his legacy. >> reporter: he received worldwide fame for his series of interviews with president richard nixon. best known for getting the former president to admit wrongdoing in the watergate scandal. >> i let down my friends. i let down the country. >> reporter: in 1977 three years after resigning, nixon refused to talk with anyone. frost offered him $600,000 and a cut of the profits, nixon said yes. anthony nathan talked to frost in 2008 about that interview. >> do you think he picked you to do this interview in any way because you were an out sider? >> i think it happened. >> reporter: it helped for later bases of the film frostnixon. he wore his trade mark red socks. >> did you believe about him having weapon of mas destruction? >> reporter: he questioned 8 presidents, and prime ministers. frost was called a friend and fierce interviewer. beyond politics he want on one with one with celebrities. >> when i meet this man, if you think the world was surprised when nixon resigned wait until i whip foreman's behind. >> you nighted in 1993, the late princess diana was god mother of the youngest

. >>> when we come back on this sunday evening, the man who got richard nixon to apologize for the watergateffair, remembering sir david frost. >>> talk about a close call. it happened on a coastal road >>> talk about a close call. it happened on a coastal road after days of heavy rain in northern taiwan. a car was caught up in the debris of a landslide when suddenly, a giant boulder came crashing onto the highway. fortunately, the driver and passenger in this car escaped with minor injuries. >>> we learned today of the passing of the veteran british broadcaster, sir david frost, best known for his incisive interviews with public figures like former president richard nixon. frost died last night of an apparent heart attack aboard the queen elizabeth cruise ship. tonight, more from london with annabel roberts. >> hello. good evening. and welcome. hello. good evening. and welcome. >> reporter: the legendary journalist interviewed seven u.s. presidents and eight british prime ministers, but it was david frost's exchanges with nixon that stand out, his persistent questioning finally drawing out

your conclusion. >> it is. >> but now let's look at the facts. >> reporter: those interviews with richard nixon were what made david frost famous. for 29 hours, facing off in front of the cameras, after nixon left office. >> the president can decide that it's in the best interest of the nation, or something, and do something illegal. >> or when the president does it, that means it is not illegal. >> reporter: with frost, nixon came very close to apologizing to the american people. >> i let the american people down. and i have to carry that burden with me for the rest of my life. my political life is over. >> reporter: 45 million watched. the interview so dramatic -- >> one, you could get $1 million and you could get it in cash -- >> reporter: it was turned into a 2008 hollywood movie, "frost/nixon." >> one, you could get $1 million and you could get it in cash. i know where it can be gotten. two, your major guy to keep under control is -- >> stop you now right there, because you're quoting me out of context, out of order. and, i might add, i have participated in all these interviews without a s

with nixon, he did 28 hours of tape with richard nixon.nd the amount of preparation that david frost had to do, he told me weeks and weeks and weeks of really immaculate preparation. and what that meant was that he was then able to go anywhere that nixon went and know where he was going, second guess him and in many cases be ahead of him. and that was incredibly powerful tool in the david frost armory. so you look at the nixon interview and it has to be the template not just of david frost's interview style but for anyone following him. you can never do enough preparation. i think he had a beguiling charm. i always called him the charming -- he would be so seductive and friendly and nice and polite and then ask the most brutal questions with this lovely smile on his face and get out the most extraordinary revelations. that was difd frost. he was the quintessential british gentleman and he used all of that. he was kind of the james bond of interviewers if you like, where before you knew it, he gunned you down. >> a lot we can learn from him

the people around him, i blame them for that and i blame richard nixon himself.ual and sometimes very irritable with his staff. reading his notes going into the debate the one i was doing that when you're talking now. [laughter] neil: can't wait until the book is finished. another great one, i am sure. by the way, don't assume that you remember that, i'm not nearly as old as it. [laughter] neil: pat buchanan, one of the smartest minds i know. thank you, sir. in the meantime, if you will ever want to side with these guys. by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. see who does good work and compare costs. it doesn't usually work that way with health care. but with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and estimates for how much i'll pay. that helps me, and my guys, make better decisions.

