>>male: nixon stepped into the breach. >>richard: it's time for new leadership and that's what we're going to do in 1968. >>male #3: overnight, it was here comes nixon. >>male: he pulled off the biggest comeback in american politics. and america would never be the same again. on august 8, 1968, two events took place in miami that marked a turning point in american politics. one was the republican party convention in miami beach. the delegates were overwhelmingly white, affluent, and suburban. their party had failed to win the presidency in seven of the last nine general elections, yet they chose as their candidate a man whose name at the time was synonymous with lost elections. richard nixon. >>richard: but i have news for you. this time there's a difference. this time we're gonna win. >>male: nixon was about to pull off the most stunning comeback in amerin politics. the other event took place eight miles away in miami's liberty city neighborhood. a black protest turned into a battle with police. in 1968, america looked like a count

move,n itself was a big that richard nixon was not particularly scared of archibald cox.e did not think of him as a particularly aggressive prosecutor. 1973, a bigof development was that the cia's deputy director, vernon walters, testified to a very bizarre meeting he had at the white house with nixon's two top aides, hr haldeman and john ehrlichman and the head of the cia was -- cia was there. ehrlichman directed the cia to tell the fbi to hold off a bit on the investigation of watergate because it might compromise cia secrets. that messageered on behalf of the cia but when he went back to langley he checked to see whether it was in fact true, and discovered the cia had no participation as an organization in the watergate break-in and that it had no secrets to worry about being disclosed. this sets up a very big obstruction of justice problem for richard nixon that when it was ultimately resolved over a year ago -- padilla year later, chris -- a year later, precipitated his resignation. richard next tape recorded his oval office conversations because alexander butterfiel

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dean, a little known former counsel to the president, versus richard nixon-- a man the country had known the minds of the people who were there and later on was alexander butterfield. >> the subcommittee will come to order. >> alexander butterfield was sort of the president's personal assistant who would keep the trains running on time, keep the flow of people and paper, in and out of the oval office. he saw everything. >> butterfield was called just to see if he had anything to say that was worthwhile. and he did. >> i was told "the president wants you to get a taping system." but the idea was it's not just gonna be a little thing in a desk draw. and he wants it on all the telephones -- office phones and in the oval office. >> when i briefed the president, it was just the president and i. >> how does that work, alex? does it work with you here? >> uh, no. i'm going to monitor this [unclear]. >> i don't want it monitored you see, what happens when a record is made, a tape? >> a tape is made. yes, sir. >> i took him through it. he was embarrassed the whole time. he didn't like me tellin'

the richard nixon foundation hosted this hour-long program at the nixon presidential library and museum. >> good morning, welcome. this is the new richard nixon library and museum. i am the president of the richard nixon foundation.

the richard nixon foundation hosted this hour-long program at the nixon presidential library and museum. >> good morning, welcome. this is the new richard nixon library and museum. i am the president of the richard nixon foundation. i'm glad you are here on a very important day for the foundation and library. joining me is michael elzie, national archives director of the presidential library, and all of those present today. [applause] >> before he introduced larry hickey -- larry higby, i'd like to recognize three of joe and bob's children -- sue & bob's children. thank you. [applause] two of our foundation friends who knew bob alderman well are also here. now a board member of the next foundation, cindy quinn. [applause] and a truly remarkable and very special woman who was a use it -- at ucla with bob alterman in the post-world war ii years, she took a train to washington dc after graduating. in july of 1951, rosemary woods hired her to join the staff of the newly elected california senator, richard nixon. since then, she's been a mainstay of every next in office and campaign, friend

and we took a deep breath and said, yeah. >> abc news has projected that richard nixon has, in fact, been re-elected to the presidency, to a second term. the question now i suppose is how big will mr. nixon win? >> it was a giant landslide. >> there was virtually no reaction to the stories we did. and it was a way of saying, watergate? who cares? >> what ever happened to watergate? i don't know, i don't know, apparently nothing. they've got a trial of the accused in that case. and that's going to be tried in due course. and i think that's probably the end of the story. >> of course that was far from the end of the story. when we come back, a look inside the explosive watergate hearing, the unraveling of a massive scandal that pointed straight to the white house. ter than a manuy hygienist says it does. but... ...they're not all the same. turns out, they're really... ...different. who knew? i had no idea. so, she said look for... ...one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round... ...brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to... ...gently re

