you and your brother when ray gets out? >> sitting down and going for a nice little walk with him. being able to look at him eyeball to eyeball and talk to him, you know. various things, you know. family. he's got a little girl. he's a grandpa now. i don't have no kids where he does. i'd like to see him be able to be a good father to his daughter and a good grandpa. sure, that would be nice. obviously i'll get choked up as soon as i see him, no doubt. >> are you going to make it this time staying out? >> yeah, i believe i'm going to make it, no doubt. >> coming up, ray slagle approaches his release date. >> i have no doubt in my mind. you know, i'm going to do it. [ bleep ]. this is dead. >> but his final hours are consumed by doubt. >> i started -- i'm practically having a panic attack. i'm like, man, am i going to make it? what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog, todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, c

the documents have a cell phone number listed for ray mcdonald.ktvu channel 2 news called that number today and a man answered. he told ktvu channel 2 news he appreciated the call but he couldn't say anything and hung up. ray mcdonald's mother said she was flying flying to san jose from florida to be with her son. >>> volunteers are busy in san francisco. >> today is day three of the five day donation drive. people wanting to donate can drive up and volunteers will take the items out of your car. st. anthonys is trying to collect 500 hams by christmas. what is not used will help the poor and the homeless. >> once it the do-- the donation comes in we will plan ways to use them throughout the winter months. >> each guest will receive a red gift bag filled with high gene items and a scarf. >>> in san jose, they opened their doors to parents who can't afford to buy parents this year. some parents waited in line over night. they collect toys and donations for 5800 children. they have enough toys for today but needs 3,000 toys to serve the families who

not taking any light off of what ray did. i agree with everybody else.wrong. >> the ravens tweeted out that portion of the statement, your apology. and then they quickly took it down. they understood very fast the reaction to that apology. do you think the reaction was warranted? >> i completely understand. the whole thing was just outrageous. >> had it not been for the ravens urging you, you would never have apologized. >> no. >> what janay rice has to say now and what ray rice has to say about it next. >>> tomorrow, the "today" show will broadcast part of that interview with ray rice. here's part of that exchange. >> what do you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the image behind you and say who would take a chance on ray rice. >> i would think that they would have to be, you know, willing to, you know, look deeper into who i am. abds realize that me and my wife had one bad night. i've accepted it. i went fully forward with it. i never complained or did anything like that. i took full responsibility for what i did. >

hello, i'm ray suarez. there is a law against using the internet to launch physical threats against another person. the constitution does guarantee free speech rights but not in an unlimited way. year after year we have debates about just where the lines and limits are. can you make a first person shooter video game that allows the player to target barack and michelle obama? can you show military service people in action, as a sergeant generation ago tell people you were an officer and won decoration for valor or combat that you never earned? once more we asked the supreme court to step in and decide the legality of behavior that didn't exist when the framers did their work in the 1780s. james madison didn't have an ex wife or a facebook page. >>> the internet makes it easy to give anyone a piece of your mind and share it with the world in an instant. but if your words are aggressive or even threatening where's the line between free speech and crime? monday the supreme court heard the case of elonis versus

the 49ers turninate ray mcdonald, the -- terminate ray mcdonald. >> drunk, this man broke into the wrong up getting shot. where he thought he was. >> and an unusual contest, how the lottery scratcher, a selfie and an essay could get you a table at one of the most sought out restaurants in the world. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> the 49ers cut san francisco 49ers defensive tackle ray mcdonald, the team decides release him after accusation against him surface. jewel -- >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> ktvu's ann rubin is at levi stadium with more on why the team decided to release ray mcdonald. >> reporter: the 49ers found out about the allegations about 10:45 a.m. this morning. the gm called to fire ray mcdonald an hour later. he said this was the last straw. for neighbors it seemed like deja vu. police and media converged in front of ray mcdonald's house. >> i know nothing about the man other than the fact he plays for the 49ers and -- and he is behaving badly. >> reporter: weeks after police wrappe

