1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,531 That`s what these bums need. Well, Kurt, thanks, and congratulations. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,693 - Thank you, sir. - Yeah, okay. 3 00:00:05,768 --> 00:00:08,737 - Thanks, everybody. Bye. - No more war! 4 00:00:29,192 --> 00:00:32,753 Less than 24 hours after President Nixon called them ''bums''... 5 00:00:32,829 --> 00:00:37,289 four students were shot dead at Kent State University in Ohio. 6 00:00:37,367 --> 00:00:41,827 Enraged student groups across the country are calling for a general strike tomorrow... 7 00:00:41,905 --> 00:00:44,533 -to shut down-- -l tell you, the soldiers were provoked. 8 00:00:44,607 --> 00:00:46,598 Now stop this pussyfooting around. 9 00:00:46,676 --> 00:00:51,272 Jesus Christ. l mean, dead kids. How the hell did we give the Democrats a weapon like this? 10 00:00:51,347 --> 00:00:54,544 Well, one way or the other, Kent State is not good. 11 00:00:54,617 --> 00:00:57,142 - We have to get out in front of this thing. - Follow the money. The money. 12 00:00:57,220 --> 00:00:59,848 - Follow the money. - Sir? 13 00:00:59,923 --> 00:01:04,519 These kids are being manipulated by the Communists, like Chambers and Hiss. 14 00:01:04,594 --> 00:01:08,621 - What`s the matter with you? - This isn`t `48, Mr. President. They`ll never buy it. 15 00:01:08,698 --> 00:01:11,758 How do you know that,John? What`s Hoover found, for God`s sake? 16 00:01:11,834 --> 00:01:15,270 Well, he called the other day, sir. He asked for President Harding. 17 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,871 - Maybe we can have, uh, a national prayer day. - Never complain, never explain,John. 18 00:01:20,944 --> 00:01:25,244 Come on. These are not fraternity pranks,John. 19 00:01:25,315 --> 00:01:28,614 - This is anarchy. lt`s a revolution. - l wouldn`t go that far, sir. 20 00:01:28,685 --> 00:01:31,245 Why not? 21 00:01:31,321 --> 00:01:36,054 Well, is it worth it, sir? l mean, is the war worth a one-term presidency? 22 00:01:36,125 --> 00:01:37,786 Because right now l think that`s what we`re looking at, sir. 23 00:01:37,860 --> 00:01:40,761 l will not go down as the first American president to lose a war. 24 00:01:40,830 --> 00:01:43,765 Going to Cambodia, bombing Hanoi, bombing Laos... 25 00:01:43,833 --> 00:01:47,462 buys us time so we can get out and give the South Vietnamese a fighting chance. 26 00:01:47,537 --> 00:01:51,701 - Exactly, sir. - Now, if we keep our heads, we`ll win this thing. 27 00:01:51,774 --> 00:01:54,743 - What, w-win Vietnam, sir? - No. - No. 28 00:01:54,811 --> 00:01:59,544 No, but what we can do is drive a stake through the heart of the Communist alliance. 29 00:01:59,616 --> 00:02:02,642 Henry`s getting strong signals from the Chinese. 30 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:05,187 Oh, they fear the Vietnamese more than the Russians... 31 00:02:05,254 --> 00:02:08,189 and they`re worried about a united Vietnam. 32 00:02:08,257 --> 00:02:11,317 Now, if we stick it out, we`ll end up negotiating separately... 33 00:02:11,394 --> 00:02:14,363 with both the Chinese and the Soviets... 34 00:02:14,430 --> 00:02:17,456 and we`d get better deals than we ever dreamed of from both. 35 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:21,196 That is triangular diplomacy, gentlemen. 36 00:02:21,270 --> 00:02:23,170 Exactly, Mr. President. 37 00:02:23,239 --> 00:02:26,072 That`s what geopolitics is about. 38 00:02:26,142 --> 00:02:30,101 The linking of the whole world for self-interest. 39 00:02:30,179 --> 00:02:32,272 So,you tell me, Ron, how the hell l can explain that on TV... 40 00:02:32,348 --> 00:02:36,284 to a bunch of simpleminded reporters and, uh, weeping mothers. 41 00:02:36,352 --> 00:02:38,445 Uh,yeah, but what am l telling the press about Kent State? 42 00:02:38,521 --> 00:02:41,820 Ah, tell them what the hell you like. l don`t care. They don`t understand anyway. 43 00:02:41,891 --> 00:02:45,054 Excuse me, sir. 44 00:02:45,128 --> 00:02:48,063 Are you saying you`re gonna recognize Red China? 45 00:02:48,131 --> 00:02:50,463 l mean, that would cost us our strongest support. 46 00:02:50,533 --> 00:02:54,094 No, l can do this because l spent my whole career... 47 00:02:54,170 --> 00:02:56,297 building anti-Communist credentials. 48 00:02:56,372 --> 00:02:59,933 lf Kennedy orJohnson had tried it, they`d have crucified them, and rightfully so. 49 00:03:00,009 --> 00:03:04,605 Damned risky, Mr. President. Why don`t we wait until the second term? 50 00:03:04,681 --> 00:03:07,411 - This`ll get us a second term,John. - This will get me a second term. 51 00:03:07,483 --> 00:03:11,442 Damn it! Without risk, there`s no heroism, there`s no history. 52 00:03:11,521 --> 00:03:14,354 Nixon was born to do this. Give history a nudge. 53 00:03:14,424 --> 00:03:15,914 - Come on! - Hear, hear. 54 00:03:15,992 --> 00:03:17,789 l mean, if Cambodia doesn`t work... 55 00:03:17,860 --> 00:03:20,920 we`ll bomb Hanoi if we have to. 56 00:03:20,997 --> 00:03:23,864 That`s right. And if necessary, l`ll drop the big one. 57 00:03:27,670 --> 00:03:30,230 We have to entertain the possibility. 58 00:03:35,778 --> 00:03:38,042 Goddamn it! Who cooked this damn steak? 59 00:03:38,114 --> 00:03:40,742 Manolo, there`s blood all over my plate. Take it away. 60 00:03:40,817 --> 00:03:42,751 l`m sorry, sir. 61 00:03:56,232 --> 00:03:59,099 - You all right? - Yeah. 62 00:04:01,604 --> 00:04:05,665 My brother Harold was the same age as those kids,John. 63 00:04:05,742 --> 00:04:08,973 - Tuberculosis got him. - Come on. lt wasn`t your fault. 64 00:04:10,446 --> 00:04:14,143 The soldiers were kids too. They just panicked. 65 00:04:14,217 --> 00:04:16,777 Yeah. 66 00:04:16,853 --> 00:04:19,447 They were throwing rocks,John. Just rocks. 67 00:04:23,192 --> 00:04:29,097 They don`t think l feel, but l feel too much sometimes. 68 00:04:29,165 --> 00:04:33,033 l just can`t let our whole policy be dominated by our sentimentality. 69 00:04:33,102 --> 00:04:36,833 You`re doing the right thing. Don`t let `em shake you. 70 00:04:36,906 --> 00:04:39,170 No. 71 00:04:39,242 --> 00:04:42,473 You know, it broke my heart when Harold died. 72 00:04:42,545 --> 00:04:45,139 Oh, that was a long time ago. 73 00:04:46,549 --> 00:04:50,645 Yeah. l think that`s when it starts, when you`re a kid. 74 00:04:51,988 --> 00:04:55,480 The laughs and snubs and slights you get... 75 00:04:55,558 --> 00:05:01,292 because you`re poor or lrish orJewish or... 76 00:05:01,364 --> 00:05:03,696 just ugly. 77 00:05:03,766 --> 00:05:08,169 Get off that. That leads nowhere. 78 00:05:08,237 --> 00:05:12,333 But you should offer condolences to the families of those kids. 79 00:05:12,408 --> 00:05:14,933 Sure. 80 00:05:15,011 --> 00:05:18,105 l`d like to. l`d like to offer my condolences. 81 00:05:21,784 --> 00:05:23,809 But Nixon can`t. 82 00:05:37,834 --> 00:05:39,961 Manolo? 83 00:05:43,539 --> 00:05:46,804 - Manolo? - Mr. President. 84 00:05:46,876 --> 00:05:50,539 - Yeah. - l-l`m sorry. l-- l was asleep. 85 00:05:52,148 --> 00:05:54,309 What can l get you? 86 00:05:55,384 --> 00:05:57,682 - Well,you know. - Of course. 87 00:06:12,468 --> 00:06:15,062 Do you miss Cuba, Manolo? 88 00:06:16,572 --> 00:06:18,506 Yes, Mr. President. 89 00:06:23,913 --> 00:06:26,541 We let you down, didn`t we? 90 00:06:26,616 --> 00:06:28,584 Your people. 91 00:06:28,651 --> 00:06:32,747 That was Mr. Kennedy, sir. 92 00:06:32,822 --> 00:06:34,790 Oh. 93 00:06:37,727 --> 00:06:40,594 You don`t think he was a hero, do you? 94 00:06:42,732 --> 00:06:45,530 He was a politician. 95 00:06:55,044 --> 00:06:57,512 Did you cry when he died? 96 00:07:01,817 --> 00:07:03,250 Yes, sir. 97 00:07:04,654 --> 00:07:07,521 Why? 98 00:07:07,590 --> 00:07:10,889 l don`t know. l-- 99 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,929 He... made me... 100 00:07:15,364 --> 00:07:17,559 see the stars. 101 00:07:24,507 --> 00:07:26,566 How did he do that? 102 00:07:28,844 --> 00:07:31,005 Those kids. 103 00:07:32,848 --> 00:07:34,975 Why do they hate me so much? 104 00:08:14,690 --> 00:08:17,158 He has loosed the fateful lightning 105 00:08:17,226 --> 00:08:19,558 Of his terrible swift sword 106 00:08:19,628 --> 00:08:24,531 His truth is marching on 107 00:08:26,769 --> 00:08:31,729 l have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps 108 00:08:31,807 --> 00:08:36,608 They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps 109 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:41,207 l can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps 110 00:08:41,283 --> 00:08:47,051 His day is marching on 111 00:08:51,193 --> 00:08:56,062 l have read the fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of steel 112 00:08:56,132 --> 00:09:00,592 As ye deal with my contemner so with you my grace shall deal 113 00:09:00,669 --> 00:09:02,864 - Let the Hero born of woman - l`m telling you, it`s the president. 114 00:09:02,938 --> 00:09:05,668 Crush the serpent with His heel 115 00:09:14,717 --> 00:09:17,743 Hi. l`m Dick Nixon. 116 00:09:17,820 --> 00:09:19,754 Hi there. 117 00:09:21,223 --> 00:09:23,248 - Hi. Where you from? - Syracuse. 118 00:09:23,325 --> 00:09:27,227 Oh,yeah, the, uh, Orangemen. 119 00:09:27,296 --> 00:09:29,890 Now there`s a football program. Uh-- 120 00:09:29,965 --> 00:09:33,526 Jim Brown and that, uh, other, uh, tailback... 121 00:09:33,602 --> 00:09:36,036 the, uh, the one with the blood disease. 122 00:09:36,105 --> 00:09:39,336 - Ernie Davis. - Yeah, right, right, right. 123 00:09:39,408 --> 00:09:42,935 l used to play a little ball myself at Whittier. 124 00:09:43,012 --> 00:09:48,109 Of course, they used to use me as a, a tackling dummy. 125 00:09:48,184 --> 00:09:50,675 We didn`t come here to talk about football. 126 00:09:53,055 --> 00:09:54,989 Yeah, l understand that. 127 00:09:56,192 --> 00:09:58,353 Uh, how old are you,young lady? 128 00:09:58,427 --> 00:10:01,225 - Nineteen. - Yeah. 129 00:10:02,765 --> 00:10:05,757 Well, probably most of you think l`m a real S.O.B. 130 00:10:05,835 --> 00:10:07,632 - l know that, and, uh-- - That`s right. - Yeah. 131 00:10:07,703 --> 00:10:11,605 l understand how you feel, but,you know, l want peace too. 132 00:10:11,674 --> 00:10:14,302 - But peace with honor. - What does that mean? 133 00:10:14,376 --> 00:10:19,006 - This is all bullshit. - Well,you can`t have peace without a price. 134 00:10:19,081 --> 00:10:22,710 Sometimes you have to be, uh, willing to fight for peace... 135 00:10:22,785 --> 00:10:25,379 and sometimes to die. 136 00:10:25,454 --> 00:10:28,821 Yeah? Tell that to the G.l.s who are gonna die tomorrow in Vietnam. 137 00:10:28,891 --> 00:10:30,882 - What`s that got to do with Vietnam? - What lets you kill women and children? 138 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,225 What you have to understand, Mr. Nixon, is we`re willing to die for what we believe in. 139 00:10:34,296 --> 00:10:37,322 - That`s right. - Yeah. - lt`s the truth. 140 00:10:37,399 --> 00:10:39,367 Yeah. 141 00:10:41,103 --> 00:10:44,903 Look. That man up there. He lived in similar times. 142 00:10:44,974 --> 00:10:49,240 Oh, he had chaos and civil war and hatred between the races. 143 00:10:49,311 --> 00:10:54,248 - This is all bullshit. - Sometimes l go to the Lincoln Room at the White House... 144 00:10:54,316 --> 00:10:55,977 and just pray. 145 00:10:56,051 --> 00:11:01,489 You know, uh, liberals act like idealism belongs to them. 146 00:11:01,557 --> 00:11:04,185 That`s not true. No. 147 00:11:04,260 --> 00:11:09,926 My family went Republican because Lincoln freed the slaves. 148 00:11:09,999 --> 00:11:12,297 My grandmother was an abolitionist. 149 00:11:12,368 --> 00:11:15,997 lt was Quakers who founded Whittier, my hometown... 150 00:11:16,071 --> 00:11:18,369 - What is this? - uh, to abolish slavery. 151 00:11:19,642 --> 00:11:22,304 They were,you know, conservative Bible folk... 152 00:11:22,378 --> 00:11:26,576 but they had a powerful sense of right and wrong, and, uh-- 153 00:11:26,649 --> 00:11:30,676 Well, 40 years ago, l-- l was like you. 154 00:11:30,753 --> 00:11:33,381 - Looking for answers, see? - Come on. 155 00:11:33,455 --> 00:11:36,117 - Yeah, right. - Tricky Dick himself. 156 00:11:38,260 --> 00:11:42,993 My mother used to feed hobos stopping over at our house. 157 00:11:43,065 --> 00:11:45,329 - Patrol, we got him. - Don`t push, pig! 158 00:11:45,401 --> 00:11:49,861 - Clear the way. - Okay, Bob, we`re just rapping, my friends and l. 159 00:11:49,939 --> 00:11:52,430 ln fact, we agree on a lot of things, don`t we? 160 00:11:52,508 --> 00:11:54,703 - No, we don`t. - Fascists. 161 00:11:54,777 --> 00:11:57,075 You say you wanna end the war. So why don`t you? 162 00:11:58,380 --> 00:12:02,214 Change always comes slowly. 163 00:12:02,284 --> 00:12:03,808 l pulled out more than half the troops. 164 00:12:03,886 --> 00:12:08,084 l-l`m trying to cut the military budget for the first time in 30 years. 165 00:12:08,157 --> 00:12:12,992 l want a, a volunteer army, but it`s also a question of American credibility... 166 00:12:13,062 --> 00:12:15,030 our-- our position in the world. 167 00:12:15,097 --> 00:12:19,500 Come on, Mr. Nixon. lt`s a civil war between Vietnamese. 168 00:12:19,568 --> 00:12:23,664 You don`t want the war. We don`t want the war. The Vietnamese don`t want the war. 169 00:12:24,740 --> 00:12:26,674 So why does it go on? 170 00:12:32,181 --> 00:12:34,411 - You should be going, Mr. President. - Okay. 171 00:12:34,483 --> 00:12:36,974 Please. 172 00:12:39,255 --> 00:12:44,386 You can`t stop it, can you? Even if you wanted to. 173 00:12:45,961 --> 00:12:48,225 `Cause it`s not you. lt`s the system. 174 00:12:48,297 --> 00:12:51,289 The system won`t let you stop it. 175 00:12:51,367 --> 00:12:53,301 That`s right. 176 00:12:54,837 --> 00:12:57,670 There`s-- There`s more at stake here... 177 00:12:57,740 --> 00:13:00,004 than what you want or what l want. 178 00:13:00,075 --> 00:13:03,977 Then what`s the point? What`s the point of being president? You`re powerless! 179 00:13:05,714 --> 00:13:09,480 No. No, l`m not powerless. 180 00:13:09,551 --> 00:13:11,985 Because-- Because l understand the system. l believe l can, uh-- 181 00:13:12,054 --> 00:13:15,421 l can control it. Maybe not control it totally, but, uh... 182 00:13:15,491 --> 00:13:19,359 tame it enough to make it do some good. 183 00:13:19,428 --> 00:13:22,295 Sounds like you`re talking about a wild animal. 184 00:13:25,534 --> 00:13:29,265 - Yeah, maybe l am. - We really must go, Mr. President. 