Face in the News: Lawmakers talk NFL scandals, ISIS threats, White House security

WASHINGTON (CBS News) - The football season is in full swing, but it's the action off the field that has everyone talking.

The NFL is dealing with a handful of high-profile domestic violence scandals, and commissioner Roger Goodell is under intense pressure to implement major reforms or step down from his prestigious post.

Some players who have been charged with crimes - like Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson - have been sidelined for the season. But San Francisco 49ers lineman Ray McDonald, who was arrested but not yet charged with domestic assault, was on the field Sunday as his team lost to the Arizona Cardinals.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the former mayor of San Francisco, said McDonald should be benched.

"I believe very strongly that if a player is arrested, he should be suspended, and if they're convicted, that ends it," Feinstein said. "This has gone on too long, and this is getting too bad. These teams need to set an example for the rest of society."

Her comments were picked up by the Washington Post, Politico, Bloomberg News, The Hill, the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, the Huffington Post, The Daily Beast and National Review.

Switching gears, this week brings the United Nations General Assembly session, which gives the Obama administration a chance to convince world leaders to join the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS.

Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the UN, told "Face The Nation" host Bob Schieffer that the U.S. has secured commitments from other countries to launch air strikes against ISIS targets inside Syria.

However, she stopped short of naming the countries involved: "We're going to leave it to other nations to announce for themselves what their specific commitments to the coalition are going to be," she said.

The ambassador's comments were covered by Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Christian Science Monitor, The Hill, Bloomberg News and The Daily Beast.

Finally, folks in Washington are scratching their heads after a staggering security breach late last week at the White House, when a man jumped the fence and made it inside the building before being arrested.

The incident sparked a debate over White House security measures and what could have been done to stop it. The Secret Service is now considering adding a "buffer zone" near the White House lawn. Another idea is to add security checkpoints to screen pedestrians who want to walk around the area.

Rep. Mike Rogers, the Michigan Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said that the breach is very concerning and that the Secret Service will need to step up its protection.

"I think what you have seen is that they're not doing their audits, their checks, test runs to make sure that people are up to the right standard," said Rogers, a former FBI agent.

His comments were covered by the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, the Washington Examiner and Newsmax.