players have been angry since head coach doug williams was fired in september.nt was reassigned earlier this week and players walked out of a tuesday meeting and boycotted two days of practice. want to talk about this with anderson, a former college running back. i grew up in louisiana. my mom went to southern, my uncle went to grambling. it's a huge story. a black institution led by eddie robinson, one of the greatest coaches in the game. sent many players to the nfl. what is your reaction to this? what is going on? is this team unraveling? >> caller: you know, i'm proud of the players on that football team for standing up for several things. number one, you know, let's be frank. if you talk about to most people about hbc school an historically black college or university, most of the people know grambling, eddie robinson has a long history there. we are talking these guys getting on the bus to play in football games riding 14, 16, 17 hours to get somewhere. essentials from the university were taking a flight. remind you, they are on a bus for 14, 15 hours to g

players have been angry since head coach doug williams was fired in september.ned earlier this week and players walked out of a tuesday meeting and boycotted two days of practice. want to talk about this with anderson, a former college running back. i grew up in louisiana. my mom went to southern, my uncle went to grambling. it's a huge story. a black institution led by eddie robinson, one of the greatest coaches in the game. sent many players to the nfl. what is your reaction to this? what is going on? is this team unraveling? >> caller: you know, i'm proud of the players on that football team for standing up for several things. number one, you know, let's be frank. if you talk about to most people about hbc school an historically black college or university, most of the people know grambling, eddie robinson has a long history there. we are talking these guys getting on the bus to play in football games riding 14, 16, 17 hours to get somewhere. essentials from the university were taking a flight. remind you, they are on a bus for 14, 15 hours to go to a game. t

. >> joe gibbs didn't bring doug williams to san diego to show off a black quarterback.why we came here, we came here to work hard and win the super bowl. >> tune in all season to hear the full story of the super bowl xxii champion. that's it for this week's "inside the redskins". don't forget to tune in tonight for the mike shanahan show at 7:30 on nbc 4. thanks for watching. i'm rick "doc" walker. we'll see you next week. >>> the golf channel on nbc and the pga tour are proud to present live day three coverage of the 2013 presidents cup. early morning just outside columbus, ohio, in a competition which started back in 1994 and a competition which has been dominated by the united states winning seven of the first nine presidents cup. first two days featured a couple of weather

it's had a real impark impact or ability to raise funds doug williams raised 11 millions $11. so president is right. if there is a galvanizing thing that comes out of this ka it is catastrophe it's brought attention to the schools. >> that is not an issue just to grambling it's all of the schools in the south. >> thank you very much. kevin has weather right after this. >> hello again the snow is ending i now. we do expect the snow showers to come back. indianapolis you may have eskimo as -- snow as well. chicago at 38° and we expect to see cooler temperatures and freezing for some locations. >> new england, boston specifically, we are looking at rain right now. tomorrow is the first day of the wortherworld series at fenway p. there are going to be showers around and showers are going to be hit and miss until 8:00 p.m. the second game 50e 50° and maye 45° when the match starts. and st. louis temperatures at 64 all the way through the rest of the weekend. here are the temperatures we expect to see across the area. let's go back and see the freeze and frost warnings expected acro

locker room, subpar equipment, long bus rides for the team, and not happy about the firing of doug williams. this cost grambling $20,000. >>> florida based biogenesis clinic which provided performance enhancing drugs, this comes from rodriguez' trial appealing his suspension. >>> increasing number of americans especially kids who are allergic to peants to peanuy can be dangerous, sometimes fatal. >>> eli lunday had never been able to watch his favorite team, his peanut allergy nearly killed him as an infant. >> i feel pretty safe about going oa football game. and i'm really happy that they were able to do it. >> why is the goal post at the goal line? >> i don't know. >> today, eli is going to his first wildcat game ever, because the university has banished peanuts, at least for this game. and they're making a big deal about it. they're calling it peanut-free day at the field, no peanuts sold and none allowed in. >> it's fantastic, otherwise you can't do it. if you go to wrigley field they have peanuts and peanuts an peanuts, they're all over the place and it's like playing russian roulette

