as soon as we found out about the fattah indictment tim is live where he spoke with congressman bob brady, who's also chairman of the democratic party in philadelphia. tim? >> as soon as we heard the word we wanted to speak with congressman fattah's colleagues here in the capitol, the house was in session today, and bob brady tells me he was alongside him doing the job on the house floor. >> reporter: between votes on the house floor today, bob brady gave us a few minutes to talk about his old but newly indicted friend and colleague. he spoke with fattah this afternoon. >> we have a pennsylvania corner we hang out in. he was in the corner with all of us the whole time many he was on the floor, upbeat voting he was there, people came up to him, a hurt el he's going to get over. >> brady says he doesn't know the other people named in this case, he doesn't know anything about the allegations of bribery and illegal money shuffling, he hopes, he hopes this is all just a big misunderstanding. >> i've known him 40 years. i've known his family every one of them. this is sad this is happening, i h

bob brady has known fattah for over 40 years. as for the indictment. >> i've read through it, it is sad, it is, i love to think that people are innocent until proven guilty, but there's a lot here, a lot of things going on. >> reporter: congressman fattah said he will fight the charges. >> 47-year-old jeffery walker pleaded guilty to corruption charges. he accused 6 others of plants evidence and gaining conviction, but the other officers were found not guilty. >>> as david murphy mentioned it is going to be a dangerously hot day, an excessive heat warning is in effect in the delaware valley and lehigh valley. if you have to be outside stay hydrated and wear light-wyeth clothing. the city is asking that you check on your neighbors, the hottest part of the day is from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. >> >> developing this morning, a major lead in the search for the missing malaysia airline plane. it is believe a piece of the jetliner washed ashore thousands of miles from where it disappeared in march last year. >> reporter: there could an i

bob brady mentioned the the millions of dollars he acquired for the city. >> i read through it, it's saddening, i love to think people are innocent until proven guilty but there's a lot here, a lot of things going on. >> congressman fattah said he'll fight the charges. >>> a former philadelphia police officer will spend 3 1/2 years in jail. a judge sentenced 47-year-old jeffrey walker on corruption charges. he pleaded guilty to stealing valuables during drug raise. walker accused 6 other officers of lying to gain convictions but they were found not guilty. >>> developing news, the discovery of this piece of plane debris could this be from the missing malaysian airline flight 370. in the past few hours officials in australia have said they are looking for a serial number that might connect it to the disappeared jet. experts describe it as the material from a boeing 777. it was pulled out of the indian ocean near madagascar on the drift track where the american likely crashed. the challenge is make sure that the numbers are clear enough after all this time to be able to read. >> this k

so, i think -- i love bob brady's comment. he said, "sestak likes to think of himself as a free thinker. i'm a free thinker, too." i'm free-thinking mcginty for..." [ laughter ] "...for u.s. senate." >> well, you know, toomey certainly thinks that sestak would be a formidable opponent. he's already started running television ads because he thinks he will. as to whether anyone else -- >> that's really earlier. >> yeah, it's very earlier. sestak -- i think democrats will coalesce around sestak. he is a former admiral. he does have a reputation that is not warm and fuzzy, but -- and perhaps a suggestion about mcginty leaving governor wolf's cabinet is one indicating that some people don't think she's performing as well as she should and maybe she should consider some other role. >> there are some people who are saying, "that sounds like a great next step for her." yeah, leave the chief of staff role and -- and go up. you know, everybody was wondering why the mayor of allentown wasn't more visible -- pawlowski -- and the fbi raidi

bob brady has known him for 40 years. he mentioned the millions of dollars he secured for the city as the ranking member and subcommittee chair. as for the indictment. >> i've read through it, it's saddening, it really is, i love to think that people are innocent until proven guilty, but there's a lot here, a lot of things going on. >> congressman fattah said he'll fight the charges. >>> a former philadelphia police officer will spend three and a half years in jail. a judge sentenced jeffrey walker on corruption charges. he pleaded guilty to stealing money and valuables during drug raise. he accused 6 other officers of planting evidence and lying to gain convictions but those officers were found not guilty. >>> the discovery of this, a huge piece of plane debris. the question is could this be from the missing malaysia airline flight 370. they are looking for a serial number if they find it he they hope it is identifiable. crews pulled it out of the indian ocean off the coast of madagascar on the drift track where investig

