the national football league has reached an agreement with the nfl referees association. e end of the lockout effectively replacing the replacement referees. national football league commissioner roger goodell says the regular referees will be on the field to play starting with thursday night's game. the nfl commissioner saying, quote, we appreciate the commitments of the nfl ra and working through the issues to reach this important agreement.

and there is the commissioner of the national football league. >> very positive i think for the game and obviously our fans. so happy to take your questions. >> commissioner, there was a lot of talk about sunday night -- monday night, about how much that influenced the negotiations moving forward. can you talk about that? >> you know, we were in intensive negotiations for the last ten days.

as you can imagine the national football league hasn't invite med to those meetings. >> i could imagineot. >> complete shock. but at the end of the day, look, we had about 4500 injuries last year among the players at the national football league. the fact is most of those injuries occurred during games. and we know that because these referees have been taken off the field by the nfl owners we do know for a fact that the work place that our players' work is less safe. until we see the real refs on the field, the players and our fans should do whatever we can to increase the pressure to get this done and certainly on behalf of the players in the national football league we will pursue any legal action we believe is necessary to keep our players safe. >> we've seen what coaches and managers are not very happy as well. john fox in denver, he's been fined $35. redskins offensive coordinator kyle shanahan fined $25,000, we had interesting video of what happened with kyle shanahan going into the tunnel and chasing after some of the replacement refs and belichick, of course. how do you think th

according to nfl.com a deal has been reached between the national football league league and the union. according to nfl.com the league reached an agreement with the nfl referees association late wednesday to end the referee blockout. the national football league has yet to officially confirm the news. no word on when the regular referees could return to the field to play but their return can't come soon enough for so many. here's cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: if you think fans are mad about the nfl's replacement referees, try the players. the green bay packers who lost on a wild call at the end of the game with seattle apparently discussed drastic medss on the flight home. t.j. lang of the tweets said there is a potential plan. >> there is a conversation about is there anything that we could do to go on strike or not play games. go out and have an agreement to snap the ball and take a knee every play. >> the head of the national football league association says he doesn't think it is in the players or fans best interest to do that. no response from the nfl. rick doc walker a host for

the national football league has reached an agreement with the nfl referees association. the end came wednesday night. the end of the lockout effectively replacing the replacement referees. national football league commissioner roger goodell says the regular referees will be on the field to play starting with thursday night's game. the nfl commissioner saying, quote, we appreciate the commitments of the nfl ra and working through the issues to reach this important agreement. roger goodell in a statement issued wednesday night a joint statement issued by the national football league and the national football league referees association. so the regular referees will be on the field for week four of the season, which begins on thursday night. a game between the cleveland browns and the baltimore ravens. i'm mark mckay at cnn center. >>> we begin tonight with breaking news that a you will only see here on 360 and some of the details are astonishing. on a day that secretary of state hillary clinton says she is waiting for answers while the fbi investigating the killing of four

the referees who are locked out are part-time employees of the national football league.ve historic ally had pensions. the amount it would cost to get the regular referee's back is the same amount for a 30-second super bowl ad. it would be $62,000 per team per week. the nfl owners have decided to pursue this strategy as they have brought in a series of officials who are unskilled, untrained scabs who are over their heads on an nfl field. they have no idea what they are doing. monday night crystallized in front of a national audience the problems of corporate arrogance as well as unskilled, non-union workers. >> can you explain why people like scott walker have come out in favor of the union? >> i would argue personally it is because scott walker might be a sociopath. this is someone who does not care there are untrained teachers in classrooms or untrained firefighters putting out fires in wisconsin. the bigger reason is because it scott walker like paul ryan are both green bay packers fans. they of the one team and the national football league that do not have a billionai

philip rivers and matt ryan may be having the best two seasons of any quarterback in the national football league. matt ryan has the highest quarterback rating than anybody in the national football league. when you look at these two teams, i still think that the san diego chargers, i like what they did. robert meacham, eddie royal in the off-season. i like the way philip rivers has come out and play. i think san diego finds a way to go 3-0 and is a little bit under the radar season so far. dan: pittsburgh at oakland. you look at their defense and they've been impressive against a team. oakland is struggling offensively. polamalu is not going to be in the game. but carson palmer, when your back, mcfadden is your receiver, you know knost not a lot of big plays there. rashard mendenhall is going to be out but they're going to be able to run the ball. jonathan dwyer, very good young player. and isaac redmond, a lot of good young players. the pittsburgh steelers, my lock of the day. bill: i like it. james: right now, it is time to check in with our "nfl today" insider. that would be jason la canfora w

