collins? >> no. two things.one, tebow can't find a job in the nfl because tim tebow can't throw and this is a very important thing when you're trying to be a quarterback in the nfl is the ability to throw a football. whether or not jason collins has a job next year in the nba will be whether or not somebody wants a 7 foot, 260 pound guy with an immaculate reputation as a locker room leader in their locker room. i mean that's really -- really stunning we're discussing whether or not he will be able to find a place in the nba because there will always be a place in the nba for people like jason collins and so if he's not fined, i think it will raise questions about whether people were uncomfortable about bringing in us, a media circus into their locker room. i hate this argument about the media circus that somehow it will be a distraction. there was once a player named bill russell who was as political an athlete as you could ever have. he won 11 championships in 13 years. that was not a distraction. >> john: dave

and collins says that's very good news for the bulls.ee, the way this pattern works right here, berkshire can break out above the top of the flag at 108. see where you are? then collins seems to very quickly jump to the 122 -- well, 113 to 122 range. and i've studied a lot of pennants and flags and he's absolutely right. when we see that pattern, it happens most of the time. this last month where berkshire has done nothing, it could be the pause that refreshes. the stock has taken a breather and could start running immediately. what else looks bullish here? the most eye-catching thing for collins is the accumulation distribution line being sell. top of the chart. this is a volume-based indicator that measures whether the money is flowing into the stock -- people taking the stock, or out of the stock, people offering. over the last month while berkshire has traded sideways, there has been a very constant, even rising level of accumulation that collins says even though there has been some profit-taking in the stock, buyers continue to step

since then, sales of jerseys bearing collins' name and number are up 100%.ys the number 98 is a tribute to matthew shepard, the gay college student who was murdered in an infamous hate crime in 1998. joining me now are matthew's parents, dennis and judy. it's nice to see both of you today. dennis, i want to start with you. how did you feel when it was learned and revealed that jason collins said why he wears the number 98 and that your son is now forever linked to american sports history? >> it is rather shocking. we didn't have any concept that someone would come out to start with this quickly in the nba let alone that he would wear a jersey commemorating what happened to matt in 1998. it's rather stunning to both of us. >> one thing we recognize this week, the president had called jason collins to commend him for coming out. also brought him up in his press conference saying he's proud judy, the president also made a comment about your son matthew. i want to remind everybody. >> it's a testament to matthew and others who have been victims of attacks. not j

and here comes collins right on time. >> hi. how are you?tuff down here, okay? >> officer kevin paneda of the flagler beach police is stationed right under that walkway along with his partner. they're ready in case collins decides to run. >> give me a sense what it was like crouching down beneath the walkway there. >> well, the sand's falling into our face from his shoes. just walking back and forth, which was very suspenseful for us because we had no idea if he was going to jump down, see us and our position was given away. >> how are you? >> and collins does follow the decoy right down to the beach and within just a few feet of the police. >> at that point in time, we just wanted to jump out of the hole and take him into custody. >> so -- >> i haven't flown a kite in like forever. >> i know. what's going on? >> how you doing? >> look at the beach. it's so pretty. >> i'm kind of shy. >> come on, no hug. >> let's stand here and look at the beach for a minute. i'm kind of shy. >> let me -- let me go to my truck real fast. >> what are you goin

collin, whenever you are, i can't wait to have you here. he is a lot of fun and i did tell all of the staff that we would look for somebody who is a great leader for this institution but also somebody who is fun because john was really fun and i feel we have fulfilled every qualification that we were looking for. his start date is june 1st, but he'll come out here in a short time. i would like to introduce our san francisco leader, mayor lee and we really value his input and the great he's here today to honor us. mayor lee? [ applause ] >> thank you, first of all let me tell you how i'm excited about being here. i always get excite when i come here. i want to signal my appraise for the board of trustees. you just did a marvelous job time and time again with the board of trustees to keep the confidence not only in this honor but our cultural view in general. i just came back from paris toond -- and to let you know, last time i was in paris i was a high school student. now to be introduced to mayor, he's an arts expert, so kudos to the board