but ray side he felt like he was a trailblazer, and ray was a great historian of our country's -- allettled. and he loved daniel boone and david crockett and all those stories. and he said i feel like maybe that was what i've been. and he was so proud of that. >> janie, thank you so much for being here. [ applause ] >> we love ray, and we love you for coming today. >> thank you. >> we're going to be right back with some closing thoughts after this. ♪ i will embrace change... everything life throws my way. except for frown lines. those i'm throwing back. [ female announcer ] olay total effects. nourishing vitamins, and seven beautiful benefits in one. for younger-looking skin. so while your life may be ever-changing... ♪ ...your beautiful skin will stay beautiful. total effects from olay. your best beautiful. ♪ total effects from olay. ♪ ben! well, that was close! you ain't lying! let quicken loans help you save your money. with a mortgage that's engineered to amaze! [ inhales deeply ] [ sighs ] [ inhales ] [ male announcer ] at cvs health, we took a deep breath... [ inhales, exhales ]

and ray.e're sweating in the party, it is me and ray. we have our women with us but they are in the back. where are we going next. >> it is timber. >> come on ray. >> i don't know what to do. >> are you listening to the music. >> this is great. >> ray is listening to the music. ray is too on. >> we have to go on. >> beyonce. >> this is wonderful. >> are you feeling music. >> oh, yeah i can feel it tonight if you are doing a house party, this is what you will do. ray the the backup dancer. we gave you all of the songs and guess what alex you guys can dougie to these songs as well. >> yes. >> i think we should get a dance and call it the ray because he is moving. >> thinks the ray. >> i don't think he hears the music but it is okay. >> good stuff. >> you are doing great. >> thanks, q. >> i'm not sure what we just witness there had. >> it is great. >> ray is a good sport. >> speaking of dancing some reporters practice what they are going to say before we throw out to them like quincy might have b

not taking any light off of what ray did. i agree with everybody else.ens tweeted out that portion of the statement, your apology. and then they quickly took it down. they understood very fast the reaction to that apology. do you think the reaction was warranted? >> i completely understand. the whole thing was just outrageous. >> had it not been for the ra h ravens urging you, you would never have apologized. >> no. >> what janay rice has to say now and what ray rice has to say about it next. when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards, even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. >>> tomorrow, the "today" show will broadcast part of that interview with ray rice. here's part of that exchange. >> what do you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the imag

ray felt he was the trail blazer. he was a great historian.david crocket and all those story and he was so proud that is how he may have been. >> thank you so much for coming here. we love you. >> thank you. >> we're going to be back with closing thoughts after this. ♪ ♪ we had a big response to our facebook question which is should the enhanced interrogation report been released. i believe no we need to take any measure that takes our freedom and lives. and then from rolando. >>> i would love to read more but we're out of time. don't forget to set your dvr every saturday 8:00 p.m. eastern we don't want you to miss a minute of the show. good night and god bless and merry christmas and stay tuned for justice

ain't no worry here. >> ray is working towards his own freedom. his release date is only four months away. because roy is on parole, he's not allowed to visit ray in prison. but they do stay connected and take friendly jabs at each other through letters. >> check this out. he writes me this letter yesterday and he tells me at the end of the letter because i call him neil and i call him killden. you just can call me dad and i'll give you a pass when you get out. i'm gonna get you. we're probably going in the backyard, but after that it's all good. >>> coming up, ray slagle sees his brother's epic battles for the first time. and -- >> this loaf is used for inmates who abuse food or food service equipment. >> the making of prison meal loaf. expanded minuteclinic, for walk-in medical care. and created programs that encourage people to take their medications regularly. introducing cvs health. a new purpose. a new promise... to help all those wishes come true. cvs health. because health is everything. i'm saving a ton of time by posting them to my wall.

help ray and his career? >> help the way we looked in the media, help his image, help, obviously, his career. so, you know, they told us earlier that week we would do the press conference was. i was fine with it. >> did anyone say, janay, it would be good if you issue some kind of an apology. >> they suggested it, yes. >> did they come up with the wording? >> no. not specifically. they basically gave us a general script. >> i regret deeply the role i played in the incident that night. >> that really started it. >> and that was frustrating for me because, obviously, people took it as, you know, i'm taking light over what ray did. >> or giving him an excuse. >> no. >> denial. >> not at all. i was basically not doing what i was told but at the same time i didn't think it was completely wrong for me to apologize because at the end of the day i got arrested too. i did something wrong too. i agree with everybody it was wrong what ray did. >> the ravens tweeted out that portion of that statement your apology and the

