of the air right here on nbc. 1947 was the year jackie robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball with the brooklyn dodgers. it was the same year chuck yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. for 75 years, through 12 moderators and more than 3,500 broadcasts, the program that president john f. kennedy once called "the 51st state" has made news and held newsmakers accountable, interviewing american presidents, world leaders, political candidates, civil rights icons, scientists, sports figures, and entertainers. this morning, we're going to look back on the 75-year history of the longest-running show on television. and we're gonna look forward, as well, as our democracy is challenged and our mission of clarity and accountability is more important than ever. here's marvin kalb. >> our democracy is a very precious national asset that is most healthy, most admirable when there is an open and vigorous exchange between the press on the one side and the politician and policymaker on the other. that's what this program has been all about. >> thirteen president

this scared major league baseball because what are major leaguers? you have to join all work for baseball the downs of chocolate invited major league baseball to send their workers to bethlehem steel to do so call nominal jobs with less play for teams at six that land steel plants. so the guy billy sheridan helped supervise this but a fellow, president of bethlehem steel is eugene gray refuting ray is actually the supervisor of and eugene race story, 1899 graduate of lehigh. he was star shortstop in the senior year. he had over 400. the boston braves offered him contracts. $200 a month. they turned it down to become an crane operator. for $25. he was a great choice because he became the man. six inch wall, may bethlehem steel more of a place during worship in his buried in the seal cemetery over the mansion i had one on thesouth side . so the very rsthird players signed in 1918 steel lee was shoeless joe jackson. meanwhile shoeless joe from field of dreams. at this point shoeless joe was an shooter hfor the chicago white sox. he was a great stolen bas

you were a male between the ages of 18 and 45, this scared part of my french, the -- out of major league baseball because what were major leaguers going to do? they would have to join the war effort or, you know, close the baseball league down. so schwab invited major league baseball to send their workers to bethlehem steel to do so-called nominal jobs, which wasn't entirely true, and play for teams at six bethlehem steel or plants. so the guy, billy sheridan helped supervises but a fellow the president of bethlehem steel at this time was eugene gray and eugene grace. actually, the supervisor, the man who put the bethlehem steel league together. eugene grace great back story, 1899, graduate of lehigh. he was a star shortstop in his senior year at lehigh. he had hit over 400. the boston braves light grays. they offered him a contract i had 200 hours a month grace turned it down to become an electric crane operator at the steel for 45 hours a month. it was a great choice because, you know, he became the man, you know, succeeded schwab, made bethlehem steel even more of a titan, especially in world

you were a male between the ages of 18 and 45, this scared part of my french, the -- out of major league baseball because what were major leaguers going to do? they would have to join the war effort or, you know, close the baseball league down. so schwab invited major league baseball to send their workers to bethlehem steel to do so-called nominal jobs, which wasn't entirely true, and play for teams at six bethlehem steel or plants. so the guy, billy sheridan helped supervises but a fellow the president of bethlehem steel at this time was eugene gray and eugene grace. actually, the supervisor, the man who put the bethlehem steel league together. eugene grace great back story, 1899, graduate of lehigh. he was a star shortstop in his senior year at lehigh. he had hit over 400. the boston braves light grays. they offered him a contract i had 200 hours a month grace turned it down to become an electric crane operator at the steel for 45 hours a month. it was a great choice because, you know, he became the man, you know, succeeded schwab, made bethlehem steel even more of a titan, especially in world

baseball player >> oh, yeah. he had mickey mantle talent, mike trout talent. his first ever major leagueember 2, 1986. he beat out a ground ball to second base. the scouts were clocking it. one said, i didn't get it. what did you get i didn't get it. what do you zet? he ran 3.6 seconds the second fastest recorded time for a right-handed hitter. if he 234e6r got hurt or stuck with baseball, i think we are talking about mike trout before mike trout. >> yeah. i want to reading is you are very prolific as a sports writer. you have written about a lot of athletes whose names we remember more than bo a couple of your tweets about some other people who are well known in sports. this is what you wrote about brett favre who had a lot of issues in terms of money that he took from poor folks in mississippi and you wrote this so sincerely don't buy the book. don't take it out of the library. leave it there are so many better people worthy of your reading hours of your time. i prefer crumbs like brett favre shuffle off into the abyss you wrote this about jerry jones, who we know was part of the young

