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. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium called understanding richard nixon and his era. this hour long program focuses on the environmental and economics policy and the civil rights record and the expansion of the white house staff and its authority during the nixon years. >> well, as the coordinator of of this event and i say in all sin saincerity that i'm very gld to see you all here. this is one of the panels that i've really been looking forward to, the domestic panel. starting with nigel boll who was educated at georgetown university and oxford university, he's taught at the university of edinburgh and oxford where he's been a lexurer since 1988, his books include "the white house and capitol hill," "nixon's business authority and power in presidential politics" which won the richard e.nustead prize in 26. his current project which we're looking forward to is "the politics of money, president's congress and the federal reserve board 1945-1988" and he's currently the director of the american institute at oxford. we're also pleased to have karen holt. kare
. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium called understanding richard nixon and his era. this hour long program focuses on the environmental and economics policy and the civil rights record and the expansion of the white house staff and its authority during the nixon years. >> well, as the coordinator of of this event and i say in all sin saincerity that i'm very gld to see you all here. this is one of the panels that i've really been looking forward to,...
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. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium titled "understanding richard nixon." this hour long discussion focuses on the president's economic and environmental policies and reviews the administration's civil rights record as well as the expansion of the white house staff and its authority during the nixon years. >> well, as one of the coordinator of this event, you know that -- and i say in all sincerity that i'm very glad to see you all here. so this is the panel that -- one of the panels i've really been looking forward to. the domestic panel. we've really got some amazing scholars who have some very interesting and understudied topics. starting with nigel bowles. educated at the university of sussex, georgetown university and oxford university. he's taught about the university of edinboro and university of oxford where he's been a lecturer since 1988. his books include "the white house and capitol hill," "nixon's business." "authority and power in presidential politics" which won the richard e. newstadt produce of the political studies association of the uni
. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium titled "understanding richard nixon." this hour long discussion focuses on the president's economic and environmental policies and reviews the administration's civil rights record as well as the expansion of the white house staff and its authority during the nixon years. >> well, as one of the coordinator of this event, you know that -- and i say in all sincerity that i'm very glad to see you all here. so...
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and he did that through the office of management and budget, renamed and redirected under richard nixon as well as the creation of the domestic council. now, some of mr. nixon's strategies were more direct. relying on appointees as carriers of presidential values. others sought to directly stop or refashion bureaucratic activities. it's important to remember, i think, that richard nixon, like all presidents, started with a congressional strategy. and he also started by saying domestic policy can be run by anybody. the reason to have a president is to have someone who can take a look at important national security and foreign policy issues. so he started without very much attention to a range of domestic policy issues. he turns to these administrative strategies, however, as he found it frustrating and unproductive to try to work with the democratic-controlled congress. and he also quickly grew disenchanted with many of his own initial executive branch appointments. most cabinet members, as it turns out, actually retained sub cabinet members. the assistant secretaries and deputy secretar
and he did that through the office of management and budget, renamed and redirected under richard nixon as well as the creation of the domestic council. now, some of mr. nixon's strategies were more direct. relying on appointees as carriers of presidential values. others sought to directly stop or refashion bureaucratic activities. it's important to remember, i think, that richard nixon, like all presidents, started with a congressional strategy. and he also started by saying domestic policy...
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we'll start off with jeffrey kimba kimball, no one has done more to bring richard nixon's exit strategy to life than jeff kimball. he has written two path finding books on the subject "nixon's vietnam war" in 1998 and 2003's "the vietnam war files." a professor emeritus of the miami university of ohio. jeff has had the great scholarly pleasure in the last decade with each new release of nixon tapes and nixon documents of seeing his work proved right, and i have the great scholarly pleasure of introducing him. ladies and gentlemen, jeffrey kimball. >> thank you, ken, and i thank everyone who is responsible for the conference. what i also want to say or reiterate is something about book, that those of you who are not professional historians may not understand or it may not have been clear. this is a book of hof historiogy is a fancy word of writing about different issues and what different interptations are. this is what the book is about. we all approached it perhaps with a different style, but it is a book about the literature concerning certain issues of broader topics. my topic, as ke
we'll start off with jeffrey kimba kimball, no one has done more to bring richard nixon's exit strategy to life than jeff kimball. he has written two path finding books on the subject "nixon's vietnam war" in 1998 and 2003's "the vietnam war files." a professor emeritus of the miami university of ohio. jeff has had the great scholarly pleasure in the last decade with each new release of nixon tapes and nixon documents of seeing his work proved right, and i have the great...
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go and some of the holes that are still left in the literature. >> to what degree is president richard nixon personally responsible for the nixon administration's anti-dissent policies. that has been the question structuring the scholarly debate about nixon and the dissent for decades. for the purpose of the essay that i wrote and the topic i'm giving today i'm giving anti-dissent policies such as wire tapping, surveillance, black bag jobs all in an effort to weaken and discredit the anti-war movement first and president nixon's own political, quote, unquote, enemies. this body of literature has been largely shaped by historian and one-time washington insider arthur schlessinger's book the imperial presidency which was published in 1973. schlessinger made the case that the executive branch had amassed unprecedented and unchecked powers in order to manage the nation's security. though its publication pre-dated the revelations that came out during the senate watergate investigation, his workplaced in the nixon administration's use of state power within a long history of the growth of the natio
go and some of the holes that are still left in the literature. >> to what degree is president richard nixon personally responsible for the nixon administration's anti-dissent policies. that has been the question structuring the scholarly debate about nixon and the dissent for decades. for the purpose of the essay that i wrote and the topic i'm giving today i'm giving anti-dissent policies such as wire tapping, surveillance, black bag jobs all in an effort to weaken and discredit the...
