Howard Baker was a key member of the US Senate during the Watergate hearings in the Nixon era. A key ally of President Nixon in the months leading up to the Watergate hearings, Baker was moved by the evidence and the historic responsibility of the moment and he rose to the occasion and assured his role in history by becoming a leader in the movement to remove President Nixon from office.

 

Wayne King speaks with Ira Shapiro, author of "'Broken'  Can the United States Senate save itself and the country?" This interview is a follow up to an earlier interview with Shapiro focused on shifting realities around the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump.