into whether classified documents got into broadwell s hands. the fbi visited petraeus s washington, d.c., home yesterday although it s not clear if he was home at the time. petraeus stepped down from his post last year after admitting to an affair with broadwell. rutgers athletic director tim pernetti is the latest official forced out over the scandal rocking the new jersey school. it s related to this basketball practice video in which it shows former basketball coach mike rice hurling insults, gay slurs, and basketballs at players. rice was fired wednesday but new jersey star ledger is reporting both pernetti and rice are not walking away empty handed. according to the paper, the athletic director and the former coach are getting $1.2 million and $1 million respectively. i spoke to visiting sports journalism professor at the university of maryland kevin blackstone and former rutgers assistant coach vin par reeise t this growing scandal. give me your reaction. i think when you lo
0 take that into reality. that s the white house s idea is that, you know, let s make sure that it s in the budget as a baseline. lauren is right though, the president has been criticized in the past for moving to the middle too quickly and giving up a lot of ground before the negotiations even start. so i think that s the nervous part. bernie sanders, an independent who caucuses with democrats in the senate, was very upset about the president sort of agreeing to already lower the cost of living adjustment for seniors on their social security. it s something that democrats hold dear. but republicans are saying we need tough cuts. the president now is going to be able to say i m making the tough cuts but look at my other praepales. we want to raise taxes to help out. this is the best play for a grand bargain. so there is the framework here as you re saying for a grand bargain, but the time table for that is what? how do you see that playing out? i think you re going to see this basi
0 country. you cannot distill this stuff out of the republican party. this is the republican party. if you kicked them out of your bedroom, they would have no idea where else to go. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again on monday. weekends with alex witt starts now. new prospects of war. yet another move by north korea that could lead the region and the u.s. on the brink. a live report ahead. the harris controversy. is it much ado about nothing? and why did the president have to apologize? the controversial morning after pill. a new judge s ruling stirs more debate. it involves girls under 17 years old. the rutgers scandal grows. where will it end? and what new have we learned? we re going to talk to a former assistant basketball coach there. good morning, and welcome to weekends with alex witt. let s get to what s happening right now out there as we have new developments to share this morning in north korea. it is now issued a warning to foreign diplomats ther
so how much do you think intelligence factors into his performance? there are those who suggest a baseball could be a thinking person s game. you ve got to analyze. basketball is more reactive on the court. yeah, i think you make a good point there, but i think sometimes people over an niz the nba as well, too, and over-analyze the importance of intellect in playing these games. i think the most important thing about jeremy lin and the way he approaches the game is the fact that we he plays the game in a style that might the coach of the knicks likes. he is a korman s steve nash, if you will, who is a two-time mvp in this league. kevin blackstone, exciting to talk with you. that s a wrap of this hour of weekends with alex witt join me for a regular two-hour and we will cover whitney houston s funeral. straight ahead, more smart political talk on up with chris hayes here in studio.
. the new york knicks, a thrilling seven-game win streak was snapped last night with a loss at new orleans or nets. the loss is still grip we d the lin sanity out there that has spawned that string of wins. all while pulling budding star guard jeremy lin from on security and making him a name echoed around the globe. joining me from washington, kevin blackstone, a commentator for espn. kevin, good morning. good morning. how are you? i m well, thank you. do you think jeremy lin is for real? is he long term? i do think he s long term. i think jeremy lin has suffered from the fact that the people in the nba who choose the talent didn t believe that his talent could be packaged in the physical nature that it is. and that is being asian-american. he averaged 18 points a game in his senior year at harvard. he put up 30 points against one of the best teams in the country while he was there. and the university of connecticut, but nobody believed an asian-american player could