you will hear what richard nixon had to say. richard nixon: woollies and everything. i am glad to find some new hampshire people. arnold, how did you get up here? >> the weather -- richard nixon: how are the eagles going to do? narrator: richard nixon talked about a new vision for america's future. he has said 1968 is the time to begin that future, and the place to begin is in new hampshire. ♪ [indiscernible] narrator: on february 2, richard nixon held his first press conference of the 1968 presidential campaign in manchester, new hampshire. >> why do you feel that you could win now when you could not win in 1960? richard nixon: i have decided i will test my ability to win, and my ability to cope with the issues in the primaries and not just in the smoke-filled rooms of miami. narrator: his schedule for the next three days would include a reception, dinner speech, and conversations with people about issues in public and on television. richard nixon: in 1968, i am looking to the future of the country, down to the end of the 20th century. in 1960, i necessarily had to t

to two superb authors treating richard nixon. nixon is back. something more recently said of voldemort, but also nixon is back. i remember just after he got on the helicopter the vice president who became gerald ford said my fellow americans, the long national nightmare is over. but like a lot of nightmares, there are flashbacks. i hope there will even be a few remarks that reflect on our current crazy primary season, but in any case these two top-flight writers have given their sharply transit -- contrasting reading, tim weiner on my far left, one man against the world, the tragedy of richard nixon, record and dramatic detail how lawless and devious nixon really was. his indictment is excruciating and fascinating. detailed, very convincing. evan thomas on my immediate left, by contrast, his book being nixon, a man divided seeks to explain what it was like to be richard nixon. compassion and understanding that anxious, conflicted, self-destructive person. there is plenty in tim weiner's book about self-destruction of the man. they are both expe

. >> how did you fellas -- >> you're about to accompany richard nixon on the first leg of his 1968 new hampshire campaign. you'll be with the candidate, his family, and the nixon staff. you'll hear what richard nixon had to say and what people said to him. >> i heard all those tales about the woolies and everything. >> how are you? >> i'm glad to find some new hampshire people. >> well, arnold, how did you get up here? >> good to see you. >> how are the eagles going to do next year? >> we're going to keep fighting. >> richard nixon has talked about a new vision of america's future. he's said that 1968 is a time to begin that future and the place to begin is in new hampshire. ♪ ♪ >> on february 2nd, richard nixon held his first press conference of the 1968 presidential campaign in manchester, new hampshire. >> tell us why you feel that you can win now, when you wouldn't win in '60? >> i have decided that i will test my ability to win and my ability to cope with the issues in the fires of the primary and not just in the smoke-filled room of miami. >> the nixon schedule for the next t

crew is in there at midnight, it would not activate the system, unless richard nixon happened to be there with his locator. it is very clear that richard forget aboutliman the recording system. there are other times they clearly remember the recording system. as somebody who has gone through many of these as i have, you can hear it when he is trying to make a record, even with outsiders, as opposed to insiders. .hey start in the oval office here are the locations of the microphones in the oval office. as you can see, this is down by the president's feet. he see a couple of pictures where he has his feet on the desk. the fact that he would often talk through his legs distorted is sound which is why it difficult to hear him. i tended to seek in this seat right here. my voice must be right beside the microphone because it is very clearly picked up. m2.iman took it is bizarre that people would go back to the same places in repeated fashion. those are with the microphones were located. there were two over here by the fireplace and the lamps. i cannot hear anything from those. they tend to

many think this is the man, eisenhower's vice president for eight years, richard milhous nixon. >> richardon is well known to the american people. >> nixon's not scared as the russians as soviet premier nikita khrushchev finds out at a moscow trade fair. >> it wasn't supposed to be much. it was supposed to be just a meeting, but it turned into a confrontation. >> there must be a free exchange of ideas. >> capitalism versus communism. back and forth, back and forth, jabbing with the fingers. the words didn't matter. it was the images that mattered. he was presidential. he seemed ready for the white house. >> meanwhile, traveling through the bleak wisconsin landscape, there is another man who believes he's destined for the white house. he's young, he's inexperienced, and he's almost unknown. his name is john f. kennedy, and he aims to win the wisconsin democratic primary. >> how are you this morning? >> and you would stand right there. my job would be to shake hands with jack kennedy. shake hands with teddy, bobby. >> bob kennedy. >> we worked hard. >> i come here today as candidate in the w

