mr. rodriguez has never made any secret of his core commitment. and it has always been to himself. ing magazine shoot where his affection for alex rodriguez is so real, that he can't resist kissing his own reflection. and instead of reflecting honestly about how drugs have destroyed the integrity of so many sports, mr. rodriguez is still only concerned about one thing -- himself. >> when all this stuff is going on in the background and people are finding creative ways to you know, cancel your contract and stuff like that, i think that's concerning. >> alex rodriguez believes this entire ca scandal is not about any higher moral or ethical values, but is solely about him losing out on yet another multimillion dollar contract. but those negro league players never had such illusions. because they knew that they were never playing for themselves. those brilliant, bright young menu that their efforts albeit on the field of play, would be added to the great team of social activists led by dr. martin luther king and many others that would bring civil rights and voting rights to all the citi

mr. rodriguez will probably be suspended although major league baseball might cut back the amount of time. but it is an awful situation being played out in front of the nation. and by the way, as somebody who was once a pitcher. throwing a baseball at another player is a serious thing. dempster should not have done it. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction, joining us from north carolina, bernard goldberg n addition doing on factor. is a lifelong yankee fan. what about this? >> well, first of all, major league baseball has every right to expect that its players won't cheat. that's number one. when they cheat, it obviously gives an unfair advantage to the cheater. over the player who is playing by the rules. but in a more important way, bill, it corrupts the game. first of all, fans, are more than willing to put up with cheaters if the cheater is on the team that they're rooting for and is delivering home runs. so it corrupts the fans who are more than willing to be corrupted. but baseball, more than any other sport, extends over generations. so, if a player, who is

mr. rodriguez knows the union consistent with its history will defend his rights vigorously. s to the fact that alex rodriguez's suspension is much longer than anybody else. the reason why the league gave alex rodriguez a much longer suspension, he didn't test positive but he tried to obstruct and cover up their investigation and frustrate they're investigation. that's why he got a much more strict sentence. people out the saying there are other reasons for it. that's what we have been told by mlb, but the players association is apparently going to help alex rodriguez fight the long suspension that would be well over 200 games games game. and the teams we have spoken to, many teams -- as the negotiations have been going on -- they had to figure out what they were going to do lose a starting outfielder or shortstop, and some of the teams were in the middle of a pennant race, and two guys suspended last year,ing me can he cabrera and colon signed contracts and colon made the all-star team and they were suspended last year. >> shepard: peter is back with us from fox sports.com. t

first we will hear from claudia rodriguez and then mrs. su fong gau and then mr. gregory takakun. please come up, ms. rodriguez. >> good morning, everybody. i'm gloria rodriguez. [speaker not understood] catholic charities cyo and i am happy to say that now i -- my voice now counts. i can vote. now i can have my rights that were taken away. [speaker not understood]. i just want to thank public charities to help people like me to make it for the people [speaker not understood] for the community. so, thank you very much. (applause) [speaking in native language] >> good morning, supervisors. hi, my name is su fong and i am 96 years old. i have been studying for citizenship more than two years. and because of the elderly and other agency provided legal service that i can start citizenship. i had attended june 29th workshop and they provide the free service for me and filled out the application form. now i feel [speaker not understood] to apply for citizenship family. [speaker not understood] and can benefit our community. thank you. (applause) [speaking in native language] >> good afte

mr. rodriguez is going to a safe. decision will come out later this afternoon, not right at noon, according to reports. use a 1:00 p.m. >> there are talking 1:00 p.m. dagen: what do you expect? >> be suspended, but i expect a-rod to appeal this. unless the commissioner of baseball throws down the hammer and says, hey, look, there is a clause in the collective bargaining agreement that says this is where the best interest of baseball and i can overrule appeals. i think he will play tonight. his first game back this season, healthy, ready to go. it will be interesting. dagen: he was playing here, yankee fans anecdotally want him gone. >> a lot of newspapers have that covered. pretty much go way. dagen: what a great headline. you will be able to see peter among an all-star lineup. it's great to see you. thank you. we love talking about sports. take care. maine's warehouse executive has been reunited with his namesake brand, and he plans to help create jobs in the u.s. and cbs if you have time warner cable and the york, l