her and ray race. from an advocate perspentive, we'd always talk with janay and see what she wants to do. >> that's a key policy conundrum, right? you have a system, a criminal justice system in which you can't prosecute if the witness who happened to does not cooperate. and then you get, it seems, at the other side these patterns of abuse that seem to go unpunished. >> most of the time you don't have a video that shows you what happened. >> i've talked to prosecutors. we heard janay say she did something wrong, too. i talked to a prosecutor who said that's improper. that needs to be reformed. >> that she was arrested? what's the best practice on that? >> we hear from women who say they were arrested sometimes even defending themselves. we know it's possible. we really encourage anyone who reaches out to us to have that conversation about, if violence breaks out, what's the safest thing to do. there are many instances where the victim in the relationship actually gets arrested because she threw somethi

running back ray rice opens up about the night he punched her in an atlantic city elevator. >>> tragic story in ohio, an osu football player blood been missing five days found dead. >>> chaotic scenes in hong kong as pro-democracy protests reach a violent new high. >>> why the black friday shopping weekend may be losing its mojo. >>> who's behind a massive hack attack at sony pictures, and the girl scouts are about to go digital. >>> new fallout from the ray rice ruling after being cleared to play in the nfl again. questions are now swirling about rice's possible return to the field. at the same time, his wife janay rice is speaking out denying claims her husband was vague when he told the nfl with the elevator incident that led to his suspension. kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: as the ravens took on the chargers, it was baltimore's former running back, ray rice, just reinstated into the nfl, who was the big topic of conversation off the field. >> everybody deserves a second chance in life. >> i think, yeah, it's right.

but you've got to understand, it's not just the ray rice in terms of the assault, hardy, ray mcdonaldit's been a consistent theme with roger goodell. that's why if i have to really be honest with you, i don't think ray rice plays this season. you have to understand, if roger goodell says he's only going to be responsible for appeals, doesn't that create a situation that he's not the leader that he once was. he's operating under a lens where he's acting and not pro acting and his responsibility is minimized. >>> coming up, republicans are looking for ways to edit what the president did with his executive action on immigration. we'll see if they're able to do that. and next, the faa is going to start regulating about those drones that are flying too close to airports. they need to do so much more than they've been doing. [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. wow! [ narrator ] on a mission to get richard to his campbell's chunky soup. it's new chunky beer-n-cheese with beef and bacon soup. i love it. and mama loves you. ♪ i'i like to think of myself as and mmore of a co

ray rice and his wife a couple at the center of the storm of violence in the nfl. they speak out for the first time. >> i'm sorry for everything i put my family through. >>> plus, more fallout from bill cosby in the wake of a growing sexual assault scandal. >>> captured on video, the horrifying moment a police helicopter explodes into frames. it's tuesday, december 2nd. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm milissa rehberger. ray rice is breaking his silence in an exclusive interview with "today" show's matt lauer. that can comes after that video shows him knocking out his wife, janay. he was reinstated to the nfl last friday. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: ray rice can play again, but will an nfl team sign him? the former running back for the ravens spoke about his uncertain future with matt lauer. >> what would you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the images of that video behind them and say, we'll take a chance on ray rice? >> one thing i think that, you know, they will have to be, you

will ray rice ever play football again?sports correspondent rachel nichols is here and senior media correspondent brian stelter the, host of reliable sources. should ray rice get his job back, rachel? >> i don't think it's getting his job back. the ravens won't have him rejoin their team. will another nfl team take a chance of ray rice? we've seen this before. we're not comparing what ray rice did what michael vick did or the other players who've gotten second chances did but you can compare the public reaction and the reaction has been outrage at first and then the belief that, yes, in america people do tend to deserve second chances and that some team will probably take a look at him. there are questions, though, with ray rice that goes go beyond this incident. there are questions about football. we know in the nfl that football teams are willing to look past a lot of things if they think somebody will help their team but they're also not interested in players if they don't think they'll help their team. ray rice is going

i'm ray suarez. the millions fleeing the destroyed cities and towns of syria have put a heavy burden on the country's neighbors. lebanon, jordan and turkey are now the reluctant homes to instant cities of temporary shelters. these are in many cases countries struggling to take care of their own people when an emergency drags on, becomes something more than a burst of dislocation. the difficulties will only grow. the united nations' world food program said that it can't forward to feed world refugees any more, and needs infusions of new cash to defend off hunger in the camps as winter begins to tighten it's grip. nearly 2 million syrian refugees who manage to flee the violence of civil war and find safety in neighboring countries are now in serious danger of going hungry this winter. >> it has declared the suspension of the assistance. the assistance for refugees, in lebanon, turkey and egypt, they have faced funding constraints in recent months and have been appealing from donors for funding. >> typi

