kraft, the owner of the new england patriots. are you suggesting that the ted wells report did not do due diligence? to suggest that there's a relationship between them, or are you suggesting based on history that bill belichick must have known what was going on? >> well, i go with both. and let's just go with something that just recently happened. just a few weeks ago, the nfl nailed the atlanta falcons for pumping illegal crowd noise into the georgia dome. and after the investigation, they said that rich mckay the president of the falcons, was not involved yet they suspended rich mckay from the nfl competition committee. so there's already hypocrisy here within a matter of weeks. you cannot suspend rich mckay when you flat-out say in your report that he knew nothing about the illegal crowd noise because rich mckay is the president of the falcons, that he is indirectly guilty. yet come back with this report which is more serious, and say that you're going to let bill belichick off scot-free. >> okay. okay, terrence. stay with us

england, but outside new england? >> no, i think it does. i think -- look, my own personal feeling on this is this is really kind of a minor infraction. a speeding ticket, let's say, in the real world. but i think that the patriots with four super bowls under bill belichick are a team that people seem to love to hate, and i think his reputation will suffer. he will carry this for the rest of his life, i believe. >> joe sullivan, thanks so much for your time. joining me now from outside salem state university in massachusetts where tom brady just spoke, msnbc's steve kornacki. well, steve, are you wishing you'd paid $3,200 to be in there? >> reporter: i tell you, i mean, he could have just started reciting random letters from the alphabet and that place would have gone crazy. you talk about a home-field advantage. i give jim gray credit. he did did try to come at him from a couple different angles. there was only so much the crowd was going to let him do. i was surprised. i thought brady might have a little bit more to

it was not just people in new england who held this view. consider for a moment this popular print of the war. maybe some of you have seen this. when you look at it, it is a neat image of the power of newspapers in the 1840's. this was by a well-known and respected artist at the time. at first it looks like an image of people being enthusiastic about the war. they just got news about the war in their newspapers. in fact, the u.s.-mexico war was the first war where journalists traveled and were embedded with troops. journalists traveled with the troops and wrote back stories. this is the first war where people are getting immediate news from a firsthand account from journalists traveling with the troops. look at the image more closely. i should tell you woodville was from baltimore, not new england. notice how he places slaves front and center of the image. i think what he is asking readers to think about the implications of slavery by putting the slaves in the front of the image. if you look to the edge, you can see a guy tossing a match int

that's when the new england saints involved in bounty gate. sean payton suspended for a full year and goodell said ignorance was no excuse. sean payton claimed to not know about the wrongdoings of the team it did not save him from suffering a year long suspension. it will be interesting to see how big of a hammer roger goodell brings on the new england patriots in this. >> and maybe on tom brady the star quarterback of the new england patriots because as we said the conclusion of this report it's more probable than not that tom brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activity sies so a serious situation. coy wire reporting for us thank you. other news an election with big implications for the united states. it's not the presidential race here in the united states still 18 months away the u.k. elections are tomorrow and british voters facing choices that could reshape their country's global roles for years to come. richard quest is joining us to help us better understand what's going on. the current prime minister david cameron

england patriots and nbc news capitol hill correspondent luke russert. ross, let me start with you. you know the game you know the players, you know what happens in locker rooms and in equipment rooms. how do you see this report? >> well it's kind of like i thought all along, to be honest with you, alex. i said back in january based on my time in new england, i thought it was more probable than not that there was something inappropriate here. now, every quarterback in the league wants their footballs a certain way. but when some of this information started to come out, knowing the way that organization in particular pushes the limits i'm not surprised by today's findings that clearly they cheated in this instance and they all knew it at least the equipment guys and brady were in on it. i'd be surprised quite frankly if bill belichick didn't have some knowledge as well. >> steve, are you surprised by the fact that tom brady was even as directly potentially involved as the text messages reveal that he maybe was? i mean i think a lot of us thought maybe tom

