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the head coach bill belichick said newton, former league mvp, was their starter but decided jones outperformed newton in the preseason. now, 49ers, well, a list of the notables that did not make the roster of 53 today. benjamin, coalman and johnson. >>> concord pavilion. honoring the wide receiver battle that lost his life to als. so many former 49ers. former 49er great brent jones, honored kettle will be first dwight howard award for his spirit and example he leads as a teammate. >> i never had a chance to meet the great 87, from the highlights, and the more i read about him i feel we would have been great friends. >> it is an honor. thank you very much, go 9ers. >> can't say it better than >>> the latest on the caldor fire tonight. right now, crews are stationed all over southlake tahoe trying to stop the progress of this monsterous fire. the fire burn 200,000 acres. homes are in danger. >> containment is at 18% right now 50,000 people are evacuated. we will have more on air, kpix.com and all of our social media [ child laughing ] [ dramatic music ] [ knocking ]

the head coach bill belichick said newton, former league mvp, was their starter but decided jones outperformed newton in the preseason. now, 49ers, well, a list of the notables that did not make the roster of 53 today. benjamin, coalman and johnson. >>> concord pavilion. honoring the wide receiver battle that lost his life to als. so many former 49ers. former 49er great brent jones, honored kettle will be first dwight howard award for his spirit and example he leads as a teammate. >> i never had a chance to meet the great 87, from the highlights, and the more i read about him i feel we would have been great friends. >> it is an honor. thank you very much, go 9ers. >> can't say it better than homelessness, housing, taxes, water, electricity, crime, wildfires. [sfx: bear roar] gavin, you've failed. we have to immediately cut taxes twenty-five percent. fix housing and homelessness. and make life in california affordable again. i'm a businessman, the only cpa running. shouldn't we choose ability this time? do you think john cox will be a better governor than gavin newsom? [sfx: bear roar] does a b

people tell you, there's nick saban and bill belichick and they're pretty similar in the way they prepareme as you look down the schedule, what is the one that you say, i want to be there. >> week four when tom brady goes back to new england as the bucs play in foxborough that will be something to see the reception for brady who new englanders love, coming back as the possibly and with the super bowl championship ring from somewhere else it will be great >> i think nbc needs some of its partner networks there we're a long way away from the super bowl if you're looking that way, top of your list >> you know, i can't see nibble beating tampa bay. they're so good. health is always a question. come on, shep! kansas city made the last two. a lot of folks think they're better there are two teams around lake erie cleveland and buffalo. those teams are good their fans have had a lot of suffering. i think they'll have a lot of happy sundays this year. so those are two teams i'm watching real close. >> fire up for all of it we'll be watching you on the mother shipment. catch the action on nbc and s

brady is starting his 22nd season at this point the only thing in the nfl older than brady is bill belichick'sirt. [ laughter ] do you see that thing? look at that oh my god. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: that's waxed a few cars, i think. yeah, look at that that's right [ laughter ] but it was a big match-up, dallas and tampa bay texas versus florida fans from both teams were looking at each other like, "thank god we don't live there right now. [ laughter ] yeah, the bucs are a super bowl favorite but on the flipside, the houston texans only have a a 0.4% chance of winning it all. the texans said if they lose the first few games, they're just going to turn the stadium into a pop-up halloween store. [ laughter ] oh, and people were talking about this ed sheeran performed at the kickoff concert before tonight's game but the photo the nfl used to promote it was a little strange take a look at this. [ laughter ] i couldn't tell if they were promoting the game or a reboot of "two and a half men." [ laughter ] yeah, guys, football is back [ cheers and applause but there's actually just one tiny thing

knowing one's patriots head coach bill belichick is denying that stark order by cam newton was releasedng a high number of positive cases of vaccinated players and others on the team. >> the number of players and coaches and staff members that have been infected by covid in this training camp who have been vaccinated is a pretty high number. >> shannon: cam newton has not confirmed his vaccination status, saying it is too personal to discuss. a judge in illinois has recused himself from a child custody and support case tonight after he initially borrowed a mother from seeing her 11-year-old son because she was not vaccinated. so county judge later reversing the order citing widespread media -- is it legal? robert pattillo and criminal defense attorney -- i suspect, gentlemen, you may have a lot more in common then you don't on this case. let's talk about this. you know, robert, is this a situation where you could say parents in any home in america if you are not vaccinated, we are coming to get your kid? >> that's not the case at all. in turn at the cook county -- one thing that was the

