[video clip] >> this is the amphitheater at the nixon library. was here, june 26, 1993, that mrs. nixon's funeral was held. was placed right up here underneath the lovely tend with flowers. nixon sat over here. on the other side, presidents reagan and ford and their first ladies. this is the pat nixon rose garden, a special place for both of the nixons because mrs. nixon was instrumental in designing it for the grand opening of the nixon library in 1990. she loved gardening. had a special affinity for roses. she was instrumental for opening up the white house for garden tours in the spring. a tradition that's continued until this day. this is the pat nixon rose which was developed in 1972 by a french designer. mrs. nixon was first lady. it is the only rose that will continually grow at the white house. this is the final resting place of both president and mrs. nixon, only steps away from the president's humble 1910 farmhouse. there's a great story behind the epitaph on her memorial site which she chose herself. it dates back to the trip to peru t

>> the nixon library was $22 million, privately raise. >> where did the money come from? >> it was not one gift larger than $2 million. one donor gave $2 million, but i would have to check. -- and bill simon, former treasury secretary, was the chairman. >> why did you do that? >> because the president had been very good to me. >> how question mark >> the best boss i ever had. he would spend an endless amount of time answering questions. i was not a very good writer when i started. i was a very good writer when i finish. the president, who wrote everything out longhand, great editor. he taught me how to read, what to read. he invested a lot of time and young people were still around. taylor, who is now an episcopal priest in california. of course, monica crowley on fox. he would hire young people and invest a lot of time in them. a terrific boss. it is after the fall. we are in isolation in san clemente and he was just beginning to emerge. i came on staff after frank gannon and dan sawyer in the -- diane sawyer and the frost-nixon staff left. he is an amazing guy. what a l

i haven't been to either the clinton reich braer or bush library, but there's a moment from the second term that he doesn't want to remember. >> the nixonrary has a good second term. think nostalgically about the old man. i think obama can aspire to a nixonian level of the second term. >> the serious answer to the question is -- get obamacare better launched. number two, work really, really hard on the one thing that might be legislatively possible other than not continuing to shoot ourselves in the head, which is immigration reform. john boehner has just hired somebody who has -- that's a good sign, let's move forward on that. and the thing that john podesta brings is understanding how to make the levers of government, particularly the executive branch work. the things that he controls. that's what did he fantastically in the clinton white house. that's how he can help the president here. >> i agree with that. and i think it is very interesting. you look at what he has left to do on immigration. i think sometimes we miss the fact this republican party has some real problems. and i want to hear from you on this. with the sequester, we t

the nixons? >> perfectly friendly. you could not go through affectte and have it not the kind of old casual friendship that they had enjoyed . i ran bursting them together while the nixon library was dedicated in 1990. -- i remember them together while the nixon library was dedicated in 1990. >> he is the longest american president to the state. >> we have some video of his funeral. can you talk about -- there is mrs. ford. can you talk about her role in planning the funeral services? >> we had a number of meetings that began several years out. it involved a military district in washington. he was adamant that he did not -- she kept drowned saying, keep it simple. think of the kids. -- thisthis was partly was first and foremost a family event. >> did any of the four children entertained political careers themselves? how long after her husband died did that he ford herself die? >> she do lie -- she died on july 8, 2008. 4.5 years. being 93.f >> we have photographs of their gravesites. >> this was something that was -- the ford museum is located on the banks of the grand river in downtown grand rapids. from the beginning, it it was planned. , thatecent presidents they would be i

>> i'm the luckiest guy in i was giving use press conferences at the nixon library. program director of ksi said this kid is on his feet. i got call out of the blue from director, never happens in the major market. show. in the weekend talk so i went over there. and i went to work for kfi on along ekends on saturday with the people who became -- show.singer had a national bill press had a national show, myself. the biggest morning drive guy in los angeles. that's what talk show host used bench vp ng out the bench on the weekend. i did that until the local radio station. a wonderful man named drew offered me a guest slot at kabc in the morning one time when the morning hosts were on vacation. me and hen they heard had a fellow named russ has ollowing me around for years, my work. they offered me a show. it was all -- i never looked for a job. jobs have found me. >> is dwayne your producer? yeah. >> if i was dwayne and i first came to work for you, what would producer e as your that your own rules are about how to have a good show? > we must find the most interesting pe

i remember seeing them together at the time that the nixon library was dedicated in 1990. >> host: gerald ford post-presidency, active on corporate boards and party politics, lived int the age of? >> guest: 93, the longest lived american president to this day. >> host: we have video of the casket in state and the capitol building. can you talk about -- there's mrs. ford there. talk about her role in planning the service. >> guest: well, she was very much a part of it. she -- we had a number of meetings to begin, actually, several years out, and, of course, it evolved in the military district of washington, the professionals there, and said the one thing he was adamant, he did not want a horse drawn case through the streets of washington, and she kept saying, keep it simple, keep it simple, think of the kids because to her, this was only partly a public event. this was first and foremost a family event. >> host: did any of the ford children entertain political careers teems -- themselves? >> guest: i know jack was interested in a while, gave serious thought in running, but i don't think an