185 00:13:29,338 --> 00:13:31,135 - Please. - Make way. 186 00:13:31,206 --> 00:13:34,573 - What about the war? - Come on! - When you gonna get us out? 187 00:13:34,643 --> 00:13:38,010 - The old man`s moving. - Come on. Move it. Move it. Get away. 188 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,412 She got it, Bob. Nineteen-year-old college kid. 189 00:13:40,482 --> 00:13:42,643 - What? Who? - She understood something... 190 00:13:42,718 --> 00:13:45,744 that`s taken me 25 years in politics to understand. 191 00:13:45,821 --> 00:13:49,780 The C.l.A., the Mafia, those Wall Street bastards. 192 00:13:49,858 --> 00:13:52,053 - Sir? - The beast. 193 00:13:52,127 --> 00:13:55,858 - Nineteen-year-old kid. She called it a wild animal. - Yes, sir. 194 00:13:58,901 --> 00:14:02,928 Called before His judgment seat 195 00:14:03,005 --> 00:14:05,337 Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him 196 00:14:05,407 --> 00:14:07,466 Be jubilant, my feet 197 00:14:07,543 --> 00:14:11,377 Our God is marching on 198 00:14:12,448 --> 00:14:17,181 Glory, glory, hallelujah 199 00:14:17,252 --> 00:14:19,220 Glory-- 200 00:14:20,789 --> 00:14:23,257 ln Washington, the size of the crowds have swelled... 201 00:14:23,325 --> 00:14:28,490 to over a quarter of a million demonstrators protesting the ongoing war in Vietnam. 202 00:14:37,606 --> 00:14:40,575 What`s wrong? 203 00:14:40,642 --> 00:14:42,837 We`re just not going to buckle to these people. 204 00:14:42,911 --> 00:14:45,004 No more war! 205 00:14:51,887 --> 00:14:53,821 Beautiful. 206 00:14:59,027 --> 00:15:01,427 Yes, thank you. 207 00:15:09,705 --> 00:15:12,503 Princess, may l? 208 00:15:13,876 --> 00:15:15,810 Thank you. 209 00:15:28,257 --> 00:15:30,657 l`m very proud of you today, Princess. Very. 210 00:15:31,994 --> 00:15:34,462 Thank you, Daddy. 211 00:15:49,545 --> 00:15:51,445 Yeah? 212 00:15:51,513 --> 00:15:54,971 Some very secret essays on Vietnam have been leaked to the New York Times. 213 00:15:55,050 --> 00:15:57,075 l know! l know! Not now, Chuck! 214 00:16:03,625 --> 00:16:05,957 - The New York Times. - Get Ron over here. 215 00:16:10,432 --> 00:16:12,525 lt`s the happiest day of my life. 216 00:16:19,441 --> 00:16:21,807 The New York Times began publishing today... 217 00:16:21,877 --> 00:16:26,678 the first in a series of 47 volumes of top-secret Pentagon tapes... 218 00:16:26,748 --> 00:16:28,682 relating to the war in Vietnam. 219 00:16:28,750 --> 00:16:31,844 The papers, leaked by defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg... 220 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:36,755 reveal a systematic pattern of government lies and American involvement in the war. 221 00:16:36,825 --> 00:16:40,454 Mr. President, we are in a revolutionary situation. 222 00:16:40,529 --> 00:16:44,329 We are under siege. The Black Panthers, the Weathermen. 223 00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:46,867 The State Department under Rogers is leaking like a sieve. 224 00:16:46,935 --> 00:16:50,894 And now, this little insignificant little shit Ellsberg... 225 00:16:50,973 --> 00:16:53,339 publishing all the diplomatic secrets of this country... 226 00:16:53,408 --> 00:16:56,377 is destroying our ability to conduct foreign policy. 227 00:16:56,445 --> 00:16:59,380 l wonder if there are many people here who wouldn`t think that ten years in prison... 228 00:16:59,448 --> 00:17:01,848 was very cheap if they could contribute to ending this war. 229 00:17:01,917 --> 00:17:04,317 The man has become a drug fiend. 230 00:17:04,386 --> 00:17:07,412 He shot people from helicopters in Vietnam. 231 00:17:07,489 --> 00:17:11,448 He`s had sexual relations with his wife in front of their children. 232 00:17:11,527 --> 00:17:14,860 He sees a shrink in L.A. The man`s all fucked up. 233 00:17:14,930 --> 00:17:18,195 And now he`s trying to look good for the liberals. 234 00:17:18,267 --> 00:17:20,929 And if he gets away with it, everybody will follow his lead. 235 00:17:21,003 --> 00:17:22,937 This man must be stopped at all costs. 236 00:17:23,005 --> 00:17:27,066 l`m as frustrated as you are, Henry, but don`t you think this is a Democrat problem? 237 00:17:27,142 --> 00:17:29,337 They started the war. lt makes them look bad. 238 00:17:29,411 --> 00:17:33,711 But, Mr. President, the Russians, the Vietnamese-- 239 00:17:33,782 --> 00:17:35,943 - lt makes you look like a weakling. - Goddamn it! 240 00:17:36,018 --> 00:17:40,011 How long have we had this jackass dog? Two years, and he still doesn`t come. 241 00:17:40,088 --> 00:17:42,283 We need a dog that looks happy when the press is around here. 242 00:17:42,357 --> 00:17:44,757 -He`s photogenic.Just try new biscuits. -Aw, fuck it! 243 00:17:44,826 --> 00:17:47,624 He doesn`t like me,John. lt`s your fault, Henry. 244 00:17:47,696 --> 00:17:50,756 - l beg your pardon? - lt`s your people who are talking to the press. 245 00:17:50,832 --> 00:17:55,030 Uh, this Ellsberg. Wasn`t he a student of yours at Harvard? 246 00:17:55,103 --> 00:17:58,163 l mean, uh, he`s your idea, Henry. So why are you running for cover? 247 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,333 Well,yes, we taught a class together at Harvard... 248 00:18:00,409 --> 00:18:03,606 b-but you know these backstabbing lvy League intellectuals. They-- 249 00:18:03,679 --> 00:18:07,706 - No, l don`t, Henry. l don`t. - We can prosecute the New York Times. 250 00:18:07,783 --> 00:18:09,410 Go for an injunction. 251 00:18:09,484 --> 00:18:12,078 Yeah, but it`s not, bottom line, gonna change a goddamn thing,John. 252 00:18:12,154 --> 00:18:16,784 The... question is, how do we screw Ellsberg so bad... 253 00:18:16,858 --> 00:18:19,418 it puts the fear of God into all leakers? 254 00:18:19,494 --> 00:18:21,928 The other issue is, how the hell do we stop these leaks once and for all? 255 00:18:21,997 --> 00:18:26,127 Now, someone is talking to the press. We gotta stop these leaks at any cost, Henry. 256 00:18:26,201 --> 00:18:29,329 You hear me? Then we can go for the big pic-- China. Russia. 257 00:18:29,404 --> 00:18:32,271 - Sir, if l might? - Go, Chuck. 258 00:18:32,341 --> 00:18:34,434 We can do this ourselves. 259 00:18:34,509 --> 00:18:36,943 The C.l.A. and the F.B.l. aren`t doing the job. 260 00:18:37,012 --> 00:18:41,711 Now, we can create our own intelligence unit right here, inside the White House. 261 00:18:44,753 --> 00:18:48,120 - Well, why not? - Our own intelligence capability? 262 00:18:48,190 --> 00:18:50,385 - To plug the leaks? - Yeah. 263 00:18:50,459 --> 00:18:52,393 - Like plumbers. - Plumbers. 264 00:18:56,465 --> 00:18:58,399 l like it. l like the idea. 265 00:18:59,835 --> 00:19:03,066 Yeah, but, uh, is it legal? Has it ever been done before? 266 00:19:04,139 --> 00:19:06,130 H�t persze. 267 00:19:06,208 --> 00:19:10,542 Lyndon,J.F.K., F.D.R. 268 00:19:10,612 --> 00:19:13,342 l mean, uh, Truman, uh, cut the shit out of my investigation... 269 00:19:13,415 --> 00:19:15,144 of the Hiss case back in `48. 270 00:19:15,217 --> 00:19:17,208 And what he did was illegal. 271 00:19:17,285 --> 00:19:18,650 You know, this kind of thing, you gotta be brutal. 272 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,917 A leak happens, the whole damn place should be fired. 273 00:19:21,990 --> 00:19:25,926 Really. l mean,you do it like the Germans in World War ll. 274 00:19:25,994 --> 00:19:28,326 lf they went through these towns, and a sniper hit one of`em... 275 00:19:28,397 --> 00:19:30,695 they`d line the whole goddamn town up and say... 276 00:19:30,766 --> 00:19:33,030 ''Now, until you talk, you`re all getting shot.`` 277 00:19:33,101 --> 00:19:35,661 Really, l think that`s what has to be done. 278 00:19:35,737 --> 00:19:37,864 l don`t think you can be Mr. Nice Guy anymore. 279 00:19:37,939 --> 00:19:41,773 You just whisper the word to me, Mr. President, and l`ll shoot Ellsberg myself. 280 00:19:41,843 --> 00:19:44,437 - We`re not Germans. - Yeah. 281 00:19:44,513 --> 00:19:46,845 Ellsberg`s not the issue. 282 00:19:46,915 --> 00:19:48,940 Pentagon papers aren`t the issue. 283 00:19:50,118 --> 00:19:52,052 lt`s the lie. 284 00:19:53,321 --> 00:19:55,448 - Mr. Hiss is lying. - Yeah. 285 00:19:57,526 --> 00:20:02,793 Remember,John, back in `48? Nobody believed Alger Hiss was a Communist except me. 286 00:20:02,864 --> 00:20:05,355 Well, they loved Hiss like they love this Ellsberg character. 287 00:20:05,434 --> 00:20:08,198 He was their kind. lvy League establishment. 288 00:20:08,270 --> 00:20:10,898 l am not, and never have been-- 289 00:20:10,972 --> 00:20:12,940 - Mr. Hiss is lying. - Mr. Hiss? 290 00:20:13,008 --> 00:20:15,374 l was dirt to them. Nothing. 291 00:20:15,444 --> 00:20:17,708 And Dick kicked the shit out of`em. 292 00:20:17,779 --> 00:20:21,078 l wouldn`t have if Hiss hadn`t lied about knowing Chambers. 293 00:20:21,149 --> 00:20:25,347 The documents were old and out-of-date, just like these Pentagon papers. 294 00:20:25,420 --> 00:20:28,685 The key thing we proved was that Hiss was a liar. 295 00:20:28,757 --> 00:20:31,317 Then people bought that he was a spy. 296 00:20:31,393 --> 00:20:33,327 lt`s the lie that gets you. 297 00:20:35,464 --> 00:20:39,833 All right, Henry, we`re gonna go your way. Crush this Ellsberg same way we did Hiss. 298 00:20:39,901 --> 00:20:41,732 There is no other choice, Mr. President. 299 00:20:41,803 --> 00:20:44,863 We`re gonna hit him so hard, he`ll look like everything that`s sick and evil... 300 00:20:44,940 --> 00:20:46,965 about the Eastern establishment. 301 00:20:47,042 --> 00:20:50,205 You and your plumbers,you`re gonna get all the dirt on this guy. 302 00:20:50,278 --> 00:20:52,803 Let`s see him going to the bathroom in front of the American public. 303 00:20:52,881 --> 00:20:55,349 And when we finish with him, they`ll crucify him. 304 00:20:55,417 --> 00:20:57,442 Then we`ll get our second term. 305 00:21:12,834 --> 00:21:14,802 The claws are out, Frank. 306 00:21:16,505 --> 00:21:19,736 - You seen the guys? - They`re around. 307 00:21:19,808 --> 00:21:21,742 Why? You got a customer? 308 00:21:23,945 --> 00:21:26,539 The White House. 309 00:21:26,615 --> 00:21:28,879 - You`re fuckin` me. - We`re gonna be Plumbers, Frank. 310 00:21:28,950 --> 00:21:31,748 We`re gonna plug leaks. 311 00:21:31,820 --> 00:21:34,983 - Who we workin` for? - Guy named Gordon Liddy. 312 00:21:35,056 --> 00:21:37,991 Thinks he`s Martin Bormann. He wants to meet you. 313 00:21:40,262 --> 00:21:43,322 Gordon Liddy. Frank Sturgis. 314 00:21:43,398 --> 00:21:45,332 Hey, Frank. 315 00:21:50,071 --> 00:21:53,837 Did you see the look on Hoover`s face? He was redder than a beet. 316 00:21:53,909 --> 00:21:55,843 That little closet fairy`s got no choice. 317 00:21:55,911 --> 00:21:58,106 He hates McGovern and Kennedy so much, he`s gotta love me. 318 00:22:00,215 --> 00:22:03,912 - And Lyndon? - He looked old, didn`t he? 319 00:22:03,985 --> 00:22:05,919 - Have you talked to Lyndon? - Yeah, l asked him... 320 00:22:05,987 --> 00:22:07,921 ''Lyndon, what would you do on a scale of one to ten?`` 321 00:22:07,989 --> 00:22:12,722 And he said, uh, ''Bomb the shit out of Hanoi, boy. Bomb them where they live.`` Yeah. 322 00:22:12,794 --> 00:22:18,096 Bob, tell Trini l`ll be in, uh, Key Biscayne at 4:00. 323 00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:20,327 - With Pat? - No, alone. 324 00:22:20,402 --> 00:22:22,870 Uh, Pat`s staying here with Mrs. Eisenhower. 325 00:22:22,938 --> 00:22:25,429 - Yes, sir. - Good. 326 00:22:27,342 --> 00:22:31,210 Hi, Buddy. What are you doing here? 327 00:22:31,279 --> 00:22:33,509 l missed you. 328 00:22:33,582 --> 00:22:36,244 Why don`t we go down to Key Biscayne together? 329 00:22:36,318 --> 00:22:39,151 Because l have to relax. 330 00:22:43,291 --> 00:22:48,354 You know, l was, uh, just thinking tonight. 331 00:22:48,430 --> 00:22:53,129 Remember when you used to drive me on dates with other boys? 332 00:22:53,201 --> 00:22:54,600 Yeah. 333 00:22:54,669 --> 00:22:57,729 You didn`t want to let me out of your sight. 334 00:22:57,806 --> 00:23:00,036 Yeah. Sure. 335 00:23:02,177 --> 00:23:04,111 A long time ago. 336 00:23:05,914 --> 00:23:08,439 Yes, it`s been a long time. 337 00:23:14,289 --> 00:23:16,484 Now, look, Buddy. 338 00:23:18,526 --> 00:23:20,460 l don`t need that. 339 00:23:26,534 --> 00:23:28,934 And l`m notJack Kennedy. 340 00:23:32,607 --> 00:23:35,508 No,you`re not. 341 00:23:35,577 --> 00:23:38,273 So stop comparing yourself to him. 342 00:23:38,346 --> 00:23:40,576 You have no reason to. 343 00:23:41,716 --> 00:23:44,913 You have everything you ever wanted. 344 00:23:44,986 --> 00:23:47,386 You earned it. 345 00:23:47,455 --> 00:23:49,389 Why can`t you just enjoy it? 346 00:23:51,860 --> 00:23:54,556 l do. l do. ln my own way. 347 00:23:54,629 --> 00:23:56,688 Then what are you scared of, honey? 348 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,534 l`m not scared, Buddy. 349 00:24:02,404 --> 00:24:04,338 You don`t understand. 350 00:24:07,475 --> 00:24:10,410 They`re playing for keeps, Buddy. 351 00:24:10,478 --> 00:24:14,244 You know, the press, the kids, the liberals out there. 352 00:24:14,316 --> 00:24:16,614 They`re out there trying to figure out how to tear me down. 353 00:24:16,685 --> 00:24:20,052 - They`re all your enemies? - Yes. 354 00:24:20,121 --> 00:24:23,454 You personally? 355 00:24:23,525 --> 00:24:26,221 Yes! 356 00:24:26,294 --> 00:24:28,854 Listen. This is about me. 357 00:24:28,930 --> 00:24:31,797 Why can`t you understand that? 358 00:24:31,866 --> 00:24:33,834 l mean,you of all people. 359 00:24:34,903 --> 00:24:37,133 lt`s not the war. 360 00:24:37,205 --> 00:24:38,672 lt`s Nixon! 361 00:24:38,740 --> 00:24:43,143 lt`s not Vietnam. lt`s Nixon. They want to destroy Nixon. 362 00:24:43,211 --> 00:24:45,509 And if l expose myself just the slightest bit... 363 00:24:45,580 --> 00:24:48,140 they`ll tear my insides out. 364 00:24:48,216 --> 00:24:50,150 You want that? You know? 365 00:24:50,218 --> 00:24:54,484 You wanna see that, Buddy. lt`s not pretty,you know? 366 00:24:54,556 --> 00:24:57,889 Sometimes l think that`s what you want, Dick. 367 00:24:57,959 --> 00:25:00,985 What the hell are you saying? 368 00:25:01,062 --> 00:25:04,190 Are you drunk? 369 00:25:04,265 --> 00:25:07,200 Jesus,you sound just like them now. 370 00:25:08,837 --> 00:25:11,237 l gotta keep fighting, Buddy, for the country. 371 00:25:11,306 --> 00:25:14,833 These people running things, the elite... 372 00:25:14,909 --> 00:25:17,400 they`re just soft, chicken-shit faggots. 373 00:25:19,147 --> 00:25:21,707 They don`t have the long-term vision anymore. 374 00:25:21,783 --> 00:25:25,844 They just wanna cover their ass and meet girls and tear each other down. 375 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,515 Oh, God, this country`s in deep, deep, deep trouble, Buddy. 