a bus, and changed history. we will see the freedom riders coming up. >> we have a few showers out there right now. what can we expect for mo >>> one of the most important moments in civil rights history began on the streets of the sea earlier this week, the mayor honored the freedom riders for their courage. >> it has been a long time. >> it has been half a century. they helped launch a remarkable and daring movement. >> i knew there were danger -- i knew there was danger. we did not know that we pushed it. we truly pushed it. >> over 400 civil rights activist, black and white boarded buses in 1961 to challenge segregation policies that play interstate travel. >> you have to keep the whites and blacks separate. >> this campaign met with resistance in the south. a bus set ablaze in anniston. >> it was more than we could ever a imagine. >> now retired in arlington, she was a freedom rider arrested in jackson, missis

not just conservatives like barry goldwater, richard nixon, but really to everybody. so, fidel castro was interrogated on the subject of communism everywhere he went on his visit. by vice president nixon, by congressional subcommittee, by scores of journalists. everyone asking the same question. are you a communist? and he answered the same every time. no, he was not economies, never have been, never would be. when castro finally left new york on april 25, the please were relieved to see him go. but most of new yorkers were happy to come to visit. and avatar and "the new york times" summed up the general attitude towards castro as he left, quote, he made it quite clear that neither he nor anyone of importance in his government so far as he knew was a communist. by the same token it seemed obvious that americans f

he became president when former president richard nixon resigned. he died in 2006 at the age of 93. >>> of world as it. prince charles is in the nation's capital. we will tell you why. >> some changes in the weather. rain hitting our way. >> the nationals in philadelphia. i will take you to tampa for the latest on the caps and the lightning. game 3 as >>> even following the royal wedding of his son william things are staying busy for the man next in line to become king. >> where prince william is in town. >> prince charles' visit this neighborhood which is close to harvard university. people excited to see him. this is coming off the royal wedding a couple days ago. people still had wedding fever. this is prince charles'first official trip since 2007. he arrived at common good city farm in northwest washington and was welcomed by the mayor. he toured the grounds of during a work shift and helped plant a tree. common good is a form and education center that grows food for low-income people. his world in this enjoys gardening, especially in his organi

not only in a lot of -- unilateral quagmire or multilateral quagmire as well. >> what was richard nixon's role if 108? >> there's a lot of mythology about nixon and eisenhower. not to get too involved of the eisenhower presidency has been distorted shamefully because people didn't do research. one of these relationships i am sure eisenhower would not have kept nixon if he did not want him. she did not abide people. that is not trooper is ecap that as an option. [laughter] but today dr. schneider did but nixon basically was the political circuit. when eisenhower quick to cut campaigning, nixon went out to substitute and took on adelaide stevenson and also provided support in congress i haven't looked carefully from eight eisenhowers doctrine passage but i am sure he was deeply involved behind-the-scenes but a political operative and a very skilled one. the way nixon of the presidency, people forget what else he did. >> was the fact of the this affects on nasser? >> eisenhower save nasser if she decided to join with the allies he would have been toast. what you would have done after that is

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so that's not fun, and having -- feeling like i've been chased on the freeway by them, but as richard nixon says, you won't be able to kick this guy around anymore. >> quoting nixon, i like it. >> this is not pretty. >> ballballballesteros passed away this weekend. bird with a long putt for par. no. that leaves the door open for glover. now, glover needs to make this putt for par and the win. yes, his first title since the 2009 u.s. open. no one has an answer for novak jokeivich in 2011. taking on rafael nadal. watch this. that's a winner. it's the only way it seeps you it seems you can beech vehicleivich. he's already one second tournaments. it's the best start since john mcenroe in 1984. >>> it was a great week of fishing in the delta. first place was worth over $31,000 and a boat. and the top amateur winner got a boat too. a lot of boats to go around. >> yours just got away. >> that was horrible. >>> well, bin laden is dead, but the threat is not. how one bay area transit agency is taking preventative action. that story coming up at 6:30. that's it for eyewitness news at 5:30. have a gre

