if you're richard nixon. because, by the way, so agnew is forced out at a time when watergate is becoming uncovered. it takes a long time between the the arrest of the burglars in june of 72 to the summer of 73, when the senate watergate hearings take place, and nixon finally resigns in the summer of 1974. so it's a slow moving scandal. and the last thing nixon needs and the last that he wants to convey is that he's brought on board. this guy is going to help push him out. and so gerald ford took the job. it's it's an honor. but he certainly didn't expect it to lead anything. lead to anything he thought that this would be a nice sort send off. i'll do this and then retire. in 1976, when this term is up and, that would be that. and and ford knew no more about watergate. everybody else did. so he didn't know where this story was going. but when the story went the way it did, when nixon as became apparent in the coverup of this and and it was at this time that the adage emerged that it's not crime, it's the cove

richard nixon. >> yet somehow, without a single vote being cast by a single american voter, richard nixon was kicked out of offic and replaced by the only unelected president in american history. so we went for the mos replacet. president to a president. nobody voted t forhe. . >> wait a minute. you ma ky ask, why didn't i know that wasn't richard nixon a criminal? wasn't h crie despised by all decent people? d no, he wasn't. in fact, if any president could claim to be the people's choice, it was richardpe nixon.o richard nixon wan. wass reelecti nineteen seventy two by the largest margin of the popular vote ever. largesrecorded before or since o got seventeen millionter, h more votes than his opponent. >> less than two years later, he was gone. >> he was forced to resign and in his place, an obedient servant of the federal agencies called gerald ford took over the white house. >> how did that happen? ovwhat's a long story? but here are the highlights. and they tell you a lot. richard nixon believed that elements in the federal bureaucracy were working to undermine the american system of

people like richard nixon. at the same time those same agencies were also working to take down nixon's elected vice president. in the fall of 1973, he was indicted and forced to resign and his replacement was a colorless congressman called gerald ford and he served on the line and he was absolved not for murder and he was strong armed into accepting gerald ford into congress and we gave nixon no choice by ford. speaker of the house later boasted and eight months later gerald ford of the warren commission was the president of the united states. see how that works? those are the facts, not speculation all of that actually happened and none of it is secret and it's on wikipedia and it's so office yet it's intentionally ignored. as a result permanent washington remains in charge of the political system. en elected lives in the federal agency make the biggest decisions in american government and crush anyone who tries to reign them in and in the process, our democracy becomes a joke. now notice the very first person

nixon. um, so explains why i chose the title king richard because it's personal to nixon's life and it's also evokes this the subtitle of the book is actually an american tragedy. we can talk in the questions and answers about whether you see agree with me that nixon is a real tragic figure or not. but okay, so i want to talk a little bit about my approach to writing because i'm a former journalist. i'm not a professionally trained historian. and therefore i try to tell history as a story. using the techniques of fiction to apply to nonfiction. actually, there are a lot of journalists have become, you know, outstanding popular historians. david mcculloch is an obvious example, eric larson is another example and at the washington post i one of my mentors was rick atkinson who wrote a wonderful trilogy of the second world war and then wrote is now writing a trilogy of the american revolution. but these authors most of them form a journalists, they sort of pioneered these techniques of writing nonfiction or history but using fictional techniques of developing characters using plenty of dialogue.

we had to go down and tell richard nixon that. how would you compare and contrast that?> it's night and day. i know a number of senators that told me yes he's guilty but he's not going t' be convicted so i'm not going to hope for his conviction because the next year or the next time or whatever that shouldn't be the case. they tried to do it quietly so as not to get his anger but to do what is right and he, i quoted a parliamentarian who said you know your vigilance and duty to help your constituents but your conscience ise your he and you don't owe that to anybody a else. i've always found that vote your conscience. you might catch a lot of grief from one side or the other but to do it. >> host: one of the things some senators have talked about these days is ending the filibuster. do you think that would make sense? >> guest: when i first came i worked with then a senator fits mondale and we lowered the number of people who could filibuster. add to that time there were major issues people came on the floor and debated and if they say i object, i got a tv interview to do

