the question to you, favre has led great comebacks in his day.an pull this out in mississippi? >> i don't know. i'd like to think voters are smarter than allowing a super bowl-winning quarterback to dictate their policy. i think if cochran wins this it will be because of the political sway of the moment. it will be because of his politics and not because of brett favre. for me this whole brett favre thing smells very funny. it smells like political opportunism. it smells like a favor. brett favre's brother scott was in 1996 sentenced for vehicular manslaughter and 14 years was suspended and he served house arrest and then he only did 67 days in jail for another crime. in 2012 haley barbour suspended -- cleared his whole record. it seems kind of interesting that after all of that suddenly brett favre's in the political business. this seems like an arrangement to me. >> ben, do you think the tea party candidate has a good shot of winning? >> i do. i think this is desperation. as one caller said this week because i was talking about this in mississi

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i think that brett favre endorsement helped. >> it certainly could have.was brett favre sort of a native son, somebody who made good, he came back. he has actually been teaching high school here in mississippi in hattiesburg. and school and school funding has been one of the issues in this race, the idea that chris mcdaniel apparently said that there is no place for federal funding of schools here in mississippi where a quarter of the funding for education, public education comes from federal funds. mcdaniel walked that back. i talked to him myself about it yesterday. but that's another reason why brett favre, not just because he is a famous quarterback, but because it has to deal with real issues on the ground made a difference. but one quick i want to make on what gloria said about this being a proxy for the republican party. another thing that really going to be looking at is whether or not the republican party can use this as a test case to grow the party. people here who are trying to get democrats out for thad cochran are hoping that it could be. we'

home grown hero brett favre has reported a television ad-in support of thad cochran.n has campaigned for mcdaniel. when a mcdaniel supporter snuck a photo of his sick wife and posted it, some say it's gone too far. >> you don't go to a nursing home and take a picture of somebody that's sick. that's terrible. >> reporter: despite all the celebrity attention, michael says he's undecided. he'll still love mississippi and the king no matter who republicans nominate. for "meet the press," kevin tibbles. >> thank you, kevin and david brook. this is a mississippi story, a story with legs in the political world. >> energy on the mcdaniel side it seems part of the populist, anti-government move and the republican party. >> i hate to turn away from politics but the nation is going to have its attention on big world cup game on united states against portugal. can they make it to round 16? they have to win today to do it. what do you say? >> they will do it. i predict 2-0. >> 2-0. >> who thought england and spain would be out and we'd still be in? winning creates fans. i think it

by the way, favre went to southern mississippi for college.ch as sarah palin, rick santorum and game show host chuck woolery. we'll stick to our sports theme here. >>> back here in washington, the redskins are vowing to appeal the latest hit to their name. yesterday the patent office voted to revoke six of the washington redskins' trademarks, saying the team name is disparaging to native americans. the ruling is another blow for the team who in recent months has faced increasing criticism and demands to change their name. the redskins are vowing to appeal this ruling saying we are confident we will prevail once again. this has happened one other time. if the ruling stands others will be allowed to sell redskins merchandise which would be a huge financial blow to the league because the redskins share their merchandising rights with the 30 other nfl teams. only one team controls their own merchandising rights. that is the dallas cowboys. so now this could actually pressure the team. folks, this is probably the way the name actually changes, beca

like the beard on brett favre. >> i was surprised. made him look completely not like brett favre.hero which he certainly is to come out, it helps you, especially for politicians, because people have such low opinions of politicians and high opinions of their sports stars. i don't know how it could hurt the guy. >> i don't think it could hurt thad cochran. >> maybe republicans should have had thad cochran run. >> isn't that a novel idea. >> maybe that's what the beard is telling us, i don't know. >> i like the beard. looks like wolf blitzer to me. >> a little wolf blitzer-esque. good morning, wolf. going to try to do this at least once a week. >>> coming up on "news day." will he or won't he play? soccer's biggest star may be sidelined in the world cup, and it could help the united states. we're going to take a look at it and get the take from greg wallace. (vo) after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble... ...and stop itself to avoid it. when the insurance institute for highway safety tes

