we learned that with ray rice., as it related to the running back of the minnesota vooicke vikings and what happened with him. as a result of that, it is what it is. nascar sets its own rules, its own judgment. he cannot go to a federal court and say install me, put me back in and by any measure, look. we are talking about the donayta 5:00 which is upcoming and we will see what happens moving forward. >> joey jackson, always appreciate your input. thank you. >> thank you, kristi. >>> the terror group al shabab is calling for terror attacks on the biggest and most popular malls in the world. one of the potential targets, in the united states. the mall of america. it is beefing up security. we will have much more on that at the top of the hour. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. i am a lot of things. i am his guardian. i am hi

whatever happens between nfl and ray rice you would not have that information spread across fans andntly there's respect issue for roger being commissioner and your take, i side with roger gladle. >> mike let's me tell you something. number one when i asked the question at news conference he said he would speak. he decided to turn me down and was not going to speak. but here's the other part of this. i guess things are different in rehoboth i guess you don't care about reality. he is employee. but any other employee for any other corporation who beat up his girlfriend being glount about this now, knocked her cold in elevator and that's what ray rice did and they tried to cover it up. would you like that in your company? would you like that in the corporate world that they have? it's pretty simple. roger guidele will needs to be more up front he's not up front that was cover-up and who knows how many cover-up what's we need more domestic violence, great, mike, stay in rehoboth when you come here pass through for a cup of coffee. you have a problem with me shoot a video and send to us

ray rice plans to leave the state of maryland. we'll tell you how he's asking for forgiveness. >>> well is it cold enough for you, wendy rieger? >> i have an antarctica coat so i'm good. >> you said it was an arctic coat earlier. arctic or antarctic? >> yes, it is. yes. i can travel anywhere north or south. >> i want to mike sure because they're reversed depending on which hemisphere you're in. it is going to feel like making our way through the next 24 hours or so. not so tonight. tonight will be a cold night. take a look toward our reston live camera as we are looking at the sun going down, a beautiful shot as the sun makes its way down below the blue ridge. temperatures in the 20s. sunset tonight 5:43 three minutes ago that sun went down below the horizon. looking off towards friendship heights, here it is the bethesda area some of the buildings towards rockville in the distance. 29 degrees currently, 26 at 7:00, 23 at 11:00. it's going to be a cold night but the winds have relaxed a little bit so we're not going to be talking

just ahead, a new apology from ray rice and what he is saying to his fans and what we are learning for his next move. >> happy ending for target team has put someone on the path >> a former nfl player is issuing another public apology, ray rice is apologizing for disappointing young fans would looked up to him. he was arrested after punch his then fiance in a casino elevator. the apology reads and i quote, "i'm truly sorry for letting you down but i hope it helps you learn that one bad decision can turn your dream into a nightmare." the ravens terminated his contract in september. the newspaper said he will move to new york city and try to to to restart the we nfl career. >> and lawyers are addressing concussion concerns with a federal judge imposing a deadline because of a pending settlement which will be approve when she feels the safety of players is addressed. it include as promise to pay up to $5 million to certain players with severe brain complications. warriors guard steph curry is in high demand in new york city because he is the leading vote getting at madison square garden.

the whole ray rice issue was a microcosm of what's wrong with the nfl.y are completely disconnected from the consequences of this sport they are engaged in. they are socializing young men into a culture of violence. is it at all surprising that you see the kind of corollary social damage surrounding players that we see? not at all surprising. they are off on this 19th century trajectory. it is fundamentally out of touch with the rest of us. emily: your friend and podcast partner bill simmons called be commissioner of the nfl a liar. espn suspended him. was that the right decision? malcolm: it was totally the wrong decision. if a sports columnist in a podcast can't exercise free speech. calling him a liar is not like it came out of nowhere. one reasonable conclusion from the whole ray rice saga is that the commissioner of the nfl knew about the existence of the videotape and was lying about it. i'm not saying that is what he did but it's a reasonable conclusion. that in the course of expressing their opinions, sports columnists are allowed to draw conclus