many think this is the man, eisenhower's vice president for eight years, richard milhous nixon. >> richardwell known to the american people. >> nixon's not scared of the russians as soviet premier nikita khrushchev finds out at a moscow trade fair. >> it wasn't supposed to be much. it was supposed to be just a meeting, but it turned into a confrontation. >> there must be a free exchange of ideas. >> capitalism versus communism. back and forth, back and forth, jabbing with the fingers. the words didn't matter. it was the images that mattered. he was presidential. he seemed ready for the white house. >> meanwhile, traveling through the bleak wisconsin landscape, there is another man who believes he's destined for the white house. he's young, he's inexperienced, and he's almost unknown. >> kennedy is now in front of the ft. atkinson savings and loan. >> his name is john f. kennedy, and he aims to win the wisconsin democratic primary. >> how are you this morning? >> and you would stand right there. my job would be to shake hands with jack kennedy. shake hands with teddy, bobby. >> bob kennedy.

. >> how did you fellas -- >> you're about to accompany richard nixon on the first leg of his 1968 new hampshire campaign. you'll be with the candidate, his family, and the nixon staff. you'll hear what richard nixon had to say and what people said to him. >> i heard all those tales about the woolies and everything. >> how are you? >> i'm glad to find some new hampshire people. >> well, arnold, how did you get up here? >> good to see you. >> how are the eagles going to do next year? >> we're going to keep fighting. >> richard nixon has talked about a new vision of america's future. he's said that 1968 is a

king. >> richard nixon wants to do something, and he calls the white house and the white house refusesey won't do it. >> nixon fails. can shriver succeed in his mission? >> shriver got there, but the staff was all around kennedy. >> shriver waits until kennedy is alone. >> all right, guys. let's go. >> ready to go, jack? >> finally, he had about two minutes with kennedy, and he said, we've all been worrying about what we can do to help. what about calling coretta king? >> kennedy's fearful of alienating southern governors and southern democrats by being pro civil rights. but that all changes. >> kennedy calls coretta king to offer his support. >> that was a big decision. kennedy decides to do what is morally right. >> a simple phone call was a very noble thing to do. undoubtedly he did this for political reasons, but he did it. nixon did not. >> when kennedy's call leaks to the press, his brother bobby all but froths at the mouth. >> he was white with anger. he said sargent shriver and i have probably lost the campaign. he was furious. >> my father was a little disturbed about that bec

describe the richard nixon you saw. >> well, yes. after the 11th month of the first year in november-december the president called me and bob and he thought we should not change offices -- bob haldeman. i was bob's deputy from the start. he thought maybe bob was getting sort of each ward during the day by all the trivia which is a part of the operations of the oval office throughout the day. and not able to sit back and think as president nixon wanted him to do to follow up on big things and be an idea man. the president even said i want you to be like the assistant president. let alex take your office and deal with the minute to minute stuff. bob, there was only one place for bob to go and we had just given the big people the sherman adams office down of the end as a gesture to the vice president , the first one to begin an office in the west wing. the last guy you want to be given an office to because he is a beautiful office up on the hill as president of the senate. he's got one across the street. so boxes went over and said ted,

richard nixon, delivered every morning to the white house. the funny thing was, it got there the night before because of a man named henry kissinger. he didn't want things going to the president that he hadn't seen, even the objective president's daily brief. so what did he do? he told the cia to deliver it the night before. one of his advisers pointed out to him you realize that's going to introduce a 16 or 17-hour delay in the information the president sees in the morning. kissinger said, fine, that was the price they had to pay for him being on top of the information that bent to the president. >> i think you made a similar comment about dr. brzezinski, that he wanted to see the brief before or instead of the president. >> right. the national security adviser for president jimmy carter, he delivered the president's daily brief as part of the national security briefing each morning. now usually the president, jimmy carter, saw it in advance. but the interesting thing about that one is there was still a director of central excellence, and th

how did you come to work for richard nixon? [laughter] mr. butterfield: i cannot be brief. i will say this, i was in australia as the senior military country with my office in the american embassy. and i just heard in 1968 when nixon squeaked by hubert humphrey to win the presidency. that was like the kiss of death to me, it seemed that way. i was going to come up on eligibility for brigadier general. as a career officer i admit i , was fairly ambitious, and if i was going to stay in australia, which is a wonderful place and great for my family, but it is not where you want to be when you're coming up for general officer or admiral in the navy. i was desperate. i did not know what to do. i went up to new guinea for some social calls, mostly for him. i only had one call to make. a rainstorm came along, grabbed a paper and read it and it was about the recent election, nixon's election. , which is hardis to interpret for someone like me, but i could discern. i saw the name, they were talking about nixon winning the election, and i saw a name i knew very well, bob holder men. we

