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icy blast is set to strike the south. is the "a" ready this time? plus -- >> impossible to process that he was talking about my daughter who was home with me at that time, you know, to hear her labeled a distressed baby, and to me, there did sound like the implication that somehow we were greedy consumers of health care benefits. >> a mom's blistering response to aol ceo tim armstrong goes viral after he refers to her child as distressed and the reason he had to cut staff benefits. she's getting a personal apology. i'll talk to her live. plus, women's best friend. a show dog turns into a life saver after detecting his owner's cancer. the doberman and his owner join me live in the studio. he's in town for the big westminster dog show. i'm craig melvin, in for tamron

hall. reaction to michael sam's decision to come out, setting up what could be the first time the nfl has had an openly gay player on the field. >> hopefully players will see that they don't judge me by because i'm gay, they see, hey, this is -- this person works hard, can he win us games? can he win us a championship? i can. i'm not afraid of who i am. i'm not afraid to tell the world of who i am. i'm michael sam. i'm a college graduate. i'm african-american. and i'm gay. >> almost immediately the nfl released a statement supporting michael sam's decision, saying, in part, quote, we admire michael sam's honesty and courage. michael is a football player. any player with ability and determination can succeed in the nfl. we look forward to welcoming and supporting michael sam in 2014. and this morning, first lady

michelle obama tweeted her support writing, quote, you're an inspiration to all of us. we couldn't be prouder of your courage both on and off the field. the support has been widespread, there are still many within the sports world questioning what this could mean for his career going forward. sam is a first team all-american, defensive player of the year in the s.e.c., widely considered one of the top players in all of college football, and in other words, he's a big deal. "sports illustrated" talked to eight anonymous nfl executives and coaches who suggested his path to the league will be daunting. one went so far as to say, i don't think football is ready for an openly gay player just yet. in the coming decade or two, it's acceptable but at this point in time, it's still a man's game, to call somebody a gay slur is still commonplace, it chemically inbalance an nfl locker room and meeting room.

howard bragman, michael sam's publicist, vice chairman of reputation.com. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me, craig. >> start with the timing. before the combine, before the draft, why make the announcement now? >> well, it became very clear to micha michael's agents and myself and michael, based on the questions at senior bowl, a lot of people knew. nfl scouts knew a lot of media knew, and this was going to break, whether we did it or not. michael was very adamant he wanted to do it in his words, in his timing, on his terms. so we wanted to get ahead of this story. we wanted michael to use that time to define himself, to tell his story before somebody else stole that from us. >> obviously a big part of the story the fact, you laid it out, the whole team kept this thing quiet. there were, of course, rumors, michael's coach gary pinkel, in his statement had this to say this past august, michael's very

direct with the team when they decided to lettism know he's gay. michael decided that he didn't want that to be the focal point of the season. he wanted to focus on football and not to do anything to add pressure for him or his teammates. michael himself, he said this to "the new york times" -- >> coming out to them, they rallied around me, supported me, and i -- i knew in that moment that this could happen anywhere, if my team can support me, any team can support me. >> what happens if he gets drafted about a team that has players in a locker room not as sposive? >> you know what? i think, by telling his truth, he's increased the odds that he will get drafted by a team that wants him, number one. number two the nfl not only put out a really wonderful statement of support yesterday, they reiterated their policy on this particular issue, which is, very

progressive, very pro-equality. and, number three, we're talking theoretical. once people get to know mike sam, the way i do, you see a young man with intensity, passion, courage, intelligent, somebody committed to football. it's hard not to like this kid. he's charming. he's intelligent. and i think these people are in for a surprise because they're going to find somebody who is only interested in being part of an awesome team and contributing to that team. >> howard, thank you. appreciate your time. >> thanks. >> let's bring in the assistant managing editor for "sports illustrated." i want to read another quote from the story, about how this could affect michael sam in the nfl if and when drafted. you've got assistant coach who says, in part, quote, there are guys in locker rooms that maturity wise cannot handle it ordeal with the thought of that. there's nothing more sensitive than the heartbeat of the locker

