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why not the nfl and the players? and i told people, and you can talk about it later, i guess, it may be very well, with the first with several hearings. we want to get the signs out. with that, mr. chairman, i want to thank you for your courtesy and i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. -- not recognizing the only football hero today. that was only because my understanding they threw a flag and thought he was hit. >> a point of clarification. i was a place kicker. not an actual football player. all the more reason not recognize him. >> thank you. >> we'll go with it at the end. >> we were being bipartisan. i want to remind the ranking member we share the baltimore ravens. i was born and raised in cleveland. [laughter] we welcome our witnesses. mr. dick butkus leads it that encourages student athletes without the performance-enhancing drugs. welcome. bow very important to the today's hearing. dr. larry, larry bowers is the deputy directer of institute of health. mr. michael ettlinger is directer of powered by me. an

the nfl case involves federal labor law. the amount of damages the nfl could face is staggering. "it could be billions of dollars." players contend the league fraudulently concealed the dangers of concussions. the league denies it, but since 2007 has offered players whose head injuries resulted in dementia $100,000 a year for ex- players hospital-bound or in assisted living centers, and $88,000 if living at home. so far, that payout has amounted to more than $18.5 million. if the federal court determines that the players claims should proceed, the nfl says it would need about six years to assess the viability of each player's case before trial. president obama is hoping to gain yardage on budget talks, minus drama. yesterday, the president met with business leaders at a roundtable event, and had this to say to the ceo's: "i recognize that all of you have an investment in your own company,ut notnly your own bottom lines, but in the well-being of america." at the same time, gop majority leaders including eric cantor met with small business owners. cantor blamed the president for bei

what they do in the nfl by testing, and i believe a lot of them want it. nobody wants to have that shadow hanging over. did he or didn't he take the juice? the majority of them want to do the test. why is held up, i do not know. >> i would make a comment. the valley of of graduating from high school and going to college, if there is testing, and you get cut because you cannot perform the way you did before, is pretty minimal. one year in college is nine k you there. the same is true if you get to the pros and suddenly you're being tested in cannot perform. can you comment on the disincentive if you know you will be tested to try to get that one year? >> i testified in texas for high school testing and a lot of the results were there was 100,000 kits tested and only too positive. it could have been more. because of the testing. i believe it is good for high school kids to be tested. it is a deterrent. i have to be educated, and that is what we try to do. you want to try this stuff? and up with a mustache and talking like a gang? think about it. the guys, you

but you can't do that in the nfl. i could come back and coach a longer time and probably had done okay. but i was exhausted at that point. >> the challenge is for walsh, it never really stopped with a stint on the network tv analyst. returned to the coaching job at stanford and went back to the 49ers as the general manager. his battle with leukemia was made public last fall and ultimately took their toll today. but to rock that battle, his players and friends marveled at the way that walsh fought to the end. >> and right to the end, you know, you would see them. and you know, he would bring his hands up. you know, to fight. like he was literally fighting. >>> still to come on a second look. joe montana talks about his years as the 49ers quarterback. >> the one lady said, it must be nice to be famous. i said yeah until they follow you into the bathroom, you know? and they don't leave you alone in there either. >> a little bit later, widely considered the best wide receiver in nfl history. a look back at the career of je

we get to the bottom of t. and then nflhtmare, murd-suicide tragedy exposing huge problems within one of the biggest industri in the country. football legend ricky watters is 50 of the cystic. also, lumps of coal for america's hottest company. we are o the case next on "the willis report." gerri: been morehan a month since hurricane sandy ravaged the east coast. new york governor andrew cuomo seeking federal aidfor the victims of superstar and sandy, new york and new jersey requting $79 billion from the federal government in order to rebuild. but there are still many foks picking up the pieces, trying to rebuild there lives and businesses. my next guest who lost her entire store in the storm. she says the government has done nothing to help work and finds herself in a circle of red tape. if you for coming in the show. appreciated. >> thanks you for having me in letting me tell not only my story, but the story ofmany small businesses better in the same predicament as i am. gerri: you had a store that had been around since 20

