1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,000 [tape rolling] 2 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,000 [cheers and applause] 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,000 [upbeat music] 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,000 - Every inauguration has its special drama. 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 I suppose the special drama of this one 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 is the game that destiny has played with Richard Nixon. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Eight years ago, he was defeated 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,000 for President of the United States. 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Something few politicians recover from. 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Six years ago, he was defeated 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 for the governorship of California and quit politics. 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Something no politician has ever recovered from. 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 And he's back today, the winner, to be sworn in 14 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 as the 37th President of the United States. 15 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,000 [applause] 16 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 ♪ ♪ 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 - The greatest honor history can bestow 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 is the title of peacemaker. 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 all: End the war in Vietnam! Bring the troops home! 20 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 End the war in Vietnam! Bring the troops home! 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 - This honor now beckons America. 22 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 all: Peace now! Peace now! 23 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000 - This is our summons to greatness, 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,000 and I believe the American people 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 are ready to answer this call. 26 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,000 [overlapping shouting] 27 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 - Leave him alone! 28 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 - Hey! Hey! Hey! 29 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000 - As the presidential motorcade moved west 30 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 on Pennsylvania Avenue, 31 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,000 the President passed a group of peace demonstrators. 32 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 - People are throwing things into the street now. 33 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 - Hey! Let's go! Let's go! 34 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 - As we move toward the end of this inaugural day, 35 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 the title that President Nixon yearns for most 36 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 is that of peacemaker. 37 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 [cheering, shouting] 38 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,000 So we wish our new president well 39 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 and all the luck in the world. 40 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 He'll need it. 41 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 ♪ ♪ 42 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,000 [dramatic music] 43 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:57,000 ♪ ♪ 44 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 [gentle music] 45 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:16,000 ♪ ♪ 46 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 - When I walked into the office 47 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,000 in January of 1969, I inherited a problem. 48 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 The war in Vietnam had been going on 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 for a period of five years 50 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 with the casualties running 200 to 300 a week. 51 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 I didn't send 550,000 men to Vietnam. 52 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Nevertheless, this was the responsibility 53 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 that I knew was mine. 54 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:49,000 ♪ ♪ 55 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Good evening, my fellow Americans. 56 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Since I took office four months ago, 57 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 nothing has taken so much of my time and energy 58 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 as the search for a way 59 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 to bring lasting peace to Vietnam. 60 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 I want to end this war. 61 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 The American people want to end this war, 62 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 but we want to end it permanently. 63 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,000 And therefore, we have ruled out a one-sided withdrawal 64 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 from Vietnam or the acceptance of terms 65 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:29,000 that would amount to a disguised American defeat. 66 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 When we assumed the burden of helping defend South Vietnam, 67 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 millions of South Vietnamese men, women, 68 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,000 and children placed their trust in us. 69 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 To abandon them now would risk a massacre 70 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 that would shock and dismay everyone in the world 71 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 who values human life. 72 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Let me be quite blunt: 73 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,000 our fighting men are not going to be worn down. 74 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Our mediators are not going to be talked down, 75 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,000 and our allies are not going to be let down. 76 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Thank you and goodnight. 77 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 - The speech this evening was a culmination of more 78 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,000 than a month of background speculation. 79 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Dan, I'd like to know if, indeed, 80 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,000 there is anything new in the speech tonight. 81 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 - Roger, I think the immediate visceral reaction 82 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 is "same old stuff." 83 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 The President did not announce 84 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 any limited U.S. troop withdrawals. 85 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 He announced no U.S. troop withdrawals at all. 86 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 There just isn't a great deal in this speech 87 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,000 that the American people will immediately recognize as new. 88 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 - Do you think you're any nearer to peace 89 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 after listening to President Nixon's speech? 