that is a christmas gift for bob costas. thank you so much for sticking around, bob.sk you, it's been a couple weeks since the nfl put their new concussion protocols into effect. as a parent of a football player, my boy, my 13-year-old is now playing tackle football. he's in seventh grade. do you think we're still taking baby steps when it comes to head injuries? >> i think there have been significant steps taken. it used to be denial. the nfl treated it the way the cigarette companies treated the connection between cigarettes and lung cancer for a long time. they denied there was any connection between football and cte. now they openly acknowledge it and they do everything they can within the nature of the game, equipment changes, the protocols put in place, et cetera. but as someone once said, the biggest problem with football is football. it's the very nature of the game. injuries and other sports are by and large incidental, although obviously they happen. in football, it's just fundamental. it's a contact sport on every single play. and the subconcussive hits, es

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bob costas, great to see you as always. thank you so much.time. >> thank you, jim. >> all right. >>> scary moments, we should point out, during a college football game this afternoon. the university of michigan's running backs coach mike hart collapsed on the sideline during the first quarter of the game. they were playing against indiana earlier today. and while medical staff attended to him, players on both teams knelt. some of them clearly were emotional. hart was placed on a cart and taken off the field. a michigan spokesperson said he was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital to be evaluated. the fox broadcast reported that his wife was by his side in the ambulance, and that he was alert on the stretcher getting a thumbs up. so good indications there after a very scary moment in college football earlier today. >>> coming up, does donald trump still have classified documents taken from the white house? the justice department sure thinks so. so what options do they have? we break it down next. i might have a rocky exterior, but i got sof

cbs's chief campaign correspondent robert costa is there this weekend. and bob, you know the lieutenant governor suffered a stroke erlier this year and at the debate he's planning to use closed captioning, which is typical for stroke patients. but what more can you tell us in terms of what to expect on tuesday? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. it's a football weekend here in state college, pennsylvania but tuesday's senate debate is certainly the talk of the town. lieutenant governor fetterman will use closed captioning, a common practice for those who have suffered a stroke, but his doctor in recent days issued a letter saying he's fine and recovering but his health and issues like crime and inflation will be in focus during that showdown. >> we've been talking a lot about how this race could tip the balance of power. but just how close is the senate race right now? >> reporter: polls show this is a very tight senate race. like so many races across the country, tightening as november approaches. john fetterman has been ahead in several polls but he's running

bob costas. cnn contributor. bob, appreciate. what is going on here?nilaterally just as the commissioner's office and ownership can unilaterally dismiss any of the independent consultants that neurologist. it's the nfl pa that did that. but subsequent to that, the league has issued a statement saying that they agree with the nfl pa. might be some back and forth on particulars. but that the protocols need to be or is it visited. in fairness, could just be that the protocols were not violated in this case. but that the neurologist made a faulty judgment. which is why tua came back in the game against buffalo. and then was cleared to play four days later. because they played thursday night game against the bengals and was also thrown violently on the turf in that game. what seems to be the objection among people that are knowledgeable about this, from the concussion legacy foundation and others, is that even if the independent neurologist for whatever reason good or otherwise cleared him to play and come back in and out very game, there are indications th

but then just a few minutes ago, you heard bob costas.ladiator mentality, players have to always want to get back on the field. how do football players balance that drive to compete with what doctors say is best for their health and their safety? >> it's -- it's one of the most difficult things a player experiences, pam, especially toward the latter part of their career, right? when you're first in the nfl trying to make a team, trying to make impressions, show that you belong, you're covering up an ankle injury, you're covering up that shoulder that you know might need surgery, but you don't even tell the trainers, you don't even tell the team because you don't want to give them any reason to think that there's a sign of weakness or vulnerability in you, that you may become a liability to the team. and so there's a lot of covering up that happens as a player. i will also say, pam, that there's examples when it comes to head injuries, and i can give a personal example where players don't know that they have them. my rookie year, we were p

bob costa for us at state college. thank you. >>> tonight developing news from britain. former prime minister boris johnson announced that he will not run again to lead his governing conservative party. he was ousted in july amid ethics scandals and had been expected to run to replace liz truss. finance minister rishi sunak is now the leading contender to be britain's next prime minister, its third this year. >>> well, today china's communist party gave president xi jinping an unprecedented third term as leader and xi wasted no time flexing his new muscle. cbs's elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: it was staged as a big reveal. >> please join me in a warm applause to welcome the general secretary and other political bureau standing committee members. >> reporter: but it was no surprise that xi jinping was confirmed as chairman of china's communist party. he will now begin an unprecedented third term as in effect china's supreme leader. and as for the six men, and yes, they are all men who serve in the inner circle of the politburo, every one of them is a xi loyalist a

here is what bob costas had to say about the change. >> it's just another layer of protection to preventy from playing because they want to play. we know that players historically say, i want to get wh back out there, that gladiator mentality is not in their long range best interest. this is another safeguard against that happening. >> joining us now is the ceo of the concussion legacy foundation, a nonprofit dedicating to supporting athletes affected by concussions and promoting safer athletics. he also played college football at harvard and was a professional wrestler with the wwe. you have personal experience with concussions when you were with the wwe. a series head injury forced you into early retirement. you have dedicated your professional life since to the study and prevention of concu concussions. with that backdrop, what is your reaction to this change by the nfl? do you think it's enough? >> well, the reality is this change isn't that much of a change. it's still up to the team doctor to determine if somebody shows ataxia, that it was from the hit to the head, that it was a ne

