it focuses on the january 20th, 1969, richard nixon inauguration showing guests arriving at the u.s. capitol and scenes from the inaugural parade on pennsylvania avenue. ♪♪ ♪ this is my country ♪ ♪ land of my birth ♪ ♪ this is my country grandest on earth ♪ ♪ i pledge my allegiance america the bold ♪ ♪ for this is my country to have and to hold ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ of a new president, a group of men meet in the nation's capitol. this is the joint congressional inaugural committee. under the chairmanship of senator edward dirk son of illinois, the members establish policy, work out details. senator dirk son is assisted by senators mike mansfield of montana, representative gerald ford of michigan, speaker of the house john mccormick of massachusetts, representative carl albert of oklahoma, and mark trice, the executive director of the joint inaugural committee. the nation lays out an elaborate welcome mat for the new president and as the final day approaches tens of thousands of citizens from every state and territory arrive to witness the momentous event. for many without tickets, it was a long a

■ >> you richard nixon -- >> i richard nixon do solemnly swear -- >> that you will faithfully executefice -- >> of president of the united states -- >> of president of the united states -- >> and will to the best of your ability -- >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> preserve, protect and defend -- >> preserve, protect and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> so help you god. >> so help me god. [ applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> senator dirkson, mr. chief justice, mr. president, president johnson, vice president humphrey, my fellow americans and my fellow citizens of the world community, i ask you to share with me today the majesty of this moment. in the orderly transfer of power, we celebrate the unity that keeps us free. each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. but some stand out as moments of beginning in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. this can be such a moment. forces now are converging that make possible for the first time the hope that many of man's deepest aspirations ca

all of a sudden at 3:00 in the morning, richard nixon decides to go on television, even though he hadot lost the election yet. and this is the media watching it. and, of course, i, who was assigned to photograph nixon, was with him at 3:00 in the morning on november 9th as he went to the podium at the ambassador hotel and conceded the election to jfk before he had actually won it. and that was an extraordinary move on nixon's part. four hours later, "the boston globe" announces his presidency. and this is a wonderful picture taken by a very, very fine photographer. as the early morning newspapers arrived at election campaign headquarters. by midday, the election had been decided and jfk became the first catholic president of the united states and, you know, he rallied his entire family here for this group picture. his brother-in-law who was an entertainer, actor, teddy, his youngest brother, robert kennedy, one of his sisters. of course his mother and father and ethel. and jean kennedy's husband over there, smith. really this is a -- kind of an interesting little moment and, of course

and i think that is going to convince a great many people to vote for richard nixon. ♪ appearance with nixon, his -- >> in chicago, a post nomination appearance with pat nixon, his two daughters and his mother is made by the gop presidential candidate. ♪ mr. nixon speaks of president eisenhower. >> when i think of the burdens he has carried, the responsibility that has been his, and also of the splendid record he has made in every way, particularly the dignity and the decency. and the immense goodwill and feeling and affection for people that he has brought to the office of the presidency. i realize that for any man, whether it be mr. kennedy or myself to follow in his footsteps, will be a tremendous responsibility and a challenge, which it would be very difficult for us to meet. ♪ >> in washington, d.c., fanatic violence erected in the halls of congress. three men and a woman believed to be part of a gang, that in 1950 attempted, the assassination of president truman opened fire from the visitor gallery of the house of representatives. five congresspeople were hit, one from iowa, one

the focus is on the january 20th, 1969, richard nixon did not duration showing guests arriving at the u.s. capital and scenes from the inaugural parade on pennsylvania avenue. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ months before the inauguration of a new presidents, a group of men meet in the nation's capital. this is the joint congressional inaugural committee, under the chairman ship of senator of illinois, the members establish policy, work out details, senator dirks and is assisted by senator from montana and from north carolina. representative gerald ford of michigan. speaker of the house john mccormack of massachusetts. representative carl albert of oklahoma, and also, mark trace the executive director of the joint inaugural committee. the nation lays out an elaborategvqn%c malcolm x for tw president. as the final day approaches, tens of 76w from every state and territory arrive to witnessed a momentous event. for many without tickets it is a long and cold week. january 20th began with below freezing weather and thousands of visitors sit out early to locate a vantage point close to the inaugural stand. wh