but the richard nixon that they supported through the years was not the richard nixon that they thoughthey knew. >> every generation has to lose their virginity, and it was just the day that my generation did. but to think that we're the only generation that had that experience is probably the mistake that a lot of generations make. >> he is already before the cameras now. president richard milhous nixon, 37th president of the united states. >> throughout the long and difficult period of watergate i have felt it was my duty to persevere. >> watergate doesn't go away because it was so extraordinary, it was so hidden. >> we act like it can't happen again. and it did a lot of stuff after. there was a lot of hoo-haing and passing laws, giving speeches. but if you ask me do i think we learned anything from it, no. >> i have never been a quitter. to leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. but as president i must put the interests of america first. >> the president had been driven from office because the american people p learned the truth about rich

it was what richard nixon himself said on the white house tapes that brought him down. and many believe that nixon's biggest mistake was to not destroy those audiotapes before they were subpoenaed. destroying the tapes might have been bad politics for nixon, but nixon was a second term president who was never going to have to run for reelection. all he needed to do was to hang on and serve out his second term. but he couldn't do that when the tapes revealed him to be engaged in criminal conduct. if nixon had destroyed the tapes, there never would have been any proof. and no one knew that better than richard nixon. here is richard nixon, six years after resigning the presidency, telling barbara walters he should have destroyed the tapes. >> just a few seconds we have left now. time for just yes and no. are you sorry you didn't burn the tapes? >> you know, interestingly enough, everybody in europe that i talked to said why didn't you burn the tapes. and the answer is i probably should have, but mainly, i shouldn't have even installed them. because johnson's system was ther

states -- >> president's pardon of richard nixon stunned the nation. were now over. >> when the president does it, that means it's not illegal. >> by deaf snigz. >> exactly. >> the former president was still not accepting responsibility. three years after resigning nixon was paid to participate in a historic interview with david frost. in the end an inevitable question came up. >> do you feel yowl ever obstructed justice or were part of the conspiracy to obstruct justice? >> he would not -- he would not really admit anything, not even mistakes. he was really stone walling everything. he was beginning to look like the haunted nixon of the actual watergate hearings rather than the californiian ex-president. finally, i said to him why don't you go farther than the word mistake. >> what would you express? >> and i threw aside by clib board and i said there are three things you've got to say. the first that in fact you did go to the very verge of criminal alt and secondly that you let down your oath of office. and thirdly, i put the american people through t

also, i would not be an enthusiastic supporter of a lot of the policies of richard nixon. orter in california, got to know bob haldeman before he became bob haldeman in a manner of speaking. about eight months into the nixon presidency he called me and said, there is a guy who is going to have a conversation with you and you have to listen carefully. when i heard what they had in mind i had heart palpitations. i had to go to the office and say to my boss you can't tell anybody this. new york has got to get me out of it. there was a wonderful man named julian goodman running nbc in those days and happened to be a patron of mine. he went to the white house and said to bob haldeman, look, we have big plans for tom. i only wanted to be a journalist. i didn't want to be a press secretary for anybody at that point. i really wanted to do what i have been doing my whole life. >> when you roo eflect back, hos the press and culture different then compared to now? >> it was a much smaller culture in those days, the press was. karl and bob were unique. they weren't part of the old crow

july of 1951, rosemary woods hired her to join the staff of the newly elected california senator, richard nixon. since then lloyd has been a mainstay of every next in office and campaign, friend of the next -- a friend of the nixon family and for many years the assistant secretary-treasurer of our foundation board. her loyalty and dedication, intelligence, integrity have guided and inspired generations of her colleagues and friends. we are delighted she is here today. [applause] joel tore to welcome celebrate the publication of her first book: "i in the shadown of -- in the shadow of the white house the washington watergate years, 1968-1970." larry higby will have the honor larry is aing joe, native bruin. at the age of 23 he begin -- became deputy assistant to as the right-hand man to president nixon's chief of staff bob haldeman. after the next in administration, he worked for pepsico, mean a call -- munich cal, and another company. in his retirement, though i think his wife my quarrel with the word, larry has been busy serving on boards, working for nonprofits and keeping up with kids and gr

