great, but must your guests stay up so late there was a town so quiet and still then came the folks from capitol hill sentiment is not for sale, mr. nixon, you re to blame mr. nixon, you re to blame mr. nixon, you re to blame convicted watergate cover up conspirator john ehrlichman is out of a job. the one-time white house aide to former president nixon has ended his brief career as an ice cream pitchman on television. by all accounts the ad campaign was simply a meltdown. try this stuff. it s unbelievable. and believe me, an i m an expert on that subject. the california ice cream company said the response was so negative, the commercials were being taken off the air
well, i ve got to know about that. if i m in that kind of a position, i m in a position i just didn t know about. believe me, throughout this thing, i must say i have not known i should know about the watergate and i knew that we were checking all this, but my god, i didn t i didn t know there was a taping system in the room at the time. since then, it s occurred to me that he was talking for the record, among other things. but at the same time, i m convinced he really didn t know the difference between what was true and what wasn t true at any given moment. for a long time. and he could persuade himself of almost anything, which is kind of too bad. hello. mr. ziegler calling you. there you are.
in the years after the assassination attempt, president ronald reagan s approval rating skyrocketed. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. he became one of the most popular presidents in american history. jim and sarah brady became vocal supporters of gun control legislation. their efforts paid off in 1993 with the signing of the brady handgun violence prevention act. it required federal background checks on commercial sales of handguns to individuals. unfortunately, the brady bill came too late for john w. hinckley. several months after the shooting, his father asked him what might have stopped him. hinckley replied, maybe if i d had to wait a while to buy a gun, had to fill out forms or
purpose of announcing that we, today, have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in vietnam and in southeast asia. the following statement is being issued at this moment in washington and hanoi. at 12:30 paris time today, january 23, 1973, the agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in vietnam was initialled by dr. henry kissinger on behalf of the united states and the republic of vietnam. let us consecrate this moment by resolving together to make the peace we have achieved a peace that will last. thank you. and good evening. mr. haldeman, please. thank you. yes, sir?
agent tim mccarthy makes a full recovery and continues his career with the secret service. d.c. police officer tom delahanty suffered a crippling wound that eventually forced his retirement. president reagan surprised his doctors and the nation, healing quickly for a man his age. as for john w. hinckley jr., his life story was a tabloid soap opera played out for a worldwide audience. about his alleged assailant, mr. reagan said, i hope and pray he can find an answer to his problem. said the president, he seems to be a very disturbed young man. even jim brady was compassionate. he said, well, he didn t hold any ill will toward him. but then again, he hoped he wouldn t win the irish sweepstakes. hinckley s motive seemed simply surreal.