room. if you knowingly bring someone in there with that sexual orientation, how are the other guys going to deal with it? it's a big distraction. that's the reality, it shouldn't be, but it will be. is that the reality inside most nfl locker rooms. >> look, you'll have some people who will say some things and is it a closely knit group, we saw what happened with richie incognito last year. some people were kind of supportish of richie and some people didn't in the things he said. we're not able to let obviously mike sam is not going to let, and the nfl is not going to let, a few people who are ignorant and afraid dictate what happens here. if i'm a team owner, team president, i'm telling everybody draft this guy, where you think he should go based on the football ability and bring him into the locker room and see what happens. if there's a brouhaha, there is, but you've got to think bigger and better. >> you've got to. you've got to wonder, again, you

know nfl locker rooms, are there general managers, owners picking up the phone and saying, listen, this is probably what we want to stay away from because of the media, because of all of the attention that this is going to bring on to our organization? >> i think if you have a less stable organization, something you might do. i understand that it will bring a lot of media circus around. this can't be -- this can't get in your way. there's no way it can. craig, there's 1700 nfl players playing in any given moment. are we going to think that michael sam is the only gay man in the nfl? come on. >> do you think this is something that starts i wave of sorts in the nfl? now that this happened, will you have other players, active players, players about to get drafted come forward and say, you know what, i'm gay as well? >> we thought it might happen after jason collins came out to "sports illustrated" early last year, and it didn't follow

immediately. i think you know this is such an intensely personal decision, right? people have to decide twla they want to do, whether it's a big deal to other people or not, it's still a big deal to each individual. so i think that's going to play. it's hard to predict what people want to do. >> last question, does this have any affect at all on where he goes in the draft? again, for folks who don't follow college football, they may not realize, we're not talking about mediocre college football player. this guy, one of the best defensive players in the entire sport, best in the s.e.c., projected to go as high as third round. is that where we project him to go? >> most people say perhaps a fourth rounder. there are football issues, small for defensive end, not sure how he'll play at linebacker there are issues, football issues and those people -- i don't think anybody should overvalue him because of what he said. we'll see, if he doesn't get drafted there's something really wrong. whether he goes in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth round,

we'll see. >> to politics, a congressional hearing led by senator joe manchin sought answered about the chemical leak that contaminated drinking water for hundreds of thousands last month. there alingering concerns by residents that the water around charleston, west virginia, may not be safe to drink. this, despite repeated assurances by state and federal officials there is no threat but last week, five charleston area schools temporarily closed because the water smelled like licori licorice, associated with the chemical mthm. one teacher fainted, several students claimed burning sensations in their nose and eyes. residents don't believe the water's safe. >> i'm not drinking the water. my wife is not drinking the water. none of my neighbors trust the water. >> when will we stop smelling the water? when will we hear the chemical

leak is completely stopped? >> why cannot one of you say our water's drinkable. >> the question's been asked and answered a couple of times. >> no one wants to answer the question. >> the experts said there are concerns there hasn't been enough testing. >> the biggest fear is a lawsuit. >> charleston daily mail reporter dave boucher. the people want to know with certainty if that water's safe to drink. one official said, quote, everyone has a different definition of safe. that's not likely to put anyone at ease, right? >> that's right. and we've heard -- that was dr. tierney say. everybody has their own definition of what safe mean his bolstered that definition by saying, some people think it's safe to parachute, which is not reassuring for people if they can drink water coming out of their taps a month after

officials discovered a chemical leaking into the river. >> what else kale out of the hearing? >> a couple of interesting revelations from the safety board. they said that they were able to determine there are two holes in the tank. it looks like one hole's 19 millimeters and the other hole's 10 millimeters. we've heard before there was one one-inch sized hole, it's about the same. we also heard there was a private inspection of the tanks, hired by freedom industries, the company who owns the tanks, a private inspector came in october 2013 and looked at the tanks. since the materials housed within the tanks aren't considered hazardous enough, there aren't the right regulations in place to enforce the standards they were using in looking at tanks. that highlights potential regulatory issues involved in above-ground storage tanks or chemicals in general. >> dave boucher, keeping us up to speed in west virginia. keep us posted, sir. developing now, down south,

