that gruden sent emails to bruce allen, bruce allen was then the head of the washington football team. the president. saying that the nfl commissioner, this is what they reportedly said, should not have pressured then rams coach to draft queers referring to michael sam. referring to that. the first openly gay player drafted back in 2014. using multiple anti gay slurs in an email but it didn't, you know, end there. said he called someone roger goodell a p for wanting to take precautions when it comes to head injuries or what have you in football and pro football. >> so the seminole question on gruden was, not that people will like the emails. they're not. they're ugly. it that while he wasn't with the los vegas raiders at the time, this was years and years ago, even this new trove from "the new york times" that they talk about is a seven-year period that ended 2018 and it's an interesting question. what is the relevance of time to what somebody did? do you give context to whether or not the morals were the same then? the sensitivities were the same? for the los vegas raiders, the issue

let me ask you, so allen -- bruce allen's e-mail, they have not been -- because it said allen actually initiated some of the conversations and then gruden weighed in on them. why not allen's e-mails and what he might have been initiating? is it because allen is not under an investigation here? what's going on with that? >> so allen was investigated because of the investigation of the washington football team. there was -- many women stepped forward to say there was workplace harassment at the washington football team. the team initially hired its own investigator and the league took over that investigation. that was last summer. and as part of that wide-ranging investigation they went through e-mails, including the team president, bruce allen. so this was swept up in that. that investigation is closed and bruce allen hasn't been with an nfl team since the end of 2019. so in that sense he's no longer affiliated with the nfl. whereas jon gruden is leading a prominent team. so that's why this has become a focus. >> well, it's interesting because allen's e-mail was on the official nfl team

bruce allen used his team email account for all of these exchanges. so, in some ways, jon gruden would not have been imp klicate in any of this if bruce allen had been using, say, a gmail account or something else. 650,000 emails, there's a good chance there's more out there. because with that volume of correspondence, there may be other things that will be unearthed. >> i don't know if you had a chance to see randy moss there in our piece or hear randy moss overnight, his reaction to all of this. you know, that's a hall of fame wide receiver football player. he was getting really emotional about what this, i think, signifies for the players in this league. what's your sense of how this will impact them? >> well, you know, the nfl has tried over and over to step forward, and this is obviously a step back. it is an unvarnished look at how people speak behind doors, how they feel comfortable using -- what language they feel comfortable using. so, sure, the league has tried hard to address issues like domestic violence, sexual abuse, bullying, obviously

i think that brewers allen -- >> bruce allen, sorry. >> that's why jon gruden also resigned.on gruden said, wait a second, if i resign, i will no longer get more heat. >> can we get -- i want a question. i have to ask emmanuel this before we move on here. so here's the thing. espn is reporting following the revelations here of gruden's racially insensitive email, derek carr said the team rallied around him, and i quote, us as a team we are like, yeah, coach, it was ten years ago. we love you, man. we got your back, carr said. we're just trying to be there to support coach. i know it's a hard time for him. he told us, men learn from my mistake. when we left that meet we go didn't take it as how it came out. okay. so i wanted that quote. that's why i asked them to go to question four here. the team supported him. but gruden had to know all of these terrible things that he said and, i mean, maybe he thought they weren't going to come out, but he had to know that when he was asking the players -- or when he was denying this and the players stood up for him. >> here's what we need

he sent them to former washington football team president bruce allen. this comes days after he apologized for racial comments made about nfl player executive demarre smith. >> like i says, i'm not a racist s i can't tell you how sick i am i apologized to d. smith i feel good about what i am and what i'v my entire life. i apologiz remarks. i had no racial intentions with those remarks at all >> gruden issued a statement saying he never meant to a distraction and never meant to hurt no one. the coordinator will tack over the head coaching duties and meet with the media tomorrow they reported he sent them as an analyst at espn. in a statement, his former employer called the comments clearly repugnant. >>> a plane crashed into a neighborhood in santaee, california,killing at least tw people the plane belonged to a cardiologist at the hospital and its colleague. a ups driver whose truck was hi decide at the scene. >> reporter: planes and thick smoke rise as dozens of firefighters spring into action. it happened monday afternoon in santee, california a compan

