Senate Watergate Hearings - Commentary (CBS) from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CBS Evening News for Friday, May 18, 1973

Title: Senate Watergate Hearings - Commentary

Abstract:	CBS anchor Nelson Benton introduces a station break as Senator Daniel Inouye finishes questioning James McCord during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings to investigate the cover-up of the break in at the Watergate Building. Commercials are aired, for which only the beginning of the first and the end of the last are in the collection. Nelson Benton comments on Attorney General designate Elliot Richardson’s upcoming announcement naming Archibald Cox special prosecutor on the Watergate case and then explains that Senator Lowell Weicker is currently questioning James McCord.
Begin Time:	02:16:00 pm
End Time:	02:19:00 pm
TVN Record Number:	874137
Copyright:	Abstract and Metadata (c) 1973-2009 Vanderbilt University
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