Jim mcmann for one. He says he actually got addicted to thinks painkillers, even taking them in the offseason. Another player in the lawsuit here, mcmanns former Chicago Bears teammate richard dent. He is a hall of famer. So lets get more on this story, this developing story from ed laugh endra. Ed, tell me more about the lawsuit. Hello, brooke. Its an extensive lawsuit. About 85 pages long. Ive had a chance to go through all of it here this afternoon. And it is filed on behalf of eight players. Three of those players were part of that 1985 super bowl Chicago Bears team, richard dent, jim mcmann being two of those. Weve heard over the years a lot of different crazy stories that the lengths the Football Players would go to to stay on the football field. But this lawsuit is accusing the nfl and doctors of working together to ensure that in some cases, recklessly, and in some cases illegally, were prescribing pain medications to keep these players and these lawyers for these players sayin
In syria, were not going to war, have a nice weekend. It was a surprise announcement from the president in the sense nobody knew he was going to make an announcement. When everybody realized what he wasnt going to announce, it was kind of a big deal. And an unexpected one. Well have more on that in a moment. And the Bob Mcdonnell jury is not done yet, but day are done hearing testimony from witnesses. The Bob Mcdonnell jury is now ready to hear closing arguments in that federal corruption trial in richmond, virginia. That means we are on verdict watch very shortly in the Bob Mcdonnell trial. Well have more on that ahead. Also, theres some big news to report tonight on a story that we first brought you here last night. It involves a bribery scandal and a guilty plea and the man who would like to be the next Senate Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky. Federal prosecutors are now reportedly moving on to other new targets in toptier republican politics after securing a key guilty
Is not done yet, but day are done hearing testimony from witnesses. The Bob Mcdonnell jury is now ready to hear closing arguments in that federal corruption trial in richmond, virginia. That means we are on verdict watch very shortly in the Bob Mcdonnell trial. Well have more on that ahead. Also, theres some big news to report tonight on a story that we first brought you here last night. It involves a bribery scandal and a guilty plea and the man who would like to be the next Senate Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky. Federal prosecutors are now reportedly moving on to other new targets in toptier republican politics after securing a key guilty plea in that bribery scandal yesterday. We have an update on that for you. Thats all ahead. But first, in the 2008 elections, a man named nate silver became very, very famous by being very, very correct. Nate silver is a stats guy. He came up through the sports world but had an interest in politics. And in that election, he ended up do
Watch very shortly in the Bob Mcdonnell trial. Well have more on that ahead. Also, theres some big news to report tonight on a story that we first brought you here last night. It involves a bribery scandal and a guilty plea and the man who would like to be the next Senate Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky. Federal prosecutors are now reportedly moving on to other new targets in toptier republican politics after securing a key guilty plea in that bribery scandal yesterday. We have an update on that for you. Thats all ahead. But first, in the 2008 elections, a man named nate silver became very, very famous by being very, very correct. Nate silver is a stats guy. He came up through the sports world but had an interest in politics. And in that election, he ended up doing deep data mining basically on polling, and on other predictors of electoral outcomes, and in 2008 when john mccain was running against barack obama for the white house, nate silver correctly predicted the outcom
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is the western edition of the broadcast. Cbs news projects Hillary Clinton has defeated Bernie Sanders in todays democratic primary in South Carolina. It is a big win for clinton in the firstinthesouth contest for her partys nomination. Have a look at the latest numbers from South Carolina as the count continues. Exit polls suggest African American voters and women were major forces behind clintons victory. Nancy cordes has the latest from columbia, South Carolina. Tomorrow, this Campaign Goes National Cheers and applause we we are going to compete for every vote in every state. We are not taking anything, and were not taking anyone for granted. cheers and applause reporter clinton camped out in the state all week, working to run up the score. From here, its a race to hit as many super tuesday states as possible in three days. Clinton will stick to the south, visiting tennessee, ark