Dark Days at the White House: Watergate and Richard Nixon - ABC News

[@PremiumVibesMedia]

The best thing about old news stories was the amount of raw footage they would just put in. No graphics. No over the top narration. Just news.

[@joijaxx]

Premium Vibes word!

[@tommygunn2457]

Ahh yeah, the good ole days. Do what you want, just don't get caught.

[@muttleycrew]

tommy gunn same applies now with one distinction: do what you want and it’s okay getting caught too. If you’re running a political party nothing has any consequence anymore

[@sillygoose635]

bro, newsreels were a thing.

[@josephmackela8466]

You could take them more seriously!!

[@StephenGlasskeys]

This is one of the most unique Watergate documentaries I've seen, the old news footage is priceless.

[@xuploads]

+Stephen Glasskeys Yeah it's amazing, I thought I had already seen every watergate documentary. Thanks a lot to the uploader this must have been hard to find..

[@hoss73ford]

+X This came out on a VHS tape in the 1980s. I found it in a video rental store in 1988. Loved it from the very beginning. Like to find a CBS & NBC version.

[@bluecollarlit]

I find it interesting, too. The haircuts! The ties! 🙂

[@bluecollarlit]

Pardon me, I didn't mean to comment twice. I only typed it once, don't know what causes that, sorry.

[@gloriawashingon1452]

I love it..insert Drumpf....

[@crystalhatfield7902]

Thank you SO MUCH for this!!! My Grandfather is Bill Gill (2:50 into this vid) and this is the FIRST time I have been able to see his reporting. That is amazing!! It has been very difficult finding footage of him for a few reasons but I am hoping to run across more. Your channel is fantastic!! So grateful!

[@samiadilrus]

must be so amazing to see him in action! glad to come across your comment

[@Hush_Money2]

Cool.😀👍🏻

[@haroldcheeseburger]

Your Grandfather rocks!

[@johndalton3180]

Good man, your grandpa.

[@SeauxNOLALady]

Oh wow, that’s so cool! I’m glad you got to see footage of your grandfather and I hope you have better luck finding more footage of him. Maybe you can go to the networks that he worked for and see if they have any footage in their archives. I’m sure they would be willing to give you copies of the footage already broadcast publicly. The unpublished footage may not be available to anyone outside of the network though…

[@teviottilehurst]

50 years tonight the burglary occurred. Despite being a foreigner (British), I have always been fascinated with Watergate. This video takes us through the events in chronological order. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@Bob31415]

Your english is very good for a foreigner, lol.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Did you know that there's a fictionalized version out there? It's a really fun read. It's called *Watergate* and it's written by Thomas Mallon.

[@vagabond5218]

The British documentaries on the Watergate scandal are the best

[@jackiwheeler6963]

I love British TV as well. Watching mostly game shows and documentaries. Wish I could find Coronation Street 😊😊

[@kisha1682]

@jackiwheeler6963 Amazon has it on DVD😁

[@ReasonQuest]

I DID recognize Peter Thomas' voice (narrator) even before I read it was him. His voice is sooooo good.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Was this really 46 years ago? I was 16, on a camping trip, in Massachusetts. A group of us sat on the sand, listening to this from all the radios in the campsites. When Nixon said, “I will resign effective..,”.the place erupted with applause and the partying commenced.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

That’s a cool memory, thanks for sharing it

[@beachbum1523]

Well, it actually all began about 50 years ago with the antiwar protests. That's what set the stage for Watergate.

[@jaybonham5641]

Republicans throughout the country felt just the opposite (Remember the rest of the country that voted for Nixon?). Then we got Jimmy Carter - an utter failure of a president.

[@Louis-gu3ke]

After the party we got Ford then Carter some hangover 😂

[@danieldroukis5431]

"Well, I'm not a crook." One of the most memorable quotes in presidential history.

[@AriannaEuryaleMusic]

+Droukis Daniel ...and one of the funniest

[@JIMvc2]

+Euryale Music I was going to say that xD

[@jessejameshollywood7218]

..."most memorable quotes in presidential history"....."most memorable recent presidential quotes "---->"What you see and what you hear is not whats happening"****Smile

[@mckavitt13]

I thought it when I heard it recently in another Watergate tape. What a LIAR.

[@kayhathaway6956]

I was 12 when he said that. Even at that age, I thought, ‘What have you done that you need to say the words, “I’m not a crook.”’? I remember feeling embarrassed for our country. That was our President needing to say, “I’m not a crook.”! I wish that he would have just lied again saying, “I’m not guilty.”