90 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,000 - Well, maybe next three or four years, but no way soon. 91 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:45,000 ♪ ♪ 92 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 - For nine days, American and South Vietnamese troops 93 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 have been trying to take a mountain 94 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,000 near the Laotian border, 95 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 and ten times they've been thrown back. 96 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 The casualties have been so high 97 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 that the mountain has come to be known as Hamburger Hill. 98 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 [explosion] 99 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 - They just kept sending us up there, 100 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 and we weren't getting anywhere. 101 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,000 They were just slaughtering us, like a turkey shoot, 102 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,000 and we were the turkeys. 103 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,000 ♪ ♪ 104 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 - Hamburger Hill, captured only last week, 105 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 apparently is going to be abandoned. 106 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,000 The battle for Hamburger Hill and the resulting casualties 107 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 set off quite a controversy this week, 108 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,000 and Senator Edward Kennedy was in the center of it. 109 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,000 - Certainly anyone-- anyone that witnessed 110 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,000 the cruelty and savagery of this past week 111 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 would only have been immoral if they had remained silent. 112 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Silent about this war. 113 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 - Responding to that criticism, 114 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 the spokesman said Mr. Nixon 115 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 does not second-guess his field commanders. 116 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:54,000 ♪ ♪ 117 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 - Teddy Kennedy is far and away 118 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,000 the Democratic front-runner for president in 1972. 119 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 - 1972. 120 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 A great many stories about a Muskie-Kennedy ticket 121 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 and a Kennedy-Muskie ticket. 122 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 I want to just say tonight, right now, 123 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 there's absolutely no truth to those stories. 124 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Ed Muskie hasn't picked a vice president yet. 125 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,000 [laughter] 126 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Let me say... 127 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 neither have I. 128 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 [laughter] 129 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 - For Democrats, the young Massachusetts senator, 130 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 last of the Kennedy brothers, 131 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 speaks out strongly on the major issues 132 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 where conflict arises with President Nixon 133 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 and Republicans, generally. 134 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 - All of the so-called intellectual elite, 135 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 the so-called better people, 136 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 were against what we were doing in Vietnam. 137 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 They thought we should get out, 138 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 whatever the cost might be. 139 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Well, if they wanted to end the war, 140 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 they should have supported what we were trying to do, 141 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,000 rather than to sabotage our efforts to end it. 142 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 - The President asks for time to end the war, 143 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 but these people think he's had enough, 144 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 and they hope the American public will give him 145 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 that same message, in a big way on October 15th. 146 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:07,000 ♪ ♪ 147 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,000 - Mr. President, what is your view, sir, 148 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,000 concerning the student moratorium being planned 149 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 against the Vietnam War? 150 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,000 - As far as this kind of activity is concerned, 151 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 we expect it. 152 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 However, under no circumstances 153 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 will I be affected whatever by it. 154 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 - That brief categorical statement has backfired 155 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 and become a rallying point for the anti-war movement. 156 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 all: Peace now! Peace now! 157 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Peace now! Peace now! Peace now! 158 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Peace now! Peace now! Peace now! Peace now! 159 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Peace now! Peace now! Peace now! Peace now! 160 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,000 - Today we unite, from one coast to another, 161 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,000 to seek, to request, 162 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,000 to implore an armistice. 163 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,000 - Hundreds and hundreds of thousands, 164 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 in cities from New York to Dubois, Wyoming, 165 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 have sought to impress upon the President 166 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 their opposition to the war. 167 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,000 - More than 40,000 of our men have given their lives 168 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,000 as sacrificial lambs to a godless cause. 169 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 When will it cease? 170 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,000 When does the moratorium 171 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 on death to our sons begin 172 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,000 by the United States government? 