zach brannon turned 23 in 2010.ad just picked up a degree in history from a college in indiana, no idea what to do next. and then he saw an offer for a job in japan, a two-year stint teaching english to elementary school kids, no japanese language skills required. >> why japan of all places? >> i don't think there's any rhyme or reason to it. i think it was just offered to me and i jumped on it. >> the town they sent him to in japan called kuji, a long way from his hometown of nashville, nashville, indiana. on sundays he skyped with his parents john and terry. john is a musician and terry a school guidance counselor. >> how did he seem to be doing? >> it was rough at first, the language thing was the big thing. >> you were a stranger in a strange land. >> yes, yes. >> was it a lonely feeling? >> yeah, it was. but it was made better by the fact that there were other foreign teachers in town. >> along with the teachers, there was one other person, a volunteer who helped the foreign teachers adjust, a local english spe

. >> zach was alive. all they needed to know for now. but georgia, still no word. while his parents worried about him at home, zach was riding out the chaos in kuji. >> i wasn't really sure what was going on at first. >> after the shaking stopped, zach and his co-workers moved to the top floor of city hall, a crow's nest with a view of the whole city and the coastline. >> if something is going to happen, this is where you'd see it? >> yes. >> then he saw it. something about the rivers that split the city and normally flow out to the sea. >> the river was beginning to flow in the opposite direction. the water began to change color as well, began going from this bluish color to being very murky. >> even four stories up, zach

investigators hired by the university speaking with the ex-wife of his former assistant coach, zach smith, who's accused of domestic abuse. espn's ryan smith is here, and ryan, investigators trying to determine what meyer knew and when? >> that's right, robin. zach smith is facing new allegations, this time that he faced other charges years ago but didn't tell his former boss. >> reporter: urban meyer one of the most successful coaches of all times. >> urban meyer with his third. >> reporter: but this morning, the investigation continues into the bombshell claims that have rocked college football, that meyer's former ohio state assistant coach, zach smith, abused his now ex-wife and that the famed head coach may have known about it but did nothing. >> he picked me up by my neck and threw me on the ground and screamed at me, look what you've turned me into. >> reporter: monday courtney smith had her day with investigators meeting with the

zach remained on the staff.he told me why she decided to come forward she left zach in 2015, officially separated in november, divorce was granted in 2016. she taught the ambiguous and harassment would shop when she left him. it did not it escalated. >> when did urban meyer then know about this and why didn't he do anything at the time? do you have an answer to that? >> i don't know specifically when he knew about it. i know the text messages were from 2015. he was investigated for domestic violence on october 25th, october 26th of 2015. also another charge on november 9th. it was in that period. also zach smith's attorney contacted courtney's attorney in early november and asked him how bad it is. her attorney said it's bad. i'm very confident in that time frame and based on the text messages i saw, urban was first aware of these domestic violence allegations sometime in the month of november 2015. >> wow. and kristen, what did courtney say about the fact that she had reached out to these other wives, specifica

courtney smith claims her ex-husband zach abused her on multiple occasions. >> it was out of control to the point that he picked me up by my neck and threw me down on the ground in our bathroom and screamed at me, look what you turned me into. >> reporter: smith claims she told meyer's wife shelley about the abuse suffered in 2015 and agreed to her telling her head coach husband. but smith claims no action was taken. >> when somebody is crying out

zach smith's ex-wife accused him of abuse and domestic violence in 2009 and 2015. he was fired on july 23rd. >>> the iowa dairy farm that employed the suspect in mollie tibbetts' killing says he got the job using a false identification. the 24-year-old christian riveiera came to the u.s. illegally from mexico. the hiring procedure required a photo identification and social security card. they made a mistake thinking social security employment verification and homeland security system is one of the same. they are not. >> all of us are saddened by the tragic beth death of mollie and realization that one of our coworkers was involved. >> just an hour earlier, he was arraigned for tibbetts' death. last night members of the university of iowa community gathered to remember her. the family thanked supporters. this is one of the big problems in illegal immigration. it is easy in many cases with someone with a fake identification or rent someone else's green card or social security number to be able to get a job. you heard this cry of build the wall from the right, but the

