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>> for the first time in american history, a former attorney general of the united states richard kleindienst pleaded guilty today to a crime. kleindienst admitted to federal judge george hart in washington he had withheld information from the senate judiciary committee during his confirmation hearings. this information involved a presidential order to kleindienst to drop antitrust proceedings against at&t. >> the former attorney general entered the plea swiftly and undramatically. in a written ...

now, but a million people are on the way to fill it up for americas biggest celebration. and 2012 arriving hour by hour around the world. live pictures here. happy new year. hon congress. just three days until the iowa caucuses. cnns political editor paul steinhauser is in the thick of it live in des moines, iowa. whirlwind day ahead, im sure, for you, right? >> no doubt about it, nonstop on the campaign trail. this is the end of december in iowa and it should be cold. lets start w...

state until the final push. what the heck is a caucus any way? and are you looking for a job? one employer says you better not smoke. well show you how they are testing job applicants for nicotine. happy new year to you. if youre celebrating new zealand style. thats because its midnight there. lets look at auckland. there it is. they are among the first to ring in the new year. they do it in amazing style. we will spend the next couple hours showing you the new years celebrations fro...

its going to be hilarious. stay home. deep on cnn. stay with us. the countdown to the republican caucuses. the first contest over who will face president obama in november. well take you live to des moines. and a corporation bows to public pressure. verizon convenience fee, fuhgedaboudit. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we start with iowa and the republican presidential race. there are just three days now until the first votes are cast, which means plenty of action this wee...

White house interference in the itt case, when in fact, there was. >> this was all that was seen outside. his car sped away from the courthouse basement. >> he will be sentenced early next month. >> nixons attorney general pled guilty to lying to congress about something called the itt case. the itt case was an anti trust case brought by the justice department when nixon was president and it was a case that nixon as president corrupted. >> and incidentally kleindienst has the itt thing settled. ...