$25,000. so we haven t had this situation. this was very unique. i think when you add up all the components that this was a second offense, it s the same organization and that tom brady was unwilling to cooperate as players and even goodell himself had been willing in other cases, rich incognito cell phones were turned over that i think played a huge factor into this severity of the punishments that were dealt out. coy wire christine brennan, you beat me on the facts, you beat me on the lawyers, you beat me on the policy. and hopefully the league and all the fans accept this as a step in the right direction. certainly up in new england it s going to be met with some frosty feelings but that s only to be expected. thanks to both of you. we ll see what happens next. thank you. mik. all right, the obama administration is firing back at veteran investigative journalist seymour hersh denying his claims that the raid that killed osama bin laden was staged. a white house official call
happening. look what happened to the dolphins. incognito. rich incognito as well as rodney cooper during the summer was afraid that these were white players that uttered the n word. that brought the wrath of the public on to the nfl. the nuance is that you have african-american players predominantly the ones saying this word. you have a cultural nuance in addition to the fact that it is going to be difficult to enforce. that s the reason why i think it is a worthwhile effort but there are going to be some difficulties. if you want to change the image of the nfl, you deal more aggressively with the players with duis and those accused of domestic violence. we have video of a player dragging a woman s limp body out of an elevator. that s a lot easier to enforce than somebody using the n word on the field during a game. cyd, lz, thanks for joining
you. a north carolina man has been arrested at raleigh durham narcotic airport for for durum airport for trying to join an al qaeda related group. basit javed sheikh said he was headed to syria to join al qaeda fighters there. they put him on a watch list and made the arrest as he was about to board a flight to lebanon. if convicted he could face up to 15 years in prison. the owner of the miami dolphins breaking silence on the team s so-called bullying problem. he says he was appalled by jonathan martin s allegations of daily harassment by teammates specifically rich incognito. i know this is appalling to me. i know i m capable of overreacting. i also want to get everybody s feedback
incognito. sources say that john man martin checked himself into a hospital for emotional distress after he abruptingly left the team last week. here is more on the story. folks are interested in what s going on. we have another update right now. the nfl announced that ted wells one of the top trial attorneys in america is going to head up an independent investigation into into the conduct of richie incognito and any other member who might have been involved in this. dolphins joe philbin just said he can t comment until that probe is finished. meanwhile, we re getting more images showing what you can consider brash behavior on the part of richie incognito. rich incognito, unplugged. this tmz video shows the guard jumping around shirtless in a bar and dropping f bombs.
no. if you do, make sure you ve got a camera on. heather, we re going to get to the news in just a minute, but right now was it just a prank? no. it sounds like it was a lot more than that. now the miami dolphins and the nfl investigating death threats and awful voice mail. jonathan martin of the dolphins said i m not playing any more. rich incognito is the reason, a line man with a history of being not the best teammate. many people are wondering is this typical hazing. it went way over the line and is now a national story. allegedly the text messages left to martin, incognito was threatening. the dolphins suspended incognito but it raises the