. >> steve bisciotti usually stays out of the spotlight, but this time he felt the integrity of his organization and everyone involved was attacked and spoke up today. the owner answered questions about 45 minutes. in the report it claimed the ravens tried to cover up the incident asking for leniency against rice. bisciotti said that wasn't the case but did reiterate the organization should have done more to obtain the full video of what happened. bisciotti was asked why he kept ray rice on the team after the initial incident only to cut him later. he said that decision may have been clouded by his close relationship with rice. >> as much as i would like to tell you that i should have stood up and said the hell with the way the world views this. we're going to take a stand above better than bigger than

. >>> baltimore ravens owner steve bisciotti responded monday to an espn report that' and other officialss shortcomings in his handling of the investigation. jericka duncan reports. >> our integrity has been brought into question. >> reporter: the owner of the baltimore ravens is blasting a report that he and other team executives knew about the video of ray rice knocking out his fiancee within hours of the assault, and then tried to cover it up before the footage surfaced six months later on the internet. other than steve bisciotti admits not getting that tape was in his words a big fail. >> there's no excuse for me to have not demanded that video except i wasn't concerned or interested enough that to demand it. >> reporter: the nflpa claims they worked behind the scenes to get rice into what's called a diversion program to avoid a trial. bisciotti said rice will never play for the team again but did admit he offered him a mentoring job down the road. >> i believe in my heart, ray would be a great addition to us when it comes to steer these guys from what they're saying young men to grow

when you don't have a person as lawyerly has steve bisciotti, you like that he can be forthright andff the cuff. well, the flippantness seemed to hurt him. he said something about not a lot of women in the front office. that was callous. and when he was asked, do you have a zero tolerance to domestic violence, he never said yes. and he cautioned about it later saying, this is an opportunity for players to get set up if you have a zero tolerance policy in the nfl. that informs the culture we're coming through right now in the nfl in a very small way. >> interesting. kate, your response? >> at one point he said, this is going to be handled like men. the question there is, what does that mean? to this point, it has only been handled by men. if you look back in the history of the nfl, it has only been handled by men. and look where we are in a massive crisis. there were so many moments in that press conference that were borderline disastrous. >> he also said no one from his organization is going to be fired. are you surprised by that? >> i don't know who you actually throw out -- there w

in a press conference steve bisciotti realizes what his team and the league does as they go forward willmost impactful. >> i haven't lost faith in roger. i really believe that sports is an each, a vehicle for change and i'm quite -- is an avenue, a vehicle for change and i'm quite comfortable what we're dealing with from a local level, he's dealing with tenfold on a national level. >>> in ashburn the washington redskins back to work preparing for their thursday night showdown against the giants. it's a short week for the skins but a good chance to gain momentum coming off their loss to philly sunday. it's going to be tough because the lack of days doesn't give this team any chance to heal. despite the team having 17 players on the injured list, coach gruden says well, as usual, it's next man up. >> we knew this was on our schedule a long time, got to prepare for it. sometimes football is about playing when you're not quite 100%. guys will have to bucking up because giants are in the same boat we are. we're both 1-2. >>> head coach ben olson signed a multi-year extension, much deserved. o

. >>> let's listen now to baltimore ravens owner steve bisciotti talking about the ray rice story. >>their accusations didn't jive with what we knew as fact. >> in the short term, you tried to address several points that you feel are inaccurate. how long do you feel it will take to win back the trust of the fans and restore it to where it was before all this happened? >> i don't know. i really don't. you know, people are going to decide for themselves. and like i said, we admitted to our -- we admitted to a lot of things last week. and i had an interview with join and i had an interview with jeff and i had an interview with james brown. i saw all 34 -- i answered 34 questions with james brown and then i found out actually, i think, this morning, there were only five of them on the news. i had thought that we had gotten our side of the story out, but as it turned out, very few of the 60 answers that i gave to those three sources were actually ever put out or published or something like that. so i realized then that i'd be getting a lot of the same questions, because you all hadn't seen

meanwhile, steve bisciotti is speaking out. he said he did not see the video either and made assumptions about the incident. >> i was picturing her wailing on him and him smacking her and her head this far from the wall. with her inebriated and dropped. why did i conclude all that? because i wanted to because i loved him and he had a stellar record and the cops had seen the video. i assumed it wasn't a forceful blow that moved her head three feet into that wall. >> really interesting level of introspection right there. the ravens take the field tonight for the first time since that video emerged. >> the assumption is did she do something to deserve it? that is the bottom line of the outrage. it always goes back to the victim and she did something to deserve it. the owner of the team, an intelligent and wealthy man. he admits she did something to deserve it. shocking. i wonder if he has daughters. >>> new witnesses and video and new protests emerging in the michael brown case. this video shows two witnesses after the unarmed tee

