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
550,000 copies of this paper circulate every day. it is the only morning newspaper in the most powerful capital in the world. we wrote during watergate 300 stories, 350 first year. we wrote 200 stories. most people including our colleagues in the washington press corps didn t believe the stories we were writing. we were way out there on a limb. we had witnesses and then we had deep throat. woodward has this source. he had been a deputy director of the fbi. i was in the navy, navy operations sent me to the white house. i met felt, got his phone number, and when i became a reporter, he helped me with a number of stories before
people are trying to find an end in sight. and as he bubbles to the top of the 2012 pool, what makes newt tick? with gingrich campaign adviser bob walker and former gingrich staffer, political analyst rich galen. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. for more than two months, debt committee members have struggled with the complications of public policy and the reality of party politics. by way of good news, they re still talking to each other. we have 12 good people who have worked hard since this committee has been created to try to find sufficient common ground. i think all 12 members of this committee have really committed to doing that. we re working hard. still, it s hard to figure how they can in the hours left agree on a deal that has eluded them for months. joining me now for her first sunday interview as democratic co-chair of the super committee, senator patty murray from washington. thanks for being here at a tough time. there are multiple