. >> president ford's pardon of richard nixon stunned the nation. finition. >> the former president was still not acceptable responsibility. three years after resigning nixon was paid to participate in a historic interview with it british television journalist david frost. at the very end the inevitable question came up. >> do you feel that you have obstructed justice or were part of a conspiracy to obstruct justice? >> he would not -- he wouldn't really admit anything, not even mistakes or whatever. he was really stone walling completely. and he was beginning to look like the haunted nixon of the actual watergate hearings rather than the californian expresident. >> in what word would you express? >> and that was a real jaw smacking matter. and i threw aside my clipboard and i said there are three things you've got to say. the fact you did go to the very verge of criminality. secondly you let down your oath of office and -- >> thirdly i put the american people through two years of needless agonizing and i apologize. i know how difficult it is for eve

the watergate scandal they have also led a seminar for lawyers focusing on comparisons between richard nixon and donald trump. well i'm happy to welcome tonight to the day mr james who joins us tonight from cleveland ohio mr rove or not welcome to the day i want to ask you you know you've been hearing what bob woodward's been saying just like we have i mean considering what mr woodward has written regarding trump's lack of knowledge about policies in the wall would you recommend that mr trump even attend the simmon are that you're giving which compares him to richard nixon. i think you would do well i know with. john b. he's a very honest guy you're here really is very much particular and interesting that you know john you know i started doing our program in two thousand and eleven will trump was on the scene in nixon's impulsive nature and some of the things that got him into this very troubled. right now so yeah he would do well to come listen joycean are in some of the papers. you write that there is a cancer growing on the trump presidency i mean what is the cancer. well you know the thi

so—called islamic state. to avoid him acting on them. whose reporting helped remove president richard nixonrom office. excerpts have been published by the washington post. by disgruntled former employees. nick bryant reports. today, the white house looked as stately and elegant as ever. an administrative coup d'etat. to assassinate the syrian leader, bashar al—assad. describing the president as unhinged. by future presidents... so much to bring down richard nixon. woodward is a washington institution. but only after the book was finished. so help me god. retarded" and "a dumb southerner". robert mueller. "don't testify", his former lawyer told him. "it's either that or an orange jumpsuit". on what looked like an aborted golf trip. and now, yet another diversion. stories, many by former disgruntled employees. a statement saying he didn't call the president an idiot. saying the statement was total bs, in his words. its usual blanket condemnation of the media. for his rigour and fairness. of democrats and republicans. admitted that he was fair. rendering of history. nick bryant reporting there

it was far less certain that richard nixon could carry new york. ixon was from california and it was presumed that california and new york were rivals, the rising of the west against the east. in december of 1959, rockefeller suddenly announced he would not run for president in 1960. he did so because his polls had shown that nixon had many delegates lucked out from his numerous trips during 1950's, and the polls showed he was so far behind in primary states that he could not defeat nixon in the republican primaries. nixon wanted rocky to be his running mate in 1962 nail down new york state in the november election, but rocky turned nixon down at a meeting that rockefeller insisted take place in rockefeller's apartment in new york on the eve of the republican convention held in chicago. on the same meeting, which the press called the treaty of fifth avenue, rockefeller demanded and got from nixon and agreement to add provisions to the party platform calling both for strongest civil rights and more defense spending. eisenhower was furious, because ro

in 1960, richard nixon was a young man. a graceful concession was a better idea than a futile attempt to overturn the results. after the campaign, nixon thought of himself as the second most popular man in america. [laughter] shortly before the democratic convention, nixon wrote in a private letter that the strongest ticket to the democrats put up was kennedy-johnson and it was the one ticket he was not certain he could defeat. interesting, he thought he could defeat any other combination. kennedy moved quickly to bring the nation together. after the election, he announced he would ask j edgar hoover to stay on at the fbi, designed to reassure conservatives. he sent the liberal hero, adlai stevenson, to be ambassador at the united nations. he named two republicans to his top cabinet post. although max demerit was a republican, he had organized business leaders to back kennedy. on inauguration day, kennedy gave a militant cold war speech that delighted everyone. he could unite everyone. after that, he said 70% approval. he st

