[applause] [crazy talking] [applause] >> greg: thank you, greg, good evening, everyone, and welcome to america's late news. i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. breaking tonight, the communist balloon was "not a major breach." fox is now learning the balloon had western made parts with english writing on them. so who and which western nations sold them to the ccp? those are questions lawmakers still have even after they got a classified briefing. the chief correspondent jonathan

hunt is live with us with the breaking news. >> good evening, trace. we learned the balloon is just one of a fleet operated by the chinese military. with a significant game of spying on the u.s. in this game, many other countries in many other cases and the balloon shot down by a u.s. fighter jet on saturday was laden with sophisticated equipment to gather intelligence and possibly to transmit that intelligence directly to beijing. >> the tool package, the equipment package on that balloon, was enormous. we were not able to jam the transmissions. we don't know the extent of the program. >> as the u.s. navy continues to collect debris from the waters off south carolina where the balloon was brought down, it's emerged that some of the recovered parts were western made and had english writing on them. officials have not pickly name the manufacturer of those parts,

but they have said they believe that manufacturer has a direct relationship with the people's liberation army of china. despite those revelations, president biden is playing down the incident. >> it's not a measured breach. look, it's totally a violation of international lawyer, it's our airspace and once it comes into our space we can do what we want with it. >> but republicans on capitol hill are still wondering why if that's the case the administration didn't do something sooner when it was over alaska or montana, for instance. >> they could have taken that balloon down. the greatest risk would have been hitting a cow. >> the chinese foreign ministry in the meantime continues to insist that the air ship was just a weather balloon that got blown off course. the u.s. says that's simply not true, and that information gathered by u-2 spy planes that

circled across the united states clearly showed it was designed for spying. and trace, despite the differences on capitol hill over the speed and nature of the president's response for the chinese action, republicans and democrats in the house came together today to condemn china for a "brazen violation of u.s. sovereignty." trace? >> i think that's a fair assessment. jonathan hunt live for us in the newsroom. jonathan, thank you. let's bring in one of the lawmakers who was briefed on this on thursday, a member of the house intelligence committee, florida republican congressman michael walls. congressman, thank you for coming on, biden was asked a bit earlier if the chinese balloon was a major security breach and he in essence said no, quoting here, "look, the total amount of intelligence gathering that's going on by every country around the world is overwhelming. it is not a major breach." in other words, congressman, he said no worries. a lot of people think this is a

big worry. >> yes, trace, i certainly think it's a big worry. this balloon hovered over not only our missile fields of which we only have three, it hovered over one of them but also hovered over the command, the strategic command, that command and controls all of our nuclear missile sites, and then we've asked a lot of questions and we're still waiting on the analysis, i don't think we know yet for sure what exactly they were able to take and what they were able to transmit back to beijing, but trace, at the end of the day, i think that answer by the president completely discounts the message that the rest of the world got, was that america is either incapable or unwilling to defend its own airspace against a balloon. so, you know, that's a message sent to both our adversaries and

allies and it's not a good one. >> i've got to tell you, congressman, i was a bit baffled, you clearly had lawmakers on both sides of the isle in this classified briefing and they came out with two entirely different takes on this. watch. >> my feeling is right now that this should have been shot down over alaska, that the department of defense has too many lawyers, and we're just perceived as very weak across the nation -- across the world. >> everything i learned today confirms that the administration made the right decision. >> i mean, this is about as far apart as you can get. it's a country apart. you're talking about some saying shoot it down before it gets to alaska and some saying, yes, totally fine to wait until it got to the atlantic. your thoughts? >> i think there were some silver linings, so to speak that we were able to collect on this asset of the chinese and see what it was able to do and

certainly now retrieve it from the shallow waters in the atlantic. had we shot it down over the pacific, as we should have, in my view, it would have been deeper, it would have been colder and more difficult but you have to weigh that against what they were able to collect and the message that we sent. at the end of the day i think it should have been shot down over the pacific ocean, not the atlantic ocean. don't shoot down a spy craft after it's done spying. trace, the other thing that's remaining unanswered in my mind is why chairman decided to do this. chairman xi. this was in your face move in the wake of his meeting with biden and just before blinken's visit which means either she didn't know about it which means you have rogue elements making this decision, and he did. what we make of that and that kind of escalation is still yet to be answered. >> a lot of people have echoed that. congressman, thank you for coming on, sir. we appreciate your time.

