>> good evening, chris. thank you. appreciate it. happy monday. we've got lots coming up on tonight's show, including a big deal that's about to happen tomorrow in kansas. it's a story with big national political implications. it has not had much national attention yet. also tonight, there's still more news breaking about the national football league, the nfl, and it's handling of domestic violence by its players. there is yet more to report tonight on the question of whether the league itself has been trying to cover up its problem with that subject. also tonight, a year after the bridgegate scandal, new jersey governor chris christie has now gotten himself into another totally unrelated scandal that involves not only himself but also another republican would-be governor. a republican candidate for governor in another state that isn't new jersey. that's all ahead tonight. but we start tonight with prince harry. we start with prince harry because we can. here is prince harry getting

26,000 people to do the wave. he calls it the mexican wave. but then he gets them all to do it right after he convinces them all that they should put down their drinks first. >> if you've got a drink, put it on the floor. no spillages. we're going to do a mexican wave. i'm going to get in so much trouble. we're going to do a mexican wave from the front to the back. put your drinks down. from the front to the back. one, two, three, go! >> prince harry asking 26,000 people to do the wave. front of the stadium to the back of the stadium. he's savvy enough to know the consequences of that request will be in his words, spillage. unless everybody puts down their drink before they try to wave their arms in the air. very smart prince. that happened last night in london at the closing ceremony of something called the invictus

games. in the united states, there's something called the warrior games, which is actually organized as part of the paralympic games. prince harry is in the british army. that's included him serving in afghanistan. he's a big supporter of veterans and apparently after seeing injured service members compete in the warrior games in the united states, he went home and founded a companion event. it's called the invictus games. took place over the last four days in london. more than 400 wounded service members competing from 13 different countries. they use the facilities from the london summer olympics for the venues. >> it could almost have been two years ago. the red arrows flying low over the olympic park in london to open a spectacle of competitive sport. members of the royal family were there. charles and camilla, william, but no kate. her pregnancy sickness made it impossible. and most notably on this occasion, harry. for these are his games.

♪ the invictus games, a gathering of men and women from the military of different nations who have suffered life-changing injuries. a small team from afghanistan led the parade of athletes. soldiers injured on the battlefield for whom sport has been a vital aid to recovery. >> solemn at times and inspiring at times as the invictus games were, you could tell that at the end of the four days of these games in london, the organizers, including prince harry himself, they were a little loose. they were a little willing to bend the royal rules. hence the leading of the crowd in the drunken stadium wave with the prince saying this is going to get me in trouble. and i think also hence him going off script to the press yesterday about something the royal family in britain is not really supposed to be weighing in on. the prince was asked by the press last night where he thought the next invictus games should be held. and he said this.

he said, quote, we've got america showing interest for 2016. we've got canada showing interest for 2017. so the question is, what do we do next year in 2015? i personally would love to keep it in the uk. follow-up question -- where specifically in the uk would he like to keep the games? the prince had a suggestion in mind. he said, how about glasgow. that would be a great way to keep the games in the uk. put them in scotland because scotland for now is part of the uk. the royal family, both in times when they are beloved and in times when they are not, they are expected to remain strictly neutral on political matters in the united kingdom. the question of whether or not scotland is going to be a part of the uk anymore is an acutely political question right now. the referendum is this thursday for scotland to decide whether it is going to vote no on independence and stay in the uk or whether they are going to vote yes and become their own independent country. something like 97% of the

scottish population over the age of 16 is registered to vote in this referendum on thursday. 97%. it's unclear at this point whether or not scotland would be keeping the royal family in place as heads of state if they do go independent. the leader of the independence movement hopes the queen would stay on for an independent scotland. he said she could be elizabeth queen of scots. there's some precedent for that. it's not clear that would work again. the furthest the queen herself has been willing to go in talking about the reverend sum to allow herself to be overheard yesterday while she told someone after a church service, quote, i hope everybody thinks very carefully about the referendum this week. so she's definitely keeping her cards close, right? but there's her grandson, prince harry, saying next year in glasgow! everybody do the wave! until very recently, nobody thought the independence campaign had a shot in scotland.

