a us presidential historian and author he has written numerous books including january one thousand seventy three watergate roe versus wade vietnam and the month that changed america forever he and john dean richard nixon's former white house counsel travel across the u.s. speaking about the watergate scandal they have also led a seminar for lawyers focusing on comparisons between richard nixon and donald trump. well i'm happy to welcome tonight to the day mr james who joins us tonight from cleveland ohio mr robey not welcome to the day i want to ask you you know you've been hearing what bob woodward's been saying just like we have i mean considering what mr woodward has written regarding trump's lack of knowledge about policies in the wall would you recommend that mr trump even attend the simmon are that you're giving which compares him to richard nixon. i think you would do well