keying richard nixon and watergate his most recent work looking at the days following the landslide reelectionnd how the investigation blew it up. reading king richard for me brought me back to college days when this was happening when we crowded into the tv lounges. as a shared experience was riveting and for many people it was traumatic, notorious figure in the center of it all watergate is like the car crash you cannot turn away from. he shows us how to relive it again i am looking forward to what he has to say about his book in the process of writing it. please join me to welcome him to the gaithersburg book festival. [applause] a former generalist journalist and after 30, years the being at correspondent i turn myself into d a historian i call myself a presidential historian. have writing biographies like the biography of nixon by try to focus on the most dramatic moment on that person's life when they face that existential crisis they wrote a book about the cuban missile crisis called one minute to midnight which is the time in 1962 when the world came closer than ever perhaps with the e

i helped the self—destruction of richard nixon, yes. with me most of this time after i'd copied, as having been one link in a chain of people. each one of whom had to do what they did, very unusually, out of what they were expected to do. you say the pentagon papers themselves, which you released, they didn't change the course of the war? no. they didn't really change public opinion, because let's not forget, nixon beat mcgovern with a crushing... 0n the war. no, definitely. by the way... but, no, but i want to continue this thought, because if you... that wasn't an endorsement of the war when they when they when they re—elected him. well... do you know what it was? well, yeah, but the point is, it doesn't really matter. the point is, nixon, despite four years of vietnam policy, which was failed, he got re—elected. that's my point. so i guess what i'm saying is, as a whistle—blower and as somebody who latter day whistle—blowers like assange and chelsea manning and edward snowden always refer to what you did as a great example of why whi

goldwater, hugh scott, the republican leader, and was sent to duty and telling richard nixon he had to leave. i remember talking with both senator scott and senator goldwater about that and they said they were just heavy-hearted doing it. they knew that it meant their party was losing its president and, but it was the only thing that could be done and should be done. and back when they were asked by the press, and they said well, we had a conversation with the president. listened to them in quiet cloak room discussions, i realized how heavily it weighed on them, but they both told me, there's nothing else we could do. and if we showed our duty as first of all senators, republicans next, but first as senators, we had to go down and tell richard nixon that. >> host: contrast that, if you would, with the experience we've seen most recently with president trump and his two impeachment trials, one of which you presided over, how would you contrast that with the nixon experience. >> guest: it's night and day, i know a number of senators telling me, yes, he's guilty, but he's not going to

but first, as senators, we had to go down and tell richard nixon that contrast that, if you would, with the experience that we've seen most recently with president trump and his two impeachment trials, one of which you you presided over. how would you compare and contrast that with the nixon experience? oh, it's night and day. i know a number. senators have told me. yes, he's guilty, but he's not going to be convicted. so i'm not going to vote for his conviction because i'm up the next year or the next time or whatever. i shouldn't be the case. those who were before the january six insurrection are strongly supportive. they just try to do a quiet support. and so as not to get his anger. but they're willing to not do what they thought was right. and the. i quote and our parliamentarian who said you you all your vigilance and your duty to help your constituents but your conscience is your home and you don't all that anybody else. i've always found it holds your conscience. you might catch a lot of grief from one side or the other, but do it. one of the things that some people have, some s

the first are what bill gavin a speechwriter foror richard nixon called streetcorner conservatives. streetcorner conservatives who are not familiar with hayek and not familiar with russell kirk the great traditionalists but they in fact often word democrats and part of 50 years majority coalition but in the late 1960s and early 1970s they read the newspapers and say what is happening to my country? there's a a rising crime arise d drug abuse dilution of the families and the democratic party racked over the argument aboute vietnam. so they began moving into the republican column and they came to be known as hardhats because they tend to be blue-collar. they tend to be not having a colleggr the hardhats enter as the republican coalition and their critical tocr richard nixon in 1972. they become part of the right over the years there are the reagan democrats and they swerve toward perot in 1992 and newt gingrich bring some backend in 1994. there are the -- trump silent majority. there's another group as well. those are the neoconservatives. liberalre anti-communist. they were democrats

