declan hill, welcome. so why the sudden reversal? sepp blatter said just on friday he was glad to be reelected and this was going to be a new era for fifa. >> it really is extraordinary. i mean, today's events starting early zurich time dawn all the way to right now is an epic-shaping time in international sports. it reminds me of a game of thrones, meeting at king's landing. a bunch of king-makers, people behind the throne we don't see in public i think phoned up sepp blatter this morning and said enough is enough. >> woodruff: what precipitated that? as you and i are speaking, as we tape this interview, abc news is reporting that the f.b.i., u.s. prosecutors are now investigating blatter himself. >> yeah, and you have an extraordinary scenario here. as you can see i'm speaking to you from ottawa canada where the women's world cup be in a few days. the second command today early in zurich discovered he had crucial business that he couldn't fly to canada. maybe what may be going on, a lot of people are talking about this, is he's afr