richard nixon. >>richard: but i have news for you. this time there's a difference. this time we're gonna win. >>male: nixon was about to pull off the most stunning comeback in american politics. the other event took place eight miles away in miami's liberty city neighborhood. a black protest turned into a battle with police. in 1968, america looked like

the new republican majority, which richard nixon put together himself, behind the scenes he is destroying himself with watergate. what we have found over the years is that we are getting a much broader view of nixon. it is not that watergate doesn't matter, it is just part of a very large picture of a man who knew tell -- who knew how to use power and abuse power. is with theghes university of virginia's miller research center. thank you so much. we will take a look at the future of u.s.-cuba policy with frank mora and a weekly spotlight on magazines focuses on a new technology being used by the airport, disposable drought. -- drones. ♪ >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, today at 8:00 a.m. eastern on railamerica -- >> general secretary gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this date. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. [cheers and applause] mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. ronald reagan's 1987 trip to berlin. then at 8:00 p.m. on lectures in history, college professor paul ,arino

and we took a deep breath and said, yeah. >> abc news has projected that richard nixon has, in fact, in? >> it was a giant landslide. >> there was virtually no reaction to the stories we did. and it was a way of saying, watergate? who cares? >> what ever happened to watergate? i don't know, i don't know, apparently nothing. they've got a trial of the accused in that case. and that's going to be tried in due course. and i think that's probably the end of the story. >> of course that was far from the end of the story. when we come back, a look inside the explosive watergate hearing, the unraveling of a massive scandal that pointed straight to the white house. ter than a manuy hygienist says it does. but... ...they're not all the same. turns out, they're really... ...different. who knew? i had no idea. so, she said look for... ...one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round... ...brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to... ...gently remove more plaque and... ...oral-b crossaction is clinically proven to... ...remove more plaque than sonicar

. >> a year later, richard nixon resigned the presidency. that's tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, a stunning few minutes of news in president trump's press conference. he says no collusion, no obstruction, and calls james comey a leaker. he claims he's 100% willing to testify under oath. >>> plus are there or aren't there recordings of the trump/comey conversations. the president says the answer might disappoint but we'll all learn it soon. just another friday night as "the 11th hour" gets underway. >>> good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. this was day 141 of the still young trump administration. and a defiant president back on twitter this morning, back in front of the press corps in the rose garden this afternoon taking on the fired fbi director james comey. the president taking questions from reporters, accused comey of leaking and lying to congress. and said he would go under oath for special counsel bob mueller and teased the white house press corps reality tv style over whether or not he

so who did you think was developing before your eyes as you were developing richard nixon, and how does eyes in the news now? >>well, nixon was a much more careful person. iean, in terms of crooks, he was much better than trump. trump has admitted to obstructing justice. he's admitted to getting rid of comey because of the whole investigation with the russians. i mean, he has done things that nixon would have never done. i mean, nixon was very -- >> trump's done things that would be comparable to nixon stepping up to the microphone and saying, question, i fired the special prosecutor because he was investigating me. >> exactly. and i don't want him to find out about all the bad things i did, including the break-in at the watergate complex. i mean, this guy is a prosecutor's dream because he admits to stuff. nixon never did that. except on tape. and that's where he went wrong. the tapes. >> elizabeth drew, washington certainly had a notion of richard nixon before he was inaugurated for the first time. as you say, he'd been vice president. you'd all kind of lived around him for years. wha

