again, this is coming out of the report that ted wells gave to the commissioner, roger goodell. we have the statement from goodell saying that he is appreciative of ted wells and his colleagues for performing a thorough and independent investigation investigation. the findings and conclusions set forth in the comprehensive report. we'll continue digging through. more on deflate-gate whether we get. it. >>> make no mistakes today not a single republican candidate announced or potential is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. not one. when they talk about legal status that is code for second-class status. >> that was hillary clinton tuesday in las vegas trying to solidify the hispanic vote. she comes out hard in favor of a path to citizenship. she called a family issue that puts a heavy burden on the gop which is still wrestling overall with the issue. in 2012 pew research called the latino voting block an awakened giant. it said hispanic can represent 40% of the -- hispanics represent 40% of the growth in the population. mark murray, political director, joins

the people who hear it are people who work for roger goodell or roger goodell himself. that is a joke there has to be a neutral arbitrator in all of these cases, including this one. >> mike i know you've said that without a smoking gun, there wasn't proof that brady did anything wrong. and obviously the nfl they thought differently, you believe they're wrong here also? >> well clearly they're wrong, and i couldn't agree more withdrew remember guys this is not about the crime, but the cover-up and that's clearly what roger goodell is sending down and troy vincent, his right handman in this case is handing down in delivering this verdict, he is saying that you didn't cooperate fully, you didn't hand over the texts, even though we went out of our way to provide you protection and that is why the nfl is coming down not because they found that tom brady did anything illegal, as a matter of fact they stipulated in their initial findings they couldn't prove that tom brady did anything illegal. it's ridiculous it's a gross overreach of their authority, and i clearly expect this

>> that's why owners have been so publicly supportive of roger goodell. there you go right there. >> to be precise and the nfl is making billions of dollars. it's the most successful owners in the core four american sports in terms of nhl and major league baseball by far. >> so bratddy is appealing his punishment. >> he is and we'll learn soon. >> and kraft is not appealing the punishment on the patriots. >> robert kraft before all of this said i demand an apology when this is said and done because the truth will come out. >> they published the whole explanation on the website. >> i think robert kraft has to know what's going on here and what happened. obviously you can believe that the deflator was a weight loss campaign with new england or understand this is cheating going on. one more thing, this is a point i want to hit home as i did a couple of weeks ago, whether or not you believe tom brady circumvented the rules it was the intent -- >> kraft wants to be part of the nfl community. >> he is. >> but not like al davis who wanted to be at war with the n

of roger goodell -- designee of roger goodell. >> thank you very much. >> good to be with you. >>> some breaking news now. a major update on the weekend shooting at that draw muhammad cartoon event in texas. the fbi says they issued a bulletin about gunman elton simpson and the specific event three hours before the event. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has the details. what have you got? >> reporter: the fbi director says the bureau was sending to the police in garland texas, information about people who might be considered a threat. and that three hours before the event was to start, it sent a picture of elton simpson and his name, saying he was interested in the event, not that he was going to attack or was on his way there. the fbi obviously didn't know. that told him he might be someone to look out for potentially. there's no reason to think the fbi director says that the police officer who ended up shooting the two phoenix gunmen had this information in advance. the larger message that they wanted to get across today was how this event points out the change in how soc

that was roger goodell. roger goodell eight years ago can't say that bill belichick is a grand puba of new england and suggest with this report he's not guilty of anything when it comes to deflategate and the other part of that is this. here you've got roger goodell, this big and bad guy suspending all these players and also different teams and different executives. yet he said in regards to this deflategate, he's going to have one of his underlings decide the punishment. the fix is in. the nfl is afraid of the new england patriots. >> i think they're afraid to do something to a marquee player. who brings great ratings and exciting play. i think they're struggling behind closed doors with this but i also want to talk about the indianapolis colts. ben, let's just say you're a linebacker for the indianapolis colts and you find out that tom brady and the patriots were doing something with the football and the afc championship game gave them a little advantage. obviously, it gave them an advantage or they wouldn

