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>> i know of no person who could have been selected for this high position and high honor by the republican party of the nation. is there any objection? declares richard nixon republican nominee for vice president. [ cheers and applause ] >> its a good day for the little town of whittier, california. there she is. thats mrs. nixon.

That was what eventually brought hisss indictment and his conviction of perjury. >> alger hiss, one-time high government official, will lose all civil rights after a year in prison. >> mr. nixon got a great deal of political mileage out of the conviction of alger hiss. had a great deal to do with his future career. >> im dick nixon, one of your united states congressmen from california. im now applying for a new job, that of united states senator.

Hasnt got? the matinee face. the white teeth. >> because of course many in the media are more frankly suckers for style than average people. >> and his lovely wife jacqueline. >> but the media, being shall we say not particularly in my corner, generally speaking theyre just against me. >> mr. vice president, there are some who say i dont know what it is but i just dont like the man. >> mr. nixon, in that first debate a great deal was made of your appearance on television. >> well, ive often said...

He looked sallow. >> a two-term vice president thoroughly wilted. >> i dont want his story ten years from now to say these were the years when the time ran out for the united states. i want them to say these are the >> in one hour nixon elevated his opponent to his own level of fame that he had worked eight years to attain himself. >> silly damn thing anyways. >> it is interesting. its as vivid as that. the light suit and how much he stands out and how much the dark -- >> you see the other point...

Okay. >> we are standing by now for president richard milhous nixon, 37th president of the united states. >> the explanation of this man and what has happened to him i think maybe we wont all fully understand. we never knew really who he was. >> good evening. this is the 37th time i have spoken to you from this office. >> its as though he has needed enemies from the beginning, not only for political reasons but to give him his own identity. ♪ ♪

Polite. he was afraid of the tricky dick thing. >> senator, the vice president and his campaign has said that you are naive and at times immature. he has raised the question of leadership. on this issue why do you think people should vote for you rather than the vice president? >> the vice president and i came to the congress together. ive been there now for 14 years, the same period of time that he has. so that our experience in government is comparable. >> i can only say that my experience is ...

Still holding on to the lead, but it is so narrow at this point. >> in maryland nixon has jumped into the lead. >> kennedy ahead with 10% of the votes in. >> missouri thats flopped over into the nixon column and that state was expected to be for kennedy. >> kennedy has a slight lead in texas. this will be important. >> this turns into a seesaw battle in quite a few of the states. all night long. >> the vote has now reached roughly 14 million. >> kennedy in the lead by about a million. >> shows k...

For the first time with me, and thats really important to me. i created a rockstar. (both laughing) (vo) there for you when it matters most. get iphone xr on us when you buy the latest iphone. and apple music on us with unlimited. only on verizon. as we wait for the conclusions tricky dick explores another, watergate. >> richard m. nixon has lied repeatedly. >> no reporter in the washington post must ever be in the white house again. you understand? >> the tougher it gets the cooler i get. i h...

Stone coordinated with senior trump campaign officials, and sought stolen e-mails from wikileaks that could damage trumps opponents. stone still awaits his fate on the charges he face, and has proclaimed his innocence. >> the justice department is telling us that attorney general bill barr has now received the report from special counsel robert mueller. >> it will be up to trumps new attorney general, william barr, to decide how much of the report will be made public. jason carroll, cnn, new yor...

Erupted nixon denied doing anything wrong. >> im not a crook. >> reporter: trumps response to a russia probe? >> a witchhunt. >> reporter: on media, nixon at reporters. trump. >> they are the enemy of the people. >> reporter: on hush money nixon talking about payoffs to keep watergate conspire tor quiet and trump denying a sexual affair with a "playboy" model. nixon served in the navy and trump got a medical deferral. nixon was a career politician. trump, not. of course, nixon was undeniably wra...