of james, mccord. he is one of five persons surprised and arrested yesterday inside the headquarters of the democratic national committee in washington. mccord is a former cia employee. now he runs his own private security service. and guess what else he is? a consultant to president richard nixon s re-election campaign committee. nixon s watergate scandal began 50 years ago today. like trump, his presidency ended in crime and chaos, but there were major differences in the methods the two presidents used to cling to power. also tonight, the unholy alliance between ginni thomas and the people plotting to overturn the presidential election. a member of congress who is now calling for her husband, justice clarence thomas, to resign joins me. we begin tonight with june 17, 1972, the day five bungling burglars broke not offices of the democratic national committee located in the watergate complex in washington, d.c. two years later president nixon resigned. the 50th anniversar
pass hr-40. we were so excited when we saw the legislation. we ve used it in preparations that we ve made. wow. i use your out standing cop struct. you ve been a real hero to me, shero to me. being a member of the national league of city, we learn that governments start locally and the thought is why not do what we can do at a local level while hr-40 is working through its process, through your leadership. we could have layers of repair and layers of remedy because as we know the damages, yes, were rooted in slavery but, you know, it look like discrimination each today because of the color of our dark skin. last week i joined simmons and congresswoman jackson lee along with co-directors actress eric alexander and filmmaker whitney dowd for the premiere of the big payback at the tribeca and my husband jason and i are among the co-executive producers