the technological society as far as he was concerned. he had a higher purpose, and they were immaterial to him. a surprise attack on a northern iraqi town raises questions about isis strategy going forward. third time's not a charm. why mitt romney declined the chance to run for u.s. president again. and with one day until kickoff for the super bowl a look at nfl quarterback tom brady's uncanny ability to shake off controversy. you're watching cnn live coverage. thank you for joining us. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm natalie allen. we want to begin in iraq where kurdish forces have regained control of a key building in the northern city of sir kuck. isis fighters attacked a

makeshift police headquarters friday. analysts say it could be part of an isis offensive to take over more oil facilities or just a diversionary tactic. senior international correspondence fred flight again explains. >> reporter: these are the sounds residents of kirkuk woke up to this morning, heavy gunfire around this former hotel now used as a base by the local police. . the lis say militants raided the building and put snipers on the roof while consideredish peshmerga fighters fired back. kurdish forces moved in and retook the building. the militants detonated a car bomb this general says. about three terrors who stormed into the hotel started firing at our troops. after a period of time our forces are able to kill two and wound another. the military operation ended, the situation is now stable.

the seen was possibly part of a larger isis assault on kirkuk. in the morning hours the extremist group invaded an area southwest of the city. this video from a news agency shows the battle that killed five peshmerga fighters. well-known general shah wanny seen her speaking to our senior correspondent arwa damon last year was among those killed today. isis released these photos showing areas it claims to have captured from the kurds. cnn cannot independently verify their authenticity. kirkuk is a major oil producing region in iraq. there's a long-standing dispute between the kurds and the central government for control of the area and its natural resources. the isis assault comes as the militants are increasingly under pressure. after sweeping much of western iraq last year beating back the iraqi army and attacking kurdish areas, the kurds have recently won back a significant amount of

territory helped by coalition air strikes. >> charli winter of the equilibrium foundation a counter-terrorism think tank believes today's attack may have been an attempt by isis to prevent the kurds from launching an sult on mo suf, iraq's second largest city. >> there is a chance this today's attack on kirkuk could be something to try to draw the peshmerga away because if mosul false, is the is lallic state will be in trouble. >> the attacks on kirkuk show the terror group still has a lot of firepower and still capable of launching large attacks on forces allied with the west. cnn, london. >> there's still no fate on the fate of a japanese journalist and a pilot being held by isis. the group threatened to kill the pilot unless jordan released a female terrorist by thursday. but that deadline has come and gone. phil black is following

developments on this isis front and he joins us live from turkey right now. phil? >> natalie, that prisoner exchange demanded by isis was to have taken place somewhere near here in southern turkey along the border with syria where isis has demanded that jordanian authorities presents the failed suicide bomber saijida al risch shah which in order to spare the lives of kenji goto and the air force pilot. that didn't happen. that deadline was set for sunset thursday evening. jordanian authorities demanded in return before they could proceed with such a swap they would have to receive proof of life evidence of some sort that showed their pilot was safe well and healthy. they say they did not receive that and so were unwilling to proceed or unable to proceed with that prisoner exchange despite what they said was their

willingness to do. all that has followed from isis has been an ominous silence that has caused enormous anxiety in jordan among the people and the government in japan, as well as we wait to hear whether or not isis has indeed followed through with its threat to kill these two men, given that that deadline was not met and they did not receive the prisoner that they had demanded. natalie? >> so the when you say ominous silence, does that mean there's not any quiet negotiation still going perhaps among the terror group and these two countries? >> reporter: well, the jordanian authorities say they're doing everything they possibly can still to secure the release of their pilot and work to help secure the freedom and safety of the japanese journalist, as well. that presumably points to some sort of back channeling some sort of soft talking behind the scenes but publicly and

remember that is how isis has done much of its negotiation through videos released online there has been nothing. they made the threat those twos men would be killed if the deadline wasn't met at sunset on thursday. we know it wasn't met. from isis we've heard nothing publicly since then. >> and one more question. the jordanian pilot, since those initial pictures were released when they caught him after his airplane crashed, has have they given proof of life in this time up until this point when jordan requested it for this exchange? >> no, he hasn't been seen since. there were initial images when he ejected from his f-16 over northern syria late last year. was captured. we saw images released at that time but since then nothing, and that perhaps is the reason jordan is perhaps a little concerned about his safety

whether or not he is still alive. there is still a question mark there. there could be an element of jordan perhaps trying to call isis's bluff on this 0 to some degree. it is a bedeparture from regular isis behavior certainly in recent months when demanding or threatening the life of a hostage. we've seen those very disturbing videos of hostages often on their knees wearing orange jump suits and so forth with isis members standing next to them making the threat to their life. with this particular hostage, nothing like that has been seen. there has been the spoken word threat and audio threat if you like over an online video that this man's life would be forfeited in had the event authorities do not keep up their end of the demands made by isis natalie. >> all right. so many -- two countries and many people in the world watching this wait out this ominous silence as you put it.