richard nixon delivered every morning to the white house but it was there the night before because of henry kissinger he did want things to go to the president he had not seen so he told them to deliver the baby for is the advisers pointed out you realize that is a us 17 hour delay he said that was the of price to be paid for him to be on top of the information. >> i heard that they wanted to see the brief before. >> from the national security adviser for jimmy carter delivered the president's daily brief as part of the national security briefing each morning. normally he saw that in advance and would talk about it but the director of central intelligence when he came into office to figure out the president is reading this every day i and the chief adviser shouldn't i be giving given intelligence briefing every morning? so they talked with a national security advisers and he said you have a point but then went to the president's schedule the said intelligence briefing in rhode national-security briefing sinologist inc. the document in the issue was resolved. [laughter] >> one of the v

how did you come to work for richard nixon? [laughter] mr. butterfield: i cannot be brief. i will say this, i was in australia because the senior military officer in that country, and i just heard in 1968 when nixon snaked by hubert humphrey to win the presidency. i was like the kiss of death to me, the extension. it seemed that way. i was eligible. i was going to come up on eligibility as a career officer. i admit i was fairly ambitious, and if i was going to stay in australia, which is a wonderful place and great for my family, but it is not where you want to be when you're coming up for general officer or admirable in the navy. i was desperate. i did not know what to do. i went up to new guinea for some social calls, mostly for him. i only had one call to make. a rainstorm came along, grabbed a paper and read it and it was about the recent election, nixon's election. i could discern, and i saw the name, they were talking about nixon winning the election, and i saw a name i knew very well, bob haldeman. we were at ucla together in 1946, and i thought, a light went off. i w

this is an actual photo of elvis presley, in the golden years, with richard nixon. this photo right here is a true photo. it is the most requested in the u.s. national archives, more than like d-day photos, people >> that's right. >> stephen: what's the story behind this photo? >> the story behind this photo, december of 1970, elvis presley was very concerned about where the country was. he was concerned about the protests against the vietnam war. he was concerned about people seeming to lack respect for the presidency and law enforcement. he was very worried. communists. now -- >> elvis was worried about communists? >> yes. people don't know this but it was true. he was much more conservative than you would imagine but he never talked about politics. and he decided what he needed to country so he got on an airplane. he flew to washington, d.c. uninvited, unexpected. he wrote a six-page letter to richard nixon, and showed up at the white house gates at 7:30 in the morning asking to see the president. >> stephen: and the people in the white house didn't know what to

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richard nixon must not be the next president of the united states.ve had too many years of care-taking government that ignores problems and avoids opportunities. too many years of shameful neglect of america's needs at home and waste and loss of america's prestige abroad. we've been the victim of a no-go, go-slow, not now veto administration. popularity has been substituted for leadership, and mediocrity for principle. slogans offered in place of programs and public relations instead of genuine public service. america, yes, west virginia, deserves a much better deal. now we have one basic problem. a conservative, republican government in washington that is content with standing still in a changing america, and a very rapidly changing world. and talk. talk has been substituted for deeds. little or nothing has been done about distressed industries such as coal, or depressed areas or the problems of technological unemployment and automation, or indeed little or nothing about the growing demand of education, or the care of or elderly. the republican admi

to two superb authors treating richard nixon. nixon is back.omething more recently said of voldemort, but also nixon is back. i remember just after he got on the helicopter the vice president who became gerald ford said my fellow americans, the long national nightmare is over. but like a lot of nightmares, there are flashbacks. i hope there will even be a few remarks that reflect on our current crazy primary season, but in any case these two top-flight writers have given their sharply transit -- contrasting reading, tim weiner on my far left, one man against the world, the tragedy of richard nixon, record and dramatic detail how lawless and devious nixon really was. his indictment is excruciating and fascinating. detailed, very convincing. evan thomas on my immediate left, by contrast, his book being nixon, a man divided seeks to explain what it was like to be richard nixon. compassion and understanding that anxious, conflicted, self-destructive person. there is plenty in tim weiner's book about self-destruction of the man. they are both expert

