and richard over here was the head of the task force on the watergate issue. richard, how important was john dean's testimony? >> well, it was very, very important. but to fred's litany, i would add two other things. you had to have an opposing party controlling the senate, and you had to have a judge like john sericka, who was willing to follow the evidence and to be aggressive in in not allowing his courtroom to be used to steal further cover. so i watched john dean's testimony before i was appointed to the special prosecutors' office. i saw this young man only four years older than i. i was an assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york at the time. and i saw him drone on and on in that john dean monotone for hours and hours, and i listened to the content and i absolutely couldn't believe that richard nixon, the arch-strategist, whether or not i had other opinions about him, i certainly didn't think that he would be the type of person to allow a young man, inexperienced as john dean was, to have as much authority as john dean seemed to have

missouri kansas city and author of the best way to rob a bank is to own one and in london we go to richard wellings he is deputy editorial director at the institute of economic affairs all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want ok william and i to go to you first here it looks like the global banking system is one big cartel illegal operations and controlling the global economy would you agree or disagree with that statement. no it's not one big cartel but there are a series of large cartels and this scandal makes clear that the city of london is controlled by an enormous cartel and it's made a terrible mistake from its own standpoint it is now violated the antitrust laws and while it's been getting away with a slap on the wrist for all of its misdeeds from the banking regulators who do this like touch regulation in the united states there is enormous potential liability under the and i trust laws and this is going to be at the game changer that is going to potentially destroy the crown jewel of the city of london which was like ok richard gam

. >> richard, how many get arrested in the end? >> i've lost count. a lot. >> okay, so -- >> 30, 40. >> so the cover-up is working. senator, john was about, what, 33 at this time, 34? >> which one, when the break-in occurred? >> when the break-in occurred. >> 30. >> you're 30 years old, working on howard baker's campaign. he calls you, and what does he ask you to do. >> he asked me to consider becoming counsel on the watergate committee. told about the formation of the urban committee. he was going to be the ranking member, and as the ranking republican, he had a right to choose the counsel for the republicans. i've got to say, as a republican, it's wonderful to be back at another watergate celebration. [ laughter ] >> our boys kind of left a mess, didn't they? >> what was the state of play, though? when you're asked to be minority counsel, and the white house, we know from the tapes, thought you were quite young -- 30. what's the stage of play? how do you and the senator view this? is this a real investigation? are you concerned it's an attempt to ge

there's no way to go back and ask richard nixon what lessons he learned. i had occasion to meet him following the impeachment process. we got along very well. i wish that he had shown the kind of serenity and tranquility that he had after the experience during the time that he was president. i think we would have had a very different result. >> he was going to win in a landslide. why did he hire you? >> well, one thing -- bill, one thing he said -- it was the last day before he got on the helicopter and he waved. he said something that is at the back of the wonderful story that bob woodward and carl bernstein's article in the post. he said there are always who hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them in return. and then you destroy yourself. i think some of those hatreds coursed through us. they were political opponents, they're adversaries, you go after them. you don't need to hate them. that triggers and brings to bear emotions and decisions that are excessive and disproportionate to what you're doing. he could have accomplished so

the name is in honor of benjamin franklin. , bonhomme richard good man richard. in france, it was captain by john paul jones. it went on the campaign off but the british isles to take the word to the british. it ended in a battle against a top of the ship. the bonhomme richard is not. the bottom line is that they had no right to win. there were sinking. half the crew was dead. the crew did what they had no right to do, and they won that battle through climbing in the yard arms, hand-to-hand, and they eventually to the other ship. bonhomme richard sunk next day. it is a great testament to what sailors can do in a testament to defeating diversity. the crew on board today are just as a heroic, when you see the things they do every day, as those heroes were in 1779. again, i want to welcome you here. i hope you get a chance to see some of the ship as you walk around when you do tours talk to some the sailors and marines who operate it. i am is available for questions about the sheep. i will turn it over to the fleet week folks. thank you again for your hospitality. [

richard lui has a little bit more information. richard? >> willie, as you were playing some sound of one of the witnesses, this is what the dozens of police officers are doing right now, as you and i both know, as they try to call the information from those unfortunate enough to either be in the theater, be around the theater area, and now have to recount what was a horrifying incident that had happened at 12:30 a.m. local time, at about three hours ago. and some of the witnesses that have been able to speak with not only law enforcement officers, but as well as other journalists in the area, one telling cnn that they had heard from 10 to 20 shots and little explosions going on. then a witness also said shortly after what they had heard was people screaming, and as you were noting earlier, they came on the p.a. system and said everyone needed to get out. so, this witness saying 10 to 20 shots that they had heard, that he or she had heard after the movie had begun, or during that process of them moving into the movie theater. so, as they go