that's the essence of the national football league.ve a level playing field, no pun intended. >> who balances what? the nfl, the owners want to make money. so tv package is terrific. as a season ticket holder uh i will have to go to a sunday night game, monday night game and a thursday night game. i work a living. that's great revenue for you. at what point does somebody say, hey, we are making it so the season ticket holder is up too late, disrupting their life. somebody has to stand up for them? >> we e do. we think about scheduling all the time and when to put a fan in a cold weather environment on a night game versus a 1:00 p.m. game. having said that, there is something magical about nighttime games. some fans absolutely love it. so you can't literally please all of the people all of the time. i think one thing that's been a development that's very good for fans is the season ticket holder has options. are they really hurt by it economically or would they just prefer to have the game on p.m.? i know the answer. they have a prefere

mean, i mean, we are looking at, taking it away from the issue of the military, even the national football league, some of them, some of the members of the national football league, you are seeing incidents of suicide from traumatic brain injury, and this is something that the service men and women suffer constantly. and, and so how does one, um, in a family environment, look out for that particular person? i mean, they may have been assessed and i go back to it, that mike has mentioned, everyone has mentioned, there are tons of programs that can assess, that can identify, but what does the immediate family need to be very sensitive to in terms of that military member? well, i think jen referred to the isolation. so, i think family members really need to pay attention. and, and be of assistance as possible whenever necessary, to be sure and make sure that people are not isolated. they are not separate. they're not alone. that they have some sort of social support. that they have some activities to do. people want to be reconnected to something. it's that lost [inaudible] military. even though the

. >> muchas gracias, buenas noches,, arrancó la nfl (national football league) ,fórmula 1 e ssigue la hizo su debut con los washington red skins, griffin comenzó caliente para un touchdown, minutos después lanzó otro más , conectó con andy robbinson, ganaron 40 a 32 . >> pasando a la fórmula 1, checo pérez realizó un carrerón, quedó en segundo lugar en italia, el británico lideró desde el inicio para su prmiera victoria, el checo pérez comenzó la carrera en doceavo lugar, el técnico del manchester united quiere de regreso a cristiano ronaldo, estudvo del 2000 7 a 2009 y united le hace ojitos . >> en el tenis, selena williams es campeona del us open, es su quito gran slam . >> muchas gracias, les mando un fuerte saludo . >> el dueño de una pizzeria de laflorida se emocionó tanto al ver a el presidente de los estados unid (♪). >> para la despedida, nos vamos a florida, donde un hombre de 240 libras de peso levantó a el presidente de los estados unidos barack obama cuando emocionado le dio un abrazo, se trata del dueño de una pizzeria, obama dijo bromeando es usted un levantador de pesa

the issue with the national football league's referee association is matter of $62,000 per team. e enduring the worst refs of our life because you are worried about $62,000 a team. >> reporter: there are a lot of people in the league that would rather break the union. there's a lot of people don't feel like officiating is an on the field necessarily, it's a commodity. so they don't care bottom line. player safety doesn't matter in this case. >> cenk: so that's really interesting. i love those strong words by steve young. and the national football league player's association is is also getting involved, they say . . . and that is certainly what it looks like by the way as far as fans are concerned. sean spicer tweets out . . . and there are two more fans of the nfl that feel that way. we and ben mankiewicz. ben joining us now. ben, people say i don't know are they getting paid too much too a little? how do i know? >> first of all what do we care what they are getting paid. this is a $9 billion a year industry. the starting salary is $78,000, the average looks close to be $8,000 a w

interesting talking to alex smith about just having jim harbaugh, have a former quarterback in the national football leaguehat every day is working on every detail, taking the snap of dropping back, how he calls the plays in the huddle. every little detail. but this is the first time in his career he's had the same offense in back-to-back seasons and you can see the growth. you can see the difference it's made. >> al: second and ten. he can run. he proves it right here. flag is thrown as well at the 22 yard line. delanie walker may have been holding. and smith is slow in getting up. a bloody nose. bridge of the nose anyway. >> referee: holding, number 46 on the offense. ten yards from the spot of the foul. second down. >> al: walker spholding spievey >> cris: the grabbed the vaejer. they see that tug of the jersey, that's what you're going to get. too bad because that was alex smith. that's the way he used to play in college. tee one right to the chops there, didn't he? >> al: uh-huh. his nose is bloodied. wendling. >> cris: and a forearm to the helmet. that easily could have been called. >> al: ball is mo