ryan smith, abc news, new york. >> you know, new england fans consider tom brady a national treasure. i know this is not welcome news to them. and he could face punishment. but the team could as well. >> in this report they put it all on the patriots, whether it's an organizational thing, they might. everybody thinks back to spygate. but also the new orleans situation where they were targeting players. it was an organizational control issue. they got hit pretty hard. but he cheated, okay? fine. all right? the report says he cheated. this isn't about -- this is about a preponderance of evidence, all circumstantial, but still points to something, he cheated. he's still going to be a hall of famer. but it's a matter of cheating the game and that is important and it matters. so a suspension is coming, according to the experts. >> right. so we'll see what happens there. i mean, of course it's a dynasty and their legacy is on the line really at this point. especially for tom brady. >> yeah, we'll have a whole lot more about this on abc news. more reaction, more insight into the story. yes,

i want to first go to robert kraft owner of the new england patriots. he's speaking about what's called deflategate, the nfl's punishment of the new england patriots and tom brady the star quarterback. let's listen to mr. kraft. >> i have the privilege of going to a meeting similar to what we're at here in orlando and being welcomed in an nfl owners meeting. so here's a fan and a former season ticket holder living a dream and being welcomed in that room. i got goose bumps that day. and i vowed at that time that i would do everything i could do to make the new england patriots an elite team and hopefully respected throughout the country and at the same time do whatever i could do to try to help the nfl become the most popular sport in america. you know what i've learned over the last two decades, is that the heart and soul of the strength of the nfl that is a partnership of 32 teams and what's become very clear over those two decades that at no time should the agenda of one team outweigh the collective good of the full 32. so i have a way of looking at p

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particularly, those in the east new england states. northern abolitionists were outraged by the kansas-nebraska act. they hated slavery abolitionists did, but they could live with it as long as it state the load 36/30. now slavery conceivably spread all the way to the pacific ocean. so armed and heavily financed groups of abolitionists backed by new england concerns and eight societies, boston connecticut, rhode island, maine, ohio, new york they reported anti-slave -- -- anti-slavery abolitionist to stop kansas from becoming a slave state. missouri saw these yankees pointing to kansas territory they knew they were going to have a fight on their hands, and the mixture of abolitionists and proslavery mingling together in kansas territory -- the territory exploded in violence warfare, terrorism. it attracted men like john brown and his sons and starting in 1854, a low-grade, pre-civil war began in kansas. it was nicknamed bleeding kansas. 1854 until kansas became a free state, 1861, warfare was going on in kansas territory over who would

here's the new jersey governor standing behind the new england quarterback. here he goes. >> listen, i think this has been so -- i think this has been so overcovered, i have to tell you the truth, i think this has been so overcovered. the wells report came out, doesn't seem all that conclusive to me. in the end, i quite frankly to have this story be leading the national news with all the other things that are going on in the world is really kind of silly. you know, people in public life wind up becoming targets for various reasons. no, i don't think it tarnishes tom brady's legacy. i don't think it tarnishes bill belichick's legacy, and i don't think it tarnishes roger kraft's legacy. i can't think of one way i can relate to tom brady. >> the roundtable tonight, michael steele, betsey woodruff with the daily beast, and steve mcmahon, a democratic strategist. all of you, later in the program, we'll get to the big test. i'll ask all three of you to tell me, which one's regulation and which one isn't. it is very discernible. every producer here has been right ab

nobody can break the rules and the new england patriots found that out today. >> okay. shu, thanks very much. mike schumann reporting live for us. thanks shu. >>> back here at home, a construction truck hit and killed a female bicyclist in fremont. police have yet to identify the woman who died. sky 7 hd was over the scene of the collision this morning about 9:00. the truck driver stayed and was cooperating with police. the collision closed the off-ramp of northbound 880 near fremont and one lane of fremont boulevard earlier today. >>> new details on the employee who was arrested last week accused of possessing child pornography. today 27-year-old edgar covar covarrubias could face ten years in prison if convicted of all charges. >>> hundreds of parents across california held protests against a senate bill that would mandate that all children get vaccinated. it's been a big controversy, as you know. upon those who support senate bill 277 are upset that that bill may ultimately be watered down. lyanne melendez is with the latest in the newsroom. >> reporter: those senato

