>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE WITH CARL BERNSTEIN
AND BOB WOODWARD, AUTHOR OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF
"ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN."
SO YOU BROKE THE STORY 50 YEARS AGO.
YOU'RE STILL BREAKING STORIES HAVING TO DO WITH WATERGATE.
PLEASE TELL THE STORY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE JUST REVEALED ABOUT
MARTHA MITCHELL CALLING YOU UP IN 1974 WITH A SCOOP.
>> YOU DID A PHONE CALL, AND I'LL TELL YOU--
>> YES, I'M IN THE OFFICE AND THE PHONE RINGS, AND IT'S MARTHA
MITCHELL, WHO I KNOW.
I'VE INTERVIEWED HER.
AND SHE -- >> Stephen: WIFE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER NIXON, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW.
>> WENT LITERALLY AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SMOKESTACK IN
GEORGETOWN THAT WAS PUTTING-- WHY THE HELL IS MY CELL PHONE
GOING OFF NOW?
>> Stephen: IS YOUR CELL PHONE GOING OFF RIGHT NOW?
>> Stephen: ANSWER IT.
>> IT'S MARTHA MITCHELL.
>> MAYBE IT'S MARTHA.
>> IT'S MARTHA MITCHELL.
OKAY, SO SHE CALLS AND SHE SAID-- AND THIS IS 1974-75, AND
I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE CALLS SHE SAID, "SO, JOHN HAS LEFT
ME."
>> ACTUALLY SHE SAID, "THE SON OF A BITCH HAS LEFT ME."
>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT.
JOHN MITCHELL, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> SHE SAID, "NOW, CAN YOU AND MR. BERNSTEIN COME UP HERE AND,
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO THROUGH HIS STUFF IN HIS OFFICE."
>> Stephen: SHE WAS JUST GOING TO LET YOU INTO HIS HOME OFFICE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE GOT ON A PLANE RIGHT THEN, STRAIGHT TO THE AIRPORT.
>> NO, WE CHECKED THE LAWYERS.
>> FIRST WE CALLED THE LAWYERS.
>> AND THE LAWYERS SAID-- WE SAID, "CAN WE DO THIS?"
AND THEY SAID-- YOU KNOW, THE LAWYERS WERE GREAT-- THEY SAID,
"WELL, THIS IS CONSTRUCTIVE ABANDONMENT."
( LAUGHTER )
STREET CORNER WITH YOUR TRASH.
AND SO-- >> WE GET UP THERE AND WE'RE
GREATED BY MARTHA MITCHELL WITH A BIRD BATH MARTINI ABOUT LIKE
THIS, KIND OF STUMBLING AROUND THE LIVING ROOM, AND ALL THIS
CHINTZ AROUND US.
AND SHE TAKES US INTO THE STUDY, THE WOOD-PANELED STUDY, AND SHE
SAID, "THERE IT IS, UP THERE IN THE CLOSET ALL THE BOOKS."
AND THE CLOSET IS ABOUT 12 FEET HIGH.
I SAY TO WOODWARD, "I'M CLIMBING UP THERE," I GET A LADDER AND GO
UP THERE.
THERE'S A HEDGE UP TOP AND I START HANDING THE BOOKS DOWN TO
WOODWARD.
AND HIS CHECKBOOKS.
AND WE GOT SOME STORIES OUT OF IT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> AND THEN WE DECIDED NOT TO DISCLOSE OUR SOURCE, BECAUSE IT
WAS THE ANGRY WIFE.
AND EVEN IF IT'S A RELIABLE ANGRY WIFE, IT'S NOT A GREAT
THING TO SAY WE GOT IT FROM MARTHA.
SO JOHN MITCHELL'S LAWYER CALLED AND SAID, "YOU GOTTA TURN THIS
STUFF BACK TO US."
SO WE DANCED AROUND, AND-- MITCHELL'S PREPARING FOR A TRIAL
AND, YOU KNOW, GOING ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIBERTY, AND HE SHOULD
BE ENTITLED TO HIS NOTES.
SO WE'RE SITTING THERE, WHAT THE HELL DO WE DO?
DO WE GIVE ALL THIS STUFF BACK THAT WE WENT ALL THE WAY TO NEW
YORK-- >> CLIMBED UP.
>> AND MARTHA MITCHELL BLESSED?
AND THEN WE SAID TO THE COPY AIDES, "EMERGENCY XEROXING."
>> Stephen: SO YOU GAVE THEM BACK--
>> AND THEY ALL CAME AND WE XEROXED EVERYTHING.
WE GAVE THE ORIGINALS BACK, AND WE STILL HAVE THE DOCUMENT S.
>> Stephen: DID YOU TELL HIM YOU WERE XEROXING IT?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
BOB, CARL.
THE 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF "ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN" IS
AVAILABLE NOW.
BOB WOODWARD AND CARL BERNSTEIN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY BONNIE RAITT.