got into the nfl game. if you look at the players who actually made an nfl team and got on the field, that went on to sue the nfl, you is kickers who played in five games, you have backup quarterbacks who barely played at all, and replacement players who played in the replacement games in 1987, and, you know, you don't have to be a particularly cynical person to look at this and say, well, gee, these guys played in pop warner, played in high school, college, and may have played in other pro leagues, but they got the brain damage from the cup of coffee they had in the nfl? you know, i really find that hard to believe, so i think for a lot of these guys, and i said the bulk of the guys suing the nfl, it was a giant money grab. i'm not doubting that there's guys that were suing the league that had damage, that walked away from the game with a lot of damage, and we know there's guys that's true of, but i think for the 4500 guys suing the nfl, a lot of them thought they hit the litigation lottery, and they were r

but we did speak to the senior vice president of health and safety for the nfl. d look, there's not a single piece of equipment that ultimately is going to prevent head injuries. but again, changes he believes will help. and this clinic took place on the very same day that five more players with the kansas city chiefs actually filed a lawsuit saying the current lawsuit is simply not enough, that it's just the tip of the iceberg, that it deals with the severe cases, not the other cases which ultimately will come down the road. don? >> deb faorah feyerick, thanks that segue. we're going to turn to chris martin, one of the former players suing the kansas city chiefs and kent is his attorney. chris you and your wife are plaintiffs in this lawsuit against the kansas city chiefs. why are you suing after the $765 million settlement with the nfl? >> well, i really didn't feel that the nfl lawsuit addressed my needs and my issues of my family. so that's why i sought out different counsel. >> what is your complaint against the team? >> well, the number win complaint is negl

the nfl's -- nfl says no. first, to the lead. the spread of the digital currency bitcoin is causing governments around the world to pay attention. that has set the value of bitcoin tumbling. the currency is hovering around $700 from a high of $1200 in recent weeks. china's biggest bitcoin exchange was forced to stop deposits. denmark has become the latest nation to propose standards to protect consumers from what it calls the risks of bitcoin. joining us from new york is matt miller, who is conducting a series, the 12 days of bitcoin. you are on day number nine. let's talk about what countries around the world are excepting bitcoin these days. >> if you want to talk about who is accepting bitcoin, i want to go to the coinmap.org chart. it is a different map. it has a bunch of little dots over it. this is where you can take your bitcoin and pay. these are brick and mortar stores. the internet takes it quite all over the place. 99 in new york, 78 in san francisco, 75 in san diego. in europe, you can see the map is covered. you can

as you can see, the nfl players struggle with it every week. ek in the news, player's fined and suspended. if you hit someone with a head to head hit, you're flagged and suspended. that's a new targeting year. the players right now are just not trained to play that way. >> right. and that's part of the thing. they've got to play through it. that's their job. although that culture seems to be changing. and especially in players who are retired but very well known players. tony dorsett, both coming out and telling their stories. brett says he could not remember a soccer season for his daughter. as a father of three daughters myself, that's a huge loss in terms of his memory. what about that? players in the nfl listening and saying, okay, i'm playing now and hitting as hard as i can, but i'm not anxious to have that life afterward. >> there are a couple of players that have walked away from the game recently after now these guys weren't high-profile players, they weren't making the tens of millions a year that some guys are. but they actually said,

the nfl has a big deal for the nfl ticket.et paid bigl money from the national broadcasters like cbs or anybody who picks it up and pays for it. you has a cable subscriber or satellite subscriber, when you pay your bill, you are actually little toward the major broadcasters. they charge the distributors for that and take that money and pay they nfl or the mlb to pick up those sports and that is the ecosystem that is trying to be preserved among the tv guys. when you blackout local games, you don't pay for television, you put up a pair of rabbit ears and pick up the signal, those are the people that get hurt. it is a small percentage of the tv viewing population that does it this way. >> i look at the brand, in my case the oakland raiders, being damaged by not having as many local people as they might have with a bigger audience. clearly think this drive ticket sales. >> it supports the franchise even if it's not doing so well, they want people to go to the games and make sure the franchise is still valuable even if they are do