in the past he has exploded when people have brought richard nixon up before. d he even remarked, you know, he would not get the same treatment nixon got from gerald ford meaning he could not count on the vice president mike pence to pardon him in that way if he did resign. of course that's unlikely. it is remarkable this last full week of donald trump's time in office is going completely opposite of what people expected it to be. they thought it would kind of be this last farewell tour of his accomplishments while in office, and instead they're dealing with legal warnings the president is facing for the role he played in the siege of capitol hill last week. of course they've got that upcoming senate trial. and we're told the president is pretty much entirely focused on what's going to happen once he does leave office, what are there going to be the business repercussions he's facing when he's leaving the white house next wednesday. >> what has ever been predictable about donald trump? everyone should know better. i remember nixon. i don't know if you're old eno

he's vengeful, lashing out, banning any talk of richard nixon. what can we expect from trump the final few days in office? i won't have to ask you that question in, what, five days. >> look, it's a dumpster fire and it's going to be that way through the end. you've got aides fleeing, associates fleeing, a very small number of people around trump taxpayer west wing is largely empty. not. that people showing up, and donald trump is left in the torment of knowing that he has been disgraced in a way no other president has. and it's not surprising that he would been mentioned of richard nixon. when donald trump came of age as a young man, richard nixon was the epitome of a failed president. watergate forced him to become the only president to resign. and that disgrace is something that donald trump is now in the same league with. in fact, when you look at what donald trump has done, the nature of his presidency, he's worse than richard nixon. he makes richard nixon look like a titanic statesman sop. so donald trump is in a bad way. he's looking at fin

president, i served with richard nixon. i knew richard nixon. richard nixon was me. sir, you are no richard nixon. but you are a dick. niou! >> stephen: the ghost of richard nixon, everyone! the president might be choppering off to mar-a-lago, but the maga menace isn't going away. case in point: some democrats in congress are worried their colleagues might kill them. okay. boy, i read that casually. ( laughter ) that took me by surprise, and i knew it was coming. it means it's time to play the murder mystery game "clue... klux klan instigators." and they're all guilty. and they're all mr. white. more specifically, democrats think some of their colleagues aided the rioters before and during the attack on the capitol. so this week, more than 30 democratic house members signed a letter demanding that authorities investigate "suspicious" visitors at the capitol that could only have gained entry with the help of a member of congress. democratic congresswoman and former navy pilot mikie sherrill said that she saw lawmakers giving groups "reconnaissance" tours of the capito

honorable earl warren, who will administer the oath of office to the president-elect. >> you, richard milhouse nixonwear. >> i, richard milhouse nixon, do solemnly swear. >> that you will faithfully execute the office. >> that i will faithfully execute the office. >> of president of the united states. >> of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of your ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. [applause] [♪ hail to the chief ♪ ] >> senator dirksen, mr. chief justice, mr. vice president, president johnson, vice president humphrey, my fellow americans, and my fellow citizens of the world community, i ask you to share with me today the majesty of this moment. in the orderly transfer of power, we celebrate the unity that keeps us free. each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. but some stand out as moments of beginning in which courses are set that shape decades or centuri

and specifically because of something that richard nixon did right before he resigned. it seemed like nothing much at the time. it got not that much attention at the time, but it very well may now determine if the biden presidency and the democratic congress under the biden presidency is able to get anything done or not. it was july 1974, july 12, 1974, president richard nixon's top white house aide was convicted on multiple felonies. john ehrlichman was domestic policy adviser to nixon, top adviser to nixon in the white house, convicted of multiple felonies, convicted of conspiracy and lying to the fbi and lying to the grand jury. actually, that day in july 1974, multiple nixon guys were convicted but ehrlichman was a big deal, way up there in the hierarchy. the highest ranking person at that point convicted in the nixon scandals. and president nixon had to be rattled by it. nixon's white house press secretary at the time told reporters there would be no comment on ehrlichman's conviction but that convention was of course the lead story in the news all over the country

this is beyond richard nixon. ron, we're told that trump doesn't trust mike pence would pardon him like ford did with nixon. thousands of americans are dying during the day and this is what's concerning him? >> that's been the point. that's been the story for months and months as we've been living through the greatest national security crisis facing the country since world war ii and maybe before that with the death toll almost unimaginable in l.a. county which is being taken to its knees by the magnitude of the virus outbreak and the president has been awol for months like a navy captain, he walked off the bridge and retreated to the state room wondering how to save himself. for months and months not a peep of complaint from republicans in congress as he has really abandoned americans at this critical moment. and even the impeachment vote, yes, 10 republicans did vote to remove him. that is the most for a president facing his own party, but you could certainly argue this was the single most egregious act by a pres