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history. >> and there is the president waving good-bye. >> glor: david frost paid for it giving richard nixon $600,000 dollars for nixon's first interview since resigning the presidency but the gamble paid off 45 million americans watched. >> the president can decide that it's in the best interests of the nation or something, and do something illegal. >> well, when the president does it that means that it is not illegal. >> jeff: by definition? >> exactly. >> reporter: if nixon was expecting a softball session, he got a far more serious conversation. most dramatically about watergate. >> so that is obstruction of justice. >> now just a moment. >> period. >> that's your conclusion. >> reporter: as frost elicited, the closest thing the american public ever got to an apology. >> i let down the country. >> the grand inquisitor... >> reporter: 30 years later the historic interviews were dramatized in a broadway play and a hollywood movie. >> why didn't you burn the tapes? >> reporter: frost reflected with cbs news six years ago. >> he was by far the most interesting person in the world to get to t

president richard nixon in 1977. one person he knew -- who knew david frofs was well was richard brock. he worked with him on the frost interview and front appropriate over the world here at al jazeera. richard joins me on this sad day from london. richard, he was known for the interview stuff of television. what made him such a good inquiz tore? >> david was not a pressure. he would have a conversation, but he would always get to the plays where he wanted to get to and where every interviewer wants to get to. he wanted the schools but he did it in a particular style. he did get the big stories. he got the news lines. he got everything he wanted, but he did it in a way which wasn't so inquiz tole for some. >> he was never aggressive? was he. he asked the right questions which is what it's all about. that's right. he didn't like aggressive interviews. he didn't think that they put over the right image for interviews and he didn't thing that they necessarily got the results whereas his 9s a very conversational style. he

cameron alluded to, his most famous interview of richard nixon when the american president admitted he betrayed his people. that interview itself exposed something of frost's genius of understanding how people operate and then getting them to reveal themselves. >> one of the reasons he wasn't in touch with what people were thinking was he didn't like going out of his way to meet people because he was awkward with people. that awkwardness and clumsiness is one of the things that closed him off from knowing what the public was really thinking. it's those personal flaws that come through. prime minister, thank you very much indeed. >> reporter: david frost's legacy is unique in television. a newsman and journalist who is also an entertainer known on both sides of the atlantic. anyone who is anyone is flattered to be offered a frost interview. hardly anyone in the history of tv can make that claim. lawrence lee, al jazeera, london. >>> just last month the city of detroit became the largest city in the united states to declare bankruptcy, but now the motor city is getting some help from a g

>> the republican candidate is richard nixon and democratic candidate senator john f.y. >> then you wonder why kennedy won and why republicans all look like that today. >> that's a cheap shot. a very nice moment and then had to call republicans ugly. i've got 10 seconds. why bother? >> you're out. >> >> welcome to "red eye." it is like the man with the golden gun if by golden gun you mean a troubling medical condition. due to andy levy's tragic death of suffocating under a lounger with 30 pounds of cat hair there is no pre game report. let's welcome this merry band of jerks. she is so hot that easy bake ovens call her for career advice. i am here with fox business network anchor lori rothman. and filling in for andy levy is swedish glass blower henrick vaughn sam you sen. he makes replicas of bowls and blown thousands of male models. and my repull sills

he will forever be linked to his famous interview with former president richard nixon. the interview took place three years after mr. mix on resigned from office in disgrace. several years ago, frost talked about the interview. >> the main surprise was that he did go as far as he did -- which was fantastic. >> >> reporter: he was knighted in 1993, friends say he loved broadcasting and was looking forward to a host of projects, including interviewing the prime minister of britain next week. prime minister sent this statement praising frost -- . >>> all right, up next, continuing coverage on the new bay bridge. . >>> work continues here at the toll plaza for the new bay bridge. we'll update you on the project on the bike and pedestrian path. >> >> what is going to happen on the troll on the owe eastern span in alex savage went to an east bay museum looking for answers. >> >> video ads on facebook reports that the social media website could start to air them and how soon. >> >> the new ktvu-i pad app is ready for you to download. you can watch us live and get breaking news

>> the republican candidate is richard nixon and democratic candidate senator john f.onder why kennedy won and why republicans all look like that today. >> that's a cheap shot. a very nice moment and then had to call republicans ugly. i've got 10 seconds. why bother? >> you're out. >> special report is next. >>> another snag for the president's health care overhaul. we'll find out how deeply house republicans will dig in on obamacare. this is special report. >>> good evening. i'm bret baer. show down in the senate comes tomorrow. republicans will stand together to try to prevent the majority leader from the house spending bill in order to strip out gop prevision defunding the president's health care law. if the senate does get to 60 votes in the next hurdle, the

the correct answer to our gps challenge question was c, richard nixon.e better known for his historic first visit to china but he was also the first sitting president to visit russia in may of 1972. he had traveled there before as vice president in 1959 when he took part in the infamous kitchen debate with soviet premier krush shauf. i will see you next week. stay tuned for "reliable sources." >>> around the world this week, the news about syria raised questions about america. what are america's motives? is it a nation of war or the great defender of human rights? public perception may hinge on where the news comes from. >> the senate foreign relations committee gave the president the united states what he wanted. the authority to use military might against syria. >> president obama and secretary of state john kerry keep asserting over and over again that they believe they have the right to go on their own, even if congress says no. >> it seems that washington's priority at the moment is to send