it involves the national football league, apparently according to espn and pro football.com they have worked out an agreement with the referees, n.f.l. walkout may be over and we understand that a official crew, regular n.f.l. referee crew will be in for tomorrow night's game in baltimore. this comes after all kinds of the replacement of the replacement of referees what may have been the tipping point in a game against green bay and seattle whether a bad call literally green bay the game. this whole story exploded after that with incredibly intense criticism for the n.f.l. for not getting the referees back on the field, not letting the lockout come to the end. they have made a mockery of the sport this season but the regular referees may be back in action as soon as tomorrow night. we'll continue to have more on this a little later in sports and full report as we continue. let's move on to the other top story tonight. >> a 11-year-old oakland boy who returns home from the hospital after being shot, but tonight he is afraid to live in his own home. he was asleep in his bed when bullets

and for the entire national football league. league.regular refs rettrned first timeein ámonths.áand from what you cannsee... they received a warm welcome from fa. fans.after that... it was down to businesssjoo flacco was on! he throws for torrey smith. he also ran for a touchdown. but the browns played tough! the game wasn't decidedduntii a second prandon weeden sailed out of the end zone... as the clock ran out. the rrvens win 23-to-16 .it was vvry siiilar to the ast play of mooday night... but that throw mmde it tt the endzonee and into the arms offtwo players .... sort of. replacement refs made a controoersial call and goodell says that call... is what partially led reaching a &pdeal with thh referees' union. "labor negotiations and labor disputes areedifficull difficult about ii is you have but you also have alot oo partiie outside the room that get affaected by it, startingg wwth our fans. we wwre sorry to bring our fans throughh that, we're sorrr to bring the phaa."the ravens claimed a winless browns... never once trailii

but, tim tebow does not have the accuracy to be a quarterback in the national football league.esence on the roster is ripping the jets apart. >> i don't know if that's true. i mean, starting quarterback, mark sanchez, has been very vocal in his support of tebow. >> seth, please. i know mark sanchez. mark sanchez is a close personal friend of mine. mark sanchez and i talk every night before bed. [ laughter ] so i can tell you that with no uncertainty that mark sanchez believes tim tebow is more dangerous than a cowboy with a chainsaw. [ laughter ] are you hearing me, seth? >> yeah, everyone is hearing you. >> listen, i know i'm allowed, seth. my doctor says my hairline isn't receding, it's just trying to get away from my mouth. [ laughter ] >> darr now, how do you respond to jets quarterback, darrelle revis, who called tebow a natural born leader? >> that is blasphemy, seth. clearly, seth, understand, i'm very close with darrelle revis, okay? he completes me. [ laughter ] they should print up a phony schedule and put it in his bible, come game day he's not even in the same city

football is already popular in the country. but until now, there was nos competition on the national leve level. >> translator: the football league is a symbol of peace. i hope the sport will help bring peace and unity to our country. >> reporter: afghanistan is the 165th in the latest fifa world ranksings. premiere league hope that situation will improve once the professional competition finds its stride. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

you have a $9 billion a year business in the national football league that's unwilling to pay $60,000per team per week to ensure the integrity of their product. you know what it's like? it's like if coca-cola said you know what, our brand is so awesome, we're going to start selling soda without carbonation >> eliot: another metaphor, the republicans saying we don't want the s.e.c. to police the capital markets so there are people who don't believe in rules. we'll put that one aside for the moment. let me ask you this. au pair littles are everywhere -- parallels are everywhere though. >> eliot: when you see the labor dispute on-going, what is going on here? and what interests me is where are the players in all of this? the players not only have an interest in getting the officiating right. they've had their series of bats with the owners. why aren't they doing more to help the officials? >> serious issues of health and safety there. first, the barometers of what's going on in terms of the lockout. what people need to understand is that there have been four sports lockouts in the last y