brett favre cut a radio ad. he's tapping the establishment. >> very confusing, brett favre played for wisconsin. >> anyway, my husband explained it to me, but it's all a blur now. what do these early numbers tell us so far? are you reading anything into this? so far, it's good for him. you look at the counties that are still remaining to come in, whether they would typically favor the other candidate. >> anything could happen at this point, the turnouts are across the board, not just where cochran wanted to turn it out. also, where mcdaniel needed to outperform. the national conservative groups that have been pouring money into mississippi, what's surprising is, that in a runoff, where normally you would see the electric shrink, the electric's growing across the state. people are engaged, and you saw the way that people turned out. so it's a jump ball right now, but cochran has to like a larger electora electorate. simply put, the bigger turnout tonight, the better for the incumbent. >> i want to tell the viewer

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one big break in mississippi star power former nfl star brett favre backing senator thad cochran andr governor sarah palin backing chris mcdaniel. stay tuned for updates. chris elizabeth paid a visit to queen throne. stars and upclose look at the iron throne. get, this the queen declining to take a seat on the throne and that's tonight's speed read. thank you for being with us tonight. see you tomorrow night at 7:00 and answer this on bill o'reilly.com. do you think the irs is being straight with the american people? vote in gretawire.com poll. good night from washington. >>> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> i personally am calling to impeach the president of the united states. this is impeachable. if you don't want your vote back, what will it take? >> the conservative radio talk show hosts are very hard on president obama. but now with all the chaos, have they been correct about him from the beginning? we will hear from both sides tonight. >> we have a problem with you and you have a problem with maintaining your credibility. >> the new irs commissioner, once again, under sie

household names like brett favre, junior seau, jim mcmahon and today, an even younger victim of head trauma -- 32-year-old former super bowl tight end ben utecht. all learning today that the nfl is legally promising unlimited care for any retired player suffering from brain disease. >> there are players that are in need and the nfl is stepping up to the table. >> reporter: today's concussion settlement replaces the earlier agreement between former players and the nfl. so now, the $765 million cap is now the league has agreed to lift that cap. which could drive the potential coast to more than a billion dollars, despite no public admission of responsibility by the league. >> nobody makes a gift of hundreds of millions of dollars, unless they believe they are implicated in the wrongdoing in some respect. >> reporter: the damage done by repeated brain injury dramatically illustrated on capitol hill today in a video made by utecht, the former colt and bengal pass receiver. >> everything kind of came to a screeching stop. >> reporter: a father of three who testified his memory loss and fe

now brett favre is getting in the game here. >> i've learned through football that strong leadership be can be the difference between win and losing. when it comes to our state's future, trust me, mississippi can win and win big with thad cochran with our voice in washington. >> you saw there in that new ad from the u.s. chamber of congress. the runoff between cochran and mcdaniel will take place next week. >>> here's what not to do the next time you're a mexican drug lord. book world cup tickets with your real name. ing. now, brazilian police arrested him in rio on his way to watch the match. not so smart. >>> time to get down to business and be smart. retail gasoline prices are at a six-year high on the heels of the unrest in iraq. triple-a saying they're expected to remain high as long as tensions continue to escalate. four $5,000 match.com will help you find a mate that looks just like your ex. do you want that? yeah. that's right. fashl recognition, the dating site will help you find that familiar face. i don't know. >>> a somewhat eccentric chinese millionaire is slowing a $1 m

listen to brett favre on the airways. >> i've learned through football that strong leadership can beference between winning and losing. whether it comes to our state's future, trust me, mississippi can win and win big as thad cochran with a strong voice in washington. >> you have the republican candidate essentially going into the african-american community, traditionally democratic voters, saying save me. >> the african-american population in mississippi is the largest of any state in the the country. it is 37% of the population there. it's so big that if you're a republican looking for votes and you're limited with your own party, you got to be creative. thad cochran is trying to get african-american votes out after deep south state in a republican runoff. it is a heck of a -- >> in some sense it smacks of desperation. the voters will come to the polls, activist types that do support chris mcdaniel. if mccandle wins that runoff democrats have a chance in november. why if you're a democrat and mississippi voter would you come to the policy when there is a chance you can beat mcdanie

