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Trope, finds a full expression in the pentagon papers. you had a government commission study about how the various administrations had essentially misled us, at every point, through that work. it was published in 1971. i think that was the same weekend as tricia cox's wedding. so nixon was distracted, but not too distracted. to become -- and he lashed out in reaction to the leak, which exacerbated the conditions of watergate, which in turn helped create the suspicion of government. and so, i think, one other thing, for the home team, to some extent, it's also kind of the coming of age of kathe...

Years later reading stories a lot like they came out of 1971 and 1972. >> absolutely. the phrase, most of watergate is white house horrors, right? it was just one thing after another. and the great -- to me, the great lesson of watergate is it was a case where the system broke and then the system repaired itself. and this is hugely important for where we are now, right? because it was barry goldwater, right? it was john rhodes. it was republicans in the house and in the senate, and to go to your barr/sessions point, eliot richardson and bill rucker's house and people in the justice department ...

I think israel has needed a change for a long time. it makes me sad that bibi netanyahu, someone who is very bright and capable, missed every opportunity to lobby for peace and also broke apart the u.s. support, the unanimous bipartisan support for israel. the last four years were pitching to republicans only and i think that will cost america and israel a lot, but i just want to say one more thing, and that is that with this rainbow coalition, the policies of the government will have to move to the center. the far-left, the far-right, let's maybe if it works, try to emulate it in the u.s. but...

Things. vietnam's nixon's handling of it. and we're still living with the consequences. donald trump. the silent majority -- the way that nixon pitched himself as the man of the regular people against the -- >> i think kurt froze. we'll get kurt back. susan page, in the pentagon papers and a great point was made, this really wasn't just about richard nixon. in fact, it really was very damning towards lbg and even kennedy. and i talk about the ken burns documentary. but you look at all of this material and see john kennedy before being assassinated saying, they hate us over there, there's no wa...

>> we should have a spirit of criticism within the government. in fact, the commissioning of the study was important. and then we have to have the courage to face facts. we can't become captive to our own ideology, to our own narrative and wishful thinking. the incentive of the american people is wishful thinking. the pentagon papers tell us that we follow the truth, we have to have the coverage to stay after it, pursue it, publish it, and a healthy democracy understands its weaknesses and addresses them. >> yeah. you know, kurt anderson, john brings up such a great point, in my house, we were...