>> thanks. >> and breaking tonight, fox news has confirmed that former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed over multiple investigations into trump following weeks of negotiations between federal prosecutor's and pence's legal team. this subpoena seeks documents and testimony related to the attempted overturning of the 2020 presidential election. a house judiciary subcommittee held its first hearing on thursday on the alleged weaponization of the federal government. even former fbi agent said weaponization started at the top. and trickled down to the field offices. the white house correspondent kevin corke is live in the nation's capitol with the new information on this. good evening. >> very interesting day here in washington. the house weaponization subcommittee's very first hearing actually featured a pair of panels of witnesses and they were expected to presents testimony and to it it how they believe the doj has compromised american civil liberties, and it

took almost no time at all for democrats to warn republicans of the dangers of -- wait for it -- weaponizing the congress. >> congressional oversight conserved to protect the integrity of our republic. but there is a difference. my colleagues, between legitimate oversight and weaponization of congress, and our processes, particularly committee work as a political tool. >> lawmakers and panelists scrutinized many of the more controversial decisions made by some of the country's most powerful agencies like the doj including its handling of the biden pay-for-play influence peddling allegations. >> in my time in congress i have never seen anything like this. dozens and dozens of whistleblowers, fbi agents coming to us, talking about what's going on. the political nature at the justice department. >> even worse yet whistleblowers say the bureau itself is now

compromised. >> over the course of my 12-plus years the fbi's trajectory has transformed. on bureau, the bureau's mission remains the same but its priorities shifted dramatically. the fbi became politically weaponized starting from the top in washington and trickling down to the field offices. >> also very interesting, we noticed how in this particular conversation, held by lawmakers, is a decision to go back and look very carefully at how the doj handled its treatment of parents. you may remember back in 2021, the attorney general merritt garland issued a memo that in effect challenged the doj to get out there and possibly arrest anyone threatling school officials. back then a lot of parents felt like there was great deal of overreach and that's an element of the story that will bear a much closer eye as we continue to watch it unfold here in

washington. >> yes, back to you later, my friend. with that let's bring in the panel. "washington times" affair political report and law professor. senator chuck grassley said this about the fbi and hunter biden. listen and i'll get your reaction. >> other whistleblower disclosures made clear that the fbi has within its possession very significant, impactful and voluminous evidence with respect to potential criminal conduct by hunter and james biden. these disclosures also allege that joe biden was aware of hunter biden's business arrangements and may have been involved in some of them. >> that's the trifecta, alex. you've got hunter, joe, and james biden. that's a big statement. your thoughts? >> yes. jim jordan keyed up, i believe we'll be hearing more and more

from those whistleblowers, he said they have already held one deposition. i believe they have two more already scheduled, i think we'll end up getting more details on that whether it's from lawmakers ahead of time of any sort of release as the media gets some leaks as we often do but one thing i will say, during that hearing that i thought was under-reported was the issue with big tech companies and them working with fbi agents in terms of censorship and we saw that with the hunter biden laptop story, and thomas massey asked about that and what type of liability these tech companies should have and they really were working with, it could be alleged, government officials in exercising viewpoint discrimination so when there are questions about first amendment, should there be some sort of constitutional violation that's usually with the government but these are private companies working with the government so it does raise a lot of legal questions here and it will be interesting to see what republicans do. >> on that note, here's a former fbi agent during the hearing.

i want to play a little more and get your response. >> the fbi became politically weaponized starting from the top in washington and trickling down to the field offices. it's as if there became two fbis. americans see this and it's destroying their credibility causing americans to lose faith in the agency. >> he responded by saying this. >> only 40% of americans said that they trust the fbi most of the time. 53% said they felt the fbi was acting politically. i'm not saying that those results are warranted. what i'm saying is it's a serious problem, when the public, large portions of the public, have that level of distrust. >> and trust, john is way down. your thoughts? >> the most important thing for federal law enforcement is to maintain the support of the american people and the only way they can do that is to administer justice fairly and equally and we're starting to see evidence now unfortunately in these hearings where it looks like the fbi, at least to a lot

of the american people, has been pursuing an ideological partisan agenda. you listed it, investigation of protest at school boards. we saw the tampering, playing around with the steel dossier and its influence on the 2020 elections and 2016 elections. we've seen now social media and government perhaps in cahoots in a way that might have affected the last election and now we're talking about suppression of the hunter biden laptop story. congress can't prosecute people but they can conduct investigations to make sure that the justice department is doing things freely and fairly and get it out in front of the american people and they can make their minds up at the next election. >> i want to get this in, this is minority leader jeffrey saying this. watch. >> the american people do not support this weaponization committee but it's exhibit a of the extreme maga republican agenda which is not designed to do anything to make a difference in the lives of the american people.

