said a minute ago everyone likes tom brady. do they all like tom brady?nths ago when he was asked when he would retire. he said quote, when i suck i'll retire. i don't plan on sucking for a long time. this is someone who's not known to be humble. is this why we're so fascinated by this all waiting for what he has to say, because of the team the patriots and because it's tom brady after all? >> yeah i mean you make a great point. there are a lot of things to love about tom brady if you're a person that likes to see people win in life. there are a lot of reasons to hate tom brady if you don't like to see people marry supermodels and live in us a ten tashs mansions. you know the point about the patriots is important. they got caught in spygate in 2007. ultimately, bill belichick got in trouble, the franchise got in trouble, lost a draft pick. i think a lot of folks would like there to be an excuse for why their teams have lost so often to the patriots. i don't think the underinflated balls is the reason. >> that was the steve kornacki argument earlier. >> ra

right now we are still searching for a lot of answers. >> rachel tom brady was asked point-blank should he or should someone from the patriots apologize even if nothing had been done intentionally to skirt the rules of the game in so many words, brady said no not really. rachel do you think that he or anyone from the patriots owes fans an apology of any sort? >> reporter: it really depends on what happened which we still don't know. look i don't think that the footballs let the air out of themselves. so we know we can pretty much rule that out. the question is was it some sort of equipment malfunction, was it possibly weather related. there has been questions raised that maybe the patriots footballs were at the lowest possible legal limit within the rules, the colts footballs were maybe in the middle of that span within the rules and that if the temperature knocked them both down the colts would still be in the rules, maybe not to the bottom where the patriots would be knocked out, who knows, maybe that happened. although the temperature was 51 degrees at kickoff. we don't know. we don'

look the pressure is on tom brady and been on tom brady all week.talked to him monday and he laed this off and called it ridiculous. the reason balls are a certain way because of a football game are because of the quarterback. they can be scuffed up wax taken off them. teams can soak them all week so they're less susceptible to rain during the game. you hear quarterbacks say we doctor balls all the time. there's a list of things within nfl rules. what is not within nfl rules is letting the air pressure out. it significantly changes the way you can handle the ball. there's no question that certain quarterbacks would love to have a little less air pressure. in fact it was on weui a few years ago tom was making a statement he likes the balls little less inflated, likes deflated footballs. we know that's his preference. listen to what his head coach had to say about weather. >> we all know that quarterbacks kickers specialists have certain preferences on footballs. they know a lot more about it than i do. they're more sensitive to it than i am. tom's pe

>> tom brady i'm a great fan of tom brady, but let me say this. i played, i controlled the ball before the game. the equipment guy would rub the ball down. i'd say you need to rub it down more, that's not enough. we didn't do anything about the pressure of the ball. today the quarterback looks at the pressure of the ball, grips the ball. he's in control of the ball. tom brady knows exactly what was done to the ball and wasn't done to the ball as any other quarterback in the national took league is. i thought the press conference, he was very uncomfortable because he knows that he knows. and is it a stupid rule? i don't know will it's a stupid rule. it's a rule. and he should follow the rules. but they broke the rules. >> all right. so you know -- the quarterback, a great one, that would you immediately know that the ball is 10% to 15% lighter than it normally? would you know picking it up? >> no ball boy is going to do anything to that ball that tom brady doesn't say do. that ball, if tom brady wants it at 12.5%, it's going to be 12.5%. >> let's s

tom brady is holding his proesz conference.let's listen in. >> we've been trying to for the last few days. coach belichick addressed it with you guys this morning. and i wanted to give you guys the opportunity to ask the questions that you want. i'll do my best to provide the answers that i have, if any. and we'll go from there. >> when and how did you alter the balls, tom? when and how did you supposedly alter the balls? >> i didn't you know have any -- you know, i didn't alter the ball in any way. af process i go through before every game where i go and pick the balls that i want to -- the footballs i want to use for the game. our equipment guys do a great job of breaking the balls in. they have a process they go through. when i pick the footballs out. at that point they're perfect. i don't want anyone touching the balls after that. i don't want anyone rubbing them putting air in them taking any air out. to me those balls are perfect, and that's what i expect when i show up on the field. so that happened obviously on sunday n

