and has to be affirmed. i must say to you that the state of the union is not good these people somehow politics into power and make the government work. we re privileged to witness a significant achievement in the cause of peace. what was once a distant foreign policy to issue has become a domestic issue there is no delays in the spirit of this country. we can turn of this country around and we can turn our economy around. and the time to do it is now . just a few moments now, president nixon will be appearing before the people perhaps as last time as president of the united states. hail to the chief good evening, i shall resign the presidency affected tomorrow. turning over the direction of the government to vice president ford i know that the leadership of america will be in good hands. in those first few days and weeks when gerald ford ascended the presidency you can say if you were casting someone to play the road to heal a nation, gerald ford would win
concrete walls and detected a mile away from the plant this were you the first big nuclear disaster at the time when the country was increasingly reliant on nuclear power, it was scary. the beginning of mistrust of nuclear power as the magic to the energy problem. the president said today that he believes this incident will make it necessary to reassess the country s present nuclear safety regulations. that comes from a president who has been claiming that more nuclear reactors are needed to offset the demand for foreign oil. the energy crisis which had been going on all decade only gets worst with middle east ern turmoil. californians sat fuming in their cars waiting patiently wondering who and what had put them there, somehow, there wasn t enough gas loan to go around but prices rose elsewhere and lines were forming and americans began realizing california was not unique,