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>> in a movie about jackie robinson. thought-- you know, i quite understood the-- the script isçó written by brian helgeland and i understood his resistance to seeing me. >> rose: you wanted to see him and he resisted seeing you playing the role of branch rickey. >> h he wants a character actor. and i said i want to be -- >> that's what you wanted to be. >> i saed i always wanted to be a character actor, anyway. >> rose: exactly. so know-- but we spoke and i had done a bit of research and i knew what branch rickey looked like. >> rose: glasses. every picture i had ever seen he wore glass. >> glasses and cigar and different vocal characterration than mine, and fat suit and shaved hairl and harrison ford was gone. >> rose: that was the challenge. you had to make him forget harrison ford. this was a character role. >> it wasn't a challenge. it was the fun of it for me. -- >> but i have to remind you 39 movies and $throoet point something billion dollar later. >> i've done that. i've been harrison ford. it would haveÑi unhin

we were very excited about jackie robinson's pioneering in 1947 people at dan bank and larry david and mike campanella who followed them. so i read about them. what has happened is they, that we've made great advances in integrating the game. but those advances have stopped. they then stop a fight corporative reasons, which i talk about in the book. to the extent the number of black players in the game today has diminished appreciably from the 1970s, from the 40s to the seven days, he kind of quota system is in effect in which only the black superstars were able to get in the game. that began to diminish in the 1970s and you've got it. where more than 20% of the players in baseball were black. while that's been going down systematically ever since the 1970s. during the past decade, we have moved down to about 8%. this is true i think for a number of reasons, which i discuss in the book. one of them is the lack of equipment. the great competitiveness that exists for kids who are younger. when we were kids, we had no adult supervision. we had no uniforms. we had no umpires. of course tha

on that note, we talk about jacki robinson.one thing he didn't have to deal with was a 24 hour sports network that gave somebody airtime to say he was going to burn in the netherworld. so this is -- the idea that monday was such a day of celebration and good feelings and this is my take on it. frankly, this is my take why espn shouldn't fire him. i think they set him up for this. espn was caught flat-footed on this story. this was "sports illustrated" story and for two hours, they were leading with tim tebow leaves the jets which nobody cares about whatsoever outside of bristol connecticut. this was a way of espn to then become part of the story. they had a homophobe on staff whose ideas were very well-known and they put him in front of a camera. but no, i'm not for espn sanctioning or firing him because they completely put him in this position to do it. i do call deeply into question espn's motivations for putting him in front of a camera on monday in the first place. >> john: i do want to point out he did call jason brave for

but one of the greatest moments when i was a child of course, was at the advent of jackie robinson that is receiving a good deal of attention with a new film, 42. i talk about the day robinson came up and how my father, who had no interest in baseball whatsoever. >> in issues they had a great but the day that robinson came up, he knocked one in and threw a and b are very excited about jackie robinson. >> and no of the players they have diminished appreciably from the 1970's and a system was in effect in which only that a black superstars were able to get in to take game right you have more but from the '70s and the past decade, we have moved down at 8% and this is true a number of reasons which i discussed in the book, one of them is the lack of equipment, and increase competitiveness for when kids were young your. >> with his travel teams it costs money. when i was out but there were no batting cage and sees, there were no preferred will feels but scholarships for baseball as opposed to football and basketball. the leaders of baseball say blacks are not interested in baseball. they are

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i didn't know who he was by and that the ymca they showed the jackie robinson story. you know, when the lights go down user to fool around and i see the face come across that is my father's friend. what you mean? and when i started to look at the movie and realize how gifted he was as an athlete then began to realize how gifted you was as a man, then all the kids that he had was because of the color of his skin and he still had to endure prejudice and violence. that stuff in my mind. perhaps as for the question when malaya arrive to make a statement to society? i got to mexico city i could have taken my nettle and been quiet. people say when the boycott did not go why didn't you just a home? then somebody would have gone to the games we were the powerhouse at that time for track and field. somebody would have gone to the victory stand in my place but i don't think they would have represented john carlos the way he thought he had to be represented. i had to be there. those naysayers thought they could go back in time to change their views and opinions for what they sto

