Powers of his office engaged personally and through his close subordinates interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the department of justice, the federal bureau of investigation, the office of Watergate Special prosecution force and congressional committees. Endeavoring to interfere. That was the first article of impeachment against nixon. Obstruction of justice. In the aftermath of watergate, in the aftermath of nixons resignation, in the aftermath of that National Political disaster, there were a bunch of political reforms. And one of the reforms was a structural, basically technical fix to head off some of the sins outlined in that first article of impeachment, the issue of the president interfering in this case specifically with the fbi and the department of justice in one of their investigations. In the 1970s, in the aftermath of watergate, they started putting rules in place to stop that from happening again. To specifically limit contact bet
Protests last weekend. We had this weekend of chaos and confusion and protest and recrimination and the white house walking parts of it back and not others and lawyers flooding into airports across the country to help people who were stranded. After all that, the white house tried to say, geez, this is no big deal, geez, you people just calm down. This was the white house response after last weekend. Only 109 people were detained and held for questioning. Yeah, why such a fuss . That was the official line from the white house. Wasnt that many people, why did everybody make such a big deal out of this. Were talking about a universe of 109 people. There were 329,000 people that came into the country, 109 of them were stopped for additional screening. Uhuh. That was monday, that was bull pucky. On tuesday, badgered by recorders, the press secretary said okay, the 109 number was referring only to people initially detained but he gave no more numbers of who else got stopped or stranded ther
That was my mistake. This is the new normal. Its fine, we can do it all. There is all sorts of different types of breaking news tonight and today. There are elections tonight in texas, a particularly interesting special election in oklahoma. And a few other states were watching returns coming in right now into the wee hours tonight looking for upsets in other interesting results in those local elections, especially ones that may have national implications. Also today, in West Virginia, the teacher strike there came to a very dramatic ending, a triumph ending for the teachers that had a remarkable labor action in the state over the course of nine days. Well get to that story, as well, this hour. You never know what youll be able to lead with because other stuff keeps coming. You and me, we are lucy and ethel, working in the Chocolate Factory and the conveyer belt keeps speeding up. Thats what its like. We can handle it. We can do it. Saturday morning, this past saturday morning at 7 00
Next, christian, looking as sharp as you could look, dressed in a beautiful marine outfit. Ive never seen a marine look that good in my life, christian. [ applause ] he wanted to look good. He told me as a tribute to his father, and he led me to his dads grave, and we paid our respects together. It was a moment i will always remember. Christian, i want you to know that even though your father has left this world, hes left it for the next. But hes not gone. Hell never be gone. Your dads love, courage, and strength live in you, christian. As you grow bigger and stronger, just like him, so too does your fathers incredible legacy. So thank you both. Thats so beautiful. Thank you. Mauz because [ applause ] thank you. Thank you, christian. Good to see you. Hes become my friend, i will tell you. A special young man. To every Family Member of the fallen, i want you to know that the legacy of those you lost does not fade with time, but grows only more powerful. Their legacy does not, like a voi
To revise my expectations. I thought we would have a normal night. That was my mistake. This is the new noermal. Its fine, we can do it all. There is all sorts of different types of breaking news tonight and today. There are elections tonight in texas, a particularly interesting special election in oklahoma. And a few other states were watching returns coming in right now into the wee hours tonight looking for upsets in other interesting results in those local elections, especially ones that may have national implications. Also today, in West Virginia, the teacher strike there came to a very dramatic ending, a triumph ending for the teachers that had a remarkable labor action in the state over the course of nine days. Well get to that story, as well, this hour. You never know what youll be able to lead with because other stuff keeps coming. You and me, we are lucy and ethal working in the chocolate fact to factory and the conveyer belt keeps speeding up. We can do it. Saturday morning