mr. rodriguez.and colon, they say they won't likely face additional suspension. the rangers about to lose an outfielder. this will affect the playoffs. >> steve: remember back in 1992, steve howe got a lifetime ban, but then a mediator reduced it to 112 games. >> brian: or it could be pete rose and you're still out. another thing is back then it was the good old days. you did things like cocaine and all things that violated and hurt your body. now these are improving your performance and eventually will hurt your body. >> alisyn: let's get to your other headlines. recently acquitted george zimmerman pulled over for speeding in texas. watch this. >> nowhere in particular? why do you say that? what a coincidence. >> alisyn: dash cam video showing the policeman questioning zimmerman near dallas. he quickly alerted the officer he had a gun in the glove compartment, which he is allowed to have since his concealed weapon permit was reinstated. he was let go with a warning. >> brian: he's already had two i

mr. rodriguez. i am fairly certain he would have been convicted.e probably would have pled guilty because he was facing so much time. my guess is he would've taken a a 10-year offer. let me talk about a case we currently have in the office. here i will use our clients real name. his name is wilfredo santiago. he is 28 years old. five years ago he was a corporal in the marine corps, serving in iraq. at that time, he had been a marine for five years since he was 18 years old. according to the government, in 2008, he accidentally shot a fellow soldier. there is no allegation that the shooting was intentional. at the time, the military investigated the case. there was an iraqi witness and fellow soldiers. they decided not to pursue court-martial proceedings. flash forward five years, he is now a civilian and was honorably discharged from the marines. he is married with a one year old daughter and he is in college in the bronx with a 3.9 gpa ready to become a teacher and he gets a knock on the door. esther santiago, you are under arrest for the reckless

mr. rodriguez. i am fairly often he would have been convicted. he probably would have pled guilty because he was facing so much time. my guess is he would've taken a 10-yearffer -- a offer. them a talk about a case we currently have in the office. here i will use our clients real his name is wilfredo santiago. he is 28 years old. five years ago he was a corporate and that ring core, serving in iraq. at that time, he had been a marine for five years since he was 18 years old. according to the government, in 2008, he accidentally shot a fellow soldier. there is no allegation that the shooting was intentional. at the time, the military investigated the case. there was an iraqi witness and fellow soldiers. they decided not to pursue court-martial proceedings. flash forward five years, he is was honorably and discharged from the marines. he is married with a one year old a doctor and he is in college in the bronx with a 3.9 gpa ready to become a teacher and he gets a knock on the door. are undertiago, you arrest for the reckless assault concerning a s

rodriguez at the time. >> reporter: major league baseball responded by saying, "mr. the only relevant question. did rodriguez use performance-enhancing drugs? the rest of what is says is to distract people from the real issues." why is the rodriguez team not being as strong in coming out and saying look, he did not use performance-enhancing drugs? >> you understand for some of the lawyers where, we're in the midst of some of the best lawyers in new york city. >> as an attorney you know it's a very simple statement my client did not use performan performance-enhancing drugs. >> because there is a confidentiality clause. >> there is while he appeals his 211-game suspension. in a letter to tacopina major league baseball says tacopina is free speak about rodriguez' alleged p.e.d. issues, it says it has evidence he used them provided by the former anti-aging clinic biogenesis. can you tell us what relationship if anybody rodriguez had with biogenesis. >> what kind of relationship? >> a consulting relationship. >> tacopina says he's unable to go beyond what the consulting m