the nfl comes down hard on the new england patriots and its biggest star. we'll break down the deflate gate punishment. >> the continued humidity for now. >>> let's go to david and karen, weather and traffic. >> a little bit muggy this morning. take a look at satellite and radar. we had a cold front coming from the west but we talked about how it was largely going to fall apart and it has done that now. just a couple of real light sprinkles to the west, most of which will not even survive into our region so we're looking at some open spaces, some clouds, severe weather out to the west is now done and we are going to look at some changes today. temperatures this morning 67 degrees in philadelphia. 62 in allentown. 63 in millville. doesn't look too bad temperature-wise but when you consider the dewpoints are still well above 60, in the mid 60's in much of the region it's still a bit on the humid side as you step outside this morning. and that goes for the bus stop as well. temperatures on the bus stop this morning under partly cloudy skies 67 by 6 o'clock 70

. >> new england patriots want tom brady will appeal his four game suspension. millions despise him, folks in san mateo say they support their hometown hero. investigators claim that the new england patriots and brady schemed to delfate the football before the championship game but he holds a special place at the high school where he started for the padres in the 1990s. >> knowing about deflated football does not make a difference in my eyes or anyone else. >> he should have been smart enough to know i have a team under suspicion for cheating and we cannot try stuff like that. >> the new england patriots face $1 million fine and loss of two future draft picks. >> the scandal over improperly flighted footballs is not the only one rocking the nfl. 14 teams are coming underfire for receiving taxpayer money to promote the military. "new york times" reports that the department of defend shelled out more than $5 million to nfl teams the last three years and plan to hold military tributes where you see soldiers welcomed at half time. those are more than just special mo

and secondly to give the people of new england 18 they could be proud. that is why it hurts them. charlie: have you talked to him? peter: i have had a conversation with him but nothing on the record or nothing reportable. i am hoping in the coming days to speak to him. charlie: is there any idea of what brady is going to do? willie have a press conference or a conversation -- will he have a press conference or a conversation? peter: i do not know what he will do. it is incumbent on him to do something. charlie: does he have to do something? peter: he does. america is looking at him that tommy perfect is not perfect. charlie: did he know and secondly, how is he handling the questions about it after the fact? peter: it was very curious, she did one press conference where he talked about this. peter alexander, a correspondent of nbc news when he talked about this, the only time he talked about it at length. peter alexander said "tom america wants to know, are you a cheater?" brady looked at him and i am paraphrasing, i do not think so. he went on to talk about how he believes in fair

new england patriots. how the league dropped the hammer over deflategate sending quite a message. new reaction just in. >> life or death. drama in the boston bomber's sentencing phase and the roman catholic nun who is defending him. what's happening in court today before the jury decides his fate. >> nature's nightmare. the human toll in the tornado zone where twister after twister tore across the landscape. why some hard hit areas could be in for more bad weather today. >> and later, surprises on stage at last night's dancing with the stars semifinals. the big upset, the perfect score we even saw a marriage proposal. that's all in "the skinny" on this tuesday, may 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm marci gonzalez. reena ninan is on assignment. >> yes, and hello to you once again. >> marci is going to be here with us all week. marci is going to be here with us all week. >> great to be here. >> i'm t.j. holmes. we have to start with deflategate, the punishment

is the new england star quarterback now facing a tarnished legacy or worse? here's abc's ryan smith. >> reporter: tonight, football's golden boy and super bowl champion and mvp tom brady playing defense. >> deflate-gate. >> deflate-gate. >> deflate-gate. >> nfl investigators releasing a 243-page report in to the deflate-gate scandal, saying brady was at least generally aware about inappropriate activities surrounding those infamous deflated footballs. >> end zone, touchdown! >> reporter: the bombshell report revealing minutes before brady took the field for the afc championship game, patriots employee jim mcnally reportedly carried the game-day footballs out of the locker room to a bathroom and a minute and 40 seconds later he brings them to the field. a breach of game protocol the report says. those balls later found to be deflatd. perhaps most damming the report cites a string of texts between mcnally and equipment assistant after brady complained about game balls in october telling him talk to him last night. he brought you up and said you must have a lot

