. >> and stanford grad jason collins tweeted tweeted i can't wait to cheer for whatever lucky team thatrafts sams. collins has not been signed to play for new nba team this svenlt he's at the tail end of his career. you can't necessarily cause and affect. right >> but in this case how do you think this is going to affect his pros snekts >> he was projected as let's say a third, fourth round pick. does it help him? hurt him? i think the important thing is that he's got to go to the right team with the right leadership. you don't want him with miami dolphins after what they went through last season. that could be a disaster. but you have to find the right situation. and is important to note i he told his teammates last season so. this day is coming. it's a question of, you know when that is in the nfl. >> do you think nfl has a plan to make this work? >> there are rumors that the nfl had been meeting with four professional players. guys in the league now and planning a joint announcement so one guy doesn't have to bear the burden of dealing with it i believe the plan is still there. and a

former nba star jason collins tweeted that he wanted a dance with her. good luck with that.nlike previous state dinners, there was no dancing at this one. perhaps an effort to keep hollande of the awkward position of having to find a dance partner. how much does this cost? we don't know but this week we learned how much the state dinners of president obama's first term cost, they ranged from $216,000 for the german dinner to $570,000 for india. this was a pretty big one, george. i imagine it will be on the expensive side and, of course, as always with state dinners, taxpayers will pick up the tab. >> they will pick up the tab. some good news coming out of washington yesterday, as well. that debt limit passed without real controversy. >> reporter: yeah, this was a really big deal. republicans completely backed down on this. no strings attached, exactly what president obama asked them to do, at least when it came to the debt ceiling. >> first time in three years. okay, jon karl, thanks very much. >> okay there, george. >>> to a story rocking the rural town of lebanon, tennesse

collins has signed a ten day contract with the brooklyn nets. here's don dahler. >> reporter: it may not look like it but this is a historic photograph. the brooklyn nets tweeted this picture of jason collins signing a ten day contract next to him is nets head coach jason kidd. kidd was colin's teammate when its seven-foot tall center was drafted by the then new jersey nets in 2001. >> he is a basketball player. you know, he's a great guy. can help this team. >> collins played 12 seasons in the nba until being released by the washington wizards last spring. then came the game changing moment when collins told "sports illustrated" he is gay. if i had my way, he said, someone else would have already done this. nobody has. which is why i am raising my hand. for the next ten months collins was unemployed. he didn't receive a single invitation to training camp. now with the nets fighting for a play-off spot, collins will play backup center to star brook lopez. on friday nets guard joe johnson said collins would be a great addition. >> i had a chance to play with him for two years in atlanta. great teammate. and you know, we would gladly welcome him here with open arms >> being a basketb

jason collins, including from michael sam himself. we are following that. >> i want to show you what michael sam tweeted out. congratulations to my friend jason collins, excited to do so you do work out there #courage, #groundbreaking. michael sam post the: >> beyond it.com visit released this video a little while ago. take a listen to it. >> it's great to break stereo types. i love redefining people's preconceived notions. i'm jason collins, i'm an athlete and i'm beyond it. >> beyond it put out a statement saying jason collins made history and continued to move the world beyond it. before the big game, bill deblasio new york city mayor tweeted this out: >> jesse tyler ferguson from modern family says: >> right after midnight, collins wrote this: >> now we need him to deliver some more wins. the doggone nets need him to climb up into a better playoff position in the east and maybe avoid the miami heat in the first round. >> he only played 10 minutes last night. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> check of the headlines is next, and then real money with ali velshi. >> coming up, digital video on the almighty power

sam sent collins a tweet, saying to my friend jason collins, exciting to see you do work out there.hile sam got a lot of attention today from several nfl teams. he could become the country's first gay professional football player. >> reporter: when it came to media availability on saturday he was definitely the most popular. he tried to use that time to take the focus off of him being a gay football player, and simply a football player quite frankly if you look at the numbers, heing didn't perform the way maybe he needed to improve his draft status. he performed the 100 yard draft at one of the slowest in his position. middle of the road at best. so how did he think he performed in the wake of all of the pressure here? shortly after his workouts concluded he spoke to nfl network. >> i thought i did pretty good, matt. it was a good experience to be able to show any talents to the scouts and coaches. >> anything you were disappointed with? everybody has numbers they want to run with. >> i was kind of disappointed on my vertical jump. i think it was over thinking. but that was the most

jason collins who went to stanford tweeted for the past two days i met with michael sam.e is a great young man who has known courage and leadership. he tweeted michael sam isn't the first gay player in the nfl, however he is the first to come out. and jonathan martin who left the nfl after alleging he was bullied by teammates said hats off to you michael sam that takes respect. michael sam is a all american defensive lineman. named the top defensive player in the south eastern conference and most valuable player. he is going public now because he wases afraid it would leak out and he wanted to own his own truth. >> i am not afraid to tell the world who i am. i am michael sam a college graduate, i am african american and i am gay. >> the national football league is 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 f

