Watergate and the tapes and immunity is going to hold when say roe v. wade s precedent did not hold? the d.c. circuit, which has this case, i think has an easy question. total immunity is absurd. for reasons that some of your prior guests have said. there s crazy examples but that would give the president license to do anything he wanted. have, tell the fbi director to plant evidence or tell the head of the joint chief of staffs to kill one of his political rivals. i think there s some legitimate immunity and the case will go back to the trial court. the court will work out the details of immunity and ultimately, if trump is convicted, all of that can be reviewed on appeal, but i just don t think it s going to be reviewed now. interestingly, some of the justices and their questions,
And high inflation that was described as stagflation. domestically, american cities were still reeling from the riots and forced busing was tearing communities apart. oh, and watergate had upended the political system. to escape impeachment, the president of the united states resigned in august of 1974, a first in history. oh, yes, the good old days which when life was simpler. the truth is, the united states has the power and capacity to tackle today s crises. perhaps even more so than it had had in the past, but it needs to regain a sense of perspective. and above all, regain confidence in its own enormous strengths. go to cnn.com/fareed to a link
Prime minister by vast terrorists. israel was barely recovering from a near-death experience in yom kippur war. the arab oil embargo triples the price of oil leading to a combination of slow growth and high inflation that was described as stag-flation. domestically, they re still reeling from the riots and forced busing was tearing communities apart. oh, and watergate had a upended the political system. the president of the united states resigned in august of 1974. a first in history. oh, yes, the good old days which life was simpler. the truth is, the united states has the power and capacity to tackle today s crises. perhaps even more so than it had
By downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. - programs regularly scheduled tfor this time will notcy be seen today in order that we might bring you the following nbc news special report, watergate: senate hearings. - this is the senate caucus room in washington, dc, and the scene adds to the sense of drama as the senate opens what is likely to become the most serious investigation it has ever made,
An investigation of the american political system and the presidency itself. - mr. mccord, how much were you being paid by the republican national committee? - approximately, sir, $625 a month. - i don t want to diminish in any way watergate when understood in its entirety. i mean, because watergate was an effort also to fix an election and harass and persecute political opponents with government resources. there was a lot of very nefarious, unlawful stuff that took place. - the president says to me to the effect of, i m the f-ing president. take me up to the capitol now. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel. all: [chanting] america first! america first! - but if you compare the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, storm the capitol, drive the vice president out of the proceeding, and turn the presidency over to donald trump to the watergate hotel break-in,
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