. >> congressman bob brady was driving to d.c. today when he heard his friend of 40 years had been indicted. his immediate reaction. >> brady says it's a major loss for philadelphia. fattah has now stepped down from his post as a ranking member of the house appropriations committee. >> a lot of money, a lot of resources in the city of philadelphia. >> in his capitol hill office brady tells me he feels bad for fattah's family the congressman seems to be handling the news okay on the floor. >> he was right back in the corner with all of us. >> brady tells me he doesn't know anything about the people indicted along with fattah he hopes the allegations against his friend aren't true. >> even in the indictment when i read it it said these are just allegations, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. i hope that would be the case for him. >> the buzz really is the appropriations seat is a big loss. brady's going to get personal. he shares a little of their conversation. i asked him, and he gives us an explanation. can he still be effe

. >> reporter: from washington congressman bob brady told me by phone he is saddened by today's developments and losing fattah as a ranking member of the appropriations committee. >> chaka after 18, 19 years there as being a experienced ranking member it does hurt the city of philadelphia dramatically. i feel badly for him his wife and his family and i hope things work out as best as they can. >> reporter: chaka fattah has served since 1995, before that he was in the pennsylvania state legislator. his legislative priorities have been education and more recently euro science. ukee. >> pat, thank you. we invite to you stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the charges against congressman fattah. we will have more tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 and get more anytime at cbs philly.com. >>> a university of cincinnati police officer who shot a driver during a traffic stop is now charged with murder. as cbs reporter marley hall tells us, prosecutors say the officer intentionally shot the man. >> reporter: university of cincinnati police officer ray tenton surrendered to authori

never satisfied and now the owner bob craft is changed his tune after the four game suspension is upheld for tom bradyarch bob craft accepted the team penalty for cheating when brady and the equipment guys decideed to donate air pressure in footballs and the owner took his million dollar fine and lost of two draft picks you because now he's kicking again and the patriots play pen. >> the decision handed down by the league yesterday is unfathomable to me. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. given the facts evidence and laws of science that underscore this entire situation it is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to take steps to disparage one of its all-time great players and a man for whom i have the utmost respect. >> unfathomable. let's go with the fact it's. they spent $5 million on this investigation. tom brady destroyed evidence in a court of law that would be obstruction of justice. just happens to destroy his cell phone and sim card. bill belicheck tried to con people in when it's cold the pressure goes out of your tires. it was 51 degrees there that game. that d

it follows a defiant stance by brady and patriots owner bob kraft calling the league's decision unfathomable. brady denied doing anything. he said simply he replaced a broken phone with a new one. >>> another critical phase of the theater shooting trial. jurors set to begin deciding the punishment for gunman james holmes today. holmes' mother took the stand yesterday for three often emotional-filled hours. arlene holmes said her son never harmed anyone until july 2012, the day of the shooting. >> he has a serious mental illness. schizophrenia chose him. he didn't choose it, and i still love my son. >> jurors already rejected an insanity plea from holmes and they must now decide whether he should be executed for his crimes. >>> a big show of support last night for one of the school teachers wounded in that deadly louisiana theater shooting. the teacher got up and spoke about the tragedy at a prayer service. she was repeatedly interrupted, though, by cheers of encouragement. she says going to the movie with a fellow teacher was a last-minute decision. she told the crowd how she got away after

new england patriots are never satisfied now the owner bob craft has changed his tune after the four game suspension upheld for tom bradych bob craft accepted the team penalty for cheating when brady and the equipment guys deflated the footballs. the air pressure it was -- the owner took his million dollar and loss of two draft picks now he's kicking again in the patriots play pen. >> the decision handed down by the league yesterday is unthat was fathomable to me. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. given the facts, evidence and laws of science that underscore this entire situation it is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to take steps to disparage one of its all-time great players and a man for whom i have the utmost respect. >> what the she can he talking about evidence of science. >> laws of science. >> disparage. i know the facts are tom brady destroyed his phone. >> as far as the phillies they have to trade cole hamels. he wouldn't be good enough when they're ready. they wanted that catcher and that outfielder. so it's a good trade. if they f these guys develop the way they think the