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, who admired richard nixon. and late in nixon's second term, first term, before he ran for re-election, in 1970-1971, the nixon white house determined that hoover was losing his grip. hoover was now past 75 years old. and he dent want to do some of the dirty tricks that nixon had ordered him to do. wiretapping, breaking, bugging. surveillance, stealing people's personal effects and doing it without judicial warrants on the order of the president. so they set up their own bucket shop, didn't they? in the white house. known as the plumbers. houston from the white house made a liaison with hoover's intelligence chief at the f.b.i. bill sullivan. so known to some of his colleagues as "crazy billy," had been working the intelligence beat for hoover since the 1950's. he wanted to take over the f.b.i. when hoover died. and he overreached. and he tried to take over the bureau when hoover was still alive. with this plan, which is known as the houston plan because it came out, originated in the white house but it was writt
, who admired richard nixon. and late in nixon's second term, first term, before he ran for re-election, in 1970-1971, the nixon white house determined that hoover was losing his grip. hoover was now past 75 years old. and he dent want to do some of the dirty tricks that nixon had ordered him to do. wiretapping, breaking, bugging. surveillance, stealing people's personal effects and doing it without judicial warrants on the order of the president. so they set up their own bucket shop, didn't...
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the other two figures who i think who are interesting who were there are pat nixon, richard nixon's wife, and j jan jeng, the wife of wow. and pat nixon was a much less controversial figure. she was a very loyal wife and she did all the sightseeing which nixon hated and she went to the model farms and approved of the model pigs and she looked at the model kindergartens and she did all that sort of stuff. mao's wife was very much more controversial and after mao's death, in fact, was blamed for a lot of his crimes and was put in prison. she was i think a terrifying personality. she'd been an actress in shanghai, very pretty in her youth, and had made her ways up to the hills of the communist in the late '30s and had attracted mao's attention and he had fallen for her and divorced his other wife, his wife at the time, and his senior colleagues had said to him, this was the nature of the chinese communist party, we'll only give you permission to divorce your wife and marry this pretty actress in shanghai as long as she stays out of politics, and mao accepted the deal, but his wife resented
the other two figures who i think who are interesting who were there are pat nixon, richard nixon's wife, and j jan jeng, the wife of wow. and pat nixon was a much less controversial figure. she was a very loyal wife and she did all the sightseeing which nixon hated and she went to the model farms and approved of the model pigs and she looked at the model kindergartens and she did all that sort of stuff. mao's wife was very much more controversial and after mao's death, in fact, was blamed for...
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i'm skeptical of the notion that richard nixon liked jimmy carter or that jimmy carter liked richard nixon. nixon and reagan always got along quite well together, although they didn't see that much of each other. all of them would get along with ike. ike could sit down at a table with people who had daggers drawn with each other and get them at ease and cooperating. >> who is the smartest of those people? >> oh, ike. i mean, nixon was very smart, very, very smart guy. possibly too smart. but ike was not only a brilliant general, but a very astute politician. always conscious of how to make politics work for him, how to get what he wanted out of congress and how to always make it seem as if it was easy and as if he hadn't done it. the trademark, the grin of ike concealed an icy intelligence. a streak of ruthlessness certainly and a wild temper. ike had a temper just hair trigger temper held back by great, great effort. i mean, ike chain smoking didn't help, but one large part in old age and the heart disease, he spent a lifetime holding back the temper, he would turn red in the face an
i'm skeptical of the notion that richard nixon liked jimmy carter or that jimmy carter liked richard nixon. nixon and reagan always got along quite well together, although they didn't see that much of each other. all of them would get along with ike. ike could sit down at a table with people who had daggers drawn with each other and get them at ease and cooperating. >> who is the smartest of those people? >> oh, ike. i mean, nixon was very smart, very, very smart guy. possibly too...
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. >> the lesson of richard nixon in 1968. richard nixon ran as a competent, experienced, able alternative to the democrats in power. that is what mitt romney has to be. he has to forget it touchy-feely thing. it does not work for him. i agree with my colleagues, the observations made about him, all of which are accurate. the reality is that he is in authentic when he tries to present himself as anything other than what he is, a turnaround artist, but family man. that is fine, but he is a turnaround guy and that is what the argument ought to be exclusively. >> i'm thinking of what joe biden once said -- you have to take a risk when you are running for president. the wrist he did not take this week that he should have was to say something less than complimentary about rush limbaugh. it was a perfect opportunity for what is called a sister souljah moment, to say that i don't always play it safe, i have real values, you went over the line. and to make the optics or is, bain capital owns a clear channel, which is the rush network.
