dramatic announcement today by jason collins, an active nba player that he was gay, joining me david stern, commissioner of the nba and his successor, adam silver. >> david has a particular style, i mean, you know, we have played sort of off each other, not long since i was an assistant but i would say in the last decade maybe when we negotiate, so we do have different styles, but i have learned to be thorough, i mean, i think david began as a lawyer, i began as a lawyer, and i think david's mantra has been detail and execution and that is certainly something i have learned from him. >> rose: and one of the things that has been best for me is that adam is not timid in expressing those rare occasions where i might not be right. >> rose: i encourage, i assume you encourage him to do it. >> i do and he warms to it well and it is very important because there is a lot going on and sometimes you have a quick reaction that needs to be pulled in. >> the president has a press conference in washington and an nba playern nouns he is gay when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the f

. >> david stern is on the phone for you. >>> it is going to be a cool week because a series of systems are coming in and it will ramp up that fog over the next 24 hours and the fog is there and by tonight we'll see the drizzle coming in and by tuesday morning, if by chance you are by the coast, you can always tweet me, it is very, very easy. the system will continue to fall apart, you can ram it up towards fairfield, 58 and san jose is 55. walnut creek is also 52. west wind they were 88 yesterday and i think they will be 85 today. northwest wind, that is a cooler pattern as long as it holds. 41 up in lake it who, there you go today is the day. it is still flying with the coastal hills and morning fog then sunny and a stronger sea breeze and 60s to 90s and this will be the warm muchest day of the week, -- warmest day of the week. >>> they took off from escondido and louie was the first winner of the first stage. then on friday riders will hit the bay area for stage 6 and this is the first time they go on sunday and ends in santa rosa on the 19th. >>> concert goers can expect another yea

. >> 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 choking your boss, texting your dick to a coworker, and throwing lit fire crackers into crowds of children. congratulations, gay athletes. you

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and the ncaa never reacted to it, never made any effort -- >> rose: david, what did david stern say?>> he was very much in favor of that. i really appreciated what our conversation with him, because i talked -- in fact, i told him if i was a general manager in your league i wouldn't want a kid one year out of college he is not ready to play in the nba. >> rose: you say that about lebron james? >> no, you are some guys you can't say that about. you couldn't say that jack nicholas needed to wait longer to play, you know, but there are not many, though, charlie. yeah, there really aren't, i think a kid -- there is a maturity level that has to be reached in the nba because of all of the travel and all that goes on in the hba that has to go beyond the kid being 19. >> rose: shane battier who went four years and fraud, considered one of the most incredible guys he ever coached, captain of the team and went on and is now having a successful pro career, but he had some maturity to him and he even developed it further. >> well, see, that is my whole point, i think that is exactly what would w

david stern there next step for nba to convince maloof brothers. >> you don't want to do anything that is dispairaging to seattle f the offer got accepted you know, god bless seattle. i think the family was very intricate in us getting to where we are today. >> stage 4, 83-6 miles. raiders in need of play makers. he spent his career with the browns with eight kickoffs for touchdowns. he's fast there. chris can line up with live receivers. when healthy he can change games on special teams. >> larry, thank you. >> join me tonight at 9:00, coming up then, california parks rocked by a new scandal at 9:00 the group taking donations intended for the state. where it's ending up. >> then, on abc 7 news at 11:00 what is hidden in food could affect your health. michael finney reveal whauz might miss wnou loo >> and here is tonight's line up on abc 7. starting with middle and followed by family tools and modern family. >> then it's thousand live with your parents for the rest of your life and nashville followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >> we'll be back with that. that is this edition of abc 7 news

david stern there next step for nba to convince maloof brothers. >> you don't want to do anything thatging to seattle f the offer got accepted you know, god bless seattle. i think the family was very intricate in us getting to where we are today. >> stage 4, 83-6 miles. raiders in need of play makers. he spent his career with the browns with eight kickoffs for touchdowns. he's fast there. chris can line up with live receivers. when healthy he can change games on special teams. >> larry, thank you. >> join me tonight at 9:00, coming up then, california parks rocked by a new scandal at 9:00 the group taking donations intended for the state. where it's ending up. >> then, on abc 7 news at 11:00 what is hidden in food could affect your health. michael finney reveal whauz might miss when you look at a label. >> and here is tonight's line up on abc 7. starting with middle and followed by family tools and modern family. >> then it's thousand live with your parents for the rest of your life and nashville followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >> we'll be back with that. that is this edition of abc 7

