Bonus: Tom Brokaw Remembers Watergate

In this special episode, host Steve Kornacki interviews Tom Brokaw, who went to Washington as NBC News White House Correspondent in the summer of 1973, a year before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. Brokaw discusses his time covering the fall of President Nixon and the parallels to today, as the nation watches the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump unfold. 
Tom Brokaw is a Senior Correspondent for NBC and the author of a new book, The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate. 
Key Figures 

H.R. “Bob” Haldeman - White House Chief of Staff, 1969 - 1973 

John Erlichman - White House Domestic Affairs Advisor, 1969 - 1973 

John Mitchell - US Attorney General, 1969 - 1972 

Howard Baker - Republican Senator from Tennessee 

Pat Buchanan – Special Assistant to President Nixon 

Al Haig - White House Chief of Staff, 1973 - 1974 

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In this special episode, host Steve Kornacki interviews Tom Brokaw, who went to Washington as NBC News White House Correspondent in the summer of 1973, a year before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. Brokaw discusses his time covering the fall of President Nixon and the parallels to today, as the nation watches the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump unfold. 

Tom Brokaw is a Senior Correspondent for NBC and the author of a new book, The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate. 

Key Figures 

H.R. “Bob” Haldeman - White House Chief of Staff, 1969 - 1973 
John Erlichman - White House Domestic Affairs Advisor, 1969 - 1973 
John Mitchell - US Attorney General, 1969 - 1972 
Howard Baker - Republican Senator from Tennessee 
Pat Buchanan – Special Assistant to President Nixon 
Al Haig - White House Chief of Staff, 1973 - 1974 

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