from 2000 to 2011 he directed the richard nixon presidential library. he has co-authored several books, most notably for our purposes today, "john f. kennedy: the great crisis" and in 2017 a book on george h.w. bush. and katherine algore is a noted american historian and specialized in biographies of american first ladies. most notably dolley madison. please enjoy this presentation on how different organizations, institutions and individuals are being changed and incorporating different perspectives and moments into the narrative of presidential history. thank you so. >> thank you. >> thank you for the kind introduction and to the whole team for including me and including all of us here. this has been a terrific few days already. and a lot of great programming. it's hard to follow john meacham and judy woodruff, but we have a great team here. one of the great things about this team, everyone on this panel has been a scholar and everyone also has run important historic institutions. and i want to get at that in the conversation, so i'm going to start --

richard nixon got on that helicopter in1974, richard nixon got on that helicopter in 1974, few people that bill clinton who became one of the most popular americas in modern times, i suspect there is somebody, somebody will emerge who will offer the prospect of the returning america to its moorings. the returning thing is what i find difficult. i think this idea that we canjust go difficult. i think this idea that we can just go back to how things were before donald trump and it will be 0k, before donald trump and it will be ok, i think something has been broken. the democrats need to start reaching out. they need to double down on their politics, basically. they have always been accused, but never at she did it properly. they need to reach out to blacks, hispanics, women, immigrants, and stop trying to win back this mythical white coalminer that won the election for donald trump. he's not mythical. yes, years. what swung it for donald trump wasn't white coalminer is, it was those who are earning more than $100 a year, lawyers and university professors. this idea of the kind of heartl

the local expectations had to do with the fact that richard nixon was the son of yerbolinda. he was described on their code of arms. you have the national problem, which is how you make the nixon library credible to scholars and stake holders who understandably associated richard nixon not not just with watergate, but with years of litigation to prevent the release of tapes and papers while at the same time , not having a revolt among local folks who loved the place because it remiepdsnded them of their childhood, it reminded them of the things they like to remember about richard nixon and the family? the question for me is what's legacy? i learned that the definition of legacy depends on the person. i think as a historian legacy , could be good or bad. it is the consequences of a set of actions and decisions. for those who love a president, legacy is only the positive elements of what that president did. if you attempt to in clear minded, straightforward, nonpartisan way to put the rest of the history in, to include the rest of the legacy, you find yourself rubbing up against

are we looking at a rerun of richard nixon's famous saturday night massacre?tory buffs will know what we mean. the future of the man running the russia probe is in doubt today. also on the programme: labour moves in the direction of another referendum on brexit. party members will vote tomorrow but what would the question be — and would it offer an option to stay in the european union? paul gosar is my brother. and i endorse doctor david brill. the attack ad that targets the republican congressman for arizona — all standard fare — except the people calling for his removal are the congressman‘s siblings. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. it's hard to keep up with the fast moving events in brett kavanaugh‘s supreme court nomination. the new yorker magazine is now reporting that a fellow student of kavanaugh‘s from yale university says he exposed himself to her at a drunken party. the story has graphic detail about debbie ramirez‘s claims. mr kavanaugh is denying the report which he says is part ofa smearcampaign. but

eisenhower's vice president, richard nixon, was privy to some of eisenhower's decision-making regarding the rosenbergs. nixon, when interviewed in 1983, commented first eisenhower was influenced by personal experience in world war ii where he held military intelligence in regard. given his view on intelligence and the nature of crimes committed by the rosenbergs, it is doubtful eisenhower would have granted clemency, according to nixon. furthermore, the rosenbergs received full justice, therefore eisenhower declined to intervene. as nixon reflected on the events that spanned from 1953 to 1983, he said no one in the administration really had the full story on ethel rosenberg. it was possible the case against her was tainted. he went on to say "if i had known or if president eisenhower, he might have taken a different view regarding her." events played out up until the hours the rosenbergs were executed. the eisenhower administration hoped to get a confession. both julius and ethel rosenberg died defiant. they never revealed their network. top-secret intelligence collected by the u.s. gov

