Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181119:02:15:00
And he's not above sabotaging the process. >> the plot is born. july 12, the pierre hotel, 39th floor. nixon campaign headquarters. the candidate and a top foreign diplomat meet in secret in an iconic tower on new york's fifth avenue. >> the only people present at this meeting were nixon himself, his campaign chairman, john mitchell and anna chennault and the vietnamese ambassador, lui diem. nixon decides to make it a very shady operation indeed. >> just four people alone in a back room at nixon's headquarters. let's break it down. john mitchell. nixon's 168 campaign manager. that name may rin...