. >> and in 1968 richard nixon was elected. he comes to you and asks you to take on the office of economic, and opportunity, one of the crown jewels of the great society, not very popular with the public or nixon basically wanted to dismantle it. not a great career move for you, i think, but you did it. what was your rationale? >> i voted against the legislation when it was passed. sargent shriver the recently passed away had been a person who headed up the office of economic opportunity, and it started under president kennedy, and he and his brother, bobby kennedy in the justice department, had fashioned a program to try to assist the poor in the country. and then president johnson came in with his big texas approach, and enlarged it and it became the war to eradicate poverty. and if you define poverty as a certain percentage of our population, and then you try to eradicate it, it's not possible because there's always going to be a certain percentage that is in that category. and they immediately started a host of programs. th

history not elected either president or vice president and he was a michigan congressman before richard nixon had him replace agnew. >>> from the royal wedding to the nation's capitol, britain's prince charles is in our area tonight. karen gray houston is live in northwest with the -- where the prince is visiting an urban farm in la droit park. >> reporter: it's all over but for thego go-go band packing up and a fewing centerellers over there. what the prince came here for was -- a few is few stragglers over there and what the prince came for was what they call a concept of something called sustainable agriculture, and he wanted to see it up close and personal. that is what he did here. the neighbors came out to gawk and take pictures of him and he talked with some of the volunteer gardeners who used no pesticides but in exchange for their labor -- labors in the dirt, they get to change the food -- take the food home and learn about healthy eating. the big kick was to meet royalty. >> what that is that about? >> i said that we won in the lottery a city plot at common good farm and we wanted t

he was at the department of health, education, and welfare in the office of civil rights under richard nixon -- >> and quit. >> on principle. he does this sound very well. he is the ultimate goal-to guy. jim baker was at the other one with the reagan administration and b -- jim bakker was another one with the reagan administration. rare commodities the people who are essential to government. >> and he has worn a uniform in this country with military service, which is rare. >> but i think what is important of the two up clemons is the political -- what underlies it politically. it mark is right in pointing up at betray us was the obvious guy you think of to be as sharp -- pointing up petraeus as the guy you would think of to be chairman of troy gee spirit if he retired, he would be a political presence in the country and an attack of presidential candidate. this way, -- attractive presidential candidate. this way, petraeus will be a silent on one point. panetta -- cutting the budget is his job. >> the cia has for some time now been paramilitary. i wonder if that will be built up. >> that is e

and feeling like i've been chased on the freeway by them, but as richard nixon said, you won't be ableo kick this guy around anymore. >> a moment of silence for five- time major champion ballesteros who passed away on friday. glover on the fringe. he finished with 18 under. on the first playoff, bird with a long putt for par? no. and that leaves the door open for lucas glover. he has this putt for par and the win. and it drops. it's his first title since 2009, the u.s. open. no one has an answer for djokovic in 2011. finals, taking on rafael nadal. he hits it between his legs for the winner. that's the only way you can beat djokovic, but he still won the first set. djokovic beats nadal to make it 32 straight wins on the year. it's the best start since john mcenroe in 1984. the sharks leading 2-1. we'll have a wrap on that and then sandy barber, the cal athletic director will be on the show tonight. a lot of people want to know about fishing too. i was trying to avoid the story, but people are telling me, dennis, fishing. >> how did you do? >> no comment. sean won the whole thing and i

wheen he was at the department of health, education, andelfare and office of civil rights under richard nixon -- >> and quit. >> on principle. he knows this down very well. he is the ultimate go-to die. jim baker was another o -- go- to guy. jim baker was another one in it but reagan adminisatio >> another thing is, he actually wore the uniform of this country in military service whih makes him a rather rare. >> he was an army intelligence offir. >> what is important in the two appointments is what underlies them politically. mark is right in pointing out that petraeus is the obvious guy you would think to be chairman of the joint chief but he would be a guywould be out in public, and if and when he retired, he would be a political presence in the countrtry and a very attractive presidential candidate. this way petraeus will be silent for a while. and on panetta cuttinghe budget is his job. is not outlining strategies for how to win and afghanistan or libya. >> the cia has had for some time been paramilitary. i wonder if that will be built up. >> that is exactly what i was talking about. i am

