sam i am. that sam i am. that sam i am. i do not like that sam i am. i do not like them sam i am.t like them in a box. i do not like them with a fox. you do not like green eggs and ham? i do not like them sam i am. in this page, he's holding green eggs and ham on a fork preparing to bite them. say, i like green eggs and ham. i do. i like them, sam i am. >> that was texas senator ted cruz during his fake 21-hour filibuster of a government funding bill last september. a separate copy of that book signed by ted cruz sold for $1,000. despite t-- he seems to miss th entire point of the classic. we often end up liking the things we most expect to hate. cruz continues to add things to the list he does not like and the people who do not like him, including most, if not all, of his own party. mitch -- this week, ted cruz chose to characterize his fellow republicans who stuck their necks out to make sure the country did not default on its debt, like this. >> that sort of show vote, that sort of trickery to the constituents is why congress has a 13% approval rating. >> it's unclear what he w

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. >> the question for me i remember r i mean, i see sam in there i personally am attached to the project. first, i kind of heard about you know what you've done, you know, and it's a great thing. but it's ongoing we found the site pretty sure but how can you help it's all new to me i know you're having the issues but the bottom line is the landlord we lost the original building of it >> eventually and we've discussed f this eventually this will lead to the creation of incentives to extend the leases as an example of those types of heritage businesses. one thing we've done in the first year is to identify case studies really around the world in the new york times efforts to save the british pubs and we've cataloged success stories like the r s program which is slarp to what we've been trying to do is identify those heritage businesses for them to qualify for small business grants. sam low we've been working with the family and also obviously, we're aware of the current state of that issue. there are things beyond the legacy project to help to bring resources to that project >> are you goi

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i am michael sam. i am a college graduate. am african-american, and i am gay. >> the n.f.l. issued this response: we admire michael sam's honesty and courage. michael is a gall player. any player with ability and determination can succeed in the n.f.l. we look forward to welcoming and supporting michael sam in 2014. sid siva, we will speak to him live from los angeles to get his take because he was part of that inner circle of michael sam's coming out party. >> this is an interesting indicates because he is not yet an n.f.l. player, but you say he is highly regarded and has a very good chance of getting picked up by the n.f.l. ? >> he is the defensive player of the year and eight of the last 10 sed defensives went in the first round. >> normally, if he was not gay, odds of getting into the n.f.l.? >> yes. we will have more later in the show. >> thank you, ross. >>> a month after a chemical spill, people in west virginia still don't trust what's coming from their taps. this weekend, protesters marched outside the water utility.

moments later, whitney's daughter approached him. >> uncle sam! i say hey, baby! i could say anything, this guy -- literally pulling her away from me. >> a moment that haunts moore to this day. >> she was one of the greatest voices -- ♪ >> why you didn't help save that voice. she could have had a legacy. where is it? it died with these people. that's the legacy. ♪ we decided to settle this. a steel cage death match of midsize sedans. the volkswagen passat against all comers. turbocharged engines against...engines. best in class rear legroom against other-class legroom. but then we realized. consumers already did that. twice. huh. maybe that's why nobody else showed up. how does one get out of a death cage? vo: right now, get 0.9% apr on all passat models plus a total of $1000 in bonuses. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking

(sot: michael sam/nfl prospect/courtesy: espn) "ty took it great. they rallied around me, they supported md icouldn't ask for better teammates." missouri coach pinkel said sam has: "...ta a lot of people here that it doesn't matter what your background is, or your pers orientation, we're all on t same team and we all support each other." new york times sports columnist bill rhoden says sam's future teammatesy have plenty to say. (sot: bl rhoden/new york times) "the locker room is a tough plac there's going to be some teasing, some razzing about hopefully it will be quote-unquote, good naturedn a statement the nfl said it admires sam's honesty and courage. he's projected to a mid-round pick in this may's draft. susan mcginnis, cbs . as of now, there's only one openly gay player in a major male pro >>> sam taught a lot of people firsthand doesn't matter what your background is, or your personal other i don't know station. phil roaden said sam's future teammates may have plenty to say. >> going to be teasing, going to be some razzing about it. hopefully it will be good- natured. >> reporter: in

