richard nixon is sick. he has lost weight, his suit and shirt hang loose upon him, he has certain physical characteristics which are not designed to win a debate. he does not react well to heat, so he sweats a lot, a lot, and he shifts his eyes about a great deal. [laughter] aside from that, he starts off the first 20 minutes of this debate in a very cringing way. in the first obama-mccain debate, obama was criticized for agreeing six or seven times with mccain, and that was said to be a sign of weakness. and richard nixon took this to extremes in the first part of the first debate with jack kennedy. this was still a democratic nation, big voter registration edge for the democratic party. jack kennedy, wherever he spoke, always emphasized the fact he was a democrat. he knew this was a winning pitch to make to people. he starts out in his opening and says, i represent the party of wilson, roosevelt and truman, and we have brought you social security and the tennessee valley authority and fought for health ca

bush, recounted the post-white house years of president richard nixon. he talks about how nixon counseled presidents and set precedents for what post-presidency like good involved. are pleaseding we to introduce an author on the postpresidential years of richard nixon. , often very important life.oked part of nixon's worthy of a book, probably a series of books. he rose from defeat to become america's elder statement. he reinvented what it means to be a former president, serving as advisor to everyone of his successors. you may 29 foreign trips and world with -- worked with world leaders across the globe. to tell this remarkable story, pipes.joined by kasey he served in the administration of president george w. bush and at later a senior fellow getting's college. would you please join me in welcoming the author of quote after the fall," kasey pipes? [applause] thank you all very much. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. john and chris and the entire nixon staff. after hearing all of the people coming up later this month, later this fall i want t

you think about richard nixon in 1972. he opened the door on china. he is closing in on a deal to end the war in vietnam, has a talk with the soviets, and wins 49 states in the largest landslide in history. he is on top of the world. and yet less than two years later with public approval in the 20's, he's forced to resign and finds himself, as he says, really fighting for his life as he talks about in his diary and we will talk about that in a minute. there have been entire libraries of books written about his life. entire libraries of books about his presidency and vice presidency. certainly about watergate, but there has been precious little written about the last 20 years of his life. we have monica crowley's memoirs which are wonderful and yearsed, the last four since she worked with him. we have robert sam anson's book. there's never been a 20-your volume that covers the entire story of what happens to him after watergate. historians will always debate whether nixon was a great president. i think this book makes clear i , think there's no debate

i was assigned to photograph richard nixon. of course the strategy of getting that nomination was no easy task. hank walker, one of the life photographers made this iconic image of robert and jfk in a hotel room, kind of deciding who they would offer the vice presidency to. lyndon johnson eventually becomes the running mate to jfk. a surprise to a lot of people. i have seen this picture published in parts of the world where they are discussing the cuban missile crisis. or they are discussing armament. this is a hotel where they are meeting with khrushchev. but it was 1950 the democratic national convention. it wasn't long before he secured that nomination and really had to go out on the road to prove himself. in california he is up there with governor pat brown. here he is preparing some notes for a democratic rally. of course, the wonderful thing about the kennedys as they never pushed photographers or writers away. they knew that if they made themselves accessible to the media they would be published and it was a groundswell.

he lost in the general election to the incumbent president, with richard nixon taking 49 states. our coverage is from the richard nixon presidential library and museum. >> chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton and my fellow citizens, i'm happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. i assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for vice president was challenged by only 39 other nominees. but i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their vice presidential nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. and i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. so i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry o'brien and even brave weight burke. -- yvonne braithwaite burke >> so tonight, i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. this afternoon, i crossed the wide missouri to recommend a running m

richard nixon talking about the 1968 campaign. the focus of our discussion is hubert humphrey, democratic candidates for president unsuccessful in 1968. we will take a call from jim. great show. we can hear you. go ahead. >> i have a purely speculative question i want to ask to mick dealing with the power of celebrities in the 1968 and supported mainly kennedy and mccarthy and as to the announcements of a bombing halt possibilities many of them came flocking back to humphrey. many participated in an election telethon. many of these stars were there like frank sinatra, paul newman, sonny and cher. there was a poll taken the next day on election day saying humphrey would win. my question is do you think that if these stars and this colophon taking questions on air, that humphrey might have pulled it off if they would have come to him earlier in fall in 1968? >> it probably would have helped if he had come earlier in the year and joined the humphrey campaign. nothing else was going on at that time besides the telephone. they thought