the last rounds of polling leading up to the vote has looked like either a tie or maybe even the yes vote narrowly leading. so the british government and the other powers that be who do not want the uk to break up, they are now, right now, pulling out all the stops to try to stop the independent side from winning. the pro-independence side, the vote yes side knows they have the momentum. they are deriving as desperate all these last-minute efforts to derail them. all these politicians coming north from england up to scotland to say please vote no. but that charge of desperation, that is a charge the british prime minister is not running from anymore. the british prime minister is calling himself desperate at this point. today he posted this on facebook. it says, quote, i desperately want our family of nations to stay together. it would be heart-breaking to wake up on friday morning to the end of the country we love. and today in scotland, prime minister david cameron did his heartfelt begging in person.

>> for the people of scotland to walk away now, would be like painstakingly building a home and then walking out the door and throwing away the keys. so i would say to everyone voting on thursday, please remember, this isn't just any old country. this is the united kingdom. this is our country. >> that is about as emotional as upper crust british politicians get. but this is an emotional time for that country. it is an emotional time for the prime minister himself, if david cameron is the prime minister on whose watch his country actually breaks apart. there is a growing expectation that he will have to resign or he will be forced out as prime minister. even with a very close polling an the issue and with the expectation of near 100% voter turnout, there is a large chunk of the scottish population that says they are still undecided as to how they're going to vote. so that means the next 48 hours is basically going to be -- no

sleep, right? no holds-barred constant campaigning trying to sway every last voter in scotland before they go to the polls on thursday. this is a very high stakes, very emotional time. and it happens at the exact same time that the uk is facing a serious foreign policy challenge and a serious terrorism challenge. on saturday night, the sunni militant group isis released yet another video of yet another beheading. their first video, a few weeks ago, showed the killing of an american journalist jim foley. in that video they then threatened to kill a second american, steven sotloff. the second video showed the killing of steven sotloff and then they threatened to kill a british man named david haines, an aid worker. this video showed the killing of david haines and showed a threat to kill another british hostage, a man named alan henning. alan henning is in his late 40s, working in syria as an aid worker as david haines was and

this terrorist group says they plan to kill him next. david cameron made a televised address in the uk after the video of david haines' killing was released. >> the whole cannot will want to express its deep sympathy for david h aye aines' family. and now david has been murdered in the most callous and brutal way imaginable. the united states is taking direct military action. we support that. british tornadoes and surveillance aircraft have been helping with intelligence gathering and logistics. this is not something we can do on our own. we have to work with the rest of the world. but ultimately, our security as a nation, the way we go about our everyday lives in this free and tolerant society that is britain has always depended on our readiness to act against those who stand for hatred and who stand for destruction. and that is exactly what we will

do. >> british prime minister david cameron said that in a televised address in the uk last night. that is some of what is going on in the uk right now. as the uk is simultaneously considering this week whether part of that country will vote to secede from their union. if you have ever wanted the job of being british prime minister, let's say you saw some great bbc miniseries and it made you want to be prime munster if you've ever had that fantasy, this week is not one of those weeks you might fantasize about having that job. beyond that incredibly difficult debate in the uk, because of a lot of external issues in the uk, and beyond what's going on here at home, the response to isis basically continues an three levels right now. the first level is diplomatic. secretary of state john kerry was in paris today for an international summit designed to secure commitments from as many countries as possible to contribute to the fight against isis. this paris summit follows a similar summit of arab countries hosted in saudi arabia at the end of last week.