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nixon ran in 1960. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, richard m. federal expenditures as much as $18 billion a year. how will they pay for it? there are only two ways. one is to raise your taxes. that hurts everyone. the other is to increase our national debt and that means raising your prices. robbing you of your savings. cutting into the value of your insurance. hurting your pocketbook every day, at the drugstore, at the grocery store, the gas station. is that what you want for a america? i say no. ill say that's a false doctrine. i say that we can remain the strongest nation on earth, only through continuing our program of response government. >> vote for nixon and lodge, november 8th. >> and darrell, what many people forget is that john kennedy and richard nixon were essentially the same year, only two years accept rated the two of them. >> but kennedy came across as much younger and more vigorous because of how he looked, how he talked and the way he expressed himself. the ad that we just saw represents a genre we don't see that much anymore,
nixon ran in 1960. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, richard m. federal expenditures as much as $18 billion a year. how will they pay for it? there are only two ways. one is to raise your taxes. that hurts everyone. the other is to increase our national debt and that means raising your prices. robbing you of your savings. cutting into the value of your insurance. hurting your pocketbook every day, at the drugstore, at the grocery store, the gas station. is...
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. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium titled "understanding richard nixon and his era." over the next hour, scholars focus on the vietnam war. they discuss the partnership between richard nixon and henry kissinger, the president's approach as commander in chief and the pentagon papers and the administration's response to dissent. >> welcome back to "understanding richard nixon and his era," a symposium. i'm ken hughes. i'm a researcher with the presidential recordings program of the university of virginia's miller center. co-sponsor of this, the first scholarly conference after richard m. nixon library and museum. returning now to nixon and vietnam. a tragically timely subject when america finds herself embroiled in an inclusive war or two. and the editor of foreign affairs and the pages of the "new york times" has suggested that president obama model his exit from afghanistan on president nixon's exit from vietnam. we have some amazing, amazingly good scholars to discuss the subject with you today. i'll introduce each one right before he or she speaks. we'
. >>> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium titled "understanding richard nixon and his era." over the next hour, scholars focus on the vietnam war. they discuss the partnership between richard nixon and henry kissinger, the president's approach as commander in chief and the pentagon papers and the administration's response to dissent. >> welcome back to "understanding richard nixon and his era," a symposium. i'm ken hughes. i'm a...
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>> accept the example and lesson of richard nixon in 1968. richard nixon in 1968 ran as a competent, experienced, people alternative to the democrats in power. that is what mitt romney past to be. he has to forget the touchy- feely thing. it does not work for him. i agree with my colleagues, the observations made about him, all of which are accurate. the reality is that he is ingot into when he truck -- it authentic when he tries to cram so as in anything other than -- he is a turnaround night. that is the argument that are to be exclusively -- ought to be exclusively. >> i think it was joe biden who once said that you have to think of the risks as president. the best he did not take was t with rush limbaugh now. it was a perfect opportunity, a sister souljah moment, to say that i don't always play it safe and you went over the line. on clear channel, the rush network, so to speak. >> look, i am sure that is the liberals' dream, but when the president of the united states apologizes for what bill maher has said about women and this is $1 mill
>> accept the example and lesson of richard nixon in 1968. richard nixon in 1968 ran as a competent, experienced, people alternative to the democrats in power. that is what mitt romney past to be. he has to forget the touchy- feely thing. it does not work for him. i agree with my colleagues, the observations made about him, all of which are accurate. the reality is that he is ingot into when he truck -- it authentic when he tries to cram so as in anything other than -- he is a turnaround...
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now, to explore these questions is not to evolve richard nixon of his role in anti-dissent policy. but we need to acknowledge that the nixon white house formulated these policies in a context of a political climate that had grown increasingly intolerant of public protests and disorder. his program was supported by public officials who, like him, saw limits to constitutional protection during times of upheaval. the policy cannot be adequately explained as natural evolution of the imperial presidency. although, that does tell an important part of the story. they did reflect, i think, a deep am bif lens for americans and dissent which has been the current theme american history. during times of disorder and perceived threat to national security, the line between illegal and legal state activities has often been hard to distinguish and obviously we continue to grapple with the questions even today in order to better understand our own time in the future. thank you. [ applause ] >> i want to remind everybody, we have two very helpful people holding microphones. please have the microphone
now, to explore these questions is not to evolve richard nixon of his role in anti-dissent policy. but we need to acknowledge that the nixon white house formulated these policies in a context of a political climate that had grown increasingly intolerant of public protests and disorder. his program was supported by public officials who, like him, saw limits to constitutional protection during times of upheaval. the policy cannot be adequately explained as natural evolution of the imperial...
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richard nixon holding a gala at the white house to honor vietnam p.o.w.s. is this an appropriate way to say thank you to the troop who is served in iraq? >> i think it is. i think the president has come out and said it's an initial recognition of the success we've had in iraq, understanding that we're still fighting the war in afghanistan. i'm fairly certain at some point when that's over that we'll go recognize everybody who served across both iraq and aftghanistn afghanistan. >> and as you looked at the developments in iraq today, what do you think the u.s. legacy is and will be? >> well, the legacy that we left behind in iraq is largely depending on what the iraqis decide to do right now. we've given them an opportunity to enjoy freedom and liberty and now they need to decide what sort of form that's going to take for them and their children and their grandchildren. >> colonel, you were in the front lines in iraq. what did you see? what were your impressions about your inwaffvolvement in this conflict? >> well, it was a long process. as we went through a
richard nixon holding a gala at the white house to honor vietnam p.o.w.s. is this an appropriate way to say thank you to the troop who is served in iraq? >> i think it is. i think the president has come out and said it's an initial recognition of the success we've had in iraq, understanding that we're still fighting the war in afghanistan. i'm fairly certain at some point when that's over that we'll go recognize everybody who served across both iraq and aftghanistn afghanistan. >>...