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this actually might help commissioner goodell in the sense that it was brought up that steve bisciotti had collateral with the commissioner. help me out here, this is a guy who's been a good guy for us and he did this horrible thing, but we need him. and by the way, we need him because he wins games for us, and this is about the game on the field that people are still watching and we can't forget that, so it's not surprising. it's shocking to hear and know the extent of it in some ways -- >> but it could or could not help goodell. joy, you're just hearing this as we are reading it to both you and, in fairness, dana did not know about this posting. we just got it. but it's according to whether or not goodell knew a lot, while they were lobbying him. this could be -- it could overshadow everything, according to how extensive they shared information, and what really went on in this lobbying. >> yeah, i read most of the article right before we came on, so i didn't get through all of it, but i know most of the content of it. and i think he's right, most people who are around the nfl know th

. >> baltimore ravens owner steve bisciotti denied any cover-up in the ray rice assault. also disputed the espn report on the way the ravens handled the incident. he said the story was manufactured and it was sourced from ray rice and his attorney. john harbaugh talked about how the case is affecting his team. >> i don't know how we are equipped to handle things all the time. we tried to do our best to get better, but it's football and life. there are a lot of good people involved in it. good things will come out of this. we will improve. everybody will improve. as a society we have a lot we can improve on. >> hockey fans, the caps were in philadelphia. was not happy about the 12 penalties by the capitals and did not like the outcome. after a 2-0 lead, the flyers exploded, scoring on four power plays. trying to play a man short overtime is not going to work. the flyers beat the capitals, 5-4. baseball, the orioles playing the yankees in new york, derek jeter's final week. how about this, everybody in the stadium on their feet. three run score. derek jeter with a double, h

. >> ravens owner steve bisciotti told cbs correspondent he would have fired rice sooner if he had seen the video earlier. >> the question is why didn't we try harder to get it. we were told it was illegal, so we stopped. that's our biggest regret. since monday having seen that and to cut ray was -- could we have gotten the tape and i still don't have the answer to that. >> now pressure is starting to build on if nfl. 16 fee mail senators signed a letter calling on the league to accept a zero tolerance violence policy. the controversy has lead some to question whether goodell's job might be in jeopardy. shaun gregory is covering the story for "time" magazine. >> if the owners don't trust him, that's going to cause problems. some owners are in his corner, some are buttoning it up. so let's see what the full investigation reveals. >> they'll look over the documents throughout the course of the investigation but while it's being called independent, the nfl is footing the bille cop to 15 years behind bars. debora patta, cbs news, pretoria, south africa. >>> this morning much of the country

. >> pat, baltimore ravens owner, steve bisciotti spoke to the media a few minutes ago addressing a espn report that claims the ravens knew what happened inside that elevator much earlier than when tmz released that video. the ravens are refuting that repo report. here's what bisciotti had to say this afternoon. >> there is no excuse for me to have not demanded that video, except i wasn't concerned or interested enough to demand it. never crossed my mind. i'm sorry for that. deeply sorry for that. if i -- if it had crossed my mind, i would have demanded it. if i had demanded it, i would have gotten it. and if i had gotten it, i would have forwarded it to the nfl and it would have turned into an unprecedented suspension for ray. >> reporter: now steve bisciotti also went on to say that no one within the ravens organization will lose their job due to the handling of this ray race incident. reporting from the live desk, jason pugh, news4 sports. >>> free rides on the toll road. coupon deals for restaurants and a chance to win a spa package. why the company in charge of the express lanes in

ray rice and the nfl suspended him indefinitely after the video went public and ravens owner steve bisciotti brown he punishes the team pursued its own investigation more vigorously. >> i regret that we didn't keep up with it. that's our biggest regret since monday when we saw that that compelled us to about face and cut ray was could we have gotten the tape? and i still don't have an answer to that. >> also tonight espn is reporting rice admitted to goodell he punched his now wife in that casino elevator when the two met back in june. it's something the nfl commissioner seemed to contradict in an interview with cbs news anchor nora o'donnell. >> when we met with ray rice and his representatives, it was ambiguous about what actually happened. >> reporter: but what was ambiguous about her laying unconscious on the floor being dragged out by her feet? >> there was nothing ambiguous about that. that was the result that we saw. we did not know what led up to that. we did not know the details of that. >> goodell told cbs news he does not think his job is on the line, but there are increasing call

