. >>> a new development into ohio state football coach urban meyer. investigators hired by the university speaking with the ex-wife of his former assistant coach, zach smith, who's accused of domestic abuse. espn's ryan smith is here, and ryan, investigators trying to determine what meyer knew and when? >> that's right, robin. zach smith is facing new allegations, this time that he faced other charges years ago but didn't tell his former boss. >> reporter: urban meyer one of the most successful coaches of all times. >> urban meyer with his third. >> reporter: but this morning, the investigation continues into the bombshell claims that have rocked college football, that meyer's former ohio state assistant coach, zach smith, abused his now ex-wife and that the famed head coach may have known about it but did nothing. >> he picked me up by my neck and threw me on the ground and screamed at me, look what you've turned me into. >> reporter: monday courtney smith had her day with investigators meeting with the

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the school investigating whether meyer knew about the allegations and stayed quiet. here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> listen. we had a toxic relationship. >> reporter: tonight, fired ohio state assistant football coach zach smith breaking his silence. after being accused of domestic abuse by his ex-wife, courtney. >> there was aggression in the relationship but anything i ever did to her was a defensive action. all i know is i never hit my wife. i never hit her. i never beat her. nothing. >> i was scared. >> reporter: but courtney telling stadium sports network he was abusive as of 2009. >> he picked me up by the neck and threw me down on the ground in our bathroom, and screamed at me, 'look what you turned me into.' >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with espn smith also delivering this bombshell, that head coach urban meyer knew about the allegations in 2015. >> he said, 'what the hell is going on? what is this? what is this?' and i told him. i laid it all out for him. i said apparently my ex-wife is trying to get me charged with domestic abuse. >> how did he re

urban meyer has been a man of upstanding character. the thought he knew and denied knowing and did nothing is really troubling. i think this could be a tipping point in the sport and in the college sports landscape for him to be put on paid leave while investigating what he knew and what he did not do. it will have an incredible back drop. >> and against the me too era, he could be in trouble. led us know what you think -- let us know what you think about it. >>> next, houston police believe a 20-year old grudge is the reason for the murder of the arrest cardiologist. the doctor was killed two weeks ago while riding his back. pappas has not been seen for two weeks and evidence in his home links him to the killing. >> he is very dangerous. we need to get him into custody. we think he is suicidal. we should assume he is armed. >> this man is dangerous. this man is capable. this man has some skills. >> cnn called a phone number for pappas' real estate company on wednesday, but it went to voice mail. that is also a number listed on the fir

wife, shelley meyer, about that 2015 incident but says she never spoke directly to coach meyer about ve details of her violent marriage. >> i do believe he knew, and instead, he chose to help the abuser, enable the abuser. >> reporter: reena, as it stands, coach meyer will be missing from the sidelines when s k buckeyes kick off their season september 1. >> ninan: nikki, have we heard from the university at all at this point? >> reporter: they have not commented on what urban meyer may have told his boss, the athletic director, about the 2015 incident, but they have formed an independent board to oaad this investigation. >> ninan: all right, nikki battiste, thank you very much. a russian helicopter crashed near the arctic circle. 15 passengers and 3 crew members were killed. officials say the aircraft had just taken off from a helipad near a siberian oil field when its blades collided with another nolicopter. that chopper landed safely. the helicopters belonged to a fleet run by a russian airline. a stifling heat wave is blanketing europe this weekend. in the netherlands, officials h

meyer claimed he hadn't known about the accusations until it was revealed last month he had. >> whatsage do you have for courtney smith? >> i have a message for everybody involved in this-- i'm sorry for the situation. >> reporter: on campus meyer's support goes beyond strong. the national championship he led the buckeyes to in 2014 wraps him in something a little closer to invincible. >> i think most people think it should have been less, but, obviously, there's a lot of bias here. >> reporter: but off the campus, meyer came in for a hammering today. >> you're a liar. you lied. period, done. >> urban meyer, should have been fired. >> reporter: the university's own investigation was more restrained, but also critical of styer. "he has cast doubt on his own honesty," the report concluded, but in a clue as to why meyer ons suspended and not fired, "he olearly misspoke and made misstatements, but did not, in our view, deliberately lie." the report had plenty that will fuel meyer's critics, like this to investigators, "we also learned during the investigation that coach meyer has sometim