it started in 1960 with richard nixon. it has been going on 50 years. nobody has even kept count of how many people have been arrested -- 10 million, 20 million, 30 million? it sounds like something out of stalin's russia. turn in your neighbors, turn in your friends. if you turn in 10 people, you get less time in prison. that is what it is, you know? this war on drugs is something out of stalin's russia. and let's stop this war on sex offenders before this gets way out of hand. it is already way out of hand. [applause] i know we are concerned about sexual assault and rape and people assaulting women and children -- i know that. most of the people in prison as sex offenders are not those people. i call them romeo and juliet's. he is 19 and she is 16 or she is 19 and he is 16. that is the most of the mark. let's face it -- we should know, especially in san francisco, that as human beings, we are not really comfortable with sex. some of us do not even know who we are, right? from day to day, right? you know, i mean, sex is a very complicated issue. the id

richard nixon and pat buchanan, his communications director, tried to do in public broadcasting in the early 1970's, accused us of being liberal when in fact we were just offering an alternative view of reality. and then bob dole when he was senate majority leader, minority leader, came after public broadcasting. newt gingrich came after public broadcasting. and the majority of the bush and administration, there were more responsive to karl rove the network to the stations. that constant harassment creates a kind of caution and self- censorship on the part of people who just do not want to -- we only get 17% of the budget from congress, that is enough to leave a big gap in what the local stations do if we did not have it. but it creates almost a pavlovian response. i think there is an unintended but inevitable censorship that takes place on the part of the people who are running the programs, booking programs, lining up guests, to make sure that we did not give the right wing another chance to come in and give the say accusation of being liberal. tavis: this book brings to life some of

he never much wanted the job, but richard nixon needed a vice president after his first vp resigned, facing criminal charges. then nixon resigned and ford becb became our 38th president. all the while, all he wanted to be was the speaker of the house. now visitors can see evidence of how beloved he was in the house and in his home state, and tom has our report tonight. >> reporter: it's often said gerald ford was the right man at the right time for a wounded nation reeling from watergate. >> our long national nightmare is over. >> being the right man at the right time started early for gerald ford. in 1934, he was a starting center for the university of michigan football team and close friends with the only black player on the team, a gifted athlete named willis ward. >> back there, then, you suffer suffered through being ostracized if you became too involved with blacks. that was a test to jerry despite that, he was a man although he was only 17 years old. >> reporter: in 1934, the visiting georgia tech team refused to take the field if michigan started ward. steven ford, the presid

it started in 1960 with richard nixon. it has been going on 50 years. nobody has even kept count of how many people have been arrested -- 10 million, 20 million, 30 million? it sounds like something out of stalin's russia. turn in your neighbors, turn in your friends. if you turn in 10 people, you get less time in prison. that is what it is, you know? this war on drugs is something out of stalin's russia. and let's stop this war on sex offenders before this gets way out of hand. it is already way out of hand. [applause] i know we ar

. >> reporter: kissinger is convinced that the president he served, richard nixon, will be vindicatedixon the night before his resignation, history will treat you much more kindly than your contemporaries did, i think. i think he was creative in foreign policy and decisive and did things that... the things that brought him down did not occur in the foreign policy field. >> i neither authorized nor encouraged subordinates to engage in illegal or improper campaign tactics. >> reporter: what brought nixon down, of course, was watergate. kissinger still remembers vividly the final days of the administration, a lonely embittered disgraced richard nixon with few to turn to. >> his last night in office he invited me to come to the lincoln sitting room where he and i used to plan foreign policy together. here was a man who had spent his whole life making himself president. he had thrown it all away by his own actions. as i was leaving he said, why don't we pray together? so it was a moving and in a way appropriate moment to a profound tragedy in a person's life. >> reporter: as nixon's secret