173 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,000 [applause] 174 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 - It just seems to all of us who observe politics 175 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 that something has changed 176 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 since Richard Nixon has come in. 177 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 all: End the war! End the war! 178 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 - What caused that? - Well, I think one must say 179 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 that the disillusionment index begins 180 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 to represent Middle America, not just the left wing. 181 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,000 - What we've seen today-- 182 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000 President Nixon will have to take account of it, 183 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 because if it appears to him to be essential 184 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 to the success of his own administration, he must do it. 185 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 - Well, you can go further than that, Ed, 186 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:08,000 and you can say that President Nixon himself started this. 187 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 President Nixon ran on a platform 188 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 of ending the war and winning the peace, 189 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,000 so ending the war is now dogma in American politics, 190 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,000 and it becomes a matter of when. 191 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,000 And then it becomes inevitably a matter of "hurry up." 192 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 [lively music] 193 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:36,000 ♪ ♪ 194 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,000 - I was particularly concerned about this protest 195 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 we had on October the 15th, 196 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 and another was planned, so under the circumstances, 197 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 I knew it was necessary to address the nation. 198 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 - After a lot of the demonstrations, 199 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,000 he seemed frustrated and he seemed beleaguered, 200 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 so I saw the toll it had taken on him, 201 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 but his first reaction was to fight back. 202 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,000 - In a few moments, the President will address 203 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,000 the nation in a major policy speech 204 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000 on the situation in Vietnam. 205 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 - The President undertakes his most important selling job 206 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 since he moved into the White House, 207 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 and how well he does it may influence 208 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:18,000 the making or breaking of his presidency. 209 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 - Good evening, my fellow Americans. 210 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 I believe that one of the reasons 211 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,000 for the deep division about Vietnam 212 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,000 is that many Americans have lost confidence 213 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 in what their government has told them about our policy. 214 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Tonight, therefore, 215 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 I would like to answer some of the questions 216 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 that I know are on the minds 217 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 of many of you listening to me. 218 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,000 We have adopted a plan for the complete withdrawal 219 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:47,000 of all U.S. combat ground forces and their replacement, 220 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 by South Vietnamese forces, 221 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 on an orderly, scheduled timetable. 222 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,000 I have not and do not intend to announce the timetables. 223 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 - Oh. 224 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 - I recognize that some of my fellow citizens disagree 225 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 with the plan for peace I've chosen. 226 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 In San Francisco a few weeks ago, 227 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,000 I saw demonstrators carrying signs reading, 228 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 "Lose in Vietnam. Bring the boys home." 229 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,000 But as president of the United States, 230 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,000 I would be untrue to my oath of office, 231 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 if I allowed the policy of this nation 232 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,000 to be dictated by the minority who hold that point of view 233 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 and who try to impose it on the nation, 234 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,000 by mounting demonstrations in the street. 235 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,000 And so tonight, to you, 236 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 the great, silent majority, 237 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,000 I ask for your support. 238 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 I pledged in my campaign for the presidency 239 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 to end the war. 240 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 The more support I can have, 241 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,000 the sooner that pledge can be redeemed. 242 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Let us be united for peace. 243 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Thank you and goodnight. 244 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 - [sighs] 245 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 - Whatever reaction to the President's 246 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Vietnam speech you want, 247 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 you could find here in Washington the day after. 248 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 The President himself received lots of it 249 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 and twice invited reporters in 250 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,000 to see it stacked on the desk where the buck stops. 251 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 - Most of the response was favorable, 252 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 but not all was spontaneous. 253 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 - Before the President's speech, 254 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Republican Party officials were directed to generate 255 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 as much favorable reaction as possible. 256 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,000 - How many of the telegrams and letters are part 257 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,000 of the carefully orchestrated 258 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Republican Party publicity campaign? 259 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 It is too early to say. 260 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 - Do you believe there's something 261 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 such as a silent majority? 262 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 - Yes I do. 263 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 The minority have been very active and very loud. 264 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,000 The silent majority are the people that are, I think, 265 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,000 a little bit more in agreement with what is happening, 266 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 and therefore they're not as loud. 267 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,000 - And I hope that the minority group 268 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 does join the majority group, 269 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 because he's doing a great job. 270 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 - I agree with him 100%. 