[@patszer8314]

(Nixon talking to the press) "I also stopped beating my wife" (Silence) Who says Nixon didn't have a sense of humor?

[@robertmoir-vj1kq]

I m sure Nixon also had a sense of humor Roman why did you used to beat your wife ?

[@syourke3]

But Nixon really did beat his wife! More than once! When he resigned, he returned to San Clemente where he battered Pat Nixon so badly, she was hospitalized! So Nixon lies again when he told the press that he’d stopped beating his wife!

[@RoseSharon7777]

He actually beat her badly.

[@ralphm8088]

He stole it from Jim Garrison, who said it to Carson

[@3dartistguy]

I wonder how Nixon reacted to Ford calling Nixon's presidency "a long national nightmare."

[@christophergreen4616]

There was no better voice narrator than Peter Thomas. With Forensic Files 2 coming out next year, I don't know how successful it will be without him.

[@jefolson6989]

There is a new narrator. It just isn't the same without Peter's beautiful voice and creepy delivery. It was HIS show. Now it's just another crime procedural like hundreds of others.

[@dooge83]

Is it me, or is Nixon's resignation speech rather repetitive? That said, this is a wonderful documentary! Thank you for posting!

[@happydayz7857]

The narrator of Forensic Files! Love his voice!

[@rayali9854]

His voice is as chilling as the stories he narrates

[@alexanderh7502]

Nixon conducted an unbiased investigation of... Nixon, and found that... Nixon, was completely innocent.

[@mikekincaid7412]

What’s sad is he was gonna win in a landslide.. he did not need to do all this.

[@rickpaton7538]

6:16 "The Senate tonight voted 77 to nothing". To think that such unanimity on anything was possible so recently. We couldn't get a unanimous vote on the sky appearing to be blue today. And in this case it had political implications. Ha!

[@davidcurran-z8g]

Always wondered what happened to the other 23 senators. Didn’t they vote?

[@rickpaton7538]

@@davidcurran-z8g likely abstentions. Didn't want to be a party to a decision either way.

[@producerlp]

THIS IS AWESOME! THANK YOU!!! I need to attempt to locate all of the ABC News Great TV News Stories documentary series.

[@malinwj1167]

Props to Peter Thomas - the greatest voiceover/narrator of all time. At least it sounds like him lol

[@Booker830]

WAS " the worst ". Now an even scarier one., X45.

[@qqq2211]

Fantastic documentary thank you so very much for posting

[@soslow67]

Did anybody else trip out after hearing the voice from Forensic Files? @5:25

[@WendyCR72]

His name was Peter Thomas and he had quite the career before Forensic Files. :-) He died in 2016 at age 91.

[@kimjohnson8471]

We need reporters like Frank today (4/2023).

[@adamfrazer5150]

Just to be able to view these in the condition they aired to people of the time, I find invaluable for many reasons - perhaps the most valuable element at all, is that it is here to be viewed. Many thanks for making this and many more broadcasts of the day available 👍🍻

[@nickel2442]

Once upon a time, Americans had a respect for truth.

[@hongphucnguyenbuiphuchands6480]

Thanks for giving the news

[@community1949]

They picked the wrong guy to pin the whole thing on - John Dean - that back-fired big time. Nixon said to Dean to keep a list of press people who had given them a hard time about this situation because after the election they were going to get them. Sounds like Trump.

[@al2275]

One of Dick Cavett's last interviews (here on KZbin) tells us how dick was audited by the IRS and when he later shared that with some people on his late night show staff, they all were surprised and admitted they were audited too. His entire staff was targeted by nixon, all audited.

[@deepdrag8131]

38:55 “Well, I’ve -uh- also quit beating my wife.” I recently learned that, after he was defeated for governor of California in 1962, Nixon did blacken Pat’s eye. After that she consulted a divorce lawyer.

[@Dbodell8000]

OMG! Imagine making a joke about that. It was a different world back then. The mere fact he saw humour in that was sickening.

[@robertlevine2827]

That wasn't the only time he beat her.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

@@robertlevine2827 What else do you know?

[@robertlevine2827]

@@paultheaudaciousbradford6772 Nothing else, really. It was sometime during the Watergate crisis that he beat her, usually when drinking as a result of the strain.

[@kellyharper8072]

@@robertlevine2827 Yes makes sense. From everything I’ve read he drank heavily for quite a while.