376 00:25:29,591 --> 00:25:35,461 l have to see this through, you know? Mother would have expected no less of me. 377 00:25:37,832 --> 00:25:39,766 l`m sorry, Buddy. 378 00:25:42,537 --> 00:25:45,631 l just wish you knew how much l love you, that`s all. 379 00:25:45,707 --> 00:25:49,143 lt took me a long time to fall in love with you, Dick. 380 00:25:49,210 --> 00:25:51,644 But l did. 381 00:25:51,713 --> 00:25:54,511 And it doesn`t make you happy. 382 00:25:54,582 --> 00:25:58,074 - You want them to love you. - No, l don`t. N-No. l`m notJack Kennedy. 383 00:25:58,153 --> 00:26:00,144 They never will, Dick. 384 00:26:00,221 --> 00:26:04,624 No matter how many elections you win, they never will. 385 00:26:17,772 --> 00:26:21,037 History will never be the same. 386 00:26:22,644 --> 00:26:24,635 We`re taking a step towards the future. 387 00:26:24,712 --> 00:26:27,510 - Oye, Liddy. Aqu� tengo folder. - We have changed the world. 388 00:26:27,582 --> 00:26:29,777 - Five, ten. - All right. Let`s see what else. What else you have? 389 00:26:29,851 --> 00:26:30,840 What else you got? 390 00:26:56,311 --> 00:26:59,576 l must say,you look, uh, very good, Mr. Chairman. 391 00:27:02,851 --> 00:27:04,819 Looks can be deceiving. 392 00:27:04,886 --> 00:27:08,652 We know what risks you`ve taken in inviting us here. 393 00:27:08,723 --> 00:27:10,623 l took no risk. 394 00:27:10,692 --> 00:27:14,719 l am too old to be afraid of what anyone thinks. 395 00:27:22,337 --> 00:27:26,068 Don`t ever trust them. They never tell the truth... 396 00:27:26,141 --> 00:27:28,666 or honor their commitments. 397 00:27:28,743 --> 00:27:33,544 Vietnamese are like Russians. Both are dogs. 398 00:27:33,615 --> 00:27:37,483 Mr. Chairman, there`s an old saying in my country: 399 00:27:37,552 --> 00:27:40,419 The enemy of my enemy is my friend. 400 00:27:42,290 --> 00:27:46,090 - That has added virtue of being true. - Yeah. 401 00:27:46,161 --> 00:27:48,823 Your writings have changed the world, Mr. Chairman. 402 00:27:52,433 --> 00:27:56,392 Bullshit. My writings mean absolutely nothing. 403 00:28:00,475 --> 00:28:03,035 l want to know your secret. 404 00:28:03,111 --> 00:28:06,638 My secret, Mr. Chairman? 405 00:28:11,686 --> 00:28:15,853 How a fat man gets so many girls. 406 00:28:18,426 --> 00:28:20,656 Power, Mr. Chairman... 407 00:28:20,728 --> 00:28:23,526 is the ultimate aphrodisiac. 408 00:28:29,070 --> 00:28:33,370 You know, l voted for you in your last election. 409 00:28:33,441 --> 00:28:35,773 l was the lesser of two evils. 410 00:28:37,312 --> 00:28:39,974 You are too modest, Mr. Nixon. 411 00:28:41,516 --> 00:28:43,882 You are as evil as l am. 412 00:28:45,153 --> 00:28:47,485 We are the new emperors. 413 00:28:49,090 --> 00:28:51,251 We are both from poor families... 414 00:28:51,326 --> 00:28:55,353 and others pay to feed the hunger in us. 415 00:28:55,430 --> 00:28:58,524 ln my case, millions of reactionaries. 416 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,798 ln your case, millions of Vietnamese. 417 00:29:02,870 --> 00:29:05,395 Civil war is always the cruelest kind of war... 418 00:29:05,473 --> 00:29:07,998 but our two nations were forged by revolution. 419 00:29:08,076 --> 00:29:10,340 The United States, China. 420 00:29:10,411 --> 00:29:14,677 Peace? ls peace all you`re interested in? 421 00:29:14,749 --> 00:29:17,513 The real war is in us. 422 00:29:22,123 --> 00:29:25,854 History is a symptom of our disease. 423 00:29:30,965 --> 00:29:33,798 ln a surprise Christmas bombing of Hanoi... 424 00:29:33,868 --> 00:29:39,170 President Nixon today delivered more tonnage than was used at Dresden in World War ll. 425 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,540 lt is without doubt the most brutal bombing in American history. 426 00:29:43,611 --> 00:29:47,069 Newspapers are calling it a stone-age tactic... 427 00:29:47,148 --> 00:29:49,309 and Nixon a maddened tyrant. 428 00:29:49,384 --> 00:29:50,851 Nixon`s response: 429 00:29:50,918 --> 00:29:54,649 ''When the Vietnamese take the Paris peace talks seriously... 430 00:29:54,722 --> 00:29:56,815 l`ll stop.`' 431 00:30:10,638 --> 00:30:13,163 Penny for your thoughts. 432 00:30:15,543 --> 00:30:17,807 Just think of the-- 433 00:30:17,879 --> 00:30:21,110 Think of the life Mao`s led. 434 00:30:21,182 --> 00:30:24,242 ln `52, l-- l called him a monster. 435 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,182 Now he could be our most important ally. 436 00:30:29,557 --> 00:30:32,754 Only Nixon could`ve done that. 437 00:30:32,827 --> 00:30:35,022 You`re a long way from Whittier. 438 00:30:35,863 --> 00:30:39,196 Yep. Yes, l am. 439 00:30:41,736 --> 00:30:45,502 - Congratulations, Dick. - Mr. Ziegler. 440 00:30:45,573 --> 00:30:48,235 Mr. President, the press guys asked if you could come back for a minute. 441 00:30:48,309 --> 00:30:51,472 - To hell with them. - l`ll go back, Mr. President. 442 00:30:51,546 --> 00:30:55,277 No, they-- They want you, Mr. President. l-- 443 00:30:55,350 --> 00:30:58,808 - l think it would be a good move. - Oh? 444 00:31:01,456 --> 00:31:03,151 - Who`s back there? - Everybody. 445 00:31:03,224 --> 00:31:05,124 Okay. 446 00:31:07,028 --> 00:31:09,929 Gentlemen, l go now to discover the exact length... 447 00:31:09,997 --> 00:31:12,830 width and depth of the shaft. 448 00:31:20,341 --> 00:31:22,969 - Ladies and gentlemen, the president. - Oh, it`s the president. 449 00:31:23,044 --> 00:31:25,205 - Hi. - Hello. - Hi. 450 00:31:25,279 --> 00:31:27,144 - Hi. - Mr. President. - Congratulations, sir. 451 00:31:27,215 --> 00:31:29,206 - Bravo! Well done! - You did a good job, sir. 452 00:31:29,283 --> 00:31:32,582 - Restored the confidence again. - Thank you, sir. 453 00:31:34,188 --> 00:31:36,452 - We`re proud of you, sir. - Thank you. 454 00:31:51,205 --> 00:31:53,673 Well... 455 00:31:53,741 --> 00:31:58,337 it looks to me like we`re gonna lose a war for the first goddamn time. 456 00:31:58,413 --> 00:32:00,142 Yep. 457 00:32:00,214 --> 00:32:02,512 And you`re goin` right along with it, Dick. 458 00:32:02,583 --> 00:32:05,143 Buyin` into this Kissinger bullshit... 459 00:32:05,219 --> 00:32:09,883 this... detente with Communists. 460 00:32:09,957 --> 00:32:12,790 Detente. Sounds like a couple of fags dancin`. 461 00:32:17,698 --> 00:32:21,361 Jack, we`re not living in the same country you and l knew in `46. 462 00:32:21,436 --> 00:32:24,894 Our people are just not gonna sacrifice in major numbers for war. 463 00:32:24,972 --> 00:32:28,169 Can`t even get `em to accept the cuts in their gas tanks. 464 00:32:28,242 --> 00:32:31,370 Now, the Arabs and theJapanese are draining the gold reserves-- 465 00:32:31,446 --> 00:32:36,247 And whose fault is that? lf we`d won in Vietnam, we wouldn`t be having this conversation. 466 00:32:36,317 --> 00:32:40,811 lt`s nobody`s fault,Jack. lt`s, uh, change. lt`s a fact of history. 467 00:32:40,888 --> 00:32:43,379 Even that old cocksucker J. Edgar Hoover`s dead. 468 00:32:43,458 --> 00:32:46,120 Now, who would`ve thought that possible? 469 00:32:47,528 --> 00:32:49,928 How`s the food over there in China, Mr. Nixon? 470 00:32:49,997 --> 00:32:52,830 Oh, it`s delicious if you`re president. 471 00:32:54,702 --> 00:32:58,502 So, what are you gonna do about that Allende fella... 472 00:32:58,573 --> 00:33:00,734 nationalizing our businesses in Chile? 473 00:33:00,808 --> 00:33:03,072 You gonna send Kissinger down there? 474 00:33:03,144 --> 00:33:08,013 We`re gonna get rid of him-- Allende, l mean--Just as fast as we can. 475 00:33:08,082 --> 00:33:12,075 - He`s at the top of the list. - How about Kissinger along with him? 476 00:33:12,153 --> 00:33:15,748 Now, Kissinger`s misunderstood. He acts like a liberal for his establishment friends... 477 00:33:15,823 --> 00:33:18,587 but he`s even tougher than l am. 478 00:33:18,659 --> 00:33:23,119 So Kissinger stays. Just like Castro, Mr. Nixon. 479 00:33:24,632 --> 00:33:27,362 Yeah. He stays. 480 00:33:28,669 --> 00:33:31,638 And you are comfortable with that decision, huh? 481 00:33:34,709 --> 00:33:36,643 Desi`s got a point. 482 00:33:36,711 --> 00:33:41,410 What the hell are we gonna do about the Communists right here in our own backyard? 483 00:33:41,482 --> 00:33:43,609 What do you really mean,Jack? 484 00:33:43,684 --> 00:33:47,211 l mean l got federal price controls on my oil. 485 00:33:47,288 --> 00:33:51,156 And the ragheads are beatin` the shit out of me, Dick! 486 00:33:51,225 --> 00:33:53,420 And your E.P.A. environmental agency... 487 00:33:53,494 --> 00:33:56,361 has got his thumb so far up my ass, it`s scratchin` my ear! 488 00:33:56,430 --> 00:33:58,489 -John, l think it`s about time for us to be-- - Let him finish, Bob. 489 00:33:58,566 --> 00:34:03,594 And l got a federaljudge ordering me to bus my grandkids halfway across this town... 490 00:34:03,671 --> 00:34:07,300 to go to school with some nigger kids. 491 00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:11,277 Now, Dick-- Mr. President-- 492 00:34:11,345 --> 00:34:14,143 aren`t you forgetting who put you where you are? 493 00:34:15,483 --> 00:34:19,317 The American people put me where l am,Jack. 494 00:34:19,387 --> 00:34:23,619 Really. Well, that can be changed. 495 00:34:23,691 --> 00:34:25,659 ln a heartbeat. 496 00:34:34,936 --> 00:34:38,599 Jack, l`ve learned politics is the art of compromise. 497 00:34:38,673 --> 00:34:42,541 l learned it the hard way. l don`t know if you have. 498 00:34:42,610 --> 00:34:44,737 Well, let me tell you this,Jack. 499 00:34:44,812 --> 00:34:46,746 lf you don`t like it, there`s an election in November... 500 00:34:46,814 --> 00:34:51,148 and you can take your money out in the open and give it to Wallace. 501 00:34:51,218 --> 00:34:54,813 How about it,Jack? You willing to do that? 502 00:34:54,889 --> 00:35:00,122 Hand this country over to some pansy poet socialist like George McGovern? 503 00:35:01,963 --> 00:35:05,421 `Cause if you`re not happy with the E.P.A. up your ass... 504 00:35:05,499 --> 00:35:08,127 try the l.R.S. 505 00:35:09,537 --> 00:35:13,633 Goddamn, Dick. You`re not threatenin` me, are ya? 506 00:35:13,708 --> 00:35:16,302 Presidents don`t threaten,Jack. 507 00:35:17,478 --> 00:35:19,969 They don`t have to. 508 00:35:22,283 --> 00:35:24,274 Good day to you, gentlemen. Thank you. 509 00:35:49,577 --> 00:35:52,740 With third-party candidate George Wallace out of the race... 510 00:35:52,813 --> 00:35:55,077 paralyzed by an assassin`s bullet... 511 00:35:55,149 --> 00:35:57,276 Richard Nixon has crushed George McGovern... 512 00:35:57,351 --> 00:36:00,548 in the 1 972 presidential election. 513 00:36:00,621 --> 00:36:02,589 - lt is the second biggest landslide... - Four more years! 514 00:36:02,657 --> 00:36:05,421 - in American history. - Four more years! Four more years! 515 00:36:05,493 --> 00:36:07,825 As the new term begins, it does not seem... 516 00:36:07,895 --> 00:36:11,331 the Watergate investigations have damaged Nixon politically... 517 00:36:11,399 --> 00:36:15,392 in any significant way. 518 00:36:15,469 --> 00:36:19,235 Probably our biggest achievement as an administration, when it`s all said and done... 519 00:36:19,306 --> 00:36:22,104 isn`t China or Russia. 520 00:36:22,176 --> 00:36:25,543 lt`s pulling out of Vietnam without a right-wing revolt. 521 00:36:25,613 --> 00:36:27,376 l believe you`re right. 522 00:36:27,448 --> 00:36:30,508 But even the presidency isn`t enough anymore. 523 00:36:31,585 --> 00:36:33,519 Sir? 524 00:36:34,922 --> 00:36:38,358 The presidency by itself won`t protect us, Bob. 525 00:36:38,426 --> 00:36:40,826 We`re beyond politics now. 526 00:36:44,799 --> 00:36:47,393 Mr. Ehrlichman. 527 00:36:47,468 --> 00:36:49,095 Yeah. 528 00:36:49,170 --> 00:36:51,104 Sir,just in from Paris. 529 00:36:51,172 --> 00:36:54,232 - The Vietnamese have accepted Henry`s peace proposal. - Good. 530 00:36:54,308 --> 00:36:56,435 - The bombing worked, sir. They`re caving. - Oh, congratulations. 531 00:36:56,510 --> 00:36:58,671 - Congratulations. - This is a great victory. - That`s wonderful! 532 00:36:58,746 --> 00:37:02,614 The mad bomber theory wasn`t so crazy after all. 533 00:37:02,683 --> 00:37:05,208 And Henry is coming back to join us. You know, he wants to be included... 534 00:37:05,286 --> 00:37:08,551 - in all the photographs, of course. - There`s a surprise. 535 00:37:08,622 --> 00:37:10,385 - This could be it. This could be it. - Yes, sir. 536 00:37:10,458 --> 00:37:12,653 Four long years. Geez. 537 00:37:12,727 --> 00:37:16,663 lncidentally, sir, l don`t know if this is the right time, but you should know... 538 00:37:16,731 --> 00:37:22,328 Bill Sullivan over at the F.B.l. got back to us with his report on Kissinger. 539 00:37:22,403 --> 00:37:26,499 - l didn`t wanna bring it up right now because of the-- - Go on. 540 00:37:26,574 --> 00:37:31,477 Well, Sullivan... thinks he`s the one. Henry`s the leaker. 541 00:37:40,621 --> 00:37:44,580 Yeah, l knew it. l knew it from `69 on, and l said it all along, didn`t l? 542 00:37:44,658 --> 00:37:48,651 - Yeah, l remember. - l didn`t, Bob. Come on. 543 00:37:48,729 --> 00:37:53,166 Looks like he talked to Joe Kraft and the Times. 544 00:37:53,234 --> 00:37:55,464 Claims that he was dead set against the bombing... 545 00:37:55,536 --> 00:37:59,802 that you are unstable, and that he has to handle you with kid gloves. 546 00:37:59,874 --> 00:38:04,334 That explains his press notices. Working both sides of the fence. Jew-boy Henry. 547 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,477 My God. He talked to the New York Times? 548 00:38:09,550 --> 00:38:14,078 - Yes, he did. - We oughta fire his whining ass right now, when he`s on top. 549 00:38:14,155 --> 00:38:17,454 And you know what, sir? lt`d set the right example for the rest of this administration. 550 00:38:17,525 --> 00:38:20,517 l would personally volunteer for that assignment right now. 551 00:38:28,335 --> 00:38:31,395 No. No. 552 00:38:31,472 --> 00:38:34,600 No, he`s our only star right now. He`d go crying to the press. 553 00:38:34,675 --> 00:38:37,701 He`d... crucify us. 554 00:38:37,778 --> 00:38:40,372 Son of a bitch. 555 00:38:40,447 --> 00:38:43,905 Get someone on our staff on his ass. Tap his phones. l wanna know everyone he talks to. 556 00:38:43,984 --> 00:38:47,681 Let`s see how long the Kissinger mystique lasts. 557 00:38:47,755 --> 00:38:51,213 So,John, what about these Watergate clowns? 558 00:38:51,292 --> 00:38:53,556 This Sirica`s crazy. 559 00:38:53,627 --> 00:38:57,085 Thirty-five year sentence. The-- No weapons, right? 560 00:38:57,164 --> 00:39:01,157 No injuries. There`s no success. lt`s just ridiculous. 