leader, not what they enjoy but richard nixon had to leave.lk to goldwater about that and they said they enjoyed it and they were losing its president it was the only thing that could be done and should be done.e and we have the conversation. listening to them and their discussions, i realized how it weighed ongh them but they tolde there was nothing else they could do if we had our duty, republicans next but first as senators we had toar go down. >> most recently with president trump in his impeachment trials, one of which you decided o over, you compare and contrast. >> it night and day. i know a number of them they are guilty and i'm not going to vote for his conviction in the next year or next time or whatever. that shouldn't be the case. before the january 6 insurrection only supporting s m so as not to get his anger but they are going to do what they thought was right. i quoted a parliamentarian for your duty to help your constituents but yours consciee is your home. you might catch a lot of grief from the one side to it. >> one thing se

look, when i was, when i turned 18, richard nixon was president. my friends and i were listening to the transistor radio the lottery who's gonna get drafted off to vietnam and i have been a democrat ever since. but even in public life were so much more than our party affiliation. my defining professional experience was starting a telecom company operating that. watching my amazing wife, where's my amazing wife? watching my amazing wife invest in great entrepreneurs. i want you all to remember, this is a citizen legislature. i get it, the republicans are over here and the democrats are over there, you have caucuses and you have leaders, but you are also much more than that. you bring different experiences and backgrounds to the table. we are all much better for it. perhaps you ran for office because you wanted to fix something that takes you off. i don't know what inspired you, but i urge you at the end of that hearing, grab a beer or cup of coffee or that beverage to your left or right, see what you have in common. or maybe you are here just becaus

when i was 18 richard nixon was president. we would listen to the transistor radio and the lottery who is going to be drafted off to vietnam and i have been a democrat ever since. but even in public life where so much more than our party affiliation. they experience was starting the telecom company, operating that, watching my amazing wife. [applause] watching my amazing wife as an entrepreneur. i'm a proud husband and a very proud dad. [applause] i want you all to remember it is a citizen legislature and i get it, the republicans are sitting over here in the democrats are for then you have caucuses and you have leaders. you are also much more than that. you are bringing different experiences and backgrounds to the table and we are all much better for it. perhaps he ran for office because she wanted to pick something that ticked you off. maybe you were a teacher or coach or in business, labor community volunteer. i don't know what inspired you but i urge you at the end of that hearing grab a beer or cup of coffee with that mem

host: that was richard nixon 50 years ago. we are joined now by pierre asselin, a history professor at san diego state university. welcome to the program. guest: thank you so much for having me. host: we will be talking about the paris peace accord and the vietnam war if you would like to join us and ask a question or share your thoughts. feel free to do so on our lines by region. if you are in the eastern or central time zones it is (202) 748-8000. if you are in mountain or pacific it is (202) 748-8001. if you are a vietnam vet or family of a vietnam vet, we have a line set aside for you. that is (202) 748-8002. pierre, when that agreement was signed, tell us about what was happening in the vietnam war, what the death toll was like at the time. guest: you know, by the time the agreement is signed, everyone is exhausted. not just the american people, dramatic as this war was for americans, for the vietnamese, i am sure you can imagine, this was traumatic. it is remembered, this is a war that came on the heels of a previous war

like three, four years old, watching with my mom and my grandparents and thinking "who are, like, richard nixon henry kissinger and why should anybody know about them?" and i still kind of feel that way about them, [laughter] but now it's, like, the presidents that are, you know, that analog today, like george w. bush and barack obama, so... you sort of grow into "jeopardy!" you must've decided at some point that it matters, the stuff you know, right? eh. we'll see. [laughter] i mean, after this experience, for sure. [laughter] you've done very well with what you know so far. you have command of the board, cris. - where should we go next? - body human, $400. - cris. - what is the tibia? - that's right. - stories, $400. - rhianan. - what is "dewey"? - yes. - two "i"s for $1,000. answer... [applause] [applause] you don't have a lot of money but you kept cris from finding it, and you can wager up to $1,000. i will make this a true daily double. - $400 then? - oh, yeah. okay, for $800 if you're correct, here's your clue in two "i"s. - what are lipids? - that's correct. you have $800. [applause] [ap