>> fox news poll begs to differ. put this. important, congress investigates 71% fbi-irs bias, covid-19, the list goes on, very quickly, alex, your thoughts on this and i'll let john finish this up? >> yes, i'll just say, democrats want to paint this as a trump era weaponization, but we all remember the irs and the targeting of tea party groups and settlements that had to happen with tea party groups suing the irs about how their tax-exempt status was handled. this isn't something new, looking at the weaponization of an agency. >> john, your final thoughts 1234 >> the american people want to know they have faith in the biden administration, approval ratings are low. people don't want biden to run for office again. i think the republicans and the house should take a page out of the january 6 playbook. ignore what the justice department is doing. don't cooperate. have your own witnesses. issue your own subpoenas and

tell your own story to the american people if there are any scandals going on in the vancouver branch. >> thank you both. in the meantime the top executive for southwest airlines has apologized for the massive meltdown featuring almost 17,000 canceled flights that stranded thousands of passengers over the christmas holidays. jackie is live in new york with the highlights of the hearing. jackie, good evening. >> hi, good evening, trace. top executives from southwest airlines got an earful from lawmakers over that massive meltdown that ruined holiday travel plans for thousands. >> doing better also means that making sure that we're not going to give consumers the short end of the stick. >> i'm confident they understand, it was an epic screw up. >> we must also crack down on carriers that have gotten away with predatory practices that treat people like suckers. >> that mismanagement absolutely led to real pain, real harm for

families. >> southwest airlines chief operating officer andrew waterson acknowledged an apology alone would not suffice for the roughly 17,000 flights that were canceled. telling lawmakers, "we messed up." >> i would like to explain to you how we messed up. in hindsight, we did not have enough winter operation resiliency, from where and how we de-ice aircraft to the cold resiliency of our ground support equipment and infrastructure. >> they said they are on the way to prioritize enhancements to their software and they told reporters outside the hearing that executive bonuses they will be reduced this year because of this fiasco. now democrats were quick to point out that southwest's ceo didn't attend the hearing, while republicans like ted cruz questioned why transportation secretary beat buttigieg was not there to answer for the failure

of the faa's system that caused almost 5,000 flights to be delayed during an outage last month. trace? >> and we're going to ask that very question in about 35 seconds. jac jackie, thank you, we're joined by the faa safety team representative and expert kyle bailey. kyle, first i want to play some more sound from the southwest chief operating officer saying look, we screwed up and here's what he said they really messed up. watch this. >> our scheduling software had a particular fault. it didn't stop working but it fell down, so to speak. we need to invest in our technology but also in our operational systems outside of technology because the winter operations were too hard for us. other airlines were able to handle it and we were not. >> is that the way to handle it, you admit a couple and move on? >> apparently that is. these systems are very old and

anti antiquated. like the faa systems these are very similar. they are really no different but they really need to be brought up to speed quickly. >> but the southwest pilots association, kyle, has been saying for years, and i talked to a southwest pilot not too long ago, for years, they have been saying, listen, this stuff has got to be updated because it's bad, and southwest is like, we'll get to it when the time is right. listen to one of the union guys and we'll get your opinion. >> unfortunately, despite many opportunities southwest airlines management did not listen to its pilots, and front line employees who saw this meltdown coming. >> pilots have a unique perspective to the airlines' operation, from the flight deck we coordinate with nearly every employee group from the front line to the airline headquarters. >> so what they are saying is in this case, i'm sorry is just not going to cut it. southwest has to make amends to somebody somewhere. >> that's correct, and, you