>> that national football league has lost one of its most influential owners. in baseball, the national ticket crunchy with the cubs. >> it there is a new choice taking to this guy out of bwi thurgood marshall airport -- spirit has relocated from reagan national airport and added the dallas plight. they say they can better serve the area out of the new location. >> i flew into washington and it was raining when i got here. >> same thing in my neighborhood. >> there were some torrential downpours south of this location. pictures from the rooftop camera in arlington. the low and scary looking clouds what skies brightening, a leading us to the current image. a beautiful evening for the nationals game. a wonderful thing get six home runs for the third night in a row? 72 right now -- fifth -- 0.15 inches of rain. 84 and 76, the overnight low was 10 degrees warmer than average. a quarter of an inch of rain and this is a good sign. the record high temperatures in double digits, sat back in 1954 many years before i was on the planet. i will step out while my nose bros.

professional football back to baltimore, his many civic contributions, and his contributions to the national football league. rabbi andrew busch spoke of the full tapestry of his life, and tributes came from ray lewis, mardell's sons, and nfl commissioner roger goodell, who said that the nfl was lucky to have art modell. >> he was one of those owners that really got involved in the nfl, and he made it better. he was always there and he was always important to the league. i think i have a better understanding of the importance. >> why he isn't in the hall of fame, that is unbelievable. all that this man has done all the way down the line, not only in football, but out of football, where he has been a giver, not a taker. >> a former baltimore colts said he had to be here for this funeral because of the french and the respect he had for art modell -- because of the friendship and the respect he had for art modell. barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> baltimore county police have identified the elderly couple murdered in pikesville yesterday. they were found dead in their home at the 800 block of homestead road. po

it is the fault of the national football league. period. what do you think? now it is taking to the campaign trail. are you watching, roger? that is all ahead ahead unless breaking news changes everything. >> the president warned iran in an address to our allies and our enemies at the united nations john assembly. the president started the speech with a tribute to the ambassador to libya, christopher stevens, a couple weeks after he was assassinated along with three other americans on u.s. soil at the consulate in benghazi. the date was 9/11. >> chris stevens embodied the best of america. he built bridges across oceans of cultures and deeply invested in the international cooperation that the united nations represents. today, we must reafell our future will be determined by people like chris stevens and not by his killer. >>shepard: the attack came during a spike in anti-american violence in north africa some in response to the amateur anti-islam video that marked mohammed. the president today said the u.s. government had nothing to do with the video and conde

art was a national football league visionary and pioneer who impact continues to this day. he and his late wife pat were as committed to charity as they were to football. on behalf of the organization i extend my sympathies to his sons john and david and the rest of the family. >>> they will remember art tonight at camden before tonight's start. the team will hold a moment of silence so fans can remember him. >>> we celebrate his life tonight the orioles will honor and celebrate the career of cal ripkin. just moments ago his statue was revealed the anniversary of the night he broke the record. live with more on the sold out crowd that just is us, no yankee fans. >> reporter: we are going to have a tribute to art on saturdayt. will be held at the stadium. they will put his casket on the field with the lombardi trophy. we will have a chance to have a silent tribute to him. you can come in and wear your purple and show the world how much we loved art. we are showing how much we love the orioles. we know its been emotional but just a half hour ago brooks robinson hugged cal rip

baltimore, his compassion for those in need, civic contributions, and contributions to the national football league. >> his contributions to the nfl or extraordinary. the nfl was lucky to have art modell. >> his son talked about the strong bond they had with their father and his bond with the community. >> he used to tell us why sports teams were so important to the community, the need to pull together folks from disparate walks of life and supporter common cause. >> all of what this man has done all the way down the line, not only in football, but even out of football. >> governor martin o'malley said he helped make maryland a better place. >> it is a big loss. in times like this, we have to think of how much we gained by knowing art modell. he gave us back our pride. the day the ravens came back to baltimore and those moments we shared together with art modell, that super bowl victory. we got the bounce back and our step and all of us will be grateful to art modell for that. >> john modell shared a song he wrote when the ravens first footballltimore's team. he says he wrote that song about the ra

would you rather be josh morgan who worked hard, got yourself to the national football league or somelittle soul sitting by himself in a room tweeting? think about it. i think i'd rather be josh than this poor little guy saying -- hey, nobody knows i'm tweeting this. kill him! >>> earthquakes are headed for the top seed in the playoffs. and there is their coach. chris coming off the bench, he comes through, the no. 1 seed headed for the postseason!

