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>> very unpatriotic. >> are you the strategist angela objectively, as you can, what would you advise brady to say tonight? >> i would advise him not -- right, not to answer any questions on this and ask them how about this good weather or something? he should just steer clear from it. the last time i was like well i mean i don't know. >> deflected. he needs to do something completely different. >> what do you say, jason? >> i would say wave to everybody with all four rings. go black and play this season and he's going to end up in the hall of fame. the nfl is not going to punish their golden boy as hard as they should. he's not going to say anything about it tonight. no matter how much evidence is out there, you'll still have people that believe in tom brady and the patriots and don't want them to be held accountable. >> all right, rapid fire how many games should he be suspended, if any? maria? >> i already said zero. i'll do three. how's that? >> jason? >> four games. >> angela?
greatest players of all time i would like a little more than probably. >> i was a little surprised that's all we got, but if you put it in terms of what discipline is coming this report is lost in the case in a courtroom. but in a civil courtroom it's not. >> you mean the court of public opinion? >> no no in a civil court i think they would be found liable given the preponderance of the evidence and more probably than not i think you would be found liable in a civil court. i'm not a lawyer. i only play one on tv. >> he plays one exceptionally badly. to your second point there, chris, about the court of public opinion. at the end of the day that's the one that really matters. tom brady is overwhelmingly likely to get suspended. the very first game the patriots play this year is the nfl huge kickoff, that thursday night opener against the steelers. it will be one of the highest rated television shows of the year on nbc. it's the biggest nfl game of the year until the playoffs start. >> all right. >> and tom brady is going to be suspended for that game.
>> and they are thriving now. >> they are. amazing. >> when we had our kids seems like forever ago, the sonograms they used to look like tests. >> they're 3d almost. >> the kid's in there telling you where they want to go to college. most scientists think 24 weeks, the problem and i know i say this too much there is no consensus about when life begins. and it is a big block not just on reproductive rights but reproductive research and what we're dealing with nick lobe and sofia vergara. >> so interesting you're bringing that up. we'll have nick on later in the program to talk about how he believes these embryos they're fighting over are life. no smoking gun but a months long investigation by the nfl into deflategate finds two new england patriots employees probably -- >> that word. >> -- released air from the footballs from the afc championship game. and that quarterback tom brady
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nobody changes the rule of the game so they all play the game. that's the bs cycle we get on both sides. >> luckily we get to talk about it for the next year. john ben, thanks so much. >> thanks. all right, this is a big story today because it's about presidential politics. but there's a lot of news for you. let's get to it. we could hear the sound of a train. our ears started popping. >> you need to take shelter immediately. >> for the kids they were scared. >> you're hearing sirens and hearing the wind. >> he was a student of islam. the more he studied, i think the greater his intensity grew. >> for the very first time we are seeing and hearing from elton simpson himself. >> state is going to have a very difficult time proving these charges. >> i'm asking the department of justice to investigate. >> to handcuff him and take him to the station they have to have a crime. >> the nfl's stunning 243-page report on deflategate. >> a mountain of circumstantial
much for being on "new day." >> thank you, alisyn. over to michaela. >> now to the latest in the deflategate scandal. patriots quarterback tom brady has denied any knowledge of how his game balls became deflated but a bombshell nfl report says otherwise somewhat. let's bring in mel robins cnn commentator and legal analyst. also with her is tim green former nfl defensive end for the atlanta falcons and "new york times" best selling author of "football genius." what a duo i have on this story today. i love it. thanks for joining me guys. i got to talk about the language mel, first off. good to have you here tim. the wells report says brady was at least generally aware of the red lease of air from the patriots game balls, mel. i know that you are lit up about this. you think the report doesn't go far enough. >> i think the report got it all wrong because the report michaela is not this little cream puff report where it proves that hey, maybe something happened here. they prove that this was intentionally done with
than tom brady, you know go in front of the american public. i can think of a president. and, you know deny knowledge of anything or you know basically say something that wasn't true. and, you know as americans we tend to forgive that. >> we do. >> and i think, look tom brady is a guy who has like everything right? he's known as a great guy, he's a handsome guy with a beautiful wife and family he's a superstar football player. and so there's going to be a lot of people look at him and say, look he did this wrong or this is horrible. >> right. >> he did do -- he was wrong. it's not that horrible. i think in the end we're going to laugh about it and move on. >> all right. a great discussion from the two of you. tim, mel robbins, there will be a lot more examination going forward. we have to wait to see what the nfl decides. they're contemplating the issue right now. great to have you with us. you at home i know you're screaming at your tv right now. tweet us or go to
and they could have alerted the patriots mid- to late-week prior to the game. hey, we're keeping an eye on this, if you're doing it we're watching, so don't. so even if that didn't happen this report points to tom brady having some guilt. and back to that point we've been talking about is a suspension coming i think it is? if you look at the way the national football league has handled all these situations even though this is a bit unprecedented, the kind of situations that have compromised the integrity of the game they've erred on the side of being aggressive. because it's tom brady and one of the most important franchises in the league. and you mentioned the super bowl champion and mvp quarterback, i think they'll continue to do that. i'm not willing to guess as to how many games, but i do think when it's done when the suspension comes, i think we'll all feel maybe it's a little bit more aggressive than it was soft. >> so how long will they have to give him, randall? the fact that he is so big, the fact that he is who he is, if
he's administered under his own tenure, that's the problem. and i think it's actually going to alienate a lot of the base and a lot of independents that he's going to need in order to win the nomination. >> but angela, this is not a formal advisory role. he laugh influence. >> the reality of it is no matter how much he's his own man, he's still his father's son and he's still w.'s brother. and i think the reality of that is that, of course he's going to have tremendous influence over his brother. he was a past president. the other thing we need to be honest about jeb bush is a politician ladies and gents. he was working this room. it bode him very well to say that w. was advising him on israel. that is why in that same piece, they say that the room was pleased with the response. he was working that room. >> all right. everyone, stay with me. moments ago, tom brady arrived for his first public appearance since the nfl's report on deflate gate. what should he say about it and should he be suspended? that's next.