. >> richard, how did the tapes change the game? >> they were essential to proving a criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice. here, you know, as jim lehrer said, the system worked, but the system would not have worked had the president not taped himself and had not we been able to obtain the tapes because the courts ruled in our favor saying that no man is above the law, and the grand jury was entitled to the evidence. in fact, the senate was denied the tapes. their attempt to get the tapes failed. the courts, however, said the watergate special prosecutors' office working with the grand jury was entitled to get the tapes. >> did that drive the decision to name him as an unindicted co-conspirator? >> the decision was rather convoluted to name richard nixon as an unindicted co-conspirator. but the furor over the tapes, as fred said, i think began to change public opinion. and public opinion then shifted dramatically once richard nixon fired archibald cox, a special prosecutor, who was promised to have the security of doing an investi

and to hire a young wellbore stepler like richard -- whippersnapper like richard carranza, we will stay the course. we congratulate the school board for staying the course and doing the right thing. thank you to all of you. i want to mention, because we do not get enough thank you's. i want to mention some things that are important for leave here. i wanted to inform everybody that with the student assignment, every we're -- year we have some buzz. fifth and eighth grade students enrolled who do not have -- answer the deadline. those are kids that will come to our schools but sometimes there late in getting things in. we held off a little bit longer than normally. that means -- that meant we had to stop holding the space is not until may. we did that on -- spaces not until may. we did that so kids would not get lost in the system. this is an issue that we will have to clarify that will come before the board on student assignment. we will have a long, thorough discussion of policy and how do we handle that? especially for areas where kids are starting registering enough. they get their no

. >> let's move this back to richard nixon. one of the still enduring questions that people don't get is he was a smart man, you know, how is this possible? if he were here tonight, what would you be asking him? >> i think we've been talking about has to do with a discussion of ethics but also contempt and hatred, a sentiment that fueled richard nixon toward certainly the kennedys but also toward members of congress and the institution itself. it's interesting. i was listening -- the other day my wife and i had a chance to go to a luncheon where morgan freeman was honored and janet was talking and was asking him, do you think it's in a human being's dna to hate? and he said yes, but it's also in the dna to love. and i think that that is something that struck me, as i was listening to her tell this. i remember reading john gardner many, many years ago, former secretary of what was then health, education and welfare. he had a book called "recovery of confidence." he said something that really stayed with me to this day. he said o

my pleasure to introduce richard hastings and that lopez. -- matt lopez.aturday, july 16, 2011, officer richard hastings and asked matt lopez were on duty and in uniform. their primary assignment was to be on a fixed post detail on the imminence of a railway platform on third street between oakdale avenue and plu avenue. this platform and the surrounding areas are notorious for high incidence of robberies, aggravated assaults, indiscriminate shootings, gang activity, illegal firearm possession, as well as a multitude of quality of life cripes. the bayview station has dedicated a high-level police resources to this area, particularly to a recent rash of robberies on and adjacent to the platform. well on the platform, officers tastings and lopez contacted the subject later identified as kenneth harding jr.. he was on the railway vehicle. the officers determined the suspect was riding without benefit obtained. the officers escorted the subject off of the vehicle without incident and requested he sit down on one of the benches nearby. mr. harding complied with

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this is msnbc, i'm richard lui. president obama is returning to the white house this morning to host a fourth of july barbecue for military families. he will also mark the holiday by speaking at a naturalization ceremony for military service members. joining us right now is nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. busy day here at the white house. >> the day kicks off with a naturalization ceremony. >> yes, 25 members of the military will be sworn in as u.s. citizens here at the white house. president obama will speak at that event. secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano will be a part of that event. a big day here. it's the first time they're going to hold a naturalization ceremony at the white house on independence day. this is the third naturalization ceremony, we should say. it starts off there, then this evening, richard, a big party on the south lawn to celebrate the fourth of july. president obama will be speaking at an event, a barbecue. they have i

