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He s also distraught. he wanted to clear up something that was reported yesterday that bastion did not speak to police officers. he said he definitely did. he was in the hospital for six hours. the police were there. he did talk to them while he was getting treated for his injuries. in fact, there was a search warrant. the police said we re going to issue a search warrant to get a blood test from you. he said you don t have to do that. this is according to the lawyer. we ll give you that blood sample. they say he is very upset about what happened, of course. t.j. marci. karen traverse for us in philadelphia. thank you as always. we re going to stay on top of developments from philadelphia and hear much more about the victims later in half hour and updating the investigation all morning long right here on abc news. a man seen on camera attacking a new york city police officer with a hammer is in critical condition this morning. video captured the moment when the officer is hit a ....
A year. the press cried out for him to be punished. the balls weren t the big issue. it was the way he continued to conduct himself once everything was found. and the nfl agreed. patriots fans who roared their support for brady last week now facing a cold autumn in his absence. karen traverse, abc news, washington. but he s going to appeal this thing. his agent came out yesterday with a fairly strongly worded statement, as well, no doubt ob confirming brady will appeal the suspension. the two the staffers accused of doctoring the game balls have been suspended indefinitely. owner robert kraft put out a statement yesterday and said despite our conviction there was no tampering with footballs, it was our intention to accept any discipline levied by the league. tom brady has our unconditional support. our belief in him has not wavered. how much is this going to cost brady financially. tom brady is scheduled to make $8 million in base salary this season. ....
Just a nuisance. unlike other insects they do not carry disease. those are the top stories on this tuesday, may 20th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. good tuesday morning, everybody. we will begin this half hour with angry reaction from the chinese over those spying charges levied by the u.s. beijing denies it engaged or participated in cybertheft. the government has called the u.s. ambassador to launch a formal protest. with more on those charges, here s karen traverse. two major crackdowns on cyber terrorism. for the first time ever, the u.s. government has accused another nation of internet hacking. this is a case alleging economic espionage by members of the chinese military. reporter: u.s. intelligence officials have believed for some time that the chinese government was engaging in a state-sponsored campaign to hack in to u.s. business interests to ....
We ll see where it stands. interesting to see how that shakes out. now to the other political mess in washington. there s so many of them. the looming fiscal cliff. the two principals faced off yet again. and karen traverse has our daily progress report. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, paula. more signs that they re no closer to a deal to the fiscal cliff. but at least yesterday, president obama and house speaker john boehner sat down and talked. house speaker john boehner paid a visit to the white house for a nearly hour-long meeting with president obama. it was their second face-to-face session in the past five days. the president was asked if he s feeling optimistic. it s a work in progress. reporter: very much in progress. right now there s even disagreement on what they re disagreeing about. is it tax rates for the wealthy? there are some clear, you ....
The global markets reacted badly to that may jobs report. and the obama and romney campaigns seized on the numbers to make a sales pitch to voters. the dow jones was down for much of the day as the fallout continued from the weak may jobs report. friday s numbers were very far from where we want them to be, where the president wants them to be. but even those numbers, again, another month of private sector job creation, compare favorably by anyone s standards to losing 750,000 jobs in one month. reporter: the slow u.s. job growth has investors rattled and coincides with the perfect storm of bad economic news around the globe. china s economy is unexpectedly slowing down. and the debt crisis in europe is only worsening. that global environment across the three main engines of the global economy is looking a lot weaker than a month ago. reporter: one bright spot, oil prices are at their lowest levels in eight months. for americans that means less pain at the pump. but it s a slow ....