phil black for us on the border in turkey. the paris gunman who killed four hostages in that kosher market earlier this month apparently recorded his deadly attack on a digital video camera. sources close to the investigation tell french media that cool i bali recorded seven minutes of video during his standoff with police that purportedly includes footage of three of four victims being murdered by him. sources also say he sent out images of the attack before police killed him. that is raising concerns the foot and may surface online at some point. a battle in eastern ukraine is forcing civilians to hideout in bunkers for safety. those are explosions heard around a city northeast of donetsk called debaltseve.

both the pro-russian separates and mist want to control the area. ukrainian officials say separatists fired countless rockets at the city killing and wounding many people. the conflict has escalated in the past week. separatists claim 12 people were killed friday in donetsk. one woman who found her husband dead was absolutely distraught after the shelling in donetsk. senior international correspondence nick paton walsh talked with her and has first pictures of what was left behind after this attack. we want to warn you, this video is disturbing. >> reporter: in the mist, the shells are edging nearer the city center. one hit here meters away from dozens queueing for a food happenedout. four under sheets. families disdestroyed in the blink of an eye. one man simply at the wheel of

his car. irina has seen her husband sergei. >> translator: sergei is my husband's name she says. please give me a telephone number to enlist. i call. i'll go. i'll fight. i don't have any reason to live. i don't want to live. i want vengeance for my own. sergei used to joke if something awful happened to him here he wanted to be blown apart. and i used to say if something happened to him, i'd go and fight for him. it's shocking scenes of random civilian death liking this which many local residents will surely blame upon the ukrainian army that increasingly tear phi the

population here and make the job of those in minsk trying to negotiate a settlement to this war increasingly fraught. those peace talks barely got under way given this backdrop. two more dead seen at the nearby tram stop. that morning, donetsk had still been dealing with injured from the last big strike. julia is 22. after a shell hit a bus stop last week she has neither a right hand or left leg. politicians and media are here. she is very publicly being sent to russia for help. pavel leans in. don't give up he says. i'll write every day. she is i'll be with you all the way? i'll ride back with my left hand if i can. he replies, you'll learn very fast.

>> more anesthetic her grandmother only here her mother dead. the journey alone. such unknown ahead for a police office manager who now can't walk or type in russia alone. we're on the blockade here he says. we will by russian food if we don't have enough money, we'll print our own. >> so many motivations swirling around here. russia is helping her, but also backing the separatists who seized the city. so many who didn't want this war or the same ruin by it. nick paton walsh, cnn.

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well, ending weeks of speculation, former u.s. presidential candidate mitt romney announced friday on a conference call with supporters he will not run for the republican nomination for president. we have the details how this will affect the republican field for 2016. >> all the signs were pointing to a go. >> you may have heard that i'm thinking of running for president again foo but today mitt romney gave his answer no. >> i've decided it's best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee. >> the news was a bit of a surprise. the two-time candidate had been weighing a third run for weeks, reaching out to donors and supporters even making campaign style stops. >> is this the new romney now? >> i didn't know the i had a choice. >> but he was met with some grumbling within his party. >> it can't be mitt because mitt ran and failed. >> some republicans expressing

doubts about his chances. romney today insisted that it's not that he didn't thinket could win. >> i do not want to make it more difficult for someone else to emerge who may have a better chance of becoming that president. >> publicly republicans who may have competed with him for the nomination reacted with well wishes but privately, this now sets off a furious race for them to nab romney's supporters donors and staffers. >> one less good person to choose from the way i look at it mitt romney's got a lot to the offer the country and the republican party. but there are other people out there, too. i want to try to be one of those. >> au factored that play into their own decision about whether to run. in washington. >> now to mexico city where a gas truck driver antoine assistants have been arrested after a deadly explosion that collapsed most of a maternity hospital thursday morning. the blast killed at least three. that's including two newborn babies and injured dozens more. it also killed a nurse.

