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richard nixon. john kennedy arrives on an airfield. he's asked, well, what do you think about the fact that the father of this great civil rights leader seems to be a bit of a bigot? kennedy hesitates without missing a beat, he says, [imitating kennedy] we all have fathers, don't we? >> [laughter] professor troy: i would say that in some ways, john kennedy's father encouraged him to reach out to the jewish people and the fledgling jewish state. he actually visited palestine and saw what was going on. he comes in -- again, i apologize, we are telescoping horrifically. he understands the importance of having a deep relationship with israel, but he has a problem. he says, ben-gurion comes and gives me some $10 bible and i have to say thank you. my wife jackie is getting amazing stallions from saudi arabia, what am i going to do? he turns to a diplomat and says, can you tell jackie to hold off on the stallions? she says, tell jack i am keeping them. nevertheless, let's continue. kennedy was building on what truman had done. truman was so p
richard nixon. john kennedy arrives on an airfield. he's asked, well, what do you think about the fact that the father of this great civil rights leader seems to be a bit of a bigot? kennedy hesitates without missing a beat, he says, [imitating kennedy] we all have fathers, don't we? >> [laughter] professor troy: i would say that in some ways, john kennedy's father encouraged him to reach out to the jewish people and the fledgling jewish state. he actually visited palestine and saw what...
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there is a mystery about richard nixon. at the same time, we know that richard nixon said some pretty nasty things about the jews. [indiscernible] gil: we are going to continue. the contact is it is april 19, 1973. nixon is about to go to russia. he is going for this pre-election. he is worried that the jewish community is making travel over the issue of soviet-jewish immigration. henry kissinger says he will put the blame on them and do it before 80 million people. they put the jewish interests above america's interest. it is about time that the american jew sees that it is america first anti-jewish second. -- and the jewish second. how do we reconcile the two? i direct you to the words of len garment. this was richard nixon's law partner. he was an political exile. they became good friends. garment was a proud jew from brooklyn. he was in a jazz trio with alan greenspan. that is another lecture. [applause] [laughter] garment is appointed. in fairness, they did not like him. garment says that nixon was a champion hater. he
there is a mystery about richard nixon. at the same time, we know that richard nixon said some pretty nasty things about the jews. [indiscernible] gil: we are going to continue. the contact is it is april 19, 1973. nixon is about to go to russia. he is going for this pre-election. he is worried that the jewish community is making travel over the issue of soviet-jewish immigration. henry kissinger says he will put the blame on them and do it before 80 million people. they put the jewish...
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it was abuse of power because richard nixon did not care about the law. he wanted the special prosecutor out of the way. and while there is not an exact similarity here because so far, we don't know there is a cover-up, but what we have is abusing mentality of power, of taking power to enhance and's aim, i'm first. not america first, i'm first. if the attorney general says, this may not pass legal muster, that this not -- this may not be lawful, don't you think the president ought to be asking, well, how do we get this to be lawful? what is wrong here? no, the president put himself above the law. he did not want to find out why this wasn't lawful, what the qualms were, with the problems were. and that is the mentality that will bring this president down. you cannot come in the end, put yourself above the law time after time after time. juan: this issue of putting yourself above the law, interestingly, when sally yates was being confirmed, she was questioned by jeff sessions -- who this week will be taking over the job of attorney general -- specifically h
it was abuse of power because richard nixon did not care about the law. he wanted the special prosecutor out of the way. and while there is not an exact similarity here because so far, we don't know there is a cover-up, but what we have is abusing mentality of power, of taking power to enhance and's aim, i'm first. not america first, i'm first. if the attorney general says, this may not pass legal muster, that this not -- this may not be lawful, don't you think the president ought to be asking,...
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richard nixon: i, richard m. nixon, solemnly swear i will support the constitution of the united states against all of its enemies, foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. richard nixon: that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i take this freely without any reservation or purpose of evasion. harold rogers: that i take this freely without any reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully execute the office upon which i am about to embark, -- harold rogers: and that i will well and faithfully execute the office upon which i am about to embark. >> so help me god. harold rogers: so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. vice president. >> richard m. nixon, who has become the vice president of the united states, is shaking hands with mr. eisenhower. narrator: at the moment the , united states had no president. harry truman's term expired at noon, and general eisenhower was not sworn in until 12:32. ♪ ["hail to the chief"] narr
richard nixon: i, richard m. nixon, solemnly swear i will support the constitution of the united states against all of its enemies, foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. richard nixon: that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i take this freely without any reservation or purpose of evasion. harold rogers: that i take this freely without any reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and...
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he continued pressing him about what nixon called sabotage and richard nixon said this to president johnson. >> the point that i'm making is this, that my god, i would never do anything to encourage hanoi -- i mean, saigon not to come to the table, because that's what you got out of your bombing pause. good god, we want them over in paris. we got to get them to paris or you can't have a peace. >> he mentioned their good friend, everett dirksen at the beginning of their conversation, republican senator. lyndon johnson privately said to leverett dirksen that this is treason. those were his words. this is treason. that's what the president thought. he said, i know. richard nixon did not just help prolong the war through the election season of 1968. he kept it going for five years as president costing the united states another 28,000 lives. joining us now, john farrell, the author of the upcoming book, "richard nixon the life." jack, thank you very much for joining us tonight. your first interview about this discoverry which you just published. first of all, when's the book coming out? we can't
he continued pressing him about what nixon called sabotage and richard nixon said this to president johnson. >> the point that i'm making is this, that my god, i would never do anything to encourage hanoi -- i mean, saigon not to come to the table, because that's what you got out of your bombing pause. good god, we want them over in paris. we got to get them to paris or you can't have a peace. >> he mentioned their good friend, everett dirksen at the beginning of their conversation,...