zach smith's attorney said zach smith should not have married courtney smith.there to her. >> three an popologies to bucke nation. >>> the iowa dairy farm that employed the suspect in mollie tibbetts' killing says he got the job by using a false identification. christian rivera was cleared to work for the farm through the government's e-verify vetting. the farm now says they made a mistake. thinking social security veri verification and homeland security system is the same. they are not. >> all of us are saddened by the tragic death of mollie and the realization that one of our coworkers was involved. >> they said they employed outside help to make sure they were in compliance with the law and workers were legal. that is clearly not true. an hour earlier, rivera was arraigned in the murder. members at the university gathered for a vigil. her family railroeleased a stat. we remain forever grateful for the support. >>> they are going out with a bang. tv's most popular comedy. "big bang theory" will end next cea season. the comedy is a massive ratings hit. jim par

or between you and zach? >> not the abuse.t he had, you know, made a couple comments to me, and we have had a couple conversations, very brief, how are you guys doing? everything okay? >> last week coach meyer said that he was aware of the 2009 incident with the smiths, and that he and his wife addressed it with them back then. he said he was not aware of the alleged case in the fall of 2015. and, you know, what's interesting about this is, so people are asking, well, what did urban meyer do? the claim is he knew about it and didn't do anything about it and could cause problems with his contract. 73 and 8, the most successful coach out there. >> the meaning is more so because of the level at which he is coaching. >> right. and the allegations are heinous, again, coach meyer saying he didn't know about that incident, but it remains to be seen. there's an investigation going. we'll see what comes from that. >> and important to reiterate, zach smith has never been convicted of a crime. >>> on to president trump's team who has ack

cnn politics digital editor zach wolf is live in washington for us this morning. >> hey, zach. >> zachng. let's talk about this omarosa, which really is becoming a bigger and bigger mess for the white house. perhaps they shouldn't be all that surprised about it, given omaro omarosa's history and the president's history with her specifically. but i was interested yesterday to hear some of the chatter on fox in particular. listen to what geraldo had to say. >> you can't sing at the same volume, the same tune, when you're talking about north korea and when you're talking about omarosa. the president, by responding at the same kind of tone as she is giving and dishing it out to him i think diminishes him, and i wish he would just cool it. >> this isn't the first time we've heard this type of advice given to the president, that he shouldn't engage in these kind of theatrics, particularly with someone that was a former reality star. but zach, he never seems to listen to that advice, does he? >> no, i don't think he can help himse himself. in this particular case, it seems like, you know, the

>> he looked at me and said, i swear to god, zach, if i found out you hit her, you're done.d. >> reporter: meyer previously denied any knowledge of the allegations. during a press conference two weeks ago, he was asked nine times about the 2015 abuse allegations. >> i was never told about anything. there was never anything that came to light. never had a conversation about it, so i know nothing about it. >> reporter: coach meyer apologizing releasing a statement saying he failed when he made those very remarks writing, my intention was not to say anything inaccurate or misleading. however, i was not adequately prepared to discuss these sensitive personnel issues with the media. now, we reached out to jane smith but we haven't heard back. as for the coach, urban meyer's new contract, he is reportedly obligated to report any potential staff misconduct, so that's what they are looking into. >> it's amazing after days of reporting now just finally he's acknowledging that he knew something about this. >> yeah, i think they're going to have to be careful about what they say public

you know, you should tell urban. >> reporter: coach meyer fired zach smith last month, smith who has never been charged with domestic abuse talked with espn earlier this month. he says he never hit his wife and defended his former boss. >> if he loses his job, it is flat wrong. >> reporter: zach smith's attorney released a statement after wednesday night's decision that reads, vengeance against courtney smith's ex-husband regrettably resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer, gene smith and the ohio state university. online, many ohio state fans defending the university's decision, but others saying that the punishment and meyer's mea culpa don't go far enough. >> meyer's first game back as head coach will be on september 22. for those keeping score, ohio state is ranked fifth by the associated press. some are also pointing out that the first half of the buckeye season is not the toughest competition. if there was time to be without your head coach, some say that is it. >>> more to come for you, including a look at the forecast. pleasant for those in the inland area. >> yeah, feel

zach smith's attorney says once he get a chance to tell his side, it will be corroborated by police. >> this is a man that could be probably elected governor in the state of ohio tomorrow. this is the most prominent person in the state. >> the second highest paid football coach in the country. >> you know him personally. >> i do. urban meyer has been a man of upstanding character. the thought he knew and denied knowing and did nothing is really troubling. i think this could be a tipping point in the sport and in the college sports landscape for him to be put on paid leave while investigating what he knew and what he did not do. it will have an incredible back drop. >> and against the me too era, he could be in trouble. led us know what you think -- let us know what you think about it. >>> next, houston police believe a 20-year old grudge is the reason for the murder of the arrest cardiologist. the doctor was killed two weeks ago while riding his back. pappas has not been seen for two weeks and evidence in his home links him to the killing. >> he is very dangerous. we need to get him