group of owner leadership to wrap their heads around what's best for the players of the national football league. >> thank you, good to see you, thank you so much. >>> and president obama told the united nations on tuesday that the u.s. will do whatever it can to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >>> ahmadinejad's term ends next year, and we asked him about his speech and the inflammatory language he used leading up to it. >> israel believes that you want to destroy them. if you have nuclear weapons, then you might use them or they will fall into the hands of someone else. that's the fear they have because of the rhetoric and the tone of your comments about them. >> translator: anyone decides anothers fates based on their own opinion, there has been stronger language traded between the united states and iran. americans repeatedly said that the iranian government must change, and -- change behavior. >> translator: sure, but after all, what does that mean. can one country based on their own sole opinion decide and establish a redline for another country and then offer attacks. we have

issued wednesday night a joint statement issued by the national football league and the national football league referees association. so the regular referees will be on the field for week four of the season, which begins on thursday night. a game between the cleveland browns and the baltimore ravens. i'm mark mckay at cnn center. >>> we begin tonight with breaking news that a you will only see here on 360 and some of the details are astonishing. on a day that secretary of state hillary clinton says she is waiting for answers while the fbi investigating the killing of four americans in benghazi, libya, our sources say that not one fbi investigator has step foot in the crime scene. the same sources say the crime scene has not been secured. and those are two deadlines, just two new pieces of information tonight. that is not all we are learning. cnn national security contributor fwran townsend is joining now. as we often mention there is a the former white house security adviser and a member of the cia external advisory commit thai tee and in libya with her employer. and also with us is form

league referees have reached a deal ending the stalemate that could have done damage to the national football league. the refs are getting to work immediately and baltimore, they have a game tonight. >> the ref's first game will be the ravens game when they host the cleveland browns. those replacement refs would have been on the field had the nfl not reached this tentative agreement. you remember what happened monday night when things came to a boiling point. the replacement refs were underfire for the questionable call that gave the sea hawks the win over the green way packers. for weeks now coaches, players and fans have been frustrated with the officiating by the replacement refs. this tentative 8 year deal gives the regular e refs, better way, pension and benefit packages. football fans and ravens fans, they couldn't have come sooner. >> i'm looking to what they have to bring back in relationship to what we've had the past couple of weeks. the strikes, you know, i'm glad it's over. but it's something that they felt they had to do, and, you know, they're officiating million dollar players. >> the

now is that cool or is he trying to get one more and explain what the rules are in the national football league? >> the reds play the tampa bay buccaneers next sunday. >> all right, top, so good thing the redskins are out of town next week, because it could be rough. tonight it's going to be cool. >> it is. if you are headed out, right now it's okay, but sun is just set and it's going to fall like a stone tonight. we'll start with current temperatures. everybody in the 60s already. low 60s in gaithersburg and leesburg. 64 in frederick. and even downtown at 65 and 62 is far south as fredericksburg. satellite picture, radar combined, it is clear. we're going to see clear skies tonight and for the most part, clear skies tomorrow morning. we'll see some clouds come in tomorrow afternoon. for tonight, clear and chilly. open the windows, but not too far, otherwise you'll be cold. winds southwest at 10. we'll come back and talk about this date in history and talk about a satellite that is no longer working. derek. >> thank you, top. coming up on 9news now, it's a trampoline. it's a tight rope. it's ki

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. >> this i our way of showing the national football league that the east bay is really the center of the bay area population. >>reporter: if the readers picked up and left again today it would rip my heart out. this happened in the 80's. >> if they leave there goes the pride and love. a lot of. that that's what this town needs right now. we need it bad. >>reporter: the mayor rally kicks off a week of events saluting oakland a's and raiders. but not the golden state warriors basketball team. >> reality for sure is the were yours are probably leaving. >>reporter: radio announcer says a owner wolf also wants out of oakland but major league baseball will not authorize a move to san jose. meanwhile los angeles is gunning for an nfl team. it's already proposing the construction of a new stadium. fichlt. [applause]. >>reporter: cap mayor kwan trust raiders owner davis not to the leave for la? >> you have to listen to mark davis. he says he wants to stay in the bay area. >>reporter: but kwan knows what it really takes. she recently announced a new stadium proposal that include hotel and reta

. >> he did an unbelievable job to play the way he did in his first game in a national football league. the way we played was a big plus for our guys. >> he did really good. the offensive line did a great job and he scrambled when we needed it. >> today's game marks the first time since december 19, 2010, the redskins scored 30 points or more. an injury update -- appeared personifies fine. he will be ready to go for next week's game. >> thank you. the marlins beat the nationals 8-0. for a rookie quarterback in his first game to do that is unbelievable. >> they came out guns blazing. >> a lot of times, it takes years to get to that point. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to bui it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none oit will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. a

