team of pathologists recently diagnosed his condition as that of chronic traumatic ev encephalopathy or cpe, a degenerative brain zooesz disease. the deadly brain condition that we now know afflicted many professional football players, cte can only be confirmed after death. i have coy wire and kristine brennan joining me on the phone. coy, to you first, this is a huge revelation from the gifford family now. it really is, brooke. this is a legend, a guy who not only was an all-star player on the field and nfl s most valuable player but one of the first sports stars to transition into sports casting, an idol to many, including me who played the game and tried to walk in his huge footsteps. i had conversations with a high ranking nfl official this morning, and he said the nfl was very upset with an incident that
nonsense. whatever it may be we do not want this behavior. we re in this for the fans and for kids who are watching us. i think you can take that seriously now. they seem to be taking it seriously now moving forward. christine brennan, rachel nichols, stand by. we ll have much more in the next hour. i want to move to another major story we re following right now. a chilling new report from north korea which claims to have test fired a powerful ballistic missile from a submarine. the claim as neighboring south korea warning we may be nearing a point of no return with the north s nuclear program. brian, what are you learning? tonight, officials from the white house, the state department the pentagon are calling on north korea to refrain from provocations. they tell us they are closely monitoring the situation on the korean peninsula. it comes after kim jong-un
the new england patriots we re told fined $1 million and will forfeit the club s first-round selection in the 2016 nfl draft and fourth round sleshgzelection in the 2017 nfl draft. major news. major news from the nfl. kristine brennan joins us on the phone right now, christine, give viewers perspective on this decision by the nfl. reporter: wolf incredibly significant and they ve really use an old term thrown the book at him. we were thinking that would be the case. the nfl was not pleased on two fronts. one, the original of course cheating from the welsh report there had been this cheating and obviously as everyone knows, also the fact that the patriots and especially tom brady had not cooperated completely with the investigation. that also rankled the national football league and it is not a surprise at all it is four games. incred beforably significant. highest profile star in national
brady will not be there and then miss three more games. that s a big hit for him and for the team. hold on a moment christine. rachel nichols is joining us. rachel, your reaction to this decision and i assume the commissioner roger goodell personally authorized it, that brady will not play for the first four games of the season. this upcoming season 2015 will be suspended without pay. that the patriots will have a $1 million fine. they ll give up their first-round draft pick. your reaction? reporter: this is the nfl putting full-face in their investigation. christine mentioned making statements not just about breaking the rules but impeding an nfl investigation, and i don t think there s any mistake that that is part of this punishment. they want to send a message twofold. first of all, to other teams and players around the league. even if it is not in a sense that is going to have is a huge impact on a game and, of course as many patriots fans
investigating an employee and when that employee does not cooperate, that employer is taking action within its state of business. going to lose their first-round draft pick in 2016. nfl, fourth-roud selection, 2017 nfl draft and the letter president vincent wrote to tom brady, they re stinging your actions as set forth in the report clearly constitute conduct detrimental to the integrity and public integrity and public confidence in the game of professional football. christine, this is going to be be going to be a serious cloud over tom brady s head going going down the road? i think so, wolf. in the first or second paragraph of any bio ever written by tom brady. he will have many. i m sure he ll have a varied career outside of football once finished.