makes certain no president democrat or republican can ever act in this way again. and john dean arguing there are clear parallels to the president that he famously turned on. in many ways the mueller report is to president trump who what the so-called watergate road map was to president richard nixon. i certainly hope don mcgahn is a key witness before this committee. that s where the other side of the contempt is barr clearly gave up what he didn t want. mcgahn faces one. republicans were not focused on what mcgahn would know or why their committee wouldn t want to hear from someone so central. they were focused, take a look at this, on john dean. this committee is now hearing from the 70s, they want their star witness back. pled guilty to obstruction of justice, now coming in to enlighten the judiciary committee on obstruction of justice. do you believe if we turned
it would take a huge amount of effort, time, additional controllers. as it stands for now it s a self-policing self-reporting environment. and any time you get out of that particular narrow corridor you re supposed to check in with la guardia tower and that didn t happen. miles, thank you very much as we wait for answers here on this. thank you. and next a man who took down richard nixon with a powerful message for congressional testimony today. the mueller report is to president trump what the so-called watergate road map was to president richard nixon. plus long before he was running for president joe biden ran against a much older opponent for senate. i m a 29-year-old odd ball. are the tables turned now? and president trump declaring victory with a new agreement with mexico. so what did he really get out of it?
report is to president trump what the so-called watergate road map was to president richard nixon. stated a little differently, special counsel mueller has provided this committee with a road map. reporter: ranking member republican doug collins calling today s hearing a, quote, mock impeachment inquiry. we don t appreciate the fact that here we are again with priorities in this committee turned upside down. reporter: but as the drum beat among democrats for an impeachment inquiry intensifies, dean s testimony is drawing the ire of the white house, calling him not credible. i ve never been disbarred. i passed four state bars, never been disbarred, never went to jail for obstruction of justice and don t plan on it. reporter: and the president himself tweeting that dean is a, quote, sleazebag attorney and that democrats just want a do-over, which they ll never get. trump also on the defensive over his tariff threat with mexico, which critics have called a
that impeachment proceedings would open. similarly, following the release of the ken starr report in 1998, republican members of the house instantly and uniformly backed impeachment proceedings against bill clinton. isn t this current restraint among house democrats in the wake of what mueller has publicly presented, isn t it a little unusual just historically speaking? joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc presidential historian. see the author most recently of presidents of war. mr. beschloss, it s great to see you. thanks for being here tonight. thank you. me too, rachel. is this restraint that we re seeing from the democratic leadership in the house, do you think it is unusual given the historical circumstances here? yeah, i do. i think it really defies history. just as you said in the case of richard nixon after the saturday night massacre, a lot of members of the house wanted impeachment, and also leon jaworski, the prosecutor sent this secret over to the house that wa
presidents of war. mr. beschloss, it s great to see you. thanks for being here tonight. thank you. me too, rachel. is this restraint that we re seeing from the democratic leadership in the house, do you think it is unusual given the historical circumstances here? yeah, i do. i think it really defies history. just as you said in the case of richard nixon after the saturday night massacre, a lot of members of the house wanted impeachment, and also leon jaworski, the prosecutor sent this secret over to the house that was called the watergate road map. you and have i talked about that before. 1st of march, 1974 with supporting evidence, and that allowed the house to essentially good ahead. and that was considered to be so hot it wasn t released until about seven months ago. and then in the case of the starr report, that was released to the public in september of 1998, and starr sent that immediately to the house, along with 18 boxes of evidence. and once again, the members of the h