>> sucking the air out of tom brady's balls. >> what's the only thing that could come between tom brady's deflated balls and the super bowl championship? >> what's that, the giants, twice. >> hey, ricky my balls are so big. >> how big are they? >> they're just big man. >> larry: okay that's enough, that's enough. great job, guys. give them a nice round of applause. ( cheers ) okay, all right. so how did the man at the center of deflate-gate handle this? mr. bundchen? >> i don't know what happened. i mean-- i-- i-- i have no explanation for it. >> larry: i do. you cheated. okay? ( applause ) just like when your team got caught in 2007 illegally spying on other teams. that's not bad, though. i mean, you went seven whole years without a cheating scandal. ( laughter ) for the patriots that's a pretty good run. not bad. but anyhow, back to brady's non-vigorous denial. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. >> larry: wait. un you're tom brady, right? you know they're asking you that question right? because you said "i don't believe so." as if you've never met yourself. ( laughter ) a

i know you are friends with tom brady. he was in your wedding party and you've spoken to him since then. everybody else is just reading the tea leaves when they saw tom talking today. what did you say -- what did you see when you saw him out there today? interpret it for us. >> this is a guy i've known for 20ers yes, i do. back to 18 years old and he's one of greatest competitors i know. regardless of football any sport, anything he does, he wants to compete. he's also a man of incredible integrity, when he i saw him he didn't cheat he said i have nothing to hide ths this is a guy who understood how important this press conference was for his legacy and he took questions even though he debate have to for that length of time because he cared about answering questions and making sure there weren't people that was going to continue question him and his role in this and he's very clear he has no role in that. you have to understand that quarterbacks in general are allowed in the nfl to manipulate the balls any way they see fit

the same answer from tom brady. andy scholes, are we any closer to finding out what happened at deflate gate? >> reporter: doesn't look like it carol. no one knows anything. we'll examine what brady said and when the balls may have been tampered with when "newsroom" continues. don't let a severe cold hold you back. get theraflu. it has the power of three medicines to take on your worst pain and fever, cough and nasal congestion. theraflu breaks you free from your toughest cold and flu symptoms. so you never miss a day. theraflu. serious power. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with efficiency? why innovate for a future without accidents? why do any of it? why do all of it? because if it matters to you it's everything to us. the xc60 crossover. from volvo. lease the well-equipped volvo xc60 today. visit your local volvo showroom for details. when heartburn comes creeping up on you... fight back with rel

it's tom brady who touched the ball 70 times a game. he is the one really concerned. >> did you believe tom brady he said i did not alter the ball. as far as i knew the ball was fine when i started playing. did you believe him? >> it's hard to. if it is not him touching the football, then who was it? was it a ball boy and equipment manager? someone most likely affected these footballs because it wasn't cold enough for the air outside to fully deflate these fooivelts. it had to be someone. the fact that they were all under inflated makes it look like they were deliberate. this is the patriots. no ball boy or equipment manager is going rogue here. >> take it on himself to start changing tom brady's ball. i thought his wording was very careful when they asked him so have you spoken to the nfl? is the nfl questioned you on this whole incident yet? and he said no, and they said are you going to talk to them? and he said i don't know. i don't know if i'm going to talk to them. it made me wonder if they moved up this news conference to today s

next he's married to gisele but is tom brady a cheater?chapter of deflate-gate. >> i have no knowledge of anything. i have no knowledge of any wrongdoing. >> abc news "nightline," brought to you by indeed.com. is on the world's #1 job site. indeed. how the world works. you get sick you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly... you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone so you can breathe and sleep shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. ♪ >>> in the world of pro sports tom brady is on the short list of athletes who seem to have it all. the looks, the money, the wife. and a chance to win the super bowl this year. today that world was shaken a bit. this team under fire for the alleged cheating scandal known as deflate-gate. the star qb now forced to play defense. tom brady, superstar quarterback, a-list celebrity with the super model wife. but tonight, squaring off against allegations brought on by deflate-gate. >> i didn't alter the ball in an