. >> richard nixon violated the law, he compromised the office and he violated the compact that we thought we had with him. >> before he did all of this he must have considered the probable reaction in congress including the possibility of impeachment. >> there with some of us who felt the presidency was getting out of hand. the saturday night massacre was a signal to the american people that a president was putting himself above the rule of law and they demanded action. >> and the public outcry to the saturday night massacre was so significant. >> just the insanity of the saturday night massacre like who does that? how could you think you could get away with that? it's not stable. >> people tend to want to have power and keep it. power still tends to corrupt. >> presidents by the nature of

and impeachment never came to a vote either because richard nixon resigned.ining nous, opinius now, opin from washington post. this is starting to feel like the legislative season of 1974 with just as much as the trump agen agenda. >> the only difference, to the very end understood foreign policy and competent in that arena and president isn't competent in any arena. listen, the agenda was stalled before we hit the skids here. it's an unpopular agenda, there's no popular support for giving tax cuts to rich people. the american health care act is hugely unpopular out there, republicans are divided. i never thought they were going to get something through and they're not going to get it through now. people like lyindsey graham, there isn't going to be health care this year. tax cuts for rich people, a huge deficit. who is -- i don't see much of anything getting through congress and, of course, as the sort of chaos picks up in the white house, which is pretty chaotic. you're not going to be able to do deals and have the white house host negotiations and incredib

without those tapes richard nixon might not have been driven out of office.ecision was made just before that video you showed at the beginning of the segment. he was in the hospital and debating whether to have tapes destroyed or not. nixon made the decision to provide him some kind of protection. you wish that donald trump knew a little bit more about history than just his own experience in what he experiences through friends and family because i think every other president probably from gerald ford through barack obama in some lobe of their brain are remembering what happened to nixon that he was nailed for obstruction of just skps they certainly never would have -- >> great author and great friend thank you for coming on on a friday night. >> good to see you. >>> coming up after our final break, trump's go-to promise delivering something in the near future. back with more on that right after this. will you be ready when the moment turns romantic? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about uredines, and ask if you

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watergate, during the time of the mid-70s and richard nixon, we thought things were moving fast then. if we had one big bombshell development in a week, maybe ten days, things were moving quickly. that rolled out over, what, a two-year period. this is all rolling out in a matter of days. every day, there's not one but two or three new developments. >> yeah. >> that tells you inside the white house that no matter what the appearance on the outside looking in is, there's chaos inside. there's also big split, different people with different views of what the president could do, should do in order to get out of it. >> let's talk about that. they're putting on a good face or not talking about it. sean spicer saying, you have to talk to the president's lawyer. but maggie haberman of the "new york times," interviewed the president a number of times, says she thinks the president is looking forward to the speckle of it, the show of it. do you believe it? >> this person has a lot of experience so i listen carefully

ending in the resignation of president richard nixon. tonight on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the watergate break-in we take an in-depth look at the events that led to his downfall. >> the president is going to address the nation and presumably announce his resignation in a half hour from now. >> people will be at television sets and radios tonight to hear what the president has to say. >> this is the political crime story of the century. >> in just a moment now the president of the united states will begin his speech, perhaps his last speech from the white house. >> he always saw enemies. he always saw people in the shadows. and his motto, i believe, was, "do unto others before they have a chance to do unto you." >> that's enough. >> there was an obsession with leaks. you don't blame the leaks when facts come out that are showing wrongdoing. >> no, no, there will be no picture. >> this is the funny thing. had it not been for watergate, i think this man could have gone down in history as one of the more significant presidents in

who do you think was developing before your eyes as you were developing richard nixon and how does it arising in the news now. >> nixon was a much more careful person. in terms of crooks, he was much better than trump. trump trump has admitted to obstructing justice in the whole investigation into russia. >> it would be comparable to nixon stepping up to the microphone sayi, yes, fired the special prosecur because he was investigating me. >> and don't want him to know about all the bad things i did, including the break in at the watergate hotel. >> washington certainly had a notion of richard nixon before he was inaugurated for the first time. as you say, he had been vice president. you had all kind of lived around him for years, what happens to the image of nixon in that time in that presidency, and did he -- he also had a history of being labelled tricky dick and being a guy who would be suspect of dirty tricks and so was there a -- was there a lag time in washington catching up with comprehending what richard nixon was capable of? >> no, tricky dick goes back to when he ran for the