the commissioner of the nba, david stern, is here. we will be here all night including the 11:00. the warriors have to win to move on. allen, elizabeth, back to you. >> let's hope they play on sunday. >> thank you. and there was one thing he didn't bring up about the arm- wrestling screamer. >> she lost. >> she lost. >> she lost. [ laughter ] >> she lost. >> that's intensity. [ screaming ] >> she is putting 110% into that. >> pop a vessel. >> the other gal is screaming, too. >> is that helping them push harder though? more of a mental thing? >> waste of flooring. >> certainly scared me, i'll be honest. >> intimidation. >> i'm intimidated and we're not even in europe. [ laughter ] >> let's forget that. can we go back to bacon? we are going out to dinner. >> arm wrestle, bacon. >> all over the map here with this show. >> for news throughout the evening, the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix.com. see you at 11:00. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, female narrator: the mattress price wars

. >> david stern, the commissioner of the nba, said some years back that he understands that attitude, which large number of his players have, but that statistically, you're in greater danger carrying a gun, especially outside the home, greater danger carrying one than if you were without one. >> you're in more danger actually statistically in the home with guns. what's really shocked me, bob, i talked to you about this before, but what has really shocked me in the last few weeks has not been a mass shooting because there hasn't been one thank god for a few weeks, but there will be. it's not even been the ongoing crises in places like chicago which are as much down to poor law enforcement i think as anything else -- >> and a culture of criminality which has nothing to do with the nra or second amendment. >> it's a law enforcement issue. get in there and sort them out as they have done successfully in new york, by the way. what it comes down to is the recklessness of people with guns around children. the number of children in the last two weeks in america who have shot other kids, sibl

country, you know, and so in what you are saying, that was just one part, for mikend went to s david stern the big nba commissioner about just what you said, that one and done thing, because we talked to him about, you know,, we need to get a situation like major league baseball has like professional baseball has let the kids stay in college three years before you draft a kid and then we have college kids playing basketball, we don't have some guy, two guys that we have hired to be there for a year and they are gone. and the ncaa never reacted to it, never made any effort -- >> rose:avid, what did dvid ern y? >>e wavery much in favor of that. i really appreciated what our conversation with him, because i talked -- in fact, i told him if i was a general manager in your league i wouldn't want a kid one year out of college he is not ready to play in the nba. >> rose: you say that about lebron james? >> no, you are some guys you can't say that about. you couldn't say that jack nicholas needed to wait longer to play, you know, but there are not many, though, charlie. yeah, there really aren't,

>> david stern said in front of congress as commissioner of the nba in 2006 and he said nba players don't use gloves because of been body types and muscle mass, not the sort of thing that is conducive to steroids unlike football players, and people in congress are like that is brilliant, well said. that hulking mass when armstrong, performance enhancing drugs for all kinds of things. the number one thing these do is allow you to train longer and train harder. if you are an athlete who comes from a poor socioeconomic background and you know taking this bill would be the difference between you having a longer career and making millions more dollars means for a lot of athletes is a no-brainer sellout sybase plans cycling is largely unexplored because people don't want to know what the answers are. my other thing for performance enhancing drugs is anybody who thinks the status quo in terms of how they are regulated, anyone who's thinks that is absolutely out of their minds. toomey the smartest people who talk about this are on the extremes of each side of the issue and the answer does lead in

david stern sat in front of congress as commissioner of the nba, i think in 2006, and she said nba players don't use performance-enhancing drugs because their lean body types ts and muscle mast. not conducive to steroids, unlike football players who are big, and people in congress were like, wow, that's brilliant. well said, sir. but it's like, that hulking mass, lance armstrong? performance-enhancing drugs are for -- the number one thing they do is allow you to train longer and train harder, and that -- if you're an athlete, particularly an athlete who might come from a poor background and you know that taking this pill would be the difference you've having a longer career and making millions of more dollars. for a lot of athletes it's a no-brainer, and outside of baseball and cycling, it's largely unexplored because people don't want to know what the answer are. now, my own opinion about performance-enhancing drugs and the whole thing is, anybody who thinks the status quo, in terms of how they're regulated and talked about -- anybody who thinks that's a good thing to me is absolutely out

