i had no prior knowledge of the watergate break in. and so, the press kept after it, and then our office was established the office of the watergate special prosecutor. and then we started using the grand jury to get evidence. the watergate hearings took place over 51 days and riveted the nation. this was the biggest day- of the watergate hearings yet. literally almost all of america, about 80%, 85% of american households watched the watergate hearings, and they watched at least 30 hours of hearings. the committee will come to order. stand up and raise your right hand. john dean was the narrator of the full story. i began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency, and if the cancer was not removed, the president himself would be killed by it. his memory was terrific. he was an insider who said, i m guilty. i did these bad things, and i know
0n the other hand, yes, we want real social change with strong measures on purchasing power and ecological planning. nupes candidates are not expected to win control of the assembly, but they could become the largest opposition group and block the president s own party from a majority. the race here in toulouse shows just how farjean luc melenchon s new alliance has come. at this point in the election five years ago, it was mr macron s allies who were leading in most districts of this region. now, it s mr melenchon. marie claire constance is running in toulouse. yesterday he had a meeting here in toulouse. he can speak for hours without any paper. what s kind of surprising is how people are buying it. like, they believe they re going to stay together. but the first day they are elected, of course, they re going to split their ways. socialists, greens and communists
this morning we re looking at the impact of the rising cost of living with the bank of england warning that the increase in the cost of everything we buy and use could hit 11% later this year. the huge rise is being driven in part by events in ukraine, but the pinch is already being felt here in the uk. it comes as a bbc commissioned survey suggests we re cutting back on food and travel as those price rises hit our household budgets. 4,000 adults across the uk were asked about the impact on their spending. eight out of 10 said they re worried about it, with around two thirds saying it s affecting their mental health. more than half say they have cut back on the food they re buying to cook at home and nearly two thirds 64% are going out to eat in pubs or restaurants less often. petrol and household energy bills are clearly a big source of worry. half of the people we asked are using their car less frequently while seven out of 10 say they ve turned off appliances in their homes
disagree on several key issues with each other and with mr melenchon s far left party. but their success in this alliance shows how unsettled french politics still is. in the two months since the presidential election here, the pendulum of opposition to president macron has swung from the far right to the far left. lucy williamson, bbc news, toulouse. this morning, we re looking at the impact of the rising cost of living a problem in many parts of the world with the bank of england warning that the increase in the cost of everything we buy and use could hit 11% in the uk later this year. the huge rise is being driven in part by events in ukraine, but the pinch is already being felt here in the uk. it comes as a bbc commissioned survey suggests we re cutting back on food and travel, as those price rises hit our household budgets. 4,000 adults across the uk were asked about the impact on their spending. eight out of ten said they re worried about it,