tom brady addressed his part in this after belicheck through tom brady under the bus and harsh wordsformer nfl quarterback who said he doesn't believe tom brady. that's coming up in sports. >> a night of thanks in and mr. darby. our cameras were at the beverly hills middle school tonight as several police officers and local residents were honored for >> okay. so today was the day we thought we would get some answers concerning donate gate. bill belicheck spoke and so did tom brady. you would think we'd get something between the head coach and the quarterback tom brady. now, we got some answers but we didn't get what happened to 11 of the 12 balls the pats used on offense but the two continue to lie and try to make it the truth. the integrity of the game is at stake. also amazing is that with the nfl investigate this tom brady said he has not been questioned. who you talking to? >> i'm tired of the denials. >> i was completely and tollly unaware of any of this that we're talking about in the last couple of days until monday morning. >> quarterback tom brady is following company policy

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tom brady also addressed the team. he acknowledged he liked the ball a little less inflated than other quarterbacks to give him a better grip. of course, we do not know he said hey, i purposefully did this right now. that's going to be the question posed to tom brady when he speaks to reporters just a short time from now. it'll happen in an hour and 45 minutes from now. this has been moved up from tomorrow, the patriots recognizing to try to take the pressure out of this story, so to speak. they needed to do something about it. that's why belichick spoke this morning. now brady. belichick spoke for about 8 1/2 minutes of a 12-minute news conference with a statement. this is not vintage bill belichick. he would normally be very well limited in his sound bites. he was, when reporters asked him questions, saying i have no expla in this case but he started off his statement by saying he was shocked and didn't know anything about this situation until monday morning. take a listen. >> i had no knowledge whatsoever of this si

during that nine-minute press conference he mentioned tom brady and he said tom brady will explain howrd he likes his footballs. the reason he said that tom brady is holding a press conference of his own later this afternoon. >> reporter: yes. by the way this is coordinated. it's not as if they haven't spoke men the past three days. i think he knows what tom is going to say. we of course don't know what tom is going to say. tom brady is on record in the past a few years ago just joking around talking about footballs and deflation. he said hey, i like a deflated football. the joke was that gronkowski spikes the ball so hard that he deflates the football. take a listen to what belichick said talking about his quarterback in this whole situation. we might not have that sound. i don't know. >> sorry about that. >> he basically said -- that's okay. he basically said tom will talk later about his preferences, being clear again this is not something that he is aware of he said because he doesn't really touch the offensive ball during the game. bill belichick is known for his micromanaging, he

tom brady, quarterback sneak, and three tom brady kneeldowns.ning game the second half and they come back and win the game because they have one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. >> al: coaches are always saying you have to run the ball and stop the run. sometimes you don't. so the guys already discussed the afc side of the bracket. you know that denver is going to come here next week or indianapolis, whoever wins tomorrow. what do you think about on the nfc side right now? >> cris: i have to see somebody beat seattle. we saw them in arizona. i thought they were absolutely brilliant. russell wilson was so good. the dallas cowboys may be the team that scares you because of the fact that they can run the football so effectively. you go into green bay, you're not sure about aaron rodgers, how healthy he's going to be, and the cowboys have already gone to seattle and won there because they can run the football. maybe the only thing i see that you can do against that seattle defense, run right at them and they're pretty good at that. >> al: i

he did seem to suggest that tom brady might, at least tom brady might be able to speak more about how he liked his footballs, and we will hear from tom brady later today. >> reporter: a lot of people wondering now did coach belichick throw his quarterback under the bus, as we say. i will say this, i guarantee tom brady and bill belichick have had many conversations about this over the past few days. it's not as if brady was watching this press conference with the rest of us and had no idea what bill belichick was going to say. one thing buried if that news conference that bill belichick gave beyond the headlines is he was talking about how he will make sure going forward the footballs are more within the normal range when they are inflated and not at the bottom of the legal range. you have to wonder if tom brady is going to come out later today and say, no we like to put them right at the legal limit, maybe weather deflated the ball a little more. it was 51 degrees at kickoff, however. i'm not sure they can put forward that explanation. it's going to be very interesting to see what th

