he said with the patriots, he said that he interviewed jim mcnally -- this is a key guy who took the balls into the bathroom -- and that he interviewed him once. but then after that interview is when he found the text message where mcnally referred to himself as the deflator. he wanted another interview with jim mcnally. and he said the patriots not only refused that interview but they refused to even tell mcinaly that wells wanted to speak to him. then when he addressed tom brady, he said brady did answer all has questions in the interview. he went on to say that he asked for electronic communication from brady, he specified, look, we did not ask to take tom brady's cell phone. we understand that's an invasion of privacy. someone as famous as tom brady. we basically asked his lawyer and agent, you go through the cell phone. you just tell us anything you think might be relevant that you're willing to give us you vet it yourselves then hand us printout. as wells said they didn't even want to do. that he thought that giving them that much trust and benefit of the doubt and still being r

the most were the text messages with jim mcnally who referred to himself as a deflator and then john jastremski. during the 2014 season mcnally said tom sucks. then talked to him last night. he brought you up and said you must have a lot of stress trying to get them done. mcnally and jastremski discussing the two in texts. all of the text messages were obtained from mcnally and jastremski from their work phones. brady declined to cooperate with the investigation or turnover any text messages. the report cites evidence that mcnally took the game balls to the bathroom adjacent to the field and stayed there for 100 seconds. the report says was an amount of time sufficient to deflate 13 footballs. patriots owner robert kraft released a statement to say we are disappointed in its findings which do not include any hard evidence of deliberate deflation of footballs in the game would be a gross understatement. we will take any appropriate action. kraft and bill belichick had no knowledge of wrongdoing. the question is what is the punishment? are the patriots going to lose draft picks and have

wells report and now the nfl should lift punishment and apologize to belichick, braye dough and jim mcnally. mcnally is the part-time equipment manager whose texts like this one was crucial to the so-called case. however, there are simple reasons that he referred to himself as "the deflater." they say he was indicating his desire to lose weight. also he used a private bathroom for one minute and 40 seconds. not to deflate footballs but to deflate his bladder. the hundred seconds is the time necessary for a quote gentleman to enter a bathroom, relief himself wash his hands and leave. no argument. i did it in 78 seconds. but i was quick with the zipper and i is what -- i wasn't holding any balls. >> all right. ben, the vast improvement they are innocent in this case and i dare you to disagree. >> i do not disagree. the wells report was written in crayon. what you can take away is you would have been better off if you deflated these in an i elevator. >> the punishments would not involve taking away draft choice u.s. and would have a two-week suspension. >> i get it. it was an inappropriate jok

they wouldn't make jim mcnally available after text messages they had questions with. they didn't give good cooperation. robert kraft has been his if i knowter entire time. if we're proven innocent, he wants an apology. his statement last week after the report was released. it looked like him kicking and screaming about it. the colts had deflated balls too. they never owned up to it. that's why the nfl had to come down so hard on the parties. >> last word. i want to know what good this is for america? give me a big picture view of all this. everybody is a super bowl fan. but i turn it on the in the misdemeanor of the night. he should not get a three-year. people know so much about sports that it maddens me. what does this mean to the country as a whole? a big good guy like this, married to a mold has everything handed to him. he turns out to be a guy who is a cheat. >> a couple things. number one, we have some finality. at least until we have a res wloogs the appeals process. we're one step closer to some finality in this case. if tom brady can be caught cheating, you

we have concluded it is more probable than not that jim mcnally, the officials locker room attendant for the patriots and john participated in a deliberate effort to release air from patriots' game balls after the balls were examined by the referee. now here's what some consider to be the worst, it says that tom brady was generally aware of what was going on, this is the quarterback, tom brady, despite what he had to say back in january. listen. >> i have no knowledge of anything, i have no knowledge of any wrongdoing of any -- >> nobody did anything? >> very comfortable saying. that very comfortable saying nobody did it. as far as i know, i don't know everything. i also understand that i was in the locker room preparing for a game. i don't know what happened. liz: well, this report, more than 200 pages is very clear about what happened. there is damning evidence in it. joining us by phone, former nfl player erik coleman who used to play for the new york jets. eric, you have been supportive because you were waiting for evidence like the rest of us. let me tell you in this report, i w