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roger goodell will personally oversee brady's appeal.nce today following the nfl owners meetings and all it was about was deflategate. >> i look forward to hearing directly from tom. if there is new information or information that can be helpful to us in getting this right. i want to hear directly from tom on that. >> how do you address the question of how can you be fair hearing the appeal after you have already meted out judgment? >> well, two things. first off, it was an independent investigation. it was done by ted wells. he drew a conclusion about whether there is a violation or not. he drew the facts andrew the investigation. i get a chance to read the report just shortly before you did. and so we've been very transparent on that side of it. >> for more let's bring in a sports columnist for "the new york times." and bill lever and kfan radio host in minneapolis. bill, you first. as the league handles this can they live without brady for four games? >> yeah but they're not. they're not. what they're trying to do now, how can we -- h

this is the other where roger goodell has boxed himself in a corner for his lack of discipline for far more serious transgressions for other players. he would seem silly if he came out of the box with six games. but given the media furor and how brady was not cooperative and how he basically lied to goodell's face, he has to give him as much as two games and possibly as much as four. >> how do you compare a guy who decks his wife in a an elevator -- decks her -- like, throws a punch -- >> you can't. >> and this. this, which is about the game. >> and that was about life and justice and human relations. >> here's the thing. the casual football fans, when the integrity of the game is questioned, you put the entire league at risk. fans that are watching, they want to know that every team and player is on an even playing field. and when this happens, it's a big deal, it happened during the super bowl or right before the super bowl, it's a big deal. >> i would argue in all of sports, all sports are about numbers. that's how we keep score, that's how we keep the rules, strike zones, everythin

this is a report that roger goodell really felt like he has to come down hard because he and patriotser roger kraft have a long and well-known to be cozy relationship. roger kraft came to goodell's defense last year when goodell was taking a lot of heat for his handling of the ray rice case. kraft was right there to defend him at first. goodell had to come up with a report that was going to be hard on the patriots and give the appearance of independence to save some of his own credibility, which has really been taking a large hit over the last two years. i think what's led to this is not just the patriots' past you know, history of cheating and spygate and tom brady's lack of cooperation in this case this has a lot to do with the way roger goodell has handled a lot of the controversies he's faced over the last few years. many of them dealing with far more-serious transgressions, as you point out, than, you know the air pressure in the ball. i think goodell, this is an indication to me that he's got a tenuous grasp on control of this league and he's really trying very, very hard to sho

it is an issue i brought up at roger goodell's press conference and he bristled at that and it is an issue they haven't been able to solve and right now tom brady's agt is using that. >> and did the agt come out and say tom brady is innocent. >> well tom brady at different times when he's given press availability when it became public said i didn't have anything to do with this but this fire and brimstone talked about the flaws in the investigation. they didn't say tom brady didn't do this but it talked about how unfair the investigation is. and it will be interesting to see -- as we see him waking up to cheers of the multitudes if he will rouse them with "i didn't do it." >> and whether he addressed this right off the bat. >> jim gray is is a long time emmy-winning sports reporter and he has been known to ask tough questions but on the other hand jim gray he did do lebron's decision with him and he let him float and that is another decision factor. >> let's just listen to the crowd. [ cheering and applause ] going to be asked questions. >> it looks like he'll be asked questions by j

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the league announced commissioner roger goodell will handle the appeal of the four-game suspension overin deflategate. less than four months after goodell handed the lombardi tro fi to the new england patriots he will decide if the quarterback will miss the next four games. in a decision sure to anger, goodell will personally hear brady's appeal. the announcement came after brady challenged the ban handed down by the league. independent investigate said brady was aware the balls used in the afc championship game were intentionally underinflaited. in the appeal they wrote if ted wells and the nfl believe it is direct and inculpatory, then they should be confident enough to present their case before someone who is independent. also, thursday, the patriots released a rebuttal to the wells report. it disputed it saying the deflator nickname use zed was in reference to his weight loss. the collective bargaining agreement gives goodell the authority to have the final say. if brady's suspension stands, the fight could continue. the appeal must be heard within ten games. if it holds up the firs

