it was the same thing as donald sterling. it becomes racist or not a racist? there is nothing in between those two. what happens is people say you are or you are not. as if there is nothing that is in between that deals with how we have grown up or our perceptions. there is nothing that this is me off more that -- pisses me off more than people asking me if i played ball there. i didn't play ball. the first question is not did you graduate or what did you major in? i was playing golf and the dude asked me. i had just written a column called no i am not a football player. he asked the question. i did not respond. we finally got done. what happens is we have perceptions. we have beliefs. a lot of them are based on race. if i see a 6'5" white guy i don't assume he played basketball. i just don't. when we talk about race, we have to acknowledge that there is something in between not a racist or you are a racist that plays into this and then we don't like to have that. now it brings into question how we were raised, how are friends are around us. there are all of t

and if donald sterling is the face of that, some thing has to be done. that is why i got on my horse. >> round of applause for kareem abdul-jabbar. [applause] on c-span, a conversation with alain a kagan. she recently returned to her all moderate, princeton university, to talk about her career and approach to law and relate stories from behind the scenes at the supreme court. >> the hearings that you see on tv are the tip of the iceberg. andhave to wonder around talk to all the senators. think i did 82 of them. what was striking was how many of them, republicans and democrats, wanted to talk to me about the second amendment and guns. there are rules about what you can ask at these kinds of sit downs, or least there are rules knew they could not ask me very direct questions about what i thought of particular cases or issues. they would come up with these proxies and the proxies were along the lines of -- do you hunt? i went through countless interviews. my answers were so pathetic. do you know anybody who hunts? not really. [laughter] i was sitting down w

. >>> donald sterling, john nan gruber omar gonzales names you may not have heard before this year butll involved in some high profile scandals. fox's martha mccallum takes look back. >> reporter: from washington to hollywood to the world of sports 2014 was no stranger to these stories. it seemed open season for intruders at the white house at least three people jumped the fence. several caught the secret service off guard. omar gonzales made it all the way to the east room before finally being tackle by agents. secret service director julia pearson took a hit as well and stepped down. >>> over at the va secretary shinseki took the fall as well after his agency was shamed by reports that 40 veterans at the phoenix va died while waiting for care. almost 100va facilities are now under investigation. >>> and the strange story of army sergeant bowe bergdahl gripped the nation as he was turned over in he can change for five get mow detainees. some some congress were outraged that they were not consulted much he's being re-investigated and is on desk duty. >> call the stupidity of the americ

when you expand the on donald sterling and the issue of housing and economics and inclusion and go beyond that, we have come a long way. we're only talking about 46 years of so-called full freedom. if you think that we have gotten over the issue of race, we have to be delusional. it did not happen in 46 years. you still have in south africa blacks don't have access to power. they don't control capital. >> i will ask you both the same question, you remember a football player for the philadelphia eagles who got recorded saying the n word. what are your thoughts when you first heard that? >> i'm going to hold on to what you talked about 45 years. i want to come back to that. i will address the riley cooper situation. it was my job on sunday and thursday to talk about it. i had watched riley cooper. he has been playing football for a lot of years. one of the things i talked about was i was coming from a basketball camp with my son in las vegas. as we walked by the pool, they had music blasting with the n word. everybody was having a great time. riley cooper steps in angry situation. and here

this took place shortly after the recording of donald sterling. this is about 30 minutes. >> help us connect with what you were going through then and where you think we are today. >> what has happened is when we we had thect that legal means to combat racism, a lot of black americans said, ok, we have the tools to achieve something. has taken us decades to achieve those things. when it comes to working on what is in people's hearts, we have a very long way to go. even though we have these tools, we have a long way to go because people do not understand their own bigotry. it is so endemic to the human experience. people don't get it when they are intensely affected by racism. they are not even aware of it. we have a long way to go. >> emmett till was killed in 1965. you go to the march on washington in 1963.