271 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:02,000 ♪ ♪ 272 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,000 - Our approval rating went up to 68%. 273 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 ♪ ♪ 274 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Despite the fact that the media was overwhelmingly 275 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 against the war. 276 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Despite the fact that we had demonstrations, 277 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,000 thousands of them, that that was not the voice of America. 278 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 The voice of America was the silent majority. 279 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,000 [indistinct chatter] 280 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 I believe that we can see that the Vietnam War 281 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 will come to a conclusion. 282 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000 [tense music] 283 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:43,000 ♪ ♪ 284 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,000 The time has come for action. 285 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:52,000 If when the chips are down the world's most powerful nation, 286 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 the United States of America, 287 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,000 acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, 288 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy 289 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,000 will threaten free nations throughout the world. 290 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:11,000 ♪ ♪ 291 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,000 - Mr. Nixon argues that enemy activity across the border 292 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 in Cambodia has been provocative, 293 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,000 and that to ignore it would hurt the President's ability 294 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 to continue withdrawing U.S. troops. 295 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,000 - They went ahead, telling no one in Congress 296 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 and almost no one in the State or Defense departments. 297 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 - This is certainly going to be a decision 298 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000 that will provoke great controversy. 299 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,000 [indistinct chanting] 300 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,000 [overlapping shouting] 301 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,000 - We are protesting Richard Nixon's 302 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,000 stupid action of expanding the war in Southeast Asia. 303 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 - President Nixon doesn't want peace. 304 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 You're not going to tell me that somebody 305 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 escalates the war that wants peace. 306 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 He's just lying to the American people. 307 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 [sirens blare] 308 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,000 - You can't have the President of the United States 309 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 alienating students. 310 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Refer to students as "bums." 311 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 - The statement itself really was an affront 312 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,000 to students emotionally. 313 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 [bell rings] 314 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,000 - Leave this area immediately. 315 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 - After two days of rioting over Cambodia, 316 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,000 the university have banned rallies. 317 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 So the National Guard stood by to enforce the ban. 318 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 [shouting, cheering] 319 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,000 [bell rings] 320 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000 [gunfire] 321 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,000 [dramatic music] 322 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,000 ♪ ♪ 323 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 [emergency sirens blare] 324 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 [indistinct chatter] 325 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:16,000 ♪ ♪ 326 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,000 - She resented being called a bum... 327 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,000 because she disagreed with someone else's opinion. 328 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,000 She felt that war in Cambodia was wrong. 329 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000 Have we come to such a state in this country 330 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:48,000 that a young girl... 331 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 has to be shot, 332 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 because she disagrees deeply 333 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 with the actions of her government? 334 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,000 [somber music] 335 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 - I must say that was certainly 336 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 the most emotionally wrenching experience 337 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:07,000 I had during the entire period of the presidency, 338 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 because you see a girl like that 339 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 shot and killed at Kent State, 340 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,000 and her father made a statement to the effect, 341 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 "My daughter was not a bum." 342 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,000 And I thought of my own daughters, 343 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 but let's understand that this was not 344 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:27,000 just a case of a group of hard-nosed military people 345 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 shooting down innocent students. 346 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,000 Kent State had been virtually a battleground. 347 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 They threw rocks at the guard 348 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,000 and threw tear gas canisters. 349 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,000 I particularly was disturbed 350 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 by those that had brought it on 351 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 by the kind of actions that they were inspiring. 352 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 - The White House tonight issued 353 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 the following statement. 354 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,000 "This should remind us all that 355 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,000 "when dissent turns to violence, it invites tragedy. 356 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 "It is my hope that this tragic and unfortunate incident 357 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 "will strengthen the determination to stand firmly 358 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,000 against the resort to violence as a means of such expression." 359 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,000 - I believe the Nixon administration is really 360 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,000 not trying to bring us together, 361 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,000 but is engaged in a polarization process. 