everywhere. and, alexander butterfield we, 49 years later, is going to join us here tonight. no way, really? to talk about what it is really like to be that star witness in that kind of presidential investigative hearing, in what is now the cassidy hutchinson role, and what we ve seen. he was subpoenaed, just like she was subpoenaed, and it was obviously, it s a unique experience, and a unique perspective to get on what we are watching, and what we will be watching tomorrow. i can t believe i went all day-to-day without knowing the butterfield will be on the show tonight. how come nobody came in and rang my bell about this. you are supposed to know immediately about this, these are not supposed to take you by surprise, i don t know what happened at the system. but it s really exciting, and we do have to reach back that 50 years, for people who actually have lived through things like this. yes, exactly right. and, arguably, what we ve learned from the january 6th com
49 years later, is going to join us here tonight. no way, really? to talk about what it is really like to be that star witness in that kind of presidential investigative hearing, in what is now the cassidy hutchinson role, and what we ve seen. he was subpoenaed, just like she was subpoenaed, and it was obviously, it s a unique experience, and a unique perspective to get on what we are watching, and what we will be watching tomorrow. i can t believe i went all day-to-day without knowing the butterfield will be on the show tonight. how come nobody came in and rang my bell about this. you are supposed to know immediately about this, these are not supposed to take you by surprise, i don t know what happened at the system. but it s really exciting, and we do have to reach back that 50 years, for people who actually have lived through things like this. yes, exactly right. and, arguably, what we ve learned from the january 6th committee, is already describing a scope of cr
universities self, they re over 13 billion years old. tomorrow at 10:30 am eastern, nasa will unveil more photos from the webb telescope, but that is the first one. watch this space sorry. i ll see you back here again tomorrow, night eight eastern, for our primetime recap of tomorrow s january 6th inning. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. good evening rachel, i ll be joining you in that recap tomorrow evening. tonight, rachel, i m very excited. this is one of those things that, in this job, where i just sit here wondering, how did this happen? how did this happen? because, i was a kid watching the watergate hearings, and watching the moment the changed everything, which was alexander butterfield testifying under oath, on tv, and revealing that pretty much everything that richard unexcited said was on tape. pretty much all of it was tape recorded in the white house, on the telephones, at camp david,
criminal conspiracies in the oval office. but, john dean s testimony alone would not have been enough to take down richard nixon. john dean confessed to committing crimes himself, and was sentenced to less prison time, because he cooperated in testified against richard nixon. so, john dean s testimony could be dismissed by people loyal to president nixon, as something self serving and something significantly less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. then came alexander butterfield and the revelation that it was all on tape. mr. butterfield, as far as you know, from your own personal knowledge we, from 1970 in till the present time. all of the presidents conversations, and officers mentioned, and on the telephone s mansion were recorded? as far as you know. that is correct. and as far as you know,
hearing that there were tapes, and we could then corroborate john dean. i am hoping that there was something similar to corroborate cassidy hutchinson, because her testimony was very dramatic, much as john dean s was. and john dean was more, he was the one in the room, like cipollone, he was in the room with the president. so, his testimony could also be bombshell if he s willing to say when he heard the president say, but he knew the president knew. but cassidy hutchinson has laid a very strong groundwork, and it s very powerful. jill, quickly before we squeeze in a delayed commercial break, here. if alexander butterfield had not identified the tapes, and if the tapes were not part of the evidence base, would richard nixon have served out his term as president? we ll, if there was a fox news, the answer is he would ve served out the rest of his