what meyer has to say next. >>> ohio state university suspending football coach urban meyer for three games without pay. the school investigated meyer response to spousal abuse allegations against former assistant coach zach smith. meyer did not cover up, but did fail to take sufficient management action. meyer offered a public apology yesterday. >> i'm fully aware i'm ultimately responsibility for the situation that has harmed the university as a whole and department athletic center and football program. i want to apologize to buckeye nation. i followed my heart and not my head. i failed because i gave zach smith the benefit of the doubt. >> the athletic director suspended without pay until september 16th. zach smith's ex-wife accused him of abuse and domestic violence in 2009 and 2015. he was fired on july 23rd. >>> the iowa dairy farm that employed the suspect in mollie tibbetts' killing says he got the job using a false identification. the 24-year-old christian riveiera came to the u.s. illegally from mexico. the hiring procedure required a photo identification and social security

own investigation was more restrained, but also critical of meyer. he has cast doubt on his own honesty, the report concluded. but in a clue as to why meyer was suspended and not fired, he clearly misspoke and made misstatements, but did not, in our view, deliberately lie. >>> the report had plenty that will fuel meyer's critics like this investigator's. quote, we also learned during the investigation that coach meyer has sometimes had significant memory issues in other situations where he had io events. jim >> jim axelrod for us tonight, thanks. >>> sex crimes in the catholic church is something pope francis has addressed. he is in ireland this weekend with a cloud of scandal hanging over his visits. and jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: when pope john paul ii last visited ireland in 1979, 2 1/2 million catholics turned out. only a fraction of that crowd is expected to greet pope francis this weekend. >> it will be a different tone. i don't think everyone will be jumping for joy. >> reporter: one group of protesters is sending their own mess

she had phone conversations with shelly meyer. shelly meyer said she had to tell urban meyer.ourtney said then please tell urban meyer. ultimately nothing happened. zach remained on the staff. she told me why she decided to come forward she left zach in 2015, officially separated in november, divorce was granted in 2016. she taught the ambiguous and harassment would shop when she left him. it did not it escalated. >> when did urban meyer then know about this and why didn't he do anything at the time? do you have an answer to that? >> i don't know specifically when he knew about it. i know the text messages were from 2015. he was investigated for domestic violence on october 25th, october 26th of 2015. also another charge on november 9th. it was in that period. also zach smith's attorney contacted courtney's attorney in early november and asked him how bad it is. her attorney said it's bad. i'm very confident in that time frame and based on the text messages i saw, urban was first aware of these domestic violence allegations sometime in the month of november 2015. >> wow. and k

. >> urban meyer will win his third. >> reporter: but this morning, ohio state head coach urban meyer placed on paid administrative leave after the football powerhouse announced it's investigating claims he may have known of a domestic violence allegation against his former assistant coach zach smith in 2015, long before smith was terminated last month. courtney smith claims her ex-husband zach abused her on multiple occasions. >> it was out of control to the point that he picked me up by my neck and threw me down on the ground in our bathroom and screamed at me, look what you turned me into. >> reporter: smith claims she told meyer's wife shelley about the abuse suffered in 2015 and agreed to her telling her head coach husband. but smith claims no action was taken. >> when somebody is crying out

his ex-wife says she texted coach meyer's wife.d coach. >> with shelly meyer being aware of everything going on and saying that she was going to have to tell urban, do you think that he knows about all of this? >> i believe he does. >> did he ever directly talk to you about what was going on in your marriage? or between you and zach? >> not the abuse. he never spoke to me about the physical abuse, but he had, you know, made a couple comments to me, and we have had a couple conversations, very brief, how are you guys doing? everything okay? >> last week coach meyer said that he was aware of the 2009 incident with the smiths, and that he and his wife addressed it with them back then. he said he was not aware of the alleged case in the fall of 2015. and, you know, what's interesting about this is, so people are asking, well, what did urban meyer do? the claim is he knew about it and didn't do anything about it and could cause problems with his contract. 73 and 8, the most successful coach out there. >> the meaning is more so because o

