perhaps this is because confronting the problem of violence forces us to confront the most serious defects in our society. president trump gives a wide ranging interview signaling once again that his top intelligence chiefs may not be right all the time. >> it's a dream coming here. and it's amazing how the dream's coming true. >> catholics in abu dhabi are very, very happy as the pope makes his first trip ever to the uae. plus the patriots do it yet again. tom brady and his team are super bowl champions not for the fourth, not for the fifth time but for a stunning sixth time. we were live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta where the super bowl was played. we want to welcome our viewers joining us in the united states

and all around the world. i'm cyril vanier. >> we had fun. i'm natalie allen, and this is "cnn newsroom." thanks again for joining us. our top story if isis returns, so will the united states. that is the word from president trump about the future of syria. >> in an interview with cbs on sunday the president says he knows a troop withdrawal would cause a power vacuum, but says the military is ready for it. >> you could in that vacuum see a resurgence of isis. >> we'll come back if we have to. we can come back very quickly and i'm not leaving -- >> all of this comes ahead of tuesday's "state of the union" address which will likely include mr. trump's plans for the southern u.s. border.

here's cnn boris sanchez with more. >> reporter: on sunday afternoon the pentagon confirmed something cnn had previously reported out last week, that the white house is prepared to deploy some 3,500 troops at the border with mexico to help customs and border agents that were stationed there. the pentagon on sunday made the official number closer to 3,750. that would lead to a total of some 4,300 troops on the border with mexico. it does lead to more questions about what else president trump might do to bypass congress and install his vision of border security along the u.s. border with mexico. the president has been frustrated by negotiations with democrats. during an interview with cbs over the weekend he effectively

said negotiating with democrats was a waste of time, and he called out house speaker nancy pelosi saying she was bad for the country. listen to this. >> well, i think that she was very rigid, which i would expect, but i think she's very bad for our country. she knows that you need a barrier. she knows we need border security. she wanted to win a political point. i happen to think it's very bad politics because basically she wants open borders. she doesn't mind human trafficking or she wouldn't do this -- >> she offered over a billion dollars for border security. she doesn't want the wall. >> she's costing the country hundreds of billions of dollars because what's happening is when you have a porous border and you have drugs pouring in and people dying all over the country because of people like nancy pelosi who don't want to give proper border security for political reasons, she's doing a terrible disservice to our country. >> a spokesperson for the house speaker shot back at president trump saying he was reckless

during the first government shutdown and suggesting he'd been dishonest in misrepresenting and mischaracterizing where democrats stand on the issue of border security and immigration. we should point out cnn did see a preview of what the president would be saying tuesday night during his "state of the union" address. there was no indication he would be declaring a national emergency during his speech. instead a white house official suggested that the president would try to have some unifying words for the country, using the occasion to provide a path forward for the nation following that record breaking divisive government shutdown. boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president in west palm beach, florida. >> let's talk about the "state of the union" with steve earlinger. he joins us from brussels. always good to see you. we just heard from boris sanchez right there that perhaps the president will not use the "state of the union" to declare some sort of border emergency. the question, though, will the

wall still be front and center? >> well, he's made it an issue. but the problem is he's not going to get it. i think -- you have a democratic house, the mueller investigation coming to a close. but the wall is not going to happen, so he can talk about it. he can say extraordinarily nasty things about nancy pelosi, that she's in favor of open walls -- but he's got to figure out what

to do. he's not going to declare a national emergency, so he has to reach out to the democrats to find some kind of compromise. i suspect they're willing to go the distance -- >> all right, steven. thank you. wanted to ask you a couple more questions but we're having a bit of trouble with your audio so we'll get back to you. >> sorry about that. >> that's all right. bombarded by calls to resign, losing support from his own team. on sunday ralph northam held a meeting with top administration officials of color. sources say none of them told him to stay in office and fight. >> northam faces pressure after this racist photo in his medical school yearbook went public. other close political allies say it's time to call it quits. >> i know you've called for his