is this kind of like when jackie robinson came into baseball?ink it's slightly different because, obviously, there have been gay players in the nfl and gay players in all professional sports. there are likely gay players in the hall of fame. but the courage jason has shown is similar to genetic robinson and i think our professional athletes are uniquely qualified. they go through their entire life of jute me. they're uniquely qualified to take on this type of pressure. we've seen it with bill russell, jim brown. i think it is this is the latest iteration of athletes taking on public issues and helping to push our society forward. >> schieffer: chris, why did you put him on the cover? there have been a number of gay women who came out, and you didn't put them on the cover. >> well, he's the first in the four major american team sports. and male cultural attitudes in the locker room about sexuality are different than they were with women. and professional team sports have existed for more than 140 years now. he's the first to come out as an active

it's not as -- >> the jackie robinson story, a historical account or close to it. >> this is a terrific unknown guy playing jackie, though. i hear he's unbelievable. >> he's amazing. >> what i think is good when you take your kids, they're just seeing where jackie robinson, he goes out onto the field and people are yelling at him ugly stuff, an there's a scene where this father with his child yelling horrible things and the kid looks around scared and he starts doing it, and you're like holy cow, that's where it comes from. does that make sense? >> very big life lessons in the whole thing. beyond race, the whole thing is a very coming of age story and how you see yourself and how you get motivated. that's a big part of what branch rickey does. he's a huge motive yart. >> real heroes, too. >> what i find is the language that's used. the shame is you don't want your kids to learn history, but some of the language is so aggressive and difficult, those kids should be learning about this probably aren't going to be going. >> and it's the kind of movie i would have a talk with your children b

the fourth is the first black sub urban district in the country making it is the jackie robinson of never returning your neighbor's we'dwacker. it is also the first suburb ever to be pulled over by the cops. maryland's fourth also houses andrews air force base, home to the president's jum be jet air force one although after sequester cuts it's been downgraded to honda civic force once. maryland's fourth also includes fed-ex field home of the washington redskins, the most offensive tame in professional sports other than the arizona asian kids are good at maths. ( cheers and applause ). now, some celebrities... some arizona fans here tonight. some celebrities who have lived in the fourth include sugar ray leonard and wheel of fortune host... oh, what is his name? jimmy, give me a clue. okay. i ant to solve the puzzle. fat sajam and who has the overnight package to represent this district? why, it's none other than third term democratic congresswoman donna ed warydz. i sat down with representative edwards in her washington office. congressman thank you so much for talking to me today. >> tha

. >> my mother read a blurb that jackie robinson was trying to move to stamford, connecticut with his wife and three kids. forapparently turned down him a piece property on cascade avenue. she got in touch with rachel robinson and said, let's meet on the merritt parkway. my mother took her to various real estate agents. and said, we would like to see that piece of property on cascade avenue. with whatever misgivings or embarrassment, the real estate agents took them over to see the property. little by little, they bought the piece of property. to spirit that my mother had have all of these civil rights meetings and protests on our lawn. >> my mother did someone -- did something extremely courageous for someone at that time in puerto rico. she was devoted to my father. she was just about 20, which was unheard of. she did something remarkably and tok a ship to new york city see if she could find some kind of other life. when she made enough money and had earned just about enough english, she took the ship back to puerto rico. she had to go back for christmas. her idea was to bring me ba

there was a jackie robinson rotund ra, but when you first walk in there, you're like i don't know where a gary carter mullet station. >> jon: just an image of cleon jones lying in the back of the station wagon. >> lenny dykstra as a tobacco station. >> jon: we could do this for hours. >> we might. >> jon: >> jon: the great jon hamm, let him have it. >> jon: that's our show. join us tomorrow night at 11:00. here it is, your moment of

there was a jackie robinson rotund ra, but when you first walk in there, you're like i don't know where not a gary carter mullet station. >> jon: just an image of cleon jones lying in the back of the station wagon. >> lenny dykstra as a tobacco station. >> jon: we could do this for hours. >> we might. >> jon: >> jon: the great jon hamm, let him have it. >> jon: that's our show. join us tomorrow night at 11:00. here it is, your moment of zen. - they're good? - yeah. - okay, that one right there. corner. couch. - whoo! whoo! that one's good. - yeah? good? all right, we're on a roll. blake's back. welcome home. - whoo! all right. - check it out, man, almost done acid-proofing the house. - oh, you saved me a corner, though, right? - yeah, dude, we're in this together. [laughs] hit it. - this guy right here? all right. [thud] aah! [bleep]! ow, man, that's not ready yet. - ders, let's be "profesh" here, okay? - i doubled down--i guess i'll have to triple down. - i'm excited about this acid, though, dude. my buddy did acid once, and he immediately could speak cantonese. it's like, [sings in fa

