i wate hs in the wse.y were when t ben tak-in occurred, i said, oh, , because i knew at once instinctively it was our guys. g. gordon liddy, ex-fbi, ex-treasury, ex-justice, ex-white house consultant, and e. howard hunt jr., ex-cia, ex-bay of pigs planner, ex-white house consultant. we didn t think they measured up. it was closer to the typical gang that couldn t shoot straight. earl silva read the names of 60 government witnesses. the list included only one low ranking white house lawyer and several former employees of the committee to re-elect the president. if you don t know richard nixon s psychology, you don t know his background, you could never understand why the white house reacted to watergate the way it does. from day one, there was a great sense that we were under siege. and we were not deceiving ourselves that the press did not like us.
trying to make the best judgments they could on behalf of the american people. it was just before the senate intelligence committee about a week ago where they heard from government witnesses who for the first time testified that the russian probing or scanning of state board of elections was much more widespread than previously reported. they counted at least 21 states that were impacted, bill. bill: the president s former campaign chair is back in the news. how come, catherine? manafort has filed for his work in the ukraine his spokesman issuing this statement to fox news that reads he, manafort, started this process in concert with the foreign agent registration unit in september before the outcome of the election and well before any formal investigation of election interfere answer began. his primary focus was always directed at domestic campaign work and that is reflected in today s filing.
at once instinctively it was our guys. g. gordon liddy, ex-fbi, exreury, ex-justice, ex-white house consultant, and e. howard hunt jr., ex-cia, ex-bay of pigs planner, ex-white house consultant. we didn t think they measured up. it was closer to the typical gang that couldn t shoot straight. earl silva read the names of 60 government witnesses. the list included only one low ranking white house lawyer and several former employees of the committee to re-elect the president. if you don t know richard nixon s psychology, you don t know his background, you could never understand why the white house reacted to watergate the way it does. from day one, there was a great sense that we were under siege. and we were not deceiving ourselves that the press did not like us. both houses of congress did not like nixon. i mean, that is the truth. and the question is how you deal
is now considered a criminal investigation. and congress ability to conduct investigations of all things, ruc russia has been severely limited, probely in an appropriate fashion. when there s a criminal investigation ongoing, it inhibits your ability to do oversight. you call witnesses and they say, i can t give you any information because i m under investigation or there s an investigation ongoing. government witnesses do the same thing. now, robert mueller began his job as special counsel amid flurry of headlines about the ousted michael flynn and they are pushing back on when knew what about flynn s work for foreign governments. peter alexander reports. reporter: despite his shorteneder as natural security adviser, michael flynn casting a long shadow over the trump white house. the new york times reporting flynn informed the trump transition s team chief lawyer weeks before inauguration tt
and make sure it doesn t happen again. you think the senate and house side will continue or does the mueller appointment get in the way? well, part of the problem what i ve seen as being chairman of the oversight committee when there is a criminal investigation ongoing, it really does inhibit your ability to conduct oversight. you call on witnesses and i can t give you any information because i m under investigation and investigation on going. government witnesses do the same thing. it does have the possibility of hampering what the senate intelligence committee is doing. that will be a shame. we have to get to the bottom of it quickly and get it behind us. we have enormous challenges facing this nation and we need to be working on these. bill: there is an interesting piece in the hill this week. encourage viewers to check it out and make your own decisions and judgments what he has to say. listen carefully and i ll ask you a very specific question