georgia officials are taking no chances this time, as a nasty mix of winter weather takes aim at the south. the latest on that. state of emergency operation center opens in less than an hour for officials to monitor conditions. earlier today, nathan deal declared a state of emergency for 45 counties, atlanta public schools have announced they'll be closed tomorrow and wednesday as well. this was the scene just about two weeks ago. you remember this, a snowstorm left thousands of vehicles gridlocked along atlanta area highways. right now, two winter weather watches up for north georgia which snow beginning tonight, possibly turning to isolate tomorrow. governor diehl and mayor kasim reed, both blasted for their response to the first storm, gave specific details about the preparations this time. >> typically, the city has 25

spreaders. we now have agreements in place for 35 contractors which gives us 60 spreaders. we also have 40 snowplows, expanding that capability by 20 snowpl snowplows. that will give us 115 to 120 pieces of equipment. >> please use your own best judgment. do not put yourself or your family in jeopardy. the clearer the roads are, the more we have the able to treat those roads and get them open as quickly as possible. >> weather channel meteorologist paul good low standing by for us in atlanta. paul, does it sound like they prepared enough for what's coming? >> i think it's overkill early on but definitely they need to be prepared for perhaps a devastating ice storm across the area. all of the ingredients in place. we have cold air coming back across the south, though many cities are in the 60s yesterday, talking much colder today. cold air continues to come in

overnight, into tuesday and wednesday, and moisture overrunning that, and that's the big concern. if you have 4, 5 inches of snow we could get around. it's the ice underneath the snow, that's the problem, and this could be a significant ice event for the south. nobody, i don't care whether you have four-wheel drive, a thank have difficult time driving. we'll have cold air at the surface, bridges, roads, car windshield sits below freezing, we have rain on top of that, coming on the warm layer, so you have the water, rain freeze on contact with trees, power lines, that's the biggest concern. big timing for this, on wednesday into thursday. closing schools tomorrow might be a little overkill, but after what happened a couple weeks ago, they're taking every precaution. today, we're not seeing a lot. a lit towards western carolina. but tomorrow, pink, freezing rain, ice, and that continues into wednesday as well.

probably wednesday the worst time for freeze range in atlanta. but also have plenty of snow towards mid-atlantic as well. a huge area talking about a good chance for significant icing with the system, not only atlanta, stretching out through augusta, towards columbia, south carolina, again, dealing with major icing and then north of there, we could have a significant snow event. some areas perhaps closing in on a half foot of snow as we head through thursday morning. >> paul, thank you. still ahead, prosecution rested. the defense is now presenting its case in a trial in the florida man charged with killing unarmed teenager jordan davis during a dispute over loud music. state called the final witness this morning, the medical examiner. >> dr. simons, were there any signs of alcohol or drugs detekd in jordan davis' body? >> the toxology results indicate there were none. >> we'll talk to a friend of the victim's family. also the ceo of aol and

damage control mode after creating a firestorm when they blamed benefit cut, in part, on distressed babies. distressed babies he says the company spent millions to treat. we'll talk to the mother of one of the babies who blasted the ceo in an article titled that distressed baby who tim strong blamed for benefit cuts. she's my daughter. don't forget, join our conversation. we are all over twitter. findo find us at "news nation." we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can say, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners.

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the state of florida has just rested its case in a trial of michael dunn, the man accused of killing an unarmed teenager over the argument of loud music

in florida. now it's up to dunn's attorney to present his case. a live look inside the courtroom where the defense has started calling its first witnesses, including qu include acquaintances of dunn's and dunn himself. dunn may end up taking the stand later today. if that happens during our hour, we'll bring it live. a fourth day of testimony. this is the first day. shown images of jordan davis' lifeless body with bullet wounds. prosecutors tried to prove the shooting was pre meditameditate requirement for first-degree murder conviction, they called more key witnesses to the stand, including dna expert, crime lab analyst, and a medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on jordan davis' body. through her testimony, stacey simons described what she believed jordan davis' position was when he was fatally shot. >> if you notice now, as i start to bend over, the track becomes

horizontal, and so that path in the liver and the path of the injury helps us establish that jordan davis was most likely bending over in a position similar to this. >> when you say bending over, you're leaning to your left -- >> leaning -- >> go ahead, i'm sorry. >> yes, leaning to my left, possibly forward. >> the crime lab analyst also testified about the steps dunn took before firing his weapon. dunn maintains that he fired that weapon in self-defor instance. criminal defense attorney john burriss joins me live now. john, first of all, are you at all surprised that the state rested its case today? >> no, i'm not. i think what's important for the prosecution to put on the cause of death and also to establish the angle in which the bullet may have gone into the body, because this will demonstrate that he was not getting out of the car, not in an erect position, he was in a seated position lean, trying to get away from where the shot was.

