for how long? you know i think, some people are saying, four games. i do think it s multiple games, which is part of the reason why it s taken the decision so long to be made. you know i think two games is probably appropriate. you know taking some air out of the football. how egregious of an act is it? you have players even today that put silicone on their bodies when they re not supposed to so you can t grab. it s cheating. it s against the rule. but i think more so than just the footballs, the disappointment to me and i think to the the commissioner and troy vincent is the fact that new england didn t come clean and they didn t cooperate as they said they would when they wouldn t let mcnally get interviewed a second time and tom didn t turn over his phone. bob kraft said we will cooperate fully with the bob wells investigation and they didn t that will add layers on to the suspension and that will bring
everywhere and that s one of the fascinating things that makes s sports interesting. are you worried about his career? no i think his career speaks for itself. don, thank you very much. thank you for having me on and nice to speak with you again, rachel. thank you. we re going to talk a lot more about this coming up. what he said and didn t say about deflate-gate coming up. and sophia vergar aeau and nick lobe.
and his body language and tone plays into that. i m not sure that we know that he lied but you have to look at today in the context of ted s findings that tom didn t cooperate. look he has defenses. he can deny it and say the report is nonconclusive. the league has responses to all of those things but i m not sure that we know that he lied. ted s finding was that it was probable. so what they should be doing is preparing themselves for presenting their defense. and the unfortunate reality is that the media clock ticks faster than the disciplinary talk. so what he says in the public has to be consistent with the position and what he s going to say in the room and the optatives today i don t think were that favorable for him. perfect segway into my next
lot of people were shocked tom didn t get nominated? there are surprises every week. i suspect it works like that, a lot of oscar voters assumed tom will get nominated, and that s fine. at the end of the day, the film stands up. i m very proud of it. fine al question house of cards phenomenal. season two, brilliant. what s going to happen in season three? i would tell you, but i would have to kill you, and you have to work tonight. all the best, take care. kevin spacey. the 86th annual awards, and they re about to start. just a couple more celebrities coming through, but quite frankly, this is fever pitch right now. in about an hour s time, a couple hour s time, we ll know who has won best picture and who the stars are of the night in terms of the actors. i love you overseas, but i think you found your niche. right behind you is bette midler. give her our regards and we ll check back with you later.
joining me now is david weigel, political reporter for slate. how did this happen? how did this become the guiding light for the republican policy for 2014? it s become totemic because of the primaries. decisions when this would be built was happening in the timeframe. you saw newt gingrich and mitt romney most memorably saying he would build the pipeline, himself, if he had been elected and the president didn t it by them. totemic, it means more than the 25,000 jobs. it s a way to present the president as the person who doesn t believe the energy revolution. right now, at a speech by ted cruz in sarasota, florida, i was at a speech with him yesterday in beaumont, texas, where he stood in front of an oil gusher. this is the point he s making. america is having an energy revolution and the president who doesn t believe in this stuff is leaving us out of it. there s reporting in the washington post about what the gop agenda looks like for the