>> >>> the first openly gay nfl draft hopeful that debora mentioned michael sam he tweeted his support for jason collinsrth it. >>> kids in california coming down with a mysterious in infection. >>> you can call it the new china town. we'll tell you about the asian population boom that's going on in parts of the bay area. >>> giving businesses a break. it's new at 10:00 tonight. it's one tactic that one east bay city is taking in an attempt to lure new companies. the strategy is really quite simple. and it appears to be paying off big time for san leandro. katie yuccas speaks to us. >> reporter: the owner of this machining company is eager to show us his company. his employees put together and distribute 3d printers. >> this year i hope to hire 40 more people. that means we need the space to expand. but because we're a start up that doesn't mean we have the money to expand. >> there's a lot of industrial space which could be used for a much bigger purpose. >> they were like come here, come here. >> reporter: to lure companies the city is waving the business license fee for 2014 and started doing so in s

>> >>> the first openly gay nfl draft hopeful that debora mentioned michael sam he tweeted his support for jason collins 34. excited to see you do your work out there. hash tag courage, hash tag ground breaking. >>> a bay area town rolls out the red carpet for businesses. why it says it's worth it. >>> kids in california coming down with a mysterious in infection. >>> you can call hey! welcome home! hey mom! woah, this kitchen looks beautiful. it's bigger! it's great, right? give him the tour. let me show you! quartz countertop, soft-close drawers, farm sink, under cabinet lighting, look at this spice rack. where's my room? right there where it's always been! we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. just slide right in! because your kitchen dreams can be big, ikea has it all. >>> giving businesses a break. it's new at 10:00 tonight. it's one tactic that one east bay city is taking in an attempt to lure new companies. the strategy is really quite simple. and it appears to be paying off big time for san leandro. katie yuccas speaks to us. >> reporter: the owner of this machining company is eager

right, well quite a meeting last night for brooklyn nets center jason collins, the first openly gay athlete in a major sport. he tweetedre with the family of matthew shepard. >> he wears the number 98 in shepa shepard's honor much the meeting took place after the nets beat denver. >>> some of lebron james' teammates are having fun with his new face mask. >> all the kidding didn't start until after last night's game. our hoops highlights from the guys at espn. >> he's stan, i'm neil. this is the "sportscenter" set, the original "sportscenter" set. >> would we be on a fake one? >> good point. >> lebron james and the heat at home taking on the knicks. james first action since breaking his nose. has the mask on. raymond felton in the news this week, as well. hits the bucket there for the knicks but check out james. right down main street. he had 31 points, shot 13 of 19 and the heat big over the knick, 108-82. >> okay oregon needs to win at pauley pavilion because they make not make the tournament. anderson and adams sat down by coach alfred and what the ware brothers did on the final play of regulation. where was the oreg

. >> i know, but before all that, he had to sign his contract and they did, they tweeted a picture of jason collins signing his contract. i like when you see pictures like this. pretty neat there. piece of paper. >> be excited about an nba contract, ten days, ten years. that's wonderful. >> exactly. brooklyn nets released a statement shortly after and they emphasized this is a basketball decision, which is the way it should be. the game that gets factored into this decision. >> now, this is a return to the nets, though, for him. he played long ago. >> he is going back there and coached by jason kidd, who he was formally a teammate with. >> that's neat. >> a huge support system there and the nba commissioner, he's commented on the social implementations of this and the social side of this. they released a statement and it said that jason told us that his goal was to earn another contract with an nba team today. i want to commend him on achieving his goal. i know everyone in the nba family is excited and you can hear it in our voices, we're excited. this is historic. yes. >> he has been working out,

michael sam has taken to twitter and tweeted his congrats to jason collins. congratulations to my friend, jason collins. excited to see you do your work out there. ground breaking, encourage are the hash tags. this would be a historic moment if jason collins takes to the court in a brooklyn nets uniform. >> all right, thanks so much for bringing that to us. >>> now to a new development in that deadly carbon monoxide leak. last night at a popular mall on long island. a legal seafood restaurant manager died and 27 others were exposed to the odorless gas and also taken to the hospital. a short time ago an official said there was no carbon monoxide detector in the restaurant inside huntington station, but restaurants also are not required to have them under state fire code. investigators found a leak in the flue pipe on the water heater. this is posted on the door. the restaurant is condemned. it will remain closed until they repair the leak and pass inspection. >>> new details are emerging are the arrest of a powerful mexico cal drug lord. joaquin guzman, the al