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new england fans feel very strongly he's been singled out here. brady's own father calling this framegate. but ryan, the nfl late today making it clear, they needed to send a statement here. >> reporter: right. the nfl saying this is a matter of integrity and the playing rules exist for a reason. he broke those rules and he's been penalized. >> you heard the fans and many analysts say there are a lot of quarterbacks that know the footballs are manipulated in some way. >> reporter: it's a good point. but they have to be manipulated within the rules. they say, he went outside of those rules and he faces the ultimate price. >> and the debate starts tonight whether this was too little or too much this punishment. >> reporter: that's right. for the nfl, it's not just about integrity integrity, it's about tom brady not turning over some things. in the end, that warranted a four-game punishment for him. >> ryan smith leading us off with the breaking news on tom brady. ryan, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the 50 million bracing for severe storm

. >> new england patriot made a big announcement on deflate-gate scandal as nfl team owners hell the annual meeting in san francisco. our reporter is in the newsroom with the latest. >> the patriots owner announced he will not appeal until sanctions for doe flight -- deflate fast fined $1 million and lost two draft picks and tom brady is banned for two games. robert kraft called them "unreasonable and unprecedented," but he said the process has been going on for too long and accepts the punishment. >> i know a lot of new england patriots fans are going to be disappointed in the decision. i hope they trust my judgment and know that i really feel at this point in time taking this off the agenda this is the best thing for the new england patriots, our fans and the nfl. >> nfl owners will hear a proposal to bring the nfl back to los angeles, a familiar face is leading the charge: former 49ers president. the oakland raiders and chargers hired him to help make a stall deal happen. the teams are in talk to share a $1.7 billion arena down in carson. they plan to rally outside the ritz where

though he was from new england he was a strong proslavery man. the democratic party in the 1850's, strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was the father of kansas territory who believes in the concept of popular sovereignty. let the will of the people be spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by that constitution. when that constitution arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate it did not represent popular sovereignty. it did not represent the will of the people. this constitution was debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, which was controlled by southerners, did pass it. they got the u.s. house which had more northern influence. the debate was so rancorous that in february of 1858, late one night while this constitution was being debated in the u.s. house representatives, a brawl broke out. over 50 congressman were brawling on the floor of the u.s. house and supposedly the only thing that broke them up was another humorous event. two congress and from wisconsin grabbed the hairpiece of a cong

the new england patriots quarterback. tom brady as i said probably knew the game was being rigged. this is "hardball," a place for politics. >>> i'm page hopkins in new york with breaking news. tornado warnings are in effect for parts of the oklahoma city metro area. tornadoes have already touched down and we have this report from our nbc affiliate kfor just moments ago. >> you're looking at it right now, mike. i've got debris lifting out toward me past me now on 36. we've got a lot of tree damage. i've got debris blowing in towards the tornado. this is going to be heading toward the water tower on the north side of rock creek. power flash, large power flashes. this is it mike coming to the ground right now. this is it. folks you got to be ready for it. mike, i've got trees coming down on me and power flashes. i've got to back out of here. i've got trees coming down on me. back it out, mike. back it out. >> marc dillard is in at least an f-1 tornado right now. it's just to the south. it's in north norman right now. at lea

the nfl comes down hard on the new england patriots and its biggest star. we'll break down the deflate gate punishment. >> the continued humidity for now. >>> let's go to david and karen, weather and traffic. >> a little bit muggy this morning. take a look at satellite and radar. we had a cold front coming from the west but we talked about how it was largely going to fall apart and it has done that now. just a couple of real light sprinkles to the west, most of which will not even survive into our region so we're looking at som

his predecessor, franklin pierce from concord, new hampshire even though he was from new england, he was also a strong proslavery candidate. democratic party in the 1850's was controlled by southern influence strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was stephen a douglas, who believed in the concept of popular sovereignty let the will of the people be spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by the lecompton constitution. when it arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate and called it a swindle and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty or the will of the people. this constitution was ferociously debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, controlled by southerners, did pass it and ratified it. it got to the u.s. house with more northern influence and the debate was so rancorous that in february of 1858, late one night , while the constitution was being debated in the u.s. house of representatives, a brawl broke out over 50 congressmen were brawling on the floor of the u.s. house. supposedly, the only thing that broke them up wa