u.s. officials said yesterday that offers from the arab world so far specifically include offers to carry out air strikes against isis. although no muslim world governments are admitting to that in public even if they are reportedly telling that to u.s. government officials behind the scenes. so the effort to assemble a gulf war i style international coalition for action against isis is one level of the response so far. the diplomatic level. second level of the response is military already. the pentagon confirming late tonight that this is a newly expanded military effort in iraq now. we're up over 160 air strikes overall and in what the pentagon just released tonight, they are describing two air strikes that took place yesterday and today and what's notable about these is that they have a different strategy behind them. the pentagon saying tonight the air strikes southwest of baghdad was the first strike taken as part of our expanded efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions to

instead hit isil targets. as iraqi force goes on offense. as outlined in the president's speech last wednesday. in total, the pentagon says the strikes destroyed six isil vehicles near mt. sinjar and an isil fighting position southwest of baghdad that was firing on iraqi personnel. all aircraft exited the strike areas safely. so if the previous efforts, the military efforts in iraq had been about humanitarian missions and stopping isis from taking over key infrastructure, now they are saying they are hunting down isis positions and bombing them there. so putting together the international coalition that's diplomacy. this newly expanded military effort. newly expanded air strikes in iraq in support of iraqi forces that are fighting isis an the ground. but then there's the third level at this which this response is going forward and that's the political level here in our own country. and how that is going to play out really is anyone's guess. this is fast moving in terms of the politics here. the house of representatives

came back early today from what was supposed to be a long weekend to instead start considering isis. they had initially said they wanted to have a vote tomorrow on whether or not congress will approve efforts to arm and support syrian rebel groups other than isis. groups that are fighting inside syria. congress is now decided to put that vote off until wednesday at the earliest, even though they wanted to vote tomorrow. secretary of defense chuck hagel and the chairman of the joint chiefs are scheduled to testify in the house an that issue tomorrow. and the house may want to listen carefully while they are speaking. as recently as last sum ethe joint chiefs chairman dempsey had written this letter to congress warning congress about the risks of choosing rebels to support in syria. this letter said, quote, the rinks include extremists gaining access to additional capabilities, retaliatory cross-border attacks or our inadvertent association with war crimes due to vetting difficulties. and we try to vet those moderate

rebels. the decision of whether or not to arm syrian rebel groups is not an easy decision. if it was an easy call, congress could have made that decision last year, the last time the chairman of the joint chiefs was warning it could lead to all sorts of horrible results. the the arming the rebels question is something that congress thinks is an easier question than authorizing the u.s. military action that's already happening against isis and that the president has said he is expanding. today congressman adam schiff of california introduced the latest resolution that would have congress authorize military force in iraq. his resolution would authorize it for 18 months. but such is the state of our politics on war and peace right now as a country. the big question for our congress is not even whether your member of congress would vote yes or vote no to using force an a resolution like adam schiff's. the big question right now is whether your member of congress would even like to vote at all. one way or the other on this rapidly expanding military

operation or whether they'd just like to pretend that it's none of their business and the president does this alone an his own say so. and here's just one more thought as congress considers how much they really want to try to duck this question. a new pew poll just came out today an how the american public feels about fighting against isis. and the top line results on that poll are very interesting. i'm not sure i expected this. democrats support president obama's plan for using military force against isis. republicans support the president's plan for fighting isis. independents are a little below a majority. but if you add all those up, overall, the american people are in support of what the president says he wants to do in terms of using force against isis. so keep that in mind. but then look at this. ask the public which broadly supports fighting isis, ask them what they think the effect will be of us doing that. what will thoue effect be of th u.s. taking military action? will it make us more likely to face a terrorist attack here at home or do you think it will

make us safer here at home? in this same poll, way more people believe it will make us more likely to be attacked here at home if we take military action against isis. but still, the public broadly still supports taking that military action. i told you these politics are changing fast. joining us now is andrew baseovich. a george mcgovern fellow at columbia university. the author of "breach of trust." as well as a number of books all of which i have read and liked very much. professor, nice see you. >> thank you. >> how is the debate going so far? you've been a harsh critic of how well we debate matters of war and peace in our country now. how is this debate going? >> this confirms how the congress is. you made the point that they are running away from the notion of voting on the president's initiative. we kind of understand why they are doing that because we're