richard nixon took his advice. richard nixon resigned on august 9, 1974. >> the relationship between the two? >> testy. >> barry goldwater consistently throughout watergate would prod richard nixon to tell the truth. he said this is beginning to smell. there was a very famous showdown between barry goldwater and richard nixon at the 1960 republican convention. one of the most important set pieces in conservative history. nelson rockefeller basically threatened a floor fight unless he could dictate the terms of the republican platform. he forced richard nixon to fly to new york to negotiate the terms of the platform. it was announced in chicago where the convention was. barry goldwater was so mad he gave this angry speech calling it munich of the republican party. that was when people started demonstrating for barry goldwater at that convention to usurp the nomination from richard nixon. ever since that point i don't think he ever really trusted richard nixon. >> jumping ahead to watergate is what brought on the res

i was assigned to photograph richard nixon. of course the strategy of , getting that nomination was no easy task. hank walker, one of the life here, made this iconic image of robert and jfk in a hotel room, kind of deciding who they would offer the vice presidency to. lyndon johnson eventually becomes the running mate to jfk. a surprise to a lot of people. i have seen this picture published in parts of the world where they are discussing the cuban missile crisis. or they are discussing armament. this is a hotel in vienna where they are meeting with khrushchev. in fact it is july 13, 1960 at the democratic national convention. it wasn't long before he secured that nomination and really had to go out on the road to prove himself. in california, he is up there with governor pat brown. here he is preparing some notes for a democratic rally. the wonderful thing about the kennedys is they never pushed photographers or writers away. they didn't care how they were photographed. they didn't care whether the tile was fixed or the coat wa

donald trump is richard nixon on twitter minus 50 iq points. >> host: richard nixon on twitter would be a fascinating -- >> guest: i know! >> host: thing to try to play out. he actually does seem like he would take to it during the same dark night hours that donald trump does. >> guest: it would be something to uphold. >> host: i am fine, trying to takes questions. >> host: go right ahead. we are holding out for you. >> host: any one of you have a comment, long or short just let us know in the chat and we would love to open up this conversation. the first question, effectively, i am told trump is not only morally bankrupt but has multiple bankruptcy filings himself. how does he continue funding his business ventures? >> guest: through debt, skillful manipulation of debt and with the help remains mysterious, of one of the most suspect major banks, deutsche bank. that is all i can tell you about that. >> host: talk to was a little bit about what you learned about the office of doctrine in the course of this book and what america should know about it. >> guest: garamond stuff was a sovi

kennedy and richard nixon. september 26, 1960, the first one, october 7, 1960, the second, october 13, 1960, the and the final one, october 21 third, before the election. how did these four debates come together and what were the hurdles to putting them on television? barbara perry, are you still with us this morning? we might have had a sound issue there. as we work on getting barbara perry back this money, let me give the phone numbers to our viewers, asking you to join this discussion. (202) 748-8000 for democrats to call in. (202) 748-8001 for republicans to call in. independents, it's (202) 748-8002. we are talking about the history, the legacy, of the presidential debates that took place in the fall of 1960, debates between john f. kennedy and richard nixon. asking for your thoughts on it this morning, asking for you to call in and give us your take from 60 years ago if you watch ed them, or if you have watched them since. want to play a little bit from during the second debate. candidates asked on their

this is richard nixon we're talking about, right? someone found out about it, and a camera crew showed up. richard nixon was always scheming and he always hoped goldwater and rockefeller would knock themselves out. there was a great cartoon which showed rockefeller and goldwater having a shootout in the middle of an old western town, and nixon was rubbing his hands, and -- in richard nixon's political undertaker parlor. >> we always want to hear from you. our phone lines are open, 202-777-2001 if you live in the eastern or central time zones and 202-777-2002 if you live in the mountain and pacific time zones. we'll also get questions from those here in the audience at the goldwater institute. we'll show political ads from 1964. you remember this campaign. how did lyndon johnson run against barry goldwater? what was his tactic? >> rottenness. johnson ran a very smart campaign because he made goldwater the issue as opposed to the issues being the issue, and barry was painted as a, you know, a crazy person, you know. there were things p

this is richard nixon we're talking about, right? someone found out about it, and a camera crew showed up. richard nixon was always scheming and he always hoped goldwater and rockefeller would knock themselves out. there was a great cartoon which showed rockefeller and goldwater having a shootout in the middle of an old western town, and nixon was rubbing his hands, and richa -- in richard nixon's political undertaker parlor. >> we always want to hear from you. if you live in the eastern or central time zones, 202-777-2002. if you live in the mountain and pacific time zones, we'll also get questions from those here in the audience at the goldwater institute. we'll show political ads from 1964. you remember this campaign. how did lyndon johnson run against barry goldwater? what was his tactic? >> rottenness. johnson ran a very smart campaign because he made goldwater the issue as opposed to the issues being the issue, and barry was painted as a, you know, a crazy person, you know. there were things put out by the johnson campaign that