resignation. is there anything he can do that would somehow convince you to give him more time in office? >> no, and i consider ralph a friend. we were elected to the state senate at the same time. but, look, he's lost the authority to lead. he's lost the authority to govern. he has to resign. it's in the best interest of the commonwealth. it's in the best interest of the party. >> at this stage it is not clear what's in ralph northam's political future. even his stories are changing. >> first of course he apologized and said he was in the photo. now he says he wasn't. for more about it here's jessica dean. >> reporter: new reporting here in richmond, virginia, where a source with direct knowledge of the governor's thinking with all of this is telling cnn as of now the governor's thinking has not changed. governor northam has no plans to resign. in fact, that press conference

that was scheduled and held over the weekend was there as a platform for the governor to explain the photo and that it was supposed to be a forum for people to understand the governor and hopefully the governor was thinking it would give him time to kind of think through what his next steps might be. we're told the governor is evaluating things minute by minute, day by day. but right now the only reason that the governor would resign was if he was not able to govern effectively. and currently he does not believe that is the case. now, the legislator is scheduled to meet on monday here in richmond, and it will be interesting to see if anyone brings this up. right now no talk from anyone officially, publicly about any sort of removal from office. but, again, we'll see what the days bring. in richmond, jessica dean, cnn. >> all right, we're going to go back to steven erlinger. you were talking about nancy pelosi and president trump has continued to according to the

democrats and her spokesman mischaract mischaracterize their stance on the border. is there a case that he is making to the american that there is an emergency as far as making it to the american people beyond his base? well, he's certainly trying. i mean, what he's arguing is drugs are pouring across the border and people are pouring across the border. some drugs of course come across the border and some people come across the border but the numbers are actually done. partly they're done because his justice department and homeland security are being tough when people are in the country. you know, i'm not on the border but as an emergency compared to other times in the past, i don't see it. but it's become a big thing for him. politically it's symbolic for him. as we all know, most people who are illegal immigrants fly in on legitimate visas and overstay

their visas. that's the biggest problem. it's not the border. but for trump it's a big symbolic thing. for him to say that the democrats have no interest in border security is just playing politics. he knows it's unfair, they know it's unfair. maybe the american people also know it's unfair. but this is the way politics are being played now in washington. people exaggerate lots of things to make points. >> right, and people need to do their best to sort out truth from friction. let's talk about the global issues the president is likely to address because he talked about it with cbs. he maintains iran is cheating although the intelligence chiefs just said this week they don't believe they are. and then of course there's syria. he also said he could send troops right back if there is a power vacuum there. how might the reaction be in the region to that?

>> well, you know, the announcement that he was going to withdraw troops quickly from syria was considered destabilizing i destabilizing. it annoyed our allies who are after all with us in the fight against isis, and it created a fuss that he's then pulled back from. so he did listen to his intelligence people and to his military people, and he slowed down this withdrawal. i'm not sure it's going to actually happen fully because isis is not defeated, as he says that it is. it is in trouble, but it is spreading in different ways. it's turning into more of a guerilla movement. and also if americans pull out completely from syria it does create problems for iraq, for turkey, for the kurds, for lots of our allies. so i think what you're hearing

from him is a slowing down of the process and an effort to reassure his allies -- our allies in the region that america will not cut and run. >> and we also heard from our reporter there, boris sanchez, steven that the president may make this time to unify the country. that's not a particular tone he takes that often. do you think with this speech he might try and restore the support that he lost during the government shutdown? >> well, i think he's certainly going to try. as i was trying to say before, his time's running out in his first term. the mueller investigation is coming closer, the democrats now have the house. so if he wants to get more done, which i think he probably would like to do on border security and other things, he needs to at least hold out the hand of compromise on some issues to the democrats. so i think it's a wise move for

him to stand up speaking to the nation, you know, in a more unifying tone. his base has got nowhere else to go. so i don't think he needs to worry about that. but i think it would be help him in his re-election efforts to get more legislation passed on issues that matter to him. >> steven erlinger, we could hear you just fine and clear. always appreciate your insights. steven, thank you. >> thanks, natalie. okay, we have been saying this for years, and we may actually end up saying it again and again. the new england patriots are super bowl champions. >> that would be six times over. they beat the l.a. rams 13-3 just hours ago right next door here in atlanta. this is the sixth championship for the team and for pats quarterback tom brady. >> they say defense wins championships, well it's not always that much fun to watch. the score was 3-0 at halftime,