look, when jackie robinson broke the coloured barrier in business ball black people didn't just get one at-bat and we're done. jackie paved the way for billie-- willie and hank and skinny, jelly roll, gentleman dave, plunk, chino. >> jon: really, plunk. >> actual player, look him up, blackipedia. >> jon: blackipedia? is there a blackipedia? >> there is. >> jon: or there will be now. so wait, so you're say nothing latino president or a woman president. >> no, no. a black latino would be fine. >> jon: i imagine also a black woman. >> yeah but a strong black woman with a strong black woman name, you know, like kochbd leeza on quvenzhane, something that says yeah i'm the president but i could also be a perfume. (laughter) >> jon: so any ethnicity. >> as long as they're black. >> jon: for how long? larry, how long does the run of black presidents have to go? i mean do you think a democracy can survive with the same race dominating the white house for years on end over and over again? i mean is that-- the-- now that i hear that outloud i realize -- >> that's right. >> jon: i suppose white guy

thankful fans in the united states and around the world know that jackie robinson famously broke the color barrier in the major leagues back in 1947, but how many know there was a racially integrated semiprofessional team more than a decade before that? the north dakota bismarcks feel that a team of six black and six white players in the early 1930's. the author of "color blind" tells us this most remarkable sports story. >> of york at yankee stadium with 60,000 fans, the opening --e of 1937 world and series world series. >> baseball in the 1920's and 1930's was is bifurcated as the rest of the country -- as bifurcated as the rest of the country. there had not been a black player at any level of organized baseball since 1898. the bismarck baseball team was ground breaking in a couple of ways. one, for how many black and white players they had, the roster was basically when it reaches its peak half black and half white. that is unheard of. the person who made that all happened was a local automobile dealer. in the 1930's, bismarck is still very much a frontier town. there were people

. >>> speaking of jackie robinson and the o's on the west coast we're now getting into baseball weather all right let's find out how it's going to look for today especially for those kids heading to the bus stop. >> all right megan, here's that bus stop forecast for you because we are looking excellent for the kids headed out the school this morning. yes it's going to be cool but we're nice and seasonable once again. the temperature at 48 degrees and by this afternoon, the kids coming home, temperature at 9 degrees. -- 69 degrees. nice and mild. the one thing is the sunshine for today that we won't get rid of. so the first bell temperature at 57 degrees and mole skies even -- mostly sunny skies even at recess with the temperature at 63. let's get a check of the traffic now with lauren. >>> we're all loving it here. if you are in baltimore county this morning, there's nothing to get in the way on 83. here's a live look in hunt valley at shawan road. everything is up to speed from the maryland and pennsylvania state line all the way down to the beltway. it will be clear on the jfx and dow

that's the story of jackie robinson. they will be watching it with former o's' pitcher ken dixon. they are all players. >>> all right coming up with morning using a cell phone to report bullying, a new idea. >> yeah we're going to tell you why officials feel that this is providing a worry free school environment for students in a country. >> what emergency responders are doing this morning out west to try to get the flames under control. >> and abundant sunshine will prevail today. but the big question is through the weekend? i'll answer that coming up. >> well lynette no delays here on the west side of beltway at interstate 70 but we have a crash just north of the scene on liberty road and another on 95 heading downtown. i'll have more on the delays coming up on "good morning maryland." >>> in today's tech bites a firsthand look at the highly anticipated google glass. the high-tech headset offers a hands free way to check your messages, take photos and check the internet. abc tech editor joanna stern has been testing it it. >> it's not something i want to wear out and about. it's