and nixon took his advice and richard nixon resigned on august 9th, 1974. >> the relationship between the two? >> testy. barry goldwater, as i mentioned in this article about the liberals, you know, lionizing him, consistently throughout watergate would prod richard nixon to tell the truth. he said this is beginning to smell like tea pot dome. there was a very famous showdown between barry goldwater and richard nixon at the 1960 republican convention, one of the most important kind of set pieces in conservative history in which nelson rockefeller basically threatened a floor fight unless he could dictate the terms of the republican platform and forced richard nixon to fly to new york to negotiate the terms of the platform. it was announced in chicago where the convention was as a fait accompli. and barry goldwater was so mad he gave a vituperative, angry speech calling it the munich of the republican party. that was when people started to campaign for barry goldwater to usurp the nomination from richard nixon. so every since that point i don't think he really trusted richard nixon. >>

not conceding a single state to richard nixon. i should like to say to my friend frank king, that ohio may have passed a few times in this convention, but tom eagleton and i are not going to pass ohio. i shall say to governor gilligan ohio is... he is the unifier and the fundamental issue of this national campaign. and all of us are going to help him redeem a pledge he made ten years ago, the next year you won't have richard nixon to kick around anymore. [applause] we have had our fury and our frustrations in these past months. and at this convention. but frankly, i welcome the contrast with the smug and dull and empty event which will doubtless take place here in miami next month. [applause] we chose the struggle, we reformed our party, and we let the people in. and so we stand today not as a collection of backroom strategists, not as a tool of itt or any other special interest. so let our opponents stand on the status quo while we seek to refresh the american spirit. [applause] let the opposition collect their 10 million dollars

that is what richard nixon thought and richard helms -- richard helms, and the book, i was lucky because it was a cast carreracters john micla could not have come up with. he could walk into the oval office and tell obj what he did not want to hear. lbj would not always listen. the obvious comparison would be between trump and send. -- nixon. hisn blamed the cia for loss to kennedy in 1960. he was convinced the so-called missile gap john kennedy ran on accused he in fact eisenhower and nixon of allowing the soviets to get ahead -- it wasn't true -- but nixon was convinced that the cia had passed this to kennedy and kennedy of used it to win the election. kennedy came -- nixon came in with similar contempt for the organization, but donald trump's campaign to politicize the intelligence community would make richard nixon wash. he has -- blush. he has been far more blatant, over, and successful the nixon. thelatest example is installation of john ratcliffe as the director of national intelligence. the only qualification he has is he pedals russian disinformation as fact. that's the only thi

of contempt into this job but even richard nixon brought in the past. >> even using that analogy and the congressman and the white house and the state department and he also took advantage i don't recall how much detail he went into but every january with the senior intelligence officials and then to tell the

richard nixon. he really detested red baiters. he ran against a guy in south dakota who was a well-known anticommunist. and he despised nixon for how he had ran in '52 and '56. he relished the fight as well and it was a great incentive for him to run. >> in vietnam, what's happening on that issue during that time? >> of course, nixon had said in 1968 he had, quote, a secret plan to end the war in vietnam and that turned out to be escalating the war. in 1970 by having u.s. troops invade cambodia to disrupt supply lines. so early in the nixon presidency, the war was escalating and seemed to be expanding, not winding down and this really outraged the antiwar movement and gave mcgovern more impetus to want to run. he needed going through the process of the vooimtizatiietnaf the war. as mcgovern was making the decision to run, he thought nixon was escalating the war and not winding it down. >> 1971 the pentagon papers are first published. what's the impact of this? >> actually, the pentagon papers were n

former vice president richard nixon, a republican running for president against democrat hubert humphrey. they're heading into what would have been the debate season in that presidential contest. but nixon bailed. he bailed on the debates. nixon had two feelings that drove that strategy. first, he thought he was going to win. he thought he was ahead of hubert humphrey and so, you know, don't rock the boat. he'd end up winning the presidency. don't introduce any variable that might change things. and nixon also, of course, had bad feelings about presidential debates. the time he had previously run for president in 1960 against jfk, you will recall that jfk just shellacked nixon in the first presidential debate. nixon never recovered from that. he ended up losing to jfk, so nixon wasn't a big fan of debates in the first place. so 1968 rolls around. nixon is taking his second shot at the white house. he's ahead of humphrey, and he weasels out of debating. he wouldn't do it. there were no nixon/humphrey debates in 1968, and humphrey gave him a really hard time about it. but nixon said no. an

