2:35:00
...fire that son of a bitch.
He's asked for it.
2:35:02
Mr. President,
may I just say something, sir?
2:35:07
I think that you should
welcome this subpoena.
2:35:09
Why?
Well, sir...
2:35:11
...the tapes can only prove
that Dean was a liar. Right?
2:35:15
Thas right, sir.
2:35:20
Well, there's more.
2:35:22
There's more than just me.
2:35:24
You can't break, my boy.
2:35:27
Even though is ended.
2:35:29
You can't admit, even to yourself,
when is gone.
2:35:32
Uh, do you think
those P.O.W.s in there did?
2:35:37
Now, there's some people,
and we both know them, Al...
2:35:41
...think you can go stand in the middle
of a bull ring and cry "mea culpa, mea culpa"...
2:35:45
...while the crowd is hissing and booing
and spitting on you.
2:35:49
Well, a man doesn't cry.
I don't cry.
2:35:53
You don't cry.
2:35:55
You fight.
2:36:00
Okay.
2:36:02
Ladies and gentlemen...
2:36:04
...the president
of the United States!
2:36:11
We interrupt this program for
a special report from NBC news.
2:36:15
The country is in the midst of the
most serious constitutional crisis...
2:36:19
...in its history.
2:36:21
President Nixon has fired
special prosecutor Archibald Cox.
2:36:23
Attorney General
Elliot Richardson has quit...
2:36:25
...and his deputy William Ruckelshaus
was fired when he refused to fire Cox.
2:36:29
Acting Attorney General Robert Bork
has executed President Nixon's orders...
2:36:32
...and fired the special prosecutor.
2:36:34
In an attempt
to head off impeachment proceedings...
2:36:37
...the president has agreed to release
transcripts of46 taped conversations.
2:36:40
Gerald Ford
was sworn in as vice president.
2:36:43
Citing wrongdoing, a judge has dismissed
all charges against Daniel Ellsberg.
2:36:47
A grand jury has indicted former
Nixon aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman...
2:36:50
I mean, you're a lawyer, for God's sake.
How can you let this shit go through?
2:36:55
Look. This.
Nixon can't say that.
2:36:57
Well, you did say it, sir.
Never! I never said that about Jews.