. >> that sentiment was echoed by ravens owner steve bisciotti. he sent a letter to ticket owners tuesday saying, quote, we should have seen it earlier. we should have pursued our own investigation more vigorously. we didn't 'were were wrong. the team released rice leaving him without a job and suspended from the league. nor real o'donnell asked if rice had a future in the nfl i would. rule it out but we want to make sure he's addressing the issue clearly, he has paid a price for the actions that he's already taken. >> now, ray rice and his wife spoke publicly on tuesday. rice told espn the couple is in good spirits. his wife janay blasted the media for showing the attacks. marlie? >> susan mcginnis here in new york. susan, thank you so much. you can see more of norah o'donne o'donnell's interview with roger goodell later this morning. >>> president obama will lay out his new plan for going after isis in syria and iraq. he'll discuss security forces in iraq. secretary of state john kerry arrived in baghdad this morning to meet with iraq's new prim

. >> reporter: the baltimore ravens on defense, owner steve bisciotti refuted reports that the ravens knew much more early about ray rice's assault to his then fiancee. >> a lot of people have their own opinions about how this all should have went down. but we just had to do what we thought was -- that we all agreed was the right thing to do that monday morning. >> reporter: ravens executives insist they didn't see the rice video until tmz sports released it this month. but over the weekend espn reported that within hours of the assault, the ravens director of security, darren sanders, was given a detailed account of what happened, including it the punc and relayed it to team officials. and today sports writer told espn radio nfl players gathering in las vegas had access to the tape months ago. >> i know one said, hey, you want to see the videotape of what happened? so there were players who could see the videotape and yet the raven, many of the ravens, claim they couldn't see it. >> reporter: biscotti said the story was manufactured relying largely on the accounts of rice's inner cir

now, more vigorously, steve bisciotti says they stopped trying to obtain the video saying we did not do all we should have and no amount of explanation can remedy that. he went on to say seeing the full video changed everything and now the new head of emergency state senate is calling on the attorney general to pro prosecutors handling of the case. reaction on tuesday by ray rice and his wife, saying i have to be strong for my wife. she is so strong. we are in good spirits and janae rice blamedmedia for making them relive that over and over saying, this is our life. what did you all cigarette if your intentions were to hurt us, embarrass us, take our happiness away you succeeded. know we will continue to grow and show the world what real love is. how teammates reacted after tuesday's big game. >> i don't condone what someone has done but i'm also not going to be the judge and jury. >> obviously, doesn't paint a good picture of who ray is as a person but, i've played with ray, this would have been the seventh year and sometimes good people make bad decisions and put themselves in a ba

ownership, and it goes down to president, cash, the general manager, but if the comes out as steve bisciotti went out of his way to try and make it a case where the nfl, not only the nfl, but more lenient on ray rice, just so he could have his star player playing for him, making more money off him or making it easier for him, then you you have to see a change ownership. it's almost unbelievable that someone would go to this type of extent, this len to try and protect an employee, to try and protect a player. but again if this is true, it would be, first of all, absolutely down right shocking. second of all, there's no way that roger goodell, given the trouble he's in already, can have an other than representing a franchise with this under his belt. disgusting. >> as we move forward do you think goodell's job, he should be done, or -- >> i always thought it was a stretch to say that roger goodell's job is in jeopardy. now you start seeing everything starting to pile up, that press conference that he had that was a sir corks real show, he didn't answer any questions. i'm not ready to say goode