during the inquiry urban meyer will be on paid administrative leave. the statement went o to say, we are focusedn supporting our players and getting to truth as exously as possible. meyer releasesed a statement which said being on leave during the inquiry will facilitate its completion. dan sheneman, nbc news. >> right w, ohio state officials are not saying when meyer core reayrn. the schs they're trying to get to the truth of what happened. >>> survivors thank iing a hair power after t miracle in mexico. >> jesus saved us. >> new details on the doomed plane that crashed just after takeoff. >> a valedictorian couldn't waid to atten georgetown university. why he fears his sexualor ntation could keep him out. >> the know what? no, what? i just switched to geico and got more. more? got a company i can trust. that's a heck of a lot more. over 75 years of great savings and service. you can't argue with more. why would ya? geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. >>> cell phone video gives us a look inside a plane as it crashes to the ground. >> you

meyer is now currently on paid administration leave. during this investigation, tom. >> kayna whitworth for us tonight. kayna, thank you. >>> we turn onto the new developments in the urgent manhunt for a murder suspect in houston. the alleged killer wanted for shooting a well-known doctor over a 20-year grudge, confronted by police this morning taking his own life. authorities say he was wearing a bulletproof vest. a list of a dozen names including the doctors were found at his home. so who else was on the list? abc's marcus moore is in houston. >> reporter: the hunt for the man who gunned down a prominent houston doctor riding his bike to work ending police say in this southwest houston neighborhood. >> it's going to be the suspect. he's walking. he's down. >> reporter: with a dramatic showdown between two police officers and 62-year-old suspect joseph pappas. police say pappas took his own life as officers approached him this morning. >> without the public, we wouldn't be standing here today. >> reporter: the death marking the end of

coach meyer did not in our view deliberately lie. >> reporter: with meyer facing media scrutiny, the report called his behavior concerning how to delete text messages older than a year with a colleague. >> as a woman, it sends a message like something might happen to you and we might act on it eventually but it might not be the right justice. >> reporter: disciplined by ohio state, the university's famed coach will be back on the field later this season. a punishment critics say puts football first. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> there is a lot more to tell you about tonight. a mother's outrage. she says child services investigated her for letting her 8-year-old walk the dog around the block alone. we're going to get into the controversy that has a lot of parents divided and talking. >>> the video that made headlines and the man that got a lesson from the law today on what happens when you mess with wildlife. >>> let's turn to that story that has a lot of parents talking and it becomes personal for a lot of us because it's about the way we raise kids. a mom is outraged after she let

did not in our view deliberately lie. >> reporter: with meyer facing media scrutiny, the report also called his behavior concerning when he discussed how to delete text messages older than a year with a colleague. >> as a woman it kind of sends a message of something like this might happen to you and we might act on it eventually but it might not be the right justice. >> reporter: disciiniversity's coach will be back oenn critic football first. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> now to australia's political turbulence that continues as scott morrison is set to become the next prime minister, the country's sixth in the last 11 years. morrison will replace malcolm turnbull, who has led the nation since 2015. so what's next for australia and for turnbull? nbc's chapman bell joins us now from london to break it all down. chapman, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. we'll have to see what's next for australia as the new prime minister scott morrison's going to have his work cut out for him, union only his own party but his country too before the next general election. in what's

ohio state's coach urban meyer.hat he knew about allegations of domestic abuse against one of his staff members. >> the victim says he knew a lot, and didn't do anything about it. here's nbc's morgan radford. >> i believe he knew and instead chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: courtney says for years her ex-husband physically abused her and believed his boss legend air head coach urban meyer knew about it and did nothing. meyer put on paid leave an text messages and photos surfaced raising the possibility he knew about the domestic violence accusation three years ago and didn't report them. smith said she filed multiple police reports including one in 2009 that reads in part, the defendant grabbed the victim by her t-shirt picked her up and threw her into the bedroom ball. the victim was pregnant with the defendant's child. she spoke earlier in the week. >> pressured by his family and urban meyer's attorney. i was basically told, if you don't drop the charges, he's never going to coach again, and he's never hit y