facing the off-year election in another, what, less than two months. but it seems to me that it's very unfortunate. over the course of the past basically 60 to 70 years -- well, going back to the korean war, we've developed this habit of deferring to the chief executive to decide matters of war and peace. quite contrary to what the congress -- excuse me, the constitution calls for. many people have made the point that we need to reverse that. we need to adhere to the constitution. this is a chance to do that. and the congress won't fulfill its responsibilities in that regard. i think it's appalling. >> so far they are not fulfilling their responsibilities. you do see individual members both republican and democrat starting to introduce proposed resolutions to authorize the use of force. >> yes. >> we don't yet know if they'll vote on it. it seems what they'll vote an first is the specific question of supporting the syrian -- supporting syrian rebel groups other than isis. >> which is a peripheral issue.

the main issue here is shall we once again engage in the iraq war? and the president is clear that he wants to do that. albeit it in a certain way, emphasizing air power wupromising not to use ground troops. but any way you cut it, it's a war and congress ought to be the body that decide wls or not we're going to go to war. >> as they do consider this peripheral issue, this other issue about arming syrian rebels, my sense just as a political observer is that they've hived that off and put that first for two reasons. one, because they think it's an easier question, which doesn't -- >> it's not. >> doesn't seem like an easier question. but also if they vote on that, that might make it look like they are voting on the issue and then they don't have to move on to the separate issue that is an american -- an american war. i wonder what your sense is of the american public's side of that political calculation.

>> you were just talking about that poll where you were citing the results as kind of contradictory. i think in many respects they're not. on the surface, they are. the american people support action against isis. why? because we are appalled by what this organization has done. in particular with regard to the murder of the american journalist. and so i think that evokes a popular sense of, we need to do something to pay these people back. on the other hand, the american people, i think, do have a larger appreciation that over the past basically since 9/11, our military efforts in the greater middle east have failed. and so they're not eager to make this be a big war. and frankly, i think the president also appreciates that. that's why every time he talks about this war, he, on the one hand, says we're going to degrade and defeat isis and on the other hand, don't worry.

i promise i'm not going to commit u.s. ground troops. which is a way of reassuring americans that this commitment will be a limited one. and that's a way to maintain the somewhat tenuous support for the actions that he's proposing to take. >> is there a way that a president -- any president or this president in particular -- could scratch that itch of the american polity that we want to do something. scratch that itch, make people feel like something is being done. in fact, do something without starting another war? or do we automatically reflex toward war when we want an action? >> well, we do. to me, this is the subject i wish that the discourse here would focus on. i don't think the question is what to do about isis. i mean if we could, magically destroy isis tomorrow, we would defeat them tomorrow, the conditions that gave rise to isis would still exist. >> exactly. >> what do you want to call it?

political dysfunction? economic underdevelopment? alienation? failure to resolve the palestinian/israeli conflict? all of the above? that's where isis comes from. and my view is that, yes, okay, let's go after isis. but let's not kid ourselves that if we destroy isis we somehow accomplish some larger purpose with regard to moving this region back from chaos towards some amount of stability. and that needs to be our goal. >> professor andrew bacevich, george mcgovern fellow at columbia university. he has an online course right now called "america's war for the greater middle east" which goes live september 24th. we have information about that at our website tonight if you'd like to learn more. andrew bacevich, appreciate it. lots more ahead, including some latest news from tonight on the nfl's unfortunately metastasizing domestic abuse scandal. please stay with us.