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david brinkley, former director of richard nixon presidential library and author of "richard nixon: the life" you'll know as well. thank you for joining us and good evening. douglas, this idea of one president at a time is taking a beating. sean spicer is saying that terrorism is someone who donald trump is not going to sit back and wait for january 20th. there's no surprise there. he won the election. why wouldn't he jump in at this point in the game? >> look at mess that donald trump is in because of the russian hacking. could have said i'm going to wait until sworn in as president. this is president obama's intelligence reports, i'll look at them but give the president the courtesy of waiting a couple of weeks -- the fact that he hasn't done that, puts them in that -- >> stop right there. put your mike back on. i think it fell off. it's right there in your lap. >> we'll just be transparent here. what were you saying? did you finish your thought? >> i think donald trump would have been wise to stick with the one president at the time policy instead of being found in the middle of this
david brinkley, former director of richard nixon presidential library and author of "richard nixon: the life" you'll know as well. thank you for joining us and good evening. douglas, this idea of one president at a time is taking a beating. sean spicer is saying that terrorism is someone who donald trump is not going to sit back and wait for january 20th. there's no surprise there. he won the election. why wouldn't he jump in at this point in the game? >> look at mess that...
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there were protests in london over richard nixon's inauguration. this is much bigger than any of that. we're talking about in washington, d.c. alone, possibly 500,000 people. five times more than protested against the nixon inauguration. in boston, brian, 125,000 is the estimate in boston alone. that is bigger than what we saw than what we saw against richard nixon 45 years ago. and the surprise here shouldn't be very great. richard nixon was the last president to provoke any significant inauguration protest. yesterday, we inaugurated the most unpopular president on inauguration day in the history of polling, including richard nixon. and so the idea that that would provoke a rather significant demonstration was predictable, especially if you'd been in touch with any of the people i've been in touch with over the last month, where every day i was hearing new anecdotal reports about people who were going, including people, brian, who have not taken to the streets in a march since vietnam war protest. and there's a very -- there's a powerful historic
there were protests in london over richard nixon's inauguration. this is much bigger than any of that. we're talking about in washington, d.c. alone, possibly 500,000 people. five times more than protested against the nixon inauguration. in boston, brian, 125,000 is the estimate in boston alone. that is bigger than what we saw than what we saw against richard nixon 45 years ago. and the surprise here shouldn't be very great. richard nixon was the last president to provoke any significant...
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anything r.n., anything richard nixon can do?" nixon also directed his vice presidenti candidate agnewo threaten the cia director richard helms around these negotiations. the notes read "agnew, go see helms, tell him we want the truth or he hasn't got the job." meaning he won't stay on as director of the cia once i'm president unless he does what i want here. nothing like threatening the cia director even before you take office, right? that's one way to get kind of paranoid that maybe your intelligence agencies might turn on you or they're after you. that they're a political actor that needs to be managed. that's exactly what happened. in the months before president-elect nixon took office, he was so skeptical of intelligence agencies in the united states government that he refused to accept the intelligence briings offered by the outgoing administration. he didn't take a single face-to-face meeting with the cia staff that was in place specifically to provide transition support to him. intelligence community sent nixon's transitio
anything r.n., anything richard nixon can do?" nixon also directed his vice presidenti candidate agnewo threaten the cia director richard helms around these negotiations. the notes read "agnew, go see helms, tell him we want the truth or he hasn't got the job." meaning he won't stay on as director of the cia once i'm president unless he does what i want here. nothing like threatening the cia director even before you take office, right? that's one way to get kind of paranoid that...
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anything rn, richard nixon, can do? what did he do? >> he had envoy, woman named anna chinault, connected to the government in saigon and sent messages telling them that the nixon administration would play a nicer more lenient role on the south vietnamese government than a humphrey administration would and they found it compelling. missing factor that i chanced upon doing research in yorba linda were notes from haldman that show that nixon not only countenanced this but directed it. something he and his supporters denied for 50 years. >> talk about haldeman but first, you wrote nixon insisted he hadn't sabotaged the peace initiative to bring the war in vietnam to early conclusion, my god would never do anything to discourage them coming to the table. now we know he lied. how might history have been different if there was a peace treaty in 1968 in is. >> that is excellent question, $100,000 question. and there's debate on both sides. i believe it had some effect but we have to remember that south vietnamese and north vietnamese don't ac
anything rn, richard nixon, can do? what did he do? >> he had envoy, woman named anna chinault, connected to the government in saigon and sent messages telling them that the nixon administration would play a nicer more lenient role on the south vietnamese government than a humphrey administration would and they found it compelling. missing factor that i chanced upon doing research in yorba linda were notes from haldman that show that nixon not only countenanced this but directed it....