that was an important aspect. secondly, no blood. there's no alcohol. there's no drugs. those are critically important. what the prosecution has not done is put on dunn's statement itself. and that's really designed to have dunn testify if he wants to, i'm sure the defense doesn't want that to happen but though they may say they do, they don't want the defendant to have to testify because he's going to be quite vulnerable to flight and other questions. i'm not surprised. i think the prosecution put on a short, crisp case, right to the facts establishing the shooting, establishing, et cetera. >> i want to play more of the medical examiner's testimony. the medical examiner presenting to the jury precisely how the bullet went through jordan davis' body. take a listen. >> you have to think of it in terms of possibly one shot and then another shot and then another shot with the body changing position. >> john, how important is that testimony from the medical

examiner to the state's case. >> it shows the body was move, reacting to the shots themselves. the most important things he was not out of the car, he was not in a standing position, and so from the prosecution's point of view, this is important testimony to offset what the defendant had -- wants to claim that he was getting out of the car. >> the state forensic analyst also took the stand this morning, said that dunn would have had to remove his gun from the holster, then load it before the shooting, why is that significant? >> that's important, obviously, because those are direct acts he had to take. it's a question that he did what he intended to do what he did, he had to load the gun, pull the gun out and then shoot. those are deliberate acts on his part. it's not an accidental thing, it wasn't something that happened at spur of the moment. he had to deliberately know this. importantly, he reacted as a consequence of a statement being made. when he, himself, made a statement, these are deliberate acts. i don't know if they go to

first-degree murder but they do go to second-degree. >> could it have been deliberate and not premeditated? >> it could be deliberate. obviously the acts that he engaged in were deliberate acts he had to pull the gun out of the glove compartment, load the gun, those are deliberate. premeditation is a reflection, you thought about it, it's not to say it didn't happen in the case, but given the circumstances it's more likely it's deliberate and second degree. >> again, while you were speaking, showing our viewers at home jordan davis' father right there, jordan davis' father, who is on the stand, he's been called by the defense. i want to bring in cheryl anderson, a close friend of jordan davis' parents. she has been inside that courtroom with the family during the course of the trial. thanks for joining us, cheryl. i understand that jordan's parents were not inside the courtroom when the images of his body were shown. can you give us a sense at all of how difficult some of this testimony has been to hear for them?

>> it is difficult. but it's necessary. they are two of the strongest people that i know. their fifth and their love for jordan is what is sustaining them through this. this weekend is, as you know, dunn's fiancee testified and this is just a part of what was said, the fiancee testified that he said he didn't like thug music. what is the reaction to hearing that testimony? >> my reaction to that testim y testimony, that's -- that's a difficult one for me. i can't, as far as thug music is concerned, as a lover of all music, that's -- that was kind of difficult to hear for me along that line. we just -- that's just really a tough one. everyone has their own particular choices in music and -- >> sure. >> they were having a great time

with what they were playing and they were -- it's just a joyful time for them. for someone else to interpret it as thug music was a little bit rough to hear. >> once the trial is over, what do you and the family want to see happen, as far as that state's laws? >> well, we -- lucy and i are working dill gently on seeing stand the ground laws, working on seeing stand your ground laws repealed. here in florida, nearly 20% of those killed, of the victims of the stand your ground law are children and teenagers. the mo moms here in florida, we working together and working to see a change in that. we're hoping to get legislators to pay attention and to make some changes. >> thank you for your time. appreciate it. still ahead, a new round of subpoenas have just been issued in the widening chris christie bridge investigation. the first read on that.

plus -- >> to me there did sound like the implication that somehow we were greedy consumers of health care benefits. >> a mother speaks out after the ceo of aol created quite the uproar, blame benefit cuts in part, quote, on distressed babies. the company had to pay millions to treat the mother. joining us live to talk about the phone call she received from the head of aol apologizing. plus, the westminster dog show kicks off with a doberman who has grabbed his share of headlines detecting his owner's breast cancer. troy, troy and his owner, live here in the studio. ♪ ♪