362 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 all: No more Kent State! 363 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,000 No more Kent State! 364 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 [overlapping shouting] 365 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 - In New York, the students have been demonstrating 366 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 against the war and the killings of Kent State. 367 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 - What do we want? all: Peace! 368 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 - When do we want it? all: Now! 369 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 - These kids, 370 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 so-called peaceful, and they can get away 371 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 with all the garbage that goes on here in the city. 372 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Well, enough said. 373 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,000 [cheering and applause] 374 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000 all: USA! USA! 375 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000 - Soon dozens then hundreds of hard-hatted workers 376 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,000 from nearby construction jobs charged through police lines 377 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,000 chasing the protestors from the steps. 378 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Beating those who did not move fast enough 379 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,000 and the few who tried to slug it out. 380 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,000 [overlapping shouting] 381 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 - President Nixon tonight will attempt to dispel 382 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 the atmosphere of growing crisis. 383 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 - The words he uses tonight 384 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 are considered at the White House 385 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 perhaps the most important of his political life. 386 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 - Ladies and gentlemen, 387 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,000 the President of the United States. 388 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,000 [gentle music] 389 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,000 ♪ ♪ 390 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 - Won't you be seated? 391 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Mr. Risher? 392 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 - Mr. President, have you been surprised 393 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,000 by the intensity of the protest against your decision 394 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,000 to send troops into Cambodia? 395 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 - No, I have not been surprised 396 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 by the intensity of the protests. 397 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Those who are protesting believe 398 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,000 that this decision will expand the war. 399 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 I know how deeply they feel, 400 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 but I know that what I have done 401 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 will accomplish the goals that they want. 402 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 - Mr. President. - Mr. Cormier? 403 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 - Do you believe that you can open up 404 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 meaningful communications 405 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,000 with this college-age generation, and how? 406 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:17,000 - I would like to try, as best I can, to do that. 407 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 It is not easy. 408 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,000 Sometimes, they, as you know, 409 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:27,000 talk so loudly that it is difficult to be heard. 410 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,000 When the action is hot, keep the rhetoric cool. 411 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,000 - Mr. President? 412 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,000 - Do you believe that the use of the word "bums" 413 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 to categorize some of those who are engaged in dissent-- 414 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 do you believe that's in keeping with your suggestion 415 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 that the rhetoric should be kept cool? 416 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,000 - All the members of this press corps know that I have, 417 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,000 for years, defended the right of dissent. 418 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,000 I have always opposed the use of violence, 419 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:54,000 and when students on university campuses 420 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 burn buildings, when they engage in violence, 421 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,000 then I think "bums" is perhaps too kind a word 422 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,000 to apply to that kind of person. 423 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 - Public opinion polls have indicated that lately 424 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,000 the President was slipping in the matter of trust. 425 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 That there was a vague feeling that perhaps President Nixon 426 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000 did not have quite as strong a grip on things 427 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 as might have appeared during his first year. 428 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,000 He is on the spot. He knows it. 429 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 - Campaign '70 election preview. 430 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 - Perhaps the most striking feature of this campaign 431 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 has been the unprecedented personal effort 432 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,000 by President Nixon. 433 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,000 [upbeat music] 434 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,000 ♪ ♪ 435 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 - In the last year or so, the United States Senate 436 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 has served as a focus for the opposition to the Vietnam War, 437 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 and so this year Mr. Nixon 438 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,000 is hoping to change the complexion of the Senate. 439 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 - Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to present 440 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,000 to you the President of the United States. 441 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Let's welcome him. 442 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 [cheers and applause] 443 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 [crowd booing] 444 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 - I know that I [indistinct]-- 445 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,000 [cheering] 446 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000 [indistinct] 447 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 There are those who say, 448 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 "How do we answer those who engage in violence? 449 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,000 How do we answer those who try to shout down a speaker?" 450 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,000 And my answer is don't answer in kind. 451 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000 It's time for the great silent majority 452 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 just to stand up and be counted. 