IT'S MIDDAY. WHO'S IN, AND WHO'S OUT? WE'RE LIVE AT THE ALL BLACKS TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT AS THE TEAM TO TACKLE THE LIONS IS ANNOUNCED. A BOMBSHELL FROM FIRED FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY ON THE EVE OF HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS. AND A HUGE FAREWELL FOR RONNIE CORBETT IN LONDON'S WESTMINSTER ABBEY. AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'LL CROSS TO THE ALL BLACKS TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY IS SET TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF A SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE TONIGHT NEW ZEALAND TIME. HIS PREPARED REMARKS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, REVEALING DETAILS OF A MEETING BETWEEN MR COMEY AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE ABC'S JONATHAN KARL REPORTS. IT'S DRAMATIC AND ALMOST CINEMATIC. COMEY WAS THERE WITH OTHER INTELLIGENCE LEADERS TO BRIEF TRUMP ON RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE ELECTION. AND WHEN THAT MEETING WRAPPED, COMEY SAYS,... AS SOON AS HE LEFT, COMEY WRITES DOWN WHAT HAPPENED. FIVE DAYS LATER, TRUMP INVITES THE FBI DIRECTOR TO DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE. ...COMEY SAYS. A FEW MOMENTS LATER, THE PRESIDENT SAID,... THE NEXT MEETING, FEBRUARY 14TH, IN THE OVAL OFFICE, ALONG WITH VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE, ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS, JARED KUSHNER AND OTHERS. TRUMP ASKS EVERYBODY TO LEAVE EXCEPT COMEY, WHO DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THE PRESIDENT BEGAN BY SAYING... FLYNN HAD RESIGNED THE PREVIOUS DAY. I REPLIED ONLY,... LABOUR WANTS TO KNOW WHY SIMON BRIDGES WAITED THREE MONTHS TO TELL HIS BOSS ABOUT A MAJOR FRAUD CASE INVOLVING A PUBLIC SERVANT. THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT WAS QUIZZED AT PARLIAMENT ABOUT JOANNE HARRISON, WHO WAS JAILED FOR STEALING OVER $700,000 WHILE SHE WORKED AT HIS MINISTRY. LABOUR'S SUE MORONEY SAYS SHE HAS CORRESPONDENCE SHOWING MR BRIDGES FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FRAUD IN APRIL LAST YEAR, BUT WAITED THREE MONTHS TO TELL THEN-PM JOHN KEY. I SIMPLY DON'T SEE HOW, NOW, SIR JOHN KEY HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WOULD'VE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER. IN FACT, LET ME BE REALLY CLEAR. IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER. SIMON BRIDGES SAYS HE'S NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN WHEN THE PRIME MINSTER'S OFFICE WAS INFORMED. A GOVERNMENT FUND TO HELP KEEP NEW ZEALAND CLEAN FROM POLLUTION CREATED BY FREEDOM CAMPERS HAS BEEN DIVVIED UP. 16 COUNCILS WILL SHARE A $5.2M FUND ANNOUNCED AHEAD OF LAST MONTH'S BUDGET. MOST OF THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT ON NEW PUBLIC TOILETS. RUAPEHU AND WESTLAND DISTRICT COUNCILS GET THE MOST FUNDING. BLUFF OYSTER FISHERMEN ARE CALLING ON THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES TO HURRY UP THEIR RESPONSE TO THE DISCOVERY OF A PARASITE IN SOME STEWART ISLAND OYSTER BEDS. THE BONAMIA OUTBREAK WAS FOUND A FORTNIGHT AGO IN BIG GLORY BAY AT STEWART ISLAND. BLUFF OYSTER REPRESENTATIVES