winfrey reacted back in april to the donald sterling controversy when leaked comments taken by his supposedved one, caused this man to wind up losing ownership of his nba team. to that oprah said at the time that sterling should know that the plantation days are over. joining me now, bernie goldberg, fox news media analyst who joins me now. accepting that what donald sterling said was unambiguous in racism and went much further and went on and on with crazy ideas with respect to african-americans. is there some hypocrisy in condemning the one and then trying to be understanding of the context and the greater person and the privacy aspect with the other? >> sure. except that we're all hypocrites. i'll give you an example. if somebody stole e-mails about angelina jolie and le leonardo dicaprio, say you want to put this on, i would say i'm not doing the dirty work of the hackers. the hackers broke the law. i'm not going to put that stuff out. it's totally celebrity garbage. but if somebody came to me with what i knew were stolen e-mails that said nbc news deliberately slants the news to hurt r

but when it comes to losers, it's got to be donald sterling.forget how -- >> that was fishing a bit there, isn't it? >> people forget how this dominated the news cycles just a few months ago and brought up so many legal issues. can you record people on the phone and, if you do, what can you use that for and also if you have a contractual agreement with something like the nba, can they take away your multimillion dollar business just because they don't like what you said? and so even though donald sterling may be a big loser, you know, on the other hand, he lost and retired, basically, with several million dollars. we should all have such a soft landing. >> it might have been. >> even losers can be wealthy, that's for sure. joey jackson, lay it on me. >> so i say the cell phone. i'm referring to an obscure case called riley versus california wherein the supreme court indicated unanimously that the police cannot search what has our lives on it without a warrant. it used to be called a search incident to an arrest where you can go and attack all o

. >> donald sterling, he's leaving with three really pretty black women. >> is donald a friend or lovelye going to a game show. >> but what you have to do to win. >> i will take cleaning a bedpan for $400, ail. alex. [laughter] >> rihanna had her first annual diamond ball. she had all of the top celebrities come out, brad pitt.

you mentioned donald sterling the issue of violence against women was refracted through the lense of sport. and, of course this has been the year of michael sam and l.g.b.t. people. it's driven by the way that these athletes have been act drive narratives through social media which the press responded to and left owners struggling to catch up. >> you said driving narratives and we have seen re-emergens of athletes as activists with the tag black lives matter. we had derrick rose who promoted it lebron james who promoted it. part of the team came out with their hands up in protest. we came to the shooting death of michael brown. how important that athletes stoop up to the cause. especially considering that proathletes are seen as set pieces to be seen and not heard? >> it's huge. it's another one of those long-time rules turned on its head in 2014. since the 1970s, the rule for superstar athletes has been if you speak out about politics you'll harm your commercial viability. here we have lebron james, derrick rose some of the biggest names in the sport, koby bript saying "i may be a s

donald sterling. this year for me that was huge.es that you interviewed on a special last year? who does that? for me because i'm from seattle, i'm glad that at least a seattleite got something out of with it the clippers. >> well michael, from a civil rights point of view i was part of the group that helped. >> you were. your voice was there. and the complement to that one is the nfl for me. having an alcoholic father who was abusive, that video was, of ray rice was very hard and very personal for a lot of people. and i think, you know in the terms of the big know of the story, it really reflects how much we still need to do to educate young men, to educate the public. >> and women, too. and women, too. because they are as much a victim as they are in some cases enabling some of this stuff. so giving them strength -- >> and denial. >> to give them the stuff -- >> the saddest part is the young football players and say that seem to be fine. >> but there are some happy moments. we can't forget national feel good moment. year. team usa

he threw the owner donald sterling out.hat a day now what at that moment that he introduced himself to most of the country he was throwing out an owner and it was for racism and, of course, that was a remarkable moment. and then i also have to pick lebron james, and here's why. not many people choose to leave south florida and move to northern ohio. i happen to be talking to you right now from northern ohio and what a statement that was to come home, a role model coming back to his roots where he's given so much to the community. that was a fantastic story in 2014, he will brown coming home to play in cleveland. >> and, mike, you like richard cher monoand landon donovan. >> richard sherman, if we follow football, one of the most dominant defensive players in the nfl but it was about a year ago,less than a year ago, that he and his seahawks beat the 49erss in the nfc championship game, did this interview with aaron andrews and everyone said "who is this loud mouth?" in the two weeks between the championship game and the supe

