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Two staffers and tom brady. t.j., kayna? >> karen, thank you so much. patriots owner robert kraft says his team will accept any discipline handed down by the nfl. cleared in the report were patriots head coach bill belichick and his coaching staff. the report says theres no evidence they knew anything about deflating the balls. again, theres no smoking gun in the report but by nfl rules and standards, they dont need one. they need a preponderance of evidence to prove that a rule was broken and...

Championship. one employee, jim mcnally, reportedly carried the game balls out of the officials locker room to a bathroom. one minute and 40 seconds later brought them to the field, deflated, breach of game protocol. even more circumstantial evidence points to employees altering game balls to bradys liking starting in october after he complained. these revelations are likely a hard hit to the quarterbacks credibility, who says he did nothing wrong. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i dont believe so...

Championship. one employee, jim mcnally, reportedly carried the game balls out of the officials locker room to a bathroom. one minute and 40 seconds later brought them to the field, deflated, breach of game protocol. even more circumstantial evidence points to employees altering game balls to bradys liking starting in october after he complained. these revelations are likely a hard hit to the quarterbacks credibility, who says he did nothing wrong. >> is tom brady a cheater? >> i dont believe so...

Derailment this year. a few months ago in west virginia, another train carrying crude oil jumped the tracks sparking this huge fireball. hundreds of families evacuating. >> ive never seen anything like this in my life. >> reporter: every day in the u.s. over 1 million barrels of crude oil travel by train, often on tracks that critics say are ageing and in need of upgrade. >> these are in many times going very near our homes, our schools and businesses. >> reporter: just last week american and ca...

T.j., kayna? >> karen, thank you so much. patriots owner robert kraft says his team will accept any discipline handed down by the nfl. cleared in the report were patriots head coach bill belichick and his coaching staff. the report says theres no evidence they knew anything about deflating the balls. again, theres no smoking gun in the report but by nfl rules and standards, they dont need one. they need a preponderance of evidence to prove that a rule was broken and this report does show a pre...

Campaign trail, far from the luxury of marrakech, the foundation says it has put limits on future foreign donations. >> theres one set of rules for politics in america and another set for real life. >> reporter: the new rules include no more money from morocco. but the foundation event is being hosted by a controversial government-owned morocco mining company, ocp group, which gave $1 million. human rights groups say the companys phosphate mines in western sahara, promoted in corporate videos, v...

When i address the media at the super bowl on january 26th over 14 weeks ago, i stated i unconditionally believed the new england patriots had done nothing inappropriate in this process or in violation of the nfl rules and that i was disappointed in the way the league handled the initial investigation. that sentiment has not changed. to say we are disappointed in its findings which do not include any incontrovertible or hard evidence of deflation of footballs at the afc championship game would b...

Rules and there does appear to be a rule as to personal messages that applies to pregame activities. however, that rule says that players are prohibited from otherwise conveying personal messages and if they finish there, there would be no question. but then it adds, either in writing or in illustration. >> was this an illustration? >> this is a case where the nfl rules may not prohibit this behavior. >> right. >> or is it a case where the nfl can do whatever they want? >> i think its like split...