HAVE MET WITH MPI DEMANDING FASTER ACTION, AS THEY BELIEVE THE PARASITE COULD DEVASTATE THE BLUFF FISHERY IF NOT DEALT WITH IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE TO KEEP POSITIVE AND MAKE SURE WE GET A GOOD OUTCOME FOR EVERYBODY, BUT WE CAN'T IMPRESS ENOUGH, THE SCIENCE SAYS, IT HAS TO BE DONE TODAY, NOT TOMORROW. MPI SAYS THEY ARE URGENTLY CONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS TO MANAGE THE SPREAD OF THE PARASITE, BUT NEED TO MAKE WELL-CONSIDERED DECISIONS. FIVE OF NEW ZEALAND'S EIGHT UNIVERSITIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BOOST IN WORLD RANKINGS. THE LATEST ANNUAL RESULTS REVEAL THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO ROSE THE MOST, UP 32 PLACES FROM LAST YEAR TO 292. WHILE OUR BEST PERFORMING INSTITUTE, THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND, DROPPED DOWN A PLACING TO 82. ALL EIGHT UNIVERSITIES PLACED IN THE TOP HALF OF THE 900 COMPARED WORLDWIDE. BILL ENGLISH ISN'T RULING OUT INTRODUCING NEW RULES TO REGULATE THE INTERNET FOLLOWING THE LATEST TERROR ATTACKS IN THE UK. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY'S CAMPAIGNING AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S ELECTION ON BIG TECH FIRMS DOING MORE TO STOP TERRORISTS USING THE INTERNET TO PLAN ATTACKS. JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. MESSAGING SERVICES LIKE WHATSAPP, FACEBOOK MESSENGER AND IMESSAGE ARE ENCRYPTED, WHICH MEANS ONLY THE SENDER AND RECEIVER CAN SEE THE INFORMATION. AS PEOPLE HAVE MORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER ONLINE, AND DIVULGE MORE PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELVES, THEY WANT THAT SECURITY. BUT IT ALSO MEANS TERRORISTS HAVE PRIVACY TOO. BECAUSE ENCRYPTION MAKES IT HARDER FOR AUTHORITIES TO ACCESS. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS IDEOLOGY THE SAFE SPACE IT NEEDS TO BREED. YET THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THE INTERNET AND THE BIG COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE INTERNET-BASED SERVICES PROVIDE. IN LIGHT OF THE LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WANTS INTERNET COMPANIES TO DO MORE TO ALLOW AUTHORITIES EASIER ACCESS TO ENCRYPTED MESSAGING SERVICES. WE NEED TO WORK WITH ALLIED DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS TO REACH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS THAT REGULATE CYBER-SPACE, TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF EXTREMIST AND TERRORISM PLANNING. NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA ARE LOOKING INTO IT. IT WOULD NEED A FAIR BIT OF CONSIDERATION. THESE ARE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE IN EVERYDAY USE BY EVERYBODY THAT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO PEOPLE'S LIVES. THEY USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE INTERNET VERY SKILFULLY. NATIONS, POLICE FORCES, SECURITY AGENCIES NEED TO WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER. AT THE MOMENT, YOU NEED A WARRANT TO ACCESS PEOPLE'S MESSAGES. EXPERTS SAY AS SOON AS YOU SHED LIGHT ON ONE MESSAGING SERVICE, TERRORISTS WILL SWITCH TO SOMETHING ELSE. ISIS HAS ALREADY CREATED ITS OWN PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORK. IT WOULD JUST BE A WHACK-A-MOLE EXERCISE FOR YEARS, TRYING TO FOLLOW THEM, TRYING TO CLAMP DOWN ON NETWORKS ONE AFTER ANOTHER. ANYONE CAN CREATE AN ENCRYPTED CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO COMPUTERS ` IT'S VERY SIMPLE TO DO THAT. THE BRITISH PM IS TRYING TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR SCENES LIKE THIS TO BE REPEATED. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. NEW SECURITY FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF THE THREE TERRORISTS WHO CARRIED OUT THE LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK. IT SHOWS THE MOMENT THEY SET OFF ON FOOT WITH KNIVES ATTACKING PEOPLE ON THE FOOT PATH BEFORE THEY'RE TAKEN DOWN BY POLICE. THE DEATH TOLL FROM SUNDAY'S ATTACK HAS NOW RISEN TO EIGHT PEOPLE AFTER A BODY BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF FRENCHMAN XAVIER THOMAS WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER THAMES. ISIS SAYS IT'S BEHIND A TERROR ATTACK THAT KILLED 12 PEOPLE IN TEHRAN ` THE FIRST ATTACK BY THE GROUP IN IRAN. TWIN ATTACKS ON THE IRANIAN PARLIAMENT AND THE SUPREME LEADER'S MAUSOLEUM HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE AND INJURED MANY MORE. AFTER HOURS OF INTERMITTENT GUNFIRE, OFFICIALS SAID BOTH INCIDENTS WERE OVER AND THE ATTACKERS WERE DEAD. LAST MINUTE CAMPAIGNING IS UNDERWAY IN BRITAIN AS LEADERS TOUR THE COUNTRY FOR VOTES A DAY BEFORE POLLS OPEN. AT THE CORE OF THE ELECTION ARE ISSUES SURROUNDING SECURITY, FOLLOWING THE WEEKEND'S TERROR ATTACK ON LONDON BRIDGE, AS WELL AS BREXIT. THE BBC'S LAURA KUENSSBERG REPORTS. SHE CALLED IT TO WIN IT. BUT IT'S NOT HER CHOICE, IT'S ALL OF OURS. (HECKLER YELLS) A FEW HECKLES AT 5.30, FOLLOWING HER TRAIL, LIKE THE MISSTEPS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. JOLLY PHOTO-OPS AREN'T QUITE HER STYLE, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH JOLLY ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN, WITH SECURITY AND TIGHTER TERROR LAWS ON HER MIND. AT 8 O'CLOCK IN GLASGOW, JEREMY CORBYN ENJOYING HIS TIME IN THE SUN. I'M WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. I SIGNED UP JUST FOR YOU. YET WITH HIS LONG-HELD VIEWS ON SECURITY, LEGIONS OF JEREMY CORBYN'S FANS WANT SOMETHING ELSE. OPPONENTS SAY HIS SUMS DON'T STACK UP. BUT THEY LOVE LABOUR'S MANIFESTO THAT PROMISES MORE BORROWING A MUCH BIGGER STATE. VOTE LABOUR, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, TO HELP THIS COUNTRY. GET OUT THE MUCK THAT WE'RE IN WITH THIS TORY GOVERNMENT, COS THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THE POOR. THE POOR IS SUFFERING IN THIS BLINKING COUNTRY. CAMPAIGNS ARE NOT A CONTEST OF WHO COVERS MORE MILES, MRS AND MR MAY IN THE TORY PLANE TODAY. BIT OF CREDIBILITY, AUTHORITY. FOR THE START OF THIS JOURNEY, SHE SEEMED UNASSAILABLE, NOT ANY MORE. ISN'T IT THE CASE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CALL THIS ELECTION? AND YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO TRUST YOU FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER A CAMPAIGN WHERE, THE SENSE IS, YOU'VE SAID AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. WHAT I HAVE SAID TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE IS