donald sterling violence against women, star athletes saying black lives matter.t they have in common is they have turned upside down what have been some of the most historical rules in the sports rule which are owners untouchable, violence against women is pushed under the carpet and star athletes don't speak out about politics because it will hurt their brand. all of that has been turned on their head and has been driven, i would argue, by the power of social media to drive mainstream media which scares the public relations heads inside the commissioner's office. for me that's very welcome. i think the powers that be in sports have no idea how to navigate this bold new world. >> we could go along because there are huge breakthroughs for lbgt athletes. have i to go to my washington denizen on the football team in washington, d.c. which dug in its heels big times in terms of not changing the name. what do you see happening there? >> i don't see how snyder does it. i think it's offensive and horrible but i mean if anybody knows dan snyder, he's not going to change

clippers who took over the franchise in the aftermath of the donald sterling scandal. his winning bid, $2 billion. the highest price ever paid for an nba team. of course, that's pocket change for a man said to be worth some $23 billion for his role in a success of a company called microsoft. we're glad you joined us. our conversation with steve ballmer coming up right now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. . okay, so you love basketball. i mean, you really love basketball. if you were in on the success of microsoft like one steve ballme was, you could write a check and become an owner for a cool $2 billion. what's amazing -- first of all, i'm honored to have you on the program. we've been friends a lot of years. i'm glad to have you in l.a. as the owner of one of our local teams. the clippers specifically. but you tried to buy one, two, three people? >> you know, i worked out -- >> four? >> a couple times before we got -- i'm lucky i got the one i got. >> you really love basketball. you tried -- you look ted seattle teams -

let's talk about sports and scandal, what a year we started out with donald sterling and changes in the nba and later in the summer it become domestic abuse. u.s. today did a fascinating story and they went back a decade and how the league handled. in most case you if you got anything you got a one-game suspension. if you're a big deal player somehow you ended up in a diversion program. if you were a guy they were going to cut, you were can you cut from the team. now it will get you a 6-game suspension, is this change or will we continue to hear bad behavior in the nfl and the league did not address them appropriately. >> as a fan of the nfl and the sport. i don't think it's fair to ray tack the nfl for doing what society i felt has not done, the nfl is following what society has done over the past decades. our approach to domestic abuse has evolved over the years. maybe the nfl is lagging behind that evolution, but for example in many, many cases there were no prosecution for domestic abuse, because first the laws were set up you could not rape your wife. >> i meant to challenge that b

someone had leaked scott rudin's e-mails last week, that would have been newsworthy, the way that donald sterling'snsgressions were newsworthy. >> in the information age and when you have super-hackers out there, you have to think about where it came from. >> no doubt about it. "the new york times" gave a confusing definition saying, it is not as important as wikileaks, snowden, the pentagon papers. here is a newspaper and other papers would report on them if e-mails were leaked by internal employees. we are not going to take the position where reporters should never received leaked e-mails. >> aaron sorkin, voice of reason. we want to let you know about sad political news. long-term clinical consultant david garth has died at age 84. he helped address shortcomings in a simple way by having the candidate look into the camera and talk about themselves. he collected a lot of new york politicians, including rudolph giuliani and michael bloomberg. he was a genius political consultant. >> and a giant of the modern political era. you had people sing his praises, saying that he change the gain in terms of

