l. patrick gray to stay on as his full-time full-fledged fbi director. and democrats were having none of it. hours of questioning, it came out mr. gray had been passing on confidential fbi files on the investigation, the watergate investigation to nixon's white house council, to john dean. there was no way he was getting confirmed. and democrats at the time were very blunt about that. >> a lot of people in the senate were saying today it's all over for l. patrick gray that the senate judiciary committee will not recommend that he be confirmed as permanent head of the fbi. it's being said that the white house knows this and is looking for a graceful way for mr. gray to withdraw. paul duke has learned more of the details. >> there are not enough votes to confirm gray. >> in my opinion the nomination is dead and it's just a question of how gentle the execution is going to be. >> just a question of how gentle the execution is going to be. senate got up on its hind legs and said no to president's nixon's fbi director in the middle of the watergate investigatio