. >> plus -- >> more probable than not that the new england patriots intentionally deflated footballs later. >> warming up and expanding. >> increasingly a national security threat. >> could become unusable. >> i will help the opposition against the tpp. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. we start with a story north of the border and it has an impact here at home. it's a political revolution that's unfolding in alberta, canada. this is absolutely horrible news for transcanada, as it could put the keystone xl pipeline totally at risk. on tuesday night, alberta conservatives were ousted after being in power for 44 years. the new democrats took 53 out of 87 seats in the province legislature. the conservatives were reduced to only 10 seats. what is going on here? this is a huge deal in canada. alberta is canada's largest oil producing province and holds the country's tar sands. this is the texas of canada. the international fairs correspondent, doug saunders puts things into perspective when he tweeted this out. to put what just happened in canada in context

season, september 10th is pittsburgh at new england,i4!&c @&c atmosphere. football is back everybody is happy. the story that night will be where is tom brady? he's not in the lineup because the n.f.l. has branded him a cheater. so i know that's not what the n.f.l. wants but that's not going to prevent them from making a decision. >> rose: you know, it reminds me of my friend brian williams, whenever you see a tabloid story about him, it's lyin' brian and this will be cheating tom. >> as somebody who watches nbc nightly news and i've watched brian williams six or eight years most nights, i thought he was absolutely tremendous and i really feel for him and i think this is one of those classic cases in to see him get another shot. again, i understand the argument against that, but you're right it's the exact same thing about tom brady. the rest of his life, people will look at him and say hey there's the guy the n.f.l. brought the hammer do youÑiq cheating. >> rose: great to see you. peter king. back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: david mccullough is he

. >> san mateo native tom brady does not believe the new england patriots victory against the seahawks was tainted by the controversy over delfated footballs. that is not all he said. new england quarterback spoke at a college in massachusetts last night for the first time following the release of nfl report into the scandal. he does not directly answer any questions about it and the nfl report suggested that brady was aware, perhaps more than aware that two new england patriot employees broke league rules by deflating footballs to them. >> that controversy will continue. >> right now out meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> i hope there is nothing controversial about the week forecast because it is mother's day. we have a possibility of drizzle in the morning and i will show you the past likely area and a cooling trend for next week. >> why the guy who has miserable vacation photo went viral has a big reason to smile. >> what an >> covering san rafael, south bay pleasanton and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> an air force lieutenant colonel is the first woma

like i said we know new england is a good team ands cup finalist last year i think we've always had a little good rivalry with them. so i think the guys are ready for the game. >> both teams coming off a loss. i think both teams will be looking to again, respond positively after that. so it has all the makings of a great game. new england is as good as they come in the league and we'll have our work consult out for us but it's an exciting challenge to have this game to respond after a loss. >> so sdeep united kickd.c. united kicks off in foxboro. who needs the beach? get a tv. the men's baseball team for the terps. women in the final, the national title game women's lacrosse playing north carolina and monday hopefully the maryland men. let you know at 11:00 if -- >> and laughing up in the -- >> who needs the sun screen? >> take you out to northern virginia now. long lines at garfield high school today for woodbridge's first food truck festival. it started with ten trucks but grew to 23 once people started seeing it advertised or facebook. amazing how things spread or social media. kat

a little bit of light rain in new england. heading off into the midwest driving that way, maybe driving into a few showers along interstates 80 and 90 across northern ohio and indiana. that may be getting closer to the mountains later today, but right now metro area we're all dry. starting off this morning no travel problems over than the chill in the air. you need the heater on in 2 car. temperatures only around 50 degrees. that's the water temperature too, only 58 at the beaches for the water temperature. a chill coming off the water on saturday with an on shore flow. only in the 60s at the beaches. sunday looking good into the mid 70s and beautiful at the beaches on memorial day into the 80s and partly cloudy and not very humid. next weather and traffic on the 1s your bus stop foreca

