this morning the nfl and the league s players association had their last chance to end the battle over the suspension of patriots quarterback tom brady. we tried our best to reach a settlement which we did not reach. we understand tom s position and i think the process will work itself out. the judge will make a decision this week but will that be the final word? nbc s kristen dahlgren is in lower manhattan following that hearing. and, kristen, tell us a little bit about what exactly happen or didn t happen as far as the judge s ruling today. reporter: yeah, francis, this was a very quick hearing. and the judge summed it up. he said, we did not reach a settlement, that both sides tried very hard. he has no qualms about how hard they tried. but in this case, it just didn t happen. he didn t make his ruling either tomorrow or wednesday. definitely by the end of the week. now, there was a last-minute attempt at a settlement in this case about half an hour before the hearing was sche
update. we can talk more about this. bring in dave ziron, sports correspondent for the nation. let s talk about the mechanics. it was very quick as far as today s hears, the judge not deciding whether tom brady caused or knew about the deflation. this is whether the judge will uphold or vacate the four suspensions, right? that s correct. and all of the tea leaves here make this look very bad for the national football league and nfl commissioner roger good el. not the wooes least of which they were brought into the judge s chambers. almost like the adult brought in to speak for roger goodell, saying, roger, go to the kiddie table. we need to have grown-ups here to talk. they filed in new york so the case would be heard in new york instead of where it s typically held in minnesota because they thought they would get a much more friendly judge. yet judge berman time and again has jabbed holes in the national football league. what this is coming down to is the definition of arbitrati
car. he runs up behind the deputy and puts a gun to the back of his head and shoots. deputy goforth hits the ground and then he continues to unload his gun, shooting repeatedly into the back of deputy goforth. reporter: the prosecutor says miles emptied all the rounds from his handgun, 15 shots in all, before walking to his truck and driving away from the scene. deputy goforth left dead in a pool of his own blood, shell casings on the ground around him. on this spot now, a memorial of teddy bears and flowers has blossomed. investigators say ballistics test link the shell casings to a hadn t gun found in shannon miles home garage. investigators are trying to determine a motive for a shooting investigators describe as cowardly and cold-blooded. the sheriff says deputy goforth was targeted because he wore a uniform. this rhetoric has gotten out of control.
developing now. we are expecting a new batch of hillary clinton s e-mails later today. nbc justice correspondent pete williams is following this story for us. pete, this is expected to be the biggest batch to be released so far. this is in response to a lawsuit filed by a reporter for the website vice news. they are looking for information umz about a number of topics from state department e-mails and when they found out about the private server that secretary clinton has they asked for that material as well. and as she s turned it over to the state department the state department is reviewing it and releasing it. the state department has notified people interested in this, that these e-mails won t be coming out until 9:00 tonight. 7,000 more panlges they say. there s a schedule that s been set by a federal judge. vice filed the freedom of information act request. didn t get what it wanted. went to court, the judge has
prosecutor says he unloaded 15 times. the shell casings here. they have ballistics here that a gun later found in miles home matches the shell casings found here at the scene, jake. what we didn t hear from prosecutors today was motive. but the sheriff has talked about heated rhetoric that he thinks is putting bull s-eyes on police officers. tell us about that. reporter: right. the day after the murder for the sheriff very intense with the anti-police rhetoric drawing a link between this shooting and the intense rhetoric we ve seen over the last year since the shootings in ferguson. but when we asked again today about whether or not there s been specific motive outlined by shannon miles in any kind of questioning by investigators, the prosecutor today refused to answer those questions. all right. thank you soef. coming up, how do russian leaders spend their free time. if you re president putin, you re in the gym.