jason collins is here with his twin brother jarron collins.the 30th anniversary edition of their enormously popular album, "sports," came out yesterday. huey lewis and the news from the sony stage. they'll also be joined by one of the world's great bass clarinet players -- me. you can see huey and the news all summer long on the "sports" 30th anniversary tour. tomorrow night, the captain of the "uss enterprise," chris pine, will be here. from "nashville," connie britton will be with us. and we'll have music from dawes. and we've got a new show for you on friday as well with adam levine, alice eve and music from bad rabbits. our first guest is one of the most creative men in america. he is a producer, screenwriter and director who brought us smoke monsters, romulans, vulcans, felicities and soon will bring us wookies and huts. his excellent new movie, "star trek into darkness," opens in 3d tomorrow. >> emergency power is at 15% and dropping. >> jimmy: please welcome j.j. abrams. well, flooes we wore different ties. >> you look great. >> jimmy:

he had personally called jason collin.dent obama's inaugural address back in january, he specifically invoked stone wall rights, the iconic moment for gay rights in america. it strikes me in politics how much has changed so quickly really in the last year. if we were having this conversation a year ago, if jason collins came out a year ago, that's when president obama didn't support gay marriage, he was still evolving on the question. the calculus of a lot of politicians everywhere, we have to keep a certain amount of distance in this issue. what i've seen this week is that distance is melting away. >> or when he said he didn't support it, right? because it seems apparent now, if you look at the reaction, i think a lot of us thought, well, this shouldn't be a huge issue but i'm sure we'll see a lot of negativity. there wasn't a lot. at least officially phrased negativity. it got to the point we were so as a culture, the nba establishment or people who wanted to defend jason collins were so eager to jump on anyone who said

is jason collins going to have a different end to his story? of course, we don't know. but certainly a different reception of his coming out. >> the last line there is really poignant, because glen fought a lot of demons. and we don't know whether those demons were the same demons that any person would battle. but we know that his sexuality and being comfortable, and being able to talk about how he was, was one of those demons. and i think that if you read what jason collins wrote about the tremendous weight, and the ability to be yourself, and be open, that is a significant thing that i think gay people are looking for when they come out. and i think glen never had that, what we would call peace. >> do you think the treatment and his life and how tragically it ended, do you think that has in some way motivated sports to get a do-over, now with jason collins? he's certainly not the last. >> it makes the door a little more open. maybe puts some oil in the hinges for the next guy. >> teams are doing things proactively as well, the you can play project. >> it started with

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. >>> jason collins wears 98 to honor matthew shepherd murdered.is parents join me next. >>> breaking news out of massachusetts. we know who will race in the race for john kerry's sees. >>> and rand paul rewrites rand paul. then rand paul rewrites ron paul. the lies the paul family have been telling since the boston marathon bombings are in tonight's "rewrite." >>> the specific cause of the explosion at the fertilizer plant in west texas isn't yet known, but senator barbara boxer is planning to hold hearings to find out why a plant that contained so many explosive chemicals was inspected only one time in its 51-year-old history by osha and was last inspected by the epa in 1996. also, was the fertilizer plant storing ammonium nitrate without telling the department of homeland security, the same explosive used in the oklahoma city bombing? >>> up next, the parents of matthew shepherd will join me. lindsey! i just discovered these new triscuit are baked with brown rice and sweet potato! triscuit has a new snack? no way. way. and the worst part is they

jason collins is still trending now.t with the biggest story, nba basketball player jason collins came out and said that he is gay. >> you send this thunder bolt out into the world, 12 hours later, how does it feel? >> it's incredible, just trying to live an honest, genuine life and the next thing you know the president's calling you. >> i had a chance to talk to jason collins yesterday, he seems like a terrific man and i told him i couldn't be prouder of him.

collins. ( cheers and applause ). center for the washington wizards. what a shock. i don't think any of us expected we'd live to see the day when three openly gay wizards -- because let me explain. you see, obviously the wizard from harry potter books was gay according to j.k., which is (whispering) so nba player comes out. cue the haters. >> kobe bryant tweeted approval today of collins' coming out. >> collins' decision is being praised by former president bill clinton on. >> nba commissioner david stern saluted his leadership manteol on this very important issue. >> for an individual who has excelled at one of the highest levels in sports to say this is who i am, i'm proud of it, i'm still a great competitor, i'm still seven foot tall and can bang with shaq. ( cheers and applause ). >> jon: see, that's the problem with coming out. suddenly everyone wants to play match maker. he's seven feet tall. you're seven feet tall. you play for the wizards. he played a wizard. still, all in all it's a pretty great day for major