instead, richard nixon had unexpectedly appointed a man called l.patrick gray, who was kind of as colorless as his name. a complete dark horse in terms of the -- someone no one had seen as a potential fbi director. but -- when hoover died suddenly, nixon didn't want a big confirmation fight. so he just promised gray the appointment on an acting basis. this was someone he had known, who had worked on his campaigns. they weren't good friends, but he knew him. gray was a submarine commander during world war ii and korea. had a very distinguished record. but was kind of naive when it came to washington. and particularly bureaucratic politics. and particularly the politics of the bureau. any man who was going to follow in the direct footsteps of hoover was going to be in a snakepit, and that's something he never realized. felt leaked in order to show that pat gray didn't have control over the bureau. he could leak with impunity because, again, watergate wasn't a campaign issue. nixon's popularity and his ranking against mcgovernor stayed steady. no matte

>> not likely today, richard.ideo, it will show up for people who happen to be at home today. searching for mitt romney. you'll see it on their tv screens. really, nobody wants to try to hit too partisan of a tone today. you see the images from the parade coming out today. >> you know, it's always a balance, as you've been rerting for us of work and play. strategy meetings perhaps going on there in new hampshire. we've got a picture that we've seen a couple times. i want to show it to our viewers coming from the ap. and we've got a glimpse of one of those sessions. any idea in terms of what they may have been talking about? >> that's right. there's really no such thing as a true vacation on the campaign trail and this photo is illustrative of that. and beth myers who is the campaign aide who has been with almost single-handedly with mitt romney for the v.p. search. yes, there is some kind of v.p. work going ones are even this weekend. again, there's really only two people who know the answer to that question at le

and he is talking to richard -- >> russell. >> richard russell of georgia, who is chairman of the senate formulations committee. and this is in the first days when president johnson was sworn in, after john kennedy's assassination. in those first days, he said dick, what the hell are we going to do about that mess out there in vietnam? we never should have gotten into that place. and dick russell, who i also didn't know felt the same way about it, he said i agree, it's a mess. i don't know how you get out of there now. maybe one thing you could do, you could find those guys out there in saigon that got rid of old zian who was assassinated and get that gang to send a communique to us asking us to leave. and he said maybe if our so-called allies out there are asking us to leave -- but he said i don't know how you get that done. well, he went on some time about it. dr. beschloss can give more on this. but lyndon johnson understood perfectly everything i knew about vietnam, everything fulbright knew, everything mike mansfield knew, but he didn't know how as a sitting president of the united

carley richards, a blogger and a part-time model, was shot and is hospitalized. scott budman is here with how her story is inspiring a local executive to try and help out. >> jessica, when carley richards was in the hospital after the shooting, she began to blog about what happened to her. her words reached a bay area ceo who stepped in to help out. in the midst of the theater shooting, carley richards, seeing the movie with her boyfriend, she writes on her blog, they were hit with tear gas and then she was hit with gunfire. >> it was already something that i -- that impacted me greatly. but to find out that one person who is very close to us, it really brings it home. >> reporter: diane banister is the owner of a website where models from all over the world post photos of themselves which they can sell to fans. carley richards posed for a photo shoot in colorado before going to the theater. >> i'm looking forward to that photo set that she submits to us. but at the same time, it's just a profoundly sad thing. the clothes that she was wearing in that photo shoot

well, there's a few states and richard mentioned new york and maybe richard has a little bit more details on that, but there's also rhode island, who actually is thinking about using its soar program, s-o-a-r program as a way to be able to think about enrolling individuals. the soar program was very helpful in terms of getting people who qualified for medicaid but weren't enrolled in medicaid to actually enroll in medicaid. and it's a definitive program where people can call and get assistance and people will talk them through the system? yes. and actually even work with them face to face, work with them to walk through the applications, meet them even in the places where they have to complete the applications. very good. any other best practices, richard? well, i think the philosophy is trying to meet people where they are. the idea is to recognize that people who are in that under 133 percent of the poverty line who are currently uninsured tend to be single, childless adults. they tend to be very poor. half of those people are under 50 percent of the poverty line, so they are extremely

