could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. and a sense the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demon that is he always had within him to play during elections. it is about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this. whatever it takes. when the president does it it means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade hostages for arms. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. he develops weapons of mass destruction. we are in trouble. i just want to find 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and gather it and i share it and they were maki
watergate affair. ly do everything in my power to ensure that the guilty are brought to justice and that such abuses are purged from our political processes in the years to come, long after i have left this office. i looked at my own calendar this morning as i was working on this speech. it showed exactly 1,361 days remaining in my term. i want these to be the best days in america s history. god bless america. and god bless each and every one of you. stwrcentral to the problems d by president nixon is the tapes and their history. it all began suddenly when an obscure white house official named alexander butterfield appeared as a surprise witness before the senate watergate committee. are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. when i got the confirmation that there was a taping system, i was elated. they would tell much more than i would remember in those conversations.
learn? does donald trump have a lot more to be worried about tonight? mr. cipollone did appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few things which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come. so, i think it was, you know, a grueling day for all involved, mr. cipollone and the staff and the members. but it was well worth it. well worth it, says committee zoe lofgren on cnn earlier tonight. she did not get into specifics, but she thought cipollone was candid with the panel today and believes that his answers were, quote, honest. congresswoman lofgren did note, quote, some complications when it came to attorney/client privilege belonging to trump. but she said executive privilege was not an issue because the holder of that privilege is in fact president biden. in another interview, she said the former white house counsel never pleaded the fifth. so, what does that mean for
crime imaginable, unquote, if they went to the capitol. i mean, would not have confirmed that, apparently, confirmed that statement if they had asked the question. and you also heard the congresswoman say that some of what they learned from pat cipollone today will be rolling out in the future hearings to come. so will we be hearing and my be seeing remember, it was videotaped as well. some of his testimony as soon as next week. and will the former president be watching? you ve got to figure this is one witness that he really, really hoped would not cooperate with this committee. our committee is certain that donald trump does not want mr. cipollone to testify here. well, i want to bring in cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles here tonight. ryan, good to see you. seven hours, first of all, is a long time, and we re told he answered some questions. so you ve got some new information on pat cipollone s critical interview with the committee today. what can you tell
plus, we have new details about the death of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. what we re learning about the weapon used in the attack and the reaction coming in from around the world. deal or no deal, elon musk walking away from twitter, what the twitter board might have to say about that. we re so grateful to have you this saturday, july 9th. appreciate you starting your weekend and morning with us. jessica, great to have you. thanks for having me. it s always great to stop by and spend some hours. quite a few hours. we start with the january 6th interview with one of the most important witnesses. former white house counsel pat scipollone testifying for hours. he provide a great deal of new information. and keep in mind yesterday s closed door testimony is going to be made public in upcoming hearings, potentially even on tuesday. cipollone was among a handful of people who spent time with then president donald trump as the riot at the capitol un unfolded,