>>> GOOD MORNING. DEEP THROAT REVEAL.
THE MAN BEHIND WASHINGTON'S BIGGEST MYSTERY AND HOW MARK
FELT KEPT HIS SECRET FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> WE ARE BACK WITH THE MORNING WE SAW FOUND OUT THE TRUE
IT WAS A BIG DEAL HERE ON THE SHOW AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.
LIAM NEESON IS HERE. HIS MOVIE IS CALLED "MARK
FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE."
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT MORNING? WERE YOU FASCINATED BY THAT
EPISODE IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY? >> I BELIEVE I WAS IN LONDON
SHOOTING "BATMAN BEGINS." DO I REMEMBER IT?
NO, I DON'T. I DON'T.
I HAVE TO -- I HAVE TO SAY, WHAT MOVIE WAS I DOING THAT YEAR?
THAT YEAR WAS VERY BUSY. >> WHERE WAS I SHOOTING.
SEE IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS, IF I WAS TO WALK DOWN FIFTH AVENUE,
WALK UP TO SOMEONE WITH A CAMERA AND SAY, TELL ME WHAT DEEP
THROAT WAS, THEY WOULD SAY, OH, IT IS WATERGATE, FOLLOW THE
MONEY. IF I WERE TO WALK DOWN FIFTH
AVENUE AND SAY, WHO WAS MARK FELT?
I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD KNOW.
IS THAT FAIR? >> I THINK IT'S FAIR.
>> WHO WAS HE? >> HE WAS AN FBI MAN, JOINED IN
THE '40s, BECAME A NAZI HUNTER. HE WAS WITH THE FBI FOR 30
YEARS. DIED AS AN FBI MAN.
WATERGATE HAPPENED, WHICH WAS A BURGLARY.
FIVE MEN BROKE INTO THE WATERGATE DEMOCRATIC OFFICES.
MARK FELT, EVENTUALLY, LEAKED INFORMATION TO THE "WASHINGTON
POST." >> DO YOU THINK HE FELT --
>> ANONYMOUSLY. >> DO YOU THINK HE FELT THE NEED
TO DO THAT OUT OF -- BECAUSE OF POLITICS OR PATRIOTISM?
>> I THINK IT WAS A BIT OF BOTH, MATT.
COMPLICATED REASONS, I THINK. WHEN J. EDGAR HOOVER DIED IN
'72, MARK FELT WAS THE NUMBER TWO GUY, SO HE THOUGHT HE WOULD
GET THAT POSITION AT THE FBI. HE WAS OVERLOOKED.
PRESIDENT NIXON WANTED ONE OF HIS GUYS IN THERE.
HE GOT THIS GUY, PATRICK GRAY, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FBI.
IN FACT, WAS A SUBMARINE COMMANDER.
I THINK FELT ANDND A LOT OF THE FBI AGENTS AT THE TIME WERE
OFFENDED BY THAT. >> IN ADDITION TO SOME CAREER
FRUSTRATIONS, HE HAD A LOT GOING ON AT HOME.
HE WAS DEALING WITH. NOT LIKE ALL THE PRESIDENT'S
MEN, WHICH IS A TICK-TOCK, CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER --
>> GREAT MOVIE, TOO. >> YEAH.
THIS LOOKS AT WATERGATE THROUGH THE EYES OF MARK FELT, THIS ONE
GUY. >> YES.
>> CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE?
>> YEAH. >> SO YOUR NAME CAME UP IN THE
OFFICE YESTERDAY. >> REALLY?
IN A GOOD WAY? >> THIS IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO GIVE UP ACTION MOVIES. >> WHAT?
>> DID NOT GO OVER WELL. WHAT'S THE REASON FOR IT?
>> THAT WAS -- I WAS PROMOTING THE FILM IN TORONTO LAST WEEK.
SOMEBODY ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT ACTION MOVIES, AND I WAS IN
ONE OF THE MOODS. I SAID, COME ON, GUYS.
I'M 65. >> SO IT'S NOT TRUE?
>> 60 BLEAK 5. >> ARE YOU STILL GOING TO DO
ACTION MOVIES? I KNOW YOU CAN.
>> WHEN I WAS IN THE GYM THIS MORNING, I THOUGHT, I HAVE TWO
MORE YEARS LEFT. >> I'LL TELL YOU, WE DID AN
UNSCIENTIFIC POLL IN THE OFFICE AMONG MEN AND WOMEN.
100%, ANONYMOUS, YOU ARE STILL A SEVERE BADASS.
YOU CAN STILL PULL THESE OFF. >> MAYBE.
>> A PRODUCER WHOSE NAME I WON'T MENTION, PETE BREAM, HE
IMMEDIATELY WENT TO HIS COMPUTER AND GOOGLED THAT FAMOUS SCENE
FROM "TAKEN." I'LL START --
>> WHICH ONE IS THAT? >> I'LL START IT.
I WANT YOU TO FINISH IT IN YOUR BEST BADASS, RIGHT?
THIS IS ABOUT RANSOM, I CAN TELL YOU, I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
WHAT I DO HAVE IS A PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS ACQUIRED OVER A
VERY LONG CAREER. >> A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
>> SORRY. >> IF YOU LET MY DAUGHTER GO
NOW, THAT'LL BE THE END OF IT. BUT IF YOU DON'T, BY GOD, I WILL
COME AFTER YOU AND I WILL SMACK YOU SO HARD.
>> NO, I WILL FIND YOU AND -- >> I WILL SMACK YOU REALLY HARD.
IT'S A BREAKFAST SHOW. >> TAKEN POETIC LICENSE WITH A
GREAT SCENE. DON'T GIVE UP ACTION FILMS.
KEEP DOING MOVIES LIKE THIS, TOO.
IT IS