and the lone patriots touch down came in the fourth quarter. watching the game for us was andy schultz. andy, i don't care. personally i don't care the score was so low. you still got to watch history. >> reporter: you did get to watch some history. i'll tell you what, yooerp watching this game and me and the people sitting around we were like, wait, is something going to happen? it's got to happen soon, and it wasn't there. people on social media were joking this was the snooze bowl, the boredom bowl, the punt bowl because there's just punt after punt after punt, not a lot of fun offensive plays during this game. it's ironic during the season in the nfl in the second highest scoring season we've ever seen, yet we got the lowest scoring super bowl ever. the game was 3-3 all the way into the fourth quarter. that's when we finally got see

an exciting play. tom brady right here throwing a 29-yard strike to his big target, rob gronkowski. that got the patriots in the red zone for the first time in the game. and the running back punches it in, and we finally have a touch down with seven minutes to go. the patriots have the lead 10-3. the rams also had a shot right here. goff nice pass to brandon but he cannot haul it in. moments later goff again throwing it but this time a really bad passed, and that would really seal it for the patriots. they go onto win the game 13-3. lowest scoring game we've ever seen in the super bowl. and brady, a champion for a sixth time and our own hines ward caught up with a brady.

>> i don't believe that. i just think i play with so many great guys on so many great teams and i still get to do it, 41 years old, play a sort i love. >> what about jewels? >> he played his butt off and i knew he was going to play his butt off. he was focused. >> what is it about the super bowl you keep making plays? i get geeked up when i see you running around making play after play after play for tom brady. >> i don't know. i try to have a good week for practice and, you know, try to make a play when my number's called. >> mvp of the super bowl, what does that mean? >> it's pretty crazy. it's surreal. >> you're not going to sleep tonight, i guarantee you that. >> i don't know yet. i just want to say hello to my little baby girl lily, i love

you, i miss you and i can't wait to see you. >> now, tom brady 41 years old, the oldest quarterback to ever win a super bowl. i was right there on the field when he was celebrating with his family. and, you know, this is his sixth super bowl title. but they were so happy you would have thought it was their first. and i actually caught up with tom brady it was dad and asked him how proud was he to see his son with his sixth super bowl. >> i was proud of him when he didn't have any, but now he's had six, it's extra sweet. you know, it's not even something that you could even fantasize with, and you can live with the dream for about 18 years now so we're very thankful. >> reporter: and, you know, some fans saying they're tired of seeing the patriots in the super bowl, and they're tired of seeing tom brady win, but you

know what, guys? i say they're wrong. we should appreciate this, because we're watching the michael jordan of the nfl right now. who knows how many more times we'll see him in the super bowl. he's definitely coming back for another season, but i think we should appreciate it while it's here. >> absolutely. he gets gold status for that, right? >> no question tom brady is the greatest player to ever play in the nfl. >> even though he denies it. >> thank you very much. okay, pope francis is starting day two of a historic trip to a place no pope has ever gone before, the uae. how christians and muslims are treating his visit. we'll have a live report from abu dhabi. plus vane swalea's president fights off pressure from the u.s. and europe. his message to donald trump after being warned of possible military intervention. stay with us.

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pope francis is making history at the united arab emirates. he arrived on sunday becoming the fist catholic pope to ever visit the peninsula. it's also home to millions of

christians. >> reporter: it's the kind of visit that comes once in a lifetime. >> yeah, i don't think exciting is the, you know, correct word to describe the feeling. i visited rome, but here it's a completely different atmosphere. >> reporter: this visit is history in the making. for the millions strong catholic community in a country with 200 different nationalities practicing a variety of faiths. francis will become the first pontiff to say mass on the arabian peninsula, a region overwhelmingly muslim. the bishop who has lived in the middle east for over a decade says the diversity of the catholic community here is what makes it so special. >> the majority surely are indians and filipinos. but we have christians from the arabic speaking countries. >> reporter: tickets to the mass

were signed through a lottery system with ticket holders officially given the day off work. and the excitement is palpable when we speak to church goers here in abu dhabi. >> everybody wants tickets, asking me where's the tickets, we want to come. even those who are working, they told me we will be off from our job just to be here and be with the pope. >> it's a dream that the pope is coming here, and it's amazing how the dream's coming true. >> the pope coming is -- don't say there's any muslim country that can do any better than this. >> reporter: the public mass is expected to attract more than 135,000 faithfuls. >> i definitely will have to try to ensure i don't show my nervousness. it'll be the largest type of

