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dr. bennett omalu published evidence of cte in the brain in former player mike webster, nfl doctors wenton a commin to discredit and undermine both the doctor and his work. the doctors went so far as to demand retraction of the doctor's peer-reviewed research. for the next 14 years the nfl pursued a strategy vehemently denying the evidence of cte and -- in former players. the league also began producing biased, non-peer-reviewed research. that routine repetitive hits in football are linked to chronic brain damage. the nfl suppressed critical information for current and future players about the long-term health implications of playing tackle football. recently as february 4, 2016, three days before the super bowl, dr. mitchell berger, a member of the nfl's head, neck, and spine committee, denied there was, a quote, link, unquote, between nfl and cte. dr. berger grudgingly admitted only, quote, can be, unquote, association between football and cte because some former players have developed the disease. to hear an nfl affiliated physician waffle and obfuscate about a basic scientifically es

dr. charleston bennett is a drug safety specialitiesy the university of south carolina whose been studying these adverse reactions for years. >> and then they can't concentrate, they can't see the computer screen, they have a lot of pain, sometimes tendon pain >> kristi: hannah has had several tendons spawnsly rupture. she also feels a crushing, rning pain throughout her body. >> it's hard because i can't go for a bike ride with them or go rolling skating. there are a lot of things i'd like to do, and i just want to them kitchens better what patients have been doing is turning to social media, forming groups and spreading awareness. many have taken their fight to washington, dc, and in november a small victory, an fda advisory panel called for stronger warnings for antiburgs like cipro and levaquun because of their sometimes devastating side effects. dr. benefit calls it's eye good first step. >> we can have every physician and every patient and every pharmacist and every nurse knows when a patient takes a drug this will not occur. >> kristi: but is been three months and no such changes ha

dr. bennett published brain andf cte in the former player mike webster, nfl doctors, went on a campaign to discredit and undermine both the doctor and his work. doctors went as far as to demand a retraction of dr. amalu's research for the next 14 years. the nfl pursued a strategy of the heavenly denying a mounting y denyingehemently th to mounting evidence. they have looked at other growing research that contradicted a growing consensus among the independent scientific community, that seeing repetitive hits and football are linked to comic rain damage. the nfl effectively suppressed critical information for current and long-term health incompletions -- implications. as february 24, 2016, 3 days before the super bowl, dr. mitchell berger, the head of the nfl's neck, head, and spine injuries, denied there was a link between football and cte. he begrudgingly admitted only begrudgingly that there can be an association between football and cte because some former players have developed the disease. unaffiliated -- to hear and nfl affiliated individual say that a scientific connection like that

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two, he has mary bennett, who worked for rob portman, the presidential campaign of dr. carson, who is a pretty savvy operator, focused on the issue, lastly, you could spend money to try to win this fight and trump could spend not very much money by the standards of a billionaire and try to influence the votes of these folks with presents or other inducements. >> mark, being much older than you, i was able to cover the last time there was a contested convention, which was '76, with ford and reagan. they went in and basically even at the first week of june, and they were trying to pick them off one by one. i think almost everyone agrees. as great a guy gerry ford was, reagan was charming. obviously these candidates, there was a perception, and that key vote they had early on the rules, as to who was more likely to win. i think that probably pulled ford through there, although i think ronald reagan's persuasion would top trump's or anybody else's today. >> let me stipulate that i like and respect both john kasich and ted cruz, and i find them perfectly charming. i will say

and barry bennett, former campaign manager for dr. carson and a republican consultant. of you. keith, beginning with you, you were there, i read your piece, shoulder to shoulder with, you know, some of these usc students who wanted to stand in solidarity and some other trump supporters. what was the purpose of the protest? >> the protesters at the university of illinois/chicago wanted to go in and raise their voices to what they perceive as a personal attack. many of those students are latino, muslim, african-american. they believe that the statements that trump has made in recent weeks and days at his rallies is threatening to them. they wanted to go in, like a lot of people across the political spectrum these days, and raise their voices to that -- to that perceived threat. >> so we know it happened. the rally was called. you say there was zero violence. until trump's officials, you know, cancelled that event. when you were there, you know, standing shoulder to shower in between these different groups of people, you said you could feel it, what exactly did you feel? >

what does this tell us about what voters really want, joining us is now is barry bennett, former campaign manager for drsaying they might not support him if trump is the eventual nominee? when some of the competition is saying that, if they won't back the eventual republican nominee, does that mean the hillary clinton? >> in the heat of battle, they change their view later. >> the establishment wants someone who will pull the levers of government in their favor. all the public is interested in is someone pull the levers on a bulldozer. they want a wholesale change. we're 19 trillion in debt. we were promised a wall that's not there. >> they believe donald trump will do that. >> absolutely. the establishment guys think that they are voting for donald trump because they, you know, for some reason, you know, his manners are important or whatever, they don't care. they are aligning with donald trump. they are saying he's the best person on earth. >> we often see in exit polls, shares my values. he doesn't score high on that. >> he's talking about blowing up washington. that's what they want to happen. >> yo

me, the former adviser to president obama, and barry bennett is back with us, senior adviser for the trump campaign and former campaign manager to dron's campaign and a republican consultant. so dan pfeiffer first to you, on this president obama news, so far the president has been careful not to explicitly endorse secretary clinton but it appears now if he's talking to donors like this, he's approaching that lane. why do you think he's doing this now? >> well, first, i'd be a little skeptical of why it gets read out like second and third hand. i've spent a lot of time over the few years where it came out of the president's mouth and then got read back to people is not exactly the same but there are some truths here in this recording that is important. one, the delegate race is essentially over. i can't see a world in which bernie sanders can make up that deficit in time given the proportional rules democrats have. second, president obama cares a lot about winning this election. it's very important to him. it's very -- he knows it's very important for the country. i think there's no question that hillary clinton, although not a perf

dr. ben carson yesterday, he sent two of his former campaign managers, ed brookeover and the gentleman we just heard from, barry bennettrump's organization better, doing well at the state conventions where these delegates are allocated. though trump has spoken about lawsuits what we're seeing from him is a mission to go to the republican national committee and file a complaint. >> so much plays into trump's hands here, but in this case he gets the most votes, ted cruz gets the most delegates. that plays into donald trump's hands. >> it does. >> it's outrageous. >> rhetorically. it's a reminder. we have been wondering for a long time now, joe, whether -- there is a point where trump has to be able to play the insider game, right, and these delegation contests are part of the insider game. the state conventions, at some states and how it interacts with electing the delegates and who these individuals are, this goes to i think we're seeing exposed the potential way that trump could blow this. i tell you this, the cruz campaign, they're going to know every single delegate on that floor of the convention, not just by their