doubt. >> ohio state fired zach smith last month. along with that three-game suspension coach myers won't be paid for six weeks. >>> the giants lost to the new york mets last night 5 - 3. the giants fell even further out of the playoff competition. the mets were up in the third. the giants hits back to singles runs. however, the giants couldn't get on the board again until the seventh. they couldn't finish the comeback. the giants will try to avoid being swept with the giants and the mets play get this morning. the oakland a's lost to the texas rangers 4 - 2 yesterday afternoon. the rangers scored on the first pitch of the game. that's a home one. a solo home run, but a home run. texas would add to the lead a couple of innings later. the 80s came within two runs. lowry hit a pinch-hit double . the a's loaded up the bases with two outs in the ninth. the game is over. texas stays in the bay areas to play the giants this weekend. the oakland a's will be in minnesota to play the twins tonight. >>> without even doing any acting in 2018 ge

zach smith denies the allegations. the investigation determined mer made false statements. >> i was never told about >> reporter: when questioned about his knowledge of the 2015 allegations. >> while those denials wereot plainlyaccurate, coach meyer did not in our view deliberately lie. >> reporter: with meyer facing media scrutiny, thelseport called his behavior concerning when he discussed how to delete text messages older than a year with a colleague. >> as a woman it kind of sends a message of something like this might happen to you and we might eventually but it might not be the right justice. >> reporter: disciplined by ohio state, the university's famed coach will be back on the field later this season. a punishment critics say puts football first. miguel >>> now to australia's political turbulence that continues as scott morrison is set to become the next prime minister, the countrs sixth in the las 11 years. morrison will replace malcolm rnbull, who has led the nation since 2015. so what's n at for australia f

zach pulled the teen to shore with the help of other rescuers.he young man survived and began his senior year of high school on monday. as you can see they continued taking their wedding photos. >> wow. that's great. that's a great story. >>> fight for 15 is the slogan for groups pushing to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour and new at 5:00, why one bay area city is considering freezing its minimum wage. >>> we're starting to see the real impact of the mendocino complex fire is having on people and animals. the story of how this dog was rescued. >>> plus, this mangled mess is a car after it plunged 300 feet . >>> good morning, east bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >>> parts of the bay area can expect bad air quality today because of the mendocino complex fire. that includes the east bay as you look live at walnut creek. >> we have everything you need to know as wildfires and smoke moves in. good morning. wednesday, august 8th. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. let's get to met

i did so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. my words in reply to the reporter or personnel issue must be clear and at big ten media day on july 24nyth, i failed on ma of these fronts. meyer is on paid leave whileio state let's an independeti board invte what he knew and what he did about it. >> if he loses his job. it is flat wrong. this is the guy who fired me. it would be a crime. >> reporter: osu's star coach sidelined. its big money footballrogram in limbo. for "today," blake mccoy, nbc news. >>> ten months after the massacre in las vegas, police have closed the investspation. dee thousands of hours ofnd interviewson of evidence, there is a lingering question why did the lonunn take so many lives? nbc's gadi schwartz has more. >> reporter: it has bee ten months since gunfire erupted from the mandalay bay.d an the numbers found in the las vegas police final report are absolutely staggering 2,000 investigative leads. 22,000ours of video. 250,000 images.av police a moment to moment timeline detailing to the minute the thousand

." >> reporter: ohio state's recently fired assistant football coach zach smith is defending his former boss, urban meyer. >> he looked at me and said, "i swear to god, zach, if i find out you hit her, you're done. you're fired." and i said, "i understand, coach. i didn't, i'm fine." >> reporter: in an interview with espn, smith said they discussed domestic violence ,llegations made by smith's now-ex-wife, courtney, in 2015, and that meyer handled it hoperly. .> i don't think it's his job to investigate, to ask questions, to talk to her. >> reporter: meyer first denied ty knowledge of the 2015 abuse allegations to reporters in y.ly. e> i got a text late last night that something happened in 2015, and there was nothing, unless, once again, there's nothing-- once again, i don't know who n aates a story like that. h reporter: but in a statement on twitter friday, he appeared to acknowledge that he had iown, saying, "i deeply regret if i have failed in my words. lwre is the truth. hhave always followed proper reporting protocols and procedures when i have learned oa an incident involving a