[@danhefferland9834]

Peter Thomas narrating? Love his voice

[@BL-no7jp]

This take me back to my high school years, when my parents were Republicans. Every time Nixon was aired that year, my mother cursed at the TV with a few choice words for Nixon and she flipped parties. My question today, where is the outrage?

[@gordieparenteau6555]

Watergate seems like child's play by comparison to now.

[@Dana_inc]

Tell me about! I now know the 20 18 21 20 8!

[@timothyleebrown1593]

The irony is everything he announced that he was "not" he actually "was"!!

[@erichall3512]

YorkVid great channel of older news stories that you can't find anywhere else good sub

[@AzimuthTao]

The problem with Nixon, much like Trump is that he never owned up to his crimes. The difference is that the country still had a sense of decency during the Watergate period and even Republicans had to admit that Nixon was wrong. Today, the partisan divide prevents that kind of common sense process from taking place. The only hope is that justice will prevail and those people on the wrong side will wear that shame as a heavy burden... so heavy that the rule of law will once again be respected in this country.

[@m.woodsrobinson9244]

@Najdorfa6 I agree with you. You allow one to get away with misconduct, you open the gates of hell for someone worse down the road. Absolutely correct!

@Najdorfa6 ...other presidents were involved in sexual indiscretions but it wasn't reported by the press...JFK, etc.

[@billbazen9432]

Democrats laugh at the rule of law.

[@joeylamuel5828]

Thing is, he'd probably get away with it entirely today.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Of course he would. Look at the crap that Trump gets away with.

[@vz4779]

He did get away with it. He never went to jail, he was pardoned by Ford. He lived a comfortable life in San Clemente California. All his yes men went to jail.

[@maxshenkwrites]

Really a great find-- thank you for posting it!

[@rascaldem]

One of the most awkward answers to a question I have ever heard a human being give. Get ready to get douche chills... 38:33

[@warlaker]

He was so busted when he was asked that.

[@LolManI-75]

8 years since this vid was posted, god I feel old And 50 years since he was inaugurated for his short lived second term

[@tonywalton1052]

great documentary, gives you what happened as it happened, view this and you know the history

[@klucko1996]

one of the best, but saddest documentaries Ever !!

[@swordnquilstarskgrem]

I've always loved that the fox being allowed to edit his own henhouse tapes was thought of as a smart thing to do by those saying that "Nixon was much too smart to do any of this stuff." Let's try it out shall we? "Well, Mr. Police Officer, I know you say that it's on tape that I asked a hitman to kill my husband, but as you can see in this transcript of the tape in question that I edited myself, there's nothing whatsoever showing that at all!" "Oh. Okay, Ma'am. You're free to go, then. Sorry to have bothered you."

[@daveverplank]

47:25 the Judiciary Committee voted out the articles. The full House did not vote them out yet, so the Senate could not conduct a trial yet as the narrator erroneously stated.

[@patszer8314]

During Watergate I remember these clocks that came out that had a cartoon picture of Nixon with his eyes ticking side to side marking each second with the caption "I AM NOT A CROOK."

[@muttleycrew]

Damn I want one of those clocks, hilarious!

[@kellyharper8072]

I remember!

[@nancymcmonarch]

Wow. I'd forgotten how traumatic this was at the time.

[@myleshagar9722]

Nixon was guilty of opening to China, arms control with Russia, and trying to end the Vietnam War, but they could not assassinate him so soon after the King and Kennedys assassinations. Peace and world cooperation is not possible as long the US exists is present form.

[@Exos11B]

Twitter files makes Watergate look like a speeding ticket

[@misterakt]

Nixon did some great things during his term and couldve been remembered as an incredible President. it’s such a shame his own ego got in the way and Watergate happened. what’s always puzzled me is why he did all this. he won the 72 election in a whopping landslide - the country liked him, and there was literally NO reason for the DNC bugging. i guess the only person who could answer that question would be Nixon himself.

[@malcolmmarshall5946]

He was paranoid, badly paranoid

[@gingerwoo3910]

He was insane

[@deloysterns]

Always been interested in this..I was born on June 22 1972

[@robertmoir-vj1kq]

you were born June 22nd 1972 huh Deloy Sterns ? I remember that day it was not one of my good days

[@bradleyparker4035]

Also on June 22nd in 1941 the Germans invaded the Soviet Union 😲😲😲

[@eamonwright7488]

This was a uniquely awesome documentary on the subject. Probably my favorite behind the Discovery Channel Collectors edition from 90s after Nixon passed away.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

The American Experience bio of Nixon (narrated by Wil Lyman) was also excellent on Watergate.