to not conceding a single state to richard nixon. i should like to say to my friend frank king of ohio he may have passed a few times in this convention but tom eagle fan and i are not going to pass ohio key. i shall say to governor gilligan ohio is... he is the unifier and the fundamental issue of this national campaign. and all of us are going to help him redeem a pledge he made ten years ago, the next year you won't have richard nixon to kick around anymore. we have had our fury and our frustrations in these past months. and at this convention. but frankly, i welcome the contrast with the smug and dull and empty event which will doubtless take place here in miami next month. [applause] we chose this struggle, we reformed our party, and we let the people in. and so we stand today not as a collection of backroom strategists, not as a tool of itt or any other special interest. so let our opponents stand on the status quo while we seek to refresh the american spirit. [applause] let the opposition collect their 10 million dollars in se

carter is, what was his relationship as far as richard nixon? i know the alabama republicans backed him during the civil rights crisis pretty much congressman bill dickinson was a strong wallace supporter and one of the early goldwood or republicans in alabama. i was just wondering, what did wallace think of richard nixon and did he actually ever endorse richard nixon for president? >> dan carter? >> no, he didn't think much of richard nixon, particularly after 1968, because in 1970, when governor wallace was running, his wife had died, of course, and albert pool who became governor then was going to run against former governor wallace. richard nixon put $400,000 in secret cash into the brewer campaign. it didn't stay a secret all that long. moreover, governor wallace always suspected richard nixon was trying to destroy him, which he was. nixon saw wallace as hit his greatest threat in 1972. he made every effort he could. certainly, governor wallace was aware of that. >> dan carter, in your book "the politics of race, " the 1972 campaign, george

richard nixon hasn't won an election on his own in 18 years. let's keep a good thing going. >> those were campaign commercials from the 1960 humphrey campaign. as we talk about hubert humphrey, our featured contender who thought the presidency was lost in american history. we are live from the minnesota history center hospital, and this is a special they're doing from 1968. >> i believe it was in chicago. >> chicago is certainly appropriate after what we're talking about. both of these men have worked extensively on the period of the civil rights era. the fall campaign, we've now got wallace, nixon and hubert humphrey all vying for the white house. what was the fallout? did they continue? >> there was some rioting that persisted, but it wasn't of the major kind of, you know, smoke in the sky variety that we saw earlier in the year, but the racial tension was palpable throughout the country. it's interesting, the way that nixon presented himself was as someone who was going to restore order in the big cities. so this also had a strong appeal to

richard nixon talked about george wallace. we're going to listen to jim and talk about george wallace. you're on the air. >> caller: great series, great show. >> we can hear you, go ahead, please. >> caller: i have purely speculative question i wanted to ask primarily to mick in dealing with power of celebrities in 1968 that supported in the primaries mainly kennedy and mccarthy and through the announcements of a bombing halt possibilities that many of them came flocking back to humphrey and many participated in an election eve telethon called call humphrey and many of these stars were there, frank sinatra and there was a poll taken on election day saying that humphrey would win. and my question is, do you think that if these stars and that sort of vehicle -- this marathon telethon taking questions live on the air, that humphrey had pulled it off if these people had come to him earlier in the fall of '68. >> well, gene mccarthy called in that program and it would have helped if he had come in earlier in the year. there was a l

richard m. nixon was the choice of the republican party. he had served as vice president sinc 1953. n he was a candidate for the presidency. his vice president runnin mate -- as the campaign gets underway, the presidential candidates meet face to face in television debates seen and heard by millions of people, the same people who will decide which of these two men will lead the country for the next four years. the personal contact with people is still an essential feature of any presidential campaign. senat kennedy, a tireless campaigner goes to all sections of the company, spelling out his views ofdomestic and foreign policy. on foreign policy the overriding issue is the maintenance of p peace and me meeting -- on domestic affairs, he stresses the governmes affair in meeting economic and social problems. senator kennedy's wife, jacqueline has to limit her campaign appearanceses because e is expecting a child. but is still seen by thousands. gi me your help, give me your hand and your voice to rule move america forward. with these words, senator cannery ask the people to support his

