bob was making there, why is it that i guess it was 52 years ago and two months that richard nixon was forced to resign i guess actually 48 years ago that richard nixon was forced to resign, yet donald trump is gearing up to run, probably, it looks like, for president again. what s changed? is it a social or political shift that there is just no more shame? i think you have to look at what happened in watergate because the system worked in watergate at every level. the press did its job. the legislative branch did its job, created the senate watergate committee by a 77-0 vote. republicans supported creation of that committee. the house january 6 committee has the support of maybe five or seven republicans. the judiciary, the judicial branch of government did its job all the way up to the supreme court, which rules 9-0 8-0,
impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. almost since the day capitol was attacked, so many that it s hard to keep track, and harder still to be surprised or imagine any of it changes what we think we already know. yet this week, the house january 6 committee, even as it tries to bundle up the scandal and tie a bow around it, has also delivered plenty that is new. and today promised more. listen to committee member zoe lofgren today on cnn talk about donald trump s effort to strong arm georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger after the election. i think we ve all heard the infamous phone call where then-president trump was trying
whose reporting did more than most to make it clear that watergate was for more than the simple break-in it first appeared to be. it s worth mentioning now because contrary to the impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. we ve had plenty of revelations almost since the capitol was attacked, so many that it s hard to keep track, and harder still to be surprised or imagine any of it changes what we think we already know. yet this week, the house january 6 committee, even as it tries to bundle up the scandal and tie a bow around it, has also delivered plenty that is new. and today promised more. listen to kmut tee member zoe
that richard nixon was forced to resign, yet donald trump is gearing up to run, probably, it looks like, for president again. what s changed? is it a social or political shift that there is just no more shame? i think you have to look at what happened in watergate because the system worked in watergate at every level. the press did its job. the legislative branch did its job, created the senate watergate committee by a 77-0 vote. republicans supported creation of that committee. the house january 6 committee has the support of maybe five or seven republicans. the judiciary, the judicial branch of government did its job all the way up to the supreme court, which rules 9-0 8-0, pardon me, that nixon must turn over his tapes. and right now we see, involving the supreme court, the wife of the supreme court justice who obviously is deeply involved and
currently occupied by russia. that s fair enough, but he also included crimea in that and of course crimea was annexed by russia back in 2014 and any military move into that peninsula is likely to be seen by moscow as a major red line, john. all right. matthew chance, very interesting discussion. thank you so much for that. the gunman accused of killing ten people in buffalo set to appear in court this morning. what a chilling note reveals about why he says he did it next. plus, just hours from now the house january 6 committee will hold another public hearing where a conservative jurist will testify that former president trump s plan was to cling to power. we have a preview ahead. you love rich, delicious ice cream. but your stomach doesn t. ththat disagreement ends right now. lactaid ice cream is the creamy, real ice cream you lovee that will never messss with your stomach. lactaid ice cream. (mom allen) verizon just gave us all a brand new iphone 13.