the wiretapping of his political opponents. conspiracy, extortion, blackmail. high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the nixon/agnew team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters, sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have. but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. it s not just a desire for political power. it s a lust. i mean, that s what nixon said. i lust for power . the man in the middle in the watergate scandal is 34-year-old john wesley dean, iii. i thought the cover-up was going to end after the election. i was wrong. i have no prior knowledge of the watergate break-ins. it s going to get worse, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglary of d
filmmaker who is right there with donald trump and family when the reality of his election loss, began sinking in or did not, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and by this time tomorrow we should know substantially more about what led to the january 6th insurrection. beginning at 1 pm eastern tomorrow, the house select committee will reveal what it has learned about the role extremist groups played in the violent assault on the capitol. this will be the panels seventh hearing thus far. when committee aide tells nbc that tomorrow s testimony will focus on how donald trump summoned the mob, as well as the actions of militia groups like the proud boys and the oath keepers. the hearing is also expected to look at how some of these right-wing groups had ties directly to trump associates, including roger stone and general michael flynn. and revealed ties between some trump associates, and the qanon movement. a former
good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. two former trump white house officials will be key witnesses at thursday s january 6th hearing on trump s 187 minutes of inaction during the violent riot. nbc news has learned, former deputy national security adviser that will testify in person. he resigned after the insurrection, and has already given closed-door testimony to the committee. one of my staff brought me a print down off a tweet by the president, and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the courage to do what should ve been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew that i was leaving that day, once i read that we. also appearing on thursday, former deputy press secretary, sarah matthews. she also resigned after the riot, and testify to the committee behind closed doors already. we had all talked about, at that point, about how it was bad, and you know, th
and it s not just mass shootings, it is every day violence. we ll take a deep dive into the gun epidemic breaking our country. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. two two former trump white house officials will be key witnesses at thursday s january 6th hearing on trump s 187 minutes of inaction during the violent riot. nbc news has learned, former deputy national security adviser, matthew pottinger, will testify in person. he resigned after the insurrection, and has already given closed-door testimony to the committee. one of my staff brought me a print down off a tweet by the president, and the tweet said something to the effect that mike pence, the vice president, didn t have the courage to do what should ve been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment to resign. that s where i knew that i was leaving that day, once i read that tweet. also appearing on thursday, former deputy p
this land is more important than the principles that we are all sworn to protect. our republic relies upon the good will of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections. this primary election is over. but now the real work begins. this morning on today with savannah guthrie, she was pressed on whether her future includes seeking the nation s highest office. let s just be straight about it. are you considering running for president yourself? i will be doing whatever it takes to keep donald trump out of the oval office. you didn t say yes or no. that s fine if you are thinking about it. are you thinking about it? are you thinking about running for president? that s a decision that i m going to make in the coming months, savannah. mr. trump celebrating cheney s defeat on his social media platform overnight. his political and personal future remain clouded by legal trouble on all fronts, including the criminal investigation and the search o