they are critical of richard nixon's landslide win in 1972.hey become part of the right over the years. they are the reagan democrats. they swerved towards perrault in 1992. newt gingrich brings them back in 94. they are the trumps silent majority or forgotten man, right? there's another group as well that comes into the right in the 1970s those of the neoconservatives. these were liberal anti-communist, democrats who for the same reasons as the hardhats found themselves out of sync with their allies on the left and with the democratic party. not all of that make the migration to the republican party in the 1970s when irving kristol endorses richard nixon in 1972. it is a scandal. many of his fellow neoconservatives don't actually make the jump to the republican party until well into the 1980s. but these neoconservative intellectuals who were often well positioned within the liberal establishment now are migrating to the right. onto the national review conservatives have to decide how they fit in the picture. i always member the moment i read

republican president richard nixon. why did he resign? cause republicans gave him no option. >> i have come to the conclusion that richard m. nixon has beyond a reasonable doubt committed impeachable offenses which are in my judgment of such sufficient magnitude that he should be removed from office. brian: that's a republican. and it was a majority. bill clinton, the monica lewinsky link was revealed bit "new york times." "the washington post" aggressively pursued the hillary clinton email scandal. but somewhere along the way media companies lost their way and accountability and transparency. the only thing they could rally around was everything donald trump did was wrong. the latest example. mar-a-lago. >> we begin this hour with one word. unprecedented. >> today we are in uncharted territory. the fbi search at mar-a-lago has no parallel in american history. >> nothing like this has ever happened before and we don't know how this ends. brian: i do. his political rival president biden didn't miss the opportunity to pile on. >> when you sa

the the law and order strategy which is pursued by richard nixon. so goldwater is also complicit in this racialist version of a southern strategy. this is continued, of course, in the campaigns. richard nixon, who who argues for a more blatant law and order strategy. you also see it particularly in the campaigns of ronald, who talks of he talks of welfare queens, who talks of. strapping young bucks who began his which was obviously a racial code. you also see it in the reagan decision to begin the his campaign in neshoba county, mississippi, where three civil rights leaders were murdered and freedom summer of 1964. by by the end of his term in 1988. three fourths of african americans were convinced that reagan was a racist. so i argue that it was more intentionally racist from the beginning. and i think that this, despite the twists and turns, this as angie maxwell demonstrates, effectively it's a it's a question of one step forward, two steps back for the the republican party's southern strategy. but i think we see by. 2016 with donald trump's camp

and then somewhere, along that night, they played ohio again it's kind of their last word on richard nixonus. there was him onstage and his voice and the personal relationship. what was so volatile? was it related to drugs and alcohol or was it just personality? >> these were years of big personality. and fans are hard, as everybody explains to me. there are people -- cameron crow and others can tell you more about it than i could -- but fans are hard. crosby was kind of, i would say, not a solitary soul -- but someone who knew what he wanted. >> he said he -- he himself said he was all ego back then. >> yeah, that's right. and so the birds literally fired him. roger mclain and dean park and donnie embers pushed him out of the band and he had already taken one step out of the ban, because in 1967, at the monterrey park festival, he had performed with buffalo springfield, which was going through its own kind of break ups fasten. that's where he and stephen stills got together. and the two of them got together. and then graham nash was dating joni mitchell. and he shows up at her house one d

we know, in september, he pardons richard nixon. what we might oversee, overlook, is that two weeks after that, that's when betty ford finds out that she has cancer, and ends up in the hospital, in what is the darkest night of his presidency. at night, he spends alone in the white house, anticipating her surgery the next day. he's also dealing with inflation at this time. with inflation now -- with salt talks, vladivostok, meetings with brezhnev, as he is advancing the strategic arms limitations top, hoping for -- he's also dealing with the crisis in cypress between two nato allies, turkey and greece. we go to the next slide. the final slide. just how crowded his 895 days are, and how consequential they are, he has to pivot quickly in december of 1974, into january of 1975, dealing with inflation, to dealing with a recession. a mounting recession. vietnam is falling apart. even -- vietnam is falling apart. in april, we -- he's operation baby lift, in early april of 1975. then in may of that year, the cambodian seizure of the ss my g