matt lauer's exclusive interview with ray and janay rice. tonight, you will hear ray rice break his silence in this very first television interview since the nation last saw him in that video beating the woman who is now his wife. our report tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: ray rice can play again, but will an nfl team sign him? the former running back for the baltimore ravens spoke about his uncertain future with matt lauer. >> what do you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the images of that video behind and say we'll take a chance on ray rice? >> one thing i think that, you know, they would have to be, you know, willing to, you know, look deeper into who i am and realize that me and my wife had one bad night. and i took full responsibility for it. and one thing about my punishment and everything going along with anything that happened is that i've accepted it. i've never complained. i never did anything like that. i took full responsibility for everything that i did. only thing i can hope

visit angieslist.com today. >>> nfl star ray rice is breaking his silence.sterday his tearful wife, janay, spoke out. now ray is opening up to matt lauer about that infamous video of him knocking janay out in an elevator. >> domestic violence is a real issue in society, you know. we can take one bad night and it just happened to be on video but we are truly sorry to the people that's really going through it, you know, it's a real problem and i know when the time is right. i know my wife wants to help. i know i want the help. >> i have to ask her directly. i said, janay, other that instant we saw on that videotape, was there ever a moment in this marriage or this relationship before or after that where you were the victim of abuse? >> and i understand that. and i truly understand that. and one thing you learn, we weren't in a perfect relationship. no relationship is perfect. we've had arguments, but when you talk about abuse, that's something that we know we've never crossed that path. but then did we say things to each other that we want to take back at time

she said ray told the commissioner everything.nge for nfl was really video. they finally saw it. once they saw it, obviously you know what the reaction was. >> what was your take away after sitting down with her so long and talking to her. what's your take away of her? do you think in their speaking out to you and today that this will help restore ray rice's career? >> well, i think he'll get another opportunity to play. i felt that absent of this interview, because this is the nature of nfl, a talent production based business. we've seen other player who is have done serious things and have been allowed to play. josh brent with the cowboys. he killed his teammate in a dui accident. he's on a football team. stall worth hit a man in an accident and killed him. he played in nfl. certainly ray rice i think will get his opportunity given the nature of the league. now as far as what i felt about her, i think what will be for people that hear her interview, it's a matter of we've been told a narrative of domestic violence. she is not wi

the 49ers say they are done dealing with ray mcdonald.s now at the center of a sexual assault investigation. police searched mcdonald's house in san jose, the same home where he was accused of an assault in august but not charged. that's where abc 7 news reporter vic lee joins us tonight. >> reporter: well, the 49ers front office simply said enough is enough and they cut mcdonald. they said this is not about due process, this is about accountability for one's actions. mcdonald has not been charged or arrested. let's make that clear. this is simply an investigation that's automatically triggered any time there has been an accusation of sexual assault. >> we as an organization have notified him and his agent that he will be terminated, released immediately, effective immediately. >> reporter: 49er general manager trent balke said he was disappointed at mcdonald's behavior off the field, this after an accusation of sexual assault. a woman told police she was at mcdonald's san jose home monday. a local hospital called police tuesday to report

hello, i am ray swarez. press materials, professional interviews premier and openings, sony's new comedy had all the normal droppings of a holiday release. there was bound to be one amateur critic who wasn't going to get a kick out of a buddy movie built around a c.i.a. plot to kill kim john-un. that would be kim john-un. embarrassing hacks and attacks followed up by threats of violence. has put them into limbo, press interviews canceled, movie chains announcing they won't screen the film. so far, the answer seems to be yes. >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea. >> in the movie, they are a talk show team recruited by the c.i.a., to kill north korean leader. >> hackers going by the name the guardians of peace, or # gop. has stolen an estimated 1,000 territories bites from sony ranging from h.r. medical records of low level employees to salaries of star actors and actresses and i can't imagine how they are going to dig themselves out. the hackers demanded the movies release, be can