tell us more. >> reporter: the psa you saw and many others that ran after the ray rice elevator abuse incident. from that you may think more doe domestic violence cases have been reported. that's not the case for them. at the end of last year no increase in the number of cases reported from the year before. the executive director says public opinion was so quick to judge the victim je'ney rice that other victims may have been discouraged and embarrassed to come forward. >> you know if you had to leave, you know, very suddenly and walk out the door with nothing, no money, leave your kids behind all of that would you do it? or would you maybe think twice? it's a reality a lot of victims face. the public had to take that into consideration. >> reporter: she goes on to say the nfl pumped so much money into ad campaigns and psas against domestic violence. much of that money is not making its way to the front line to the volunteer. over the next hour i'm working on a story about what this local organization is doing fund raising wise to raise money here in our area for doe mystic violence a

nfl star ray rice was suspended after hitting his then fiance in an elevator.ian peterson was suspended without pay for striking his 4-year-old son with a switch. >> the ray rice video was a watershed moment in sports. no league can ever allow someone like kurt busch to compete just even within hours after the news hits. >> reporter: tonight nascar is wasting no time investigating busch and swiftly suspending him before the biggest race of the year. patricia driscoll is content with nascar's decision saying in a statement tonight for victims of domestic violence there are no victories. my only hope is that the pain and trauma i suffer through this process will help other victims find their voice. >> this is the reality of the 21st century for all these leagues. the national football league lived through it in a huge way. still dealing with it today. six, eight months later. and now here comes nascar and they've got to deal with it again. this is going to be fascinating to see how it plays out. >> reporter: with a big race on sunday it remains to be seen if the

domestic violence police after tmz sports released this surveillance video of baltimore ravens player ray rice knocking out his then-fiancee. rice was dropped from the team. and minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson was suspended last year after facing child abuse allegations for allegedly beating his 4-year-old son. >> there is no tolerance and this is such an incredible sea of change in this country, >> reporter: as for busch, he plans to appeal again, but will not be competing in sunday's daytona 500. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >>> and from the nba tonight the miami heat revealing that forward chris bosh is out for the rest of the season. doctors found blood clots on one of his lungs though a team statement says his prognosis is good. he was admitted to the hospital thursday after feeling pain in his chest for several days. >>> and we move on to the international hunt for three young girls believed to be on their way to join isis. their families pleading for them to come home, telling the girls, mom is really worried. here's alex marquardt. >> reporter: these are the la

the mangled management of the incident of violence purpose traited by ray rice against his now wife is women's moment of the season. the league initially suspended rice for only two games after video surfaced of rice dragging his fiancee's unconscious form out of a hotel elevator. the punishment was less than other players received for using illegal drugs. it was only after the public saw the full video of the incident including the sickening image of janay hitting the elevator floor after being struck by ray rice that the league was pressured to suspend him indefinitely. when they did take definitive action, they ran afoul as what most folks see of fair labor practices. the league couldn't punish rice for the same transgression twice and a judge didn't buy the nfl's claim that rice had somehow misled commissioner roger goodell about what had happened in that elevator. that goodell could have possibly thought it was anything but rice lashing out in a moment of brutality. rice was reinstated to the nfl in december. he's now a free agent and can be signed. it was a hard year for janay ri

tell us more. >> reporter: last september, so much public outrage following the ray rice elevator abuse it may have hindered additional victims from speaking out. >> a lot of the coverage that i saw, i thought it could serve more of a deterrent to coming forward. >> reporter: she says at the end of last year new york city increase in the number of domestic violence calls compared to the year before even with the addition of domestic violence awareness ads. >> any weapons in the house? >> no. >> can you stay on the phone with me? >> no. >> many are in response to the ray rice video. >> they are afraid they will get blamed or questioned. people did that they questioned je'ney rice. >> reporter: the nfl puts so much money into ad campaigns, which she applauds but worries because it's not making its way to the front lines to staff phones and help victims out of dangerous situations. >> it increases the number of calls we receive, there were no dollars that followed it to support making sure the phones got answered. >> reporter: to that end, a woman's place had their own fund-raiser to raise

