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President Donald Trump crosses the South Lawn on his return to the White House, Saturday Oct. 13, 2018, in Washington, after a trip to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Associated Press)

 President Donald Trump crosses the South Lawn on his return to the White House, Saturday Oct. 13, 2018, in Washington, after a trip to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Associated Press)

 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is backing off his claim that climate change is a hoax but says he doesn't know if it's manmade and suggests that the climate will "change back again."

 In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday night, Trump said he doesn't want to put the U.S. at a disadvantage in responding to climate change.

 "I think something's happening. Something's changing and it'll change back again," he said. "I don't think it's a hoax. I think there's probably a difference. But I don't know that it's manmade. I will say this: I don't want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don't want to lose millions and millions of jobs."

 Trump called climate change a hoax in November 2012 when he sent a tweet stating, "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." He later said he was joking about the Chinese connection, but in years since has continued to call global warming a hoax.

 "I'm not denying climate change," he said in the interview. "But it could very well go back. You know, we're talking about over a ... millions of years."

 As far as the climate "changing back," temperature records kept by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that the world hasn't had a cooler-than-average year since 1976 or a cooler-than-normal month since the end of 1985.

 Trump, who is scheduled on Monday to visit areas of Georgia and Florida damaged by Hurricane Michael, also expressed doubt over scientists' findings linking the changing climate to more powerful hurricanes.

 "They say that we had hurricanes that were far worse than what we just had with Michael," said Trump, who identified "they" as "people" after being pressed by "60 Minutes" correspondent Leslie Stahl. She asked, "What about the scientists who say it's worse than ever?" the president replied, "You'd have to show me the scientists because they have a very big political agenda."

 Trump's comments came just days after a Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a warning that global warming would increase climate-related risks to health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security and economic growth. The report detailed how Earth's weather, health and ecosystems would be in better shape if the world's leaders could somehow limit future human-caused warming.

 Citing concerns about the pact's economic impact, Trump said in 2017 that the U.S. will leave the Paris climate accord. The agreement set voluntary greenhouse gas emission targets in an effort to lessen the impact of fossil fuels.

 On a different topic, Trump told "60 Minutes" that he's been surprised by Washington being a tough, deceptive and divisive place, though some accuse the real estate mogul elected president of those same tactics.

 "So I always used to say the toughest people are Manhattan real estate guys and blah, blah," he said. "Now I say they're babies."

 He said the political people in Washington have changed his thinking.

 "This is the most deceptive, vicious world. It is vicious, it's full of lies, deceit and deception," he said. "You make a deal with somebody and it's like making a deal with — that table." ||||| When Americans vote in next month's midterm elections, it's likely President Trump and his agenda will be motivating them as much as any candidate or local issue on the ballot.

 Almost two years ago when we last interviewed then-President-Elect Trump, he seemed surprised he had won. Not that he'd ever admit that to us.

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 Well, when we sat down with him this past Thursday in the White House, we found him confident and boastful, as he told us he's learned on the job. He was eager to joust over the issues of the day: the economy, China and Russia and of course "fake news." But we started with very real news. The suspected murder of a Saudi journalist and the catastrophe of Hurricane Michael. Which has devastated parts of the Florida Panhandle. Claiming at least 19 lives and leaving hundreds of thousands without power across the Southeast. Michael comes on the heels of a series of super storms: Florence in the Carolinas, Maria in Puerto Rico, Harvey in Texas.

 Lesley Stahl: Do you still think that climate change is a hoax?

 President Donald Trump: I think something's happening. Something's changing and it'll change back again. I don't think it's a hoax, I think there's probably a difference. But I don't know that it's manmade. I will say this. I don't wanna give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don't wanna lose millions and millions of jobs. I don't wanna be put at a disadvantage.

 Lesley Stahl: I wish you could go to Greenland, watch these huge chunks of ice just falling into the ocean, raising the sea levels.

 President Donald Trump: And you don't know whether or not that would have happened with or without man. You don't know.

 Lesley Stahl: Well, your scientists, your scientists--

 President Donald Trump: No, we have--

 Lesley Stahl: At NOAA and NASA--

 President Donald Trump: We have scientists that disagree with that.

 Lesley Stahl: You know, I-- I was thinking what if he said, "No, I've seen the hurricane situations, I've changed my mind. There really is climate change." And I thought, "Wow, what an impact."

 President Donald Trump: Well-- I'm not denying.

 Lesley Stahl: What an impact that would make.

 President Donald Trump: I'm not denying climate change. But it could very well go back. You know, we're talkin' about over a millions--

 Lesley Stahl: But that's denying it.

 President Donald Trump: --of years. They say that we had hurricanes that were far worse than what we just had with Michael.

 Lesley Stahl: Who says that? "They say"?

 President Donald Trump: People say. People say that in the--

 Lesley Stahl: Yeah, but what about the scientists who say it's worse than ever?

 President Donald Trump: You'd have to show me the scientists because they have a very big political agenda, Lesley.

 Lesley Stahl: I can't bring them in.

 President Donald Trump: Look, scientists also have a political agenda.

 President Trump vows "severe punishment" if Saudi Arabia is behind disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi

 Lesley Stahl: Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist--

 President Donald Trump: Yes. Yes.

 Lesley Stahl: the Saudi journalist, was he murdered by the Saudis? And did the prince give the order to kill him?

 President Donald Trump: Nobody knows yet, but we'll probably be able to find out. It's being investigated. It's being looked at very, very strongly. And we would be very upset and angry if that were the case. As of this moment, they deny it. And den-- deny it vehemently. Could it be them? Yes.

 Lesley Stahl: Jared, your son-in-law. Got on the phone and asked the prince. Did he deny it? Did he--

 President Donald Trump: They deny it. They deny it every way you can imagine. In the not-too-distant future, I think we'll know an answer.

 Lesley Stahl: What are you options? Let's say they did. What are your options? Would you consider imposing sanctions, as a bipartisan group of senators have proposed?

 President Donald Trump: Well, it depends on what the sanction is. I'll give ya an example. They are ordering military equipment. Everybody in the world wanted that order. Russia wanted it, China wanted it, we wanted it. We got it.

 Lesley Stahl: So would you cut that off--

 President Donald Trump: I tell you what I don't wanna do. Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon, all these com-- I don't wanna hurt jobs. I don't wanna lose an order like that. There are other ways of-- punishing, to use a word that's a pretty harsh word, but it's true.

 Lesley Stahl: Tell everybody what's at stake here. You know---

 President Donald Trump: Well, there's a lot at stake. There's a lot at stake. And maybe especially so because this man was a reporter. There's something-- you'll be surprised to hear me say that. There's something really terrible and disgusting about that, if that were the case. So we're gonna have to see. We're going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment.

 Lesley Stahl: You've had a string of wins lately. Let's see, the economy, the d-- the trade deal-

 President Donald Trump: Right.

 Lesley Stahl: With Canada and Mexico, Kavanaugh--

 President Donald Trump: And South Korea.

 Lesley Stahl: And South Korea. And Kavanaugh, the confirmation.

 President Donald Trump: There has been no administration in the history of our country, and I say this openly and proudly, that in its first two years--

 Lesley Stahl: Say, this is modesty.

 President Donald Trump: Well, it's not even that, it's a fact Tax cuts, regulation cuts, the biggest regulations cuts in history.

 President Trump explains his relationship with Kim Jong Un

 Lesley Stahl: What about North Korea? Talking about accom--

 President Donald Trump: Well, I consider it a, so far, great achievement. Look, we--

 Lesley Stahl: You say "so far"?

 President Donald Trump: It's always so far, til everything's done. I-- I-- you know, deals are deals, okay? Whether it's a real estate deal or a retail deal, it doesn't matter. But I will say this. The day before I came in, we were goin' to war with North Korea. I sat with President Obama--

 Lesley Stahl: We were goin' to war?

 President Donald Trump: --and-- we were gonna--I think it was going to end up in war. And my impression is-- and even in my first few months, I mean, that rhetoric was as tough as it could possibly get. Doesn't get any tougher than that. Nobody's ever heard rhetoric that tough. We were going to war with North Korea. Now, you don't hear that. You don't hear any talk of it. And he doesn't wanna go to war, and we don't wanna go to war, and he understands denuclearization and he's agreed to it. And you see that, he's agreed to it. No missiles.

 Lesley Stahl: Do you trust him?

 President Donald Trump: I do trust him, yeah, I trust him. That doesn't mean I can't be proven wrong --

 Lesley Stahl: Why would--

 President Donald Trump: about it?

 Lesley Stahl: you trust him?

 President Donald Trump: Well, first of all, if I didn't trust him, I wouldn't say that to you. Wouldn't I be foolish to tell you right here, on 60 Minutes--

 Lesley Stahl: Well, remember what Reagan said. "Trust, but verify."

 President Donald Trump: Sure. I know. It's-- it's very true. But the fact is, I do trust him. But we'll see what happens.

 Lesley Stahl: But is it true that they haven't gotten rid of a single weapon, and they may actually be building more missiles-

 President Donald Trump: They want to--

 Lesley Stahl: With nuclear--

 President Donald Trump: And I will tell you that they're closing up sites.

 Lesley Stahl: But--

 President Donald Trump: Setting it up.

 Lesley Stahl: Is what I said true, that they haven't? Gotten--

 President Donald Trump: Well, nobody really knows. I mean, people are saying that. I've actually said that.

 Lesley Stahl: What? That they're still building missiles, more missiles?

 President Donald Trump: We don't really know, Lesley. We really don't know. But I assume--

 Lesley Stahl: Suspect that?