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live nephigh court of kansas tomorrow is due to hear oral arguments on what could be a critical race in term s of who controls the united states senate for the rest of the obama presidency. the court will decide whether the kansas senate election can be a two-way race between the republican incumbent and an independent or if the judges are going to force this instead to be an unwilling three-way race. so this is the re-election race in kansas for republican senator pat roberts. because there is a strong independent in the race who looks like he may have a shot at beating pat roberts. the democratic candidate wants to drop out in order to give the independent guy a clean shot. however, kansas' republican secretary of state has said that the democratic guy didn't fill out his paperwork in exactly the right way so he's not allowed to quit. if the court forces this to be a three-way race, if they don't let that guy quit, then the polling says republican pat

roberts looks to be on his way to winning re-election, even though he's pretty unpopular and hasn't campaigned all that hard or all that way. if the democrat can drop out, the polling says the independent can beat pat roberts. if so, republican hopes for capturing the united states senate this year will get much, much shakier. and so, yes, i've checked, and i can tell you the kansas supreme court online streaming countdown clock is rolling right now. the court battle kicks off tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern, 9:00 local time. 20 minutes oral argument for each side and control of the united states sant enate potenty at stake. what's happening in kansas has been a fascinating story with this three-way, two-way race. but kansas is not the only place where something that weird is happening. we've seen virtually the exact same dynamic play out in alaska this month. in alaska they had a three-way race for governor with the democrat and an independent splitting the vote against the

republican incumbent. like in kansas, the democrat in alaska also decided to quit the race because it offered a better chance for unseating the incumbent republican. in alaska they did it a little differently. the democratic candidate for governor quit the race for governor but instead signed on to run for lieutenant governor on the same ticket as the independent guy with whom he used to be splitting the vote against sean parnell. democrats and republicans have formed a rare fusion ticket to try to beat the republicans. so it's a fusion ticket in alaska, in kansas, they are trying to get the democrat out of the race so it can just be the incumbent versus the republican -- sorry, the independent versus the republican. this is a thing this year in politics. you have it happening in kansas and alaska. and because the rule of trifecta never fails me, there is now some question as to whether a similar dynamic might also be emerging in maine. tea party republican governor paul lepage won the

gubernatorial election in maine last time with just 38% of the vote. and the reason paul lepage was able to become governor of maine with nowhere near a majority of vote is because the vote in that governor's race was split three ways. governor paul lepage won with just 38%. and independent eliot cutler was a couple points behind him and the democrat just got whomped in that race. that split vote in 2010 creates the surreal experience of maine having a tea party governor named paul lepage. now he's rung fning for re-election. this time eliot cutler is back in the race. but this time the democratic candidate has a better chance of winning. at least that's what the polls look like. a new poll shows democrat mike michaud leading by a single point. 43 points. the independent eliot cutler is only drawing 11% of the vote

now. but if this were a two-way race and a race just between the republican and democrat, then democrat mike michaud is already ahead by four. half the people who say they'd vote for the independent guy in a three-way race say if it happened to end up being just the two-way competition, they would vote for the democrat. so that would be enough probably to turf out paul lepage. so same dynamic at work here. the independent in maine, eliot cutler's campaign says he'll not quit the race no matter what. he doesn't view himself as a spoiler. he did finish a very close second in 2010. but in politics, nobody ever says they'll quit the race until they quit the race. independents and democrats have decided ed td to pull an the se of the tug-of-war in the kansas senate race and alaska governor's race this year. are they going to do so in the maine governor's race as well? this is a new thing emerging for this year's elections. how many states is this going to

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this is the weather report tonight for the city of indianapolis. temperatures of around 62 degrees. that's nice. but also a steady mix of rain and thunderstorms. pretty much throughout the night. sort of a rainy, stormy, unsettled mess tonight in indianapolis. i clearly am not a weather person. we don't usually do local weather reports an this show. the weather tonight in since a

national story because it means this banner will not be flying over lucas oil stadium in indianapolis during tonight's "monday night football" matchup between the indianapolis colts and philadelphia eagles. the banner in red there, it says #goodellmustgo. this banner was set to be flown over the stadium tonight during the colts/eagles game. that will no longer happen because of the inclement weather. the goodell in the goodell must go banner is roger goodell, the commissioner of the nfl. while that sign will not fly above the skies of indianapolis, it did fly above three stadiums this weekend. the banners were the work of a women's rights non-profit group called ultra violet, an activist group which has called on nfl commissioner roger goodell to reskin over his handling of the ray rice situation.