[@hoss73ford]

A little better picture grade than my VHS tape (now converted to dvd) that I found at Blockbuster for rent back in the 1980s. How such a minor incident morphed into what it became. One lie always leads to bigger lies. I think if Nixon had come clean, he may have been better off. Buying silence gets no one anywhere for very long.

[@billanthony7896]

Mark Muffs- Yeah, if he had simply gotten out in front of it publicly right at the get go, taken responsibility up front and apologized, he might have survived with a political slap on the wrist. He might have gone down in history as a statesman. Instead, his sleazy political instincts were his downfall.

[@tadekmajewski]

_ nixon lying to the end, never admitting to doing anything wrong.

[@kyleparker733]

And then Ford pardoned him. Which is how Carter won the presidency in '76. Jimmy was a good, spiritual man. He just didn't have the backbone to be a good president. He had a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering. Heck, he went in and helped them solve the 3 mile island debacle. Imo, he would have served this country best by being a plant manager at a nuclear power plant

[@tadekmajewski]

How long is it going to take Biden's presidency to admit wrong doing? Forever.

[@marblox9300]

The darkest days at the White House actually started in 2021.

[@eamonwright7488]

35:12 I wonder how doped up he was during this rambling speech? It almost sounds like a Steve Brule skit. lol

[@jefolson6989]

Yea WTF was that speech?

[@thefettfan3994]

A very paranoid politician all throughout his presidency terms, the chief architect and creator of his own downfall. A very pathetic final Whitehouse speech on the day of his leaving.

[@annmcerlean6937]

I was watching a documentary about his childhood, and Nixon had lost maybe two brothers. He was pressured to please his parents and make them proud during his career. It sounded like he took on the role of three sons.

[@GD-rd6ig]

His final White House speech was actually very revealing. A moving confessional. Nixon unplugged.

[@adrianwheeler4625]

people complain about corruption in our government & rightly so. but this would never have come to the public in the Soviet Union.

[@Rjensen2]

So?

[@teamla1047]

it really freaked me out when Nixon insulted the press. A little too close for comfort.

[@hope5047]

Because press is corrupted

[@DividedByAlgorithms]

@@hope5047 Minds Are Corrupted. Media Plays On American Laziness and Stupidity For Viewership.

[@erselley9017]

It creeped me out because of how fast he switched. He was just making a joke and they laughed and he even smiled. Then on a dime he switches to this creepy dude who drops the boom on those people. His whole face completely changed. It's unsettling to see someone who can easily and quickly switch their personalities.

[@marblox9300]

The darkest days at the White House actually started in 2021.

[@erichaynes7502]

He just couldn't take any type of criticism. It was his fatal flaw.

[@oogachaka.studio]

Him joking about "I've also stopped beatingy wife" when he really was beating his wife 🤮

[@annmcerlean6937]

what was his point when he said it?

[@shaneturner500]

@@annmcerlean6937 the reporter asked if Nixon considered the charges as impeachable if applied to him. Nixons response of “I’ve also stopped beating my wife” was his way of pointing out that the reporters question could have been interpreted as to presume that he was guilty. “Have you stopped beating your wife?” Is the most common example of a loaded question meant to entrap someone into admitting to an inferred crime.

[@marblox9300]

The darkest days at the White House actually started in 2021.

[@charlesheck6812]

@@annmcerlean6937it was Nixon’s barbed sarcastic way of accusing the reporter of asking a loaded, question-begging, thinly veiled accusation of a “question”designed to entrap him no matter how he answered it.

[@charlesheck6812]

a close aid said it happened on at least one occasion that he witnessed

[@joelbader2510]

Americans-and people everywhere-should study history by watching videos such as this one and by reading books and thinking, by asking questions about what they are told. That is a way for leaders everywhere to be kept in check--and for people to learn how to lead .

[@icebergslim8926]

Joel Bader agreed these documentaries are all different perspectives at the same thing and people should even watch documentaries made from different countries about the same topic because you see their perspectives

[@Tripp1993]

Agreed. Not learning from mistakes got us into this mess. It's not just from the right, it's on both sides of the political argument, i.e. the culture wars. Historians are needed in every field, no matter what. I am also becoming a film and television historian, and let me tell you this: if we're going to make sure we NEVER have a repeat of this disastrous chain of events ever again, I'm agreeing with you... and also from other countries about topics like this. Different perspectives on insane events like this could make the world a much safer place than ever before.