zach smith was fired last week after a civil protection order served upon him from his wife.ife talked about it. >> saying she would have to tell urban, do you think that he knows about all of this? >> i believe he does. >> did he ever directly talk to you about what was going on in your marriage or between you and zach? >> not the abuse. he never spoke to me about the physical abuse. he had, you know, made a couple comments to me and we had a couple of conversations briefly. how are you doing. everything okay. >> the full interview is available on watchstadium.com. meyer denies knowing anything recently. he said being on leave will fa sill tate -- facilitate its completion. meantime, ohio state says quote, we are focused on supporting our players and on getting to the truth as expeditiously as possible. once smith gets his chance to tell his side, it will be corroborated by police. the offensive coordinator ryan day will be named interim head coach. >>> boos from the crowd at yankee stadium raining down on sonny gray during the third inning loss to the orioles. he allowed 7

. >> at each jun gure ie zach smith the benefit of the doubt. >> reporter: at the center of the ohio state university investigation, how urban meyer handled claims o domestic assault against formernt assis coach zach smith in 2015. and this response q to astion at media day last month. >> i never had anyio conversatn about it, so i know about it. >> reporter: but days later, the situation snowballed when zach smith's ex-wife courtney told watchstadium.com smith add assaulted her multiple times, even claiming she had shared photos of her injuries with urban meyer's wife though never charged, coach meyer fired zach smith. it led to the suspensions of both the head coach and athletic director. >> he did fail t take sufficient management action. >> reporter: swift reaction fbum ckeye fans online voicingor supp while others say the punishment is just a slap on the brift for one of the most popular and successful coaches in college football. wendy wool folk, nbc news. >>> an nsa contractor who leaked a classified document to the news media will spend the five years behind bars. her name re

you should tell urban. >> coach meyer fired zach smith last month. smith who has never been charged with domestic t abuse talked espn earlier this month. he says he never hit his wife and defends his formerboss. >> if he loses his job, it's flat wrong. >> zach smith's attorney released a statement after wednesday night's dision that reads vengeance against courtney smith's ex-husband resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer, gene smith and t ohio state university. many ohio state fans defending the university's decision but hers saying the punishment and meyer don't go far enough.me r's first game back would be on september 22nd. that's when the buckeyes take on tula. ohio state ranked number five by the associated press. eome are also pulling out the first half of buckeye season is not the toughest competition. if there was a time to be without youread coach, some might say that would be it. >> meyer apologized to the buckeye nation. did he mention the victim at all in his statement? >> he didt. not until asked about her by a reporter did he men

i did not know everything about zach smith, which is what he was doing and i'm pleased that the reporte this very clear. however, i should have demanded more from him and recognized red flags. >> turning now to major league baseball where the red sox won't let the indians threaten the sweep in what could be a preview of the american league playoff, notching a win in the third of a four-game series in boston, 10-4 last night. the victory was highlighted by the red tox five-run fourth inning including xander bogaerts two home runs -- oh, think we have the wrong tape there. we switched it around. that is seattle. following a home run hit in the top of the ninth inning. the players looking at the camera, staring it down as they take the win in that one, guys. a little mixup there unfortunately with our sports tape. >> i like that synchronized stare that the houston astros were -- i think it was the houston astros doing that. seems they got the coordination down. >> they have it down. we should practice it here. >> it will take a lot of time to get it. >> nice stare there. >> thanks a lot.

now zach smith is speaking out and sharing his version of events. defensive movements to remove myself from the situation, and i said that's it, i'm not going to get charged because i didn't do anything wrong. >> that denial goes against the mountain of evidence against him. but, again, raise hs the questis of who knew what when. he's saying police notified the university of the allegations against him. now the university saying they have a six-member team leading this investigation who will then operate independently and report back to the board of trustees to decide what needs to happen next. i think it's a question not just of urban meyers' fate but the standing of this university on the whole. >> all right, kaylee hartung, thank you. >>> we'll be right back. sometimes a day at the ballpark is more than just a day at the ballpark. stadium announcer: all military members stand and be recognized. no matter where or when you served, t-mobile stands ready to serve you. that's why we're providing half off family lines to all military. with i get rewar