 President Donald Trump: Let's say the answer is yes, okay? In the meantime, they haven't tested a missile. They haven't tested a rocket. They definitely haven't done a nuclear test because you know about them real fast. It sort of moves the earth. And we have a relationship now.

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 Lesley Stahl: One of the things that Kim has asked for is for you to ease the sanctions.

 President Donald Trump: We haven't done that.

 Lesley Stahl: Are you prepared to do that? What-- what does he have to do--

 President Donald Trump: No, No. I--

 Lesley Stahl: Before you're--

 President Donald Trump: No I'm not doing it. This isn't the Obama administration. I haven't eased the sanctions. I haven't done anything. I haven't done anything. We're meeting. I believe he likes me. I like him. We have a good relationship. It's very important.

 President Trump at rally: "And then we fell in love, okay. No really. He wrote me beautiful letters. And they're great letters. We fell in love."

 Lesley Stahl: I wanna read you his resume, okay? He presides over a cruel kingdom of repression, gulags, starvation-- reports that he had his half-brother assassinated, slave labor, public executions. This is a guy you love?

 President Donald Trump: Sure. I know all these things. I mean-- I'm not a baby. I know these things.

 Lesley Stahl: I know, but why do you love that guy?

 President Donald Trump: Look, look. I-- I-- I like-- I get along with him, okay?

 Lesley Stahl: But you love him.

 President Donald Trump: Okay. That's just a figure of speech.

 Lesley Stahl: No, it's like an embrace.

 President Donald Trump: It well, let it be an embrace. Let it be whatever it is to get the job done.

 Lesley Stahl: He's a bad guy.

 President Donald Trump: Look. Let it be whatever it is. I get along with him really well. I have a good energy with him. I have a good chemistry with him. Look at the horrible threats that were made. No more threats. No more threats.

 Lesley Stahl: China.

 President Donald Trump: I get along with him. It's very important. China, let's go.

 Lesley Stahl: I'm skipping across the world here. You've slapped a lot of tariffs--

 President Donald Trump: $250 billion.

 Lesley Stahl: Gonna do more?

 President Donald Trump: Might. Might.

 Lesley Stahl: Round three?

 President Donald Trump: They wanna negotiate, Lesley. They wanna negotiate.

 Lesley Stahl: Are you ready?

 President Donald Trump: Look.

 Lesley Stahl: Are you ready to--

 President Donald Trump: I have a great chemistry also with President Xi of China. I don't know that that's necessarily going to continue. I told President Xi we cannot continue to have China take $500 billion a year out of the United States in the form of trade and others things.

 Lesley Stahl: And how-- how--

 President Donald Trump: And I said we can't do that, and we're not gonna do that anymore.

 Lesley Stahl: How much squeezing of them are you prepared to do when American products are gonna be more expensive for American consumers in the end of all this?

 President Donald Trump: Okay. Okay. So, so far, that hasn't turned out to be the case.

 Lesley Stahl: Some--

 President Donald Trump: --if you think about it, so far, I put 25% tariffs on steel dumping, and aluminum dumping 10%.

 Lesley Stahl: But they've--

 President Donald Trump: --again.

 Lesley Stahl: --retaliated. That's what I'm asking.

 President Donald Trump: They can retaliate, but they can't-- they don't have enough ammunition to retaliate. We do $100 billion with them. They do $531 billion with us.

 Lesley Stahl: Are you trying to sort of push them into a depression?

 President Donald Trump: No no, although they're down 32 percent in four months, which is 1929.

 Lesley Stahl: Well that's what I'm asking.

 President Donald Trump: I don't want that. No, I don't want that. I want them to negotiate a fair deal with us. I want them to open their markets like our-- our markets are open.

 Lesley Stahl: But you're in a--

 President Donald Trump: And it will be a fair deal--

 Lesley Stahl: --trade war right now. Trade war.

 President Donald Trump: You call it war, I don't call--

 Lesley Stahl: You-- you--

 President Donald Trump: --it--

 Lesley Stahl: --you did today.

 President Donald Trump: I called it a skirmish.

 Lesley Stahl: I heard you, you called it a war.

 President Donald Trump: I called it, actually I called it a battle. But, actually, I'm gonna lower that. I consider it a skirmish. And we're gonna win.

 Lesley Stahl: You have also slapped some tariffs on our allies.

 President Donald Trump: I mean, what's an ally? We have wonderful relationships with a lot of people. But nobody treats us much worse than the European Union. The European Union was formed in order to take advantage of us on trade, and that's what they've done.

 Lesley Stahl: But this is hostile.

 President Donald Trump: And yet, they-- it's not hostile.

 Lesley Stahl: It sounds hostile.

 President Donald Trump: You know what's hostile? The way they treat us. We're not hostile.

 Lesley Stahl: No, but can't you deal with--

 President Donald Trump: We've been-- we've been--

 Lesley Stahl: --them without--

 President Donald Trump: --the stupid country for so many years.

 Lesley Stahl: Are you willing to get rid of that Western alliance?

 President Donald Trump: Now, I like NATO, NATO's fine. But you know what? We shouldn't be paying almost the entire cost of NATO to protect Europe. And then on top of that, they take advantage of us on trade. They're not going to do it anymore. They understand that.

 Lesley Stahl: Okay, but are, it does seem this, are you willing to disrupt the Western Alliance? It's been going for 70 years. It's kept the peace for 70 years.

 President Donald Trump: You don't know that. You don't know that.

 Lesley Stahl: I don't know what?

 President Donald Trump: You don't know that.

 Lesley Stahl: Is it true General Mattis said to you, "The reason for NATO and the reason for all these alliances is to prevent World War III?"

 President Donald Trump: No, it's not true.

 Lesley Stahl: What's not true?

 President Donald Trump: Frankly, I like General Mattis. I think I know more about it than he does. And I know more about it from the standpoint of fairness, that I can tell you.

 Lesley Stahl: I'm gonna try one more time. Okay.

 President Donald Trump: I know-- and, Lesley, you don't have to try again. I know exactly what you're saying--

 Lesley Stahl: Well, answer my question.

 President Donald Trump: The answer is this. I will always be there with NATO, but they have to pay their way. I'm fully in favor of NATO, but I don't wanna be taken advantage of.

 President Trump says Putin is "probably" involved in assassinations

 Lesley Stahl: Putin.

 President Donald Trump: Yeah.

 Lesley Stahl: Okay, people don't understand why you never have a harsh word for Vladimir Putin.

 President Donald Trump: Okay, you ready?

 Lesley Stahl: I don't understand it.

 President Donald Trump: I have been-- you don't know what I talked about with Putin in the meeting prior to the press conference--

 Lesley Stahl: No, I mean publicly. You never say anything harsh about him--

 President Donald Trump: Excuse me.

 Lesley Stahl: --publicly.

 President Donald Trump: I didn't? I'm the one that gave Ukraine offensive weapons and tank killers. Obama didn't. You know what he sent? He sent pillows and blankets. I'm the one-- and he's the one that gave away a part of Ukraine where Russia now has this--

 Lesley Stahl: Well, I mean him personally Vladimir Putin--

 President Donald Trump: I think I'm very tough with him personally. I had a meeting with him. The two of us. It was a very tough meeting and it was a very good meeting.

 Lesley Stahl: Do you agree that Vladimir Putin is involved in assassinations? In poisonings?

 President Donald Trump: Probably he is, yeah. Probably. I mean, I don't--

 Lesley Stahl: Probably?

 President Donald Trump: But I rely on them, it's not in our country.

 Lesley Stahl: Why not-- they shouldn't do it. This is a terrible thing.

 President Donald Trump: Of course they shouldn't do it-

 Lesley Stahl: Instead do you believe--

 President Donald Trump: That's your (UNINTEL)--

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 Lesley Stahl: --do you believe that the Russians interfered in the 2016 campaign election? Our election-

 President Donald Trump: They-- they meddled. But I think China meddled too.

 Lesley Stahl: But why do you--

 President Donald Trump: And I think other countries--

 Lesley Stahl: --say China meddled too?

 President Donald Trump: And you wanna know something?

 Lesley Stahl: Why do you say Chi-- why don't you just say--

 President Donald Trump: Well, let me ask you--

 Lesley Stahl: --the Russians meddled?

 President Donald Trump: Because I think China meddled also. And I think, frankly, China--

 Lesley Stahl: This is amazing.

 President Donald Trump: --is a bigger problem.

 Lesley Stahl: You are diverting the whole Russia thing.

 President Donald Trump: I'm not doing anything.

 Lesley Stahl: You are, you are

 President Donald Trump: I'm saying Russia, but I'm also saying China.

 But it's the investigation of Russia's intervention in the 2016 election that hangs over his presidency and caused a rift with his Attorney General Jeff Sessions, because he recused himself from the inquiry.

 Lesley Stahl: What about the attorney general, Jeff Sessions?

 President Donald Trump: Well, we'll see what happens come midterms. But--

 Lesley Stahl: But everybody thinks, given the things you've said--

 President Donald Trump: I was disappointed that he recused himself and many people think I was right on that. I was very disappointed. Why should he have recused himself? So I was very--

 Lesley Stahl: So--

 President Donald Trump: --disappointed but--

 Lesley Stahl: So can I assume--

 President Donald Trump: --we'll see what happens.

 Lesley Stahl: Can I assume he's gone?

 President Donald Trump: No. No. You can't assume that.

 Lesley Stahl: Will you. Will you pledge-- pledge that you will not shut down the Mueller investigation?