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do you working with the nfl? >> yes, we are actually helping with the nfl evolution so each day you see some of the tips from the team which i and the publisher in that fight, i am also the author of home team advantage:the critical role of mothers in youth sports and i have a great new hat, a producer of a documentary around football. and i keep hearing these great pieces about parents, so mom's team is the web site that i run and for the past 12 years we have been leading the way i believe in concussion education as a youth 49 high school level. >> moms are concerned. >> moms are very concerned. your ago, nine months ago i received a letter from a mom in oklahoma and she wanted momsteam to parachuting with our team of experts to set up a concussion management program and that is a very common question we have received over 12 years, can you help us. we have been helping right along that this time we wanted to document every step of the way. one of my triplets was taken out of football because of concussions yea

what do you think about the nfl rule? >> i like the whole production. all right we will talk about an injury accident this is a two- car crash in the menlo park area on 280 northbound it looks like a car has spun off the roadway here. let's take a look at highway 4 this is through the bay point pittsburg area. you can see traffic moving along nicely there. up next a look at highway 24 traffic on the right hand side there looks pretty good. and down in the south bay 237 milpitas the taillights are westbound traffic toward sunnyvale. here is rosemary. >>> mostly clear skies outside our doors. we are dealing with a little bit of patchy fog. especially along the north bay valley. partly cloudy for your afternoon. slightly warmer for your afternoon. in fact we will be a few degrees above the seasonal average. storm tracker wind showing you very calm in most cases. i am picking up a wind around the mt. diablo rain. that wind helps to mix out the air that would otherwise settles at the bottom. we are talking about the cold air as it settles. it really helps to

the nfl should have stepped in and said some things are more important than football. time line in and of itself is barbaric. at 8:00 a.m. javon belcher kills kasandra perkins. by 8:10 he has a gun to his head in front of his head coach and time president. by 10:00 a.m. the nfl has already informed the carolina panthers that they need to be in kansas city the next day to play a game, and by 3:00 p.m. the nfl is putting out press releases saying, wait a minute the game is going o-but the it's the decision of the chiefs' captain and coach who just saw a player blow his brains out in front of him. maybe the captains voted to do it. i don't know for sure if that is, in fact, true. why should that be the decision of the chiefs players? imagine a similar circumstance if a pilot saw something similar with their spouse and then said, well, i'm ready to fly a plane a few hours later? no, someone would step in and say you need a time-out. i'm interviewed a lot of nfl players, and what they say is that the playing field is the most dangerous bh you're distracted. the idea the game

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the nfl came calling as well. and and his newly acquired agent say they were approached by the new york jets who gave him a workout right before christmas. >> no offer has been made yet but they want me to come back. >> reporter: as for football fans? the reviews are mixed. can you see a guy like this playing in the nfl? >> absolutely. >> reporter: you can. >> but can he take a hit? obviously rex ryan sees something in him. >> reporter: would you be surprised if a guy who really has never played football before in his life started on an nfl team next season? >> yes. i would be very surprised. >> reporter: and you? >> i'd be shocked. >> reporter: former new orleans saints hall of fame kicker morton anderson says while rugland's video is head turning he may not be quite ready for primetime. >> what i admire about this guy is his moxy. however, there is a long way from norway and kicking a football into a canoe when nobody is watching but his buddy and the canoe to an nfl field. >> reporter: whether his foot lands him

and when people don't meet the standard of the nfl, we're going to take action. ere are consequences for that. >> what do you worry about the most? >> i worry about player health and safety. that's the number one challenge and focus. we want to keep our athletes safe and also athletes not just football or in the nfl, but every level. and efvery other sport. >> television coverage makes it attractive to watch at home rather than the stadium. is it a problem for the owners? >> it's a challenge for us. watching it in high-definition super slow-mo is a great experience. that's gotting to change. our challenge is how do we make sure that that same kind of experience happens in the stadium, so we're bringing technology into the stadium. we're working harder to making sure that the fans feel safe. they have to have a great experience. >> you wrote a famous letter which i have talked to you about before. written to your father. and you said two thing, i want to make you proud of me and secondly, i want to be the commissioner of the nfl. you have clearly made your father p