his decision to initially hand down only a two-game suspension plaintiff rice after he was arrested on domestic violence charges. but the pressure that is building against roger goodell is no longer just about the ray rice situation. the nfl now also has an adrian peterson situation. adrian peterson is a real football star. everybody in the nfl is really good. adrian peterson is a star running back for the minnesota vikings. he was indicted last week on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child. at my decision, we have opted not to show you the images that have been released of the injuries to the 4-year-old boy apparently caused by his father. but they apparently came by mr. peterson hitting the boy with a switch, with a thin, wooden rod which is usually a tree branch. the boy 4 years old is reported to have suffered unspecified injuries from the beating. adrian peterson turned himself in to police in texas this weekend and posted a $15,000

bond. that happened on saturday. and then when the vikings played against the patriots on sunday, the vikings held adrian peterson out of the game. he didn't play. today, though, the vikings general manager announced despite the indictment, despite his star player being out on bond on felony abuse charges that could get him years in prison, today the vikings announced that adrian peterson will practice and will play with his team in this weekend's game. >> this is a very important issue, and i want to take time to emphasize that the issue of child welfare is extremely serious and should be taken serious not only by us but by everybody. we are trying to do the right thing. this is a difficult path to navigate regarding the judgment of how a parent disciplines his child. based an the extensive information that we have right now, and what we know about adrian not only as a person but

what he has also done for this community, we believe he deserves to play while the legal process plays out. >> he deserves to play. if you run an team or if you are a coach or an owner, this is sort of the new normal. monday press conferences used to be for talking about sunday's game and updating the press an player injuries and stuff. but now the nfl press corps is instead asking insistent questions about team policies and league policies concerning star players who beat their wives and children and the question of whether or not teams are going to let their star players play while under felony indictment. or after they've been convicted. this is carolina panthers defensive end greg hardy. he was convicted in july on two counts of domestic violence after assaulting and threatening to kill his girlfriend. greg hardy is appealing that conviction and his team, the carolina panthers, initially allowed him to play pending his appeal after the conviction. greg hardy played in his team's

first game of the season last week but then this past weekend they decided they were going to bench him. today greg hardy's coach had to face the media about his team's shifting response to that domestidomest i ic violence situation. >> is greg going to be with the team this week? >> greg is with the team. we're in a situation where we'll go through this week and evaluate the circumstances and situation. in light of a lot of things that have happened, we're going to continue to gather information on this. this is a very fluid situation, guys. we'll see what happens. >> any new information since you guys played him in week one but sat him in week two? any new information in this week -- >> i don't know if i'd say new information except for some things that changed in the climate. >> this is a mess right now for the nfl. it's all these teams dealing with all of these domestic violence issues with no apparent rhyme or reason for how they are dealing with them. think about this. ray rice gets a two-game suspension and then ultimately

an indefinite suspension for his domestic assault episode against his then fiance. greg hardy gets convicted two of counts of domestic abuse, then is allowed to play a game, then gets benched for a game and now his status is fluid for this coming weekend's game not because of anything about him but because of a changing climate. adrian peterson as we mentioned gets indicted on child abuse charges. he's held out of a game this past weekend right after turning himself in. but now he's clear to play next weekend. then ray mcdonald of the san francisco 49ers arrested an suspigss of battering his pregnant fiance and who has been allowed to play in both gaumes o far this season. no reason to believe anything will change in that regard this upcoming weekend. he's out an bail. his court appearance has been poi postponed until later this month. there's four instances where they are sort of freelancing in terms of punishments or nonpunishments or when you get a

punishment or when you don't and what the standard is. everybody is just playing it by ear trying to gauge public reaction to their decisions and then making adjustments on the fly. this is a multibillion-dollar stray. the premier cultural institution of the united states of america in the 21st century. there's now a white hot spotlight on the nfl and particularly on commissioner roger goodell for this haphazard random approach to how the nfl is policing these incidents or not policing them. he's chosen to deal with that by disappearing. he was expected to attend last night's "sunday night football game" in san francisco. the big grand opening of the multimillion dollar stadium. roger goodell in the end was a no-show. as the situation surrounding him and his league grows worse by the day.

