greatest historians talking about john adams, fdr, and so forth. rick, let s get to the substance. you wrote this great book about the end of the nixon presidency, invisible bridge. you point out, you know, when we think about the impeachment hearings, there was a lot more going on with nixon than just the impeachment hearings. describe the kind of breadth of the investigation. well, by the time nixon resigned, what the public referred to when they said water gate was this sins that went back to the beginning of his presidency. it was 1969 when he did his first phone tappings of his own staff because he was terrified about leaks. and in 1970 one of the things the investigation in 1973 found out was that he approved a memo recommending break-ins of his opponents. he unapproved it, but obviously there were break ins of his opponents. water gate, the burglarly followed by payoffs by secret
fdr is so forth. let s get to the substance. you wrote this great book about the end of the nixon presidency, invisible bridge and you point out when we think about the impeachment hearings, there was a lot more going on with nixon than just the impeachment hearings. describe the kind of breadth of the investigation. well, by the time nixon resigned, what the public referred to when they said watergate were things that had gone back to the beginning of his presidency. it was 1969 when he did his own phone tappings. he was so terrified about leaks. a what the investigation found out was he approved a memo recommending break-ins of his opponents. watergate was followed by payoffs with secret funds to the burglars, but even as they were investigating all of this, they
down. and he s here tonight with firsthand stories of phone tappings, private investigators church abuse and what really happened with tom cruise and nicole kidman in that church. plus, new fallout tonight after the outgoing senate minority leader all but admitted he repeatedly lied to the american people all in the interest of helping president obama win re-election. dana perino is here next on what the white house did today when asked whether president obama would callout senator reid. but it s the president s choice and his spokesman s choice to call out conduct unbecoming of our highest elected officials when it is in fact unbecoming. are you going to take that opportunity now?
down. and he s here tonight with firsthand stories of phone tappings, private investigators church abuse and what really happened with tom cruise and nicole kidman in that church. plus, new fallout tonight after the outgoing senate minority leader all but admitted he repeatedly lied to the american people all in the interest of helping president obama win re-election. dana perino is here next on what the white house did today when asked whether president obama would callout senator reid. but it s the president s choice and his spokesman s choice to call out conduct unbecoming of our highest elected officials when it is in fact unbecoming. are you going to take that opportunity now?
job these days, you have to do a big-time tv interview, take on these questions and he ought to do it with a little humor. you re right. jon stewart has gone after us again. he s very angry that despite his best efforts the fox news channel remains stronger than ever. that hurts. only a few more months to kick him around. oh well, see you howie. bye, megyn. explosive claims in the hbo documentary going clear made mike a target of the church of scientology. and how? but mike rinder is not backing down. and he s here tonight with firsthand stories of phone tappings, private investigators church abuse and what really happened with tom cruise and nicole kidman in that church. plus, new fallout tonight after the outgoing senate minority leader all but admitted he repeatedly lied to the american people all in the interest of helping president obama win re-election. dana perino is here next on what the white house did today when asked whether president obama