and i want to apologize to buckeye nation.or >> rr: in a 23-page report investigators determined meyer was aware of 2015 domestic violence allegations against former assistant coach zach smith. and failed to report them to the university. >> i fell short in pursuing full information because at each juncture i gave zach smith the benefit of the doubt. >> reporter: smith's ex-wife, courtney, says she sent photos of the alleged abuse to meyer's wife, shelley. zach smith denies the allegations. the investigation determined mer made false statements. >> i was never told about >> reporter: when questioned about his knowledge of the 2015 allegations. >> while those denials wereot plainlyaccurate, coach meyer did not in our view deliberately lie. >> reporter: with meyer facing media scrutiny, thelseport called his behavior concerning when he discussed how to delete text messages older than a year with a colleague. >> as a woman it kind of sends a message of something like this might happen to you and we might eventually but it might not be the right justice. >> reporter: disciplined by ohio st

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patrick meyer competes regularly in tournaments for wheelchair motocross known as w.c. m.x. . two years ago he came in sixth at the world championships in texas points are awarded for each trip according to the level of difficulty and the standard of performance. just like regular skateboarding wheelchair skating is not without its risks. to doing this is sure it hurts a bit it always hurts when you fall but you know immediately what mistakes you made so you don't say annoyed for a long fight the best thing to do is get right back up and carry on which is what i'd better do now. you know those might have been with you. once a month patrick meyer gives courses in wheelchair skating even those who don't want to enter competitive sport find the wheelchair training helps increase their independence. it's a form of self determination pursuits but it makes a real difference if you can get up onto a sidewalk yourself without help from others. that's something that skating does for you it gives you confidence. everybody needs to be able to move around movement is everything. in the le

zach smith is the assistant coach under urban meyer.e zach smith has not been charged with domestic violence. but reportedly his wife shows the pictures of the abuse to urban meyer's wife rchts we. >> well, there were photographs and text messaging between urban meyer's wire and courtney smith. interestingly enough, urban meyer deleted all of his text messages prior to one year ago. so there is no way of knowing what he ever received. that was in the 23-page report that ohio state produced when evaluating what to give him as a penalty here. so it doesn't look great. at a minimum it looks like there was an attempt at a cover-up on urban meyer's part to delete those text messages. >> to you think if this was a lesser known coach, a less successful coach, if this were a coach of a football program at a d-3 school or something, would they have gotten the same punishment? how much of this is about being urban meyer at the oxford university, a national champion? >> there is no question the stakes are extremely high f financially for the unive

mea culpa don't go far enough. >> meyer's first game back as head coach will be on september 22. for those keeping score, ohio state is ranked fifth by the associated press. some are also pointing out that the first half of the buckeye season is not the toughest competition. if there was time to be without your head coach, some say that is it. >>> more to come for you, including a look at the forecast. pleasant for those in the inland area. >> yeah, feels nice, but as the skies clear, but still have the hazy skies. as we check out the temperature trend for the rest of the afternoon in willow glen, we'll be in the mid-70s. that is cooler than normal, so we'll see more of this in the forecast. i'll have a look at you're microclimates and an update on hurricane lane coming up next gloop a missing savings account, forgotten rebate and lost package, just three of the cases we've recently opened and closed. nbc bay area responds next. you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for b