. >> ray liuzza, sr. was able to recover from his heart attack and went public to find his son's killer. >> time is the great cure all. as time goes on, we will be able to adjust, nothing will replace the loss of our son. >> the liuzzas set up a $15,000 reward for information into the investigation and conviction of their son's killer. they struggled to find any leads. one night a local fence named richard perkins contacted the liuzza family. perkins claimed to have the murder weapon. he said it had been given to him by a man named john thompson. >> john thompson was a low level drug dealer and fence. he grew up in the projects in new orleans, was raised mostly by his grandmother. his father was a career criminal. >> ritchie perkins confronted mr. thompson after the fact and got mr. thompson to confess that he was the one that killed mr. liuzza. >> perkins said thompson had an accomplice named kevin freeman. police arrested freeman and thompson. >> the story that kevin freeman told police was that he and

you can even expect a few rays of sunshine.ead throughout friday, the next storm system lines up. forecast models are now pushing this a little bit more ahead of schedule. so by 2:00 a.m. friday we'll get rainfall from santa rosa to san francisco to san jose. we'll likely see scattered areas of rainfall 1:00 through san jose. after that as we head throughout the evening on friday, it's going to set us up for drier weather that's going to continue into saturday and also on sunday's forecast. so let's take you to the microclimate forecast as we head throughout our thursday. once again not a storm day for us here. you'll even get a few breaks of sunshine. temperatures will warm up as well. it's a lot easier than what we've had to deal with. 61 expected in downtown san jose. also low 60s in los gatos. morgan hill and gilroy too. 61 months tear city. san francisco the marina cool with 59 degrees. the north bay, east bay, and tri-valley. napa 59 for you. walnut creek 60. and for the tri-valley likely 59 as well in danville. so as the

ray felt he was the trail blazer. he was a great historian.crocket and all those story and he was so proud that is how he may have been. >> thank you so much for coming here. we love you. >> thank you. >> we're going to be back with closing thoughts after this. ♪ ♪ i've always loved exploring and looking for something better. that's the way i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but wondered if i kept digging, could i come up with something better. my doctor told me about eliquis... for three important reasons. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three, unlike warfarin, there's no routine blood testing. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if yo

i'm ray suarez. there are religious and ethnic minorities scattered across the middle east. in mean cases members of communities thousands of years old. christians in lebanon, syria and egypt, jews samaritans and the yazidis an off shoot from the ancient religion. as isil tightens it's grip it brings a particular level of abuse against those who proclaim against all odds of their airport faith. >> this is the scene in early august. thousands of yazidi trapped on mount sinjar, surrounded by isil fighters. the seen, which raised fears of genocide was one of the reasons president barack obama launched airstrikes against isil. >> i directed our military to take strikes at isil convoys should they move towards the city. >> in the past few days the kurdish fighting force, the peshmerga, has almost retaken the town of sinjar with the help of the yazidi fighters. while this will relief the yazidis, a new report out from amnesty international called "escape from hell," torture and sexual slavery of yazidi gir

i'm ray suarez. wednesday, the supreme court will hear arguments in the case of young versus united parcel service. there's been a law on the books since the end of the clinton administration called the pregnancy discrimination act that seeks to protect the workplace rights of pregnant women. in this case, a upa driver, peggy young maintains the delivery service failed to accomodate her needs during a pregnancy, during which she had been advised to do only light duty at work, by her doctors. tom, as would a lot of gender discrimination cases, only women get pregnant, so it's an interesting challenge to think about workplace accommodation and what it means when men and women are both working side by side in similar jobs. what does peggy young say should have been done for her? >> peggy young says that the law as written should be a applied. congress pass add law, ray, that says women affected by pregnancy or child bearing shall be treated as other employees not so affected, but similar in their abilit

. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. you know you've got a problem when your central bank raises interest rates 6.5% overnight to 17%, and your currency still continues to tumble. it would be tough for any country, but the russian industry is anemic, and at the same time the amount of money they're making from something the world does want to buy--oil--is collapsing. russian's imported goods will zoom in price as the christmas and holidays approach, russians are flocking to buy consumer goods before the prices jump. meanwhile the government is pushing down reserved trying to support the ruble. now it's look line the bad 'ol days in russian, the 1990's. >> reporter: the russian ruble is in trouble. russia's central bank suffered a massive interest rate hike. the central bank said in a statement, the ruble plummeted a quarter of its value. and in the past year the ruble has depreciated 50% against the dollar. it settled at one point at a low of 72 rubles. the drop is attributed to ongoing western sanctions because of russi

