George herman is at capitol hill for the senate view on the question which now is being some sort ofher immunity might be offered to the president against prosecution for any wrongdoing in the white house during his administration. George . Betweenegal discussion mike kelly with some interest. Up here, i guess you would have to say it is not viewed so much as a legal question as it is as a political question. I think the members of the senate i talked to were more concerned with what they would call the particle political realities of the situation. Some of them feel, for example, that if there were a sense of a Congress Resolution that the president should be granted prosecutors,t especially federal prosecutors under president gerald ford most federal prosecutors would not prosecute, not because because of the practical politics of the situation. Some members of the senate see the question of immunity as part of what my colleague called pleabargaining. I do not know if you could call
And just one followup for you, secretary mccarthy. The fencing, you said at least 30 days or no more than 30 days . At a minimum. Yes. We will work that in coordination with the city as well as the Capitol Hill Police. Thank you. Yes. Mark. Two questions for the secretary. One, i tried to follow along. Could you repeat the specifics about the fence . Will it completely surround the u. S. Capitol complex, the fencing. Yes. Could you go through the specifics one more time . Yes, constitution to independence, first, then the road in front by the pond, all the way around. How high will it be . Seven foot. Nonscaleable. Compare to what you see at the white house. This is what was available. We worked through this solution midstream yesterday. We were on the phones to get as quickly as possible a capability in place to extend the perimeter of the National Capitol complex, we could get as Many Metropolitan Police officers out into the streets so in the event that if this was to recur again or
News special report from that evening, leading into president nixons Oval Office Address to the nation. This is a cbs news special report. Here again is walter cronkite. President nixon makes what it seems will be his last address from the white house. He goes on the air, and it is reported he will announce his resignation as president of the United States. That has seemed to be the fact in the last nine and a half hours at any rate, as he called the Vice President into the oval office for a one hour and 10 minutes have a conversation with him this morning. He reportedly told him he has decided and will announce tonight on his resignation. George herman is at capitol hill for the senate view on the question which now is being asked on whether some sort of immunity might be offered to the president against prosecution for any wrongdoing in the white house during his administration. George . The legal discussion between my colleague dan and fred graham went on with some interest. Up here
Seems will be his last address from the white house. He goes on the air, and it is reported he will announce his resignation as president of the United States. That has seemed to be the fact in the last nine and a half hours at any rate as he called , the Vice President into the office for a private conversation. He reportedly told him he has decided and will announce tonight on his resignation. George herman is at capitol hill for the senate view on the question which now is being asked on whether some sort of immunity might be offered to the president against prosecution for any wrongdoing in the white house during his administration. George . The legal discussion between and fred graham went down with some interest. Up here, i guess you would have to say it is not viewed so much as a legal question as it is as a political question. I think the members of the senate i talked to were more concerned with what they would call the practical political realities of the situation. Some of t
Youll see all of that in tonights show. We begin with all of this breaking court sift big story in the washington post. Brerns briefed, the russians are meddling in the 2020 primary and trying to help his campaign of President Trump has been informed about this. Late today, Bernie Sanders addressing the news. Ive been to many Intelligence Briefings which i dont reveal to the public. Mr. Putin is a thug. He may be a friend of Donald Trumps. Hes not a friend of mine. Let me say this. The american people, the americans, democrats, republicans, independents, are sick and tired of seeing russia and other countries interfere in our elections. The Intelligence Community has been very clear about it. A forthrighter comment from senator sanders. You cant overstate his resacks to the president. But Something Else is really striking here. We are learning that it gives a whole different set of contexts to what is happening in this primary over the last several weeks. Let me walk you through it. Fi