richard nixon. after nixon was pardoned, nixon went on an upstaging trip to china right near the new hampshire primary. ford was put in a position to having to defend the guy who had once again embarrassed him. >> he's going under the guidelines. >> you see no complications to foreign policy in his trip? >> none, whatsoever. chris: i remember reading that. he showed off, getting all the press attention, national news. at the very moment jerry ford was trying to run for president. >> at the same time jerry ford never apologized for the pardon. he knew exactly, you know, how damaging it was to him politically and the thing he was proudest of that caroline and ted kennedy gave him the profile and courage award for having pardoned richard nixon. you know there was a lot of deep resentment over that trip. chris: he was out secretly giving advice to ronald reagan in began's first race for the presidency. >> one of the thing that impresses me in mike's book in addition to the general brilliance is what you

richard? >> gary, the judge, the sentencing judge, clearly has discretion here.e's not bound by the mandatory minimum requirements. however, this judge had his it against this defendant here and stacked the sentences which led to this incredible sentence. for a first time offender to get this sentence, you know, the rules in the federal court especially are the early bird gets the worm. all the other co-conspirators and defendants ran in with their attorneys cut deals because their lawyers advised them they were facing a prison sentence like this. however, this gentleman decided his attorney advised i guess not to go in and make a deal, incredibly stupid move and look at the sentence he's got. no way he's going to get out. he's going to have to become a rat to get out. he may not have any information to provide the government and he will die in prison. >> the prosecutor in the case says davis was violent, fired shod, brandished a gun, threatened to kill one man and during the trial, davis was described as learning disabilitied, bypolar and five others cut plea de

jay richards. [ applause ] >> well, it's wonderful to be here. i'm actually now at the discovery institute in seattle but have been at a number of think tanks throughout my year and i'm a little intimidated. try to put yourself in my shoes. so we have heard from governors, we have heard from glenn beck and amazing speakers and now hearing from a philosopher to use slides. right? so, you know, that's where the basic story. but i honestly felt like something important was supposed to happen here in weekend. a couple of weeks ago i had given a speech and lost my voice right after and didn't have a voice several days and then last tuesday, i threw out my back could barely stand so i had to get medicines and spent two days at summit industries in colorado spring where is the fires were and i thought there's so much opposition. i feel like i have to get down to colorado. and i got to tell you. the energy in this room is spectacular. i spend most of my time in seattle in the city and so you can imagine if you're sort of conservative christian in seattle

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. >>> to mark the 100th anniversary of first lady pat nixon's birth, the richard nixon foundation and the national archives posted a discussion of her diplomatic work of an ambassador of good will. pat nixon traveled to more than 75 countries during her time in the white house. her daughter, julie nixon eisenhower, offers her own recollections and insights. this program is about 90 minutes. >> good evening. i'm from the archives of the united states and it's a pleasure to well i don't mean you to william g. mcgowan theater this evening. we are celebrating first lady, pat nixon. and a special welcome to the c-span audience. before we begin, i would like to tell you about two programs coming up later this month. on wednesday, april 18th, we'll have a special discussion on slavery freedom to observe the 150th anniversary of the d.c. emancipation. the next week on monday, april 23rd, we'll host a nipgs nixon legacy forum called wages peace, nixon and politics in the middle east. to learn more about these and all our programs and exhibits, consult the monthly calendar of events and there a

in richards. [ applause ] >> welt, it's wonderful to be here. i'm now at the discovery institute in seattle, but have been at a number of think tanks actually throughout my career. and i'm a little intimidated. try to put yourself in my shoes. so we've heard from governors. we've heard from glenn beck. we've heard from some amazing speakers. and now you're going to hear from a philosopher who is going to use slides, right? that's sort of the basic story. i honestly felt like something important was supposed to happen here this weekend. a couple weeks ago i had given a speech and lost my voice right after that and didn't have a voice for several days. that finally worked its way out. and then last tuesday, just before i was to come down here, i threw out my back. i could barely stand. i spent two days down at summit ministries earlier in the week in colorado springs with a the fires were. i thought gosh, there is so much opposition. i feel like i have to get down to colorado. and i got to tell you. the energy in this room is spectacular. i spend

part of the reason that richard was talking about, because the cover-up in large part was because of things that had been done that really had nothing to do with watergate, in part. but by emphasizing the uniqueness of it so much, in a way, we're in danger of minimizing it in that the traces of the elements of watergate are little pieces of it are strong throughout history and they're still with us. the tendencies i was talking about, the misuse of the fbi and taping people and getting -- the president's getting dirt on their opposition and using authorities to do certain things, using national security as a defense. every day we live with the question, today, of the real line -- when is national security not national security? and does a war matter? does an undeclared war matter? are all bets off? is it only foreign or can it be domestic? they were doing these things, the houston plan that was drawn up in 1970, i think. we need to keep in mind was in the midst of a very unique time in american history. from 1969 to '72, we were having bombings, demonstrations and people killed, hund