mr. tacopina continues to avoid the only relevant question, did rodriguez use performance enhancing drugsst of what he says is to distract people from the real issues. >> as an attorney, you know it's very simple statement. my client did not use performance enhancing drugs. >> because there is a confidentiality clause -- >> reporter: there is a confidentiality agreement in place while rodriguez appeals his suspension. and mlb says it has evidence rodriguez used peds allegedly provided by biogenesis. >> what can you tell us about what relationship, if any, that rodriguez had with biogenesis? >> clearly -- again, there are certain things we can't get into. but clearly there was a relationship. the fact is -- >> what kind of relationship? >> cutting relationship. >> reporter: he says he cannot go i don't understand what a consulting relationship exactly means. jason carroll, new york. >>> still to come, new claims princess diana may have been murdered. her personal chef is "outfront" to abc our questions. plus the world's most famous nerd gets hacked. and what does a $27 million car look lik

mr. vincent suggested, let's get everyone up to date what happened today specifically with rodriguez. >>l, 12 players, laura, were suspended and they accepted the penalty, including three all stars, one player was suspended for 211 games. alex rodriguez, you just mentioned him and he is planning to appeal the process. he has the ability now to stay on the field for the next 72 hours. he is supposed to come back and play with the yankees. and if he goes ahead and does so, then at that point he has 72 hours to decide whether or not he will appeal. his attorney, david cornwell has said he will appeal. and take all legal remedies, we are in it looks like a long protracted battle. >> he can play during the entire course of the appeal? >> he can. and that can last up to about 20 days. that's the normal course. major league baseball will try to expedite the appeal. the union probably will go along with it. for this to continue to linger on and go on while there are pennant races and as we get ready are to the post season, this has been a shadow that has been over major league baseball accept th

sam rodriguez, [speaker not understood], [speaker not understood], [speaker not understood] cornell, and dan cohen. >> we don, i believe, have resumes on these people. >> mr. ar men trout, way asking president norton if there is a brief resume of the people to be appointed. >> commissioner, sorry, can't find the page right now, excuse me. page 6? we don't have resumes for the individuals. the individuals were asked to submit applications and with questions regarding qualifications, regarding their involvement with the -- whether they had children in the school, their involvement with the school, they took a leadership role at the site, and whether they had financial experience. those were considered the main criteria for involvement in the oversight committee. >> pardon me, mr. ar men trout. yes, dr. [speaker not understood]. >> thank you very much. i had a question of the co-chairs about gender balance because of the five who are being recommended tonight, only one is a woman. can you give me a sense of gender balance of the existing members? ~ murase >> yes, co-chairs are michelle parker and jenny lam. forgive me, i'm forgetting the other members of the

rodriguez is allowed to play while appealing the 211-game suspension. i can only imagine the dugout and boos he has already got. >> crazy. >> not mr.niality. >> who is? >> lawrence karnow because

mr. banks to talk about it. raymond daniel burke wrote in the "baltimore sun" talking about the statistics over time your records versus those of alex rodriguezple. and he said statistical comparison serves as a generational bond, and the integrity of those statistics is the adhesive that gives meaning to the experiences shared across time that are the game's narratives. is an asterisk by the name of a record breaker who has used performance-enhancing drugs enough? because that wasn't an even competition across the decades, was it? >> no, it was not. but, you know, it's just that. they want to put an asterisk on barry bonds and hank aaron and all of that. but i don't know. i don't know how they could deal with that. but me personally, these kids, they play baseball, they love the game, they play hard. they want to play a long time. >> they cheated. >> well, that's the word is that they cheated, but, you know, i haven't seen anything. i talked to barry bonds when he was going for the record. i've been to see him. talked to him, visited with him, went to san francisco. i've just been with him a lot. and i think a lot of him. >> hard for you to

rodriguez is allowed to play while appealing the 211-game suspension. i can only imagine the dugout and boos he has already got. >> crazy. >> not mr. congeniality. >> who is? >> lawrence karnow because it's friday joyful feeling pretty good about that. >> very mild start as the temperatures moving into the mid-60s into san jose. 65 livermore. clouds giving way to sunshine but you get the idea a few high clouds with a southerly component ramping up the humidity this morning. a muggy day outside. these temperatures around seasonal maybe slightly above in some spots inland. 88 in concord, san francisco 68 spot on average. we'll have more on the weekend forecast in a moment. here's liza with the traffic report. >> we have light traffic all around with no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza where westbound traffic is light across the upper deck into san francisco. the dublin interchange leaving the altamont pass no brake lights so far approaching grant line road you can see a lot of folks in the commute direction but there's still room on the freeway. so westbound 580 still moving at the speed limit leaving the dublin interchange headin