meyer said tonight: quote: "i followed my heart, and not my head" meyer will miss the buckeyes' gamesagainst oregon state, rutgers and 16th ranked tcu...offensive coordinator ryan day will serve as the interim coach... checking in with the 49ers... richard sherman says he plans to play this week against the colts.. it will be the first time we'll see sherman in game action since he went down from that season ending achilles injury with the seahawks.. sherman says he was ready to play last week against the texans...he says he feels good, just ready to get into game shape...and when he returns he'll get a taste of the new helmet rule..it's one that has frustrated players and coaches around the league... the nfl said today... there will be no changes...### "it's an idiotic rule. there's no need to even go down that road. there's no way you can tackle the way they're asking people to tackle. and play football. i could probably tackle like that if i was standing still, getting on my knees, if nobody's moving and i'm tackling bags or something. to ask people to do that at full spee

the meyers advised the smiths to get counseling.than two years later, urban meyer hired smith to his staff at ohio state. >> i don't think just because you win 85% of your games you should be held to a different standard than anybody else. >> reporter: the coach and the university could be liable. according to title 9 rules, meyer is required to report instances of domestic abuse involving anyone on his staff. otherwise, he can be fired with cause. >> for him to say, i was unaware of it runs in the face of the urban meyer we know which is a guy who has his fing or the pulse of everything happening in his program from top to bottom. >> reporter: although he was fired, zach smith has never been charged with domestic abuse and his attorney told espn he'll tell his side of the story if he has to testify. ohio state said in a statement it's conducting an investigation and is focused on supporting our players and on getting to the truth as expeditiously as possible. urban meyer said in a statement, i eagerly look forward to the resolution

smith says she also shared these photos with meyers wife shelley. nbc news has not verified those messages. >> she said she would talk to urban. i said that's fine. you should tell him. >> reporter: meyer who fired smith last week. >> i was never told about anything. >> reporter: says in a statement i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facility its completion. zech smith's attorney says he wants to be as transparent and honest as possible. smith has not been charged with a crime. under meyer's $7.6 million a year contract, he's required to report any violation of ohio state sexual misconduct policy. failure to do so could cost him his job. facing a blitz of pressure, ohio state's football coach sidelined. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> let's turn to the milestone for apple, the company started by a pair of steves in a california garage. it went on to change the way we live, perhaps the way you're watching our broadcast right now on an iphone or macbook. it's valued at a trillion with a t and if you bought at the bottom, it would be w

meyer spoke to reporters after the announcement. >> i want to apologize to buckeye nation.owed my heart and not my head. i fell short in pursuing full information because at each juncture i gave zack smith the benefit of the doubt. i wish i could go back and make the different decisions but i can't. >> urban meyer will be eligible to return to the side lines on september>> vizon admits to thr the wireless speeds. at first reported by oz tech any ka, the santa clara county chief said haver slowed down his department's data plan significantly impacting their ability to provide emergency services. this even despite being informed of the emergency. the claims filed this week are part of a federal lawsuit seeking to block the fcc's overhaul of an obama-era net neutrality rule. verizon admits it made a mistake but claims it had nothing do do with the robot, calling it a customer support mistake. a spokesman for santa clara county rejects that and says it had everything to do with netanyanet nera about that, do i? actually, you do. harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line. cr

ohio state's urban meyer placed on administrative leave. joe frier has the details. >> reporter: one of the most storied programs in college football history sidelining its legendary coach. the ohio state university placing urban meyer on paid administrative leave after text messages surfaced raising allegations he know about domestic violence against zach smith three years ago and did not report them. nbc news has not verified those texts. coaches are required to report knowledge of intimate violence under title 9. >> if meyer did violate the contracts then i think there will be no other option than to dismiss him as head coach. >> reporter: the story offers evidence about police reports dating back to 2015 in ohio and 2009 in florida. among that evidence, text messages from zach smith's ex wife to the wife of coach urban meyer that shows her bruised and bleeding and pleading for help. courtney smith says she told coach meyer's wife shelly about the abuse. >> i told shelly. i sent her some pictures. i spoke to her on the phone. she was goi