 President Donald Trump: Well, I-- I don't pledge anything. But I will tell you, I have no intention of doing that. I think it's a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind.

 Lesley Stahl: But you won't pledge--

 President Donald Trump: There is no collusion. I don't wanna pledge. Why should I pledge to you? If I pledge, I'll pledge. I don't have to pledge to you. But I have-

 Lesley Stahl: Well--

 President Donald Trump: I have no intention of doing that.

 To date, 32 people have been charged or pled guilty in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. President Trump's campaign chairman, top campaign aide, former national security advisor and longtime personal attorney are all cooperating in the inquiry the president calls a witch hunt.

 President Donald Trump: Do you really think I'd call Russia to help me with an election? Give me a break. They wouldn't be able to help me at all. Call Russia. It's so ridiculous.

 One thing the president loves to talk about, and for good reason, is the economy. Consumer confidence is higher than it's been in nearly two decades and unemployment, at 3.7 percent, is the lowest in nearly 50 years. And yet, there's an ugly mood in the air. We are a country torn by angry, bitter partisan divisions. And there are many who say the president isn't helping. We talked with the president about that, the contentious Kavanaugh hearings, questions of chaos in his administration. And his record so far.

 Lesley Stahl: So you've been president for almost two years. Is there anything that you wish you hadn't said, anything you wish you hadn't done? Do you have any regrets?

 President Donald Trump: So when I won the presidency, I th-- I-- I-- the press treats me terribly. I thought very strongly that, you know, the one great thing will happen is the press will start treating me great. Lesley, they treat me worse. They got worse instead of better. Very dishonest.

 Lesley Stahl: Okay, this-- you're-- but you regret?

 President Donald Trump: I regret that the press treats me so badly--

 Lesley Stahl: I'm-- I'm really asking (UNINTEL)--

 President Donald Trump: And despite that, my poll numbers are very good, so.

 Lesley Stahl: Have you made any mistakes? That's my question.

 President Donald Trump: Everybody makes mistakes.

 Lesley Stahl: And what have been yours?

 President Donald Trump: I could have been-- earlier with terminating the NAFTA deal. The problem was, I was getting to know the leaders. I was getting to know countries. I didn't wanna do it right outta the box. So I waited a little while, but I could have done trade a little bit earlier.

 Lesley Stahl: What about the forced separation of children from their-- migrant children--

 President Donald Trump: Yeah. Well, that was--

 Lesley Stahl: from the--

 President Donald Trump: the same as the Obama law. You know, Obama had the same thing.

 Lesley Stahl: It was on the books, but he didn't enforce it. You--enforced it. You launched that-- the zero tolerance policy-- to deter families with children coming--

 President Donald Trump: No, but then everybody decided and the courts don't want separation. And frankly, when you don't do separa-- when you allow the parents to stay together, okay, when you allow that, then what happens is people are gonna pour into our country.

 Lesley Stahl: So are you gonna go back to that?

 President Donald Trump: Well, we're looking at a lot of things. Really what we wanna do is change the immigration laws, 'cause they were-- they were a laughing stock all over the world.

 Lesley Stahl: Are you willing though-- I think that you're saying you're-- it's under consideration.

 President Donald Trump: No, I want all the laws changed.

 Lesley Stahl: But the children specifically--

 President Donald Trump: there have to be consequences, Lesley, for coming into our country illegally. And part of the r-- I mean, part of the reason, I have to blame myself, the economy is so strong that everybody wants to come into the United States.

 Lesley Stahl: Can I just ask this simple question, yes or no.

 President Donald Trump: Go ahead.

 Lesley Stahl: Are you willing to reinstitute that policy? You said, "We're looking at everything."

 President Donald Trump: I will--

 Lesley Stahl: Yes or no.

 President Donald Trump: I will only-- I can't-- you can't say yes or no. What I can say is this: There are consequences from coming into a country, namely our country, illegally.

 Lesley Stahl: I'm not gonna ask it again--

 President Donald Trump: You don't have to.

 Lesley Stahl: 'cause I know you won't-- it--

 President Donald Trump: But it's the same as Obama.

 President Trump on politics: It is vicious, it's full of lies, deceit and deception

 Lesley Stahl: Okay. Changing subjects again-- you are the first president of the United States who never had a political post before, nor never served in the military. You come up here, you've been here for almost two years, what's the biggest surprise and what have you learned since you've been president?

 President Donald Trump: Okay. So I always used to say the toughest people are Manhattan real estate guys and blah, blah. Now I say they're babies.

 Lesley Stahl: Who's the toughest?

 President Donald Trump: They're babies, the political people. This is the most deceptive, vicious world. It is vicious, it's full of lies, deceit and deception. You make a deal with somebody and it's like making a deal with-- that table.

 Lesley Stahl: Give me an example.

 President Donald Trump: Well, I don't wanna give you an example. I'm not lookin' to-- in the meantime, nobody's been able to do what I've been able to do. Remember that. When you look at taxes, you look at regulations, you look at-- making deals with other countries. Nobody's been able to do anything like this. Actually, most people didn't even try because they knew they didn't have the ability to do it. But it's a very deceptive world. The other thing I've really learned is I never knew how dishonest the media was. I-- I-- and I really mean it. I'm not saying that as a sound bite. I never--

 Lesley Stahl: I'd like to--

 President Donald Trump: Knew how dishonest--

 Lesley Stahl: I'm-- I'm gonna change the subject again.

 President Donald Trump: Well, no, even the way you asked me a question, like, about separation. When I say Obama did it, you don't wanna talk about it.

 Lesley Stahl: No, I'm gonna run your--

 President Donald Trump: When I say I did it, let's make a big deal of it.

 Lesley Stahl: I'm gonna run your answer, but you did it four times, so.

 President Donald Trump: I'm just telling you that you treated me much differently on the subject.

 Lesley Stahl: I disagree, but I don't wanna have that fight with you.

 President Donald Trump: Hey, it's okay--

 Lesley Stahl: All right, I'll get in another fight with you--

 President Donald Trump: Lesley, it's okay. In the meantime, I'm president--and you're not.

 It's a presidency like no other: he's redefined the office, with a governing style that's more freewheeling in-your-face New York than buttoned-up Washington.

 He's not shy about trumpeting his victories, but some have come with a cost.

 Lesley Stahl: This country is divided, polarized. Within families, there aren't even people who can talk to each other. What does this say about where we are as a country right now, all this division and strife and--

 President Donald Trump: Yeah-- I think that--

 Lesley Stahl: --anger?

 President Donald Trump: --what's going to happen-- I think the economy's bringing people together. It was very polarized under President Obama, unbelievably polarized under President Obama. I can see the country uniting. I can see it. We have people, Democrats, who behaved horribly during the Judge Kavanaugh-- you-- know what I'm saying.

 Lesley Stahl: But when you won that.

 President Donald Trump: --during the hearings for the Supreme Court, we had senators that behaved horribly.

 Lesley Stahl: But when you won, you won. No-- no one is gonna argue with that.

 President Donald Trump: I won--

 Lesley Stahl: You won. And then after you won, instead of saying, "Oh, let's all come together, this is wonderful. Let's heal all of this," you come out and bash the Democrats.

 President Donald Trump: Well, I bashed their attitude. I bashed their statements--

 Lesley Stahl: But why not try to--

 President Donald Trump: Because they were--

 Lesley Stahl: --bring us together?

 President Donald Trump: --so unfair to Judge Kavanaugh. I've never--

 Lesley Stahl: But why not--

 President Donald Trump: seen anything like it.

 Lesley Stahl: --why not try and-- we need to be healed. We need--

 President Donald Trump: I don't think they want to heal yet, I'll be honest.

 Lesley Stahl: Well, you don't wanna--

 President Donald Trump: I think--

 Lesley Stahl: heal yet.

 President Trump on his treatment of Christine Blasey Ford at rally: "It doesn't matter. We won."

 President Donald Trump: I-- I-- I saw Hillary Clinton made a really nasty statement. I don't think they wanna be healed. I do wanna heal.

 Lesley Stahl: I'm n-- I'm not talking about Democrat-- I'm talking about the country. You go out and you go to Mississippi.

 President Donald Trump: The famous Mississippi speech?

 President Trump at rally in Mississippi: I had one beer. Well, you think it was, nope! It was one beer. Oh good. How did you get home? I don't remember. How did you get there? I don't remember. Where is the place? I don't remember. How many years ago was it? I don't know. I don't know… I don't know…

 Lesley Stahl: And you mimicked Professor Blasey Ford. You mimicked her.

 President Donald Trump: Had I not made that speech, we would not have won. I was just saying she didn't seem to know anything.

 Lesley Stahl: No (UNINTEL)--

 President Donald Trump: And you're trying to destroy a life of a man who has been extraordinary.

 Lesley Stahl: Why did you have to make fun of her?

 President Donald Trump: I didn't really make fun of her.

 Lesley Stahl: Well, they were laughing.

 President Donald Trump: What I said the person that we're talking about didn't know the year, the time, the place.

 Lesley Stahl: Professor Blasey Ford got before the Senate and-- and was asked what's the worst moment. And she said, "When the two boys laughed at me, at my expense."

 President Donald Trump: Ok, fine.

 Lesley Stahl: And then I watched you mimic her and thousands of people were laughing at her.

 President Donald Trump: They can do what they-- I-- I will tell you this. The way now Justice Kavanaugh was treated has become a big factor in the midterms. Have you seen what's gone on with the polls?