in the ray rice situation, the wife didn't want that.re is a way legally to draw up civil documents that say, in lieu of a criminal prosecution, this domestic violence victim is accepting this money not to not be available. she's still going to tell the prosecutors and the judge, i can testify. i don't want to. this is going to do more harm to me than good. the money he's giving me will get me the treatment i need the help that i need and put me in a position to make my life better. >> if that happened would that be kept quiet? what it looks like is that she didn't just show up from what's being reported. maybe that happened and we don't have the whole story. >> correct. as i said it cannot be. what it can't be is that he gave her money to go away. that's illegal. but there are ways in the legal technicality world to finesse. >> what should the nfl do? >> this is complicated for them because now you're asking them to go around the law once again which we know that they've had to do because when they didn't throw the book at ray rice over

we believe it is not just about ray rice.ell cannot credibly commit to making the kinds of changes throughout the organization we believe needs to be made, and that is why we think he needs to go. >> that is terry o'neill. you have also called for roger goodell to go. talk about her views and your views. >> she is absolutely right. there is a legal term fruit from a poison tree. that is who roger goodell's, a poison tree. so matter what he does, given the fact the first 55 players who were accused of domestic violence under his tenure, roger goodell effectively sat on his hands. everything is going to look shady this way forward. you need a new commissioner who is willing to work with the players association to figure out how to have a sensible policy on this issue, how to do something that doesn't just show the league cares, but actually does care and is trying to do something to reach out to families. roger goodell is not seen as an honest broker. you saw this in his press conference where decibel for the super bowl. the pe

. >> i have been in damage control mode from the very beginning, back when they only gave ray rice twor his suspension. i think that the reality here is for better or for worse, like it or not, these athletes are role models. as such, there is almost a greater responsibility that comes with that. i think as a league as a team, you need to hold your players more accountable. if you were an executive in corporate america and a tape like that had come out, you would have been done immediately. and that is not the case, for whatever reason, in football. you look at the whole issue of deflation of the football that is going on with the patriots. >> more conversation about that. >> i think some people have said to me, it does not matter because it would not have changed the outcome of the game. it does matter. it is the integrity of the game. we assume that players are playing by a certain set of rules. the minute you violate those rules, you are violating the spirit of the game. they are very different issues. at the end of the day, these players are role models for young people. as such, y

>> no. >> many of those ads are in response to the ray rice elevator abuse video. a says it's the public outrage that may keep victims from coming forward. >> they are afraid they will get blamed or questioned. people did just that. they questioned jhene rice. >> she also says nfl put so much money into ad campaigns which she applauds but worries because that money is not making its way to the front lines where volunteers like hers work 24/7 to staff phones and help victims out of dangerous situations. >> it's that awareness campaign actually increases the number of calls that we receive, there were no dollars that followed it to really support making sure those phones got answered. >> a woman's place had its own fundraiser over super bowl weekend to help raise money for a cause locally. you can find more information about that on our nbc 10 app. reporting from center city katy zachry nbc 10 news. >>> a father-daughter relationship is an unbreakable bond. for nfl player devin still it meant taking a break from football to support his little girl as she battled cance

back to you. >> thanks. >>> new today, former ravens player ray rice is apologizing, saying thank you to the team and to the city of baltimore. rice was cut from the ravens and suspended from the nfl after video surfaced of him punching his then fiancee in a hotel elevator's in a letter rice calmed his years in baltimore the best years of his life. he went on to say, "there is no excuse for domestic violence and i apologize for the horrible mistake i made. i hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me and i hope to make a positive difference in people's lives by raising awareness of this issue." >>> a group of high schoolers from washington state are calling out the host of the "tonight show" wanting to challenge jimmy fallon to an improv-off. >> so jimmy fallon sk versus fallon. here we go. the students in the improv class are huge fans inspired by this challenge, when they the comedian did his ew sketch on the "tonight show." the class made a youtube video and issued that challenge that way. it's already gotten nearly 40,000 views. >> what's the worst that could happen? you kno

i want to ask you about the ray rice investigation. wide spread criticism from the league's independent invstigator, former fbi director robert muller, who raised questions about what he called the lack of aggressive league investigation. to quote him in a couple of places, the absence of a critical analysis by the league during the investigation and the league had substantial information suggesting a need for a more complete investigation. did you read the muller report? >> no, sir. >> you did not? >> no, sir. >> as head of game operations in your position why not? >> the crime had already been committed. there was a ton of public speculation at the time what we did and didn't do. we acknowledged we made a mistake. we didn't apply the proper discipline. i'm not sure -- >> it's not so much the discipline, troy as it is the means to the end. if you read the report as i have, your lead investigator on that case for three months did nothing more than read the local newspapers and the local news reports and reported back to the league what