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president richard nixon. ining me on the line from sussex in the united kingdom is the executive producer of the frost show, richard brock. a unique interviewing style is a good way of describing sir david frost's way of talking to people. >> yes. he had great courtesy. he was a very polite broadcaster, and he used to embroil his guests in conversations. when necessary, he could be tough, but more than anything, he wanted to extract as much information as he could without necessarily turning nasty. he was very, very polite both on and off screen. >> he also had a light touch, didn't he, richard? as well as doing the serious interviews, he could do some things that were almost comic-like through the keyhole. >> yes. that's part of what david was. he had a great sense of humor, and he used to constantly laugh and joke off-screen and also occasionally on-screen. he was a terrific guy. his sense of humor shone through everything he did. it wasn't all heavyweight political interviews. he really got a kick out of th

president richard nixon in the 1970s. lawrence lew reports. >> reporter: hello. welcome to "frost over the world." by the time david frost was on the screen at al jazeera, he achieved something no television journalist ever did. he was a true global star. a man who celebrities and world leaders and the rest wanted to be interviewed by, even if they knew it might be uncomfortable. >> so far it's been, you know, pretty much a disaster. >> it has. >> reporter: he was equally at home sitting next to karzai as he was to isabel. such muches his charm and presence, he was impossible not to like. despite his fame, he always had time for a colleague in the corridor as it is a serving prime minister. >> amazing because of the amount of people he dealt with on a daily basis. you have statesmen, celebrities. he knew them all, and yet he was an ordinary guy. really very nice man. >> reporter: david cameron said, my heart goes out to korina and the family. david was an extraordinary man with charm, wit, talent and intelligence and warm in equal measure. he made a huge impact o

frost is best known for his series of interviews with richard nixon after water gate. frost was on a cruise ship delivering a speech when he suffered a heart attack. he was 74-year-old old. >>> nelson mandela is out of the hospitals' back home. he was admitted to a hospital on june 8th for a recuring lung infection. he is still in critical condition and will receive the same intensive care at home which has now been configured like his hospital room. mandela could still return to the hospital if his health deteriorates any further. >> back here in the bay, caltrain riders who drive to station parking lots should brace for a price hike. the daily parking rate goes up to $5 today. the monthly parking fee goes up to $50, ten dollars more than what commuters currently pay. cal trains says it's only raises parking fees once since 2005 and the higher fee is needed to cover the increased cost of maintaining a parking lot. >> thousands of people enjoyed oakland's pride celebration today. >> i'm having a great time. >> had a first-ever marriage pavilion where same-sex couples c

they're set to vote on ove overriding richard nixon's law. and in colorado two state lawmakers have been kicked out of office for backing tighter gun laws there. the two lawmakers voted for tougher gun restrictions following the shooting in auro aurora, colorado. despite losing seats, john morse said he wouldn't soften his stance. >> i said if it costs my political career, that's a small price to pay. the families of his victims have a huge price to pay. we did the right thing. >> there is a cliff hang center new york city's mayor race. bill dehasio has the lead. but with exactly 47% of the vote he could still face a run off. anthony weiner conceded last night after reportedly giving the therapeuti finger to the me. >> the mortgage bangers association is reporting that mortgage application index plunged to its lowest point since november of 2008. higher interest rates are reducing the demand for home loans. bank of america and wells fargo are cutting jobs in their mortgage divisions because of the drop off. >>> new vehicles sold in the u.s. a

best known for interviewing richard nixon on watergate, seen on television. frost died of a heart attack. >>> for the first time a supreme court justice has officiated at a same-sex wedding. ruth bader ginsburg did the honor. >>> cheney versus cheney. mary says her sister liz is quote dead wrong on the issue of gay marriage. lynn cheney says she opposes gay marriage. >>> and russian president vladimir put join visited some animals on sunday and fed some dolphins at an oceania. >>> that does it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> heavy rain in taiwan triggered a dramatic landslide, you can see the earth pour over this white car pushing it across the road. as this huge boulder comes to a rest. the torrential rains caused by tropical rains, leave the possibility of more landslides. >>> in las vegas, the flash flooding warning has ended, many roads still closed. many homes and vehicles were severely damaged in that storm leaving residents not only to have to clean up from this mess but to have to find new places to live, i guess and nbc's dylan deyer