floip april 1973, richard nixon talking about watergate. of course, it was on this weekend 45 years ago the break-in took place at the watergate complex here in washington, d.c. this headline from politico.com, the georgia special elections hurdles toward a nail-biting finish. the voting taking place on tuesday. joining us on the phone is dan lippman, reporter and co-author of politico's playbook. we'll talk about the week ahead

silent majority was coined by richard nixon.and then reintroduced by donald trump. >> and you think then that when you look at people like paul ryan, when you look at people, i don't know, mitch mcconnell, are they the true inheritors of the reagan legacy or is it someone else? >> i don't know if there's anyone inheritor. i'll tell you one thing though. i saw mike pence give a speech today at the college. it was a reaganesque speech, very good speech. somebody is going to write a contrast between his speech, write a column or an op-ed or of these contrasting his speech with trump's at the coast guard academy. it begs to be written because it was a terrific, i mean, if you haven't seen i would urge you to go when you do tonight i would ever take a look at it because it really was, it was a speech for all americans.us >> site get the impression youi didn't think much of mr. trump speech at the coast guard academy?trumps [laughing] >> he uses first-person pronouns like he's eating breakfast. [laughing] >> let's go to the audience h

someone involved in prosecuting richard nexen for have an enemy -- for having -- richard nixon for havingn enemy's list. daddy bush, h w, would complain about that. it was going over americans' did notcause they understand the nature of demagoguery. if you just call people names rather than engage the idea, you are involved in demagoguery. is very damaging to the to just wageche and ideological war against your enemies. not flesh and blood. they are powers and principalities. i am trying to help people i disagree with to come around in their thinking. that is not true for the left. they are secular progressives. when their ideas run out, they engage in demagoguery. that is a huge mistake. as a result, you have a guy like this yesterday. you think about mark sanford saying the president as partially to blame because of rhetoric he has used on the campaign trail when he said he wanted to punch people, if you punch people in the face he would pay for the legal bills. this is the new york times. trump has been goading attendees at rallies to rough up protesters and suggesting last summer that

>> yes, that was coined by richard nixon. reintroduced by donald trump. >> you think then that when you look at people like paul ryan, when you look at people like mitch mcconnell, are they the true inheritors of the reagan legacy or is it someone else? am i missing someone else? >> i don't know if there's anyone inheritor but i will tell you one thing. i saw mike pence give his speech today at the gross city college and he was terrific. it was a reaganesque speech. it was a very good speech. somebody will write a contrast between his speech or a column or a piece and contrasting his speech with trumps at the coast guard academy. it begs to be written. it was a terrific -- if you haven't seen it i would urge you to go on youtube tonight and look at it. it was a very good speech for all americans. >> i get the impression that you didn't think much of mr. trumps speech at the coast guard academy. [laughter] >> he uses first person pronouns like he's eating breakfast. >> let's go to the audience here. we have a question right he

this is the new richard nixon library and museum. i am the president of the richard nixon foundation. i'm glad you are here on a very important day for the foundation and library. joining me in this welcome is michael elzie, national archives director of the presidential library, and all of those present today. in our redcoats and blue coats. [applause] before i introduce larry higby,

has happened is if there was an offense that's going to be likely found out, that's one reason richard nixon cox because archibald cox expanded his investigation into various abuses of power which in the end included the obstruction of justice for which nixon was driven out of office. so for donald trump to find out, if he's finding out tonight, that this investigation is going to go beyond the original focus of it, that's not great news for him. >> it's interesting you say that. because you're refusing to in the watergate timeline which many have oebds took so much longer, it appears that publicly, but as you said, within government the understanding of how wide this scope was came later. so do you infer anything as a matt of breast practices or abundance of caution, all the legal mumbo jumbo that comes out there. >> right. >> that will mueller is learning some lessons from that history? >> i think that's right. this has really spread up because as you said, the watergate process took longer. we've got at least shadows on the wall of investigations of collusion with the russians and perhaps