453 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 [cheers and applause] 454 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,000 [dramatic music] 455 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 - There have been reports, sir, 456 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,000 that those who shout obscenities to the President 457 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 are his secret weapon. 458 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 - I don't think there's any question about it. 459 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 I think the President said the other day 460 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 that one obscenity was worth 10,000 votes. 461 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 [all shouting] 462 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 - What did you think of the disruptions? 463 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 - The disruptions? 464 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Oh, I'm always sorry for young people that have no values. 465 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 - Go back to construction! 466 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000 [overlapping shouting] 467 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 [crowd booing] 468 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,000 - The President of the United States 469 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 should not be heckled and yelled obscenities at. 470 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,000 They just ought to throw them out and shoot 'em 471 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 or hang 'em or something like that. 472 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,000 [crowd booing] 473 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000 [indistinct chatter] 474 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 - We will get a direct answer tonight 475 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 on how successful Mr. Nixon was 476 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,000 in helping his hand-picked candidates for the Senate. 477 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,000 - Mr. President, can we have a picture 478 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 of you putting it in the box, sir? 479 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 - Oh-oh. - Pardon me. 480 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000 - Could we get the whole family together, sir? 481 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,000 - Go. 482 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 [laughter] 483 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 - Yeah. - Go. 484 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 ♪ ♪ 485 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,000 - Now from election headquarters in New York, 486 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Howard K. Smith and Frank Reynolds. 487 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 - Howard, what do you make of the effect so far, 488 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,000 so far as we can tell, 489 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 of the last-minute blitz by the President? 490 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 - The blitz did not have the expected results. 491 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 - President Nixon's law and order campaign 492 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 failed to touch off the Republican stampede 493 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000 he hoped for. 494 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,000 - Democrats have retained control of the Senate. 495 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000 The House remains in Democratic hands, 496 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 and in the balloting for 35 governorships, 497 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 the Republicans have come out behind. 498 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,000 - The message of the campaign seems to be the Republicans 499 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 are doing something that's not right. 500 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:25,000 They'd better find out what it is that's wrong before 1972. 501 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000 ♪ ♪ 502 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 - Here we are at an all-time low. 503 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 The polls are low. The credibility rating's low. 504 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 The magazines are saying Nixon's in trouble. 505 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 Everything is bad, 506 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,000 and we needed to do something about that. 507 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:43,000 ♪ ♪ 508 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 [gentle music] 509 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:52,000 ♪ ♪ 510 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 [dramatic music] 511 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,000 - The preparations are in full swing at the White House 512 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,000 for tomorrow's wedding of the President's daughter, 513 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,000 Tricia, to Edward Finch Cox. 514 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,000 - Nervous at all? 515 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000 - No, I'm not nervous. - Not yet. 516 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:39,000 ♪ ♪ 517 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,000 [tense music] 518 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:12,000 ♪ ♪ 519 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,000 - In 1967, Secretary of Defense McNamara 520 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,000 assigned his officials to write a top-secret history 521 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,000 of how we got into Vietnam. 522 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,000 ♪ ♪ 523 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:28,000 Composed over two years, it was 7,000 pages in length, 524 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,000 full of secret documents. 525 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,000 Well, one copy has been leaked to the "New York Times," 526 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,000 which yesterday began publishing a digest of it. 527 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,000 - Unconscionable-- 528 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,000 - Was Nixon paranoid? 529 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:10,000 Yes, and he took on this self-survival cloak, 530 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,000 and that led to other things happening. 531 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,000 - There was a mood of panic and despair. 532 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,000 Nixon wanted to bring in a group of people 533 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,000 who would do security, these kind of black bag jobs, 534 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,000 and told me to do whatever it took. 535 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,000 That really led to the creation of the Plumbers. 536 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:55,000 ♪ ♪ 537 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,000 - From the Oval Office of the White House, 538 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,000 a conversation with President Nixon 539 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,000 with White House correspondent Dan Rather. 540 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,000 - Thank you, Mr. President. Happy New Year to you. 541 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,000 Since this is a new year, 542 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,000 may we assume that you are a candidate for reelection? 