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contain my archives. its magazines, newspaper articles, depositions, documents. everything relating to watergate. >> i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. >> i have no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. >> the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. >> were not on the road to fascism. but were dangerously close to it. >> these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. >> i told the president that there was...

so-called red flag laws. enhanced review process for gun buyers under the age of 21. closing the boyfriend loophole. penalties for straw purchases. and clarifying the definition of firearms dealer. eva joins me now. theres a lot to unpack here but the issue is moving forward. it has the potential to become law. >> jim, it is. it could be consequential. we have not seen any real gun safety measures passed in decades in congress. take the boyfriend loophole, for instance. anyone deemed t...

He always saw people in the shadows. His mo to i believe was do unto others before they have a chance to do unto you. Thats enough. There was an obsession with leaks. You dont blame the leaks when facts come out that show wrong doing. Let me see it. Can we get these lights properly. He was not comfortable in front of a camera. One might even say he was afraid the people would see something he didnt want them to see. Had it not been for water gate i think he could have gone down as one of the mor...

Shadows. His mo to i believe was do unto others before they have a chance to do unto you. Thats enough. There was an obsession with leaks. You dont blame the leaks when facts come out that show wrong doing. Let me see it. Can we get these lights properly. He was not comfortable in front of a camera. One might even say he was afraid the people would see something he didnt want them to see. Had it not been for water gate i think he could have gone down as one of the more significant president s in...

Position. From the gerald. Are. Ford president ial library, this is an hour. Good evening again. The timing for tonights program is prescient as is always the case at the ford library as we are on the verge of seeing who the current nominees for the presidency will select as their running mates. Some of you picked up copies of an article from the wall street journal recently as you entered the auditorium. Its on the impact of the Vice President ial nominee on election results. For those of you w...

Garman. Hague said, bob, the president wants you to argue this case in the Supreme Court on the tapes. I said i cant. I said, well, because jawarski is a member of the department of justice, and i have been on his i have necessarily been on his side. If i switch sides and oppose him, my next argument is going to be before the character and Fitness Committee dealing with the state bar as to why i shouldnt be disbarred. I cant start arguing the case on both sides. So st. Claire then said that this...

Thats not what it was about. Okay. You guys want to pick up the point about the bay of pigs . You want to start . Go for it. All ill say is, nixon was i read the question a couple different ways. Nisksson was often interested to ask his people, could we release some prior records from president s kennedy and johnson that he thought would look embarrassing to him. And he wanted the bay of pigs records themselves out. It was not a high moment for kennedy foreign policy. So i think nixon does talk,...

Or so between these two moments, what did you do to make sure you didnt put yourself in jeopardy of an obstruction of justice charge . I told them to continue with their investigation. What more am i supposed to do . You had just mentioned earlier that you avoided firing them. Oh, yeah. At one point somebody over there, a couple of them you get a special prosecution force, what you do is get enemies of the person being investigated. They want to get him. In nixons case they clearly did. Ive seen...

Campbells vehicles. Investigators believe the campbells killed the faulkners and then set their North Carolina home on fire. This is West Virginia police had not stopped them this crime spree would have continued on. Police said the injured officers were both wearing body armor and their injuries are not life threatening. One of the suspects was also wounded in that exchange of gunfire. Three people were injured at an underaged Drinking Party at a hotel. This happened at the hilton hotel on semi...

Convention center amid all the pomp and circumstance this noon. John . Good afternoon from North Michigan Park in northeast d. C. To the office of d. C. Mayor. Muriel bowser was just sworn in 20 minutes ago. She had just left the stage. You can see the ballroom here at the Convention Center is still packed this afternoon. Now, reverend Sylvia Sumner who gave the invocation today for this swearingin ceremony called this an auspicious day. Definitely a historic day with many new faces in d. C. Pol...