. >> chuck norris. washington is chief national correspondent for "the new york times" magazine and national treasurer mark leibovich. he writes this about celebrity endorsement in politics. the particular value of an individual endorsement has never been clear. many so-called keepers of the narrative have concluded that ted kennedy's support of barack obama signaled that it was okay for traditional liberals to vote against the clintons but did mike huckabee win the iowa caucuses in 2008 because of chuck norris support? in the era of twitter and 24/7 news cycle you never know which endorsement might take off. so, mark, this is a tough one. it's kind of fun to watch brett favre talk about thad cochran, unclear how much weight it carries. what did your investigation find? generally, do these things matter? >> my deep investigation into this is usually they don't matter. brett favre actually has studied the is not appropriations process very -- actually it's a joke. no. basically, the point is in this day

he's being compared to chuck norris and bruce lee. one admirer pictured the robbers having their butt handed to them. >> did you get a reward from your boss? >> not really. just a lot of people appreciating what i did. i would say i'm the happiest person in the world right now. >> reporter: happy about all the praise, tinged with just a bit of criticism over how long he continued to kick the one suspect who was later arrested. >> if he had a gun he would shoot me, if he had a nice he would stab me, why would i take that chance. >> his hands and feet are not the only body parts fans are admiring. he used to model a bit back in sri lanka. >> which would you rather do, model or fight? >> i do fighting, if i can do modelling at the same time, i'll do it. >> one called the beatdown. >> a feel good story. >> i guess it didn't feel good to everyone. mayura is what you would get if you crossed sampson with fabio. jeanne moos, cnn new york. >> he's like a superhero. >> good for him. folks who work at convenience stores late at night, they're d

chuck norris is in second place or to god in bruce almighty or even chegavara but they couldn't believe their eyes when he went into the field including phillip 0 claire writes, "take him off now. do these people realize what concussion is and can lead to? also, former australian player wrote, andrew orsadi: see what happened to mascherano? this is why an independently mandated sideline protocol is the only way. retired american soccer said speechless how fifa continued to turn away from the problem of traumatic brain injuries: the main concern has been you need more than a couple of minutes to determine if a player has a concussion. michael? >> inasmuch as soccer players use their head during the course of the game, that's why they need those protocols in place. ines, thank you so much. speaking of fifa, soccer's governing body has rejected the appeal by luis suarez. if you remember, he got a 4-month, 9 match ban for biting a player on the italian squad during a world cup match earlier. fifa says he can appeal to a court of arbitration but this affects more than just the national team.

the pictures are trending and comparing him to the darth vader or chuck norris. or god in brucealmighty. for former soccer athletes couldn't believe their eyes when he returned to the field prompting one to say take him off now, do these people realize what concussion is and can lead to. andrew a former player saying see what happened to him, this is why an independently managed sideline concussion protocol is the only way. also retired american soccer player saying speechless. they turn the eye to the brain injuries. >> it is all about the substitution policy. they feel the pressure to go out there and continue to play. thank you. >> thanks for watching this edition of aljazeera america. "inside story" is next. go the aljazeera.com for updates throughout the evening. >> have eight a once again heading from gaza to israel and israel to gaza. death and fighting come to a part of the world where two people say they want peace. have eight "inside story". [ ♪ music ] hello, i'm ray suarez.

after the gas station fight, he's being compared to chuck norris and bruce lee. one admirer pictured the robbers having their butt handed to them. did you get a reward from your boss? >> not really. just a lot of people appreciating what i did. i'm really, really happy. i would say i'm like the happiest person in the world right now. >> reporter: happy about all the praise tinged with just a different criticism over how long myra continued to the one suspect who was later arrested. >> if he had a gun he would shoot me and if he had a knife, wee have stabbed me. why would i take that chance? >> reporter: but his hands and feets aren't the only body parts fans are removing. one poster calling him gorgeous. can we talk about his perfect hair because oh, my god, the dude could easily be in a hair care product commercial. turns out he used to model a bit back in sri lanka. which would you rather do, modeling or fight? >> fighting. but if i can do modeling at the same time, i would do it. >> reporter: one customer called the beatdown. >> a feel good story. >> reporter:

if chuck norris can't do it, who can? >> they are a high propensity voting group historically.his is to reach out to a broader audience. in the past people who supported second amendment rights have more absolutist view of that have done a better job of people that would like to see some gun control, particularly in off year elections. i don't know if this is a sign of strength or weakness but sends a message to those who want more gone control. the nra is going to go out there and try to get people to the polls. >> jonathan, they are sending people out across the usa. is this a smart refocusing for the nra? >> no, their pr over theangry as terrific. this is another example. i don't understand why the son is proud of his father just for being a voter. it seems to work pretty well as an ad to try to drive voter registration. the democrats were the ones who got really good at this in 2012. they used microtargeting and all sorts of other, you know, high-tech ways of increasing voter registration, particularly among their core constituencies. and we're now seeing the republicans st

somebody said he's the new chuck norris.acgyver. >> right. >> he can fix anything, stop anything, run faster, jump higher. it's why we love him. kind of like the olympics. you always have a great human interest story. he's the guy and i hope he makes a ton of money off this because let's be honest, he's playing soccer in america. come on. >> exactly. >> one thing i think is so cool, here he is a defender, so often in american sports, when you look at football or basketball, we give all the praise to the people who are scoring points. i love that he's a defender. mark, is it saying something more about america and our culture in general, you know, that we have these unknowns overnight then we turn them into superheroes? >> yeah, i think it's two things. i think, one, we love the unknown. we love the feel-good story. we love someone to go from nothing to something overnight. what better story than this one where the team is losing, we had a great run but obvious floly n world cup worthy run. he sets a record with style, grace,