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The house intelligence committee has asked fired fbi director james comey for copies of his memos. they asked the white house for any record, including audiotapes of the meetings. the president promised more information in the very near future. and gave a more cryptic answer when asked for more details. there's a history of white house recordings. brian todd reports. >> reporter: white house taping systems have been known to exist, recording the most explosive points of the executive branch from kennedy captured here discussing the cuban missing crisis. to president johnson ordering pants. >> ...

Director james comey. when asked about whether or not those tapes even exist, the president gave a cryptics answer, only promising more information in the very knew future. there is a history of white house recordings that goes back decades. brian todd brings us that story. >> white house taping systems have throughout the decades known to exist, quietly recording the color and at times the most explosive points of the presidential branch. from john f. kennedy here discussing the cuban missile crisis, so president lyndon b. johnson ordering pants. >> is your father the one that makes the cloth...

Tape those conversations. former white house staffers tell us the technical capability exists for the president to tape phone conversations. but that's different from a built in taping system used by presidents kennedy, johnson and nixon. among nixon's legendary recordings a 1972 oval office conversation on how to push back on the watergate investigation. >> play it tough. >> reporter: that white house taping system was shut down in the summer of 1973 at the height of the watergate scandal. >> the american people, the press or the media they didn't know anything about taping systems until alex...

>> former white house staffers tell us the technical capability exists for the president to tape phone conversations. but that's different from a built in white house taping system. president kennedy used one as did president johnson. here trying to convince someone to be hayes campaign manager. >> any way you want to do it but i want you to do it. >> among nixon's legendary recording a 1972 oval office conversation on how to push back on the watergate investigation. >> what the hell did mitchell know about this thing. >> this one is often referred to as the smoking gun tape. >> that white hou...

Tapes. >> reporter: former white house -- to tape phone conversations, but that's different from a built in white house taping system. president kennedy used one, as did president johnson, here trying to convince someone to be his campaign manager. >> do it any way you want to do it. but i want you to do it. >> reporter: a 1972 oval office conversation on how to push back on the water gate investigation. this one is often referred to as the smoking gun tape. that white house taping system was shut down in the summer of 1973, at the height of the watergate scandal. >> the american people, the p...