roger goodell takes questions for the first time since the deflate-get punishments. and the government just released new documents from the bin laden raid including what was on bin laden's bookshelf. but first a public political debate is finally happening over what many call the biggest mistake in american military history. it's wednesday, may 20th, and this is "now." six days after his four-day iraq war fumble came to an end, jeb bush is taking another stab at it. hours ago in new hampshire, the potential 2016 candidate addressed the iraq war question yet again, but not before first praising his older brother. >> you probably know that i'm george w.'s brother. but i have a life journey of my own. one that sets me apart in some ways. i'm proud of my family. i love my mom and dad. i love my brother. and people are just going to have to get over that. that's just the way it is. i hope that you have a similar situation. >> after struggling for days over what to say to the question of whether we should have invaded iraq the former florida governor sought to turn the tab

that would remove power from roger goodell. >> interesting.om brady is set to return my theory is that's why they said four games, hype it up and they win in this epic viewership for the nfl. so that's my conspiracy theory. all planned so it could end with the colts, or begin again. thank you so much, great article. appreciate it. >>> tom brady's suspension is the topic of today's gut check. do you think brady's suspension is a fair punishment? four games too much? go to newsnation.msnbc.com and cast the vote. >>> coming up another shooting involving george zimmerman. this time he was the one who was nearly shot. the new details are ahead. >>> plus a bill that threatens same-sex marriage faces a critical showdown in the texas house today. it is one of the things we just thought you should know. >>> and here's a look at what's happening today, tuesday, may 12th. the obama presidential library is coming to the south side of chicago. this afternoon officials are expected to reveal the final site likely at the university of chicago. >>> and presid

finally, it's so heavy with all that air in it. [ laughter ] look a lot of people are upset that roger goodelle and jury on this but plenty of people say look the patriots and brady are getting what they deserve guys. >> . it's an interesting dynamic the relationship between goodell and respect kraft one of -- robert kraft one of his biggest sporters until this started to unfold. >> maybe that's why he decided he would be the decider because of this relationship. >> we shawl see. he can. >> he can do it. thanks mike. >>> 6:22. iran's neighbors voice their concerns to president obama about the nuclear deal negotiations, that's coming up. >> plus the top candidate appears to have emerged in montgomery county's search for a new school superintendent. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erica grow. today is going to be another dry and mild day. but even a little bit milder than it was yesterday. the only real fly in the ointment today is if you are hoping for lots of sunshine. that's not going to be the case. increasing clouds and highs in the upper 70s. but the showers don't arrive until the weekend

nfl commissioner roger goodell. now, roger goodell can appoint an outside agent to hear the appeal.ppened with the saints bounty scandal, and the adrian peterson. the outside arbitrators many times have knocked down the discipline that the nfl has ruled on. this is what his agent said today, quote, sadly, it diminishing the nfl and it tells players and fans, the games on the field don't matter as much as the games plays on park avenue. he wants it put into an outs arbitratoror's care but calling out roger goodell in public i don't know if it's going to work. you have to think roger goodell is going to say you know what i'm the one who is entitled to hear the appeal about what my office decided, i'm going to hear the appeal and if tom brady really is suspended for four games, guess who on the schedule he comes back against? the indianapolis colts, the team that started this whole thing in the first place. >> poet justice in a sense. >> nfl wins with the ratings again, even in scandal. >> goodell says i'm the decider. >> so robert kraft issue said a statement saying, tom brady has our

roger goodell says not only will the persons be responsible but the organizations. this is not just how tom brady is going to be dealt with it's about how bill belichick and robert kraft are going to be dealt with. >> you how do you think the patriots ought to be dealt with? >> they should lose draft picks and should receive a substantial fine. if you look at the personal conduct policy it says in there very clearly that if you are guilty or if you are involved in certain activities, including among other things fraud you are subject to discipline from the league. well we've had two owners who have been involved with fraud cases one that was convicted that is ziggy wolf of the viking and jimmy haas lam of haslam of cleveland it is any guess how the commissioner's office is going to react to this. >> what would jump out at you when you saw the texts between equipment managers and phone calls that tom brady had. >> clearly it didn't look good. as i've said before, these two employees were not going to do this on their own. they didn't just wake up one morning and say