know, the top executives of southwest during this whole time period were getting their bonuses, years previously, too, so they need to start reinvesting this money into new systems and getting up to speed. it's clearly unacceptable, and, you know, the dot's response, for not being on top of them, and catching these flags that are being thrown up. >> it's a good point. you talk about the dot. why panty pete buttigieg there? come on, it's one of those things where you think certainly the transportation secretary will be on hand. >> yeah. he was in louisiana today looking at a bridge. that's where he was, and i think, you know, the whole debacle, i mean, this was over 15,000 flights canceled. a million plus passengers affected, and we had the dot secretary staring out over a bridge in louisiana today. i mean, it's mind boggling. >> the truth is he does not know very much about aviation and it

would have been a little bit embarrassing when they started attacking him about that. maybe it was the right move. kyle bailey, great to have you on. thank you. >> thanks, trace. >> speaking of planes, fox news common sense department couldn't help but overhear bill gates' interview with the bbc where he said using his four private jets to fly around the world and campaign on the issue of climate change is not hypocrisy. gates says he spends billions of dollars on climate innovation that far exceeds his family's carbon footprint. common sense thinks that's a bit like the firefighter on trial for arson whose defense is that he puts out more fires than he starts but mr. gates didn't stop there. he went on to say that by jetting around the globe, quoting here now, not only am i not part of the problem, i'm part of the solution. the world wildlife fund begs to differ saying the environmental

footprint of aviation is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions and that private jets are 14 times more polluting per passenger than commercial planes. it's notable that mr. gates is also heavily investing in seaweed feed for cows. apparently cuts down on bovine gas and limits the release of methane. common sense thinks that's about right but bill gates is now clearly an expert on hot air. and coming up, the latest in the double murder trial of alec murdaugh as his own best friend, did you hear about this testified against him today. what he says happened when he confronted murdaugh about his alleged financial crimes, and later, before he announced his second retirement from football, tom brady called his ex-wife. interesting, right? do you think he was trying to get back together? maybe vice versa? let us know on social media, twitter and instagram at

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the roundup, for the second time in a week a new jersey council member has been gunned down. yesterday, republican russell heller was shot and killed inside his car outside his workplace. investigators say the gunman was a former employee and later killed himself and one week earlier, about 20 miles from that shooting, republican new jersey council member eunics -- was shot and killed inside her car. new surveillance release shows a person caught on camera near the crime scene moments after the councilwoman was shot in her car, there are some voices on that tape as well. and this morning in the nation's capitol a man assaulted minnesota democratic congresswoman angie craig. police say the man grabbed craig by the neck in the elevator of her d.c. apartment. she did suffering some bruising. ♪

>> trace: prosecutors continue to present evidence in the massive double murder trial of alex murdaugh. that he killed them to prevent an embezzlement scheme from being exposed. >> friends and colleagues devastated by deceit. prosecutors working to prove motive in the case say there is a long list of people financially swindled at the hands of former attorney alec murdaugh, excused in the brutal murders of his wife maggie and younger son paul to detract attention away from his financial world that was crumbling around him in the months and days before the murders june 7, 2021. witnesses telling the panel alec murdaugh overdrafted with his bank, stole money from his partners at his law official, his clients, and even his best friend who testified that he confronted murdaugh about missing funds from his law firm and demanded answers. >> i looked at him and i said, alec, i'm sure i said f or h or something, i said what the --

you know what is going on? i need to know what's going on. and i need to know if there is something else you've done that involves me that i don't know about, that's a problem for me. he said murdaugh confessed to the threat, blaming his actions on an opioid addiction. the son of the murdaugh's long time house cooper who died on the mur docks's property after a trip and fall accident in 2018, told reporters he also pocket add large payout from an insurance settlement that was supposed to go to his family. >> 3.8 million against that? >> no. >> did he ever pay you any penny of $3.8 million? >> no. >> prosecutors told the judge they plan to wrap up the middle of next week and then it will be the defense's turn to call witnesses. alec murdaugh has pled not guilty. close arguments are expected by the end of the month. trace? >> trace: thank you. with us for some legal analysis, the best legal analyst, the

focus is all on the financial crimes, light? and one of his best friends, kris wilson was testifying today, and he said this, which i found kind of interesting. watch. >> he told me he had been addicted to opioids and i think he said for either for 20 or over 20 years. >> and also -- >> that he had been stealing money from clients on the firm. >> not only was he a financial thief but a drug addict. >> the prosecution won because they got this evidence to prove their theory of motive which i think is so preposterous. i don't think it will resonate with the jury and it will backfire. he killed his wife and son to evade financial crimes? no. >> trace: it's having because murdaugh's attorney said that same argument to the judge, right? the judge wasn't buying it. watch this back and forth between he and the judge and we'll get your response. >> this is a murder trial, not a financial fraud trial. >> i find that this testimony is consistent with the state's