meyer denies that but the alleged victim of the abuse is stepping forward and says there is no way he didn't know. r miguel almaguer has all the details. >> reporter: the face of ohio state football legendarcoach urban meyer out of the game placed on administrative leave, the university huddling with investigators. did he know of abuse allegations against zech smith involving courtney smith. >> i do believe he knew and instead, he chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: speaking to watch stadium.com, smith filed multiple police reports including this one. the defendant grbed the victim by her rew hirt, picked her up and thher into the bedroom wall. the victim is pregnant with the defendant's child. smith says she also shared these photos with meyers wife nbc news has not messages. >> she said she would haalk to urban. i saids fine. you should tell him. >> reporter: meyer who fired smith last week. >> i wasever told about anything. >> reporter: says in a statement i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facility its completion. ch smith's attorney says he wants to be as tra

fired by meyer, still coming to coach meyer's defense. >> if he loses his job, it's flat wrong. this is the guy who fired me. it would be crwas never charged with domestic violence. his ex-wife says she was pressured not to file charges by smith's family and by a lawyer with close ties to both coaches. ohio state university is now investigating and has placed coach meyer on paid administrative leave. kristen, back to you. >> gadi, thank you for that report. >>> and there are new insights tonight into the man charged with killing 17 students and staff members at a high school in parkland, florida, and what factors led to that rampage. here's nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: tonight, an independent review finds broward county schools should have done more to help mass shooter nicholas cruz in the two years before his rampage that killed 17 people at marjory stoneman douglas high school this past february. a judge ordered the report partially redacted. but a mistake in that process means when you cut and paste the text into a new document, it becomes visible. among the key findings,

meyer denies knowing anything recently.will fa sill tate -- facilitate its completion. meantime, ohio state says quote, we are focused on supporting our players and on getting to the truth as expeditiously as possible. once smith gets his chance to tell his side, it will be corroborated by police. the offensive coordinator ryan day will be named interim head coach. >>> boos from the crowd at yankee stadium raining down on sonny gray during the third inning loss to the orioles. he allowed 7 runs and 8 hits. that is adding to his struggling season. afterwards, racially charged tweet emerged. he called the tweet quote an inside joke. he is now the fourth mlb player to have offensive tweets from the past emerge. kaylee, the mls all-star game set a record for the game. >> 72? >> 72,000. mls all-stars barely lost to juve juventis. >> you know what today is, coy? >> tell me. >> thursday. which means the first night we get to see football on television. >> sort of. >> you know, a version of it. >> preseason football. chicago and ba

meyer said he followed his heart but not his head.this week half a world away family members separated by war and kept apart by politics for nearly 70 years were briefly reunited in north korea and ben tracy was there. >> this mother got to hug her son for the first time in 68 years. she is 92. he is now 71. but she still called him her boy. they were one of 89 families reunited for the first time since the korean war separated them nearly seven decades ago. the peninsula was divided in two. >> refugees stream southward along the road. >> families trapped on either side of the border never saw or heard from each other again. he just returned from the reunion where he saw his older brother for the first time since 1950. >> how are you feeling after this appearance? >> i lived life without knowing whether my brother was alive or dead. so for me to have met him feels like a dream but there's also sorrow in saying good-bye. >> south korean president moon jae-in and kim jong un agreed to bring more families together but the north used thes

they said urban meyer's wife knew about the alleged domestic violence. >> with shelly meyer being awaref everything going on and saying that she was going to have to tell urban, do you think he knows about all of this? >> i believe he does. >> did he ever directly talk to you about what was going on in your marriage or between you and zach? >> not the abuse. he never spoke to me about the physical abuse. but he had made a couple comments to me. we had had a couple conversations, very brief, how are you doing, everything okay. >> the full interview is available on watchstadium.com. meyer says he knew about an incident, but that was 2009. he denies knowing anything about something happening more recently. he released a statement saying in part, quote, being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. this allows the team to conduct training camp with minimal distraction. ohio state says, quote, we are focused on spoupporting our players and getting to the truth. zach smith's attorney tells cnn once smith gets his chance to tell his side of the story, it will be corroborat

he says the text indicate coach meyer had knowledge of the situation. nbc news has not seen or verified those texts. the university said in a statement, it is conducting an investigation into these allegations. adding, we are folk used on supporting our players and on getting to the truth as expeditiously as possible. >>> meyer also issued a statement saying athletic director gene smith and i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. i eagerly look forward to the resolution of this matter. >> after waiting more than 60 years, some families of fallen soldiers who never returned from the korean war may finally have some closure. in a solemn ceremony u.s. military officials escorted 55 cases of presumed u.s. remains draped in american flags at hanger joint base. vice-president pence was there to welcome them and called this home coming the beginning. >> today begins a new season of hope for the families of our missing fallen and we pledge to you we will never stop striving until every hero lost in the korean war is home.

