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>> i agree with that. i think we face a different republican party and during the nixon period were there strong conservatives in that party? of course there were. but there was also a middle. there was a center right aspect to that party, and you've got very fine patriots like howard baker. had it not been for howard baker in those hearings we would have not had the taping system. that came through the kind of pressure to have hearings and to get everybody up there nixon sent, you know, all the witnesses up, he held back the tapes, eventually turned those over which did him in but i think we'...

>> here's one of the men around the president we don't hear much about. alex butterfield, deputy assistant, who handles much of the paperwork. >> my first meeting, i can't tell it without acting it. >> today butterfield and the president -- >> nixon came out from behind his desk and looked very tentative. he had no idea what to do. so he began to gesture. >> okay. >> no words came out. no discernible words. it's just this deep guttural rrrrr. this is the president. i couldn't believe it. >> alexander butterfield would play a crucial role in the watergate investigation. he had direct knowledge ...

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♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. he will. the secret taping system that president richard nixon installed in the white house was sort of ingenious in some ways. nixon wore a little device, it was kind of like a pager that was provided to him by the secret service. and when that device was within range of the one of the taping locations, the little pager thingy in nixon's pocket would signal that nearby recorder to switch on.

Administration and was detailed to the white house. there was a burglary conducted by people in the campaign. there were payoffs. there were all sorts of things, 39 people at the end of the day were convicted or pleaded guilty. there were crimes. there are no crimes here plus you had a taping system that basically the president talked about it. this is an absurd process. there is nothing criminal. the reality is there was corruption in the country and everybody admitted that. president wanted to clean up the corruption. >> let's be clear here. richard nixon broke into the dnc to help his reele...