Cable or satellite provider. Authors and authors and journalists who covered the watergate scandal in the 1970s met recently to talk about the era and how it compares to todays Political Climate regarding the russia investigation, the news media and the publics view of government. Hosted by slate media, this is one hour and a half. [applause] leon hey, everybody. [applause] leon thank you for being here. Can everybody hear me . Is my mic awake . Great. We are here about a week and a half after the show ended, season one ended, and i think none of us at slate assumed or could have guessed we would be talking about season one and planning season two. Season two of slow burn so thank you to all of you. [applause] for being here, but o listening to the show. Leon for being here, but also listening to the show. It is really a dream to be here in the Watergate Hotel with all of you. We have got a great show tonight, our first live show. We have a fantastic lineup of guests who i now want to
Henry kissinger and George Schulz talked about the challenges facing the u. S. They were joined with former deputy or deputy secretary of state richard armitage. They testified before the Senate Armed Services committee, which is chaired by senator john mccain. He was not at the hearing as he remains in arizona battling brain cancer. [camera shutters] we will bring to order the senate of Armed Services committee. We receive testimony on global challenges in the National Security strategies to meet those threats. It is my honor to welcome our distinguished witnesses. Farmers secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Schulz, and the former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. Your careers of service have been unbelievable and great, we are so honored to have you folks here. I want to begin by reading a brief welcome from our chairman mccain, who regretfully is unable to be here for todays hearing. I am quoting him now. With the rising global challenges and increasingly compl
Life on cspan. Listen live with the free cspan radio app and available live on your desktop, phone or tablet as cspan. Org. Cspan. Org. Former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Schulz talked about the challenges facing the u. S. They were joined with former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. He served under resident george w. Bush. They testified before the Senate Armed Services committee, which is chaired by senator john mccain. He was not at the hearing as he remains in arizona battling brain cancer. We will bring to order the Senate Armed Services committee. We receive testimony on global challenges in the National Security strategies to meet those threats. Tional Security Strategies to meet those threats. It is my honor to welcome our distinguished witnesses. Farmers secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Schulz, and the former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. Your careers of service have been unbelievable and great, we are so honored to h
None of us at slate assumed, could have guessed we will be talking about it season one and we would be planning season two. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to the slate plus. Embers who are here i dream to be here in the Watergate Hotel with all of you. We have got a great show tonight, our first live show. We have a fantastic lineup of guests. I want to introduce them without clearing my throat anymore. Elizabeth drew, to my left. [applause] leon she covered the watergate scandal as it was unfolding. It was covered in the book washington journal. To my right, dick cavett. [applause] he hosted the bi of the show the dick cavett on abc between 1968 and 1974. In the months following watergate, he interviewed a number of key figures in the scandal. Later he broadcasted an entire episode from the watergate room. Dick true. True enough. Leon we have susan glasser. [applause] leon she is an Affairs Columnist for politico. Previously she was the editor of politico and political magazine. A
In this complex we have notable residents such as ruth vader ginsbering, bob and elizabeth dole, plusego domingo because of its vicinity to the kennedy center, and it opened in 1967. In 1967 a famous architect decided to mixup washington, d. C. As this stately federal architecture and do something called avantegarde. And it started by making no right angles and hugging the curvature of the potomac, and it was very jetssonslike. And that started it. And with great media midcentury history is becoming cool again. So we had this fundamental challenge. Do we embrace this as a theme park and embrace this scandal . Do we relive its original heyday . It was 1967, five years young when this scandal happened. But what people dont realize is Ronald Reagan had lavish birthday parties here. Like the invention of the first Michelin Chef so people are nodding. So theres a lot of nostalgia here. Theres so many generations i see. And what we noticed once we opened is people started saying last time i