it claims they tried to cover up some information, and that owner steve bisciotti asked commissioner roger goodell for leniency on rice's punishment. >> almost everything in there is anonymous, but it's clear from the subject matter that there's -- it's ray's attorney, it's ray's agent, and it's ray's friends. and, you know, they are building a case for rein statement. and the best way to build a case for rein statement is to make everybody else look like they're lying. >> now bisciotti also went on to say that no one in the organization for the ravens will lose their job due to the handling of this ray rice incident. we go from football to baseball now. nationals fans are ready for playoff baseball. tickets for the nlds went on sale this morning and sold out in 17 minutes. you can still purchase standing room only tickets the day of the games. until then, just seven more regular seasons contests for the nats. they had the night off tonight. tomorrow they're back at it against the mets. elsewhere, the orioles visiting the yankees. derek jeter in his last series at yankee stadium, he'

the ravens owner steve bisciotti told nbc affiliate wbal that he deeply regrets not further investigating the rice attack. >> do we lose season ticketholders? do we lose suite holders? do we lose sponsorships? it's so petty at this stage. i regret that i let people down. i regret the people that love us might not love us anymore. i'm sad for that. and i'm sorry for that. but i'm not scared of that. >> reporter: today, 16 female senators wrote goodell demanding the nfl adopt a zero-tolerance policy on domestic violence. insisting the league's new six-game suspension for a first offense doesn't go far enough. also revealed today bisciotti says months before seeing the tape, team officials say rice and his now wife said they had been drinking heavily that night. and late today in light of the ray rice scandal, tmz sports announced it's changing its pregame show before tonight's game dropping a comedic segment, brian, as well as a segment sung by rihanna, herself a victim of domestic violence. >> peter alexander at the stadium tonight in baltimore. peter, thanks. >>> update on a story we've b

outside elevator video ravens coach john harbaugh recommended cutting rice but was overruled by steve bisciottiwho is the owner, cass, the team president and ozzie newsome, the gm. rice's defense attorney who in early april had obtained a copy of the inside elevator video today cass, "it's [ bleep ] horrible." it was decided to resolve the case quickly and as quietly as possible despite that description. here's roger goodell this afternoon. >> we suspended ray rice originally after seeing the original video that was disclosed back in february. when the second video came out last week, that's when we increased our discipline because that was inconsistent with the information we had. it was new information. >> the ravens issued a statement saying there are some inaccuracies in that espn outside the lines report. you would expect that, but if this is true and espn, outside the lines, a very reputable organization, that punches holes in all along that they really weren't aware of what was going on inside that elevator. >> saying there was some inaccuracies is a lot different than a categorical deni

steve bisciotti is defending the way he handled the ray rice situation. >> it's a bad picture.d that's why we responded with the facts that we know them to be. i'm not happy with it. i said better late than never when we made the decision to cut ray. and i stand by that. >> he held a news conference for about an hour today. bisciotti adds he'd hire ray rice as a front office employee because he feels rice would be a good spokesman against domestic violence in the future. >>> up next geraud moncure joins us. something pretty crazy in the 13th inning for the giants at dodger stadium tonight. >>> good owning. geraud moncure here in the comcast sportsnet studios. the giants hoping to find some offense and skeep their title -- division title hopes alive at the same time. first of three at chavez ravine with the dodgers. trailing l.a. by 4 1/2 games starting tonight. starters jake peavy and dan haren not involved in the finish this evening. top ten, brandon crawford singles up the middle off brandon leak. yasiel puig fires a strike home and belt is out. they play on to the 13th. two

. >> oh, no, the troubling report by espn over the weekend involving especially the owner steve bisciottior instance text a member of your staff that you are fired because you allegedly saw a video of him knocking his future wife out in an elevator and you could text him and say we love you, ray, we'd like to you come back and mentor our youngsters after your career's over, there's a disconnect. there's a real disconnect there. >> mike weiss, we so appreciate you taking the time to talk to us today and to let everybody know his article is in "the washington post," go ahead and read it in full, really interesting. mike, thank you so much for being with us. >> christi, you and victor have a great morning. >> thank you, you too. you go out and make great memories today. >> keep it here on cnn. "inside politics" with john king starts next, right after that "state of the union" with candy crowley at the top of the hour. >>> america's top general discusses plan b, if the initial coalition to defeat isis fails. >> we'd go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use o

