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Manipulative conduct that was all about power. >> reporter: former acting u.s. attorney general sally yates led the independent investigation commissioned last year after multiple reports described allegations of abuse by nwsl coaches. how widespread was this? >> the barriers were not there. the consequences were not there. thus, it allowed a systemic problem to flourish for years. >> reporter: the report broke of past players accusing this former coach paul riley of sexual and verbal abuse. the allegations created an uproar across the league, including player protests during games and riley's...

They have since talked to that lyft driver and cleared him. now a curious new twist, and questions why she went off the grid so suddenly. i will ask her friend about all of it. plus, president trump suggesting there is something fishy behind former president obama not yet endorsing his former vice president joe biden. does the president have a point? will get into all of it, plus the breaking news on the new white house press secretary. melissa? >> melissa: president trump speaking out on yet another national anthem protest. this time involving u.s. women's soccer star megan rapinoe. just like...

Underscored refs are people and people make mistakes. >> the other complication is that it was a no call. our coaches and clubs have been resistant and there's not been support to date about having a replay official or somebody in new york throw a flag when there's no flag. >> the commissioner says the competitions committee will be tasked with reviewing the play and providing possible solutions. he says he will be satisfied the next season begins without any rule changes. shepard? >> shepard: so on the half time show, the commissioner took questions on that, too, huh? >> that's right. he addr...

Discussed the play. he said officials are human that have to make snap decisions. he said there's no quick fix to preventing a similar controversy. >> whenever officiating is part of any kind of discussion postgame, it's never a good outcome for us. technology won't solve those issues. the game is not officiated by robots and it won't be. we have to continue to go down that path. >> goodell addressed the decision by the band maroon 5 not to take part in the customary pregame news conference. there was speculation the group didn't want to address questions dealing with player protests. >> we're...

And the thing is when you're a journalist, while you're supposed to create some kind of objective distance, it's much harder for you to deal with when you fit the description of what supposedly our government doesn't want or doesn't think is good enough or doesn't deserve the equality that other people have. >> yeah. and the thing is, what we do is we just continue to tell the truth as we do, and that is the marker. we tell the truth and move on. so, listen, let's talk about some of your reporting. the country is closely watching the senate contest in texas. you recently interviewed beto o'r...