stanford basketball star jason collins shook up the sports world this week when he came out as gay. many hailed him as the first active pro player to do so. the distinction may belong to glen burke from berkeley. he went on to play for the los angeles dodgers and oakland a's in the 1970s. but his open sexual orientation may have derailed his major league baseball career. earlier i talked with ted griggs from comcast sports net bay area about glen's story. >> thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> glen burke was arguably the first openly gay player on a major league team. and i'm wondering when you compare his life and times with what jason collins went through this week, and we'll see what he goes through in here on out, what do you see when you compare those two things? >> i think it's completely different. i think one of the great things about america, actually, is, we don't notice change. it's either like erosion or your hair growing or something like that. but glen was playing in a time

collins: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 258, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. collins: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. this nation is blessed with many valiant men and women who have dedicated their lives to military service. my home state of georgia has no shortage of these heroes, including technical sergeant barry dufffield, who serves as a bomb disposal technician in the georgia guard's 116 air control wing. while patroled to afghanistan, his job was to oversee teams responsible for an incredibly dangerous job, neutralizing explosive devices or i.e.d.'s. he and his colleagues successfully completed 52 missions and helped destroy more than 1,200 pounds of enemy explosives. on january 7, 2013, the sergeant was awarded the purple heart for injuries he suffered during an i.e.d

he'll join me to talk about jason collins story. also actress catherine zeta-jones openly fighting bipolar disorder. dr. sanjay gupta joins me to discuss her decision. why being candid can help a whole lot of people. she is in the hospital right now. we begin though with breaking news. the first ink links to an answer. did they act alone? the younger suspect told investigators, they were self-radicalized. it may come from learning what tamerlan tsarnaev was doing when he took the six-month trip. he left his wife and child behind for all that time. tonight quoting a russian security official, the associated press reports that for some of that time he was under surveillance. according to the a.p.'s reporting, russian agents lost track of him in july shortly after they killed a canadian boxer named william plodnokof. he left russia not waiting to pick up his new russian passport which was supposedly the key reason for the entire trip. there's that. new developments back home's well. the lawyer hired to keep the younger suspect out of t

we'll do the rest. ♪ >>> support keeps pour ng for jason collins' decision to come out.he 7 foot center heard from president obama, bill clinton, oprah, hall of famer magic johnson, a string of other nba greats. according to "sports illustrated" his twitter following increased more than 20-fold. one "sports illustrated" characterization is collins' coming-out party was a joyous affair is just a little optimistic. collins has also gotten a dose of negative reaction, even some out and out hate messages. still, he sounded very happy today as he spoke about the journey he's been on with abc's george stephanopoulos. >> from the beginning, i think they call it the 12 steps, you know, you go through anger, denial and it's just -- but when you finally get to that point of acceptance, there's nothing more beautiful. just allowing yourself, you know, to really be happy and be comfortable in your own skin. >> as i said, that decision to be open about who he is did not come without a measure of condemnation by some but the detractors seem outnumbered by supporters, at least publicly

we're going to be talking about jason collins coming out.ill speak about his action with his hero, the tennis legend martina navratilova. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> we end today's show looking at the biggest story in the sports world this week. a professional basketball player named jason collins publicly revealed he was gay, becoming the first male athlete to do so was selected in a major u.s. team sport. jason collins made the announcement in sports illustrated and then sat down bossn interview with abc george stephanopoulos. >> did you always know you were gay? >> you know the sky is blue, but you keep telling yourself it is red. >> so you fought it? >> yes, in the beginning. i think they, the 12 steps. you go through anger, denial. when you finally get to that point of acceptance, there's nothinmore beautiful. allowing yourself to really be happy and comfortable in your own skin. >> so you send this thunderbolt out into the w

on monday i read the "sports illustrated" article by jason collins. i read it too fast and said he was previously engaged to a woman and wrote and commented that he was wrong to keep that from readers when, in fact, i was the one that was wrong. my logic between what happened between jason collins and his former fiancee and was and wasn't disclosed i was wrong to even raise that and showed a lack of sensitivity to the issue and didn't give him a chance to respond to my account before i read it and my first correction was not as complete and full as it should have been. video where i discussed the issue i wrongly jokingly referred to something that shouldn't have been joked about. for all those reasons i apologize to readers, to viewers and most importantly to jason collins and to his ex-fiancee. i hope at this very candid response may earn back your trust over time to something that i am committed to doing. within that regard, cnn invited two media critics to turn the table as and ask me the critical questions. they are dylan byers and david folkenfli

