jack anderson published the memo and spelled out how the whole scheme worked. quote, the memo not only indicates that the anti-trust case had been fixed but that the fix was a pay off for itt's pledge of up to $400,000 for the convention in san diego. and again he reports on the memo but he also publishes it which is how we see that the lobbyist even says in the memo if anybody found out about this scheme -- quote, if the convention commitment gets too much publicity, you can believe our negotiations with justice will wind up shot down. the attorney general is definitely helping us but cannot let it be known. and the memo ends with an instruction to destroy it. literally the last line is, quote, please destroy this. huh? note to self, if you ever have to say something like that in a memo, this must be destroyed, you probably should not send that memo. you probably shouldn't have even written it down in any form already you geniuses. and of course in the end that memo was not destroyed. jack anderson dug it up and put it in the newspaper, and so nixon had to yan

jack anderson dug it up and put it in the newspaper. and so nixon had to yank his nominating convention out of his home state and his lucky city, and it all had to be kicked over to florida to the venue democrats had already just used. because with this sordid scandal out in the open it didn't look great for nixon to be standing on a stage in san diego with everybody knowing that this phone company helped pay for that stage with a corrupt secret payoff that was supposed to get the justice department off their back. right? in exchange for this monetary favor for the president and his party. nixon's, you know, would have been, could have been san diego convention was not the only casualty of the itt scandal, though. the itt scandal also led to the first ever criminal conviction of a u.s. attorney general. nixon's attorney general richard kleindienst had lied about the itt scandal when he was questioned about it during the confirmation hearing. he was caught for that, ultimately convicted for it. but he eventually came around to telling th

is suffering from illness, stuart at broad and jofra archer and jack leech have also been laid low for a couple of days. but james anderson is, fitness permitting, going to play in his 150th test. he missed most of the ashes with a calf problem. and finally diving in football has been an on going issue for some years now but for two teams in tanzania, they were left with no choice. players were forced to drop to the ground when a swarm of bees invaded the pitch it led to the match being stopped briefly for a few moments, as players and fans tried to find cover. the best way to avoid them is to lie on the ground. my favourite is the linesman, he is loving life. any excuse linesman, he is loving life. any excuse for a lie down! that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. now, it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. the weather is settling down for christmas day but there are quite if you showers out there at the moment. still some heavy ones throughout wales and the south of england. a big range of temperatures across the uk, freezing in the north of scotla nd

is suffering from illness, stuart at broad and jofra archer and jack leech have also been laid low for a couple of days. but james anderson150th test. he missed most of the ashes with a calf problem. and finally, diving in football has been an ongoing issue for some years now — but for two teams in tanzania, they were left with no choice. players were forced to drop to the ground when a swarm of bees invaded the pitch. it led to the match being stopped briefly for a few moments, as players and fans tried to find cover! the linesman seems to be enjoying himself, having a little lie down before heading off again. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more than a million staff will go to work on christmas day, often without extra pay, according to a new study. the number of employees on duty tomorrow has increased by 22,000 since 2016 according to the tuc union. care workers, nurses and chefs account for the biggest share of those who will be over the festive period. let us speak to the tuc past might head of economic and social care. a lot of workers who work on christmas day have union repr

is suffering from illness, stuart at broad and jofra archer and jack leech have also been laid low for a couple of days. but james andersonn his 150th test. he missed most of the ashes with a calf problem. and finally diving in football has been an on going

stuart broad and jack leach decide if they're fit to play in the first test against south africa on boxing day. they all missed the warm—up games with flu—like symptoms. jimmy andersonest match since getting injured in the first ashes test in august, but took two wickets against a south africa a—side. the third round of the pdc world darts championship is underway at alexandra palace. the former bdo world champion stephen bunting is the first man through to round four after whitewashing jonny clayton, but 24th seed max hopp is out after he lost to darius labanauskas by four sets to two. 12th seed nathan aspinall had a bit of scare, but came through to beat krzysztof ratajski in a final set decider. defending champion michael van gerwen plays ricky evans later. fallon sherrock is the name everyone is talking about at this year's competition. since becoming the first woman to win at the pdc, she's become a huge hit with fans — who've been calling her ‘the queen of the palace'. sherrock‘s now into the last 32, after beating another top name, mensur suljovic — and said she couldn't sleep after the victory. it was amazing last night. i haven't had that much sleep. my adr

