the evidence i am not persuaded that rice lied to or misled the nfl. i find that the suspension was an abuse of discretion and must be vacated which means ray rice is now eligible to play football again if he can find a team to sign him. his wife, janay palmer rice and her mother candy palmer sat down with matt lauer for a lengthy interview and in that exclusive interview janay rice advocates on her husband's behalf as well talking about what happened that night in atlantic city. >> i guess it was about four days or so after the incident at the casino that the tape -- first tape came out. the one outside the elevator. had you seen the tape? >> i saw the first one. >> so did you see it before it was released to the public? >> no. we just knew about it. >> you knew about it. were you dreading the moment that that tape came out? >> yes. yes. we knew that it was going to happen. we didn't know exactly when it was going to happen.