So. Well. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Nixon Library. My name is jim byron and i am the president , ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. And id like to acknowledge a few special guests with this evening, beginning with tamara martin, director of the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum with the national archives. Tamara, thank you for being here. Id also like to welcome the mayor of the great of whittier, joe venturi. Thank you for being here, mr. Mayor. And i want to thank all of the president s Council Members and Associates Club members of the Richard Nixon foundation, who are in the this evening. Because it is your support allows us to put on Educational Programs like the one that you are seeing tonight. So thank you for your support of the nixon foundation. This evening, going to hear from paul carter, who has written a terrific new book, Richard Nixon, californias native son. This is one of the most important books on Richard Nixon to have been
Government. Slate magazine hosted the event. Leon hey everybody. [applause] leon hi everybody, thank you for being here. Can everybody hear me . Great. Here, a week and a half after the show ended. Season one ended. , or it could slate have even guessed that we would be talking about season one, and that we are now planning season two of slow burn. Thank you again to the slate plus members who are here. It is really a dream to be here in the watergate hotel. We have a great show tonight, it is our first live show. We have this fantastic lineup of guests. Introduce them without clearing my throat anymore. Elizabeth drew to my left. [applause] elizabeth covered the water gate scandal for the new yorker. Her coverage was collected in the book washington journal. Dickight is did cap it cavett. [applause] etthosted the dick cav show. He introduced interviewed a number of key figures in the watergate scandal. Here we have susan glasser. [applause] susan is the chief International Affairs col
Cable or satellite provider. Authors and authors and journalists who covered the watergate scandal in the 1970s met recently to talk about the era and how it compares to todays Political Climate regarding the russia investigation, the news media and the publics view of government. Hosted by slate media, this is one hour and a half. [applause] leon hey, everybody. [applause] leon thank you for being here. Can everybody hear me . Is my mic awake . Great. We are here about a week and a half after the show ended, season one ended, and i think none of us at slate assumed or could have guessed we would be talking about season one and planning season two. Season two of slow burn so thank you to all of you. [applause] for being here, but o listening to the show. Leon for being here, but also listening to the show. It is really a dream to be here in the Watergate Hotel with all of you. We have got a great show tonight, our first live show. We have a fantastic lineup of guests who i now want to
None of us at slate assumed, could have guessed we will be talking about it season one and we would be planning season two. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to the slate plus. Embers who are here i dream to be here in the Watergate Hotel with all of you. We have got a great show tonight, our first live show. We have a fantastic lineup of guests. I want to introduce them without clearing my throat anymore. Elizabeth drew, to my left. [applause] leon she covered the watergate scandal as it was unfolding. It was covered in the book washington journal. To my right, dick cavett. [applause] he hosted the bi of the show the dick cavett on abc between 1968 and 1974. In the months following watergate, he interviewed a number of key figures in the scandal. Later he broadcasted an entire episode from the watergate room. Dick true. True enough. Leon we have susan glasser. [applause] leon she is an Affairs Columnist for politico. Previously she was the editor of politico and political magazine. A
Covered the watergate scandal in the 1970s met recently to talk about the era and how it compares to todays Political Climate regarding the Russian Investigation, the news media and the publics view of government. Media, this is one hour and a half. [applause] hey, everybody. [applause] thank you for being here. Can everybody hear me . Great. We are here about a week and a half after the show ended, season one ended, and i think assumed orat slate could have guessed we would be talking about season one and planning season two. Thank you to all of you. [applause] for being here, but also listening to the show. It is really a dream to be here in the Watergate Hotel with all of you. We have got a great show tonight, our first live show. We have a fantastic lineup of guests. I want to introduce them without clearing my throat anymore. Elizabeth drew, to my left. She covered the watergate scandal as it was unfolding. In the book that washington journal in the book washington journal. To my