releasing cam newton and everybody who follows football knows that bill belichick don't play. call it a scary little mini slump for the san francisco giants. they're just getting underway against milwaukee right now. meanwhile kind of a disquieting news when you think about the career that ron wotus has had as a coach with the san francisco giants, as he, the team announced today that he'll be stepping down as a full time coach at the conclusion of this season, longest tenured coach in giants history 34 years. no, it's an overused description, but never true or in the case of ron wotus, a true class act, another chapter today in the dysfunctional relationship between the fans and major league ballplayers. remember yesterday we told you about that thumbs down incident with javi. i is. and today well, the new york fans after all, this came out all the negativity. here's the greeting that he received today. oh yeah. fans in new york, never shiloh about letting their opinions be heard. but how quickly things can change. he was on base with the mets wind up, pulling out the ball ga

bill belichick, they create controversies. i feel bad for every bears fan.s going to be a guy, the beginning of a new dynasty. i will follow him to the bowels of hell. stuart: almost done. last one, safe moon. how much of you lost? >> safe moon made a comeback a week and a half ago. it went down to 7 it back to 16 because coming out with a wallet the last time i checked, i had 11 grand so i went 40 down to 11 so i'm doing this. i'm going to hold it until it goes bust or see it come back. you didn't really ask that. stuart: i did. >> you really mean that? stuart: i am not familiar with the crypto language. >> you hold it, paper means you sell it and now you are caught up. stuart: thank you. anytime you want to sit next to me and coanchor the show you are on. portnoy, see you soon. have no fear, tens of thousands of afghan refugees coming into the country. >> no one is coming into the united states of america has not been through a screening. stuart: does the thorough screening apply at our southern border. ida's wrath with a lot of headaches for people at the

team's home field and a funny new promo for the game sees tom brady saying hello to former coach bill belichick♪ ♪ at least i can say that i've tried ♪ >> somebody at nbc deserves a raise for drawing that correlation to the lyrics of that song with that team >> great promo >> amazing >> hello from the other side >> great music video >> who do you have your money on >> you do not bet against tom brady. i've learned >> tom brady >> the patriots had a great game last week. >> you can watch the big return to gillette stadium. the bucs and pats, that' going to happen here on nbc, coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> love when you talk football >>> next up, david letterman crashed the brooklyn nets media day with some hard-hitting questions. letterman trying his hand at sports journalism with nba superstar kevin durant watch this >> they're looking at working a contractual deal that will allow you, when you're not playing for the nets, days off, you'll be able to play for the knicks. comments >> all right, dave, that is the last one >> i'm sorry was that a comment >> that was it >> how about you,

the team releasing him after bill belichick said he was heading in the right direction.ee days of practice last week because of what the team called a misunderstanding related to covid-19 protocols. last season he was forced to miss a game after testing positive. in training camp, newton would not confirm if he received the covid vaccine saying only it was too personal to discuss. meanwhile, the jacksonville jaguars' urban meyer became the first nfl head coach to publicly admit his team takes vaccination status into account when selecting their final roster. >> can you share with us whether a vaccinated versus unvaccinated player had an impact on a roster decision? >> everyone was considered, that was part of the production, which is, let's start talking about this, and then also is he vaccinated or not. can i say that that was a decision maker was certainly in consideration. >> reporter: the nfl players association responding quickly saying over texts, these comments have led us to open an investigation. the nfl does not require players to be vaccinated but unvaccinated

bill belichick can say whatever he wants to, but it's clear that cam newton, one of the reasons he lost dumbest american moment i can ever remember. i've written this and i've said this. what if last summer someone told you, wait, there's a shot you can get that will help the world return to normal, you can go back outside and see your parents, your kids, you would have run to get that shot. and somehow people are resistant to that and i simply don't understand it. >> people who are such fierce competitors. and let's just talk about football. cam newton didn't have the shot, he got covid. you look at the boston red sox. there are a couple people that are anti-vaxxers on the red sox. they're ravaged right now. they should be in the middle of a pennant race doing much better than they're doing, but they're not. i just wonder, how can a competitive athlete, or more importantly, how can a competitive coach put up with it? >> kirk cousins doesn't want to get vaccinated. he wanted to be a bubble boy in quarterback meetings. i'm thinking, okay, now the season starts and you're on the other tea