543 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,000 - Well, that's not an unexpected question. 544 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,000 While I cannot announce it on this program, 545 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,000 most assume that a man 546 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,000 who has served in the office of President 547 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,000 will be a candidate for reelection. 548 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000 - Everything seems to have been pointed in the direction 549 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,000 of climaxing in this election year. 550 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,000 Trips to Peking and Moscow. 551 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,000 Is all of this coincidental, the timing, or is it, 552 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,000 as some of even your friends say, 553 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,000 politically motivated? 554 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,000 - Those of us who make decisions in offices 555 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000 like this--certainly, we think politically, 556 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,000 but the country comes first. 557 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000 [applause] 558 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,000 [intense music] 559 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,000 ♪ ♪ 560 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,000 The government of the People's Republic of China 561 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,000 and the government of the United States 562 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,000 must see that we can have differences 563 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,000 without being enemies in war. 564 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,000 [applause] 565 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,000 - Many world leaders said they felt the visit might be 566 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,000 a key to ultimate peace in Southeast Asia. 567 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,000 - Certainly from here on, the attention, the publicity, 568 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,000 the news reporting will be centered 569 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 on Mr. Nixon's journey to China. 570 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,000 [applause] 571 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:15,000 ♪ ♪ 572 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,000 - My hope is that many, many Americans, 573 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000 particularly the young Americans 574 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000 who like to travel so much, 575 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 will have an opportunity to see this Wall, 576 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:28,000 to know the Chinese people and know them better. 577 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,000 - The President's China visit is politically convenient. 578 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,000 The other candidates in the New Hampshire 579 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,000 and Florida primaries aren't getting any attention. 580 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,000 Mr. Nixon is on the other side of the world, 581 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,000 and he's getting all of the attention. 582 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,000 But then he is President, and he is in China. 583 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:06,000 ♪ ♪ 584 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:47,000 ♪ ♪ 585 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000 [explosions] 586 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,000 [dramatic music] 587 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:59,000 ♪ ♪ 588 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,000 - The North Vietnamese have launched 589 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,000 a major military offensive. 590 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,000 - South Vietnamese forces are evacuating 591 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,000 the positions in South Vietnam, 592 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,000 and the civilians are going with them. 593 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,000 The first real test of South Vietnamese military forces 594 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,000 has been failed. 595 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000 Andrew Pearson-- 596 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,000 - The enemy offensive touched off alarm bells 597 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000 throughout the White House. 598 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000 The President is personally coordinating 599 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,000 much of the battlefield strategy himself. 600 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,000 It is a misty, rainy night in Washington. 601 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,000 The President requested nationwide broadcast time, 602 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,000 after a series of meetings with his chief aides. 603 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,000 The White House would say only the President 604 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000 will discuss Southeast Asia. 605 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,000 It is important. 606 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000 [dramatic music] 607 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000 - Today, there was no effort to conceal 608 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000 the grave atmosphere which precedes 609 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 a military decision of the highest importance. 610 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,000 [indistinct chatter] 611 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,000 - Good evening. 612 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,000 The Communist armies of North Vietnam 613 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,000 launched a massive invasion of South Vietnam. 614 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,000 The North Vietnamese arrogantly refuse 615 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,000 to negotiate anything. 616 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,000 Their answer to every peace offer we have made 617 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,000 has been to escalate the war, 618 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,000 and the Communist offensive has now reached the point 619 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,000 that it gravely threatens the lives of 60,000 American troops 620 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000 who are still in Vietnam. 621 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,000 There's only one way to stop the killing. 622 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000 - Put on your goggles. Standby to start engine. 623 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000 - I have ordered the following measures 624 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:18,000 which are being implemented as I am speaking to you. 625 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,000 All entrances to North Vietnamese ports will be mined. 626 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:25,000 - Stand clear of intakes, exhausts and propellers. 627 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,000 - Rail and all other communications 628 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,000 will be cut off to the maximum extent possible. 629 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,000 - 30 seconds. 30 seconds to launch. 