two of the men in custody are currently being treated in a hospital. they were injured, as well. officials say a hose from the truck burst minutes before the blast. the u.s. state of ohio is delaying the executions of seven death row inmates this year. the state is looking for an adequate supply of drugs to use in its new lethal injections protocol. this after a combination of drugs used last january caused one inmate to suffer for about ten minutes before he died according to witnesses. many u.s. states have been forced to find new drugs after european manufacturers band the use of their drugs for executions. the number much measles infections in. the u.s. state of california jumped dramatically over the last week. there are now 91 confirmed cases ofmacials in california a 54% increase from nine days ago during this current outbreak. more than half of those cases

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the murder trial for former nef

player aaron hernandez has ended for the weekend. the second day of testimony had emotions running high in the courtroom and it ended with the judge giving a warning to jurors about the super bowl. cnn's susan candiotti has that. >> aaron hernandez's defense team comes out swinging in opening statements this week. asking why, why was such a promising outened saing young athlete kill his buddy odin lloyd? >> why would he kill his friend odin lloyd? had the world at his feet. aaron hernandez was planning a future not a murder. >> yet, testimony from shah kneeia jenkins, odin lloyd's girlfriend who is also the sister of hernandez's fiancee a appears to question how close hernandez and lloyd really were. jenkins told the jury lloyd only knew hernandez about a year the

beginning stages of a friendship. that they smoked marijuana together that lloyd sometimes made joints for the football player as seen in this photo. cnn first showed it in its special report downward spiral. >> he showed me a picture of a bunch of them rolled up and stacked on his phone. >> okay. and when was that in relation to his death? >> right before sometime. >> for the second time in as many days emotion in the courtroom. jenkins wiping away tears and lloyd's mother leaves crying when photos of lloyd's body with gunshots are shown. and on this super bowl weekend, a reprieve for the jury. the judge telling them to enjoy watching the super bowl. but warning them to steer clear of any possible mention of aaron hernandez. and away he won't be able to watch his former teammates play

in the big game because the jail where he's staying bans television for high security inmates. >> susan candiotti reporting for us. on friday we heard a sober tone from nfl commissioner roger goodell at his state of the league news briefing facing a flurry of pointed questions from reporters including whether he could envision a scenario he would resign. this after a year where he was criticized for his handling of domestic violence cases among players and the recent controversy over deflated footballs. >> this is my job. this is my responsibility to protect the integrity of the game. i represent 32 teams. all of us want to make sure that the rules are being followed. and if we have any information where the potential is those rules were violated i have to pursue that. and i have to pursue that

aggressively. >> okay. so we've covered the controversies, alleged scandals. now let's get to the big subject. what will be the weather for the game? derek van dam joins us now with his giant cactus and little stadium. i love that little graphic you made. >> fortunately, the stadium in phoenix has got a retractable roof. otherwise they might have some problems. just a couple of weather stats for you and everybody listening and watching at home. we haved a third of super bowls played in the past with rain on the day of the event. we've also had only two super bowls with snow on the day of the event. we've only had the warmest kickoff of 82 degrees fahrenheit. the coldest kickoff was at 16 degrees fahrenheit. let's find out if we fall in between any of those categories. stadium with the retractable roof won't be needed because the

wet weather near phoenix subside just in time for game day. temperatures will be well above or we below any of those record setting kickoff temperatures. 69 degrees and partly sunny for the big game day forecast. we have other weather across the united states. other things to discuss. that is a departing storm system that's brought some nice snowfall to the new england coast. here's a look at some of that snow in portland maine. in fact it's a beautiful sight to see but tricky travel conditions on the roadways. they've received upwards of a foot of in some locations, even localizeded higher amounts. the snow is slowly starting to come to an end across ta region. we'll focus our attention on yet another storm, believe it or not. in the meantime, winter storm warnings across all ofmen and parts of new hampshire. on top of that strong gusty winds. storm after storm across this

part of the united states. any of that snowfall that has fallen on the ground will be drifting right over the bridges, overpasses and some roads regardless of the plows going through. we'll watch out for rough travel conditions across this area. current temperatures very cold when you factor in the wind around zero degrees. there's the departing storm on our radar. now we focus across the southwest. phoenix has had a significant amount of rain. they definitely need it but it's going to dry out again just in time for super bowl sunday. here's the next storm system causing winter storm watches across the midwest. that is all thanks to this moisture forming across the four corners of the united states. >> thank you, derek. can't believe this is one day away. coming up here an iraqi woman on death row in jordan at the center of the latest isis hostage controversy. her name sajida al rishawi.

