>> HEY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Stephen: NOT EVERYONE
GETTINGS A STANDING O HERE.
YOU HAVE A FEW FANS HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AGAIN.
THERE IS HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FANS OUT HERE TONIGHT AND --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Stephen: IT COULD BE --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Stephen: THEY COULD BE YOUR
FANS FOR A LOOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS BECAUSE READING YOUR C.
HAVE YOU ARE REMINDING PEOPLE OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS ALMOST
INSULTING TO YOU BECAUSE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FOR
A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, WIN ORE THE POPULAR VOTE IN 2016.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Stephen: SECRETARY OF
STATE, SECRETARY OF STATE NEW YORK SENATOR, FIRST LADY, AUTHOR
OF SEVEN BOOKS, AND YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE PAPERBACK
RELEASE OF YOUR SEVENTH BOOK, "WHAT HAPPENED ?" AND YOU LEFT
OUT ONE OF THE WORDS.
>> OR TWO.
>> Stephen: OR TWO.
TWO WORDS.
SHE CAN'T SAY ON CBS.
NOW, YOU GOT -- THERE IS AN AFTERWORD IN HERE, THERE IS A
NEW AFTERWORD HERE AND IT IS DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: UNDER TRUMP.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A NANCY WAY OF SAYING I TOLD YOU SO?
BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED.
YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SAY THAT I TOLD YOU SO.
>> I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, REGARDLESS OF WHO
YOU VOTED FOR, WHETHER YOU EVEN VOTED AND THINK ABOUT WHY OUR
DEMOCRACY IS IN CRISIS, AND I DON'T USE THE WORD LIGHTLY.
I REALLY REGRET USING THE WORD, BECAUSE I WISH IT WEREN'T THE
CASE, BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST MONTHS IN SO MANY WAYS
IS DEGRADING THE RULE OF LAW, DE DEVAL PATRICK LEGITIMIZING OUR
ELECTION, ATTACKING YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT, TRUTH AND
REASON, SPREADING CORRUPTION, UNDERMINING OUR NATIONAL UNITY,
EACH ALONE IS A THREAT, BUT YOU PUT IT ALTOGETHER AND IT REALLY
IS A CRISIS TO WHO WE ARE AS A NATION.
>> Stephen: WILL YOU COMPARE OUR SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN SOME
WAYS TO WATERGATE.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: AND YOU KNOW THAT OF WHICH YOU SPEAK BECAUSE YOU
WERE A LAWYER WORKING FOR, WAS THIS THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THERE AND YOU ARE
RIGHT THERE IN 1974 BRINGING THE IMPEACHMENT CHARGES AGAINST
PRESIDENT NIXON IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ROOM AT THE US
CAPITOL, WHAT ARE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN DONALD
TRUMP AND RICHARD NIXON?
RICHARD NIXON BECAUSE VERY ACCOMPLISHED POLITICIAN.
>> YES, IN DISBELIEFS.
>> AND HE DID.
>> Stephen: AND A VETERAN OF THE PACIFIC WAR.
HE HAD MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO BE PROUD OF.
>> YES.
AND DID A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AS PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, STARTED THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT
KNOW OR REMEMBER.
>> Stephen: LOWERED THE VOTING AGE.
>> YES, LOWERED THE VOTING AGE.
>> Stephen: COULD NEVER BE NOMINATED AS A REPUBLICAN, MAYBE
NOT EVEN A DEPUTY POINT.
>> YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A
REAL OBSESSION WITH TRYING TO GO AFTER HIS OPPONENTS AND TRYING
TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY CONSOLIDATE HIS POWER AND HE HAD PEOPLE
AROUND HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO ENABLED THAT AND HE GOT
HIMSELF INTO REAL TROUBLE, AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN MAKE A
COMPARISON YET BECAUSE THERE WAS A VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF
PRESIDENT NIXON AT THE TIME THAT I WAS PART OF, AND IT DREW
CONCLUSIONS SO THAT EVEN REPUBLICAN MEMBERS IN THE
CONGRESS UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY HAD TO TAKE ACTION, AND WE ARE
NOT AT THAT POINT YET WITH THIS PRESIDENT.
>> Stephen: WELL, NIXON HAD THESE PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHO YOU
SAY ENABLED HIM.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: WE HEAR STORIES FROM AN NONNOUS OPEN NED "THE
NEW YORK TIMES" FROM BOB WOODWARD'S BOOK THAT THE PEOPLE
AROUND HIM, MANY OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY DISABLING, THEY ARE
TRYING TO STOP HIM FROM DOING THINGS THAT HE WANTS TO DO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT
BEFORE FROM A CABINET?
>> NO.
I HAVEN'T.
I THINK IT MAY WELL BE UNPRECEDENTED AND THE PERSON OR
PEOPLE WHO WROTE THAT ARTICLE WERE TRYING TO TELL THE REST OF
US THAT THEY ARE STOPPING BAD THINGS FROM HAPPENING AND WHEN
YOU THINK OF ALL OF THE BAD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT
IS PRETTY SOBERING THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH
ALL FINGERS IN THE DIKE TRYING TO PREVENT THE BAD STUFF FROM
HAPPENING.
>> DOES THAT COMFORT YOU AT ALL BECAUSE IT DIDN'T COMFORT ME AT
ALL.
>> IT DIDN'T COMFORT ME BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS, I THINK, REALLY
TROUBLING WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE IS IN SUCH DISARRAY, I WAS
THINKING ABOUT BEING SECRETARY OF STATE WORKING WITH PRESIDENT
OBAMA, I MEAN WE HAD DISAGREEMENTS, WE ARGUED OVER
DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE, BUT IN THE END, WE HAD
AN ORDERLY PROCESS WHERE, YES, FACTS AND EVIDENCE WERE
PRESENTED, WHERE THE PRESIDENT HAD TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS
SITTING AROUND THE TABLE DEBATING ABOUT WHETHER TO GO
AFTER BIN LADEN IS A KEY EXAMPLE, BUT NOBODY RUSHED INTO
IT, NOBODY SAID, WELL HERE IS THE WAY I FEEL, I WOKE UP THIS
MORNING AND WAY FONT GO DO THIS.
IT WAS INCREDIBLY DILIGENT ABOUT TRYING TO DO THE BEST YOU COULD
TO GET IT RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SO YOU NEVER STOLE A TREATY OFF HIS DESK OR
ANYTHING?
>> I NEVER HAD TO STEAL A TREATY OFF OF HIS DESK, NO, I DIDN'T
HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK AND WE WILL BE
RIGHT BACK WITH MORE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.