owner steve bisciotti said he hopes rice gets another shot in the nfl, but it won't be with the ravens> a bit earlier we took the trip up the road to baltimore's m&t bank stadium as the cbs crew was trying to put it together for tomorrow's kickoff of thursday night football. the question of the hour, however, can the ravens focus on whooping the hated steelers with all the distraction of the ray rice saga so prevalent. i put that to deion sanders and anchor james brown. >> reporter: how do you as a player put aside any distractions? >> it's your job. you get paid to do it. this is your job. this is what you're being compensated really well to do. >> there's an awful lot of pressure on the ravens to win. this is as close to a must win situation for them. >> as for the show tomorrow, think super bowl on wheels, if you will, 30 cameras, massive equipment plus technicians to run it all and it all has to move in and back out within a few days and then they do the whole thing oh again somewhere else, should be -- over again somewhere else, should be a great show. >>> turning to other news, m

." >> reporter: ravens owner steve bisciotti telling baltimore station wbal before tmz released the tape, he thought what happened in that elevator was essentially a drunken brawl. >> i was picturing her wailing on him and him smacking her and maybe her head was this far from the wall, and with her inebriation, dropped. so, why did i conclude all that, because i wanted to. >> reporter: regardless of what's on that tape, the police record is clear. documenting saying rice punched his wife, quote, rendering her unconscious. tonight, 16 women senators sending a letter to goodell, demanding a new domestic violence policy. if you violently assault a woman, they write, you shouldn't get a second chance to play football in the nfl. david, as for roger goodell, that investigation will be key, the findings expect to be made public when complete. then all should be revealed. >> all right, ryan smith, thank you. >>> we move on now to the other breaking story tonight, the extreme weather hitting. rains so extreme, look at this. the roof of a mall in memphis collapsing under the weight of the water.

. >> reporter: baltimore ravens' owner steve bisciotti came out fighting today, denying a report by espn that team executives knew months ago that star running back ray rice had knocked out his then-fiancee with a powerful punch to the face. he accused rice's lawyer, agent and friends of giving espn false information in an effort to cut short rice's indefinite suspension from professional football. >> they are building a case for reinstatement, and the best way to build a case for reinstatement is to make everybody else look like they're lying. >> reporter: bisciotti also denied espn's claim that he aggressively lobbied nfl commissioner roger goodell to give rice lenient treatment before the inside-the-elevator video became public earlier this month, rice had been suspended for only two games. >> i expected four or six games. i was as surprised as everybody else that it was two. >> report in an eight-page message to the fan from the baltimore raven, bisciotti said, "i did not make any requests for favor or any particular outcome. i know and like roger goodell, but it is inaccurate to cal

. >> pelley: the owner of the baltimore ravens, steve bisciotti, says he didn't see the video of ray his future wife until this week. cbs news special correspondent james brown, the host of the "nfl today," asked bisciotti why the ravens didn't pursue the video. >> the question is why didn't we try harder with the casino? because it would have been illegal for the casino to give it to us. so we stopped. i mean, that's the thing. when the only potential you could get would be through back-channeling and compelling someone else to do something illegal, then we stopped. and that's what i regret, james. i mean, i regret that we didn't keep up with it. that's our biggest regret. since monday, when we saw that, that compelled us about facing and cut ray was could we have gotten the tape? and i still don't have an answer to that. >> reporter:and, scott, because of the graphic nature of the video that mr. bisciotti got a chance to see, which led to his decision to fire ray rice, he says, mr. bisciotti, even though it would have been illegal, he's sorry that his team didn't more aggressively

. >> ravens owner steve bisciotti apologized to the fans stating, we should have pursued our own investigationore vigorously. we didn't and we were wrong. >> rg iii spoke out. me personally and a lot of guys in that locker room, it's not about us. personally am praying for ray rice and his family. >> there is a growing focus on rice's comments. my heart says she's in love. she wants to save her marriage. my mind says, she is being abused. this woman's husband is a former nfl player, and the two had domestic violence problems. >> what woman in their right mind and faculties would allow somebody to knock them unconscious and turnaround and marry him? withmeone who is in love being married to an nfl player. this point, the national football league has not responded to the latest report. our tim brant is also following this story and will have much more coming up. kai jackson, abc 7 news. tonight, a federal judge has ruled the woman accusing reds pitcher alfredo simon of rape can stay anonymous for now. the woman filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit claim and simon her in 2013. simon's attorney wan