will beaty tore his pec muscle. >>> roger goodell wants to hear from tom brady in his appeal of his suspension. goodell says he'll consider any info that brady has. >> i have great admiration and respect for tom brady. but the rules have to be enforced on a uniform basis. and they apply to everybody in the league. >> flyers gm ron hextall signed a defenseman from russia. he's getting $3 million this season. hextall says he'll probably have to trade a defenseman to make room. coach mike babcock is going to the toronto maple leaves. >>> last night, double overtime have you ever seen this before. blackhawk andrew shaw. you cannot knock in the puck with anything other than your stick. only in soccer i guess. i think they should change that rule, jim. back to you. >> i do too, john. thanks. >>> tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00, a right of pass nath new jersey is no more. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn'

if i wore roger goodell -- were roger goodell and the executives , i would really push right now to be spending two or three hours with tom brady because i would want him to look at me and the face and hear from him about this. i am not so unsure it will not happen. but before i did that to a cornerstone of the game and i said in you are suspended, you are something, i would want to have him look me in the eye and tell me what he feels is justice and what he feels is correct. charlie: suppose at some point he does that and let's assume that whatever reason there is conclusion it was done and tom new -- knew. what is the appropriate punishment? peter: if there was more evidence then i have seen he did do it and i could believe conclusively that he did it, i would say he should definitely be suspended for some length of time whatever this. and even though and it would put the nfl in a huge hole, the first game of the 1996 season is new england at pittsburgh always a real carnival atmosphere. football is back and everybody is happy. the story is where is tom brady? he is not in the lineup

nfl players association and tom brady will now ask commissioner roger goodell to appear as a witness would take goodell away from being an arbitrator. goodell loves to have the power so i'm going to doubt this will work. >>> an their has plagued the nfl and all sports leagues has been domestic violence. ray rice from greg hardy it's been the hot button topic much the league has stepped up its awareness and issued severe penalties but this might have been a double standard for same sex domestic violence issues. the wnba trying to do their part when dealing with these things. the league has suspended britt toon knee greiner and glory johnson seven games for their part in domestic altercation about a month ago. the two are now married but were engaged at that time. >>> big nba hawks wizards. wizards down by three. paul pierce the truth and it's good. we go to overtime. but wait. they review the play. the ball is still in his fingertips. time expires. the hawks within 94-none. they'll meet cleveland in the eastern conference finals and right now the golden state warriors are up on memphis

roger goodell has said troy vincent is going to make this decision.i'm curious as to whether they do pull tom brady in or if they iare going we did that already and now we're going to make a judgment. so interesting to see what goes on there. he did not give the investigator everything they want and that is something the league does not look favorably on. so, when there is a punishment handed out for this and there should probably be something if the investigator found that there was probable cause, it's going to be an interesting side component to this. >> and meet a man who says a lot of people are missing the point in baltimore. the american dream is terrifying. american history is the history of the scary thing being the exact thing we have to do. cross that ocean. walk on that moon. fly. none of this makes rational sense. it only makes american sense. here, the hard things show us who we are. leaving your job to start your own thing. having a kid when you still feel like a kid. signing a 30-year mortgage on a home. scary sure but no match for our

. >> reporter: commissioner roger goodell said the nfl will vigorously protect the integrity of the game. its policies stating that failure to cooperate in an investigation shall be considered conduct detrimental to the league and subject to discipline. brady seen here during a game last december refused to turn over his cell phone or any text messages and e-mails, not helpful, said the lead investigator ted wells. >> we don't have a smoking gun and one of the reasons we don't have a smoking gun is because quarterback tom brady refused to turn over his text messages and e-mails, and that creates a separate problem for bradiy. >> on social media, a different kind of firing squad. one twitter writing cheat and lie and you get mvp and super bowl ring. true loser. wrote another, tom brady american hero and role model cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater. one supporter called the report a joke. haters going to haircuts hate, hate, #lovefortombrady . now tonight tom brady arrived at salem state university north of boston for a previously schedule speaking engagement. cameras are allowed inside but