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my topic, as ken mentioned, was richard nixon and viet nam war, a big topic and i'll add, a complicate and complex topic. perhaps more complex and complicate than others. it's also a very contentious topic. nixon himself in his words "it was problem number one." of course his phase of the war was the second to last phase, as you remember, the war began you might say in 1946 to the united states beginning with the early involvement. during the french conflict. so, one point i want to make at the outset it is complicated, it is a big topic, and the stories should not only include nixon and kissinger's management of the conflict but the story of the entire war on both sides and all the complexity from 1969 to 1974. from -- in the study of nixon and kissinger it was to a large extent a secret war, that is many of the decisions, key decisions they made were, had secret strategies associated with then and secret purposes. secret -- some extent kept from certain advisors, known only to very small circle. the disadvantage of that is that for some of the issues it's difficult to figure them out
my topic, as ken mentioned, was richard nixon and viet nam war, a big topic and i'll add, a complicate and complex topic. perhaps more complex and complicate than others. it's also a very contentious topic. nixon himself in his words "it was problem number one." of course his phase of the war was the second to last phase, as you remember, the war began you might say in 1946 to the united states beginning with the early involvement. during the french conflict. so, one point i want to...
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and my topic, as ken suggested, mentioned, was richard nixon and the vietnam war, which is a big topic. and i'll add a complicated and complex topic. perhaps more complex and complicated than some others. it's also a very contentious topic. nixon himself, in his words, it was problem number one. of course, his phase of the war was the second collapse phase, if you remember. this is a war that began in you might say 1946 in the united states beginning with its early involvement during the french conflict. so one point i want to make at the outset is that it is complica complicated, it is a big topic and the story should not only include nixon's and kissinger's management of the conflict, but the story of the entire war on both sides. in all its complexity from 1969 to 1974. from the study of nixon and kissinger, it was to a large extent a secret war. that is many of the decisions, key decisions, they made were -- had secret strategies associated with them and secret purposes. secrets to some extent kept from certain advisers and known only to the very kind of small inner circle. the dis
and my topic, as ken suggested, mentioned, was richard nixon and the vietnam war, which is a big topic. and i'll add a complicated and complex topic. perhaps more complex and complicated than some others. it's also a very contentious topic. nixon himself, in his words, it was problem number one. of course, his phase of the war was the second collapse phase, if you remember. this is a war that began in you might say 1946 in the united states beginning with its early involvement during the french...
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>> he has to accept the exale and lesson of richard nixon in 1968. richard nixon in 1968 ran as a competent, experienced able alternative to the democrats in power. that i is what mitt romney has to be buried he has to forget the touchy-feeeely thihing. it does not work for him. i agree with my colleagues, the observations made about him, all of which are accurate. but the reality is that he is inauthenti when he tries to portray itself as anything other than a very successful turnaround artist, a good family man. that is fine but he is a turnararound died. that is the argumument, that is what it ought to be exclusively. >> i think it was joe biden who once said that you have to take a risk when you are running for president. the risisk he did not take this week that he should have taken was to say something less than complimentary about rush limbaugh. it was a perfect opportunity for what was called in the political presre and a sister souljah moment to say i have e a realal values and you went over the line. bain capital owns clear channel, which i
>> he has to accept the exale and lesson of richard nixon in 1968. richard nixon in 1968 ran as a competent, experienced able alternative to the democrats in power. that i is what mitt romney has to be buried he has to forget the touchy-feeeely thihing. it does not work for him. i agree with my colleagues, the observations made about him, all of which are accurate. but the reality is that he is inauthenti when he tries to portray itself as anything other than a very successful turnaround...
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. ♪ >>> long before richard nixon rose to power and fell from grace he was just another man in love.hibit features letters that the 37th president wrote to his future bride. fox 5's allison seymour shows us nixon's softer side. >> reporter: on the day they met he told her he was going to marry her someday. >> she wasn't convinced that was the case right away, but as they got to know each other and realized that they shared a lot of the same hopes and dreams for their lives, they came together and became what later was known once his political career started as the pat and dick team. they spent 53 years together of. >> reporter: it began at a community theater audition in whittier california in 1938, a young lawyer, richard nixon, quite smitten by the lovely schoolteacher pat ryan. he courted her with persistence and a series of romantic letters. >> you remember that funny guy who asked you to go to a ladies night about two years ago? >> reporter: some of that correspondence is going on display at the richard nixon presidential library as part of an exhibit commemorating the life of p
. ♪ >>> long before richard nixon rose to power and fell from grace he was just another man in love.hibit features letters that the 37th president wrote to his future bride. fox 5's allison seymour shows us nixon's softer side. >> reporter: on the day they met he told her he was going to marry her someday. >> she wasn't convinced that was the case right away, but as they got to know each other and realized that they shared a lot of the same hopes and dreams for their...
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. >>> and love letters, a side of richard nixon we've never seen before, the romantic side, madly in love with the woman who later became the first lady. in love with the woman who later became the first lady. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good evening tonight from our london bureau. the world woke up to terrible news from afghanistan where a u.s. army sergeant apparently went on a solo rampage and killed over a dozen afghan civilians including children outside of kandahar. beyond the horror of the loss of life and the initial shock of the news, beyond even the immediate threat of reprisals, this news has now led even more americans to question the mission itself. what america is still doing there and what long ago became our longest war. we talked to the british prime minister about it here in london today. but first here tonight, we have two reports, beginning with nbc news pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. military officials here are convinced that this u.s. soldier acte
. >>> and love letters, a side of richard nixon we've never seen before, the romantic side, madly in love with the woman who later became the first lady. in love with the woman who later became the first lady. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good evening tonight from our london bureau. the world woke up to terrible news from afghanistan where a u.s. army sergeant apparently went on a solo rampage and killed over a...
