first-hand

"You really have to put the blinders on and stay focused on telling the story that I know and that I've experienced first-hand."

An experienced American sailor, who was on the oil tanker when it was struck by the Solong cargo ship, gave CBS News, the BBC's US partner, a first-hand account of the escape from the ship.

In its written submissions, The Guardian said that it will be defending the case, and that the trial will hear from 16 women who it says will give tell the court about Mr Clarke's conduct first-hand.

“Just three days after his inauguration,” Waltz told me, “President Trump was on the ground in Los Angeles, saw first-hand the devastation from the wildfires and vowed a historic sense of urgency from federal agencies. Thanks to the president’s decisive action, the Trump administration led a cleanup of hazardous materials at a pace never seen before.”

The world saw first-hand how negotiations between the US and Ukraine are unfolding: they are difficult, emotional, and tense.