we're going to begin with a flurry of free agent signings in major league baseball.terday one day after snagging shortstop trea turner on an 11-year $300 million deal, the phillies will keep taijuan walker in the national league east. phillies reaching a deal with the former mets starter, the phillies added lefty to its roster and cody bellinger bolstering their starting location with a deal for jameson taillon. the world is holding its breath with athlete of the year by "time" magazine, that guy aaron judge with andiel to join the san francisco giants. that's his home team. the giants have offered the star slugger in the neighborhood of $360 million to play in the bay area. lots of buzz around the game last night that he was leaning towards san francisco. but nothing's done. we know the yankees have the resources to match any offer. we will keep an eye on this in the days ahead. >>> let's turn now to the nba and go to cleveland with the lakers star big man anthony davis leaving in the first half of last night's matchup against the cavaliers. davis said he had flu-li

major league baseball suspended the star pitcher for an unprecedented two seasons without pay for violating violence and sexual assault policy. a san diego woman said bauer beat and sexually assaulted her last year. he said everything was consensual. the dodgers have to decide if they'll keep bauer on the team for the upcoming season. >>> still to come, christmas lottery. how much money the grand prize winner took home in spain's popular el gordo drawing. gordo. >>> here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ >>> a recall alert for you this morning ahead of the holidays and prime gift-giving season. target and the consumer product safety commission recalled more than 200,000 pillowfort weighted blankets for kids following the deaths of two young girls. they say a child can become trapped by entering the blanket and suffocate. consumers should stop using the product immediately and contacts target for a refund. >>> mortgage rates fell again this week, and the nfl signed a billion-dollar deal with youtube. dan lieberman has that and more in today's cbs "money watch" rep

still ahead here, the latest -- we move across major league baseball.gton commanders in the team's owner are being accused of fostering a toxic workplace environment. we are taking you into that report, from house lawmakers. we will be right back. l be right back. ♪♪ voltaren. the joy of movement. ♪♪ when you're through with powering through, it's time for theraflu hot liquid medicine. powerful relief so you can restore and recover. theraflu hot beats cold. second and ten, mayfield to the end zone. and then jefferson. touchdown. >> a gorgeous throw there from quarterback mayfield, that's right he is on the rams now which completed a game-winning 98 yard drive with that throw at the tail end of last night's matchup against the las vegas raiders. mayfield, who was waved by the carolina panthers on monday and claim by -- on tuesday, led the rams to a pair of scores late in the fourth quarter which erased double digit deficit. they've got nothing to play for this point, but surprise, a snap a six game losing streak with that 1716 win over the raiders. devas

when my dad left government and went into major league baseball for the last five years of his career, i thought by the time -- i doubt he would never retire. when he hit 65, he was done. he was say, there's nothing worse than a has-been who does not know it. i do not think i am a has-been. i am young enough, healthy enough to do something else, however, i think it is time to make room for someone who is the next generation. i am happy to do that. senator durbin understands that about me. he knows my family very well. i think he was happy for me that i was ready to move on and do something else. greta: you served in leadership roles. describe the roles you play. in those roles, what did you learn from speaker pelosi? rep. bustos: the reason i ran for leadership role is because of speaker pelosi. she called me six years ago and asked, she said, she wants to appoint me to be the cochair of policy communication committee. it is the messaging on policy arm of house democrats. she is want to make three appointments, hooking jeffries and i and another person. the other person did not end up