highlighted by the ray rice case and how the league handled it. super bowl sunday two ads will address the issue during commercial breaks. one is funded by the nfl and the other by a d.c. based advocate group purchasing a 15-second ad to send a message that real fans won't stand for violence. >> not only do they see it as unacceptable, 55 cases unanswered under the leadership of roger goodell and they also see the nfl and the players themselves as role models leaders in this country. >> the group behind the #goodellmustgo calling for the commissioner to be fired. nbc 4 is your super bowl station. kickoff is 6:30 sunday night. and stay tuned after the game for an all new episode of "the blacklist." and then news 4 at 11:00. >>> next at 11:00, it is all about food tonight in arizona as fans get ready for the super bowl. we have a taste of the nfl. and big change here at the kennedy center. the venue doing something it has never done before. >>> and why people in virginia have >>> new at 1 1x 1:00 drivers in virginia that need to update will have an

an increase in the number of domestic violence cases reported last year even after the infamous ray rice elevator abuse case and all the awareness that came from it. >> i don't think je'ney rice was treated well or fairly. a lot of the coverage that i saw, i thought it could serve more of a deterrent to coming forward. >> reporter: she goes on to say in the court of public opinion, there was a lot of criticism laid out. throughout the morning, we are going to look into how the number of cases reported is directly affected by that criticism that was laid out toward je'ney rice. we'll have an update in an hour. in camden katy zachry nbc 10 news. >>> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> you saw katy with an umbrella. overnight, colder and snow. we got a slushy mess out there right now. lots of slippery spots and standing water as jesse gary reports. still snow in the pocono mountains. look at the temperature, 25 degrees. it's just above freezing in trenton. wilmington 35 degrees. this is the pocono mountains, still getting snow. eventually ly eve

will lose draft picks if they do not address domestic violence because of several cases including ray rice who punched his then beyonce in an elevator but was suspended but only after the public put pressure on the commissioner. now, he has failed to lay out specific consequences for a future players in documents that were released. >> vice president biden is trying to laugh 50 an awkward moment from last week. remember this? last week, he was up too close and personal with the wife of ashton carter and it did not take long before photos and votes went moment on social media and last night, biden made light of the situation while attending a black history month reception. >> i want to say, enjoy the evening and hope you will stick around and i just want you to know that i will not be if you don't want to but i will be in that room if anyone wants a photograph i would not blame you if you didn't. >> some leaders around country came to his against after that handy move saying he was being cordial and that is who he is. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. mike? >> we will

. >> so there is a ray rice connection in the lupita nyong'o stolen dress caper. >> it's not what you think. yes, police -- sheriff's deputies have gone into the west hollywood hotel where she was staying, the london and they were hoping to find some evidence on surveillance cameras to lead them to who made off with her $150,000 oscar gown. >> from her hotel room when she

. >>> ray rice issued another apology to fans today for punching his then fiancee janay. he says the years he spent in baltimore were the best of his life and said to the kids, "i'm sorry for letting you down. i hope it's helped you learn that 1 bad decision can turn your dream into a nightmare." >>> finally it's the 10 year anniversary of baseball back in d.c. one of the marketing ploys, this jayson werth chia beard just like the chia pet. water the thing and it will grow. >> they all kind of look like that at a certain point. >> is it just me or d look like it was dollar bills? maybe not. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> i'll be back with jan jeffcoat for the your only local news at 7:00. >> happy early valentine's day! >> pelley: tonight dangerous cold, more snow for northeast, and maybe a blizzard. the president weighs in on the murder of three north carolina muslims. an alabama police officer is charged with assaulting an innocent man. and steve hartman reveals his idol. >> reporter: i was hoping to steal his secrets. captioning sponsored by cbs