. >> reporter: zach, an officer in the u.s.t go. so you've got to listen to your wife, otherwise you're in trouble. >> reporter: he ditched his formalwear and dove in with bride cindy waiting in the surf. >> she's in her wedding dress and i can't let her get away, i know how important that dress was. >> reporter: it's all word it as zach rescued jalem and brought him to shore. >> the grand kids are going to have a perfect story. beautiful day, beautiful wedding. >> reporter: today jamel and his mom with this message for zack. >> thank you for helping me and saving my life and i really appreciate that. >> i really, really appreciate him thank god that god had him positioned there at that time to save him. >> it was american poet ralph waldo emerson who said, a hero is no braver than any ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. thank you for watching "nightline." as always, we're online on our "nightline" facebook page. thanks for the company, america. good night. just when you thought you were done painting... ...you d

you can see the entire interview with zach smith's wife on watch stadium.com. >>> the oakland a's beat the toronto blue jays 8 - 3. they are still one of the hottest teams in baseball. it was the jonathan lucroy show yesterday. he put a's on the board in the second when he hit a single down the line. that scored four runs. in the fourth lacroix again with a double. another hit in the sixth and an rbi for these catcher. a's have the day off before they host the detroit tigers tomorrow night. >>> calfire says there are 16 big fires burning statewide right now. coming up, how climate change is being connected to the destruction. >>> if wildfires are making you cough you are not alone. how much of the west coast is breathing bad air he could possibly... he likes to collect things. oh! wow, you got all this stuff from ikea? what do you like not let your kids in here? oh, no, they moved in here. here. this is where i hide all the cords and the remotes, and those clack-clack-clack things. oh and we have an entire comic book store and i managed to wedge a candle in there. oh i see, so this is

at t center of investigation, meyer's handling of assault claims against stak smith zach 2015 and his response to the incident. about s never told anything. >> reporter: he later apologized and admitted that he did know about the allegations but, quote, always followed proper reporting protocols. tn wednesday night's news conference, he w further. >> my role is to set a good example. in this instant i did not live up to the university's standards. >> reporter: the suspension mes after the result of a 14 day independent investigation into the matter a highlighting pattern of troubling behavior by zach smith. the scandalw b just weeks ago on august 1 when couney smith said smith assaulted her multiple mes. she says she shared photos of her injuries with urban meyer's wi wife. >> she said i would have to tell urban. i said fine. >> reporter: smith who has ner been charged with domestic abuse talked to esp and says he never hit his wife and defended his former boss. >> if he lose his job, it is flat wrong. zach smith's attorney says that vengeance against courtney smith's he ex-husband re

among that evidence, text messages from zach smith's ex wife to the wife of coach urban meyer that shows her bruised and bleeding and pleading for help. courtney smith says she told coach meyer's wife shelly about the abuse. >> i told shelly. i sent her some pictures. i spoke to her on the phone. she was going to have to tell urban. i said that is fine. you should tell him. >> did she come back to you and tell you that she did tell urban? >> she did not. she did not. she would reach out to me, ask me how i'm doing, tell me she was worried that if i needed anything she was there, asked me if i had a protective order. >> reporter: college football fans reacting to the news. >> the issue goes beyond sports. it's not just about football. >> reporter: coach meyer issued a statement that reads in part i agree that being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. i eagerly look forward to the resolution of this matter. he addressed the charges last week after the firing of the assistant coach. >> i was never told about anything. i never had a conversation about it. so i know n

. >> let's bring in zach wolf live from washington. good morning. on russia, it is as if we have said on a split screen. the white house reluctantly imposing sanctions on a regime that -- we are not talking about the mueller interview. the russia sanctions. you have senator rand paul presenting a letter of introduction of donald trump to vladimir putin. two different optics. >> very different optics. coming on the same day. the other element, you assume the white house would rather impose sanctions for chemical weapons than election meddling. that is the thing that president trump thinks is delegitimizing his entire presidency. he would rather do chemical weapons. this is like something out of di dickens. something you don't hear about much. slapping russia with sanctions on the same day. not the kind of thing we heard about from previous administrations. >> i love the 5:30 a.m. dickens drop. i want to talk about the tactics from the president's legal team. i want to play sound from last night. alan dershowitz on what the strategy is here. take a li

now we're hearing a different version of events from zach smith.isten. >> anything that happened to her body was all just defensive movements to remove myself from the situation and that's it. i'm not going to get charged because i didn't do anything wrong. >> here it goes against the mountain of evidence that exists against him and it also draws attention to the fact that police made the university, the ohio state university aware of allegations against him. that leads me to believe there's a paper trail here, fred, a paper trail that could help build out a time line of who knew what and when and that is how urban meyer's fate as the coach of the football team will be determined and standing in the bigger picture for this university. >> but the fact that urban meyer does at least admit to knowing something to report, how much does this kind of muddy the waters in terms of how culpable he is? >> it does muddy the waters. he is trying to make sure everyone understands that he believes he followed proper reporting protocol and procedures. this is a m

