and from washington, d.c., jason reid, a sports columnist for "the washington post." you all. i want to start with you, wade. we were just talking before we came back on. what is it like when you are waiting and waiting and particularly to have just come down like to the wire like that. >> you're literally not breathing. i remember when i was waiting to get drafted, i literally didn't breathe. your family is there, your friends are there. you feel the appreciate sthur have that moment when they are around and all that excitement. as are you waiting you start worrying, they start worrying. i think for michaelle sam there had to be fear that maybe i made the wrong decision, maybe that coming out really hurt my actual draft status and i think that you saw with his crying and his release like this exhale going, wow, i made the right decision to live in my truth. >> do you think it did affect his standing, his coming out? >> i would be lying if i said there weren't a couple of teams that were probably afraid of the unknown. but my work with the nfl over the last couple of

jason reid, sports columnist for "the washington post." jason, let me start with you.s here. what are they saying that the drugs were not just available but there were suggestions made about what would and wouldn't happen if they took them? >> well, the allegations are that they were given these drugs without actually prescriptions being written in their names, that the teams were just getting these prescriptions sent to them in the names of players who actually, you know, had no knowledge of this. and then when the drugs were being disbursed they were told, take these things. they will help you get through the day, they will help you sleep. and obviously the allegations are very concerning. >> what do you think of the examples of -- that are offered up here for what players endured and how? >> well, when you talk about what nfl players go through, these guys are basically going through the equivalent of a car crash with the tackling and the hitting throughout these gamsz. they put their bodies through an incredible amount of trauma, not just during game days but also

jason! let me say this... isn't it hypocritical for harry reid to draw a distinction between sheldon adelson's money and the koch brothers? >> no. (laughter) >> care to expand on that? >> i don't see why i have to, it's self-evident. >> why? because sheldon adelson's money and power help harry reid. the koch brothers don't. >> did you say the effect the money has on harry reid determines whether the money is corrupt or not? >> yes. look, maybe visual aids will help your dumb brain process. >> all right. here is the polluted piles of influenced greenbacks that the koch brothers smear across our democratic principles, okay? >> okay. now, here is the majestic powers of liberty bucks that sheldon adelson sprays like the sweet perfume of freedom on the taut, slender nape of our nation's neck. (laughter) >> you sound like you want to have sex with america. >> what right-thinking citizen doesn't? listen there's no difference between the two sides! >> yes, this sack is owned by the biggest power broker in harry reid's state! you are all comically dim-witted! so what is corruption? corruption is a billionaire who spends

. >> jason, to james point, the senate majority leader harry reid came out with a statement. the republicans defend more about care more about defending billionaires the koch brothers and trying to rekindle debunk right wing conspiracy theers than raising the minimum waning or ensuring women receive equal pay for equal work. >> it looks like they lied and it looks like they did it because they thought the truth would jeopardize obama's re-election. if that is not grounds for going forward with a select committee, i don't know what is. obviously, it depends on the details, what kind of reach it has, just appointing one or selecting one, won't get the job done, but it is an excellent first step that's long overdue. others have called for it. i'm glad, boehner has made the right call here. >> julie. >> i will say a couple of things. to james point on the committee itself, i think it is going to be very difficult to try to make this a bipartisan but i think republicans are going to have to try as much as possible to add a bipartisan flavor to this. they also i think have to be ve

jason? but we were down to that one issue and leader reid, he was able to help us. and i thank the house for their working with us. so i don't know how many of you have heard of this, tifia is a new program we put into the highway bill and what it does is it leverages funds. so if our states our localities in our states pass, say, a half-cent sales tax to build transportation, the federal government now has a way to, through the tifia program, to come around upfront, take a project that has, say, 20 years of revenue coming in, upfront that cost right there and build that project out quicker. we did the same thing for water. we call it wifia. and it's a new initiative. we hope it will be interesting to folks and that they'll use it. it will assist localities in need of loans for flood control or wastewater or drinking water infrastructure to receive those loans from this new funding mechanism, the water infrastructure finance and innovation act. wifia will allow localities an opportunity to move forward with water infrastructure projects in the same way that tifia in