it is unclear if richard nixon read the daily briefing every day. that is the one president we don't know. kissinger said working with ford was great. i find it hard to believe he would not have read it but we don't have the direct evidence and we can't ask him. so we don't know what he did with the book and can you just guess? president bush got notices that things are not going well. an analyst talked about specific subjects and he would spend months doing it. even this was reading it and talking to advisors. they were deeply informed by this. and unless you have the camera on the president and innight - -- insight into the president's mind. some took action that day and that is easy. but many other cases it is that black hole. >> thank you for a fascinating presentation. it is very interesting. my question is in the research who looked forward to it? >> george h. bush brought into briefer every day for the entire term taking it up a step because ford only did it the first year in office. he could engage the briefing in much greater depth, ask the

europe, got a deal the next year. >> in your book, in the time leading up to the summit, you have richard nixonting advice to reagan about how to handle this. i was fascinated with the book, so much research. and nixon, reagan, conversed from time to time. >> i have -- a rash are crucial fact which never happened, me being a novelist. one of the things i was struck by was the frequency with which reagan and nixon were on the telephone and the calls were initiated by both of them and nixon was still on his long-standing quest for redemption and respectability and wanted his advice to be valued and i think it was. even bill clinton valued it. he was still giving it to him in 93, early 94. one of the things i sorely missed was a resource i had when writing the watergate novel and did not have when i was writing that book was the white house tapes, nixon, you can listen to him making phone calls at 10:00 at night and you can hear the ice cubes clinking in the glass, he is very unguarded but we don't know what the substance of the conversation was. reagan's diary which is sometimes as a beekley reve

now i have never known a dead man who gets himself in more [bleep] than richard nixon, you guys. i just want to say that for the record. check out the latest on tricky mcdick. >> forbs reports on a remark by a former nixon aide hinting that the war on drugs had a hidden purpose. that president nixon saw the descrug crackdown as a way to arrest blacks and antiwar protestors. ehrlichman also claimed the white house knew they were lying about drugs. >> larry: now, i know, i know, this may sound shocking to a lot of people out there but the to most black people, this confirms what they already suspected. to get thoughts on this and the black perspective let's go to mike yard for an edition of no [bleep] news. mike, mike? your thoughts on the nixon aide admission that the war on drugs was based on lies and really about oppressing black people. >> yeah, no [bleep] >> larry: okay. sounds about right, mike yard with a no [bleep] news, everybody. thanks, mike. (cheers and applause) mie favorite news, where i get all my news, you guys. shortest news program ever. now the nixon aide in quest

>> it will, if he does what richard nixon, talking about 1968. richard nixon very cleverly and carefully appealed to people inclined to vote for remember george wallace, running as third-party candidate? very much a law and order candidate, and moderates on the republican and on the democratic side. so he appealed as a law and order candidate but did so very, very carefully, so he was able to get enough votes to win, but the amazing thing about 68, david, is the collapse of democratic support. in 64, they got 61% of the vote and 68 it was 42. david: how quickly political fortunes can change. mike, i was wondering about the mexican flags. i know it might be a small issue, but the fact is every time we've seen protesters, particularly in states like california, use the mexican flag to make a point, goes against their cause. we're seeing that mexican flag thing again here. >> i think it boosts donald trump's numbers. look, there's nothing that makes americans really more angry when they're struggling to get a job, struggling to make a paycheck that'

on august 8th, 1974, president richard nixon had resigned. he had been elected in 1968 and re-elected in 72 but in 1974 because of water gate and everything that came out, it was done. we all have in mind that image of nixon getting on the helicopter and flying away from the white house, the big wave as gerald ford became president but one of the other things he did on his last day which we do not see nearly as much tape of is the remarkable fair well speech nixon gave that day. it was not directed to the american people directly. although they did let press cameras in to see it. it was the remarkable speech he gave inside the white house to the white house staff. he was absolutely covered in sweat as he gave this speech. he cried pretty much throughout the speech or on and off throughout the speech he cried. this was obviously, a terrible moment for richard nixon. this was a terrible occasion for him. but even knowing that, this speech he gave to the white house staff as he was leaving that day as he was quitting the presidency, oh my god wa

and 1968 campaign film created for richard nixon, showing the former vice president meeting voters in new hampshire and wisconsin. he would go on twin primaries in both of these states on his way to securing the gop nomination. he defeated george wallace in a general winning 32 states.