michael sam today, the all america football player from missouri, made a statement. >> i, michael samotball player, and i'm gay. i came out to my team this last august and coming out to them, they rallied around me and supported me. saying how everyone's reaction was so awesome and not just -- like, these are my teammates, my brothers. can i play for these guys. >> sam was the sec defensive player of the year for missouri. he's projected to be selected in the early to mid-rounds of the nfl draft. auto racing, richard petty has taken a shot at dannic a patrick -- danica patrick. >> everybody should have stayed home. she had been a male, nobody would ever know she showed up at a racetrack. this is a female deal. and there's nothing the matter with that because that's good pr for me. the more fans that come out. >> we do have a funny ability from a jogger in portland. >> what are you running? you're saying it was really good out? >> it's the very texture, so your feet don't get wet. >> now after bragging, the female jogger is going to, boom, there she goes. once and a half, she talked a

i'm comfortable with who i am. >> michael sam! >> reporter: coordinated interviews with the new york times and espn, sharing with the world what his college teammates have kept secret since last summer. >> they rallied around me. they supported me, and i couldn't ask for better teammates. >> reporter: the president tweeted congratulations on leading the way. the first lady, you're an inspiration to all of us. and at the university of missouri today where sam was an all-american defensive end, his name written on the snowy field. but on line there were critics, some using anti-gay slurs, suggesting the nfl will be damaged. "sports illustrated" spoke with nearly a dozen coaches and nfl executives, many of whom said football isn't ready for an openly gay player. >> yesterday michael sam was projected as a third or fourth round pick but definitely on the board. and today executives will say anonymously that his stock has dropped. he may not even be drafted. >> reporter: chris kluwe, a former punter for the vikings, who has taken heat f

deion sanders writes i applaud missouri de michael sam for the bravery. e gets to play the team he loves. attorney general eric holder says that same-sex marriages will be recognized to the greatest extent possible under the law. the move affects how same-sex couples are treated in bankruptcy cases, prison visitation rights, survivor benefit, and the league right to refuse to testify to incriminate a spouse. >>> at the olympics the olympics strikes gold in a brand-new event while the u.s. continues to rack up medals on the slopes. adriana diaz takes a look at the sunday winners and what's ahead. good morning, adriana. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this is the first time women's figure skating is an olympic event. the russia took the inaugural event. the 31-year-old wowing him for his performance. he got a congratulatory handshake from russian president vladimir putin. american ashley won saturday night. she'll go for the singles event in nine days. meanwhile jamie anderson has taken the second gold medal for team usa. the californian making olympi

and michael sam is no different. i they also have to understand that michael sam's going to protect them. he understands that a player or two is going to say something that's inappropriate. he's not looking to run up to the principal's office and go hey, this player said this, this player said, that because he's experienced that already. you know, and i think that also, that what sams did, he showed the type of courage and leadership that nfl execs should actually want. who doesn't want a guy who owns his own truth, who says hey, this is who i am, love me or hate me, but i'm the type of guy who you want because i exhibit courage in every aspect of my life? >> dave, how far behind the fan base is the management of the nfl on this? >> well, we can speak about this not with conjecture but with actual numbers. there was a poll taken that said -- this was a couple of years ago, and of course there's been a world of change in the last couple of years. that 86% of fans would have no problem whatsoever rooting for a member of

their feet again and then come home to sleep for six hours so they can do it again and i do believe that what sam zell is talking about is a distortion i believe it is like a rationalization of people saying you know some some reason to sort of explain why it is that we had so much money and by the way i say that without my finger pointing like that but like that because that's what i did for so. long but the other thing i want to say is like this is what i'm talking about this sort of cultural sickness which says you know we come we live in this world this is jamie diamond is more valuable than the guy on the street and i have come to believe that that is not true and so that's what i do with grocery ships which is not you know i'm going to save these people or i'm going to teach them how to eat vegetables or anything like that but instead is saying like health is important and there are people like me who had a tremendous amount of advantages in our lives and i believe that those advantages come with a certain responsibility and that responsibility simply means treating people who didn't have t