. >> it was split 54 and favre of paris. major repeated attempts to reach the governor for his reaction to the ruling. neither he nor anyone has responded. >> the justices ruled the christian business owners with a religious objections may refuse to provide their workers with insurance. it could open the door for other businesses to claim religious exemption from what including anti- discrimination measures. others say the ruling was more narrowly worded. >> they did not rule specifically on religious grounds. they said that the family that owns hobby lobby and a couple of the other ones were entitled to and corporate. just because they inc. that did not take away their ability to look like family and therefore to enforce whatever they wanted. the courts of the ruling applies only to the birth control mandate and does not mean companies would necessarily succeed. around of thunderstorms early today and more on the way. we could be seeing severe storms moving into the area. >> >> a house was struck by lightning. lots of work

. >> who knew that brett favre had had another win in that right arm?on and millions of dollars from outside interest groups. but in the end cochran and the establishment republicans pulled off the two-point victory over the tea party candidate chris mcdaniel. and if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that $17 million was spent on the race. that's actually a remarkable feat considering mississippi does not have one media market that ranks in the top 50 in the country. in other words, it's cheap to advertise there. of that total, nearly two-thirds came from outside groups. >>> now it's time for the fun part of the show. let's go to louis. what do you have for us today? >> the congressional leaders commemorated the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act by honoring martin luther king and his wife. they were posthumously honored. it made laws like the civil rights act possible. >> my hope is that this gold medal ceremony today serves to honor dr. king and all who set out to answer what he called the most urgent question, what are you doing

and it all begins tonight when host brazil take on croatia in paolo well woke up favre is even reached and to space this is the crew onboard the international space station who've been having a kicking back some three hundred kilometers overhead u.s. astronauts in the colleague he's national team face each other in grief she also wished good luck to all the players taking part back on. but the president has even bigger plans saying the tournament might involve other planets strongly comments but you can read about those at r.t. dot com. and another story getting our web site london's mayor wants to be blasted by water cannon it's his attempt to prove they are safe and made public anger over his plans to buy one for the capital's crime control. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm wrong researcher. taxi drivers have brought major european cities to a halt because of an increasingly popular smartphone app which they say puts their jobs at risk artie's party boyko explains why cabbies in london think it is just not fat. it's a species that's rode the british capital for wel

home grown hero brett favre has record add television ad in support of thad cochran.palin has campaigned for mcdaniel. when a mcdaniel supporter snuck a photo of his sick wife and posted it, some say it's gone too far. >> you don't go to a nursing home and involve somebody that's sick. that's terrible. >> reporter: despite all the celebrity attention, michael says he's undecided. he'll still love mississippi and the king no matter who republicans nominate. for "meet the press," kevin tibbles. >> thank you, kevin and david brook. this is a mississippi story, a story with legs in the political world. >> energy on the mcdaniel side it seems. that's part of the populist, anti-government move in the republican party. >> i hate to turn away from politics but the nation is going to have its attention on big world cup game on united states against portugal. can they make it to round 16? they have to win today to do it. what do you say? >> they will do it. i predict 2-0. >> 2-0. >> who thought england and spain would be out and we'd still be in? winning creates fans. i think i

the favre factor, he could be.ecause he's a famous quarterback and a native son but also has come back to the state and he's been a teacher, a coach here, so the whole question about education, which has been a big one here, federal funding for that, which thad cochran has promoted, that fed into that, but in terms of the national takeaway, the people who helped thad cochran win are people who have an eye to the national republican party, the barber family, hailey barb barber, the former governor of the state, two of his were involved in the campaign, the barbours ran the superpack here. they thought this would be a model for the party to grow on a national level. whether that's transferrable is a question that we don't know yet because thad cochran, historically for 30 years has been somebody who has reached out. mcdaniel is right, he has reached out across the aisle, he has compromised and specifically reached out to democrats in this state. he's considered himself a senator for everybody in the state no matter t

. >> a story that has included other big names, brett favre, junior sawo and now, marino not known foraking big hits but the former miami dolphins quarterback says he, too, suffered unspecified damage resulting from hits to the head. >> this takes the concussion story, already huge to a new level. >> marino accusing nfl of turning a blind eye, block, tackle and injure players with helmeted heads. in a lawsuit, the nfl has agreed to pay former players $765 million to settle without admitting guilt. the judge in this case has so far refused to approve it saying it's not enough money. the pressure on the nfl is now building even more. >> that has to say to the judge, well, we're not done yet. >> regarding whether he'll withdraw his name, a lawyer in this case says marino has decisions to make. marcy gonzales, abc news, new york. >> right now, surgery that will unite two exes forever is halfway finished we told you about them last week. their relationship ended after having a child years ago. 18 months ago, sabrina's kidneys failed her name placed on a long shot list to find a donor and he