i just want to end before i take your questions, by talking a little bit about richard nixon and the environment. if you read a lot about what happened with nixon and his administration, many authors seem to find it kind of extraordinary that nixon did this and they say, he just did it for politics or, he only did it because people wanted it. well, i kind of hope our leaders do do it because people wanted it. but nixon did have a record on the environment that goes all the way back to 1962 when he ran for governor of california. during that campaign, he proposed, a successful campaign, he proposed measures to reduce air probably emission, and to safeguard water quality by protecting watersheds. a lot of these ideas were ahead of their time. eight, ten years ahead. so it wasn't something new. also, you heard people say, his heart was in, he can really care about that much. my answer to that is, i think we have to be judging our presidents and our congress is on what they do. he was very focused on ending the war in vietnam, another issues that were top of his plate. did he spend as muc

i'm talking a bit about richard nixon and the environment. if you read a lot about what happened in the nixon administration, many others seem to find it extraordinary nixon did this, and they say he just did it for politics, or did it because people wanted it. i hope that our leaders do things because people wanted it. nixon did have a record of the environment that went back to the 1962, when he ran for governor of california. during that campaign, he proposed a successful campaign, the proposed measures to reduce air pollution, to reduce vehicle emissions, and to save our water quality by protecting watersheds. these ideas were ahead of their time, eight, ten years ahead of their time. it wasn't something new. also, you know, you heard people say, oh, his heart wasn't in it, he didn't care about it much, my answer to that is, i think we ought to be judging our presidents and congresses on what they do. maybe he was very focused on ending the war in vietnam, other issues that were top of his plate, did he spend as much time focusing about en

and then somewhere along that night, they played "ohio" again as kind of their last word on richard nixonre was him on stage and his voice, and then the personal relationships. what was so volatile? was it related to drugs and alcohol? or was it just personality? >> well, you know, these were years of big personality. and, you know, bands are hard. as everybody explains to me. cameron crowe and others could explain more than. crosby was kind of -- i wouldn't say a solitary soul, but somebody who really knew what he wanted and didn't always get along well with others. >> he himself said he was all ego back then. >> yeah, right. the birds literally fired him. roger and gene clark and the other members pushed him out of the band. he had already taken one step out of the band because in 1967, at the monterey pop festival, he had performed with buffalo springfield, which was going through its own kind of breakup spasm. and that's where he and steven stills got together. and the two of them got together. and then graham nash was dating joni mitchell, and he shows up at her house one days and st

netherlands usa and japan it was an absolutely deafening event that even led to that us president richard nixonion with a request for a proposal to use less transportation. and if you drive, then at low speeds, in order to spend less gasoline, the number of flights is reduced, and so on. here. well, tell me, you don’t have anything, reminds you, right? what countries are recommended to eat today, for example, in italy, fountains are turned off, air conditioning is already on, a fine of 500 euros. this is in italy, where in summer the temperature is 30-40 ° there, the heat of hairdressing salons cannot be washed twice , transfer to a bicycle, wash at night, less often visit stuffy ones, there is no conversation at all, but in principle, this is not so. it seems to me that it should be in europe because, uh, in fact, europe has been ready for the habit of not washing for a long time. remember, we talked about this in one of our issues. a there is one more thing, such a joke. that in the middle ages in europe, terrible spirits were invented from the stench. and in russia, they invented a bath , th

>> without any question, it's easy-- richard m. nixon i think. and it was tom brokaw, john chancellor and me interviewing richard nixon. it was the first time he'd been on since before he became president, and certainly, obviously, since watergate. and one of the things i'd heard afterwards, which fascinated me, is that to prepare-- i mean, he's been thrown out of office, what are we going to do to him-- he wrote down every question he thought we would ask and wrote out on a legal pad every answer to the question and basically memorized it. that was the kind of precision-- i will tell you one other thing about him. he made a bunch of predictions on that show. they were all really coveragent. they were all fascinating and informed. they were all wrong. every single one of them. >> stephen: do you remember any of them? like what was he wrong about? >> he was wrong about a supreme court justice. he was wrong about who was going t win the world series. you name trichard nixon was wrong. but he was smart. >> stephen: did you believe him at th