president richard nixon since then woodward has written nineteen boards most of them about u.s.residents but his latest book is in a class of its own in fear trump in the white house woodward delivers a description of a presidency that is devastating and beyond disturbing the book went on sale at midnight last night and we were there. they arrived at just before midnight to get their first peek of fear no not a horror movie well not quite the book is the latest warts and all tale of the apparent chaos inside donald trump's white house is written by the journalist bob woodward if that name sounds familiar it's because he's already brought down one president richard nixon after the watergate scandal in one thousand nine hundred sixty four. when porton book. woodward is a respected. journalist researcher author. and it's pretty serious stuff going on in the white house my mind was open at the beginning but i'm out right right now this is not the united states of america that i call my country it is frightening. the book relies on testimony from senior officials in the white house f

richard nixon had deep throat, donald trump has deep state throat.cial throws the administration into turmoil. a slew of denials from senior presidential staff doesn't stop speculation that the new york times opinion piece reflects reality. mr trump himself is furious that a member of his team has betrayed him publicly with this searing denunciation. and there's a fair amout of criticism for both the author and the newspaper. british and russian officials clash at the un, several countries support the uk's conclusion that the kremlin "almost certainly" approved the poisoning of a former russian spy. they played dice with the

that's the day i think i'm richard nixon. i didn't know the man, hadn't had dealings withhim , there's a great misconception about what the early 30s white house counsel to do around a white house. so maybe you'd want to, i'll send you a copy of that book. it might give you insights into what really did happen in there. >> all right. well, we're done. i want to thank this panel very much.

by the distinguished american journalist bob woodward, whose reporting helped remove president richard nixonished by the washington post. the white house says they are fabricated stories by disgruntled former employees. nick bryant reports. today, the white house looked as stately and elegant as ever. but, according to the new book, this mansion is home to a presidency in chaos, a west wing suffering a nervous breakdown, an administrative coup d'etat. it details how senior aides tried to prevent donald trump from wielding his presidential pen, hiding official documents from his desk to stop him withdrawing america from the nafta free—trade agreement, and ignoring his suggestion to assassinate the syrian leader, bashar al—assad. it quotes the white house chief of staff, john kelly, describing the president as unhinged. i think it's going to be a lesson that has to be absorbed by future presidents... what gives the book so much credence is the authority of its author, bob woodward, whose work alongside carl bernstein during watergate did so much to bring down richard nixon. woodward is a washi

by the distinguished american journalist bob woodward, whose reporting helped remove president richard nixon from office. excerpts have been published by the washington post. the white house says they are fabricated stories by disgruntled former employees. nick bryant reports. today, the white house looked as stately and elegant as ever. but, according to the new book, this mansion is home to a presidency in chaos, a west wing suffering a nervous breakdown, an administrative coup d'etat. it details how senior aides tried to prevent donald trump from wielding his presidential pen, hiding official documents from his desk to stop him withdrawing america from the nafta free—trade agreement, and ignoring his suggestion to assassinate the syrian leader, bashar al—assad. it quotes the white house chief of staff, john kelly, describing the president as unhinged. i think it's going to be a lesson that has to be absorbed by future presidents... what gives the book so much credence is the authority of its author, bob woodward, whose work alongside carl bernstein during watergate did so much to bring do

when richard nixon got on that helicopter in 1974, very few people had heard of bill clinton.is somebody, we may not know him yet, but somebody will emerge who will offer a prospect of returning america to its moorings. who will offer a prospect of returning america to its mooringslj think returning america to its moorings.” think the returning thing is what i find difficult. i think that this idea, that if we just go back to how things were before trump, everything will be ok, i think that something has been broken permanently. i think the democrats need to start reaching out to the people that lost it for them, two years ago. they need to double down on identity politics, basically. which is what they have always been accused of, but never actually did properly. they need to double down a reaching out to black people, hispanics, women and immigrants, and to stop trying to win back this mythical white coalminer that won the election for trump. not mythical. it is mythical. if you look at the people who voted fortrump, if you look at the people who voted for trump, what swung

are we looking at a rerun of richard nixon's famous saturday night massacre?hat we mean. the future of the man running the russia probe is in doubt today. also on the programme: labour moves in the direction of another referendum on brexit. party members will vote tomorrow but what would the question be —

