the key to understanding richard nixon is that richard nixon was never self-confident that he could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy, with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s 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, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develops weapons of mass destruction. i just want 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 waterg
national election. we had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s 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, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develop weapons of mass destruction. i just want 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 g
Tour with the help of our ltds Cable Partners takes booktv and history tv to hyde park, new york as we explore the history and literary life of a city that has become synonymous with the story of franklin and eleanor roosevelt, and the extended roosevelt family. On booktv, ann exclusive interview with David Roosevelt as he talks about his memoir from his home on the roosevelts hyde park estate. It was really not until my grandmothers funeral that i realized that she was really a special person. And something of a celebrity. We never thought of her in that way. We never viewed my grandmother. She was only a grandmother to us , and that is all she ever wanted to be. Author tony musso and his book. I found for letters in the archives in his handwriting come and not typewritten, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. Sunday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern firsttory tv, we tour the president ial library and the Nat
Is a threat to democracy . Well, to our system, you know, the assaults on the institutions starting with my own, the Intelligence Community and his characterization of us as nazis. The commentary he has made about the judiciary, and individual judges. The assault on the bureau are examples which are not constructive for our country. General clapper, i appreciate your time. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Very tough words from General Clapper there. If you are just joining us now, lets quickly lay out the top story tonight. The riveting testimony, did he make the case for the Obstruction Of Justice . And well get reaction from the
Intelligence Community, and first, dana bash with all the key moments. Reporter the former fbi director under oath and unvarnished, called the president who fired him, a liar. The administration then chose to defame me by saying that the organization was in disarray. That it was poorly led, that the work force had lost confidence in its leaders. Tho
That has gone out related to Paul Manafort in order to we only knew about one other subpoena thats gone out related to mike flynn. I was writing that up today to be able to explain it. When i proved to myself that also was one week ago, that wasnt like seven months ago, i had to check it 17 times because i cant believe how much is happening in such a short period. Consider now, andreas point, its so great, these are the nights when we need our experienced voices who can remember the rumblings of water gate and what that momentum felt like. There is john mccain who remembers it well, using the word water gate tonight saying this is possibly bigger than watergate. So far we dont have any demands from the republican side, really, on a special prosecutor, seven days from now, you could have 50 republican senators saying there should be a special prosecutor, thats how fast this is moving. We dont know. Thats exactly right. And all the more remarkable to think that this president , who has a