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no state prosecutor, no judiciary committee

Okay, stand by to roll tape. 30 seconds.

He ended up taking it down to Australia,

What, with protestors bombing and assaulting police officers?

The poor little bitch was never the same!

David, just putting it all together it's the most extraordinary accomplishment.

What l was doing was in the interests of political containment.

So when did you actually decide. . .

ln any deal, you need to know your opponent's breaking point.

Over here, sir!

but l think the people need to hear it.

Okay, that's it. l'll see you after lunch.

(GU ESTS APPLAU DlNG)

Well, l believe it's a large hotel

What l remember is people protesting peacefully and legitimately

How much longer are you gonna be in D.C. for?

lt was like he slipped out the back door.

if you want me to get down on the floor and grovel. . .

So, day after tomorrow, 1 0:00, right?

CAROLlN E: So how about you? Where are you going?

Frankly, l don't share any of your sense of pessimism or alarm.

and you remember that hunch you had about the meeting

Yes, l know. David Frost.

Okay, we are back. Okay, take it on my count.

because of the Coast Guard radio interference,

What did he say? Did he say performer?

in damages and loss of earnings.

Down below him, a liberal America cheered, gloated.

Yes, good, good, good. There it is.

A full, extensive look-back over his life, his presidency.

Having that facility, that lightness, that charm.

Before we start, l just want to say

She's just getting round to the business of replying to all the cards.

(DlSCO MUSlC PLAYlNG)

And Bob Haldeman is a rigorous

No. He said performer.

Now, we were in the Lincoln Sitting Room at that time.

Right here in the Frost file, which we put together

is that l have been wasting my matinee idol looks on radio.

Do you know those parties of yours?

SAWYER: Got him. Safe!

to feel anything close to sympathy for Richard Nixon.

And the American people?

Colson, right. Colson had a meeting with Nixon

Weren't they terrific?

Don't trade generalizations.

that hinged on being liked.

It's a Friday night.

before the tape starts running.

Finally, we ended up at some remote point on the coast,

but let me assure you, it's a whole lot more than they wanted.

Humiliated all the more for having tried so pitifully hard.

i'd like to celebrate my birthday with a few friends.

This is your captain speaking.

That's hardly what you'd call obstructing justice.

How far do you take executive privilege

i’m saying that when a man does it, that means it's not illegal.

He got back all of his shows.

l'm touched. Safe trip, now.

l let them down.

The general feeling, David,

CAROLlN E: Jack Anderson in The Washington Post,

You're gonna get a kick out of this.

Beans, peas and lamb, please.

he was still absolutely convinced that

who defined the age we live in.

(SlGHS) You know. . .

and office complex in Washington, Jack.

We're getting some great material.

What will you do if he stonewalls you?

l like to keep busy.

Then moving on to a conversation you had with John Dean

and who was desperate to move the agenda on from Watergate,

And for the other, it'll be the wilderness,

So, in that case, will you accept, then,

and l got Watergate and the abuses of power.

What? The night before we start taping?

Right. Wait, just so l understand correctly,

since we have an agreement, a contractual agreement, l believe,

but l simply cannot share your view.

Yeah. Yeah, l was.

Out of curiosity, where are you at this moment? Psychically?

they create their own sets of meanings.

the reductive power of the close-up.

He devalued the presidency,

And then after a few moments, we both got up again, and Henry says. . .

Hey. Take my advice.

Yes, it dehydrates one terribly.

REPORTER: What are you gonna say about Watergate?

and I don\t want any argument about it.

jump in with another question.

(REPORTERS CLAMORlNG)

This is desperate, John. Do something.

We still feel like the little man,

Frost got there. He got the money.

Well, l'll get my office to call you first thing in the morning

They taste like Styrofoam.

What time is it?

lt would get us into Watergate way ahead of the agreed time.

You were a worthy opponent.

And, of course, you know, being Al,

no matter how off the cuff or casual.

had the screws put on them by the Speaker of the House.

Because we could feel it slipping away.

that you had for this interview.

to meet some people from Weed Eater.

l'll see you soon. God bless!

Well, do we want to lift some quotes

Obviously, l think you're making a terrible mistake.

There was no deal, period.

Celebrate? Celebrate what, David?

The fact that we're all gonna be working at Burger King?

You know, there's a restaurant in New York called Sardi's.

l spent yesterday evening watching you interview the Bee Gees.

and that you did break the law?

Can l be Deep Crack?

Give him a year off!

about you weren't so kind to me.

because we will make life difficult for them after the election.

l'm better suited to a life of thought,

(SlREN BLARlNG)

And the Chairman, Jesus, the way he put his foot down,