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>> reporter: some of that the correspondent is going to display at the richard nixon presidential library as part of an exhibit commemmorating the life of pat nixon. >> richard's letters are ardent, poetic at point, very demonstrative in herms of how he feels about pat. >> reporter: they finally got married. >> her letters are a little lighter in tone but clearly very affectionate. one of my favorite lines from one of the letters is when she says if you get done early, come by and i'll burn a hamburger for you. >> nixon calls his wife to be his irish gypsy and refers to himself in the third person. >> when the winds blow and the rains fall and the sun ships through the clouds as it is now, he still resolves as he did then that nothing so fine ever happened to him or nip else as falling in love with three, my dearest heart, love dick. >> nixon was raised in the quaker tradition an in some of the letters he uses familiar quaker terms like thee and thine to refer to his future bride. >> as independent it language that you would use outside of a home or a close personal relationship. i think
>> reporter: some of that the correspondent is going to display at the richard nixon presidential library as part of an exhibit commemmorating the life of pat nixon. >> richard's letters are ardent, poetic at point, very demonstrative in herms of how he feels about pat. >> reporter: they finally got married. >> her letters are a little lighter in tone but clearly very affectionate. one of my favorite lines from one of the letters is when she says if you get done early,...
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first up, richard nixon. a romantic. who would have thought? on library has released letters he sent to his wife. >> he said, every day and every night, i want to see you and be with you. he called her an irish gypsy who radiates haul that is happy and beautiful. they would go on to be married for 50 years. >>> a couple of quick tips to increase your odds of bracket success. >> first off, the more people in your pool, the more you should mix up your slate and avoid picking all the favorites. don't pick all the number one feeds. >> flip a coin to get the winner of every game. the odds, 1 in 100 million trillion. >> we'll do this later. >> or just bet on the tar heels. the best bet. >>> an unexpected visit from the sandman. >> coming up on the bbc news channel, the latest news from home and abroad. >> yep, simon mccoy was apparently caught in mid nap, sleeping on the tv. the producers cut back to the studio earlier than the anchors were expected. >> the beauty of live tv. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. anything for a headache... lik
first up, richard nixon. a romantic. who would have thought? on library has released letters he sent to his wife. >> he said, every day and every night, i want to see you and be with you. he called her an irish gypsy who radiates haul that is happy and beautiful. they would go on to be married for 50 years. >>> a couple of quick tips to increase your odds of bracket success. >> first off, the more people in your pool, the more you should mix up your slate and avoid picking...
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to understanding richard nixon. i'm ken hughes, a researcher with the presidential recordings program with the miller center. co-sponsor of the first scholarly conference at richard m. nixon library and museum. returning now to nixon and viet nam. tragically timely subject when america finds herself embroiled in an inconclusive war or two. editor of foreign affairs in the pages of the new york times has suggested president obama model his exit from afghanistan on president nixon's exit from viet nam. we have some amazing good scholars to discuss the subject with you. i'll introduce right before he or
to understanding richard nixon. i'm ken hughes, a researcher with the presidential recordings program with the miller center. co-sponsor of the first scholarly conference at richard m. nixon library and museum. returning now to nixon and viet nam. tragically timely subject when america finds herself embroiled in an inconclusive war or two. editor of foreign affairs in the pages of the new york times has suggested president obama model his exit from afghanistan on president nixon's exit from...
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. >>> before richard nixon rose to power and fell from grace, he was another man in love and a brand new exhibit features letters the president wrote had tohis future bride. allison seymour shows us nixon's softer side. >> reporter: on the day they met, he told her he was going to marry her some day. >> and she was not convinced that was the case right away. as they got to know each other and realized they shared some hopes and dreams for their life, they came together and became what was later known once the political career started, the patten-dick team. >> reporter: it began at a community theatre oddnition whittier, california n1938. a young lawyer, richard nixon, was quite schmidten by the lovely school teacher, pat ryan and courted her with dogged persistence and a series of letters. >> you remember the funny guy who asked to you go to a 20, 30 ladies night two years ago? >> reporter: some of the correspondence is going display at the richard nixon presidential library as part of a exhibit commemorating the life of pat nixon. >> richard's letters are ardent and poetic even, dem
. >>> before richard nixon rose to power and fell from grace, he was another man in love and a brand new exhibit features letters the president wrote had tohis future bride. allison seymour shows us nixon's softer side. >> reporter: on the day they met, he told her he was going to marry her some day. >> and she was not convinced that was the case right away. as they got to know each other and realized they shared some hopes and dreams for their life, they came together and...