the nfl says it will oppose that. old and meant to encourage fans to attend live events. while affecting very few games the past decade, the blackout rule is very important in nfl stadiums and the ability of nfl clubs to set tickets and keeping our games attractive as television programming with large crowds. >> it helps the pay tv guys. you have to be able to watch it through some kind of pay tv distributor. >> how does this help pay tv? the nfl has this big deal with directv for nfl sunday ticket where you can watch any game anywhere. >> they still get paid from the national broadcasters like cbs, or any other who picks it up. you as a cable or satellite subscriber, you are actually paying part of that toward the major broadcastors. they take that money and pay the nfl or the mlb to pick up those sports. that is sort of the ecosystem that is trying to be preserved among the tv guys. you block out local games, it is the local broadcasters. if you don't pay for television, you put up a pair of rabbit ears and pick up

the nfl rejected a pro gun ad for air during the super bowl. that's the big game between football teams. >> it is a top game. >> the stop for daniel's defense focuses on personal protection and fundamental rights. have a look, look havers. >>> i can see where that would be a problem during the super bowl. the bullets come down. the real ad please. >> for my family's safety it is my highest priority and no one has the right to tell me how to defend them. so i have chosen the most effective tool for the job. >> daniel defense. defending your nation. defending your home. >> anyway, according to the nfl's advertising policy, quote, firearms, ammunition and other weapons are prohibited. stores that sell firearms and ammunitions will be permitted provided they sell other products. the ads do not mention firearms, ammunition and other weapons. marty daniels says the spot doesn't violate the rules because they do sell other products and the commercial doesn'tarms. they even offered to change the rifle logo to a picture of my face, obviously. the nfl st

the wives of nfl players have been stricken by head injuries over the years in the trenches. tonight their fight to hold their families together after learning the big nfl settlement may not cover the costs. >>> and against all odds. there's so much money on the line in tonight's lottery drawing. we'll take you where the line stretches from one state into another. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. tonight six american families are in the process of receiving the worst possible news. eight days before christmas they are learning they have lost a loved one overseas. it was a blackhawk helicopter carrying u.s. soldiers. it went down in afghanistan. a fight ensued. tonight six americans are dead. there was one survivor. the pentagon has yet to fill in some of the blanks beyond the shock of the initial news. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski is in afghanistan for us tonight. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this was the single deadliest incident for american forces in afghanistan in more than a year, but there's a lot of confusion here toni

fcc is considering a ban on the nfls television blackout rules. tadium doesn't sell out, hometown fans don't get to watch the game on tv. they said it helps support their franchises, gets people to the stadium. the blackout rate is the lowest in 40 years. ticket sales aren't the only source of revenue. fans hate it because attending a game is too expensive. tickets, parking, food and merchandise. senator tom coburn might have something to say. they could have made $91 million to tax the nfl. currently, nfl franchises are tax exempt. >>> hate waiting to board the plane? just wear a russell wilson jersey next time. alaska airlines is giving priority boarding to anyone wearing the number 3 jersey. he's the new spokesman for the airline. it may be cheaper to go to a game. tickets are cheaper than the nfl average. >>> the fcc is considering lifting the ban on in-flight cell phone yuls. the folks at "saturday night live" had this to say. >> 59% of americans want the faa to keep the ban on cell phones used during flight. the other 41% want you to guess wh

they're always negative. >> think the nfl is ready to go farther? think there are two issues. there's the league itself and what nfl football is going to look like. we don't want it to changed. it's a brutal violent sport. we're all talking about that auburn finish. this is the sport. but you did have for two decades, what did the nfl know and when. i think we trace that in the book, quite frankly. they have known for two decades this issue is there, and while the commissioner and the league are making moves forward on this issue to mitigate it, at the same time, when the commissioner is asked now, is there a length between football and brain damage, we're going to let the doctors decide this. >> wants to do right? >> roger goodell has daughters who play lacrosse, and let's face the facts here, yes we're talking about football, let's move my boy or girl out of that sport, soccer, girl's soccer, the risk is huge. whether it's soccer, ice hockey, baseball, softball, girls are much more likely to have concussions than boys. and that risk is there. you