reported by espn that air was let out of game possibles last week possibly to make it easier for tom brady to throw in the rain. a charge that brady denies. >> i think this team understands we have a leader that we never question. there is never any doubt, no matter what the situation is whether it be on the field, off the field. this team has a lot of trust in tom and honestly, we are not -- i don't think anybody in this locker room is worried about it. >> chris pallone joins me life. you heard from the teammates, denying knowledge of what may have happened but how is that denial playing league-wide? >> reporter: well it is a mixed bag, francis. you have former players appearing on various sports shows acting incredulous about all of this. the fact that brady, who handles the ball on just about every snap can't tell the difference between a couple of pounds per square inch in the football and then some experts coming out, guys like joe theismann and other quarterbacks saying that makes perfect sense to them. it is just a couple of pounds per square inch of air. they handle the ball very q

i think tom brady will own up to it with a sheepish apology. really sorry, it's a common practice. >> interesting. >> tom brady is has more good will stored up than belichick does. i think brady will take responsibility with the hope everyone will move on quickly. >> that's the thing with belichick and this team in general. hearing from other people that have played the game for years and years, i'm wondering if this is -- you know is this really about deflated footballs or about this visceral hatred and jealousy of this team that's been on top so so long. yes you had spy gate a couple of years ago. is it more about the latter than deflated balls do you think? >> i will say there are a lot of patriot haters out there. a lot of fans are tired of their success and don't like the way patriots conduct business. belichick can be gruff sometimes. certainly the spy gate scandal from 2007 has removed all benefit of the doubt from the patriots. for many teams, many fans patriots will forever be stained. some of that is playing into it. at the same time

tonight, the new england patriots they superstar quarterback, tom brady, facing the cameras and tough questions, heading into his sixth super bowl, ten days from now. brady has an incredible run with the patriots winning three super bowls already. off the field, grabbing headlines with his glamorous wife. playing a different kind of defense late today, answering questions about the footballs authorities say were deflated. tonight, tom brady answering the question did he cheat? here's abc's ryan smith. >> reporter: tonight, football's golden boy grilled. >> obviously, i'd like to know what happened, as you would all too. >> reporter: tom brady, bombarded with questions about espn's report that 11 of the 12 balls his team used to beat the indianapolis colts were underinflated. a violation of nfl standards that some call cheating. today, brady was asked point blank -- are you a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i mean, i feel like i've always played within the rules. i would never do anything to break the rules. >> reporter: brady is one of football's biggest stars, both on the field and o

. >>> right now on "first look," tom brady, bill belichick speaking out as football fans across the nation are calling for the nfl to act quickly. >> saudi arabia's king has died and isis is on the move. >>> winter gets ready for this weekend. >> a sad monkey. >> thanks for waking up with us. >>> the two men at the center of deflate gait. patriot's head coach bill belichick and tom brady denied any involvement or knowledge that the footballs used during this sunday's game were tampered with. he addressed the controversy with jimmy fallon. >> there's only one condition in all of sports that's worse an pink eye. >> what's that? >> deflated footballs. >> what do you think about this? >> it's probably in the category of gamesmanship. there's a minimum range and the maximum range at which the balls can be inflated. brady likes them at the low end. i think the game could have been played with a brick or a beach ball. the result would have been the same. they have a great coach, a great great quarterback, a great organization. you don't need it. >> let's let more from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter:

inside edition is up next. >>> did the patriots coach just throw quarterback tom brady under the bus?m's personal preferences are something that he can talk about. >> and sexiest super bowl commercial ever? >>> then, football players on trial. >> he basically served her on a silver plat tore a bunch of his friends. >> what the roommate says she saw. >> my immediate reaction was, whoa, like, what happened to you? >>> and, exclusive. defending dad. famed attorney alan dershowitz's daughter. what she's saying about the woman accusing him of shocking new allegations. >> it's just so out of character. >>>

>> no. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i mean, i feel like i've always played within the rules. i would never do anything to break the rules. >> reporter: earlier patriots coach bill belichick said he was shocked to learn about the deflated ball controversy saying he's never concerned himself with the feel of a football in four decades of coaching. >> i'm trying to coach the team. that's what i want to do. tom's personal preferences on his ball -- footballs are something that he can talk about in much better detail. and information than i could possibly -- than i could possibly provide. >> reporter: with 2007's spy-gate and the half million dollar fine he paid for videotaping an opponent's signals during a game belichick once again faced a barrage of questions. >> i've told you all i know. i've told you everything i know. i've told you all that i can tell you. i've told you everything i know. >> reporter: what remains unknown is who, besides the ball runners on the patriots sideline had access to team footballs after the r