commissioner roger goodell took his time with this one making sure he got it right the first time. the league's super bowl champion and super bowl mvp tom brady it was the colt who blew whistle in the afc championship game and the colts, brady will face, in his first game back, week 25. an independent investigation found, text messages between patriots employees that indicated that brady wanted his football deflated, after the officials inspection . brady a has yet to respond this is certainly breaking news right now. when first questioned he said he knew nothing about tampering with football. this is big. >> the reports said neither organization or head coach knew anything about this and they still lose draft picks and still get million-dollar fine. this is a new ffl. >> i think nfl looked at patriots and history of being caught with their hand, doing little things, and they just decided to cut it out. >> clearly. >> yes. >> in a big way. >> beasley. >> thanks very much. and, the penalty and, facebook page, or tweet us at cbs philly and use the hash tag cbs-3 chat. "cbs evening ne

bob costas on nbc's nightly news says commissioner roger goodell was under pressure not to underinflate the punishments. >> the nfl has been under a lot of heat for player misbehavior, team misbehavior, unrelated to this particular type of offense, but it still creates a kind of atmosphere and there's been heat on commissioner roger goodell, so in that sense the patriots and brady are victims of the atmosphere surrounding the lead and their marquee status. >> reporter: phillies fans had mixed reactions to the sanctions. >> i think they went easy on him. if they give ray rice two games for beating his girlfriend now wife but give tom brady four games, really? >> i don't know if the punishment really fits that with what they've been suspending other players for. >> they don't need to cheat. that makes it worse, in my opinion. if they didn't need to they did it anyway, it's just arrogance. >> reporter: patriots' owner bob kraft issued a statement tonight. that coming up in sports. for now, i'm john clark. >>> tonight we're learning more about george zimmerman's most recent run-in involving

roger goodell talks about patriots owner robert kraft and star quarterback robert >>> if you take a look now we are counting down to the final late show with david letterman. and this is a live look at famous ed sullivan theater in new york. tonight no announced guests but we know a lot of celebrities are there and that there are also a lot of price necessary store for what will be certainly television history. >>> a five-year old mini poodle is fighting for his life, this is chicago who was attacked by a pit bull outside his owner's northeast philadelphia apartment. the dog was reportedly unleashed and could not be separated from the poodle. >> yeah, chicago was in his mouth like he was a rag doll. i hit the dog with my hand. then i took my foot and was kicking him. >> witness says pit bowel's owner grabbed the dog by its neck and walked away. we knock on their door but in one answered. we know chicago suffered skin, nerve damage and wilson's have filed a police report. >>> a former bank in south jersey is in more. >> demolition crews were on side in beverly burlington county but they c

roger goodell brisalled at that. and right now, tom brady's agent is using that as leverage. >> did he come out and say tom brady is innocent? >> that's one of the factors. right around when it became public he's said he had nothing to do with this. but this fire and brim stone statement today, there wasn't a statement that said tom brady didn't do this. it only said how unfair the investigation was. so i'd be interesting to hear if he says anything at all. is he going to rouse them with i didn't do it? >> yeah and whether he addresses this right off the bat, whether he kind of -- >> jim gray is the mc tonight. he's a long time emmy winning sports reporter. on the one hand he's been known to ask tough questions, on the other hand he's the guy who did lebron's decision special with him all those years ago where he let him throat forfloat for a while. >> let's listen to the crowd. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. >> so, the format is he's not just speaking extemp rainiously he's going to be asked questi

we'll talk about that and a conflict of interest regarding commissioner roger goodell. fightin' phils try to end washington's winning streak. all of that ahead in sport >> score miguel franco. the phillies take an early advantage. but bottom half of the inning guess who? powerful swings he goes opposite field on sullivan. so loll shot. 16th of the year. iain desmond is going to drive this one deep. it goes offly wall. scherzer comes around from first base to score and that was your game winning run. nationals won it two-one. pitchers dual in california on thursday. madison baumgartner hit a homerun off clayton kershaw. first time a pitchers homered off kershaw at 410 at bats. baumgardner pitched six shut out innings. he got the win an great effort by him. game two teen the cavaliers and hawk. fourth quarter where we pick it up. cavaliers up big. lebron james with the ally-oop for thompson. lebron had 30 points, nine boards and 11 assists. cavaliers won 94-82. they're going back to ohio with the two-zero series lead. rangers and lightning. third period. new york up four-