it only really support the nfl these days. the hat of the nfl, $30 million a year? almost $30 million, and six other current executives make more than $30 million a year. it is one of the most profitable nonprofits i've ever heard up. >> thank you for joining us. kenneth stern joining us from palisades media from washington dc. footballg to stick with for a little bit to get some bowl matchups run nik bonaddio. with hisd numberfire who wants to be a millionaire winnings. we have 35 bowl games, let's start off with perhaps one of the best-known, the rose bowl. what are you saying about the rose bowl? >> the past couple of weeks it has become a little bit of a statein since michigan versus stanford. it is going to be a close game, michigan lost one of their most top defensive ends to me he is suspended for the game and will not play. ready sizable advantage in this game. eighton seven of their closest comparables, so we like stanford for this game. >> stanford for the rose bowl, what about the fiesta bowl? crazy, i love be the points. you're going to what to watch bla

for tv advertisers, time to check out the checkbooks. live nflor nine of the 10 most-watched telecast of 2013. the oscars is the exception there. attorney for madison square garden with years of espn programming there. welcome. the tv viewing expense of nfl games is so great. people say it is better than going to live games. does it threaten the sport of football as a result? >> i don't think it. it is too powerful. they are trying to make the experience in the stadium better so that is something to watch for the next couple years. it is the grid is for proprietary programming you can get and it will continue to be popular. >> why is it so much more popular than any other person boards in the united states is parity. on any given sunday, any team has a good shot of getting the super bowl. games and 13 of the 16 have nfl playoff publications -- layoff i -- playoff imp lications. marvelous formula to it. >> brendan greeley, question here. >> do you think it is also a question of supply? with other sports there is so much more supply every season. w

the nfl has done such a great job of telling those stories, nfl films had a heavy hand in helping shape the image of the nfl. hockey, we have so many of those stories. our athletes are phenomenal guys. once fans know who they are, they'll really like them. we have been doing hbo's "24/7" for three seasons and the opportunity with the outdoor games in l.a. and new york and chicago and vancouver, along with the olympics, created an opportunity to tell some great tories around the teams. >> you will come out of the olympics with some very good benefits? >> hockey is a global sport. the nhl wants to have a global business. the olympics is a great platform. there probably isn't a bigger platform. we think we're going to use it more effectively this year. ultimately, i think part of the answer for us is to have our own world cup. a world cup of hockey, which is a big tradition in hockey and has been very successful. whether that is something we do parallel to the olympics or instead of the olympic is something for the commissioner and ownership to figure out. but there is a big opportunity fr

a brutal day to be a coach in the nfl. chel, first, what's the latest on michael schumacher's condition? >> yeah. you know, it's interesting, when you see all the outpouring of support, you're reminded just how important an athlete he is to so many people around the world. you mentioned him being the michael jordan of formula one. just an icon. it is so agonizing to know that he is now in critical condition and his doctors say it's really hour by hour. they aren't predicting whether he's going to survive this or not. they say there's intense swelling in his brain. he was actually conscious right after the crash. the workers who helped him on the slopes say he was coherent at that time but just obviously got worse as the brain swelling developed and they did say if he hadn't been wearing that helmet, there is no way that he would have gotten this far. it really is amazing, this is a guy who raced one of the most dangerous sports that we have, barely a scratch on him. only broke a leg, that was the only injury he had. and he