richard nixon's victory over human humphrey in the general election. at 8:00 on the presidency -- that won as a result of because of foreign policy and the head of state of the united states, chief of the armed forces, leaving power in the world, the free world. it is to think responsibly about what one can achieve and to try and define one's policies and understand geopolitics in that line. announcer: jeremy black as of the origins of the cold war and focuses on dwight d -- eisenhower as a military man. for the full lineup, go to c-span.org. >> independent media is the oxygen of a democracy. it is holding those in power accountable. we are not there to serve some kind of corporate agenda. when we cover war and peace, we are not brought by the menu factors -- weapons manufacturers. announcer: journalist amy talksn of democracy now about books she has covered, democracy now, 20 years of the movements of america, was looks back at stories and people the shows covered. >> the idea now democracy now really haven't changed, bringing out people at the grassr

we are joined by the grandson of former president richard nixon. thanks for coming in at this early morning hour. your grandfather historically opened china. it was so symbolic because of his anti-communism. we have donald trump slamming china left and right. what do you think we will hear when he addresses this. >> i was in china a few weeks ago and spoke to a lot of my friends and they said in this presidential election they like donald trump a lot and think he can deal with him. i think he will talk about how china and the united states can have a close relationship and close working relationship with north korea. i think that will be the focus. he also has talked about trade which we know has been a sticking point in the relationship between china and the united states. i think mr. trump's tough talk on trade will roughly feathers in china. but donald trump is a businessman and he will work with china he needs to. >> are you talking about real chinese friends versus americans? >> yes. >> they like him? >> yes. a few years ago hillary led a conf

kennedy and richard nixon's victory over hubert humphrey in the general election. and at 8:00 on "the presidency" -- >> he was one as a result of that because i think one's ability in foreign policy and as a head of state of the united states as the head of the chief of the armed forces of the leading power in the world and very much the leading power in the free world, is to think responsibly about what one can achieve and to try and define one's policies and to try and understand geopolitics in that light. >> military historian jeremy black looks at the origins of the cold war and focuses on guite d. eisenhower as a military man and president. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >>> the fcc has voted to move forward with proposed rules that would require internet service providers to ask consumers whether they want their personal data shared with third parties. a group of legal and privacy analysts gave differing views on how the roles would affect consumers and businesses at a forum on capitol hill hosted by the congressional

c richard nixon, who i have to say was no nature lover, but he was a very savvy politician and richardon believed clean ai and clean water was a cause that transcended class, it transcended party. he was very nervous that the democrats not get out front on environment, and he was dealing in 1970 with deep divisions inv the country from the civil rights movement and especially at that moment the vietnam war, and nixon had the idea that environment could heal those wounds, that environment was an issue that would bring both sides together. pretty ironic, given where we are today.od >> sreenivasan: now we're in a hyper partisan world that can't imagine the other side would have a right to exist. you call great strain that happened. explain. >> we always think the current political landscape is permanent. it's not permanent.e i think it's absolutely not only required that we return to some degree of bipartisan action but also that it's possible, and if you study what happened as late as 1990 when we solved acid rain on a completely bipartisan basis, you understand that it is possible and i

richard nixon's deputy assistant played a role in revealing the cover-up that destroyed the presidency. he reflects along with "washington post" reporter, bob woodward on his personality and they offer opinions on topics ranging from watergate to nixon's policies in vietnam. the event was cohosted by the harry ransom center at the university of texas and the lyndon b. johnson presidential library. it is an hour. >> good evening. i want to welcome you to this conversation with alexander butterfield and bob woodward which will be conducted by my friend and colleague, director

the meeting back december 21st in 1970 between elvis pressly and president richard nixon. remember when you talk about fighting for nixon. >> i get this letter from the president. >> never guess in the million years who just showed up. >> it is elvis, elvis pressly. >> you swear this isn't a joke. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> so you think we should meet with him. >> yes, mr. president. >> during my map hour. >> he could really help us. >> we would like a badge. >> like to go under cover. >> i have been in 31 major motion pictures and that makes me a costume in disguise. >> this really happen, kevin mccarthey, a lot of people it is hard to believe. >> mike and alex, good morning to you. i'm with you, mike. one of the most incredibly bizarre stories i have ever her and this really happen december 21st, 1970, elvis showed up at the entrance of the white house and with a letter for president nixon, and basically they had a meet ago this day, that photograph that was taken of them is the most photographed, most requested photograph ever in national archives history. >>