reporter: while working for espn, in an email to the former president of the washington football team, bruce allenand others, gruden reportedly called nfl commissioner roger goodell a homophobic slur. and said he should not have pressured the rams coach to draft gay players. a reference to michael sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted in 2014. but according to "the times," his past emails revealing more vulgar remarks. >> the conversations that evoked these vulgarities were about openly gay players being drafted or about protesting during the anthem, about player safety and concussions, about women referees. >> reporter: today, espn stating, "the comments are clearly repugnant under any circumstance." pittsburgh steelers head coach mike tomlin, the nfl's longest-tenured black head coach, reacting to the news of his former boss. >> i'm saddened for the raiders organization. i'm saddened for the people that were offended by it. i'm saddened for coach gruden. it's a sad commentary. >> reporter: gruden not yet responding to the allegations made in the report, but in a statement overnight, say

gruden chastise goodell, the nfl commissioner in an email to the washington football team president bruce allen saying that goodell pressured the then rams head coach jeff fisher to draft michael sam who you may recall came out as and green referred to sam is, quote. he also was not a fan women becoming referees. he outlined his feelings there. according to the times. and he also did not like that. people were protesting during the national anthem. he said that people who took a knee during the anthem. of course, which kaepernick started should be fired. so jon gruden is out as raiders headcoach. our sports department is working this story. we'll have a lot more on this developing news. this breiking story after a few years says the raiders head coach jon gruden could not survive a what is now we know a pattern of hateful speech and e-mails that he wrote. pam jonathan grant, thank you for that update for us. >> a fall tradition is back in the bay half moon bay once again hosting the annual world pumpkin weigh off championship. the covid pandemic, of course, led to a year of canceled and changed

some emails exchanged over a seven-year span between gruden and then-washington team president bruce allen. gruden allegedly called the n.f.l. commissioner a homophobic slur, denounced women referees, the drafting of a gay player, and slammed players for kneeling during the national anthem. ken belson broke the story. >> but the n.f.l. also understands, like i think a lot of workplaces, this touches an issue that i think a lot of employers now have to grap wel-- how do you police somebody's behavior before they come to your company? >> reporter: bill rhoden writes for "the undefeated." >> don't think for a minute gruden is the only person who thinks like that. so i just think as we move forward on the story, i want to find out who are his enablers. >> reporter: after announcing his resignation, gruden said he was sorry and that he never meant to hurt anyone. just moments ago, we learned that the tampa bay buccaneers, where gruden used to work and led that team to its first super bowl championship win, will no longer be a part of the buccaneers ring of honor. norah. >> o'donnell: jericka du

some emails, talk about communications from the general manager bruce allen and jon gruden.r espn. talking to his email back and forth. but the stuff is indefensible. the stuff he said is undeniable. he said that's not what he meant. made a huge mistake. you have got to ask yourself a couple of things. why did this emails get out? why did his emails go out? and who is responsible. the nfl, he works there now. but not when he wrote the emails. you as a great legal mind would have something to say on that. he decided to resign. and the other big question, what about the other hundreds of thousands of emails that never got to the surface. the players union is suing to bring all these emails to the surface. >> all the emails of who. >> i have got to tell you something. what is driving me crazy here is suddennenly we are in a world where thoughts and speech are more serious than action. that your action, you are not responsible for them. but if something comes out of your mouth. we are going to fire you and cancel you and run you out of town. you have got ray lewis and antonio br

he called bruce allen mr. editor. he called that a fireable offense.there is a real confrontation. it has billion dollar deals. >> you bring up so many interesting points about the ethics in all of this. i wonder whether or not somebody like adam and somebody bringing in information to break a trade or rumor. another thing to submit your article for approval from a general manager. that just seems unethical to me. >> we have a lot more to discuss coming up. why up to half the chicago police department are in a dangerous place of being placed on unpaid leave. we'll tell but that next. next for powerful arthritis pain relief... voltaren the joy of movement ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (burke) i've seen this movie before. (woman) you have? (burke) sure, this is the part where all is lost and the hero searches for hope. then, a mysterious figure reminds her that she has the farmers home policy perk, guaranteed replacement cost. and that her home will be rebuilt, regardless of her limits or if the cost of materials has gone up. (woman) that's really someth

some emails, talk about communications from the general manager bruce allen and jon gruden.r espn. talking to his email back and forth. but the stuff is indefensible. the stuff he said is undeniable. he said that's not what he meant. made a huge mistake. you have got to ask yourself a couple of things. i know his brother was a coach. but who is responsible? espn doesn't work there anymore. you as a great legal mind would have something to say on that. but he decide to resign when the second transcript came out. the players union is suing to bring all these emails to the surface. judge jeanine: all the emails of who? il>> all the people being investigated over the course of the investigation. judge jeanine: what is driving me crazy is suddenly we are in a world where thoughts and speech are more serious than action. your actions, you are not responsible for them. but if something comes out of your mouth, we are going to fire you, cancel you and run you out of town. you have got ray lewis, antonio brown. are youd charred sherman. you have got homicide, all kinds of problems. a