. >>> former baltimore ravens player ray rice is apologizing to fans asking for forgiveness. rice posted a statement on his facebook page that reads in part, "there is no excuse for domestic violence and i apologize for the horrible mistake i made." this statement comes almost exactly one year after rice was arrested for assaulting his now wife inside a casino elevator in atlantic city. the ravens terminated rice's contract last september. he reportedly plans to move back to his homestate in new york in hopes of relaunching his football career. >>> we have a major positive update on that 6-year-old boy severely injured in a sledding accident last month. >> he nearly died when he slid right into a passing car in front of his home in mclean, but tonight we've got video of him talking, smiling on his way to recovery. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in mclean. little benston spoke and laughed for the first time today and it was all caught tape. mom shows little benston a video produced by the capitals ice hockey team made just for the 6-year-old boy. a sledding accident near benston

. >>> former running back ray rice is asking baltimore for foregiveness. the former ravens star asked fans for their support. video surfaced of him punching then fiancee in a hotel elevator. today rice wrote, there is no excuse for domestic violence and i apologize for the horrible mistake i made. i hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me and making a difference in the lives of people by raising awareness of this issue. >>> millions of americans are feeling the chill tonight. some of the coldest temperatures in two decades across the northeast. and more snow is on the way. you see the cold weather there and there it is in laguna beach california. warm beautiful sunshine, 75°. meteorologist niblg nicole mitchell is here in the studio. much better in new york. >> it definitely is. many of the temperatures made it past the single digits, 20 or 30 below with the wind chill that has abated as the winds have called down. now there is a reinforcing shot of cold air 20 or 30° below average, high winds as well. so tomorrow morning it's the wind chill day a

domestic violence cases against star players ray rice and adrian peterson -- and the league's controversial response to them -- dominated headlines throughout the season. former players have sued the nfl over concussions, saying the league covered up what they knew about the effects of bone-crushing hits. >> it has been a tough year. it's been a tough year on me personally. >> reporter: but despite it all, it's still the biggest party in town and all eyes now on the super bowl with fans focusing and cheering the action on the field -- making football "super" once again. and the nfl is hoping this game lives up to the hype of being one of the best match-ups of the year, with either the seattle seahawks winning their second title in as many years or patriots quarterback, or tom brady joining elite company in winning his fourth super bowl ring. >>> andage r allege an update on bobby christina brown. >> she's gurgling at this time. >> reporter: tonight, after bobbi kristina brown was found unresponsive in a bathtub. her father, singer bobby brown is speaking out. >> privacy is requested in this

. >>> former baltimore ravens runningback ray rice is apologizing for a horrific domestic violence incident. this weekend marks one year since rice was caught on surveillance video knocking out his then fiancee in a casino elevator. the ravens have since cut ties with him. >>> today he apologized to the city and his fans. he said, quote, to all the kids who looked up to me, i am truly sorry for letting you down. he then went on to say, there is no excuse for domestic violence and he apologize for the horrible mistake i made. >>> getting stuck in traffic may mean more than just a bad mood. how red lights could be harmful to your health. >> and these thieves need to polish up their technique. the smash-and-grab that turned into a slip and slide. >>> here's a live look at the san mateo bridge right now. the nighttime drive is about to look a lot different. new l.e.d. lights are being installed on nearby towers. but as kpix 5's anne makovec reports, it's all about safety in the sky. >> reporter: there are 15 of these towers which are each about 75 feet from the san mateo bridge so you're going

discussion last season because of cases involving several players most notably former baltimore rain ray ricepunched his then-fee he yans say in an elevate and was suspended but only after public pressure on goodell to be tough. now, goodell has failed to play specific consequences for future players in documents recently released. >>> an update for the story of a woman fighting a flesh-eat bacterial infection at a hospital in south san francisco. abc7 news was there last week as daisy lee's family asked for some help, thanks in large part to abc7 news viewers, like you, her family's go fund me page contributions are totaling more than $82,000 she has additional surge rib, not yet clear how she got the bacteria. lee's brother tells us she has been remarkably resilient and upbeat. >>> some ac transit riders are getting spectacular views of the fwipt work. they were lucky enough to board this double decker bus running out fremont to stanford route. the transit agency is trying it out for about three weeks before it decides whether it will add this bus to their fleet. pretty snazzy there huh? we

