a path with him saying no to the gangs that crowded his compton los angeles neighborhood. ♪ you had theo either way early on. did you consciously think when you were a kid, i can join a gang, did you mull it over? >> there was always that temptation there. well, this guy has a nice car, he has everything you want. he gets a lot of the girls, you know, he has everything that you think you want to attain. and he's doing this, so why wouldn't i do it? but i also started to see the bigger picture, and i started to understand that well, if i find a way to get myself into a college, then i have a chance to make some money, to accomplish all my dreams. >> you were second in your class in high school. you were recruited by usc at the time, it was the biggest thing going in college, but you were also recruited by stanford and you picked stanford. was that more than just football? >> it was definitely more than just football. how almost oxy moronic does it sound that a kid from compton is going to stanford? i was just trying to show them anything is possible. >> you graduated and started working

he gives a lot of money back to compton, los angeles, where he's from and he says the more high-profilethletes and it helps his visibility overall and helps him on the field and the best guys in the world and having that confidence, having the reputation with someone who thinks that he's the greatest helps you get into the mind of the other guy and he thinks that is what he did with michael crabtree. >> you know, i have to be honest, i think he increased the viewership of the super bowl by several million. i know i am more inclined to watch it. what about you? >> yeah, absolutely. so you're saying that fox should cut him a check in addition to all of that endorsement money? we'll send them a memo on that. he's the guy that is going to be trying to bat down or intercept peyton's passes, it's going to be a chess match. >> watch "unguarded" with rachel nichols tonight at 10:30 eastern. i'm jake tapper. i'll turn you over to wolf blitzer. he's right next door. have a great weekend. >> jake, thank you very much. will there be much talk of unity in the president's state of the union address?

he's from compton, los angeles, there are a lot of assumptions that go along with that.s loud and brash on the field. there's a lot of assumptions that go with that. on the other hand, he went to stanford and graduated second in his class in high school. extremely well read, great, smart, insightful guy. he talks really eloquently about issues of race and class in this interview and talks about the fact that thug now being a substitute for the n word and how -- when he was tweeted at and e-mailed at and so many people upset after this, it wasn't that he heard bad racial language, although of course he did. he did hear that hate speech. it was the coded language that he was so concerned about. he said honestly, he didn't expect it. he said maybe he was a little naive. he thought we've moved past that. >> i think a lot of people are. in any rate, i cannot wait to see this. rachel. rachel will have this on tonight, "unguarded" 10:30 p.m. eastern. >>> joining me now former running back jamaal anderson and cnn legal analyst sonny hostin. good to see both of you. all right, so

dodger hat, he is from compton from los angeles. that explains his colors.ot a big fan favorite in northern california but a great player. that ist the sporting life for -- that is the sporting life for right now. at 10:00 there is another college football going on. >> vintage colin kaepernick, boy, is he fast. >> ice water in the veins would be appropriate to say about him when you consider this is his second full season as quarterback, responding to the pressure and the conditions, he was sensational. all were. >> thank you. >> another week. >> thank you. >>> protesters block buses in san francisco and oakland delaying the community. at 10:00 p.m. why the buses are causing such a controversy. >> and we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com, facebook and twitter. thank you so much for joining us. we will see you at 10:00 p.m. >> good night. when it's time to talk business security, talk to the leader. tyco integrated security. we'll create a solution customized just for you. and you can manage it all right from the palm of your hand. tyco integrated secur

. >> richard sherman is from compton, los angeles.ise you when he was seven or eight he discovered the films of muhammad ali and he likes him. >> i cannot wait to see this entire interview. thank you, rachel nichols. for more of rachel's interview "unguarded" with rachel nichols at 10:30 eastern on cnn. >>> you know there are winter sports happening right now that you can do at the beach. that is if you've got nerves of steel. namely we're talking about professional surfing and the mavericks international which started off the coast of half moon bay south of san francisco. look at this amazing pictures. the event includes 24 of the best surfers from all around the world riding 30 to 40-foot waves. which is big. these are the biggest waves we've seen in a long time. and the biggest waves we see in decades also drew surfers to hawaii's north shore this week. surfing legend laird hamilton says he saw waves well over 50 feet. anderson spoke with laird about what it's like to surf them. >> laird, i understand the waves are expected to be 4

compton. it's pretty big for being probably the roughest part of los angeles. >> thing about it no matter how sort of fantastical the idea of a concept record may be, it's also repressingly real. it's a documentary of sort of live in 2012, 2013 in inner city america. ♪ >> wish you could see lawrence dances right now. kpix 5 is your home for the grammy's and watch the show this sunday at 8:00 p.m. right here on kpix 5. followed by a special edition of the news at 11,. we'll be -- at 11:00, we'll be right back. ,,,,,, >>> you know what? we're going to make a nice appetizer today that was actually fun and delicious. >> full of protein. >> a can of beans like stephanie says you drain it and then we smash them up a little bit. the tuna. >> the tuna. >> all right? >> okay. >> perfect. >> mix that up. >> tuna and beans together -- have such great flavor. ready for more? >> they do. >> little parsley. and how about some red onions stephanie right there? >> i think so. >> you got it? now i'm going to add a little bit more olive oil to give it a little mitt more of -- bit more of a texture to it. we go

compton. we have our own airport, golf course, community college and strong historic equestrian community, beautiful neighborhoods and high performing elementary schools. plus we have great neighbors located just 10 miles south of los angeles, 10 miles north of l.a. and long beach port, and my mission is to combat compton's negative perception and illuminate the fact that, excuse me, educational giants, civic leaders, cultural pioneers and world champions have hailed and still come straight out of cornton. thank you all and god bless. [applause] >> she's already rebranded compton. thank you so much. we now have another special opportunity. we have another cabinet secretary who's come to be with us. yesterday we were at the white house, and we were with the labor secretary and secretary of education and secretary of transportation and secretary of health and human services and hud, and now we have somebody that's making his first public appearance -- i shouldn't say first public appearance -- one of his first speeches since he's taken his new position here with us today. so we are honored to have jeh johnson, the secretary of home lambed security, here with us -- homeland security here with us today. so let's just give him

compton is the home to fortune 500 companies. over one dozen fortune 500 companies. we have our own community college. beautiful neighborhoods and high-performing elementary schools. great neighbors located 10 miles south of los angeles, 10 miles east of lax, and my mission is to combat the perception and illuminate the fact that educational giants, cultural pioneers and innovators have hailed and still come from compton. thank you all, and god bless. [applause] >> she has already rebranded compton. thank you so much. we now have another special opportunity. we have another cabinet secretary who has come to be with us. yesterday we were at the white house, with the labor secretary and the secretary of education and the secretary of transportation, the secretary of hhs, hud, and now we have somebody that is making his first public appearance -- i should not say his first public appearance -- but one of his first speeches since he has taken his position. we are honored to have jeh johnson, the secretary of homeland security, here today. let's give him a round of applause before we bring him up. [applause] we want you to feel the love before you get up here. what is incredible is we see this as a recognition of the crit