the evidence between jim mcnally and john jastremski.nge between the two in october of 2014. tom sucks. i'm going to make that next ball an expletive balloon. then tom talked about you last night. he said you must have a lot of stress trying to get them done. they discussed receiving autographs and shoes for altering footballs. a couple of findings that don't make brady look good is one he hadn't talked to jastremski on the phone for months but once the scandal broke, they talked numerous times. in terms of the actual deflate gate game against the colts, the report cites that mcnally took the footballs in the bathroom adjacent to the stadium and stayed there for 100 seconds, which was a sufficient amount of time to deflate. robert kraft released a statement. to say we are disappointed in the findings which do not include any hard evidence of deliberate deflation of footballs in the afc championship game would be a gross understatement. he said we will accept the findings and take the appropriate actions of the findings. the report found

as these promised to be he noted that jim mcnally one of the central people in this case, the lockerballs into the bathroom he only interviewed him once. when he discovered the text about mcnally calling him the deflatedor the patriots refused to make him available. wells said i'll drive to his home make time. they refused to make mcnally available and refused to tell mcnally about the request. he went to painstaking detail to defend his independence and then obviously defend the fact and what came up was the right conclusion. >> i want to come back to reaction in boston. when you hear about losing -- fines and losing draft picks, tom brady is not playing until oddly enough the colts game next fall which is a fun storyline in and of itself, but knowing that people referencing ray race and -- ray rice, and this was before the world saw him knocking out his then-fiancee in the elevator, docked two games. hour games -- four games more than a slap on the wrist. >> definitely. this is about the integrity of nfl football. that's what they trade on. you have to have fans and people who beli

jim mcnally referred to himself as the deflater. he was spotted we afc championship game walking into the bathroom with the because and walking on the field later. the nfl is considering discipline. >> i shouldn't bring up the fact that the patriots beat the eagles in the super bowl, ten years ago. i'm sure that doesn't make any difference. >> reporter: stuff goes on with that guy. storm tracker 6 live double scan, we have no rain out there as we take a look outside, we have the airport you see how the camera is rock sold there isn't a lot wind out there. the temperature are cooler than this time yesterday, they will wind up warmer later today. 59 degrees is the current temperature. dewpoint 50. humidity is not going to be that bad today. it might feel stickier later tomorrow, but today fairly comfortable wind out of the east at 5 miles per hour. there go the spotty showers we have cloud cover out there but thin enough for the sun to get through. overall we'll have a partly sunny feel at times, with the understanding full sun might

jim mcnally referred to himself as the deflator. he was spotted at the afc championship game walking into the batting -- bathroom with the balls and walked on to the field for later. >> it clouds the reputation of the patriots quarterback. >> reporter: the patriots, that's like the third controversy. we have sunshine and clouds, you'll notice that the camera is rock-steady as winds are light adding to the comfortable feel out there. it's cooler this morning 59 degrees, yesterday we were up in the 60s in most neighborhoods at this time. winds are light east/northeast at 3. we're bringing in the always on day planner so you can look ahead and see how things will go today. clue cover wise looks like it's partial cloud cover most of the day today and break out into full sunshine at times. 60 by 8:00 a.m. 6 by 11:00 a.m. we basically spend the majority of the afternoon or near the high of 80. the high officially strikes at about 3:00 p.m. warm partly sunny today humidity on the moderate side. 80 degrees in allentown. 80 in trenton. 81 in

one employee, jim mcnally, reportedly carried the game balls out of the official's locker room to a bathroomone minute and 40 seconds later brought them to the field, deflated, breach of game protocol. even more circumstantial evidence points to employees altering game balls to brady's liking starting in october after he complained. these revelations are likely a hard hit to the quarterback's credibility, who says he did nothing wrong. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i feel like i've always played within the rules. >> reporter: even his dad now coming to his defense, saying of the report, i don't have any doubt about my son's integrity. not one bit." but at nfl headquarters, the league says it's considering what steps to take next. >> the patriots potentially get fined. as an organization. i can see a case where tom brady might get fined personally. >> this may no longer be a laughing matter for the patriots. the nfl is considering disciplinary action against the two staffers and tom brady. t.j., kayna? >> karen, thank you so much. >>> patriots owner robert kraft says his t

