that's ryan braun. that's not batman.hat's a trick you guys played on me or just a snafu because t.j., by the way, two times in my career at "way too early" i have tried to time when i was going to say to a reveal and t.j. revealed either nothing or the wrong thing. >> sorry about that. >> i'm not contemplating joe but i literally tried to time that one and it didn't happen. by the way, it's ben affleck, not ryan braun. he'll take over the role from christian bail in the batman/superman movie that's expected. can't stop laughing. released in the summer of 2015. a mixed reaction on the web and the twitterverse. we want to know if you think he's a bad choice. stop laughing, jen. who do you think should take the role of ben affleck? batman instead of affleck. tweet your answers with the #waytoobatty going off the rails at "way too early." there is, ryan braun, we'll talk about him next in sports. he finally makes an admission about his p.e.d. use and why he came clean. s speech that took the internet by storm but there's mor

. >>> and suspended baseball star ryan braun issues a wide ranging apology for using performance enhancing drugs but leaves several questions about his enhancing drugs but leaves several questions about his doping left unanswered. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, august 23rd, 2013. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, california governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency after a wild fire burning just outside yosemite national park nearly quadrupled in size. it is one of 55 major wildfires burning in ten western states. the fire near yosemite called the rim fire exploded yesterday. it's burned more than 99 square miles and is only 1% contained. the park remains open, but one access road has been cut off and residents of more than 1,000 homes have been advised to evacuate. theresa garcia reports from near the fire lines. >> reporter: stands of cedar and pine exploded as the flames jumped from tree top to tree top moving faster than the crew fighting them. u.s. forest service officer, lee bentley. >> we have a monst

ryan braun was already suspended for 65 games.w players more defiant than ryan braun who got off the first time on a technicality. but when presented with the evidence that baseball had, he settled. for whatever reason, and there may be financial reasons protecting the remainder of his contract, other issues involved, also just personal pride because a-rod is a different sort of individual in terms of how he views himself and his possible legacy in the game, for whatever reason they have, "they" being a-rod's camp, and baseball, have not been able to reach any kind of settlement. so selig is going to go ahead tomorrow and suspend him. the key is he's going to suspend him on two count, under the joint drug agreement but also under the overall collective bargaining agreement and the so-called integrity of the game clause. and the reason why that's significant is that on the first, if he or any other player, like let's say nelson cruz of the texas rangers, who leads them in rbis and is expected to be suspended tomorrow, as well, any

ryan braun said, fine, i lost my image, i'm going to take a hike and come back.y goes right into the bus. it's amazing. >> shepard: there is anything he can do or say today or tonight to help himself? >> if he were my client i'd give him three words of advice. just shut up. let your lawyers talk, let major league baseball talk, fight it out in court, do your work, but get off the radar screen. he won't do it. >> shepard: i don't know how he could. he is -- rear playing in chicago, the number one market and the number three market in the country. then the red sox are coming down. and during the course of that, if the yankees lose both of those series, there's big trouble. we have 50 games left but the yankees risk not even making the playoffs, and for for the yankees that's a big deal with that payroll. >> he is going overshadow it. from the yankees' standpoint they're in a box. they have to play him and they hope he helps -- >> shepard: why can't they sit him on the bench? why can't they just say sit there and shut up. we might have to leave you in our dugout, bu

did he have his people implicate ryan braun? baseball expert, dana perino, has the low down next. ♪ ♪ >>> new details in major league baseball reveal that alex rodriguez ratted out two other players, ryan braun and francisco cervelli for their drug usage. new information comes to light less than two weeks after mlb, just kidding, i know that, bud selig suspended a-rod, discussion, bob, why are you laughing? >> this would be like me doing a segment on cooking. really. >> okay. here's the deal, eric, rodriguez apparently his camp which we think is like his management team, pr people, gave documents and information about ryan braun and teammate francisco cervelli, said they were involved in the biogenesis scandal. america wants to know. >> it is kind of important. >> is he a snitch? >> he is perceived, he will be perceived as a snitch, a rat. can you imagine being in the yankee clubhouse, thinking people leaked that one of your teammates was using steroids, couple other high profile players, tough for yankees fans and tough for bas