rodriguez under these circumstances. >> evan, what do you think of the column in the "wall street journal," fay vincent, of course. what do you think of mrvincent's comment that it should be one strike and you're out, like gambling. if you dope, you're out. >> well, it is a fas naturing one. fay vincent is a wonderful man who obviously wants to clean up the game of baseball. the problem with that is that's not in the collective bargaining agreement. what all of us are so quick to blame the league -- bud selig now the commissioner -- we don't always blame the players association. the players association would nef agree to that because that means they would have to sign off on their players getting banned for life potentially an they knowingly are aware that there are many players who are probably still using p.e.d.s. not the majority but some using p.e.d.s for baseball and just figuring out the masking art ii and the drugs staying ahead of the testing. it would be a great thought, i just don't see it will ever happen. >> evan cohen from mad dog radio, a big day in baseball, and a sad one indeed. >>> over the weekend, oprah winfrey opened

mr. joel berg. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >> john: major league baseball is threatening to do something that no one elimination has been able to do. make alex rodriguez go away. cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 trillion dollars in spending cuts! narrator>>> uniquely progressive and always topical, the worlds largest online

mrs. hemmer. we have another fox news alert for you right now. we're expecting a big announcement from major league baseball. judgment day for alex rodriguezng scandal shaking up the sport. the commissioner is expected to hand down a lengthy suspension for a-rod. the third baseman can appeal the decision making him eligible to take the field for the yankees tonight. stay with us for fox news and the latest breaking news a little later this hour on what the controversy could mean for a-rod and the sport of baseball going forward. >>> first right now we have brand new stories and breaking news. >> hello, everyone. did she lie? opening argue in a legal showdown

mrs. hemmer. we have another fox news alert for you right now. we're expecting a big announcement from major league baseball. judgment day for alex rodriguez and 13 other players for the doping scandal shaking up the sport. the commissioner is expected to hand down a lengthy suspension for a-rod. the third baseman can appeal the decision making him eligible to take the field for the yankees tonight. stay with us for fox news and the latest breaking news a little later this hour on what the controversy could mean for a-rod and the sport of baseball going forward. >>> first right now we have brand new stories and breaking news. >> hello, everyone. did she lie? opening argue in a legal showdown whether this woman knew her former boss was behind her husband's mother. now a jury will decide. >>> a sugary drink a day is all it takes to the risk the long-term damage to a child's health. what you need to know before they take the next zip. >>> going airborne. the search is on for the driver before he gets behind the wheel again. it is all happening now jenna: growing fear al qaeda is ready to lawn after serious attack. intel from that the most ser

light of that new information sources telling espn rodriguez changed his mind considering a possible settlement now. >> reminds me of the "simpsons" where mrrns looks at homer, i have decided upon a new counter offer, you will find it very reasonable and puts zero on the paper and homer goes i'll take it. mr. burns goes, release the houpdss. that's what's happened here. the hounds are getting released because the announcement of more suspensions is expected today or tomorrow. >> wow. >> mike, what's happening here? is a-rod out for life? >> i think he'll end up settling for a ban that includes the rest of this year, all of next year, which in effect will be a ban for life. >> are the yankees off the hook as far as writing checks to him? >> they won't be off the hook for writing checks. >> what do they owe him, about $8 billion? >> probably about $90 million. his contract was frontloaded. >> do they write him that check or -- >> they write him a part -- >> half of it. >> except for the ban. he doesn't get paid for the ban. >> he gets paid for the rest of the contract. >> based on the evidence. let's get to highlights for you to show you hap