 Lesley Stahl: But did you have to--

 President Donald Trump: Well, I think she was treated with great respect, I'll-- I'll--

 Lesley Stahl: And-- but--

 President Donald Trump: be honest with you.

 Lesley Stahl: but do you think—you treated her with--

 President Donald Trump: There are those that think she shouldn't have--

 Lesley Stahl: Do you think you treated her with respect?

 President Donald Trump: I think so, yeah. I did.

 Lesley Stahl: But you seem to be saying that she lied.

 President Donald Trump: W-- you know what? I'm not gonna get into it because we won. It doesn't matter. We won.

 Ever since the Mississippi speech, he's been out campaigning, rallying his supporters for the midterm elections. But back in Washington, he's had to deal with reports of internal strife in his administration.

 Lesley Stahl: The anonymous column that ran in "The New York Times." The author, we don't know who it is. Whoever it is.

 President Donald Trump: Whoever it is. Maybe it was "The New York Times" too.

 Lesley Stahl: Paints a picture.

 President Donald Trump: No, no, it's --By the way, you don't know how dishonest "The New York Times" is. It could've been "The New York Times." I doubt it. But it could've been.

 Lesley Stahl: Okay. I doubt it too.

 President Donald Trump: It also could've been any-- w-- well, don't count on it. It also could've been any one of 3,000 people.

 The anonymous op-ed column told of a "resistance" within the Trump Administration, who've questioned his fitness for office.

 President Trump says reports of chaos in his administration are "fake news"

 Lesley Stahl: You have said that this administration is like a smooth-running machine. And yet, we keep hearing that the White House is in chaos.

 President Donald Trump: It's-- wrong, it's so false. It's fake news. I'm changing things around. And I'm entitled to. I have people now on standby that will be phenomenal. They'll come into the administration, they'll be phenomenal.

 Lesley Stahl: More people gonna go?

 President Donald Trump: Yeah, other people will go, sure.

 Lesley Stahl: 'Cause so many people, you have kind of a record of --on turnover.

 President Donald Trump: I think I have a great Cabinet. There're some people that I'm not happy with.

 Lesley Stahl: Who are you not happy with?

 President Donald Trump: No, I don't wanna say that but

 Lesley Stahl: Come on.

 President Donald Trump: Not I don't want to say that.

 But I have some people that I'm not thrilled with. And I have other people that I'm beyond thrilled with.

 Lesley Stahl: What about General Mattis? Is he going to leave?

 President Donald Trump: Well, I don't know. He hasn't told me that. I have--

 Lesley Stahl: Do you want him to--

 President Donald Trump: --a very good relationship with him. It could be that he is. I think he's sort of a Democrat, if you wanna know the truth. But General Mattis is a good guy. We get along very well. He may leave. I mean, at some point, everybody leaves. Everybody. People leave. That's Washington.

 Lesley Stahl: The first lady, Melania. She said that there are still people in the White House that she doesn't trust and that you shouldn't trust.

 President Donald Trump: I feel the same way. I don't trust everybody in the White House, I'll be honest with you.

 Lesley Stahl: You go to a meeting, do you have to wonder, "Is he wearing a wire--"

 President Donald Trump: I'm usually --

 Lesley Stahl:–or whatever?

 President Donald Trump: Not so much a wire. I'm usually guarded. And I think I'm guarded anyway. But I'm not saying I trust everybody in the White House. I'm not a baby. It's a tough business. This is a r-- this is a vicious place. Washington DC is a vicious, vicious place. The attacks, the-- the bad mouthing, the speaking behind your back. --but-- you know, and in my way, I feel very comfortable here.

 Lesley Stahl: It takes a president a while to find his sea legs.

 President Donald Trump: I think so. I mean, I felt comfortable at the beginning, other than it was a little surreal to say I'm the president of the United States, but I think that's true with everybody.

 Lesley Stahl: POTUS.

 President Donald Trump: Now I very much feel like POTUS. I do. I feel like the president. You know, for a little while, it's like-- "Mr. President, sir." It's-- even my friends, they call me, they-- they don't call me Donald-- they call me Mr. President. And I say, "Will you please loosen up?" I've learned on the job. I have.

 Lesley Stahl: And you feel comfortable?

 President Donald Trump: I feel very comfortable, yeah.

 Produced by Richard Bonin, Graham Messick and Ruth Streeter. Associate producers, Ayesha Siddiqi, Kaylee Tully and Jack Weingart ||||| President Donald Trump predicted climate change would fix itself, said he knows more about NATO that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and claimed the European Union was formed to take advantage of the U.S. in a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday on “60 Minutes.”

 Speaking to CBS News’ CBS, +1.06% Lesley Stahl for the first time since taking office, Trump again boasted that “no administration in the history of our country” has done as much in its first two years. Trump appeared rambling and testy at times, and at one point, as he and Stahl sparred over his views on the media, the president ended the argument by saying: “In the meantime, I’m president — and you’re not.”

 Here are some highlights on a range of subjects covered in the interview:

 Climate change: While Trump said he doesn’t think climate change is a hoax, he also doesn’t necessarily think it’s man-made. “I think something’s happening,” Trump said. “Something’s changing and it’ll change back again. I don’t think it’s a hoax, I think there’s probably a difference. But I don’t know that it’s manmade. I will say this. I don’t wanna give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don’t wanna lose millions and millions of jobs. I don’t wanna be put at a disadvantage.”

 Saudi Arabia: Trump vowed “severe punishment” if evidence is found proving the Saudis killed missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “It’s being looked at very, very strongly,” Trump said. “And we would be very upset and angry if that were the case. As of this moment, they deny it. And deny it vehemently. Could it be them? Yes.”

 But he stopped short of saying the U.S. may curtail arms shipments to Saudi Arabia: “I tell you what I don’t wanna do. Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon. . . I don’t wanna hurt jobs. I don’t wanna lose an order like that. There are other ways of — punishing, to use a word that’s a pretty harsh word, but it’s true.”

 “There will be severe punishment.” – President Trump on what will happen if Saudi Arabia is found to be behind the disappearance of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi pic.twitter.com/aE4581jHqY — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 14, 2018

 North Korea: Trump said he trusts dictator Kim Jong Un, though he admitted his description that he “fell in love with” Kim was just a figure of speech. Despite Kim’s record of human rights abuses, the two get along: “Let it be whatever it is. I get along with him really well. I have a good energy with him. I have a good chemistry with him.”

 Lesley Stahl on Kim Jong Un: "He presides over a cruel kingdom of repression, gulags, starvation…slave labor, public executions. This is a guy you love?"

 President Trump: "I know all these things… I get along with him, okay? … Let it be whatever it is to get the job done.” pic.twitter.com/J6Gbuns2t6 — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 14, 2018

 China: On the subject of trade, Trump said he’s not trying to crush China’s economy, just push them to the negotiating table. “I want them to negotiate a fair deal with us,” he said. “I want them to open their markets like our markets are open.” But he warned that while he also has “great chemistry” with Chinese President Xi Jinping, “I don’t know that that’s necessarily going to continue.”

 Europe: Trump claimed the EU treats the U.S. with hostility and has been taking advantage of the U.S. for years. “Nobody treats us much worse than the European Union,” he said. “The European Union was formed in order to take advantage of us on trade, and that’s what they’ve done.”

 When asked about NATO, Trump disputed Stahl’s statement that the organization has “kept the peace for 70 years.”

 “You don’t know that,” he said. When asked if it’s true that Mattis told him NATO’s function is to avoid World War III, Trump said “that’s not true. . . .Frankly, I like General Mattis. I think I know more about it than he does. And I know more about it from the standpoint of fairness, that I can tell you,” as he again claimed NATO allies do not pay their fair share.

 Read: Trump calls Mattis a Democrat, suggests he’s on the way out

 Russia: Trump claimed he’s been very tough with Russian President Vladimir Putin, even though he has yet to say anything harsh about Putin in public: “I think I’m very tough with him personally. I had a meeting with him. The two of us. It was a very tough meeting and it was a very good meeting.”

 While admitting it’s likely that Putin is involved with assassinations, and that Russia meddled in the 2016 elections, Trump claimed without evidence that China and “other countries” did as well. “I think China meddled also,” he said, “And I think, frankly, China is a bigger problem.”

 The Mueller probe: Trump refused to pledge not to shut down the Mueller investigation into Russian election interference, and again denied there was collusion. “Do you really think I’d call Russia to help me with an election? Give me a break. They wouldn’t be able to help me at all. Call Russia. It’s so ridiculous,” he said.

 President Trump on whether he will pledge not to shut down the Mueller investigation: “I don't pledge anything. But I will tell you, I have no intention of doing that.” pic.twitter.com/TbSdVITZ3x — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 14, 2018

 Brett Kavanaugh: Trump took credit for Kavanaugh’s confirmation by the Senate, saying his speech in Mississippi in which he mocked accuser Christine Blasey Ford made the difference. “Had I not made that speech, we would not have won. I was just saying she didn’t seem to know anything,” he said.

 When pressed by Stahl over whether he believed Ford, Trump said: “I’m not gonna get into it because we won. It doesn’t matter. We won.”