. >> sanchez has the second most turnovers in the nfl. week -- >> sloppy bad decisions. they're lucky they're in jacksonville. if they were at home, the fans would go nuts. people are done. >> and you know what? i've always liked rex ryan. i'm done with rex ryan. i mean he has taken this ship down. he's got a guys that led the nfl in turnovers over the past couple -- what other team would start sanchez in the nfl? >> nobody. be in would certainly pay him $8 million. tim tebow can get a job somewhere else. and greg mcelroy, you know -- he's got a future. last week sanchez tanked for three quarters. they bring in the third stringer. he wins the game. and now they're putting him inactive. i'm serious, rex ryan looks like he wants to be fired. >> exactly. >> this is the worst coaching i've seen. >> this analysis is credible. you guys would know something about trying to get fired. to the nba now. >> it never works. i keep trying to get fired. >> i know. kobe bryant joint wilt chamberlain and michael jordan as a player in the history to score

today," dan, coach, shannon and boomer on "the nfl today" presented by southwest airlines and obviouslye steelers taking on the bengals the one that you will be keeping a watchful eye on. >> greg: i am going to have a bit of an interest. >> clark: ohio state, if they can somehow get a stop here and convert, very much right back in it. they'll maximize as much of the shot clock -- >> tim: there is craft doing what he does naturally. >> greg: the defense is giving them a chance. >> clark: exactly. >> tim: smith over the -- was that an over the back? i think it may have been. thad matta is in disbelief. i thought that was a long rebound. looks like it might be clean but a call that goes the other way, and kansas gets to the freeing line. >> clark: and it is the double bonus for the jayhawks. >> tim: that's right, two shots for young. you could almost see that in that sequence what you were talking about earlier when the shots aren't falling, even deshaun thomas aimed that shot. it wasn't his normal on stroke. >> clark: that's right. that's what happens. you don't see it go in and it's prol

they're about to give up the second most passing yards in nfl history. ng the ravens' best weapon is a running back. i say again running back. ray rice, one of the best backs in all football since '09, he's been in the top 10 in rushing, he's also one of the best duel threat backs in all the -- dual threat backs in all the nfl. most teams have a dual threat strategy, stop rice, stop the ravens. good luck. >> he can do everything, catches a lot of balls and he's great running back. he's the first guy you got to stop. >> he's got a game tackle. you've got to have three or four guys getting to him and we got to do a great job in that area. >> meanwhile ravens come to fedex field smattering after losing to pittsburgh and take on -- smarting after losing to pittsburgh. now the redskins are favored, that plus they're trying to secure home field advantage, some urgency in charm city. >> i've always took the approach of me being a leader on this team now. what are you going to, do get better or worse from it? we've just been that kind of team to find a way. we've

today," dan, coach, shannon and boomer on "the nfl today" presented by southwest airlines and obviouslyn and the steelers taking on the bengals the one that you will be keeping a watchful eye on. >> greg: i am going to have a bit of an interest. >> clark: ohio state, if they can somehow get a stop here and convert, very much right back in it. they'll maximize as much of the shot clock -- >> tim: there is craft doing what he does naturally. >> greg: the defense is giving them a chance. >> clark: exactly. >> tim: smith over the -- was that an over the back? i think it may have been. thad matta is in disbelief. i thought that was a long rebound. looks like it might be clean but a call that goes the other way, and kansas gets to the freeing line. >> clark: and it is the double bonus for the jayhawks. >> tim: that's right, two shots for young. you could almost see that in that sequence what you were talking about earlier when the shots aren't falling, even deshaun thomas aimed that shot. it wasn't his normal on stroke. >> clark: that's right. that's what happens. you don't see it go in, and

so, yes, us working out and trying to get back into the nfl, i'm going to be a lot more appreciative play the game that i love, but at the same time know that there is more to life than just football. >> hans, a lot of people would say why not wait? why not simply finish your career in football, they don't last forever and make the pilgrimage to mecca at another time? >> well, hajj is prescribed on all muslims if they have the health and the wealth to do it. and football season goes up until january and february and due to the lunar calendacalendah the islamic calendar, hajj actually falls in football season for the next ten years, we don't know how long we have for our football career and we also don't know how long we have to live on this earth and we definitely want to take this opportunity to fulfill an obligation in our faith, in islam. >> hans, your father's a diabetic, your mother has some health concerns, did that factor in to your decision to go now at this moment in your lives when you could afford to go and when they were well enough to go? >> yes, ma'am. my mother and my