theory, of the defendant being in a frantic state, seeking to avoid disclosure of these financial crimes and thefts. >> trace: in a word, the judge is telling him to suck it up. these are in. we let them in. you've got to deal with it. >> horrible ruling. it will be an appellate grounds if he gets convicted on that ground. the bottom line is you can't show someone is bad and therefore they committed murder. this is not a financial crimes trial, it's a murder trial. >> trace: if you look at the timeline and you look at the time that he was spending -- the voice was on his tape, four people, and you find he didn't go to his mom's house for more than 20 minutes because now you have two different pieces of evidence that says he was there for less than 20 minutes and it kind of really destroys his timeline. does that hurt the case? >> that's compelling for the prosecution, yes, but we haven't seen the defense put on their case in chief yet.

we have to reserve judgment until they do so. >> trace: would you think that the defense is going to tear all of this apart? >> they are going to tear it apart. they have done such a good job already turning some of these prosecution witnesses into defense witnesses. we saw that with the gunshot residue expert. we saw that with these financial crimes witnesses. they are getting testimony that he was actually a good guy. he loved his wife. he loved his son. so i think they are going to kill when it they get their turn to do their case in chief. no pun intended. >> trace: a minute left, switch topics, saying, you know, we know the husband, and her child, they already setted this whole thing but now you have the mom and her sister saying, we need some money out of this, too, because our hearts are broken. >> a second lawsuit. he'll settle this case. he's facing criminal manslaughter charges, so i don't think he wants to take the civil case to trial. he's not going to want to litigate it. he'll pay some money and make this case go away and gloria

allred as we know is representing the family. she'll make a lot of money. she's a great lawyer. she'll get a great settlement. he has to focus on the actual criminal case. so he's not going to want to sit for deposition. he won't want to do documents. this is going to go away and the family will get paid. >> trace: so it's a good time to do it, right? you want to settle this thing and now is the time. great to have you on. >> thank you for having me. >> trace: the game you didn't know you needed to watch is coming up, plus how about a game day prediction. chiefs or eagles? hit us up at trace gallagher. this turtle's prediction and the day's best viral videos coming up. sometimes you're so busy taking care of everyone else you don't do enough for yourself, or your mouth. but eventually, it will remind you. when it does, aspen dental is here for you. we offer the custom dental treatments you need, all under one roof, right nearby. so we can bring more life to your smile... and more smile to your life... affordably. new patients without insurance can get a free complete exam and x-rays,

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>> well, a new bill being pushed in california would allow students in mexico to cross the board and still pay in state tuition, and we have some golden state goofiness with the mayor offenhamer a city in california. these are things that you would never allow the residents of arizona, or nevada, or utah to do, and you're letting people in mexico do it. >> that's exactly right. i live in a border town. i'm the mayor of a border down. we have 27% of our residents are hispanic, and they are not asking for special favors like that for people that are from mexico, mexican nationals, and frankly, they are not asking for irish nationals either. they just want to take care of their streets. less crime, no homelessness. they want the parks to be nice. they want good services, and they don't want to be paying for

another country. >> trace: really, it's one of those things wrhere i get, enrollment is down in junior colleges, people are looking for other forms of education, whether it's manual or whatever it is so the junior colleges are filling those, but at the same time, there has to be fairness and this is not it. >> it's not it. junior colleges are down 20% in enrollment but it may not be the answer going to another country and saying, help us to fill the enrollment. the answer might be, maybe we should give courses that are less about indoctrination and more about skills that translate into jobs that help you make enough money to live in california. >> one more statement by the state of california, the borders are not necessary. we don't want to patrol the borders and that's pretty much it. the other story, big story going on down there, have been the homeless. given vouchers to go to hotels, not like del mar, right, or