i changed my phone number to ryan braun.yan braun, the milwaukee brewer who was suspended by major league baseball for using performance enhancing drugs. >> having fun. >> joking. >> 4:56. time to check the morning commute. anthony slaughter in. no ac transit strike, good news. >> folks probably made plans to leave early. our cash lanes starting to pile up earlier and that's the way things have been looking all morning. quiet but this is the area that we are starting to see things at least earlier start to bog down. east shore freeway, things are starting to pile up but no major accidents. >> thank you. >>> 4:57. why some people are waking up to a strange odor in their tap watter. >> we continue to follow breaking news. a 1-year-old killed overnight in oakland. christie smith talking to police right now. we'll find out what she's learning about what led up to the shooting, next. >>> breaking news out of oakland where a 1-year-old boy and his father were shot and killed inside a home. i'm christie smith. what police are sayin

. >> ryan braun admits to using performance enhancing drugs.l have his apology and more, coming up in sports. >> here's the latest on the twin explosions in lebanon. at least 13 people have been killed after a bomb blast near the syrian border. this is the scene of the explosions. one of the bombs exploded as people were coming out of a mosque. fifty people have reportedly been injured. >> the justice department is challenging the voter i.d. law in texas. attorney general erik holder says the law violates the voting rights act, saying the law was adopted with the express purpose of making it harder for non-english speakers and racial mines to vote. >> there's a new twist in major league baseball's performance enhancing drug saga. we have more of that in sports. >> since ryan braun first became publicly linked to performance enhancing drug almost two years ago, he has vehemently, often aggressively proclaimed in sense. now accepting a suspension, he is singing a different tune. he has admitted to taking an unspecified cream and lozenge as he att

take for example a guy like ryan braun. he loses $3 million because of his suspension, but he still has 100 million left on the . if it was a new rule that you could at the team's discretion void a long-term contract, that that would be a tremendous disincentive to p.e.d. use. >> bob, i'll leave it right there. i detected a note, a hint of optimism on an otherwise dark day for professional sports. bob costas in our l.a. news room tonight. thank you, my friend. >>> there are rapidly developing developments tonight concerning a terrorism threat that led to a worldwide travel alert for americans and the closure of those u.s. outposts across the muslim world. it all began with an intercepted communication. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has the latest from the state department tonight. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it was a rare intercepted communication between the leader of al qaeda central in pakistan and his terrorist protege in yemen that set off immediate alarms from the

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. >>> ryan braun of the milwaukee brewers is saying he's sorry for using performance-enhancing drugs. in a statement yesterday, braun says he deserved the 65-game suspension that he's currently serving. and that he has no one to blame but himself. braun called his use of an unspecified cream two years ago, a huge mistake. he famously denied using illegal drugs when charges against him first surfaced. >>> some of the harsh weather that rolled through colorado. look at this video that rolled through the southern part of the state. a street turned into a raging river. the neighborhood got a light coating of hail. >>> much the same in the central part of the state. you see a healthy dose of hail there. some of it was quite large. the area suffered localized flooding. apparently, that can all happen again today. >>> and checking the maps. you see more thunderstorms in that area. it will be mostly showers in the northern rockies. hazy, hot and humid in texas and across the southern plains. the southeast can expect more storms. and the rain stretching up for much of the east coast. >> it wil

then published a story that tied milwaukee brewers super star ryan braun and rodriguez's teammate to the owner of the clinic at the center of the scandal. in a statement to "60 minutes," rodriguez's lawyer said the allegations are untrue, another attempt to harm alex. this time by driving a wedge between alex and other players in the game. weeks ago, braun accepted a 65-game suspension. other players agreed to 50-game bans. >> a-rod swings, misses. >> reporter: rodriguez received by far the harshest punishment. he has vowed to fight that and is currently playing through his appeal. >> the last seven months has been a nightmare. it's been -- you know, probably the worst time of my life for sure. >> reporter: but things could get worse. if baseball proves members of rodriguez's camp in february prematurely released the name of a player suspected using peds, that would be a direct violation of the collective bargaining agreement and would strike a major league blow to his appeal. rodriguez flatly denies he had any knowledge of anyone in his inner circle back in february leaking these do