, bob woodward, whose work alongside carl bernstein during watergate did so much to bring down richard nixontion. bob woodward finally managed to speak to the president, but only after the book was finished. so help me god. it is certainly a bad one for the embattled attorney general, jeff sessions, who mr trump apparently described as "mentally retarded" and "a dumb southerner". and there are insights into the legal advice the president received about talking to the special counsel, robert mueller. "don't testify", his former lawyer told him. "it's either that or an orange jumpsuit". the president last appeared before the cameras yesterday, on what looked like an aborted golf trip. and now, yet another diversion. the white house claims the book is nothing more than fabricated stories, many by former disgruntled employees. the white house chief of staff, john kelly, has also issued a statement saying he didn't call the president an idiot. he has also referred to a statement in may saying the statement in may saying the statement was total bs, in his words. it is crucial that the white house

richard nixon case. that was the first -- the key issue -- >> that's all right.i needed the answer to the question, and you have answered it. >> the source is important. >> as a privilege, it needs to be asserted, does it not? that's true of privileges generally? >> i don't know where this is going. but the -- >> it's a pretty straightforward question. don't privileges needs to be asserted in order to apply? >> well, privileges are recognized -- >> once they are asserted? >> i think as a general pron six -- >> fair enough. i'm asking a general proposition. >> you would assert the attorney/client privilege. >> yes. and who asserts executive privilege? >> ordinarily -- well, that is a complicated question, senator, actually. >> who does it come back to? ultimately, who asserts executive privilege? >> so it depends what you are talking about. what kind of executive branch document you are talking about. it depends. in my experience -- >> ultimately, it's the president? >> there is not as much precedent on that. there is some. the supreme court, this was -- the supre

>> the supreme court so ruled in the united states versus richard nixon case. so that was the first -- the key issue in the united states -- >> it's all right. i need the answer to the question. you answered it. >> the source is important. >> as a privilege, it needs to be asserted. does it not? that's true of privileges generally? >> i don't know where this is going. >> straightforward question. don't privileges need to be asserted in order to apply? >> privileges are recognized. >> when they're asserted. >> as a general proposition -- >> fair enough. i'm asking -- >> the attorney client privilege -- >> yeah. and who asserts executive privilege? >> ordinarily, that is a complicated question, senator. that is -- >> who does it come back to? who asserts executive privilege. >> depends what you're talking about. what kind of executive branch document, it depends. in my experience -- >> ultimately it's the president. >> there's not as much precedent on that. there's some. the supreme court, this was -- the supreme court in the united states versus richard nixon --

richard nixon came down for the open. they have this beautiful 10 story building i'm in the library private suite out for the president and he had a special shower because he was a big man with a lot of water pressure. nixon came up. if you've ever been in texas in august you know it's miserable. not a place you want to be. nixon comes up and goes i need to shower. i soaked through my shirt. the 1960 debate overshadowed in not doing well. he says yeah, go take one in the shower. he forgets to tell him what the water pressure is like. he stands outside and when nixon get knocked on the spot, johnson is laughing. so, you can't see that as bad as we still have that sweet and still just like it was in 1971 and it's a remarkable place. so that makes the point. johnson did like -- not like nixon. is a long-standing animosity going back to 1950 in the senate race when nixon ran against douglas where you just trashed. he didn't forget very easily. .. >> in front row tyler, chief of protocol for president johnson, who was married

he directed the richard m. nixon presidential lie mare abrary an. and also authored a book on john f. kennedy and also co-authored a book on george h.w. bush. and catherine al gore is a noted american his or the yarn, and dr. algore wrote a book about our first ladies and most notably dolly madison. please enjoy this view of different incorporations of perspectives and thenarratives presidential history. thank you so much. >> thank you to the kind introduction and stewart and the team for including all of us here. this has been a terrific day already and it is tough to the follow jon meacham and judy wood are rough, bwoo woodruff, but everyone has run important historical institution, and so i want to get into that, because all good research starts with questions, but also framing museums, framing presentations, and also starts with questions. so i am curious what questions animates your work, and how do you think about the hard challenges of including voice, and who to include, and how to include them in that mix of what are the questions that keep

