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Resistance. and what was at stake was nothing other than life and death. everyone over 18, every male had to have his draft card in his pocket. it was a crime to even be without it and it. and a drfederal crime. kids suddenly started burning these things publicly. in 1964. they had to pass a federal law to make destroying it a crime because they hadn't made it a crime yet. people sentenced two years, six years for burning draft cards. nadia of pussy riot on the show friday night and told us 1968 in america was one of her great inspirations. she -- she didn't know i had written a book about it....

Done this before as a country, we've been this overwhelmed. >> and we've been in a worse place because as difficult as this is for people who didn't want to see a trump presidency and we now have a very significant majority of the country disapproving of the trump presidency. >> most ever. >> and this movement that we call the resistance. we had a resistance this big before and it was in 1968 and it was against both the johnson presidency and then following it was against the nixon presidency and it was an anti-war resistance. and what was at stake was nothing other than life and death. everyo...

That believes donald trump is unfit to be president. you know in the '60s, they burned draft cards. in the '70s feminists burns bras. there are very, very few people that burned is a trend. it would be good for the country if he loses his base. unfortunately, i don't think he will. i basically believes from trump himself said that he could go out on 5th avenue and shoot somebody and an awful lot of people would stick with him. however, what this does do is it dampens enthusiasm for trump. and that will hurt republicans a year from now in the midterm elections. democrats must be very energized....

Around the country. >> president nixon's first term in office had been marred by loud, frequent, and sometimes violent protests. largely against the vietnam war. >> it really did seem like the world was unraveling, growing up in a suburban existence with parents who saw chicago in 1968 erupt into flames, saw people burning their draft cards, saw a sexual revolution, saw a drug revolution, saw woodstock come into their homes. >> when i joined the nixon white house, there were a lot of demonstrations against the war. it probably was some of the most intense times i think our country had ever fac...

In office had been marred by loud, frequent, and sometimes violent protests. largely against the vietnam war. >> it really did seem like the world was unraveling, growing up in a suburban existence with parents who saw chicago in 1968 erupt into flames, saw people burning their draft cards, saw a sexual revolution, saw a drug revolution, saw woodstock come into their homes. >> when i joined the nixon white house, there were a lot of demonstrations against the war. it probably was some of the most intense times i think our country had ever faced. i mean, often we were feeling like we were in a ...