cameron alluded to his most famous interview that of richard nixon when the american president admitted had betrayed his people. that interview exposed part of frost's genius, getting people to reveal themselves. >> he didn't want to he was awkward with people, that clumsiness probably closed him off from what knowing what the public were think. >> prime minister thank you very much very much indeed. >> david frost is unique in television, an entertainer known on both sides of the atlantic. anyone who was anyone, would have been flattered to have the frost interview. lawrence lee, al jazeera london. >> gorge, i'm morgan radford and these are some of the stories we're following at this hour. secretary of state john kerry says the case against the syrian government is growing stronger by the day. kerry told several sunday talk shows, the government should not allow assad to gas people with impunity. but the the syrian president says the united states lacks authority that the government was involved. >>> former egyptian president mohammed morsi will stand trial. 14 other members of the mus

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the responsibilityas left to richard nixon. the primary responsibility for controlling inflation rests with the national administration and its handling of fiscal and monetary affairs. but would this president be willing to accept the traditional keynesian approach to reduce demand by increasing taxes? chief economic advisor paul mccracken exains nixon's reluctance. i don't know oany political situation short of a war, where there isn't hesitancy about increasing taxes. that's the least popular thing the political system wants to hea increased taxes were likely not only to cut inflation, also to slow the economy. nin believed t 1960 economiclowdown had costim theresidency, and his eye was w on t 197elections. nixon was a lahe feared increased revenues woulincreasegovernment. if taxeswouldn't be ra, why t cut backasegovernment. on federal spending? it would have been irresponsible to start with a cleaver, slicing everything, partly because, i'm sure, a year or so later, government would be trying to increase partleverything i'm

he was best nope for his series of telling interviews with richard nixon during watergate. he was on a contracts when he suffered a heart attack. he was 74 years old. >>> the obama administration is gearing up for the biggest foreign policy vote since the iraq war. administration officials argued sunday that new physical evidence shows the syrian government used deadly sarin gas on civilians. the president wants to punish syria for the attack. how far, as abc news reporter larry jacobs reports, he wants congressional support. >> it is now up to congress to back president barack obama's plan to use force against syria over its use of chemical weapons against its own people. >> i feel terrible about the chemical weapons that have been used. >> but opinions differ on the best way to punish bashar al assad. >> we want him to be accountable. we want consequences. is that just going to war? is that bombing? is that killing more people? >> sunday afternoon the obama administration send a high powered team to capitol hill to show classified documents to more 100 lawmaker from the h

. >> host: in your book you take on richard nixon with inflated regulatory control. >> that was a real challenge. when a president gets to power what will they do with it? stay within the constitutional bounds or with a loose interpretation to perpetuate and build their own legacy? just about every president not very often we could find one that tried to shrinks the government nixon tried to inflate dip but what shocked me is jimmy carter. i don't like jimmy carter. there were real problems with him. he is a good man in his heart but i started to look into his legacy and he actually wanted to shrink government. out the time i was in college and to young to appreciate but he wanted to shrink government. we should have supported that but his own party came out against him. i think he told the democratic party i will automatically veto these than they turned against him. the terror credit party wanted to grow government who would have thought? he tried to shrink it while we are bad a.m. we should be grateful that his attitude was that. >> host: not a great difference between republicans a

kennedy and richard nixon, which was the turning point of the election. >>> and happy birthday to tennisr serena williams, who's 32. olivia newton-john turns 65. and donna douglas is 80. >>> coming up on the "today" show, an exclusive as shelley zimmerman speaks out for the first time since the confrontation with her husband. >>> and global style icon tory burch talks about her battles. thanks so much for watching "early today." have yourselves a great thursday. bay town hours from deciding the fate of two pit bulls accused of attacking a young boy. >> growing concern about a big weekend event in mountain view and why it's prompting a warning from police. >> public transit strikes a thing of the past t the thing to get voters on board. those are the waters where team oracle usa made a huge comeback yesterday. did you see it? this thursday, september 26th, this is "today in the bay."

on this day in 1952 richard nixon delivered the famous "checkers" speech on tv defending himself against allegations of financial improprieties. >> pat doesn't have a mink coat, but she does have a respectable republican cloth, and i always thought she'd look good in anything. >>> also want to say happy birthday to actor jason alexander, george on "seinfeld" who is 54 today. rocker bruce springsteen turns 64. and actor mickey rooney is 93. keep it here. thanks for watching "early today." have a overnight less than an hour ago explosions and gun fire heard from inside the shopping mall where islamist militants are holding people hostage. the latest details next. >> i wanted to let it be known this is a problem and something that i will get fixed. >> plus, 49ers all pro linebacker aldon smith apologizes for his recent arrest, now it's unknown when he will return to the field. and san bruno neighborhood on edge this morning after a gas line break. pg&e crews working to cap it off. we'll have the latest details. >> a live look outside at san francio'