>> brett favre, born the tenth. steve young with the four he is earnings oh, baby, too? >> october the 11. okay? sue? >> all right, i believe you now. >> so i would get it on if you could, sometime in january. >> well, new years eve is a good time. >> quincy, your kids were born what month? >> april and february. >> oh. about the average. >> they'll follow after you. >> i've athlete. you know what, isiah thomas was born in ago, andre agassi born in april, tennis star maria, she was born in april. so i mean, i think it really -- i think you are just born with what you are born with. >> so if you want to be look a woozy tennis player, go for april? if you want to be a tough guy? >> the fall. >> well, isiah thomas, he was allege end. remember when he played against the lakers -- >> you know, there is one in a million chance. >> so to speak. >> ya. >> right. >> ya. so, they'll be athletes like their fathers. i'm not wore bid that. >> that's horrifying. >> q, back to you, i love this digger land, he'll get on a spin ride in just a second. 9:04. >> well, being a mom is a full-

made national headlines with the secret video shot in a nursing home and even sarah palin and bret favre

there's a tv ad that runs i think every five seconds here showing brett favre, the most popular person i'm sure in mississippi endorsing cochran as well. there's a lot of bad blood between haley barbour who's kind of the official head of the republican party in reality here in mississippi, and mcdaniel or things mcdaniel did when barbour was governor. at the same time, this is a very poor state and why the electeds want cochran to win. their view is he can bring more earmarks back. no matter who they have in the senate, they need that person to get earmarks to the state. this is a very poor state, and protect their military bases. you saw mccain today in an interview already hinting he would find a way to work with mcdaniel down the line. people here are acknowledging mcdaniel is likely to win. i think you will see a unity event after the election and people joining with him and saying he can serve us the same way trent lott did and cochran did as well. >> perry bacon jr., nbc news senior political reporter from mississippi tonight. perry, thanks for being with us. great to you again.

chamber of commerce, airing a hail mary tv ad, with former star quarterback and mississippi native brett favrechran always delivers, just like he did during katrina. >> reporter: a super pac supporting cochran is spending money courting democrats allowed to vote in the gop runoff. you're not a republican, are you? >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: especially african-americans, who want to help a republican helping them for years. jackie brand passed out 5,000 cochran flyers. >> traditionally, african-americans vote a certain party. and we -- >> reporter: democrat? >> democrat, right. and we wanted to raise the awareness to african-americans that we do have a stake in this runoff election. >> reporter: mcdaniel argues cochran reaching out to democrats will fire up conservatives against him even more. >> if senator cochran is going to court liberal democrats to save his seat, it is a clear indication that he has abandoned conservatives in the state of mississippi. >> reporter: i just talked to chris mcdaniel who said the fact you're courting african-american democrats or democrats in general is proof

mccain went down there, you had the governor, phil bryant do an ad for him, he even brought in brett favre for an ad, of course, the famous green bay packer quarterback. >> is it too early, bret as we look toward the general election in november, where most observers think this could be a good year for republicans, but the white house being under fire as they are, with the irs scandal, lois lerner, the v.a. and iraq, what's happening there? are we seeing a pattern emerging that this might be insurmountable for democrats come november? or is it too early to tell? >> it's a little too early to tell. you ask most people around washington and most people who watch this closely, they're leaning now toward more 70-30, 80-20 that it goes to the republicans for senate control come november. just looking at the polls and the right track wrong wrong track, some place like mississippi, whoever won tonight they were going to win in mississippi as the republican there, other places, these battles, these primary battles could determine whether democrats pull off a win. for example, in colorado, where yo

again, some money for turnout operations, they pay for that, infamous brett favre at the end., close of business, they raised $3 million more for the voter education fund. what to do with that money, watching tea party challenges in tennessee. right now, they see no reason for alarm or big spending but to hold out for this possibility. they're thinking about turning the tables and maybe trying to take out a house republican, tea party incumbent, that decision will be made soon. that's it for "inside politics" again. we'll see you soon. "state of the union" with candy crowley starts right now. >>> the missing irs e-mails, for the first time on tv, meet the man who says he knows exactly what happened. >>> former irs official lois lerner won't talk to congress, but today her attorney is talking to us about the scandal gripping washington. >>> plus an exclusive with the republican chair of the house oversight committee, darrell issa. >> i'm sick and tired of your game playing. we have a problem with you. did you hope you could run out the clock on this scandal?