. >> i just want to first off apologize to, you know, steve bisciotti, ozzie newsome and coach harbaughd also want to apologize to my fans. i really treat my job as a very special job. and i failed miserably. but i couldn't call myself a failure. because i'm working my way back up. >> i do deeply regret the role that i played in the incident that night. but i can say that i am happy that we continue to work through it together. >> jamal, what do you make of the two people there testifying? she's saying basically everything's fine. >> yeah, i mean, i think it speaks to the level of ignorance, how tone deaf the nfl, the baltimore ravens, how they were with this entire issue. anybody who i would like to think has just a cursory knowledge of the complicated dynamics of domestic violence, would understand the optics of having the woman who was victimized standing next to her batterer and apologizing for her role. i mean, what was her role, that her face hit his fist? that was her role in that and certainly that has been supported by the video. and so i think you had a collection of willful i

ravens owner steve bisciotti responding. >> there is no excuse for me to have not demanded that videosted enough to demand it. never crossed my mind. i'm sorry for that. >> reporter: bisciotti is roundly rejecting an espn report that team officials knew from the very beginning the horrific details shown on that tape. accusing rice of spreading that story as part of his efforts to get back on the field. >> they are building a case for reinstatement. and the best way to build a case for reinstatement is to make everybody else look like they are lying. >> reporter: rice has filed an appeal for his suspension arguing in part that the video posted on tmz was edited and doesn't reflect the complete version of what happened. tmz has always acknowledged the video was edited to make it less jerky. here's what's they say the original tape looked like. see the video stutter? >> the punch is as clear as it can be. i'm not quite sure what we could hear about editing of that that would change the nation's perception. >> reporter: ryan smith, abc news. >> ryan smith reporting there. espn is still st

ravens owner steve bisciotti is speaking out for the first time since ray rice was cut this week.e made poor assumptions. >> i was picturing her wailing on him and him smacking her and maybe her head was this far from the wall and with her iher inn reated. i assumed it wasn't a forceful blow that moved her head three feet into that wall. >> the ravens take the field tonight for the first time since the new video emerged. >> the trouble about the domestic violence is making assumptions. an organization like to with the resources to conduct the investigation making an assumption why a woman was knocked cold by one of your star players. >>> video and protests emerging in the michael brown case. this cell phone video shows the construction workers moments after officer darren wilson shot the unarmed teen. one can be heard and gesturing how brown had his hands up. police arrested 35 protesters yesterday after they threatened to shutdown i-70 near ferguson. some of those threw bottles and rocks at police officers. the protest was to encourage the governor to appoint a special prosecutor

. >> reporter: baltimore ravens' owner steve bisciotti came out fighting today, denying a report by espnhat team executives knew months ago that star running back ray rice had knocked out his then-fiancee with a powerful punch to the face. he accused rice's lawyer, agent and friends of giving espn false information in an effort to cut short rice's indefinite suspension from professional football. >> they are building a case for reinstatement, and the best way to build a case for reinstatement is to make everybody else look like they're lying. >> reporter: bisciotti also denied espn's claim that he aggressively lobbied nfl commissioner roger goodell to give rice lenient treatment before the inside-the-elevator video became public earlier this month, rice had been suspended for only two games. >> i expected four or six games. i was as surprised as everybody else that it was two. >> report in an eight-page message to the fan from the baltimore raven, bisciotti said, "i did not make any requests for favor or any particular outcome. i know and like roger goodell, but it is inaccurate to call

steve bisciotti refuted an espn report claiming that he and others tried to persuade nfl commissioner roger goodell and the new jersey judicial system to be lenient on rice following that february arrest. bisciotti called espn's reporting manufactured and said the unnamed sources interviewed for that story are working to build a case for rice's reinstatement. >> almost everything in there is anonymous but it's clear from the subject matter that it's ray's attorney, it's ray's agent, and it's ray's friends. >> espn released a statement saying they stand by their original story. espn is a sister network of abc 7. >>> while the nfl grapples with stars involved in domestic violence cases such as ray rice, attorney general eric holder just unveiled a pilot program aimed at ending domestic abuse. it will kick off in four communities across the u.s., including contra costa county. organizers say it will help identify people who have become violent enough that they could kill their partners. the goal is to step in before violence escalates. >>> this afternoon at 5:00, abc 7 news reporter laur

