of worcester warriors, administrators say they ve appointed the clubs former chief executive jim o toole and his business partner james sandford as new owners. the process has taken almost six months since o toole made his first offer to buy the club from the previous owners last august, well over a month prior to the club entering administration. their consortium, atlas will now take over the running of the club. the most successful career in american football history has come to an end. tom brady not for the first time, announced his retirement from the nfl. but now he insists it s for good. the quarterback s time in the sport was longer and more trophy laden than any other player, winning the super bowl a record seven occasions. hugh ferris has more. in a country were team sports arcing. , are king tom brady is america s superstar individual. it s notjust his seven super bowls that stand alone, unmatched the quarterback holds at almost every relevant record in the nfl.
lot of fans are disappointed, essentially at the rfu not being satisfied with the business plan they have provided and they are not convinced that the financial viability is there behind the bid and as a result they have rejected the bid for the club to play in the championship from next season. they say they stand by the set of conditions that they imposed and said they had to make sure that the future of the club was secure and risk of future insolvency was minimised. they ve not had that satisfaction, so what next? jim o toole and his consortium said yesterday they might ahead with a beard but not have elite rugby at sixways but the rfu are urging the administrators not to sell to a beard where they would not be elite rugby and they say they will explore the possibility of alternative bids. laura, thank you for that.
premiership as a sustainable club. anyone, laura, who has been following the story will know that there s no guarantee of success, particularly in the financial climate that they find themselves in, also a hard deadline to get this in, also a hard deadline to get this in and approved. what chance does steve dymond eventually reach the grand vision that you ve been outlining? he grand vision that you ve been outlining? grand vision that you ve been outlinin: ? , . , , outlining? he says that he presented the lan outlining? he says that he presented the [an to outlining? he says that he presented the plan to bill outlining? he says that he presented the plan to bill sweeney, outlining? he says that he presented the plan to bill sweeney, the - outlining? he says that he presented the plan to bill sweeney, the chief i the plan to bill sweeney, the chief executive of the rfq, simon massey taylor, the chief executive of airship rugby in the administrators last week. he says that bill swe
however, if you go state by state, you could get a map that looks like that, which is a tough battle from now until november. nen who thinks, john, that this race is all sewn up in either direction, they are mistaken. it is wide open right now. it will be fierce. it will be intense. and it will be is ugly. i have no doubt about that. if you think some of the rhetoric was intense, if you think some of those negative ads were intense and ugly mopg the republicans, just wait. ashleigh, i ll get ready for the situation room in an hour, but i know you re getting ready to hear from the president of the united states this hour. but before i go there, i want to give you breaking news as well on this announcement. i just got off the phone with the national campaign spokesperson for rick santorum. he said they all had a conference call last night, all the senior visitor sors, and then just about 10 minutes before this news conference where rick santorum announced themp stepping d
barack obama. i think it will be very hard for him to win the general election because i think it just blurs everything. i think a real conservative who stands for solid values, essentially for new hampshire values the former massachusetts governor holds what looks like an insurmountable lead in new hampshire so he is moving on to south carolina. that state s primary is january 21st. it has been a deadly day in iraq. at least 60 people were killed in attacks in baghdad and other cities across the country. most of the victims were shiites raising fears of renewed sectarian violence. the deadly attack was a suicide bombing targeting shiite pilgrims west of the city of nasiriyah. at least 36 people were killed. dozens wounded. the iraqi military blames the attacks on terrorist groups. president obama says a fighting force that costs less can still be the best in the world and it will be. in an unusual visit to the pentagon, the commander in chief unveiled a rewrite of co