how about some votes for executive of the year in the nfl? john elway, the architect of this roster and obviously pulling off the biggest move in the off-season, getting peyton manning to sign on the dotted line. dan: there were a lot of suitors for peyton manning. the hall of famer john elway convinced him this was the right place to be. big payoff for everybody involved. ian: knowshon moreno brought down. it will be a loss of two on the play. dan: the broncos have four wisemen. elway for getting peyton manning. john fox for putting it all together. mike mccoy and jack del rio. mccoy adjusting the offense, meshing it with peyton manning. the success he had, and then jack del rio turning around a defense. number two in the nfl against the run. that's what all coaches talk about. we have to stop the run and the broncos have done that this season. ian: third and 7. down to 2:4 to play in the fourth. hillman tripled. he was trying to take it to the outside. ronnie hillman goes down. and it's fourth down. only one game left. a chance to sweep the

of before the 2011 season, the nfl moved kickoffs up five yards to the 35-yard line., it reported that concussions were down 43%. >>> time for the latest edition of the 4 down showdown. we pit a member of the redskins offense against the defense to find out how much they know about the upcoming opponent. this sunday, it is the battle of the beltways with the focus on baltimore this time. here is lindsay murphy. >> reporter: welcome to another edition of the 4 down showdown. read dowdy representing the defense. they are up by three in this game. even if you lose, the defense is still doing well but of a got confidence in you. >> he is from baltimore. i see what you're trying to do. you're trying to even the score but that's okay. >> maybe i'm trying to help the offense out. chris chester representing the o. you think you'll do well because you used to play with the ravens. >> it's been a while but i spent a lot of time there so i still may remember a thing or two. >> reporter: let's do it. first down. this is such a cake question. what is the large of the city in maryl

what's being done for the nfl to help players make the right decisions, concerning drinking and drugseally has tried to do so much, as has the nfl players' association, but there's only so much you can do for young, wealthy players who sometimes can make irresponsible decisions, like a lot of people in society. there have been rookie symposiums given to these players when they're entering the league, ordering them and telling them and warning them about the dangers of drinking and driving. each player is given a card from the nfl players' association, and on the back of that card is the phone number of what is supposed to be a confidential car service that if the player feels as if he's too intoxicated to drive home, he should call that service. it's $90 an hour. it doesn't compare to the legal costs that the player can wind up having if he's involved in any type of legal incident with one of these particular cases. and yet the players don't always use that service. they think that will be held against them if their teams or owners know that they're out on a regular basis, out at nigh

adam: it might harm the reputation of the nfl going forward. >> exactly. he judge's ruling isn't a ruling on the merits. it is just you may proceed? >> yeah. i think most people expect that ultimately the, we've got to see what does is the federal government going to do? the judge sfwaf the federal government january 20th to intervene. adam: we know how good the federal government is in meeting deadlines. >> exactly. adam: no. >> no one knows if they will intervene. there is federal law that prohibits this. adam: they would have to intervene and say, na, na. >> they would need to become a party, we're opposed to this because it is violation of federal law. adam: we don't have someone from the different sports franchises with us right now but let me ask you, what's the case to make it? it seems like a legitimate concern on their part that they don't want the brand tarnished in any way. they have been through betting scandals in the past. major league baball had them a couple times. >> but ty're just, you know, if you watch the nfl pregame shows and all of th

tragedy in the nfl, guns and mer. o talk about this, dan harris, brad, gary, and kristen, republican pollster and vice president of the winston group. welcome to you all. let's start, brad, with you. a riveting interview with bob costas earlier outlining really while he believes the time has come for america to have tighter gun restrictions. i know you have strong views on this. tell me why an average american who lives in an average home needs to have access potentially to an assault rifle. >> well, it's in our constitution, it's in our bill of rights. we have a second amendment that allows us to defend ourselves. it's not only defense, but as i see so eloquently stated, it is to defend ourselves ultimately against a tyrannical government if that happens. the difference between liberty and tyranny is if you have a government that is afraid of its people, you have liberty, if you have a people afraid of their government, it's tyranny. >> do you believe that, that you're going to rise up against a tyrannical presidency

you have to dig deep and keep pushing. >> in 15 seasons in the nfl, red kins linebacker fletcher has never played a game in cleveland brown stadium. that was a big game for him because it's fletcher's hometown. he had 50 friends and family members at the game. the joy of victory didn't last long. several of his family members were involved in a fight after the game. this is youtube video of the incident. four relatives were arrested, another injured. fletcher told the nfl network today the security guards instigated the fight instead of helping. >> a lot of city of cleveland, i'm definitely not happy about, you know, what happened, because it definitely put a damper on my return and what was otherwise a great day for us being able to go in, win a ballgame. >> the wizards hopes for even a decent season were dashed when john wall injured his knee in september. now we're in december and there's no timetable on when he'll return. wall got an injection in his knee and was told he can afternoon up his recovery workout but is no closer to knowing when he can turn to the courts and help his w