richard nixon on the left, that some are nixon was giving a big speech about hoover. we really wanted to do is meet with reagan. reagan was actively seeking the 1968 nomination. he is beginning to contest some primaries and pick up delegates. he has the right wing of the republican party completely won over. he has people like william buckley saying there's no one else to vote for it except for ronald reagan. here is dick nixon thought he would have a chance. this combination and this newcomer from telephone now, who he had met just to go in 1947 when he was a young congressman. they had known each other for a long time. they had correspondents are much of the 1960s. by this time, they are on opposite sides. as we found throughout the story, these men would be friends, sometimes rivals long before either of them would reach the oval office. this is a picture, and most people probably cannot recollect the time -- but it was right after nixon sort of made his comeback after watergate. reagan as president. there is a great story between the two of them. he is giving him

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but richard is just back from there. richard engle joins us now. thanks for being here. >> wow, good to be here with you. how are you? >> i'm good. did you have to do a james bond crazy thing to get into syria? >> you have to go in illegally. we went in through turkey and joined up with some rebels, but the turks are giving a little bit of passive support. if the turks had seen us, yes, they would have arrested us and that would have been about it and they would have sent us back inside, but i think the turks probably did see us because there were a lot of people crossing the border illegally and are just looking the other way, and they're allowing rebels and a few journalists to go in. and to give you an idea, this wasn't the first time i had been into syria, and i didn't know exactly what to expect, and now this conflict zone, so i brought almost nothing, a pair of socks. one extra shirt, i wanted to keep myself light. i thought i would be hiding under kitchen tables. i went in with the rebels at night, we cross to the other side, rebel flags, gu

julie serves as a member of the board of the richard nixon foundation. pat nixon was admired and liked by a broad spectrum of people at home and abroad, regardless of their political leanings. she had a talent for connecting people and putting them at ease. no other first lady traveled so much until pat nixon set out into the world. sh traveled to over 75 countries, most famously china and russia with the president, but also on her own libera, venezuela, southeast asia and more. in 1970 her immediate and heartfelt trip to peru after a devastating earthquake earned her the gratitude of the people and the government. with a greeting heads of states, introducing herself to children, pat nixon was always a caring and gracious lady. now i will turn you over to sandy quinn, the vice president of the nixon foundation. he was an assistant to richard nixon, and later served on the staff of governor ronald reagan and u.s. senator george murphy. he was head of marketing for walt disney world in florida through construction and its opening. and several years of oper

. >> when richard nixon taped, he assumed he would be the only one to listen to those tapes unless he decided to let somebody else listen to them. he owned them. he was the last president to have that assumption. presidential papers became public property as a result of watergate. and that, i believe, constituted a new check on presidential power. >> the fact that we came out of it whole and with a sense that believers of government, the balance of power that's written into our constitution, a living document, survived. >> as president richard nixon has drawn crowds to the vast ellipse south of the white house before, but those were triumphs. this was not. >> it was very hard for me to see the president at the top of all of that. the rule of law does not stop at the white house door. watergate demonstrated that. [ applause ] >>> i am jim lera of t erlerer the pbs news hour. so here we are, and the question is, what was watergate? what is it now? what will it be tomorrow and all the tomorrows still to come? in the beginning, as mary said and as you all know, it was, in fact, just a pie

the money to richard in the philippines. >> do you know susan in california? >> no, driveway not. the bad guys are claiming that you and the susan are over in the philippines together. that could get you in some. >> interest my wife especially. >> we tracked down the real richard, a professor in virginia. his e-mail had been hijacked the same day and friends were worried. >> processor, this is jamie. i received an e-mail from your yahoo account saying you were mug and hit. please let me know you're fine. >> the hackers managed to block richard's access to his own address book so he had no way to alert friends. >> i had had 436 contacts in my address book. none of which were now available to me. everything was lost. >> back online, instead of sending nearly $2,000, we sent 20, via western union. >> within hours he wrote back and had the nerve to complain. >> you should have told me you never had any money. >> but he had a helpful suggestion. >> i think you can also have the money wired with the use of your credit card. >> we followed the trail to the philippine