charles: breaking news come in the nfl cracking down on tom brady and the new england patriots, the super bowl quarterback has been suspended in the draft pick and four games. in addition to that we will be penalized. >> a lot of speculation around two-game suspension around the way, for games is a major surprise. i would say that we are also learning now that robert kraft apparently told roger goodell that he was suspending the to quit but folks without pay in an attempt to head this off a more serious punishment. but this has really come down on the side of a very serious punishment from the nfl to the patriots and tom brady. charles: thank you so much and we'll come back you in a moment. we have monica crowley with us, thank you for being with us and our buddy steve is here, jim a wand and hilary kramer. and a lot of politics involved in this. outside there would be a new england patriots all with a black eyes and bruises, that played a part, and so just made the point. do you think that is excessive? >> i'm actually stunned but i think it is history being built into this context has g

. >> before the super bowl, when they were still back in new england. bill belichick came out and give an extensive press conference with scientific details about how this may have happened. and tom brady gave some conference where he was vague, saying how i don't know how this happened and very broad and through super bowl week he declined to address it and so we haven't heard how addressed it in months and now that the report is out it is more on the table for him. >> the nfl doesn't have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that brady did this? >> right. so the integrity clause in the nfl will say a preponderance of the evidence so in legal terms, it is a civil suit versus criminal court and that is why you see the language in the wells report most probable it is more likely and lawyerly language and for patriots fans they say this isn't fair you are convicting him on a most probably and that leaves it preponderance of the evidence and telling us we believe he did it. >> and he is just having a lengthy introduction from the president. but in terms of p

new england fans feel very strongly he's been singled out here. ryan the nfl late today making it clear, they needed to send a statement here. >> reporter: right. the nfl saying this is a matter of integrity and the playing rules exist for a reason. he broke those rules. >> you heard the fans and many analysts say there are a lot of quarterbacks that know the footballs are ma anyone lated in some way. >> reporter: it's a good point. but they have to be ma anyone lated within the rules. he went outside those rules. >> and the debate starts tonight whether this was too little or too much. >> reporter: that's right. >> ryan smith us off with the breaking news on tom brady. ryan thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the 50 million bracing for severe storms tonight, from texas, all the way up to michigan. the tornado outbreak deadly already. at least five dead and now the search for the missing tonight. from the moment those storms hit, you could hear the sirens. these images from texas. and iowa this school taking a correct direct hit. the roof ri

dedicated to old school new england-style candle pin bowling. the holy rollers, a crowd of septuagenarians who grew up in shellburn and plan this is a reasonable expectation to kick my [ bleep ]. they've been playing here since the '50s. >> i was never allowed to come near the bowling alley. >> a den of iniquity? >> my aunt did not think this was a good idea. >> oh, man. it's a tiny little ball. this looks really hard. [ cheering ] >> it's very different, shellburn falls. i grew up here. very different. people don't know each other as well as everyone used to know each other. >> when i grew up in greenfield, everybody had jobs. i worked from the time i was 13. if i had to go back there, now, i don't believe in drugs, i don't have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? standing on the corner, i probably would get into a business. what's a good business? well-paying business? i'm sorry. that's where we are. ♪ >> yes, it used to be a very different world towns like this one. and there were many. but like everywhere else, it seems

new england patriots are cheaters. cheater, cheater cheater. they were caught in 2004 when they won a super bowl and they were caught again and won a super bowl again this season. now, i'm sure we all remember the charges that the patriots deflated -- accuse of deflating 11 or 12 footballs found to be accurate for the play off game against indianapolis. tom brady tried to give us a lot of nonsense why that didn't happen. to the point that his head coach then talked about what appeared to be a scientific background by bill belichick. today the independent investigator ted welsh said in his roar the two equipment guys conspired to deflate balls at tom brady's request. the report says it's logical to conclude from the investigation. now in text messages one of the equipment guys called himself the deflate. now let's see if the nfl has the -- guts to do what needs to be done. phillies road trip ends tonight in atlanta. chase utley as expect asked not in the lineup again. one of the better young players in baseball something the phillies don't have