. >> and did tom brady know are not? >> britain's prince andrew is speaking out for the first time, denying allegations that he had sex with an underage teenager in 2001. u.s. lawyers representing the woman filed papers today saying that he needs to respond under a. buckingham palace denies the allegations. >> the patriots star quarterback was hoping to spend the week before the super bowl concentrating on the game. now they are tied up in the scandal known as deflate-gate. both tom brady and his coach say they do not let the balls' air out themselves, so who did? tom brady is not known as a scramble around the field, but -- >> i had no knowledge of any wrongdoing. >> he maneuvered his way around all blame for deflate-gate. >> i would never do anything to break the rules. >> reporters repeatedly questioned him over how he failed to notice that 11 of the 12 foot balls that he used to beat the colts were underinflated. >> i have no thought of the football at that point. >> the nfl says that somebody tampered with them. >>

>> i don't believe tom brady.ocked that he didn't come out and take the fall for this. i really thought we were going to hear him say in the press conference that this is the way i liked my footballs i'm going to take the blame for this take his fine and get some, get penalized for it but he didn't. he came out and he lied. and i talked to a former player of the new england patriots. a guy who blocked for tom brady. is now out of the league. and i'll read whey said. he said this is something tom brady felt comfortable with. but knowing belichick it was something they practiced with all week. this wouldn't be by accident. every detail is looked at and analyzed with belichick. these balls aren't deflated by accident. it was well thought out and it was probably going on for a while. so there's someone within the organization who knows how meticulous bill belichick is running his program. he even said it in the press conference yesterday. that if they're going to play in the rain, they'll make the footballs wet. if th

tom brady was peppered with questions for roughly 45 minutes yesterday. se were extremely direct, including is he a cheater. brady repeatedly denied involvement in deflate-gate but some of his peers are not buying his story. with the eyes of the world on him, tom brady stepped up to the podium denying any knowledge of deflate-gate. >> i don't know what happened. i mean i -- i have no explanation for it. >> reporter: he admitted to picking out the footballs he wants before the game but says he then leaves it entirely up to the equipment managers to break them in. >> i don't want anyone touching the balls after that. i don't want anyone rubbing them, you know, putting any air in them, taking any air out. >> reporter: he claims he didn't notice a difference in the footballs during the game. >> i just assumed they were exactly the same the first half as the second half. >> reporter: but also expressed a preference for footballs at a very specific air pressure. >> i like them at the way that i like them which is at 12.5. i mean to me that's a perfect grip for t

so yes i do believe tom brady.d fascinating, developing jim, i will get to the league in a moment here. you can see the nfl players almost dividing themselves in two different camps, whether they support the explanation or not. i thought watching espn and seeing reaction from a former nfl quarterback by the name of mark brunell spent most of his time with jacksonville, the jaguars in florida he was asked whether or not he believed brady. immediately afterwards this is how he responded. >> i did not believe what tom had to say. those balls were deflated. somebody had to do it. and i i don't believe there is equipment manager in the nfl on his own initiative deflate a ball without the starting quarterback's approval. i just, i just didn't believe what tom brady had to say. bill: he was clearly emotional too when he answered that. you have people like brunell and troy aikman saying they don't believe it. meantime people like joe theismann and boomer esiason saying this is no big deal. what is it? >> well i think we ha