and later, have a-rod and ryan braun ruined the game of baseball forever?'s news headquarters in new york, i'm harris falkner. a raging western wildfire is threatening a major forest and city. the rim fire, the worst of 50 burning in the west now. already spreading to yosemite national park. it is threatening more than 5,000 homes. it could knockout electricity and water supplies to san francisco that is 150 miles away. governor jerry brown has declared an emergency declaration for the city. and in northern florida a gunman killed two people and wounded others before taking his own life. the rampage began at the suspect's former place of work. he reportedly shot one person and then went to the company's owner's farm where he killed a farm hand and the owner. one of the victims in critical condition and doctors say they stabilized the other. the suspect later went home and killed himself. now back to "justice" with judge jenine. >> ♪ talking baseball ♪ talking baseball ♪ the scooter the. ♪ the barber ♪ they knew them all >> for years we heard people say some

and later, have a-rod and ryan braun ruined the game of baseball forever?jenine. >> ♪ talking baseball ♪ talking baseball ♪ the scooter the. ♪ the barber ♪ they knew them all >> for years we heard people say something was as american as baseball, hot dogs and apple pie. but today it may be more like baseball, performance-enhancing drugs and suspensions. former mvp, ryan braun, first declared his innocence when first accused of using drugs. >> if i have done this intentionally or unintentionally i would be the first one to step up and say i did it. by no means am i perfect, but if i have ever made any mistakes in my life i have taken responsibility for my actions. i truly believe in my heart and i would bet my life this substance never entered my body at in point. >> and this week the disgraced slugger finally owned up to his miss deeds, but this time didn't want to get in front of a camera, but instead released a statement. and the a-rod soap opera keeps going with lawyers accusing the yankees of conspiring to sabotage his career. here is jeff foster and fo

ryan braun university of miami product. i know they were not close. so that part of it isn't shocking. but the fact that francisco cervelli was mentioned, that is shocking. >> so this -- could it backfire? could this affect the arbitration process as they move forward saying other people did it but now it's going to backfire on him? >> well it's certainly backfired right now publicly. this is not something you do. nobody looks at this fairably. so in terms of the public perception of this it clearly has backfired on alex rodriguez. in terms of the hearings that will be coming up i'm not sure it's going to be a major apartment of the hearing. we know that mlb believes there were major violations transgressions by alex rodriguez in 2010 2011 2012. that's the bulk of the case. they also believe he impeded part of the investigation. that could be part no question about it. as far as what percentage of the 211 games he got, i couldn't tell you that. >> you think he doesn't get the full 211 in the end? >> he's going to get close to 211 or 211 in the end. th

ryan braun won mvp a couple of years ago. he took a suspension and that's a valid thing and it's hard to appeal when one guy agrees to the suspension. >> all right. thanks for being with us. 'll see what happens on monday. >>> coming up, we'll pay tribute to one of the most decorated heroes.chance. tonight's instapoll, has obama's policy made us safer? by the way, we're at 99,700 on facebook. we're 300 away from 100,000, and the last person who makes it to >>> we're back and now it's time for our instapoll. we asked you if obama's foreign policy has made us safer. lisa writes, according to obama, it has, and that's why we had to clear out our embassies this weekend. gary says, we need to be fair. al qaeda is on the run, warning us right out of our embassy near you. and president obama played golf this morning, leading dinah to tweet, safer on the golf course, maybe. david says, i'm more afraid of our government than outside influences, and maureen agrees. he releases dangerous terrorists from gitmo. his apology tour has weake