TO BE OPEN WITH THEM, ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THIS COUNTRY FACES. BUT ALSO ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY. MY VOTE WOULD BE WITH MRS MAY BECAUSE OF HER EXPERIENCE. I COMPARE THEM AS ONE AS A LOT MORE QUALIFIED, IN MY OPINION, FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW WHICH IS ON OFFER TOMORROW. ELECTIONS ARE NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD POPULARITY CONTESTS. ITS TURN OUT TOMORROW, NOT TONIGHT, THAT REALLY MATTERS. DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S READY TO HELP RESOLVE THE ROW BETWEEN QATAR AND OTHER GULF STATES IN A PHONE CALL WITH QATAR'S LEADER. SIX ARAB NATIONS HAVE SEVERED TIES WITH DOHA, ACCUSING THE STATE OF FUNDING EXTREMISM IN THE REGION, CUTTING OFF BORDERS VIA LAND, SEA AND AIR. SOCIAL MEDIA USERS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES HAVE BEEN WARNED THEY COULD FACE JAIL TIME IF THEY SHOW SYMPATHY TOWARDS QATAR. THE OLDEST FOSSIL REMAINS OF HOMO SAPIENS HAS BEEN FOUND AT A SITE IN MOROCCO. THEY INCLUDE A PART OF A SKULL AND LOWER JAW, WHICH DATE BACK 300,000 YEARS, A HUNDRED YEARS OLDER THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN. STONE TOOLS, ANIMAL BONES AND EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS ALSO FOUND AT THE SAME SITE. RESEARCHERS SAY IT CAPTURES A TIME IN EVOLUTION WHERE FEATURES LOOK LIKE A MODERN HUMAN, BUT THE BRAIN CASE IS ELONGATED, CHARACTERISTIC OF EARLY HUMANS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` HE WAS A REMARKABLE COMEDIAN. STARS AND FANS PAY TRIBUTE TO RONNIE CORBETT AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY. THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS 22-16 DEFEAT AGAINST THE BLUES LAST NIGHT WILL HAVE GIVEN THE ALL BLACKS EVEN MORE CONFIDENCE AHEAD OF THEIR FIRST TEST AGAINST THE VISITORS LATER THIS MONTH. THE SQUAD TO FACE THE LIONS IS BEING NAMED RIGHT NOW AT MT ROSKILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN AUCKLAND. OUR REPORTER LAURA TWYMAN IS THERE TO BRING US THE ANNOUNCEMENT. I am here at Mount Roskill Grammar nd they have just named the 33 man squad hat will play the lines in two weeks time. N uncapped Hurricane's player will have his first game. The Barrett brothers all three will be named. As is Geordie's first match for the all Blacks. Dan Coles who has had concussion issues has been named. We have all the information about who is on the squad and not on our website one news now and on 6 p.M. A UK SPORTS WRITER HAS SLAMMED THE BLUES IN THEIR TRIBUTE HAKA AGAINST THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS LAST NIGHT. IT WAS THIS THROAT SLITTING GESTURE TELEGRAPH'S JAMES CORRIGAN SAYS WAS TASTELESS GIVEN EIGHT PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK. THE HAKA WAS PERFORMED TO WELCOME THE LIONS BUT ALSO A FOND FAREWELL TO RUGBY GREATS JONAH LOMU AND BLUES LOCK KURTIS HAIU. THIS TOUR IS GOING TO BE ANYTHING BUT EASY. SEAN HOGAN REPORTS. (BLUES PERFORM HAKA) A SPECIAL START TO A SPECIAL GAME. A HAKA JUST FOR THE OCCASION. HEE! CLEARLY UP FOR IT, THE AUCKLANDERS MAKING A STATEMENT EARLY ON. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HEADING FROM THE CORNER! AND RIEKO IOANE SCORES! THE FINAL PASS BY DEBUTANT FIRST FIVE STEVEN PEROFETA, THE 20-YEAR-OLD TURNING SAVIOUR MOMENTS LATER, TAKING JARED PAYNE INTO TOUCH. HOWEVER, SUSTAINED ROUTE ONE PRESSURE SAW THE LIONS REWARDED. OVER THE LINE. OVER! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) LUCK SEEMINGLY ON YOUNG PEROFETA'S SIDE, EVEN WHEN THINGS WENT WRONG. AND A PENALTY KICK HAS SMASHED INTO THE UPRIGHTS. ANYONE'S. LUATUA IS AFTER IT! SONNY BILL WILLIAMS! (CROWD ROARS) THE T.M.O. RULING THE LIONS HAD KNOCKED THE BALL BACK AND SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAD SCORED RIGHT ON HALF TIME, THE BLUES AHEAD 12-10. THE TRY IS AWARDED. WITH MOMENTUM INTO THE SECOND HALF, IOANE WAS WITHIN AN INCH OF A DOUBLE, THE LEAD PUSHED OUT TO FIVE. AND REPEAT TACKLES IN THE AIR SAW WINGER RYAN WILLIAMS GET 10 IN THE BIN. TWO PENALTIES, THOUGH, FROM LEIGH HALFPENNY PUT THE REDS IN FRONT BY ONE AND READY FOR THE KILL. ENTER SONNY BILL WILLIAMS. OH, HE'S GOT A SCORCHER AWAY TO THE WEST! WHAT A MAJOR TRY! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE LIONS WITH A LINEOUT RIGHT ON THE BLUES LINE WITH TIME UP, THEIR SOLID SET-PIECE PLAY FALTERING AT THE CRUCIAL MOMENT. AND OUT GOES THE BALL! BLUES WIN! (WHISTLE BLOWS) FOR US HERE, PLAYING A SUPER RUGBY SIDE AND HAVING A REALLY TOUGH GAME, IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT PREP FOR THE TEST MATCHES FOR US, BECAUSE I HONESTLY DON'T BELIEVE THERE'LL BE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THE SUPER RUGBY SIDES AND THE ALL BLACKS, COS THERE'S SO MUCH DEPTH IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS COULD BE A TOUGH TOUR FOR THE TOURISTS. WITH THE CRUSADERS ON SATURDAY, THE PRESSURE ON THIS MAN'S JUST TURNED UP A NOTCH. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. TEAM NEW ZEALAND ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING AND WOULD HAVE BEEN READY TO GO, DESPITE AMERICA'S CUP OFFICIALS POSTPONING THIS MORNING'S RACES DUE TO ROUGH CONDITIONS AND WINDS EXCEEDING THE 24-KNOT LIMIT. IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK AT THE KIWI'S BASE OVERNIGHT AS THE CREW PIECED THE BOAT BACK TOGETHER AFTER YESTERDAY'S SPECTACULAR PITCH POLE. THESE SORT OF THINGS HAPPEN, AND YOU JUST GOTTA REACT TO THEM AND TURN THINGS AROUND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, AND KEEP ON RACING. THE WHOLE TEAM SPRUNG INTO ACTION AND HAD OUR BOAT GOOD TO GO. NOW WE HAVE A BIT MORE TIME UP OUR SLEEVE. IT'S A GOOD THING. TODAY'S POSTPONEMENT MEANS THE KIWIS HAVE AN EXTRA 24 HOURS BEFORE GETTING BACK ON THE WATER TO RACE THE BRITS AGAIN. THEY'RE 3-1 UP IN THE FIRST TO FIVE SERIES. NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS BOMBED OUT OF THE FRENCH OPEN QUARTER FINALS. THE DEFENDING CHAMPION WENT DOWN TO DOMINIC THIEM (23) IN STRAIGHT SETS, THE LAST ONE AN EMBARRASSING SIX LOVE. A DISAPPOINTING FINISH FOR THE WORLD NUMBER TWO, COMPETING AT HIS FIRST TOURNAMENT WITH TENNIS GREAT ANDRE AGASSI AS HIS COACH. DON'T PUT ANDRE IN THE MIDST OF THIS. THIS FINAL SET, OF COURSE, THAT'S ALL ME. AND SEVERAL TIMES WHEN YOU GUYS ASK ME ABOUT HIS INFLUENCE AND IMPACT IN MY GAME, IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME. THIEM HEADS INTO HIS SECOND STRAIGHT ROLAND