>> quarterbacks like dan marino and brett favre, they take a pounding. gerri: they do? >> they do. gerri: what do you make the fact he was in the suit and out of the suit. >> even if he ultimately withdraws it adds more legitimate at this to the cause of the ramifications could be that the settle mane discussions could open up again. gerri: we have nearly 5,000 players suing the nfl. at one point there was conversation about some sort of a settlement, as much as $400 million. a lot of experts said that would bankrupt the nfl? that seems impossible. >> absolutely not. the last settlement figure agreed upon back in august was 765 million. gerri: okay. >> judge anita brodie rejected the settlement back in january. she said it was not sufficient to cover needs of affected play years wow. the nfl makes something like $6 billion a year. >> it's a drop in the bucket for the nfl. 0.5% of annual revenues. that is what the settlement amounts to you represent players. i assume you represent their point of view in this. is the nfl not doing enough to protect their players? >> the nfl is now. w

exhibit a, brett favre.ckers quarterback and likely future hall of famer was born and raised in mississippi. he cut an ad for senator cochra cochrane. >> i've learned through football that strong leadership can be the difference between winning and losing. and when it comes to our state's future, trust me, mississippi can win. and win big with thad cochrane in washington. >> which led the conservative blog red state which has endorsed that it has something to do with his relationship with former mississippi governor h l haley barbour who cleared charges for favre's brother. barbour denies any involvement with the advertisement. then there's the bestiality of it all. no, seriously. the suggestion of bestiality, the misconstruing of a nonsexual harassment of animals into bestiality. the okay, let me explain. last week senator cochran tried to connect with his audience by reminiscing about childhood christmases spent at his father's family in a rural area near hattiesberg. and he said, quote, it was fun. it was

everyone from, as you mentioned, john mccain brett favre to mcconnell in washington holding fund-raiserchran. cochran himself hasn't been taking leading role. he doesn't speak very much at campaign events. he shakes hands with voters. the people around him have stepped up and focus order the ground game. the primary three weeks ago gave them a look at where they needed to bring out more votes. that's what they've been focussing on. they talked about the strategy of broaden ought the lek trait. the ads they've been running have been focussed on saying that cochran will be good for mississippi. a change from when they were airing anti-obamacare ads. he's drawn criticism for reaching out to democrats or supporters reach out to democrats. many of the democrats in mississippi are african-american. so they -- have been ads run in african-american newspapers. mcdaniel said it's a disingenious strategy. at worst illegal. if they voted three weeks ago, they're not allowed to vote for a republican today. >> and we wait. thank you. i appreciate. >>> we're following another tight primary race. this

. >> can brett favre quarterback this comeback?tire childhood seeing the world in reverse, and i loved every minute of it. but then you grow up and there's no going back. but it's okay, it's just a new kind of adventure. and really, who wants to look backwards when you can look forward? with the top speedou compare of comcast the top speed of business dsl from the internet... phone company well, there's really no comparison. why pay more for less? call today for a low price on speeds up to 150mbps. and find out more about our two-year price guarantee. comcast business. built for business. >>> it's election day on capitol hill. we are in the final moments before house republicans will gather once again behind closed doors and make eric cantor's replacement official. all signs continue to point to this man, california congressman and current majority whip kevin mccarthy to win that vote. but can they control tea party figures in their caucus. joined by author of "big money" political strategist and principle of strategies angela rye

