national election. we had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develop weapons of mass destruction. i just want 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. . within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and g
this room and the next contain my archives. it s magazines and newspaper articles, depositions, documents, everything relating to watergate. i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. i have no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. we re not on the road to fascism, but we re dangerously close to it. these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. i told the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency. we will never give up. we will never concede. we will stop the steal. here we are 50 years later, and the events of watergate are as relevant as they have ever been. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power. weapons of mass destruction. my name is john dean. i was richard nixon s white house counsel. the morning of june 17th, 1972, i got a call saying they have got this strange weird burglary in th
it is the at year and the style he never self confidence that he could reezly win a natureal re-election. e left the 1960s election which he lost nearly to john f. kennedy. and a sense the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons he had in him toe play during elections. it is about move for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding onto power. no one can find out about this. i told the american people that i will not trade arms with hostages. they ll not be in practice sif wour in this office. when you have a president thinks that he could do anything we are in trouble. i just want to find 11,780 e-mails. and that s really when you reach to the point of democracy. that s how dictator come to power. the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover up. i get the information and gather it and i share it with the rest. they make decisions based on how they can contain this problem. after the bre
all of us here know that we are present at the making of history. as the queen takes her first cautious steps as monarch, she is torn between the palace old guard led by her mother and those like her husband, philip, who want change. with scandals swirling around her sister margaret threatening to tarnish her reign, the queen must assert her power, sacrificing the happiness of those she loves. february 1952. elizabeth ii has been queen for just a few days, following the death of her father, king george vi. shortly after the king s death the queen s uncle holds a dinner party at his house in hampshire. lord louis mountbatten played a key role in the young life of his nephew philip. when philip is a child the greek family are deposed and they flee to exile and his father has no time for him. louis mountbatten takes over as prince philip s guardian, and so he sees him as his son really. lord mountbatten had always had domestic ambitions for his nephew philip. he wa
til death us do part. til death do us part. but what happens when royal tradition stops you from following your heart? in the medieval fortress, charles the eldest son of queen elizabeth, is crowned prince of wales. i, charles, prince of wales, do become your liege man of life and limb. there s so much pomp, so much glamour. but under it all is a nervous 20-year-old who feels strongly that the whole weight of monarchy rests on him. he had no choice in his life at all. his future was mapped out for him. he knew from an early age that he was part of a machine. prince charles is a central figure of this dynasty. he is the future. he is the great hope. the young prince, who just celebrated his 3rd birthday, carried out his handshaking duties most sedately. the prince, as a child, was very withdrawn, very sensitive, very shy. but right from the beginning there s all this weight of expectation on this poor little boy s back. when charles was 4, he watched his