new england and northern new england should be upper 70s. completely different. it's going to taste like early summer. and the derby sunny and 75. you couldn't ask for a better derby. >> perfect weather. you should work for nba sports. some other stories making news. at the vatican the pope admits even he makes mistakes. there was a scheduled mixup. he thought a meeting with 7,000 members of a catholic group was friday instead of yesterday. the group is in rome celebrating their fifthiest anniversary. he told the crowd even the the pope has his faults. >> look at this. hegs in a park n. >> that was a she, not a he leading police on a wild chase. the 15-year-old tearing up grass and hitting sign posts. the chase then hit the streets but it didn't last long. the teen crashed. he was handcuffed and taken away. in san francisco a wild sight. a sea lion pup roaming the streets. thanks to a warming ocean and limited food supply, he was roming the coast. >> they go back and forth on twitter, and the album sung by a 2016 presidential candidate? you have to hear this. scr

the long-awaited deflategate report is out pointing the finger at some on the new england patriots including super bowl mvp tom brady over those underinflated footballs. did they cheat? bob costas joins us tonight. >>> take cover. tornadoes already spotted on the ground. millions in the potential path from texas to nebraska with watches and warnings throughout the night. and it's just getting started. >>> alone in the cockpit. chilling new revelations tonight that the pilot that deliberately crashed a passenger plane may have practiced it on the flight before. >>> and sibling rivalry. prince george is the most famous toddler in the world, but how will he share the spotlight with his little sister? "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. breaking news as we come on the air tonight. we have been tracking a tornado outbreak across a wide area from kansas on into texas this evening, including a massive half mile wide twist they're roared through the oklahoma city area. several tornadoes have been confirmed across the region and there are reports of damage. nbc's jacob rascon is tracki

. ♪ ♪ ♪ kellye: an update on a story the president of new england donated money to replace the statue of lucille ball in new york. it sparked controversy for looking nothing like her. the artist has apologized. thursday morning, jummy olabanji helps the element picked works its way through arlington. she carried it around the pentagon before handing it off. the rich will travel through all 48 states and the continental u.s. before it arrives in los angeles this july. this winter has dumped in historic amount of snow in new england, and some of the snow piles are just now melting. "the boston globe" reports 175 foot --one 75 foot tall snow mound is a pile of trash and traffic cones. after six weeks of work, crews say they have removed about 85 tons of debris. from one problem to the other. devon: i thought that was a distant memory. kellye: not that easily. devon: and all the kids saying, that's where my bizarre. kellye: discovering long-lost items. devon: we eventually have the slow moving cold front from the west, the real-time temps right now, low to mid 70's. it is almost midday, a

the harsh punishment of quarterback tom brady and the new england patriots. all stemming from the deflategate scandal. >> brady, of course, is arguably the nfl's biggest star. forced now to the bench by a suspension that could keep him out of action for a quarter of the patriots' regular season. the organization paying a hefty price as well. abc's susan saulny reports. >> reporter: the nfl superstar. four-time super bowl winning quarterback tom brady on his knees this morning, taking a big hit for his role in the deflategate controversy. a four-game suspension beginning next season without pay. but brady has no plans to stay down. his agent making it clear that the superstar quarterback will definitely appeal. the nfl told brady, your actions clearly constitute conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the game of professional football. the 243-page deflategate report released last week was damning, finding that it is more probable than not that tom brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities involving the release

a $40 million rising star with the new england patriots. odin lloyd's best buddies, darryl hodge and daryl sweet, say their friend wasn't normally a big partier. they know a different side of him. the friend they describe was passionate about football. >> definitely always took care of his moms and sisters. >> and family. >> my brother and i were kind of like, i wouldn't say best friends, but as close as siblings can get. >> in and out. >> branch, who also coached lloyd in high school, didn't hesitate to give him advice as an adult, and an occasional reality check. >> at some point, you realize you're not going to the nfl, this is just going to be for fun. what do i got to do to start preparing myself for life? >> he says lloyd was doing landscaping while figuring out what next. >> i spoke to him about taking firefighter tests. >> lloyd also began dating college student shannia jenkins. she's the link between the young man who dreamed of the nfl, and the all-american who made it. >> what's your understanding of how they met? >> they were da