zach smith was fired last week after being served a civil protection order on behalf of his wife.hey said urban meyer's wife knew about the alleged domestic violence. >> with shelly meyer being aware of everything going on and saying that she was going to have to tell urban, do you think he knows about all of this? >> i believe he does. >> did he ever directly talk to you about what was going on in your marriage or between you and zach? >> not the abuse. he never spoke to me about the physical abuse. but he had made a couple comments to me. we had had a couple conversations, very brief, how are you doing, everything okay. >> the full interview is available on watchstadium.com. meyer says he knew about an incident, but that was 2009. he denies knowing anything about something happening more recently. he released a statement saying in part, quote, being on leave during this inquiry will facilitate its completion. this allows the team to conduct training camp with minimal distraction. ohio state says, quote, we are focused on spoupporting our players and getting to the truth. zach sm

ki hear that now this is a better way to do it. >> zach the politics of this, in coordination with andn of a candidate for federal office trying to sway the outcome of an election by keeping two scandals out of the public eye. how cornered is the president here? >> it's obvious, i think now, if it wasn't kind of obvious before, that he was involved with all of this, that you know these efforts, according to michael cohen, to silence the porn star and a former playmate who were alleging affairs with him. that's pretty incredible stuff. now at the same time i'm not sure that trump supporters out there, the legions of them, in this country, i'm not sure they're going to be necessarily swayed by this, but it could have a real impact on these coming november elections and if democrats enter the senate where they col things, that sort of changes the pace quite a bit. >> the gop response, do you think we will hear from paul ryan and the likes on this, or do they keep quiet? >> i don't think they will come out and hold press coppss. you can guess reporters will at every opportunity to weigh in

i don't know if yowill ever see zach playing football again. he is back around the organization, as he should. he sacrificed a great deal for the bears. >> al: bray.he hrows into a traffic jam. second and ten. >> cris: nice job here. going to ce out. he is going to be able to sniff this one out. you want to get the first play going. i always think of tom brady in the super bowl that one year in new orleans. let's get a play or two, three, four yards. then start the drive. and that is what they are trying to do rit now here for the s. chicago bear al: bray to the chicago thnch. six seconds until e two-minute warning. third down and ten. >> cris: you know, i just can't help but to think that we are getting a chance to see the bears here. when we see them on opening night against the green bay packers, nothing we have seen here will even sli.tly resemble not the offensive style of play or the players on the field. you are going to have a month plus before the game is played. i will be really anxious to see the growth. >> al: a lot of players that

. >> reporter: former assistant coach zach smith speaking out to espn about his ex-wife's allegations of domestic violence and these pictures released by her. >> anything that happened to her body was all just defensive movements to remove myself from the situation. >> reporter: at the same time friday, ohio state's famed head coach urban meyer acknowledging he did know about the allegations, contrary to what he told reporters. this is what he said about the allegations a week ago. >> i was never told about anything. never anything came to light. i never had a conversation about it. so i know nothing about it. >> reporter: but yesterday, an about-face. meyer tweeting, my intention was not to say anything inaccurate or misleading. however, i was not adequately prepared to discuss these sensitive personnel issues. adding, i have always followed proper reporting protocols and i did so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. fired by meyer, still coming to coach meyer's defense. >> if he loses his job, it's flat wrong. this is the guy who fired me. it would be crwas never charged with

>> he looked at me and said, i swear to got, zach, if i find out you hit her, you're done. you're fired. >> reporter: meyer denied any previous knowledge about the allegation. >> i was never told and nothing ever came to light. i was never told about anything. i never had a conversation about it. i know nothing about it. >> reporter: tonight, coach meyer just releasing a statement saying he failed when he made those very remarks. writing, quote, my intention was not to say anything inaccurate or misleading. however, i was not adequately prepared to discuss these sensitive personal issues with the media, and i apologize. >> kayna joins us now, and with meyer now admitting he knew, is he in danger of losing his job? >> reporter: well, tom, meyer recently signed a new contract that reportedly has a clause on gating him to report any potential misconduct by members of his staff. meyer is now currently on paid administration leave. >> thank you. >>> we turn onto the new developments in the urgent manhunt for a murder dr 20-year grudge, confronted by police this morning taking hi