revealing minutes before brady took the field for the afc championship game, patriots employee jim mcnallythe game-day footballs out of the locker room to a bathroom and a minute and 40 seconds later he brings them to the field. a breach of game protocol the report says. those balls later found to be deflatd. perhaps most damming the report cites a string of texts between mcnally and equipment assistant after brady complained about game balls in october telling him talk to him last night. he brought you up and said you must have a lot of stress trying to gem get them done. mcnalingly calling himself the deflator and quipped about his work saying better be surrounded by cash and chicks. >> is tom bray day cheater. >> i would never do anything to break the rules. >> reporter: in the days thaef scandal broke, the report says that brady who refused to turn over his text messages toigators called the assistant several times and while brady has remained silent, tom brady sr. defending his son saying i don't have any doubt about any son's integrity, not one bit. adding this is framegate from the

. >> reporter: locker room attendant jim mcnally equipment assistant john jastremski. they've been suspended without pay. the patriots were also fined $1 million and will forfeit two draft picks. the defending super bowl champs are expected to open the season now without their star quarterback on september 10th. danielle nottingham cbs news los angeles. >> a statement, patriots owner robert kraft said the deflate-gate investigation was one sided. kraft said it far exceeded any reasonable expectation and that brady has the team as you support. one tweeted this is ridiculous. but patrick peterson wrote well done nfl. >>> now, one of the police officers gunned down during a traffic stop in hattiesburg, mississippi, will be buried thursday. yesterday, a memorial service was held for officers benjamin deen and liquori tate. more than 1,000 people attended. later four suspects charged in the shooting appeared in court. marvin banks the suspected gunman faces two counts of capital murder. >>> george zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of killing teena

the report claimed that locker room attendant jim mcnally referred to himself as the deflator in a text message. the patriots in a rebuttal actually claim that mcnally was talking about losing weight. >>> human beings now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish. this according to a study from microsoft about the effects of today's digital world. by 2013, according to the report, the average human attention span was down to eight seconds, a second shorter than a goldfish. which means, if true, i lost some of you in this story about a paragraph back. >>> tonight the national mall has gone to the dogs. border collies let loose in the nation's capital on patrol of the so-called geese police to chase away geese who leave a whole lot of droppings on the ground around the monuments making for quite a mess to clean up. >>> when we come back, he's a jazz virtuoso, earning praise from the greats, and he's only 11 years old. >>> finally tonight, the natural. a young boy with an old soul and a gifted ear who in just five years has gone from plunking out melodies on a keyboard to playing jazz

that jim mcnally, a locker room attendant and an assistant participated in a lib rat effort to release air from patriots game balls after the referee examined them. >> there's a mountain of circumstantial evidence although it still lacks that smoking gun. >> reporter: the controversy stemmed from the afc championship game in which the patriots soundly defeated the indianapolis colts 45-7 to advance to the super bowl. officials discovered 11 of 12 game balls used by brady and the patriots offense, different balls used by the opponent, were under-inflated below the minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch. the investigation showed the two men disparaged brady in text messages after he complained about football air pressure. mcnally writing i'm going to make that next ball a balloon. tom, 16 is nothing. wait until next sunday. nfl commissioner roger goodell said the league will consider taking disciplinary action saying in a statement we will continue our efforts vigorously to protect the integrity of the game and promote fair play at all times. reaction by fans outside the team stadium wer

minutes before he took the field for the afc championship game patriots employee jim mcnally reportedly carried the game day balls out of the officials' locker room to a bathroom. a minute and 40 seconds later, he brings them to the field. the balls were found to be deflated. mcnally and john yastremski discussed altering them to brady's liking months before the game. the pair encaged in a string of texts. at one point, he said talked to him last night. he actually brought you up and said you must have a lot of stress trying to get them done. later, mcnally calling himself the deflator. in the days after the scandal broke, brady, who refused to turn over text messages to investigators called jastremski several times. a hard hit to the star's credibility who claimed he did nothing wrong. >>> a defense department audit found several pentagon employees have been using company credit cards for gambling and prostitution. that preliminary report shows civilian and military employees charged escort services and other adult entertainment on their company cards in las vegas and atlantic city. mo