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i think if we had done -- believe it not, what richard nixon had recommended in 1973, which was fund a very strong r&d program in energy. >> i wrote the executive summary of that study. i knew what that said. it is interesting, in some ways, it was very right. it was a very short study. followed a much later by an enormous thing called project independence. i think the only thing you could do with the project independence steady to boil it to make some steam. we looked at things. we did not know there was much natural gas. we were not sure about oil. we were very confident in nuclear -- may be overconfident. and we wanted to electrify everything. and we wanted to do everything we could do to coal -- liquefy it, burn it directly. it has not worked that way particularly. except, electricity is coming along much later. but we are on the verge of the electric car. you are not so sure? >> i am not. then i think we're on the verge. i will tell you what. -- >> i think we are on the verge. i would tell you. an electric car with the power plant on board. if we put the plant off board, we have
i think if we had done -- believe it not, what richard nixon had recommended in 1973, which was fund a very strong r&d program in energy. >> i wrote the executive summary of that study. i knew what that said. it is interesting, in some ways, it was very right. it was a very short study. followed a much later by an enormous thing called project independence. i think the only thing you could do with the project independence steady to boil it to make some steam. we looked at things. we...
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melvin small's "the presidency of richard nixon 1999" again took an integrative approach blending nixon with his advisers to study motivations and actions and policy break-throughs and s setbacks. my own book "nixon's civil rights" published in 2001 i put in the revisionist camp tried to account for nixon's sporadic boldness and frequent vacillation as well as successes and failings on civil rights. it tried to do all of that by emphasizing the political, practical and philosophical underpinnings of what nixon did in the area of civil rights. my noting that nixon had principle was one of the more bolder claims of the book, i think. the balance sheet showed, i argued that, he did more to achieve int dprags in the workplace with affirmative action than in schools or in housing although obviously the school desegregation record in the south was strong. he supported separateism in a number of ways sufficient as minority-owned banks and businesses, historically black colleges, and native-american indian tribes and i should add here he was baffled by women's rights but it achieved some progre
melvin small's "the presidency of richard nixon 1999" again took an integrative approach blending nixon with his advisers to study motivations and actions and policy break-throughs and s setbacks. my own book "nixon's civil rights" published in 2001 i put in the revisionist camp tried to account for nixon's sporadic boldness and frequent vacillation as well as successes and failings on civil rights. it tried to do all of that by emphasizing the political, practical and...
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i think if we had done -- believe it not, what richard nixon had recommended in 1973, which was fund a very strong r&d program in energy. >> i wrote the executive summary of that study. i knew what that said. it is interesting, in some ways, it was very right. it was a very short study. followed a much later by an enormous thing called project independence. i think the only thing you could do with the project independence steady to boil it to make some steam. we looked at things. we did not know there was much natural gas. we were not sure about oil. we were very confident in nuclear -- may be overconfident. and we wanted to electrify everything. and we wanted to do everything we could do to coal -- liquefy it, burn it directly. it has not worked that way particularly. except, electricity is coming along much later. but we are on the verge of the electric car. you are not so sure? >> i am not. then i think we're on the verge. i will tell you what. -- >> i think we are on the verge. i would tell you. an electric car with the power plant on board. if we put the plant off board, we have
i think if we had done -- believe it not, what richard nixon had recommended in 1973, which was fund a very strong r&d program in energy. >> i wrote the executive summary of that study. i knew what that said. it is interesting, in some ways, it was very right. it was a very short study. followed a much later by an enormous thing called project independence. i think the only thing you could do with the project independence steady to boil it to make some steam. we looked at things. we...
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richard nixon said he was speaking for the silent majority. those who don't protest, and the power that an appeal draws on for richard nixon is the idea that somehow as an ordinary middle-class american you're being dispossessed by the forces of change, but the forces of reform. and it has this powerful demagogic appeal. richard nixon does not invent, but he does exploit. he creates the language for a. he creates sort of the playbook. although to say that he created it is a bit of a misnomer because the first person to take a advantage of this backlash against liberalism was, of course, ronald reagan who ran for president in 1966. very easy to imagine richard nixon running for president in 1968 the same way he did in 1960 as kind of this wise statement, this disinterest, and of course in policy terms you was quite centrist. but his rhetoric is the same kind of thing we are hearing from newt gingrich who once said that liberals are the enemy of ordinary americans, rick santorum who said that barack obama is this not for suggesting that all amer
richard nixon said he was speaking for the silent majority. those who don't protest, and the power that an appeal draws on for richard nixon is the idea that somehow as an ordinary middle-class american you're being dispossessed by the forces of change, but the forces of reform. and it has this powerful demagogic appeal. richard nixon does not invent, but he does exploit. he creates the language for a. he creates sort of the playbook. although to say that he created it is a bit of a misnomer...
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knowing that, prepare to fall in love with richard nixon. listen to this. somehow on tuesday there was something electric in the usually almost stifling air of whittier, and now i know an irish gypsy who radiates all that is happy and beautiful was there. she left behind a note addressed with a struggling barister who looks from a window and dreams. he found sunshine and flowers and a great spirit. he knew why he felt so many fine things for this girl he had learned to know and though he is a prosaiic person, his heart was filled with that grand poetic music, which makes us wish for those we love. and though he knew he should not bore her with those thoughts displaying, when the winds blow and the rains fall and the sun shines through the clouds as it is now, he still resolves as he did then that nothing so fine ever happened to him or anyone else as falling in love with thee, my dearest heart. these letters do not erase some of the bleakest episodes of modern political history, but look at this postscript. someday let me see you again? in september? maybe?
knowing that, prepare to fall in love with richard nixon. listen to this. somehow on tuesday there was something electric in the usually almost stifling air of whittier, and now i know an irish gypsy who radiates all that is happy and beautiful was there. she left behind a note addressed with a struggling barister who looks from a window and dreams. he found sunshine and flowers and a great spirit. he knew why he felt so many fine things for this girl he had learned to know and though he is a...