>> no. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i don't believe so. i feel like i have always played within the rules. i've never done anything against the rules. >> reporter: coach saying he has never concerned himself with the feel of a football. >> i'm trying to coach the team and that's what i want to do. tom's personal preferences on his footballs are something that he can talk about in much better detail and information than i could possibly, than i could possibly provide. >> reporter: with 2007 spy gate and the fine he played for videotaping an opponent's signals during a game belichick once again faced a barrage of questions. >> i've told you everything i know. i've told you everything i can tell you. >> reporter: what remains unknown is who decides the ball runners on the patriots side line had access to the balls after they're tested. >> there's only one or two ball boys who are responsible for the balls before, and during the game. >> reporter: and while tom brady expressed his preference for a softer football, he is told it's not necessari

tom brady is no different.other quarterback i played with he has his specific i guess cocktail of how he likes to throw footballs. >> in '01 when he told this radio station in boston that he liked the balls deflated you don't remember his cocktail from five to six years ago? >> i remember the balls being brushed. i remember -- i know for a fact that a lot of quarterbacks use a mud composite where they rub the balls, they bake them and it gives them a tacky feel. as far as inflation and deflation, that was never anything that was discussed. >> show me your football. you brought a football in because you are trying to prove a point. >> i had to do the pepsi challenge for myself here. this football came out of the locker. had it pumped up to 13 psi. the minimum is 12.5. i put it at 13 and felt it. yeah. then let's put this down at 11:0011. it feels like every football i have thrown in my life. quarterbacks we're particular about the grain of the leather. for me it was about the grip of my thumb on wanting the pebb

tom brady is worth a lot of money. the new england patriots are worth a lot of money for the franchise of football at large. >> another thing to think about is roger goodell and bob craft are very good friends. a lot of people call bob craft the vice commissioner of the nfl. he's been through a lot this year. he probably learned from his mistake with ray rice. the punishment being too small is always a good way to lose. you're not going to lose by going big. they have to do something significant in this case. i don't know what that means because a fine $100,000 bob craft has that in his couch cushion. you take away a draft pick they have done that before. they know how to build a team. maybe suspend bill belichick for a couple of games or tom brady. we call it cheating. >> maybe tom brady will have to play one hand tied behind his back. >> and still be great. >> don't throw that at me. i'm not going to be able to catch it. >> you're not the gronk to my brady. >> not this hour. nbc's willie geist. >>> coming up, shelter

tom brady is also known as a micro manager. illustrated" did a great piece last month about how his food training and stretching plan is done for the next three years. this is a guy who has what food he's going to eat planned out for the next three years according to this article. again, detail oriented people in this organization. we don't know for sure what any of them knew. that's what nfl is investigating. we know how they approach football in general. it's part of what makes this such a big question mark. you're telling with nothing more important than the football you're throwing. you have to think at least the quarterback is aware of what's going on and maybe the coach. we'll have to see. >> coy, i'm sure the new england patriots members of the team are watching this news conference. what do you think they thought? >> it's obvious he's passing blame here. john we talked about this. it's similar to what lane kiffin did when he was head coach of usc when the trojans were found guilty of underinflating the footballs when th

you played with tom brady. what do you think happened and how involved do you think your old quarterback was? >> honestly, rachel, i don't know what happened. i don't think any of us know. that's why the nfl is doing their investigation. we'll have to wait and see what comes of this investigation. but i can say this. as a player, i went through a similar thing when ways in new england. i went through the spygate situation where people were accusing the organization of filming practices of another team. i can tell you as a player, it made you come together. it created unity in our locker room. right now we don't know if tom was involved or coach belichick was involved. i do know that inside the locker room a lot of guys are feeling that some of our hard work is being tested and we want to go out and prove >> it so we know someone's involved, right? something happened. >> that's the thing. who did the footballs were deflated. so how did they get that way? i don't buy el nino. i don't buy aliens. i don't buy any o

tom brady said something yesterday that was interesting.said the perfect football for him is at 12.5 psi. that's where it is perfect for him. he then went onto say he has no way of knowing how much pressure was in the balls when he was playing with them in that game. he knows enough to know that 12.5 psi is perfect but he doesn't know enough to know whether there was air in them or not? is that believable? >> yes, that's believable. that's 100% believable. when you're in the heat of the battle you're in the game you're focused on defense trying to figure out where to go with this football and where is the soft spot. brady is thinking of so many different things. he's not thinking is it 12.5 psi. he's worried about making sure he catches the ball and trying to get the ball to the right receiver and 300-pound men trying to rip his head off. he's not concerning himself with that. that's 100% believable. let me tell you something about tom brady. he's been in this league for a long time. he's a guy that we know. we respect him. he's never come

