>> 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." <i> ( LAUGHTER )</i>
JUST LIKE LEAVING IT ON THE 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 HIS CHECKBOOKS. AND WE GOT SOME STORIES OUT OF
IT. <i> ( LAUGHTER ).</i> >> 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? <i> ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE )</i> 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.