i'm talking a little bit about richard nixon in the environment if you read a lot about what happened during the next administration of many authors seem to find it kind of extraordinary that nixon did this and and they say, oh he just did it for politics or you know, he only did it because people wanted it. well, i kind of hope that our leaders do things because people wanted it but nixon did have a record on the environment that went all the way back to 1962 when he ran for governor of california during that campaign. he proposed unsuccessful campaign. he proposed measures to reduce air pollution to reduce vehicle emissions and to safeguard water quality by protecting watersheds a lot of these ideas were headed their time eight ten years time, so it wasn't something new and then also you know that you heard people say, oh is heart wasn't really any really care about it that much, you know, my answer to that is i think we be judging our presence and our congresses kind of on what they do, you know, maybe he was very focused on ending the war in vietnam on other issues that were at th

great lies patrons for his five previous presentations on presidents harry truman, lyndon johnson, richard nixon and ronald reagan, as well as on iconic entertainer johnny carson. it's a pleasure to welcome back to the great lives podium, my good friend stephen j. farnsworth. >> thank you so much, bill. i'm delighted to be here and to talk to you about one of the really interesting people in the history of american film. you may have heard a rags to riches story or two in your time, but if you will ever compared to the bust to boom tale of charlie chaplin. who went from being a destitute child in a victorian workhouse in london to the most famous man in the world in two decades. charlie chaplin, the world's first and arguably largest global movie star, was so effective at offering enigmatic political messages that we are still debating what he was trying to say, more than a century after his first signature character appeared on the silver screen. the 81 films that chaplin was involved in as actor, author, director, composer or all of the above, represent an unequal body of work. george bernard

richard nixon was about to be elected. [ laughter ] >> i guess i came about '81. >> i've been doing ceramicsbably since 1995. >> i retired in 2000. so i guess 2001. >> i'm the oldest one here and i'm the most newibibie. >> reporter: what binds them is more than clay. it's something intangible. you get a sense of belonging. in the belonging, there's a security. there's intimacy. there's shared experiences. we met four women who for decades have done ceramics together. they call this their happy place. is that happiness? >> it could be happy in the moment to moment sense. it could also be meaningful. if they feel like they are connected to these other people. >> reporter: this psychiatrist robert waldinger says there's a formula for happiness. and he is happy to share it. >> happiness falls into two main categories. one is that experience of being happy right now. am i happy talking to you? yes, i am. and in another hour or so, something annoying might happen. i won't be happy. >> reporter: you might still be talking to me. >> right. then there's a more enduring kind of happiness. basica t fee

former vice president richard nixon steps in and wins the presidency. my question for you is, looking ahead to 2024, if joe biden runs again, how can republicans overcome the power of incumbency? >> well, i think, just like barry goldwater said, this is a good two-party system. and if the republicans articulate a vision for the future that's grounded in those common-sense conservative principles, we'll not only win the next election but we'll win a boundless future for the american people. >> it's clear to me that you feel very driven to run, but how will you know that you are called to run? >> well, as you just alluded, a friend of mine told me many years ago, there's two kinds of people in politics -- people that are called, people that are driven. and as you can read in my book, i've been both. i think i know the difference. i've developed a healthy distrust for my own ambition. ronald reagan once said, the american people have a funny way of letting you know if they want you to run for president. and as i've traveled around the country over the last

richard nixon: each of us all across this great land has a stake in maintainingnd improving environmental qualit or never. the environmentaly now agenda now before the congress includes laws to deal with water pollution, ocean dumping, careless land development, and many other environmental problems. these problems will not stand still for politics or for partisanship. [tv clicksff] ely: we went to court and we took it on, and we were litigating it for years and years; decades, in fact. if the cui-ui go, that's a very intrice part of our way of life, and it goes, a big portion of our culture and tradition goes with it. man: well, if you didn't have the water, there'd be no farming. we have the water. presently, we have the water, and everybody else is wanting our water. man: we make a lot better use and more of a multiple use of the water within this irrigation district than i think is possible in pyramid. they should be compensated. tv anchor: the indians here filed suit in federal court to stop the diversion of waters bound for pyramid lake. ely: the supreme court ruled on behalf of the