we'll talk about that and a conflict of interest regarding commissioner roger goodell. fightin' phils try to end washington's winning streak. all of that ahead in jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. >> score miguel franco. the phillies take an early advantage. but bottom half of the inning guess who? powerful swings he goes opposite field on sullivan. so loll shot. 16th of the year. iain desmond is going to drive this one deep. it goes offly wall. scherzer comes around from first base to score and that was your game winning run. nationals won it two-one. pitchers dual in california on thursday. madison baumgartner hit a homerun off clayton kershaw. first time a pitchers homered off kershaw at 410 at bats. ba

. >> nfl commissioner roger goodel was in san francisco as team owners wrapped up two days of meetings. >> the future of the oakland raiders and they stay in oakland. abc news reporter carolyn tyler was in today's meeting. >> the nfl commissioner roger goodell said today there's no timetable for oakland to present a proposal to replace the aging odot coliseum but the raiders' owners says there is a june 21st deadline for a financing plan. it seems to be forced down for the city of oakland, scrambling to hang on to the raiders but nfl commissioner roger goodell says he has heard nothing from the city about a new stadium proposal. i don't know if it's a point of frustration, but it's certainly a point of information. >> if oakland's been silent, the city of carson outside l.a. is openly courting the raiders and the chargers with the proposal to built a joint stadium. a deal to purchase the land has already been finalized. one key nfl executive has made trips to oakland over the years. >> each time i've gone there i've heard that the promise is right around the corner of a master developm

i will say that i think this is a big opportunity for roger goodell.he's viewing it as an opportunity to give back on that hammer that he promised he would be. and you go back to the ray rice scandal. he really disappeared during that. i think now is his opportunity, a bit of a saving grace. but i also think the nfl and roger goodell is clearly saying, whether you agree with the punishment or not is immaterial in terms of what tom brady actually did. in other words, right now you're looking at it. tom brady actually tried to circumvent the rules. that's the key. what's immaterial is whether or not he gained a competitive advantage. it's like the ultimate no-no in the nfl. that i think the biggest reason why it's four games and not one or two. >> the idea that brady somehow gained some sort of advantage -- i do think that brady was at fault in this. the end of the day, there's no smoking gun here. there's no text from brady saying underinflate these footballs outside of that legal psi limit. >> tonight, the last word on this goes to the boston guy. than

scott: we know that roger goodell has made his bones lately on discipline.f the report that point out that tom brady did not cooperate fully with the investigation? this is where i think they may come down hard, that he would not provide his phone records and tasks messages -- text messages. and we all know that the nfl and their employees to cooperate fully. this is where roger goodell could come down hardest, that tom brady did not cooperate fully with the investigation. dj: if so, that is his private business. i don't feel like he should have to give out his text message and personal business to the nfl. you play me to -- you pay me to play football. you don't pay me to be in my personal life or in my conversations. to that end, i think he has every right to withhold the cell phone, because who knows what is in a cell phone besides talking to the coach or other players? there might be things he doesn't want the commissioner or anybody to know. scott: these are the things that we heard addressed in the report. the lawyers say they asked for a narrow scope,

nfl commissioner roger goodell holding a news conference.s to be talking about deflategate. let's listen. >> we've begin all that to ted. >> could you elaborate more on how the position for super bowl provision for 54 would work for the l.a. team? how far up do you see the window moving up? >> on the liv, later next spring if there is a team that relocates to los angeles. they could submit an application to be considered for super bowl liv. it would be included in the bid process. there would are four teams bidding. if it doesn't happen there would be three teams bidding on that. >> the window is something that is under my authority as commissioner is something that i can adapt. we had a great deal of discussion already about the pluses and minuses and the l.a. alternatives and what's going on in the local markets, more importantly. so in some ways we are significantly farther than we've been in any relocation in the past. we have the ability to move that date up. i have the ability. we discussed it with the membership. we also have the abil