>> reporter: the investigation points the finger at the patriots locker room attendant jim mcnally and equipment assistant john jastremski. the report alleges mcnally went into a stadium bathroom after the refs independent the footballs and deflated them in the one minute and 40 seconds he spent there. investigators ran tests including deflation simulations. the report also concluded it is unlikely that an equipment assistant and a locker room attendant would deflate game because without brady's know and approval. text messages obtained show that as far back as a year ago mcnally was referring to himself as "deflator." jastremski had an exchange last october, showing brady's high-level attention to the condition of game balls. "tom is acting crazy about balls. he is saying they're not good enough?" the report also reports brady gave jastremski cash and various items of value including this football from the day brady passed the 50,000-milestone in passing yards. jastremski and mcnally seemed to discuss deflating footballs in exchange for gifts. "i have a big needle for you this week."

took the field before that afc championship game with the indianapolis colts patriots employee jim mcnally reportedly carried the game day balls out of the officials locker room to a bathroom. 1:40 later, he brings them to the field. a breech of game day protocol. but perhaps most damning, according to the report after brady allegedly complained about game balls in october, mcnally and equipment manage earl john ja strem ski discussed altering them to brady's liking. the pair engaged in a string of texts. at one point, jastremski talking about brady. talked to him last night. he actually brought you up and said you must have a lot of stress trying to get it done. later, mcnally calling himself the deflator. brady, who rell fused to turn over his text messages to investigators, called jastremski several times. brady's dad saying of the report "i don't have any doubt about my son's integrity. not one bit." but these revelations, likely a hard hit to the star's credibility, who claimed he did nothing wrong. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i mean i feel like i've always playe

field for the a afc championship game against the the indianapolis colts locker room attend and jim mcnally reportedly carried game balls out of the officials locker room to a bathroom where the balls were deflated. dana paterson says the discipline handed down by the league isn't stern enough. >> it is too late. if you see the magnitude of the game, it basically comes down to that team that won that game was going to go to the super bowl which is the cream of the cream. i think you have to look at it within that scope. >> reporter: brady has denied guilt. >> i feel like i have always played within the rules. would i never do anything to break the rules. >> reporter: brady's agent don yee issued a statement saying the discipline is ridiculous and has no legitimate basis. on social media teammate lagarrette blount says thinks ridiculous. had shaking my head. but also on social media tonight sean merryman says it is a good thing the nfl suspended tom brady now everyone knows that nobody is above the system. tonight patriots owner robert kraft issued a statement saying brady has the team's unc

the report claimed that locker room attend ant jim mcnally referred to himself as the deflator in a textge. the patriots claim mcnally was actually talking about losing weight. >>> human beings now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish. this according to a study from microsoft about the effects of today's digital world. by 2013 according to the report the average human attention span was down to eight seconds, a second shorter than a goldfish. which means, if true i lost some of you in this story about a paragraph back. >>> tonight the national mall has gone to the dogs. border collies less loose in the nation's capital to chase away geese who leave droppings on the ground. around the monuments, making for quite a mess to clean up. >>> when we come back he's a jazz virtuoso earning praise from the greats and he's only 11 years old. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise farxiga helps lower bl

report also aims to shed light on one of america's most mysterious figures locker room attendant jim mcnally aka the deflater. that nickname has nothing to do with deflating footballs. one possibility, they say it was a reference to a desired to lose weight. the report addressed mcnally's trip to the bathroom prior to the afc championship. wells report claims mcnally used this trip to deflate the the balls. but according to the pats the report does not address whether one minute and 40 is consistent with the time it takes a gentlemen to enter a bathroom relief himself wash his hand, and leave. in fact, it is. also new this morning the nfl players association representing brady sharing the context of the appeal exclusively with abc news. writing in it that brady's punishment is based on insufficient evidence and claiming brady's treatment is unfair and inconsistent. asserting that no player in the history of the nfl has ever received anything approaching this level of discipline for similar behavior. >> ryan smith abc news, new york. >>> coming up next on "action news" at 11:00 investigative