we remember the unforgettable interview he did with richard nixon.>> there are certain situations where the president can decide that it's in the best interest of the nation or something, and do something illegal. >> or when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. >> by definition. >> exactly. >> when does something like that happen in an interview, peggy noonan? >>> wow. that was a window into the mind of richard nixon and an explanation for watergate, all  won by an innocent-seeming jolly let's-go-out-and-have-a-few- beers british journalist and who made you feel comfortable and made you say things you had not planned on saying. >> brilliant. thank you all for your contributions. we'll be right back. >>> it's time now for the sunday spotlight shining today on steven roads. u.s. marine and defensive end. there he is in action on thursday. getting there took a fight with the ncaa. they tried to ban him from the playing field after his years of service in the marine corp. steve has his story. >> reporter: this was the moment 24-year

best known for interviewing richard nixon during the watergate. >>> for the first time a supreme court justice officiated at a same-sex wedding. ruth bader ginsburg did the honors. >>> cheney versus cheney. mary cheney says her sister liz is quote dead wrong on the issue of gay marriage. lynn cheney said that she opposes gay marriage. last year mary cheney married her longtime same-sex partner >>> and russian president vladimir putin visited some animals on saturday. he got to shake hands with a very large wall russ. >>> that does it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> heavy rains in taiwan triggered a dramatic landslide. you can see the earth pour over this white car push it across the road as a huge boulder comes to the rest. the torrential rains caused by the tropical rains are expected to continue over the next few days. back here in the states, flash flooding over the holiday weekend forcing dozens out of their homes in las vegas. many roads still closed. thankfully there have be no injuries. but many homes and vehicles were badly damaged in that storm. >>> nbc's dyla

he may be best remembered for the interviews with president richard nixon following his resignation. for nearly 50 years, frost interviewed seven presidents and british prime ministers and celebrities ranging from muhammad ali and nixon. >> you can buy the frost interviews in a tv store now a days. incredible. >> where were you? >> you don't know where i was. i was actually on capitol hill when that happened back in the day. >>> as congress prepares to vote on a possible strike against syria, bashar al assad remains defiant insisting his government will not back down. what is the president's plan if military action moves forward? we will talk to general bob scales coming up next. and yoneed it now. ladies, let's goo vegas. cute! waiter! girls' weekend here! priceline savings without the bidding. you see the gray. try root touch-up by nice 'n easy. just brush our permanent color matching creme right where you need it. then rinse. in ten nutes zap those grays and get on with your day. nice 'n easy root touch-up. starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what mak

it's one of the impeachable offenses against richard nixon. >> right. glad that report came out. add it to the pile of evidence. don't you remember last ju when the treasury department inspector said look, if they were investing progressive groups it was far less common, less instrustive and less obstrucktive. this is political and it has somethg to do with the complications of the tax code. this is a government that wants to muse the political opponents. not a conservative issue. this is about liberty. >>avid: john, is that all just coincident that 80%0% of the groups were conservative? in this case, in other cases over 90% or it just happened before important re-election campaign? >> no, it's not coincidental. it's always going to be the case that entities like this are politicized. but to me the bigger scand is th we live i a country we have to prove our income to the federal government. probably the bigger scandal of that is we're guilty until proven innocent in eyes the i.r.s. reform is naive. only way to fix this is apolish this in favor of nation

. >> host: your book on presidency and socialism you take on richard nixon and come inflated regulatory control. >> guest: yes. it was a real challenge. when a president gets the power what do they do with it? will they stay within the constitutional boundaries or use the loose interpretation to perpetuate and build their own legacy? and just about as every president did, it was not very often the president tried to shrink the government. trick -- nixon tried to inflate dip but what shocked me is jimmy carter. who likes jimmy carter? there are some real problems with him. he is a good man in his heart i started to look into his legacy and he actually wanted to shrink government. at the time i was in college and to long -- too young to appreciate it. we should have supported that but his own democratic party came out against him. the 19 things he said i will automatically veto but the party turned against him and they wanted to grow government and he tried to shrink there. who would have thought? despite the things we are mad at him we should be grateful his attitude was that. >> host: n

