This. Just barely. Was aony was that there breakin at my old headquarters roughly around that time. Beple got beat up and had to taken to the hospital. I was worried about my campaign workers. Far in theas distance. I won the primary in brooklyn. Of course, it was a november election. What kind of training did they have for new congress . None. You got to washington. What were your assignments . I did not get to washington day one. And be on ao committee, so i sat around with. Y advisors just to give you an idea of how remote the impeachment was, we tried to figure out what would be the best committee to be on. We agreed that since my predecessor had been on the committee 50 years, it would be a good idea to break new ground and try to get on another committee. Down to lobby. I came down and in those days, the committee made the decision. I went down and i visited old members. Any good. Me they were putting me on it, no matter what, so i was actually down, it first ensured was an utter
Whether surgery is really necessary for many people with Heart Disease. I am. Thank you for joining us believe he is deposed president ever moralez has told al jazeera he should be allowed to return and complete his final term in office he spoke in mexico where he fled after resigning last week following weeks of unrest the United Nations meanwhile is warning that the ongoing violence in bolivia could spin out of control and prevent new elections on friday 8 supporters of morales were shot dead during fighting with Security Forces lets bring in our correspondent john holeman who spoke to evel morales in mexico city so john what did he have to say. Well he did have a bit about what you just mentioned actually the 8 people that died. The hands of Security Forces it seems here for him he said that this was a continuation of what he defines as a military coup when the army suggested publicly that he left office i did ask him about that resignation and he said that really there was no choic
Nomination. Timothy hi, im timothy naftali, director of the richard museum, yorba linda, california. I have the honor and privilege weld interviewing william in new york city for the Richard Nixon oral history program. Mr. Weld, thank you for joining us today. Please tell us how you came to be involved with the inquiry . A call in the fall of 1973. I was an associate at a law firm asking me if id be interested in interviewing for a job on the impeachment staff. Point it really hadnt gotten off the ground. I said, no, i have to stay here i make partner and then i called the guy back 15 seconds made aaving realized i dreadful mistake and i said can i still interview for it and he had a telephone interview with sam garrison who was running the republican side was not yet who fully unified. Some thought it never was. Went down and had a good interview with sam and i was in shortlycome thereafter and reported for duty in december of 1973. Timothy tell me a little bit about, first of all, ab
During the impeachment of president nixon in 1973 and 1974. The interview is from the president nixon president ial library and was conducted by the Library Director in 2008. You surprised a lot of people by winning and you came to washington. How was it you got on the Judiciary Committee . Well, i was looking at the demographics, i got access to some of the polling numbers and when i ran, i think maybe in the district i was running in, the fifth Congressional District of mississippi, 8 of the people identify themselves as republican, but if you studied the internals, the majority of them were republican and i also knew honestly they would vote for mr. Nixon by overwhelming numbers, well over 80 , which is what happened. I was comfortable with them on an intervention individual basis, philosophically, and i thought a republican could win in mississippi. A lot of people didnt think so and i remember when i called some of my friends and supporters, they said you would not be able to win,
Upfront and been out there aggressive or anything of that sort. That is not my style. I believe in building on a consensus and recognizing that that kind of leadership is going to have its effect. However, were those, who wanted to create, at the ade, or to have created an Hoc Committee and have a speaker committeethe ad hoc to conduct the inquiry. Me onr albert talked with a number of occasions. He had great confidence in me. He placed this confidence in me. Fact, thereing that are those who even after i became the chairman who were intent on taking another course of action. Remember the attempt on the part of some to delay the ford, toion of jerry be Vice President , thinking that theibly we might delay confirmation of jerry ford to be Vice President since we were implementing the 25th amendment, and that maybe we would proceed with the impeachment of Richard Nixon, impeach Richard Nixon, and then there would be a vacancy in the last presidency since spira agnew had been compelled to