the nfl has thousands of place, the nfl has thousands of place, and millions of players in youth andlions of players in youth and challenge football. and challenge football. i went to virginia tech to look i went to virginia tech to look at technology to test helmets at technology to test helmets and track hits on college and and track hits on college and youth players. youth players. let's take a look. let's take a look. . . >>> homecoming in the >>> homecoming in the heartland. heartland. this is cornhusker county. this is cornhusker county. nebraska university, the nebraska university, the epicentre of college football. epicentre of college football. >> first big win. >> first big win. >> along with the tradition of >> along with the tradition of football - come football - come the hits. the hits. cheer cheer cheer cheer >> big hits like this one in >> big hits like this one in front of our cameras. front of our cameras. no one knows how hard the hits no one knows how hard the hits can be better than blake can be better than blake lawrence. lawrence. former lion former lion backer

her brother simeon rice played 12 years in the nfl and won a super bowl. e putting yourself at physical risk. >> you have suffered concussions, you are not compensated. >> i'm most concerned about my right hand. if i break a finger on my right hand. i can't do dentistry. >> the tight end, shrugs off the wrists. >> tell her about -- >> reporter: as a single mom she wants her 7-year-old jackson to see her as tough. >> go, ma! >> reporter: what message are you sending your son by playing football? >> don't be afraid of anything. people ask why, why not? i love sports. i love being part of a team. >> it is 8:00 a.m., saturday morning, game day. i joined the lady of the chicago bliss on a road trip to do battle with their midwest rivals, the green bay chill. >> okay, now. >> reporter: they have a marathon ride to green bay ahead of them. the team should spend the ride mapping out their game strategy. but it is hard to focus. this bus feels like a super charged sorority house. >> i like the down time. this is a little bit much for me. >> reporter: after years of

>> the nfl is very successful. ook at their brand and their product and the number of people that go to games, the corporate people and box suites, to entertain the people, the super bowl and the television ratings, this was huge. the nfl has a great job and college football is a great institution. i live in the south and a hundred thousand people go to alabama every weekend to watch a college or game. 107,000. inmany parts of the country texas, they have 140,000 people watching high school football. this is a wonderful institution that has been under -- but college and the professional level, this is big business. >> it has created the debate about whether college at leeds should be compensated in some way. >> i can understand people bringing that up. i am not speaking on behalf of liberty mutual. i personally don't think the players need to be paid. ishink the college education its own reward and if players go to college and slow down a little bit. enjoy this college experience. most players are not going to go in

a property that could really engage the casual sports fan. nflirst call on meteorology for whether. what would you do if it snows on february 2? >> we have the same guys on retainer. the weather channel guys have been here. >> is it an example of leveraging your tv partners for maximum benefit? >> my history is with nfl films. they have done a good job of telling those stories. they had a heavy hand in shaping the image of the nfl. with hockey, we have so many of those stories. our athletes are phenomenal guys. once fans get to know who they are, they will really like them. we have been doing hbo 24/7 now for three seasons. the opportunity with the outdoor games in l.a. and new york and chicago and vancouver, along with the sochi olympics, created some great opportunities for us to tell stories about these players. >> you will come out of the olympics with some very good benefits, i assume. >> hockey is a global sport. the nhl wants to have a global business. the olympics is a great platform. there probably isn't a bigger platform. we think we're

certainly the nfl feels this way. ? remember the tim tebow ad that got all the hype. it was almost better for their marketing. how do you feel about that? >> well, we're getting a lot of publicity about not being able to use this commercial during the super bowl. but our goal is to use the commercial to run it during the super bowl. we spent probably close to $100,000 to produce this commercial, to run it for the super bowl, to fit inside of their guidelines. i'm a football fan. i'm an nfl fan. i love football. i want to see our super bowl ad. so if you're an nfl fan, call the nfl and tell them, come on, man! run my ad! >> let me ask you this, because you want them to call the nfl and say come on man, run this ad. why? what's the message you want people to come away with from this ad, because i know it means something to you. >> elisabeth, we believe that the average -- the majority of the super bowl fans have the same values that we have at daniel defense. that is we believe in forgetting our family -- protecting our