[@marblox9300]

The darkest days at the White House actually started in 2021.

[@nickel2442]

In the age of 10s tiktoks, people don't watch anything more than half an hour or read more than a few hundred words.

[@kyleparker733]

My goodness. I was coming out of my toddler years to a young child. Thank you for the time travel backto a time so long ago.😊

[@RikSchneider]

ABC News, with a very good documentary about Watergate.

[@bostonblackie9503]

There actually was such a thing as journalism!

[@Raydensheraj]

Blame Rupert Murdoch and far right Christian nationalist Reagan destroying the Fair Act.

[@WindsorPilatesRocks]

I love the narrator I recognize his voice from many tv shows and commercials but can't seem to recall his name.

[@guyguy8695]

Tom Brokaw

[@strwbrywoman]

Peter Thomas. He does forensic files too

[@jefolson6989]

@@strwbrywoman yep its Peter Thomas, before his voice got wonderfully creepy. RIP. I knew him briefly just before he died. He did his work from his home studio in Florida. He had a great gig and worked right up to the end (in his 90s) The new guy on Forensic Files just can't fill his shoes.

[@mariesummers4326]

@@jefolson6989 forensic files I love that show

[@horriblespaghetti]

That "wow" at 16:03

[@TomSanderson100]

Great uploads many thanks

[@TheMangoMussolini]

Sure was great to see Harry Reasoner again. Always my #1 on TV. Even as a kid, I always thought that he would have made a super cowboy character for TV.

[@oldblackstock2499]

One great thing about the news people of that time is that when they asked a question they just accepted the answer or ask another question. They didn't cut someone off , they just let it go and went on to another question. They realized that elected officials can't always give a detailed answer. Then was much more cordial than today.

[@micmac99]

We are going through this ALL OVER AGAIN in 2016-17.

[@miikored1095]

Michael Sheldon Reed TRUEEEEEEE

[@beatle1956]

You tell 'em Einstein!!...I guess your fellow libtards at your Mensa meetings agree with you.

[@jeffedwards823]

WesMan exactly

[@Ben_306]

You're not going through this again. This is because the republican primary vote is controlled by it's own segment of the media today. This means that standing up to the president today is much harder then it would've been in the 70's.

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

WesMan He gives his opinion, and then you insult and attack the man. Also, he gave no indication of his political affiliation. You assumed most likely based on his appearance.

[@TonyMichaels166]

“You don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore.” Dick Nixon, 1962, after losing the election for Governor of California

[@pete3050]

I voted for Nixon 50 years ago and would vote for him again today, when he resigned you could see the anguish in his face; poor poor man

[@annmcerlean6937]

I was 16 when he resigned, and tears were comiong down my eyes. His whole career was destroyed over nothing.

[@NxDoyle]

Feels like I'm in Grade 8 History watching a video in class.

[@Joedirt3349]

good times

[@calamartepatrick1728]

