investigation and also scare others in the government who might investigate other things that are connected to that. >> the nixon library today, did you see the tweet they put out that said fun fact. nixon ever even fired an fbi director. >> he did other things that were equally chilling to democracy. >> but that is a fun fact. >> it is a fun fact. >> michael beschloss, thank you. >> thanks for keeping your sense of humor. i'm not sure we all have it. >> joining us now is tom brokaw, nbc news special correspondent, longtime anchor of "nbc nightly news." white house correspondent during the watergate scandal. mr. brokaw, it's an honor to have you with us. >> thank you rachel. good to be here. i rarely disagree with michael beschloss, but to some degree i do tonight. i think that the saturday night massacre was an entirely different dimension. we were very deep into watergate at that point and it was a summary firing by the president of the united states who was under investigation.