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Okay.
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Ladies and gentlemen...
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...the president
of the United States!
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We interrupt this program for
a special report from NBC news.
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The country is in the midst of the
most serious constitutional crisis...
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...in its history.
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President Nixon has fired
special prosecutor Archibald Cox.
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Attorney General
Elliot Richardson has quit...
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...and his deputy William Ruckelshaus
was fired when he refused to fire Cox.
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Acting Attorney General Robert Bork
has executed President Nixon's orders...
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...and fired the special prosecutor.
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In an attempt
to head off impeachment proceedings...
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...the president has agreed to release
transcripts of46 taped conversations.
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Gerald Ford
was sworn in as vice president.
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Citing wrongdoing, a judge has dismissed
all charges against Daniel Ellsberg.
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A grand jury has indicted former
Nixon aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman...
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I mean, you're a lawyer, for God's sake.
How can you let this shit go through?
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Look. This.
Nixon can't say that.
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Well, you did say it, sir.
Never! I never said that about Jews.
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Makes me sound
like an anti-Semite.
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We can check the tapes again.
No need. I know what I said.
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Have you lost your mind?
Look, Al! Nixon can't say this!
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'Niggers. Niggers." It can't say that!
We could delete it.
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We're doing the best we can.
Well, is not good enough!
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Would you have us black it out, sir?
We could write "expletive deleted."
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Cut all these 'goddamns'
and 'Jesus Christs' out.
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Jesus.
Mr. President.
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Don't you see that all these
deletion marks in the transcripts...
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...make it look as though you...
you do nothing but swear?
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It soils
my mother's memory.
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You think I want the whole goddamn world
to see my mother like this?
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Raising a dirty-mouth?
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We could start again, sir, but we don't
really have the staff to do that.
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Then start over!
Just start over!
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The world will see
Only what I show 'em!
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From page one, Al.
Page one, Ron!
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Ron, get in there and do something.
All this stuff...