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More days there will be in the trump presidency. the four-year calendar of the presidency is now in serious jeopardy. this is what senate minority leader chuck schumer said today. >> in a week full of revelation after revelation, on a day when we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. the country is being tested in unprecedented ways. i say to all of my colleagues in the senate, history is watching. >> joining us now, john mclauchlin, former acting director of the cia. he's an msnbc national security analyst now. and, john, i want to ask you about -- i want to go to the nixon model ...

Is denying that this happened. because all weekend long all we were hearing was, whatever happened last week, it's explainable. it's not really that wrong with it. trump is in over his head but he doesn't understand the rules of the role. they realize. this is a clear obstruction because they're saying this did not happen. >> when they're talking about it, the ochbl is and so that's where i pull up the nixon case right away and he tried to have it on the page. >> and and the obstruction of justice was tell the director to stop doing that. and the -- and the trick method was.

The most incredible thing today is the fact that the white house is denying that this happened. because all weekend long all we were hearing was, whatever happened last week, it's explainable. it's not really that wrong with it. trump is in over his head but he doesn't understand the rules of the role. they realize. this is a clear obstruction because they're saying this did not happen. >> when they're talking about it, the ochbl is and so that's where i pull up the nixon case right away and he tried to have it on the page. >> and and the obstruction of justice was tell the director to stop do...

The reasons that that happened was because congress said he had obstructed justice, tried to shut down an investigation that endangered him, that famous smoking gun tape of june 1972. he said to his aide, bob hall, of all things, tell the fbi director to stay the hell out of this. don't investigate the watergate break-in. >> this is fbi director patrick gray -- >> who had to resign and was indicted. >> whom he appointed because he was essentially a nixon supporter who had been subservient to him. appointed him after the death of j. edgar hoover on the first day of may 1972. that shows you how ...

>> we're talking about facing consequences, there's a nixon documentary airing this week. it's based on the home movies from some of the key architects of his downfall, as it turned out. you covered that whole presidency. i want to play you a clip. it's a tape of nixon talking about you. in which he says, pardon my language, dan rather is a son of a [ bleep ], don't ever see him, i say. don't ever ever ever ever see him, i assure you, he would cut you up. i would not see him at all. badge of honor, dan? >> frankly, yes. he said that patrick gray, who had just been appointed head of the fbi -- ...