jeff freeman is the president and ceo of american gaming association. and less is the nab national direct of stock spread toer to gambling thank you for being here today. >> thank you. >> jeff let's start with you. you represent the casino industry. so obviously more legal gambling is in their interest. woi do you think it's easier access to gambling on sports why do you think that's a good idea. >> the fact is americans already spend about $150 billion on sports betting each year. 97% of that happens lefl. in every corner of the country with bookies, off shore illegal operators. our point of view is bring this into the regulated legal market. because of the laws in the united states right now, the only people who can't provide sports betting are legal regulated companies who can protect consumers in the process. >> less, your group is called stop spreader to gambling so we know where you come down on it. to the point we heard from jeff this is taking place right now. why do you think expanding and legalizing it is bad idea. >> what mr. freeman didn't me

betting arrive in your state later this year jeff freeman is the president and ceo of the american gaming association and les bernall is with department of gaming. let's start with you why do you think it's easier access to gambling >> i think the fact is americans are already spending about 1$150 billion and 97% of it is happening illegally. it's happening in all corners of the country, with bookies, with offshore markets because of the laws in the united states, the only people who can't provide sports betting are legal regulated companies who can protect consumers in the process. >> les, why do you think it's bad idea >> what mr. freeman didn't mention is in 2016 americans lost $117 billion already to state sanctioned gambling schemes, and adding, you know, sports gambling which would be online sports gambling in people's homes, and it would worsen the distribution of money coming into the country. >> geoff, do you have a response >> we say legalize it. it's going on anyway they're spending that money at ball game, a broadway play, or a casino, we should leave it up to them. >> les, why you do thi

>> reporter: the american gaming association says the eagles/patriots game will generate more than $4.6n illegal bets. >> every year if gets more and more popular, as there is going to be a lot of betting. >> reporter: chief operating officer for the council on compulsive gambling of pennsylvania is concerned about some betting on the game. >> the majority are able to control themselves and keep it from getting out of control, there's always a small percentage who can't do that. >> reporter: he says some become involved in proposition betting that has little or nothing do with who wins or loses the game. >> things as simple as -- what length of time that it takes for the national anthem to be sung. >> reporter: he says those gamblers are trying to score big on the final nfl game. >> this could be viewed as an opportunity for them to make up for losses that they've accrued throughout the course of the season. >> reporter: he's also concerned about some first-time betters getting involved in office and bar squares. >> some seem harmless, where they're able to participate in a super bowl p

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the american medical association." it was identified in 110 out of 111 former nfl players. so, i guess, now the question to both of you. and let me ask you, brett, how does one make the game safer? and are the ways that the nfl has responded sufficient? >> well, i think, first of all, how do you make the game safer? you don't play. you know, i mean, is that going to happen? no, i think the nfl is here to stay, obviously. and that being said, i think we -- we have started the ball rolling, if you will, in the right direction, by instituting a concussion protocol. there's, i think it's a neurologist who is at every game and if he even thinks you have a concussion, you're supposed to be removed from the game. you know, that's better than it was years ago. i think we need to look at treatment rather than prevention, because we're not going to prevent them. if you have 200, 300-pound guys running at full speed and they collide or the whiplascth effe one in five concussions are when your head hits the turf, there's only so much that helmets can do. so look at it from a treatment standpoint. and the only other option is to not to play. >> you speak even now about helmets as sort

i think it is important and the american economic association is trying, we are working to greatly step up our game on that. journals are increasing the requirements for demonstrating, providing the data, the software's source code with all excepted studies. i think there is a ways to go, but this has become a syndrome attention at the aea, which has brought influence on the journals it manages. janet: r-star is the possible equilibrium federal funds rate is rising. let me say, there is uncertainty what r-star is. i and some of my colleagues, we are not alone, many analysts have amassed a lot of data suggesting there is a long-run trend to lower real rates. i think that is been important in shaping the markets of our own understanding of what monetary policy should be. this is a matter that is uncertain. i think people don't always appreciate the uncertainty around that. i don't know that i know the answer on what the long run r-star is going to be. guesstimates are quite uncertain. you mentioned that productivity is picking up. it is still at a very low level. estimates of the long-run growth pote

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the study, n- f-l players have a 38-percent higher risk of dying younger compared with those who played in only a few games. the study was published today in the journal of the american medical associationion that the mortality rate difference was statistically insignificant, meaning further studies are needed. but they say the study still raises key questions about the safety of the sport. (pam) the doping bans on 28- russian athletes were overturned today. the decision puts the international olympic committee's policy on russian doping into a frenzy, just a week before the winter olympics in south korea. the ban was originally put in place in 2014... during the 2014 sochi winter games. the 'court of arbitration for sport' upheld the appeals of athletes at that time.... but today's ruling means, the athletes' 2014 results are reinstated... and they can look to compete in the winter games which start on february 9th. ( steve ) coming up... olympic team doctor larry nassar is not the only one apologizing in the aftermath of years of sexual abuse of young athletes.. (pam) advocates are joining the fight over amazon's secondary headquarters. a bay area "h-q-2" has been ruled out -- and 20-

really important, obviously, and the american economic association is -- and olivier blanchard is the current president of the aea and we are working to greatly step up our game on that. the journals are greatly increasing the requirements for demonstrating replicateability providing the software and source code with all accepted studies and i think it's a ways to go and this is something that has become the center of attention at the aea which has brought influence on the whole range of journals that the aea manages. >> thank you. i'll take one of the other ones. >> it's the possible equilibrium and the federal funds rate is rising. so let me first say there is a reason for what the star is, and i, and some of my colleagues, and we're not alone, many analysts have amassed a lot of data suggesting that there is a long-running trend toward lower real rates, and i think that's been important in shaping the markets and our own understanding of what monetary policy should be but this is a matter that's uncertain and i don't think people don't always appreciate the uncertainty around that, so i don't know that i know the answer on what the one-run our star is goin

the american political science association, a.k.a. college professors. they ranked tromped at last. let's ask a presidential historian what's going on here. also a "new york times" best-selling author whose latest work is gamery of hillary clinton's failed campaign and donald trump's winning strategy. thank you so much for being here tonight. we appreciate it. are 13 months in to the president of donald trump. is it too soon to be saying he's the worst ever considering the history of this country? >> yes, it is. those professors would flunk one of their students if they tried to stunt like this. you can't make a judgment on the first year, and if you did, this is one of the most impactful presidents since fdr. jfk's first year was a disaster. he changed on the bay of pigs and it turned out poorly. he did a poor job of preparation for vienna and khrushchev misunderstood it. that led to a nuclear confrontation. reagan is one of america's greatest presidents. his first year he was shot and the only thing he got past -- he got a tax reduction. the big tax reform came five years later. donald trump, what he's done in one year, wiped isis off the map in the middle east. turn this economy around that is shooting o

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