plenty of late drama in the nfl. playoff appearances on the line. the final game of the regular season. nfc east up for grabs. it's the eagles who win. boykin intercepts kyle orton. the eagles are going to the playoffs. they'll play the saints in the first round. >>> while the packers and bears had a division title on the line. the winner goes to the playoffs. the loser goes home. and aaron rodgers, his team down by a point with 41 seconds to go, delivers gorgeous sauce to randall cobb. jay cutler stunned. and the packers move on. here's your nfc playoff picture. seahawks and panthers get the week end off. wild card games. saturday night in prime time. saints at eagles. sunday, the late game, 49ers at packers. a couple of good ones. afc, chargers, if they win they're in. if they lose, the steelers are in. and the chargers hang on. mike mccoy and the chargers snag the six seed as they beat the chiefs. broncos and patriots, manning and brady get the weekend off. chiefs at colts on saturday. chargers at bengals on sunday. for more wild card weekend, ch

i am responsible for their protection. >> the nfl thinks so. w what you think. >> no obamacare for baby. you will meet the parents who learned about the >>> at the end of the football season is the super bowl. we're about to show you a commercial that the nfl and fox will not run because they say it flies in the face of their prohibited advertising category. it's for a company called daniel defense. it ran this commercial last year regionally in atlanta. you won't see it this year at the super bowl. i wonder why. watch. >> in my family safety is my highest priority. i am responsible for their protection. and no one has the right to tell me how to defend them. so i've chosen the most effective tool for the job. >> daniel defense. defending your nation, defending your home. >> that gun is in the spot and that print u about it's nowhere else. but that is their logo. >> what they have offered is said we'll get rid of the gun and just put an american flag instead. >> has that been accepted? >> no. still won't go for that. >> it's not fox turning it d

the nfl reports 50 players have been sidelined by concussions. r young place, multiple it by 1,000. each year more than 55,000 kids end up in the emergency room for football-related concussions. local news coverage of catastrophic head injuresies have ramped up. >> the high school player collapsed during football practice and died. >> football tragedy bringing together a small down, early. >> what hits will land a player in the hospital? rather than the end zone. how do you reduce a players' risk of concussion? stefan, dumer head of virginia tech's biomedical department has been much. >> the mission is not to end football, but understand what is better. research? >> we can tell a college player, what exposure you have, if you are a quarterbacker, lion backer - we can tell you what the exposure is. >> that impact simulated 100 gs of slartion on the -- acceleration on the brain. is. >> that's the kind of force you may experience in a serious car crash. so right here on this diagram you can see the impacts that players are taking. >> this is how prof

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the nfl, i understand they're under fire. trying to paint cleats and they've got the ravens talking obama care. a more feminized, softer nfl, why don't they put out the bigskin, bring out the nerf ball, play in a bouncy castle and change the name from dallas cowboys because cowboys use guns and the tabby cats and the patriots use guns, something less violent. it's absolutely ridiculous. but the nfl again, more pressure and they're catering to, as you point out, the elitist, media, people who don't even really love football. their fans probably have guns. >> the dallas cowgirls, the cheerleaders do a lot of this. should that stop? >> no, but i sat in for larry king and they had the dallas cowboy cheer leaders. it was the original dallas cowboy cheer leaders. >> they were your age. >> they were. you talk about the free market, they have the right to keep these things the off the air. i wouldn't put the thing on, first of all, it's a lousily produced commercial. secondly, i think you're right. you can put your baby out front and

if he would have made that interception he would have become the only player in nfl with six or more s with five or more interceptions. any player. i mean, the linebacker is one thing. the only player to have six and six and have that stood and there was no penalty that would have put him in incredible company. and his replacement, one of the leaders on the team as greg schiano explained to us in the locker room. adam hayward. and they needed that. >> ronde: play all three linebackers. one of the valuable players on this bucs team. >> dick: third down and eight. pressure up the middle on kaepernick. boldin the intended receiver. fourth down coming up and the buccaneers, they have lost david and hopefully for them not for that long. but they hold the 49ers on their first possession and will get the ball back. eric page goes back deep. >> ronde: we talked about them needing to find some rhythm on offense. hopefully that moment tum helps in the second half. >> dick: pick by lee. it bounces into the end zone. so glennon, who's 9 for 16 for 79 yards and the touchdown pass comes out and tri