. >> i've got to ask you, john, richard nixon considered a mix son is hoping for a saturday night massacre. he said, "identifier mueller and rosenstein for wasting the taxpayers' money. this is a witch hunt." do you agree that the consequences of a saturday night massacre would be so severe for this country and the president? >> they would be severe. i think they'd be even more severe. we've had the suspense leading up to this. we already have fired comey and then we find out that he had given advance notice to rod rosenstein that he was going to get rid of comey anyhow and it turned out that rosenstein wrote a memo that in fact didn't correspondent with the real motive of mr. trump, which was the investigation was pending, which has put him in kind of a trick board seat because if he were to fire mueller who he appointed, he'd be firing the person who is in fact investigating him as well. so it's a multidimensional puzzle. rosenstein and jeff sessions who i saw one thing -- one ad said that we have a man who has amnesia and can't remember anything and still holds down a very demanding leg

clinton and richard nixon had very competent people around him, that's not the case here. clinton white house, it was hell to be in that white house. they tried to build the chinese walls to do their work while the investigation was going on and it was super tough for them, especially when you have tweet storms coming out, it's near impossible to do your job. >> richard nixon was no donald trump. richard nixon served four years in the united states navy as an officer, 14 years in house and senate, eight years as vice president, a constant reader of history and biography, may have been the best-prepared president in terms of experience in the history of the nation and has a record of achievement that amply documented character defects and criminal activity but an historic record of achievement, whether osha or e.p.a. or whatever else. the two things that david's mentioned of that cabinet meeting, it was the most awkward event i have seen in 50 years. >> woodruff: when he went around the table -- >> he was to tell how wonderful you are, not what i did on vacation, but how wo

if he had the constitutional power to do that, people compare it to richard nixon.rd nixon told his staff to lie, probably destroyed tapes, and paid hush money or tried to pay hush money to witnesses. there is no allegation of any independent criminal conduct against a president trump. it is much more like what president bush did when he pardoned caspar weinberger at a time when he was about to go on trial and might have pointed the finger of accusation at him. no one at that time suggested that president bush should be indicted for obstruction of justice or impeached. this is selective injustice against a particular president who was unpopular with democrats. it's just not right. >> tucker: what do you think -- given your position, and given the fact that you are a law professor, presumably you know the subject pretty well, how do you respond when you see the endless hours of poorly informed legal analysis on television suggesting the opposite? >> i comfort myself by knowing that almost all of these people would be on the other side if the shoe were on the other fo

floip april 1973, richard nixon talking about watergate. of course, it was on this weekend 45 years ago the break-in took place at the watergate complex here in washington, d.c. this headline from politico.com, the georgia special elections hurdles toward a nail-biting finish. the voting taking place on tuesday. joining us on the phone is dan lippman, reporter and co-author of politico's playbook. we'll talk about the week ahead in washington, but dan, let's first talk about this special election in georgia, because that's going to dominate a lot of the political talk in the days ahead. caller: that's very true, steve. it seems people are concerned that democrats aren't thrilled about john ossa, but they feel like there's a lot of energy on the democratic side. they've lost a couple of elections they wanted to win. so it's a real test in this most expensive congressional race ever, whose side pulls it out. host: any indication from early voting on what that could preview tuesday night? gerry: i think there's been a ton of early votes that i

the audiotape of richard nixon's complicit agreement in this plot to have the cia tell the fbi to stop the investigation. and all nixon says to what haldeman is saying, all he ever says is uh-huh. and that was enough. that was a sking gun. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> he doesn't have the declarative statements that president trump has in all of these conversations. >> no. in fact, if you look at one of the other conversations in that -- the watergate investigation, where john dean was present and they talk about paying hush money to the burglars, including howard hunt, and then they're talking about a million dollars in hush money, all that nixon says is "but that would be wrong." >> yes, yes. sometimes it's just a wink, a nod, a little bit of a gesture. but here, i mean, it's so explicit. and on top of it all, you've got his admission on lester holt that in fact he had russia on his mind when he got rid of comey. and you've got the tweet that essentially is an effort at witness tampering against comey by threatening him with a potential tape if he goes out and leaks information. >> i

