just ask christopher knight or you probably know him better as, peter brady. i did the brady bunch when i was 11 through 16. and if you go back and you look at well the show, at that time big hair was in, and i always had this big head of hair. when i came back into show business and all of a sudden had to watch myself, i had to acknowledge that i had lost a good deal of hair. we all like to maintain our youth, as long as we possibly can, and there's nothing like going bald to make you feel like you're getting older. i had to face the facts that i was losing my damn hair. so i picked up the phone and i called bosley, i went through a restoration and now i have a full head of hair. this is my hair, this is my hair. now, to go bald is your own choice, you don't have to accept the fact thatbe that our inherited fate. you know what i get? i get you got a great head of hair. you know, and i'm thinking, i do, i do! we combine all the medical development, the scientific development, and translate that into an artistic outcome. you want it to be artistically wonderful,

peter, what we do know is that brady moved this presser up a full day. what are folks around there including the players making of that? >> it's a good question. we should let you know we just found out within the last matter of moments that this news conference is now more likely to happen at 4:30 than 3:45. we of course will be watching. when we're done talking to you, we're going to walk inside to gillette stadium where they already only have a standing room only crowd. brady was supposed to speak tomorrow, chose to speak today. their hope is they can put this thing to rest. we had a chance to speak to several people who have opinions of this who played within the league including a long-time nfl player i spoke to just moments ago. i'll grab a football quickly. he tells me that in his years playing in the league, that he can't name a single quarterback who didn't in one form or another try to doctor the ball telling me that players would often -- their equipment managers would sometimes use strong horse hair type brushes or sand paper to make these ba

peter, what we do know is that brady moved this presser up a full day.ng the players making of that? >> it's a good

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peter alexander reports. >> with the pressure on the patriots mounting three-time super bowl champion tom brady was forced toe. >> i didn't alterrer the ball in any way. >> just days after laughing off the controversy. >> would you wear to weigh in on that? >> i think i heard it all at this point. >> brady was hit hard with tough questions. >> can you answer right now, is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i mean i feel like i have always played within the rules. >> but those answers didn't quiet his critics including several former players on espn. >> i did not believe what tom had to say. i don't believe there's an equipment manager in the nfl who would on his own initiative deflate a ball without the starting quarterback's approval. >> it's unbelievable. for you not to know what you touch every play. >> we have cooperated fully, quickly, and completely with every request that they have made. >> brady's denial came just hours after head coach bill belichick said he was shocked to learn his team was playing with underinflated footballs. >> i have no explanation for what happened. i don't have an ex

star quarterback tom brady and coach bill belichick fielded questions but left the media with few answers. peter alexander has an update. >> reporter: with the pressure on the patriots mounting three-time super bowl champion tom brady was forced to play defense. just days after laughing off the controversy. >> would you care to weigh in on that? >> i think i heard it all at this point. >> reporter: brady was hit hard with tough questions. >> can you answer right now, is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i mean i feel like i've always played within the rules. >> reporter: but those answers didn't quiet krizhis critics. >> i do not believe what tom had to say. i don't think there is an equipment manager in the nfl on his own initiative would deflate the ball without the starting quarterback's approval. >> it is unbelievable. for you not to know what you touch every play. >> we have cooperated fully, quickly, and completely with every request that they have made. >> reporter: brady's denial came hours after head coach bill belichick said he was shocked to learn his team was playing with u

bill belichick and tom brady insist they do not have any knowledge of how it happened. peternder is in glendale phoenix, the site of where super bowl is going on. >> reporter: this story gets more business air. the debate over deflate-gate may be whether you believe that a patriots locker room attendant could have deflated 12 footballs in 90 seconds. it comes down to a bathroom break. the nfl interviewed a locker room attendant by deflate-gate. security sources showed him taking the football into a bathroom for 90 seconds before bringing them on to the field shortly before the game. >> 90 seconds is more than enough time if you zip it open and if you have a needle it doesn't take much time to make a significant reduction in the air in the football. >> robert kraft who came out in strong defense of his team on monday. >> we expect hard facts as opposed to circumstantial leaked evidence. >> reporter: he responded to tuesday to richard sherman who called kraft's friendship with nfl commissioner roger goodell a conflict of interest. >> richard sherman called you out with your rel