celebration i've ever done. >> reporter: there's a feeling of real impact in a country that very consciously promotes an image of tolerance. describing what this visit means to him. >> he is coming to my home. it is as if jesus is coming to my home. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by many members of what is this tight-knit community. becky anderson, cnn, abu dhabi. >> for more on the pope's visit cnn's delia gallagher is live in abu dhabi. delia. >> reporter: hello, good morning to you, cyril. yes, the pope is here. the first time the pope is in the arabian peninsula. in just a short time the pope will be meeting with the crown

prince. there's a delicate political situation overhanging this visit. and that is the situation in yemen because the emirates is in a coalition with saudi arabia, fighting a war with yemen, in which the u.s. says has created one of the largest human catastrophes in our time. and the pope from the vatican on sunday just before leaving for the emirates made a plea for peace in yemen. we do not know if he will raise that issue privately with the crown prince and government authorities. but certainly they know where he stands on the issue. and then later this afternoon, cyril, one of the main reasons the pope has come here, to meet with the muslim council of elders. this is a man who is one of the principle muslim leaders for suni muslims. and the pope believes all religious leaders need to come together and help fight fundamentalism and encourage peace. he's already met several times with the grand imam for that

purpose and also help promote tolerance for christian minorities and other minorities in this country, cyril. next here we follow an interesting case. a footballer jailed in thailand fights to go back to his new wife and team in australia. we'll have the latest on him and his case and why his home country wants him extradited. that's when i knew i had to quit. for real this time. that's why i'm using nicorette. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus intense craving relief. every great why, needs a great how.

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>> i'm cyril vanier. let's look at your headlines. u.s. president donald trump tells cbs even though he wants troops out of iraq, he's going to keep some there to keep an eye on neighboring iran. and he says the troop withdrawal from seralia may cause a power vacuum but the u.s. military can respond and return if necessary. virginia's democratic governor is losing support from his own team after a racist photo in his medical school yearbook went public. ralph northam faces pressure now to resign. on sunday he held a meeting with top administration officials of color. a source says none of them told him to stay in the office and fight. and guess who the the new england patriots are super bowl champions yet again. they beat the los angeles rams 13-3 in what was a defensive showdown here in atlanta. it is the sixth super bowl win for the patriots and for their quarterback, tom brady. the game's only touch down came in the fourth quarter. >> new developments in

venezuela's leadership standoff. maduro told the spanish channel that the u.s. president risks, these are his words, sustaining his hands with blood if he doesn't stop. president trump has said sending troops to venezuela is still an option. >> meanwhile mr. maduro has rejected an ultimatum to call early presidential elections. some european nations had threatened to back the opposition if he failed to do so by sunday. >> as president maduro continues to fight off international pressure, his rival is seeking humanitarian aid from abroad. for more our correspondent is in caracas. >> reporter: yet increasing pressure on nicolas maduro's shoulders not only by comments by u.s. president donald trump but also main european countries such as france, germany and the u.k. all coming on juan guaido's

side demanding fresh, free and fair elections as soon as possible. but at the same time nicolas maduro is giving no sign that he's given an inch to his opponent nfs demands. maduro was seen rallying his troops surrounded by military officials and denouncing a plot for a coup attempt against his rule. and reallyper traying himself as a leader who's not ready to leave without a fight. on the other side juan guaido on the logistics plan, saying that the opposition, the venezuelan opposition will gather humanitarian aid from abroad in three different points around

venezuela border, and that it will demand to the armed forces that the aid will be let into the country. again, increasing pressure both abroad and here at home in caracas at the end of this power tussle is still nowhere to be seen. a footballer fighting extradition to bahrain will spend two more months in jail. he fled bahrain in 2014 and said he was tortured there. thai authorities arrested him on his honeymoon back in november. he has refugee status from nevada and plays for a melbourne claim. >> his supporters say the charges are politically motivated. the footballer is a critic of the bahrainien government.