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controversial comments made by aol ceo, a new personal apology to a family he suggested was one of the reasons that he changed the company benefit. tim armstrong told employees last week he was changing the 401(k) contributions because in addition to rising cost of health care, the company had to may $1 million each for what he called two distressed babies, born to staffers. within hours comments went viral, by saturday, armstrong reversed that policy. now learning armstrong called the mom of one of the babies last night. deanna's husband worked for aol. their daughter, mila was born more than three months premature. they were told that the baby had a 1 in 3 chance of surviving. live here with us in the studio. thanks for coming by. first of all, what did armstrong say when he called you last night? >> well, i don't want to get into the exact words that he used because i feel like he

really spoke to me as an individual, not in his public role as ceo, he spoke to me ace father of three, fellow parent and someone who had read my piece about what the whole experience had been like for my family and i think, you know, he expressed his regret in a heartfelt manner. he -- he assure immediate that he never meant to hurt my family. >> yeah. >> and i -- i take him for his word. i accepted his apology. and i think we can all agree that we've all said things that we wish we could take back. >> a note here, in an e-mail to the company on saturday, armstrong did write in part, quote, i made a mistake, and i appall guide for my comments last week at a town hall when i mentioned specific health care examples in trying to explain our decision making process. going forward, what do you hope happens? what do you hope comes from this? >> i hope that we can have a

little bit more understanding of what it's like to be a parent of a so-called distressed baby, which i think was a label that at lift feast for me was painfu see in news headlines, to know everything that my daughter had been through, to have, you know, visited every day for three months in the hospital, to have care for her all of these months since she came home, and to suddenly hear her reduced to this distressed baby who was a drain on the company's bottom line. so it's my hope that we can have more understanding of, you know, the fact that for parents of these, you know, babies who are born with serious health issues, it's a really helpless feeling, you know, to have to entrust the care of your baby around the clock to medical professionals, you feel like there's not much you can do. also the fact that we are the last people to take health care spending more granted. you know, i mean it's more than a year since my baby came home.

i'm dealing with insurance companies and, you know, these dollars and cents are not abstract for me. but that doesn't mean that we deserve to get called out if somehow the problem here, you know, the reason why the ceo had to make the decision to cut somewhere else. and i also think that, you know, it's important, of course, in terms of national policy to have conversations about health care expenditures and especially in a country where tens of millions of people have no insurance at all and we were fortunate to be insured. but -- but i think that, you know, in this situation, you know, i mean, of course, i don't have answers. i think that medical ethicists can debate the appropriateness of care for extreme preemies. but in this context, you know, that wasn't the situation. we're talking about a publicly

traded company, it's not a zero sum game tweebetween health car spending and retirement. >> your responses resonated with lots of folks. thanks for stopping by. quickly, your 1-year-old, how is she doing today? zblat great. >> took her first steps last week. >> congrats. you'll be chasing her for the rest of her life. the man behind the so-called celebrity boxing match between george zimmerman and dmx says he's decided to cancel the controversial fight. plus -- >> my son is missing and it all comes down to if he could speak, if he could write, he would have got word out to me. >> the family of a missing american now calling on the government to step up its search. the 32-year-old disappeared riding his motorcycle through parts of mexico that the state department has deemed dangerous. we'll have the latest on that story.

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a new round of subpoenas expected in the scandal surrounding chris christie. as many as a dozen more will report lid come out of a new jersey special committee investigating the scandal. meanwhile, christie aides have told politico the governor was not shown the memo attacking david wildstein before it was released last week. wildstein ordered the closings last month. nbc news deputy political editor joins me now. the memo included several references to wildstein's past. appeared to be an attempt to discredit him. hoy lighted incidents dating pack to high school which struck a lot of folks as odd. how is it possible, after all that's happened, christie's people never ran that memo by him before releasing it? >> i don't know the details of what happened behind the scene there you take them at their word, though, and it's still a

problem, because you know, do you want a governor who doesn't know about all of these different things or has -- maybe has a staff that feels like it can do what it wants behind his back? those aren't good things especially after bridge scandal you'd think they want to run a lot of things up the food chain. that said, the memo, typical opposition research but widely criticized. >> we are expecting more subpoenas today, as many as a dozen according to a source. two key people, former deputy chief of staff, they have refused to turn over records citing fifth amendment. is this a process that we can expect to play out even longer than perhaps we originally thought it might? >> yeah, this is another one of those things that a lot of people need to start looking at the time line and realize just how much of a problem even if chris christie had no knowledge