. >>> last night steelers traveled to denver for payton manning's return to the national football league. mapping who many wrote off for the beginning of the year saying he was done, in complete control last night. payton through for 253 -- threw for 253 yards. big ben was solid. threw for 245, two touchdowns, a fourth quarter interception proved to be the difference. porter sealed the deal by picking off big ben. next up will be at home next weekend hosting new york jets. >>> o's are off today. the huge four game weekend series with the yankees didn't end as well as fans and players would have hoped. they did get the split. the yankee's bats exploded with 8 runs in the 6th, 7th and 8th innings on their way to a win at camden yards. it was a weekend split, two games apiece. baltimore remains one game back in new york in al east. first pitch camden yards, 7:05. >>> we will be celebrating our state's olympians. happening in a star spangled celebration. phelps will be honored. in his appearances he has received 22 medals, by the way 18 of them have been gold. he and the other maryland athle

by the time you're at the national football league, they've added up to many, many thousands if not tens of thousands of blows. >> reporter: professional football has long been a violent game. in recent years the nfl has taken aggressive measures to protect players from some of of the more serious head injuries and upped the ante to those who break the rules. wednesday on "today," roger goodell announced the league's partnership with the u.s. army and nih to study the effects of traumatic brain injuries. >> we're going to be funding $30 million to fund new research that will hopefully help and accelerate the understanding of brain injuries. >> reporter: but for some players the research comes too late. steve gleason, formerly of the saints, has als, as does ex-nfler kevin turner. once forces on the field, they're struggling to make it through the simple tasks of daily living. this doctor wants to stop the disease. >> they have coaches that are least experienced, they almost never have any medical personnel on the sideline. >> reporter: as kids across america suit up to play like their nf

peter said that art was a national football league visionary and pioneer who impact continues to this day. he and his late wife were committed to helping as they were to professional football, to baltimore and beyond. that's from art, about his life from the owner of the orioles. there will be a moment of silence. right now the gates have opened, it feels good doesn't it? >> yes. >> reporter: for the first time in years just take a look at fans. these fans have deserved a night like this hello this is what september means man. this is what it's all about. we will honor cal ripkin because it was 17 years ago this very night that cal broke the record of 2131 and this is when he ran along -- the warning track and slapped everybody's hands. we are still talking about it. one of the great moments in baltimore sports history. they will reveal his statue tonight alongside of frank's, alongside of palmer's and one more to go and that's brooks robinson. he will be here tonight. look the -- cal, that is 17 years old. that placard. an old friend of minute. mike was there -- you can believe it? >

the owners in the national football league don't like to lose, no matter what the battle s >> neither do the fans. >> right now, they are. i'm an ex-vikings, i can't be on the packers side, but that game last night -- >> we will forgive you for that. >> it was pretty bad. >> how do you think this affect the money flow of the game, because it is having -- it is going to have a financial impact, the question how much, do you think? >> it depends on how long this thing lasts. once the replacement officials are out of there and the regular guys come back to work, i think things will get back to normalcy. but right now, you know, you just said it, it could be potentially $1.5 billion, you know, lost through gambling. i mean, gambling is a big part of the national football league, whether the owners want to talk about it or not. so you don't ever want that credibility to be lost. >> you know exit's funny, i think you probably would have batted the ball down or made sure -- a d-back. >> i know he was. >> i can catch. >> thank you, guys, good sigh again, brian shactman and jack brewer, former

. >> this is our way of showing the national football league that the east bay is really the center of the bay area population. >>reporter: if the readers picked up and left again today it would rip my heart out. this happened in the 80's. >> if they leave there goes the pride and love. a lot of. that that's what this town needs right now. we need it bad. >>reporter: the mayor rally kicks off a week of events saluting oakland a's and raiders. but not the golden state warriors basketball team. >> reality for sure is the were yours are probably leaving. >>reporter: radio announcer says a owner wolf also wants out of oakland but major league baseball will not authorize a move to san jose. meanwhile los angeles is gunning for an nfl team. it's already proposing the construction of a new stadium. fichlt. [applause]. >>reporter: cap mayor kwan trust raiders owner davis not to the leave for la? >> you have to listen to mark davis. he says he wants to stay in the bay area. >>reporter: but kwan knows what it really takes. she recently announced a new stadium proposal that include hotel and reta