561 00:39:01,235 --> 00:39:04,534 Sirica`s just trying to force someone to testify, but they`re solid. 562 00:39:04,605 --> 00:39:09,133 What about this Washington Post crap? Woodwind and Fernstein. 563 00:39:09,210 --> 00:39:11,838 - Bernstein, sir. - Who the fuck are they, anyway? 564 00:39:11,912 --> 00:39:14,403 Bob,you working on revoking their television license? 565 00:39:14,481 --> 00:39:16,005 - Yes, sir, l am. - Good. 566 00:39:16,083 --> 00:39:20,543 Well, they`re trying to connect Bob and John with the secret fund. 567 00:39:20,621 --> 00:39:24,853 - But they don`t have much. - They don`t have anything. 568 00:39:24,925 --> 00:39:26,552 The F.B.l.`s feeding me their reports. 569 00:39:26,627 --> 00:39:29,994 l didn`t think you should lose any more sleep over it, sir. 570 00:39:30,064 --> 00:39:32,532 Good man,John. Good man. 571 00:39:34,902 --> 00:39:36,767 Oh! 572 00:39:44,478 --> 00:39:46,343 l can therefore announce that... 573 00:39:46,413 --> 00:39:51,112 our long and tragic involvement in Vietnam is at an end. 574 00:39:51,185 --> 00:39:55,417 Our mission is accomplished. 575 00:39:55,489 --> 00:39:58,515 We have a cease fire... 576 00:39:58,592 --> 00:40:02,688 and our prisoners of war are coming back home. 577 00:40:02,763 --> 00:40:07,928 South Vietnam has the right to determine its own future. 578 00:40:08,002 --> 00:40:10,994 So, we have peace with honor. 579 00:40:16,777 --> 00:40:19,245 - The president will take some of your questions now. - Mr. President! 580 00:40:19,313 --> 00:40:21,679 - Mr. President! - Mr. President! - Dan. 581 00:40:21,749 --> 00:40:23,876 Sir, isn`t it true that little has been achieved in this peace agreement... 582 00:40:23,951 --> 00:40:26,283 that the Communists have not been offering since 1 969... 583 00:40:26,353 --> 00:40:29,186 that in fact your administration has needlessly prolonged the war... 584 00:40:29,256 --> 00:40:32,225 and at certain stages escalated it to new levels of violence? 585 00:40:32,293 --> 00:40:35,660 l will try to... 586 00:40:35,729 --> 00:40:38,562 - answer that question in some detail. - Mr. President! 587 00:40:38,632 --> 00:40:41,533 - Mr. President! - What is your reaction toJames McCord`s statement... 588 00:40:41,602 --> 00:40:45,834 that high-level White House officials were involved in the Watergate break-in? 589 00:40:45,906 --> 00:40:49,774 - Why, that`s the dumbest thing l`ve ever heard. - Sir. Sir. 590 00:40:49,843 --> 00:40:51,777 - Stan. - The Washington Post is reporting that... 591 00:40:51,845 --> 00:40:56,407 Mr. Haldeman and Ehrlichman secretly dispersed up to $900,000 in campaign funds. 592 00:40:56,483 --> 00:40:59,680 - ls there any truth to that? - Now, let me make this perfectly clear. 593 00:40:59,753 --> 00:41:03,154 l will not respond to the charges of the Washington Post. 594 00:41:03,223 --> 00:41:06,351 Nor will l comment on a matter that is currently before the courts. 595 00:41:06,427 --> 00:41:08,361 - Mr. President! - Mr. President! 596 00:41:08,429 --> 00:41:10,363 - Sir! - Sir! - Here, sir! 597 00:41:10,431 --> 00:41:13,059 Sir, do you intend to cooperate with Senator Ervin`s committee? 598 00:41:13,133 --> 00:41:14,896 Will you agree to the appointment of a special prosecutor? 599 00:41:14,969 --> 00:41:17,096 - Mr. President! - Mr. President! - Mr. President! 600 00:41:17,171 --> 00:41:19,105 Mr. President! 601 00:41:22,876 --> 00:41:26,073 Thank you. Thank you! 602 00:41:29,616 --> 00:41:31,982 - Mr. President! Mr. President! - Mr. President, shouldn`t you-- 603 00:41:32,052 --> 00:41:34,543 Ron, get in there and do something! 604 00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:44,024 l end the longest war in American history, and they keep harping on this chicken-shit-- 605 00:41:45,733 --> 00:41:47,667 God! 606 00:41:50,037 --> 00:41:52,870 You know who`s behind this, don`t you? Teddy Kennedy. 607 00:41:52,940 --> 00:41:57,775 Yeah, he drowns a broad in his car, and he can`t run for president-- 608 00:41:57,845 --> 00:42:00,109 He did get pretty burned at Chappaquiddick. 609 00:42:00,180 --> 00:42:03,274 Yeah, my point exactly. Somebody had to die before he got his shit in the papers. 610 00:42:03,350 --> 00:42:05,841 Fucking Kennedys get away with everything. 611 00:42:05,919 --> 00:42:08,319 Goddamn `em! 612 00:42:08,389 --> 00:42:11,051 You see me screwin` everything that moves? 613 00:42:11,125 --> 00:42:14,253 And for Christ`s sake, l did what the New York Times editorial page seven... 614 00:42:14,328 --> 00:42:16,125 said for me to do! 615 00:42:16,196 --> 00:42:18,357 l ended the war! 616 00:42:18,432 --> 00:42:22,198 l got SALT l with the Russians; l opened China. 617 00:42:22,269 --> 00:42:25,033 So why are these assholes turning on me? 618 00:42:25,105 --> 00:42:28,165 `Cause they don`t like the way l look. They don`t like where l went to school. 619 00:42:28,242 --> 00:42:31,473 - Because they`re not Americans. - Yeah, right. They don`t trust-- They don`t trust America. 620 00:42:31,545 --> 00:42:36,005 Why would they? Huh? They just come here to stick their snouts in the trough. 621 00:42:36,083 --> 00:42:38,210 Who are these people? Sulzberger. 622 00:42:38,285 --> 00:42:41,379 Their parents are gold traders from Eastern Europe, with all due respect, Henry. 623 00:42:41,455 --> 00:42:44,913 And they buy things. They come here to ''Jew`` York City and they buy up things... 624 00:42:44,992 --> 00:42:49,429 and one of the things they buy, Mr. President, is the New York Times. 625 00:42:49,496 --> 00:42:52,954 You know what? You should be proud, because they`ll never trust you, sir. 626 00:42:53,033 --> 00:42:56,469 Because we speak for the average American. 627 00:42:56,537 --> 00:42:58,937 You know why they`re turning on me? 628 00:42:59,006 --> 00:43:02,305 lt`s because they`re not serious about power, that`s why. 629 00:43:02,376 --> 00:43:04,435 They`re playing with power. 630 00:43:04,511 --> 00:43:07,139 They`re forgetting the national interest. 631 00:43:07,214 --> 00:43:11,446 ln the old days, people knew how to hold power. How to set limits. 632 00:43:11,518 --> 00:43:14,954 They wouldn`t have torn this country apart over a third-rate burglary. 633 00:43:15,022 --> 00:43:16,853 For Christ`s sake... 634 00:43:16,924 --> 00:43:20,587 now all they care about is-- is their egos, looking good at cocktail parties. 635 00:43:20,661 --> 00:43:22,925 Beating out other papers and chasing girls. 636 00:43:22,996 --> 00:43:25,089 Wondering whether someone said something nice about them. 637 00:43:25,165 --> 00:43:27,793 All short-term frivolous bullshit,you know. 638 00:43:27,868 --> 00:43:32,066 - Ben Bradlee worrying about Teddy Kennedy liking him. - Prick. 639 00:43:32,139 --> 00:43:37,202 - Get Mr. Dean in here, will you? - Mr. President, l fear we are drifting towards oblivion here. 640 00:43:37,277 --> 00:43:39,507 We are playing a totally reactive game. 641 00:43:39,580 --> 00:43:41,878 We have to get ahead of the ball. 642 00:43:41,949 --> 00:43:47,114 Now, we all know that you are clean. Right? 643 00:43:47,187 --> 00:43:50,122 Then let`s take off the gloves. 644 00:43:50,190 --> 00:43:53,887 - Let`s do a housecleaning. - Housecleaning? 645 00:44:01,168 --> 00:44:04,228 No, it could be ugly, Henry, really ugly. 646 00:44:04,304 --> 00:44:05,931 lt must be done, sir. Your government is paralyzed. 647 00:44:06,006 --> 00:44:08,941 All kinds of shit could come out. The Ellsberg thing. 648 00:44:09,009 --> 00:44:10,874 Yeah, even you knew about that one, didn`t you, Henry? 649 00:44:10,944 --> 00:44:13,538 Well, l heard something. lt sounded idiotic. 650 00:44:13,614 --> 00:44:15,275 ''ldiotic.`` Yeah, l suppose it was. 651 00:44:15,349 --> 00:44:18,580 l thought it was your idea to expose Ellsberg as a sex fiend. 652 00:44:18,652 --> 00:44:20,882 l guess somebody just took you too literally. 653 00:44:20,954 --> 00:44:25,414 l never suggested that a bunch of imbeciles break into a psychiatrist`s office. 654 00:44:25,492 --> 00:44:29,428 lt doesn`t matter, Henry. The point is you might lose some of your media darling halo... 655 00:44:29,496 --> 00:44:32,226 if the media starts sniffing around our dirty laundry. 656 00:44:32,299 --> 00:44:36,099 Sir, l never had anything to do with that, and l resent the implication that-- 657 00:44:36,170 --> 00:44:40,937 Resent it all you want, Henry, but you`re in with the rest of us. 658 00:44:41,008 --> 00:44:43,306 Cambodia. Ellsberg. 659 00:44:43,377 --> 00:44:46,073 The wire taps you put in. 660 00:44:46,146 --> 00:44:49,513 The president wants you to know you can`t just click your heels and head back to Harvard Yard. 661 00:44:49,583 --> 00:44:54,543 lt`s your ass too, Henry, and it`s in the wind, twisting with everyone else`s. 662 00:45:05,265 --> 00:45:07,859 - Sir. - Yeah. 663 00:45:07,935 --> 00:45:11,837 There are times when even the president... 664 00:45:11,905 --> 00:45:14,465 can go too far. 665 00:45:17,511 --> 00:45:21,174 Played it perfectly, sir. That cocksucker`ll think twice before he leaks again. 666 00:45:21,248 --> 00:45:23,546 Yeah. 667 00:45:23,617 --> 00:45:27,644 He`ll be looking in his toilet bowl every time he pulls the chain. 668 00:45:28,288 --> 00:45:33,089 Pardon them all. Hunt and the Cubans have nothing to lose now. 669 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,789 Nobody`s gonna investigate a crime for which the criminals have already been pardoned. 670 00:45:36,863 --> 00:45:40,799 - Yeah, l like that. l like-- That`s a good solution. - Yeah, but it`ll never do. 671 00:45:40,867 --> 00:45:43,597 Pardoning them means we`re all guilty. The press, the people will go nuts. 672 00:45:43,670 --> 00:45:45,900 What am l supposed to do,just sit here and watch them coming closer... 673 00:45:45,973 --> 00:45:48,601 eating their way to the center? 674 00:45:48,675 --> 00:45:52,771 Lyndon bugged; so did Kennedy. F.D.R. cut a deal with Lucky Luciano. 675 00:45:52,846 --> 00:45:55,474 Christ, even Eisenhower had a-- a mistress. 676 00:45:55,549 --> 00:45:59,007 What`s so special about me? Huh? 677 00:46:00,220 --> 00:46:03,087 l don`t know. 678 00:46:03,156 --> 00:46:06,353 l just know we`ve made too many enemies. 679 00:46:06,426 --> 00:46:11,295 Now, there are... things l can say when other people say them, they`d be lies. 680 00:46:11,365 --> 00:46:14,357 When l say them, nobody believes me anyway. 681 00:46:16,970 --> 00:46:20,030 Then we`re going to have to give them Mitchell. 682 00:46:21,575 --> 00:46:24,100 Mitchell`s family. 683 00:46:24,177 --> 00:46:27,146 Either it goes to Mitchell, or it comes here. 684 00:46:28,348 --> 00:46:31,181 John`s right, boss. 685 00:46:31,251 --> 00:46:35,244 lt`s not personal. lt`s just the way the game is played. 686 00:46:35,322 --> 00:46:38,052 Sometimes you gotta punt. 687 00:46:43,897 --> 00:46:46,730 Hey, he`s wrong,you know. 688 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,566 - About Kennedy, L.B.J. and Truman. - How so? 689 00:46:50,637 --> 00:46:54,300 Well, l mean, sure, they did stuff, Bob, but nothing like this. 690 00:46:54,374 --> 00:46:59,334 l mean, forget about the break-in, the, the, the enemies list. The, uh-- You know. 691 00:46:59,413 --> 00:47:02,974 You got the attempted firebombing of the Brookings lnstitution. 692 00:47:03,050 --> 00:47:06,451 Planting McGovern`s stuff on the guy that shot Wallace. 693 00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:08,579 Trying to slip L.S.D. toJack Anderson. 694 00:47:08,655 --> 00:47:11,146 The old man plays politics harder than anybody else,John. 695 00:47:11,224 --> 00:47:13,658 You think this is about politics? 696 00:47:13,727 --> 00:47:16,787 You think L.B.J. would ever have asked Hunt to forge a cable... 697 00:47:16,863 --> 00:47:21,493 implicating Kennedy in the assassination of the president of Vietnam? 698 00:47:21,568 --> 00:47:24,230 - How long have you known him? About 20 years? - This is the Roosevelt Room... 699 00:47:24,304 --> 00:47:26,738 named after our 26th president. 700 00:47:26,807 --> 00:47:28,832 This is about Richard Nixon. 701 00:47:28,909 --> 00:47:31,605 l mean,you got people dying because he didn`t make the varsity football team. 702 00:47:31,678 --> 00:47:34,374 You got the Constitution hanging by a thread... 703 00:47:34,448 --> 00:47:38,111 because he went to Whittier, not to Yale. 704 00:47:38,185 --> 00:47:42,918 And what is this Bay of Pigs thing anyway? Goes white every time you mention it. 705 00:47:44,825 --> 00:47:46,850 lt`s a code or something. 706 00:47:46,927 --> 00:47:49,020 Well, shit, even l figured that out. 707 00:47:49,096 --> 00:47:52,497 No, l think he means-- 708 00:47:52,566 --> 00:47:55,592 - The Kennedy assassination. - Yeah? 709 00:47:55,669 --> 00:48:00,072 They went after Castro, and in some crazy way it got turned back on Kennedy. 710 00:48:00,140 --> 00:48:03,007 l don`t think the old man knows what happened. 711 00:48:03,076 --> 00:48:04,737 But he`s afraid to find out, l can tell you that. 712 00:48:04,811 --> 00:48:07,541 He`s shitting peach pits every time he thinks about it. 713 00:48:07,614 --> 00:48:10,674 - Created a Frankenstein with those damn Cubans. - Ohh! 714 00:48:10,751 --> 00:48:13,515 Eight words back in `72: 715 00:48:13,587 --> 00:48:15,680 ''l covered up. 716 00:48:15,756 --> 00:48:19,214 l was wrong. l`m sorry.`` 717 00:48:19,292 --> 00:48:22,784 And the American public would`ve forgiven him. 718 00:48:22,863 --> 00:48:25,832 But we never opened our mouths,John. 719 00:48:25,899 --> 00:48:27,924 We failed him. 720 00:48:28,001 --> 00:48:32,028 Dick Nixon saying ''l`m sorry``? That`ll be the day. 721 00:48:32,105 --> 00:48:35,074 His whole suit of armor would fall off. 722 00:48:35,142 --> 00:48:39,135 - So...you tell Mitchell. - Yeah. 723 00:48:39,212 --> 00:48:43,581 And,John,you do know that we`re next, don`t you? 724 00:48:58,665 --> 00:49:01,099 You`re early,John. 725 00:49:03,236 --> 00:49:06,672 lf you`d been that stealthy at the Watergate, we wouldn`t be in this mess. 726 00:49:08,542 --> 00:49:10,942 l was... sorry to hear about your wife. 727 00:49:11,011 --> 00:49:13,775 Yes. 728 00:49:13,847 --> 00:49:15,815 l got the money. 729 00:49:15,882 --> 00:49:18,612 The president would like to know if that was the last payment. 730 00:49:18,685 --> 00:49:22,746 - l`ll bet he would. - ls it? 731 00:49:22,823 --> 00:49:25,758 ln Richard Nixon`s long history of underhanded dealings... 732 00:49:25,826 --> 00:49:28,294 he`s never had better value for his money. 733 00:49:28,361 --> 00:49:32,627 lf l were to open my mouth, all the dominoes would fall. 734 00:49:33,767 --> 00:49:36,031 Can l ask you a question? 735 00:49:36,102 --> 00:49:41,039 How the hell do you have the temerity to blackmail the president of the United States? 