IN
IN CLOSE
IN CLOSE >> TO 20 YEARS IN WASHINGTON FORMER SECOND DISTRICT
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM WHITEHURST
SAW HIS SHARE OF POLITICAL
SCRAPS. IN 1973 WHITEHURST WAS
PREPARED TO VOTE TO IMPEACH
RICHARD NIXON THE PRESIDENT OF
HIS OWN PARTY
>> RECENTLY I SAT DOWN WITH
DR. WHITEHURST TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT CONGRESS FACES TODAY
>> I ASK HIM FIRST. WHAT DOES
HE SEE AS HE WATCHES THE
IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD TRUMP
PLAY OUT
>> WELL OF COURSE
>> OF. AND TO BE FRANK ABOUT
IT I DON'T I HAVEN'T SEEN HER
OR ANYBODY WHO SOLID OUTRAGED
>> BUT THE DEMOCRATS BELIEVE
THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO NAIL
PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND SO THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE SEEING
>> NOW 94 YEARS OLD. BILL
WHITEHURST USE IMPEACHMENT
THROUGH A LENS FEW OF US HAVE.
IN 1970 3 HE WAS
>> PREPARED TO CAST A VOTE IN
THE HOUSE TO IMPEACH RICHARD
NIXON. WELL THE IMPEACHMENT
>> THING IS A HOAX. IT'S A BIG
FAT HOAX TODAY IT'S DONALD
TRUMP CAUGHT IN A POLITICAL
SCANDAL. IT WAS PERFECT. IT
COULDN'T NATURE. THERE WAS NO
PRESSURE PUT ON THEM
WHATSOEVER. PEOPLE
>> WHO HATED NIXON REALLY
HATED HIM. I DON'T SENSE THAT
WAS THE TRUMP ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S MORE OF A FEELING OF
THIS THIS MAN IS AN
EMBARRASSMENT TO HADSELL WE
OUGHT TO GET HIM OUT. WE GOT A
CHANCE TO GET HIM OUT
>> WHITEHURST A LIFELONG
>> REPUBLICAN SAYS WHILE
DEMOCRATS HAVE THE MEANS TO
IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP HE'S
NOT SURE THEY HAVE THE EVIDENCE
TO REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE AS I
>> LEAVE THE PRESIDENCY DURING
WATERGATE. THERE WERE THE
INFAMOUS TAPES THE SO-CALLED
SMOKING GUN THAT FORCED NIXON
TO RESIGN. WHITEHURST SAYS
TRUMP TALKS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
BUT WHAT DID HE REALLY SAY TO
THEM. THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDS TO
HEAR.
>> YOU CAN'T IMPEACH THIS GUY
SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE
HIM AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
LIKE TRUMP. HE'S NOT A HALF
I'LL SAY IT. HE'S NOT A LOVABLE
PERSON. WHAT
>> WOULD BE THE SMOKING GUN
FOR WHITEHURST
>> THAT HE ACTUALLY ATTENDED 2
YEARS IN A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
TO INFLUENCE THE CONGRESS
THEY'VE BROKEN THE LAW AND I
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET AS
MANIFESTED TO ME IN A WAY
THAT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR. I'M NOT
BEYOND
>> THE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT. WHAT
ALSO BOTHERS WHITEHURST IS OUR
DIVIDED COUNTRY TODAY THAT
>> THIS LESS TOLERANCE NOW
THAN THERE WAS THEN THE
REPUBLICANS 19 WAS MOST 72 73.
THE NUTS GET THE BILL RIGHT ON
THE KIND OF FEELING THAT YOU
HAVE NOW OF PEOPLE SAYING I
JUST
>> AM NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO
ANY CRITICISM OF THIS MAN.
ALTHOUGH SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT
HE'S DONE I DON'T CARE. I'M NOT
GOING TO DO THAT. OUR
REPUBLICAN
>> COLLEAGUES ARE WORKING
OVERTIME TO TRY TO CONVINCE US
THAT WE DIDN'T SEE WHAT WE SAW
WITH OUR OWN EYES AND WE DIDN'T
HEAR WHAT WE HEARD WITH OUR OWN
EARS
>> THIS AMENDMENT STRIKES
ARTICLE 1 BECAUSE ARTICLE 1 IS
THE TRUTH. WHETHER THE
POLITICAL ANGER CALLS
>> AS THE TRIAL MOVES TO THE
SENATE WHITEHURST IS HOPEFUL
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED
THERE. HE COULD NOT RESOLVE HIS
OWN DISPUTE WITH HERTZ RENTAL
CAR OVERLY BELIEVE IN COCAINE
AND A CRACK PIPE IN THE CAR
WILL NOT LET THEIR POLITICAL
FEELINGS OVERPOWER THEIR
JUDGMENT AND REALIZE THE
GRAVITY OF THE TIME. THAT WAS
>> CERTAINLY MY FEELING WHEN
WE TRIED TO MAKE A JUDGMENT ON
NIXON AND VOWED THAT PEOPLE
WOULD PERCEIVE THAT IT WAS
FAIR. WHITE HOUSE
>> SAYS THE NATION HAS BEEN
THROUGH ALL KINDS OF CHALLENGES
THE CIVIL WAR COST THE COUNTRY
MORE BLOOD THAN ANY WAR WE'VE
EVER FOUGHT AND WE WORKED
THROUGH
>> ALL OF THAT COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER. ASKED HER WHERE
WE MIGHT BE ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP HOPEFULLY STRONGER
>> WHITEHURST SAYS
>> I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE
BLOOD ON THE FLOOR AND IT WILL
BE BAD IF TRUMP IS IMPEACH THE
WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE A
LOT OF THEM WHO WILL BE VERY
ANGRY BUT THEY'LL GET PAST
>> IT. BIDEN HAS TOLD ME AS HE
WAS ABOUT TO VOTE TO IMPEACH
NIXON HE RECEIVED AN ENVELOPE
FROM A LOCAL REPUBLICAN GROUP
FILLED WITH PEBBLES
>> SAYING LET HIM WHO IS
WITHOUT