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We know it provided -- >> do you buy the fact that it makes a significant -- >> yes, it makes a difference in a game, especially bad weather, raining, cold weather, it makes a difference. >> a softer football is easier to throw? >> easier to throw, easier to catch, easier not to fumble. >> and let me go with steven on that, every time you play football on a cold day, and its really inflated, it hurts to catch it sometimes. its a hard thing to catch. your thoughts? >> im not going to say thats th...

There, because its about beckett, the thing about -- well, will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest. the word goes out somewhere in christies head or the culture in that office, that everybody, wildstein, everybody, theyre all involved in moving the traffic to screw some mayor who wasnt involved. they got this culture in their head that christie had nothing to do with it. somehow, these guys work in the equipment room, and the patriots get the idea that tom brady likes it to exactly 10.6, yo...

Footballs on their way to the super bowl, the question is how should they get punished? should they get off with a fine or should tom brady be suspended? and later, well hear from brady himself in his first public appearance since the deflategate report came out. well bring you that live as it happens, him speaking for the first time. plus, chris christie is up in new hampshire. he cant escape the splash of the george washington bridge scandal and those indictments back home in jersey. and f...

We do count on fairness and we count on the big leagues to be really fair. thats the deal. competitors go out and try to win by the rules and rules matter. anyway, jason, thank you so much for joining us, and steven -- i guess we disagree, steven. thats what "hardballs" about. its not softball like in the nfl. were expecting to hear from the new england patriots quarterback tom brady in just a few minutes. it will be bradys first public comments since the nfl found the patriots were likely def...

>> this is where we need to go. >> you should be. >> the reason hes not -- >> theres a lot of reasons. >> the party has been taken over by the voices that are frankly the unreasonable voices and there arent enough people -- john boehner to his credit occasionally does stand up and say, look, were not going to do it that way. he did it on impeachment when the crazy right was talking about impeaching the president again. there arent enough voices out there doing it and not enough leaders or candid...

Think about it. the numbers matter in games. you might say a game makes no sense without them. whos the best quarterback? the guy with the best offense. numbers, numbers, numbers. the nfl rules say football must be pumped up to 12.5 pounds, not 10.5. say it doesnt matter, then why the rule? say it doesnt matter, you try. you get a grip on the regular pressure and compare it with a ball at the lower pressure. the rule-breaking football is easier to grip, especially in freezing weather. thats a fa...

They have done better? is this a better deal? is this like a wider strike zone for a pitcher? >> you can make that case. heres the thing. we know it provided -- >> do you buy the fact that it makes a significant -- >> yes, it makes a difference in a game especially bad weather, raining, cold weather, it makes a difference. >> a softer football is easier to throw? >> easier to throw, easier to catch, easier not to fumble. >> and let me go with steven on that, every time you play football on a col...

Michael steele who should be leader of the republican party. we continue, by way, to wait for tom brady. let me finish tonight with this. games are played by rules. without rules, no game makes sense. think about it. the numbers matter many games. you might say a game makes no sense without them. whos the best quarterback? the guy with the best offense. numbers, numbers numbers. the nfl rules say football must be pumped up to 12.5 pounds not 10.5. say it doesnt matter, then why the rule? say it ...

U.s. congresswoman shelia jackson lee and evan kohlmann. >> it doesnt represent america at all. >> the trouble is a lot of people like this fight. coming up deflategate. do you except the report that the patriots knowingly deflated footballs on their way to the super bowl the question is how should they get punished? should they get off with a fine or should tom brady be suspended? and later, well hear from brady himself in his first public appearance since the deflategate report came out. wel...

News from kornacki and tom brady. you know what winston churchill said, it was the best argument against democracy, a five-minute conversation with the average voter. i hate to be derogatory but that was useless stuff. absolutely useless. i want you to do something useful now. i have two balls, the regulation is 2.6, and the other is made by use for tom brady. tell them apart. you first, michael. >> oh, this ones -- which ones regulation? >> this one i think is regulation. >> yes, youre right. o...