736 00:49:41,107 --> 00:49:45,874 That`s not the question,John. The question is, why is he paying? 737 00:49:45,946 --> 00:49:49,109 - To protect his people. - l`m one of his people. 738 00:49:49,182 --> 00:49:52,618 The Cubans are his people. And we`re going to jail for him. 739 00:49:52,686 --> 00:49:56,554 Howard,you will serve no more than two years. Then he`ll pardon you. 740 00:49:56,623 --> 00:49:59,251 Maybe. Maybe not. 741 00:50:00,727 --> 00:50:04,026 But you don`t leave your men on the beach,John. 742 00:50:04,097 --> 00:50:06,691 You don`t make them beg for their money like thieves. 743 00:50:06,766 --> 00:50:10,065 You don`t dump men with families who`ve served their country. 744 00:50:10,136 --> 00:50:13,037 He didn`t know. This thing has gotten outta hand. He-- 745 00:50:13,106 --> 00:50:16,769 Do you think a man as controlled as Richard Nixon would`ve allowed a break-in... 746 00:50:16,843 --> 00:50:20,574 at the Democratic National Headquarters without knowing it? 747 00:50:20,647 --> 00:50:25,107 You really thinkJohn Mitchell or Bob Haldeman wouldn`t have run it by him at least once? 748 00:50:25,185 --> 00:50:27,983 The president`s men did nothing-- 749 00:50:28,054 --> 00:50:30,716 nothing without Richard Nixon`s permission. 750 00:50:35,428 --> 00:50:37,419 John, sooner or later-- 751 00:50:37,497 --> 00:50:42,230 sooner, l think--you`re going to learn the lesson that`s been learned... 752 00:50:42,302 --> 00:50:46,068 by everyone who`s ever gotten close to Richard Nixon-- 753 00:50:46,139 --> 00:50:48,801 That he`s the darkness... 754 00:50:48,875 --> 00:50:52,367 reaching out for the darkness. 755 00:50:52,445 --> 00:50:55,903 And eventually, it`s either you or him. 756 00:50:58,785 --> 00:51:01,913 Your grave`s already been dug,John. 757 00:51:15,235 --> 00:51:18,227 F.B.l. director-designate L. Patrick Gray... 758 00:51:18,305 --> 00:51:20,933 shocked the Senate by revealing that John Dean... 759 00:51:21,007 --> 00:51:24,534 has been secretly receiving F.B.l. reports on Watergate. 760 00:51:24,611 --> 00:51:26,943 - Crown, this is Echo Six. - How are you, sir? 761 00:51:27,013 --> 00:51:29,777 Gray also said that Dean lied when he claimed Howard Hunt... 762 00:51:29,849 --> 00:51:32,283 did not have an office in the White House. 763 00:51:32,352 --> 00:51:36,550 - How is he? - He`s in a bad mood. He`s running late. Have a seat. 764 00:51:41,027 --> 00:51:45,293 This is the sort of thing Mafia people can do, washing money and things like that. 765 00:51:45,365 --> 00:51:47,856 We just don`t know about these things because we`re not criminals. 766 00:51:47,934 --> 00:51:50,960 How much you need? 767 00:51:51,037 --> 00:51:53,665 l would say these people will cost... 768 00:51:53,740 --> 00:51:56,971 a million dollars over the next two years. 769 00:51:57,043 --> 00:51:59,273 - We could get that. - Uh-huh. 770 00:51:59,346 --> 00:52:04,249 Get a million dollars in cash. l know where it could be gotten. 771 00:52:06,353 --> 00:52:09,288 l`m still not confident we can ride through this. 772 00:52:09,356 --> 00:52:12,257 Some people are gonna have to go to jail. Hunt`s not the only problem. 773 00:52:12,325 --> 00:52:15,658 Haldeman let me use the $350,000 cash fund... 774 00:52:15,729 --> 00:52:17,663 in his safe to make the payments. 775 00:52:17,731 --> 00:52:21,462 Ehrlichman had a role-- a big role-- in the Ellsberg break-in. 776 00:52:21,534 --> 00:52:23,593 Oh, l-- l don`t know about that. 777 00:52:23,670 --> 00:52:27,800 And-- And l`m-- 778 00:52:27,874 --> 00:52:31,674 l think it`s time we begin to think in terms of cutting our losses. 779 00:52:31,745 --> 00:52:35,340 Yeah. 780 00:52:35,415 --> 00:52:38,907 Are you saying-- You`re saying cut our losses,John, and all the rest. 781 00:52:38,985 --> 00:52:43,445 And,you know, suppose the thing blows and they indict Bob and the others? 782 00:52:43,523 --> 00:52:46,788 Jesus,you`d never recover from that,John. l mean-- 783 00:52:46,860 --> 00:52:51,160 No, it`s better to fight it out instead and not let people testify. 784 00:52:51,231 --> 00:52:56,726 Sir, l-- l still don`t think we can contain this anymore. 785 00:52:56,803 --> 00:53:00,295 There`s a cancer on the presidency and it`s growing with every day that we-- 786 00:53:00,373 --> 00:53:02,273 Jesus,you know, every-- 787 00:53:02,342 --> 00:53:06,210 Everything`s a crisis among the upper intellectual types, the softheads. 788 00:53:06,279 --> 00:53:09,373 But the average people don`t think it`s much of a crisis. l mean-- 789 00:53:09,449 --> 00:53:13,442 For Christ`s sake, this is not Vietnam. No one is dying here. 790 00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,681 - l mean, isn`t it ridiculous? - l-- l agree. 791 00:53:15,755 --> 00:53:18,189 - lt`s-- lt`s ridiculous, but-- - lt`s goddamn crazy! 792 00:53:18,258 --> 00:53:22,820 Goldwater was right when he said, for Christ`s sakes, everybody bugs everybody else. 793 00:53:22,896 --> 00:53:25,160 We know that. 794 00:53:25,231 --> 00:53:29,725 lt`s the cover-up,John, not the deed, that`s really bad here. 795 00:53:31,538 --> 00:53:36,066 lf only Mitchell could just step up and take the brunt of it,you know. 796 00:53:36,142 --> 00:53:38,133 You know, give `em the hors d`oeuvre. 797 00:53:38,211 --> 00:53:42,079 Maybe they won`t come back for the main course. No. 798 00:53:42,148 --> 00:53:44,912 You know, that`s the tragedy in all this. 799 00:53:44,984 --> 00:53:48,784 Mitchell`s gonna get it in the neck anyway, so it`s time he assumed responsibility. 800 00:53:48,855 --> 00:53:50,789 They`re not paying attention. 801 00:53:50,857 --> 00:53:54,384 He won`t. He`s told Ehrlichman he won`t. 802 00:53:54,461 --> 00:53:56,452 You tell my good friend Dick... 803 00:53:56,529 --> 00:54:01,796 l got suckered into this thing by not paying attention to what these bastards were doing. 804 00:54:01,868 --> 00:54:06,601 l don`t have a guilty conscience, and he shouldn`t either. 805 00:54:06,673 --> 00:54:08,903 Yeah. 806 00:54:12,479 --> 00:54:14,572 Well, he`s right. 807 00:54:14,647 --> 00:54:19,209 Maybe it is time to go the hang-out route,John. 808 00:54:19,285 --> 00:54:21,753 A full and thorough investigation. 809 00:54:21,821 --> 00:54:26,281 We`ve cooperated with the F.B.l. We`ll cooperate with the Senate. 810 00:54:26,359 --> 00:54:29,089 - What have we gotta hide? - No, we`ve nothing to hide. 811 00:54:29,162 --> 00:54:31,722 No. Nothing to hide. 812 00:54:31,798 --> 00:54:34,790 You know, the only-- the only fault in the plan is... 813 00:54:34,868 --> 00:54:37,837 they`re not gonna believe the truth anyway; that`s the incredible thing. 814 00:54:37,904 --> 00:54:41,067 l agree. lt`s-- lt`s tricky. 815 00:54:41,141 --> 00:54:44,440 Everything seems to lead back here. 816 00:54:44,511 --> 00:54:47,105 - People would never understand. - No. 817 00:54:47,180 --> 00:54:51,742 John, l want you to get away from this madhouse. l want-- These reporters. 818 00:54:51,818 --> 00:54:56,380 l want you to go up to Camp David for the weekend and l want you to write up a report. 819 00:54:56,456 --> 00:54:59,983 Put everything you know about Watergate in there and say... 820 00:55:00,059 --> 00:55:02,926 ''Mr. President, here it all is.`` Okay? 821 00:55:02,996 --> 00:55:07,126 You want me to put it all in writing over my signature? 822 00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:10,795 Well, uh, nobody knows more about this thing than you do,John. 823 00:55:10,870 --> 00:55:16,103 And, uh,you know, the details. And that stuff l don`t know. But-- Heh. 824 00:55:17,110 --> 00:55:19,203 Uh-huh. 825 00:55:19,279 --> 00:55:24,239 Sir... l`m not going to be the scapegoat for this. 826 00:55:24,317 --> 00:55:26,683 Haldeman and Ehrlichman are in it just as deep as l. 827 00:55:26,753 --> 00:55:29,620 No, now,John,you don`t wanna start down that road. 828 00:55:29,689 --> 00:55:31,919 l-- You know, l remember... 829 00:55:31,991 --> 00:55:35,222 Whittaker Chambers telling me back in `48-- 830 00:55:35,295 --> 00:55:37,388 And he was a man who suffered greatly,you know. 831 00:55:37,463 --> 00:55:42,059 And he said, ''On the road of the informer, it is always night.`` 832 00:55:42,135 --> 00:55:45,627 Now... it`s beyond you or even me,John. 833 00:55:45,705 --> 00:55:47,263 - lt`s-- lt`s the country. - Yeah. 834 00:55:47,340 --> 00:55:48,898 - lt`s the presidency. - l understand that, sir. 835 00:55:48,975 --> 00:55:50,909 You know, l-- You know how l feel about loyalty. 836 00:55:50,977 --> 00:55:55,141 l-- l`m not gonna let any of my people go to jail, that l promise you. 837 00:55:55,215 --> 00:55:59,276 Now, the important thing is is just to keep this away from Haldeman and Ehrlichman. 838 00:55:59,352 --> 00:56:04,187 And l`m trusting you to do this,John, and l have complete confidence in you. Okay? 839 00:56:04,257 --> 00:56:06,020 - l`ll work on it. - Okay. 840 00:56:06,092 --> 00:56:08,458 Now you say hi to that beautiful wife of yours, will you? 841 00:56:08,528 --> 00:56:12,259 - Yes, sir. - Good. Shit. 842 00:56:12,332 --> 00:56:13,856 - lt happens. - This place is a shambles. 843 00:56:13,933 --> 00:56:16,163 - Yeah. - Hey! 844 00:56:19,639 --> 00:56:23,131 l was determined that we should get to the bottom of Watergate... 845 00:56:23,209 --> 00:56:28,476 and the truth should be fully brought out, no matter who was involved. 846 00:56:28,548 --> 00:56:33,281 Today, in one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency... 847 00:56:33,353 --> 00:56:37,813 l accepted the resignations of two of my closest associates in the White House... 848 00:56:37,891 --> 00:56:40,257 Bob Haldeman andJohn Ehrlichman... 849 00:56:40,326 --> 00:56:44,228 two of the finest public servants it has been my privilege to know. 850 00:56:48,801 --> 00:56:51,565 More light, Chief?. 851 00:56:51,638 --> 00:56:53,572 No, Bob. 852 00:57:00,313 --> 00:57:05,649 - Six bodies. - Counsel to the president, John Dean, has also resigned. 853 00:57:05,718 --> 00:57:08,516 l will not place the blame on subordinates... 854 00:57:08,588 --> 00:57:11,819 on people whose zeal exceeded their judgment... 855 00:57:11,891 --> 00:57:16,726 and who may have done wrong in a cause they deeply believed to be right. 856 00:57:18,665 --> 00:57:23,534 ln any organization, the man at the top must bear the responsibility. 857 00:57:23,603 --> 00:57:28,973 That responsibility, therefore, belongs here in this office, and l accept that. 858 00:57:29,042 --> 00:57:31,772 There can be no whitewash at the White House. 859 00:57:31,844 --> 00:57:34,938 Two wrongs do not make a right. 860 00:57:35,014 --> 00:57:36,948 Now, l love America. 861 00:57:37,016 --> 00:57:41,646 God bless America, and God bless each and every one of you. 862 00:57:43,589 --> 00:57:46,422 And we`re clear. 863 00:57:49,262 --> 00:57:51,196 Out. 864 00:58:10,350 --> 00:58:12,716 Thank you. 865 00:58:18,291 --> 00:58:20,623 Are you going to Key Biscayne? 866 00:58:21,728 --> 00:58:24,526 - Yeah. - When? 867 00:58:26,833 --> 00:58:28,767 Tomorrow. 868 00:58:35,541 --> 00:58:38,066 Ron told me that, um... 869 00:58:38,144 --> 00:58:41,636 Bob Haldeman has been calling, but you won`t talk to him. 870 00:58:43,349 --> 00:58:45,977 lf he`s convicted, will you pardon him? 871 00:58:49,956 --> 00:58:51,753 No. 872 00:58:57,864 --> 00:59:01,595 Why are you cutting yourself off from the rest of us? 873 00:59:03,469 --> 00:59:07,496 - Can`t we discuss this? - What exactly did you want to discuss, Pat? 874 00:59:07,573 --> 00:59:10,269 You. What you`re doing. 875 00:59:11,944 --> 00:59:14,412 - What am l doing? - l... wish l knew. 876 00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:16,607 You`re hiding. 877 00:59:18,785 --> 00:59:23,085 - Hiding what? - Whatever it is you`ve always been hiding. 878 00:59:23,156 --> 00:59:25,784 You`re letting it destroy you, Dick. 879 00:59:27,460 --> 00:59:29,621 You won`t even ask for hel-- 880 00:59:34,867 --> 00:59:38,234 Manolo, uh, Mrs. Nixon`s finished. 881 00:59:43,009 --> 00:59:45,569 l am the only one left, Dick. 882 00:59:46,646 --> 00:59:50,082 lf you don`t even talk to me-- 883 00:59:58,091 --> 01:00:01,060 Brezhnev`s coming in three days. 884 01:00:01,127 --> 01:00:04,893 l don`t wanna deal with them and him... and you. 885 01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:10,601 How much more-- How much more is it going to cost? 886 01:00:10,670 --> 01:00:14,606 When do the rest of us stop paying off your debts? 887 01:00:18,511 --> 01:00:22,504 l`d like to finish my dinner in peace... 888 01:00:22,582 --> 01:00:25,608 if it`s not too much to ask. 889 01:00:29,489 --> 01:00:31,423 No, it isn`t. 890 01:00:35,228 --> 01:00:39,494 l won`t interfere with you anymore. l`m finished trying. 891 01:00:40,733 --> 01:00:43,167 Thank you. 892 01:00:43,236 --> 01:00:45,761 ''Thank you``? 893 01:00:45,838 --> 01:00:49,001 Dick, sometimes l understand why they hate you. 894 01:00:57,116 --> 01:01:00,279 The committee will come to order, and counsel will call the first witness. 895 01:01:00,353 --> 01:01:04,050 - Thank you. - Mr.John W. Dean, lll. 896 01:01:04,123 --> 01:01:06,250 After l departed the president`s office... 897 01:01:06,325 --> 01:01:10,489 l subsequently went to a meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman to discuss the matter further. 898 01:01:10,563 --> 01:01:13,726 The sum and substance of that discussion was... 899 01:01:13,799 --> 01:01:17,633 the way to handle this now was for Mitchell to step forward. 900 01:01:17,703 --> 01:01:20,763 lt was a tremendous disappointment to me because it was quite clear... 901 01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:23,741 that the cover-up, as far as the White House was-- 902 01:01:23,809 --> 01:01:26,437 was concerned, was going to continue. 903 01:01:26,512 --> 01:01:28,912 - Why is he doing this? He`s our goddamn lawyer. - l recall the-- 904 01:01:28,981 --> 01:01:31,108 lf he had a problem, why didn`t he come talk with us? 905 01:01:31,184 --> 01:01:34,176 Just remember, the weasel`s got no proof. 906 01:01:34,253 --> 01:01:38,917 - l, for the first time, said-- - lt`s still an informer`s word against the president`s. 907 01:01:38,991 --> 01:01:41,551 ...were all indictable for obstruction of justice. 908 01:01:41,627 --> 01:01:45,563 And that was the reason l was disagreeing with all that was being discussed... 909 01:01:45,631 --> 01:01:48,566 - Give `em hell, General. - at that point in time. 910 01:01:54,307 --> 01:01:57,299 Mao taught me in 1 963... 911 01:01:59,645 --> 01:02:02,341 if l have nuclear weapons... 