1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: From the Newsroom, are news to come to me? Secret 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: JFK files to be released, A TV presenter leaves Channel 3 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: nine over a fifty thousand dollar payment, and the Australian 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: Open Men's final to be determined today. That's all coming 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: up in this episode of From the Newsroom. It's Friday, 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 1: the twenty fourth of January. We'll start in the US. 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: President Donald Trump has signed in executive order to declassify 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: all files relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. 9 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: A few thousand files have never been available to the 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: public due to national security concerns, but that is about 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: to change. Trump has also ordered the release of documents 12 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: on the nineteen sixties assassinations of JFK's younger brother, Robert F. 13 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior. Back 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: home now and in Sydney, a statue of Captain Cook 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: has been vandalized for the second year in a row. 16 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: Vandals covered the statue in Randwick with red paint and 17 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: broke parts of it off, including a hand. Police now 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: investigating to show BEZ Today's show, sports presenter Alex Cullen 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: will no longer be seen on Channel nine. It comes 20 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: after he accepted fifty thousand dollars from Adrian pau Telly, 21 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: the billionaire known as Lambeau Guy. He'd offered the money 22 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: to the first journalist or TV presenter to call him 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: by his preferred nickname McLaren Man, which Cullen did. He 24 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: is what Karl Stepanovic and Sarah Arbou had to say 25 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: on the Today Show this morning. 26 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: Well, as most of you are well aware, our colleague 27 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 2: Alex Cullen has not been on air with us this 28 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: past week. There has been widespread reporting on the circumstances 29 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: surrounding this. What I can say is that last night 30 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 2: Alex and nine agreed that he would finish with the network. 31 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 3: Alex has of course been part of this team for 32 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 3: this family for five years now. He's always ready with 33 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 3: a smile and a laugh, and without hesitation, speaking for 34 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 3: all of us here, we can say that we are 35 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 3: going to miss him terrible, that's for sure. 36 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: Alex is a terrific fellow. 37 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: I should note Cullen gave the money back to poor Telly, 38 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: who has since donated it to charity. And how about this, 39 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: a twenty four year old Israeli woman who was at 40 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three Music Festival, where Harmas militants killed 41 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: more than three hundred and seventy people. Is now set 42 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: to represent her country in Eurovision. Yu've all. Raphael, who 43 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: survived at the October seven attack by hiding under a 44 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: pile of bodies, won the right to compete for Israel 45 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: at Eurovision in May after winning a TV contest, she 46 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: sang a moving version of ABBA's Dancing Queen. I was lovely, 47 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: wasn't it all right? We'll be back in just a 48 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: moment to sport Now. It is a big day at 49 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: the Australian Open, with the two men's semifinals to take place. 50 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: Novak Djokovic will play Alexander Zverev the Tsavo, followed by 51 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: a game between Yanick Sinner and Ben Shelton. The winners 52 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: will take each other on in the final on Sunday, 53 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: with the victor walking away with three point five million 54 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: Aussie dollars. Wouldn't that be nice? You are now today 55 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: with the Letters from the Newsroom. 56 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 3: Follow or subscribe to from the Newsroom wherever you get 57 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 3: your podcasts.