first of all, it was well known that john stennis was almost deaf. very hard to listen to the tapes. and to make a record of them and pass them onto a special prosecutor, they were useless to the prosecutor because they were hearsay at that point. they were not the tapes, themselves. they were a version of what stennis had occurred or not heard and passed on. not admissible in evidence. as a result, cox decides to hold a press conference. at the press club on a saturday. in october. he says to the press, i am going to not accept the senate compromise, it is unacceptable. and he explains the reasons why he could not accept it. cox was a mild-mannered, retiring personality, and became a national figure as a result of this. when nixon hears this, he gives orders to fire cox, that he is a part of the executive branch, he has been appointed by the department of justice under the authority of the attorney general. what is happened, the reason we even have a special prosecutor is because when the other ones left, there was a vacancy. and yet elliott richard

. >>> ash card ter is set to visit the usssten stennis. this will likely inflame relations with china. >>> now to a wild chase caught on camera. in japan had authorities scrambling and at one point he swung from power lines as the drama went on for two hours. steve patterson gives us the play by play. >> reporter: the high wire drama was carried on live japanese tv. the escaped chimpanzee named chau chau led a zoo in northern japan and showed no interest in going back. the 24-year-old male perched above and swinging across electrical lines. the reporters calling the play by play live for nearly two hours. he just got hit, one yelled. after a tranquilizer dart stung the ape. the chimp is yelling heetz 's so angry. it's dangerous, go away. don't be here. then the sedative starts to sink in. he's falling, trying to grab the cable. he's about to go down, they say caught with a safety net, he was dazed but isn't hurt. a happy ending for the zoo but not for cha cha. >> well, it looked like a bad fall. thank goodness they were there to catch him.

stennis," patrolling the disputed south china sea six countries laid claim to including china and the philippines. this will likely enflame tensions with china saying "they're militarizing the south china sea and endangering the area." >>> and a chimpanzee tried to avoid capture and at one point the chimp swung from power lines. this drama went on for two hours. steve patterson gives us the play by play. >> reporter: the high-wire drama was carried on live japanese tv. the escaped chimpanzee named chacha showed no interest in going back to the zoo. the 24-year-old male perched above and swinging across electrical lines. reporters calling the play-by-play live for nearly two hours. he just got hit, one yelled, after a tranquilizer stung the ape. the chimp is yelling. he's so angry. a zoo worker warns, it's dangerous. go away. don't be here. then the sedative starts to sink in. he's falling. he's trying to grab the cable. he's about a go down, they say, and then the spill. off the wires, and on to the ground, caught with a safety net, the ape is dazed, but isn't hurt. a happy ending for

general carter on the "stennis" a few days back and big implications for u.s. military families. when a carrier or any navy ship makes port, military families spend time and money getting airline tickets, making reservations, flying out to these ports to try and meet up with their loved ones so there's concern right now that some military families are going to be stuck. if the "stennis" can't make port call, the families may not be able to see their loved ones and will have to decide, the navy will have to decide, does it sail on or does it try to reach another port out in asia? brooke? >> infur yating for the families, i know. barbara starr, thank you very much. >> reporter: sure. >>> next, cnn with hillary clinton today. jake tapper here. what she says the republican primary is teaching her what it might be like to take on donald trump. >>> mike pence of indiana pledging support to texas senator ted cruz today but was it exactly a wholehearted endorsement? we have more than that. you're watching cnn. e to do? with right at home, it doesn't. right at home's professional team tho

stennis" today. right now, it's patrolling the disputed south china sea which six countries have laid claim to including china and the philippines. today's visit will inflame tensions with china. >>> now to a wild chase caught on camera. a chimpanzee escaping from a zoo in japan tried to avoid capture, he had the authorities scrambling. the drama went on for two hours. nbc's steve patterson gives us the play-by-play. >> reporter: the high wire drama was carried live on japanese tv. the escaped chimpanzee named cha-cha fled a zoo in northern japan and showed no interest in going back. the 24-year-old male perched above and swinging across electrical lines. reporters calling the play-by-play live for nearly two hours. he just got hit one yelled. after a tranquilizer dart stunned the ape. the chimp is yelling. he's so angry. the zoo worker warns, it's dangerous, go away. don't be here. then the sedative starts to sink in. he's falling. he's trying to grab the cable. he's about to go down they say and th

looking at about 20 to 25 minutes it is backed into the macarthur maze approach and the toll the stennish if this is the commute. >>darya: in high-risk sex offenders released from custody and now living in the north and. >>jackie sissel: were the first to bring you the story last week about this man 23 year-old jonathan howe planner hired a sex offender last week the police department was notified by the department of corrections that he was being released in going to be living in petaluma last night we learned from ronald park police department that he is now living here and, park also at a motel several of those cases to place on the campus of the santa rosa jury in college when he was arrested twice because of that last to the issue a stay away order to him and released the information from this to the same if they saw him on campus to reported where his thing right now we don't know is that location to please the promises they're not happy with they don't have a say in where he is with the welcome the very close eye on him. >>mark: this is video from a helicopter partnership of menlo

defense secretary ash carter sailing through the area on board the aircraft carrier "uss john stennisthe u.s. military will maintain freedom of navigation. >> in the south china sea, china's actions, in particular, are causing anxiety and raising region alg tenal tenseions. >> reporter: this after a top chinese military officer sent his own signal a few days ago visiting one of the islands known as fiery cross reef. and the u.s. counterpunch now, a new military agreement with the philippines. there will be more joint patrols, more exercises in training and u.s. access potentially to five philippine military bases. a signal to china and north korea that the u.s. military is in asia. wolf? >> barbara starr, thanks very much. >>> let's get an exclusive look at those celebrations taking place inside north korea. our correspondent will ripley is joining us live from the capital of pyongyang. will, most north koreans have no indication the missile test went horribly wrong, do they? >> that's kroecorrect. more than 24 hours after they say this missile attempt failed, there's been no announce