CBS Evening News - 1974-08-07 (partial)
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[0:01] good evening the capital of the United
[0:03] States was seized today by resignation
[0:05] fever it was brought on by the continued
[0:08] seclusion of the president by increased
[0:10] resignation pressure from Senate
[0:11] Republicans by less than Ironclad
[0:14] denials from the president spokesman and
[0:16] by a series of Crisis meetings between
[0:18] Ford and heg between Ford and rhs and
[0:21] between Nixon Scott Goldwater and rhs at
[0:24] days and the president seem to be
[0:25] shifting Dan Rather reports from the
[0:27] White House the president tonight is
[0:29] reconsidering whether to resign step
[0:31] aside temporarily or set tight while
[0:34] fighting impeachment to the end no one
[0:36] at the White House can be found to
[0:38] expects any decision to be announced
[0:40] tonight some of the president's AIDS
[0:42] told CBS news today that there would be
[0:44] an announcement before the end of the
[0:45] week one said the announcement probably
[0:48] would come tomorrow there was no
[0:50] official confirmation a number of the
[0:52] president's own AIDS said privately they
[0:54] do expect him to resign but others
[0:56] including William timens Rosemary woods
[0:58] and Steven bull denied that resignation
[1:01] is imminent as for reports by the
[1:03] Providence Rhode Island bulletin and
[1:05] Phoenix Gazette newspapers saying flatly
[1:07] that the president has decided to resign
[1:09] White House Press office spokesman said
[1:11] officially only that they would not
[1:12] confirm any such reports in late
[1:15] afternoon presidential Chief of Staff
[1:17] Alexander he and new secretary Ronald
[1:19] Ziggler went to the president's private
[1:20] office next door to the White House in
[1:23] the atmosphere of expec