 His White House: Trump denied reports of chaos within the White House, but also said he’s watching his back. “I don’t trust everybody in the White House, I’ll be honest with you,” he said. “It’s a tough business. This is a vicious place. Washington D.C. is a vicious, vicious place. The attacks, the bad mouthing, the speaking behind your back. . . but . . . you know, and in my way, I feel very comfortable here.” |||||

– President Trump apparently no longer believes that climate change is a "hoax"—but he does believe it will somehow change back, and he doesn't want to spend too much money dealing with it, despite dire warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "I think something's happening. Something's changing and it'll change back again," Trump said in a 60 Minutes interview that was broadcast Sunday night. "I don't think it's a hoax. I think there's probably a difference. But I don't know that it's manmade. I will say this: I don't want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don't want to lose millions and millions of jobs." He added that he's not "denying climate change," but it "could very well go back ... millions of years," the AP reports. When interviewer Leslie Stahl asked Trump about climate change creating more powerful hurricanes, the president, who will visit hurricane-hit parts of Florida and Georgia on Monday, seemed doubtful. "You'd have to show me the scientists because they have a very big political agenda," he said when Stahl told him scientists had determined that hurricanes were worse than ever. More from the interview: Putin "probably" behind assassinations. Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was "probably" behind the assassination of diplomats, but it didn't seem like he was losing sleep over it, the Washington Post reports. "It's not in our country," he said. Trump also told Stahl that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, but said China had done the same. "I think, frankly, China is a bigger problem," he said. "We won" on Christine Blasey Ford. Trump said the speech in which he mocked Ford help secure Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, MarketWatch reports. Asked whether he believed Ford's accusations, Trump said: "I'm not going to get into it because we won. It doesn't matter. We won." Kim Jong Un is what he is. Asked about his professed "love" of North Korean dictator Kim despite human rights abuses including the use of gulags and slave labor, Trump said: "I get along with him, OK?" He added: "Let it be whatever it is. I get along with him really well. I have a good energy with him." "Nobody treats us worse." Trump was harder on the European Union, saying nobody treats the US worse than the trading bloc. "The European Union was formed in order to take advantage of us on trade, and that’s what they’ve done," he said. No chaos here. Trump rejected suggestions that there was chaos inside his administration, but admitted that figures including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis could soon be leaving, the Post reports. "I think he’s sort of a Democrat, if you want to know the truth," Trump said. "But General Mattis is a good guy. We get along very well. He may leave. I mean, at some point, everybody leaves. Everybody."


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The Hollywood Sign Trust says it "will be deploying additional technology to tighten up surveillance and thus deter unwanted visitors in the future."

 Who hauled tarps up the Santa Monica Mountains to change an iconic sign to "Hollyweed" hours before Los Angeles woke up on Sunday? It's a mystery for now.

 But the Hollywood Sign Trust, the non-profit organization that oversees maintenance for the landmark, is looking to improve its security in the wake of this rare high-profile prank.

 "The Hollywood Sign surveillance system is constantly evolving but an incident like the one that occurred early Sunday morning shows us where there are opportunities to make improvements," Chris Baumgart, chairman of the Hollywood Sign Trust, said Monday in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

 "The new year’s prank was no exception and we will be deploying additional technology to tighten up surveillance and thus deter unwanted visitors in the future," said Baumgart. "This is more than preventing pranks or trespassing at the sign. Our concern is the safety of the neighborhood and the trespassers that put themselves at risk because it is extremely unsafe to be on the sign, let alone traversing the treacherous hillside that is home to those 9 famous letters.”

 On Sunday, as the industry was ringing in 2017, a prankster or vandal or activist (or all three?) managed to hang white and black tarps over the latter two "O" letters on the landmark. The individual or individuals responsible committed a trespassing violation, Los Angeles police officer Mike Lopez told THR. But there has been no arrest made or suspect publicly identified.

 A peace sign was etched in white on one of the black tarps, along with the words "A tribute to..." The other tarp had a heart shape on it and some writing. It's unclear if there was a message to the sign aside from the reference to California opting to vote for marijuana legalization in the November election.

 The sign was said to be restored to normal conditions mid-morning on New Year's Day, with no noticeable enduring damage. Multiple workers could be seen in photos using a ladder to remove the tarps. By Monday, from a distance, it looked as it usually does on a cloudy day.

 The sign is currently watched over by a security camera system that is monitored by the Los Angeles Police Department. It was first installed in 1994 and updated several times since.

 The icon has occasionally been used to promote political messaging. In 2010, the sign was covered with red and black lettering with the words "Save the Peak" in an attempt to raise awareness about development.

 Famously, in 1976, the sign was turned into "Hollyweed" by a then-student named Daniel Finegood and three others for an art project for Cal-State Northridge over the course of several hours.

 When his son, Matthew Finegood, saw images of the new "Hollyweed" prank he immediately thought it was a throwback to the work of his father. "He spent about $50 on giant, four sheets — two black, two white — tied them to some stones, climbed on the sign a little bit to throw the stones and the rope over that was tied to the sheets," Finegood told THR. "So there was a lot of planning."

 Added Finegood, "He was adamant that it really wasn't a prank. He was doing something that didn't harm the sign. He felt it was art and he was trying to tell the world something he believed in and that people were supportive of."

 Daniel Finegood, who wasn't arrested for the 1976 "Hollyweed" prank and passed away in 2007, would ultimately alter the Hollywood sign four times during his lifetime: to "Holywood" (also in 1976), "Ollywood" (in 1987) and "Oil War" (taken down before the end of a night in 1990). He also aspired to do an April Fools' Day joke to make the entire sign disappear into the backdrop of the hillside, but the plan never came to fruition, his son said.

 For now, the identity of the new "Hollyweed" prankster is obscure. "I think it was great execution that it was done in that way," said the pseudonymous artist known as Plastic Jesus, when contacted by THR. "You want the message to be the focus of the work and not the artist."

 Plastic Jesus, who said he had no involvement in the new prank but has made headlines for his provocative Oscar-themed art in recent years, says he recently spoke with Los Angeles-based street artists who didn't know who would have been behind the new altered sign.

 Jackass star Steve-O — himself arrested in 2015 for a Hollywood crane protest that included a sign saying "Seaworld Sucks" — pointed out as much when he took a selfie in front of the "weed" prank on Sunday. He wrote: "I don't know who did this to the Hollywood Sign, but I'm quite impressed they got away with it."

 After more than a day with no word about a suspect, the incident is developing into a bit of a Hollywood mystery. Asked why the new prankster hasn't yet come forward, Finegood joked: "Maybe he's still on his plane to Amsterdam or Ecuador." ||||| "The surveillance system is like a chain," Chris Baumgart, chairman of the Hollywood Sign Trust, said Monday. "The chain is only as good as its weakest link, so as we study this — the prankster coming in, how he [or] she slipped through — we will determine this week where the link was that was weak, then we will upgrade there." |||||

– The nonprofit that cares for the Hollywood sign says it will be "deploying additional technology to tighten up surveillance" after the sign was altered to read "Hollyweed" on Sunday. The black and white tarps that transformed the sign had been removed by mid-morning on New Year's Day with no damage to the letters, prompting police to abandon a search for a suspect. But the Hollywood Sign Trust says it will adopt new measures to "deter unwanted visitors in the future," reports the Hollywood Reporter. These could include updates to the existing security camera system, which recorded a "lone individual" dressed in black hanging tarps from the letters around 3am Sunday, reports the Los Angeles Times. Such an incident "shows us where there are opportunities to make improvements," says the trust's chairman, adding the group will work with police to discover the weak link in its security. "Our concern is the safety of the neighborhood and the trespassers that put themselves at risk because it is extremely unsafe to be on the sign," which a student also altered to read "Hollyweed" in 1976 as part of an art project. The existing security system includes 35 cameras that watch the sign and hillside. The area is also protected by a wrought-iron fence and a police officer in a guard house, which is manned at all hours. The Times notes rain and clouds may have provided concealment for Sunday's trespasser.


– The mysterious disappearance of an Arizona woman hiking a world-famous trail in Spain appears to have been solved, but in the worst possible way. Authorities there arrested a 39-year-old man and found a body on his property believed to be that of 41-year-old Denise Thiem, reports the AP. Tests to confirm are pending. Thiem went missing in April while walking the St. James Way, also known as the Camino de Santiago. The suspect, Miguel Angel Munoz, has a small farm in Asturias near the trail, which leads to a cathedral believed to house the remains of St. James the Apostle. Thousands of hikers from around the world make the pilgrimage each year, one that was popularized in the 2010 Martin Sheen movie The Way. Thiem, who was widely traveled, had quit her job working in PetSmart's corporate headquarters in Phoenix to make the hike herself, reports the Arizona Republic. She began in Pamplona in March and planned to finish in about 90 days. All was going well until she disappeared on Easter Sunday. Spain's interior minister says the remains "effectively appear to be those of Denise," adding that the suspect "was little-known in his own neighborhood and did not relate much to society." He reportedly led police to the body, reports ABC News.

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MADRID (AP) — A body found on a rural property in northwest Spain is most likely that of an American woman who went missing while walking along a pilgrimage route, officials said Saturday.

 Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said evidence pointed to the remains being those of Denise Thiem and there were "well-founded suspicions" that the 39-year-old prime suspect arrested over her disappearance was responsible for her death.

 A ministry spokesman had earlier said Miguel Angel Munoz had led investigators to his small farm near the Camino de Santiago, also called the St. James Way, after being arrested Friday in Asturias, 200 kilometers (124 miles) to the north.

 The remains found at the property "effectively appear to those of Denise," Fernandez Diaz told reporters.

 The minister said Munoz had been arrested when a police operation found him in the town of Grandas de Salime in the province of Asturias where he had fled.

 Thiem, 41, of Arizona, was last seen April 5 walking along the route at the town of Astorga, 10 kilometers (6 miles) east of Santa Catalina de Somoza, which is also on the St. James Way and is the town closest to Munoz's farm, the ministry said.