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richard nixon: i, richard m nixon, solemnly swear i will support and of the constitution of the united states against all of its enemies foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear. -- true faith and allegiance to the same. that i think this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully execute the office upon which i am about to embark. harold rogers: and that i will well and faithfully execute the office upon which i am about to embark. >> so help me god. harold rogers: so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. vice president. >> richard m. nixon, who has become the vice president of the united states, is shaking hands with mr. eisenhower. narrator: at the moment, the united states had no president. harry truman's term expired at noon, and general eisenhower was not sworn in until 12:32. ♪ ["hail to the chief"] narrator: but now, he was at the rostrum with the chief justice of the united states supreme court who was to administer the brief oath. his voice was slightly tremulous though his hand was steady as he repeated the h
richard nixon: i, richard m nixon, solemnly swear i will support and of the constitution of the united states against all of its enemies foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear. -- true faith and allegiance to the same. that i think this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully execute the office upon which i am about to embark. harold rogers: and that i will well and faithfully execute the office upon which i am about...
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the first two were for richard nixon's inauguration in 1969 and '1973. in '69, 8,000 people gathered on pennsylvania avenue the day before the inauguration and in '73, 100,000 gathered for the second nixon inaugural protest and then went 28 years without a significant inaugural protest. and in 2001, 20,000 people came to washington to protest the inauguration of george w. bush a he lost the vote to al gore but won the electoral college, thanks to the supreme court decision on how the votes would be counted in florida and that was it. that's the history of inauguration protests in america. 58 inaugurations, four protests. yesterday, in washington, d.c. alone, more people gathered to protest donald trump's inauguration than all of the people who have gathered in the entire history of this country to protest all protest all previous inaugurations that were protested. it has become fashionable to anyone who didn't expect trump to win the electoral college to live in a bubble even though more people voted for hillary clinton than donald trump. you are still a
the first two were for richard nixon's inauguration in 1969 and '1973. in '69, 8,000 people gathered on pennsylvania avenue the day before the inauguration and in '73, 100,000 gathered for the second nixon inaugural protest and then went 28 years without a significant inaugural protest. and in 2001, 20,000 people came to washington to protest the inauguration of george w. bush a he lost the vote to al gore but won the electoral college, thanks to the supreme court decision on how the votes...
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nixon, donald trump. >> richard nixon, signed the environmental protection, the national environmental policy act, endangered species act, the clean water act, clean air act. didn't know what was in them. i asked him why did he sign these. he says, seemed like a good idea. he was playing a great game and didn't care about nestic policy. >> rose: hugh hewitt, "the fourth way: the conservative playbook for a lasting gop majority." >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: good to have you. we'll be right back. stay with us. >> rose: a french philosopher bernard-henri leÉvy is here. his latest book is called "the genius of judaism," he cam nls resurgence of antisemitism and reflects on the jewish state of israel and xplorers what it means to be a chosen people and the foundations of jewish thought. idtorial of the "new york times" ahead of friday's inauguration, he cautioned americans to be wary, jewish americans to be wary of president trump. i am pleased to have bernard-henri leÉvy back at this table. we have known each other for a long time and have been doing conversations at this table and i
nixon, donald trump. >> richard nixon, signed the environmental protection, the national environmental policy act, endangered species act, the clean water act, clean air act. didn't know what was in them. i asked him why did he sign these. he says, seemed like a good idea. he was playing a great game and didn't care about nestic policy. >> rose: hugh hewitt, "the fourth way: the conservative playbook for a lasting gop majority." >> thank you, charlie. >> rose:...
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the factor that was they just couldn't prove nixon personally was involved. >> the book is richard nixon the life. i am looking forward to reading it. thank you for joining. mtp daily starts right now. >>> if it's wednesday, the new chapter of the obamacare fight begins. >> the first order of business is to repeal and replace obamacare. >> tonight, who do americans trust with the future of health care? we'll hear from both sides of the fight on what's ahead. >> we don't to want pull the rug out from people while we're replacing this law. >> our republican colleagues don't quite know what to do. they're like the dog who caught the bu
the factor that was they just couldn't prove nixon personally was involved. >> the book is richard nixon the life. i am looking forward to reading it. thank you for joining. mtp daily starts right now. >>> if it's wednesday, the new chapter of the obamacare fight begins. >> the first order of business is to repeal and replace obamacare. >> tonight, who do americans trust with the future of health care? we'll hear from both sides of the fight on what's ahead. >>...
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dean, how do you understand donald trump in relation to your former boss richard nixon? >> well, i've thought about that a lot, in fact, a lot more than i really wish i had, as i said to mckay who wrote the piece for the "atlantic." he's given me nightmares and i didn't have nightmares when i worked at the nixon white house. it's unusual. anyway, the way i see the problem is that everything nixon was in secret and we wouldn't even know about if we didn't have the tapes that he kept a record of everything he did and a number of his private offices and on his telephone calls so we wouldn't know that nixon because he never really showed that nixon publicly whereas trump is out in front. he doesn't try to hide this very -- his revenge, his dark thinking, his thinking out loud when he should be thinking things through before he makes a statement he's just out there. that's what's given me problems. i know the sensitivity of the job, even a person who's experienced in washington -- which trump is not -- it's a delicate and difficult job. that's what's given me nightmares. >> o
dean, how do you understand donald trump in relation to your former boss richard nixon? >> well, i've thought about that a lot, in fact, a lot more than i really wish i had, as i said to mckay who wrote the piece for the "atlantic." he's given me nightmares and i didn't have nightmares when i worked at the nixon white house. it's unusual. anyway, the way i see the problem is that everything nixon was in secret and we wouldn't even know about if we didn't have the tapes that he...