. >> former ravens running back ray rice is apologizing to the people of baltimore today. in a letter published in "the baltimore sun," rice said he was sorry for disappointing the kids that looked up to him and asked for forgiveness. rice was arrested last year after punching his then fiancee in an elevator. the ravens terminated his contract. rice plans to move to new york and try to restart his football career. the department of transportation is now investigating that united airlines fare mistake and could end up requiring the airline to honor those cheap fares. thousands of passengers bought first class air fare from europe to the u.s. for about 70 bucks? united said it was a mistake and would not honor the fares. united said a vendor applied an incorrect currency exchange rate. good news for a teen whose interview story captured the nation. yasir moore landed the job at chick-fil-a. his story went viral after someone snapped a picture of the two target employees helping him pick out a tie for his interview, they showed him how to tie it and went even further giving h

what happened in the ray rice situation so terrible.ks of this you look at the ratings sunday to sunday, the ratings for the playoffs what happens tonight, do you think for fans this has changed the way they think about football or the nfl or do they put it out of their heads, watch the game and play fantasy football? >> in this fantasy football world we live in in this betting world we live in these are mere peripheral concerns. the hard-core football fan is not remotely interested in the morality play. he's interested in -- mostly he interested in the competition and the totality the love of the game itself and love all the peripheral aspects of it. the fantasy is a world unto itself. the other stuff is just irrelevant. safety? what? who cares. a few mothers -- i always said the mothers of america should shut football down tomorrow. maybe they should but until this happens, life will go on happily. i am amused by the idea that it takes a specific person to oversee this whole enterprise. it could be a thousand other people because it's

concussions, goodell, ray rice abuse., biggest ever. >> biggest ever. >> as i said last hur, i think football fans separate the actions of ray rice, the actions of adrian peterson. even the concussion issue from what they see on sunday. maybe it's not a good thing, but americans love super bowl. the super bowl game literally went down to the last play. patriots for two weeks being built up this hated, you know enemy, and then you have the seahawks representing the east coast. you had katy perry, the most pop plash singer. adina manziel from "frozen" like this perfect storm of enter stain glmt isentertainment. >> it also says -- it's also more remarkable in the context in which the word in which television is fragmenting. more things for people to watch. normal prime time show, entertainment shows that used to get the big audiences don't get them it's sports. >> people sitting around the tv in their homes. >> it really is an example, this is one of the few times in america that everybody does come around the tv set and the

after his suspension, the name ray rice was found scrawled across busch's garage a reference to the nfl running back whose domestic violence case dominated the headlines. and for that league to change its policies. chevrolet quickly pulled its sponsorship of busch. and his nickname is now covered with duct tape on the number 41 car. in a statement, patricia driscoll applauded the suspension but race fans seem to have mixed reactions. >> pretty harsh ruling for kurt. i feel bad for him. >> i hate to see him leave the sport because of it but i think it's probably the right thing to do. >> reporter: a lawyer for busch says they will appeal to the final level tonight. and says they are confident busch will be vindicated and back racing soon. kristen dahlgren nbc news new york. >>> the nations governors were distracted by more maneuvering by presidential hopefuls in a continuing war of words over what one prominent republican had to say about president obama. we get the latest tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: at the governor's meeting in washington today, wisconsin's republica

. >> ray rice is asking for forgiveness from his fans for what he said was a horrible mistake ahead of the one-year mark since the domestic violence charge. in a statement posted on his facebook page he said he is sore for letting down the fan who is look up to him. there is no excuse for domestic violence. he is charged for assaulting his then fiance jenay palmer. they showed him punching palmner an elevator. >> you know what today is. it's valentine's day and even though it's a saturday the marriage bureau will be open. the court will perform 14 weddings that will start around 9:00 this morning. i want to send congratulations to the happy couples. you might want to bundle up. >> an effort to protect houses of worship and changes you can soon notice at the church mosque or synagogue. >> police >>> all is back to normal at a dallas airport after a shooting. two sheriff's deputies were escorting an inmate through the airport and he requested to use the bathroom. when his handcuffs were taken off, the inmate changed and he shot the guy, but he was still able to make a run for it. they ca

