i have the honor and privilege to interview william weld. thank you for joining us today. please tell us how you came to be involved with the inquiry? >> i got a call in the fall of 1973, an associate at a law firm in boston. asking me if i would be interested in interviewing for a job on the impeachment staff. at that point, it hadn't really gotten off the ground. i said no, i have to stay on until i make partner. and i called back in 15 seconds and said i made a grave mistake. can i still interview? he said yes and sam garrison, running the republican side of the staff, not yet fully unified. some thought it never was. i went down, met with sam, had a good interview with him. engaged to come in quite shortly thereafter, and reported for duty in december 1973. >> tell us a little bit about -- first of all, about sam garrison. give us the work nature of him? >> he was a devoted family man. i think from the south. from richmond. and he worked like a tiger. slept in on sunday mornings, but that was about it. he and i had a good personal relationship. >> you were there before

weld more than 50 years later. >>> more dramatic moments today in the case of william lynch. he's the man accused of beating a former priest who lynch says molested him years ago. robert handa tells us why lynch's attorney was furious today outside the courtroom. >> reporter: will lynch may win his legal battle but not the victory he really wants. lynch claimed he was raped by lidner in 1975 and wanted that to be the focus of the trial. so lynch's attorney pat harris got mad when the former priest invoked the fifth amendment and then exploded when the judge announced the trial will continue with no former testimony from lidner. >> there's a man out there in los gatos that's a rapest and is allowed to go free. >> reporter: some witnesses including lidner's niece can't take the stand. >> i can't say that he's a child molester because i'm a victim myself, my brothers, my sisters, cousins, a bunch of other kids. >> reporter: the judge told the jury this morning it must now disregard the testimony of lidner including his account of the alleged abuse of lynch. in san jose, robert h

weld more than 50 years later. >>> more dramatic moments today in the case of william lynch. he's the man accused of beating a former priest who lynch says molested him years ago. robert handa tells us why lynch's attorney was furious today outside the courtroom. >> reporter: will lynch may win his legal battle but not the victory he really wants. lynch claimed he was raped by lidner in 1975 and wanted that to be the focus of the trial. so lynch's attorney pat harris got mad when the former priest invoked the fifth amendment and then exploded when the judge announced the trial will continue with no former testimony from lidner. >> there's a man out there in los gatos that's a rapest and is allowed to go free. >> reporter: some witnesses including lidner's niece can't take the stand. >> i can't say that he's a child molester because i'm a victim myself, my brothers, my sisters, cousins, a bunch of other kids. >> reporter: the judge told the jury this morning it must now disregard the testimony of lidner including his account of the alleged abuse of lynch. in san jose, robert h