. >> also, i was with a woman who helped bring down donald sterling. you never even kissed him. >> how many times are you going to ask me this stupid question? no, no no, no, no, no. >> that's what everybody wants to know. >> and then all the elevator craziness with jay-z and beyonce's sister solange. >> and justin bieber, an egging, a raid, a dui charge. >> mr. bieber had consumed some alcohol and had been smoking marijuana and consumed some prescription medication. >> why not say cheese for your mug shot. >> a dangerous punk. >> now "entertainment tonight," we love entertaining people. hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. nancy o'dell is off tonight. as the clock ticks down towards the end of 2014 we are counting down to our number one celebrity scandal of the year. >> oh, man, there were a lot of good ones to choose from. >> good scandals here. >> claims of sexual assault, racism, fights and a whole bunch of naked star pictures that we were never supposed to see. >> listen, everybody knows about the cloud now. everybody. >> and everybody is confu

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. >> also, i was with a woman who helped bring down donald sterling.ever even kissed him. >> how many times are you going to ask me this stupid question? no, no no, no, no, no. >> that's what everybody wants to know. >> and then all the elevator craziness with jay-z and beyonce's sister solange.

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clippers owner donald sterling making racist remarks about his own players as well as nba legend magicnson. it was a baptism by fire for new commissioner adam silver but his response was swift and significant. banning sterling from the league for life and announcing his intention to force sterling to sell. sterling fired back. >> i think you have more of a plantation mentality than i do. do you know what, i think you're more of a racist than i am. >> how so? >> i'm not a racist. and i've never been a racist. i've never be a racist. >> reporter: but the final move belonged to his estranged wife who sold the team for a record $2 billion. the world cup stormed into brazil and while the event was peppered with criticism over construction costs and dismay over the host country's on field collapse it was also ripe with thrills. germany was mechanical in its title-winning domination and team usa made a rarely seen level of soccer fever in the states advancing out of the group of death and making a star out of goaltender tim howard. this was the year of the return of the king, lebron james cam

talking about that was bad for donald sterling. exercise is good but when you overdo it to you have problems. >> fifth though workout gets involved i am watching the machines that was not be but it is pushing it. you say what? >> when you are six years old you should not work out like you were 30. you should look at exercise in a different way to maintain your heart health and protecting your joints and with your flexibility you should not be trying to go 51 hour sessions of hard currency web maximum heart rate. don't kill yourself but it is what i do pretty much every day. >> i would not do what you do. [laughter] neil: write that down. >> but think about it. you have duration and intensity. intensity should always be moderate. one of the things i always freeze out his watching somebody that is not in the greatest shape but the first big on the treadmill they run. they don't walk. then what happens that drives me up a wall then they run for five minutes then stand there and stop dead in their tracks. people don't do a rights. if y

neil: already comparing the emails to donald sterling. >> it is unbelievable that sony would turn to al sharpton it is bizarre. like he has a great p.r. machine and is the go to guy so in hollywood i am not on that a lesser not even the weight to last -- waitlist. neil: you could run for governor tomorrows. >> but it is good to see them choking a little bit. when i first read them i thought they were serious look at all the african-american films we're doing that now it has a racist overtones. neil: we were talking over the break you should see this stuff i said about you. [laughter] but this is the same community that went after serving. and then at the president goes back and forth? that is the last crowd i thought would do that. is such a central issue with the movies and the statements. >> he has to step away. >> but to get them off their back. >> al is making an excuse for that? he will march on sony studios? >> he will have to write a check for what? >> al sharpton in the movie. >> no. as soon as she said she would go to new york to kiss his ring. but there are a number of proj

in 2014 the story was donald sterling he was removed from the head of the l.a. clippers. after making racist comments. >>> 20 to nothing thrashing before they beat argentina in the final. although fifa may want to forget 2014 scandal over a the cups, an potential has resigned. >>> death sparking emotional tributes across the cricket world and at his funeral at home. >> we must dig in and get through to tea. and we must play on. so rest in peace my little brother, i'll see you out this the middle. >> other tragedies struck in formula 1 in october when a crash during a japanese grand prix left 25-year-old driver jules bianchi in critical condition. he will begin reaching therapy is unconscious but breathing unaided. his family says he is continuing to fight. >> jim harbaugh has been officially revealed as the new head coach of the university of michigan. came very close to their sixth super bowl title, san francisco 49ers, but lost to his older brother who coaches the baltimore ravens. he was formerly the star quarterback at the university of michigan. >> i have to tell you