it had been leveled against the franchise, not tom brady. bobrective to make the face look better in the league and he hoped that move would lead to the kpon ration of making that movie. that was his instinct a few days ago, and today it is an. the fans didn't like what he did a few months ago. he apologized to them he apologized to tom brady. and he said before leaving the podium, you took action off the table. is it back on the table? those are one of the the coach of the team came in. he didn't want to say anything part of the course shls but we'll give nothing even action? how do you do that? once you accept it and the process is in motion, can you say, no, i want to take that back. >> yeah it seems like there is -- in terms of a statute, we're only talking about limitations or anything like that, we're only talking about a sirchs. it would seem the option wanted to go in one direction, and the. the pleasure of owners of this league. bob kraft has been historically a new. . now you have this issue. if you lose the faith of an owner with such

for a free 30-tablet trial go to cialis.com trish: new england patriots owner bob kraft defending tom brady this morning an apologizing to fans for accepting the nfl punishment back in may. >> i was wrong to put my faith in the league. trish: meanwhile, patriots coach bill belichick was a man of very few words. >> we're in a long step by step process as we head into the beginning of the 2015 season. so, we're just going to take it one day at a time. there is no change for us on the football team. we'll take it day-to-day just like which always do. start training camp today. trish: day-to-day. going back to training. judge andrew napolitano joins me right here on set. adam shapiro is outside of nfl headquarters in manhattan. judge, i'm going to start with you, can they really appeal this? >> well they can appeal it but the basis of the appeal, the two potential basis for the appeal are very narrow. under the collective bargaining agreement, that is an agreement that every member of the nfl players association has signed, all 1700 of them, the procedures that were used in the brady case are o

coming up, patriots owner bob kraft comes to tom brady's defense, rips the nfl.sten to what he had to say. >> i was wrong to put my faith in the league. >> now sports insider rick carle will be with us to talk about what's next for the patriots, for mr. brady, for the nfl at large. plus whole foods win. the fed, a whole lot more and only hours to trade all of it. we'll give you the playbook next. pubut to get from theand yoold way to the new,d. you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps business move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready for everything that is still to come. >>> the deflategate story getting pumped up today. bob kravrt criticizing the nfl for upholding tom brady's suspension and how the league has handled the entire situation. >> it is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to take steps to disparage one of its all-time great players and a man for whom i have the utmost respect. personally, this is very sad and disappoin

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the nfl players union is defending brady as patriots owner bob kraft reacted to the ruling this morning. >> i want to apologize to the fans of the new england patriots and tom brady. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. given the facts, evidence and laws of science that underscore this entire situation, it is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to take steps to disparage one of its all-time great players and a man for whom i have the utmost respect. >> steve kornacki the host of "up" was at that press conference this morning and joins me now from foxborough massachusetts. steve, can you break this down for us? >> yeah. well, the question right now, there's a couple things in motion right now and a couple open questions really dealing with that bob kraft press conference you just played a clip of there. that was sort of a surprise appearance by the owner of the patriots. there's two different ways to read what he did today. obviously very defiant, very blistering statements about the league, about this investigation, about the ruling that has left tom brady

brady defiant tonight. the patriots, led by owner bob kraft, huddling around him. >> the decision handed down by the league yesterday is unfathomable to me. >> reporter: brady today is strongly denying the nfl's claim that he covered up his role in deflate-gate by asking an assistant to destroy his cell phone containing nearly 10,000 text messages. on facebook, brady is saying "to suggest that i destroyed a phone to avoid giving the nfl information it requested is completely wrong." he insists that he simply replaced a broken samsung with a new iphone 6. adding "i have never written, texted, e-mailed to anybody at any time anything related to football air pressure." >> it is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to disparage one of its all time great players. >> reporter: brady's teammates firmly behind him. >> tom brady said that he did nothing wrong. do you believe him? >> we support him and believe in him. >> reporter: the nfl players union has filed an appeal of roger goodell's decision in minnesota federal court. as of now, brady is out four games, that's one quarter of the nfl se

loss, did not challenge the loss of the draft pick and the million dollar fine and left tom brady on his own? is bobft saying something to the commissioner, we're not going to stick by brady in this one, because you've got the goods on him? >> well, what is ironic to me, judge, and in watching this we're so use today the judicial -- used to the judicial system where there's a jurist and sometimes a jury of your peers and then if you lose, you have a legal or factual beef, you take it up in appeals court, here it seems to me that roger goodell is confirming the decision that roger goodell engineered to begin with. i'm not exactly sure this curious arrangement whereby the litigator of the punishment is also the judge who approves the sentencing. >> you know, that's odd to us as lawyers, but it comes from the collective bargaining agreement which tom, as a member of the union, is bound by. >> i hope that they can put it behind them. i expect that they will. there's so much money at stake. but more than that, all these broken hearts of all these youngsters. trish trevor hey, i'm a new england fan. i gre