johnson and richard nixon. we get an inside look at how presidents conducted their day-to-day business and hear their candid assessments. the university of virginia miller center hosted this event. >>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm marc selverstone associate professor in presidential studies at the university of virginia's miller center. and as chair of the center's presidential recordings program, i'd like to welcome you to a special panel echoes of the past, featuring my colleagues on the recordings program. it is quite wonderful actually to be here with everybody. it is something of a reunion in fact since kent was with us for years and years and spending his time at university of south carolina. for the next 75 minutes, we'll share with you insights from the secret white house tapes. and we'll look to explore the dynamics therein and to relate them to contemporary developments to see what kind of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics about the history they contain, about parallels to t

do solemnly swear. >> i richard nixon do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend theitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i take this obligation freely, without any reservation or purpose of evasion. >> but i take this obligation freely without any reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which i am about to enter. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mister vice president. >> thank you. [applause] >> the solemnity of the occasion fills the air with an electric silence. people from all over this country, and yes the world to, watch, wait and listen for the moment when i will step forward. -- when ike will step fo

he didn't love richard nixon, had significant misgivings about him.e liked kennedy even less, hated the campaign he had run. so he wanted nixon to win and he thought nixon's victory would be a sort of confirmation of his success. he had a tense night, accidently his press secretary sent out a congratulatory telegram to kennedy's people fairly early in the night. it's like oh, my god, what happened. so his press guy calls up peter salinger and says it was a mistake. maybe in this environment something different would happen, but salinger said, okay, i get it, and put it aside. but eisenhower saw this election was as utterly central to his legacy. and when nixon finally did concede, eisenhower said this is a biggest repudiation i've had in thy life. it's a repudiation of me. so that would be the first act, election day, 1960. second one will be less than a week later. it's november 14th, so about seven, eight days after the election, kennedy is the apparent victor, nixon, the bitter vanquished. they're both down in florida vacationing, relaxing, and ken

they up until richard nixon got on that helicopter in 1974 to leave the white house for good, pressed him to fulfill his promise to them. the secret promise and pardon them all. but right before nixon resigned, his aides told him, look, the people need to have somebody's head. if you pardon everybody else, they're going to take your head. nixon didn't fulfill his promise. he wound up being the only person who was pardoned for his crimes in watergate. everybody he promised to pardon went to prison. do we have time to get into vietnam? >> sure. >> everybody is paying attention to obstruction of justice today. few people are paying attention to donald trump's exit negotiations in afghanistan. but they are taking place. he has got a plan. it's got three elements. complete american troop withdrawal. cease-fire at warring parties in afghanistan coupled with negotiations between them about a future government. and security guarantees, in the case of afghanistan, the security guarantee would be the taliban will not allow any terrorist to use afghanistan as a base for terrorist attacks on the

president richard nixon's top white house aide was convicted on multiple felonies. john ehrlichman, domestic policy adviser to nixon, top adviser to nixon in the white house. ehrlichman was convicted of multiple felonies -- convicted of conspiracy and lying to the fbi and lying to the grand jury. actually, that day in july 1974, multiple nixon guys were convicted, but ehrlichman was a big deal. he was way up there in the hierarchy. it was the highest ranking person at that point convicted in the nixon scandals. and president nixon had to be rattled by it. nixon's white house press secretary at the time, ron zigler, told reporters there would be no comment from the president on ehrlichman's conviction, but that conviction was, of course, the lead story in the news all over the country. >> good evening. john ehrlichman has been found guilty of three counts of perjury and one count of conspiracy in the elsburg break-in case. the verdict against ehrlichman, formerly president nixon's chief domestic adviser, was returned by a federal district court jury in washington thi

he didn't love richard nixon. he had significant misgivings about him. liked kennedy even less, hated the campaign he had run. he thought nixon's victory would be sort of a confirmation of his success. he had a tense night. accidentally, his press secretary said it a congratulatory telegram to kennedys people fairly early in the night. so his press guy, jim hagerty, calls appears hammond durant says it's a mistake. maybe in this environment, something different would happen. he could have just put it aside, but eisenhower saw the election as utterly central to his legacy. and when nixon finally did concede, eisenhower said this is the biggest repudiation i have had in my life. it's a repudiation of me. that would be the first act of election day, 1960. the second one is less than a week later, november 14th, seven or eight days after the election. kennedy is the apparent victor, nixon the better vanquished. they are both down in florida, vacationing, relaxing. they say we really ought to have you go to nixon and accept his congratulations, accept his def

