Welcome to the National Press club. I covered as a very young reporter, a baby good evening. Welcome to the National Press club. I covered watergate as a very young reporter, a baby reporter, they just let me come in diapers. I covered from the hearings to the trials. I am especially elated to be here this evening i went like to welcome cspan and the cspan audience. This is being filmed for cspans American History tv. Our program tonight marks the 50th anniversary of the saturday night massacre that ultimately led to president nixons resignation in the scandal. It was a significant event in the nations political history to say the least. The National Press club played an Important Role on it, special prosecutor cox, who i would later be lucky enough to become friends with held his News Conference here on the afternoon of october 20th, right in the clubs ballroom. It was at that Historic Press conference that he insisted that president nixon turn over the tapes. We will see a clip later
To abolish this whole office if it went back to the department of justice given those terms. I did, i went into court with cox. This is something to determine beforehand. They had the famous press conference where he refuses the request for the tapes. I did not think nixon was going to prevail in the long run. As it turned out, the saturday night massacre proved to be part of the reason that he fell when he did. He misplayed it, misjudged it, and cox really decided to pull the rip cord on how they deal with him. Not only were you dealing with john dean, you are also taking extraordinary steps to preserve evidence in case president nixon tried to abort the investigation. Tell us about the intense weeks. Tell us about the garbage. Two unrelated stories. As we discussed in the office what was going to happen and if the president refused. The watergate trial team had taken home copies of all the key evidence and each of us had taken briefcases home each night for at least a week. Had the e
Affordable care act, and it is no coincidence that they wanted to shut down government. After a while they forgot why they shut down government because the reasons change as we went along. I am proud of my state of california, where it is going great, and most of the states that have their staterun exchanges, going positively well. The question that what has happened with the system for the National Plan is something that has to be improved. They were overwhelmed by the traffic, ok, but now lets see how long it will take to have that be fixed. That is about the technology, about the benefits, about the liberation of people to live a healthier life, liberty and freedom to choose their happiness that all remains. I hope we would have some answers soon and that the answer will be ok, we have found a glitch or whatever it is, it has been corrected, and heres a demonstration as to how people, when they approach it now, will be received. Again, i hope that will be soon. Yes, maam. Once peopl
Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Denis mcdonough talked about supporting veterans and the pact act, the new law expanding benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits, agent orange and other toxic substances. He spoke at an event stood by the National Press club here in washington dc. Hello and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am jun judson, the 115 president of the National Press club, and reporter for defense news. Thank you for joining us. Both those here at the National Press Club Ballroom and those viewing us from black stream, the headliner event with Dennis Mcdonough as we commemorate veterans day this week. I should note that it is the 47 for three the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans memorial. [applause] we are happy to accept your questions and will ask as many as time permits. To submit a question, please email headliner press. Org and put v. A. In the subject line. I would like to introduce our head table. We have thomas you
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