>> the supreme court so ruled in the united states versus richard nixon case. that was the first -- the key issue in the united states -- >> that's all right. i just need the answer to the question. you've answered it. >> source is important. >> as a privilege it needs to be asserted, does it not? that's true of privileges generally? >> i don't know where you're -- where this is going but the -- >> pretty straightforward question. don't privileges need to be asserted in order to apply? >> privileges are recognized. >> once they're asserted? >> i think as a general proposition. >> fair enough. all i'm asking is a general proposition. >> in attorney/client privilege you would assert the attorney/client privilege. >> who asserts executive privilege? >> ordinarily -- that is a complicated question, senator. >> who does it come back to? ultimately, who asserts executive privilege? >> it depends what you're talking about, what sort of executive branch document you're talking about. it depends. in my experience -- >> ultimately it's the president? >> there's not as mu

fabricated stories woodward is known for his investigative reporting that helped bring down president richard nixon in the watergate scandal at the washington post has published all yo of a telephone conversation between trump and bob woodward in which they discussed the book. very much is going to be a negative book but you know. my goodness. a particular line has more now from washington. some really explosive reporting coming from bob woodward the preeminent and prickly mole one of the more credible journalists in the entire country his book comes out and he says that the president don't terms top aides had some very disparaging things to say about their boss he says that chief of staff john kelly has called the president an idiot saying he has come off and gone off the rails and saying this is crazy town he reports that secretary of defense jim mattis basically compared the president's ability to understand to a fifth or sixth grade level and that he reports to gary coleman once the president's chief economic adviser once took paperwork trade paperwork off the president's desk saying that he wo

richard nixon, said two things. it said one, the executive privilege is constitutionally rooted.the special prosecutor in that case argued that actually there was no such thing as executive privilege. and the supreme court rejected that argument and held that the executive privilege is rooted in the separation of powers and in article ii but secondly -- >> the reason i'm asking doesn't have much to do with you. it goes back to a point that we were talking about earlier in the hearing, which is that we have received hundreds and hundreds of pages of documents of your record that look like this. they both say, committee confidential across them at an angle, and then across the front, they say, constitutional privilege. and as a member of the senate, this is not a question, i'm speaking to my colleagues, i find myself in a quandary here about being denied those particular documents, because i cannot find any assertion of the privilege these documents just suddenly appeared, and somebody had put, constitutional privilege on the page and wiped out all the text that was on the page, an

fabricated stories woodward is known for his investigative reporting that helped bring down president richard nixon in the watergate scandal the been protests on the first day of the senate confirmation hearings for u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh he's president trumps pick to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy long seen as the court's swing vote on many contentious issues democrats fear cavanagh will pull the court even further to the political right the leaders of pacific island nations have been meeting in narrow that's where australia has an offshore prison camp for refugees before they form is focusing on regional peace and security and improving the health of the island's people but the prison camps in the treatment of the refugees there is casting a shadow over the conference there are around one thousand six hundred people in two camps one in now to the other on papua new guinea's manor silent in yemen protests have been going on in the south against the saudi and the rotty coalition's military campaign. i. demonstrators in the large governorates chanted for the coalition t

president nixon loses in the united states versus richard nixon.ational security and president bush. but they bring it to today. you mentioned a couple times that you live in the real world. >> i tried. that's important for a judge. >> this week there was a treat at the president has had mentioned this yesterday comes to long-winded obama air investigations into popular republican congressman has got to a well-publicized charge just ahead of the midterms by the session's justice department, and to easy wins that went out because there is not enough time. good job, jeff. should a president be able to use his authority to pressure executive or independent agencies to carrying out directors for purely political purposes? >> senator, i understand the question, but i think one of the principles of judicial independence of judges, sitting judges and i am sitting judge and nominee sitting here need to be careful about this commenting on current events or political controversies. i don't think we want judges commenting on the latest political controversy b

