wait a second, fran tarkenton.ho played when you started out in the '60s, were they safe every than the players now? >> yes. because, we didn't have epidemic of performance-enhancing drugs which make the people bigger, stronger, faster. collisions are greater than ever before. and the protocol to test for that in college football and pro football is just not there. the players association is not -- >> not testing for drugs or the -- >> performance-enhancing drugs which makes these people, 40, 50, 60-pound heavier. nobody wants to talk about. we've seen it in bicycling and swimming and track. all the stuff, other sports. baseball. they had people hit buildings 73 home runs and 70 home runs. now they hit 40 home runs. they have a protocol of testing today for peds. the nfl does not. they need to have that. will that make the game completely safe? make it a lot safer than it is today because now you're seeing players such a linebacker in san francisco, 24 years old, led the team in tackling. gave away who have of his

stuart: wait a minute, you're fran tarkenton. you're great and i know this. >> yeah. this has started already. >> yes. stuart: that children should take their children out of football. >> my son just took his son out of football. i would take my son out of football, it's too dangerous and it's getting worse. we were in denial for years and saying that the head contact concussions didn't cause cte. we know in the last study 96%, it's epidemic. i suggest, we're doing things safer. let's go to leather helmets. >> these helmets are missiles today. and drug enhanced, in football, your a bigger, faster tronninger, you win. stuart: did you do testing? >> when i get to talk to the federal testing agency when give nfl and edgecle football an f. as part of the association and national football league, we need to test vigorously for ped's because these guys are blown up artificially-- >> that's what makes it popular. >> partly why we did that, they like the old time players and the game was as good as it is today. today it's more dangerous, because they're bigger, faster, and th

>> we will ask our hashtag one lucky guy, football hold of famer fran tarkenton.first time, a legend, top of the hour. >> so excited. jon: and he's great television. >> yes, he is. >> that's incredible. bye. -and-a-half the family of a muslim teen this dallas pulling him and his siblings out of school. ahmed mohamed got in trouble for taking a clock to school. he says he aaccessibled the -- assembled the clock at home, took it to school to show his engineering teacher, but another teacher saw it. his father says they're still deciding about where to send the children to school. jon: now a fox extreme weather alert. heavy rain ares expected to soak the southwest today, that could lead to more flash flooding across the region. in arizona torrential downpours across dry terrain forcing road closures and detours. flash flood warnings are up there. maria molina has the latest. >> reporter: hi, jon. you said a key couple terms there, one was dry terrain, and that's really the big concern across parts of the southwest. it's so dry that any little bit of rain that you rec

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joining us now from atlanta, hall of fame quarterback fran tarkenton. you're sympathetic to brady, right, jim? >> yes, i am. never should have happened. didn't occur. he did nothing wrong. the nfl admitted their top lawyer went under pressure from judge berman said they had no direct evidence. it never should have gotten to this point and it was wrong from the beginning. >> you say he did nothing wrong. but you couldn't possibly know that. because you weren't in the locker room. and, you know, the other side says he did do something wrong. they couldn't possibly know that either, because there really isn't any witness that came forward and said tom brady ordered this. a lot of innuendo, is there not? >> i'm just judging from the direct evidence, just like the judge did, even though that wasn't what he was trying to figure out. that was the line of questioning. the direct evidence points to absolutely no involvement -- >> there isn't an eyewitness -- it's all circumstantial evidence. he did destroy a cell phone before the nfl investigators could look at

well, former nfl quarterback and hall of famer fran tarkenton played for the giants, played for the vikingsut an increase in injuries. what he sees, particularly head injuries, raised his major concerns this morn bing on "varney & company". >> my son just took his son out of football. i would take hi son out of football. it's too dangerous. and it's getting worse. and we were in denial for years and saying that the head contact, concussions didn't cause cte. we now know in this last study 96%, it's epidemic. liz: not letting his son or his grandson play football. >>> well, the maze runner sequel topping the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $30.3 million from friday through sunday. the first version of this movie went on to earn more than $340 million worldwide. i personally think it was a total logan's run ripoff, but i liked it. it was followed by johnny depp's black mask. everest -- dying to see that, even with the all-star cast -- came in at number five with just over $7 million. >>> apple making a major move to become a dominant player in the automotive industry. this move

having that as a background i asked nfl quarterback fran tarkenton this. >> my son just took his sonfootball. i would take my son out of football, it's too dangerous and it's getting worse and we were in denial for years and saying that the head contact, concussions didn't call cte. we now know it's epidemic. stuart: and joining us is fox sports pete schrager. i think it's a serious thing and players will shy away from the kids playering the game and nfl-- >> that's a dilemma. when you hear fran tarkenton say that his grandson is not going to be playing football, that's a major red flag. they know this is coming. there have been a lot of changes in the rules that you mate not notice. a player goes down, they have independent neurologists on every game that can determine whether the player can play. and the ref can say get this guy out. we know it's not tennis or golf, you've got two gladiators colliding. and you've got to worry about the youth, but advertising is going up. and fans like it. stuart: it makes it safer for the players, but at the same time don't turn off the fans that w

. >>> marcus mariota joined fran tarkenton that will throw four touchdown passes on kickoff weekend.ting over 81% of his passes. scoring a perfect passer rating. mariota's opponent in this historic win, the only player selected ahead of him in this year's draft, jameis winston. carol, winston has lost only two games since high school, both of them to marcus mariota. a rivalry has begun. speaking of rivalries, last night's u.s. open featured one of greatest in all of sports right now. the best player in the world. djokovic defeated perhaps the best player of all time, roger federer in four sets to win the u.s. open men's final. it's his second u.s. open title and tenth grand slam title. it was something to witness. this guy's something else. >> yeah, and he's going to join us around 10:30 eastern time, so be sure to stick around. coy wire, thanks so much. i appreciate it. >>> the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> happening now in the "newsroom" -- two days to a gop showdown. >> well, i'm a deal-maker. i'll make good deals for this country. ben can't do that. >> it's ri