National security advisers Henry Kissinger. In some ways, nixon is one of the most brilliant people to occupy the white house. He had incredible political gifts. But on the other hand hes one of the worst people to occupy the white house because he had a broad streak of para nnoia and course in the end ruined himself by bringing about his his own catastrophic downfall in the watergate scandal of 1972 to 1974. Were going to look at the good and bad side of the nixon presidency with National Security adviser kissinger. Im going to share the screen so we can look at powerpoint pictures as we go through the sequence. First of all, here is president nixon himself. He had been born back in 1913 in california and grew up in a lower middle class family. Went to the local college there with the college. He graduated and went to Duke University law school and this is in the worst years of great depression. The mid1930s. During the second world war, he joined the u. S. Navy. You can see the photo
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For the first time in a while, rain on the radar mainly over San Mateo County but some of it creeping into the Santa Clara Valley, how long the cooler weather will stick in the forecast as well. I am elizabeth cook. I am ken bastida, streaming on cbsn bay area, joe biden is on the brink of winning the presidency got updated vote totals with the last two hours showing the former Vice President s lead in pennsylvania growing slightly, to nearly 29,000 votes now. In arizona the lead shrink to almost 30,000 votes today, he still holds a 22,000 vote advantage in nevada. In georgia, just 4000 votes separate the two candidates. According to cbs news projections, if biden wins pennsylvania or any of two of the other remaining states he would pass 270 electoral votes, the number needed to win the presidency. Michael george reports from wilmington, delaware, where the former Vice President spoke just hours ago. Reporter it is addressed to the nation, joe biden did not declare victory, but what w
Just hours ago. Reporter it is addressed to the nation, joe biden did not declare victory, but what we heard was essentially his victory speech, he talked about his plan to be covid and the plan to bring the nation together. Meanwhile President Trump focused on the lawsuits he hopes will bring them back into the race. As president ial election ballots continued to be counted key states, joe biden spoke friday night. We dont have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers tell us its clear, a clear and convincing story. We are going to win the race. Reporter he offered a message of unity. Its time for us to come together as a nation to heal, its not going to be easy. Reporter he has pulled ahead of President Trump into key states, pennsylvania and georgia, the former Vice President leads by just a few thousand votes in georgia. With a margin that fall there will likely be a recount in georgia. Reporter as soon as the democratic challenger pulled ahead pennsylvania friday mornin