. >>> ray rice along with donald sterling these brought a number of things into the fore. we saw this in changes of sports. what does this mean in terms of domestic violence, will we see change or was that the story of 2014. we talk about bill cosby who was accused by two dozen women of rape. does this story continue on what does it mean for bill cosby do we see any sort of resolution, we have these stories we'll see you later on inside story. >> reporter: let's go over to storm tracker 6 live double scan. we're zoom into atlantic and southeastern burlington county. we have a heavy downpour pushing east at 20 miles per hour. from beach haven up to surf city you'll get wet briefly and work out to sea. we'll catch a break in the action more showers are expected to pull through later this afternoon. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 53 degrees today, stays on the mild side. again look out for the shower later on. 46 degrees monday, maybe a morning shower, otherwise clouds and sun 38 degrees tuesday turning colder new new year's eve and new year's day. windchills h

i forgot about donald sterling. >> we move from one thing to the next.ok at the calendar. >> and now selfie at the oscars and now selfie is the word of the year. >> was that ellen? >> it was. >> i don't remember. >> so there you go. good luck for 2015. >>> and there's more. tomorrow, we take a look at the year in entertainment, the year in sports and all the fun we had in 2014. >>> still ahead, a royal no show. where was little prince george this christmas? we will tell you. >>> and a look back at the tweetable moments and famous faces of 2014, but first this is "today" on nbc. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself some people think vegetables are boring. but with green giant's delicious seasonings and blends, we just may change their minds. ho ho ho green giant! >>> we'll be talking movies coming up with the holiday releases. >> i am looking forward to seeing "unbroken."

i forgot about donald sterling. >> we move from one thing to the next.ok at the calendar. >> and now selfie at the oscars and now selfie is the word of the year. >> was that ellen? >> it was. >> i don't remember. >> so there you go. good luck for 2015. >>> and there's more. tomorrow, we take a look at the year in entertainment, the year in sports and all the fun we had in 2014. >>> still ahead, a royal no show. where was little prince george this christmas? we will tell you. >>> and a look back at the tweetable moments and famous faces of 2014, but first this is "today" on nbc. >>> we'll be talking movies coming up with the holiday releases. >> i am looking forward to seeing "unbroken." >> did you see it? >> i saw a preview of it. it makes you think if i had a bad day, it is nothing compared. >> what about you? >> i saw "the interview" online. i felt compelled. >> i want to see that. >> a lot of attention. >> i want to see "fox catcher." you cannot recognize steve carell. >> and "bird man" is getting oscar buzz. >> what movies should have you and your fa

that man donald sterling, removed as owner of the los angeles clippers after being recorded of makingist comments. the pick for us, germany's thrashing to go on to win the final. fifa may want to forget 2014 overshadowed by the controversy in the bidding process for both the 2018 and 2022 world cups. investigator michael garcia has since resigned. of course, we might remember that tragedy struck in november when an at this point lip hughes died after being struck. for more go to our website at www.aljazeera.com/sport. www.aljazeera.com/sport and details of how you can interact with the team on twitter and facebook as well. >> happy new year to you. now from the vents in isil to the war in gaza, 2014 has been a tumultuous year. we look at the biggest stories that shaped our world. [music] [music] [music] >> a day after his resolution was rejected palestinian president signs a treaty to join the international criminal court. >> hello there you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. a suicide-bomber attacks a shia rebel gathering in the city of ib killing more than 30.