. >> major league baseball's winter meeting ends today and that's a big reason why everyone seems tot today might actually be judgment day. >> yesterday was so off again and on again. >> nice to bring it all home. >> a pretty offering what everybody is offering. >> he worked hard for it. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay" how much more you'll be paying and the crucial deadlines you need to know to make sure the gifts get there on time. >>> and we're taking a live look outside in san jose. christmas in the park is lit up and it is a cold start to the morning. right now 40 degrees but it's clear and we do stay dry today. we'll talk about rain coming back tomorrow in the forecast. >> look at this string of lights called the bay bridge. taillights moving smoothly in san francisco. you can see part of the salesforce building but not all >>> right now at 5:00, learning his fate. disgraced former theranos president sunny balwani will be sentenced today. our legal expert on the chances prosecutors will get what they're asking for. >>> a father accused of killing another man in a reveng

in a stargtement, major league baseball said it believes a longer suspension was warranted but stands by the decision the dodgers released brief remarks saying they would comment as soon as practical >>> as the freezing cold plunging down into texas, officials there are working to get hundreds of migrants into safe shelters. our el paso affiliate has an inside look at this effort >> reporter: bed by bed. to almost a thousand of the downtown convention center has taken in migrants. >> there will be meals provided. >> reporter: city deputy managers saying they're hoping to gain migrants' trust and help bring them inside the shelter. the number of beds cans are be expanded shelter also includes dining and internet access. they have partnered up to take vacant properties like schools, for more shelters. >> we're looking at possibly taking up possession on friday and next week midweek on the second facility. with that, as soon as we get possession, we have a lot of work to do >> reporter: all city shelters will have 24-hour security as well >> we have a lot of people congra greating. you w

most of the chips have fallen in major league baseball free agency and another big one today, carlos, is not resigning with the san francisco giants. instead, the southpaw pitcher will join aaron judge in the bronx road on had a really good season in ran francisco, a 14 and a record and a 2.88 e r a he was widely considered to be the best starting pitcher left on the market show. now will spend the next season with the yankees. 6 of them to be reported 162 million over the life of the contract. meanwhile, the giants are figuring out the best way to implement their shiny new toy shortstop carlos correa. a report today from the athletic said that longtime giants shortstop brandon crawford will switch positions to accommodate 4 time gold glover crawford has never played another position in the majors, but he's 35 years old and heading into the final year of a two-year contract extension. he told the athletic he's reluctant to make the transition. but that having curry on the team makes the giants better still tbd, which position crawford will play most likely second or 3rd base back to t

. >> reporter: major league baseball got them through the pandemic and cancer treatment. >> i've been battling cancer since 2019. i got diagnosed when i was 23. sports gives us something to look forward to. >> reporter: in the early day d of the pandemic, the team held a promotion. fans could send in a photo of themselves and they would have a cardboard cut out in the stands. >> it would be cool. i was superexcited about it. i purchased two of them. >> reporter: paid $178. the a's shared an email. when the 2020 season ended, they expected to get their cutouts. but their receipt doesn't have any pickup or delivery instructions. so they emailed. >> actually, you have a territory there. so i can stop by and tell me when to pick them up. my son emails them, no response. >> reporter: after more than a year, they asked us to go to bat for them. >> as soon as you sent an email, it's like, all of a sudden i get a phone call. i think it took four days, five days. >> reporter: the a's said the team sent no fewer than six emails with detailed instructions and deadlines as to how to either pick u

with the platform in 2005, a number of major league baseball players basically lied about steroid use. nothing happened in 1994 before congress tobacco executives lied about whether they thought nicotine, believe it or not, was addictive. nobody ever prosecuted them, so don't hold your breath. may i provide you? the real question was their state action. this is critical in a 1st amendment analysis in our legal system did, did government seek social media to act in essence as a proxy, as an agent to quash, to quell to abrupt 1st amendment speech that the government couldn't normally get to do you use these folks as agents, why have inherited media reported one thing on this subject. now does anybody think that facebook and instagram and google and you tube that they don't censure? does anybody think that censorship is not going on right now as we speak? and who believes this idea of i hate to personally bubbles of eli mosque as this white knight in truth savior. why did elected officials, a law enforcement meet was social media platforms. how commonplace is this? who, who still banned