the bullying was only one of many bumper cars in the nfl. areened from one crisis to the next in a way that has not been able to be contained by the sports page. these are front page stories whether you're talking about the concussion settlement, whether you're talking about more of the suicides that have taken place of former players, whether you're talking about the bullying scandal that you just mentioned, whether you're talking about the fact the question of the washington football team name was a question on "meet the press," the dallas cowboys/redskins game. the nfl has been defined in 2013 by unflattering stories that have taken place off the field not on the field. >> let's go to sam stein. sam? >> i agree entirely with that. as biased as i am as a red sox fan i thought this year was a fairly depressing year in sports not just because of the concussions in the nfl but because of questions about how the ncaa treat student athletes and whether they should pay them, about the bullying. there's a whole host of things. steroids, massive st

right now at least for the nfl, there a lot of people who believe this is nothing short of a crisis for they can't say they knew about it. what you have seen in recent years, a change in rules and the way they play during games and a change in the way they practice as well. the guys we interviewed who retired in the 80s and 90s, they say the practices were more violent than the games themselves. you don't have the hard hitting practices during the week. you have the rules where you can't get the players in certain players around their head. there is an awareness that is growing including the lives that we spoke to. >> no doubt that the leagues are seeing what the nfl just went through and are thinking about. let's talk about the science here. we are learning a lot more about cte. we had the news and the news that shook me up was tony a few weeks ago when he said what happened to him and you think okay, he is still alive. that's what has been a struggle being able to study the brains of living former athletes and seeing what they can learn and what can be figured out about how to deal wi

johnny manziel is heading to the nfl, says nfl.com. if the texas a&m quarterback can get into the first round of the draft, as many expect here, it's more likely it's a yes. now, if it's the second round for him, who knows whether he'll actually go. it's expected the heisman trophy winner might announce after tonight's chick-fil-a bowl. >>> talking about qbs, davis webb tied a holiday bowl record of ten touchdowns and they upset arizona state to break a five-game losing streak, 37-23. >>> two teams want ad a bigger finale. only one found it in the alamo bowl. mac brown hosted his last game after 16 seasons. number ten oregon playing like it did earlier in the season. it blows out texas 30-7. >>> at music city bowl, mississippi makes it ten wins in the last eleven bowls. georgia tech makes it eight losses in the last nine, losing 25-17. >>> in the armed forces bowl, navy's keenan reynolds, 31 rushing tds for the season. he joins the 30-touchdown qb rushing club. middle tennessee state loses a chippy game 24-6. >>> four more nfl coaches f

. >> the nfl has first call on meteorology. what would you do? we have the same guys on retainer. the weather channel guys have been here. >> is it an example of leveraging your tv partners for maximum benefit? >> my history is with nfl films. they have done a good job of telling those stories. they had a heavy hand in shaping the image of the nfl. with hockey, we have so many of those stories. our athletes are phenomenal guys. when fans get to know who they are, they will really like them. we have been doing hbo 24/7 now for three seasons. the opportunity with the outdoor games in l.a. and new york and chicago and vancouver, along with the sochi olympics, created some great opportunities for us to tell stories about these players. >> the olympics are significant to help build the brand. you will come out of the olympics with some very good benefits? >> hockey is a global sport. the nhl wants to have a global business. the olympics is a great platform. there's probably not a bigger platform. we think we're going to use it more effectively this ye

he also led denver to break the nfl single-season points record with 606 points. all in a day's work. here's the playoff snapshot, broncos get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. nfc, seahawks get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. also in panthers, eagles, packers, my 49ers, and the saints. >>> it was pride on the line for the last vikings game at metrodome. want to talk about that, it worked. they edged the lions 14-13. minnesota gets a new dome in three years. they may not want it, though. given the team or teams like the lions are 7-24 in the dome. >>> some fans tried to rip seats out as souvenirs. not a good idea there. they didn't make it through security. they can get them later at a planned auction. >>> jaguars, we had to show you, this he cannot be stopped. helmet pulled off by a defender, he charges on, look at him. despite his effort jags lose that one to the colts 30-10. >>> and look for more pink slips today in the nfl. the 4-12 cleveland browns coach was fired sunday. though the 8-8 jets coach rex ryan was saved. many expect the 3