let's talk more about this story. joining us live is fred foster in bangkok. thanks so much for being with us. so what do you make of these allegations from bahrain and their push to try to bring him back? >> well, it's terrifhorrific acg to international law and to the principles and regulations of international sport. bahrain has strong positions of governance both within fiefa, one of the members of the royal family and it was particularly the royals as well, not just the government that hakeem was involved in a prodemocracy demonstration back in 2012 but in 2015 he was very critical of a president running for the fiefa presidency at that time. this is why we feel it's nothing

more than a politically motivated case and a retrobuttive one from bahrain. the case itself he's simply a political prisoner, and it shouldn't go on. contrary to the regulations of interpol itself because bahrain is the country from which he fled persecution and torture in which you previously said. he came here and was detained and then the red notice was lifted. nevertheless it's clear thailand was already colluding with bahrain, and what this relationship is between them we're not clear. but it certainly is stronger than international norms that the thai government said they'll abide by. they haven't today. he's a torture survivor and they should simply return him home. nevertheless they've pexexpedit

him to their court system and at least today hakeem's local lawyer has been given another 60 days to prepare the case. we hope it doesn't get there. we aim not to get it get to the 60 days. this is already excessive two months of improper incarceration of a torture survivor, and we think it's an absolutely horrific example of bahrain's tentacles reaching around the world and say anyone who's critical of us we can use third party countries. >> what should football's role also be in this case? >> good question. so football hasn't stepped up early or well enough and one of the reasons because of the deep political and ties here are overriding this case. and certainly hakeem's hopes at freedom. so the afc president is a member

of this royal family of bahrain who are working with the government to have him refiled as a refugee. so clearly the support of the asian football confederation was never going to be what it should. we've asked for him to stand down immediately, and he's subsequently recused himself but it's nowhere enough. fiefa was here last week, and the case became of such concern to us that we rushed last week to fiefa to see the secretary-general and appraised her in confidence of some of the key aspects of it case which are really worrying, and that led expediting the explanation of the case to emergency status, and they wanted to see some progress last week. we haven't seen it. the thai prime minister has not responded to a letter from the australian prime minister and continues to take this path that bahrain are leading him down. so we are asking for people to

support this campaign, and we're really going to urge and empress very strongly on fiefa now that sanctuary is necessary. if a player is not safety and they cannot guarantee their safety to play football games, clearly they shouldn't be able to host either tournaments or matches. >> we can see you're optimistic and this has an ending you're looking for. we appreciate your passion. you're certainly immersed in this story, and we thank you. craig foster, we'll talk to you again if there are developments. thank you, craig. search teams have found the w wreckage of the plane that was carrying argentine football star sala. a privately funded search team located the plane in the english channel. sala and the pilot went missing

two weeks ago. the official search operation was called off days after the aircraft disappeared when officials said it was unlikely they would find survivors. football fans have been paying tribute to the 28-year-old star striker. sala had just been signed with the english premier league club cardiff city. and some areas have been hit with record rainfall and the experts say it won't be stopping for several more days. capital one is anything but typical. that's why we designed capital one cafes. you can get savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. and one of america's best savings rates. to top it off, you can open one from anywhere in 5 minutes. this isn't a typical bank. this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet?

epic rains have forced the release of water from this dam in the state of queensland. that's only added to the record setting rainfall that has inundated the area. >> very impressive pictures there, and no less impressive weather. thousands of people have fled their homes. there are reports of snakes and crocodiles in the flood waters. and the forecast isn't getting much better. the rain may continue until thursday. >> it's been a brutally hot summer for australia and now

they're hit with this. karen. >> yeah, there are two aspects of this. one is we saw such heavy rainfall. it's been so heavy that in the last seven days around townsville they've seen a years worth of precipitation in seven days. if you can imagine your own area that you live in seven days receiving all the rainfall that it typically sees, that's what they're seeing. so this dam was at just about 200% capacity. i've seen varying totals. give or take, either way the dam was on the verge of breaking. maybe that's a slight stretch of what was to come. but nonetheless the dam was overfull and as a result they had to release the water. so when they did that, with the combination of the monsoonal rain that produced such staggering rainfall totals, now we're talking about some of

these areas right along the ross river that have spilled out of their banks and that has been so widespread the damage, the cas strophic flooding that has taken place, just to give you an idea take a look at this video. and yesterday we showed you drone video of just how expansive a region this was. people are trying to save anything that they can from their homes. there's sandbagging in areas that have already been flooded. they're taking their possessions. there are helicopters. they have all kinds of emergency equipment rescuing people. people are rescuing their pets, anything that they can do to make things better for themselves. and here you see a vehicle going through the flood waters. the flood waters are contaminated. that's another aspect that we're looking at as well. they're saying some of this contaminated water will spill out into the ocean, which could mean the great barrier reef as well. all right, townsville i mentioned over 1,000 mill meters