since ryan braun first became publicly linked to performance enhancing drugs, he has proclaimed his innocenceow serving a 65 game suspension, braun is singing a different tune. he has admitted to taking an unspecified cream and lozenge attempting to return from injury. he's apologizing to sample collector, the person in charge of the test that first exposed braun in 2011. braun accused the collector of being anti a semitic and biased because he was a cubs fan. braun said in the statement: >> a grand jury in massachusetts has indicted aaron hernandez in the murder of a former friend. the indictment charges him with killing 27-year-old olan lloyd. he was dating the sister of hernandez's girlfriend. he pleaded not guilty to both the murder and gun charges and is currently held without bail. police have yet to find the murder weapon. attorneys for him are confident they can clear his name. >> to the nhl, the patriots return gave tom brady a chance to visit his alma mater at the university of michigan. in a speech. the two time m.v.p. called being named wolverine team captain his single greatest a

ryan braun won mvp a couple of years ago.took a suspension and that's a valid thing and it's hard to appeal when one guy agrees to the suspension. >> all right. thanks for being with us. 'll see what happens on monday. >>> coming up, we'll pay tribute to one of the most decorated heroes.chance. tonight's instapoll, has obama's policy made us safer? by the way, we're at 99,700 on facebook. we're 300 away from 100,000, and the last person who makes it to 100,000, i'll give them my new book, "clever fox." you know throughout history, folks have suffered from frequent heartburn. but getting heartburn and then treating day after day is a thing of the past. block the acid with prilosec otc, and don't get heartburn in the first place. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. so you can't save money? it's easy as pie! brown bag your lunch instead of going out. six dollars saved timed 5 days a week times ten years is 21,000 bucks! that's a lotta lettuce. small change

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. >> let's talk about, then, ryan braun, what happened?od threw him under the bus. >> that's right. >> do you think he will ever get booed if he plays in hawk. >> a lot of fans that watched that pitch being thrown imbollic of how america felt about all those guys. i was defending ryan braun, literally sunday night before the story broke. >> isn't that unbelievable? >> i feel like some of the lance armstrong supporters. i was saying it could be, makes sense and then just like a shot to the gut. for my sons, 18 and 19, both big brewer fans, a lot of fans across america, these guys let us down. >> they really did. >> with ryan braun, bad for the juice. that's what matters to me. >> that's what matters to you. >> the good news, so many baseball players, you have your lot to pick from. >> hank green burg, ryan braun -- >> of course you have sandy, but you know. >> sad part, we were talking to tina about heroes, a guy like ryan braun was a quiet, soft spoken guy, as a sports figure, hot shots you don't really want your kids to gravitate towards

his inner circle leaked the names of two players currently serving ped suspensions: milwaukee's ryan braunnd his yankee teammate francisco cervelli. rodriguez claims this is another attempt to tarnish his image. and a reminder. the 31st running of the arlington million is tomorrow at arlington park. you can see it on wgn at 5:00 with dan roan, eddie olczyk and howard sudberry. it's also streaming on wgn-tv.com, and it will be rebroadcast at 8:00 on cltv. that is a big day at arlington. that's the news for this friday night. we're happy you shared time with us. i'm micah materre. i'm mark suppelsa. updates on wgntv.com. for all of us here, have a good night. hi everybody - im julian crews. it's great to have you along! were cruising the heartland again and our journey begins on the water because here in illinois and across the midwest the water flows to the same place, americas greatest river. six river miles north of the arch, were off the grid. removed from the stress of modern life as you fall under the sway of the mississippi. youre starting to quiet down. you're away from the hustle an

so he joins ryan braun as the biggest names and faces in this drug suspension. i'm surprised more players didn't appeal the suspension. it tells me the players union is on the same side of this issue as the league and the union is cooperating rather than blocking this drug clean up. >> interesting. thank you, fred. >>> witness es say a man under arrest in connection with a deadly rampage on a venice beach board walk was out looking for blood. surveillance video shows the man scanning the crowd, getting into his car and swerving and ramming into people on saturday. police say the driver, 38-year-old nathan campbell, from colorado, turned himself into police two hours later. >> there was no horn honking, nothing. he was just driving, doing like 35, 40 just running people over. >> right now they booked him on a murder charge. the further charges will come when they consult with the district attorney's office. >> an italian woman on her honeymoon was killed in the rampage. 15 others were injured. campbell is being held on $1 million bail. >>> the united states has e