across the country, richard nixon was in los angeles probably even more exhausted than kennedy.e had promised perhaps foolishly to visit all 50 states before the election. so, on the last weekend he basically had to fly to alaska, touch toes get out of alaska and get back to the states that he knew were going to decide the presidential election. he was utterly exhausted. he votes outside of los angeles on election day. his wife and two daughters go off shopping. and nixon is restless. he doesn't know what to do with himself. he does what any good california guy would do. he hits the road and drives down with his security detail down the pacific highway, stop at a little town called oceanside to fill up with gas. filling station that was called back then. he gets out of the car to watch the guy pump gas and introduces himself, richard nixon, you know, please vote for me. gets back in. they drive down to mexico and he has lunch at a german restaurant in mexico. on election day. i think it's safe to say and apparently it was good mexican food, i've read. i think he will be the only

i mean, if there's a villain in this it's richard nixon. and even if you can in some ways sympathized at times with nixon who was a man who lived with his resentments, they were so deep. they were so deep and he looked at the kennedys and he saw they had everything. they had wealth and looks they had affability and he himself said i'm not the kind of person that people like, i quote that in the book. people don't like me but he also was resentful for that. he had none of those things. and he lived his life in terror of the kennedys but as time went on he really lived his presidency in terror of ted kennedy even after chappaquiddick that ted would conduct a kennedy restoration somehow, that's what kennedys did. they were so good at that and everybody for gave them, they didn't forgive him for chappaquiddick and there was no restoration but the conflict between nixon and kennedy is an extremely interesting one that shapes american political life for quite some time . >> you clearly did a lot of research because you quote nixon many times in th

he did not love richard nixon, had significant misgivings about him. he like kennedy even less, and hated the campaign he had run. he thought nixon winning would be referendum on the campaign he had run. he had his aide send out a congratulatory telegram took kennedy's people. rather early in the night. what happened? apparently it was a mistake, but salinger said ok, i get it, and just put it aside. election asaw this utterly central to his legacy and when nixon finally did concede, eisenhower said, this is the biggest repudiation i've had in my life. it's a repudiation of me. so that would be the first act. election day, 1960. second one will be less than a week later. 8 daysr 14, about 7, after the election. kennedy is the apparent victor. nixon, the bitter vanquished. they are both down in florida, vacationing, relaxing. kennedy's people say, you know, we really ought to have you go to nixon and accept his congratulations. except his defeat. ccept hise sword -- aa defeat. accept the sword, as it were. kennedy's motives were less magnanimous then he

the fullest account of it we have is by richard nixon. it is in one of his memoirs and he said that kennedy in one of these meetings said something to the effect -- it is too close to know who won the election. i'm not sure if kennedy said that. my guess is that kennedy may have felt that, but he was not going to confide to richard nixon when there's 11 states still in dispute that hey, it's still not clear who won. i don't think that's what happened. kennedy's assistant said as they were leaving the game and heading back to where kennedy was, he said, how did it go? kennedy said, i think it's better for the country that i won. [laughter] and so that day ends. the third act was a month later, and a lot happened between these months, of course, but it is the first meeting, the first face-to-face meeting between kennedy and eisenhower. now, they had known each other since 1945. they had been in meetings together, bill signings, photo ops, but as best i can tell, they never actually had a one-on-one meeting until about a month after the elec

it was the night before the richard nixon presidential library and museum was dedicated. ere was a reception for former nixon white house staff. at that point i had written my two books, and mrs. nixon, although very frail and not doing interviews or granting them, agreed to answer questions that i submitted in writing to her through her daughter julie. both with the help of helen smith, who i knew in washington was mrs. nixon's press secretary, and then julie, they let mrs. nixon know i would be in the audience. i would signal to her, and she would signal to me. so i was seated in about the third or fourth row there when she came out. i nodded, she gave me a big wink and a wave. betty ford i really got to know well. i must say perhaps breaking the boundaries of professionalism, really came to love as a friend. i visited her many times at her home in the desert before president ford became very frail. of course, he died at the end of -- i think it was 2005 or 2006. mrs. ford had a great love of history and a love of the history of first ladies, and spoke often about her lo

a senate recording studio and naval photographic center documenting the january 20, 1959 richard nixon inauguration. in about an hour from 1949, the inauguration of president truman. a chronicle of the event produced by the u.s. army. in 80 minutes, the inauguration of dwight eisenhower. this 1957 color film documents the events around president eisenhower's second term. ♪ >> this is the white house, the home and the office of the president of the united states. last november, some 70 million american citizens cast balance of who would fill this chair. to determine the possible would follow responsibilities of this office. the choice was john fitzgerald kennedy. the youngest man ever elected. he follows a line which began with george washington, the first president and the only president elected by unanimous post. he is followed by thomas jefferson. abraham lincoln, whose name stands as a symbol of compassion and humanity. from their home in nearby georgetown on this day, january 20, 1961, mr. kennedy and his wife come to the white house where they are greeted by president eisenhower.

