describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . now on bbc news: amol rajan interviews: watergate to trump. in every trade, there are certain names that are held up as the gold standard. when i started out in newspapers in fact, for most of the past 50 years there have been two names that stood apart and stood above any others injournalism. bob woodward and carl bernstein were the reporters at the heart of the watergate scandal, and the subsequent fall of president nixon. therefore, i shall- resign the presidency, effective at noon tomorrow. their investigation into the break in at democratic offices has become the stuff of legend. it saw them immortalised by hollywood and set the standard forjournalism for decades to come. at one point, i suddenly wondered how high up this thing goes, and her paranoia finally got to me. i thought what we had was so hot that, any minute, cbs or nbc would come in through the windows to take the story away. you re both paranoid.
was, notjust what he did. what on earth have you got in your hand? what have you got there? i ve got a selected copy. he has a copy in every suitjacket! laughterjust in case he s being interviewed by the bbc! it s from one of the nixon tapes. but this is december 14, 1972. nixon hasjust won a landslide victory. nixon s in the oval office with henry kissinger, his secretary of state. and this is happy time for nixon. and this is literally what nixon says. remember, we re going to be around, and outlive our enemies. and also, never forget
but this is december 14, 1972. nixon hasjust won a landslide victory. nixon s in the oval office with henry kissinger, his secretary of state. and this is happy time for nixon. and this is literally what nixon says. remember, we re going to be around, and outlive our enemies. and also, never forget the press is the enemy. the press is the enemy. both: the press is the enemy. the establishment is the enemy. the professors are the enemy. write that on a blackboard 100 times, and neverforget it. that s nixon. that s donald trump also. that s right. half a century since the watergate scandal, that moment in history continues to permeate the work