a wrapped bottle of water will dosdaÑ i change hide mom's name my phone to ryan braun and had her call cell repeatedly while they were testing me. muah. >> the ball player who just got -- >> from the milwaukee brewers, just got suspended for using illegal drugs. she is pretty funny. >> good sense of humor. >>> the brothers like you have never seen them before. >> all kind of skills. the question, do they sing? can they sing? let you be the judge after this break. do you see the 10% back in points, aw baby, i'm seeing triple again. plus another 10%, plus free shipping? yeah. you're good. this is the member triple play deal. this is sears. >>> this3.i is a great finish, rolling out seriously talented dna, talk about the manning brothers, seen them do everything. paint and ely won a super bowl but their skill goes far and beyond the art of pigskin. >> "snl" done a classic espn commercial and now going retro with a starring role in a new spot for directv. ♪ ♪ [ rapping ] >> i love it. the brothers, they rap their way through this spot called "football on your phone" about three minutes lon

. >> reporter: yahoo then published a story claiming former mvp ryan braun and francisco cervelli were the unnamed players. braun would later admit to using peds and accept a 65- game suspension. cervelli and 11 other players agreed to 50-game bans. baseball saved the most severe suspension 211 games for rodriguez. it claims he not only used peds but he tried to obstruct mlb's investigation. rodriguez's attorney gave a statement to "60 minutes" denying his client had anything to do with leaking braun and cervelli's names to the press. marlie hall for cbs news, new york. >> leaking the names to the press is a violation of baseball's collective bargaining agreement. if mlb is able to tie rodriguez to that leak, it would seriously damage his chances of winning the appeal of his suspension. >>> the on-again, off-again bay bridge september deadline is finally on but in order to get it open, the entire bridge has to close. the bridge will shut down at 8 p.m. august 28th and won't open until 5 a.m. on tuesday, september 3. kpix 5's anne makovec is showing us the closure that will make way for

. >>> and in baseball, milwaukee brewers ryan braun released a statement apologizing for using banned substances. he admits taking performance enhancing drugs during his 2011 national league mvp season. >>> on to the rockies and phillies. impressive catch by philadelphia's darryn rush. check out that focus and athleticism. phillies win, 5-4. >>> in pga golf, the barclays tournament, so something you definitely don't get to see every day. scott brown's ball bounces off a bridge and rolls onto the green for a tap-in eagle. a very lucky shot or is he just that good? >>> oh, the trials and tribulations of being an over 7 feet tall nba star. roy hibbard shared this video of him struggling in an airplane bathroom. >>> while this is bizarre, bill cower, the broadcaster and super bowl winning coach with the pittsburgh steelers is featured in his girlfriend queen v.'s music video. it appears he's wearing some eye makeup and standing by her side during a heated chess match wearing tattered clothes. looking good, bill. >>> just ahead, jimmy buffett reels in a big one. and one of the most bizarre

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ryan braun got 65 games a couple weeks ago.dy else will be 50. >> on friday, a-rod was shouting conspiracy and asking for a settlement. what happens to that now? >> well, you know, he is going to lose about $34 million in this case stands up. he has 20 days to have this heard before an arbitrator. and the arbitrator, fredric horowitz has 20 days to render a decision. if the suspension stands he will lose $34 million. >> bob, we appreciate you speaking with us this evening. >>> up next, just in time for the start of school, just what parents don't want to see, a video surfaces of a beat down on a school bus. >>> a frightening story for parents as they prepare to put their kids back on a school bus. a student was beaten on a bus by three teenagers and despite the pleas for help the driver doesn't break it up. it happened in florida last month and was all caught on tape. peter bernard from wfla has the story. >> reporter: feeling helpless to intervene, the school bus driver pleas for someone to stop a three yoen one beat down and

this is the same investigation that cost former mvp ryan braun a shameful end to this season.gue players accepted 50-game suspensions today and gave up their right to appeal. but from a-rod no apologies. >> obviously, disappointed with the news today. no question about it. >> if you didn't use p.e.d.s in this recent why don't you just say it? >> i don't think the time is right now. an