take a look. ♪ >> when asked about it tom brady said -- i mean that is ridiculous.tuff these guys come up with. i'm done. forget it. >> he basically the same answer over and over again for 30 minutes. >> i'm not sure. i'm not sure. i'm not sure. i'm not sure. i'm not quite sure. i don't know. i don't know. you know -- i wouldn't know. i have no idea. i have no idea. if i don't know something i don't know something. >> i don't know what i don't know. the unknowns. >> remind you of some political scandals. >> the unknowns. that's what's making news in america. >> see you on "good morning america," folks. have a good one. >> good morning breaking news this morning out of philadelphia tacony section where police are investigating two suspicious car fires we're live with the very latest. >> a philadelphia teenager is on the mend after a vicious assault on a septa trolley. >> tracking the storm a nor'easter is heading our way what can we expect? >> i know we'll get snow, let's talk about that on this friday morning. let's talk to david and karen. >> reporter: we have a

the question is, how could tom brady not feel the difference in the ball before the game and after the game. i talked to quarterbacks including brady quinn. he said you really can't tell during the game. if you're going to squeeze a ball and then one that's not inflated, sure, you can tell. but a lot of times the preparation, everything is psychological for a quarterback. >> what about the imagery, frasier? the imagery for the nfl which is had a bad year. >> that's the point. >> and isn't cheating cheating? >> that is exactly the point. the outcome of the game has nothing to do with it. what would david stern do in a situation like this? roger goodell is really on the spot here. no matter how important it is in the total scheme of things. the thing they should do but never would is say, okay, we're going to penalize the position that benefits most from the deflated footballs, which is quarterback. so we're not going to suspend brady for the super bowl, but we will suspend him for four or five games next year. don't hold your breath that they'll do that, but that's what david stern woul

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tom brady being asked that himself. >> is tom brady a an cheater?> i don't believe. >> the very accusation challenges the career long image. on his facebook page he posted pictures of the goofy boy who prepared this resume for a nonfootball job just in case he wasn't drafted. he was deep in the sixth round. no one knew his name till a sudden injury struck dlu blue so leigh steinberg remembers that moment clear will you because he was bledsoe's an -- >> i think it surprised everyone. you don't expect a sixth round draft pick to come in and become the dominant quarterback of his time. >> he's defied expectations since. what will be his sixth super bowl appearance. >> you only get so many time-outs. >> in the commercial world, taking on very few sponsors a deliberate snub of potentiallily millions of dollars, part of an image tightly managed and controlled. his one image to that he dated bridge jet moynihan. they split when he was pregnant. >> brady was already dating giselle bundchen a public mess quickly forgive by female and male sports fans. >> the

>> i want to know if tom brady is telling the truth. don't know if mitt romney and jeb bush will have any real consequences. critics weathered -- >> whether tom brady is telling the truth -- >> what is your gut? is he telling the truth? >> i think i ticked off patriots fans enough yesterday with my comments that he should take ownership which i still believe he should. he should stand up and say this is what happened. if he did not do it, he has the obligation to find out who did because it is sitting on his shoulders right now. >> at this phase of the operation, how would you rate the job you and your operation have done so far in allowed you to position yourself if you are going to be a candidate? >> we are light years ahead of where we were four years ago. we have strong bases of support all across the country. we have maintained communications in iowa and across the country. we have been traveling a lot and working with people. we have been able to maintain a strong donor base which is really important. i read an article today talki

and quarterback tom brady. over allegations that the team cheated its way into the super bowl by underinflating footballs. but with the constant coverage and breaking news isn't this story, well, overblown? >> can. >> you can answer right now, is tom brady a cheat sner. >> i don't believe so. i feel like i've always believed withins rules. >> those balls were deflated. somebody had to do it. >> why are the media treating the football plot like a full pledged scandal. >>> president obama takes on the bun pits for spreading cynicism and many push back over his state of the union. >> the pundits have pointed out more than once that my presidency hasn't delivered on this mission. >> and the president calling for compromise, then blasting republicans apvowing to block even bipartisan ideas. some of them anyway. >> like a ballplayer shooting from i don't understand thebeyond the three point line, president obama gave it his best. >> why republicans see a disconnect between a liberal speech and a call for bipartisan s