he'll join me to talk about jason collins story.therine zeta-jones openly fighting bipolar disorder. dr. sanjay gupta

collins with the washington wizards. >> collins is the first active professional athlete in any of the four major sports to make that announcement while still a player. >> collins says, "i'm a 34-year-old nba center. i'm black and i'm gay." >> stephen: that's right. he came out as black and gay. even more shocking he came out as a player for the washington wizards. you've got to wonder how his parents took it. folks, this is my worst sports nightmare. i knew once we allowed major league soccer, it would turn all the other sports gay. and now that it's possible that a pro athlete could be gay, how can i relate to them? suddenly it's like a seven foot tall world class athlete and i have nothing in common. now, when i hoop it up with my basket-bros, i can't use expressions like "take it to the hole" or "jamming the rim" or "hey, let's touch each other's penises." which of course is just street slang for setting a pick. the point is gay sports do not make any sense just like gay marriage doesn't make any sense. because marriage is for making babies. and so is basketball. just ask the thous

u >>> she was about to marry jason collins and she had no idea that he was gay.'ll talk with his ex-fiancee in just a moment. first, breaking news now, the big stories of the day. president obama is defending the fbi's handling of the intelligence in the boston marathon bombing. critics are saying the u.s. is dropping the ball when it comes to intelligence gathering. joining me are abby huntsman and mark lamont hill. let's start with the big story yesterday and it's been bubbling on today as well about jason collins. remarkable courage for him to be the first male american professional athlete to come out as gay. yet this little twist in the story today of this woman who i'm about to interview, who was with him for eight years and they were engaged to be married, he called off the engagement and she only found out last week, a lot after the event, when he called her to say i'm gay and i've always been gay. let me start with you, abby. courageous though he's been, and this may be a contentious thing to say off the top on this, but how courageous is it to have put

senator collins said it was ironic. the senior senator from maine went on to say, "we have called repeated lid foly for a call tor order in this body. well, regular order is going to conference. " we agree. we have a pro-growth bucket that we'll proudly defend. house republicans should be ready to do the same with theirs. i don't know why my republican colleagues in the senate are so praafraid for an open process. do my senate republican colleagues not trust their house republican colleagues to hold the line on their priorities? congress must set sound, long-term fiscal policy through the regular order of the budget process and through compromise. but democrats and republicans will never find common ground if we never get to the negotiating table. on another subject, mr. president, congress has worked hard and compromised often over the last four years in order to he duce the deficit and visa -- in order to reduce the deficit and reverse the20's of the rising -- and reverse the trend of the rising debt. as our nation ha

let's start with the big story yesterday and it's been bubbling on today as well about jason collins. remarkable courage for him to be the first male american professional athlete to come out as gay. yet this little twist in the story today of this woman who i'm about to interview, who was with him for eight years and they were engaged to be married, he called off the engagement and she only found out last week, a lot after the event, when he called her to say i'm gay and i've always been gay. let me start with you, abby. courageous though he's been, and this may be a contentious thing to say off the top on this, but how courageous is it to have put that woman through eight years of i guess what turned out to be a lie? >> look, she's made it clear that she's proud of him. obviously she cares deeply about him. she was with him for eight years. she imagined spending the rest of her life with him. i'm trying to put myself in her shoes and obviously, we all think that jason collins is incredibly courageous to come out, the first nba player, but i put myself in her shoes and think if i wer

. >>> also, jason collins coming out being the first openly gay athlete. firsthand knowledge of what that is like, a major hollywood star is also becoming a major player in the world of politics. >>> we begin, though, with syria. some things we know. the regime has murdered tens of thousands of people in the last few years. president obama said that the use of those weapons by the regime would be a red line, a game-changer. there's evidence that the nerve gas, sarin, has been used. in a press conference today, president obama said he wants more information. it also drew attention that there aren't many simple or easy options. you say something must be done? >> yes, and so do many. so do the israelis, so do the turks, so do the brits and the french. when you establish a red line, then you have to do something about it. you're talking, again, about the highest crime under international law if weapons of mass destruction are being deployed. here's the thing, in diplo speak, a red line means military action. it's not official, but that's how it is understood.