adding, i have always followedr reporting protocols and did i so regarding the zach smith incident in 2015. and after this, smith, who was fired by meyer, still coming to coach meyemeyer's defense. >> if he loses his job, it's flat wrong. this is the guy who fired me. it would be a crime. >> reporter: zachit was never charged with domestic violence. his ex-wife says she was pressured not to file charges by smith's family and by a lawyer with close ties to both ohio state university is now investigating and has placed coach meyer on paid administrative leave. >> gadi, thank you for that report. there are new insights tonight into the man charged with killing 17 students and staff a members a high school in park land, florida. to that rampage.d here's nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: tonight, an independent review finds broward county schools should have done more to help mass shooter nicholas cruz in the two years before his rampage that killed 17 people at marjory stoneman douglas high schl is past february. a judge ordered the report partially redacted. but a mistake in that process m

. >> ohio state fired zach smith last month along with that three-game suspension urban meyer will not be paid for six weeks. >>> the giants loss to the new york mets 5 - 3 last night and they fell even further out of playoff contention. the mets were leading in the third when the giants hit back- to-back singles, scoring two runs. the giants would not score again until the seventh. they just couldn't finish the comeback the giants are going to try to avoid being swept when they play the mets again this morning. >>> the oakland a's loss to the texas rangers 4 - to yesterday afternoon. the rangers scored on the first pitch of the game. a solo home run. they added to that lead a couple of innings later. the 80s came within two run in the eighth. jed lowery hit a pinch-hit double . the a loaded the bases two outs in the ninth, but nick martini came up to the plate and he did strike out. that strike out ended the game. there you go. texas days in the bay area and will play the giants this weekend while the oakland a's will be in minnesota to play the twins tonight. >>> without even doing a

zach: i think currency reflation is in the eye of the beholder.sident wants to shrink the trade deficit. he has been clear about that. both the overall u.s. trade deficit and the bilateral trade deficit with china. to state the obvious, that by dollart helped appreciation. the president has been clear, in addition to putting on tariffs t negotiateo better deals with other countries, he does not want to see the dollar appreciate too much. in that sense, his policies are consistent in a holistic way. haidi: what is your longer-term outlook for the dollar, because it has been a little bit counterintuitive looking again to the dollar as a result of the trade war that began in the u.s. zach: longer-term, the dollar tends to do poorly when the world is doing well. you saw the dollar begin to depreciate at the end of 2016, beginning of 2017, when global growth started to heat up. since has had a setback, the spring of this year. but we are in an environment where global growth is healthy, then the dollar should tend to struggle, even when the fed is rais

zach smith's wifery o accuses hf abusing her foryears. most recently in 2015. acknowledges he knew about a 2009 incident when he hired smith. smith was fired after he was charged with criminal trespa trespassing and his wife was granted a protective order against him. dana jacobson, co-host of cbs this morning saturday is here with an allegation of a possible cover-up. >> good morning. urban meyer is one of college football's most celebrated coaches, winning three national titles, including one at ohio state. courtney smith says the abuse by her husband zach, an assistant to meyer, lasted for years. and she claims the head coach knew and wants him to be held accountable. >> i do believe he knew, and instead, he chose to help the abuser and enable the abuser. >> reporter: in an interview with sports news site stadium, courtney smith recounted years of alleged abuse at the hands of her ex-husband zach. >> he took me and shoved me up against the wall, hands around my neck. >> smith told urban meyer's wife shelley about that in 2015. in text messages obtained by br

zach smith is facing new allegations, this time that he faced other charges years ago but didn't tellcoaches of all times. >> urban meyer with his third. >> reporter: but this morning, the investigation continues into the bombshell claims that have rocked college football, that meyer's former ohio state assistant coach, zach smith, abused his now ex-wife and that the famed head coach may have known about it but did nothing. >> he picked me up by my neck and threw me on the ground and screamed at me, look what you've turned me into. >> reporter: monday courtney smith had her day with investigators meeting with the team hired by the university's board of trustees to look into meyer's handling of the allegations. her attorney telling abc news courtney is thankful for the support she has received during this time. zach smith denies he abused his wife but told espn that he spoke about the allegations with meyer in 2015. >> i laid it all out for him. i said apparently my ex-wife is trying to get me charged with domestic abuse. >> how did he respond to that? >> he said, i swear to god, zach,