major league baseball nearly beamed by a labor dispute, rallied to reach a world series in which the basketball, gosset warriors kick the boston celtics to the curb, steph curry dominated. >> and he's glad to be able to be alive and see this. >> and in hockey, the colorado avalanche shocked the tampa bay lightning to take at the stanley cup. and promptly fell down in -- >> the hockey, this is why we can't have nice things. >> best fever pitch, fans everywhere going wild over the world cup, including in america as the u.s. men went on to the knockout round. >> suddenly, everybody cared about soccer. >> best of the best in tennis. the legendary serena williams who said that she is evolving away from competitive tennis. but -- >> what are the chances we get to see play again? >> the chances are very high. uconn white house, i have a court. >> the most touching moment, tennis great roughly on the dolls cheaper response to the retirement of his rival roger federer. like from the movies. >> there is no crying in tennis. >> worst hard charge, u.s. women's basketball star brittney griner imp

so like coca-cola, major league baseball delta everyone should apologize.he real nail the coffin came late last week when senator tom cut destroyed kroger chair and ceo for the company's woke policies noting a lawsuit filed by two former employees in arkansas who were fired after they refused to wear apron supportive of the lgbtq+ community. >> i cautioned them for years and the conservatives and center-right voters across the country if they discriminate against them in their company they probably should not come and ask republican senators securing the water for them when their democratic friends want to regulate them or block their mergers. i will say this i'm sorry it's happening to you, best of luck. >> six you reap what you so we no longer be afraid to take a stand for the hog hard bop fight against the workaholics is paying off. we are seeing their fall from grace right before our eyes. even comedy is allowed to be comedy again. >> nowadays you can't say nothing. if i say something now all the sudden i am insensitive to the lions and families. once h

boris, represented a number of major league stars in this off-season free agency and made over $65 million for his company, in -- in representing these major league baseballrs, in the interim, scott boris went to the mets and they agreed to sign carlos correa as probably their third baseman instead of their shortstop. the development of this, the way it happened. i would think major league baseball will ask a few questions. >> i think so, too. >> and mets playing left side of infield, i say this not just because our red sox refused to sign anybody but i get from mets fan so close to the world series, me as a baseball fan. i don't think it's great when one team spends that much more than everyone else. yankees first. >> pay roll is? >> what it is? >> over $350 million. >> wasn't great for the game when yankees did it, dodgers did it, not great when mets do it. i know it's in the rules. >> and don't you love the red sox to do that? >> i would take anything. we're disappointed. joe, too. back to you. >>> still ahead what we might learn from a full report on the capitol attack investigation expected to be released by the january 6 committee today. >>> plus, j

. >> and major league baseball, we got to run thousand now, we don't want to look bad.are coming out of a woke -- >> the pendulum is swinging the other way. >> we would not know anything about twitter had he not bought it because it was radio silent. >> he's a billionaire. >> this latest thing about woke mind had to do with the bots and it looks like he's going to reveal how many of those things on twitter have been robots. nonetheless, stewart appeared with brian in the first hour and talked a little bit about how multi-billionaire is a disrupter in the best way. >> you can't ignore elon musk. he makes headlines every single day, he loves to be the center attention and he's a major league disrupter. what you got here is big government and big media and twitter executives. all getting together to conspire to deprive voters of political information right before the election. that's a block buster. >> and when you look at all the stuff, it is clear that behind the scenes of twitter, they were trying to figure out what to do before the election and they used warnings from

he actually tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in the 2003 survey test that major league baseball does the test. they did just to see how many people were positive with no punishment. we got in and bonds who never tested positive for any performance enhancing drug. even though we all know that he likely used it been oetting in and that that sort of the dichotomy. where does bonds go from here? i know there's multiple avenues where you can get into the hall of fame committees and >> this in that. do you think we will ever see him in cooperstown or do you think this trend that we've seen the last 4, 5, 6 years is just the reality. and he's probably never going to be a hall of famer. i think he's going to get in but i think it's going to take a long time. you know, it took book o'neill, the leagues. i mean it it took >> 15 years after he died before the riders finally realized he belong in the hall of fame. jim cotton been retired for a long, long time. and i think it i think it's going to take some of the voters in these areas committee a while to, you know, change the personnel on