chris cluey helped michael sam with his announcement. earlier i asked him what led everyone to believe the nfl was now ready for an openly gay player. >> i think it's strides we've made over the years, helping people become aware that there are gay players that play in the nfl and just trying to set the stage for someone like michael who feels comfortable enough in himself and his abilities to come out and say hey i'm a football player who also happens to be gay. >> well, sam is about to go through the most important interview of his life. why was it important for him to come out before the league as opposed to after he was drafted? >> this gives the story a chance to be beaten to death hopefully, and it won't be a story once the season starts. people will be talking about it during the draft, the combine and the otas but once we get to the season hopefully it is played out enough to where michael can focus on football and this way, it lets teams know that michael is gay, he is a football player and you know what? deal with it. this is something t

. >> i tell you something else. samaid something interesting and talked about rhetoric that is inflammatory. my argument since the day barack obama has been elected and wrote a book after barack obama got elected, i said would you be conservative in three ways? one, at home. because george w. bush wasn't conservative at home. we spent ourselves into debt. we need to be conservative abroad. we have not been that. we have engaged in military adventurism. then i said the third thing and didn't get people quite as excited at the beginning of the obama administration and third, it's in my book i wrote in 2009, we have to be concerned with our rhetoric. what i meant by that, conservative with a small c. not being inflammatory because we have it backwards. i always say, in my argument for ever has been, you win presidential elections by being conservative ideologically and moderate temperamentally. we have been the opposite and moderate as i define moderate. big spending moderate. we have been moderate ideologically. we have s

all wore buttons and shirts that said stand with sam. i believe sam is wearing a button today that says, stand with sam. an incredible amount of support received from his university, incredible amount of support received from the athletic department and that's the suit the nfl needs to follow. whatever team decides to draft him in may needs to follow that same suit, because michael sam is an interesting project here. it's going to be a p.r. and media mess, as we said. it's a lot of follow. there's a lot of people interested, want to know about his personal life not so much as a football player because he is potentially going to be the first nfl openly gay player. >> seems he's in the driver's seat. he said he'd reveal. he said it's better for me to present it than someone else doing it and digging and later revealed. he's not ashamed, not embarrassed. >> the timeline how it broke down. he came out to his entire team in august. people suspected he was a gay play and so he decided to put all of those rumors aside and say you know what? this

and i was initially asked by i was there and i said to see friends and they said who and i said well the people in sam adams associate which is an american organization which is usually the kind of answer that i give the last fifteen international trips i've been on and then they wanted to know who was in that group so i name some names and they did it one point they did look at the passport enough to see that i had two russian visas in there and wanted to know why gone to russia twice in the past three months and i said that i had a client there and they asked who and i said that it was edward snowden and this is where it got really weird even weirder i should say they said who is edward snowden. and that just felt very strange and i want to ask you about the whistleblower and. that was extremely peculiar i don't know i mean. yes a very peculiar who on the planet doesn't know who edward snowden is but i mean my issue is just very factual he's a whistle blower and he's an asylum. and then after that they asked me if i represent bradley manning they brought up these names not me they asked if i represe

i was gay. and their reaction was like michael sam finally told us, even though they knew, it was out, it was public was it like to tell your teammates at mizzou? >> i was kind of scared even though they already knew, but i was still scared of telling them. and just to see their reaction was awesome. >> reporter: mizzou head coach gary pinkel discussed that on the "mike and mike" radio show. >> the next morning he came in and, first of all, i gave him a hug and told him i loved him. and you know, you've got our 100% support. and we have to talk about now, you know, what do you want to do? do you want to come out now? do you want this to -- after the season? you know, after the nfl draft? whatever. what are you thinking here, michael? >> reporter: his teammates were free to share sam's story but did not. >> it's just something that, you know, you kind of -- just kind of figured it out as you got to know michael as a person. it's just something that just kind of -- you know, we became comfortable with as a team. and you know, it was no big deal to us. >> personally, i'd known for a few years. so it wa