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the school investigates whether he knew about abuse allegations against his former assistant coach zach smith in 2015. smith's ex-wife believes meyer's wife told him about the allegations. >> with shelley meyer being aware of everything that was going on and saying that she was going to have to tell urban, do you think that he knows about all of this? >> i believe he does. >> did he ever directly talk to you about what was going on in your marriage or between you and zach? >> not the abuse. he never spoke to me about the physical abuse, but he had, you know, made a couple of comments to me, and we had had a couple of conversations, very brief, how are you guys doing? everything okay? >> coach meyer denied knowing about the 2015 case but says he did address a previous incident in 2009 and recommended counseling for the couple. smith was fired last week after a protective order was issued. >>> and we may hear from cbs chairman les moonves for the first time today since that bombshell report on his alleged sexual misconduct. now, moonves could speak on an earnings call with investors this

people of all kinds of people different stripes and attitudes and outlooks how do you reflect upon that zach go ahead i agree it's early because it's great that it's going viral down but you know at least here in america i saw a lot of this everything in twenty six media was under. well basically that's sort of what happened in the twenty sixteen election is lots and lots and lots of democrats used to be very active voters active in their community completely left the party for a number of reasons now a whole lot this changed sixteen but you know at least this viral video made us open more and also. as you know i think it's a very good thing that we're in the democratic party ok i want to go back to why you think it is later in the program who you know basically the same thing to you because i mean i've been very very critical of the identity politics but it seems to me that since two thousand it did more to do thousand sixteen and it's not working now but they've doubled down on it i mean it just you know if that's the definition of stupidity doing the same thing over and over again and exp

makes his way through the rock this crowd posing for pictures and people milling zach legally is. he makes his way to a quick on a grass where is adoring fans have been waiting to be blessed by his shark. team is working this eight by ten o'clock the line of lined up to get the autograph . did a great job back there and i think come off the line with my take on it you can just see their faces light up they're just full of joy like wow that's it my me i got myself in a place to tell stephen baldwin boss you. know. it's time for stephen to rest his wrist and he touched upon charity in light of the hurricane that has affected the houston area. even in the charitable work i do today. there are. situations in people in need where i know when my schedule and this i can't go and do it myself for me god's calling me to different things and do different things but i can send some money i can send twenty dollars one hundred dollars whatever it is so everybody needs to know that. without question specific to texas please don't think oh everything's going to be fine if all you can do is just

zach smith is the assistant coach under urban meyer.e zach smith has not been charged with domestic violence. but reportedly his wife shows the pictures of the abuse to urban meyer's wife rchts we. >> well, there were photographs and text messaging between urban meyer's wire and courtney smith. interestingly enough, urban meyer deleted all of his text messages prior to one year ago. so there is no way of knowing what he ever received. that was in the 23-page report that ohio state produced when evaluating what to give him as a penalty here. so it doesn't look great. at a minimum it looks like there was an attempt at a cover-up on urban meyer's part to delete those text messages. >> to you think if this was a lesser known coach, a less successful coach, if this were a coach of a football program at a d-3 school or something, would they have gotten the same punishment? how much of this is about being urban meyer at the oxford university, a national champion? >> there is no question the stakes are extremely high f financially for the unive

in which zach has contacted conducted itself over the past few months and announcing of the election results is irrational inflammatory and frankly dangerous. these young people have borne. the branch of poverty and bad governance for a long time and decades and they rightly and for change. we condemn in the strongest sense the action that was taken today baze no justification what so ever for the brutality we experienced today. they're also old and taint peace in the country while whilst respecting the rights of citizens the idea that protesters of violence is a false not achieve that cannot be justified. in bobbins and supporters to exercise their rights with your regard to the law and the rights of other citizens . to zimbabwe electoral commission has a responsibility to handle elections in a manner that is. and does not an aside only prejudice the peace and security of our country. we call upon the four norful and force in force the more enforcement authorities to be human and exercise restraint according the force used today was clearly disproportionate and unjustified the bruta

i fell short in pursuing following information because at each juncture i gave zach smith the benefitletic director gene smith apologized for mismanaging allegations that former assistant coach zach smith abused his now ex-wife courtney. investigators determined that meyer and the athletic director failed to report the claims and seemed to misunderstand their obligation to tell the university about accusations of domestic violence involving players or staff. >> i have huge regret for my inability to be the effective leader i should have been in this situation. >> reporter: urban meyer fired zach smith last month after his ex-wife was granted a domestic violence protective order against him. >> was never told about anything. never anything came to light. never had a conversation about it.bout a 2015 incident. smith allegedly abused his then wife. the investigation determined he did, but his, quote, significant misstatements were not part of a deliberate cover-up effort. >> i do believe he knew, and instead he chose to help the abuser. >> reporter: courtney smith told the sports news si

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