jim mcnally referring to himself as the deflator asking co-worker john jas trem ski to pay up if he wants balls the way he liked. mcnally saying let's make a deal come on. help the deflator. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. >> reporter: this week his agent, don yee calling the report a significant and terrible disappointment. the nfl had no comment on brady brady's remarks. he said he hasn't digested the 243-page report. he said he usually reads xs and os. that report is a bit longer than that. >> you were in the room. >> he wouldn't let anybody in. it was conspiracy fns. there were thousands outside in the parking lot. going blocks long chanting for brady. >> a friendly audience. >> it's hard not the like the guy. he's very affable. very likable. almost just like you ryan. >> almost. >> and just like ron. and speaking of ron, ron joins us with the other stories. >>> good morning to you, paula and dan. ryan. good morning, everyone. a chain reaction crash on a busy u.s. interstate highway that triggered a massive fireball. marci gonzalez has the story. >> reporter: the fla

the report stated it is more probable than not that jim mcnally, the official locker room attendant forriots and an equipment attendant participated in an effort to release air from patriot game balls after the balls were examined by the referee. no other players, coaches or officials have been implicated. there is no smoking gun but evidence of videotape of mcnally removing game balls from the officials locker room and text messages in which they talked about brady's unhappiness with the inflation levels of patriot game balls. after a game earlier in the season the report indicates that mcnally texted this. tom sucks. i'm going to make that next ball a blanking balloon. and he responded, talk to him last night. he actually brought you up. and said you must have a lot of stress trying to get them done. couldn't the two men have done all of this with tom brady not knowing. the report states, we believe it is unlikely that an equipment assistant and locker room attendant would deflate game balls without brady's knowledge and approval. noteworthy in the roar, brady's lack of full cooperati

there were two patriots employees, jim mcnally an official locker room attendant and john an equipment assistant for patriots that these two individuals, not just for the one game in question but period of time going back months were aware of that and in fact involved in efforts to deflate the footballs to tom brady's liking and are even references in text messages that mentioned numbers below the range in which a ball is supposed to be inflated. it's clear these two individuals knew what they were doing and knew it was against the rules. what's not as clear from what i've read yet is whether brady knew exactly what was going on aopposed to stated generally he wanted the balls to be deflated on the lower side. >> you're talking about the psi, the levels of the footballs and how likely is it that there would be any discipline leveled against the patriots coming from roger goodell? >> i think it's extremely likely thomas that there's going to be some sort of discipline. a fine is a very high likelihood. loss of draft picks which we talked about when this story first broke is a possibilit

no comment from locker room attendant jim mcnally who is accused of deflating the balls or the equipmentistant who apparently exchanged incriminating text messages with brady. tabloids are trumpeting flashy headlines about the probe like these and for many fans and commentators why is the big question now and what tom brady's punishment might be. >> the worst thing about it is that a guy who is on top of the world who seems to have everything, great family, legacy, super bowl still feels so much pressure and the need to cheat. that's what blows everybody away. >> the question is when will they hand down the punishment? i would imagine they'll do it before the week is out. >> reporter: brady is scheduled to appear at salem state university tonight with many wondering what, if anything, he will have to say about all this. >> and the report indicates that it is unlikely coach belichick or any other coach or player took part. >>> still ahead we'll tell you about the next stop for a proposed new metro station in alexandria. >> right after the break what happened to sing are adam levine outsid

it is more probable than not, brady was at least generally aware of inappropriate activities of jim mcnally involving the release of air in the game balls. the assumption in the wells report is yes he knew. seems all circumstantial to me. can you walk away from those findings, say incot vertably he knew? >> well the problem is that it is, it was more probable than not that he was generally aware. and then we talk about the he is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and that he knows how footballs feel. and, this is something that, i don't think anybody can swallow is that, he couldn't tell that there was a difference in the feel of those footballs. gerri: i'm wonder about a fine, pardon me, i am wonder about a fine. i have to think a fine for brady is not that meaningful since he is really pretty wealthy. do you think he will be fined as well? >> i don't think so. i think the fact that he will be suspended this is unprecedented it has never happened to a quarterback for an infraction of the operating conditions of the game. and i think as i said before i think they want to make an e