bush and richard nixon said they seem to be very arrogant they are putting forth information that's not true about well the bin ladin see was because it was in a condition when the fact is he died on land the requirement is that bury him on land and i don't think it's they buried him it's a because of saudi arabia's rich maritime history. or pockets. of france and it was volunteered by. washington that is trying it's not nice whether it's our lives. or not. so. some of bin laden's death couldn't have come at a better time u.s. and pakistani relations are going through their worst period since nine eleven the reasons behind it threads of drones and private contractors when a cia agent shows two pakistanis dad in the road daylight earlier this year officials in islamabad said it was the final straw and demanded all american operatives leave the country immediately we have probably rather the present border being when. a guest in the interest of works. pressure why not western pakistan just one week before al qaeda as leader was killed and anti us joan demonstration united hundreds of prot

bush and richard nixon so they seem to be very arrogant they are putting forth information that's not true about well the. bin ladin see was because it was an islamic tradition when the fact is he died on land the requirement is to bury him on land and not i don't think it's they buried him at sea because of saudi arabia's rich maritime history. pakistan has claimed its sovereignty was violated by the u.s. secret mission to eliminate some of the washington but was trying to establish whether its ally was sheltering terribly. or if national reports heaping more pressure on the already strained relationship. some of bin laden's death couldn't have candidate better time u.s. and pakistani relations are going through their worst period since nine eleven reasons behind it predator drones and private contractors when a cia agent shows do pakistanis tad in broad daylight earlier this year officials in islamabad said it was the final straw and demanded all american operatives leave the country immediately we have to be doubly sure rather their presence border being then brought up by start of

and then even more interesting was the fact that president richard nixon, who was then only a few months away from resignation and who just wanted to be in front of a friendly crowd, came down for the first show in the suburbs and -- and played -- played my wild irish rose at the piano and twirled a yo-yo... [laughter] >> i don't care whether that's true. i like it. [laughter] >> irresistible for a writer so i went. >> yeah. >> .down there and.and i stood off in the wings and dolly and porter and stonewall and loretta and roy acuff and cousin minnie pearl, they were all there and.and they just were having such a fine time and.and i thought to myself you know a person could do this. >> mm-hm. >> a person could. >> yeah. >> and there's where i stepped off the precipice. >> right. >> .and -- and went down this long slippery slope that i'm still. >> still on. >> .sliding down. >> yeah. how difficult was it to.i mean you mentioned the.the benefit that you enjoyed from. >> mm-hm. >> .the new yorker relationship but how difficult was it to get this started in the earliest days? >> not.not diffi

reforms in this country too much money has been wasted and too many lives have been ruined by richard nixon's so-called war on drugs. a new leak was discovered at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant in japan today spewing fifty seven months of radioactive waste into a nearby trench meanwhile according to a new report from greenpeace sea life off the coast of the meltdown fukushima nuclear plant contains high levels of radiation japanese officials assured the world that the tons and tons of radioactive waste water that's been dumped into the ocean will dilute enough to not pose a health risk but this new report from greenpeace concluded otherwise has fish oysters and seaweed more than well miles off the coast contain levels of radiation fifty times that's that's five pounds. thousand percent above legal limits so what are these radiation levels mean for potential seafood eaters should we be worried and what can be done if anything to stop for the contamination here to offer some answers on this is kevin cancer radioactive waste specialist at beyond nuclear about or kevin welcome back so first

withdraw from afghanistan we will have to look out the window of the white house and see what richard nixon's are and that's hundreds of thousands of people who are saying in the war now quite candidly that's what it's going to take because then we will we will have transformed his thinking. and he's a political animal and i'm certain he'll be looking at his advisors and saying well done no there's an economic interest i know there's a military and tristan you know there's a military industrial complex but i've got to get reelected and it's hundreds of thousands of two hundred thousand you know we could easily see an opera where a million people can come to washington and say in the war look we saw a transformation we've seen chance from ancient of it least egypt in our lifetime who would have ever thought that that type of transformation would take place so don't think it can't happen here in the united states matter of fact to be quite candid what motivated me of the people in egypt if you remember plant was the civil rights movement led by dr king where they had. publications that they had