i had that when he made the same position about richard nixon. at from both sides. tomorrow, it will be the republicans who will be furious at me and the democrats will be supportive because my principlel will lead me to conclusions that help one side rather than the other.be but i am not doing it in order to help the republicans by any means or any more of the democrats. i'm doing it because i care deeply about the constitution and preserving a document that has served us well for over 225 years. >> tucker: we agree with you. when you are on the other side, we'll invite you back. thanks, professor. >> thank you. >> tucker: we told you a lot about otto warmbier over the past year, hoping he would successfully be brought home to his family. we regret to say we have a final and very sad update on his case up next. introducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed. the only bed smart enough to change sleep as we know it. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you comfortable. and snoring ? ... does your bed do that? r

we know that richard nixon delayed everything as long as possible and we saw that on display yesterdaytrump when he wouldn't even tell us something as simple that he knows about whether or not there were white house tapes. he's going to give us that in the future somehow. the parallels are amazing. >> daft. the question now is, as this white house looks forward to yet more questions, we have the four congressional investigations, as you know, we have bob mueller, the special counsel, that's the fifth and that's happening in parallel. is the white house ready with the right te, based on what the questions are that are going to happen? not only into his campaign but also into his personal business dealings? this can really be blown open, as has been said. the number of tributaries, the size of this kimono is only growing as the days move on. does he have the right team to defend himself, this president, president donald trump, compared to what you saw in watergate with that defense? >> well, in watergate, of course, the nixon team collapsed because they were so deeply involved in the sca

if we look at what richard nixon had the articles of impeachment about and what all of his top aideso jail for, there's a lot of similarities to what we think comey will testify. but it's a question of putting the case together. it's not one thing standing alone. it's not just the request to can't you leave flynn alone? but it's the asking sessions and vice president pence to leave the room before he had that conversation. it's the other possible conversations that he had. so you put together a compilation of the evidence, and it does look like the kind of obstruction of justice, the abuse of power that happened in the nixon administration. >> asha, the defense here seems to be essentially ignorance. as far as i can tell -- and it's interesting to me the president's personal lawyer's response to these seven pages of written testimony is not to say that is untrue. james comey is not telling the truth. instead it's to say he's vindicatedecause of a very, very narrow portion of that. if they stipulate to the facts and they defend the president by saying, he just didn't realize that any

the most important was he received the presidential medal of freedom in 1970 by then president richard nixon. earl behren was editor of "the san francisco chronicle." >> as a docent here, over the last few years i have been privileged to study the people that actually lived in this home. one of which was earl behrens. behrens was a pioneer family. a good student going into high school, and somehow he left with the nickname "the squire." he attended stanford and attended stanford university, and about that time there was a conflict going on. he would call it world war i. he went in as an officer. his unit was collected on the coast and then he went to the philippines to go to vladivostok , russia. that is on the east coast. when he was in vladivostok, his unit was there to protect the hospital, mainly. and upon his return from one of the battles, and there were people killed outside of that town, his motorcycle ran off the road and he was in an accident, which caused him severe damage. he spent some time in the hospital there. he was not in combat at that time, and recuperating he wrote many

just one month before president richard nixon resigned from office. they were regal from the months long watergate scandal. he was on his way out the door. his defense secretary was worried about what might if the president decided to subvert the constitution to stay in power even as everything around him was falling apart. god for bid if he tried to authorize the use of nuclear weapons without consulting anyone first. nixon's defense secretary overwhelmed by the possibility tried to prevent anything like that from happening by going behind his back to the chairman of the join chiefs of staff. if essence, the defense secretary asked the chairman of the joint chiefs for a commitment that neither he nor any of the other chiefs would respond to an order from the white house calling for the use of military force without immediately informing the defense secretary. nixon's defense secretary asked the chairman of the join chief of staff, quote, don't take any emergency type action without consulting me. the joint chiefs of staff were unfortunately with this