cell phone to contact ray mcdonald. then the conversation police had with ray mcdonald. he writes just happened. we were just enjoying the moment. later on he wrote i don't understand why you are bothered. you chose to stay with me for another day. i felt like we had a connection and we like each other. the victim hung out with ray mcdonald the next day and went to the store with him to buy more alcohol. >> she may have consented. the question is, was she too impaired to give consent. >> reporter: he says these cases are difficult to prosecute. it will come down to how drunk was she and did ray mcdonald know she was intoxicated. aldon smith was at ray mcdonald's house with the victim. he may have to testify if it goes to court. >> she someone the police are going to want to talk to, find out what he knows about what ray mcdonald knows. >> reporter: we reached out to ray mcdonald and i spoke to a man claiming he was ray, he told me he could not comment on the case and hung up. ray's mother said she is flying here from florida to be with her son during this time. back to y

let's focus on ray rice.aying to you that ray rice, by the way, i don't know whether he'll play football again or not but he'll make money in this lawsuit against the nfl. he's going to own a big chunk. >> really? >> oh, yeah. what goodell has done and what the nfl has done with the momentum given him by the federal district court. >> ray punches his wife and he'll make money. >> no. no. roger goodell, the commissioner of the nfl, lies to a federal -- well, i won't go through the whole thing. the fact of the matter is, the nfl suspended him for two games which was the maximum penalty at that point for domestic abuse, came back and now he has an indefinite suspension. he's had the death pent. who does the nfl think it is? it's senators and congressmen stood up. >> roger goodell has been lovely to my family, very nice, very friendly to many of us here at fox know him and i take his word over ray rice's word any day. i'm sorry. >> that's fine. that's what makes america great. but the reality is that i have a dis

the gm called to fire ray mcdonald an hour later. he said this was the last straw. for neighbors it seemed like deja vu. police and media converged in front of ray mcdonald's house. >> i know nothing about the man other than the fact he plays for the 49ers and -- and he is behaving badly. >> reporter: weeks after police wrapped up an vection a new allegation -- investigation, a new algage. a woman -- allegation, a woman is accusing him of sexual assault. >> felt like there may be information that may be crucial the investigation -- crucial to the investigation. . >> reporter: they haven't interviewed him yet but the 49ers say they aren't waiting to determine innocence or guilt. >> over time ray has demonstrated a pattern of poor decision making that has led to multiple distractions for the organization and this football team that can no longer be tolerated. >> players respect the decision made. >> this is a organization, a franchise, you want to have a high standard and we do around here. we have to abide by that. >> you know, go with what the owner says. it is his

it's not that my emotions are directed at ray rice.ected at this spin machine that's being placed around this situation. i feel like it's setting survivors of domestic violence back and victims of domestic violence, because we're still going with the same narrative, that it's anyone's fault but ray rice's that this scenario happened. sure, roger goodell botched it, but when i hear her talking about anger towards the media and people speaking out against her husband and that everyone's going to learn that this is really true love. i'm sorry, when i think of a perfect love story, i'm not thinking of janay rice and ray rice surviving this. that's not what i'm going for. so the whole thing is just really upsetting to me. >> let me ask you, dana, everyone wants to know if nfl commissioner roger goodell knew happened in that elevator, as joy just mentioned, the commissioner. janay was asked about it. listen to this. >> the commissioner of the nfl, roger goodell, says ray was ambiguous, and the nfl says that it was a starkly different sequenc

i'm ray suarez. as a society we're nervously circling the deathment. sometimes ready to reopen cases if there is suspension of mistaken verdict. and now can someone who is mentally disabled be taken to the death chamber. are there people who are incable of reasoning? incapable of knowing the consequences of their actions, incapable of exercising something that we would call intent in such a way that ending their lives is unjust? that's our focus this time on inside story. >> reporter: capital punishment is legal in 32 states. a new report from the death penalty information station found a new low in death againsts and executions. just 35 people were put to death this year. meanwhile, 72 people were sentenced to death, the lowest number in the modern era of the death penalty dating back to 1974. also in play, the mental health and mental capacity of inmates. according to the report, mellow disabilities loomed as an emerging issue in 2014 the supreme court has ruled it uninstitutional to execute the me