he didn't love richard nixon. he had significant misgivings about him. he liked kennedy even.less so he thought nixon's victory would be a confirmation of his success. he had a tense night. accidentally his press secretary sent out a congratulatory telegram to can these people fairly early in the night. and so he says oh my god what happened. jim hagerty says it's from the state. it's a mistake. -- eisenhower saw this election as utterly central to his legacy. when nixon did finally concede, eisenhower said this was the biggest repudiation of my life, it's a repudiation of me. so that would be the first act, on election day, 1960. second one would be less than a week later, november 14th, so eight days after the election. kennedy is the apparent victor. nixon, the bitter vanquished. they are both down in florida vacationing, relaxing. and kennedys people say you know, we really ought to have you go to nixon, and accept his congratulations. accept his defeat. accept his, soared as it were. so they had a very intricate negotiation involving former president hoover, eisenhower, a

breakthrough, this compilation of film and audio recordings from our ice sources was produced by the richard nixon library in 2012 and consists of films by this informal super eight home movies and white house communication sound recordings. >> president nixon's departure for china, february 1972. [applause] >> mister vice president, mister speaker, members of the congress and cabinet, i want to express my very deep appreciation to all of you who have come here to send us off on this historic mission. ar!÷<%ujt)pn leadership of that house and senate who are here. we, have course, are under no illusions that 20 years of hostility between the peoples republic of china and the united states of america are going to be swept away by one week of talks, that we will have their. we must recognize that the government of the people's republic of china and the government of the u.s. have had great differences. we will have differences in the future. but what we must do is to find a way to see that we can have differences without being enemies and more. if we can make progress toward that goal on this trip, t

president dwight eisenhower and vice president richard nixon. the vice president-elect, lyndon b.. the last to take his place, the president-elect. this crowd gathered on the capitol grounds is about to witness the chief justice of the united states administer the oath of office. >> you, john fitzgerald kennedy, do solemnly swear. >> i, john fitzgerald kennedy, do solemnly swear. >> that you will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of your ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. ♪ >> in his inaugural address the president emphasizes that the same revolutionary beliefs are still around the globe. the rights of man come from the hand of god. >> let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, sup

and i think that is going to convince a great many people to vote for richard nixon. ♪ >> in chicago,mination appearance with pat nixon, his two daughters and his mother is made by the gop presidential candidate. ♪ mr. nixon speaks of president eisenhower. >> when i think of the burdens he has carried, the responsibility that has his, and i think also of the splendid record he has made in every way, particularly the dignity and the decency and the immense goodwill and feeling and affection for people that he has brought to the office of the presidency. -- of the presidency, i realize that for any man, whether it be mr. kennedy or myself to follow in his footsteps, will be a tremendous responsibility and a challenge which, it would be very difficult for us to meet. ♪ >> you are watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span three, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3. created by america's cable television companies, today we are brought to you by these companies who carry american history tv as a public service. >> tonight on reel america, a nasa film docume

compilation of film and audio recordings from many national archives sources was produced by the richard nixon presidential library in 2012. it consists of films by the naval photographic center, informal super eight home movies by nixon's advisors, and the white house communications agency sound recordings. >> president nixon's departure for china. south lawn, 17 february, 1972. [applause] [beep] [applause] >> mr. vice president, mr. speaker, members of congress and members of the cabinet, i want to express my deep appreciation to all of you who have come here to send us off on this historic mission. i particularly want to express appreciation to the bipartisan leadership of the house and senate, who are here. we, of course, are under no illusions that 20 years of hostility between the people's republic of china and the united states of america are going to be swept away by one week of talks that we will have there. we must recognize that the government of the people's republic of china and the government of the united states have had great differences. we will have differences in the future,

as you pointed out president ford issued a pre-emptive pardon to richard nixon.reemptive pardons to individuals who evaded the draft. so while it hasn't been tested, we do have precedent. >> and what about pardoning a business? can the trump company get a federal pardon? >> that is such an interesting question. so let me answer it with about a 90% confidence interval, lawrence. my surmise is that yes, you can issue a pardon to a business organization. there are only two restrictions in the constitution on the president's pardon power. it has to be for a federal offense and it cannot be in a case of impeachment. corporations can commit federal offenses. they can't be put in prison, of course, but they can be fined, they can forfeit property, they can be put on probation, they can be ordered to pay restitution to victims. so corporations can more or less be treated as individuals. so my surmise, my 90% confidence integral answer is yes. >> that's worth it to president trump, issue a pardon to the company, let them spend -- if they get accused of federal offenses, l

