what i would ask them, but it s obviously going to take a grand jury to do that. i m compelled by the all the motion i see at the department of justice, where the criminal oversight and the consequences are much greater than they are for the january six committee. i m bothered by it, i hope congress will change the laws and the consequences of not showing up for congress for a subpoena. because someone like steve bannon, i guarantee you, he wants to go to jail for a couple years if that s all it is. because he ll just be a martyr like g gordon libby. caitlin, you helped break the story about the justice department tonight, so walk us through what we know. so, this justice department investigation has been very busy. the grand jury activity has been really busy, the federal courthouse in d.c., in recent weeks. and evan perez and i learned that the justice department is trying or is getting ready to engage in a court fight,
why didn t you call me when you needed help? i said i didn t have your number. it was bizarre but you have to survive there. jail was the right place. prison was the right place for me. i think i was the only guilty person in the prison that i was in. executive clemency would not have been good for me. i had a wonderful lawyer who said own up to it, plead guilty, take the hit. don t write a book and then we ll work with it. i was disbarred for six years, was eventually reinstated in 1980. let s move this back to richard nixon. one of the still enduring questions that people don t get is he was a smart man, you know, how is this possible? if he were here tonight, what would you be asking him? i think we ve been talking about has to do with a discussion of ethics but also contempt and hatred, a sentiment that fueled richard nixon toward certainly the kennedys but also toward members of congress and the institution itself. it s interesting. i was listening the other day my
you did all right. you did all right. bill weld, would your life have been different without watergate? it sure would have. it was the beginning of everything for me. i think of it as one of two events that electrified my generation, the other being the assassination of president kennedy and teddy white s book. but some people in my generation were disillusioned by watergate when gordon strong said one of the people who was convicted, what advice would he give to young people regarding public service, he said stay away, stay away. but for every one of those, there were ten who were very highly motivated. i shared an office with a young yale law graduate, hillary rodham. both of us went into public service. i came down there as a corporate lawyer and went back just championing to become a litigator and criminal litigator. and within half a dozen years, i was u.s. attorney under president reagan for five years and then head of the criminal division down here for two years
biggest fan in the 1950s. i never went on a date without elvis presley. and he was really helpful, so i owed him a rot. did nixon say he had a favorite song, like blue suede shoes? no, he never broke out into song, though elvis was dressed for it. i gave an answer to the president that was beyond what was correct. he was hesitant. i moved him over to the president s desk. he started talking about things he had been studying like communist brainwashing. keep it up. we need more communist brainwashing studies and elvis said the beatles came over here and made a lot of money. president, beatles? you know, very popular rock group, sir. is that true? you re making this up. no, not really, completely. the closest he got to rock n roll was i had to explain it. elvis said to the president, mr. president, can you get me a badge from the bureau of narcotics and dangerous drugs? and that s what he wanted? that s what he wanted. that s what the meeting was about. presiden
c-span interview dense saturday during his press tour. he talked about america s role in the war and how to deal with the deficit, his decision making process, and experiences from the winter games. this is about 10 minutes. i would like to begin by asking about the future of the country and our role in the war. where d.c. america for five years from now? where do you see america at four or five years from now? i see the strength resuming. every direction of our economy towards the private sector, creating good jobs. i see us being a strength a source of strength globally. we have interest, we have values and we want to share those with like-minded people. we want to keep the world free and open and peaceful. i know you were reading a book about the next century. what about america s role in the world over the next hundred years? i hope some of the things that he predicted comes true. i do believe that america, as a place where the concept of freedom, individual