chamber of commerce airing a hail mary tv ad with former star quarterback and mississippi native brett favre. >> thad cochran always delivers, just like he did during katrina. >> reporter: and a super pac supporting cochran is spending money courting democrats allowed to vote in the gop runoff. you're not a republican, are you? >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: especially african americans who want to help a republican helping them for years. jackie brand passed out 5,000 cochran fliers. >> traditionally, african americans vote a certain party -- >> reporter: democrat. >> democrat, right. and we wanted to raise the awareness to african americans that we do have a stake in this runoff election. >> reporter: mcdaniel argues cochran reaching out to democrats will fire up conservatives against him even more. >> if senator cochran is going to court liberal democrats to save his seat, it is a clear indication that he has abandoned conservatives in the state of mississippi. >> reporter: i just talked to chris mcdaniel, who said that the fact that you're courting african american democrats, or democrats

brett favre is in an ad that the u.s. chamber of commerce is running for him. there's a sense there's an unknown here among the campaign. on the mcdaniel side i would say they're trying to fight it out to the end and ride the wave that took him this far. the national tea party has a lot riding on it. they bankrolled his campaign. at this point, you know, mcdaniel campaign is trying to get to the finish line. we talked to him yesterday about the campaign has been like. he said the first thing he wants to do after this is all over is go to disney world. so clearly everybody is a little bit worn out. >> if you think about it in term of money. we're talking about early this month with corcoran over $400,000. mcdaniel had $60,000. a little over that. so let's talk about this. you know, as five-term senator here and john mccain you talk to him joining the fray monday for the six-term colleague here. you put the establishment question to him and he spoke 0 you about that. tell us a little bit more >>well, john mccain, you know, is down here arguing that he and senator

brett favre has backed cochran. sarah palin, rick santorum, even josh duggar stumped for mcdaniel.nd it was game show host chuck woolery on the trail. mississippi does not register by party, but cochran is reaching out to voters who do not traditionally vote in republican primaries. the 84,000 people who did cast ballots in the june 3rd democratic primary cannot vote in the republican runoff but it's unclear how enforceable that is. still one problem for cochran, our nbc news/wall street journal poll shows 74% of tea party republicans said they plan to vote in the gop primaries this year versus just 59% of non-tea party republicans. if that doesn't tell you something about that. if you're asking, the republicans are split into two. >>> another incumbent who might be on the ropes tomorrow is in new york, where charlie rangel faces a former supporter, now foe, adriano espaillat. the district is much more divorce, much less african-american than it was. it's more hispanic, actually. rangel got in a little trouble that his only credential was his ethnicity. espaillat's show cases a cal

. >> the chamber of commerce hailing a hail mary tv ad with mississippi native brett favre. >> i encourageand with a proven and respected leader, thad cochrane. >> but they're up against genuine anti-washington sentiment. fueled by a candidate who can be articulate grass-roots frustration. >> senator cochrane has been a liberal republican for years. he's confirming that now. he has abandoned conservatives in this state. >> national tea party groups already invested millions in mcdaniel as their best hope of defeating a senate gop incumbent and redoubled efforts, even sending in game show host chuck woolerry. mcdaniel told cnn cochrane courting democrats will fire up conservatives against him even more. >> we are conservatives in this state. if the republican party can't be a party of preys and courage, i question what it's doing at all. >> this was already the nastiest republican fight in the country and it continued even this week, wolf. thad cochran's daughter kate posted a rant against mcdaniel on her facebook page saying that he has lack of wisdom, he relies solely on jesus, the consti

first of all, if you look at this picture of brett favre here he sort of resembles the guy in the dr pepper commercial. you know, that eats bark off of trees and canoes with bears? secondly you notice something about the hair. >> the mullet is back. >> it's coming back. >> he had the mullet when he played at southern mississippi 25 years ago and he has brought it back in retirement and i think it's working for him. >> i think the mullet is sweeping america. >> did you hear what brian schweitzer said? we have to get to that. that is weird. >> did you hear about this? >> first -- >> wait a second, willie, you and i went to college in the south. the schweitzer guy says all voters are feminine and talk funny. where is the quote? i want to be very careful. >>> this is a deep tease, joe. >> i think everybody would much rather hear what he has to say about feminine guys in the south. >> chris mcdaniel stunned cochran by forcing a runoff earlier this month and cochran may have helped his opponent's case with this reaction. listen to this. to eric cantor's loss as house majority leader. >> wh

