Also had received some information through straun. I said to myself wow, everything john dean is saying to that committee, i hope they know it is true. The counsel was retained at that time. What date was that . That was on the 25th, as i recall. We absolutely believed what he was saying and the more evidence we got the more it confirmed what he was saying. Meeting of march 21st. As i have indicated, my purpose in requesting this meeting, particularly with the president , was that i felt it necessary that i give him a full report of all the facts that i knew and explain to him what i believe to be the implications of those facts. We had white house logs of meetings. So when he said i met with the president on march 21st, we could look at the log and say, he certainly did. How do you expect us to resolve the truth in this matter when you state one story and you testified here and made yourself subject to crossexamination and the president states another story and he does not appear befo
For tillersons replacement, the president is tapping his cia chief, mike pompeo whom the president says will do a fantastic job and is on his same wavelength. While it appears the president wants someone at state who is in lock step with his agenda, that is not stopping criticism of todays surprise announcement. The top democrat, Chuck Schumer says the instability of this administration is about every area that weakens america. John roberts joins us from the north lawn. John . Im kicking myself, harris. As i was filling in for chris wallace, mike pompeo was our guest and i asked him every question except, oh, by the way, are you going to be named secretary of state on tuesday . Lesson learned. Were learning more about the tick tok and how this happened. The president made the decision last week and that on friday, chief of staff john kelly put in a phone call to Rex Tillerson who was traveling in africa at the time to tell him that the president was going to be making a change. Tillers
Silent. And dean wasnt pulling any punches. A recipient of wiretap information and halderman also received some information. I said to myself, wow. Everything john dean is saying to that committee i hope they know it. It is true. The counsel was retained at this time. What date was that . That was on the 25th as i recall. The absolutely believed what he was saying and the more evidence we got the more it confirmed what he was saying. Meeting of march 21st. As i have indicated my purpose in requesting this meeting particularly with the president was that i felt it necessary that i give him a full report of all the facts that i knew and explained to him what i believed to be the implications of those facts. We had white house logs of meetings. So when he said i met with the president on march 21st, we could look at the log and see, well, he certainly did. How do you expect us to resolve the truth in this matter when you state one story and youve testified here and made yourself subject t
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Woodburn and bernsteins detective work. It struck me as prophetic and worth repeating today. We thought watergate changed america and our political process. But did it . Good evening. President nixon reportedly will announce has resignation tonight. Vice president ford will become the nations 38th president tomorrow. That word comes unofficially from aides and associates. The president has been part of politics for 28 years now. Part of the National Political scene for about 24 of those years. And this appears to be the final day of his administration. Tonight at 9 00 eastern daylight time, the president of the United States will address the nation concerning developments today and over the last few days. This has, of course, been a difficult time. This is, indeed, an historic day. The only time a president has ever resigned from office in our nearly 200 years of history. You see the white house there. In just a few moments now, president nixon will be appearing before the people, perh