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teammates and his coaches. >> they rallied around me and supported me, and i couldn't have asked for better teammates. >> samafc co-defensive player of the year said he wanted to tell his story. he said a story it shouldn't make a difference no matter which team he i understand up playing for. >> if i work hard, make plays, that's all that should matter. can he help us win games, is he a team player, that's all that should matter. >> reporter: a coming question should fox on whether the nfl locker room is ready for a gay teammate. >> if the university of missouri players can do it, so can see hawk and houston and everybody else. >> that sentiment echoed by the envelope coming out with a statement of its own saying quote: . supply. >> the stand out defensive lineman will find out soon if he'll get a chance at the roster spot. but for now he seems content to be who he is. >> i'm not afraid to tell the world who i am. i'm michael sam a college graduate, i'm african-american, and i'm gay. >> al jazeera. >> so for more on this story, o michael sam coming out, and coming out before the michael draft, what will hap

i wanted to cry, but i'm like, i'm a man. >> reporter: sam says he ready for the road ahead. >> i have been in locker rooms where all slurs have been said. i think a little naive and uneducated. as time goes on, everyone will adapt. >> reporter: in meeting so far with nfl teams, the focus, only on the game. >> it was all football questions. >> today michael sam has no regrets about his decision. >> i think i did it on my time, on my terms. >> reporter: brian smith, abc news, new york. >>> our thanks to you. in arizona tonight growing outrage over a new law that allows businesses to turn away gay customers if it violates their religious beliefs. now the governor has to decide whether to sign it. weighing the potential economic impact. tonight she says she has, quote, plenty of time, at least until next friday. some businesses deciding tonight. this pizzeria saying they won't turn away gays, but instead, legislators who passed the bill. >>> we have a sad note from italy tonight. an american college exchange student has died. he was spending part of his junior year in rome. he disappeared

i am michael sam. i am a college graduate.e in -- i am african american, and i am gay. >> that is big news. more and more athletes coming out. he could become the first openly gay athlete. the question, how will this affect his chances on draft day? heone scout already said might not get drafted at all now . >> now? was he a player who was a real contender? >> he was projected as a nerd or fourth-round pick. some general managers say he was an overrated layer. if they are right and he was a fifth round pick, is he now worth the trouble and headache of this green tea and attention? >> trouble, headache and currency? i am not accepting that. like you do not have to. you are not in the locker room every sunday. this is about winning, that is it. anything that takes away from the focus of two you know your playbook, showing up on time, anything that gets in the way of the nfl, coaches do not like the nfl does not like an coaches do not like. >> you do not think these nfl players have tons of personal drama here and there? >> you w

i am not afraid to tell the world who i am. >> sam said she told his teammates last august and they were very supportive, the nfl issued a statement saying they support his honesty and look forward to welcoming him and michelle obama called his actions a inspiration to us all. >> let's look at the winter olympics and a quick reminder before we get to those results a lot of those competitions will not be aired until tonight so if you want to wait for the primetime telecast plugs your ears. here we go, julia mancuso won, and in hockey the the usa smashed switzerland and they have 4 models, two gold and two bronze. and it is anything but cold there, it made athletes sweat. it forced them to delay events and cancel others and they say people didn't know that. >> people don't understand how they can do that in the weather. >> coming up temperatures there are supposed to be in the 50s and 60s all week. >> all right, coming up now there is actually a chain way to help you attain your weight loss goals quicker. >> lost for a year and now back in civilization, they didn't believe it but what the

i think what michael sam has done has transcended fear. he's walked straight through it. e's walked fear in the face and said, i'm better than you. i think if we really think about what michael sam has done, he's done something that, an nfl scout, an nfl player, all of us should admire and want to be like. imagine someone who stood up in front of the world and said, this is me. i'm going to be as negative as possible but i'm going to be as courageous and vubled as possible. i -- vulnerable as possible. i want someone like that as a brother as a friend and definitely as a team mate. >> we talked about teammates and how they are going to receive them. i have to point out, we heard the president, the first lady responding to his announcement. in all of that i don't hear nfl management. i don't hear owners coming out and defending his announcement. why? >> well, actually you did. the giants owners and also, the owner of the patriots, robert kraft, he spoke out on his behalf. i think what you're finding is that people just really don't care. all that they care about is, can he