but they have to be effective in this campaign, the most effective ad in the race was using brett favrem, -- -- after >> we will come back with carly therry no -- fiorino, former ceo of ge. we will be right back. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. of guest, carly fiorina hewlett-packard. you have ole miss, depreciate his stuff. being thrownpanies to the local landfill or are they giving us to businesses that need someone out computers? this is an original idea. >> we have been around 30 years and distributed $8 billion of services. this is a great opportunity for customer -- companies with obsolete inventory, because they get a tax write-off. jpmorgan chase gives us their computers. what we do with that is having to warehouse that and having the platforms to match those goods, 240,000 charities around the country. >> do you go to apple and say, those ford phones, give them to me. >> we would love every company including apple to join with us here. this is about mutual benefit. this one of our great partners, home depot, it was their employees who brought home depot to the table, >> what is so

i only played 8 years, but if i played 12 or 15 or 22, like brett favre, a lot of these guys need continued medical care, and they have suicides and bad ,ublicity and issues like that and fighting dementia with some of these athletes. i think they have a problem. >> they do have a growing problem. when you say that the nfl should take care of, say, the pensions to take care of these medical costs, should they be putting in stricter safety revelations, crawford? >> the nfl has always been a tough game, football is a hard game, but layers are getting bigger, faster, and stronger. it has to get a little safer. i think the commissioners trying to do that, but at the end of the day the game is football. they have to do a better job of taking care of retired players because a lot of these layers are hurting and every things about the new players. some of the older players went through the strikes and did stuff like that. that could help the future. i think they have to take care of them. >> you yourself are one of the success stories out of the nfl. you took your athletic career and applied it to

> reporter: football heroes crushed by the violence of the sport they love, household names, brett favre mcmahon, and former super bowl tight end, ben utech, all learning the nfl is promising unlimited care for any retired player suffering from brain disease. >> there are players that are in need. and the nfl is stepping up to the table. >> reporter: the concussion settlement replaces the earlier agreement between former players and the nfl to cap the damages at $765 million. but the judge said that wasn't enough money. and now the league has agreed to lift that cap. which could drive the potential cost to more than $1 billion. despite no public add motion of responsibility of the brain injuries by the league. off off nobody makes a gift of hundred of millions of dollars unless they believe they're implicated in the wrongdoing in some respect. >> reporter: the damage done by repeated brain injury dramatically i dramatically illustrated on capitol hill, by the former bengal tight end, receiver. a father of three who testified his memory loss and fear of isolation caused by dementia began

there have been big names before, brett favre, tony dorsett, jim mcmahon and junior seau all connected to concussions and the nfl. but today, the biggest name of them all. hall of fame quarterback, dan marino, now suing the league, along with 14 other former players for damage they claim resulted from hard hits to the head. >> this makes this human. it makes it real, and it makes it famous, and that's a very big deal. >> reporter: the nfl has already agreed to pay former players more than $750 million to settle a class action suit brought by other players without admitting guilt. the judge in that case has so far refused to approve the settlemenit's but this new lawsuit raises the scandal of concussions and dementia to dan marino was known for not receiving concussions. he was known for throwing passes. >> marino, from the shotgun. >> reporter: and well-spoken nfl commentator fronting lucrative commercials. nt fef a >> reporter: but now he, like the others filing suit, say he was affected by hits to the head, and this suit charges the nfl with turning a blind eye and allowing players t

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brett favre, dennis eckersley, david ortiz, colin kaepernick.en on the other hand, summer -- >> you've got venus williams. serena williams. venus has 27 grand slam titles. serena 18. then june birthdays. michael phelps, derek jeter, and phil mickelson. again, like any of these studies that come out of britain, they are worthless. >> we basically disproved that theory. worthless. >> those brits. come on. >> how about you give us a check of the weather? and it's always accurate. and at least 100% of the time. >> and it's american. so let's show you what we've got. eastern colorado into northern texas. into the great lakes some showers. tomorrow we're going move that further into the northern plains. look for wet weather continuing into the pacific northwest. showers central gulf coast into the central plains. that's w >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. few scattered clouds and mostly sunny skies and a bit warmer today. high temperatures in the low to mid-80s. the humidity stays in check today but on the increase and that will lead to