>> let others wallow in watergate. we're going to do our job. i'm going to kick their ass. >> nobody is going to package me. nobody is going to make me put on an act for television. i'm not going to engage in any gimmicks or stunts, wear any silly hats. if people look at me say that's a new nixon, then all i can say is, well, maybe you didn't know the old nixon. >> i recently sat down with three legends of the watergate era, carl bernstein, whose dogged reporting helped uncover the scandal, david gergen, and former white house counsel and star witness whose testimony ultimately brought down nixon's presidency. here is our conversation. john, i want to start with you. you worked with president nixon. in this series, we hear a lot of nixon in his own words, in candid moments, without a filter. does it paint an accurate picture of him as a person and