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French. penalty kicks and showed on the field last night. they were gassed early in that game and didn't have a chance to get into it. >> that's you showing international love for women's soccer. we are just supposed to talk about the american women here clinton. president obama tweeted about it yesterday, congratulate the team to talk about how proud he was of them. because of the final moments. the game also brought the concussion debate to the front of conversation. there was this, this nasty collision of two players. went on to play the rest of the game. you could see blood right there. >>...

America. it brings billions of dollars to the economy. controversy in the nfl, mainly industries and drug use. enter former dallas cowboy linebacker dallas henderson who played in two super bowls three victories and two defeats. i talked to mr. henderson earlier this week. i knew you back in the 70s in your hay day you remember i worked for channel 8 in dallas. and you were a brilliant linebacker, you were one of the best in the nfl. and i'm wondering what you think about all this concussion business. well, i'm one of the people who, you know, have suffered concussions. and i'm 60 years old. i...

Relatively stable. they need to remain in the hospital on the intravenous medication until a pill form of medicine becomes therapeutic. that medication takes between three and five days before it works effectively, so she usually would remain in the hospital during this period of time on the intravenous hepburn medication. >> you've covered the concussions and the impact, no pun intend, because this is such a serious subject, of the whole concussion debate in school and professional athletics, but how rare is this, how unusual? you've been talking to a lot of doctors about a concussion potenti...

Killers. by 2009 the number had jumped to 257 million. a 48 percent increase. and 75 percent of those who abuse painkillers do not have a prescription for it. again, most of it coming from family and friends. >> this is a cry out to anies to ask themselves, why am i prescribing this painkiller? does the patient need it? are they addicted? will it end up in a medicine cabinet in the wrong person's hands? >> dockets say most of the teens who were taking painkillers take them orally but many are snorting painkillers. >>shepard: thank you, former nfl players are using the new orleans saints cash f...