the first line was, "richard nixon is our freddy krueger. you have written a book with historical context of research, but also understanding that kissinger knew what he knew of what we don't know now. that is a second great wonderful thing about your book. these views you have gone hindsight -- i was struck by this. you are talking about the fact that they were so obsessed with the 1972 election. you are saying, but why are you upset, you won every state. you don't have that sense. it's almost a suspense book to read. what's going to happen? what i am going to do is ask a number of some bigger, but some smaller questions and let you respond. the first one was, i did a poll of young students, law students, young professionals and i said, tell me the first three things you think about when you think about kissinger's foreign policy? what i got was cambodia, chile, argentina and indochina. no one mentioned china, no one mentioned russia, no one mentioned the middle east. this is strange. one question for you is that your book goes very hard to

up next, we see richard nixon except his parties nomination at the 1968 republican convention in miami beach, florida. he defeated hubert humphrey's in close general election. independent candidate george wallace came in third. we see richard nixon except his party's presidential nomination at the 1968 republican national convention. hubert humphrey in the enclosed general election. with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. independent candidate george wallace came in there. [cheers and applause]

and also, personally despised richard nixon. mcgovern had always rejected this construct of the cold war, that there was the need to test a red beans. when he ran for the senate he ran against a guy that had always despised nixon, for having -- how he ran against stevenson, and eisenhower's vice presidential nominee. i think it is probably a great incentive for him to run. >> and then on vietnam, what is happening between 1968 and, 72, on that issue? >> well, of course nixon had said in 1968 that get a secret plant in the war in vietnam. and that turned out to escalate the war, 1969 and 70. famously, having the u.s. troop invade cambodia, other u.s. troops in the south. so early, in the nixon presidency, the war it was expert -- expanding, not winding down. and of course, this really outraged the anti war movement, and gabe mcgovern even great emphasis to run against nixon in the campaign. of course, later, as it came closer to the election, it is understood that nixon understood he needed to start disengaging american troops an

vice president humphrey lost to republican richard nixon in a close general election with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. independent candidate george wallace finished third in the race. >> mr. chairman. mr. chairman. my fellow americans. my fellow democrats. i proudly accept the nomination of our party. this moment -- this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city. and for the personal injuries which have occurred. [ applause ] surely we have now learned the lesson that violence breeds counter violence. and it cannot be condoned whatever the source. [ applause ] i know that every delegate to this convention shares tonight my sorrow and my distress over these incidents and may we, for just one moment, in sober reflection and serious purpose, may we just quietly and silently, each in our own way, pray for our country and may we just share for a moment a few of those immortal words of

i'm thinking about the formation of lyndon johnson and richard nixon of intercabinet. >> it's a mouth mull. >> interagency committee by mexican committee of affairs. there are 9 members, they are supposed to like have proportional representation by different nationality groups so it's like 3 mexicans, 3 cuban-americans and 3 puerto ricans, that kind of thing. but there are rivalries of who should be the most powerful group there and so i don't think -- at least my reading of it is that i don't think latinos themselves, members of different national groups really start to think through what are the points of commonality between the different nationality groups until the 1970's. >> got it. and obviously there's a huge sort of inflection point in 1965 with the passage of major national legislation on immigration which also start to change the complexion of who is able to come to the u.s. and families come and make lives here. basically in 50's and 60's, we talked about hispanic-american voters. tell us a little bit about the different constituents we are talking about, mexican-americans,

vice president humphrey lost to republican richard nixon in a close general election with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. george wallace finished third in the race. >> mr. chairman. mr. chairman. my fellow americans. my fellow democrats. i proudly accept the nomination of our party. this moment -- this moment is one of personal pride and gratificati gratification. yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city. and for the personal injuries which have occurred. [ applause ]. surely we have now learned the lesson that violence breeds counter violence. and it cannot be condoned whatever the source. [ applause ]. i know that every delegate to this convention shares tonight my sorrow and my distress over these incidents and may we, for just one moment, in sober reflection and serious purpose, may we just quietly and silen y silently, each in our own way, pray for our country and may we just share for a moment a few of those immortal words of