rancho santa fe but in hotels in your area, and you want it to stop. >> we started noticing a lot more homeless faces on the streets and we looked into it and found out that the county had started a homeless voucher program and this homeless voucher program they had filled one of our hotels a hundred percent with homeless people with vouchers and we found out the whole program, about 54% in the program were in our city which only represents about 30% of the county. >> trace: it's amazing because you've tried to fight this. not that the county didn't come after you but the state of california. the california attorney general is the one who came after you defending the county saying in part housing discrimination in any form will not be tolerated. the city of el cajon's threats to local hotels are a clear violation of the law and the city must immediately reverse course or face legal consequences. he's going to sue you, bill, sue you and your city? >> they will use the entire power of the state of california, the fifth largest

economy in the world to come down on our city and tell us we can't even enforce our own laws. when we looked at all these people in these hotels we said, if you want to be a homeless shelter you have to get a conditional use permit to be a homeless shelter. he's saying it's not legal for us to say that we can't even enforce our conditional use permits. >> trace: it's one of those things where it's just not fair. >> it's not. >> trace: bill wells, thanks for coming on, appreciate it. just ahead of sunday's super bowl 57 an arizona fox news got a firsthand look at what's being done to secure the airspace around state farm stadium, thanks to a fly along in an f-16 fighter jet with the arizona air national guard. for the story and whether matt finn remained conscious during that flight is matt finn. >> we're with the 162nd wing of arizona's air national guard in tucson. training on emergency scenarios, getting in and out of the

cockpit and the gear. we suit up and meet the pilots. and then it's take-off in an f-16 jet up in the air pulling four to seven g's. we're on a norad drill. they intercept a cessna that in theory violates super bowl airspace. barn met explains why the air over the super bowl is shut down. >> it's the importance of how many people are there, and outside of that, its national assets. >> u.s. home security secretary mayorcas visited phoenix and said 800 personnel are in place prepared for simple threats to chemical weapons. the man includes aviation and cybersecurity, cargo screenings and video surveillance. >> we have no credible threats

at the super bowl. >> border protection tells us it will be using some of the same safety technology that it uses at the border here at the game including the heat seeking and infrared tech. trace? >> trace: matt made it through. thank you. did you hear that tom brady consulted with his ex-wife before he announced his retirement? you think the goat is trying to get her back. maybe she's going after him? what does it mean? there is still time to weigh in on twitter and instagram. the night cap crew next. e line. one dose of ubrelvy quickly stops migraine in its tracks within 2 hours. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy, the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. hi, i'm michael, i've lost 70 pounds on golo. i spent thousands on other diets that didn't work. on golo, i spent a couple hundred bucks and got back down to my high school weight. you're not gonna believe this thing is possible but it is.

>> trace: we're back with the night cap crew. the topic tonight, is tom brady. here's the deal, kevin is our resident sports expert so we'll talk to him first. the here is tom brady retires, right, for the second time but who does he actually consult with? his ex-wife my question is do you think he was angling to get bag together. do you think maybe she wants to get back together with him? your thoughts. >> two-part question. die think he want back with his ex-wife? a hundred percent. if you go to his instagram, he

posted four pictures the day he posted his so long video. two of the four had pictures of her in them. another had a picture of his kids in them. yes, he wants back in the house. will she take him back? i'm less confident but i hope she does. >> jackie, does she take him back, does she want him back, does he want her back? >> i think they seem like two decent people and for the sake of their kids i'm so happy that they are able to have that type of relationship, and to answer your question, yes, i think he wants her back, and yes, i think she'll take him back. it's tom brady and gisele. >> trace: in the poll we asked do you think tom and gisele will get back together? no was the favorite, 65% on twitter, 68% on instagram. what do you think? i know you're not a big football fan? >> they are a power couple and i love that they are a power couple. i hope one day to be part of a power couple, so if you know

anyone, trace, tell them to call me. no, i don't think they are getting bag together. i think it's matter of respect. that's the mother of his children and he wanted to consult with her when he's making a big life decision, as he should. >> trace: these are some of the responses we had, including dr. bill wells, doctor of psychology. maybe they should consult a marriage counselor to see if divorce is best. gisele would probably have to pay tom alimony. christian says it's like tom brady throwing a hail mary after the fourth quarter clock has already hit zero, and matt says i think tom is focused on his job at fox and playing lots of golf. and mayor, musician and doctor, bill wells what are your thoughts? >> you know, i know a lot of divorced people and very rarely do they even talk to each other. to call somebody up and ask their opinion about things, i think it's a good sign, if she's willing. she's going to have to forgive him for that horrible thing he did, playing another season of football. i don't know if many women could

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