i know da morris smith fairly well. i like him and i respect him. i think what he said was thoughtful. it important even as we rightly condemn statements like this that a couple of words that matter in smith's statement by some, not by everybody, i've had this conversation with you before, don. no one is trying to soft pedal the existence of things like this or say, oh, that's just an aberration, that's one in a million. we know these views exist even if whispered behind closed doors. we know these attitudes exist and they've been fired up and affirmed by some corners of internet and some people in poll ti -- politics where people feel emboldened. it's a witch's brew but at the same time, it's not just members of marginalized groups that are offended. i'd like to believe it's the majority of white americans who do not feel this way and do not want this to be the tone of our sports or of our culture. i like what damorris said by some. we can guess what some means, 10%, 20%. it sure as hell isn't everybody. >> football runs deep in our culture. somebod

former nfl executive da morris smith tweeted this. the email from jon gruden and others confirm the fight against racism and tolerance and troves is not over. this is about people -- how people that look like me can be treated like less. >>> this column i read this morning, jon gruden is done, he writes. he could not coach the las vegas raiders any more, not for another practice, let alone another game. as a matter of fact, he should just retire from typing because apparently he can't control his bias when his fingers start moving. >>> and then cnn's don lemon spoke with several analysts about the controversy and this is what they said. >> one thing to say, hey, a guy made a mistake, slip of the tongue, he reformed his attitude. he raised his consciousness and we're not going to hold him to account for one thing that happened ten years ago. but if there is a pattern of behavior, that's a different thing. evgenia yeah. >> -- >> yeah. >> of course, you know as a fan, the majority of players on the sec teams and majority of players in th

he used a racist trope to denote morris smith. gruden, acknowledging his language went too far.i never had a blade of racism in me. >> i am not a racist. i can't tell you how sick i am. i apologize again to dee smith. i feel good about who i am and what i've done my entire life. >> reporter: gruden, who won a super bowl with the buccaneers in 2003, is one of the highest paid coaches in the nfl, signing a ten-year $1 million contract with the raiders in 2018. >> that is probably the end of what was a storied nfl career as a super bowl winning coach, a famed broadcaster. the man that led the raiders into las vegas. a great football career ending in this way. >> the owner of the raiders has accepted gruden's resignation. >>> we could learn the cause of gabby petito's death today and a coroner announces autopsy results. she was murdered during a cross country trip with her boyfriend, brian laundrie. her body was found near grand teton national park. no cause of death or time of death has been released. laundrie has been missing for nearly a month. >>> a warning of q.r. codes you see

calling smith, dumb morris smith saying he has lips the size of michelin tires. >> he said he doesn't't remember writing and doesn't have a racist bone in his body. raider's owner calls it appalling and is addressing the matter. >> saying, quote, this is not the first racist comment i've heard and probably not the last. i will not let it define me. >> they voted to retain him as executive director. >> talking baseball now. getting hopping early last night. bringing boston to within one. and hernandez there. bye bye baseball. and another mammoth blast. remaining 14-6 with a record of five home runs tying the series. >> jerry rice and steve young firing up the san francisco crowd. giants legend answering the call. the world series champ hits a and that's all giants' logan webb needed. ri ri ricerroni for the fans. >> the astros have a commanding lead 2-0 over the white sox. and you can catch both national league games today on our sister network tbs. playoff baseball has been nothing short of magnificent this early on. >> i always root for my home team. even if i don't follow it day to

but off camera, according to the journal, he wrote dumb morris smith has lips the size of michelin tiresnded to recently saying this confirms the fight against racism, racist tropes and intolerance has a long way to go. gruden resigned over night, writing as part of his resignation, he wrote 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. we reached out to gruden, the nfl, and the raiders. the raiders told us they're not going to have a statement to the media today. one of the players on the raiders, carl nasf, is the first active nfl player to come out as gay so it will be interesting to see if he has anything to say. >> omar, thank you very much. let's dig deeper now. the journalist jemele hill of the atlantic is joining us. thank you for joining us. how hard is it to see that gruden was using these slurs and denigrating so many people, essentially almost anyone in the nfl world who wasn't a straight white man? >> you know, i don't know if it was necessarily hard. a

time used racially insensitive language to describe nfl players association executive director da morris smithgruden apologized after the team's game sunday. >> all i can say is i'm not a racist. i don't -- i can't tell you how sick i am. i apologize again to d. smith. but i feel good about who i am and what i've done my entire life. and i apologize for the insensitive remarks. i had no, you know, i had no racial intentions with those remarks at all. >> reporter: smith tweeted in response, the email from jon gruden and some of the reaction to it confirms the fight against racism racist tropes and intolerance is not over. this is not about an email as it is a pervasive belief by some that people who look like me can be treated as less. gruden signed a ten year $100 million contract in 2018 to be the head coach of the raiders. laura, christine, the raiders announced special teams coordinator rich will take over as the interim head coach. >> seems like this is just the first of other things to come. a lot of emails there, corey. thank you so much. >>> trouble on the roads. the price of energy sky

jamel, let me play for you what ja morris smith, the subject of some of the -- i'll read you what he confirms the fight against racism and racist tropes and intolerance is not over and this isn't about an email but people that look like me can be treated as less. you know, i know jamel, the nfl, the national football league started in 1920. it was segregated. you know, and it's always been an old white guy's network and what do you make of this? is this exposing kind of that good old boys network still exists? >> i mean it's beginning to be a mentality that permeates the nfl. i'm not saying that every person that is in an executive position or associated with the nfl should be fitted for a white hood but what i'm saying is indeed and in action, the nfl has shown over and over again it's a racist league. you mentioned the segregation that were part of the roots but also just in current day to have three black head coaches, to have never had a majority black team owner. i mean, it's been 102 or 101 nfl seasons and they just got their first black team president a couple years ago who ir