from the ray rice scandal to deflategate, the league has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. but none of those controversies seriously threaten the future of the league. what does? football related concussions and brain injuries. with an increasing number of former players becoming seriously ill. it's not just a contact sport it is a collision sport. violent and unforgiving. that explains its popularity and its peril. boston university neurologist ann mckie directs the largest brain bank. >> cte is a neurodegenerative disease that affects individuals who have been exposed to repetitive brain trauma. >> i could go out and hit somebody that hard that could cause me could be concussed or perhaps even laid out cold on a football field. >> reporter: leonard marshall has been diagnosed with cte. when did you sit there and go, what's wrong? >> i would forget things. i would forget places. i would have this erratic behavior towards my child for no reason. >> did it scare you? >> scared the daylights out of me. and i started talking to people and i started to figure out i'm not in th

. >> former ravens player ray rice is asking for forgiveness for what he said is a horrible mistake. this comes ahead of the one-year mark. in a statement released to the sun and posted on his facebook page, he said he was sorry for letting down the young fans who looked up to him. he said there is no excuse for domestic violence. he is charged with assault against his then fiance. a video surfaced that showed him punching her in an elevator. >> gifts and packages may not be delivered on time. a network outage is causing problems for the postal service. package handling and i mail has been affected. services are running without problem ises. they are hoping to fix the issue by later today. >> today is of course valentine's day. even though it is saturday the d.c. family courts marriage bureau will be open in honor of valentine's day. they are performing 14 weddings and they got started a few minutes ago. a happy congratulations to all the couples out there. par. >> call it a danger zone. 60 million people in the path of another monster storm. some are not done digging out from the la

if there were to be video like in the ray rice case, we just say -- on the other hand, what if the playerhat to say -- were to say, that is not what happened, somebody altered the video or misleading camera angle. those are all areas that modern leaks -- leagues now have to deal with. >> what is the status of your labor negotiations and contract? obviously, we read how you are making a more and more money from the television contracts. if i were a player, i would want to say i hope i am participating. >> my answer would be is a revenue-sharing system. the salary cap were talking about before is determined essentially by taking 50% or 51% of revenue, a sliding formula and divide into by 30. a lot of new ones. our selling account -- a lot of nuancce. not profit but gross dollar players get roughly 50% of that dollar. when we get a new tv deal and revenue goes up, players get their share of it. where our status of collective bargaining is, we're in the midst of a 10 year deal. both sides have the opportunity to opt out after 60 years. -- six years. we're in the fourth year. presumably, the u

goodell and chris collins worth and al michaels talked about his great integrity in handling the ray rice matter, talked about the investigation, quote millions of pages of documents were examined that cleared him. and it was paid for by the nfl. that's why is something -- and they read a prepared statement like in a totalitarian government. that was the moment when i said i can't watch this anymore. look it's -- >> so turned off that you'll deprive yourself of the big game? >> if something happens it will be online in four seconds. i got a batchup plan. but it means nothing. they will probably get higher ratings than ever. but morally after all these years from 1967, i said this is too much this year. i really can't take it. al michaels chris collins worth, you do not have to pinch for roger goodell and the nfl. just broadcast the game. >> there you go. david zurawik, thanks very much for joining us. >>> coming up brian kilmeade oig standing by in arizona to help us break down the super bowl hype. and later donald trump goes after chuck todd for dareing everyone loves the way dark clothe

ray rice was caught on tape in february punching his fiancee jena palmer unconscious and a hotel elevator. when the tape went public league's commissioner roger goodell gave rice a 2-game unpaid suspension seen as a snap on the wrist and instalment to victims of domestic violently. when damning effort emerged roger goodell backtracked. he suspended rice indefinitely and announced a new policy. adrian peterson was charged after beating his son with a tree branch. he pleaded no contest. the vibings suspended him for a game. later they removed him for the season. >> it's a tough year. as an organization we have gone through adversity. it's been adversity for me. that is something where we take that seriously. it's an opportunity for us to get better. >> the scandals together with longstanding concerns over the effect of concussions on the field have taken a toll on public opinion. >> the perception the public opinion around what the n.f.l. did, is they hid from it, they tried to cover it up. they tried to belittle it. if that is the perception that is the reality. it entered its final days a