how is he like richard nixon? how is he different than richard nixon?s on now nine presidents from nixon to trump. 20% of the presidents we've had in this country and each one is different and unique. there are some similarities. some differences. i think the key in examination trump, what will he do when people present him with facts. the world trade organization, which the united states is a member of, very important. allows us to file complaints of unfair trade practices. and there's a meeting in the oval office, and the president says, well, the world trade organization is the worst organization ever. we lose all our cases and they present data -- >> i said, no, no, we actually win most of our cases there. >> like 85.7% of them. not just 85% but 85.7%. he says, no, that's not true. the people there say, look, call the u.s. trade representative, your guy. you will confirm this. i don't want to hear, i don't want to call him, i don't want to deal with it. at some points he gets literally where did you get these ideas, well, i've had them for 30 years.

during the 1970s, historians criticized richard nixon for britishing t i establishing the imperial presidendency. trump and pence have gone beyond that to establish the auth authoritarian presidency. donald trump thinks it's more serious that someone exercise their free speech rights to criticize him than the russians acting to undermine our democracy. he is created this cult of personality and when a nation embraces that kind of cult, it lo loses its integrity and its freedoms are in great jeopardy. it's no excuse to say the economy is going well and that justifies this threat to american traditions. >> barbara, you heard the intimations that the attorney general might want to look into this. i want to get your read on that. what the department of justice might look into given the fact this op-ed was published. >> i think it would be highly inappropriate for the justice department to look into this. if president trump would look into who this is, he would be within his right to fire that person. that would be fine. this may be some sort of ethical violation but it's not a legal violati vio

going back to richard nixon and watergate, this is the ninth white house woodward has covered. >> in the eight others, i never heard of people on the staff in the white house engaging in that kind of extreme action. >> in woodward's telling, donald trump does not see america as the indispensable nation. he sees it as an international sucker taking advantage of by allies and trading partners. he complained his advisers don't know anything about business. all they want is to protect everybody, that we pay for. according to woodward, the president is obsessed by the fact the u.s. pays $3.5 billion a year to station troops in south korea as a first line of defense against the trump. >> i don't know why they are there, he said. let's bring them all home. at another meeting secretary of defense james mattis explained why the u.s. has 28,000 troops in korea. we are doing this in order to prevent world war iii. >> the united states has great strength and eff it ally, w totally destroy nort korea. >> the standoff with north korea has been eased for the moment by the singapore summit, which br

>> the difference is that, for instance, with richard nixon what really made him begin to decline and endanger his impeachment and removal was not when the democratic opposition came out for impeachment removal but when members of his own party did. in early 1974 you had people like ed brook, james buckley, the conservative senator from new york, others one by one said that richard nixon can no longer serve. he has to be removed either through impeachment or resignation. contrast that with nowadays how many republican senators, for instance, have come out and said this is a president of our party who cannot function. >> that's a fair point, michael. shane, that's why i go back to the end of the day, the voters have to have a say in this. i think the midterms -- look, i think -- i think at the end of the day, elected republicans are not going to change their view publicly until they feel pain politically. and losing the senate would be real pain because they don't expect it. >> yeah, the year plus now of crisis or weirdness that we have been in, i have always believed the ultimate answ

richard nixon because very accomplished politician. >> yes, in disbeliefs. >> and he did. >> stephen:the pacific war. he had many accomplishments to be proud of. >> yes. and did a lot of good things as president, you know, started the environmental protection agency, something that people might not know or remember. >> stephen: lowered the voting age. >> yes, lowered the voting age. >> stephen: could never be nominated as a republican, maybe not even a deputy point. >> you are probably right about that, but, you know, he had a real obsession with trying to go after his opponents and trying to, you know, really consolidate his power and he had people around him in the white house who enabled that and he got himself into real trouble, and i don't think we can make a comparison yet because there was a very thorough investigation of president nixon at the time that i was part of, and it drew conclusions so that even republican members in the congress understood that they had to take action, and we are not at that point yet with this president. >> stephen: well, nixon had these people arou