i am michael sam a college graduate, i am african american and i am gay. >> the national football leagues supporting michael sam with a statement that praises his honesty and courage. adding any player can succeed in the nfl. >>> our weather now. we got creamed over the weekend. the rain stopped but a lot came down. >> depended where you were. south bay less than an inch, north bay a foot of rain. very wet weekend for the north bay and central bay. the mountains did real well as well. what i want to point out. i want to point out the direction of the jet stream. working its way further north. and it is not going to bring rain to us for the next couple days. but it was on through the bay area weekend. we had flood advisories. clouds now. partly cloudy skies, mostly cloudy. winds are light around the bay. tonight anticipating valley fog. cool over night lows. valley fog a real possibility over night tonight into tomorrow. look for the patchy fog in the north bay and parts of the east bay. live camera outside. sunshine. for the first time in a couple days. bay area wednesday, there is a sli

after sam address the media. iak exclusively with his agent and i asked him how continue if i cond hconfident in whatsam said to t. >> he crushed it. he's very comfortable whenever he's had and who is is asking him questions he's more than happy to address any issues. >> reporter: i thought one of his most telling lines is he says i want you to think of me as michael sam the football player not michael sam the gay football player. that's obviously his approach. is he prepared for that to not be the approach from the media and maybe fans around the league? >> i think a little bit from the media obviously from what he has received so far, but mike expects and he's seen at his meetings so far all the nfl teams will address limb as michael sam the football player regardless of his sexuality and that's the way it should be. >> reporter: let's talk about his football status in terms of where he should, drafted. we have heard a lot of projections mid. road, third round, maybe fifth round. it's not just the distraction tha

my name is michael sam, and i play football for the university of missouri, and heck, yeah, i wish you, hey, michael sam, how is football going and the training going? i would love to answer that question, and it is what it is. i wish you would see me as michael sam the football player, and instead of michael sam the gay football player. i want to do what i love to do and that is to play football. if the miami dolphins draft ed me, i would be excited to be part of that organization, but i am not afraid to go into that environment. i know how to handle myself and communicate with the teammates and communicate with the coaches and other staff and whoever i need to communicate with. i have been in locker rooms where all kinds of slurs have been said, you know, and i don't think that anyone means it. i think that the little naive and uneducated, but, you know, as time goes on, everyone will a adapt. and if someone wants to call me a name, i will have that conversation with that guy and hopefully not lead to anything else. and since i'm not an nfl active roster that is my only thought is to

sam? >> yeah, maybe. ibut really, i think that what was going on in miami was different, because jonathan martin is not a gay man. so it was kind of just this really childish, adolescent teasing that was going on. but michael sam is gay and he's told everyone that he is gay. and so i think there will be a respect level for him and for what he's doing in the locker room. and there are going to be guys teasing him for being gay -- i don't believe. there might be guys who grumble to themselves or, you know, don't like it. but i think the majority of the guys will accept it. and those guys who don't will fall in. i think it will be a harmonious relationship. >> all right. nate jackson, good to see you, once again. make sure you give us a holler next time you're in new york, all right? >> i will, thanks. >> all right. again, to our audience, we're keeping an eye on that podium. wish we could swing around and show you just how many podium -- excuse me, how many cameras and tripods are set up in that room, waiting

so i think the coming out of someone like ellen paige or of michael sam is it sends a really enormouslyhink that they will -- when people come out, they do often pay a tax for it. so dave referred to the kind of tax that michael sam might pay. ellen paige will pay some taxes in the kinds of roles she gets offered, i bet. and now not everybody pays a tax, or some can pay a smaller tax, because they have some kind of privilege, they're top-ranked college football players or they're already hollywood stars, but all the rest of us who have to manage life without that kind of prominence and without the platform that allows us to kind of be who we are and be that in public, all the rest of us are still struggling. so the more -- that's why i think every time someone comes out in a really public way, it does matter, it is important. and it's not something that we should just dismiss as unimportant, because now we're all so post-homophobic. >> i want to thank you so much, rinku sen, as well as dory clark. >>> and up next, a classic case of bullying in the nfl. we're going to give you details of