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the story of the year in the nba was donald sterling who was removed as owner of the clippers after beingist comments. and the pick for us was germany's 7-1 thrashing of the host nation in the finals. although fifa may want to forget 2014, a large part of their year was overshadowed by the controversy surrounding an investigation into the bidding process over the 2018 and 2022 world cups. michael garcia has since resigned. and philip hughes died of being instruct in the head with a cricket ball. >> we must dig in and get through to tea, and we must play on. so rest in peace, my little brother, i'll see you out in the middle. >> there's much more sport on our website, check out aljazeera.com/sport. there's also details there on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. and that's all of your sport for now. it's now back to mare am. >> thanks very much. from the advance of isil to the war in gaza 2014 has been a tumultuous year. we leave you with a look back at some of the biggest stories that have shaped our world. ♪ >> no to the referendum in question. [ cheers ] real

clippers owner donald sterling rant about black people. he said he was story. >> i'm not a racist. nba took his team and banned him for life. >> okay, right, get him out of here. no place for that craziness. >> best cool cats. los angeles kings stormed the ice and skated circles around the new york rangers to make off with lord stanley's cup. in baseball, the best good-bye came from yankee derek jeter after 20 seasons. >> what a great captain. and you know what? with what's going on in the sports world, it's nice to have a hero. >> i'm a red sox fan. love for the jeter. >> i went to bed early that night. >> batter up in the world series with royals and giants in a battle. couldn't hold off the san francisco club's unbeatable madison baumgartner. >> this guy is better than a machine. he's incredible. absolutely unbelievable. i never saw a pitching job like that in my life. but to go seven games decided by one run with a runner's stretch on third base and two outs, you don't get better than that. >> worst sack, the super bowl. seattle versus denver was built as a battle for the ages

la clippers owner donald sterling was banish ed from the league his team sold after he was reported on tape making what many saw racist remarks including comments about magic johnson. the game's biggest star lebron james returned home to cleveland where his jersey once burned. now a hero again. >> the world of football clash into the real world of domestic violence. >> we have seen all too much of the nfl doing wrong zblcht ray rice adrian peterson marquee names tarnished by actions off the field. on the field t the catch of a lifetime. the new york giants receiver beckham jr. >> that may be the best catch i've ever seen. >> there's always next year. for today, ron mott nbc news new york. >> i felt i was on my sofa at home. pop open a beer you know. great stuff. >>> up next the goofty movie becomes the center of an international incident. hackers target the most the holiday season is coming to an end, but we've got one more thing to share with you - the holiday clearance event at walmart. you can save big on items like select toys electronics and decor. so that's it? we're done here! h

i would point to donald sterling, the formal owner of the los angeles clippers basketball team, back in april he was the most vile man in america after being taped whispering racist thoughts in private to his mistress, who like all good mistresses when things went south, released the tape to the media -- there is a lesson in there somewhere. this sparked national uproar of him being condemed on tv and newspapers and the president of the united states takes time-out from a foreign trip to hold a president conference and condemn sterling and then the nba owners force him to sell his team. unremarked is he was having an affair in public and cheating on his wife of 50 years. there is no scarlet bar for virtue but there is for racism and the punishments are much worse than they were before and maybe that is good or bad. i don't know. racism is a terrible thing. but it as the interesting because it as a shift in change in virtues. it isn't just that. mary is here and pointed out in a book that we live in a time where it is gauche to express judgment about sexual matters. you cannot say som

donald sterling's team sold after racist remarks including comments about magic johnson. the game's biggest star lebron james, returned home to cleveland where his jersey once burned. and now a hero again. the world of football flashed into the world of domestic violence. >> we have seen all too much of the nfl doing wrong. >> reporter: ray rice adrian peterson names harnessed by actions off the field. on the field, the catch of a lifetime. >> manning going to heed one. >> reporter: odell beckham jr. >> that may be the greatest catch i've ever seen. >> reporter: but there's always next year. nbc news, ron not, new york. >>> up next the goofy movie becomes center of an international incident and hackers target personal photos of top celebrities. we'll have that here in entertainment right after this. the holiday season is coming to an end, but we've got one more thing to share with you - the holiday clearance event at walmart. you can save big on items like select toys electronics and decor. so that's it? we're done here! head to walmart now and save big. ♪ ♪ [ female anno