nor was it doug williams who was fired this year as head coach. >> reporter: be boycotted a game andteam say they have no regrets. >> if no one says anything, nothing because of our institution. >> reporter: on monday, they said the team will take the field this saturday, a week after refusing to play jackson state. >> we did not quit or our university. >> reporter: this twitter account belonging to the -- it shows broken equipment and flooring. their caption, see our struggle. the tweets seem to highlight the details in this letter. it lists a series of concerns will the university's football program. it also cites the firing the head coach. >> the conditions within the grambling state university athletic department are pretty dire. >> reporter: he says he toured the weight room tuesday afternoon and saw first hand some of the problems noted by the athletes. >> the gap between the haves and have knots have certainly exacerbated by a lot of cuts. >> reporter: they've seen a 37% drop in state funding in kreent years. the school has millions of dollars in deferred maintenance. so many

the frustration stems from the fact that they have lost 7 straight games and doug williams was fired two weeks into the season. they play on saturday if they decide to show up. >> talk to you later. >> when the government shutdown started, we took you to a diner popular with nasa workers. tonight we go back to find out what some are saying now that they are back to work. that's next. preparing for the big one - while millions of people practice earthquake drills, an investigation finds hundreds of big buildings might crumble if the earth starts to shake in california. conversation z z cz conversation >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here is a look at the headlines. san francisco residents could face a nightmare commute the city's transit union say they'll go on strike midnight pacific time against the bart rail system. the unions have been negotiating for months - the talks fell apart earlier today. the justice department filed manslaughter charges against four blackwater security guards - they are accused with the 2007 shooting in baghdad that left 17 u

complaints, mould and mill due, subpar equipment, long bus rides and the team upset of firing of coach doug williams. the boycott calls the athletic department at grambling $20,000. >> in the pack. ucla - first loss. 24-10. cardinal outgained them. 419 yards to 256 thanks to ken hogan's passing yard. stanford has not lost conservative games since 2009. those are the sports headlines for this hour. more sports news ahead, including an injury to a trophy winner. >> peanuts are fan favourites across the country. they can be deadly for an increasing number of americans, especially kids who are allergic. a football stadium stopped selling them for one game. we have more. >> elie had never been able to watch his college football team play at north-western university. his family did not want to the take the chance, because his pae not allergy material killed him as an infant. >> row 12. >> i feel great about going to a football game. i am really happy that we can do it. why is that at the goal line. >> i don't know. >> today elie is going to his first wild cat game. the university has banished peanuts - at

the frustration stems from the fact that gram bling state head coach doug williams was fired the firsttwo weeks in the season. on saturday whether or not the players show up is another story, john. >> shares of google are surging in after hours trading. google reported better than expected sales, despite dropping ad prices. more signs the government is getting back to work: the labor department says it's releasing the latest jobs report on tuesday. the payroll numbers were supposed to be released in october but were postponed by the shutdown. about a dozen key economic reports were delayed due to the budget battle. >>> what's ahead on al jazeera america. the shutdown certainly left the republican party with bumps and bruises. a look on how the party plans to recover whether we come back. also, officials in kenya released chilling new video of last month's deadly mall attack. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. >>> up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the e

they took issue with the firing of doug williams. the university had to play a 20,000 dollar fine for, for feting their game. you see these things and assume they seem to be routine. cardinals back in the world series. they won it back in 2011. they came within one victory of making it back last fall. now, they are going back to baseball's biggest stage again for the 19th time. >> i am just feel as a team, we fought so hard during the regular season. we went through ups and downs. we stood together and we did it as a team actually. i mean it was fun, you know, just being able to watch veteran guys, being able to see the younger guys coming along and just coming here and do their job. it fealties great. now, while the cardinals are heading back to the world series, over in the alcs, the boston red sox will be looking to drop the hammer on the detroit tilingers tonight. red sox are up three gaze to two but they will have to face max scherzer who is that corrected in game 2. can he do it again? >> the games are different. the mentality