912 01:02:05,017 --> 01:02:07,679 let 400 million Chinese die... 913 01:02:08,888 --> 01:02:11,186 300 million will be left. 914 01:02:12,325 --> 01:02:15,954 - Mao. - Yeah. 915 01:02:16,028 --> 01:02:18,155 - You want to know what happened? l can tell you what happened. - Mao suffers from-- 916 01:02:18,231 --> 01:02:20,597 You want names? l can give you names. l can give you Haldeman. 917 01:02:20,666 --> 01:02:22,190 l can give you-- l`m talking about the president. The president. 918 01:02:22,268 --> 01:02:24,202 - Mao. - We all know in our country-- 919 01:02:24,270 --> 01:02:26,204 l can give you the president. 920 01:02:26,272 --> 01:02:29,002 ...this man and his dog heart. 921 01:02:31,010 --> 01:02:34,468 You want him to be your ally? 922 01:02:34,547 --> 01:02:37,983 Well, he was your ally for 20 years, Leonid. 923 01:02:38,050 --> 01:02:40,245 Yes,yes, Dick. 924 01:02:44,924 --> 01:02:48,382 Mr. Nixon. 925 01:02:48,461 --> 01:02:51,919 Life is the best teacher, and therefore it must not interfere... 926 01:02:51,998 --> 01:02:55,695 with the building of the SALT ll treaty between our great countries. 927 01:02:59,272 --> 01:03:02,605 Peace in our era is possible. 928 01:03:04,277 --> 01:03:08,839 - Excuse me, Leonid. - lt`s okay, Dick. lt`s okay. 929 01:03:22,261 --> 01:03:25,196 He`s spilling his guts to the Ervin committee. And unfortunately-- 930 01:03:43,316 --> 01:03:46,843 Did you, Daddy? 931 01:03:46,919 --> 01:03:49,581 - What? - Did you cover it up? 932 01:03:56,529 --> 01:04:00,158 You think l`d do something like that, honey? 933 01:04:02,868 --> 01:04:06,565 Well, then you can`t give up. You just can`t. 934 01:04:06,639 --> 01:04:09,233 You`re one of the best presidents this country has ever had. 935 01:04:09,308 --> 01:04:14,041 You`ve done what Lincoln did-- you brought this country back from civil war. 936 01:04:14,113 --> 01:04:17,446 You can`t let your enemies tear you down. 937 01:04:17,516 --> 01:04:21,316 You`ve gotta stay and fight. l`ll go out there and make speeches. 938 01:04:21,387 --> 01:04:24,481 Nobody knows the real you, how sweet you are... 939 01:04:24,557 --> 01:04:27,287 how nice you are to people. 940 01:04:27,360 --> 01:04:29,351 l`ll tell them. 941 01:04:30,963 --> 01:04:33,864 You`re the most decent person l know. 942 01:04:36,535 --> 01:04:39,333 l just hope l haven`t let you down, kitten. 943 01:04:41,207 --> 01:04:43,801 They just don`t know the real you. 944 01:04:45,311 --> 01:04:47,779 They just don`t know. 945 01:04:47,847 --> 01:04:52,375 Tricky Dick always knew what was goin` on. 946 01:04:52,451 --> 01:04:55,943 Every last goddamn detail. 947 01:04:56,021 --> 01:04:59,787 - And my husband is not going to take the rap this time. - Martha! 948 01:04:59,859 --> 01:05:03,955 - Martha,just a few questions. - They know they can`t shut me up. Probably end up killin` me. 949 01:05:04,029 --> 01:05:07,294 She doesn`t know what she`s talking about. She`s not well. Stop bothering her. 950 01:05:07,366 --> 01:05:09,664 Ah, hell, she`s nuts. You bastards have seen to that. 951 01:05:09,735 --> 01:05:11,532 Mr. Mitchell, are you and Martha gonna get back together again? 952 01:05:11,604 --> 01:05:14,937 Our marriage is finished. Thank you very much. Stick that up your keister, fella. 953 01:05:21,847 --> 01:05:26,546 Now, were the visitors that went into the White House warned... 954 01:05:26,619 --> 01:05:29,486 their conversations with the president would be taped? 955 01:05:29,555 --> 01:05:32,149 - Again, l am not aware of the technical details. - And on Friday... 956 01:05:32,224 --> 01:05:34,419 we have the high school students from Ohio. 957 01:05:34,493 --> 01:05:37,792 -...telephones is often times-- - Saturday is the National... 958 01:05:37,863 --> 01:05:40,764 - Women`s Republican Club. - ln a development that could break Watergate wide open... 959 01:05:40,833 --> 01:05:43,529 - And Sunday you`ll be-- - former White House aide Alexander Butterfield... 960 01:05:43,602 --> 01:05:46,036 - ...the west wing of the White House-- - testified today before the Senate select committee. 961 01:05:46,105 --> 01:05:48,300 He revealed the existence of a taping system... 962 01:05:48,374 --> 01:05:50,934 that may have recorded conversations in the White House... 963 01:05:51,010 --> 01:05:54,411 the Executive Office Building, and even members of his own family. 964 01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:58,473 You said also taped-- All calls to the White House... 965 01:05:58,551 --> 01:06:01,384 of whatever nature and character would be taped? 966 01:06:01,454 --> 01:06:03,581 - Yes, the tape would not discriminate. - And none of them... 967 01:06:03,656 --> 01:06:06,648 had knowledge that their conversations were being taped? 968 01:06:06,725 --> 01:06:08,784 - This is a stunning revelation. -No, sir-- 969 01:06:08,861 --> 01:06:11,796 lf such tapes exist, they could tell us, once and for all... 970 01:06:11,864 --> 01:06:15,823 what did the president know, and when did he know it. 971 01:06:15,968 --> 01:06:17,196 l want Hunt paid. 972 01:06:17,269 --> 01:06:21,638 Maybe it`s time to go the hang-out route,John. 973 01:06:21,707 --> 01:06:24,835 -lf they fear the madman-- -lt was a contribution. lt was a legal contribution. 974 01:06:24,910 --> 01:06:27,208 - Who the hell authorized this? Colson? - Well, sir-- 975 01:06:27,279 --> 01:06:29,907 - The Bay of Pigs? - ...the C.l.A and you tell Helms that Howard Hunt-- 976 01:06:29,982 --> 01:06:33,042 -lt was Kennedy`s screw-up. - There`s a cancer on the presidency... 977 01:06:33,118 --> 01:06:35,552 - and it`s growing with every day-- - This thing we created-- 978 01:06:35,621 --> 01:06:37,111 Too damn much. Whatever, it killed Kennedy. 979 01:06:37,189 --> 01:06:38,986 lf he goes public-- lf Hunt goes public-- 980 01:06:39,058 --> 01:06:41,219 - This thing we created-- - it`ll be a fiasco for the C.l.A. 981 01:06:41,293 --> 01:06:44,854 They`re like love letters. 982 01:06:44,930 --> 01:06:47,763 You should burn `em. 983 01:06:47,833 --> 01:06:51,599 Why didn`t you? 984 01:06:51,670 --> 01:06:55,572 They`re evidence. You can`t legally destroy evidence. 985 01:06:55,641 --> 01:06:59,338 You don`t expect me to believe that for one minute, do ya? 986 01:06:59,411 --> 01:07:01,345 Huh? 987 01:07:01,413 --> 01:07:04,109 Does it matter what`s on `em? 988 01:07:04,183 --> 01:07:07,641 Really? Murder, Dick? Sex? 989 01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:11,850 Your secrets? Your fantasies? Or is it just me and you and-- 990 01:07:11,924 --> 01:07:13,721 Don`t be ridiculous. 991 01:07:13,792 --> 01:07:16,625 l remember Alger Hiss. 992 01:07:16,695 --> 01:07:19,664 l know how ugly you can be. 993 01:07:19,732 --> 01:07:21,859 You`re capable of anything. 994 01:07:29,608 --> 01:07:33,044 You see, it doesn`t really matter at the end of the day what`s on them... 995 01:07:33,112 --> 01:07:35,580 because you have absolutely no remorse. 996 01:07:35,648 --> 01:07:38,116 No concept of remorse. 997 01:07:38,183 --> 01:07:42,586 You want the tapes to get out. You want them to see you at your worst. 998 01:07:42,655 --> 01:07:44,213 - You`re drunk. - Oh,yeah! 999 01:07:44,290 --> 01:07:46,724 No one`ll ever see those tapes, including you. 1000 01:07:46,792 --> 01:07:50,193 And what would l find out that l haven`t known for years? 1001 01:07:52,665 --> 01:07:55,190 What makes it so damn sad... 1002 01:07:55,267 --> 01:07:57,667 is that you couldn`t confide in any of us. 1003 01:07:57,736 --> 01:08:00,864 You had to make a record for the whole world. 1004 01:08:02,575 --> 01:08:04,543 They were for me. They`re mine. 1005 01:08:04,610 --> 01:08:08,068 They`re not yours. They are you. 1006 01:08:15,588 --> 01:08:17,954 You should burn them. 1007 01:08:36,875 --> 01:08:40,311 - What has changed in you, Richard? - Ohh! Go away! 1008 01:08:50,689 --> 01:08:54,523 These guys went after Castro seven times, ten times. 1009 01:08:54,593 --> 01:08:57,391 What, do you think people like that, they just gave up? 1010 01:08:57,463 --> 01:09:00,489 They just don`t walk away. 1011 01:09:04,570 --> 01:09:07,596 - What do you think-- Seven times, ten times. - l never said this. 1012 01:09:07,673 --> 01:09:11,973 - Ten times. Never. - What, do you think people like that, they just gave up? 1013 01:09:12,044 --> 01:09:15,138 Castro. These guys went after Castro. 1014 01:09:21,253 --> 01:09:23,915 lf this got out, they`d blame me for everything. 1015 01:09:23,989 --> 01:09:26,048 Forget Kennedy orJohnson. lt`s Nixon. 1016 01:09:28,827 --> 01:09:30,954 lt`s Nixon. 1017 01:09:45,577 --> 01:09:49,069 Whoever killed Kennedy came from this thing we created... 1018 01:09:49,148 --> 01:09:52,015 this beast. 1019 01:09:56,422 --> 01:09:59,289 ln the latest bombshell, the president`s lawyers revealed... 1020 01:09:59,358 --> 01:10:01,485 that there is an 18-and-a-half minute gap... 1021 01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:03,551 in a critical Watergate tape. 1022 01:10:03,629 --> 01:10:07,759 Reactions of disbelief and anger are being heard across the country. 1023 01:10:12,004 --> 01:10:14,996 My God! Pat! 1024 01:10:16,875 --> 01:10:19,207 - Pat! - He was coughing. - l`m gonna need-- 1025 01:10:19,278 --> 01:10:22,543 - Has he had chest pains? - He woke up coughing blood. - Clear the path! l`m in charge here! 1026 01:10:22,614 --> 01:10:25,412 - Has he been short of breath? - No, and he`s sure that he has T.B. 1027 01:10:25,484 --> 01:10:30,922 - Why T.B.? - Because his family had it. His brother had it. 1028 01:10:30,989 --> 01:10:33,423 - Lie down on there. - l think it`s flooded. 1029 01:10:33,492 --> 01:10:36,893 Richard. 1030 01:10:36,962 --> 01:10:39,897 Okay, ladies, get those l.V.s started. 1031 01:10:43,102 --> 01:10:46,333 - Please lie down, Dick. They need you to lie down. - Sedate him. 1032 01:10:46,405 --> 01:10:48,771 Dick. 1033 01:10:52,478 --> 01:10:56,141 - Richard? - Mother. 1034 01:10:58,016 --> 01:11:01,452 Maybe a trip to the woodshed`ll-- 1035 01:11:01,520 --> 01:11:03,818 Daddy, did-- 1036 01:11:43,695 --> 01:11:45,890 Vice President Agnew has resigned today... 1037 01:11:45,964 --> 01:11:49,422 pleading no contest to charges of income tax evasion. 1038 01:11:49,501 --> 01:11:51,901 This follows Watergate special prosecutor... 1039 01:11:51,970 --> 01:11:54,598 Archibald Cox`s continuing investigation... 1040 01:11:54,673 --> 01:11:56,800 into President Nixon`s finances. 1041 01:11:56,875 --> 01:11:58,866 - Apparently, the president paid no income tax-- - Please lie down, Dick. 1042 01:11:58,944 --> 01:12:01,936 -in the years 1 970, `7 1 and `72, - They need you to lie down, Dick. Dick! 1043 01:12:02,014 --> 01:12:06,144 and may have used government funds to improve his residence in San Clemente, California. 1044 01:12:06,218 --> 01:12:08,152 Where`s the blood coming from? What`s wrong with him? 1045 01:12:08,220 --> 01:12:12,850 Well, he`s got an acute viral pneumonia and a very serious phlebitis. 1046 01:12:12,925 --> 01:12:16,952 - lf a clot were to break loose, it could go into his lungs. - Oh, no. 1047 01:12:17,029 --> 01:12:19,463 The president, recovering, has returned to the White House. 1048 01:12:19,531 --> 01:12:24,264 But Archibald Cox has declared war by issuing a subpoena for nine of the president`s tapes. 1049 01:12:25,337 --> 01:12:27,999 Never! Over my dead body! lt`s the president`s personal property. 1050 01:12:28,073 --> 01:12:30,303 l`ll never give up my tapes to a bunch of... 1051 01:12:30,375 --> 01:12:33,173 Kennedy-loving, Harvard Democrat cocksuckers. 1052 01:12:33,245 --> 01:12:36,772 This could trigger the impeachment. They`ll go to the Supreme Court. 1053 01:12:36,849 --> 01:12:40,512 l appointed three of those bastards, and l`ll never give `em my tapes. 1054 01:12:40,586 --> 01:12:43,248 Can the president afford to ignore a subpoena? 1055 01:12:43,322 --> 01:12:47,224 Who the hell does Cox think he is? l`ve never made a dime from public office. 1056 01:12:47,292 --> 01:12:50,887 l`m honest. My dad died broke.Jesus. 1057 01:12:50,963 --> 01:12:55,024 You know, that son of a bitch Cox, he went to the same law school asJack Kennedy. 1058 01:12:55,100 --> 01:12:58,194 The last gasp of the establishment. 1059 01:12:58,270 --> 01:13:00,602 Yeah, they got the hell kicked out of`em in the election... 1060 01:13:00,672 --> 01:13:03,300 so they now they gotta squeal about Watergate... 1061 01:13:03,375 --> 01:13:05,900 `cause we were the first real threat to them in years. 1062 01:13:05,978 --> 01:13:08,310 My God, Al, we would`ve changed it-- 1063 01:13:08,380 --> 01:13:11,838 changed it so they couldn`t have changed it back in 1 00 years. 1064 01:13:11,917 --> 01:13:14,943 Yeah. 1065 01:13:15,020 --> 01:13:16,920 - lf only the-- - Mr. President. 1066 01:13:16,989 --> 01:13:19,685 - Huh? - Sir, Congress is-- 1067 01:13:19,758 --> 01:13:21,157 - No, over here, sir. - Sir. - Yeah? 1068 01:13:21,226 --> 01:13:23,717 Congress is considering four articles of impeachment. 1069 01:13:23,795 --> 01:13:26,764 - Yeah. For what? - They`re very serious charges, sir. 1070 01:13:26,832 --> 01:13:28,629 - Huh? - First, abuse of power. 1071 01:13:28,700 --> 01:13:30,565 - Yep. - Second, the obstruction of justice. 1072 01:13:30,636 --> 01:13:33,628 -Yeah, what else? -Third, the failure to, uh, cooperate with the Congress. 1073 01:13:33,705 --> 01:13:37,300 - Yeah. - And, uh, last, uh, bombing Cambodia, sir. 1074 01:13:37,376 --> 01:13:40,345 They can`t impeach me for bombing Cambodia; the president can bomb anybody he likes. 1075 01:13:40,412 --> 01:13:43,540 - That`s true. - Well, we`ll-- we`ll win that one, sir, but the other three-- 1076 01:13:43,615 --> 01:13:45,446 -Hey,you know, Fred, they sell tickets. -lt`s Ron. 1077 01:13:45,517 --> 01:13:48,281 They sell tickets to an impeachment like a damn circus. 1078 01:13:48,353 --> 01:13:50,844 Okay, so they impeach me. Well, fuck `em! 1079 01:13:53,125 --> 01:13:56,526 Yeah, well, it`s just a matter of mathematics. Yeah. 1080 01:13:56,595 --> 01:13:59,962 - How many votes do we have in the Senate? - About a dozen. 1081 01:14:00,032 --> 01:14:03,866 A dozen? Geez, l got half of`em elected. 1082 01:14:03,936 --> 01:14:06,530 Okay, so l got the South and, uh... 1083 01:14:06,605 --> 01:14:09,836 Goldwater and his boys. 1084 01:14:09,908 --> 01:14:12,342 - l`ll take my chances in the Senate. - Yes, we should. 1085 01:14:12,411 --> 01:14:16,347 - This damn leg. - Well, then, sir, we`ll... 1086 01:14:16,415 --> 01:14:19,612 have to deal with the possibility of removal from office... 1087 01:14:19,685 --> 01:14:23,849 loss of pension, possibly-- possibly even prison. 1088 01:14:23,922 --> 01:14:27,824 Yeah, well, plenty of people did their best writing in prison. 1089 01:14:27,893 --> 01:14:30,225 - Gandhi, Lenin. - That`s right. 