fierce" is not in the nfl. ke her name three names ago. >> he just learned this. >> can any other artist pull did?hat sasha fierce just way cool. there were 3001 hundred 26 injuries in the end last year and the injuries continue. none are more gruesome than the patriots star. the hurt makes for a brutal average three year career. of theive years, 3/4 players go bankrupt and the representatives of the stars have too many levels to deal with too much pain. us andlee is with signed his first client out of notre dame. good to have you here. what has changed in the last five years? coming up on >> the injuries of gotten more severe. are better equipped. they are getting hit harder but they are -- they feel they are more invincible because the equivalent is so good. >> take a memo -- clueless on the nfl -- total nfl pro, michael mckee -- save me. >> what happens when these guys come out of school? doesn't somebody teach them finance? they get an enormous amount of money and it shouldn't it be the agents that say to in

is there anything the nfl can do to slow down the dangerous hits in every game? and an award show famous for showing off the big nest the world, snub as bunch of them. welcome to consider this, we begin with a budget deal in washington. the agreement overwhelmingly passed the house on thursday, but it also exposed haw raw the division is between conservatives and moderates. house speaker blasts conservative groups for criticizing the compromise on the budget. >> they pushed us into the fight to defund obama-care and shut down the government. most of your know, that wasn't exactly the strategy i had in mind. but if you recall, the day before the government reopened, one of the people -- one of these groups stood up and said well, we never really thought it would work. are you kidding me? joining me now from capitol hill washington, d.c. correspondent. she has been on the hill all week, following what must have been a very interesting budget debate. despite all this fighting the house overwhelmingly passed the deal. we saw these complaints from democrats and republ

never got a chance to do anything in the nfl because of his bad knees. he list is matt leinart, great qvc at usc, didn't materialize to much in the nfl. troy smith, great in ohio state, didn't do much in the nfl. and tim tebow, one of the most employ polarizing figures. his career is over, probably have a very successful broadcasting career. >> joe carter, thank you very much. >> here's something you don't see every day, a camera shot from the moon. we'll take you there, next. there it is! hey, jen. >> hey, victor! and we are continuing to track this storm system that is pushing across the east coast, caused a foot of snow in some places. we'll have the full wrap-up when we come back. [ female announcer ] you get sick, you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly you're a mouth breather. a mouth breather! how do you sleep like that? you dry up, your cold feels even worse. well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip, and pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more so

those are the words that nfl player derrick coleman lives by. t of young men dream of becoming an energy energy player and few actually get to do so. that is just the beginning of derrick's accomplishments. he is the first legally deaf offensive player in the nfl and cnn's chief medical correspondent shares his inspirational story. >> reporter: derrick coleman is living a boy's dream. playing in the nfl for the top team in the league. the seattle seahawks. now he didn't start playing football until seventh grade. because i had his mom really didn't want him to. >> i was a normal kid. >> the dream of maimi making it to pros began in high school. there he was ranked the number two fullback in the nation by espn. >> i wasn't really thinking about it so much until maybe my senior year. and i was just going out there and just playing hard. i just wanted to play. >> reporter: next stop, ucla, where he was a running back for four years. his college career ended with a degree in political science. and now the 23-year-old is showing versatility as a fullb