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are raised after both new england coach bill belichick and tom brady spoke out denying knowing anything about underinflated footballs. peter alexander is outside in foxborough with the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. neither the wicked genius coach or the quarterback tom brady has been able to silence the skepticings. yesterday in the news conference brady surprised a lot of people saying as of late thursday, four days after the scandal broke he still had not been contacted by nfl investigators. with the pressure on the patriots mounting, three-time super bowl champion brady forced to play defense. just days after laughing off the controversy. >> would you care to weigh in on that? >> i think i heard it all at this point. >> reporter: brady was hit hard with tough questions. >> can you answer is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i mean i feel like i've always played within the rules. >> reporter: those answers didn't quiet critics including several former players. >> i did not believe what tom had to say. i don't believe there is an equipment manager that would deflate a ball

peter brookes, major general james marks, thanks very much. >>> up next deflate-gate. the patriots mega star quarterback, tom brady, is due to speak in just a couple hours. will he say he was shocked and has no explanation just like his coach bill belichick did short think ago? we will speak to a former teammate of tom brady who is with us. >>> it is on. a meeting between jeb bush and mitt romney. both men say they're considering running for president. what's that going to be like? two men will enter. one will leave. we'll talk about the meeting next. health can change in a minute. so cvs health is changing healthcare. making it more accessible and affordable with over 900 locations for walk-in medical care. and more on the way. minuteclinic. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to your insurance company and... boom! you're blindside

patriots head coach bill belichick and quarterback tom brady spoke out and denied knowing anything about underinflated footballs. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is outside gillette stadium in foxborough with the latest. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt good morning to you. neither the patriots' wicked genius coach bill belichick nor their golden boy quarterback tom brady has been able to silence the team's skeptics. as of late thursday four days after the story broke, brady surprised fans and frankly everyone paying attention saying that he still hadn't been contacted by nfl investigators. with the pressure on the patriots mounting three-time super bowl champion tom brady was forced to play defense. >> i didn't alter the ball in any way. >> reporter: just days after laughing off the controversy -- >> would you care to weigh in on that? >> i think i've heard it all at this point. >> reporter: -- brady was hit hard with tough questions. >> can you answer right now, is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i mean i feel like i've always played within the rules. >> reporter: but those answers didn't quiet his critics

peters. it makes me grimace on behalf of mitt romney to talk about winning with integrity we may have to interrupt this -- okay. tom bradyis holding his proesz conference. let's listen in. >> we've been trying to for the last few days. coach belichick addressed it with you guys this morning. and i wanted to give you guys the opportunity to ask the questions that you want. i'll do my best to provide the answers that i have, if any. and we'll go from there. >> when and how did you alter the balls, tom? when and how did you supposedly alter the balls? >> i didn't you know have any -- you know, i didn't alter the ball in any way. af process i go through before every game where i go and pick the balls that i want to -- the footballs i want to use for the game. our equipment guys do a great job of breaking the balls in. they have a process they go through. when i pick the footballs out. at that point they're perfect. i don't want anyone touching the balls after that. i don't want anyone rubbing them putting air in them taking any air out. to me those balls are perfect, and that's what i expect when i show up on the field. so t

spotlight on sunday patriots quarterback tom brady is trying to bring home his fourth title, but will that quiet the critics with the deflate gate hanging in the air. peter9 marquee, it would be his. this is the a once in a time experience but this is brady's 6th trip. none of them quite like this. the first quarter and tom brady is fighting a cold. >> i should be 100% on sunday. >> and his critics. days before number 12 looks to match his boyhood idol joe montana and terry bradshaw with a 4th super bowl ring fans and former players wonder if during deflate gate this could come with an asterisk. >> the balls were deflated? >> what's the impact on brady's legacy? >> the pressure is inflated on super bowl sunday because if he goes down and struggles, this cheater label will stick. if he performs the way he has for the last 15 years, he is the greatest quarterback of all time. >> the scandal turning it into a punch line. >> i want to address the elephant in the room. this is a vintage hat. pretty cool right? >> he kept his sense of humor. 15 years ago no one, not even brady could have imagined the guys would be here. >> i have been lucky over the teams. >>

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brady. that is happening, we just learned moments ago, this afternoon in a just scheduled news conference to take place at 1:00 am p.m. pacific time. matt? >> peter alexander, thank you. tq law has won two super bowl s. he was mvp of super bowl xl. he's now a member of nbc's "football night in america." it's good to see you. >> a pleasure. >> i've heard people say this is the mother of all scandals to it's not even worth our breath to talk about it. some said it's like talking 61 miles an hour in a 55-mile-an-hour zone. how do you feel about it? >> it's cheating. regardless how you may want to spin it, it helped tom brady provide a better grip on the football especially in bad weather conditions like rain. and so you want to deflate the ball because all quarterbacks don't have big hands oregon small hands. >> game balls were inspected by referees before the game, at halftime they were found to be under inflated. how did they do it? >> from the time period when the referee checks the football, you know , you may give the ball to the ball boy and he lets a little air out it have and tom brady feels it, i like this grip. >> now you're talking about