ahead bob costas is going to weigh in on this incredible home run record. >> he's going to talk about for you considering this next story. >> it is. >> i'll leave it at that. >>> to the nfc, tom brady and gisele bundchen appear to be a step closer to calling it quits. the seven time super bowl champion and his wife have each hired divorce attorneys. chloe, first of all, what is happening and how did it get here? >> i'm the bearer of bad news this morning. and so, look, they were together -- they've been together for 13 years. and you know, gisele recently came out in "elle" magazine and said i have put my life, career, hopes and dreams, second fiddle to tom while he has been pursuing his nfl career. remember, he announced his retirement this past year, came back 40 days later. they were spotted together in europe over the summer. you know, they have been spotted together, not together in recent weeks. we know they've been living separately. we know that she has not been back to the marital home in tampa and he has been spotted at some of their children's sporting games, she's been spo

bob costa and i in our book "peril" were able to investigate that and had all these memos that rudy giulianimp's lawyer sent to lindsey graham when he was chairman of the senate judiciary committee. and graham had his chief counsel investigate and found zero evidence, and costa and i were able to go through that. in fact, there is no evidence. and lindsey graham went to the floor of the senate and said, count me out. he was not going to support trump on this unsupported claim. >> yeah, and that goes to something that is really attention right now as we head into this moment, the midterms. it's something your work explored, which is whether we can remain a nation bound by the law with the imperfections that exist, or whether we descend into something else. and it's striking that trump, who's been known to echo and sometimes plagiarize aspects of past campaigns, he certainly got the message about law and order. many people argue he was not a uniformly egalitarian commander in chief in that sense of dealing equally with everyone. but here's an exchange about law and order. >> did somebody help

bob costa, in our book "peril," we investigated these claims from trump supporters, and they totallynot exist. my other take-away is, and this is the tragedy, trump in this nine month period, he was the president, the chief executive, and i could call him and he would call me. he does not understand the presidency. he does not understand the obligations that come with being president to the people, to protect the people, as he told me, and in terms of the virus, i discovered in re-listening to these tapes, that he concealed the warning he got. he lied about it. he kept saying no, everything's going to be fine. the virus is going to go away. and he had the experts telling him no, no, that's not the way it is. what a sad situation for the country. i think when you look at it, and if you listen to all of this, you will see that his negligence was criminal. he could have taken what he was told, and just shared it with the public, and somehow had this idea that he should play it down, as he told me, and not create a panic. one of the things we learn as journalists over the years and in my

costa county officials are monitoring the air quality. >> that's because a fire that started in the pittsburg marsh back in june is still flaring up once again. "today in the bay's" bobell joins us live from the east bay. >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and laura. the question is what kind of concern or how big a concern is this going to be for air quality. unfortunately, it's not a great concern. the marsh fire burned 159 acres in contra costa county over the summer. firefighters successfully doused most of it at a rate of tens of thousands of gallons a minute at one point. now they say the fire is again burning underground, naturally occurring pete soil. con fire says the owner has hired a private water tender after they asked the owner to put out the fire. the air quality levels in nearby pittsburg are in the good zone and not unhealthy now. >> depending on where you are some of that smoldering smoke could reach you depending on which way the wind blows. >> reporter: they say we are being impacted by the inversion that's keeping us socked in with this fog. when that weather pattern changes we can expect the air quality to improve. reporting live, bob redell

costa county officials are monitoring the air quality. >> that's because a fire that started in the pittsburg marsh back in june is actually flaring up again. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live to talk about how big of a concern this should be. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, kris and laura. not a great concern. you might recall the marsh fire that burned this past summer in contra costa county, burned 159 acres. con fire says it is burning again underground in naturally occurring peat soil by willow pass road and the delta. you might recall they doused a lot of water on it back then. here it is again smoldering. con fire says the owner of the property has hired a private water tender after con fire asked the owner to put out the fire. the air quality district says levels in pittsburg are in the good zone and not unhealthy right now. >> depending on where you are, some of that smoldering smoke could reach you depending on which way the winds blow. >> reporter: the air quality district says impacted by another phenomena, inversion, that's keeping us socked in fog that traps more pollutants close to the surface. when that weather pattern changes th

bob mentioned happening at 2:30 this afternoon. make sure you stay with us for continuing coverage both on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. >>> happening today the contra costa district attorney is expected to announce a former sheriff's deputy will not face charges in a 2001 killing of tyrell wilson. now this is body camera video by the sheriff's department. it shows wilson with a knife in his hand. this is in danville. he has been deemed mentally unstable at the time. you could hear hall ordering him to put down the weapon. the d.a.'s office says that wilson's father, they told him they will not criminally charge that officer, the former officer, with his son's killing because they can't prove that beyond a reasonable doubt hall broke any laws. >> i understand the d.a.'s position. i don't necessarily agree with it other than i appreciate it, but i do think there was sufficient evidence that would show criminal prosecution. >> hall was convicted of assault in a deadly shooting in laudemer arboleda in danville in 2018. he's currently serving six years in san quentin for that. arboleda also had mental issues. >>> happening also today students at santa cruz hi

bob redell in the east bay. you might recall the marsh fire that burned this summer, 159 acres in contra costa county.at soil by willow pass road and the delta. con fire says the owner had hired a private water tender after they asked the owner to put out the fire. the air quality district said air quality is in the good zone and not unhealthy right now. >>> let's take a look at the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >>> we are starting out with sunshine across parts of the bay area. a live look outside in dublin. bright and sunny but you don't want to forget the sunglasses. we've seen fog in parts of the north bay. visibility down to half of a mile in santa rosa. be careful in the school zones as you drop the kids off. we're in the upper 40s. it is mostly cloudy. only some peeks of sunshine as we head to the low 70s reaching 73 today in san jose. 77 in concord. >>> thanks, kari. mother local news in half an hour. >>> ooh! [ bleep ]! ooh! >> wow >> i can't believe there wasn't a bleep there. that was a very big surprise from a father and son fishing off the jersey shore this massive humpback whale