In March of 1974 President Nixon sent General Vernon Walters, who was then deputy director of the CIA, as his special representative for a secret meeting with two PLO leaders, Khalad Hassan and Majed Abu Sharar, who represented, respectively the so-called "right" and "left" wings of Fatah, the largest and most influential of the Palestinian factions that made up the PLO. Although the meeting evidently ended with great promise of working out a comprehensive Middle East settlement, British journalist Alan Hart reports that not long afterward, Henry Kissinger sabotaged that back-channel effort by President Nixon to achieve peace. Although the details are spelled out clearly in Hart’s biography of Yasser Arafat, few Americans know - although they should know - that Chairman Arafat and the two Hassan brothers told Hart, in Hart’s words, "that they were convinced that the government of Israel and the Jewish lobby in America had made use of the Watergate affair to break Nixon before he forced Israel to make the necessary withdrawals for peace." Khalad Hassan also told Hart that he (Hassan) had discussed Nixon’s continuing back-channel peace initiatives with then-King Feisal of Saudi Arabia who had played a part in the effort. Evidently, according to Hart’ rendition, President Nixon himself told King Feisal this: “If [Nixon] found his way blocked by Israel and the Jewish lobby, he would throw away his prepared text when he made his next State of the Union report [in January of 1975] and that he would tell the people of America, live on TV and radio, the whole truth about how Israel and its friends in America were the obstacle to peace.” In other words, Nixon was preparing to expose the way in which the Government of Israel and its supporters in America controlled American foreign policy. President Nixon never had the opportunity to make such a bold move. The media focus on the burgeoning Watergate scandal drove him from office. Thanks to an inside source today remembered as “Deep Throat,” The Washington Post led the the drumbeat for Nixon’s removal from office. In that regard it is interesting to note that former American diplomat Richard Curtiss, executive editor of The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, stated frankly in 1995 that “it’s long been our opinion that whoever played the role of ‘Deep Throat’ was in fact only a conduit for information collected by Israel’s Mossad and used to discredit Nixon,” and that Nixon’s attempt to reassess U.S. relations with Israel was “the catalyst that led directly to his downfall..” There is, in fact, evidence that the enigmatic source “Deep Throat” was, at the least, an indirect operative of Israel’s Mossad. In her book, Katharine the Great, a critical biography of Katharine Graham, the late publisher of The Washington Post, Jewish-American journalist Debra Davis has almost certainly provided the real key to Watergate. Miss Davis presents a solid case that the Post’s famed Watergate source - ”Deep Throat” - was most likely Richard Ober, the right-hand man of James Angleton, the CIA’s counterintelligence chief and longtime and Israeli-allied liaison to the Mossad. Miss Davis revealed that Ober was in charge of a joint CIA-Israeli counterintelligence desk established by Angleton inside the Nixon White House. From this listening post, Ober (at Angleton’s direction) provided inside information about Watergate that helped bring down the Nixon administration. So despite all that you - and the American people - have heard from the major media about Watergate, this information is not something that is in widespread distribution. Suffice it to say, based on what we have discussed here today, I think you understand why.

[@carrietezeno6327]

I Was A Kid I Remember This Scandal I Didn't Understand This Now That I Am Older I Do Thank You You Tube 😊

[@ThomasKossatz]

Fords first words before congress: "I am a Ford, no Lincoln!"

[@paperbackonly8438]

Thomas Kossatz Yeah ... I never quite understood that ... what is Lincoln, besides the President and the American car?

[@drewzerna4087]

Paperback Only The Lincoln brand of car is a subsidiary of the Ford Motor company

[@IroquoisPliskin86]

Man, remember when this was the worst it ever got?

[@erselley9017]

Question. Does anyone know the story behind Nixon practically assaulting that dude in the beginning? It looked like one of his staffers so I assumed he was joking. However his face looked like he was furious and the victim looked genuinely alarmed but they may have cut the footage before he laughed. Either way I'm dying to know the story. 0:34 is the time stamp

[@marblox9300]

The darkest days at the White House actually started in 2021.

[@markbahouth2713]

@ erselley Nixon hated the news media and was in a bad mood . to get the reporters to back off and quit hounding him he turned around HIS press secretary Ron Ziegler and pushed Ziegler towards the reporters like a battering ram to fend them off. he ( nixon ) was not mad at his press secretary but the national media . P.S. i also was curious why Nixon shoved his aid away from him , so i did some research on this famous incident. take what i believe now, with a grain of salt. i am not always correct.

[@veritasvincit2251]

Somewhere in the depths of my study of Watergate, I think there is a witnessed retelling of what Nixon said to Ziegler during the 'push'. It may have come from The Final Days by Woodward/ Bernstein. In any event, that book is a stunning piece of journalism. The chapter on the choreography used to transfer certain tapes from the Grand Jury to the Judiciary Committee is worth reading. That careful, memorialized process of sending vital evidence between branches of government restored my faith in our national institutions.

[@graciejanegollinger494]

RIP Tom Jarriel, who passed on 24 October 2024.

[@nsr60ster85]

"Our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works." I look forward to hearing that once again.

[@davidcurran-z8g]

Me too!

[@nick56677]

Nixon had no need to spy on the competition. He won 49 states and 520 out of the 537 Electoral Votes😂. A clear case of what unnecessary Paranoia can do to someone. Nixon could've stayed home the election year and cruised to victory

[@stevenmcghee6649]

That one state he didn't win - Massachusetts? - kept preying on his mind.

[@stephenwright8824]

@@stevenmcghee6649 I'm from Massachusetts. I can see that happening, and it didn't help that our Governor barred his VP, Agnew, from even campaigning here in '72. Plus, Massachusetts is the home of the Kennedys, so there's that too.

[@stevedunch581]

Nixon was in hot water and knew it the whole time

[@btimez1983]

Peter Addenbrooke Thomas (Forensic Files narrator) sounds so young! I wonder when this special is from.

