have been really amazing and welcoming me. i have the chance to work with the nfl now on a couple of different initiatives. and it s been really wonderful. selena, there s been all kinds of drama in the nfl of all different kinds. do you think there is fear in the organization that this could be a distraction? those who call it a distraction, i think that s code for, we re not comfortable with it. and i think that there are going to be some executives in the nfl because of their own backgrounds or their own biases that say, i m not comfortable with that distraction. but you look at a team like the patriots who say, there are no distractions, we just care about football, not getting into the media hype. i think those mature organizations will do a good job in embracing him. wade and selena, thank you. thank you. ukraine s former prime minister just finished speaking to the crowds in kiev. and the white house is saying it will work with russia and other allies to support democr
which is obviously very violent, we ve been hearing about that in gruesome detail for years. in a situation like this, is there an heir apparent to succeed a person like this or do you expect a bloody battle from the authorities that you ve been talking to? reporter: the answer to that is both. there is a sub-head of the organization who has not yet been captured who will continue to try to limp along. they ve lost a lot of members in this organization. but what some agents are saying is that what we re going to see now is other organizations vying for the power once enjoyed only by the sinaloa cartel. chapo guzman ran that cartel. it was his cartel. and the loss of him at the top will be felt. other cartels will try to take over some of those routes. we ve seen in the past when that happens, there s a lot of bloodshed. we saw it in juarez and tijuana.
cocaine and heroin. so his arrest is seen as the equivalent of the arrest of pablo escobar back in the day in clo colombia and even osama bin laden. what we know is from a senior law enforcement official that he was picked up overnight at a resort or at a hotel or condominium in mazatlan. he was with an unidentified woman. the arrest went off without incident. there was no resistance, no shots fired. he was taken alive and is now in custody. we re told that this was the result of a three to four-week investigation by the d.e.a. working in collaboration with the mexican marines with whom they have worked on a number of arrests, captures and killings of mexican authorities. it s an organization they trust very much and they worked with them again on this one. guzman is a storied figure in mexico.
federal district judge. the county clerk began issuing licenses yesterday keeping the office open until 7:00 p.m. last night. friday s ruling only appears to technically affect marriages in cook county. illinois state law allowing same-sex marriages to go into effect on june 1st. new jersey governor chris christie is keeping a low profile this weekend as the nation s governors meet in washington. christie will attend just one public event. he s skipping a news conference hosted by the republican governors association, the organization which he leads and won t attend a dinner at the white house as questions continue to linger over the role his administration played in the lane closures of the george washington bridge. the governor repeatedly said he had no knowledge or involvement in the lane closures as we were happening. michael aaron is the chief political correspondent for njtv and matt slap joins us. michael, what are we making out
old georgia flag featuring the flag around the statue of james merrick. is it really a time to celebrate heritage when we have other things happening and other people see that flag as something very, very different? well, milissa, the sons of confederate veterans is not a racial organization at all. we allow members from any racial background to be a member of the sons of confederate veterans and we have members that reflect the entire racial makeup of the south prior to 1865. we have not only white members, we have black members, hispanic members and even jewish members who were very much involved in the war effort here in the south. and i find it ironic that southerners are being told we can t celebrate our own heritage and yet we re right here in the middle of february when other people who are attacking that right are celebrating their own. it s just a little bit hypocritical. i m sorry we have to leave it there, ray and charles, thank you. thank you.