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and when she died, richard nixon sobbed at her funeral. his dearest was gone. >>> and here's to friendship and consolation wherever you find it. samantha, a 47-year-old gorilla, has a cuddly new pet with long ears. a rabbit named panda. they have become roommates at the erie pennsylvania zoo. the zoo put them together because samantha seemed lonely after her last gorilla companion died. and zoo officials say she is old and kind and would never want to hurt the rabbit. even scratches the rabbit under the chin. they say they're just positive that panda's not in danger. as you see, there's an escape hatch right there. the panda, rabbit, can get away just in case. >>> coming up, one detective's amazing discovery. is this da vinci's long-lost masterpiece? you wouldn't want your doctor doing your job. so why are you doing his? only your doctor can determine if your persistent heartburn is actually something more serious... like acid reflux disease. over time, stomach acid can damage the lining of your esophagus. for many, prescription nexium not
and when she died, richard nixon sobbed at her funeral. his dearest was gone. >>> and here's to friendship and consolation wherever you find it. samantha, a 47-year-old gorilla, has a cuddly new pet with long ears. a rabbit named panda. they have become roommates at the erie pennsylvania zoo. the zoo put them together because samantha seemed lonely after her last gorilla companion died. and zoo officials say she is old and kind and would never want to hurt the rabbit. even scratches...
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bill and then you'll see him later on, of course, the '68 republican convention standing next to richard nixon, walking out with him. >> one of the things in the first clip that we saw, the reference to 60 million people were listening. i know that was on television, but very few people could even see that. >> right. >> how important was radio in those days? >> it was the medium. and the fact that there were 60 million and maybe 180, 200 million in the country, that was a pretty good size. when you consider it's a political convention, that's a pretty good group of people. and when i first read that early on, i thought it must have been 6 million, but i checked it out more than once and there were 60 million people listening. the tv on the east coast was sort of closed circuit and it was to a few station, the president watched it on tv, but very little network on the east coast, other than that the tv was really nowhere else. radio was it. >> which he was running for the senate, hubert humphrey then? >> yes. he declared in the spring, and he declared in the spring. >> i must say the next clip
bill and then you'll see him later on, of course, the '68 republican convention standing next to richard nixon, walking out with him. >> one of the things in the first clip that we saw, the reference to 60 million people were listening. i know that was on television, but very few people could even see that. >> right. >> how important was radio in those days? >> it was the medium. and the fact that there were 60 million and maybe 180, 200 million in the country, that was...
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. >> how badly was he defeated in '68 by richard nixon? >> well, he lost by one half of one percent of the popular vote, but he lost the electoral election by more, because he had some areas he didn't carry. but the popular vote was really close. literally less than one half of one percent. >> during your documentary we hear hubert humphrey's voice a lot and don't see him. where does that come from? >> i think we dealt with the audiotapes of humphrey, a lot of it came from when he did his autobiography, he recorded on to cassette tapes and sent them to norman sherman who worked for him and they worked it into an au autobiograp autobiography. he spoke more than he wrote. he wrote inside the senate, but he didn't write outside the senate very much, so he was better at speaking, so he spoke into these tapes and sent them to norman sherman. and thankful that the tapes are still around and that's what i used and we converted them to a digital format. >> here's how you treated his world after he was defeated. >> in 1969, humphrey was out of publ
. >> how badly was he defeated in '68 by richard nixon? >> well, he lost by one half of one percent of the popular vote, but he lost the electoral election by more, because he had some areas he didn't carry. but the popular vote was really close. literally less than one half of one percent. >> during your documentary we hear hubert humphrey's voice a lot and don't see him. where does that come from? >> i think we dealt with the audiotapes of humphrey, a lot of it came...
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what kind of press did richard nixon get overall? watergate hadn't happened. >> no. >> that was in june of that same year. >> yeah. >> what kind of press w her >> he got really good press. nixon got the view that the press hated him. he used to go on about the liberal establishment and the press aren't fair to me and they hate me. the press on a whole were pretty favorable to him. and the china trip got amazing coverage. a lot of it was live on prime time television on the u.s. >> because of the time difference. >> because 8:00 in the morning in beijing is 8:00 at night in the u.s. and so quite often people as they were having their ssupper r supper would see the live footage from beijing. the banquet from beijing was shown live on american television, it was the most watched and recognized in american history up to that point and nixon got the press reports every day while he was in china and i think was pretty pleased with them. >> what role did bob haldeman play? >> i think it was frankel from "the new york times" or it was john ch
what kind of press did richard nixon get overall? watergate hadn't happened. >> no. >> that was in june of that same year. >> yeah. >> what kind of press w her >> he got really good press. nixon got the view that the press hated him. he used to go on about the liberal establishment and the press aren't fair to me and they hate me. the press on a whole were pretty favorable to him. and the china trip got amazing coverage. a lot of it was live on prime time...