what many of you may be saying this morning after news broke just after midnight that the national football league and referees are reached a deal ending a stalemate that could have done damage to the on field program. and it begins tonight here in baltimore. >> they're first game back on the job will be tonight at m and t bank stadium when the ravens host the cleveland browns. couldn't be better time. those replacement refs would have been on the field had the nfl not reached this tentative agreement. you remember what happened monday night when things came to a boiling point. the replacement refs were under fire for the questionable call that gave the saw hawks the win over the green bay packers. after that call the two sides got serious about negotiations. coaches players and fans have been frustrated with the o -- officiating by the refs. for football fans especially those ravens fans, it couldn't have come sooner. >> that's awesome. i mean, ravens were directly affected in their second game of the season with a loss that was an obvious bad call, even by replay. the defender didn't even turn a

no one ever forgot that greet pete rozelle of the national football league brought in scab players in '87 or staged a game after the assassination of john kennedy. these things become indelible parts of thecommissioner's le. and roger goodell in a short time has gone from being seen as the most powerful, most dynamic commissioner in sport to somebody who's got, wow, just a tremendous amount of egg on his face. >> you get the sense he was surprised, maybe a ltle ve zirin, the guys are back on the field tonight, browns and ravens on thursday night football. thank you for reporting on this. >> going to cleveland though, that doesn't seem like a way to make them el welcomed. >> you sai it, i didn't. a ughay toar ig looking to take sole position of the al central lead facing the royals. bottom of the fifth. score tied at four. miguel cabrera gets in one. deep left. what a year he's ving. looks like it's going to go. wow. a little fakeout by alex gordon. plit petl kes home run away from cabrera. look at him hold the wall. what a ay. cabrera is chasing the triple crown. he needed that home r

he was a national football league visionary and that's what he is saying. thank you to him. so that statement coming from pert angelos. >> and governor o'malley reacting to the passing of the former baltimore ravens owner saying in part he was respected by his players and beloved by family and fans. he brought the game and spirit of football to baltimore. he said he helped invigorate baltimoreans with pride in their team and set sety. >> they want you to head down to the bank this weekend. >>> nearly 2,000 people across the country infected with the disease. we are talking about west nile virus and there's a fight here in maryland. >> here in maryland there's been one confirmed death as a result of west nile and now word of another confirmed case in baltimore county. christian schaeffer shows how the county is trying to prevent the virus from spreading and possibly threatening you and your family. >> reporter: 5-year-old cousins know what the mosquitoes are after. >> so they can have something to eat so they can drink your blood. >> reporter: and they wish the bloods would.

modell is best remembered for contributions to the national football league and the owner of the cleveland browns from 1961 and 1995 and ravens from 1996 to 2003. he helped launch monday night football and was also known for his charitable work. modell is survived by his sons and six grandchildren. that funeral begins this morning at 11:00 followed by a private luncheon. we are told that the modell family is actually asking that folks gave contribution to the seed school in lieu of flowers. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> we have a special section on our web page dedicated art modell and his career here in baltimore. you can see photos of his life and view videos of tributes paid to him in his honor available at abc2news.com. >>> the modell family would have been proud of the ravens and the huge win against cincinnati last night. did you watch that? talk about a big night for joe flacco and ray rice and ed reed the nfl all time leader in pass interceptions. rice scored two touch dops and flacco threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns. making coach john harbaugh very proud. >>

modell is best remembered for contribution to the national football league.s the owner of the cleveland browns from 1961 to 1995 and the baltimore ravens from 1996 to 2003. now he helped launch monday night football and was also known for his charitable work. now ray lewis and roger goodell the commissioner of the n-fl will speak. modell is sur voobd by his sons and six grandchildren. that begins at 11 this morning followed by a private luncheon afterwards. the modell family is asking people send a contribution to the seed school in lieu of flowers. sherley johnson, abc -- sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> five things to know as you head out the doorch president obama and first lady michelle obama will observe a moment of silence on the south lawn of the white house to mark the first plane collision. also today a ceremony will be held in shanksville pennsylvania to ruer the -- remember the victims that died on flight 9 3. vice president joe biden will speak to honor those the bravery of those -- bravery of the passengers on the plane. a moment of silence will b