so when the nfl blacks out the game, it doesn't persuade me to go buy a ticket.rly people and disabled people wrote similar comments. i think what this really comes down to is we, the people, the american people, subsidize professional sports in many different ways. the fcc sports blackout rule is a subsidizing. yet, billions of dollars of our taxpayer money has gone to build stadiums. our federal laws prop up leagues with anti-trust exemptions. if there's one thing that this symbolizes, it's that when the public gives a gift to the professional sports leagues, they should legitimately expect something in return. in this case, you've got senator john mccain, a republican, and senator richard bloomen that will, a democrat. you've got all five commissioners of the fcc saying, maybe it's time at last to stop giving this gift. >> well, this rule was adapted in 1975. it's interesting. in 2012 the nfl relaxed the rule and allowed teams to lift their blackout for at least 85% of tickets were sold. the league gave teams the flexibility to set their own blackout benchmark

it's judgment day in the nfl. right now the countdown is on and the last minute preparations are under way. >> we're going to have cookies and coffee set out. >> those cookies going to be laced with anything? >> absolutely not. no, no. >> less than 36 hours till colorado marijuana shops open their doors. >>> hello, everybody i'm jim acosta in washington. another revelation about the extent of secret surveillance programs carried out by the nsa. this time it involves the agency targeting computers including laptops purchased online. first, it was the collection of massive amounts of phone and internet data that caused uproar. then there were reports of the nsa infiltrating virtual video games like world of war craft. now "der spiegel" reports the nsa has started infill straighting computers to install spy aware. brian todd, this seems almost unbelievable impossible to believe. yet, it may be happening >> it could be happening according to "der spiegel" magazine, essentially it's an elite group of hackers most of the

the nfl brings the hammer down on a coach. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, harbaugh admit's its not "just" another game. . >>> the seahawks have the best record in the nfl, they are coming to town on sunday, even jim harbaugh admits it's not just another game. >> it does not fire up the fans what does. suppose abraham lincoln riding across the field with a frock and top hat riding a horse and waving the american flag. i doubt that would fire them up if this game doesn't fire them up. >> colin kaepernick has given the fans plenty to be fired up about. nothing has change with the lack of interest in his weekly press conference. >> do you not like this, you are so guarded it seems. >> i signed a contract to play football, the media is an obligation to do. >> and on that one. all right. >> nfl finded mike tomlin $100,000 for stepping on the field during a kick return by jacobi jones, mitt pittsburgh may always have to forfeit a draft pick. $100,000 is a lot of money. a draft pick could be worse. >> he was pretending he was looking at the video board and didn't know it. but he did. ,,,, i want you to know s

jim axelrod introduces us to the nfl prospect. >> go! bers 6'3", 300 pounds, first team all big ten. penn state offensive lineman john urschel is exceptional. >> xy squared -- vaeld from y equals x. >> reporter: but it's another set of numbers that elevate him to unique in college football. >> this goes off the integral from zero to two. >> reporter: urschel graduated with a degree of mathematics in just three years and a perfect 4.0 gpa. he then finished one masters degree is now working on. a second. and as as many academic publications to his name as. >> i wouldn't say it's uncommon among athletes. it's uncommon among students. i'm 22 and i have four papers. >> reporter: urschel can make quick decisions. mostly head coach bill o'brien marvels at a player who writes on instabilities in the sun jupiter's asteroid three-body problem, but sometimes, o'brien just laughs. >> if you give him the percentage of how many times the team blitzes, he wants to know the whole survey size and what games we looked at. and i'm like, john, take it from u

if needed the nfl has a giant machine on stand by called the aero.plan. >> they can use that in philadelphia. >> the nfl has a contingency plan if there is an epic snowstorm they can move the game to saturday or back to monday. they say they always have these plans in place but it would take an epic snowstorm to actually move the super bowl. tree the sport's rant of the year. tuesday night southern illinois lost to murray state and head coach barry hinson, well, he was not very happy with his players afterwards. >> i got a bunch of mama's boys right now. our three starting guards have one assist and seven turnovers. they must think it's a tax credit. it's unbelievable. analysts talk about our big guys. two for 11. how can you go 2 for 11? my wife -- my wife can score more than two buckets on 11 shots, because i know my wife will at least shut the -- one time. a lot like house training a puppy dog. you know what? when the dog does something wrong, bad dog. >> carol, would you believe there is about five minutes of this? an epic rant. one of the best e