following, quote, gruden exchanged e-mails with former washington football team general manager bruce allenphoto of two washington team cheerleaders. that seems like a not really awesome thing to do. now we now know those photos and e-mails released actually came to light as part of a completely separate investigation that had nothing to do with jon gruden. as the daily beast explains the e-mails involving gruden were some of the 650th that investigators reviewed during the continuation of an investigation into the workplace culture at the washington football team ordered by nfl commissioner roger goodell, himself a topic of some of gruden's crude insults last year. that investigation began after this truly disturbing expose by "the washington post," incredible piece of investigative reporting, found rampant sexual harassment at the washington football organization. among other things it revealed that according to one former staffer a ten-minute video of lewd outtakes from a photo shoot with the team cheerleaders was made without their knowledge for washington football team owner daniel sny

some emails exchanged over a seven-year span between gruden and then washington team president bruce allen. gruden allegedly called the nfl commissioner a homophobic slur, denounced women referees, the drafting of a gay player, and slammed players for kneeling during the national anthem. ken belson broke the story. >> but the nfl also understands like i think a lot of workplaces this touches an issue that i think a lot of employers now have to grapple with. how do you police somebody's behavior before they come to your company. >> reporter: bill rhoden writes for the undefeated. >> don't think for a minute gruden is the only person who thinks like that. i just think as we move forward on the story, i want to find out who are his enablers. >> reporter: after announcing his resignation, gruden said he was sorry and that he never meant to hurt anyone. just moments ago, we learned that the tampa bay buccaneers, where gruden used to work and led that team to its first super bowl championship win will no longer be a part of the buccaneers ring of honor. norah? >> jericka duncan, thank you. >>> w

if somebody in his position would be sending this to someone at the time bruce allen, he's a generalnd firing decisions. >> and talking about the head of the league, like he's brazen. roger goodell is a faggot. >> that's what he said. >> i want to get your perspective on this gruden exchange pictures of almost naked women including washington cheerleaders and mocked the league for having women re referees. is there a binge and nod culture that's okay in the nfl? >> i mean, it's always hard to paint with a broad brush but i think there is a general acceptance that there are some people, if not a lot of people who think like jon gruden, who have no problem saying these things openly and to other people with a wink and smile and, you know, the real shame of this is that because of how accepted this is in the nfl that there is always going to be a place for a jon gruden and not colin kaepernick. that's what the league shows. >> now what? what happens? >> what happens is the nfl does everything it can to mitigate the circumstances and go and do damage control and they're going to continue

many messages were sent to bruce allen, president of the franchise.ng where do we draw the line when it comes to cancel culture? jason whitlock tweeted this. wonder if anybody at the nfl offices has listened to a dre', snoop or eminem album. every rapper the nfl has performing at the super bowl has more offensive lyrics than gruden had in his emails. >> there is a double standard when it comes to rap lyrics and private emails. gruden's comments aren't good and nobody should want to live in a world where their personal emails are made public. the truth is the nfl would rather create the perception they care about helping the black community and helping injustice than the reality they went out of their way and paid a billion dollars in a lawsuit to hide the results of concussions on athletes. the majority are black. they want to obscure the outcome. optics if they get it right it looks like goodell cares. he doesn't. nothing said in those emails or rap lyrics can be as offensive than the cost of beer. call me any name you want for a bud lite. >> harris:

bruce allen clearly did something to allow jon gruden to feel comfortable speaking to him in that manner. jon gruden is the fall guy, but you allow someone a level of comfort to speak to you in such a manner. >> of course, we'll have much more on gruden as well as the nfl and what this means for the nfl throughout the day right here on cnn. >>> now, the u.s. justice department is again trying to hit pause on the texas law that essentially bans abortions. a law so restrictive it set off nationwide protests. you remember, on monday the d.o.j. asked the conservative circuit court of appeals to halt the abortion law while a suit challenging it is appealed. last week the justice department secured a preliminary order blocking the ban, but the 5th circuit put a hold on it and effectively revived the law. >>> now, meanwhile, the texas governor has issued an executive order banning coronavirus vaccine mandates. greg abbott says it applies to private employers who cannot require their staff to get vaccinated. now, he has previously issued executive orders prohibiting government mandated vaccine p

