According to the mlb, rodriguez not only abusd banned substances but also tried to destroy evidence once an investigation was under way. In typical achlt rod fashion, arod is placing the blame on everyone but arod. Theres more than one party that benefits from me not ever stepping back on the field and thats not my teammates and it is not the yankee fans. When all this stuff is going on in the background and people are finding creative ways to cancel your contract and stuff like that, i think thats concerning. The man accused of cheefting claiming hes being cheated out of his 90 million contract. Joining me today, Washington Bureau chief for buzz feed, john stanton, founder and president of the center for social inclusion, maya wiley. From sirius xm, chris mad dog ruse sew and Benjamin Wallace wells. The happy hothead, something that could possibly be said about alex rodriguez. Mad dog. How about arod trying to blame the yankees . Who else is he going to blame . Right . Never himself.
As we learn new information about sergeant bergdahls past. Good morning, everyone. Great to see you this morning. This is early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. Its thursday, june 12th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with breaking news from iraq this morning. Staterun tv says the iraqi army is in full control of tikrit, a day after much of that city was seized by isis, the Islamic State of iraq and syria. Iraq has been under siege from the al qaedainspired militants, who displaced half a million iraqis and are said to be moving closer to baghdad. The white house is considering new levels of assistance, and the Iraqi Government is apparently open to allowing u. S. Air strikes against the islamic radicals. Cnn chief International Correspondent Nic Robertson, he is monitoring developments for us this morning from amman, jordan. Nic, what can you tell us is happening . Describe the chaos in iraq and what the u. S. May be able to do about it. Reporter the chaos, its very