that's because they're going to have a private viewing of the jackie robinson movie "42" with former o's' pitcher ken dixon. what a treat for them. >>> imagine your child is being pulled out of class and all because of their size. >> yeah in a bit why some parents say the school treated their children was all wrong. >> the firefighters found in a sewer and nurse him back to health. we have the new information into baby fox getting a second shot at life. >>> good morning, topping america's money, stocks selling off. all three major averages slipped nearly 1% yesterday. it was the dow's worst start to a month since last june. all that selling was blamed on several signs of a slowing economy. among the signs fewer jobs for american workers, private employers added just 119,000 jobs last month. that's the fewest in seven months and march's numbers also revised lower. >>> frontier airlines adding a fee for carry-on bags and they plan to start charging $2 for soda and coffee. the new carry-on fee applies to bags put mt -- put in the overhead bin. $25 in advance and $100 at the gate. passen

blacks are playing in the 18 50s and integrated but in the time jackie robinson this is america at itsng pictures from the correspondents dinner. i'm not a good picture taker, but i did get this picture with justice scalia, i read your opinions for fun. he was the one i really cared about it, but i got a great man. >> who is the lady on the right? [ laughter ] >> justice scalia, i got to the national organization of italian-american women last night. because of the five, i have a cousin. she lives in california, her name is arlene vott and she sent me a withhold bindery. she she went on ancestry and he figured out her grandfather and my great-grandmother and she sent me picks of my grandmother is very special. the five brought me to together with a new cousin. >> that is great. >> greg: great handwriting. >> dana: she has wonderful pen manship and handwritten notes i might add. >> i love this. >> is there really that many perinos in wyoming. we need eric in here. >> i don't have time to do my one more thing. you weren't supposed to say that. >> hit me on twitter with a good idea. that'

. >> have you seen the jackie robinson movie "42."you made this announcement or afterwards? >> i saw it before i made the announcement. >> i have to say, when i was watching that movie and you're thinking well, these people are so backwards and that mentality. it did occur to me oh, well, it's still like this in a lot of ways for homosexuals in men sports. not so much in women's sport, but in men's sports that is the case. you haven't been in a situation wret where you're traveling with the team an you're playing. what do you happy? are you ready for anything? >> nab locker e ee eer room it family. we're there to support each other and focus on winning basketball games. >> when a joke is made and jason laughs at it, the ice is broken, you move forward. >> so you will embrace that and look forward to it? >> i love to joke around and crack jokes. >> you could do a lot of great stuff. >> oh, yeah. i've got material waiting. >> we're going to start in the shower and work from there. >> oh, this is going to be fantastic. >>> i'm going to b

he is jackie robinson. he is going through the same thing jackie robinson is -- went through. i am 62. when we first change the laws for civil rights, many people still looked at me strangely when i sat in a restaurant. they knew i was there legally but they stared at me and thought i was not supposed to be here. they always talk about the constitution. constitution, we had to fight. it was not given to us. we had to fight for the constitution. they are supposed to be christians and adhere to the golden rule. love your neighbor like yourself. host: this is from twitter -- we are asking you what you think of president obama's second term so far. he hit the 100 denmark yesterday. -- he had paid 100-day mark. yesterday maryland, republican, go ahead. caller: i don't think he is doing a wonderful job but i root for him. i think the reason he is messing up is that he keeps causing division when he calls out for republicans not realizing that half of his country is republican. he separates and divides. he tries to drive a wedge between democrats and republicans which is already ther

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league of context but really in a moral context i want to ask you what your feelings are about jackie robinsonstory, which don't have to see the movie to know is someone who went through the worst possible treatment you could possibly imagine and stood there and took it. and essentially he is known as a hero for that. do you see that as a good thing, bad thing, what's your take? >> is a great example and a great challenge to the payback theme, right? remember, he said to them, this is why we're going to do this. it's the hardest thing you're ever going to did is he will not ever be able to respond to this is the way we're going to send this message. look, those ideas are as equally compelling, passive, nonviolence, you have no idea just endowment ready shows i've appeared in the last two weeks where either christ is being quoted to me or gandhi is being quoted to me. it's endless. yes i've heard that before. yes, oh, really, i forgot the. the whole world will be blind. there's no virtue in, there's moral cowardice in not punishing people deserve to be punished. there's nothing moral about. we

