richard nixon after he left office gave a famous series of interviews to david frost. we pulled a clip of that from may of 1977 and i would like you to watch and tell us your reaction. [video clip] >> what innocence you are saying is there are certain situations decidehe president can it is in the best interest of the nation or something and do something illegal. it,hen the president does that means it is not illegal. >> by definition. >> exactly. susan: your reaction? james: i don't think one can hear that again and again and not be horrified by the statement. if we are a government of law and the presidents are supposed to meet the canons of the law, that statement makes no sense. if a supreme court asks -- is asked to rule on that, i think it would have to be no pure -- no. susan: how did congress respond in law to some of the actions of the nixon administration? james: they held hearings. susan: i'm thinking about changing the law like the war powers act and other things they did to put some constraints on the actions of the president. james: the ones i am most con