stuart broad, jofra archer and jack leach were still unable to play any part in the game, as the hosts made 325—5, james andersonrst test starts on boxing day. staying with england's cricketers, and it was defeat forjames vince and tom curran's sydney sixers in australia's big bash. they lost by 48 runs to the brisbane heat, thanks in most part to a brilliant innings from chris lynn — he smashed that six over. he smashed that six over curran's head to move to 94 not out offjust 34 balls. he went for his third six in a row to set the fastest ever big bash century, but he was caught. you can see his frustration. british freestyle skier izzy atkin has won herfirst world cup medal in the big air event. she took bronze in atlanta, thanks to a brilliant second jump. she also finished third at the world championships this year, and in 2018 she became the first briton to win an olympic skiing medal, with bronze in the slopestyle. big air will make its winter olympics debut at beijing 2022. that's all the sport for now. thousands of people have gathered at stonehenge today to mark the winter solstice. the solstice has be

anderson's earning his 150th cap — the most for any fast bowler in test history. chris woakes, 0llie pope and jackh africa have since moved onto a5—2 — sam curran picking up the wicket of aiden markram. nine games in the premier league today. saving the best until last with the eight o'clock kick off seeing leaders liverpool travel to second placed leicester. win — and liverpool will be 13 points clear at the top — a mammoth lead before we've even reached 2020. it's a busy time of year though with most teams playing today and again at the weekend and the festive schedule isn't sitting well with jurgen klopp. none of the managers has a problem with boxing day. none of us. but playing on the 26th and then the 28th is a crime. that's absolutely not ok, and yet we still have it. this year we have the 26th and the 29th and it's like a holiday. i understand all the others who are not moaning, but telling that it just should not happen. it should not happen. alex 0xlaide—chamberlain is out until the new year. he'll miss the leicester match and sunday's game against wolves. he picked up ankle ligament dam

week we are hard at work again with jack black, dwayne johnson, kevin hart, awkwafina, and many more plus allen stone, she and him, finneas, and mark ronson with andersonitem i'd like to mention i wrote and illustrated a children's book. it's called "the serious goose." it is the story of a goose who's serious. i really dug deep for this one. all the money that i make from the sale of this book goes to children's hospital here in l.a. and children's hospitals around the country. you can buy it most anywhere or go to the serious goose dot com for a copy signed by these beautiful hands. all right? our first guest tonight is an oscar-winning actor who is excellent in everything he does. his new movie is in collaboration with clint eastwood "richard jewell" opens in theatres a week from tomorrow. please welcome sam rockwell. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: hi. really good to see you. i like this thing. you know, it's like it's your thing. you look good. i think maybe the last time i saw you >> yeah. >> jimmy: i think you were on stage at the oscars, accepting an oscar. >> i was, and i didn't get the jet ski. because i was blabbing. >> jimmy: that's right

jack. pete: will this outburst help his. owen, robert wolf, kristen soltis anderson.upporter of joe biden. do you like this? is it good for him. >> no malarkey bus tour. i think actually he needs to make sure he starts standing up. and the guy challenges ethics at his event. pete: he is challenging him to pushups. some people think he called him fat. is he throwing these verbal bombs out. do you think that's good? >> come on, pete, you are now the politically correct guy on tv? pete: can he say that whatever he wants. >> i would rather have him say that than say let's take him behind the shed like he said last time about the president. we are in a heated time vice president. heated primary season. i like he has a little hop in his step. i thought actually the guy was totally wrong. he didn't challenge about his son. he challenged the vice president, former vice president's ethics. and the i think this guy you don't challenge this guy's ethics. pete: this guy has said is he not voting for biden. >> sure. pete: he is a democrat. how does this cut for joe biden? >> you k