dr. harry edwards about the nfl's recent pr nightmare. he says the league put itself in a tough spot starting with that ray rice incident. >> i think that they have handled it poorly but it could have been a lot worse given the fact that they have no established policy or regulations dealing specifically with domestic violence. that vacuum created immense difficulties in terms of adjudication in terms of how they -- the league responded to sponsors, to fans, and even to the presumed culprit himself. >> for the team's part edwards says the 49ers even take players to san quentin to drive home how fine a line they walk >>> a customer's worst nightmare. one man trapped inside of a store is forced to dial 911. how a dispatcher and an officer react to the phone call. >> drivers beware. police officers could soon have a new way to crackdown on texting while driving. we'll show you how that new device works. ,,,,,,,, it makes me happy to go on the computer. i like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet acces

dr. harry edwards who is often a commentator on the media and he is a scholar and he was asked to comment on the issue of police accessive force and he really said,

dr. harry edwards who is often a commentator on the media and he is a scholar and he was asked to comment on the issue of police accessive force and he really said, on terms of the racial issues that we can't even talk about racial equality until we prevent violence against women and he was asked specifically to comment on whether or not the violence accessive force was a racial issue, and so that is food for thought as you go to your conference. and i am happy with the steps that we have recognized and being on the board of saint francis hospital and there is a woman's physician dialogue group and so we have had the privilege of having the doctor from ucsf as well as christie from the department of department health as trainers to train the healthcare professionals to be able to identify, the victims of dow domestic violence and we also need to integrate, our care system and those children, who might be going to our public health system and identifying how to prevent them from falling into the hands of violence, and one thing that i noticed in this particular report and i was a 2006, cal

dr. harry edwards today.e says that while the nfl has taken a big pr hit from all these cases, it does have the ability to fix it. >> the one thing that the nfl and other professional leagues have going for them is that they are small enough to put in place regulations policies programs, exposure that gives them a greater opportunity to manage and control this absolutely horrendous situation. >> reporter: he says the nfl did a poor job handling the ray rice incident. but as he said it does have the opportunity to recover by changing policies. and we should note the nfl did put in place a domestic violence policy after the ray rice incident. first time offenders get suspended six games. a second offense the player can get kicked out of the league for life but as we are seeing with ray rice the nfl players union is appealing his indefinite suspension. so he deserves to go through the appeals process. but nothing is definite and the rules -- >> in this country legally you're innocent until proven guilty. that's

dr. harry edwards >>"at this early stage due process." >> reporter:although in recent days there's been an intense media focus on domestic abuse and nfl players like baltimore ravens ray rice and carolina panthers greg hardy he says this is not just an nfl problem >> there 52 universities under investigation. including the military academies and rearranging and ordering the organizing universities. >> reporter:dr. edwards has been the 49ers player psychology consultant for 30-years now and gave me a dose of the kind of advice he gives players in terms of avoiding domestic abuse >>"turn around and walk away" >> reporter:haaziq madyun kron4news >> reporter: bears linebacker lamarr houston played a supporting role in last week's colin kaepernick controversy in which the nfl said the 49ers quarterback used the n-word while he was engaged in a verbal tussle with houston. >> reporter:kaepernick has loudly denied saying anything, and after the bears beat the 49ers in week 2, houston agreed with his side of the story. >> reporter:but after chicago held off the jets on monday night during a game in