san diego state now 10-1. 80-50 the final. >> nfl action tonight. at 11:00, the falcons trying to wrap up the top seed in the nfc against detroit. and the warriors play again tonight. >> the calm after and before the storms. some of the best views >> ama: join my tonight at 9:00 on cable 13. are alloff your electronic devices zapping you of your creativity? then at 11:00, the christmas shopping frenzy, and it's going to be a long weekend for some. the big deals and what makes this final shopping weekend so unique, all at 9:00 and 11:00. >> with a mix of sun and ran there were rainbows today. we want to share with you this rainbow as seen from our rooftop camera here on the embarcadero, and we have this picture of a rainbow over oakland this afternoon. and do stay with abc-7 news and abc-7 news.com for the latest on the storms. >> that will do it for us at 6:00. i'm ama daetz. for leigh glaser and mike shumann, thank you for joining us. you can share the holiday spirit with a greeting card from our facebook page. go to facebook come come-/abc-7 news a

is the science ready for this kind of testing in the nfl? >> yes. we have a question before about the peer review. i can tell you why organize the media in 2004, of 75 people that attended, 20 were growth hormone experts that had no association with the sport and based on the recommendation of that meeting in 2004, the test was implemented at the olympics in athens in 2004 so there definitely has been peer review. people look at this disgusted and have gone to that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> will you yield for a second? i think the gentleman makes a great point that this test at best will be a little bit like on the freeway with radar guns. the vast majority of people drive over the speed limit and denied encounter a policeman but on occasion they do and the accuracy of the radar gun sadly is quite good. >> mr. chairman, i will add to that, if you are charged, it is not a defense in the court of law to say everyone else was doing it too. >> exactly. the gentleman is correct. >> mr issa over here. >> i wasn't looking -- >> with that analogy, a ve

this one -- i didn't know this guy was still in the nfl. worth breaks away and gets into the end zone. that's 28-0 brady -- patriots. did i just call it brady? is that the name of the team? danny woodhead, used to be a jet. never should have let him go. followed by j.j. watson. into tend zone. touchdown recovered there. brandon lloyd, second of the game. this one goes all new england. 42-14. brady and the patriots now just one game back of the texans for top soap and home field advantage in the playoffs. >> more news from the nfl. redskins fans, we're holding our breath. rg3 helped off the field on sunday. yesterday coach mike shanahan struck a hopeful tone when discussing the quarterback. >> he has a mild strain of the acl, grade i. he's had some mild swelling. he had his right knee repaired, acl in 2009. that looks great. no problem there. we'll evaluate it day by day and see how he is on wednesday. i was talking to him today. he feels pretty good. >> griffin has not been ruled on on sunday's game against brown but if he can't go, they'll

the question is, can roger goodell save the nfl? , are the pressures of pro football worth our cheers? >> it may be a guilty pleasure the way boxing now is, we don't look at boxing the way we used to, because we know what's happening to brain trauma. in 1980, three nfl players weighed more than 300 pounds. 2011, 352 over 300 pounds. football is played basically within ten yards on other side of the line of scrimmage. these big men are quick as cats. the kinetic energy is such, the body is simply not made for it. last year, 31 of 32 nfl offensive lines averaged more than 300 pounds. i don't think the body is made for it. i think these men are paying a serious price. >> we went to the super bowl in 2013, i'm never going to run for a public office in new orleans. i think he knows that he's dealing with a major problem, he's very upfront with it. eliminating kickoff. >> who think that it's going to happen? >> three-point stance could be gone. he's up front. it's a huge game. it's a wonderful game. but this is real problem. this head trau

the bears are favored but it means nothing in the nfl...there are few cakewalks. s have lost 5 of their last 6.....if they lose one more its curtains for the playoffs. we have to get to nine win s... he is not good enoug >> i have never been to the playoffs... i understand what losing and winning is... this is a winning organization. we are close. >> more good luck for boise state in the las vegas bowl...they tossed the dice on a trick play....the double pass..and it paid off...wide receiver chris potter goes deep to holden huff... 34 yards for the score....boise state beats washington....28- 26... lafayette wins >> wolves... in ot... they lose 2-1 >> finally...country singer martina mcbride had brian urlacher help her out last night in a christmas show at the chicago theatre...the bears linebacker reading the role of the grinch.... but he got blasted by those nasty critics.... >> proof to keep his day job... >> he doesn't read well.. but we don't tackle well... >> that is the news for this is saturday night... thank you for watching end