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welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. you're watching cnn live coverage. i'm natalie allen. pro-russian separatists say theying killed at least 12 people on friday in donetsk. a cnn crew wasn't able to verify that number but did see seven bodies. until now, fighting between ukrainian military and separatists had been on the outskirts and not in the city center. it hit people lining up to get free food. isis is making the push into

the oil rich iraqi city of kirkuk. the militants attacked a makeshift police head quarter ofs friday at the city center but kurdish forces managed to regain control of the building later in the day. a top kurdish commander was killed in fighting outside the city. no word on the fate of a japanese journalist and jordanian pilot being held by isis. jordan says it has not received proof its pilot is still alive and it won't meet it the group's demand to release the convicted terrorist seen in the middle of your screen, sajida al risch shah which till it gets the proof of life. before this week hardly anyone. iraq paid attention to sajida al risch shah which. now she's become a key bargaining chip in the war with isis. the question is why. here's cnn's brian todd. >> one isis supporter calls her

an imprisoned sister. now this woman seen in a suicide vest is at the center of intense negotiations between isis and one of america's closest allies. >> this female suicide bomber becomes something that captured the imagination. there is shock and au. >> the group wants them to exchange risch shah which for their hostage. jordan wants their pilot back isis is engaging in psychological warfare all swirling around this woman who till this moment had been largely forgotten for nine years, languishing in a jordanian prison. november 2005. saijida al rishawi and her husband are part of a band of suicide bombers who attack three hotels. by all accounts she had little or no romantic connection to her husband. they married days before to make it easier for them to sneak into

a wedding celebration in amen. in a televisioned confession she described the mission. >> there was a wedding in the hotel. there were women and children. my husband executed and detonated his belt. tried to detonate mine but failed. >> she was later captured. her husband and cohorts killed nearly 60 people in three locations. saijida had reportedly been motivated purely by revenge. >> one of her eldest brothers was given charge of some part of the region and that her first husband was also a part of al qaeda and two other brothers were killed all killed by americans in the operations in iraq. >> one of her brothers kid was a top of 0 lieutenant to al zar zarqawi he might have been close

to the current leader of isis. with its deep connection to rishawi, what would isis do with her if brought back into the fold. >> i don't think they need her as a leader. there's no evidence she has leadership qualities. she's a propaganda piece. you put her in front of the camera and she says the right things and praises isis even nine years later for never forgetting about her. >> he says saijida has given isis something it's desperately craved. equal footing in negotiations with a top u.s. ally. she gives them some legitimacy as a state even if only temporarily. brian todd. >> greece's new anti-austerity government says it will not cooperate with the group responsible for policing greece's bailout.

they are hated by many greeks. the finance minister welcomed the europe group president to athens on friday. the new government wants to write off part of the country's enormous debt a move european finance ministers are not comfortable with. things got tense as both men offered their views about the next steps for greece. >> i realize the greek people have gone through a lot. for the past few years and had to endure many tough measures. however, a lot of the progress has been made. putting greece back on track and it is in my mind important not to lose this progress. >> translator: our government will proceed. seek the you the moat cooperation with the leading institutions of the europe zone and the international monetary fund. with the troika commit which aims at implementing a program, with this committee which according to the europe wan parliament is poorly structured

we do not aim to work with. >> the french prime minister insists greece must stay in the europe zone and taenz must keep kit end of the bailout bargain. greece cannot leave the single currency. >> greece also remain must remain in the eurozone. the new greek prime minister said it must not be otherwise. we must help greek emerge from this crisis. at the same time that's how the it works in the european union. greece must respect commits. >> on thursday french officials said they could be given more time to pay its debt but that it would not be written off. wall street had a craving for burgers on friday as the upscale burger boutique shake shack -- debuted on the new york

stock exchange. the company ended its first day of trading 120% higher than its ipo price. money correspondent christina an lesh shi says now makes the company worth nearly $1.7 billion. that's a lot of burgers. >> investors were hungry for shake shack. shares surged 135 in its debut on the exchange. it's an incredible performance but not a surprise because demand was high for the new york based pittsburgh burger chain throughout the say process. the company increased the price range during the road show. it had started out at 14 to $16 a share, went to 167 to $19 but before finally pricing at $21 a share. today it popped up as much as $50. at those prices the company is worth about $1.7 billion. it's a huge valuation for a chain with just 63 locations.