[@jessebaseal6577]

Yeah I really suspected that the narrator was Peter Thomas. Heard him a lot at forensic files.

[@malcolmmarshall5946]

At 37:13, you can see Pat Nixon whisper "stand up" to Tricia. And then wow, what a shifty, conniving grin Nixon gives.

[@ernier4592]

0:35 I’ve seen this clip before of Nixon pushing the guy but never got the context of it. Does anyone know?

[@eamonwright7488]

I believe thats press secretary Ronald Zeigler. At several instances, Zeigler's job was on the line. Nixon and especially Haldeman and Erlichman were bullies to him according to Macgruber.

[@foxmccloud7055]

Before the resignation of Richard Nixon, cheap beer and blatant stupidity in Cleveland, Ohio on the teams "Ten Cent Beer Night" in a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers led to one of the worst sports riots in American history in which you saw Mike Hargrove nearly get hit in the head with a jug of Thunderbird Wine, fans throwing firecrackers in the Rangers dugout, fans running on to the field with some of them leaving their clothes in the stands, both the Indians and Rangers fighting their own fans, nine arrests, three bases stolen (never to be returned), the Cleveland SWAT Team having to swing their batons at people who wanted to fight the police in which they had to throw tear gas on to the field, and the game being forfeited in favor of the Texas Rangers after the head umpire got hit in the head with a chair, cut by a rock and found a knife in the infield grass.

[@chiclet_teeth]

"I also quit beating my wife" AWKWARD.

[@chiclet_teeth]

@Afrika Steele Yeah...I just found it weird and awkward that he would even mention it. I guess he was trying to be humorous but in a way, that made it even worse.

[@jasonrfoss248]

This is an old-time expression used by men to get out of answering loaded questions from reporters. They would no longer be appropriate now but back then it was kind of the standard response when a reporter asked that type of question.

[@efan2012]

It really was.. on one hand it showed how dry and weird his sense of humor was. On the other it's especially awkward considering that there's actual rumors he beat the hell out of Pat several times (first time was after he lost the California governor's race in 62, there was another one right after his resignation.. yikes.) His daughters denied it but that report insits it was true but he couldn't report on it then and said that was his biggest regret. He wrote a book 2 years ago and it was in it.

[@chiclet_teeth]

@@efan2012 definitely a different time. I love watching and reading stuff about the Watergate era. I find it fascinating. I wish I could find more Haldeman and Erlichman post Watergate interviews.

[@warlaker]

Old, and now unfitting answer to loaded or trick questions like "Do you still beat your wife?"

[@joanmeijer]

I miss this kind of news....all this "opinion" in lieu of news is frustrating and boring. It shows that back in the 70s the news respected the consumers of news.... today news is like an obscene act satisfying only the "newscasters".

[@christophergreen4616]

It's not even journalism anymore.

[@messianicrogue]

It was just as bad back then, you are seeing highly edited footage, these same guys did panels which could easily be 2022 election cycle. There hasn't been 'journalism' since the 1800's and that was as corrupt even back then. It's always been us against them, 2 sides attacking each other with a small pretense of balance.

[@jamesschaefer6824]

Nixon is a great jerk. Glad he's gone for good 👍 😅😅😅😅😅😊

[@cor-z8m]

News today is about celebrities “reading “ the news not reporting on it! Shame.

[@blueboy2602]

Its just plain poppycock.....this is my favorite documentry on Nixon.

[@markbradford3640]

Blue Boy what is poppy cock lmao

[@muttleycrew]

Mark Bradford see 24:55

[@scottrobinson9752]

This seems like child's play compared to today's political shenanigans.

[@clarenceparkeriii6249]

Would rather have Nixon than Trump; now spill out all of your hate on me...

[@billanthony7896]

Clarence Parker III- What's to hate? Nixon was a naval officer, a lawyer, a congressman, a senator, and vice-president for eight years. Sleazy politician or not, experience is comforting.

[@kathyhurley3229]

Richard Painter said, "Nixon was a crook, but he, at least, was our crook. He wasn't in bed with the Russkies."

[@JessePinkman08]

Clarence Parker III I'd rather have Nixon than any of the last 3 presidents

[@dlane9813]

Nixon would have been considered liberal today if he was alive. He created the EPA, drastically improved segregation, and even proposed universal health care. He was also great at foreign policy. I would take Nixon over Trump any day of the week.