but for now sam seems content to have won the right to be who he is. >> i'm not afried to tell the world who i am. i'm michael sam, i'm a college graduate. i'm african-american. i'm gay. >> well, michael sam is a 6'2" 6'2", 260-pound defensive end worthy of a selection as early as the third round in the nfl chance. >> and lest we forget football is a business, and he'll put a lot of people in those seats. >> and some owners will recognize that. >> some how i think you're right. thank you very much. >>> at this hour a congressional hearing investigating the chemical spill that tainted the water supply for residents across the state. 300,000 people without water in that state for ten days, robert ray is i is there, what are you learning from the hearing. >> reporter: i just stepped out of the courthouse behind me living to a lot of information. there is one theme arising from the officials speaking inside, a water like this could happen anywhere across america because of the lack of regulation that is on the state level and the federal level. senator joe man san, the republican from west virgini

i appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> so less than two weeks ago, this was before michael sam's announcement, you said that a gay player would not be accepted as much as we think he would be accepted. why not? >> right. well, i think that you have a gay player as michael sam who has come out. and he has done a tremendous job. it says a lot about his character and who he is as a person. it's a simple change. people are resistant to change at times. and it's not just as simple as coming into a locker room. so my words, it was a poor illustration of the example i was trying to give on the context. i do apologize for that. i was trying to explain that whenever you have change into something that has been set in stone for so long or something that has been going for so long that change always comes with a little resistant. it was a poor choice of an example i used. i do apologize for that. i was trying to explain when you present someone like a michael sam who is extremely confident and a powerful man in himself within his own rights into an nfl culture that is used to one thing will

sams in 2014. find out soon if he will get a chance to win an nfl rotion terr spot. >> i'm not afraid to tell the world who i am. i'm michael sam, i'm a college graduate, i'm african american and i'm gay. >> turning to the debate on immigration reform, former attorney general al be alberto gonzalez. >> this is why i believe comprehensive reform is prerchl preferable to piecemeal legislation. once republicans pass comprehensive security on the border they're going to wipe their hands and walk away from immigration. because they will have achieved what they really want which is more security at the border which i believe in very strongly. however, no one should be able to get everything they want in this debate. everybody needs -- they're going to have to compromise to some degree. >> one month after that massive chemical spill contaminated the water supply in west virginia, a federal official is sairg the accident may have been -- is saying the accident 98 have been prevented. he said the tanks that spilled the chemicals didn't comply with standards. robert ray, what came from that hearing today? >> good afte

i am michael sam. i am a college graduate. i am african-american and i am gay.matter. can he help us win games? is he a team player, that's all that matters. i like to see myself as a team player and i can make plays and i can help teams win games and that's all that should matter. >> i agree. college hoops and stanford women have won 21 straight and 14 against washington. the huskies ended that with an upset of the cardinals. bay area fans are not loving seattle. her usual number and 14 boards. however, washington shot 47% from the field including nine three's. kelsey plum leading the way. plum lead washington with 23 and all five starters in double figures. stanford couldn't hit anything. shot 35% from the field. nine of 41 from beyond the arc. cardinals lose for the first time since november 11th. 23rd ranked cal and pullman facing washington state. gray hitting a milestone. it gave her 1001 career points. britney boyd lays it in and the foul. they scored 50 in the final 20 minutes. they lead the way with 24 points. it is 87-7. and last night oklahoma state b

sam. it's a wonderful story. i gets a true chance and show what he can do on the field. >> could be different than jason collins who was at the end of his career in the nba. but this could be a struggle. >> why is it that we in the media brought the struggle to the story? there's no evidence that this is going to be a struggle -- >> getting into the league? >> why a struggle? why anymore so than for anybody else? the nfl teams, their whole goal is to get to the biggest media circus and the most distracting game of the entire season, the super bowl. and we are putting out there that some general manager's going worry about a couple cameras showing up at practice and asking a few questions? if a general manager and a coach cannot handle a gay player in the locker room, they should resign. not because of social justice issues, but if that can torpedo your season, you're not doing your job. >> do you think it will make a difference? >> image it will. and i think it's unfortunate. there are general managers who believe