1090 01:14:30,295 --> 01:14:33,230 What l know about this country, l could rip it apart. 1091 01:14:33,298 --> 01:14:37,132 So if they want a-- lf they want a public humiliation, that`s what they`ll get. 1092 01:14:37,202 --> 01:14:40,865 - Yes, they will. - l will never resign this office. Never. 1093 01:14:40,939 --> 01:14:42,930 Where the fuck am l? What`s in there? 1094 01:14:43,008 --> 01:14:46,409 - The P.O.W.s and their families. The event, sir. - Oh, l`m supposed to be-- 1095 01:14:46,478 --> 01:14:48,275 - Compassionate, grateful-- - Proud. 1096 01:14:48,347 --> 01:14:49,712 - Sir? - Proud. Of them. 1097 01:14:49,781 --> 01:14:53,342 - Oh,yes. Yes, of course. - Fire him. 1098 01:14:53,418 --> 01:14:56,649 - Who? - Cox. Archibald Cox. Fire him! 1099 01:14:56,722 --> 01:15:00,158 But, sir, he works for the Attorney General. Only Richardson can fire him. 1100 01:15:00,225 --> 01:15:01,817 May l echo my concern here, sir? Really-- 1101 01:15:01,893 --> 01:15:04,088 Then tell Richardson to fire him. 1102 01:15:04,162 --> 01:15:07,097 Well, Richardson won`t do that, sir. He`ll resign. 1103 01:15:07,165 --> 01:15:09,963 The hell he will. Then fire him too. lf you have to go all the way down to the janitor... 1104 01:15:10,035 --> 01:15:14,096 - of theJustice Department, fire that son of a bitch. - He`s asked for it. 1105 01:15:14,172 --> 01:15:17,664 Mr. President, may l just say something, sir? 1106 01:15:19,444 --> 01:15:22,311 - l think that you should welcome this subpoena. - Why? 1107 01:15:22,381 --> 01:15:27,819 Well, sir, the tapes can only prove that Dean was a liar, right? 1108 01:15:27,886 --> 01:15:30,480 That`s right, sir. 1109 01:15:32,824 --> 01:15:35,384 Well, there`s more. 1110 01:15:35,460 --> 01:15:37,621 There`s more than just me. 1111 01:15:37,696 --> 01:15:42,497 You can`t break, my boy. Even though it`s ended. 1112 01:15:42,567 --> 01:15:47,004 You can`t admit, even to yourself, when it`s gone. 1113 01:15:47,072 --> 01:15:50,371 Do you think those P.O.W.s in there did? 1114 01:15:51,877 --> 01:15:53,902 Now, there`s some people, and we both know them, Al... 1115 01:15:53,979 --> 01:15:58,382 think you can go stand in the middle of the bull ring and cry ''Mea culpa, mea culpa,`` 1116 01:15:58,450 --> 01:16:03,251 while the crowd is hissing and booing and spitting on you. 1117 01:16:03,321 --> 01:16:07,883 Well, a man doesn`t cry. l don`t cry. 1118 01:16:07,959 --> 01:16:11,224 You don`t cry. You fight. 1119 01:16:15,167 --> 01:16:17,067 Okay. 1120 01:16:17,135 --> 01:16:20,730 Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States! 1121 01:16:26,144 --> 01:16:29,705 Good evening. We interrupt this program for a special report from NBC News. 1122 01:16:29,781 --> 01:16:32,249 The country tonight is in the midst of what may be... 1123 01:16:32,317 --> 01:16:35,445 the most serious constitutional crisis in its history. 1124 01:16:35,520 --> 01:16:39,115 President Nixon has fired the Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. 1125 01:16:39,191 --> 01:16:41,216 Attorney General Elliot Richardson has quit... 1126 01:16:41,293 --> 01:16:44,820 and his deputy William Ruckelshaus was fired when he refused to fire Cox. 1127 01:16:44,896 --> 01:16:46,693 Acting Attorney General Robert Bork... 1128 01:16:46,765 --> 01:16:49,962 has executed President Nixon`s orders and fired the special prosecutor. 1129 01:16:50,035 --> 01:16:52,094 ln an attempt to head off impeachment proceedings... 1130 01:16:52,170 --> 01:16:56,106 the president has agreed to release transcripts of 46 taped conversations. 1131 01:16:56,174 --> 01:16:59,507 ln a simple ceremony, Gerald Ford was sworn in as Vice President. 1132 01:16:59,578 --> 01:17:04,140 Citing White House wrongdoing, a judge has dismissed all charges against Daniel Ellsberg. 1133 01:17:04,216 --> 01:17:07,310 The grand jury has indicted former Nixon aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman-- 1134 01:17:07,385 --> 01:17:09,410 l mean,you`re-- you`re a lawyer for God`s sake. 1135 01:17:09,488 --> 01:17:13,515 How-- How the hell can you let this shit go through? Look, this. Nixon can`t say that. 1136 01:17:13,592 --> 01:17:15,526 - Well,you did say it, sir. - Never. l didn`t say that. 1137 01:17:15,594 --> 01:17:18,495 l never said that aboutJews. Makes me sound like an anti-Semite. 1138 01:17:18,563 --> 01:17:21,327 - Well, we can check the tapes again. - No need to check the tapes! 1139 01:17:21,399 --> 01:17:23,959 l know what l said. Look at this. Have you lost your mind? 1140 01:17:24,035 --> 01:17:26,367 Nixon can`t-- Look, Al, Nixon can`t say this. 1141 01:17:26,438 --> 01:17:30,397 - ''Niggers. Niggers.`` Niggers? lt can`t say that. - Well, we could delete it. 1142 01:17:30,475 --> 01:17:32,375 - We`re doing the best we can, sir. - Well, it`s not good enough! 1143 01:17:32,444 --> 01:17:34,605 Well, would you have us black it out, sir? 1144 01:17:34,679 --> 01:17:36,544 We could. We could write ''expletive deleted.`` 1145 01:17:36,615 --> 01:17:40,881 Cut all these ''goddamns`` and ''Jesus Christs`` out. 1146 01:17:40,952 --> 01:17:43,079 -Jesus. - Mr. President. 1147 01:17:43,155 --> 01:17:46,352 Don`t you see that all these deletion marks in the transcript... 1148 01:17:46,424 --> 01:17:50,793 make it look as though you-- you do nothing but swear? 1149 01:17:54,266 --> 01:17:56,461 lt soils my mother`s memory. 1150 01:17:56,535 --> 01:18:00,869 You think l want the whole goddamned world to see my mother like this? 1151 01:18:00,939 --> 01:18:02,907 Raising a dirty mouth? 1152 01:18:02,974 --> 01:18:04,703 - Well, we could start again, sir, but it means... -Jesus Christ! 1153 01:18:04,776 --> 01:18:07,404 we don`t really have the staff to do that. 1154 01:18:07,479 --> 01:18:10,277 Then start over! Just start over! 1155 01:18:10,348 --> 01:18:13,909 The world will see only what l show `em! 1156 01:18:13,985 --> 01:18:16,681 From page one, Al. Page one, Ron. 1157 01:18:16,755 --> 01:18:20,384 Ron, get in there and do something. All this stuff-- 1158 01:18:28,533 --> 01:18:31,991 Five seconds, Mr. President. And four... 1159 01:18:32,070 --> 01:18:35,005 three, two-- 1160 01:18:40,145 --> 01:18:42,978 Good evening, my fellow Americans. 1161 01:18:43,048 --> 01:18:45,039 Tonight, l`m taking an action... 1162 01:18:45,116 --> 01:18:48,449 unprecedented in the history of this office. 1163 01:18:48,520 --> 01:18:51,785 l had no knowledge of the cover-up tillJohn Dean told me about it... 1164 01:18:51,856 --> 01:18:54,654 - Oh, l think l`m going to throw up. - on March 2 1st, a year ago. 1165 01:18:54,726 --> 01:18:57,490 ...no payment to Hunt or anyone else be made. 1166 01:18:57,562 --> 01:18:59,757 - He`s completely lost touch with reality. - Let me just say this. 1167 01:18:59,831 --> 01:19:01,696 l`ve made my mistakes. 1168 01:19:01,766 --> 01:19:05,065 But in all my years of public life, l have never profited-- 1169 01:19:05,136 --> 01:19:07,127 - Can you imagine what this man... - l have never profited... 1170 01:19:07,205 --> 01:19:09,537 -would have been had he ever been loved? -from public service. 1171 01:19:09,608 --> 01:19:11,439 l`ve earned every penny. 1172 01:19:11,509 --> 01:19:14,910 ln all of my years of public life, l have never obstructed justice. 1173 01:19:14,980 --> 01:19:19,917 - lt`s a tragedy, because he had greatness in his grasp. - l welcome this examination. 1174 01:19:19,985 --> 01:19:22,249 But he had the defects of his qualities. 1175 01:19:22,320 --> 01:19:25,517 - Now, l made $250,000 from a book... - They`ll crucify him. 1176 01:19:25,590 --> 01:19:27,581 Does anybody really care anymore? 1177 01:19:27,659 --> 01:19:30,184 which many of you were good enough to purchase. 1178 01:19:30,262 --> 01:19:34,028 -Also, in that period, l earned between $1 00,000... - And what happens after? 1179 01:19:34,099 --> 01:19:37,796 and $250,000 every year. 1180 01:19:37,869 --> 01:19:39,837 When l, in 1 968... 1181 01:19:39,904 --> 01:19:42,702 decided to become a candidate for the president... 1182 01:19:42,774 --> 01:19:46,767 l decided to clean the decks and to put everything in real estate. 1183 01:19:46,845 --> 01:19:51,111 And so, that`s where the money came from. That`s all l own. 1184 01:19:51,182 --> 01:19:54,276 That`s what we have and that`s what we own. 1185 01:19:54,352 --> 01:19:57,082 Because people have got to know whether or not their president-- 1186 01:19:57,155 --> 01:19:59,282 president`s a crook. 1187 01:19:59,357 --> 01:20:01,552 Well, l am not a crook. 1188 01:20:01,626 --> 01:20:04,220 -l`ve earned everything l have-- -Pat doesn`t have a mink coat. 1189 01:20:04,296 --> 01:20:07,732 -Everything l`ve earned-- -She does have a respectable Republican cloth coat. 1190 01:20:07,799 --> 01:20:11,098 And l always tell her that she`d look good in anything. 1191 01:20:11,169 --> 01:20:14,832 There has never been any feathering of nests. 1192 01:20:14,906 --> 01:20:17,466 Not in this administration. 1193 01:20:17,542 --> 01:20:19,407 Now, let me just say this. 1194 01:20:19,477 --> 01:20:22,742 And l want to say this to the television audience. 1195 01:20:22,814 --> 01:20:26,011 The Supreme Court ruled today eight to nothing that President Nixon`s claims of... 1196 01:20:26,084 --> 01:20:30,316 executive privilege cannot be used in criminal cases and that he must turn over... 1197 01:20:30,388 --> 01:20:31,855 - all subpoenaed tapes. - The HouseJudiciary Committee... 1198 01:20:31,923 --> 01:20:34,448 -Firestorm on Capitol Hill-- -has voted 27 to 1 1... 1199 01:20:34,526 --> 01:20:36,892 to recommend impeachment to the full House. 1200 01:20:36,961 --> 01:20:39,725 The deliberations now go to the House floor. 1201 01:20:39,798 --> 01:20:41,789 ln its report, the Committee offers evidence... 1202 01:20:41,866 --> 01:20:45,427 that Nixon obstructed justice on at least 36 occasions... 1203 01:20:45,503 --> 01:20:47,994 that he encouraged his aides to commit perjury... 1204 01:20:48,073 --> 01:20:50,940 and that Nixon abused the powers of his office. 1205 01:20:51,009 --> 01:20:53,534 ln a separate report, the Senate select committee... 1206 01:20:53,611 --> 01:20:55,738 details the misuse of the l.R.S.... 1207 01:20:55,814 --> 01:20:59,807 the F.B.l., the C.l.A. and theJustice Department. 1208 01:20:59,884 --> 01:21:02,546 lt denounces the Plumbers and it raises the question... 1209 01:21:02,620 --> 01:21:07,523 of whether the United States had a valid election in 1 972. 1210 01:21:21,239 --> 01:21:23,173 Come in. 1211 01:21:34,586 --> 01:21:37,749 Victory At Sea, Al. Henry. 1212 01:21:37,822 --> 01:21:40,017 The Pacific theater. 1213 01:21:40,091 --> 01:21:43,857 Christ,you can almost hear the waves breaking over the decks. 1214 01:21:49,734 --> 01:21:53,192 l`m afraid we have another problem, Mr. President. 1215 01:21:53,271 --> 01:21:55,330 Excuse me, gentlemen. 1216 01:21:59,778 --> 01:22:02,372 June 23rd, `72, sir. 1217 01:22:05,016 --> 01:22:07,985 Your instructions to Haldeman regarding the C.l.A.... 1218 01:22:08,052 --> 01:22:10,612 and the F.B.l. 1219 01:22:10,688 --> 01:22:12,315 So? 1220 01:22:12,390 --> 01:22:17,987 Your lawyers feel that... it`s the smoking gun. 1221 01:22:18,062 --> 01:22:20,860 That`s totally out of context. l was protecting the national security. 1222 01:22:20,932 --> 01:22:23,025 Sir, the deadline is today. 1223 01:22:26,204 --> 01:22:28,263 Can we get around this, Al? 1224 01:22:29,607 --> 01:22:31,837 lt`s the Supreme Court, sir. You-- 1225 01:22:31,910 --> 01:22:34,174 You don`t get around it. 1226 01:22:37,949 --> 01:22:40,110 lf-- 1227 01:22:40,185 --> 01:22:44,781 lf you resign,you can keep your tapes as a private citizen. 1228 01:22:44,856 --> 01:22:47,222 You could fight them for years. 1229 01:22:49,928 --> 01:22:52,021 What if l stay? 1230 01:22:55,066 --> 01:22:57,830 You have the army. 1231 01:22:57,902 --> 01:23:01,065 The army? 1232 01:23:01,139 --> 01:23:03,607 Lincoln used it. 1233 01:23:09,380 --> 01:23:13,612 - We`ll have civil war. - How do you see this? 1234 01:23:17,255 --> 01:23:19,587 Oh, God. 1235 01:23:19,657 --> 01:23:22,854 We can`t survive this, sir. 1236 01:23:24,729 --> 01:23:26,697 They also... 1237 01:23:26,764 --> 01:23:30,029 have you instructing Dean to make the payoff to Hunt. 1238 01:23:30,101 --> 01:23:33,798 There`s nothing in that statement the president can`t explain. 1239 01:23:33,872 --> 01:23:39,333 But, sir,you talked about opening up the whole Bay of Pigs thing again. 1240 01:23:39,410 --> 01:23:43,312 - That`s right. - Three days before, on theJune 20th tape. 1241 01:23:43,381 --> 01:23:45,975 - The one with the 1 8-minute gap. - l don`t know anything about that. 1242 01:23:46,050 --> 01:23:49,508 You mentioned the Bay of Pigs several times. 1243 01:23:49,587 --> 01:23:53,546 Sooner or later, they`re going to want to know what that means. 1244 01:23:53,625 --> 01:23:56,423 They`re going to want to know what`s on that gap. 1245 01:23:56,494 --> 01:23:59,657 lt`s gone. No one will ever find out what`s on it. 1246 01:24:02,567 --> 01:24:06,765 They might... if there was another recording. 1247 01:24:08,940 --> 01:24:10,999 And we both know it`s possible. 1248 01:24:15,713 --> 01:24:19,877 l know for a fact that it`s possible. 1249 01:24:22,520 --> 01:24:23,817 l`ve spoken to Ford. 1250 01:24:23,888 --> 01:24:28,848 There`s a very strong chance that he`ll pardon you. 1251 01:24:28,927 --> 01:24:32,693 l don`t need a goddamned deal, for God`s sake. l-- 1252 01:24:32,764 --> 01:24:38,134 This is something that you will have to do, Mr. President. 1253 01:24:39,938 --> 01:24:44,375 l thought you`d rather do it... now. 1254 01:24:48,813 --> 01:24:51,304 l`ll wait outside. 1255 01:24:56,254 --> 01:24:58,848 Sir. 1256 01:24:58,923 --> 01:25:02,552 May l say, sir, that if you stay now... 1257 01:25:02,627 --> 01:25:06,791 it will paralyze the nation and its foreign policy. 1258 01:25:10,468 --> 01:25:13,767 You always had a great sense of timing, Henry. 1259 01:25:13,838 --> 01:25:16,272 When to give... 1260 01:25:16,341 --> 01:25:18,673 and when to take. 1261 01:25:20,912 --> 01:25:25,008 How do you think Mao and Brezhnev will react? 1262 01:25:25,083 --> 01:25:27,711 Do you think they`ll remember us, Henry... 1263 01:25:27,785 --> 01:25:30,481 after all the great things you and l did together... 1264 01:25:30,555 --> 01:25:33,615 as some kind of-- 1265 01:25:33,691 --> 01:25:35,522 of crooks? 1266 01:25:35,593 --> 01:25:37,857 They will understand. 1267 01:25:37,929 --> 01:25:42,457 To be undone by a third-rate burglary is a fate of Biblical proportions. 1268 01:25:45,737 --> 01:25:49,503 History will treat you far more kindly than your contemporaries. 