by george creel who ends his career working for joe mccarthy and rismed nixon in the house -- richard nixon. and the most interesting figure, the sort of grand inquizer to of the era is walter lipman who wilson, you know, what happens is the collapse of czarrist russia raises the possibility that the kice consider move 100 divisions -- kieser can move 100 divisions over to the western front. and at that -- the fear is that it would tip the balance against the british and the french. wall street had lent tremendous sums of money to the british and the french and if they were defeated it wouldn't be paid back. so suddenly there's all this pressure on wilson to go into the war. and wilson accepts, this was also aided, you know, just a caveat by the keyser's decision to create a naval block aid around britain and he sinks some american merchant ships, and so wilson decides that he will rule or impose order through the traditional coercive mechanisms of legislation, most specifically the espionage act and the sedition act. and lipman says, no. he said in fact, we can create a system of mass prop

he gained recognition by interviewing president richard nixon. >>> the florida a&m marching band gets ready to take to the field once again. some are asking if it is too soon after the death of one of its drum majors. >>> a fight over europe's slice of the amazon rain forest. >>> thunderstorms are forming across the midwest. in addition to that, it's very 450u78 i had in the northeast. rain is on the way. i will tell you all of the details in a few minute. third. and you can kiss that puppy goodbye, chula vista would answer back. they would come up clutch. jianca rlo, and california is back on top, 4-3. but buckle up, this game was a rollercoaster ride. the bottom of the fifth, they he >>,toaj. i am del walters in new york. for the first time since one of its members died in a hazing incidents, the florida a and m marching band will take to the field this afternoon. robert champion died back in 2011. there were criminal prosecutions. the president and resigned and the band was suspended for two years. kilmeny dukehardt reports >> reporter: this weekend, college football is back, and s

by the time richard nixon was in office, though, this classic relationship was showing signs of strain 1972, inflation was at a level of 4% and unemployment was at 5 1/2%. a year later unemployment was holding at 5% but inflation had skyrocketed to 8 1/2%. why weren't the old predictable trade-offs working? what had happened to change the economic rules? nature, suddenly violent rampaged over the entire globe. in 1972, there were crop failures worldwide. what was the result? [ crowd shouting ] under the intense heat of worldwide demand, u.s. grain reserves nearly evaporated. within two years reserves fell from 863 million bushels to 265 million bushels. the average price of all food in the united states rose 20%. this shock to the food supply caused an inflationary surge. but it was a different kind of inflation we'd previously experienced. what made it different? alan blinder professor of ecomics at princeton university, comments. well, typically, the major cause of inflation is an excessively rapid growth of aggregate demand, of the demand for goods and services a growth rate that ou

. >> reporter: opening day 1960: vice president richard nixon throws out the first pitch.iants new stadium had been under construction for two years. the original open horseshoe design has a great view of the bay. but it also creates a wind tunnel. in 1961, pitcher stu miller is charged with a balk when he was blown off the mound. in 1966 a milestone in music history: it is the last full public performance by the beatles. eleven songs and 33 minutes. in 1972, the 49ers leave the cramped confines of kezar stadium to move into the stick. new seats enclose the stadium, bringing some relief from the elements. 1982, an event that creates a piece of hallowed ground in the niner end zone. it will forever be known as simply the catch, joe montana to dwight clark for the winning touchdown with 51 seconds left in the nfc championship game. the niners would win four super bowls in the 1980s. meanwhile giants fans shiver through year after year of disappointments. in 1982, an ad campaign tries to turn a minus into a plus. (croix de candlestick) the croix de candlestick bore the latin

reporter: david frost received worldwide fame for his historic series of interviews with president richard nixon. he's best known for getting the former president to admit wrongdoing in the watergate scandal. >> i let down my friends. i let down the country. >> reporter: in 1977, three years after resigning, nixon refused to talk with anyone. frost offered him $600,000 and a cut of the profits. nixon said yes. cbs news correspondent anthony mason talked with frost in 2008 about that interview. >> do you think he picked you to do this interview in any way because you were an outsider? >> i think it helped, yes. >> reporter: the historic interaction between the two became the basis for a play and later the film "frost/nixon." frost rose to fame with the bbc and usually wore his trademark red sox. >> did you ever believe that stuff about him having weapons of mass destruction. >> reporter: he made headlines questioning u.s. presidents and british prime minister. beyond politics, frost even went one on one with celebrities. >> listen, david, when i meet this man, if you think the world was surprised

gained international recognition for his revealing post-watergate interviews with then president richard nixon> for the first time since one of its members died in a hazing incident, the band will be on the field. the band was suspended after the drum major robert champion died. they are playing against mississippi valley state. environmentalists in gone ease i can't are taking unusual measures, trying to protect the jungle for trees that are good for the economy but not so good for the earth. details are straight ahead. christopher reed.org. >> what happens when social media uncovered fascinating news stories. >> they share. >> social media isn't an after thought, i draws the discussion across america. >> the social media community, on t.v. and online. >> this is your outlet for those conversations. lap >> within to al jazeera. there is a battle over the indonesian rain forest brewing with environmentalist taking unusual measures in their protecting the rain forest. >> reporter: it's a rare sight and environmental analysts with chain saws. i roncally, they are cutting down trees to protect th