 The suspect was described by the ministry as a man who "was little-known in his own neighborhood and did not relate much to society."

 Fernandez Diaz said the FBI had cooperated in the search, which at one point involved 300 police and military personnel as well as helicopters.

 The Camino de Santiago has for centuries led pilgrims and tourists to the city of Santiago de Compostela at Spain's northwestern tip, where the cathedral is believed to house the bones of St. James, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus. ||||| A suspect in the disappearance of an American woman missing since April from a famed Christian pilgrimage route in northern Spain was arrested Friday and led authorities to the body of a woman, a Spanish security official said.

 The arrest, and the discovery of the body, came after about 300 Spanish officers searched the area where Denise Thiem, 41, of Arizona was last seen April 5 in the town of Astorga.

 Authorities were trying to determine whether the body was that of Thiem, said the security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of rules preventing the official from being named.

 The official provided no details about the suspect or where the body was found.

 Astorga is on the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, also called the St James Way, which ends at the Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Santiago de Compostela.

 Spanish TV showed footage Friday of officers at a small apartment building taking away the suspect, a bearded man who appeared to be in his 30s. He was not identified.

 The U.S. Embassy in Madrid declined comment about the arrest of the suspect, citing privacy laws that prevent the disclosure of information about the case.

 Thiem's disappearance prompted safety concerns about the 470-mile (760-kilometer) series of pilgrimage routes, which tens of thousands of people walk annually. Some do it as a spiritual quest, while others go for a physical challenge or hike it for a vacation. |||||


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The Alberta government has condemned a controversial hunting practice after a U.S. hunter posted a YouTube video that shows him killing a bear using a spear.

 The video, posted in June, shows Josh Bowmar, a personal trainer and former competitive javelin thrower, hitting the bear with the hand-thrown spear. It's believed the video was shot in May northeast of Edmonton.

 "The type of archaic hunting seen in the recently posted video … is unacceptable," Alberta's Ministry of Environment and Parks said in a written statement. "We will introduce a ban on spear hunting this fall."

 The department has also directed fish and wildlife officers to investigate to see if charges are warranted under existing laws.

 Conservation groups press for change

 "We've got at least one hunter that has come up here and wanted to hunt by use of a spear, so now it means we're going to have to address it by way of policy," said Wayne Lowry, president of the Alberta Fish and Game Association, a conservation group that consults with government on its regulations.

 As the black bear approaches food left as bait, Bowmar winds up to throw his spear. (YouTube)

 He said the 2016 regulations that came into force in July should prevent spear hunting by applying strict definitions as to what constitutes a weapon. But he admitted the lack of a specific ban could make the regulation a grey area. At the time the video was recorded, there was no law in place preventing spear hunting.

 In the video, Bowmar was accompanied by Swan Hills outfitters John and Jenn Rivet and carried a two-metre spear equipped with 40-centimetre blade. A large black bear was drawn to the area through what is known as bear baiting, where food is placed near a waiting hunting party. That activity is also legal in Alberta.

 "He's going down, I drilled him perfect," Bowmar joyously exclaims after the spear lodges in the bear's side. "That was the longest throw I thought I could ever make."

 For added effect, a GoPro camera mounted on the spear captured the moment of impact.

 "I just did something that I don't think anybody in the world has ever done, and that was spear a bear on the ground, on film," Bowmar says on the video.

 Clean kill or unnecessary suffering?

 The hunting party left the area afterward, due to darkness and rain, Bowmar later says. The next morning they returned and found the bear dead, about 50 metres from where it had been hit.

 In a statement to CBC News, Bowmar said the bear "died immediately," adding the kill was "as humane and ethical as one could get in a hunting situation on big game animals."

 Lowry disagrees. He said his organization was trying to get the government to outlaw spear hunting long before the Bowmar video surfaced.

 "Since we want to promote the most ethical means of harvesting an animal as possible, I highly doubt that it's going to be a legal way of hunting in the future."

 He said his primary objection to spear hunting is the risk that an injured animal could run off and suffer for an extended period. He admitted those risks also exist with other forms of hunting.

 Bowmar turns to the camera and raises his arms in celebration after his spear hits the black bear. (YouTube)

 British tabloids and online discussion groups have been quick to condemn not just the method of killing the bear, but also Bowmar's enthusiastic approach in the video. After spearing the bear he seems giddy about his success.

 "That's going to be some epic footage," he proclaims to the camera. "Yeah, I got mad penetration. That's a dead bear."

 The headline in U.K.'s Daily Express read: "Warped Hunter Kills Starving Bear with Seven Foot Homemade Spear."

 The Mirror headline was: "Hunters in Sick New Low as Black Bear is Stabbed with 7 ft Spear then Left to Die."

 Lowry was more tempered in his criticism. "There's much more ethical and effective means of harvesting an animal." ||||| Hunting wildlife with spears will be banned in Alberta in the wake of video footage showing an American hunter throwing a spear into a black bear in the northern part of the province.

 Labelling the practice of modern spear hunting as “archaic” and “unacceptable,” the government on Monday condemned the actions of hunter Josh Bowmar and asked fish and wildlife officers to investigate the incident to determine if charges were warranted.

 The YouTube video, posted June 5, that shows Bowmar’s hunt (believed to be near Swan Hills, about two hours north of Edmonton) has been viewed more than 200,000 times, with many viewers, even some hunters, denouncing the kill as “barbaric” and “unnecessary.” By late Monday afternoon, the video had been removed from public viewing.

 “I just did something that I don’t think anybody in the world has ever done,” an elated Bowmar tells the camera after launching a spear about 10 to 12 metres into the side of a mature black bear that had been attracted to a bait bin.

 Bear baiting is not illegal in Alberta, but it is restricted to certain areas.

 The bear Bowmar targets isn’t immediately killed by the projectile and flees into the dusk.

 “I can’t believe that just happened … He’s going down, I drilled him perfect. That was the longest throw I ever thought I could ever make,” Bowmar tells the camera.

 “That was a 12- to 15-yard spear throw, on the ground, no blind, no backup. We have no shotguns within miles of here.”

 Bowmar walks out to the spot, finds the spear and turns to the camera: “Oh yeah, I got mad penetration.”

 The video cuts to the next day and shows part of the black bear’s intestines wrapped around low-hanging branches and Bowmar discovering the animal “60 to 70 yards” away from where it was first struck.

 A man identified as John on the video reasons that because of evidence of rigor mortis, “this bear died within seconds.”

 Bowmar, who runs an Ohio-based fitness company, credits Swan Hills outfitter husband and wife team of John and Jenn Rivet with helping in the hunt. Calls to the Rivets went unanswered Monday.

 Bowmar told The Canadian Press in an email he was surprised by the reaction to the video. He said spears have been used for hunting since the “dawn of man” and the notion that the method is inhumane “couldn’t be further from the truth.”

 He said the spear blade he used was 13 centimetres wide and about 40 centimetres long and penetrated the bear more than 60 centimetres deep.

 “The bear I speared only ran (55 metres) and died immediately, that’s as humane and ethical as one could get in a hunting situation on big game animals. Trust me, no one cares more about these animals than us hunters, especially me,” he wrote.

 He also said the animals he hunts are not wasted.

 “In fact, it is even against the law to waste the animals hide … We also eat the meat from our harvested animals including bear. On top of tasting amazing, it’s extremely nutritious for our bodies.”

 Wayne Lowry, president of the Alberta Fish and Game Association, said it is uncommon for hunters to use spears and “because it is so uncommon, it’s never really had to be dealt with in the legislation, but knowing that it is being done in other countries and other jurisdictions, we figured it would show up here sooner or later.”

 Lowry said there was nothing prohibiting the use of a spear because it fits into a broad definition that allows hunters to use anything “that is a legal weapon.”

 That was until this video emerged.

 The Alberta government said Monday it is currently updating the province’s hunting regulations and promised to introduce a spear ban in the fall.

 “Hunting should be done with the most effective means possible to ensure you have a quick and immediate death as possible,” Lowry said.

 “The common weaponry — firearms or bow — can effect a speedy death so they are not suffering unduly by being wounded.”

 Lowry also said it was not illegal to leave an injured animal overnight but, “ideally you track and retrieve as soon as possible.”

 Online outrage and death threats towards Bowmar and his 13-minute hunting video have closely mirrored that of when American dentist Walter Palmer shot and killed Cecil the lion in Africa in July 2015.

 People commenting on the video post were quick to attack Bowmar and his hunting techniques.

 “A real hunter kills quickly and humanely and shows respect for the animal that he has killed,” one person wrote.

 Another wrote: “Surely there are laws against this kind of hunting? It’s not even hunting — it’s animal cruelty, pure and simple.”

 One user, identified only as Shep said: “Dude … I am going to make it my mission … to hunt you down … and then I’m going to do to you … what you did to that bear … then I’m going to take your head … and it will be kept as my (expletive) trophy. Mark my words … I WILL find you …”

 According to a short bio on a website, Bowmar was a National Collegiate Athletic Association athlete with “All American honours” in javelin.

 Bowmar’s YouTube channel, Bowmar Bowhunting, has dozens of hunting videos showing him and wife, Sarah, hunting a wide variety of animals.

 With files from CP

 jgraney@postmedia.com

 twitter.com/jurisgraney ||||| By Laura A. Bischoff

 Columbus bureau

 A former college javelin thrower with ties to Ohio is attracting global backlash for posting a video online showing him killing a black bear in Alberta, Canada.

