we were about to have kennedy versus nixon. i noticed in the acceptances speeches, neither one of them used a teleprompter. you can't imagine that now. and president kennedy was bidding to become the first american president born in the 4 l 20th century. we had never had one before. it was a case of is the country aching for change? the russians seemed to be on the move. a lot of people thought they might be winning the cold war. there was a sinking feeling that we were falling behind, and that was the atmosphere as we went into this historic race. >> it was action versus inaction for kennedy, and barack obama was about more. he was about transformation, not just action. i think his agenda in many ways you could argue was a lot more ambitious than kennedy. he wasn't just talking let's get moving. he was talking let's move in a completely different way. >> we are in the middle of that movement right now, and the question is the old charge of inexperience can be thrown at obama in the midst of a first election, running for re-ele

. >> nixon was ill. he had a staphylococcus infection. i said to both of them, "would you like makeup?" and kennedy said, no, he didn't need any, and nixon heard kennedy say it, and so he said, "i don't want any makeup, either." and he needed it. >> people who listened on radio thought that nixon performed better or as well as kennedy, but those who watched it on television thought john kennedy had won by a landslide. it was that first moment in our history when we saw that television can transform a political candidate from a candidate into a celebrity, and it changed the whole contours of our politics. >> television, depending on your point of view, either gave voters a powerful new way to evaluate their candidates or ushered in an era that overemphasized the visual. perhaps the lesson is no matter what new technology comes along, its true influence takes some time to be seen. we will end where we began, but this time, with a one-word answer. is our political journalism better and getting better or worse? jim? >> it's better and getting

oh, this is the best wine we've ever had dan nixon would look at me and just, "got them again." [laughter] chris: smith hd a front row seat to history like when ronald reagan had some friends over and carey grant came over to chat. >> everybody else had gone to dinner. i said, "mr. grant, they've rung the dinner bell. aren't you hungry?" he said no, i'm not, i'm in a rather pensive mood tonight. i don't eventual want to be myself tonight. i want tobe archie leech. i was in yts -- "night and day," the story of cole porter. would you join me on the piano bench and play every bit of cole porter that you know in chris: i love these stories. he said he also got to know some presidents quite well. he loved the senior george bush and remembered meeting his son, the future president. >> after the inauguration they all came back to the vice president's residents -- residence and i recognized everybody in the family. doro, the daughter. i recognized marvin because he used to hang out in old town alexandria and i remembered him very well. recognized jeb. then why is this guy sitting in a c

nixon stepped down handing the position of commander in chi ee gerald ford. >>> and today is smoky bear's birthday. the advocate of protecting the nation's forests was introduced in 1944 with his famous warning, only you can prevent forest fires. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. president obama hits the pain -- campaign trail in texas today. will he be a help or a hindrance for democrats? and the latest on the case of an american woman accused of killing her children in scotland. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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dress a surprise. >> reporter: in 1971 the nixon family also played along with the media but only to a point. the white house allowed cameras to shoot the elaborate decorations and the spectacle of a sitting president walking his daughter down the aisle. but when the actual rose garden ceremony began they pulled the plug. >> these are basically the last of the electronic camera shots until after the ceremony. >> reporter: presidential historian doug weed. >> we can assume and people do assume that richard nixon was a very private person. he didn't want to have anybody see him cry. >> reporter: and if president nixon teared up that day, he certainly wasn't the first father to do so. when nelly grant got married in 1874, her war-hardened dad, president grant was a wreck. >> grant, as you know, was a great general. he had seen a lot of blood. he had seen tents full of arms and legs amputated. but when his daughter was married he went. he looked at the floor and he went throughout. they said he wouldn't make eye contact with anybody. looked at his shoes, his boots and went through the wh

presidents, as in president richard nixon. his grandson, chris, was born five years after nixon resigned. hard lessons were passed down. >> the advice he always gave me is that you always have to come back, no matter what happens, no matter what roadblocks are thrown in your way, don't let anything get you down. >> i have never been a quitter. to leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. >> reporter: a much happier moment in white house history, the rose garden wedding of chris's parents, tricia nixon and edward cox. >> so they're now on their way into the white house for the official picture taking. >> reporter: tricia has lived a very private life ever since, but now the coxes only child is running for congress. >> did you get a sense that she was at all worried for you? >> i think every mother would be a little worried, but she was very happy that i wanted to serve my country. >> reporter: cox is 31 years old, a lawyer and business consultant. going door-to-door in a swing district