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that is during the watergate period for richard nixon. and his opinions, there were nine of them during that period, were extremely important in establishing some of the basic ideas for how we look today at the appointments process. he's also served as consul don't the oversight board and private counsel presenting briefs and oral arguments before the supreme court in the 2009 case free enterprise fund versus pcaob, which was another appointments case. he's also been a specialist, as i said, in american public law with the american law division of the congressional research service and specialized in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law and congressional practice and procedure and labor law. and in problems raised by the interface of congress and the executive branch. in 2004 -- i'm sorry, in 2005, he was the recipient of the 2004-2005 mary c. lawton award for outstanding public service by the american bar association section of administrative law and regulatory practice. mort, the floor is yours. >> thank you. i want to th
that is during the watergate period for richard nixon. and his opinions, there were nine of them during that period, were extremely important in establishing some of the basic ideas for how we look today at the appointments process. he's also served as consul don't the oversight board and private counsel presenting briefs and oral arguments before the supreme court in the 2009 case free enterprise fund versus pcaob, which was another appointments case. he's also been a specialist, as i said, in...
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the government and the most popular record, especially significant tonight is the photograph of richard nixonand elvis presley. tonight's program is titled a matter of simple justice. it's a subject largely discussed today at the nixon administration more than any previous presidency by the opportunities for women in government. the panel took a look at the aspect of the nixon presidency. our moderator is judy woodruff, coanchor of "pbs newshour" and veteran journalist has covered politics and other news from within three decades and cnn, nbc and pbs. previously woodruff served as an curve and senior correspondent for cnn hosting the political program inside politics and other major news coverage. early in her career she covered the white house for nbc news. and she doesn't think she was visiting professor at duke university sanford institute of public policy or she was an undergraduate and where i in rabid librarian. after serving as a visiting fellow at harvard university's center on the best politics public policy. currently she also hosts a monthly programs for bloomberg television as jud
the government and the most popular record, especially significant tonight is the photograph of richard nixonand elvis presley. tonight's program is titled a matter of simple justice. it's a subject largely discussed today at the nixon administration more than any previous presidency by the opportunities for women in government. the panel took a look at the aspect of the nixon presidency. our moderator is judy woodruff, coanchor of "pbs newshour" and veteran journalist has covered...
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just to give you aned in how long it has been around it opened in 1971 when richard nixon was president. the new store is bigger and better. the there will be a lot of familiar facesty new story. the former employees are now working at the new store. >> i will miss it. and voice is a home away from home. >> i am close to the customers here. >> there are no plans on taking place in the they will redevelop the space. >> look. >>> a twister ripping through a bus. >>> if you did not see the cherry blossoms. great photo graphs. >> you which want to enjoy the day. >> delays on i-95 where next. >>> a live look at the big apple. >>> in the tech bites, looking into the neighbor practices at the factories where apple products are made. and the investigation found no evidence of labor or a sweatshop environment. but the company has agreed to reduce forced evertime without reducing wages. the first flexible e-paper display t can bend off center. >>> and google is taking on the i pad. the company is working with several manufacturers to develop their own tablets and sell them through a new store. >>
just to give you aned in how long it has been around it opened in 1971 when richard nixon was president. the new store is bigger and better. the there will be a lot of familiar facesty new story. the former employees are now working at the new store. >> i will miss it. and voice is a home away from home. >> i am close to the customers here. >> there are no plans on taking place in the they will redevelop the space. >> look. >>> a twister ripping through a bus....
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. >> a softer side of richard nixon.e letters being made public. >> appeal like today's weather, tamara's more of the same. >> teh caps hitting the road and the redskins releasing a few veterans. the nfl dropping a bomb on them. what's the latest unemployment report had good news for younger americans. >> jobs for 25-34-year-old americans fell from 9% to 8.7%. during the recession peak, many college graduates who could afford it went to graduate school with few prospects. >> turning the old post office into a luxury hotel was selected over other deals. trauma offered to pay $300 million in the year to the general services -- trump offered $300 million but they gsa chose trump's plan instead of making it an office building. >> nearly released love letters reveal former president nixon a's sensitive side. they were britain while he and his future wife, pat, were still dating. he reaper's -- he refers to her as "his dearest heart." we have some excerpts posted right now on our website wjla.com. >> a day at the opera for ele
. >> a softer side of richard nixon.e letters being made public. >> appeal like today's weather, tamara's more of the same. >> teh caps hitting the road and the redskins releasing a few veterans. the nfl dropping a bomb on them. what's the latest unemployment report had good news for younger americans. >> jobs for 25-34-year-old americans fell from 9% to 8.7%. during the recession peak, many college graduates who could afford it went to graduate school with few...
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considering playing lyndon johnson and john cusack playing the role of richard nixon. i could see that. no? no? no, you can't. >> nixon had some distinguishable features, it's going to be a lot of make up work. >> let's play my favorite game, who is going to play bill carens? >> i don't know, probably a b-list actor. >>> all right, this now comes to us from wncnc news channel 36. one couple made a discovery that might make their friends green with envy. they unearthed a 50 caret emerald. it's a little bigger than a nickel but could earn them a lot more than that. its estimated worth? $10,000. the pair had been at the mine for just five minutes when they came across the precious stone. back to that mine. >> yeah, more. >> five minutes. imagine what else is there? >> that other place is arkansas where you d go and dig for diamonds and stuff. you probably don't find much. >> this is "early today." this is your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this t
considering playing lyndon johnson and john cusack playing the role of richard nixon. i could see that. no? no? no, you can't. >> nixon had some distinguishable features, it's going to be a lot of make up work. >> let's play my favorite game, who is going to play bill carens? >> i don't know, probably a b-list actor. >>> all right, this now comes to us from wncnc news channel 36. one couple made a discovery that might make their friends green with envy. they unearthed...