coghlan,ed one -- rob the college student and founder of the national sam ervin fan club explained, and i quote, "watergate has given us a person we believe in. and we believe. he says he's just an old country lawyer. but when he talks about the constitution, he makes you want to stand up and pledge allegiance." so we are here today to talk about senator sam and watergate. there will be time in the last 10 or 15 minutes for questions from the audience. let's begin with a question from rufus. -- for rufus. in the spring of 1974, putting the hearings together, before the hearings began, what did watergate mean to you and what were you thinking you were going to find before you began? >> before i say that i have to , point out the museum of history has done a fantastic job with this exhibit. it won a national award. if you have not seen it before, i will give a tour. it will be my interpretation. it will be directed toward my good looks and a few things like that. [laughter] with us today is gene boyce, who was on the team that discovered the tapes. michael carpenter is right up there, who