On cspan. I have the pleasure this evening of welcoming and introducing two eminent scholars of Richard Nixon and the nixon era. Our moderator is frank gannon, who served as special assistant to donald rumsfeld. He was chief Editorial Assistant to nixon on the writing of his memoirs during the president s years insane clementa. And he has the were distinction of having interviewed the president on tape in 1983. Those materials now reside at the university of georgia in the p body archive. We also have john roy price, a harvard educated attorney who cofounded the rippon society. He promptly joined the new Nixon Administration in 1969, working with Daniel Patrick moynahan on the council, like to working with domestic adviser, as special assistant to the president for urban affairs. John later went into banking later becoming chief of regulations for chase bank. Special note, john is joined this evening by his daughter alexandra and his son phil. Welcome to both of you. Johns new book, th
About the date of this press conference. My wife betty had scheduled her First Press Conference for the same day. And obviously, i had scheduled my First Press Conference for this occasion. So, bettys was postponed. We worked this out between us in a calm and orderly way. [laughter] she will postpone her press conference until next week. And until then, i will be making my own breakfast, my own lunch, and my own dinner. [laughter] helen . Mr. President , aside from the special prosecutors role, do you agree with the Bar Association that the law applies equally to all men, or do you agree with governor rockefeller that former president nixon should have immunity from prosecution . And specifically, would you use your pardon authority, if necessary . Well, let me say at the outset that i made a statement in this room a few moments after the swearing in. And on that occasion i said the following. That i had hoped that our former president , who brought peace to millions, would find it for
My wife betty had scheduled her First Press Conference for the same day. And obviously, i had scheduled my First Press Conference for this occasion. So, bettys was postponed. We worked this out between us in a calm and orderly way. She will postpone her press conference until next week. And until then, i will be making my own breakfast, my own lunch, and my own dinner. [laughter] mr. President , aside from the special prosecutors role, do you agree with the Bar Association that the law applies equally to all men, or do you agree with governor rockefeller that former president nixon should have immunity from prosecution . And specifically, would you use your pardon authority, if necessary . Well, let me say at the outset that i made a statement in this room a few moments after the swearing in. And on that occasion i said the following. That i had hoped that our former president , who brought peace to millions, would find it for himself. Now, the expression made by governor rockefeller,
Including last nights downpour. We begin with david davis telling us even though the world series will bring in alot of fun for the city, there is a bigger benefit. Reporter San Francisco businesses are hoping for a big win as well. Fans are not the only one excited about this. At 16 the special of the week at San Franciscos prospect restaurant, a slow cooked each, nestled in italian black rice. The colors of the San Francisco giants. I think we will call it the homerun. Reporter San Francisco businesses hoping for a financial grand slam with the world series start on wednesday. The city is coming off one of the strongest summers for tourism in years. The games are said to add to the wind fall. We are excited about this. Reporter the citys 34,000 rooms are filling up. They are coming from across the country. Regionally, we saw in 2010, that people come from other areas around the bay area and actually stay in the city and enjoy the game. Reporter hard numbers are not available for how
[applause] there will be hot pursuit of tough laws to prevent illegal invasion of privacy in both government and private activities. On the higher plane of public morality, there is no need for me to preach tonight. We have thousands of far better preachers and millions of sacred scriptures to guide us on the path of personal rightliving and exemplary official conduct. If we can make effective and earlier use of moral and ethical wisdom of the centuries in todays complex society, we will prevent more crime and more corruption than all the policemen and prosecutors governments can ever deter. This is a [applause] if i might say so, this is a job that must begin at home, not in washington. [applause] i once told you that i am not a saint, and i hope never to see the day that i cannot admit having made a mistake. So i will close with another confession. Frequently, along the tortuous road of recent months from this chamber to the president s house, i protested that i was my own man. Now i