we want to eaves drop on roger goodell, this is the annual meeting with owners and he's just taken an specifically on deflategate. and we were just talking about the patriots yesterday because we learned from bob kraft the owner they will not be appealing the $1 million fine and the loss of the two draft picks. tom brady is appealing his suspension. >> robert made his decision. i admire and respect robert as you all know before we've had plenty of discussions over the last couple of weeks. and this was his initiative, something he wanted to do. and i certainly admire the step he took. we may disagree on things but that's not unusual. that happens. your second question was on -- yeah, i've been focusing on the meetings. i'm not up-to-date on that other than the fact that i'm aware of that. obviously when we get back tomorrow we will give it full due consideration and make sure we give it the appropriate thing. >> ian rappaport. will robert kraft's decision for the patriots to accept their penalties in any way affect tom brady's appeal and your hearing of it? >> no. >> you can address

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owners in the sense among so many other owners that bob kraft, the patriots owner, is too cozy with roger goodellprotect each other so a lot of patriots fans saying this is basically goodell answering to the 31 owners yeah see, you know what i can go hard on the patriots too. >> let me ask you, jim, do you think there is grounds for an appeal, his agent, the agent, of course of tom brady say they will appeal. do you think there's grounds for an appeal? >> well i do because, you know we all have heard all the stuff. nothing's come out concrete and i think that roger goodell, i've known roger for a lot of years. i think he lowered the hammer on him and everybody talks about his friendship with bob kraft, but he didn't hesitate there, but it always comes back to sit down let's talk about this and i think there will be an appeal process, and i think they will probably change some i don't know how much, but you know al when i was on your show before. i mean this is crazy. i played quarterback. i coached quarterbacks. half a pound or a pound here or there doesn't change how the guy is going to play alt

i think roger goodell is a tyrant.minds me of one of these "game of thrones" leaders that thinks if you cut off everyone's head -- >> but he didn't cut off ray rice's head. i mean that figuratively. >> four games for deflating a football seems -- and a first round pick. that's gigantic. >> and a million-dollar fine. >> and the similarity with ray rice isn't that he thinks beating a spouse or a girlfriend is worse than deflating a football. i think you should punish someone for lying and cheating and the evidence is pretty clear that he did lie and cheat. however, the bad thing is it's all based on roger goodell's whim. there is no rule of law. he seemed to get in a fit that tom brady did not cooperate with the defense. which is his right to. he didn't try to get in the way of it but he just said you're not having my cell phone. i suggest this record this ted wells report must have cost 700 to a million dollars. maybe the nfl should say we're going to take that amount of money and donate it to either the city of memphis

roger goodell is trying to get black to that hammer. and when it happened with ray rice, i think goodell dismattered as a leader. this is like a saving grace for him to say i'm back i'm going it lead you. this will not be tolerated. and since domestic violence is now a six game suspension, so that kind of answers at least quells some concerns people saying why did brady get more than ray rice. but i think the bigger question here is on the bigger theme here, hey, whether or not you believe it was a competitive advantage to deflate the balls is immaterial. what is important is the intent and that's why it's a four game and not a two. >> i trust your opinion on sports. you've followed it pretty much your entire life. do you think the suspension is fair? >> i think egtsit's fair. if anything, i would go further. i think six to eight could be -- >> do you think this has been going on for a while? >> colts and other folks think this as been going on for a while p. >> yeah, i do. and this didn't just happen in the afc championship game. it's

. >> what does roger goodell do now in now that he has the report, angry response from brady and his agent, what and when are we going to hear from the commissioner. >> one thing that's important, he's sort of pushing off the sentencing for this, the executive vice president. part of that is because roger goodell has come under a lot of criticism for his own dealing of punishment over the past year or so and the idea of having somebody else in the office do it is a way of distancing himself a little bit especially since he is so close to robert kraft, the patriots owner. this has been a big question mark. by troy vincent being the one that decided the punishment, in roger goodell, troy vincent is the decider here, to bring up one of our political terms, he's trying to wade through this conflict of interest issue. we should say preponderance of the evidence, civil suit standard, that is in the integrity clause in nfl rooms. that is set out all they have to prove, more criminal version of beyond a reasonable doubt. that's not something they were told to go find. >> get ready to learn j