630 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,000 - Air and naval strikes against military targets 631 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,000 in North Vietnam will continue. 632 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,000 - Launch aircraft. Launch aircraft. 633 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,000 - I know how much you want to end this war. 634 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,000 I know how much you want to bring our men home, 635 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,000 and I think you know, from all that I have said 636 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,000 and done these past three-and-a-half years, 637 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,000 how much I, too, want to end the war, 638 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,000 to bring our men home. 639 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,000 With God's help, with your support, 640 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:03,000 we will accomplish that great goal. 641 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,000 - [indistinct] 3 and 4. - Roger, 3 and 4. 642 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000 [indistinct chatter] 643 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,000 [gentle music] 644 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,000 ♪ ♪ 645 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,000 - Today, U.S. bomber pilots 646 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000 reported destroying an important railroad bridge, 647 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,000 cutting one of two rail lines to China. 648 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,000 - The North Vietnamese say American planes bombed a dike 649 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:13,000 on the outskirts of Hanoi and other populated areas. 650 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,000 - The Hanoi government claimed that the targets 651 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,000 were not just military installations. 652 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,000 Hospitals, schools, factories, 653 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,000 and storehouses were damaged. 654 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,000 [lively music] 655 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000 - The President pledged in 1968 656 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000 a plan to end the war. 657 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,000 Now, we're moving into the year of his reelection 658 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,000 with the war escalating to a level 659 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,000 it has, heretofore, not achieved. 660 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,000 I am now convinced there's no way to end this war, 661 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000 except to take Richard Nixon out of office. 662 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,000 - What's your opinion? 663 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,000 - I think it's great. 664 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,000 I'm backing him 100%. 665 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,000 - Well, you got to blast the whole damn place 666 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,000 off the map and forget it. 667 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,000 - I approve thoroughly. 668 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,000 - Would you approve stronger military action? 669 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,000 - Yes, I would. 670 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,000 - Bomb 'em and then get out. I think that's the best way. 671 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,000 [explosions] 672 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,000 - Good evening. 673 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000 We have a mystery story out of Washington. 674 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000 Five people have been arrested and charged 675 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:53,000 with breaking into the headquarters 676 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,000 of the Democratic National Committee 677 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,000 in the middle of the night. 678 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,000 [overlapping chatter] 679 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,000 - The Watergate Apartment Hotel office complex 680 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,000 in Washington is noted for its security, 681 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000 but the burglars penetrated that security 682 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000 through a fire well door. 683 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,000 Material from files there was found in their possession, 684 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,000 as well as extensive photographic 685 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000 and electronic eavesdropping gear. 686 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,000 - The suspects are saying nothing. 687 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,000 The Democrats say they have no idea 688 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,000 who would want to spy on them. 689 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,000 The season's first hurricane 690 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,000 was born today, in the Caribbean. 691 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000 She's moving through the Yucatan Channel, 692 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000 on a course that could bring her ashore 693 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000 somewhere along the west coast of Florida. 694 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,000 - A small, but extremely dangerous storm 695 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 is now shifting westward. 696 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,000 - A White House consultant was implicated today 697 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,000 in that apparent attempt to bug or burglarize 698 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,000 the offices of the Democratic National Committee. 699 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000 - All residents of the low-lying areas 700 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,000 are advised to evacuate by noon today. 701 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,000 - The White House denied and continues to deny 702 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,000 involvement in any wrongdoing. 703 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,000 - The tides are running six to eight feet above normal, 704 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,000 and it's going to get higher. 705 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:13,000 ♪ ♪ 706 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:35,000 ♪ ♪ 707 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,000 - [grunts] 708 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,000 - Mr. Nixon has made it clear 709 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:43,000 that he does not intend to obey the law of the land. 710 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:47,000 - Any suggestion that this president's 711 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,000 ever gonna slow down 712 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,000 or is ever gonna leave this office, 713 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,000 until he finishes the job he was elected to do... 714 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,000 - The President has engaged in a series of actions 715 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,000 designed to thwart the lawful investigation 716 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,000 by government prosecutors. 717 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:05,000 - That--that's just plain poppycock.