shake shacking will having to keep expanding to justify that that high price tag. now, the company in that ha topic is planning ten new locations this year in the u.s. alone. lease a major push internationally. it already operates in london moscow kuwait and turkey. netting fell in the first nine months of 2014 in part due to the cost of opening up those new locations. here's another risk. there's also abundant competition at the high end of the fast food market. five guys burger bear burger in and out, habit wit also went public last november and voted the best tasting burger by consumer reports magazine. >> burgers certainly not on the way out here in the united states. well we are learning more about the victim of a deadly hit and

run in southern california that led to the arrest of former rap mogul suge knight. 55-year-old terry carter was a former rap label owner. a friend tells us carter was also a father figure to youth on los angeles streets. randi kaye has details on knight's arrests and past run-ins with police. >> did suge knight stalk two men with his red pickup truck, and intentionally drive over them? authorities say yes not once but twice. >> it looks like he drove backwards and struck the victims and you can have them again as he left. >> an argument alledgedly broke out on the set of a movie about nwa. witnesses say the confrontation later spilled over into the, paing lot of a nearby restaurant. >> suge knight turned around and got in his car and ran terry

carter drive forward. >> 55-year-old terry carter was killed. 51-year-old actor klee sloan is recovering. knight's lawyers told carter was trying to break up the fight between knight and the others when he was killed. knight's red pickup truck was later found abandoned in bestwood. told the l.a. teams that knight had no idea he would run anyone over that there was no damage to his car. the lawyer says knight was heart broken after learning his friend was dead. >> there are witnesses that indicate mr. knight was being attacked by a number of men. they were beating him through the car window that he was making an effort to leave and tragically two individuals were run over and one expired. >> his lawyer says knight feared for his life. police have a different take. >> so far the people say it

looked like an it was an intentional act. >> early friday knight turned himself in casually puffing on a cigar as he made his way inside. detectives arrested him on suspicion of murder setting bail at $2 million. suge knight founded def row records in 1991. this isn't the first time he's been behind bars. he spent several years in prison for violating his parole. in 1996 he was driving a car when his passenger rapper to you back shakur was shot at a stoplight in las vegas. >> there's more. back in 2005 knight was shot in the leg honoring kanye west in miami. that's 9 on the stretcher. last august august knight was shot inside a west hollywood club where chris brown was

hosting a vma party. this time his lawyer is confidence he'll avoid any more trouble. telling reporters the rap mo dull should be cleared sometime next week. randi kaye cnn. >> a spanish nan claims he had a private meeting with pope francis. he says the face to face chat has changed his life and the attitudes of many church goers. we'll tell you more about his thoughts and reflections on this chat when we come back

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a transgender man in spain is making a surprising claim. he says he had a personal meeting with pope francis after making an appeal for acceptance. here's al goodman with the story from spain. >> has pope francis taken another step to push for tolerance in the catholic church? yes, says diego, a transgender man who says he had a private audience with the pope in late january. he was born as a girl in spain and raised as a devout catholic. but after his sex change operation eight years ago, many people scorned him in church here in placentia. he stayed away from mass. >> translator: i've never lost faith ever he says. but the other thing is the rejection. seeking answers he wrote to the pope last year and says his

local bishop helped get the letter noticed. next came two phone calls from pope francis and a discreet audience on a saturday evening at the papal residence. vatican spokesman and the local he spanish bishop's office pointedly refused to confirm or deny the meeting insisting the pope's agenda is private. this man loves the whole world, he says. i think there's not in his head in his way of thinking discrimination against anyone. i'm speaking about him, not the institution. but church doctrine says sex change procedures do not change the person. >> diego doesn't expect changes overnight. but if this pope has a long life which all of his fellowers hope he says i think things will change. he's already seen a change at home. just the fact that you've met

the holy father without knowing what was said people now seem to look at you in a different way. al goodman, cnn, placentia, spain. >> now we want to show you some remarkable video of a guy that went out for just a little climb. just happened top climb niagara falls. it was a big climb. this is ice climberer will gad making history. numerous daredevils have tried to ride down parts of niagara falls. well, he's the first person to clij up them with a wall of water rushing down right next to him. the channel climber used only ice hooks to scale the 45 meter section. you know it wasn't enough that he did it once. it wasn't enough that he got up twice. yes, he did it three times. took about an hour each trip. would you look at that.