. >>> the man who served as richard nixon's last attorney general during the water gate scandal died today. william saxbie was 80 years old. saxbie was known as a republican maverick. he once called the nixon administration one of the most inept in history. >>> straight ahead, we'll bring you up to date on that wildfire that has burning tonight east droiiiid. what this droid does will change how you do web connections. this creates a mobile 3g hotspot, powerful enough to fuel multiple devices at will. putting you at the center of your own world wide web. introducing the new droid x. the next generation of does. they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> the latest now on that wildfire burning in contra costa county, these are live pi

. >>> the man who served as richard nixon's last attorney general during the water gate scandal died today. william saxbie was 80 years old. saxbie was known as a republican maverick. he once called the nixon administration one of the most inept in history. >>> straight ahead, we'll bring you up to date on that wildfire that has burning tonight east of mount diablo. >>> plus triple digit heat and the dangers of dehydration. what some people are doing to keep people cool. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. >>> the latest now on that wildfire burning in contra costa county, these are live pictures of the flames in the foothills just east of mount diablo. as of right now 375 acres have burned. the fire is now 50% contained. one home was

they wanted to attack the leaks i mean the pentagon papers case gave rise to watergate because with nixon wanted a group of people like liddy you could go around and burglarize and stop this kind of stuff and now you don't have that you know you have work in self supporting manti which is which is ironic the man who leaked the pentagon papers is supporting manning but nobody else is the mainstream media is attacking julian assange on whether the supporting him so everything's just flipped around from from what i remember even as a child well that is. interesting because you know you yourself are a journalism professor and right now there's a huge debate within the journalistic world because you're right a lot of people are attacking manning they're talking assignment they're saying fees people are betraying you know the united states they're putting lives in danger and yet you have daniel as. humming to their defense hailing them how do you teach this to your students how do you put this well i mean there are certain ethical boundaries that everybody has to meet but i mean julian pretty m

secretary shultz served in both the nixon and reagan administrations with nixon and secretary of labor and reagan as secretary of state. he played a key role in framing of foreign policy that led ultimately to the end of the cold war. a ph.d. in industrial economics, he has taught at mit, chicago and its stanford. secretary of bread served in the carter and clinton administrations with carter on his national security council staff and with clinton as his un ambassador and van as the first woman to serve as secretary of state. a ph.d. in public law and government, she teaches at georgetown and chairs a global strategy investment firm. you have noticed no doubt that shultz worked for a republican president and albright for a democrat. we are balancing the ticket or at least trying to. >> you do not know something. there is a little club of former secretaries of state. >> i will start by assuming that you are both back in government and therefore back in power although that does not necessarily follow. >> what would be our overriding priority? what problem must use of today and how would

it started in 1960 with richard nixon. it has been going on 50 years. nobody has even kept count of how many people have been arrested -- 10 million, 20 million, 30 million? it sounds like something out of stalin's russia. turn in your neighbors, turn in your friends. if you turn in 10 people, you get less time in prison. that is what it is, you know? this war on drugs is something out of stalin's russia. and let's stop this war on sex offenders before this gets way out of hand. it is already way out of hand. [applause] i know we are concerned about sexual assault and rape and people assaulting women and children -- i know that. most of the people in prison as sex offenders are not those people. i call them romeo and juliet's. he is 19 and she is 16 or she is 19 and he is 16. that is the most of the mark. let's face it -- we should know, especially in san francisco, that as human beings, we are not really comfortable with sex. some of us do not even know who we are, right? from day to day, right? you know, i mean, sex is a very complicated issue. the id

chris: when richard nixon got re-elected and said damn it, we lost the subpoena power. if the opposition party has subpoena power, barack obama better be ready for it. >> the white house counsel's office is reading every memo and press release from congressman issa. chris: is eric holder worried? >> he should be because there will be questions about justice department policy. one is white house travel spending and spending in general, stimulus package, how the decision was laddled out will be under review. chris: it won't be personal against him. >> oh, no. [htlaug] >> you covered it. you know how it works, if you could call witnesses into a hearing, you could cause trouble for the other side. >> dan burton used to chair this committee and he made clinton's life hell. it is a powerful position, the ability to issue subpoenas. chris: shooting at cantalopes. >> it led to impeachment hearings. he will be an investigative pit bull not only on spending but their response on the gulf. >> an effective strategy, paralysis works well. boatling up the obama administration, not to