brady going forward with this? why is kraft standing by him so defiantly? it is a little bit of that rally around the home effect. the fans up here, those are bobft's customers. whatever happens with the appeal, brady will be playing for most of the season. kraft's rally around his player, the fans are loving it and brady's thinking in terms of his legacy. >> is this righteous indignation which always worked, we were screwed, whatever the old baseball term? we got screwed here? is that what it's about, or are you going to take the kraft side? >> the patriots advocates in new england are never going to back down on this. they are convinced that the nfl's wells report is just a ridiculous piece of paper that they never really have any proof of guilt. so the advocates in new england are never going to back off this ever, no matter what happens. even if tom brady has to serve this four-game suspension. >> even though ted wells went to holy cross. [ laughter ] >> a tweet, boston is here to support the patriots, i will always believe in my team and tom brady. that sounds like my country, right or wrong. my team, right or wrong. >> it does. i'll phras

tom brady who, after all, if it's not for tom brady, they don't have four championships and coach belichick is not considered the greatest coach ever and bob kraft doesn't have a two or three billion dollar franchise. tom brady is the reason why the engine runs. tough day for the patriots. tough day for the nfl league office and tom brady is going fight back. >> you know, you come to this with a lot of varying experiences and knowledge bases. but i want to turn first to just as you look at sports, what kind of idiots would go after the top producer in your league, one of them, a brand that is as recognizable as the shield itself, and inextricable from what i said in the commentary. this looks like management gone mad in any other business. >> the one tragic flaw that roger goodell has is to investigate everything and prosecute everything which is odd, he didn't go to law school. the only one of the four big commissioners who isn't. lou: that may be changed soon. looks like they need a full-time lawyer in that seat. >> he's put a lot of the credibility of his office into a very narrow basket where he has to prevail in court. and that isn't

soundsike patriots owner bob craft was among those that figured tom brady's suspension would be refusede team did not go to court. now, he regrets it. big time. craft is livid that commissioner roger goodell upheld the four game suspension and apologized to fans today for not continuing his fight. >> the decision handed down by the league yesterday is unfathomable to me. i want to apologize to the fans of the patriots and tombrady. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. >> and players union is appealing that suspension. college football season is almost here. the pack 12 coaches visited espn. david shaw think this is going to surprise people. and the coaches talked about their respective quarterbacks jerry goff. >> he just continued to mature. he's got more comfortable with his offense. and does a good job spreading the ball around. the next step is going to be to get his completion percentage up. high 60s, low 70s. >> is he one of the best quarterbacks you've ever coached? >> he's a great leader and a team guy. very unselfish. he played with an energy that was infectious to the foo

sounds like patriots owner bob craft was among those that figured tom brady's suspension would be refusedthe team did not go to court. now, he regrets it. big time. craft is livid that commissioner roger goodell upheld the four game suspension and apologized to fans today for not continuing his fight. >> the decision handed down by the league yesterday is unfathomable to me. i want to apologize to the fans of the patriots and tom brady. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. >> and players union is appealing that suspension. college football season is almost here. the pack 12 coaches visited espn. david shaw think this is going to surprise people. and the coaches talked about their respective quarterbacks jerry goff. >> he just continued to mature. he's got more comfortable with his offense. and does a good job spreading the ball around. the next step is going to be to get his completion percentage up. high 60s, low 70s. >> is he one of the best quarterbacks you've ever coached? >> he's a great leader and a team guy. very unselfish. he played with an energy that was infectious to the

brady defiant. the patriots, led by owner bob kraft, huddling around him. >> the decision handed down by the league unfathomable to me. >> reporter: brady strongly denying the nfl's claim that he covered up his role in deflategate by asking an assistant to destroy his cell phone containing nearly 10,000 text messages. on facebook brady saying "to suggest that i destroyed a phone to avoid giving the nfl information it requested is completely wrong." he insists he simply replaced a broken samsung with a new iphone 6, adding "i have never written, texted e-mailed to anybody at any time anything related to football air pressure." >> it is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to disparage one of its all-time great players. >> reporter: brady's teammates firmly behind him. >> tom brady said he did nothing wrong. do you believe him? >> we support him and believe in him. >> reporter: the nfl players union has now filed an appeal of roger goodell's decision in minnesota federal court, but as of now, brady is out four games. that's one-quarter of the nfl season. ryan smith, abc news, f