and as we continue to watch this we want to bring in our meteorologist derek van dam. he's done a little ice climbing of his own. just looking at that we know it's extremely hazardous and difficult. it's even more than we can imagine. >> not for the fainthearted because the of the water fowl, it's rushing water. you don't allow for the water molecules to actually freeze. what you're working with is a she the of ice over the front edge of the water fall and behind it, you have actual liquids. it's not a very sturdy platform. it doesn't make much to have one of those large pieces of ice fall off as you're climbing. extremely dangerous into you knew by personal experience into this is actually your favorite weatherman climbing frozen water falls in northern michigan. there's twaels an ice claiming festival that takes place in the upper peninsula of michigan in the united states on a yearly

basis around february. this is one of my excursions. you can see the ice picks we use. actually go up and down these frozen water falls. when dhel dangerous because it doesn't make much for one of those to fall and hit you in the face. i've got firsthand experience on that one. let's talk about another part of the world where there probably is likely some frozen water falls because it's been so cold. very winter like across europe at the moment. that's going to continue a very active weather pattern. just low pressure after low pressure sending rain very cold rain to the mediterranean. but snow and much of the united kingdom. you can see the large counterclockwise rotation indicating our local pressure system is settling across the region. gusty winds across the uk stretching into the netherlands and parts of france as well as

germany. this has caused a few travel delays. double-check your flight flying in or out of dublin today. flight delays possible with the system moving through. busy radar across the jeej. move across london earlier this morning. and it's still possible we experience a few flurries throughout the course of the day. look at there wonderful sighting in belfast, the horses even have to deal with the fresh fallen snow. if you're a skier or snow boarder, the pyrenees mountain between spain and france that's where you want to be. upwards of 20 to 30 meters. that's a foot of snow. so fresh snow expected there. a light dusting still possible across parts of the uk especially over the north. possibility of stronger storms today and into early sunday morning for sovereigntily and

the coast of croatia stretching into montenegro. temperatures over west right where they should be. temperatures above average for the eastern half. >> would you go ice climbing with me? >> come on. >> i don't think so. >> next time. >> next time. >> i'll think about it. all right. i would play a little football with you, derek. he's known as one of the best quarterbacks to play at game. next we take a look at how deflitted footballs could deflate the legacy you have tom taup brady.

again we're one day away from the super bowl and one of the quarterbacks performing in the game tom brady, went from the bottom of the nfl draft to become a league mvp and super bowl champ. but his squeaky clean image is now in jeopardy after accusations of cheating and a possible role in the deflated football scandal. cnn's kyung lah looks at the private tom brady. >> deflate gate still grabbing headlines. >> and sucking up all the oxygen on sports radio. >> i believe none of what he said. >> i'd rather leave those questions to the person who did it tom brady. >> tom brady from the echo chamber for all the wrong reasons. >> i think you're pretending to know a lot less than you actually do. >> what!

>> is the patriots quarterback a cheater or the sneaky qup ballpark keds love. tom brady being asked that himself. >> is tom brady a an cheater? >> i don't believe. >> the very accusation challenges the career long image. on his facebook page he posted pictures of the goofy boy who prepared this resume for a nonfootball job just in case he wasn't drafted. he was deep in the sixth round. no one knew his name till a sudden injury struck dlu blue so leigh steinberg remembers that moment clear will you because he was bledsoe's an -- >> i think it surprised everyone. you don't expect a sixth round draft pick to come in and become the dominant quarterback of his time. >> he's defied expectations

since. what will be his sixth super bowl appearance. >> you only get so many time-outs. >> in the commercial world, taking on very few sponsors a deliberate snub of potentiallily millions of dollars, part of an image tightly managed and controlled. his one image to that he dated bridge jet moynihan. they split when he was pregnant. >> brady was already dating giselle bundchen a public mess quickly forgive by female and male sports fans. >> the fact he married the highest model in the world, good for him. >> spy gate soon followed. the nfl fined the patriots for cheating videotaping signals from opponents. >> how did tom brady come out of spy gate? >> untarnished? he doesn't scout the signals.

he doesn't make those decisions. he's been teflon coated. movie star handsome. rarely makes an offensive statement into people are talking about him as a cheater. >> americans don't like cheaters. if one person in the world has a real chance to have people believe him, that's tom brady. >> as a 37-year-old brady looks to a weekend that may be his last super bowl he hopes to win not just the game but solidify his reputation and legacy. kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. thank you for watching this hour. i'm flatly allen. more news after this.

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