[@Agent-xn1hr]

Daniel Bloomfield Nixon had lotsa faults but he wasn’t a bad president by any means. Watergate was his ultimate failure and unfortunately will always be remembered for that.

[@geraldbush8172]

Nothing,compared to today.

[@blueseanomad7435]

What the heck is this? Why isn't there a panel of """experts"""" picking out the sound bites and discussing them for an hour? Where are the rotating graphics and swoosh noise for screen transitions? WHY ARE THEY REPORTING WHAT WAS SAID?

[@malcolmmarshall5946]

I like your sarcasm! It was what used to be called "journalism!"

[@NxDoyle]

I've just finished watching the excellent three part Discovery series on Watergate, which, given the appearance of virtually all the major players, will likely serve as the best visual record of the crisis. As much as I love modern history, I'm leery of watching too much more on Nixon and Watergate, because as bad as it was, none of the people involved, with the exception of G Gordon Liddy, were unhinged. None of the systems in place were, ultimately, undermined.

[@stevenpringle9225]

That doesn't mean that there was a serious intent to undermine the rule of law. Thank goodness our leaders love the U.S.A more than any one person.

[@pattyayers]

@@stevenpringle9225 oh, how I wish that were true.

[@evoman1776]

The dark days are NOW...RIGHT NOW.

[@kimberlybrabson6944]

Damn, that's scandalous!!

[@Joedirt3349]

word

[@Donamtrx]

This narrator is the "Forensic Files" guy!

[@saeedafyouni619]

Absolutely.....good ear

[@LineMountain]

Nixon did not know this but if he had told G Gordon Liddy to just accept responsibility and take the blame he would have done so and this would’ve largely gone away. Nixon could have also escaped if AG Mitchell had just accepted responsibility. There’s also a 50/50 chance Nixon would have survived if he had just burned the tapes.

[@paperbackonly8438]

Mitchell basically accepted responsibility, saying that while he knew of the break-in, he didn’t tell Nixon to spare him of the decision-making. The Senate Committee did not buy the argument. Also, it’s not easy as burning a tape in a bureaucratic system once its existence is known. Say you burned the tape from Jan. 1-10, you have to submit something in its stead otherwise it can be legally presumed that you have covered up. What do you submit then? More covering up involving more people?

[@marblox9300]

The darkest days at the White House actually started in 2021.

[@sheilatillman7962]

I understand that there were backup tapes and possibly backups to backups … so “destroying the tapes” would have, in the end, only created another charge of obstruction when the recordings were finally revealed.

[@BillyAlabama]

“I am not a crook!” Well…

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

"....and the ultimate triumph of the American system." Nixon needed to go, but I struggle with that statement. The President would never go through an impeachment trial because countless other heads would have rolled in government if he talked, so a deal must have been worked out. My opinion.

[@mywirsrxed]

Of course there was a "deal" made. Ford pardoned Nixon almost immediately after he assumed the presidency.

[@brianwellbrock8431]

Agreed. Especially the dirt he must have had on Ford alone. He mustve told them that unless he gets a full pardon hed take it to trial and begin spilling his guts and probably collapse any trust that was left in the govt.

[@cowsy99]

Back when journalists actually investigated and reported.

[@Mike20216]

Woodward and Bernstein led and the corporate media reluctantly followed, but then tried to take a lot of the credit

[@randyrysdale852]

business as usual. only thing, they got caught

[@hoss73ford]

+randy rysdale When Nixon fired Cox in October 1973 that was the last straw. Everyone was out to get him and as much dirt as possible.

[@randyrysdale852]

i remember archibald cox, what was his deal??

[@hoss73ford]

+randy rysdale Cox was a special prosecutor hired for the case. When he was hired there wasn't any public knowledge of the tapes but when it came out, he demanded them and stood his ground. Transcripts wouldn't do. So Nixon fired him. At the time I thought wtf---how does one get fired for doing their job?? The next guy they hired they had it set up that the president couldn't touch him. Cox lived to the ripe old age of 92, outliving Watergate by 30 years.

[@randyrysdale852]

i remember now thnx

[@muttleycrew]

Mark Muffs hence the graffiti at the time “Nixon is a Cox sacker”

[@AshleyGreerton]

At 1:00:33, the guy in the middle of the 3, I'm sure that's Robert Muldoon from NZ.

[@kidnplay3978]

Omg, this feels like a forensic files episode ... before forensic files.

[@chrishintz1077]

How timely this epic scandal is. It never gets old. The irony of Nixon’s reassurances.