watergate committee hearings on july 16, 1973, an announced witness appeared, alex butterfield, who testified to nixon s secret taping system, forever changing history. much more on that story straight ahead. meanwhile, the legal fight over abortion rights is happening now at the state level, after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. yesterday, judges in louisiana and utah temporarily blocked trigger laws that banned the procedure following lawsuits by abortion rights advocates. according to the new york times, there are at least 16 states that have trigger laws in effect, or will soon take effect. and we should note that wisconsin s ban on abortion stems from the law still on the books from 1849. yes, you ve got that right 1849. but the state s governor and attorney general said they will not enforce. it abortion rights groups have filed lawsuits in several states but legal experts say those
well, first of all, you can t tell, but what we do know is that the january 6th committee and the justice department in their own way which is much more cautious, they are relentlessly and aggressively, and i, quite believe, thoughtfully, going about trying to get to the bottom of this and if you go back to watergate, and you look, carl and i were able to do some of the stories and piece together the outlines. quite frankly, thanks to carl who found the bookkeeper, so we got on the trail of the money which was the path, ultimately, to nixon, that, so, they re proceeding in their way and i ve been impressed with the people involved in the seriousness.
tell, but what we do know is that the january 6th committee and the justice department in their own way which is much more cautious, they are relentlessly and aggressively, and i, quite believe, thoughtfully, going about trying to get to the bottom of this and if you go back to watergate, and you look, carl and i were able to do some of the stories and piece together the outlines. quite frankly, thanks to carl who found the bookkeeper, so we got on the trail of the money which was the path, ultimately, to nixon, that, so, they re proceeding in their way and i ve been impressed with the people involved in the seriousness.
republican party committed to the rule of law. instead of a conspiracy to cover up the truth and stonewalling. what got richard nixon removed from office were courageous republicans in the house who voted for articles of impeachment against the president of the united states and the judiciary committee and then barry goldwater, the conservative, the great conservative leader, the nominee of his party for president in 1964, goldwater led a group of republicans to see richard nixon the right before he resigned and nixon asked, will i be convicted in the senate because i know i m going to be impeached by the house. do i have enough votes? nixon was confident he had enough votes to survive conviction in the senate. goldwater turned to nixon and said, mr. president, you may have four votes in the senate but you don t have mine. and at that moment, because of the courageous leadership of
ask your doctor about tremfya® today. president biden delivered his first state of the union address using the platform to urge the world to stand with ukraine, calling on congress to pass key pieces of his domestic policy agenda. joining me to discuss cnn senior political analyst david gergen, served as presidential adviser to nixon, ford, reagan and clinton. always good to see you. as we thank you. as we look now at what we saw last night, there seemed to be two real headlines, two of the major headlines, i would say, coming out. this unity, several moments of unity we saw in the chamber when it comes to ukraine and then also the continued division and challenges that the president sees within his own party. what do you think this means for the biden agenda moving forward? well, i guess a continuation of last night, and i think he