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special counsel jack smith calling on the supreme court to make a decision and make it fast. the former president, will he stand trial for the alleged crimes he committed while in office? >> and flight fallout, the white house slammed the texas governor for sending migrants up north. the administration, called it a political stunt, live in chicago where the influx of migrants is causing a crisis. nightmare before christmas along the west coast, how an atmospheric river in major flooding are threatening holiday plans for millions. following these major stories, coming in from cnn ne...

>> the wiretapping of his political opponents. >> conspiracy, extortion, blackmail. >> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the nixon/agnew team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters, sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. >> as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have. but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. >> it's not just a desire for political power. it's a lust. i mean,...

blackmail. >> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the nixon team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. >> as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have, but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. >> it's not just a desire for political power. it's a lust. i mean, that's what nixon said. i lust for power. >> the man in the middle in the water...

>> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the team received an overwhelming mandate from the american voters leaving every state but one, massachusetts . >> it is not just a desire for political power. it is a lost. that is what nixon said. i lust for power. >> the man in the middle, john wesley dean the third. >> i thought the cover-up was going to and after the election. i was wrong. >> i have no prior knowledge of the water great break in. >> is going to get much, much worse. >> seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged wit...

>> our role in the senate select committee was to make disclosures through televised hearings. we had the power of subpoena, the power to put people under oath. >> but congress does not have a prosecutorial function. it's only to investigate, to legislate, and to inform. >> by march of 1973, you had the senate select committee pushing for hearings. >> but nixon by and large did not want his aides to testify. >> people were very interested in the senate hearings and whether nixon was going claim executive privilege to keep his top aides from testifying. >> a president can't use executive privil...