corruption trial, we heard he realized for the first time that he was in big legal trouble. on december 4th, 2008, five days before he was arrested, b-rod spokesman called to tell him that federal prosecutors had been recording him and that a former aide is cooperating with the investigation. and that the "chicago tribune" would be running the story on the whole mess in the next day's newspaper. here's b-rod's reaction in realtime. >> i assume we're not going to anything but i wanted you to know. >> they have recordings of me and wyma's cooperating with the feds? who said that? in the tribune tomorrow? >> correct. >>. >> recordings of me? >> correct. >> wow, must be something to know that the good guys are closing in.