and we've really dove into this, with the state department, we've gone to the former presidential library, eisenhower and nixon libraries to find the material. and then towards the end i went after these factors because officials would say things in the american officials would say, no, and both side had a different narrative and then i decided that it was too much. and then they would say that the drone strikes were part of it. but the truth is the american embassy was burned down in 1979. in the earliest anti-american demonstration was in 1948, which is like barely 70 months. so what is the truth? and i have found that actually the first time the american officials complained was in 1946 and they were still demanding the creation of this and the newspaper talked about this. saying that the americans were becoming the new superpower and they don't really care about this or et cetera. so i investigated this all the way back and the fact of the matter is that very early on pakistan's problem with getting attention. people in america did not know about it at this time. and so anti-american demonstrations were ve

the question is -- and the ideotapes showed it at the library, what is the relationship with the nixons pat r president nixon or nixon and mrs. kennedy after she left the white house? thank you, again, for a great series. >> the relationship is better than one might think. appalling edy found the idea that she would have to return to the white house after 1963. she thought it would be much too painful. told the secret service agents in washington prior to the way i will never have to see the white house because it will make me i'll start crying again. andexception, 1970-'71, her j.f.k.'s portraits were painted by an artist. they were about to be displayed in the nixon white house. the nixons said why don't you come down and see them quietly. she felt she owed it to jfk to do that. so she brought her children. totally off of the record visit. they had dinner and she wrote to president nixon afterwards. had aid, a moment that i white house e dreaded turned out to be one of the most important days. n later years, not too happy with nixon. in watergate, came out the number of things that pr

the heart of her personality, mischievous, fun loving woman. >> you've taken pictures of every president since nixon but this photo of george h.w. bush and barbara was quite unique. how did that happen? >> the gerald r. ford librarypening. they were doing a formal picture, president bush 41 did this for my benefit. he was a guy who was jumping out much airplanes when he was 85 years old. mrs. bush saw what he was doing and said, "george, won't you ever grow up?" >> this photo is a beautiful one between michelle and barack obama. >> today i think it's one of the nicest moments between the president and mrs. obama that we have seen captured on camera. it goes to the heart of the relationship, like a high school prom picture, where the gallant guy has given his date his coat. this is in an elevator. i refer to as the best night of his presidency because it was day 1, before all the problems started piling up. >> right. >> and it shows a loving relationship between these two folks. and i really like that picture. >> tonight at 11:00 on al jazeera america we'll take another look at david hume kennedy's photos. including the one that won him the pulitzer prize. >>> dozens of photos, the lunar aircraft touche touched do

libraries and they both hated fund-raising. two, both of them were forced into retirement early. three, neither of them particularly cared for reagan or nixon. nixon, of course, was also on the plane. >> on the plane. >> and so maybe a little mean girls action there. they weren't really into richard nixon. neither cared for ronald reagan, who had asked them to go. so, they did bond. in fact, at the ford funeral, jimmy carter noted that he and gerald ford worked together on 25 different projects. by the end of just that flight, they had already agreed to appear at one another's library. so, it really seems to be one of these rare moments where two people who never normally would socialize are forced into a situation where they have to and it turns out they get along swimmingly. >> fascinating to see if anything comes from this particular flight. jake tapper in washington for us tonight, thank you. >> thanks, brooke. >>> the nsa and this new revelation from that seemingly endless stream of leaks left behind by edward snowden. this one makes spycraft sound more like a game than real life when, in fact, it is a game featuring these guys. goblins, elves, dwarfs, trolls. could the

nixon was successful in voting for the first time. and this is what he wrote ~. i voted for the first time in my life on november 6th. filled out an absentee ballot then walked from the library to city hall. there i dropped my ballot into a box. the next time i'm going to vote from a booth in my own neighborhood. so, that's the kind of goal that we really want to support and it really takes not only dedication and volunteers and the adult learners themselves, but the board of supervisors, the mayor's office, and all the library administration from karen straus, the chief [speaker not understood] [speaker not understood] to make a program like this continue and succeed. so, thanks to everybody today. (applause) >> thank you, colleagues. that concludes our special commendations for today. with that, want to go back to our regular agenda. madam clerk, can you call item 12? >> item 12 is a resolution approving amendment no. 1 to professional services agreement, airport contract no. 8838, to provide operation and maintenance services for the airtrain system, between bombardier transportation (holdings) usa, inc., and the city and county of san francisco, acting by and through its