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this is a very fluid situation, guys. we'll see what happens. >> very fluid situation. carolina panthers coach ron rivera struggling to answer one of the many questions he's now facing about how much of a domestic abuse problem is too much of a domesti inic abuse prm when it comes to deciding whether or not you get to play football in the national football league. joining me is shira springer. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so is this chaos at this pount or is there a method to the madness that i do not see? as far as i can see it's ray rice indefinitely suspended after previously was a two-game suspension. ray mcdonald out on bail playing. greg hardy convicted, playing in game one but not in game two. now adrian peterson indicted out in game one, but back in for game two. feels like chaos to me. >> it feels like chaos to me, too. there is no rhyme or reason to

any of these punishments, any of the stances the teams have taken. they lack logic. for ron rivera to get up there and say this is a fluid situation with a player that's been convicted is laughable. and it just seems that teams don't know what they are doing. the league doesn't know what they are doing and they are grasping at straws because they are in total crisis management at this point. >> in terms of the nfl's response, we heard from the nfl today they are hiring or promoting four women to serve as advisers in shaping the league's stance on domestic violence, including women who have been very involved with this an the law enforcement side and as advocates. do you see that as a substantive move? is this an improving the masked head sort of decision or is this something where it might change the way the league is behaving? >> i think it might change the way the league is behaving because of one woman in particular. lisa freel. she was the head of the sex crimes prosecutions in the

massachusetts -- the manhattan district attorney's office. i have spoken to people who have worked for her in that office, and they have nothing but praise for her. and more importantly, they say she's a woman who can speak truth to power who will speak her mind and will not fear telling goodell or the owners for that matter what they need to hear, even though it may be what they don't want to hear about various domestic abuse and various sexual abuse cases that come across her desk. and she's going to be in charge of the investigative wing of the nfl's new policy. so i am hopeful that with more strict investigations into these matters, more thorough investigations, that there will be more fitting punishments and more rhyme and reason to those punishments. >> i'm a person who follows football enough to be a fan but before these scandals never paid attention to the administration of football. is it a weird thing that roger goodell was a no-show at sunday

night in -- at the sunday game in san francisco yesterday? he was expected to be there as far as i've heard. >> yeah, he was expected to be there. and the owner of the 49ers, i believe, up until saturday afternoon believed he was coming. so, yeah, it is weird. when you are putting out, opening these billion-dollar stadiums, you want the commission there. at least you used to want the commissioner there. now that may not be the case. >> shira springer, sports enterprise reporter for the "boston globe." thanks for helping us understand this. lots more to come, including a best new thing in the world. and you know you need it. we'll be right back. what did geico say to the mariner? we could save you a boatload! ♪ foghorn sounds loudly ♪ what's seattle's favorite noise? the puget sound! ♪ foghorn sounds loudly ♪ all right, never mind doesn't matter. this is a classic. what does an alien seamstress sew with? a space needle! ♪ foghorn sounds loudly continuously ♪ oh come off it captain!

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press 3 for patriotic or press 4 for country western. >> four different choices. i'm a liberal. let's go with environmental. >> sample environmental music. ♪ why is that environmental? anyway. maybe something with a little more edge. >> sample country western music. >> yes, hit it. ♪ yes, that last one if you were listening closely is the country classic "she thinks my tractor is sexy." and if you have ever had the pleasure of be put on hold at john cornyn's office, "she thinks me tractor is sexy" is the hold music you'll get. we now have a whole new set of categories to put senators in. they're not just democratic or republican or independent. you can classify them as

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