crameron alluded to his most famous interview with richard nixon when the president admitted he betrayed his people. that interview, itself, exposed something of frost's genius, of understanding how people operate and then getting them to reveal themselves. >> one of the reasons he was in touch with what people were thinking was he didn't like going out of his way to meet people because he was awkward with people and that awkwardness and clumsiness probably closed him off from knowing what the public were thinking. it's those personal flaws that dom through. >> prime minister, thank you very much indeed. >> david frost's legacy is unique in world television, a news man and journalist who is also an entertainer on both sides of the add lantic. anyone who is anyone would be flattered to offer the frost interview. there is hardly anyone in the history of t.v. who could make that claim. lawrence lee, al jazeera, london. >> section abuse scandals and leaked documents have scarred the reputation of the vatican in recent years. asonia gays gallegos recorports overhaul of laws. >> change may be

it's one of the impeachable offenses against richard nixon. >> right. so glad that report came out. add it to the pile of evidence. don't yo remember last june when the treasury department inspector said look, if they werenvesng prresse oupst waar ssomm, lessnststivand lss obstckti. th is litil anit h sothinto dwithth mplitionof t taxode. is ia govnmen th wantto seheolital opnent t aonseativissu is iabou be >> did: hn, thaall justoincenthat 80% of e grps were conservative? in this case, in other cases over 90% or it just happened before important re-election campaign? >> no, it's not coincidental. it's always going to be the case that entities like this are politicized. but to me the bigger scand is that we live in aountry we have to prove our income to the federal government. probably the bigger scandal of that is we're guilty until proven innocent in eyes of the i.r.s. reform is naive. only way to fix this is apolish this in favor of national sales tax where we don't prove what we earn. >> david: a great point. there is something about the i.r.s.guilt

. >> host: conrad black has written biographies of fdr and richard nixon, a matter of principle was the book about his time in prison prison, mr. black did you write that book in prison? >> guest: yes. it connects to a previous autobiographical book that i wrote but it covers approximately 20 years and three were in prison but it does cover that period and ends when i return to home in canada that i had not seen in five years because of the authorities in your country. >> host: he writes for the us "chicago sun-times", the national posting canada canada, finally mr. black in "flight of the eagle" you dedicate to a boil american friends in particular. tina brown, an aunt ann coulter, henry and nancy kissinger, peggy noonan, , etc., etc.. why were you specific about using the word allele in that dedication? >> in this sort of crisis that i went through with the onslaught against me, people went out of their way to be supportive and some a few defected in became antagonistic so i wanted to show those recognition to those that were conspicuously supportive because the way the system works n

he sat knew to knew with richard nixon, questioning him for nearly 29 hours. >> i let the american peoplen and i have to carry that burden with me for the rest of my life. >> nixon's staff picked frost thinking he would be soft and easy to out whit, but frost hired several journalists prepare and he did not let up on nixon. several years ago frost talked about that fame interview. >> the main surprise was that he did go as far as he went to his maricopa, which was fantastic. >> frost died last night of a heart attack on the queen elizabeth cruise ship where he was scheduled to make a ship. friends say he loved broadcasting and was looking forward to a host of projects,ip excluding interviewing the prime minister of britain next week. he was 74. >>> nelson mandela is back at home in joe hannis burg tonight -- johannesburg tonight. an ambulance took the president home where he was in the hospital for months for a recurrent lung infection. he'll receive the same level of intensive care from the same people who treated him. >>> closer to silicone valley, they say they will fight the fed's dec

fraud intelligence fraud again are finding it difficult and this to me this smells like the richard nixon era which i'm going to ditto with that at some point but i get where you're going with this so well we're five years into the financial collapse five years since lehman brothers collapsed and lehman brothers collapsed due to a deja fraud of repo one hundred five repo one to five was what caused enron to collapse and then a few years later lehman brothers to collapse five years later usa today is asking . two thousand and eight financial crisis could it happen again and they're also asking well they're also saying we should be worried why max because repackaging of debt is bad right this repose.