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the nfl's ridiculously dishonest handling of the ray rice case.he debunking finally of the benghazi legend and the terrible discovery that 50,000 iraqi soldiers don't exist. only their pay stubs were real and all that money has been stolen by that corrupt, absurd government that w. bush and the ne-yo cons spent billions of our dollars and thousands of american lives in baghdad. but first how the president is taking us through ferguson. the mayor of baltimore joins us and the director of the aclu's washington office. laura and michael were in the meeting with the president today. i want to hear from laura first of all. thank you for joining us at this last minute. >> you're welcome. >> what struck you as the president's message today that got to you? >> what struck me was how he articulated the depth and the way these problems are entrenched not just in ferguson, but in communities across the country. he spoke with passion. he spoke with knowledge. he said he wanted policy changes. he talked about the creation of the task force on policing. he talk

the ray rice scenario in specific, though, on friday a former judge ruled that not only would ray ricefield but that roger goodell made significant mistakes in handling his case. he was arbitrary in his use of power. we don't like that in this country. >> exactly. >> and also saying that ray rice did not mislead the american public. don't forget that roger goodell came out when asked why didn't you punish him more and he said that ray rice lied to me. i didn't know the whole story. the arbitrator came out and said, no, ray rice told you the truth. this was your mistake. and that's the thing that the american people are going to say, is he going to lose his job? absolutely not. >> two different things. >> rachel nichols, thank you so much. really appreciate it. everyone, thank you so much for watching. wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> in just under a minute, calls for a nationwide walkout. protesters are calling for students to walk out of class, for employees to walk off their jobs. it's all being done to protest the ruling in the michael brown shooting case. we're live with all of t

i am ray suarez.years as a street reporter i spent a lot of time with police. at crime scenes, perp walks, some officers seem to have a knack for avoiding escalation, while some other officers had a tendency to make their authority paramount. more than the maintenance of order or the pursuit of suspects. the unwillingness of a grand jury in new york to indict a police officer after a homicide provides a revealing reference point. a minor infraction was suspected, a man who did not want to be arrested, but was not responding with violent resistence. in a matter of seconds, eric garner was on the floor, his head pressed to the pavement, four officers swarming his prone body. was officer daniel pantaleo really given no other choice but to respond to garner as he did? would another valid response have ended with garner not dieing and the law still enforced on staten island? >> all lives must be valued. all lives. mr. garner's death is one of several recent incidents across our great country that have test

right now on "first look," ray rice and his wife. the couple at the center of the storm over domestic violence and the nfl speak out for the first time. >> and i'm hardly sorry for everything that, you know, i had to put my family through. >>> plus, more fallout for bill cosby in the wake of a growing sexual assault scandal. >>> and captured on video, the horrifying moment, a police helicopter explodes into flames. >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. former baltimore ravens running back ray rice is breaking his sigh clens in an exclusive interview with matt lauer. this comes after that infamous video knocking out his now wife in a casino elevator. the act got rice suspended from the nfl, but he was reinstated last friday. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: ray rice can play again. but will an nfl team sign him? the former running back for the baltimore ravens spoke about his uncertainty future with matt lauer. >> what would you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans

ray mcdonald's mom lives in florida and she came to her son's defense. says she raised a good christian boy and he would never hit a woman. ray mcdonald wasn't talking tonight as he got out of his new bentley and walked into his home. but the niners general manager was. >> ray has demonstrated a pattern of poor decision making that has led to multiple distractions for this organization and this football team that really can no longer be tolerated. >> reporter: mcdonald has yet to be arrested or charged. his mother says surveillance cameras at his home will show the truth. that nothing illegal happened. colin kaepernick said he hopes this is just a misunderstanding. >> in that situation, not one you want to hear about. >> reporter: today, several people stopped by his house on bentley ridge drive including a man who identified himself as his driver, mohammed. >> he is a wonderful man. he is a kind man. a gentleman. and he has a good christian house. that's all i can tell you. >> reporter: four months ago, san jose police arrested mcdonald for domestic vio

i felt like i chose me and ray for a reason.nitely bringing awareness to what people are going through every day, even though it is not what i'm going through every day, it is definitely brought, you know, this topic to the forefront. >> joining me now, jim gray, fox sportscaster and fox news contributor. jim, good to have you with us. we are finally hearing from janay rice on all of this and you know, she has basically said that she has forgiven him. she wants him very much to play again. what did you think about what you heard there? >> well it is their relationship and it is their life. if they're ready to move forward, then, why not? i mean it is between her and her child and her husband and, you know, she feels as show she she wants to forgive him and move forward and their relationship can be a relationship they can continue to have. that is not for anybody to else to judge and decide. that is for them to skied. if she is comfortable with it, i don't no why anybody else would be. martha: what about the nfl side? the judge