How the Watergate scandal changed Washington

Fifty years after the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at Washington's Watergate complex, we are still piecing together the story of a crime, and a coverup, that brought down a presidency. CBS News' Robert Costa talks with journalist Garrett Graff, author of "Watergate: A New History," about what we are still learning of a political tragedy, and in what ways the unfolding scandal has shaped Washington today.

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[lizannewhitlow]

Watergate turned my father, a USAF career officer and a Republican, into a Democrat. God love him.

[jeanetteschock]

Rachel Maddows show the Bag Man about Spiro Agnew blew me away

[pamelamays]

My eighth grade history class watched the Watergate hearings.

[nancyturner]

I took recent American History in high school that summer. We watched all of the Watergate hearings. History was unfolding in front of us.

[pamelamays]

"Follow the money see where it goes."
Next time I watch Hamilton and hear that line, I'll know where it came from.

[chrisfinch]

All the Presidents Men was a pretty good film to display the events surrounding the whole issue.

[Labor_Jones]

*It's pretty simple... as the RICH GOT RICHER our Democracy became Weaker!*

[charlesritt]

I remember growing up most of my parents friends and relatives thinking how great president nixon was, and then when watergate hit many of the same people would say what a corrupt bum he was. It taught me a valuable life lesson in that so called adults are not always consistant and only just want to be on the winning team

[mindakahn]

Doing the most difficult thing is what makes heroes. Prevarication will be the legacy of many in the Republican Party.
I can’t play along with their twisted games.
Love, former Republican.
Independent
New rule: please don’t vote for someone who is not as bright as you.

[tomsurber]

Nary a single mention of Woodward/Bernstein and the Washington Post in this story is absurd and embarrassingly negligent.

[joaquinpraveenvishnu]

Fantastically put! I have always been obsessed with Watergate, President Nixon and the Pentagon Papers

[bennyboogenheimer]

No mention of Henry Kissinger, and how he told Nixon, "he MUST record his actions for Poserity!!"
Nixon the Man who opened up China. "If nothing else, they'll always work cheaper"
On Russia, "They're a paper tiger that our military needs, to keep America working."
Watch the last 10 minutes of 2008 Frost/Nixon, it says it all.

[lizannewhitlow]

Watching Gaslit on STARZ and the new CNN limited series has sparked my interest. I’ve gotten through some of the SLOW BURN podcast episodes too. The GOP are rotten to the core, and it’s 100% worse now.

[dianalee]

My daughter will be 50 years old this year. When she was born I was so overjoyed to have her I lost myself in early motherhood, only briefly aware of what was going on with Watergate. But I certainly learned about it not long afterward. What a blight on our history, what a fool was made of Nixon who had to resign in disgrace. I love the movie All the President’s Men, a film that had to be made. I truly admire Woodward and Bernstein, difficult as all that was.

[jerryblair]

I was high school when this happened we studied it in my history class I was a junior in highschool.

[bethrichardson]

The voting age was reduced in time for me to vote for Nixon at age 18. Cast my ballot at the same rural high school I attended. Voted for Nixon. Sorry 'bout that. I well remember Watergate. Chucked the Repugnacants when Regan was in office and have never looked back.

[NevadaBoss]

"All the criminals in their coats and their ties, are free to drink martinis, and watch the sunrise....steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot...and they make you king."-Dylan. Bigly true. Believe me. That I can tell you....

[janyceparks]

You could have been talking about Trump.

[SiVlog]

Although he never publicly apologised for his handling of Watergate, the closest we got to that was during British journalist David Frost's interviews with the disgraced Nixon in 1977. While best remembered for the infamous line "well when the President does it, that means that it's not illegal, " there was a small section where Richard Nixon said, "I let the American people down, and that's a burden I'll have carry with me for the rest of my life, "

[rebeccaduncan]

when water gate had showing how high rank men of power and office was made and lost out into the end too, as for why not seeing it was 1973 i Robert K was born in the year of it back then is not cool and others had to get out of the bad stuff now,