>>> the new york yankees have reportedly resigned aaron judge for the largest contract in major league baseball history. that's according to espn and mlb network. the deal is worth $360 million would you believe over the nine years through the 2031 season. the record contract is fitting for the mvp slugger who is coming off an historic season. >>> the phoenix suns and phoenix mercury will soon have a new owner. a group led by mortgage lender will reportedly buy both franchises for a record $4 billion. the deal is for more than 50% ownership including all of the robert sarvar's stake. he was suspended by the nba for a year and fined $10 million after an investigation found he had engaged in hostile, racially insensitive and inappropriate behavior. >>> the future may be uncertain for dwayne the rock onson and his days playing d.c. anti-hero black adam. >> black adam, what are your powers given to you? >> black adam says the character is not in dc's plans for the immediate future as the company's new management team looks to reset its cinematic universe. johnson updated fans on tuesday amid specul

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>> i'm just getting this in here, joe, but thr teams in the off season, you are allowed in major league baseball do it again. you are allowed -- >> wait, does anybody in the 617 area code understand that? >> to, not recently. you are allowed to spend money on players who make your team better. >> fascinating. we're not here. so you're saying that you don't just have to sell players. >> no. >> you don't just have to let mookie go. you don't have to just let christian go. you can actually write checks now in 2022 to get players to come and play for you? >> there are two ways to do this. you can simply take out your checkbook and sign a player with money. or you can trade players to get better players, ask then potentially sign them to contracts as well. that is allowed. >> the red sox, we're a small market team. we don't make that much money, right? >> the red sox, they cry povr tu. the owners only own two other professional sports franchises, so surely there's no money for the old town team. >> next on joe biden, a look at an american icon. joe biden, a an american icon ♪ today my friend you did

turning now to major league baseball.s have named aaron judge as the new captain of the team. in a news conference yesterday announcing the slugger's new nine-year, get this $360 million contract, judge was named the 16th captain in franchise history and the first since derek jeter who held the title from 2003 through 2014. and meanwhile, across town in queens, mets fans are still buzzing over the surprise acquisition of superstar free agent carlos ka rara. the latest signing, 12 year, $350 million contract puts the team's tab for the upcoming season at nearly half a billion dollars. the figure which includes payroll and luxury taxes makes the mets the most expensive team in north american history. and the nfl best philadelphia eagles headline the selection for the first pro bowl games. the eagles will be represented by a league leading eight players including quarterback jaylon hurts. the kansas city chiefs and dallas cowboys each had seven players chosen. the san francisco 49ers and baltimore ravens were next with six.

warnock, the mere fact that he as well as many of the woke companies, they literally drove out major league baseballoid, a vacuum for a lot of the small businesses in georgia. i mean, it's an absolute disgrace and it just shows that they were able to put together in georgia basically a plan where people were going to be able to vote early. there was no voter suppression as we have seen and in essence i think the democrats should be thanking governor kemp and what they were able to accomplish in terms of ensuring that people can get out and vote with plenty of time to do so. maria: real quick on the twitter story. elon musk confirming that twitter's former general counsel james has been fired. great cover of the new york post. inside job in this morning's paper. democratic lawyer, secret by blocked release of internal release of files. mercedes, we have been down this road before with this guy. he was o one of the peddlers of the russian collusion lie and he ends up at the chanels on twitter. >> look, i have to tell you, maria, this is elon musk is teaching us how you transform a woke corporation whe