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Soon, well see. many do not want to speak out publicly. and some may. so this arbitration process, this private trial that im suggesting is good because the women will not have to reveal their names to the public, but they, of course, will let their name be known to mr. weinstein. and then the judge can make a decision as to who should prevail. i think it makes sense, of course mr. weinstein is going to have to wave and give up and agree not to assert the statute of limitations as a defense. agr...

Overrule an arbitrators ruling unless they feel like the arbitration process has been violated. in this case its totally been violated because the arbitrator was roger goodell. like judge, jury, and executioner. yet at the same time thats also written in the collective bargaining agreement agreement, that roger goodell is the arbitrator. thats going to be the sticking point, whether judge berman says this is so egregious its ridiculous. even if judge berman does say that he still might award the...

His attorneys will likely ask a federal judge for an injunction while he continues to try to clear his name. this arbitration process supposed to be confidential. >> and it really has been anything but. this entire thing has played out so publicly. >> a lot of that is a-rods fault but youre right, anything but confidential. >> thanks, sean. >> thank you. >> coming up, weve heard from the man who alleges he gave a-rod these drugs. what is a-rods response? well have that interview coming forward t...

Way of his agent. so major league baseball is not happy, saying this, for more than five decades, the arbitration process under the basic agreement has been a fair and effective mechanism for resolving disputes and protecting players rights. we respect the decision rendered and will focus on continuing to eliminate performance enhancing substances from our game, end quote. jason carroll is live with more on this breaking story. so, alex rodriguez says hes not going down without a fight. mlb says...

Baseball great alex rodriguez. an arbitrator reduced the suspension for the new york yankee slugger to 162 games. major league baseball had suspended rodriguez for 211 games for allegedly violating major league baseballs anti-doping rules. a-rods rep, saying they respect the drug prevention and treatment program. the arbitration process as well as the decision released today by the arbitration panel. jason carroll is following the story for us from new york. so what are the fans saying? >> repor...

Eliminate performance enhancing substances from our game. but as you can imagine, as you said from the top, a number of fans are weighing in on this particular issue. i had an opportunity to hear what fans are saying now about rodriguez and this 162-game suspension. >> im from boston. i thought the penalty was also too strong. so im good with the 162. >> how do you hand out 162-game ban to one person and not give anything to all of these other people doing the same thing? yeah. i guess it is. ju...

Im good with the 162. >> how do you hand out the ban to one person and not give anything to the other people doing the same thing? if you talk about just arod, i think its too harsh. >> i think its ridiculous. i think if they gave him anything, it it it should be 50 games at the max. >> whole career should be out. not enough. >> i think he deserves it. i dont think there should be doping in. baseball. >> during the entire arbitration process, alex rodriguez was allowed to play ball. that may not...

Major league baseballs player association. this is the union basically that represents all the players. players like alex rod krieg ez. one section reez, we recognize a final and binding decision has been reached. well, i think theres no argument from anyone that a decision has been reached, but from the rodriguez camp, it is by no means final and they will continue to fight. >> so i wonder, jason, would we ever get an explanation from the arbitration panel that would explain how they see a diff...

>> yes, fredricka. now a statement in the from major league baseball. theyre weighing in on this basically saying, while we believe the original 211 game suspension was appropriate, we respect the decision rendered by the panel and will focus on our continuing efforts on eliminating performance enhancing substances from our game, and also, fredricka, since we last spoke, the yankees sent us a statement as well saying the new york yankees respect major league baseballs joint drug prevention and t...

He doesnt exactly -- isnt exactly known for telling the truth. >> for the record, have you ever used steroids, human growth hormone, or any other performance enhancing substance? >> no. >> have you ever been tempted tv use any of those things?s? >> no. i did take a banned substance and for that, im very sorry and deeply regretful.pl >> when i see katie couric, il apologize. in a statement the mlb denies the allegations calls it a desperate attempt to go around the confidentiality agreement of th...