fabricated stories woodward is known for his investigative reporting that helped bring down president richard nixon in the watergate scandal of the washington post has published a telephone conversation between trump and bob woodward in which they discussed the book. look at the world in your industry in you. you write well i assume that means it's going to be a negative book but you know i'm some sort of fifty percent used to that it's the right some are good and they regret it sounds like they're going to be. a petticoat hain has more. some really explosive reporting coming from bob woodward the preeminent and pretty one of the more credible journalists in the entire country his book comes out and he says the president don't terms top aides had some very disparaging things to say about their boss he says that the staff john kelly has called the president an idiot saying he has come often gone off the rails and saying this is crazy town he reports that secretary of defense to mattis basically compared the president's ability to understand to a fifth or sixth grade level and that he reports to gary

richard nixon was not the first to go after the press. i am often in shock and listening to his tapes. yes, he believed journalists. yes, he attacked them. yes, he rail against them. he also flattered journalists. he curried favor, he offered access. his press strategy was far from one-dimensional. his administration helped to advance the most successful challenger to that objectivity ideal that had been so powerful. that conservative criticism of the brutal and media buys. beenrvative people have challenging this idea of objectivity for a long time at this point. conservatives were arguing that the media were bias. that they were not actually objective. that objectivity was a mask that they used to disguise your liberal bias. -- their liberal virus. agnew helped to make it more mainstream. conservatives win that fight. all americans believe that journalism is biased toward liberalism. that is a huge change from the 1950's and 60's when it was assumed that mainstream journalists were unbiased. in the post-watergate era, an era that is oft

controversialfigure himself but no less the former us secretary of state and national security advisor under richard nixon73 he received the nobel peace prize for his negotiation of the ceasefire which mr field in vietnam. here he is now being guided to the pulpit. we have also heard from meghan mccain. she was very passionate and an emotional tribute she paige doherty father. —— paid to her father. she was talking about people who had not served their country. you can see the wife of senatorjohn mccain, cindy, also in the congregation. as well as his 106 old mother, roberta mccain. at times of national trial, many great personalities have emerged. the reminders of our essential unity and have inspired us to the fill our sustaining values. john mccain was one of those gifts of destiny. i metjohn for the first i met john for the first time i metjohn for the first time in april 1973 at a white house reception for prisoners return from captivity in vietnam he had been much on my mind during the negotiations to end the vietnam war. partly, also because of his father, then commander—in—chief of the pacific com

fabricated stories woodward is known for his investigative reporting that helped bring down president richard nixon in the one nine hundred seventy s. watergate scandal as he called again has more from washington. some really explosive reporting coming from bob woodward the preeminent and prickly one of the more credible journalists in the entire country his book comes out and he says that the president don't trust top aides had some very disparaging things to say about their boss he says that chief of staff john kelly has called the president an idiot saying he has come often gone off the rails and saying this is crazy town he reports that secretary of defense jim mattis basically compared the president's ability to understand to a fifth or sixth grade level and that he reports to gary cole once the president's chief economic adviser once took paperwork trade paperwork off the president's desk saying that he wouldn't remember and he was trying to protect the country you also reports that the president has had very nasty things to say about his top aides including attorney general jeff sessions acc

richard nixon. >> let me bring it to today. you mentioned a couple of times that you live in the real world. >> i try, yes. >> that's important for you a judge. >> this week there was a tweet by the president that said, and i mentioned this yesterday, too long running obama era investigations of two very republican congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge just ahead of the midterms by the jeff sessions justice department. too easy wins now in doubt because there was not enough time -- there is not enough time. good job, jeff. should a president be able to use his authority to pressure executive or independent agencies to carrying out directives for purely political purposes? >> senator, i understand the question, but i think one of the principles of judicial independence that sitting judges, and i am a sitting judge, and nominees sitting here need to be careful about is commenting on current events or political controversies. i don't think we want judges commenting on the latest political controversy because that wo