from where another shooting happened with the four officers were killed the man convicted in that was nixon. you could see this as about a mile away. a little ways away from some of the places you might be familiar with like the coliseum in the officer was transported here to the highland hospital a little farther north korea is now undergoing surgery for that injury will have much more news as it comes out. kron 4 news will be back. >> this is set to footage of the scene where fremont police officer were shot just before 3:00 this afternoon a manhunt is underway the officer going under surgery we'll give you the latest wrote this newscast. you could tell even back in early 1999 when ebay... was a small company that meg-- meg knew what she was doing. she has this ability to come to a very confusing situation, take a look and figure out what the right thing to do is. there was no playing things loose or close to the edge. we were going to do things the right way... because ultimately, that's the way you build a company to last. she was always asking us to be as efficient as possible, to be a

it was later revealed that he was acting on orders from then president richard nixon. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,680 after gaining 44 points. the s&p was up 6, and the nasdaq added 20. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei rose 164, while in hong kong, the hang seng nudged up one point. >>> hopeful economic numbers and upbeat quarterly earnings got wall street back in the black on wednesday. the market started cooking after payroll company adp said private employers added more jobs in july than forecast. that boosted optimism for traders, skittish ahead of tomorrow's crucial monthly unemployment numbers from the government. adding to that confidence, a separate report that showed the service sector grew faster than expected in july. >>> priceline led in earnings news, soaring 22% on its stronger-than-expected quarterly results and outlook, suggesting consumers are willing to spend on travel. >>> in other results, coach, cvs, electronic arts and anadarko petroleum all climbed after posting re

i do have one comment card from paul nixon. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am on the blue greenway committee. i have been on the central advisory committee for the waterfront since the beginning and represent the voters. i want to say that for rain could not be here today. she is on vacation, and she is very satisfied -- we're all very satisfied, as you are, with the progress that is going on. one of the things i noticed that came out in the meetings was this -- the fact that there is more of an awareness of the fact that one of the things we have to think about is we have a 50 or 100-your perception of the southern waterfront as a place that is industrial, which meant in the past always toxic and other things, so there is pretty much a - idea -- negative idea about the cleanliness of waters in the southern waterfront, and that is one of the things you have to look at. using swimming as a good example, we have decided, sort of, to look at where good swimming places are, where water is perhaps too toxic for swimming, which is hardly anywhere. that would lea

nixon was so excited that someone shared the same enthusiasm he does about concrete pumping that we hired that young man. he is now working for us today. he has been there for nine months and is one of our best concrete pumpers. this is what economic recovery books like. i am proud we had the opportunity to hire a new employee. i do not know if you are aware. on march 18, president obama signed and hiring incentive act. that allows small businesses to hire new employees. you get some tax breaks and incentives to can apply to your peril that will help you as a small business. we are utilizing this program. it is a big investment for us. we are also proud of the fact that we are signatories to operating engineers local chapter 3. their mission is quality jobs and the best possible wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions for their members. they have sponsored everyone of their -- we have sponsored everyone of our employees into the union and we look forward to them being active for years to come. opportunity does not stop at royal drive. because we have an expanded workforce, at new e

. >> it is such a simple issue, how come in the bush years and nixon years, when you leaked stuff, that is our material, and you end up with a pulitzer prize, and now in a democratic administration, you are condemned left and right? >> washington is a complicated place. i cannot explain it to you. last word. see you next week. for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashington.tv.