1269 01:25:49,574 --> 01:25:51,599 Yeah. 1270 01:25:51,676 --> 01:25:54,110 lt depends on who writes the history books. 1271 01:25:55,413 --> 01:25:58,746 l`m not a quitter. Never have been. 1272 01:25:58,816 --> 01:26:01,808 And l`m not stupid either. 1273 01:26:01,886 --> 01:26:05,549 The trial would kill me. That`s what they want. 1274 01:26:05,623 --> 01:26:08,183 They won`t get it. 1275 01:26:08,259 --> 01:26:10,591 Fuck `em. 1276 01:26:31,749 --> 01:26:35,879 lf they harass you, l, too, will resign, and l will tell the world why. 1277 01:26:35,953 --> 01:26:39,320 Don`t be stupid. The world needs you, Henry. 1278 01:26:41,059 --> 01:26:43,493 You always saw the big picture. 1279 01:26:47,198 --> 01:26:50,133 You were my equal in many ways. 1280 01:26:59,644 --> 01:27:02,579 You`re the only friend l got, Henry. 1281 01:27:05,316 --> 01:27:07,250 Do you ever pray? 1282 01:27:08,486 --> 01:27:12,684 You know, believe in a... 1283 01:27:12,757 --> 01:27:15,282 supreme being? 1284 01:27:15,359 --> 01:27:17,987 Uh, not really. 1285 01:27:18,062 --> 01:27:19,996 You mean, on my knees? 1286 01:27:23,835 --> 01:27:26,326 My mother used to pray a lot. 1287 01:27:28,072 --> 01:27:32,133 lt`s been a long time since l... really prayed. 1288 01:27:38,316 --> 01:27:41,285 Let`s pray, Henry. 1289 01:27:41,352 --> 01:27:43,877 Let`s pray a little. 1290 01:27:43,955 --> 01:27:45,889 Just you and me. 1291 01:27:54,031 --> 01:27:56,499 l hope this doesn`t embarrass you, Henry. 1292 01:27:56,567 --> 01:27:59,593 No, sir, not at all. No. 1293 01:27:59,670 --> 01:28:02,730 This is not going to leak, is it? 1294 01:28:06,077 --> 01:28:08,011 Don`t be too proud, Henry. 1295 01:28:09,514 --> 01:28:13,450 Never be too proud to go on your knees before God. 1296 01:28:26,831 --> 01:28:28,765 God. 1297 01:28:34,872 --> 01:28:36,897 How can a-- 1298 01:28:36,974 --> 01:28:40,671 How can a country come apart like this? 1299 01:28:40,745 --> 01:28:42,713 Wh-- What have l done wrong? 1300 01:28:45,082 --> 01:28:47,607 l opened China. 1301 01:28:47,685 --> 01:28:50,779 l made peace with Russia. 1302 01:28:50,855 --> 01:28:53,255 l ended the war. 1303 01:28:55,626 --> 01:28:58,561 l did what l thought was right. 1304 01:29:03,968 --> 01:29:06,493 God, why do they hate me so? 1305 01:29:06,571 --> 01:29:10,007 lt`s unbelievable. l-lt`s insane. 1306 01:29:12,043 --> 01:29:16,241 Oh, M-Mom, l`m sorry. God, please forgive me, God. 1307 01:29:16,314 --> 01:29:18,976 l-l didn`t mean it. l didn`t know what to do. 1308 01:29:19,050 --> 01:29:22,884 l don`t know why this is happening to me. 1309 01:29:22,954 --> 01:29:24,888 l can`t believe it. 1310 01:29:31,095 --> 01:29:33,029 Al. 1311 01:29:48,613 --> 01:29:54,381 They smelled the blood on me this time, Al. l got soft,you know? 1312 01:29:54,452 --> 01:29:58,183 That rusty, metallic smell. 1313 01:29:58,256 --> 01:30:02,693 - l know it well, sir. - lt came over from Vietnam,you know. 1314 01:30:02,760 --> 01:30:04,694 - Sir? - That smell. 1315 01:30:06,430 --> 01:30:09,490 l mean, everyone suffered so much. 1316 01:30:09,567 --> 01:30:12,798 Their boys killed. 1317 01:30:12,870 --> 01:30:16,601 Uh, they need to sacrifice something. 1318 01:30:16,674 --> 01:30:20,166 You know, appease the gods of war. 1319 01:30:20,244 --> 01:30:22,678 Mars,Jupiter. 1320 01:30:26,417 --> 01:30:28,351 l am that blood, General. 1321 01:30:31,589 --> 01:30:33,523 l am that sacrifice. 1322 01:30:34,992 --> 01:30:36,926 ln the highest place of all. 1323 01:30:41,365 --> 01:30:44,857 Yeah. All leaders must finally be sacrificed. 1324 01:30:46,837 --> 01:30:49,897 Things won`t be the same after this. 1325 01:30:49,974 --> 01:30:52,067 No, l played by the rules. 1326 01:30:52,143 --> 01:30:55,738 The rules changed right in the middle of the game. 1327 01:30:55,813 --> 01:30:58,805 There`s no respect for American institutions anymore. 1328 01:31:01,018 --> 01:31:04,215 No, people are cynical. 1329 01:31:04,288 --> 01:31:07,223 The press-- Ah, the press is out of control. 1330 01:31:09,226 --> 01:31:12,821 People spit on soldiers. 1331 01:31:12,897 --> 01:31:15,331 Government secrets mean nothing. 1332 01:31:16,734 --> 01:31:19,669 l pity the next guy who sits here. 1333 01:31:22,740 --> 01:31:24,674 Good night, gentlemen. 1334 01:31:30,781 --> 01:31:32,715 Mr. President. 1335 01:32:09,954 --> 01:32:14,015 When they look at you, they see what they want to be. 1336 01:32:17,528 --> 01:32:20,588 When they look at me... 1337 01:32:20,664 --> 01:32:22,598 they see what they are. 1338 01:32:27,872 --> 01:32:29,965 Dick, please don`t. 1339 01:32:37,481 --> 01:32:39,847 l can`t. 1340 01:32:39,917 --> 01:32:42,852 l don`t have the strength anymore. 1341 01:32:44,121 --> 01:32:46,954 lt`ll be over soon. 1342 01:32:47,024 --> 01:32:50,619 No, it`s gonna start now. 1343 01:32:50,694 --> 01:32:53,322 Oh, Buddy. 1344 01:32:53,397 --> 01:32:55,888 lf l could just sleep. 1345 01:32:55,966 --> 01:32:59,026 - lf l could just sleep. - There`ll be time for that. 1346 01:32:59,103 --> 01:33:01,037 Yeah. 1347 01:33:05,543 --> 01:33:10,378 You know, once when l was sick as a boy... 1348 01:33:10,448 --> 01:33:14,145 my mother gave me this stuff and... 1349 01:33:14,218 --> 01:33:16,778 she made me swallow it. 1350 01:33:16,854 --> 01:33:18,981 lt made me throw up all over her. 1351 01:33:20,424 --> 01:33:22,358 l-- 1352 01:33:22,426 --> 01:33:24,860 l wish l could do that now. 1353 01:33:31,969 --> 01:33:34,563 l`m so afraid. 1354 01:33:34,638 --> 01:33:37,436 There`s darkness out there. 1355 01:33:39,510 --> 01:33:43,071 l could always see where l was going. 1356 01:33:43,147 --> 01:33:45,206 But it`s dark out there. 1357 01:33:47,351 --> 01:33:50,946 God, l`ve always been afraid of the dark. 1358 01:33:53,224 --> 01:33:55,158 Buddy. 1359 01:34:22,286 --> 01:34:24,777 There are many fine careers. 1360 01:34:24,855 --> 01:34:29,451 This country needs good farmers, good businessmen... 1361 01:34:29,527 --> 01:34:34,692 good plumbers, good carpenters. 1362 01:34:36,433 --> 01:34:39,630 l remember my old man. 1363 01:34:39,703 --> 01:34:43,298 l think that they would`ve called him sort of a-- 1364 01:34:43,374 --> 01:34:46,366 sort of a little man, a common man. 1365 01:34:46,443 --> 01:34:52,143 Well, he didn`t consider himself that way. 1366 01:34:52,216 --> 01:34:57,449 You know what he was? He was a street car motorman first. 1367 01:34:57,521 --> 01:35:00,115 Then he was a farmer. 1368 01:35:00,191 --> 01:35:02,421 Then he had a lemon ranch. 1369 01:35:02,493 --> 01:35:06,293 lt was the poorest lemon ranch in California, l can assure you. 1370 01:35:06,363 --> 01:35:08,797 He sold it before they found oil on it. 1371 01:35:12,403 --> 01:35:15,304 And then he was a grocer. 1372 01:35:15,372 --> 01:35:21,174 But he was a great man because he did his job. 1373 01:35:21,245 --> 01:35:24,442 And every job counts, up to the hilt... 1374 01:35:24,515 --> 01:35:28,281 regardless of what happens. 1375 01:35:28,352 --> 01:35:32,049 Nobody will ever write a book, probably, about my mother. 1376 01:35:32,122 --> 01:35:37,526 Well, l guess all of you would say this about your mother. 1377 01:35:39,663 --> 01:35:41,597 My mother was a saint. 1378 01:35:43,167 --> 01:35:44,998 And l think of her... 1379 01:35:45,069 --> 01:35:48,869 two boys dying of tuberculosis... 1380 01:35:48,939 --> 01:35:51,806 and seeing each of them die. 1381 01:35:51,875 --> 01:35:53,706 And when they died-- 1382 01:35:58,115 --> 01:36:03,109 Yes, she will have no books written about her. 1383 01:36:04,888 --> 01:36:07,823 But she was a saint. 1384 01:36:09,526 --> 01:36:13,622 Now, however, we look to the future. 1385 01:36:13,697 --> 01:36:17,793 l remember something, uh, Theodore Roosevelt wrote... 1386 01:36:17,868 --> 01:36:22,134 when his first wife died in his 20s. 1387 01:36:22,206 --> 01:36:25,869 He thought the light had gone from his life forever. 1388 01:36:25,943 --> 01:36:29,709 But he went on, and he not only became president... 1389 01:36:29,780 --> 01:36:32,442 but as an ex-president he served his country... 1390 01:36:32,516 --> 01:36:36,612 always in the arena, tempestuous, strong... 1391 01:36:36,687 --> 01:36:39,349 sometimes right, sometimes wrong. 1392 01:36:39,423 --> 01:36:42,449 But he was a man. 1393 01:36:42,526 --> 01:36:48,294 And as l leave, that`s an example l think all of us should remember. 1394 01:36:48,365 --> 01:36:51,857 See, we think sometimes when, uh, things happen... 1395 01:36:51,935 --> 01:36:53,994 that don`t go the right way-- 1396 01:36:54,071 --> 01:36:57,438 we think that when someone dear to us dies-- 1397 01:36:57,508 --> 01:37:00,443 uh, when we lose an election... 1398 01:37:00,511 --> 01:37:04,447 or when we suffer defeat, that all is ended. 1399 01:37:04,515 --> 01:37:06,779 Not true. 1400 01:37:06,850 --> 01:37:09,546 lt`s only a beginning, always... 1401 01:37:09,620 --> 01:37:13,716 because the greatness comes not when things go always good for you... 1402 01:37:13,791 --> 01:37:17,784 but the greatness comes when you`re really tested... 1403 01:37:17,861 --> 01:37:21,490 when you take some knocks, some disappointments... 1404 01:37:21,565 --> 01:37:23,726 when sadness comes. 1405 01:37:23,801 --> 01:37:27,965 Because only if you`ve been in the deepest valley... 1406 01:37:28,038 --> 01:37:31,565 can you ever know how magnificent it is... 1407 01:37:33,677 --> 01:37:36,043 to be on the highest mountain. 1408 01:37:39,717 --> 01:37:42,811 So, l say to you on this occasion... 1409 01:37:42,886 --> 01:37:47,220 we leave,proud of the people who have stood by us and worked for us... 1410 01:37:47,291 --> 01:37:50,749 and served this government and this country. 1411 01:37:50,828 --> 01:37:55,765 We want you to continue to serve in government, if that is what you wish. 1412 01:37:55,833 --> 01:37:59,462 Remember, always give your best. 1413 01:37:59,536 --> 01:38:01,731 Never get discouraged. 1414 01:38:01,805 --> 01:38:03,830 Never be petty. 1415 01:38:03,907 --> 01:38:07,570 Always remember, others may hate you... 1416 01:38:07,644 --> 01:38:12,013 but those who hate you don`t win unless you hate them... 1417 01:38:12,082 --> 01:38:15,449 and then, you destroy yourself. 1418 01:38:16,720 --> 01:38:19,086 And so we leave with high hopes... 1419 01:38:19,156 --> 01:38:22,421 and good spirits and with deep humility. 1420 01:38:22,493 --> 01:38:24,620 And l say to each and every one of you... 1421 01:38:24,695 --> 01:38:27,129 not only will we always remember you... 1422 01:38:27,197 --> 01:38:32,533 but always you will be in our hearts... 1423 01:38:32,603 --> 01:38:36,972 and you`ll be in our prayers. 1424 01:38:37,040 --> 01:38:40,771 And only then will you find what we Quakers call... 1425 01:38:40,844 --> 01:38:42,778 ''peace at the center.`' 1426 01:38:57,961 --> 01:39:01,556 He gave of himself with intelligence and energy... 1427 01:39:01,632 --> 01:39:03,896 and devotion to duty. 1428 01:39:03,967 --> 01:39:06,731 Richard Nixon was buried and honored by five presidents... 1429 01:39:06,804 --> 01:39:09,500 on April 26, 1 994... 1430 01:39:09,573 --> 01:39:14,875 less than a year after his beloved wife Pat had died. 1431 01:39:14,945 --> 01:39:18,108 Nixon always maintained that if he had not been driven from office... 1432 01:39:18,182 --> 01:39:23,916 the North Vietnamese would not have overwhelmed the South in 1 975. 1433 01:39:23,987 --> 01:39:28,253 ln a sideshow, Cambodian society was destroyed and mass genocide resulted. 1434 01:39:28,325 --> 01:39:30,657 The second half of the 20th century... 1435 01:39:30,727 --> 01:39:33,161 will be known as the age of Nixon. 1436 01:39:33,230 --> 01:39:35,494 ln his absence, Russia and the United States... 1437 01:39:35,566 --> 01:39:40,560 returned to a decade of high-budget military expansion and near war. 1438 01:39:40,637 --> 01:39:43,731 Nixon, who was pardoned by President Ford... 1439 01:39:43,807 --> 01:39:46,367 lived to write six books... 1440 01:39:46,443 --> 01:39:49,412 and travel the world as an elder statesman. 1441 01:39:49,480 --> 01:39:54,417 For the remainder of his life, he fought successfully to protect his tapes. 1442 01:39:54,485 --> 01:39:59,354 The National Archives spent 1 4 years indexing and cataloging them. 1443 01:39:59,423 --> 01:40:04,122 Out of 4,000 hours, 60 hours have been made public. 1444 01:40:22,346 --> 01:40:25,474 Oh, Shenandoah 1445 01:40:25,549 --> 01:40:29,918 l long to see you 1446 01:40:29,987 --> 01:40:34,151 And hear 1447 01:40:34,224 --> 01:40:39,218 Your rolling river 1448 01:40:39,296 --> 01:40:42,231 Oh, Shenandoah 1449 01:40:42,299 --> 01:40:48,534 l long to see you 1450 01:40:48,605 --> 01:40:51,403 Way 1451 01:40:51,475 --> 01:40:57,004 We`re bound away 1452 01:40:57,080 --> 01:41:01,483 Across the wide 1453 01:41:01,552 --> 01:41:06,421 Missouri 1454 01:41:06,490 --> 01:41:09,653 l long to see 1455 01:41:09,726 --> 01:41:14,425 Your smiling valley 1456 01:41:14,498 --> 01:41:18,059 And hear 1457 01:41:18,135 --> 01:41:24,165 Your rolling river 1458 01:41:24,241 --> 01:41:27,438 l long to see 1459 01:41:27,511 --> 01:41:33,143 Your smiling valley 1460 01:41:33,216 --> 01:41:36,777 Way 1461 01:41:36,853 --> 01:41:42,883 We`re bound away 1462 01:41:42,960 --> 01:41:47,829 Across the wide 1463 01:41:47,898 --> 01:41:53,894 Missouri 1464 01:41:53,971 --> 01:41:57,338 - `Tis seven long years -Shenandoah 1465 01:41:57,407 --> 01:42:02,470 -Since last l seen you -Shenandoah 1466 01:42:02,546 --> 01:42:06,642 Oh, to hear 1467 01:42:06,717 --> 01:42:12,519 Your rolling river 1468 01:42:12,589 --> 01:42:15,683 - `Tis seven long years -Shenandoah 1469 01:42:15,759 --> 01:42:21,629 -Since last l seen you -Shenandoah 1470 01:42:21,698 --> 01:42:25,259 Way 1471 01:42:25,335 --> 01:42:31,604 We`re bound away 1472 01:42:31,675 --> 01:42:36,635 Across the wide 1473 01:42:36,713 --> 01:42:44,916 Missouri 1474 01:42:44,988 --> 01:42:48,116 The wide Missouri 1475 01:42:48,191 --> 01:42:56,621 - Oh, Shenandoah -l long to see you l long to see you 1476 01:42:56,700 --> 01:43:00,898 And hear 1477 01:43:00,971 --> 01:43:06,705 Your rolling river 1478 01:43:06,777 --> 01:43:10,213 Oh, Shenandoah 1479 01:43:10,280 --> 01:43:16,048 l long to see you 1480 01:43:16,119 --> 01:43:19,611 Way 1481 01:43:19,690 --> 01:43:26,152 We`re bound away 1482 01:43:26,229 --> 01:43:30,825 Across the wide 1483 01:43:30,901 --> 01:43:33,461 Missouri 1484 01:43:33,537 --> 01:43:36,370 Missouri 1485 01:43:36,440 --> 01:43:39,739 Oh, Shenandoah 1486 01:43:39,810 --> 01:43:43,439 Oh, Shenandoah 1487 01:43:43,513 --> 01:43:48,109 Oh, Shenandoah 1488 01:43:48,185 --> 01:43:50,983 Oh, Shenandoah 1489 01:43:51,054 --> 01:43:55,548 Oh, Shenandoah 1490 01:43:55,625 --> 01:44:06,661 Oh, Shenandoah