a psychiatric unit. >> you also need a passion for politics. >> you were a vocal supporter of richard nixoni've always been interested in politics. i was for nixon. i scored a bumper sticker, put it on the wire basket of my bike, rode it up and down the street, hoping to generate support for nixon. this worked really well until the little catholic girl across the street, who was on fire for kennedy literally pulled me off my bicycle, put me down on the pavement, sat astride me and wailed the heck out of me, gave me a bloody nose. i've never liked losing a political fight since. >> his opponents often hate him. >> fear of karl rove politics will finally be over next year. >> angry stuff. beckle and rollins have fought each other for years, yet they came to the interview together. >> you guys spent a career trying to kill each other's careers, but you're friends. >> great friends. >> friends for 25 years. >> why? >> you appreciate what your counterpart has to go through every >> would you please wait? >> all of the shouting. >> it's good to remember with all of it's work has worked better tha

the irs and everything else -- as i said, worse than richard nixon. and i'm just amazed how chris wallace rolled over on that one today. >> it's interesting, because as you are watching this, and chris wallace did his job. >> he half did his job. i think he did his job, he did a good job. >> he's asking the questions. and we're reacting to something that -- when i first watched this, i thought to myself, is he really offering information sort of out there for the nib to snack on? it's like a taunt, right? the question now is how do they react. >> i predict to you, they're going to react in a very harsh way by leaking something to turn this back in their direction by wednesday. >> this is a clear message to loretta lynch and the prosecutors in the criminal division not to indict. chris wallace goes after everybody like he is god. >> easy, easy, easy. >> and he let the president off, and didn't say aren't you right now signaling loretta lynch? >> i've seen you get mad at a lot of people because they don't ask the next question. we've got to go. we'l you

. >> who can forget this photo op of richard nixon. >> only richard nixon would walk on the beach withzen gop presidential campaigns. >> what are the riskiest kind of photo-ops. >> children, animals. you don't know what is going to happen. try to kiss the baby is the baby going to cry. is the dog going to have an unfortunate accident on the set. >> reporter: even with careful planning, accidents happen. in 1988, democratic nominee michael dukakis' team put him in a tank to bolster national security credentials. it tanked. >> he looked like the character in the peanuts cartoon. as we all know. he worked on the dukakis campaign and says it is risky for a candidate to try to appear ordinary look when the media mistakenly reported president george h.w. bush didn't know what a scanner was. >> even though he didn't do anything wrong. it hurt him. >> it hurt him. and chip it made him look like he was not tonal, not connecting, he was distracted. a distracted candidate. >> if you are not a regular guy don't try to pretend you are a regular guy. >> the challenge is that none of the folks really

elvis and nixon stars kevin spacey as president richard nixon and michael shannan as the king of rocko tell the untold true story behind their meeting in the oval office. that meeting resulted in the most requested paragraph in the national archives. it's getting mostly positive reviews. 69% on rotten toe mate phones variety says shannon and spacy reenact one of history's most surreal blind dates but the new york daily news reviewers complains it's filled with tedium instead of delirium. the director blew it. >> i wanted to see that. if you would rather stay home this weekend and stream prince, there's a lot of options. movies were a big part of his career. >> in '86 it, he starred in "under the cherry moon," playing a male prostitute who seduces french woman in the drama. >> it was interesting. let me just it was a financial and critical failure. grossing only $10 million. basically it's really hard to understand what he was going for. >> but really when you think about prince's movies, it's all about "purple rain"". prince starred as a struggling musician coping with a tumultuous ho

>> one of roger ailes great advice was to richard nixon in 1967 when he said to him, you have to learn to be who you really are on television, because television doesn't let you lie. he said, and the fact is, you're not going to be likable, but you can be respectable. people can decide in the middle of a war that you're the guy they respect to lead the country. and the whole nixon strategy was build around realizing what his weaknesses were and playing to his strengths. hillary could come across as a serious, hardworking, practical person if she would relax, but she wants to overreach. she wants us to believe she's all these things she's not. >> it's fine to be -- we know she's a former first lady, somebody else has been driving her. that's nice. >> if i can charge as much for speeches as she was charging, i wouldn't ride the subway very often. >> roger ailes said similar things to me about be your authentic self on television. >> i want to reassure you, you're much more likable than richard nixon was. >> thank you? mr. speaker, great to see you. >> thanks. >>> some folks in the bronx