unconscious, i can't get it through my skull that neither the commissioner of the nfl nor the owner steve bisciotti could think, how did this woman become unconscious? there's only one way, and as far as i'm concerned, we know what happened in that elevator before we saw the tmz video. we didn't know exactly how he hit her. we knew he knocked her unconscious. i don't understand how anybody else did not come to that conclusion including -- and this is shameful -- including the prosecutor's office. >> roger goodell added this in the interview tonight. let's listen to this. >> well, we certainly didn't know what was on the tape,ing but we have been very open and honest, and i have also, from two weeks ago when i acknowledged that we didn't get this right. that's my responsibility. and i'm accountable for that. >> john, so the official nfl talking point is that tape from inside the elevator changed everything. >> yes. it's very hard to take them seriously at this point. there's numerous reports months ago about what was on the tape. now that the full footage has come out, it backs them up. there are re

that's the word from baltimore ravens opener steve bisciotti who spent an hour defending his news organization's handling of the situation. he also said a recent espn report attacked the character of his organization. the report claims they knew about the ray rice video, tried to cover it up and pushed for a more lenient punishment for rice. bisciotti says none of that is true. >> i wish they had at least acknowledged that during their fact-fighting they were getting the majority of the story from people who are paid to work to get ray's suspension overturned. >> the ravens also released a statement saying they did not ask for any favors from the nfl or roger goodell when it came to the punishment of ray rice. >>> a group of native americans wants a lawsuit filed by dan seniler against them over the sued trademark to be dropped. the native americans say snyder would have to sue the office over the decision, not them. in federal law it allows them to sue people who bring up this case. >>> we are on top of breaking news this morning, america conducted air strikes against isis in syria. just minute

ravens owner steve bisciotti admitting they dropped the ball in handling the incident. >> i was picturinger wailing on him and him smacking her and maybe her head was this far from the wall and with her ineastbound brags dropped. why did i conclude all that? because i wanted to, because i loved him, because he had a teller record, and the cops had already seen the record. i assumed it wasn't a forceful blow that moved her head three feet into that wall. >> reporter: the league continues to insist it reached out multiple times to police and the prosecutor's office for the video but couldn't get it. yet rice's own attorney had a copy. in the letter to nfl club executives on wednesday goodell says it would have been illegal for the league to get the video from law enforcement or the casino itself once a criminal investigation begins. >> miguel marquez, thank you for that report. >>> you know i'm no fan of stephen a. smith. espn did eventually suspend him. now i think smith has gone out of bounds again with his attack on terry o'neill, the president of the national organization for women. the

. >> on a different matter today, ravens owner steve bisciotti says an espn report claiming the ravensare of the full details of the ray rice domestic violence abuse case right after it happened says it's not true. bisciotti argues the sources used in the article are a lot of ray rice's friends helping him with the appeal of his indefinite suspension from the nfl. coming up in sports at 6:00, another major injury for the eagles offensive line and how it hurts the birds. i'm john clark. back to you. >> another injury, not good. >>> vote for the high school blitz game of the week for friday. here are the choices, haddonfield and collingswood, westchester henderson, uni unionville. to vote, call or text or go to nbc10.com oregon facebook page. the game with the most votes is always featured on the high school blitz every saturday night at 7:00 right here on nbc 10. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> summer's ending and fall officially starts tonight. nice look near the art museum around center city. temperatures cooling down tonight. it marks the

today ravens owner steve bisciotti questioned the articles sourcing. >> i think that what's obvious isrces are people that work for ray. almost everything in there is anonymous but it is clear from the subject matter that there's, it's ray's attorney, it's ray's agent, and it's ray's friends. and you know, they are building a case for reinstatement. and the best way to build a case for reinstatement is to make everybody else look like they're lying. so, um, their accusations didn't jive with what we knew as fact. >> bisciotti went on to say he's sorry for not demanding the video. >> there's no excuse for me to not have demand that video except i wasn't concerned or interested enough to demand it. never crossed my mind. i'm sorry for that. deeply sorry for that. >> a short time later ravens head coach john harbaugh addressed the report. >> this this a water shed momen that organizations will have to present themselves differently to look more trance parent. >> i doept know. it is not something i'm too involved with right now. it's a good question. fair question. we said a week or two ag