saying that the patriots staffer jim mcnally one of the guys who have been accused and taken out of his, he's the one in text messages called himself the deflator. now they say mcnally is a big fellow. deflate was a term he used to refer to losing weight. for real? >> i don't know if you've ever caused yourself the deflator as you've tried to lose weight. it would be an odd term. would you call yoours the deflator the deflated? the report you're referring to was put out by the patriots. it was a website they published 20,000 words rebutting the wells report. and they did make some interesting points there. look in the wells report in investigation of tom brady and the patriots there are some suppositions some conclusions drawn. and anytime one investigator is using his opinion to draw conclusions, somebody else to nak that same amount of data and draw their own conclusions. there are point they made today that has some basis. a lot of people felt they went too far. you're trying to explain the deflator or explain away a texas message, what are they going to leak to espn if you think the

the report stated it was more probably not than jim mcnally the officialed locker room and john jaftnd ski released air from the patriots game ball released air from the balls. and there is video tape of mcnally removing balls from the locker room and many text messages in which they talked about brady's unhappiness with the inflateness of the game balls. he texted this. tom sucks this. i'm going to make that next ball a blanking balloon. talked to him last night. and talked to him last night. you must have a lot of stress getting that done. we believe it is unlikely that an equipment assistant and locker room attendant would deflate game balls without brady's knowledge and approval. brady declined to make available document or information including text messages or e-mails that we requested, even though they were limited to the subject matter of our investigation. and when deflate gate first broke, many tried to blame weather or other environmental factors but we visited the willson sporting goods center where the footballs were made and the employees there said no way. >> this ball

. >> reporter: the report also names two patriots team officials, locker room attendant jim mcnally whod of deflating the balls and equipment assistant john yastrzemski. brady refused to turn over any electronic communications for the investigation. patriots fans are mixed. >> i love the patriots and always will be a patriots fan. and, you know, just a little bump in the road i guess. >> if we thought somebody else was doing something that's illegal, as patriots fans we would want the patriots so say something about it. >> reporter: the league hasn't announced a punishment. don champion, cbs news, new york. >>> protestors are expected to make their presence known today at a hearing on the state of city college of san francisco. [ chanting ] >> they took over an administration building for a few hours yesterday afternoon. the protestors are angry about deep cuts to classes and changes to the tuition payment system. there is a three-year battle to retain its accreditation. >>> if you commuted home yesterday you knew it was ugly. >> we had chain requirements. >> i wish i could show you the

liz: tayoka, jim mcnally, who apparently the guy putting the needle into the balls and deflating these balls would often according to the texts within the report, get yelled at by tom brady, an angry tom brady. he would say afterward, quote, tom brady sucks. i'm going to make that next ball an fing balloon. inflated too much what he would like. this looks terrible. what should happen to tom brady. >> well, i mean i certainly think there will be a fine coming down the pike. quarterbacks are very quirky. i hated quarterbacks. i chased them for a living but there are two things you know about quarterbacks. you don't hit quarterbacks in practice and don't screw around with the footballs. going into games, backup quarterback would have his own set of balls. i'm used to seeing initials. they don't like their balls to be played with by someone else. liz: does it surprise you guess what we didn't find? we didn't find anyone messing with the kicker's ball. the kicker as balls for punting were just fine. if you deflate ad kicker's ball it wouldn't go as far, right? >> well, depends how much you

jim mcnally, referring to himself as the deflator, asking co-worker john jastremski to get brady to pay up if he wanted the balls the way brady liked. mcnally saying, let's make a deal, come on. help the deflator. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. >> reporter: brady, denying cheating in january. and this week brady's agent, don yee, calling the report a significant and terrible disappointment. the nfl had no comment on brady's remarks. he said he hasn't digested the 243-page report. he said he usually reads xs and os. and that report was just a bit longer guys. >> you were in the room for that hearing, that event yesterday in boston. sounds like it was pretty enthuse yathsic crowd. >> he wouldn't let anybody in the room because it was more for fans. something you bought tickets to in advance. there were thousands outside in the parking lot. going blocks long, chanting for brady. >> a friendly audience. >> regardless it's hard not to like the guy. he's very affable. very likable. almost just like you, ryan. >> almost. >> and just like ron. and speaking of ron, ron joins u