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meyer tweeting, my intention was not tsa anything inaccurate or misleading. however, i was not adequatelyre preto discuss these sensitive personnel issues. adding, i have always followedr reporting protocols and did i so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. and after this, smith, who was fired by meyer, still coming to coach meyemeyer's defense. >> if he loses his job, it's flat wrong. this is the guy who fired me. it would be a crime. >> reporter: zachit was never charged with domestic violence. his ex-wife says she was pressured not to file charges by smith's family and by a lawyer with close ties to both ohio state university is now investigating and has placed coach meyer on paid administrative leave. >> gadi, thank you for that report. there are new insights tonight into the man charged with killing 17 students and staff a members a high school in park land, florida. to that rampage.d here's nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: tonight, an independent review finds broward county schools should have done more to help mass shooter nicholas cruz in the two

meyer initiallywi denied k about the abuse allegations.w and apologized for not doing more. athletic directo s geneth was also suspended. >>> emergency shelters are open and supermarkets runni low on supplies as hurricane lane bears down on hawaii. this could be the most powerful than to hit hawaii in more two decades. heavy rains have already started drenching the big island and winds are picking up overnight. e storm is expected to cause large swells and damaging suffer. a team from fema arrived overnight from california. the agency says it is ready to deliver barges full of food and water andther necessities. >>> we got the news covered. get your first big girl haircut. sometimes that does take a lot of courage. butt sure pays off if you like the results as much as this 5-year-old girl in toronto did. check out what she had to say. you know what's the great thing about showing hair? >> tell me. >> when you walk around and you have long hair, it gets caught in something and you have to pull it and it hurtsyou. but when you have short hai

wife though never charged, coach meyer fired zach smith. it led to the suspensions of both the head coach and athletic director. >> he did fail t take sufficient management action. >> reporter: swift reaction fbum ckeye fans online voicingor supp while others say the punishment is just a slap on the brift for one of the most popular and successful coaches in college football. wendy wool folk, nbc news. >>> an nsa contractor who leaked a classified document to the news media will spend the five years behind bars. her name reality winter. she learned today herdu fate ng a sentencing hearing in georgia. the -year-old was charged last year with copying a classified u.s. report and mailing it to an unnamed news organization winner pleaded guilty back in june and apologized in court. this is the longest sentence ever given for a federal crime t involving lea the media. >>> one of our nation's most iconic bdges isn bad shape, and in a couple weeks, the memorial bridge is going to shut down for one full week end. this closure is not only goi affect

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the main topic they were discussing, meyer's response or lack thereof.to take sufficient management action. meyer offered this response. >> what message do you have for courtney smith? >> i have a message for everyone involved in this. i'm sorry we're in this situation. i'm just sorry we're in this situation. >> failure to acknowledge her directly has also gained heat for him. meyer admitted he knew about a 2009 abuse allegation made by smith's ex-wife but he was not aware of a 2015 incident until last month. zach smith denied the abuse allegations. he was fired from the team in july. smith's attorney told cnn his client should not have married courtney smith adding vengeance against her ex-husband resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer, gene smith and the ohio state university. a federal investigation is being pursued into ohio state's response to allegations of sexual abuse against a former athletic doctor. the long awaited, much anticipated head to head match play showdown between tiger woods and phil mickelson is on. it's for high stakes. the g