it also cites the firing of head coach doug williams after just two games this season. >> the conditionse university athletic department, specifically football, are pretty dire. >> emmett gill said he toured the university's weight room tuesday afternoon and saw firsthand some of the problems noted by the student athletes. >> the gap between the haves and have nots is certainly exacerbated by a lot of the budget cuts we're facing in higher education. >> according to university spokesperson will sutton, grambling state has seen a 57% drop in state funding in recent years. the school has millions of dollars in deferr ere ered main, so many buildings are closed or in dire need of repairs. sutton says this is the first time they have asked athletics to contribute to the bottom line, including a $75,000 cut in the football program. the university meanwhile could face tens of thousands of dollars in fines for forfeiting last saturday's game. it's unclear if the football players will be punished, but gill says players from the bigger programs should take note. >> think that student athletes in

concerns about the state of the university's football program and also cites the firing of head coach doug williamsust two games this season. >> the conditions within the grambling state university program especially football are dire. >> reporter: gill toured the weight room and saw firsthand the problems noted by student athletes. >> the gap between haves and have nots is exacerbated by cuts in higher education. >> reporter: grambling state has seen a drop in state funding in recent years and the school has millions of dollars in deferred maintenance to many buildings or facilities are either closed or in dire need of repairs. this is the first time they've asked athletics to contribute to the bottom line including a $75,000 cut in the football program. the university meanwhile could face tens of thousands of dollars in fines for forfeiting last saturday's game. it's unclear if the football players will be punished but players from the bigger programs should take note. >> i think that student athletes and s.e.c., acc, the pac 12, should take notice that when it comes to standing up for student at

players have been angry ever since head coach and former super bowl mvp doug williams was fired in septemberr this week. players also boycotted two days of practice. a lot happening here in this story. professor, we're going to get to you in a second. you know, there was a lot to this story in term of this boycott, in terms of players being frustrated over this coach's firing. specifically what are these players frustrated about? >> the coach's firing is really a small piece of this entire puzzle. we found a letter online that was reportedly written by the grandmoth grambling stay football players detailing a number of complaints. the letter mirrors what was noted on a twitter page that we found that appears to belong to one of the players and the apparent team spokesperson. that page, we want to show you some of the pictures on that page that shows what the letter is talking about. it shows pictures of broken equipment and moldy ceilings and walls and those pictures are captioned with, see our struggle. in the grievance letter, it's noted that the equipment in the weight room is falling apa

doug. >> a rare move from army -- former army captain william clinton who was just awarded the medal of honors here with more on that. >> good morning. why everyone at home a true hero getting recognition he deserved. william quinton receiving a medal of honor in the white house ceremony amid word that he asked to return to active duty. it's a rare request for a medal of honor recipient. an army spokesman says the request is now being reviewed. commended for his courageous actions in one of the bloodyest battles. helmet video shows him escorting his badly injured friend kenneth westbrook to a military chopper and showing his compassion by giving him a kiss on the forehead. westbrook died months later. members of his family were at the white house ceremony. >> i looked into a room that was there to support me, but i was there to support them and i will continue to be there to support them, my colleagues, families of the fallen. it was a powerful moment. >> officials are trying to determine if swenson is the first medal of honor resip kwent -- recipient to ever return to duty. >> the flute seen

williams with those details shortly. now back to the warm inside. >> thank you. >>> state attorney general dougs expected to answer questions about reports he was at a party where underage teens were drinking alcohol. mary bubala is live back in the news room with the latest on this. good afternoon, mary. >> reporter: good afternoon. gansler is once again doing daml of a controversial story surfaces. according to the baltimore sun, when the attorney general arrived at a house party on the delaware shore in june he pushed right by several underaged teens drinking alcohol. gansler said he stopped by the beach house to talk briefly with his teenage son who was at the party and then he left. gansler when onto say he does not remember whether he saw anyone drinking. he tells the sun even if he had it was not his responsibility as a parent of high ranking law enforcement official to intervene. don, back to you. >> thank you. earlier this month gansler came under scrutiny when the washington post reported he had ordered his state troopers to drive recklessly and speed at his request. >>> in anne arundel county police say alcohol m

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