watergate affair. ly do everything in my power to ensure that the guilty are brought to justice and that such abuses are purged from our political processes in the years to come, long after i have left this office. i looked at my own calendar this morning as i was working on this speech. it showed exactly 1,361 days remaining in my term. i want these to be the best days in america s history. god bless america. and god bless each and every one of you. stwrcentral to the problems d by president nixon is the tapes and their history. it all began suddenly when an obscure white house official named alexander butterfield appeared as a surprise witness before the senate watergate committee. are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. when i got the confirmation that there was a taping system, i was elated. they would tell much more than i would remember in those conversations.
political processes in the years to come, long after i have left this office. i looked at my own calendar this morning as i was working on this speech. it showed exactly 1361 days remaining in my term. i want these to be the best days in america s history. god bless america, and god bless each and every one of you. central to the problems faced by president nixon is the watergate tapes and their tangled history. fred graham traces that story. it all began suddenly when an obscure former white house official named alexander butterfield appeared as a surprise witness before the senate watergate committee. are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. when i got the confirmation that there was a taping system, i was elated. they would tell much more than i could even remember about what had happened in those conversations. my mind is not a tape recorder. it does recall im
abuses are purged from our political processes. in the years to come. long after i have left this office. i looked at my own calendar this morning as i was working on this speech. it showed exactly 1,361 days remaining in my term. i want these to be the best days in america s history. god bless america. god bless each and every one of you. central to the problems faced by president nixon is the water gate tapes and tangled history. fred graham traces that story. it all began suddenly when an obscure former white house official appeared as a surprise witness before the senate watergate committee. are you aware of the installation of listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices. yes, sir. when i got the confirmation there was a taping system, i was elated. they would tell much more than i could even remember about what happened in those conversations. my mind is not a tape recorder. it does recall impressions of conversat
Court order would not be obeyed. even though this was supposed compromise, it was i think pretty easy for archibald cox to say that is not close. i think it is my duty to bring to the court s attention what seems to me to be noncompliance with the court s order. it was easy to reject because it s not admissible evidence. we all dispersed. nothing happens in washington on a saturday night. so we all went home and went about our business. so i happen to be watching television with mo, and the program was interrupted. all hell breck loose. good evening. the country tonight is in the midst of what may be the most serious constitutional crisis in its history. the president has fired the special watergate prosecutor archibald cox.
Cox to say that is not close. i think it is my duty to bring to the court s attention which seems to me noncompliance with the court s order. it was easy to reject because it s not admissible evidence. we all dispersed. nothing happens in washington on a saturday night. so we all went home and went about our business. so i happen to be watching television with mo, and the program was interrupted. all hell broke loose. good evening. the country tonight is in the midst of what may be the most serious constitutional crisis in its history. the president has fired the special watergate prosecutor archibald cox. a saturday night massacre. you really began to think that democracy was unraveling. elliot richardson has quit saying he cannot carry out mr.