Alexander Haig: The 60 Minutes Interview

The day after the House Judiciary Committee voted on an article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, the president’s chief of staff spoke to 60 Minutes.

• Jun 16, 2022
• 14:14

"They sent the new kid": Lesley Stahl on how she got to cover Watergate

50 years after the Watergate break-in, one of the first reporters to cover it looks back — and sees some lessons for today.

• Jun 15, 2022

John Ehrlichman: The 60 Minutes Interview

In June 1973, Nixon advisor John Ehrlichman told 60 Minutes the White House had “no interest” in covering up the Watergate break-in because “it had no exposure.” Ehrlichman served 18 months in prison for his role in the cover-up.

• Jun 13, 2022
• 33:13

Watergate: High Crimes in the White House

On June 17, CBS will air a two-hour documentary that takes viewers inside the extraordinary story of crime and scandal that took down President Richard Nixon.

• Jun 13, 2022
• 0:55

The Watergate interviews on 60 Minutes

Following the 1972 break-in into Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate complex, 60 Minutes interviewed many people who became central to the break-in and the subsequent cover-up.

• Jun 13, 2022

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.

• Jun 12, 2022
• 8:43

Watergate at 50: The political scandal that changed Washington

Fifty years after the break-in at the Democratic National Committee HQ at the Watergate complex, historians are still piecing together the crime, and the coverup, that brought down a presidency – and that continues to shape Washington today.

• Jun 12, 2022

Capitol riot hearings could impact legal case against Trump

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will aim to build a case against former President Donald Trump during its public hearings. David Becker, CBS News election law contributor and executive director for the Center for Election Innovation and Research, joins CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas to discuss the issue.

• Jun 9, 2022
• 6:44

Carl Bernstein on the political climate in Washington - "The Takeout"

On "The Takeout" podcast this week, Carl Bernstein talks about his new memoir with host Major Garrett.

• Feb 4, 2022

Carl Bernstein: "Chasing History"

He was half of the Washington Post team of reporters who broke the Watergate scandal. But Carl Bernstein's career began as a teenager at the Washington Star, what he has called the best education in journalism. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with Bernstein about his new memoir, "Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom," and about how a cub reporter who chased history ended up making it.

• Jan 9, 2022
• 5:24

Carl Bernstein on chasing history

The reporter who helped break the Watergate scandal began his career as a teenager at the Washington Star – what he has called the best education in journalism – which he recalls in his new memoir "Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom."

• Jan 9, 2022

Former CBS News Bureau Chief William Small dies

CBS News is mourning the loss of William Small after his death Sunday following a brief illness unrelated to coronavirus. He was 93. Small served as the network's Washington Bureau Chief from 1962 to 1974 and brought together a team of journalists that would go on to dominate political coverage throughout the turbulent time of the Vietnam War and Watergate.

• May 25, 2020
• 0:26

Covering Watergate

60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl covered Watergate 45 years ago. She visits CBSN to detail her experience and draws some parallels to the political scandals surrounding the White House today.

• Jun 16, 2017
• 10:03

Bob Schieffer's take

CBS News political contributor Bob Schieffer explains the parallels between the Trump/Comey crisis and Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal.

• May 12, 2017
• 8:10

"Saturday Night Massacre"

Richard Nixon's White House chief of staff appeared on Face the Nation on October 28, 1973.

• May 11, 2017
• 18:27

April 29th, 1974 marked the beginning of the end of the Watergate saga -- and President Richard Nixon's time in office

April 29th, 1974 marked the beginning of the end of the Watergate saga -- and President Richard Nixon's time in office. Nixon announced he would release transcripts of secretly recorded conversations related to the Watergate scandal. Watch "CBS Evening News" coverage from that day.

• Apr 29, 2016
• 2:07

More than four decades after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency over the Watergate scandal, there is still more to learn from a close aide who left the Oval Office with dozens of boxes of documents

More than four decades after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency over the Watergate scandal, there is still more to learn from a close aide who left the Oval Office with dozens of boxes of documents, some classified. David Martin spoke with that aide, Alexander Butterfield, and with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, author of "The Last of the President's Men."

• Oct 11, 2015
• 9:18

He died at the age of 93 last week

Hundreds filled the National Cathedral to pay respects to the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. He died at the age of 93 last week. Bradlee is most known for standing up to the government during the Watergate scandal. Charlie Rose reports.

• Oct 30, 2014
• 2:15

At the memorial service for the late Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, the two reporters who broke the Watergate story while working for Bradlee at the Post remember their former boss

At the memorial service for the late Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two reporters who broke the Watergate story while working for Bradlee at the Post, remember their former boss.

• Oct 29, 2014
• 1:52

"We knew he was lying," Ben Bradlee told Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes in 1995. "We had no idea how badly he was lying"

"We knew he was lying," Ben Bradlee told Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes in 1995. "We had no idea how badly he was lying."

• Oct 7, 2014
• 1:17

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein join "CBS This Morning" to reflect on Bradlee's legacy.

Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposed the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation. Their editor, the late Ben Bradlee, directed the coverage of the scandal. Woodward and Bernstein join "CBS This Morning" to reflect on Bradlee's legacy.

• Oct 22, 2014
• 6:00

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward looks back at how he and his editor at the time, Ben Bradlee, handled the Watergate scandal – and whether Hollywood got it right in "All the President's Men."

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward looks back at how he and his editor at the time, Ben Bradlee, handled the Watergate scandal – and whether Hollywood got it right in "All the President's Men"

• Oct 21, 2014
• 3:41

That (Expletive Deleted) Newspaper

In this 1974 behind-the-scenes visit to Richard Nixon's least favorite newspaper, The Washington Post, Mike Wallace interviews legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, publisher Katherine Graham, and reporter Bob Woodward.

• Aug 4, 1974
• 8:50

The Nixon Years

Mike Wallace hosts a retrospective of Richard Nixon's political career, his presidency, and the Watergate scandal that led to his resignation on August 8, 1974.

• Aug 11, 1974
• 11:25

Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were responsible for breaking the scandal that ultimately brought down Richard Nixon's presidency

Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were responsible for breaking the scandal that ultimately brought down Richard Nixon's presidency.

• Aug 10, 2014
• 12:55

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