He only needed to be found guilty of one article of impeachment. Richard nixon, seeing the writing on the wall, he was very gifted, he saw the writing on the wall and he decides to resign before he is actually thrown out of office. He announced his resignation august 8, 1974. He leaves office at noon on august 9, 1974, 40 years ago this august. Timothy naftali who served as director of the Richard Nixon Library Museum in california. Now the director of the library at new york university. Thank you for your perspective on the events 40 years ago. Up next more from the debate , before the House Judiciary Committee on july 20 9, 1974, including the vote on article two the abuse of power against Richard Nixon. Here on cspan 3 and American History tv. The gentleman from california recognized for five minutes. Article two. Which i suggest is an expression of our deep devotion to the constitution and to the first ten amendments. The bill of rights. Article two is our rededication to and reaff
Although lincoln is hard to read emotionally, what was so fascinating was that they spoke about loving lincoln. Over and over again people right we loved him. They loved him as a father. People most often spoke of him as a brother and son. That speaks to his emotional distance. I have some questions on psychohistory. I am a licensed psychiatrist. I am bound not to speculate. You can look at what information is available and put into some context. I caution against trying to utilize information on someone who has been dead since 1865, trying to put that into a category that is 150 years later in terms of that. I think at times with a figure as large as Abraham Lincoln, what would have not have been as large is made larger in that extent. I do have some concern about that. Having said that, it was not clinical depression. It would be classified as this fine mia dysfimia. One of the most astute psychological assessments of lincoln, it depends on what you are trying to find. I would make a
Left the position to become chief domestic advisor. Coming up next, part two of a twopart interview with mr. Dean. He talks about the fallout from the breakin and how it became in his words a cancer on the presidency. He discusses why he began to cooperate with federal investigators, and his sentencing after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to obstruct justice. The Richard Nixon president ial library conducted this interview as part of a project to document the 37th president s administration. This is 90 minutes. Moderator tell us your reaction when you hear about the breakin. John i had been in manila giving a speech for the bureau of narcotics. The Drug Enforcement agency becomes later. It was a graduation speech for a bunch of agents who had been trained by dea. I was crossing the dateline. I was lying back and i arrived in San Francisco feeling jetlagged badly. I call my deputy and said im going to stay in San Francisco just rest today and come back tomorrow. He said i thi
Administration. As for him is about 90 minutes. Moderator tell us your reaction when you hear about the breakin. John i had been in manila giving a speech for the bureau of narcotics. The Drug Enforcement agency becomes later. It was a graduation speech for a bunch of agents who had been trained by dea. And i got back, crossing the date line was always a body twister. I was lying back and i arrived in San Francisco feeling jetlagged badly. I call my deputy and said im going to stay in San Francisco and just rest today and come back tomorrow. This on a sunday night. He said i think you better come back. There has been some activities here that you should know about. Fred wouldnt say that if it wasnt serious. I met with fred, who lived down the street from me in old town. He tells me about this arrest at the dnc. My reaction is colson. I am thinking back to brookings, all that. This sounds like colson has gone crazy again. The next morning it doesnt take me very long when jed mcgruder ca
BERKELEY SPRINGS — According to unofficial election results, Johnnie Walter is the winning candidate to be Morgan County sheriff, taking the place of K.C. Bohrer, who is running for magistrate.