 Bodybuilder and fitness buff Josh Bowmar is being criticized in the media and by the Humane Society of the United States for killing the bear with a spear that had a GoPro camera attached to it.

 Wayne Pacelle, chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States, said in a blog post that Bowmar, 26, of Columbus, baited the female bear, killed it during the spring when mothers are nursing dependent cubs, used a homemade spear with a camera attached, and breathlessly celebrated the kill.

 “He’s so deeply disconnected from the suffering of an innocent creature that he felt free to yell and prance with joy as the life was spilling out of this innocent animal,” Pacelle wrote. He added that Bowmar is “this year’s version of Walter Palmer,” the American dentist who killed a lion and attracted worldwide attention.

 Bowmar’s 13-minute video of the incident is no longer publicly available on his YouTube channel. Edited versions of it have been posted by media outlets, including The Mirror in the United Kingdom.

 Track and field websites report that Bowmar was a javelin thrower and sprinter for Heidelberg College. He has also competed in the Arnold Classic body building competitions.

 Bowmar told The Mirror on Monday that he cares about animals and considered it an ethical kill.

 Speaking exclusively to the Mirror he said: “You all should be ashamed of yourselves for trying to kill a heritage that has existed for over a million years.

 “Literally, since the dawn of man, the spear has been a vital role in survival.” |||||

– Killing a bear with a hand-thrown spear isn't an everyday feat—but the government of Alberta, Canada, is not impressed by the prowess of American hunter Josh Bowmar. The government promised to introduce a ban on "archaic" and "unacceptable" hunting with spears after video surfaced of Bowmar, a former javelin athlete, killing a bear from more than 12 yards away with a 7-foot spear that had a GoPro camera attached, the Edmonton Journal reports. The wounded bear, which had been attracted by a bait bin, ran off. In a YouTube video that has now been taken offline, Bowmar says he returned the next day and found the body of the bear around 150 feet from where it was hit. The video sparked controversy—and lurid headlines like "Warped Hunter Kills Starving Bear with Seven Foot Homemade Spear" in British tabloids—not just for the manner of the kill, but for Bowmar's celebration, the CBC reports. "That's going to be some epic footage," he exclaims. "Yeah, I got mad penetration. That's a dead bear." The Humane Society of the US also weighed in, referring to the Ohio man as "this year's version of Walter Palmer," the American dentist who killed Cecil the Lion, notes the Dayton Daily News. Bowmar says he was surprised by the reaction. The kill was "as humane and ethical as one could get in a hunting situation on big game animals," he says, adding that "no one cares more about these animals than us hunters, especially me," and that the bear's hide and meat did not go to waste. (A California woman angered her neighbors by having a bear shot.)


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A teen girl from Mississauga, Ontario, called 911 last Tuesday to report what was, in her mind, a very serious crime: Her parents “forced her” to go on vacation with them.

 As first reported by the Star, Police responded to a rental cottage in Trent Hills after receiving the call, but according to Northumberland OPP Const. Stephen Bates, they quickly determined that there was “no real emergency.”

 “This appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager,” Bates said. “Although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911.”

 It’s possible that police responded thinking this may have been some sort of kidnapping or abduction situation, but after confirming the girl was safe and interviewing all occupants, they determined it was just a normal family vacation.

 “Calls such as this tie up police resources which could impact the safety of others in the community who are in real need of assistance,” Bates added. The girl was cautioned for misuse of the emergency number.

 According to reports, teens across Canada collectively sighed, rolled their eyes, and put their headphones back on.

 [h/t @thejewishdream| Photo: iStock] ||||| The Mississauga teenager was cautioned by OPP after she called from a rental cottage in Trent Hills, police said Saturday.

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 A Mississauga teenager has been cautioned by police after she called 911 saying her “parents forced her to go on vacation with them” in Trent Hills, Ontario Provincial Police confirmed Saturday.

 Last Tuesday, officers responded to a rental cottage on the Trent River, east of Peterborough, and determined that there was “no real emergency” after the 15-year-old called police, Northumberland OPP Const. Stephen Bates said.

 “This appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager,” Bates told the Star. “Although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911.”

 OPP confirmed that the girl was safe, and interviewed all occupants to confirm that it was just a family vacation.

 “Calls such as this tie up police resources which could impact the safety of others in the community who are in real need of assistance,” Bates said.

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 "This appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager," Northumberland OPP Const. Steve Bates told CBC News. "Although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911."

 Trent Hills is about 180 kilometres northeast of Toronto. (Google Maps/CBC)

 Officers attended the rental cottage on Trent River, about 180 kilometres northeast of Toronto, to ensure everyone was safe and that there was no "real" emergency, Bates said.

 The 15-year-old girl has been cautioned for misuse of the emergency number.

 "Calls such as this tie up police resources which could impact the safety of others in the community who are in real need of assistance," said Bates. |||||Summary:

– Is Trent Hills, Ontario, really that bad? A 15-year-old girl “forced” to go to the Canadian vacation spot by her parents last week apparently thought so—and called 911 with her emergency, the CBC reports. Police who responded to the cottage the family rented were not amused. “This appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager,” local Constable Stephen Bates tells the Toronto Star. “Although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911.” The girl was given a warning about misusing police resources, Bates says, "which could impact the safety of others in the community who are in real need of assistance." That may be true, observes a post at New York sympathetic to the teen, "but if you've ever been on a family vacation, you can understand where she was coming from." Death and Texas imagines the reaction: "Teens across Canada collectively sighed, rolled their eyes, and put their headphones back on." (This 911 dispatcher handled a very real call about her own kid.)


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– Gisele Bundchen says her husband, NFL quarterback Tom Brady, has a history of concussions and even suffered one last year, though such an injury was never reported by the New England Patriots. While appearing on CBS This Morning to discuss climate change, Bundchen touched on Brady's plant-based diet before bringing up her concerns about his overall health. "He had a concussion last year. I mean, he has concussions pretty much every—I mean, we don't talk about [it], but he does have concussions," she said. "I don't really think it's a healthy thing for your body to go through ... that kind of aggression, like, all the time," she added. Brady didn't miss a single game due to injury last season and hasn't been listed as having a concussion or a head injury at any point in his career, report the Bleacher Report and ESPN, leading the New York Post to ask, "Did Gisele just reveal a Tom Brady concussion cover-up?" A player diagnosed with a concussion must abide by the NFL's concussion protocol, which notes a player can only return to action if he has been cleared by his doctor, per TMZ. Teams have previously faced penalties for not disclosing injuries, per CBS Sports. However, it isn't clear if the NFL would consider Bundchen's comments as evidence of a violation.

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 New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen, said Wednesday that her husband suffered a concussion last season.

 Gisele revealed the news in an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning:

 Brady didn't miss any games due to injury last season.

 The NFL would release a statement regarding Gisele's comments, via NFL.com:

 "We have reviewed all reports relating to Tom Brady from the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants and certified athletic trainer spotters who worked at Patriots' home and away 2016 season games as well as club injury reports that were sent to the league office.

 "There are no records that indicate that Mr. Brady suffered a head injury or concussion, or exhibited or complained of concussion symptoms. Today we have been in contact with the NFLPA and will work together to gather more information from the club's medical staff and Mr. Brady. The health and safety of our players is our foremost priority and we want to ensure that all our players have and continue to receive the best care possible."

 According to David P. Woods of The Score, the Patriots have not listed Brady on the injury report with a concussion over the past four seasons.

 ESPN's Bomani Jones offered some perspective with regard to Gisele labeling whatever Brady was dealing with as a concussion:

 The 12-time Pro Bowler sat out the first four games of 2016 due to a suspension stemming from Deflategate before going on to post an 11-1 regular-season record and lead the Pats to a win over the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl.

 Despite the concussion, Gisele told Rose that Brady's transition to a plant-based diet has made him feel better physically, per CBS News:

 The 39-year-old veteran showed no signs of slowing down last season, throwing for 3,554 yards, 28 touchdowns and just two interceptions during the regular season.

 Brady has not missed a game due to injury since 2008, when he was forced to sit out 15 contests after tearing his ACL and MCL in the season opener. ||||| She's been hailed as one of the great beauties of the world, but retired supermodel Gisele Bündchen is now hoping to turn the world's gaze from the dazzle of the catwalk to the condition of the planet.

 "I believe we are spiritual beings having a human experience. And I believe that Planet Earth is, like, you know, it's a spaceship. Let's put it that way," Bündchen told "CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose. "In this spaceship, life is very fragile, in a way."

 "This planet – I mean, look at it. Fruits grow on trees. You know, the Earth provide us food, rivers, all the animals, all the species. I mean, we are blessed! We are living in heaven here. I mean, come on," Bündchen added.

 Having stepped off the runway last year, Bündchen uses her global platform to advocate for the environment, exploring deforestation in the Amazon, working as a United Nations goodwill ambassador, and now addressing climate change with environmentalist Paul Hawken. She's helping promote his latest book, "Drawdown."

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 "What is Drawdown?" Rose asked.

 "Drawdown is the first time when greenhouse gasses peak, and go down on a year-to-year basis," Hawken said.

 "When will that happen?" Rose asked.

 "Well, we don't know. But the point we try to make in that book is that nobody's aiming for it," Hawken responded.

 Hawken's book lists 100 solutions to reverse global warming, all based on existing science and ranked by cost and carbon impact. It inspired Bündchen to take action.

 "I saw, 'Oh my God,' someone is actually addressing solutions. Someone is focusing on the solutions here, instead of focusing on the problems… like, 'How can I help? How do I sign up to help?' And that's how I – that's how I'm here," she said.

