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>> i agree with that. i think we face a different republican party and during the nixon period were there strong conservatives in that party? of course there were. but there was also a middle. there was a center right aspect to that party, and youve got very fine patriots like howard baker. had it not been for howard baker in those hearings we would have not had the taping system. that came through the kind of pressure to have hearings and to get everybody up there nixon sent, you know, all the ...

>> heres one of the men around the president we dont hear much about. alex butterfield, deputy assistant, who handles much of the paperwork. >> my first meeting, i cant tell it without acting it. >> today butterfield and the president -- >> nixon came out from behind his desk and looked very tentative. he had no idea what to do. so he began to gesture. >> okay. >> no words came out. no discernible words. its just this deep guttural rrrrr. this is the president. i couldnt believe it. >> alexander...

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♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. he will. the secret taping system that president richard nixon installed in the white house was sort of ingenious in some ways. nixon wore a little device, it was kind of like a pager that was provided to him by the secret service. and when that device was within range of the one of the taping locations, the little pager thingy in nixons pocket would signal that ...

Administration and was detailed to the white house. there was a burglary conducted by people in the campaign. there were payoffs. there were all sorts of things, 39 people at the end of the day were convicted or pleaded guilty. there were crimes. there are no crimes here plus you had a taping system that basically the president talked about it. this is an absurd process. there is nothing criminal. the reality is there was corruption in the country and everybody admitted that. president wanted to...

Me thats the butterfield moment. when butterfield was asked in the watergate hearings is there a taping system. you know, taylor saying there was another call and several people heard it in his own voice, not on tape, i think thats pretty compelling. >> to marks point, i do think these hearings just began. and on wednesday youre going to have gordon sondland go on. that might be the most pivotal testimony yet on whether or not he can confirm yes or no this conversation happened with the presiden...

Even have that first step satisfied. they have to get over the hump, is this even criminal because you have to get there really to get to impeachment. so, i think theyre going to run in a lot of problems with that element of proving any sort of crime under the federal statute. neil: and dont things have to-- i know with the richard nixon impeachment started out with 7 out of 10 americans think it was a waste of time, no "there" there, and process of taping system, and cancer on the presidency, t...

Because he was on the phone. we dont think theres a taping system so -- and also theres a question of even if a tape that is transcribed is not hearsay, but there are all kinds of exceptions. there are more exceptions to the hearsay rule and its admitted in more instances in court every day than there are inbe stances where its blocked. >> and theyre saying that his opening statements that was released as a leak, its in the a leak. his opening statement is pretty damning. this morrison thing, gu...

Undermine their defense? does that defense crumble that its secondhand information? >> its a little hazy whether claiming its hearsay -- i watched several reporting today where they held the mike in lindsey grahams face and he said immediately its hearsay. well, they were talking about taylors notes at that point. actually, those are admissible, don. thats not hearsay. and im surprised lindsey called it hearsay. what they dont have is direct conversations, right? at this point with the president...

Discovered that there was a white house taping system, which of course was crucial to how you weekend wat we understand watergate, that were actually able to hear the presidents words, was disclosed in a way they would get public response. it really helps shape theoesnt the information. and frankly, everybody in congress understands that no matter what side youre on, there are some moments that are done in private, questions, queries, investigations, and you could turn the same thing around in p...