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Service member was gone. because it was the president back in april after he had made his decision after he got was what aides later described as not a sugar coated option. it was president biden who announced it here from the white house that that was the method they were going to be pursuing, and that was the decision he had made. but he left it up to one of his top military commanders to announce this who of course has been overseeing this entire evacuation mission over the last several days, some of which have been incredibly can a on theic and deadly. i just also think some of the reporte...

The number one currency we have in this country right now is race. and the president used that. and he knew he was using it and he knew where he was using it. and, yeah, it riled up his base because i think that people -- the irony in this discussion, anderson, is that people take more offense to a knee while we're singing the national anthem than they took to a knee in the back of freddie gray when he was murdered in baltimore. i mean, you think about the fact that paris denard and others sit here over the last two weeks and defended confederate monuments that are up throughout the south and ...

The party leaders went to white house and said it's time for you to go. he was packing his bags. >> there was talk and public speculation and resignation already in the media. >> even sew he was such a quicks on theic personality the way trump is the family was pushing him to stay they thought he could turn on a dime and change. but in the end he realized he wouldn't win a trial in the senate. he never was impeached. >> he got out before the vote. you make a point that nixon is smarter than trump. >> one thing nixon is was a lawyer he was a crafty lawyer he used to lecture the staff the cover-...

Perfect sense when you read it. you make the case that the party dynamics aren't that different from what they were for nixon where we have been saying gee these republicans are so weak compared to barry gold water and those guys who told nixon he had to leave. he literally told him he had to leave when they heard the smoking gun tape. and when there was a statement of resignation on nixon's desk. it was political theater when the party leaders went to white house and said it's time for you to go. he was packing his bags. >> there was talk and public speculation and resignation already in the ...

smith, who's leaving "politico" for buzzfeed. what is that? and a look back at our most provocative interviews of 2011. i'm howard kurtz, and this is the christmas day edition of "reliable sources." it's been a better year for scandal. some sleazy, some superficial, all devoured by the media. perhaps the most chilling came from the world of sports. first at penn state, then at syracuse university with popular coaches accused of horrendous acts. >> in retrospect, i -- you know, i shouldn't have showered with these kids. >> what's it? >> yeah, well, that's what hits me the most. >>...