richard nixon in l.a. at abc studios there. the irony of that clash, even though fewer people watched it, many thought that vice president nixon had won. it's a moot point that he lost the presidency that year. >>> let's go to john garamendi, california democratic congressman. congressman, what do you think of this back and forth on the debate? it would seem be able to do a virtual one. i understand where the president is coming back, looking back to john kennedy and richard nixon it worked out fine back then. what do you think? >> well, let's see, 40, 50, 60 years ago? yeah it worked then. we have better technology. for example right now you and i are virtual. you're real. i'm just virtual here. the reality it could work. neil: we're both holograms. the truth be told, congressman we're both holograms. continue, go ahead. >> something like that. the reality it is infectious. the president now and probably a week from now is likely to still be infectious. we don't want to spread the virus any further. so that is why the virtual

former vice president richard nixon, a republican running for president against democrat hubert humphrey. they're heading into what would have been the debate season in that presidential contest. but nixon bailed. he bailed on the debates. nixon had two feelings that drove that strategy. first, he thought he was going to win. he thought he was ahead of hubert humphrey and so, you know, don't rock the boat. he'd end up winning the isn't i. don't introduce any variable that might change things. and nixon also, of course, had bad feelings about presidential debates. the time he had previously run for president in 1960 against jfk, you will recall that jfk just shellacked nixon in the first presidential debate. nixon never recovered from that. he ended up losing to jfk, so nixon wasn't a big fan of debates in the first place. so 1968 rolls around. nixon is taking his second shot at the white house. he's ahead of humphrey, and he weasels out of debating. he wouldn't do it. there were no nixon/humphrey debates in 1968, and humphrey gave him a really hard time about it. but nixon said no. and i

>> to back it just a little bit, the president of the united states, richard nixon, had announced in november of 1969 the vietnamese program to remove american troops out of vietnam. the thought at that point was maybe this was the end of the war. actually it was good for me because i was a supply kirk and because they were not some pending -- sending clerks vietnam. i was sent to hawaii instead. a lot of us for either side of relief. but then instead of the war going down and reducing, it seemed to increase, to escalate. it seemed to be getting more violent. it seemed to be spreading into what to china, cambodia. that is why senator first -- senator cooper and frank church introduced the cooper church amendment to stop any american activity in cambodia. then senator mark hadfield, the republican from oregon, consider george mcgovern, a democrat from south dakota, got together and create the mcgovern hadfield amendment that would have ended the united states in the war. it would've first of all stopped on military actions that year and the next year would have withdrawn all troops. s

injuly1973 richard really a heart attack. in july 1973 richard nixon really a heart attack. injuly1973 richard nixon was hospitalised in what is now walter reed for viral pneumonia. and almost 40 years ago, shot and nearly killed, ronald reagan's lucky escape at the hands of an assassin. he looked to his wife and the first thing he said was, iforgot he looked to his wife and the first thing he said was, i forgot to duck. he was not worried about himself, he was worried about those around him. that formed a bond with the american people, it reinforced the image of who ronald reagan really was, a cowboy. four months trump has been downplaying the seriousness of the virus. it is a hoax. now he has it. which leads this president during this pandemic facing public scrutiny like never before. let us cross to the walter reed national medical centre. we are set to getan national medical centre. we are set to get an update on president's condition from his personal physician. we are still meeting that, it is due any minute now. meantime, some of the days other news. the eu president

the intelligence community would make richard nixon blush. he's been far more overt, flagrant, blatant, and successful than nixon. the latest example of it is we could talk about this all day, but the latest example is installation of john ratcliffe because he is not, feel the qualification ratcliff has is that -- the only -- he pedals russian this information as a fact. that's about the only thing he is good at in this job. nixon has had success, i mean, at success that nixon could only dream about. to fast-forward to 9/11, i was kind of fascinated that the "new york times", i was lucky enough to be on the cover of the "new york times" book review last weekend and the ridges that i offered a damning portrait of george tenet. i thought, really? i thought i had been rather kind of nuanced and fair to george tenet because the conventional wisdom is that george tenet and the cia kowtowed to dick cheney and rumsfeld and the rest of them, and in effect made up this case for w ndaa's anorak. i don't think it's about something -- wmds. trump exploit

