Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The nfl revealed today that the footballs for the a. F. C. Championship were all checked by officials before the game and found to be legal, but after that check, something happened to the balls owned by the new england patriots. In a Statement Today the nfl confirmed that during the game those balls were found to be underinflated, which can make them easier to grip. The patriots crushed the Indianapolis Colts and are headed to the super bowl. Anna werner is following this. Reporter the nfl may not know how those balls got on the field, but they were tossed out at halftime. All secondhalf game balls were checked at the end of the game and remained in compliance. League rules stipulate that each Team Provides 12 footballs before each game. The nfls investigation is squarely focused on the ones the patriots provided. The nfl has hired both a law firm and an Investigative Firm that it said has
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Record numbers, creating new opportunities for businesses in japan. Militants with Islamic State are demanding ransom for two japanese men. They have released an yoin line video saying they will kill the hostages unless they receive 200 million in the next 72 hours. Its believed the two men in orange jumpsutds are kenji goto and hard euna yukawa. Haruna is a freelance journalist. He said on twitter that he was in syria. Yukawa is said to run a private military company and travel frequently to the middle east including syria. To the Prime Minister of japan, although you are more than 8,500 kilometers away from Islamic State, you will take part in this crusade. We have proudly donated 100 million to kill our women and children, to destroy muslims so the life of this japanese citizen will cost you 100 million. And an attempt to stop the expansion of the Islamic State you also donated another 100 million to train the mujahadin against the mujahadin and so the life of this japanese citizen
Leaving their school with National Guardsmen armed just across the street. Its obvious who these police and National Guardsmen are protecting. Its upsetting to see it. Reporter and they know it. You come out of your school and youre seeing humvees and youre seeing soldiers with m16s and cops with riot gear and you just dont know whats going to happen. Reporter on monday Mondawmin Mall was looted and burned by teens, some of them students here at douglas high school. Some people from our school that were a part of it makes it worse. Reporter today is the first day they have returned to School Stinks since the riots. Theyre still trying to make sense of what happened and why. A lot of kids having different opinions about what happened like you know we want justice. Its crazy and violent and surreal. You wouldnt expect this to happen and it did. It was uncalled for, unnecessary, because were destroying the things that we love. Reporter today these douglas students are interviewing. We tal
Just getting ready to open up here. We have heard reports of sometime between 4 30 and 5 00 so it looks like they are still finishing it up. But well keep an eye on this. Looks like they are opening up a couple of more lanes of the freeway so gene a double fatal accident so again, a double fatal accident in oakland had the potential to really snarl the traffic but looks like chp is getting the upper hand on it. As kiet mentioned, still no official eto. They had hoped by 5 00 but that deadline is passed. Three of four lanes are closed southbound. The accident happened around 16th. The lanes are blocked between broadway and 16th so we are seeing good sized delays from downtown oakland. If you want an alternate, 580 probably the best bet. Southbound nimitz freeway, right now up to 21 minutes between the maze and 238. It hasnt changed much in the last 10, 15 minutes. But if they reopen lanes, that will help the commute across that stretch of freeway. Bart is also another great option. So f