an editor received a call from collins representative in march saying there was an n.b.a. player who wanted it sure publicly he is gay but the representatives refused to identify collins. the magazine did not find out it was him until writers arrived at his home april 24th when a four-hour long interview took place. the exclusive is paying off for the magazine and "sports illustrated" site drew 3.7 million visitors on monday alone. that is a new report. >> jason collins revealed that he was engamed to a woman at one time, his former fiance is speaking out, and appeared last night on cnn. >> we had incredible moments together and i want him to be happy and have a wonderful future. look back at eight years, they were great. >> he played basketball at stanford and she says he did not tell her he was gay until last weekend and she never once suspected collins was gay. >> new video in the abc7 news shows may day rallies an the world in greece thousands turns out. libyans -- libyans are protesting soaring unemployment^. as a result of demonstration ferry and plane services are h

i'm actively handing it over to jason collins. he can carry it. and get a lot more attention. passing the baton, paying it forward. jason and i exchanged e-mails. it was a surprise. i mean, i got busy. i got busy last weekend thanks to jason. thanks a lot. i like to keep a profile but we do need to be visible. because it is still an issue. as i said before, 29 states in this country can fire us for being gay or even if they think that we're gay. it is an issue, people say oh, i don't care, who cares about his sexuality as long as you play good basketball. it is an issue for people who are gay. we have equal protection under the law. we don't have to talk about it. i'd rather talk about the knicks, i'd rather talk about hockey or the weather or politics. that's what it is. as soon as we get those equal rights, when it's a nonissue, fabulous. >> you've taken us where we're going to come back after the break. thank you so much to martina navratilova in miami. thank you for being a part of nerdland. >> thank you. i'm a proud nerd. >> there's much, muc

[inaudible] what changes do you for see for the museum of collins coming here? >> well, i think what he'll do, first of all i think he'll take his time getting to know the museum and the staff really evaluating because especially because we have 2 museums. it's really a matter of becoming familiar with both of them, they are very different in character. i think it will take several months to getting to know all the aspects of the museums and then he'll make very serious evaluations and take a very serious look at our department and evaluate whether we have the finest people we can have and are we running the department in the best way possible and other departments as well. this is not my area of expertise. i'm the board president, ideal with the trustees, and the deputy director runs the museums. i'm sure there will be many conversations between the deputy director and the director should he choose to keep the director, because the director has the ability to remove anyone he wishes to remove. i'm sure he won't do that right away but he will do whatever he feel

we're talking about heroanism jason collins. the heroism is going to be with people in other locker rooms. it's going to be the kids on the playground who refuse to allow the wrong things to happen because of people's orientation. it's going to be heroism in the locker room, when we hear the day slurs. we have all been in low, rooms and we can't legislator feelings. when we hear people say the "f" word for people to say, there are no cameras here but that's not what we do. i think the heroism will shift from the people like jason to the people in the community around him. >> i think that's a great point, and i think that's happening. i see it happening. and i see it happening with people like kobe bryant and lebron james making those statements. so not only is jason going to be a great role model federal young athletes who are gay. these overall role models, the epitome of masculinity in our soept are our athletes. and people trump up their masculinity because they're so strong and so fast and so tough. but that physical strengt

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. >> kobe bryant tweeted approval today of collins' coming out. >> collins' decision is being praised by former president bill clinton on. >> nba commissioner david stern saluted his leadership manteol on this very important issue. >> for an individual who has excelled at one of the highest levels in sports to say this is who i am, i'm proud of it, i'm still a great competitor, i'm still seven foot tall and can bang with shaq. ( cheers and applause ). >> jon: see, that's the problem with coming out. suddenly everyone wants to play match maker. he's seven feet tall. you're seven feet tall. you play for the wizards. he played a wizard. still, all in all it's a pretty great day for major league sports. at long last they've decided that gay people are fit to be included in their elite club. one that's already allowed in adulterers, wife swappers, gamblers, cheaters, rapists, racists, and slaughterers of man. those who have abused spouses, drugs, alcohol, family members and animals. yes, at long last homosexuality is no longer a bar to a profession where you can already get away with choki