. >> ohio state placed urban meyer on paid administrative leave as it investigates claims he knew about allegations of domestic abuse against one of hisan assi coaches. zack smith was fired after his ts surfaced that ex-wife filed for a rdetraining orie in an intervavailable on watchstadium.com, courtney smith says the abuse began while smith was a grad assistant for urban meyer in florida back in 2009. >> he picked me up by my shirt and threw me up against the wall. >> a columbus affiliys that meyer helped counsel them during their marriage. meyer will remain on leave until the investigation is complete. >>> want to show you new video this morning of what some are calling the miracle in mexico. a plane was plunging to the ground and burst into flames and everybody made it out alive. we're going to see what was happening inside the cabin of that plane as it went wn. this may be disturbing forome. this an a flight that had just taken off in bad weather. eda passenger onboard recohe moment the plane started its freefall. ngyou can hear babies cryi, passengers screaming, everybody terrifie

urban meyer leads the program at ohio state university. he fired his assistant zack smith this july. his ex-wifeays meyer knew smith was busing her as far as back as15 and failed to do anything to stop it. tonight meyer apologized and said he wishede had been told more. >> i followed my heart and not my head. i fell short because at each juncture, i gave benefit of the doubt. i did not know everything about zack smith which was h whatwas doing and i'm pleased that the report made this very clear. however, i should havean demd more from him and recognized red flags. >> meyer also apologized for in s words not being as complete and accurate as he should have been at a big ten press he erence the day after fired smith. he told report hes are that he was previously unaware of any domestic issues between the smiths. ohio state's athletic director also suspended, gene smithinit will gout pay through the 16th of next month. osu's president says this investigation may prompt changes hiring process. at the live desk, leon harris. >> leon thank you.

nine police reports against this man and urban meyer kept him man and urban meyer kept him out. and then the fact that he could not mention the victim's name, courtney smith, he was asked specifically about her, said he felt sorry for everyone involved. just an incredibly poor performance, alisyn, by a man in 2018 who should know better and be very lucky today he kept his job. >> let's play that moment that you and so many people felt was really insensitive in terms of his response in terms of who he should apologize to you. >> what message do you have for courtney smith? >> well, i have a message for everyone involved in this, i'm sorry we're in this situation. i'm just sorry we here in this situation. >> he's sorry they're in this situation as though he has no culpability. >> he has a lot of culpability. he's the man in charge. urban mier is one of the most sanctimonius people in sports. he has said with college basketball coaches if they used an illegal second cell phone to make phone calls to recruits that they should be fired. he has never shied away from giving his opinion

urban meyer is on paid administrative leave. >> urban meyer is trying to make it clear he believes he followed the proper reporting protocols and procedures when he was aware of the allegations courtney smith was making against her then husband, his assistant coach. urban meyer is a husband. he's a father of two daughters. he's a leader of young men. and he's recognizing how he's been portrayed since the story broke. and that's as a man who was indifferent to domestic violence. who allow ed this behasslvior t on. he issued a strongly worded statement on twitter yesterday, in which he said here's the truth. while at the university of florida and now at the ohio state university, i have always followed proper reporting protocol procedures. my elevating the issues to the proper channels. i did so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. i take that responsibility very seriously. any suggestion to the contrary is simply false. so now i think the question broadens to not just what did urban meyer know and when but what did the univ

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smith's ex-wife believes meyer's wife told him about the allegations. >> with shelley meyer being aware of everything that was going on and saying that she was going to have to tell urban, do you think that he knows about all of this? >> i believe he does. >> did he ever directly talk to you about what was going on in your marriage or between you and zach? >> not the abuse. he never spoke to me about the physical abuse, but he had, you know, made a couple of comments to me, and we had had a couple of conversations, very brief, how are you guys doing? everything okay? >> coach meyer denied knowing about the 2015 case but says he did address a previous incident in 2009 and recommended counseling for the couple. smith was fired last week after a protective order was issued. >>> and we may hear from cbs chairman les moonves for the first time today since that bombshell report on his alleged sexual misconduct. now, moonves could speak on an earnings call with investors this afternoon. cbs has now hired two law firms to investigate harassment and assault claims made by at least six women. >>>