no comment from locker room attendant jim mcnally accused of deflating the ball or equipment assistant john, who apparently exchanged incriminating text messages with brady. tabloid are having flashy headlines like these and for many fans and commend taiters why is the big question now and what tom brady's punishment might be. >> a guy who is on top of the world, who seems to have everything, great family, a legacy super bowls still feels so much pressure and a need to cheat. that is what blows everybody away. >> the question is when will they hand down the punishment? i would imagine they will do it before the week is out. >> reporter: brady is scheduled to appear at salem state university tonight with many wondering what if anything, he will say about all this. marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> so will there be fall out for brady? that is the next big question? let us know what you think if there should be. connect with us on facebook and twitter, and log on to cbs philly.com. >>> for the first time ever a fish caught in the susquehanna river test positive for cancer. this

jim mcnally the locker room attendant and john ja strem ski, an assistant equipment manager, were properobably involved in this. this is huge in my mind wolf because this is the second offense for the patriots and especially under the microscope now will be tom brady who came out in the press conference and addressed this issue and said he had no idea about what was going on. that's not what ted wells found and that's likely this how goodell will treat this as a second offense and may bring down the hammer on the patriots and maybe tom brady as well. >> one of the excerpts from the report let me read it more than probable that -- it is more probable than not that new england patriots personnel participated in a violations of the playing rules and were involved in a deliberate effort to circumvent the rules. i know that the chairman and ceo of the new england patriots robert kraft he's not happy with this. he's disputing it saying they fully cooperated issued a lengthy statement saying while i respect the independent process in the investigation, the time effort and resources expended to

other team and you see that the equipment guy, for example, we can put up one of the texts of this jim mcnallym just teasing with you, i won't go to espn yet, meaning i won't tell the media what i'm doing at tom brady's request which might not have really been fair. you don't look at that and say it's a little bit of cheating on behalf of tom brady and team patriots? >> first of all, liz, thank you for all you do for our military veterans. liz: oh, my pleasure. >> and, you know, again, i didn't read the entire wells report. i've been here with charlie at salt for the last couple days listening to some of the greatest money managers in the world. but i think i would like to see the entire context of those texts and those e-mails. liz: sure. >> and, again, if you look at the game against baltimore where all of this came to light, one of the players came to the sidelines and said, well, the ball seems underinflated, and they checked the balls at halftime. and then after halftime they did the regulation and filled the balls up to where they were supposed to be as far as pounds per square inch. bra

. >> hold on, those two knuckleheads, you name them, jim mcnally and john jastremski, i hope i pronounce, what did they say in text messages that was so damning? >> well, mcnally refers to himself as "the deflator." >> oh, that's bad. >> and the other guy is clearly "the fixer" and he's talking about the fact he's going to give him long needles this weekend and when they says, i'm going to give you the needles, which he's going to be sticking into footballs to deflate them, mcnally, the deflator as he refers to himself, says, okay, make sure you've got tennis shoes and you've got the stuff that i want that's autographed. so there's this back and forth where they are clearly arranging to deflate balls. the mcnally who's going to deflate them is told he's going to be paid off with size 11 tennis shoes and autographed jerseys and they joke around and say, okay, great, because if you don't, i'm going to make these balls, which of course are much bigger and more inflated than the football. >> that's pretty damning. >> what else is pretty damning, ashleigh, that if you turn -- >> before the ne

the report says it is more probable than not that new england locker room assistant jim mcnally and john jastremski participated in a deliberate effort to release air from the patriots game balls after the balls had been checked by the game officials and approved by the referee. the report included text messages where tom brady indicated he preferred softer footballs and that he had previously not been happy with the game balls. the report found no evidence that head coach bill belichick knew anything about it. now the nfl will decide what steps will be taken if any in light of this report. leon: will any? tim: i don't think they will. don't forget the caps-rangers play in the phone booth tonight in game four in the best of seven series. i will take you there live. and in baseball, monster game by bryce harper this afternoon. three home runs. monster shots. that is all coming up later in sports. do i think there will be done anything done here? yes, minimally. it will not be a big deal. did it make any difference in the game? 45-7 game? absolutely not. alison: okay tim. thank you. but we