i am michael sam. i am a college graduate. i am african-american and i am gay.tter. can he help us win games? is he a team player, that's all that matters. i like to see myself as a team player and i can make plays and i can help teams win games and that's all that should matter. >> i agree. college hoops and stanford women have won 21 straight and 14 against washington. the huskies ended that with an upset of the cardinals. bay area fans are not loving seattle. her usual number and 14 boards. however, washington shot 47% from the field including nine three's. kelsey plum leading the way. plum lead washington with 23 and all five starters in double figures. stanford couldn't hit anything. shot 35% from the field. nine of 41 from beyond the arc. cardinals lose for the first time since november 11th. 23rd ranked cal and pullman facing washington state. gray hitting a milestone. it gave her 1001 career points. britney boyd lays it in and the foul. they scored 50 in the final 20 minutes. they lead the way with 24 points. it is 87-7. and last night oklahoma state bas

celebrate him i don't know if that day's here yet i guess we're about to find out but when i listen to michael sam i do think it's time to celebrate him now. well so let's all deal knock some sense into the bigots of the world the bad. call pepper county sheriff's office the g.a.o. law enforcement agency is under fire this week for hiring john one goal to host a three day training session on bolo a former f.b.i. agent looks on paper at least for the sheriff's office training problem is he is a conspiracy nut and a total islamophobia he believes the cia director john brennan is a muslim agent and has in the past quote muslims do not have a first of all right to do anything and quote let's hope that the culpepper county sheriff's office didn't know about one dollar asked when it chose him to teach a safety class is of the did not hire them anyway that was so terrible message that most muslims of culpepper and muslims everywhere. and the very very ugly this sunday shows. n.b.c. is facing criticism today for hosting a debate about climate change between bill nye the science guy who's an actual scienti

i am michael sam. i am a college graduate. african-american. and i am gay. the southeastern conference defensive player of the year. he may tie his third for the nfl draft. about this or sam, here is our reporter on all ink, scott. this in no way is a publicity stunt. this is a great player who will get drafted either way. >> maybe. >> really? >> one scout already said that he might not get drafted at all or if >> now? back it up. i am trying to establish, was he a player who was a contender? >> he was projected as a third or fourth round pick. some gm's say he was overrated. if they are right, and he was a fifth round pick, is he now worth the trouble and the headache of the scrutiny and the attention? >> trouble, headache, scrutiny? i do not accept that. >> you're not in the locker room every sunday. this is about winning. the way ofat gets in winning, anything that takes away from the focus of playing, showing up on time, anything that gets in the way of those things -- coaches and gm's do not like. that any oft think these players have tons of personal dr

australian car cultures and they go to competitions to do burnouts and they go to car shows, so i believe samas just trying to show his son the right way to do things. >>> this video, like so many others out there, starts with a guy crossing the street. and then it goes pretty south from there. looks like he kind of cuts in front of that box truck, right? but the guy driving the truck not so happy about it. the driver then opens up his door and starts having words with this guy and then watch this. driver starts punching the guy from the cab of the truck. now a full-on fight's happening. but watch the truck. >> he didn't put it in park! >> and now they go down as they continue this fight. now, this is the pedestrian who's getting the upper hand of the truck driver. but now the truck is just moseying on down the road by itself. the fight kind of breaks up, they have words, a few more kicks and eventually the driver is, like, i should probably chase down my truck now. gives him one last word before he starts heading down toward the truck. you see all the other people stopped at this point. it c

not with him. >> i have. >> i used to all the time. >> sam, let's go down. own. >> absolutely. >> so this is how you know when you've got a problem. right? i had a dream last night. seventh game, dodgers and the red sox. we had a 7-2 lead. it was 7-6. we won 7-6. that's a problem. we are in, what, february? >> do you like that? what is wrong? >> we want to do the first pitch at fenway. is that okay? >> it's going to be a long nine months. how do you feel about the yankees off-season? >> i feel good. tanaka is a great pitcher. brian mccann. we went back the old way, the yankee way. tried it the old way. >> here. here. >> i love it! >> that is the yankee way. >> alex has been trying to wrap up for about four minutes. >> can i ask willie one more quick question? >> go ahead. we have missed him. >> what for you was the most inspiring moment at the olympics? i'll be honest with you, a big shadow over the whole thing was ukraine, i couldn't watch it because of putin, i just couldn't. i know there are a lot of great stories. i saw the bode miller stuff and it's hard