. >>> could kickoffs get the boot in the nfl? roger goodell saying he considered doing away with that part of the game in an effort to reduce player injuries. the league already tinkered with kickoffs, moving them up five yards which has limited kick returns. those typically frantic plays present the most injuries to players. we will talk to a linebacker about that in the next hour. >>> and steven baldwin arrested and charged with failing to file new york state income tax returns from 2008 through 2010. he allegedly owes more than $350,000. baldwin pleaded not guilty yesterday. he claims he left his personal affairs to paid professionals while he was on an island shooting "survivor." >>> after heading to d.c. to ask for aid for superstorm sandy damage, chris christie explains his change of heart to president obama days after the storm and days before the presidential election. check out what he told jon stewart on "the daily show." >> people have different skill sets at different times. >> i see. so he wasn't a leader until you ne

nike is manufacturing the nfl apparel. >> we have not been able to keep the smaller sizes in stock. >> move over, peyton manning tony romo, and brett favre. >> he is the not -- beating out peyton manning and all the other quarterbacks who are playing right now. >> i am asking for one, but i know my brother is getting one. >> still ahead, an american t.v. news crew was taken hostage in syria. what happened to them while they were in custody? >> after a sunny and mild day the reality of december is coming back in a hurry. >> richard ingle is safe to 9 after a harrowing five days in syria. he and his crew were kidnapped shortly after crossing into syria. he says the syrian loyalist psychological torture, threatening several times to kill them. they were freed after the captors were killed in a firefight at a rebel checkpoint. >> the last five days are days that we would rather forget. >> he believes his captors wanted to trade his crew for iranian and lebanese prisoners held by rebel forces. >> the queen made attending a cabinet meeting. the move raised some eyebrows. the queen is requir

the sixth nfl player in the past two years to take is on life. ers raising the questions about traumatic brain energy, the nfl, and what is going on. joining us to help understand as best we can what happened and what we should be thinking about your as citizens, parents and family members and friends, ychologists and professor and psychotherapist. let me start with the fact that this was such a -- i mean, he apparently sh his girlfriend nine times. i mean, this is just an unbelievable. his friends to my teammates, coaches, no one tbelieve he had done it. >> but this was also someone who was abusing alcohol and rugs who may have had a brain injury, although i would say the probably the abuse of alcohol and drugs can make a depression re profound to make him ore out of touch and more desperate. it. lou: a number of people and commented about his short-term memory that he was demonstrating some loss of short-term memorr. does that enter into -- >> and that is something for a neurologist to speak to, but i don't know how short-term memory loss would

the key is this policy is very strict. it says nflacility owned or operated. that means stadiums locker rooms, hotels buses, planes. there's a strict prohibition on guns and the players are -- their cars are screened coming into stadiums for parking. so a violation of that means hitting them in the pocketbook. >> but the issue here is culture, is it not? >> well there's an argument that we've heard in the axelrod piece that it is culture. i think the nfl officials look at it from a more practical sense, which is you have a number of people who come from tough places in tough cities who now go home to see friends, to see family to visit the neighborhood, but then you have the complicating factor that in the inner city of baltimore, and you're stopped at a light with $100,000 worth of jewelry and a gold bentley convertible, you are a target. that's on the profile side. on the personal side you have sean taylor, who was killed if a home invasion where he was the target because they believed he was rich and he had money in the house. on a

. >>> today easily the second straight sunday that an nfl team played a game in the wake of tragedy. this player, jerry brown jr., of the dallas cowboys, died early yesterday in a car accident. brown was a passenger. the driver was his teammate, josh brent, who now has a $500,000 bond while facing charges he killed someone while driving drunk. police say brent's mercedes was moving very fast when he hurt a curb and flipped. josh brent has a history of dui. >>> an update to last week's tragedy in kansas city. new video released by police show javon bell cher hours before he killed his girlfriend then his. dash cam video shows police talking to belcher after they found him sleeping in his car. listen to what police told him in this advice i don't released by kansas city police. >> you live right here? >> yeah. >> okay, that's going to be your best bet. >> we're trying to cut you a break here. >> belcher told police he was going to a nearby apartment to see a woman. >>> a cloud of political uncertainty is hanging over venezuela. president chavez announced his cancer has returned and he