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if you look back to richard nixon, he had a divided country. he won with 43% of the vote in a three-way race. and what he did was give really a unifying speech at his inauguration. and in the short term, it worked for him, and he said we cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another. and that was richard nixon saying that. and so a lot of people thought nixon would never do that. well, maybe -- maybe a lot of people think that donald trump can't do that. let's see what he does tomorrow and what his overall message is. we remember when he won, he gave a real uniting kind of speech, and i think he might do that. >> i think he will do that tomorrow morning when he speaks and addresses not only the american people but the world to set the right tone. >> absolutely. whatever he does say on that stage, one of the biggest stages you can have in politics it will have a major impact on setting the tone for his administration. but it's only the first step, really, wolf. he is going to need to follow up on that speech with actions th
if you look back to richard nixon, he had a divided country. he won with 43% of the vote in a three-way race. and what he did was give really a unifying speech at his inauguration. and in the short term, it worked for him, and he said we cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another. and that was richard nixon saying that. and so a lot of people thought nixon would never do that. well, maybe -- maybe a lot of people think that donald trump can't do that. let's see what he...
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signed, warm regards, richard nixon. what did they hear that they liked? trump spent a lot of time talking about how his dad taught him business and his mom taught him show business. >> i believe whatever i have in terms of the dra mat yik, i think i got it from my mother. >> reporter: skills he'll take with him along with that fan letter. trump plans to oval office. >> premonition there. >> yes, he did. he knew about that, and for those who are trying to figure out what was the donahue show, it was popular before oprah. >>> thousands gathers for the preinaugural concert. >> the line ups was heavy on country music. some of my favorite with the day's biggest attraction toby keith playing several of his biggest hits including a rendition of "american soldier". and you could even see donald trump mouthing the songs. later today she's not even old enough to vote yet, but 16-year-old jackie evancho will sing the national anthem before president-elect is officially sworn in. abc news plans big coverage starting at 7:00 a.m. >>> it's inauguration day on "world ne
signed, warm regards, richard nixon. what did they hear that they liked? trump spent a lot of time talking about how his dad taught him business and his mom taught him show business. >> i believe whatever i have in terms of the dra mat yik, i think i got it from my mother. >> reporter: skills he'll take with him along with that fan letter. trump plans to oval office. >> premonition there. >> yes, he did. he knew about that, and for those who are trying to figure out what...
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he was succeeded by richard nixon who became the most protested president in histy. the year after the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, he resigned from office in scandal. at the time of the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, the news media did not think there was much point to the protest. after all he was re-elected, sworn in for a second term. why protest that when there's nothing he can do about that? a year later, nixon was gone. in the middle of the non-stop decade of protests of the 1960s, the decade when martin luther king jr. and the civil rights protesters eventually joined protesters, the protests seemed hopeless to the people that never seem v participated in the protests. but the protesters succeeded in give getting this civil right and voting bill passed and eventually the war in vietnam ended. the american news media was not filled with predictions of the protests future successes. in the middle of that decade of protest, bob dylan wrote "something is happening here and you don't know what it is." if you talked to anyo
he was succeeded by richard nixon who became the most protested president in histy. the year after the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, he resigned from office in scandal. at the time of the second inauguration protest against richard nixon, the news media did not think there was much point to the protest. after all he was re-elected, sworn in for a second term. why protest that when there's nothing he can do about that? a year later, nixon was gone. in the middle of the...
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nixon in 1969. i don't know this but he had to have told his speechwriters i want this to be as great as john kennedy's inaugural address in 1961. the result is that speech was almost an imitation of the speech kennedy had given. it didn't sound like nixon, sounded like someone trying to imitate. >> what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address, one of the speeches we still talk about a century and a half later. >> we do because it was as sublime a statement of what was important to lincoln, saying with malice towards none, charity for all. talking about the way he wanted to end the civil war which is becoming quickly, and the idea of reconstruction to the south. >> when franklin roosevelt was sworn it was march 1933, that changed after that. >> roosevelt rightfully said the congress said why do we have a long period from a residential election in november, and the fourth of march, you have a lame-duck president not to be able to do very much and the country is in limbo. the result was they
nixon in 1969. i don't know this but he had to have told his speechwriters i want this to be as great as john kennedy's inaugural address in 1961. the result is that speech was almost an imitation of the speech kennedy had given. it didn't sound like nixon, sounded like someone trying to imitate. >> what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address, one of the speeches we still talk about a century and a half later. >> we do because it was as sublime a statement of what was...
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once cox was fired on behalf of richard nixon, two things happened. petitions were filed for richard nixon's impeachment and that's when he really started to look like a goner. number two, the new attorney general was demanded to be clearly independent of nixon and a post went to a guy named william say, one who detested richard nixon and was known for this almost more than any other republican senator. so i think the result for this for donald trump is going to be there will now be expectations for independence in this department and whoever is the next attorney general much greater than there might have been 24 hours ago. >> nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss, thank you. >> my pleasure, rachel. be well. >> so to repeat this breaking news this evening, this is a remarkable development. jeff sessions is the nominee to be the new attorney general. jeff sessions has not yet had the first vote on his con ti confirmation. it's expected that democrat also put up a fight. republicans do not appear to be willing to go along with that. before t
once cox was fired on behalf of richard nixon, two things happened. petitions were filed for richard nixon's impeachment and that's when he really started to look like a goner. number two, the new attorney general was demanded to be clearly independent of nixon and a post went to a guy named william say, one who detested richard nixon and was known for this almost more than any other republican senator. so i think the result for this for donald trump is going to be there will now be...