what they think is going on, roger goodell is buckling to pressure from begans, the sfan, vast majorityke the patriots think it's a dishonorable organization, and they also think goodell is bruck link touckling to pressure from the other 31 owners. >> let's talk about what bob costas said about legacy for tom brady this morning. see what you think about that. >> do you think this tarnishes golden boy image? >> a little bit. still a first bhal lot hall of famer. would have done pretty much what he did with inflated or deflated footballs. this is not barry bonds using steroids. >> so when he becomes hall of fame eligible will we care about this, steve? >> reporter: well, some people will. in terms of like his eligible for the hall of fame his selection, i don't think it will affect his ability to get in there on the first ballot. but it is certainly fair to say that this plus spygate a number of years ago plus a number of other things about the patriots and how they always under bill belichick kind of play close to the edge, maybe a little bit over the edge sometimes. there are an awful l

he pled no contest and roger goodell suspended him the rest of the season. overturned and reinstated last month. then dallas cowboys greg hardy with carolina last season suspended without pay for ten games in the 2015 season found guilty of beating and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend and throwing her on a pile of guns and charges were dismissed after he reached a civil settlement with his exgirlfriend. josh gordon suspended without pay for one year for repeatedly violating substance abuse policy. history of failed drug and alcohol tests and drunk driving arrest. interesting to compare here josh gordon's one year suspension to ray rice's initial two games, something we've heard the nfl being just pounded on over and over again. you know we were talking about rob simmelkjaer could be a wide range, maybe two to four games. those are out there who think maybe the entire season may not just be him. we'll see the patriots and -- >> the examples you bring up the personal behaviors of these athletes breeding into professional lives and this is a professional p

add it together, it's his legacy. >> brown: roger goodell will be making the decision.another black mark for the league which has had another a lot of problems. >> yeah, i think he will welcome the chance to be a hanging judge and a tough fist of justice in a case which, you know, doesn't include things like beating women and doesn't include child abuse. this is a funny kind of thing. it was cheating, it was lying, but no one actually physically got hurt and so roger goodell is probably saying, thank god i get to show i'm tough, i get to be the iron fist and we're really not talking about a transgression that has ramifications for the rest of society, doesn't make us feel bad about ourselves. >> brown: mike pesca, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: now from coffee to college. in our latest story in partnership with the "atlantic magazine," we look at starbucks' push to get their employees access to higher education. >> woodruff: it's 6:00 a.m. and 23 year-old markelle colum- herbison is already at the computer, getting in a little studying before she's o

kraft is too chummy with roger goodell.hink that all of that plays out in a way that will hold them accountable, or is this like a slight slap on the hand and they're going to move on? >> look i think when it comes to the patriots and what the world thinks of them, i think opinion was sort of set in stone a long time ago. i think the vast majority of fans out there outside of new england with the spy-gate thing now eight years ago decided this was sort of an outlaw organization. fans in new england obviously going to have -- a completely different take on that. by the other thing, you mentioned the supposed chumminess between kraft and goodell. and kraft has been a model owner in terms of what he's done for the league. i do wonder though if that sense played into goodell's decision to come down in my view so hard on the patriots here, sort of prove that his chumminess wasn't making him go soft on the patriots. we'll see if they can get that knocked down. four game for brady. a pretty big deal. >> all right. terrance, look.

it is worth mentioning al you're talk about an owner in rog robert kraft and roger goodell.hink that kind of bothered people. was he giving robert kraft maybe a little special treatment. were the patriots getting special treatment. i think it's going to be a big fine, a substantial fine. but i don't think you're going to see any type of suspension moving forward. i would be very surprised. >> now, joe let me go back to you on brady. the report says quote, brady's refusal to provide us with his own e-mail text messages and phone records limited the evidence available for our review and analysis. it doesn't look like brady cooperated, joe. >> well he certainly didn't in that area, you're right. he answered their question, but he wasn't going to give up his cell phone or let them look at his e-mail. so i guess that's cooperating somewhat, but not completely. >> go ahead. >> i will say this. what you were talking about before is that goodell has delegated the disciplinary action of this to troy vincent. he is not going to make the decision. >> troy vincent, a former player. mayb