i recently spoke with bob kendrick to ask him about that. >> mr. ndrick, what struck me when i watched the tape is he said he had a phenomenal day. obviously it was in praise of the museum, right? >> it was. i had met glen and his broadcast partner, dallas braden, here at the museum. we had a wonderful time. i'm telling stories as i traditionally do, and particularly satchel page stories because of the connection to the a's, of course here as a member of the kansas city rays when he was 59 years old and pitched three shutout innings to the boston red sox giving up one hit to a young carl yastrzemski so we're having a great time telling all these stories. he told me they were going to eat barbecue and head over to the ballpark to get ready for the game. >> what do you make of critics who say the word was just too accessible? too much on the tip of his tongue? >> i understand what they're saying. and, yes, it does sometimes maybe make one believe that it's a word that maybe has been used before. i don't know for certain. so i understand that point of

the president of the museum, bob kendrick says the n-word has no place in society, and he said i don't pretend to know glenn's heart, but i know that my heart is one of forgiveness and i hope you will all find it to do the same. he also said he was genuinely excited to be at the museum yesterday. >>> two mass shootings hours apart today. one in california left a 17-year-old girl dead, and at least five others were wounded from a shooting at a party early this morning. the second was at an outdoor mall i allen, texas. nine people are dead there including fiveyears others were wounded. >> we heard pop, pop, pop, pop, and i grabbed my kids and ran. >> ran to the front after we heard 20 more pops go off. a gu near at francesca's and the whole outfit, assault rifle, shooting at people. >> i saw someone with blood on them. i ran into the back with my mom, and we just stayed down hunkered down. >> no word on the motive for th shooting. there's been at least 200 mass shooting so far in the u.s. this year. >>> still ahead tonight at 11:00, how one bay area city is trying to get ahead of the wil

negro league baseball president bob kendrick posted this tweet saying the word has no place in our society, but saying he forgives keiper. nbc sports california released a statement monday saying it will end its relationship with keiper effective immediately. piper also released a statement to ktvu saying in part i rushed through the word negro, resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation. i sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt by this. it was a terrible but honest mispronunciation and i take full responsibility. people make mistakes. you know, i don't think i should have been fired. that's not right. i think it was a slip of the tongue. should he lose his job? hell no , a state professor sean fletcher says. whether you agree that keiper made a mistake or not, we now live in a society that is no longer tolerant of racial slurs should have an opportunity to have a career to provide for himself and his family. but accountability doesn't always mean that you're going to land right back where you originally were. there has to be some accountability measures taken, and this is wha

said today that he was grateful for all the support he received, including from team president bob kendrick. >> it lets us know in this craz world of social media we live i now, a symbol mistake can be compounded in such a way. i think that is the thing that i have found a little bit disheartening. again, personall speaking i did not want to see glenn lose his job over this. >> bob said that he thought th suspension was enough and feel sorry for glenn and his family. he said they had a wonderful time together at the museum earlier that day. >> it was a very sensitive mistake but a mistake nonetheless. i do believe that some folks believe that forgiveness is condoning. we d not condone what was said and done, but we have capacity to forgive those who make a mistake. >> this firestorm came right after the museum had announced they would build a new facility and headquarters for black baseball and social history. he said hopefully we can all take away or learn something from this unfortunate incident. sarah? >> there has been a lot of reaction to this, what was said and some of it happening on

negro league baseball president bob kendrick posted this tweet word has no place in our society, butnt monday saying it will end its relationship with keiper effective immediately. piper also released a statement to ktvu saying in part i rushed through the word negro, resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation. i sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt by this. it was a terrible but honest mispronunciation and i take full responsibility. people make mistakes. you know, i don't think he should have been fired. that's not right. i think it was a slip of the tongue. should he lose his job? hell no, jose state professor sean fletcher says whether you agree that keiper made a mistake or not. we now live in a society that is no longer tolerant of racial slurs should have an opportunity to have a career to provide for himself and his family. but accountability doesn't always mean that you're going to land right back where you originally were. there has to be some accountability measures taken, and this is what we're saying. lamonica peters, ktvu fox two news. tubes. larry lake,

condone it and said, they are, quote, working to address the situation but, you know, we also have bob kendrick, the president of the negro league baseball museum who had his own response. >> that word is hurtful. it is painful. i don't know glen's heart. but i do know my heart, and my heart is one of forgiveness, and i hope that everyone else will join me in forgiving him. >> reporter: so kuiper's fate remains a flash point of discussion on line and to your point in terms of when he'll be back we know he is suspended and will remain off the air until a thorough investigation is completed, kate. >> all right, marisa, thank you. >>> coming up what all women need to know about new breast cancer screening guidelines. you're watching "nbc news daily." >>> but first time for today's daily snapshot. meet the newest and youngest members of a monastery in south korea. they will spend the next few weeks training to become buddhist monks. >> so young, so smiley. first order of business shaving their heads. each year children are invited to celebrate as want more e from your r vitam? get m more with n nat

piper used the n word while talking about negro league baseball negro league baseball president bob kendrickhis tweet saying the word has no place in our society, but saying he forgives keiper. nbc sports california released a statement monday saying it will end its relationship with keiper effective immediately. piper also released a statement to ktvu saying in part i rushed through the word negro, resulting in my very unfortunate mispronunciation. i sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt by this. it was a terrible but honest mispronunciation and i take full responsibility. people make mistakes. you know, i don't think i should have been fired. that's not right. i think it was a slip of the tongue. should he lose his job? hell no, a state professor sean fletcher says. whether you agree that keiper made a mistake or not, we now live in a society that is no longer tolerant of racial slurs should have an opportunity to have a career to provide for himself and his family. but accountability doesn't always mean that you're going to land right back where you originally were. there has to be