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host: it is interesting, we always associate richard nixon with the law and order campaign. but in goldwater's ad, that is his message. guest: yes. that spot you saw there is a distillation of 30 minutes of a documentary that the goldwater campaign had created called "choice." they planned to air it is a paid political program on national television. goldwater saw it and said it was a racist spots. he spotted from being -- stopped it from being run on national television. it did get one on local television commercials and at house parties. this 32ndned into spot which was trying to take advantage of the anxiety in the public about civil unrest. lyndon johnson had become president on the death of john f. kennedy and was seen by a lot of republicans as having added to the and caused a little moral degradation of the country area and the civil rights movement, there weren't a lot of protests over the vietnam war at the time . but all this unrest and unsettled environment was growing and conservatives were nervous and scared about it. 's campaign was trying to take advantage of

host: we always associated richard nixon with the law and order, but it was barry goldwater's message. guest: yes, that spot that you saw there is a distillation of a 30-minute documentary the goldwater campaign had created called "choice." they planned it as a paid political program on national television. goldwater saw it and decided -- he said it was a racist spot. run byped it from being the goldwater campaign on national television. it did get run on regional television, a lot of house parties. but they did take the essence of it down to this 30-second spot that took advantage of anxiety over civil unrest. lyndon johnson, who had become president after the death of john f. kennedy, was seen by a lot of republicans as having added and caused a lot of the moral degradation of the country. the civil rights movement, and there were not a lot of protests over the vietnam war at the time. but all of this unrest and this unsettled environment was growing, and conservatives were scared, and goldwater and his campaign were trying to take advantage of that fear and growing unease with a ce

richard nixon had been vice president for eight years. much better known than kennedy. nixon had taken advantage of television. he was known as a fierce debater. they decided to sponsor a series of debates. confident and willing. he was the front runner. the consensus was, these debates cost nixon the election. which was very close. it elevated kennedy immediately. now they are on an even level. the senator and the vice president. also his appearance was much better. much more handsome. more telegenic. there have been some studies on this. the people who listens to the , and they were very boring back then. they had very long answers. they are more interesting now. those who listen to the first debate on radio thought nixon won. those who watched on tv thought kennedy won. after that, there were no more debates for a while. something called the fairness doctrine. licensed by station the federal communications commission gives a candidate time on the air, they have to give their opponent equal time. johnson was not anxious to debate. you have all the minor party candidat

he would lose badly to president richard nixon. we're live from the museum in mitche mitchell south dakota. why is it 2:30 in the morning? >> the reason i think it was embl emblemmatic. and what happened was that as you heard the senator there, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. one of the things that has drawn me is one of the most flufl of those that ran for the presidency but was not successful. i think he did two things. one he spoke about that war in ways that no presidential candidate had spoken before. it was very strong language that unset unsett unsettled a lot of americans. so it was the established democrats and there was a lot of conflict there that blaed over into the convention. there was floor fights. there was issues overiseeding te california delegation. and the convention just got out of hand for him. when it was time to accept the nomination it was 2:30 in the morning. so he only spoke to about 15 million americans so he said it was insomniacs or people that fell asleep in front of the tv. >> we're

richard nixon. who had the distinction in history, at the beginning of 1968, of being the very first vice president, in history. to actually lose a presidential campaign. the even made hubert humphrey, the second in 1968. but as the year began, it was back in that ancient america when if someone said i am a democrat, or republican you didn't know. because that really is that person a liberal or conservative? liberal republicans were among the front runners of the republican nomination. george, ramy nelson rockefeller, and there were still print plenty of conservative democrats, and the united states senate was filled with democratic senators from the south. 1968, was the year where the real divisions between the parties that we see now, we're first locked in cement. and we saw, and it's one of the more poignant scenes in this book, it was what literally became, the last liberal standing on a republican convention stage, in 1968. it was the moment, when mayor john lindsey of new york, was forced at l

nixon and john f. kennedy.

nixon to kick around anymore. we have had our fury and frustrations in the past months and at this convention. frankly, i welcome the contrast with the smug and dull and empty event which will take place here in miami next month. we chose this struggle. we reformed our party and let the people in. so we stand today not as a collection of back room strategists, not as a tool of i.t. team or any other special -- so let our opponents stand on the status quo while we seek to refresh the american spirit. let the opposition collect their $10 million in secret money from the privileged view and let us find one million ordinary americans who will contribute $25 each to this campaign. a million her club with members who will not expect special favors for themselves but a better land for us all. for america westbound the time has come at last. this is a time for truth no not falsehood. in a democratic nation, no one likes to say that his inspiration came from secret arrangements behind closed doors. i'm here as your candida

