Has in fact either authorized the bake in or personal the cover up. We were persuaded beyond a convincing case that he should stand trial in the political sense of having to have a trial in the senate but nobody felt great about it. Most people get burdened. They didnt want to. We felt there was no alternative. We were the elected officials and had a duty to see whether the highest officer in the country had breached his duty. William cohen, 1974, a republican member of the House Judiciary Committee. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for being with us on cspans 3 American History tonight. Tv 8 00 eastern time sunday evening we will continue our look at house judiciary committ committee. Our coverage of the 40th anniversary of water gate continues including debate over article two which charge nixon of abuse with power. You will also hear from the forrer director of the library and museum and explains how the committees vote affecting our understanding of president ial power today.
Phone number advertised, called the National Center. We were able to track that phone number to three states in the span of less than three days. We passed that on to Law Enforcement. That girl was recovered during operation cross country. With respect to those children missing from foster care, there are current laws before congress now that we urge congress to pass. Right now, only two states have laws mandating the reporting of children missing from foster care. As has been pointed out, one in seven missing children are also being sexually exploited. 67 of those are coming from foster care children. No one is looking for these children. They cannot be found until they are looked for. So i want to first thank this committee for focusing your efforts and giving us the ability to work more closely with schools, with teachers, with communities. Especially those children with special needs. 1 in 68, according to the cdc, suffer from autism. These children go laundering 50 of the time. Th
Nixon was seen as a Foreign Policy sage. When he died, all the president came out there to california to be at his too many or his bur l burial. September 7th, 1972, 10 32 a. M. Following the controversial shooting of candidate George Wallace whether they were candidates for the presidency or not were offered tem pouporary secret service protection. Youve got one u. S. Senator kennedy whose a secondary factor in the campaign. You give him secret Service Coverage throughout the campaign. He said, i understand. I dont like to give him something but at the same time if he gets shot its our fault. You understand what the problem is. If you the son of a gets shot theyll say he didnt furnish it. We buy his insurance. After the election he wont get a thing. If he gets shot, its too bad. Theres the tough thing. He cant stand ted kennedy. He trails kennedy around. He said i will get a secret service guy but i want him to be a spy for me. He even uses secret service guy not to use. After the ele
As i leave the presidency. To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every american. And leaving it, i do so with this prayer. May gods grace be with you in all the days ahead. More now on the 40th anniversary of president nixons resignation. With a recent discussion hosted by the Washington Post. It includes journalist bob woodward, carl bernstein, Elizabeth Drew and ruth marcus talking about the scandal that led to president nixon stepping down and the white house tapes that provide further insight into his presidency. This is two hours. Welcome, everybody. My name is marty baron, executive editor of the Washington Post. It is a real pleasure to welcome you here tonight. You can consider yourself all very special because when the invitation went out for this event it was sold out within a day. And ever since, folks here at the post have been telling people that theres no more room. And you can see that from the attendance here and th