GARROS SEMI FINAL, FACING NINE-TIME WINNER RAFAEL NADAL. AND ANDY MURRAY HAS ALSO BOOKED HIMSELF A SEMI FINAL SPOT, BEATING KEI NISHIKORI IN FOUR SETS. THE UNBEATEN SOUTHERN STEEL SURVIVED A SCARE IN DUNEDIN LAST NIGHT AS THE MYSTICS GAVE THEM THEIR TOUGHEST CHALLENGE OF THE DOMESTIC NETBALL COMPETITION. THE NORTHERNERS LEVELLED THE SCORES WITH SIX SECONDS ON THE CLOCK, BUT THE STEEL KEPT THEIR COOL. SHARPSHOOTER JHANIELE FOWLER READ COMING UP WITH THE WINNER. MY GOODNESS, THE SOUTHERN STEEL HAVE PREVAILED. THE CROWD ARE ON THEIR FEET AND QUITE RIGHTLY SO. FINAL SCORE 68-67. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY A BEAUTIFUL CRISP DAY FOR MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. YOUR WEATHERS NEXT. AND A SPECIAL FAREWELL FOR A WELL LOVED ENTERTAINER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. RECAPPING THE ALL BLACKS SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT. ALL THREE BARRETT BROTHERS, BEAUDEN, SCOTT AND NOW JORDY HAVE BEEN NAMED. FORMER WARRIOR NGANI LAUMAPE IS THE SHOCK SELECTION. A STATEMENT FROM FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY HAS BEEN RELEASED, DETAILING HIS MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT, AHEAD OF HIS TESTIMONY TO A SENATE COMMITTEE TONIGHT. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND FINALLY TODAY, STARS FROM THE WORLD OF COMEDY AND TELEVISION HAVE GATHERED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN LONDON TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF RONNIE CORBETT. THE COMEDIAN, BEST KNOWN AS ONE HALF OF THE TWO RONNIES, DIED LAST YEAR AT THE AGE OF 85. THE BBC'S DAVID SILLITO WAS AT THE MEMORIAL. WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF RONNIE CORBETT. NAME ` RONALD GOLIATH CORBETT. (LAUGHTER) WESTMINSTER ABBEY IS A PLACE FOR SOLEMN STATE OCCASIONS. TODAY, THOUGH, IT WAS ANYTHING BUT. THIS WAS A CELEBRATION OF A LIFETIME OF LAUGHTER. IT'S A MEMORIAL, BUT I MIGHT START LAUGHING IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, AND I WILL NOT APOLOGISE. (CHUCKLES) # HAPPY FEET. WE GOT THOSE HAPPY FEET. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LAUGHING, AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO ARE CRYING. AND MY MEMORY IS JUST LAUGHS. # LOOK AT CLAUDE. IT'S SO ABSURD. THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM THE DAYS OF CABARET, THE FROST REPORT, THE TWO RONNIES ` 60 YEARS OF SHOW BUSINESS MEMORIES. AND INSIDE, A CERTAIN EASY CHAIR, AND BEHIND IT, A VERY SPECIFIC NUMBER OF CANDLES. FOUR CANDLES. NO, FOUR CANDLES. WELL, THERE YOU ARE, FOUR CANDLES. NO, FORK HANDLES. HANDLES FOR FORKS. BECOMING FRIENDS WITH THIS REMARKABLE MAN, THAT I'D ADMIRED FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, WAS TRULY ONE OF THE GREAT PLEASURES OF MY LIFE. AND WE'D TALK ON THE PHONE. I STILL HAVE MANY, (SIGHS, CHUCKLES) SORRY. I STILL HAVE MANY OF HIS ANSWER-PHONE MESSAGES. IT WAS THE FINAL GOODBYE FROM THEM, GOODBYE FROM HIM. AND A WALK PAST THE ONE EMPTY SEAT. AND BEFORE WE GO LET'S LOOK ONE MORE TIME AT THE JUST ANNOUNCED 33- MAN ALL BLACKS SQUAD TO FACE THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS. THANKS FOR WATCHING. 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