york with the tabloids where he carrot and sticked them until he got them in line. i think he is somewhat frustrated that he really can't do everything he wants to do and make them behave. >> you were counsel to president nixon. you went through watergate. how would you counsel this president, john, in it the middle of these explosive claims and what you say is kind of a watergate era that he could be facing? >> i would say with his relationships with the intelligence community in general is build enemies, and this is not a smart thing to do. doing the same thing with the media. there's going to be a time when he needs to be believed, when he