 Asked why people haven't advocated for the environment more in recent years, Hawken said while "the science is impeccable," the communication of the science "has been miserable."

 "Because it has focused on threat, on gloom, and the idea somehow that we'll get people to act if we scare the pee out of them actually hasn't worked at all," Hawken said.

 "I hear you talking about the fact that you gotta have a plan, and you gotta be optimistic. And you gotta understand what you can do. But at the same time, I know lots of people who are saying that unless we do something immediately, it's gonna be catastrophic," Rose said.

 "And I agree. And then what I'm saying is we're acting," Hawken said. "This is in place. It is scaling. And if we continue to scale in a rigorous but reasonable way over 30 years, we can reverse global warming."

 For now, the two claim to be unfazed by the Trump administration's efforts to revive the coal industry and roll back environmental rules. Bündchen said she is concerned but called herself "an optimist."

 "So I believe… that what all of this noise is doing, I feel, is bringing more awareness," Bündchen said. "And I think now people are just more kinda feeling like, you know, I have to take the matters to my own hands. Like, I have to get educated. I have to learn. I have to kind of figure out how are we gonna do this."

 "But don't you think we should be a catalyst to try – if you disagree with government policy, try to change it?" Rose asked. Hawken and Bündchen agreed.

 "But I think the way you do that is by bringing forth the information, because I think we are all learning, right? … And live that what we believe, right? Live our convictions. Like, you know, in my situation, like, we have a plant-based diet. And we've been having it for 10 years," Bündchen said.

 "And why is that?" Rose asked.

 "Because we feel better. It is better for our health," Bündchen said. "And everything we put into our body has an effect on us, has an effect on our energy and how we feel."

 "And your husband says, Tom Brady says, 'Unless I had this plant-based diet, I would not be the player I am and I would not be -- have the career at 39 that I do,'" Rose said.

 "He's almost 40, right? … But the thing is, he said he's been feeling so much better, I have to say it's amazing. You know? The way he feels, he doesn't feel achy. He just feels so much more energy," Bündchen said.

 She influenced her family's view on the plant-based diet.

 "So he has his career to thank you," Rose said.

 "No," Bündchen said. "He has to thank his commitment and his dedication to it. Because he still has to wanna do it, right? … In the beginning he was like, it was a little, you know, different for him. But now he loves it, and he wouldn't have it any other way, because he feels better."

 Beyond their diets, Bündchen expressed concern for her husband's health from his activity on the field.

 "If it was up to my wife she would have me retire today," Brady told Sirius XM NFL Radio earlier this year. "She told me that last night three times and I said, 'Too bad, babe, you know, I'm having too much fun right now.'"

 "As you know, it's not the most, like-- let's say 'unaggressive' sport. Right? Football, like, he had a concussion last year. I mean, he has concussions pretty much every-- I mean, we don't talk about-- but he does have concussions," Bündchen said. "And he's-- I don't really think it's a healthy thing for your body to go through, like-- you know, through that kind of aggression, like, all the time, that could not be healthy for you, right? … And I'm planning on having him be healthy and do a lot of fun things when we're, like, 100, I hope."

 As for Brady's Super Bowl victory, Bündchen said it was a "very emotional" experience for them.

 "I saw the victory as something much bigger than just a victory of like a team playing another team. I thought that was an amazing message there," Bündchen said. "I was, like, 'You know what? For all the people who feel like, you know, when they're losing, like, they give up, I was, like, never give up.' Like, if you're here, if you're standing, if you're breathing, there is a way. You know? And as long as we have focus and dedication and clarity of purpose, we're gonna make it happen." ||||| Gisele Bündchen is worried for her husband’s future after football, and says Tom Brady had a concussion last year that went unreported.

 The NFL, however, has a simple response: Nothing to see here.

 Brady’s wife told “CBS This Morning” on Wednesday the superstar Patriots quarterback suffered a head injury last season. The Brazilian supermodel’s bombshell claim led the league and NFL Players Association to look into the matter — the Patriots could face discipline for not reporting an injury — and they said it had no merit.

 Brady only appeared on the Patriots injury report for knee and thigh issues toward the end of the 2016 regular season. Brady concluded the season by directing a historic comeback for his fifth Super Bowl title.

 “He had a concussion last year,” Bündchen said when Charlie Rose asked about Brady’s future. “He had pretty much concussions every, I mean we don’t talk about, but he does have concussions. I don’t think it’s a healthy thing for a body to go through that kind of aggression all the time. That can’t be healthy for you.”

 The NFL refuted the claim, but also said it would continue to look into the matter.

 “We have reviewed all reports relating to Tom Brady from the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants and certified trainer spotters who worked at Patriots’ home and away 2016 games as well as club injury reports that were sent to the league office,” the league said in a statement. “There are no records that indicate that Mr. Brady suffered a head injury or concussion, or exhibited or complained of concussion symptoms.

 “Today we have been in contact with the NFLPA, and will work together to gather more information from the club’s medical staff and Mr. Brady.”

 The Patriots declined to respond to Bündchen’s comments on Wednesday morning, and Brady’s agent did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 Brady, 39, has said he wanted to keep playing until his mid-40s — and told ESPN in a recent interview he would continue even beyond that if he were able to stay healthy and productive.

 It’s clearly left his wife fretting about the long-term effects of brain trauma. ||||| Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen, says the New England Patriots quarterback has a history of concussions, including one suffered last year during a Super Bowl-winning season.

 "He had a concussion last year. He has concussions pretty much every -- I mean, we don't talk about it. He does have concussions," Bundchen said on "CBS This Morning" on Wednesday. "I don't really think it's a healthy thing for a body to go through that kind of aggression all the time. That could not be healthy for you."

 The Patriots did not list Brady as having a concussion at any point in the 2016 season, and no concussion or head injury is listed for Brady in his professional career, according to Stats Pass. New England did report leg, thigh and ankle injuries for Brady during the 2016 calendar year.

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 The NFL requires "significant or noteworthy" injuries to be reported, regardless of whether a player is expected to miss playing time, and says honest reporting of injuries "affects the integrity of the game."

 In a statement issued later Wednesday, the league said records it reviewed did not indicate Brady had suffered any type of head ailment.

 "We have reviewed all reports relating to Tom Brady from the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants and certified athletic trainer spotters who worked at Patriots' home and away 2016 season games as well as club injury reports that were sent to the league office," an NFL spokesman said. "There are no records that indicate that Mr. Brady suffered a head injury or concussion, or exhibited or complained of concussion symptoms."

 The league added that it has contacted the NFL Players Association and that they will work together to collect additional information. The union's review of such a matter is standard protocol.

 A Comcast SportsNet reporter tweeted a response from NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith.

 Happened to have lunch with @DeSmithNFLPA today and brought up the Tom Brady situation, this is what he had to say #NFLPA : pic.twitter.com/SLKqe0az8U — Jill Sorenson (@JillCSN) May 17, 2017

 The Patriots declined to comment on the report, and Brady's agent didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

 Bundchen was responding to a question about comments Brady has made that she wanted him to retire. She did not specify when Brady suffered a concussion or whether it was medically diagnosed and was not asked a follow-up question.

 Her comments come two days after the 39-year-old quarterback reiterated to ESPN's Ian O'Connor that he wants to play into his 40s.

 "I always said my mid-40s," Brady said of the prospect of retirement, "and naturally that means around 45. If I get there and I still feel like I do today, I don't see why I wouldn't want to continue."

 He told O'Connor that his wife, who retired as a runway model at age 34 in 2015 and has since focused on environmental issues, wants him to play that long as well.

 "She wants me to do that too," Brady said. "She also wants me to take good care of myself and still have my energy. My kids have grown up faster than I thought."

 Brady started in 12 regular-season games and three playoff games last season, including the Super Bowl. He sat out the first four games last season while serving a suspension related to the Deflategate scandal.

 Bundchen said she was more concerned about Brady's long-term health than his football career.

 "That kind of aggression all the time, that cannot be healthy for you," she said. "I'm planning on him being healthy and do a lot of fun things when we're like 100, I hope."

 In his ESPN interview, Brady acknowledged that his wife would play a role in his decision to eventually retire.

 "She makes decisions for our family that I've got to deal with. Hopefully she never says, 'Look, this has to be it,'" Brady told O'Connor "My wife and my kids, it's a big investment of their time and energy too."

 The Associated Press contributed to this report. ||||| Gisele Tom Brady Has Concussions All The Time 'We Don't Talk About'

 Gisele Says Tom Brady Has Concussions All The Time, 'We Don't Talk About'

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 Tom Brady suffered a football-related concussion last year that nobody knew about -- and he secretly gets concussions all the time -- so says his wife, Gisele.

 The supermodel appeared on "CBS This Morning" on Wednesday and expressed frustration with Tom's health ... particularly the brain injuries he suffers on the field.

 "Football ... like he had a concussion last year," Gisele said.

 "I mean he has concussions pretty much every [year] ... I mean, we don't talk about. But he does have concussions."

 This could be a big deal ... considering Brady was not listed on the NFL injury list for a concussion once in 2016. It begs the question ... was the injury covered up to keep him on the field?

 In the NFL, if a player is diagnosed with a concussion during a game, he is NOT allowed to return to the field for the remainder of that game. He may return the following week at the discretion of his doctor.

 "I don’t really think it’s a healthy thing for your body to go through like, through that kind of aggression like, all the time–that cannot be healthy for you, right?"

 "I mean I’m planning on having him be healthy and do a lot of fun things when we’re like 100, I hope." |||||