steve bisciotti spoke yesterday after a espn report suggested that he and other team officials push nfle lenient on their star player. he said rice is spread ago this story as part of his efforts to get back on the field. >>> a university in connecticut is moving to make all fraternities co-ed. the university is ordering greek organization was houses on campus to be co-ed within three years. they will need both male and female members in order to qualify for the the use of the university space. school officials say move isn't just about bad behavior but also about equality. >>> it is time for your entertainment news at 4:46. kanye west always has a lot to say and now mouthy rap star is teaching a college course. this is actually part of the community serviceman date issue because of a confrontation he had with a photographer last year. west will have to teach, 250 hours at los angeles trade technical college. it teaches course necessary fashion design and technology. west does have his own, fashion license. >>> we will talk about his in laws right now, after 22 years of marriage, chris

ravens' owner steve bisciotti spoke this afternoon and while acknowledging he did not pursue the videotape, he did defend his organization. >> i am thoroughly aware of what the league expects the team to do in instances like this. and the people in my organization did their jobs. their jobs, as they're defined and as they're expected to be met by the league. so nobody is losing a job here. >> reporter: all right. fondly, nats playoffs tickets went on sale today and they sold out in 17 minutes. that's all it took today for fans to get down there to get their tickets. the nats coming off their longest road trip of the year. one in which they went 9-2 and clinched the nl east. there are just seven regular games remaining for the team, all at home. that starts tomorrow night against the mets. the nats' first playoff game will be on october 3, that's a friday. most likely at home. the time is still to be determined. finally, baseball right around the corner, guys. get your tickets. and something also too here at redskins park. the biggest problem for this team, we talked about deangelo hall. th

and i also say it is unclear because the opener of the ravens, steve bisciotti said earlier that he believed that rice had -- that rice had told him he had hit his wife but it was an open-handed slap and she was aggressive with him and drinking and that all of the damage was caused when she fell in the elevator and hit her head on the railing. it is not clear how much weight we can give to this at the moment because i think what roger goodell was responding to in that cbs interview was the fact that it wasn't clear what led up to the point where she fell. if you go through the entire interview, he's very clear that he's concerned seeing her brought out of that elevator. the other thing is you don't even need any of that because as we've pointed out before, the summons that was made publicly available and reported everywhere after the february 15th incident, it says that he hit her, rendering her unconscious in plain english. so the fact that he wouldn't have known that he hit her, either from rice's own mouth or from the police who were on the scene, just doesn't seem credible. >> no, it doe

. ♪ lou: baltimore ravens owner steve bisciotti today, finally addressing a espn investigative reporthis organization lobbied the nfl for a light ray rice suspension. >> i expected four or six games. i was as surprised as everybody else it was two. but, again, to, to, for that article to make it sound like we're best buddies because we both liked to golf, and so, clearly, i must have asked him to do me a favor in front of the whole world to see. like you would think that if i can get a favor out of roger, it certainly isn't going to be something publicized nationally. so it w standard two-game and i was prepared for four or six games. lou: bisciotti went on to accuse the rice camp of manufacturing that story, to build a case for reinstatement from his indefinite suspension from the nfl he didn't explain exactly how that would work. let's go to some other politics, bigger than that, even. joining us the a-team, five co-hosts columnist of "the hill," juan williams, former reagan white house director, fox news contributor, republican strategist, good friend, ed rollins. >> thank you. lou

the nfl and steve bisciotti, the ravens owner, said they didn't investigate this as much as they shouldhave. any other ceo, if something bad happens in your office and you don't investigate it, he or she gets fired. why shouldn't these guys get fired here? >> reporter: that's a great question, especially with roger goodell. i have not yet personally said he should be fired. one of my reasons is if what he said wasn't true. in terms of suspensions, fines for everybody. maybe they don't lose their jobs, but it's such a black eye i guess one good thing is both the ravens people and goodell have said they blew it. that's one positive development in the series of negative just horrible decision making from top leaders in sports. >> reporter: also with this moving forward, it's really brought attention to how rampant actually domestic violence is in the nfl. what are you hoping to see this league do moving forward? >> reporter: right now there's ray mcdonald with the 49ers, terrell suggs will be on the field and the allegations by his wife is horrid and will the ravens maybe start to investig