of what happened with the bridge lane closure, which is completely possible, if that's the case, the way this is going to play out, think about the u.s. attorney is probably the one who where if that investigation goes forward, is the first time we actually get to see any of the documents from people like bridget kelly. if that's the case, you're looking into 2015. and we all know that what happens a year before the presidential election, you know, we're talking about primaries, that groundwork is being laid, you know if we're talking about ris christie, the bridge, and you have people like rand paul saying he's a bully or there's questions of whether or not he's a bully, that's not something he wants dogging him on the campaign trail. >> thank you, sir. still ahead, he's going to be competing for best in show at tonight's westminster dog show. but there he is, this doberman pinscher's grabbing headlines. he's credited with sniffing out his owner's breast cancers.

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for more than two weeks now. riding his motorcycle through a part of mexico considered unsafe. his mother took to social media to see if any of harry's friends heard from him. his friends joined in the search. the family says both the mexican government and american embassy have been slow to take the case. a controversial celebrity boxing match between george zimmerman and rapper dmx has been canceled. damon feldman made the announcement via twitter and said, the major bout was not worth all of the criticism he'd receive over the fight. >> nearly, 3,000 dogs are getting ready for their moment in the spotlight today as judging begins in the 13th annual westminster kennel club dog show. while the titles won't be handed out until tomorrow, one of the dogs competing has already earned the special title, hero.

troy. doberman pinscher credited with saving his owner's life by detecting her breast cancer nearly three years ago. troy was 4 months old at the time, that's when he alerted diane to the dangerous lump in her body cuddling one night. diana under went double mastectomy. cancer free ever since. she and troy ready to take on the world and compete for the coveted blue ribbon. diana and troy here in the studio. troy is quite fascinated with our newsdesk. >> i know. >> thank you so much for stopping by. >> say hi. absolutely. >> let's go back four years ago. >> sure. >> walk us through how this went down. how was it this adorable dog was able to save your life. >> my kids and husband were on a campaign, a mission to get another doberman because we lost one from liver failure. it took us four years to get

over that. my daughter went online and found this breeder in windham, we got the dog. he was the litter -- he was born on december 30, 2010. 2011 in march he came to my house and only 2 1/2 months old. a tiny little guy. my husband had to have him in bed with us. we're in bed one night, he's nuzzling up, nuzzling up, and ultimately i'm allergic to his dander. >> yeah. >> so i started to scratch myself. and that's when i found the lump on my breast. >> you think he knew. >> he totally knew. he was trying to tell me something, right, puppy? institute foundation, they say in part, quote, dogs could help provide an extremely accurate low cost noninvasive early detect screening for cancer they've done multiple studies on dogs, detected different types through smells. early success suggest chemical

analysis of exhaled breath may be a valid method for cancer. >> isn't that incredible? >> did you know that before this? >> we know dogs are special and they have a special bond with their owners, right, troy? >> and he's an awesome dog. the most lovable pet. and we're excited about his opportunity at westminster. >> tomorrow night. >> tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. >> 9:00 a.m. walk us through it. it's group then -- >> group then -- it's breed first. >> breed. >> if he wins breed, go into group, and then the group winners all go into -- go to the garden. >> best in show. >> tomorrow night. correct, he won't be under troy. his show name is grand champion. >> has a snow name. >> grand champion rain dance led zeppelin of marquee. >> we don't have time. >> cover your ears, troy. >> we're all pulling for you tomorrow. turn around, say hello. say thank you. >> adorable dog.

>> nice meeting you. >> congratulations as well. good luck tomorrow. >> our "news nation" gut check on michael sam, possibly becoming the first openly gay nfl player. publicist told us at the top of the hour his coming out will improve his chances in the upcoming draft. do you agree. >> what does your gut tell you? first, though, something you may not have known as we celebrate black history month. next time you hop on the subway in new york or jump on the l in chicago, remember this man, grand bill t. woods. he invented the system that allows electricity transferred from rail to train car. he essentially invented the third rail. born in columbus, ohio, 1856, self-taught, and he held more than 50 patents. this is for you.

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