that's exactly what richard nixon thought of the cia and in the book i was lucky because of the cast of characters beginning with decals with a dry martini in one hand who could walk into the oval office and tell lbj what he didn't want to hear. but the obvious comparison is between trump and nixon he blamed him for his lost to kennedy in 1960 and was convinced that gap that kennedy ran on in 1960 accused eisenhower and those but nixon was convinced the cia had used it to win the election. and with that contempt for the organization but donald trump's campaign to politicize that community would make nixon a lush he has been far more overt and flagrant and blatant and successful the nixon and the latest example is the installation of john radcliffe because the only qualification he has is the pedals disinformation and as fact. so that success the nixon could only dream about now fast-forward to 9/11 and the deer times i was lucky enough in the review said with george tenet and i said really? i thought i was nuanced to george tenet because i conventional wisdom and cia kowtowing to the

richard nixon had been vice president for eight years. much better known than kennedy. nixon had taken advantage of television. believe it or not. he was known as a fierce debater. the television networks decided -- television was mainstream and everyone had one. they decided to sponsor a series of debates. nixon was confident and willing. he was the front runner. he knew so much more and was such a good debater. he should be able to put kennedy in his place. the consensus was, these debates helped cost nixon the election. which was very close. it elevated kennedy immediately. now they are on an even level. the senator and the vice president. also his appearance was much better. much more handsome. more telegenic. there have been some studies on this. the people who listened to the debate, and they were very boring back then. they had very long answers. they were like two hours long. they are more interesting now. those who listened to the first debate on radio thought nixon won. those who watched on tv thought kennedy won. appearances were really important. after that,

the president of the united states, richard nixon, had announced in november of 1969 the vietnamization program to remove american troops from vietnam. and the thought at that point was maybe this is the end of the war, this is cooling down. actually, it was good for me, because the vietnamization they weren't sending supply clerks anymore to get numb. so i was sent to pearl harbor, hawaii, instead. and a lot of us saw this as a release. but then the end of the war going down, and reducing, it seemed to increase and escalate. it seemed to be getting more violent. and it seemed to be spreading into the rest of in the china, and laos, and cambodia. and that's why senator -- for senator cooper, and frank church, introduced or cooper church amendment, to stop the american activity in laos and cambodia. and then a republican for from oregon said he would join mcgovern, they got together to create an amendment that would have ended the united states participation in the war. it would've stopped or military actions that here, and the next year we would have withdrawn our troops. so it was a sw

>> to back up just a little bit, the president of the united states, richard nixon, had announced in november of 1969 of the program to remove american troops from vietnam. and the thought at that point was, maybe this was the end of the war, this was cooling down. actually, it was good for me because i was a marine corps supply clerk. because of vietnamization, they weren't sending supply clerks to vietnam anymore. i was spent to pearl harbor instead. instead of the war going down and reducing, it seemed to increase, to escalate. it seemed to be getting more violent. and it seemed to be spreading into the rest of indochina, into laos and cambodia. that's why senator -- first senator cooper and frank church introduced the cooper/church amendment to stop any american activity in laos and camera bbo and hatfield and mcgovern got together to create the mcgovern/hatfield amendment. it would have stopped all military actions that year and the next year it would have withdrawn all troops. it was a sweeping amendment. they knew they couldn't introduce it as a piece of legislation, so they p

richard nixon's stand on defending the islands of kimmel and motss. last week on a program like this one. you said the next president would come face to face with a serious crisis in berlin. so the question is would you take military action to defend berlin. >> isn't a game we have a contractual right to be and barely in coming out of the conversation to potsdam and world war two that. it's been reinforced by a number of other nations under nato. i have stated on many occasions. the united states must meet its commitment on berlin. and it is a commitment that we have to meet. if we're going to protect the security of western europe. and they have or on this question. i don't think that there is any doubt in the mind of any american. i hope there is not any doubt in the mind of any member of the community of west berlin. i'm sure there isn't any doubt in the mind of the russians. we will meet meant much to maintain the freedom and independence of west berlin. mr >> vice president do you wish to comment. >> yes. as a matter of fact the statement that se

♪ good afternoon and welcome to the richard nixon presidential library and museum. i am the executive vice president of the foundation. welcome to the 2020 great american author series. i'd like to start by thanking you all for participating in today's program especially those that submitted questions. all watching or providing a tremendous amount of support to the library as we have been closed for six months. i encourage you to sign up for a membership and to do that, visit nixon library.com after this program and. today our guest is the son of the president of the united states from the first family, donald trump junior, executive president of the organization working to expand the retail and commercial real estate portfolio and overseeing a number of organization development projects and is now leading the company. mr. trump is joined today by hugh hewitt president of the nixon foundation,. >> host: the network and nbc contributor and "washington post" contributing columnist. welcome to the library. i wish i could be there in person. i'm stuck inside of the belt