but he is best known for his interview with richard nixon in 1977 following nixon's resignation.g the town's annual labor day weekend parade. ♪ [ music ] >> the april 17 explosion killed 15 people, injured hundreds more destroying a part of the town. yesterday the first responders who died in the blast were named honorary parade marshals and fire trucks lead the parade in their ho for. >> the motions are hard -- emotions are hard. they have been for months. you don't know what will set something off. >> there was also a moment of silence for the victim during the parade's opening ceremony. the investigation into the explosion is still ongoing. >>> a military hearing for three former u.s. naval academy football players are accused of sexual assault, underway this morning in washington, d.c. the hearing will determine whether the three mid-shipmen will be court marshaled on charges of sexually assaulting another student after a night of drinking. a judge has denied a request to separate their cases. for the victim says she was too drunk to consent and found out about the attack fro

. >> schieffer: kissinger would go on to be richard nixon's national security advisor.received the nobel prize for getting peace starts talked on vietnam and was point man for the opening to china and invited the effort to forge new arms agreements with the soviet union. the media loved him. he became secretary of state and as watergate exploded kept american foreign policy together at a time when america had never been more vulnerable. as an elder statesman he is still working to eliminate nuclear weapons and his advice is still eagerly sought by world leaders. and is syrians -- when we sat down what i wanted to know was why all of a studied russia president putin want to work with the united states on syria. >> i would think its biggest security problem is radical islam. and he does not want to, the united states to look totally irrelevant in the middle east, because otherwise he would be stuck with having to deal with radical islam. so it is part of this competition that is partly inherent in the russian american relationship, and there is also a necessity for the se

mother and daughter did reunite in 1994. 1971 richard nixon's president in up state nork a riot claims0 lives. with a temporary visa john and yoko rented this apartment on bank street in greenwich village. >> john lennon loved new york. he spoke about the sensible of new yorkers how down to earth they were. how real they were. >> the greatest place on earth. if this is rome, i want to live in rome not wales. >> there was a degree of privacy. he made himself public allowing himself to radical causes and attracting the displeasure are the -- of the american government. >> early 1970s were a whirl wind of activity. besides making new music he was very vocal in the antiwar movement. he befriended radicals. >> operation service fbi and other agencies. >> these declass byed documents illustrate how the government was focus ond throwing him out of the country. a 1968 drug conviction was one of the tools. >> he had the media and american public defined. it still carries on for a long time. >> john and yoko traded downtown for uptown moving into the da coda situated corner of west 72 street and

fraud intelligence fraud again are finding it difficult and this to me this smells like the richard nixon era which i'm going to ditto with that at some point but i get where you're going with this so well we're five years into the financial collapse five years since lehman brothers collapse and lehman brothers collapse due to a deja fraud of repo one hundred five repo one to five was what caused enron to collapse and then a few years later lehman brothers to collapse five years later usa today is asking . two thousand and eight financial crisis could it happen again and they're also asking well they're also saying we should be worried why max because repackaging of debt is bad right this one zero five you talked about going back to lehman brothers and other scandals of the past five years ten years it goes back to understanding that banks essentially when they say they've got something on their books they don't really have anything on their books in fact they loaned out that thing that they say that have on their books to another bank that hasn't backed went out to some other bank it goe

serious about helping people out i mean the miliband scheme is ridiculous to cap different prices richard nixon tried that it didn't work very well when they tried these price controls what they should do is immediately sign into law in parliament a law that will prevent companies like one from charging people five thousand percent you know they have usury laws in many other countries they have them in the u.k. and they stop them but that should be done away with immediately this financial reform you're right that's financial report reform but they it's not in their interest to do that and as the housing bubbles and bubbles and bubbles no matter how much lipstick you put on a pig at the end of the day it's never going to be a supermodel. let's talk about ed miliband the supermodel lipstick with the pig. the pig with the supermodel lipstick the delicious i let the others a pig try to turn that. so ed miliband he made a comment at the recent labor conference that used to be the rising tide lifts all boats but here the rising tide is lifting only the yachts so i thought it was very insightful well

serious about helping people out i mean the miliband scheme is ridiculous to cap different prices richard nixon tried that it didn't work very well when they tried these price controls what they should do is immediately sign into law in parliament a law that will prevent companies like one from charging people five thousand percent you know they have usury laws in many other countries they have them in the u.k. and they stop them but that should be done away with immediately this financial reform you're right that's financial report reform but they it's not in their interest to do that and as the housing bubbles and bubbles and bubbles no matter how much lipstick you put on a pig at the end of the day it's never going to be a supermodel. let's talk about ed miliband the supermodel lipstick with the pig. the pig with the supermodel lipstick the delicious i let the others a pig try to turn that. so ed miliband he made a comment at the recent labor conference that used to be the rising tide lifts all boats but here the rising tide is lifting only the yachts up though is very insightful well the ri