allies in the but also for the case of iran which is one where the united states the which has said ryan braun -- not be permitted to have a nuclear weapon, the thatistration is conscious if we don't act, the president having elevated that red line, they're going to conclude -- >> conclude -- gwen: that word credibility runs through this whole thing which what we say oro no one will believe us. >> kerry brought that up explicitly. gwen: and also kerry talked about the american public exhaustion with this. bit moreten a little on what he had to say today about that. that after a decade of conflict, the american people of war.d believe me, i am, too. but fatigue does not absolve us of our responsibility. just longing for peace does not bring it about. gwen: how fatigued are americans, john? fatigued. if you look at our poll this itning, we asked people, is in the united states' national interests to take military action against syria? 21% said yes. would military action against the lot ofve civilians in syria? 27% said yes. phraseu include the "chemical weapons" in the question and say should we

>> reporter: days later yahoo published a story claiming former mvp ryan braun and a- rod's yankees teammate francisco cervelli were the unnamed players. braun would later admit to using peds and accept a 65- game suspension. cervelli and 11 other players agreed to 50-game bans. baseball gave rodriguez 211 games suspension saying he not only used peds but obstructed the investigation. rodriguez's attorney gave a statement to "60 minutes" denying his client had anything to do with leaking braun and cervelli's names to the press. marlie hall for cbs news, new york. >>> a major traffic alert in the east bay on 680. crews are still cleaning up this mess in the middle of the sunol grade. at around 5 a.m. a big rig carrying mail overturned. all lanes of the freeway were completely blocked. right now one lane is open but two lanes still remain closed. according to caltrans, the freeway should be reopened by 2 p.m. as for the mail, a spokesman for the post office says all the letters and packages were picked up but they will have to be resorted. >>> countdown to the new bay bridge is back on. the sp

. >>> and in baseball, milwaukee brewers' ryan braun released a statement apologizing for using bannedances. he admits taking performance-enhancing drugs during his 2011 national league mvp season. >>> and, well, this is truly bizarre, bill cowher, the broadcaster and super bowl winning coach with the pittsburgh steelers is featured in his girlfriend, queen bee's, music video and it appears he's wearing some eye makeup and standing by her side during a heated chess match wearing tattered clothes. looking good, bill. >> you know it's love when a man will wear eye makeup for you. >> always. that will tell you he loves you. time now for our first look at politics. for that i'm joined by kevin. good morning. >> good morning. happy friday. >> happy friday. let's start with bradley manning who wants to be known as chelsea. so he plans to undergo hormone treatment to live his life as a woman. how exactly will that happen if the military prison where he's sentenced says the army does not provide hormone therapy. >> the military says that bradley manning or chelsea manning is entitled to psycho

this is the same investigation that cost former mvp ryan braun a shameful end to this season. and after seeing the evidence a dozen other major league players accepted 50-game suspensions today and gave up their right to appeal. but from a-rod no apologies. >> obviously, disappointed with the news today. no question about it. >> if you didn't use p.e.d.s in this recent why don't you just say it? >> i don't think the time is right now. and i don't want to interfere or get in the way of anything that -- with due process. >> since he's allowed to play while appealing and since his arbitration may not begin until late fall-k a-rod salvage his legacy? if he can prove he still has hall of fame skills, the yankees may have good raines to stick with him, even if he's banned for all of next season. if not, this will be the beginning of the end. we do thank you for watching abc news. "gma" in the morning. we're always online, abcnews.com. have a great night. >> chp just confirmed to 7 news they expanded amber alert to the bay area. 40-year-old james seen on the right sues pested of kill

it apparently implicated ryan braun and his own yankee teammate catcher francisco cervelli.'s lawyer denied the allegation. rodriguez is allowed to play while appealing the 211-game suspension. i can only imagine the dugout and boos he has already got. >> crazy. >> not mr. congeniality. >> who is? >> lawrence karnow because

