77-0. >> now the country could not vote 77-0 to keep the american flag. there would be some opposition. >> one of the purposes of the committee is to convince the american people that our system will work. when one system is alleged to break down, another part can move in and see that government functions properly. >> the committee was run by sam ervin, a great constitutional scholar. howard baker was his vice chair. a senator from tennessee, conservative republican. >> and the chief counsel of the committee was a fellow named sam dash. he was looking for three people to run the investigations. i had no idea that this was going to go this high. no idea.