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the nomination went to president richard nixon and said. convention, goldwater admonished conservatives who were threatening to stay home, to grow up and get to work. did, soon after the election, conservative media activists turned their attention to the next election cycle. in --"conscience of the conservative" sure goldwater would remain their best hope in the race. fast-forward to four years later. media activists were poised to become full-fledged political leaders. people like bill, publisher of national review, took the political organizing rains from manion. you have a radio host running americans for goldwater. by 1964, you have a magazine publisher. were not part of the goldwater for america team, were highly important as goldwater emerged the front runner and nominee. goldwater about to have a shot of the presidency. the campaign put conservatism right smack in the middle of american politics, elevating it from a fringe movement to a major force in american politics. for media activists, the trip from the fringes to the center wa
the nomination went to president richard nixon and said. convention, goldwater admonished conservatives who were threatening to stay home, to grow up and get to work. did, soon after the election, conservative media activists turned their attention to the next election cycle. in --"conscience of the conservative" sure goldwater would remain their best hope in the race. fast-forward to four years later. media activists were poised to become full-fledged political leaders. people like...
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hugh: i worked for richard nixon a long time, who also had that feeling. charlie: and lots of others do. hugh: nixon was justified. they were out to get him to nevertheless come you have to get over it. nixon stopped watching tv. answer. the don't watch tv. president trump loves tv, and that is a good source of information. charlie: the washington post has a thing about how, but it is not .omputers he tweets, but not because he sits there with his own device, according to the washington post. he watches television in the morning. hugh: he watches you in the morning. charlie: during the campaign, he said he learned a lot by about the iran nuclear debates. hugh: did you ever hear his , whereny about the u.n. the united states ought to pay for the remodeling of the u.n.? i think he is a builder, and senator corker agrees with me, another developer. what is on my critical path today? who can help me get to that end result? act onbring the men and their advice. that is president trump. that is not obama, a law professor, but a builder of buildings that are tall
hugh: i worked for richard nixon a long time, who also had that feeling. charlie: and lots of others do. hugh: nixon was justified. they were out to get him to nevertheless come you have to get over it. nixon stopped watching tv. answer. the don't watch tv. president trump loves tv, and that is a good source of information. charlie: the washington post has a thing about how, but it is not .omputers he tweets, but not because he sits there with his own device, according to the washington post....
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the prize for most faimous removal of a attorney general naturally was richard nixon. all in the service of getting an independent special prosecutor fired during the watergate scandal to save his own skin. that was the saturday night massacre, nixon's mowing down of the justice department in service of his own aims. this obviously is different. but history tends to rhyme on matters like this. joining us is abc news presidential historian and a columnist for the daily beast. gentlemen, i appreciate you bothing with here staying up late to cover this. >> pleasure. >> michael, let me start with you in washington we talked a little bit about the historical precedent of the saturday night massacre. we are now on to a new level of expectation with this story. the new kt aing attorney general the one installed tonight after sally yates was fired he immediately rescinded her order which told department of justice lawyers that they shouldn't defend their refugee and immigration executive order in court. that means he has rescinded that order, he is effectively oshding the depa
the prize for most faimous removal of a attorney general naturally was richard nixon. all in the service of getting an independent special prosecutor fired during the watergate scandal to save his own skin. that was the saturday night massacre, nixon's mowing down of the justice department in service of his own aims. this obviously is different. but history tends to rhyme on matters like this. joining us is abc news presidential historian and a columnist for the daily beast. gentlemen, i...
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but he was a man of principle and that's the big difference. >> let's also now contrast richard nixon and donald trump. having worked for richard nixon and observed donald trump, is it wrong for people to say that donald trump is worse than nixon? >> well, i have actually said that, that he's more nixonian than nixon. nixon hit a lot of his dark qualities. donald trump puts them right out in front. they're clearly men, both of them, who have no problem lying. nixon would lie about only big issues. for example, during the '68 campaign saying i have a secret plan to resolve vietnam and then later when he clearly sabotaged lyndon johnson's peace efforts denying that. during watergate he of course said i knew nothing about the watergate cover-up until my white house counsel, john dean, told me on march 21st. that was an out rarageous lie. so he stuck to the big issues. donald trump, they're just endless. just before the election, a canadian newspaper had a study of 28 days they had followed everything that trump had said during that day. they found that he was making an average of 20 lies
but he was a man of principle and that's the big difference. >> let's also now contrast richard nixon and donald trump. having worked for richard nixon and observed donald trump, is it wrong for people to say that donald trump is worse than nixon? >> well, i have actually said that, that he's more nixonian than nixon. nixon hit a lot of his dark qualities. donald trump puts them right out in front. they're clearly men, both of them, who have no problem lying. nixon would lie about...
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for instance richard nixon in 1969, i don't know this but he had to have told the speechwriters i want this to be as great as john kennedy in his inaugural address of 1961 and the result was that was almost an imitation of the speech that kennedy had given. it didn't sound like nixon. sounded like someone was trying to imitate him. >> host: what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address? >> guest: it was a supply misstatement of what was deep and important to lincoln as you could get saying that with malice towards none, with charity for all. he was talking about the way he wanted to end the civil war which was coming very quickly but also the idea of reconstruction that he had for himself. >> host: and franklin roosevelt was sworn in it was march of 1933. that changed after that. why? >> guest: that change because roosevelt rightfully said and the congress said why did we had this long period from a presidential election in november to the inauguration of the new president. the constitution is to say the fourth of march. you have all those months in which you got a lame-duck pr
for instance richard nixon in 1969, i don't know this but he had to have told the speechwriters i want this to be as great as john kennedy in his inaugural address of 1961 and the result was that was almost an imitation of the speech that kennedy had given. it didn't sound like nixon. sounded like someone was trying to imitate him. >> host: what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address? >> guest: it was a supply misstatement of what was deep and important to lincoln as you...