team where the league reviewed 650,000 emails, some of which were between teams, then president bruce allen and gruden working for espn at the time. "the new york times" says they're from a seven-year period and say that gruden used racially insensitive language to describe demorris smith, denounced women being employed as on-field officials, denounced intolerance for players protesting during the national anthem, criticized the league drafting an openly gay player. it's resulted in gruden resigning less than four full years into his contract he signed in 2018 to be the head coach of the raiders. >> gruden said he never meant to hurt anyone but didn't specifically apologize to any of the people he was smearing in those emails. >> yeah, gruden has said that he reached out to demorris smith, head of the players union. smith said he would connect with him soon. as for the current raiders players, we've not heard from any of themp. nfl teams usually have tuesdays off, spending time with family or giving back to the community. the team is scheduled to play in denver on sunday. the special teams

many were sent to the former general manager bruce allen.mments last sunday following the raiders lost to the chicago bears. mr. gruden: i am not a racist. i cannot tell you how sick i am. i apologize to be smith -- d s mith but i feel good about what i am and what i've done my life. alan: he submitted his resignation saying i love the raiders and do not want to be a distraction. thank you to the players, coaches, staff, and fans of raider nation. i am sorry i never meant to hurt anyone. larry: fairly shocking turn of events in the last 24 to 48 hours. i thought he might survive the first email because it looked like a personal dispute with d smith but the rest is an avalanche of horrific comments that were stunning. karen: can we talk about how it is not just him but what this reveals about the culture inside the elite. in the nfl at a time when the leak is trying to put on a public face and be anti-misogynistic, against racism and sexism? how do you think this place? larry: obviously poorly because you cannot prove it but i am guessing the

matter is that jon gruden felt very comfortable sending those emails, a lot september to former gm bruce allen had a sympathetic ear. that the people he was sending the emails too wouldn't be like hold on, this is not language that we should use. and so i think that we have to acknowledge that while accountability looks like this, it looks like jon gruden not having his job, it certainly doesn't end here even though we might want to think that this is the final straw here. >> what struck a lot of people the most about this story is that gruden was offensively mocking some many of the initiatives that the nfl is trying to prioritize. racial justice issues, celebrating gay players, promotion of female referees. i'm sure a lot of people worry whether this is a window into what the top brass really thinks. >> look, will definitely is not a certain that has just arisen. when the nfl came out with its very front-facing statement in support of "black lives matter" last summer, it was this monumentous video, but a lot of people were skeptical. let's see something other than public messaging. because y

as reported, gruden was communicating with, among others, bruce allen, who is the one-time presidentl team. in one exchange, gruden used a racist stereotype to describe demaurice smith, head of the n.f.l. players association-- who is black. using an anti-gay slur, gruden complained when, in 2014, an n.f.l. team drafted michael sam, the first openly gay player. carl nassib, who's the first active n.f.l. playero come out as gay, plays for the raiders, gruden's former team. william c. rhoden is a columnist for the sports media site, the undefeated. bill rhoden, great to have you back on the "newshour". what was your reaction when you first heard about this whole saga. >> i was surprised not because i was surprised by what gruden said and that he said it but more that i know that he is very popular, people like him, he's kind of known in the business as a guy's guy, and the owner likes him a lot. he gave him ths unprecedented ten-year contract, and i know that he did not want to see him leave. so i thought that he was just going to try to run out the clock and play it out, ut it just got

emails to the then president of the washington football team bruce allen, gruden said the rams shouldichael sam in 2014 and threw in a homophobic slur and said eric reed and protested racial injustice with colin kaepernick should be fired and used racial slurs to refer to roger goodell. the league's first out active player gruden coached. the emails are a sliver of 650,000 emails reviewed as part of a sexual harassment investigation into the washington football team that used to be known by a name offensive to native americans. the "wall street journal" reported gruden used a racist trope to describe nfl players' union smith saying dumborisi smith has lips the size of michelin tires apologizing for the racist comment he made to the team but the situation comes as a league overwhelmingly dominated by black players but with few black team owners or coaches tries to shake off the track record. paid kaepernick and reed less than $10 million to settle a collusion lawsuit after kaepernick was blackballed by league ownership for the race justice protest. the nfl announced it would end the us

the following quote, gluten exchanged emails with former washington football team general manager bruce allenan, that included photos women wearing only bikini bottom's. including one photo of to washington team cheerleaders. that seems like and not really awesome thing to do. we now know, those photos, in the emails that were released, actually came to lay as part of a completely separate investigation that had nothing to do with john gruden. as the daily beast explains the, emails involving him where some of the 650,000 that investigators review during a continuation of an investigation into the workplace culture at the washington football team, ordered by nfl commissioner robert cuddle, himself a topic of some of john gruden insults like. here that investigation began last year of this truly disturbing exposÉ by the washington post, incredible piece of, reporting found rampant sexual harassment at the washington football organization. among other things, it revealed that according to one former staff after, a ten minute video of lewd outtakes from a photo shoot, with the team's cheerleader