court of law to prove tom brady had a hands on effect on deflating footballs, none zero. >> here's the question i want to understand the question to. i saw big simmons attacking bobal up there in new england on this thing? what is the consequence for patriots fans and how to read this whole thing? >> in new england and greater boston, specifically it's no secret that we all basically hate people. we hate one another -- >> that's good. >> people who do something, hate people, okay. >> you're going to be a success, i really applaud your success but i hope it doesn't happen for you. you know that's the way we are. >> the nfl just is a very lucky organization. they hired don hudson, who i might be lucky enough to meet -- they have it right with her. >> there's a lot of votes this morning. >> minnesota hunter says he thought he was acting legally when he killed a protected and beloved lion in zimbabwe. a 13-year-old lion named cecil was reportedly lured out of his preserve and shot with a cross bow, 40 hours later officials say the lion was shot and killed and allegedly skinned and beheaded. walter palmer a dentist, acknowledged hiring local guides and said as far as

believe tom brady, he's by quarterback, my guy, brought me four super bowls, brought me to prestige all he said was nonanswers to any questions, that was about this which stood out to me by bobady's side. and he regrets and apologizes to fans for not fighting this back in may. and tom brady's doubling down. he says just like roger clemens in a way when roger clemens when he was accused of ped's and said everyone was lying except him, he said i'm going to fight this. and judge, i know right there, i recognize him from his head shop because he's got his picture awn over the building. judge napitano you say this he says he's got to fight this he's got a union lawyer and his own agent who is a lawyer and fight this and try to get it overturned and probably a stay and be able to play while they decide. >> brian, i'm terribly story, i've pretty much got to go, but we've got a fighten within the nfl what we've got right now. anybody going to argue with that one. >> no. >> it's not a legal fight there's no basis for appeal. stuart: we will he be back got a whole lot more for you in a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of ta

also the report says that brady destroyed his cell phone before the investigation. bob costas will talk to matt lauer with what's neckxt at 7:00 a.m. >>> a few things to know before you go out the door. a rave is under way in northeast washington. people are wrapping up yoga. the dance party starts after that. this is an alternative to the overnight raves for us morning folks. >>> a hearing for high-ranking state department employee starts in a couple hours. d.c. police say daniel rosen stalked women and secretly recorded them in the hughes street adams morgan neighborhoods. >>> police say a 54-year-old richard cusick lost control of his car and died in clarksburg. >>> another issue right now, inbound 66 at 123, very slow. a four-mile backup because of a crash there. bradley boulevard and bethesda still shut down all day. take river, old georgetown, wilson. >> that is the news today. >> "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. >> have a great day. >> make it a great wednesday, everybo >>> good morning. breaking news is moa omar dead? reports that the reclusive

. >>> sounds like patriots owner bob kraft was among those who figured the tom brady suspension wouldduced if the team just accepted their punishment and went quietly on deflategate and they did not go to court to contest it. now he regrets that move. kraft was livid today with commissioner roger goodell upholding brady's four-game suspension and kraft apologized to pats fans for not continuing his own fight. >> the decision handed down by the league yesterday is unfathomable to me. i want to apologize to the fans of the new england patriots and tom brady. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. >> see how that plays out. the players union is appealing on brady's behalf. >>> college football season's almost here. today pac-12 coaches were visiting espn. stanford not expected to be a top ten team this year but david shaw thinks his squad is going to surprise some people while cal's sonny dikes wants to improve on a 5-7 record from a year ago and the coaches both talked about their quarterbacks, kevin hogan and jerry goth. >> he's continued to mature. he's gotten more comfortable wit

but it is amazing that when bob kraft came out slammed the league and saying he unequivocally supports brady. >> the story gets more crazy every hour and tom brady coming out with his extensive statement this morning was interesting. but the headline today is now robert kraft. this is the most powerful owner in the nfl. "gq" said in an extensive article interviewing more than 100 people calling robert kraft the assistant commissioner, going through how he basically saved roger goodell during the ray rice scandal. and for robert kraft to come out and basically say he made a huge mistake putting his faith in the league and saying essentially that he was duped. what he was referring to about what happened in may is that he accepted the nfl's punishment. tom brady went on to appeal. but robert kraft said, i'm going to take the bullet for the good of the league, i will accept the highest financial penalty ever assessed on a team and i will accept this statement that we did wrong even though they published that whole website saying, we didn't really do anything wrong. but we'll take the punishment

