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Get two times the pointsal. on dining in restaurants a real difference. with chase sapphire preferred. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. today is thursday, september 27. im gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing part of your day with us. dont believe your eyes. polls show the president running away with the race in key battle ground areas. but is the data on track? well explain whats really going on here. >> brian: good. did you know women voters are not concerned with whats happened the last f...

What the difference between the nfl and a lot of these states are? the nfl has a lot of money. >> yes. >> a lot of these states are out of money because they promised -- i cannot believe i had to say this. okay, you marxists go ahead and destroy the rest of this wonderful story. go ahead, willie. >> i hate to say, i always hate to say i agree with joe about anything, but there really is a huge difference in the sense that you have a league thats -- theres no public money in the league. its a bun...

Made out well in the new deal? >> they did. from all accounts, it sounded like the federers made out pretty well. more details of the deal will come out today in term of financial numbers. for the next five years, the sticking point they get to keep their pensions. so what do the owners really gain? they got a compromise from the refs in terms of number of officials. they wanted to add more officials and have more crews. but the refs were worried that was going to hurt the overall compensation p...

That will bring you a half hour worth of thunderstorms and heavy rain in that little isolated spot. otherwise, just light rain this morning. right now over new york city. so its going to be a slow drive especially in the state of new jersey towards the border of pennsylvania and the philadelphia area. morning rain for you. much much new england should be dry today. a little more humid and warmer south of that front. notice d.c. today, 83 degrees. a slight chance of a shower or storm. your w your...

Deal, though. breaking news overnight, deal, though. breaking news overnight, thankfully, the prols will bac it was that controversial call by the replacement refs at mondays packers/seahawks game that forced the two sides into marathon talks. referees will vote on the new eight-year agreement this weekend but the lockout will be lifted in the meantime. official officials on the field for the ravens and browns game tonight. you know there is some concern about the 121 refs necessarily have t...

>> steve: are you ready for some good football? >> gretchen: i think antoine is excited. hes a football fan. >> brian: right. people might be able to actually preserve their careers now because its getting way too violent. people think penalties werent being called. i think they should wait and it will be one of the most unique moment, for the referees to get a standing ovation as they walk out from the players and the fans. i think it will be fantastic. >> steve: have them come out of the tunne...

It was that that spurred these around the clock sessions that took place right after that. again, they talked all night into the night on tuesday as well as yesterday so that agreement was reached right around midnight today. so what are the people saying? what are the fans saying? we talked to a few in midtown. weve been here since 4:00 oclock this morning. hes is what a few had to say. >> nfl is all about the brand. its a business. you cant afford to treat your customers like that. >> its a to...

Said, no that didnt.... >> we were intense negotiations for last ten days. there were planned meetings and we met all through the weekend, planned meetings for tuesday morning. i think it was another fact they kept pushing us, this is the right thing to do. >> shep: pushing us like millions of twreets. numbers of referees union are scheduled to vote to ratify the deal but he has lifted the lockout when the ravens host the browns, the real refgs are scheduled to take the field. still it might not...

Following monday nights debacle in seattle, the league and union engaged in two days of exhaustive negotiations before agreeing to a deal that features an increase in average salary from $149,000 a year in 2011 to $205,000 a year by 2019. the deal includes a compromise that will keep the officials preferred pension plan in place until 2016. and provide all officials retirement benefits by 2017. the league came away with the option to hire certain officials on a full time basis and can retain add...

Nightmare is over. i am sure you knew that. the nfl has its act together and reached a deal with the real referees. they will take the field tonight. replacement refs worked the pre-season and the first three games of the real season. blown falls, furious players and coaches, bewildered fans. they locked out the referees union in a labor dispute. the nfl tried to play hardball but millions and millions and millions of fans are on the side of the ref and they broke off talks on sunday night. it a...