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richard nixon tried to do that in the state department and the justice department. tried to do it in the cia. he came in in 1969 thinking the cia was full of democratic i'vy league liberal who did not like him. he came in with a narrow margin. he thought he couldn't do that in his first term and rean iowa pointed lyndon johnson's cia director. once nixon got his landslide he fired helms and put people he thought were loyalists in it at the cia with the idea he would oversee a purge of the intelligence community and the parallel is that donald trump has come in with making it very clear he's unhappy with elements of our intelligence community in all sorts of ways. that's another example of something we may see this. >> it's something to keep in mind as we're trying to make sense of the i.c.e. change. >> another example. >>. >> she indicated they will have an enemies list, which is what richard nixon had. they are taking names and they are looking for people in the media to be fired. i don't think that's going to work out for them, but the problem is this might work f
richard nixon tried to do that in the state department and the justice department. tried to do it in the cia. he came in in 1969 thinking the cia was full of democratic i'vy league liberal who did not like him. he came in with a narrow margin. he thought he couldn't do that in his first term and rean iowa pointed lyndon johnson's cia director. once nixon got his landslide he fired helms and put people he thought were loyalists in it at the cia with the idea he would oversee a purge of the...
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much worse than richard nixon ever dreamed of. the attorney has taken partisan positions and really needs a serious cleaning house. this is just an example of some of the festering things that take place in the administration under obama. >> you think she should resign? >> she's fighting. >> she should have hung on as long as she could have to fight this what i see as an unconstitutional executive order. it was rushed through improperly, but i think what's being missed here is the activities are happening to rapidly from the trump administration, and done in a manner so we can't stay focussed long enough to fight him on certain issues. that's what this move was today. >> let's go back to march 2015. this was the confirmation hearing for sally united states. she's being grilled by senator jeff sessions. listen to this. >> well, you have to watch out. people will be asking you to do things you need to say no about. do you think the attorney general has a responsibility to say no to the president if he asks for something that's impro
much worse than richard nixon ever dreamed of. the attorney has taken partisan positions and really needs a serious cleaning house. this is just an example of some of the festering things that take place in the administration under obama. >> you think she should resign? >> she's fighting. >> she should have hung on as long as she could have to fight this what i see as an unconstitutional executive order. it was rushed through improperly, but i think what's being missed here is...
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for instance, richard nixon in 1969. i don't know this but he had to have told his speechwriters, i want this to be as great as john kennedy, his great rival, his inaugural address in 1961. and the result is that that speech was almost an imitation of the speech that kennedy had given. didn't sound like nixon, sounded like someone who was trying to intimidate. >> what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address? a speech we talk about a century and a half later. >> we do. it was a sublime a statement of what was deep and important to lincoln as you could get saying with malice toward none, with charity for all. he was talking about the way he wanted to end the civil war which was coming very quickly and also the idea of reconstruction that he had for the south. >> and when franklin roosevelt was sworn in, it was march of 1933. >> right. >> that changed after that. why? >> that changed because roosevelt rightfully said and the koccongress said why do we e this long period from a presidential election to november -- y
for instance, richard nixon in 1969. i don't know this but he had to have told his speechwriters, i want this to be as great as john kennedy, his great rival, his inaugural address in 1961. and the result is that that speech was almost an imitation of the speech that kennedy had given. didn't sound like nixon, sounded like someone who was trying to intimidate. >> what about abraham lincoln's second inaugural address? a speech we talk about a century and a half later. >> we do. it...
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i remember the damage that richard nixon did. and if that other guy, i don't want to say his name, if that other guy gets -- is president and hillary isn't president, don't think that black lives matter and the other progressive movements in this country will not be decimated in the same way that nixon decimated the panthers and that's the important reason that we have to unite behind hillary this time, because that's the choice. and then if she don't do what we do, well, we will protest her. >> we will still protest. >> but we got to stop that -- i can't even say his name. you know who i'm talking about. we got to stop him from being in the white house because you know. exactly. >> we only have time, a few more minutes left in this conversation. we want to open it up for questions to be answered. we have the microphone here. we will ask people to raise their hand and the microphone will come to you, okay? please be brief, brother. >> sure. i'm sorry. hi. thank you, bobby and stephen, for being here today. i think one of the prob
i remember the damage that richard nixon did. and if that other guy, i don't want to say his name, if that other guy gets -- is president and hillary isn't president, don't think that black lives matter and the other progressive movements in this country will not be decimated in the same way that nixon decimated the panthers and that's the important reason that we have to unite behind hillary this time, because that's the choice. and then if she don't do what we do, well, we will protest her....
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richard nixon ain't shown us nothing. this guy is popping into town with his enemies list already checked and ready to go. >>> that's ha"hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> who actually is the benefactor of someone who is about to become commander-in-chief trashing the intelligence community. >> an intelligence hearing for an audience of one. >> i love wikileaks. >> intelligence chief democrats and top republicans send a message to the incoming president. >> espionage is an act of war. >> tonight is the unprecedented spectacle on capitol hill. >> i think there's a difference between kept schism and disparagement. >> plus an exclusive
richard nixon ain't shown us nothing. this guy is popping into town with his enemies list already checked and ready to go. >>> that's ha"hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> who actually is the benefactor of someone who is about to become commander-in-chief trashing the intelligence community. >> an intelligence hearing for an audience of one. >> i...