bob said look i accepted those penalties back then because i believed it would ease the way in the hopes that this four-game suspension of tom bradyo away. he now thinks that's a mistake. so here's the question. is there some legal avenue that bob kraft could now pursue or by accepting those penalties a few months ago, did he effectively take the legal option off the table going forward. the other possibility here, too is look. we're getting out of the nfl season. the players are here today coming off of training camp. when we looking for an owner who was trying to rally his own team trying to show faith with his players and getting the team back. >> the issue with the cell phone here, he seemed particularly bothered by this. tom brady as well saying i didn't destroy my phone. what do we know is true or false here? >> yeah so you try to reconcile two different statements here. you have roger goodell in this statement from the nfl saying within 24 hours of tom brady's scheduled meeting with ted wells and the investigators who were looking into deflategate, within 24 hours of that tom brady instructed an assistant to destroy the cel

bob craft is standing by his quarterback. >> i want to apologize to the fans of the new england patriots and tom brady. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. >> the patriots will start training camp tomorrow. no word yet on when tom will be addressing the media. but at some point he will. and he's hanging on there. >> meantime everybody gets to know the backups and they push on. they push on. >> exactly. >> thank you lesley. take a short break. you're watching "eyewitness ♪ >>> it's all about people helping people and families tonight at the ronald mcdonald donald house at saint christopher's once a meet meals are brought to the facility as labor of love called alexander's ambition. special guests like jason thompson of the sixers offed their help. alexander is a cancer survivor and was a patient at saint christopher's. her father played on the 1980s super bowl team. his wife and alexander started delivering the meals in 2006 through private donations. nicely done. >>> thanks for watching white news at 11:00 o'clock. "eyewitness news" returns tomorrow morning at 4:30 with nicole brewer, meteorolog

bob craft is standing by his quarterback. >> i want to apologize to the fans of the new england patriots and tom brady. i was wrong to put my faith in the league. >> the patriots will start training camp tomorrow. no word yet on when tom will be addressing the media. but at some point he will. and he's hanging on there. >> meantime everybody gets to know the backups and they push on. they push on. >> exactly. >> thank you lesley. take a short break. you're watching "eyewitness news" at 11:00 o'clock. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm, at three in the morning? who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? uh, khakis. she sounds hideous. well, she's a guy so... another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ >>> it's all about people helping people and families tonight at the ronald mcdonald donald house at saint christopher's once a meet meals are brought to the facility as labor of lo

both he and patriots owner bob kraft have been speaking today about the four-game suspension for star cornerback tom brady that has been upheld. matt: bill belichick kicked off the press conference saying, it's great to see you all back here. clearly, not meaning that. you cannot believe anything he says after that point. it is interesting that the patriots owner is really angry at the nfl about this and talking about the fact that he should not have put his faith in the nfl. should not have put his faith elite and should not have put his faith in roger goodell. i think roger goodell council on that support when he has issues -- counts on that support when he has issues or any other kinds of issues. olivia: good dell leads the team owner support. matt: he is a very influential owner. interesting to watch what is going on there. tom brady apparently destroyed his phone. he said he did not do that to stop information from getting to the nfl. olivia: he actually posted on his facebook page this morning a very steamed defense against his four-game suspension. matt: let us look at the other top stories crossin

the league preemptively filed a suit to confirm brady's suspension. >> yes, they did. bob costas, the host of nbc's "football night in america" joins us. you're a lifelong football fan. you wake up this morning, are you feeling better or worse about the integrity of the game? >> i think it depends emotionally on where you're waking up. >> i'm talking about you. >> i think they turned a misdemeanor into a federal case, both figuratively and literally. there's no question consciousness of guilt both in his interview with me super bowl week and press conference, destroying the cell phone, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but guilty of what? to me this seems more like watering down the infield or playing field to slow down a speedier opponent or pine tar on a bat. it's not awful but it became awful because of the way the league overreacted and brady himself didn't say what he could have said. >> i think if you read that 19-page report and i know you have, to me i felt like this isn't about deflating footballs anymore, this is about a cover-up. this is about some