. >> and by the way, i misspoke bruce allen wasn't the owner right of the washington football team. that was the redskins them. he was the gm and very close friend lifelong friend with gruden and they all of these e-mails that were looked over as part of the investigation into the culture of that washington football to us and all came to light. yeah. as part of the investigation. >> we'll take a break. 9.11 is the time. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news investigators are set to release new details now about the death of gabby petito as the search for her fiance. brian laundrie still continues this morning and new efforts under way to fix that sinking leaning millennium tower in san francisco. what workers have done. that's not working and what they're trying to do next. >> and right around the same as we were yesterday clear skies windy conditions but comfortable temperatures otherwise 60's and 70's going to feel a bit brisk amid another windy day. so don't forget your jackets. i've got your forecast. >> and we have yet another hot spot in richmond we'll talk about that. we get

adam schecter about his submitting his article to the general manager, bruce allen of the redskins.list first of all but as somebody who writes about sports, what is your take on what adam did and should helping his job after what this scandal suggests? >> he's going to keep his job. i mean, i worked at espn for two years. there's no qualms about the fact that, you know, followers and the kind of traffic adam schecter drives is too big to drive at espn. from a journalist standpoint, there is this internal debate going on about whether access journalism in sports and whether transactional journalism breaking draft picks or trades, which is what schefter thrives in, if that makes awe journalist or a media personality. and we have a whole spectrum of entertainers, media personalities, and journalist when it comes to sports media. i personally think that was completely crossing the line especially when it comes from espn that has $1 billion deals with the league it covers. that's where the line gets blurred a lot of time. >> you bring up so many interesting points about the ethics and i

the problem for jon gruden was they were public, has no legal case, bruce allen wrote from a redskinbject of an investigation. he is incidental. stuart: does he deserve in your opinion to be canceled from football from here on out? >> i don't know. this is unplowed ground for me. if you look at what he said it is inexcusable. the one thing to keep in mind too, anybody who wrote things that they didn't want public, what if everything you ever wrote was public? anyone watching us right now, are you okay with that? the answer is yes, okay. if the answer is no, then you understand where jon gruden is coming from. at the same time you can't make excuses for what he wrote. i will say this, outside of keyshawn johnson, former wide receiver, they won a super bowl with, they never liked each other, most people really liked this guy. i met him a few times. he is unbelievably likeable. on camera loved him. his comments were fantastic and insightful especially compared to most who know the business. and as a coach most people loved play for him. not like a guy finally got his comeuppance. this i

this after reports of emails he sent 10 years ago to bruce allen that contained racist and homophobicogynistic comments. what happened, jeff? >> what started with one email using a racist trope snowballed into an investigation that discovered more emails said to be from gruden. that trail showed a pattern of homophobic language toward players and nfl. gruden said i have resigned as head coach of the las vegas raiders. i love the raiders and do not want to be a distraction. thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of raider nation. i'm sorry, i never meant to hurt anyone. gruden reportedly stepped down shortly after reports on monday revealed excerpts from a string of emails sent between 2011 and 2018. among some of what was written gruden had reportedly used a homophobic slur toward roger goodell. made fun of a team for drafting a gay player and using disparaging language to a female referee. it started on friday. back in 2011 when he was analyst for espn he made a comment about the size of nfl players association executive director smith's lips. at the time gruden defen

bruce allen, the former president of the washington football team. the nfl, also an email to co-founder of hooters, another executive with a restaurant chain in tampa and executive that used to run a college bowl game. so they were on the emails and the nfl initiate change. right, they inspire change initiative. the focus is to together create positive change in communities across america. female referees, the players wearing patches on their helmets, inspire change, all of this is happening out front and behind the scenes -- this is not just some guy. this is an influential member of the nfl who is speaking behind the scenes as the antithesis of everything they're trying to put out publicly. that is a problem for the league. >> absolutely. well said, t.j. >> appreciate that very much. >> you got it. >>> abc exclusive now with the hero mom who saved her toddler after he fell into an open manhole cover. the mom speaking for the first time. stephanie ramos joins us with that. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: robin, good morning. this little boy wa