. >> brown: joining us now is retired colonel derek harvey, a former intelligence officer and special to the commander of u.s. forces in iraq. he's now a professor of practice at the university of south florida. and new york times intelligence reporter mark mazzetti. welcome to both of you. mark, let me start with you. you have been reporting this story for a month but it seems to have taken a big jump forward now as the scope becomes clearer. >> the scope has become clearer. a number of senior lawmakers have spoken about the seriousness of the matter and it's not just senator mccain. a lot of democrats as well who have talked about that this issue sort of cuts to the heart of the credibility of centcom, the credibility of senior officers who talk about the progress of or the lack thereof. so i think you're starting to see it build up, and, as you said, the scope has become clearer. i think we have a better sense that it seems to be a problem within the intelligence unit of central command, but it's a huge unit, some 1,500 people, and they call it -- it's called the j.-2. it's people

all right, derek jeter owns, and matt harvey is a new york borough chief. >> he basically had this big surgery, and his agent said, look, you can only play 180 innings. >> his surgeon is the most respected in the country, one of them. he said relation 180 innings -- recommendation, 180 innings. >> now, this is after a season of tough talk -- >> yeah. you're right about that, greg. >> and how anxious -- >> you are right about that. >> -- he was to pitch in the world series, the pennant, but now it's all about him is ask, not about the team. >> i understand his point because it's a business. and, look, at the end of his contract, he could be up for, what, $200 million? understand he's thinking about his long-term future. he's still a young guy, 26 years old. greg is right. he complained about a six-man rotation. then all of a sudden he's not the tough guy anymore. you can't have it both ways. >> it's all about him and his career and not about the team, not the about the mets, not about the championship. >> and mets fans don't want to hear that right now because of all they've been throug

>>> yesterday matt harvey made a lot of mets' fans upset about being noncommittal into pitching into the layoffs. today he clarified his thoughts and did on the players' tribune, derek jeter's website. he said i will pitch in the playoffs, and i will be go. he released the article at 6:30 this evening, but bobby valentine was here half an hour before the statement, and i asked him about the interview. before the statement. we asked why he took the job at sacred heart university. >> i was at home and the red sox told me to go home. i got home, and the president said come on up and have breakfast. before i knew it, a job was offered, and i said why not? lifetime. let me try it. it's 3 years later, and i'm with a fabulous group of people who love what they do, know what they do, and they just let me be there to be the a.d. basically. you know it's a hidden treasure in connecticut and new england where the second largest catholic university in all of new england, and we had 1400 freshmen enter our class this year with 32 division i sports. it's happening at sacred heart. get bored. you go there, and it's action all day long. >> part of this is not just finding people to

. >> matt harvey says he will be available for a mets playoff run and beyond. last night he took to twitter issued a statement on derek jeter website the players tribune saying i understand the risks i'm also fully aware of the opportunity they have this season getting to the division there. i will be there. juliet: i hope he's healthy. ben: mets are in d.c. against the nationals. juliet: yesterday down in miami, florida, steven matz pitched well but mets could hold the lead. tyler couldn't hold a 3-2 lead. he gave up a pinch hit per jason to right field that tide at three. in the ninth they loaded bases one oat. marti n leads one to catch the throw home it is a mess. so winning run scored. mets lose 4-1 so now it is down to 4. ben: this series important indeed they trail 3-0 an drilled a three-run homer to right field to tie the game at three a piece. very nice batters alex rueings. juliet's favorite follow with a home run solo, yankees win it 6-4 jays won as well so yankees stay a game and a half out they play the baltimore orioles this afternoon in the bronx. at the u.s. open quarter finals match a everybody was dr