listen, richard nixon was contrite. we've seen no evidence of contrition on the part of donald trump at all. richard nixon knew he had totally screwed it up. he tried to hide it. it eventually came out and he left. he left and he spared the country a trial. as for jerry ford at the time, it was a shock to the country and i think he lost the potential of being elected in 1976 after that was over, but later on the kennedy library, which gives out an annual courage award in the name of kennedy, john f. kennedy, gave an award to jerry ford for pardoning richard nixon. they said it was an act of courage that they saluted. >> hum. susan, "the washington post" is also reporting in recent weeks former president trump has entertained the idea of starting a third political party called the patriot party. do you think he'll do it? >> i think it sounds like he's still wanting to exert whatever pressure he can over the republican senators who still -- they don't control the fate of hifs presidency. that is now over. but they do cont

they have this effort, richard nixon. n formed an alliance later would be in 68, paul douglas they have this plan on the first day of the senate and beating in january 1957 and nixon as vice president will preside over the senate and issue a ruling stating the senate has the right to change its rules by a simple majority vote. the reason is important and necessary is richard russell, sort of seen as a hero, and office building named after him and white supremacists, we can talk about that later but richard russell circles around reformers in previous and solidified his control of the rule that allowed the filibuster to raise from majorities. you had richard russell and lyndon b. johnson in the filibuster and you had richard nixon and her girls trying to reform the filibuster to pass civil rights. they waged this effort in january 1957, using the provided chair, hands down his ruling and lyndon b. johnson maneuvers them, deploys this pressure and years later, a senator goes to the senate floor and has evidence of all the th

richard nixon presidential library and museum provided this video. >> [applause] [applause] >> thank you. well members of the cabinet, members of the white house staff, all of our friends year, i think the record should show this is one of those spontaneous things that we always arrange whatever the president comes in to speak. it will be so reported in the press and we don't mind, because they got a call it as they see it. on our part, believe me it is spontaneous. you are here to say goodbye to us and we don't have a good word for it in english, the best is over of war. we will see you again [applause] i just met with the members of the white house staff. you know those who serve here in the white house. they in and day out. i asked them to do when i asked all of you to do to the extent that you can and are requested to do so. to serve our next president as you have served me and previous presidents. many of you have been here for many years with devotion and dedication. because, this office great as it is can only be as great as the men and women who work for and with the presiden

you can not say that about richard nixon. you cannot say that richard nixon was an enemy of the united states. what we are seeing is a president who is an men i to the interests of the united states. >> his lawyer, because she a civil servant will be hard to fire. but according to most reports, the biden administration might be able to move him to say someone who monitors environmental regulations in guam, the pentagon. that's how they may be dealing with that. carl, the nncnn reporting is no inclined to pardon himself or his kids. how badly do you think he wants to do that, though? how badly do you think he wants to issue himself a pardon and donald trump, jr., a pardon today? >> look, i can't be in donald trump's head. it's the most dangerous place in the world. it's rabid and totally irrational. so i don't know his calculations on this. >> all right. i mean -- that's the perfect note to end. >> no, really, i think, look, i am a native of washington, d.c. i started reporting in washington when i was 16-years-old. some 60 ye

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i am the richard nixon advanced director. i am honored to introduce today speaker. the nixon library has presented first lady's exhibits before. and offered lectures on these topics. but we had not tackled the project of offering a first lady's exhibit and luncheon and lecture series combined. when coordinating concept, we analyze the needs, we noticed the needs of a specialized guest curator. carl anthony is one of the nations foremost experts on wives and their families. he has penned over doesn't books, he has interviewed the clintons, laura bush, as well as the nixon's and forts. his accolades are vast and many. the staff of the presidential library have enjoyed along friendship and professional relationship with him, in many ways we considering part of the family. when wec;lçr called him back in april to bring up the idea of this series, carles enthusiasm was contagious. in five months, five months, the concept had become a reality. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming carl anthony. [applause] >> thank you,

breakthrough, this compilation of film and audio recordings from our ice sources was produced by the richard nixonnformal super eight home movies and white house communication sound recordings. >> president nixon's departure for china, february 1972.