a shocking accident rocks the nfl. the weekend crash that left one player dead and another behind bars. >> good morning. coming up, and maybe finally it right to free a maryland man from a cuban prison. that's the story from eyewitness news. >> good morning. it's about way battle. the ravens and redskins. i marked yeah. one eyewitness news continues. >> taking a live look outside. the wind and fog clear out. meteorologist tim williams tells us about the forecast. >> dance your way through history. i am sharon gibala last words is to celebrate holidays, they will be having a yuletide ball. coming up, we will tell about the special festivities focusing on the bicentennial year. that straight ahead. eyewitness news is seconds away. >> this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com. baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> good morning. welcome to eyewitness news this sunday. it is 8:01. >> i'm tim williams. it's a rainy start to the day, 50 deg

the nfl faces a class-action lawsuit filed last july by thousands of former nfl players and their families citing lack of disclosure about potential dangers. for more we're joined by a neurologist and codirector of the center for the study of traumatic c.t.e. at boston university and mark fainaru-wada, investigative reporter with espn who is working on a documentary about this subject for front line. let me start with you. what do you see is the key finding from this study that perhaps we didn't know before? >> well, this study, this disease chronic traw ma'am i cannen self-op thee has been around since the 1920s. there has only been a smattering of reports. in this paper we more than doubled the world's experience with this disorder and take it from the very beginning where it first affects the nervous system, where it affects the nervous system and then we see it expand progressively in older and older individuals until it really is a destructive disease that affects most of the brain. >> brown: just to be clear here, the focus is less on the, i guess, the major hits or major concussions

they currently have the second longest winning streak in the nfl. six straight victories for the team that stands atop the division. robertriffin iii was back under center and he impressive play continued. rg-3 picking up where he left off for the redskins. in the second quarter, eagles up 7-6. griffin with a swing past to josh morgan and morgan finds his way to the end zone. 11-yard touchdown. redskins take the lead 13-7. third quarter now, skins up 20-13. griffin lost this one to santana moss. he brings it in for the touchdown. drags that foot. two scores on the day for griffin. redskins up 27-13 at this point. ten seconds to go, eagles within a score. nick foles buying some time, but gets pressured, intentional grounding was called. that was a ten-second runoff. redskins hold on for the victory 27-20. >> we were playing the best ball that we have all year at the right time. we're rolling and we all know that. it's been a change in our mindset since after the bye week. i think everybody is just dialed in now. we know we can win any kind of game we

>>> the epicenter of the nfl world will be fedex field sunday night, the redskins hosting the cowboys with everything at stake. fox 5's lindsay murphy is here with more on sunday's showdown. lindsay? >> never has it felt more like dallas week than right now. this rivalry which dates back to 1960 and spans 105 games had lost some of its fire the last couple years as the redskins struggled to be relevant in the division and the league, but when the whistle blows sunday, these two teams may take it back old school because they are both fighting for all the marbles, the nfc east crown and a postseason berth and dallas week is a new concept for some rookies, but one they already understand after playing the cowboys thanksgiving day. in the redskins victory griffin threw four touchdown passes and morris ran for 113 yards and one score. no need to explain the history. >> we're fresh into this rivalry, but we can definitely sense how the fans feel, how some of the guys that have been here for many years feel about

>> a troubling week in the nfl, john. thank you. >>> now to the backlash across the globe over that prank call to the london hospital wh kate middleton was staying fell for the prank, patching the tonight, we're learning more about the nurse and the new face-off between the hospital and the radio station. did they break the law? jeffrey kofman in londo- j >> reporter: ingbal deejaystion , am of the prank, joined in the condemnation. the radio deejays may have thought this was an innocent hoax. no one is laughing now. >> maye. my granddaughter. >> oh, yes, hold on, ma'am. >> reporter: we now know that was the nurse, jacintha saldanha. she really believed it was the que t the health cambridge. the motho, appears to have f. the deejays have been taken off the air. their boss says they're deeply shocked. he refuses to condemn them or fire them. >> this is a tragic event that could not have been foreseen. we're deeply saddened by it. >> reporter: the two presenters are being vilified in an avalanche of anger on the internet. do