we put up paula deen, donald sterling who said reprehensible things of varying degrees, i should point heard on another channel them sort of coming to the defense of these hollywood folks and saying is it really fair to release their e-mails, and i thought, well, why not? if that's the world that we are living in where these people had, you know, things that they claim were taken out of context and handled in the same way. >> well, martha, part of it is, it is private messages. look, i don't think there's any privacy in america anymore with respect to that. people get hacked all the time and that kind of thing is going to be, i think, big in the future. but at the end of the day, say what you mean and mean what you say. if they're having a little bit of fun at the idea of a black president and these slavery movies, they could have gone back to roots and a whole bunch of other things. they were making fun of the idea of these movies which, by the way, is making money of themselves -- making fun of themselves. they're the ones making these movies. it isn't tyler perry they're ridiculing,

if you're in the middle of a scandal like sterling, donald sterling, all you've got to wait is for aosby to come along. all cosby has to wait for is sony. sony happens and what do you get, cuba. it's something that d.c. it's a whack a mole. >> a new way to handle crisis management. >> but remember the nfl? nfl was where everyone said why is goodell coming out and talk about this. waits three or four days and another crisis to talk about and it will go away. to his credit went after it and fixed it. >> yeah. >> that was really good. >> was it really? >> i liked it. >> i don't know. >>> the top viral videos of 2014. they are coming up next on "the five." (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over seven years. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. you don't think much about it... you never dwell on how it was made... it's just a blanket after all... but when everything else has b

donald sterling. nonviolence. nonrioting. and i think pro-athletes should do more of it, i think. >> what do you think mary katharine? >> yeah, it didn't really bother me that the nfl has ruled about political expression or free speech expression on the field they should punish fairly across the board and make that the rule. but, in this case, i thought it was nonviolent and fairly appropriate. and here's the thing. the folk whos who came to the nfl asking for action is a police officer's group. which makes me scweech militia law enforcement can say i have political speech. i think the answer is more speech, not less. >> what if, juan, you are a police officer at the st. louis stadium and you are doing crowd control as they have in every stadium and you go out and you see, you know, these guys come out of tunnel with their arms raised, don't shoot, which connotes the fact that they believe, i guess, that white police officers shoot black youths all the time. we just debunked that with statistics. we just showed more than 43 m

clippers owner, donald sterling.ample of how to manage a crisis, compared to nfl roger goodell, handling of the ray rice controversy, should he be person of the year? >> certainly should be considered. been giving key notes around the country about this issue. he schooled the world on what it means to be a leader that is decisive in the middle of a complex and chaotic situation. he was very clear that the nba does not stand for racism. he wanted sterling out. guess what, that's what happened. let's contrast that with goodell. he is not clear what he wants. the situation is unresolved, don. in fact if somebody were to get arrested for domestic violence tonight, does anyone in america know what would happen to that player? the answer is no. that is an example of crappie leadership, don. >> i just actually, hang on here. in the middle of a show. we actually got information on -- nfl personal conduct policy. that just came out. >> it's not clear, don. it's not clear. talking about it tomorrow morning at 6:45 on new day.

. >> i tried to separate it into moments like donald sterling and ray rice and the nfl's domestic violenceen the moments we want to think about. monet davis is in that category. she has a terrific fast ball and wants to play basketball at the university of connecticut. we are probably going to look back in years when she is a star basketball player and say i remember where it all began. she is just adorable. >> you wrote about michael sam and the impact he had. talk to us about that. >> unfortunate low he is not with a team right now. that's really sad and i wish he had the still set that translated to the nfl. i have seen this happen first with jason collins and with michael sam last spring. people are become more and more blah about players who come out of the closet and say he's gay, so what? that's michael sam's contribution. i never thought that the biggest story would be michael sam coming out of the closet in the nfl. i think the big story will be who's next? how much more often is this going to happen? >> it will be interesting to see if an active player will come out. >> he claims