of rainfall in the past seven days and more is on the way. now, looks like monday maybe 100 millimeters or so around townsville. maybe on tuesday, 50 to 75 millimeters. and now we're looking at saturated areas becoming super saturated. so natalie and cyril, this is a situation not going to get better anytime soon. in fact, we are in monsoon season right now. >> all right, karen. we know you'll be watching it for us. thank you very much. this year's super bowl halftime show went off without a hitch, but it wasn't easy getting there. several artists refused to perform. we'll explain why coming next. or could it turn out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot... almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. ...and eliquis has significantly

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with sheryly hopren, the executive music editor at variety. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> we appreciate it. all right, the halftime show had some fireworks behind it. we're going to talk about that. maroon 5 performed, and they did have guests that performed with them. but it was hard to get those guests. we'll talk about that in a moment. first, what did you just think of the show? >> you know, i think they played it pretty safe, to be honest. you know, there wasn't a lot of sort of spectacularness about the purchase. you know, they ran through their greatest hits and didn't make any, you know, overt political statement or even, you know, symbolic political statement. it really just seemed like they came out, they did their thing and they, you know, left the stage. so it was a little uneventful as far as half time performance shows. >> well, we see the gospel choir

there. i like that part of it. but there is a story why they could not get artist tuesday perform with them. it all started with silent protests led by colin kaepernick. many artists didn't want to touch the halftime show, right? >> that's correct. i think we called it variety's least wanted gig. just this year and especially, you know, it really was perceived that if you did perform at the super bowl, that you weren't standing with the right to protest and with colin kaepernick. and it divided the urban music community. and i think that's a big part of the reason why they had such a hard time getting people to commit as special guests. but there was also this extra pressure of the super bowl being in atlanta, the black culture of atlanta and paying homage to it. bringing in a band that is, you know, known for sort of white soul music from los angeles.

you know, it wasn't really in line with the sort of musical heritage of that city. so that was another issue on top of that. so they had a lot on their shoulders when they took this performance and certainly when they took the stage. >> right. and other artists and supporters of the move to take a knee asked maroon 5 to do so, but they didn't. let's look at a tweet that was sent out by the director, the director of the civil rights movie, "selma." she wrote i will not be a spectator, viewer or supporter of the super bowl today -- to watch the game is to compromise my beliefs. it's not worth it. and they had asked other big stars to perform and they said no. >> yeah, that's correct. there was a lot of backlash.

common also voiced his opinion publicly that he would be -- you know, if he were in that position, he would not take the stage on an officially sanctioned nfl game. you know, this is much bigger story than just a band that was booked to perform a halftime show. and in a way i kind of feel bad for maroon 5 because they had to -- they really had to take that blow and make with it what they could, which was just a challenge. no matter which way you looked at it. so, yes, they brought out a gospel choir, big boy who's a local musician from atlanta. they brought out travis scott so hip hop would be represented. they tried to tick all the boxes and we ended up with that super bowl show which it was okay, not great, not terrible. >> do you think the artists stands will make a difference

with the nfl. the nfl instituted a rule players couldn't take a knee but could remain in the locker room. they got so much flack over that they pulled back. the question is this supper bowl halftime show is famous. are its days over because of this? >> i don't think so. i think it's too much of a moneymaker for the franchise, for the networks, for the league. so i don't see it going away. but i do think they'll have to pay much closer attention to these issues in the future so that they don't run into a problem like they did this year where it was just weeks and weeks of, you know, back and forth and then a lot of -- adam levine described it himself as just hate thrown their way. so we want to be able to rejoice, you know, with the game and the performance, the musician, the production, the lights, all of that. it should be very festive and joyous. and this year it really had like a very dark cloud hanging over

it, and it was a shame. >> right. we'll see what the nfl does in the future. we appreciate your insights, sheryly hapren, executive music editor at variety. okay, halftime show is so so, a lot of punting in the game, but the highlight for me is the flyover. they opened the roof of the stadium, and we're going to have that for you next hour. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm cyril vanier. we'll be back in four minutes.

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