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next to appear was the vice president-elect, richard nixon. his entrance to the stand being met with a spontaneous cheer from the chairman this crowd. last to arrive were the generals, escorted through the rotunda by senator bridges, speaker martin and others, the president elect appeared solemn and reflective for this occasion was in the name of the republican party riding back into power for the first time in decades. cheer burst from the crowd. filling everyone available space to see the end of one regime and to beginning of a new era. >> i, richard m nixon, solemnly swear i will support and of the constitution of the united states against all of its enemies foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and , that ice to the same any this freely without reservation or purpose of and that i will well and officelly execute the upon which i am about to embark, so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. vice president. -- richard m next who has become the vice president of the united states. ask at this moment, the united states had no preside
next to appear was the vice president-elect, richard nixon. his entrance to the stand being met with a spontaneous cheer from the chairman this crowd. last to arrive were the generals, escorted through the rotunda by senator bridges, speaker martin and others, the president elect appeared solemn and reflective for this occasion was in the name of the republican party riding back into power for the first time in decades. cheer burst from the crowd. filling everyone available space to see the end...
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nixon didn't live in a social media age and imagine richard nixon by the way with a twitter account, that would have been something. i think i don't know if the climate and technology is allowing people to see past their own hatred. >> it is not, it is encouraging it. >> dickerson: let's take a pause here. we are going to take a short break and we will be right back with more from our panel. tiki barber running a barber shop? yes!!! surprising. yes!!! what's not surprising? how much money david saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. who's next? so we sent that sample i doff to ancestry. i was from ethnically. my ancestry dna results are that i am 26% nigerian. i am just trying to learn as much as i can about my culture. i put the gele on my head and i looked into the mirror and i was trying not to cry. because it's a hat, but it's like the most important hat i've ever owned. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com. >> dickerson: and we are back with our panel. >> susan i want to ask you if i am a r
nixon didn't live in a social media age and imagine richard nixon by the way with a twitter account, that would have been something. i think i don't know if the climate and technology is allowing people to see past their own hatred. >> it is not, it is encouraging it. >> dickerson: let's take a pause here. we are going to take a short break and we will be right back with more from our panel. tiki barber running a barber shop? yes!!! surprising. yes!!! what's not surprising? how much...
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i can't recall any election, including the election of richard nixon, of which i was more excited at that particular time, because i knew that meant he had the nomination. >> newscaster: however, governor rockefeller has promised a fight to the finish. now, most of the sound and fury will fade until the republicans convene in san francisco's cow palace. >> buchanan: did i think he could beat lyndon johnson at that point? basically, no. when they got to the convention at the cow palace in san francisco, the moderate liberal republicans -- scranton, rockefeller, romney -- were not reconciled to goldwater's nomination. >> goldwater, jr.: you had that eastern establishment out there who were all jockeying for enough delegates. the goldwater contingent outmaneuvered everybody. we were so well organized. everyone had walkie-talkies, and they were in communication with a headquarters in a trailer outside the cow palace. they had every delegate identified and pinpointed, knew where he was, what his vote was going to be. they had people walking through the cow palace making sure that nobody w
i can't recall any election, including the election of richard nixon, of which i was more excited at that particular time, because i knew that meant he had the nomination. >> newscaster: however, governor rockefeller has promised a fight to the finish. now, most of the sound and fury will fade until the republicans convene in san francisco's cow palace. >> buchanan: did i think he could beat lyndon johnson at that point? basically, no. when they got to the convention at the cow...
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richard nixon fought the press and he lost. that a lot of people say it led directly to his impeachment but donald trump is not richard nixon. how do you think this will end up? >> this is a different set of circumstances. i would say if we were still in nixon's time, trump's strategy would fail miserably. he would lose again just as predictably as richard nixon lost. i would prefer he take the route of ronald reagan just smile and wave, let them say whatever they want to say and go directly to the hearts american people. because of the internet, because of twitter, new openings, the corporate media is losing some of its power and some of its hold and they sense that. that is where some anger comes from. they are losing some of the power they have to shape public opinion. david: always a pleasure, doug. don't be a stranger. appreciate it. >> thank you, david. melissa: coming up next a fresh season much "strange inheritance" kicks office. we have a sneak-peek what brand new episodes have in store. don't want to miss it. ooh. ♪
richard nixon fought the press and he lost. that a lot of people say it led directly to his impeachment but donald trump is not richard nixon. how do you think this will end up? >> this is a different set of circumstances. i would say if we were still in nixon's time, trump's strategy would fail miserably. he would lose again just as predictably as richard nixon lost. i would prefer he take the route of ronald reagan just smile and wave, let them say whatever they want to say and go...
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largest i had seen or heard of and i think the largest since richard nixon. but the tea party was quite a different thing. i think the reaction to barack obama, a lot of it did fall along not only racial lines but also along the lines of the false belief to be some sort of islamic interloper as if there's something wrong with being a muslim and ao by theayith the tea party there was more of an institutional organatn hind it. it didn't start with just people being terrified by what the new president was going to do to them or what the incoming administration was going to do to them and people like them. it was -- it started on wall street or in the chicago mercantile exchange with a rant about homeowners being deadbeats and the idea that the obama administration was going to essentially give out money to underwater homeowners. people forget the history of the tea party and make it seem it's this, on your screen, when it was really a lot more organized, had more roots in wall street, in the financial community that didn't want to see this president do what they
largest i had seen or heard of and i think the largest since richard nixon. but the tea party was quite a different thing. i think the reaction to barack obama, a lot of it did fall along not only racial lines but also along the lines of the false belief to be some sort of islamic interloper as if there's something wrong with being a muslim and ao by theayith the tea party there was more of an institutional organatn hind it. it didn't start with just people being terrified by what the new...
