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of james, mccord. he is one of five persons surprised and arrested yesterday inside the headquarters of the democratic national committee in washington. mccord is a former cia employee. now he runs his own private security service. and guess what else he is? a consultant to president richard nixons re-election campaign committee. >> nixons watergate scandal began 50 years ago today. like trump, his presidency ended in crime and chaos, but there were major differences in the methods the...

it was a scandal that shook america and brought down a president. 50 years on from watergate, echoes still ring around washington. good morning. a great start to the us open golf for rory mchoy. one of the players whos refused to join the breakaway saudi—backed tour, is just one shot off the lead, in brookline, looking to win his first major in eight years. good morning. the heatwave in the south _ good morning. the heatwave in the south is _ good morning. the heatwave in the south i...

could rise to 11% this year, we look at the real cost of living — and what people are cutting back on. england has appointed its first womens health ambassador, with the aim of closing the �*gender health gap�*. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. parts of europe are on heatwave alert this weekend with temperatures on the rise — and concerns about the changing summer climate. spain — which has already seen its hottest may since the beginning of ...

temperatures across the uk rose with a level three alert, and some rider means the uk could be hosting next years eurovision contest. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uks second busiest airport says it will limit the number of flights across the peak summer period because it hasnt got enough staff. gatwick airport said it was aimed at creating a more reliable service for passengers. usually 900 flights run a day, but itll be 825 injuly, and 850 in august. it comes after the ...

that is testimony from mike pences former adviser regarding former president donald trumps repeated efforts to get pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we will hear much more of the key moments from yesterdays january 6th hearing, including the vice presidents close call with the mob, very close call that day. and the pardon request from the architect of the presidents election scheme. plus, new reporting that the house select committee now wants to talk t...

>> the conversation was pretty heated. >> i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp. i dont remember if he said you are a wimp. >> it was a different tone that i had heard him take with the vice president before. >> these pictures of pence never seen before, the vice president being hidden by the secret service in an underground garage under the capitol, reading the presidents tweet that said that pence lacked courage to overturn the election. that tweet helped inflame the...

in her video today, congresswoman cheney played a longer version of testimony we first heard some of yesterday from eric herschman, one of the white house lawyers, that eastman spoke with. >> it was the day after eastman -- i dont remember why, he called me or texted me, wanted to talk with me and said he couldnt reach others. and he started to ask me something about georgia and revealing something, potentially for appeal. and i said to him, are you out of your f-ing mind? i said, i on...

blackmail. >> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the nixon team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. >> as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have, but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. >> its not just a desire for political power. i...

political processes in the years to come, long after i have left this office. i looked at my own calendar this morning as i was working on this speech. it showed exactly 1361 days remaining in my term. i want these to be the best days in americas history. god bless america, and god bless each and every one of you. >> central to the problems faced by president nixon is the watergate tapes and their tangled history. fred graham traces that story. >> it all began suddenly when an obscu...

abuses are purged from our political processes. in the years to come. long after i have left this office. >> i looked at my own calendar this morning as i was working on this speech. it showed exactly 1,361 days remaining in my term. i want these to be the best days in americas history. god bless america. god bless each and every one of you. >> central to the problems faced by president nixon is the water gate tapes and tangled history. fred graham traces that story. >> it all began su...