rounding out the top five, jackie robinson biopic, 42, and peeples opening with dismal opening with tyler name attached to it. >> tomorrow marks one month since the boston marathon bombing. now, you're probably familiar with the two names of the people who planned and carried it out, the tsarnaev brothers were even captured on surveillance cameras before their bombs exploded. it's frustrating for people in boston to see the video knowing police weren't even looking for them. >> the photos, the video, it's all there. the tsarnaev brothers with back packs working their way through the crowd for at least 11 minutes, and none of it mattered. the bombs exploded anyway. one reason, no one was watching. the cameras were passive. recording all of the calm before, all the chaos after. and incapable of preventing the crime despite multiple surveillance cameras at the scene. for it to be preventative, what needs to happen? >> you would need the cameras at the right place at the right time, being monitored, not just by people but by trained people who know what they're looking for, who would be able

the first is worn by the brooklyn dodger jackie robinson. he shattered baseball's color barrier. worn by jason collins of the washington wizards and boston celtics who made history as the first active male nba athlete to come out as gay in this country's 142 years of pro sports. since then, sales of jerseys bearing collins' name and number are up 100%. collins says the number 98 is a tribute to matthew shepard, the gay college student who was murdered in an infamous hate crime in 1998. joining me now are matthew's parents, dennis and judy. it's nice to see both of you today. dennis, i want to start with you. how did you feel when it was learned and revealed that jason collins said why he wears the number 98 and that your son is now forever linked to american sports history? >> it is rather shocking. we didn't have any concept that someone would come out to start with this quickly in the nba let alone that he would wear a jersey commemorating what happened to matt in 1998. it's rather stunning to both of us. >> one thing we recognize this week, the president had called jason colli

other people who have been awarded the congressional gold medal include jackie robinson and former presidentnk you for highlighting their names. now, as you know, kristen, the president will be traveling to oklahoma on sunday to view the devastation. of course, he'll also be there to comfort families. is he expected to reiterate his commitment to providing whatever funding is necessary for that state's recovery following the tornado? >> reporter: he will, martin. that is going to be one of his key messages when he visits that community on sunday. and i am told that he will tour the damage but also meet privately with the victims. those who are still grieving. he will reiterate that message when he meets with those who have lost their homes, who have lost everything. who are in the process of trying to rebuild. that the federal government will be there to help them every step of the way. i have been speaking to officials here at the white house who are really remarking on the fact that this is really becoming an all too common occurrence. these tragedies. these national tragedies. the preside

barack obama was jackie robinson in 1947. okay. the first year, you got to hold back, okay?ay what he really wants to say. one thing about specifically about what they said, that's been going on forever, where in the black community a lot of people have who spoken well, they're considered to be kind of white in the way that they approach things. okay? and we've always had to get over that. >> okay. listen, guys, we don't have as much time that i'd like to spend. i want to spend a lot more time. we have breaking news and that's obvious. just so quickly, elzy, how did that comment sit with you? were you offended by it? or is it the first lady telling the truth here? >> first lady is telling the truth. terencce is right. it's the conversation we've been having in the community. it's a conversation every community has. there are many immigrants having this conversation about how to you succeed in this country while still maintaining your own individual culture which is important? and how do you achieve at a high level without making it appear as if you're leaving those that you

alma robinson. jackie flin. delores mcgee. eddie zane. erin yen. al alma robinson [repeating] this is erin yen. >> thank you very much. good evening supervisors, mr. mayor. i really appreciate you coming to my neighborhood, district 10. and listening to so many committed citizens who have turned out tonight. i am here to speak on behalf of a couple programs, first of all a thank you. my name is alma robinson. i am director of california lawyers for the arts. we very much appreciate the funding from the department of children, youth and families, that has been a part of our effort for a number of years. this is our 20th year to provide internships for high school students, many from bayview with art programs and we look to expand thatro

alma robinson. jackie flin. delores mcgee. eddie zane. erin yen. al alma robinson [repeating] this is erin yen. >> thank you very much. good evening supervisors, mr. mayor. i really appreciate you coming to my neighborhood, district 10. and listening to so many committed citizens who have turned out tonight. i am here to speak on behalf of a couple programs, first of all a thank you. my name is alma robinson.