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you had the foresight to interview john dean. >> john dean was white house counsel under richard nixon, a key figure in the watergate saga. he told me in the weeks leading up to the election, he was having nightmares about a trump presidency. the reason was, he said, two reasons, one, he sees in trump a lot of the same dangerous characteristics that mix and had. -- that nixon had. the of session with vengeance, the boundless ambition, certain paranoia. but he said he feels the institutions in american life that are meant to keep a presidential power in check have deteriorated since the nixon decade. the partisan nature of congress and even the courts. his argument was, trump be worse in the and in terms of corruption, but that he will probably get away with it. charlie: worse than nixon in terms of corruption. what kind of corruption? >> he points to his business entanglements and the alleged tied with russia. his argument is, any one of th ese scandals and waiting could blow up on him, and he still doesn't see a scenario where it is so bad he will be forced out of office. it is hard f
you had the foresight to interview john dean. >> john dean was white house counsel under richard nixon, a key figure in the watergate saga. he told me in the weeks leading up to the election, he was having nightmares about a trump presidency. the reason was, he said, two reasons, one, he sees in trump a lot of the same dangerous characteristics that mix and had. -- that nixon had. the of session with vengeance, the boundless ambition, certain paranoia. but he said he feels the...
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bush or ronald reagan or richard nixon? >> he was able to assemblies implement his policy. we could actually push this back to the contract with america. they can actually push it back a little further than that. i think what we are witnessing now is in some ways a kind of apex of a general tenor of our politics for its broke into its core. donald trump is an exaggerated indication that the rock at the heart of the beltway. >> host: david maraniss, you corrupt with what richard nixon faced during watergate. any difference is last eight years? >> well, i think it has intensified. actually, the contract for america seems kind of tame now. policy is the least important thing now it seems like. it's opposing whatever someone opposes. richard nixon was impeached and resigned from office because of his unconstitutional actions. president clinton was impeached and saved from being removed from office or for largely political community since he was impeached that would argue. so that is where he would start this modern trend. but i think president obama, you add in the extra added
bush or ronald reagan or richard nixon? >> he was able to assemblies implement his policy. we could actually push this back to the contract with america. they can actually push it back a little further than that. i think what we are witnessing now is in some ways a kind of apex of a general tenor of our politics for its broke into its core. donald trump is an exaggerated indication that the rock at the heart of the beltway. >> host: david maraniss, you corrupt with what richard...
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the last time it happened was richard nixon and lyndon johnson. it's an entire array of thing. >> donald trump new year message for his enemy this weekend. he tweeted. they don't know what to do. love. >> susan, was that ha statement of unity? >> aren't his opponents his enemies. we're all-americans. >> you said it with a little bill clinton, he doesn't have note to his voice these days. >> you can see what kind of president donald trump is going to be in addition to the campaign by the tweets he puts out. what he is doing unprovoked is sticking his finger in the eye of the people he's beeten throubeaten through the presidency. he is laying down markers of how he is going to run the country and if he has to intimidate people. >> he did show during the campaign discipline. he showed when he was down in the dump when he thought he was a loser. he did discipline himself. there's controls on his control panel. he can say no tweets for three or four days. >> he won the nomination, we didn't think he could do that. you have to say that we haven't seen t
the last time it happened was richard nixon and lyndon johnson. it's an entire array of thing. >> donald trump new year message for his enemy this weekend. he tweeted. they don't know what to do. love. >> susan, was that ha statement of unity? >> aren't his opponents his enemies. we're all-americans. >> you said it with a little bill clinton, he doesn't have note to his voice these days. >> you can see what kind of president donald trump is going to be in addition...
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for some reason i think january 9th is richard nixon's birthday. >> january 8th was elvis birthday and my fathers. >> i saw the party. >> what is this. >> the sixers flight squad. >> yes. >> nixon's birthday is today. >> you are good with birthday. >> you are changing your name to the dunk squad, so you know what this means. >> the dunk squad because of dunkin' donuts. >> exactly. >> but this is why it is great for us. eagles have, every time they win a home game, or every time they win. >> yes. >> you get the free coffee for your dunkin' donuts member. thousand every time there is a home game, sixers win, but every time you get a home game you cap get a 76 cents coffee. >> do they have to win. >> it has to be a dd perks member. >> if you go to a home game. >> home game, home game days. >> show them the ticket. >> you don't have to go, just on home game games at participating location. >> you don't have to go to the game. >> i'm looking at instructions here. >> yes. >> well... >> yes, pretty cool. >> now you know you have to be a member though. >> okay. >> but that is how it is with th
for some reason i think january 9th is richard nixon's birthday. >> january 8th was elvis birthday and my fathers. >> i saw the party. >> what is this. >> the sixers flight squad. >> yes. >> nixon's birthday is today. >> you are good with birthday. >> you are changing your name to the dunk squad, so you know what this means. >> the dunk squad because of dunkin' donuts. >> exactly. >> but this is why it is great for us. eagles...