the league filed a suit to confirm brady's suspension. >> yes, they did. bob costas of "football night in america" joins us. good to see you. we'll get into the details but you're a life long football fan. you wake up this morning, do you feel better or worse about the integrity of the game. >> depends where you are waking up. >> i'm talking about you. >> i think they turned a misdemeanor into a federal case. there is no question consciousness of guilt in his press conference destroying the cell phone. if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck but guilty of what. this seems like watering down the infield of the playing field to slow town a speedy opponent or pine tar on a bat. it's gamesmanship. it's not awful. it became awful because of the way the league over reacted and brady didn't say what he could have said. >> if you read the 19-page report and i know you have i thought this isn't about deflating football. this is about a cover-up someone who didn't cooperate, someone who destroyed evidence. >> it's always the cover-up rather than the crime. why di

. >> as i recall bob kraft said pay the penalty, like a million bucks, which is like chump change to him. this is tom brady'sreputation everything he's worked hard for all these years. >> it is. that's theory why i would look at it from tom's perspective and say i'm going pursue this because it's more about who i am and my character than if it was right or wrong. if i didn't do it'd pursue it to the furthest level. as you brought up. it's the character of the man. >> joe theismann formerly of the washington redskins. i'll tell you what i'm going to say. it's a little bit of a twist at the end of the show. don't know if you'll agree with mu. >> a weapon of mass destruction that was to be deemployeed at a public beach. what does the mayor the about trump running for president? is that good? we're going ask him. keep tweeting #yes or #no whether he's good for the gop. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better c

powerful sports league and arguably the most powerful owner in bob kraft saying he does not essentially trust the league. follows tom brady'si did nothing wrong. we contacted the phone company to see if there was any way we could retrieve any of the text messages. this is -- this is a big-time drama going on in the league right now. >> you're not going to hear anything from belichick but kraft, that was extraordinary. in the sense of probably the most powerful owner, certainly the most storied nfl franchise going after his one-time ally the commissioner at the nfl and the league itself. >> i was wrong to put my faith in the league. what do the other owners do? do they side with him? >> that's an interesting question. he basically said i should have taken legal action right away and i thought i could negotiate this the way i've done so many other things. >> this idea that penalties get reduced on appeal is interesting but the player association is expected to file an appeal. >> it'll take a long time. >> they're looking for a friendly state in minnesota or massachusetts but brady in his statement says he does not want this t

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listen bob kraft gave in and said stop okay i am going to listen to the nfl, and he accepted his penalty from as a team owner. and from whatever reason tom bradyhinks he's above all that. and you can't be. if i was a gambler, and i may have said this to you before and i knew he deflated those footballs on a day that it was wet, and it was 51 degrees so the cold didn't take the air out of the ball, that's an advantage. and you can't have that because the world is gambling -- it's beyond this neil. but he had to get the four games. there's no way he couldn't get the four games. and listen if he goes to court you know knock yourself out, tom. >> all right. well sorry, new england patriots but enjoy it. by the way, for sympathy look at the red sox. not! all right, guys. that will do it. that will do it. >> all right. in the mean time take a look at what's going on twitter after-hours. it is surging. i don't know how you express that in a limited number of characters. suffice it to say, not dead yet. we'll tell you why after this. i accept that i'm not 21. i accept i'm not the sprinter i was back in college. i even accept that i live with a higher

bob kraft, a defiant statement going after goodell, the league accusing them of vendetta and a message to exist here in new england, fans customers, to rally them around the team and a message to tom brady. he will be playing for the bulk of the season for the patriots and kraft wanted brady to know he has his back. >> all right. steve, stay with us. i want to bring in andrew brandt, the nfl business analyst. the reason this is such a big story is not just because it's tom brady but because we're talking about the patriots here. what does it mean for the nfl that you have roger goodell, long stood behind the patriots coming down like he is how significant is that? >> being a league executive all those years i was with the packers and we always looked at this paranoid yeah we all had of the league office. they favor certain teams over us. our pair know yeah in green bay is we didn't have an owner. patriots is one of them teams. they're a pair and close and they play to the edge and maybe over the edge and always that paranoia about them. this time it feels like this was something they needed to do. listen. it didn't start out of thin air. the colts, maybe the ravens and other teams, they