you get nixon. if we do not give nixon, you get agnu dhunna. if you do not give him come to give ford -- him, you get ford. when these positions are vacated simultaneously, you get something very different. that is in the attention. do we voted for obama/biden and we might hit john boehner. what goes around, comes around. you vote for george to of the fish and you get -- george w. bush and you get nancy pelosi. you both for martin sheen and yet john goodman. television moment. that is after the 1948 seventh statute. you vote republican coming you get republican. that is what you deserve for four years and then you vote democrat, uk democrat. -- you get democrat. it embodies a personal link between the top two executives and officials. when it becomes vacant, there is a confirmation process. that handpicking idea is a party practice. before the 1930's, i do not know if a ruling can pick them. presidents dinh not handpick their teammate's predictably until the '40's or so. in the 60s amendment, we have a codification of this hand-picked successio

richard nixon went on "laugh in ," "sock it to me, baby." bill clinton went on "arsenio hall." i think it helps them in little bit. >> it helps them a little bit but he needs a lot of help. this white house and their message machine that was so vaunted during the campaign has been a miserable failure for the last several months, as evidenced by every public opinion poll that is out there. his poll numbers are just tanking each time somebody goes out into the field. now they are putting him out there and trying to reverse those numbers, trying to prop up his image while he also does this summary thing for the political season. we will see if it will work. he reassured house members and senators that they could take these tough votes because he and his popularity would bail them out in the midterm. well, he and his popularity have not shown up. >> correct answer is is not going to help him. charm helps you if you are a challenger and nobody knows who you are and you are running to be the president. it helped him and he won. but second time around, it is not about how charming you

we will hear more of what they had to say nixon ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> good afternoon. topping our news this noontime the san jose fire department is just wrapping up a news conference after coping with several fires yesterday in the wake of budget cuts and staff reductions and today firefighters are voting on a proposal that would help restore some of those cut jobs. ktvu's jade hernandez joins us with more on this from san jose. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. will the 49 san jose firefighters who were laid off get their jobs back? the city says yes, but there is a catch. >>> the voting continued today inside of this hall where union members urged leadership to accept a 9% cut in wages and benefits, if they do the city says they will rehire 49 firefighters laid off in july. >> mayor reed and others of his colleagues on the council are putting politics ahead of public safety. >> reporter: earlier today mayor chuck reid stood firm. san jose police took a 4% pay cut as did other unions, he said firefighters should not be ex

bonce ability for a defeat in afghanistan just like nixon did not want to take responsibility for what he knew was a military setback in vietnam i know that's a current argument that the us military may have leaked this in order to blame pakistan or to blame others i don't think that's really what's going on i think that there are voices within the u.s. military just as there were doing in vietnam who have become disillusioned with the war and are releasing these documents to paint a picture that tells something quite different from the official version with the hope that the american people will as they did during vietnam become opponents of the war and help change the policy i understand the point of view of the pakistani government because the americans are blaming pakistan for every setback and putting them and credible pressure at the very same time they use drone airplanes to go and kill pakistani civilians as if it doesn't matter as if they have every right to do it but i don't think that's what really motivated the leakers the whistleblowers who generated this cache of document

and a new you know based on the nixon. german russian that shitty company makes clues. parity it's nice to see designs. online right now to talk to you don't. on the way so you know more from the ancient cities which. this time heads to a place which is a move to lies in people's wallets. if you look here. it's featured on the course one thousand ruble notes has a value of around thirty dollars and it's one of the most popular and used by long gone is the face of london from any russian bill so instead they feel very stark. like this one here. yes more from martin andrews in ten minutes on the take before that hits the business update with stephanie in just a myth. hungry for the full stop we've got it's. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. hello and welcome to the business for ten grain exports from russia this year will be between two and four point five million tongues according to the agriculture ministry a country has exported one point six million tonnes already i could ship another point seven million before an export ban comes

but secondarily, there's an energy independence issue that for the last 0 year, you go back to nixon, and he's pounding the table going america will be energy independent in ten years. so it's getting engrained in our national psyche. and i think that that's now the tune that we should -- >> you see the images over the decade, but how much have we advanced? >> we've definitely moved forward in identifying and investing. $30.8 billion in alternative energy techtechnology, right? i think 50% of all megawatts coming up in the u.s. are renewable. we're starting to see the texas model being brilliant. they've laid the infrastructure down. you've got wind power there, you're starting to see solar emerging. starting with breakthroughs in natural gas. we're slowly moving toward the problem of eliminating some of these efforts. one of the good things about the proposed next version of the bill is that it is now highlighting or creating a focus around energy efficiency, which is where our company is trying to drive our corporate customers to. >> amit, thank you for your time. after the break, b