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Consultant in the series. you hear so much of richard nixons own voice thanks to the white house recordings which i think he probably regretted for sure after that. but you see and hear an inner thinking of a president almost more than you ever do. its a psychological study. >> first of all, i think there are few people in the country who have spent time with the nixon tapes. generally you hear this piece and that piece. they dont get a sense of the audio diary. this tortured audio diary nixon l...

Captured their budding romance in selfies. >> i got through that exterior and realized he was a -- a nice person. and i was lonely. and uh, he kept me company. i fell deeply in love with leon. >> reporter: but valerie said she never intended to have her husband killed. >> i hate the idea that everybody thinks im a monster. >> reporter: the audio diary turned out to be her final recorded words. >> i dont want to hurt anyone. just me. okay, thank you for listening. bye. >> reporter: a little over ...

Teeth in. >> reporter: after the arrest, maggie confronted valerie. >> and i just kind of said, listen, you are under some sort of spell right now. this monster has gotten you into some trouble and you need to fight like hell. >> reporter: what did she say? >> she did not understand what was happening. she just seemed off. terribly, terribly sad. >> reporter: at home alone, valerie recorded an audio diary on her ipad. >> hey, its valerie. >> reporter: she recounted how, back when her marriage to...

Where it analyzes what they thought they did right and did wrong. you also played a clip earlier jon meacham, one of the people eulogizing today, wrote a book called destiny and power. president bush handed over to him his verbal diary, audio diary. he kept a diary throughout his presidency and sometimes in the middle of the night he would sit and talk into a tape recorder and say what his feelings were. you played one earlier where he had just become president and it is very raw. you hear this ...

To just check in, say hello, and really identify with the folks who were working for him. >> jon: bret, thanks. our fox news senior political analyst brit hume joins us now. brit, he will be the 35th person to lie in state of the capitol rotunda. it hasnt happened all that often in this nations history. >> no, it has not and it is a moving tribute because of the grandeur of the capitol and the feeling the nation has for the man. it is interesting, jon, as we watch this hearse pull away that the ...

Are lying. well see. bob, good to see you. arthel: tensions escalating between the u.s. and iran after tehran test fired a missile. secretary of state mike pompeo says that missile is capable of carrying multiple warheads. how the u.s. and the united nations are responding. plus a deeper look at the 41st president of the united states. george h.w. bush revealing his own thoughts and feeling in the audio diary he kept while at the white house.

Never erase your dreams. he helped a lot of people to dream. jon. jon: greg, thank you. with that much more coming up tonight on the life and legacy of george hw bush at the top of the hour, special called destiny and power, delves into the feelings of president george hw bush through an audio diary he kept in the white house. at 10:00 p.m. eastern time a bush family album gives us a closer look at our 41st president as a family man and friend through interviews with those who invest that is all...

They be handed over? >> thats a complicated legal question. generally, yes. its difficult to resist a congressional subpoena. but what you can do is mount a case arguing why it shouldnt be and kick the can down the road. >>arthel: thanks niles. >>eric: we will have a lot more on the investigation and michael cohens lawyer who says he should not go behind bars. will their plea work. our legal panel weighs in on what that means and what it could mean for the president. the late president george ...

From his audio diary. he recorded his own thoughts and feelings while he was in the white house. how about that. jackie hunter live in the newsroom with more on this fascinating inside. >> good morning to the new video released as a series from president bushs foundation double tall for their very own perspective and viewers are the messages he left for his loved ones to hold onto after his passing. drawing on the diary he kept for 57 years. the memories he talks about are illustrated were video...

>> but valerie said she never intended to have her husband killed. >> i hate the idea that everybody thinks im a monster. >> the audio diary turned out to be her final recorded words. >> i dont want to hurt anyone. just me. okay, thank you for listening. bye. >> a little over two weeks after her arrest, valerie mcdaniel jumped to her death from the seventh floor balcony of her apartment building. >> it was the worst -- worst day of my life. >> valeries friend maggie blamed leon. >> i see it as m...