Justice department they called my office and said cant you do something about this guy up here . And, yes, i was able to call in the attorney general and deal with him that sort of thing. But were not were just aware because for time reasons, i often had to follow Major Supreme Court decisions to see and i knew when they were going to come down and get the slip opinion because nixon would need particularly as a lawyer, would want to be able to respond even before the department of justice could crank the papers around and get a summary of it out. We would have to have it, boom, get an opinion from the court and have somebody to Say Something about the opinion so we followed cases before the court. But as far as getting into the areas like the plumbers, we were excluded totally from that operation. And for good reason. And ill explain that. After the pentagon papers leaked, as you know from the record there was a major thrust by nixon to deal with ellsberg and make a political as well a
Administration. As for him is about 90 minutes. Moderator tell us your reaction when you hear about the breakin. John i had been in manila giving a speech for the bureau of narcotics. The Drug Enforcement agency becomes later. It was a graduation speech for a bunch of agents who had been trained by dea. And i got back, crossing the date line was always a body twister. I was lying back and i arrived in San Francisco feeling jetlagged badly. I call my deputy and said im going to stay in San Francisco and just rest today and come back tomorrow. This on a sunday night. He said i think you better come back. There has been some activities here that you should know about. Fred wouldnt say that if it wasnt serious. I met with fred, who lived down the street from me in old town. He tells me about this arrest at the dnc. My reaction is colson. I am thinking back to brookings, all that. This sounds like colson has gone crazy again. The next morning it doesnt take me very long when jed mcgruder ca
Affordable care act, and it is no coincidence that they wanted to shut down government. After a while they forgot why they shut down government because the reasons change as we went along. I am proud of my state of california, where it is going great, and most of the states that have their staterun exchanges, going positively well. The question that what has happened with the system for the National Plan is something that has to be improved. They were overwhelmed by the traffic, ok, but now lets see how long it will take to have that be fixed. That is about the technology, about the benefits, about the liberation of people to live a healthier life, liberty and freedom to choose their happiness that all remains. I hope we would have some answers soon and that the answer will be ok, we have found a glitch or whatever it is, it has been corrected, and heres a demonstration as to how people, when they approach it now, will be received. Again, i hope that will be soon. Yes, maam. Once peopl
[applause]. We wish you all the very best because what an extraordinary family you have. And the pleasures of family were hard earned by this young man. So, all right. Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless america. [applause] forty years ago the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. American history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. This weekend the House Judiciary Committee as it considers impeachment of the president and the charge of the abuse of power. What you have questions about for what the framers had in mind, questions about whether the activities that had been found out by the committee and by the senate, watergate committee, were, indeed, impeachable and, thirdly, can we p prove that Richard Nixon knew about them and even authorized them . Watergate, 40 years later. Sunday night at eight eastern on American History tv on cspan3. Next, political consultants, pollsters and journalists talk ab
Hi, im antonio mora, this is consider this. Here is more on what is ahead. The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous rebuke to president obama today. The justices said he exceeded his Constitutional Authority when making three recess appointment. Its a blow to the white house. 1,000 people, most life civilians killed in iraq. Thousands are trying to find safe haven. We are here to help and will continue to provide the support you need until you have the ability to return to your homes. The Supreme Court turned down the appeal of a nooms reporter. He New York Times reporter. He could go to prison for doing his job. This is the worst time period for reporters. We begin with two Supreme Court rulings, one a struggle over power and the other a win for antiabortion protesters. The court ruled in favour of limiting an authority to fill highlevel vacancies with temporary recess appointments. The court ruled that president obama acted outside his powers. At the time the isnt at took a break, goi