. >> reporter: former league mvp ryan braun was the first to fall, accepting a 65 game suspension, but a-rod at the center. arguably the biggest star with the biggest salary. that bat, earning him $28 million this season. while major league baseball reportedly claims to have enough evidence to impose a lifetime ban, the question now, is will they try to. it would be one of the heaviest penalties since pete rose was banned 24 years ago for betting on his own team. >> as you can imagine, this is a very sad day. >> rodriguez hasn't played since october of last season due to an injury. his fate could rest in the hands of baseball commissioner, bud selig who according to some experts will attempt to take him off the field this season one way or another. >> major league baseball is going to try to ban alex rodriguez for life, but if they do, they know they're going to get an incredible fight with the union. >> reporter: most of the players involved in this investigation expected to accept their suspensions, but a-rod's legal team has repeatedly said it will appeal. >> we believe that we have

ryan braun. sources close to the matter tell "60 minutes" the purpose of the leak was to show rodriguez was not the only star using drugs. rodriguez denied the allegations before tonight's game in boston. >> i support all my teammates whether you play in boston or the diamondbacks or the mets, i love all the members of the union equally and unconditionally and i -- i do feel like i have great support. >> reporter: three weeks ago, rodriguez was suspended for 211 games for using performance-enhancing drugs and obstructing the investigation. 12 other players were suspended for 50 games. rodriguez is appealing the suspension, during that process he is allowed to play. (boos) >> i don't know what the motivation is for any of this. but i'm going to respect the process. i feel good that we have an opportunity to do that in the right flat form. >> reporter: according to sources close to the information, the leaked document was a major reason for the length of a-rod's suspension. the players' association

the implicated wron implicated-ryan braun he was also linked to the biogenesis scandal.e allegations but if the media does not like you? so what. however, when the people in the clubhouse think that you are a raft? there is nothing going his way. and something about a good investment. the golden state warriors are valued at $800 million dollars. joe lacob and peter guber bought the team for $450 million dollars only 3 years ago, at the time the highest price ever for an nba franchise. forbes ranked the warriors when we come back, we will speak with pam moore with her community service and it is a kron exclusive. pam moore and speak and i with each other. we are coming back. kua [laughter] female narrator: it's posturepedic versus beautyrest it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years' interest-free financing. mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> gary: finally i get pam on my own! [laughter] this woman. she is always doing something to help.

says alex rodriguez's inner circle leaked documents implicating other baseball players like mvp ryan braun were saying, his own -- francisco cervelli, his own teammate, for doping. that's according to "60 minutes." according to the report members of rodriguez's camp leaked unredacted notes belonging to anthony bosch that showed the ped regiment developed for pro athletes. bosch is now the key witness in baseball's performance enhancing drug investigation. and rodriguez's lawyers, of course, denied all of these charges. so yeah, gene, this is absolutely horrible. who is going to want to sit on the bench with this guy when he had his own people -- >> yeah. >> basically finger and rat out a member of his own team? >> well, yeah. the question is, why is he going to want to go into a locker room with a bunch of guys with bats, with baseball bats. >> exactly. >> that's -- no. i mean that's just something you don't do on a team in a team sport and one imagines he's going to be shunned and however else you want to say it. >> yeah. >> i can't imagine how he can be an integral member of the team if

do you know who ryan braun is?finance minister. >> there you go. >> new batman. >> so you understand. >> shadow. >> shadow batman. >> there you go. there you go. >> studying. >> the empire is fading. >> he's coming clean president m former ml mvp admitted to using performance enhancing drugs and apologized for his actions. he said in part i felt wronged and attacked but looking back i was the one that wouz wrong. i am beyond embarrassed that i said what i thought i needed to say to defend my clouded vision of reality, end quote. >> who cares about his feelings. there's a lot of feelings in there. >> at least he said he's sorry after he's been caught. >> he's sorry that he felt the appropriate thing was to lie. >> made that much money from cheating. >> yeah. >> and ruined a career of somebody who was responsible for his test sample. ripped him to shreds. braun ax accepted a suspension for the rest of the season following mlb's season. go to baseball, brian wilson, that beard, it's back. now it's with the comers maki