hunter stern, david dell tore and anyone else who would like to speak please come forward. >> good afternoon. i'm here with a couple comment and questions on behalf of the membership that i represent t labors are here today because we have previously expressed clean power and we are here for the current status of the program specifically our members have three questions that we are looking to have answered today. one, will this program create jobs for our members and the local community work force that we wish to recruit and employ. 2, how many jobs although program create, 3 when and where will these jobs be created. thank you, we look forward to hearing the answers to these questions this afternoon. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good afternoon, hunter stesh, 1245 and stop the shell shock. three things i want to point out very quickly and clearly. item no. 1, we represent workers, 1245 represent workers at 28 different utilities in northern and central california. they include p g and e but also 27 others. as those 2 utilities we have about 1100 members generating electric

i spoke to david stern about another player, but they were talking about -- he was talking about hisnot for a warm and fuzzy reasons. he wants the best league in the world. he wants the best athletes in the world. he knows the best athletes in the world can only perform at their peak if they feel safe, secure, supported and if they don't have to hide. that's why he's interested in this quality issue on the whole. >> you've been quoted this week saying you've been aware of them and you've talked to other players in jason collins' situation. do you expect the flood gates are going to open? >> yeah, the flood gate question is one i struggle with because jason is just one part of this equation. the nba and what i think is their warm and positive response is one part of the equation, especially with the back drop of america. there was a difference for me when i could run away home to england where we don't have laws that criminalize gay people. where we're about to have marriage equity in total fullness. the idea that jason alone is going to lead this is part of it. i think he sits on the

the miami heat will be -- >> if david stern has a vote, they will. >> you look at how the heat have puttogether. they bought some nice players. >> they did? >> and their coach is you know, a little shaky. but then you look at what the spurs have done. these are the same core players that were playing when i left eight years ago. >> parker and duncan. >> duncan character. they have built this team through good management, through good coaching and i was talking to cyprian earlier it might not be the flashiest play but that tony parker, tim duncan pick-and-roll -- >> they should have gotten to the finals last year when they got to the thunder after being up 2-0 -- maybe i shouldn't remind you about that one. they're now in -- i was seeing something this morning about in the same category as the celtics and lakers in terms of a core group that's been to the finals four times together. you know. this is really an amazing achievement for them. >> and you know, for the people that say that the spurs are boring and they're old -- >> well, you know, when you win you know, you can be as boring a

if you talk to roger goodell and david stern, you ask them would you better off if all of your playersof guys carrying guns as a misplaced symbol of manhood or street cred. almost never does anything good come out of it and often tragedy and folly comes out of it. that was the larger point i was trying to make. i think some of what i said was misinterpreted as a broad side against the second amendment. >> thank you so much. you can catch "costas tonight" on the nbc sports network. >> wasn't he so much better than tom brokaw and hanks? >> i think so. >> this was a trade that turned out very well. >> if i spend for me maybe a year growing a mustache, can i come back? >> would you shave his mustache? >> i want to see it. >> if you do it for charity. >> you name the charity. i can't grow a mustache. >> it would take five years to grow it. >> you don't have the guts. >> you know, i put myself in a very bad spot. >> thank you so much for being with us. "morning joe" will be right back. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith

i'm not saying he did it for this reason, but david stern who is a brilliant marketer will not let theit fascinating at this moment in time he chose to do it. obviously, brave thing to do, career brilliant thing to do. >> i don't think it's a bad thing. even if it does benefit his career, so what, there are such great benefits to what he did. and we're all trying to use whatever we can to stand out. and this is a noble way for jason to stand out. and i think it's a great idea. >> let me get this straight. are you saying if he had a contract for the next couple of years, he might not have come out? >> i'm not saying that. i don't know jason collins, all i'm saying is i'm glad he came out. and if he gets some benefit from it, more power to him. >> i don't think rosa parks set out to be the person who people call the mother of the civil rights era. i don't think jason collins started out thinking i'm going to be this gay hero. but it becomes a movement that equalizes people not based on their sexuality in work. >> that's where i started and we got off the subject. the question is, does th