tweeted out this picture. this is his head coach jason kidd, alongside collins signing his contract, just a few minutes ago wizardscoach randy whitman talked about his former player. >> being a veteran guy that has been around this league for a long time, the respect that he has. so i'm not surprised. i'm happy for him and you know he's worked and kept in shape and should be a plus for them. >>> moving on to women's college basketball, maryland women visiting georgia tech today. brenda freeh's trying to fire up her term. whatever she said there it worked. this is lexy brown, the freshman coming in with the steal and easy layup. maryland's up half a dozen early. second half, terps up by 10 and she dishes it to alicia and she finishes it up at the rim and later on in the half, alisa thomas finding a wide open room in the corner and can't leave her open and linda is all smiles after that game. maryland top the yellow jackets 79-62. georgetown women visiting villanova pf georgetown down by four pf their freshman faith would work. and a nice fade-away shot off the glass. minutes later, the wild cats in the driver's sea

jason collins signing a short-term contract with the brooklyn nets. this picture tweetedvening. he is now the first openly gay athlete in the nba. he'll play tonight against the lakers. >>> a pilot in florida with quite a scare this weekend. a bird smashing right through his windshield, 1,000 feet up in the air. look at this. the glass shattering. rob weber radios for an emergency landing. then held on tight as he came down safely. he walked away with just a cut there on his forehead. >>> and a loss to report tonight. the last surviving member of the von trapp family has died. maria von trapp. she died at the age of 99 at her home in vermont. maria was the second-old eest daughter of captain von trapp. ♪ i flit ♪ i fleetly fly ♪ i fly >>> when we come back here tonight, the oscars, one week from this evening and right here, bradley cooper next on what he predicted what he told jennifer lawrence long before their hit. so i got the new nokia lumia icon. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and a twenty-megapixel sensor. it's got the brightest display, so i can see what i

jason collins that made headlines when he came out as gay met with the family of the boy who inspired his jersey number. collins tweeted throughout image, he with matthew shepherd's parents and brothers. shepherd is the boy who was tortured and murdered in 1998 because he was gay. collins wears 98 in honor of the year shepherd was killed. shepherd's family drove from their home in wiming to meet with collins in ken ver. collins gave the family a signed jersey but not one he wore in a game. >> could the sharks play at at&t park with the giants. >> we continue to keep an eye on not only the roadways but the weather. it has been hitting the bay area. the rain hard. s the >>> good wet morning to you. a live look at palo alto this morning. heavy rain coming down, the storm moved in overnight starting in the south bay working its way north. we'll have lots of details from meteorologist christina loren in just a few minutes. now, the storm here, good news for snow borders and skiers. a fresh dusting of snow. after the big storm. this is what it looked like. the resort in the tahoe area say they got 6-13 inches of snow. >> the

jason kidd as point guard. kidd is now the coach in brooklyn. the new team tweeted this photo of kidd watching collins sign his ten-day contract. the nets say it was purely a basketball decision to sign collins, but it marks another milestone for brooklyn. nearly 57 years ago jackie robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he joined the brooklyn dodgers. ko im for cbs news. >> and the news about jason collins as mikael samuelsson tries to become the first openly gay player in the national football league. he began working out at the nfl scouting combine yesterday. on saturday sam said if he is drafted he ice not worried about how he'll be treated. >> i've been in locker rooms where all kinds of slurs have been said, you know, and i don't think anyone means it. i think the little nigh've and uneducated, you know, but as time goes on, everyone will adapt. >> sam says he wants to be known as a football player, not a gay football player. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," netflix strike as deal for speedier streaming and gas prices creep up. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more.

jason kidd as point guard. kidd is now the coach in brooklyn. the new team tweeted this photo of kidd watching collinsign his 10-day contract. the nets say it was purely a basketball decision to sign collins but it marked another milestone for brooklyn. nearly 57 years ago jackie robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he joined the brooklyn dodgers. cbs news. >> jason collins became a free agent after that one year with the wizards. any team could have signed him. here's some of the reaction we got tonight in the dupont circle area to collins' return to the nba. >> i think it's great. it should be something that shouldn't be a big deal any more so sports should welcome him, and it shouldn't be a problem. he's a very good process. certainly with some things you can't force issues, but everything is moving in the right direction. >> more tolerance, more acceptance. i couldn't be in more support of it it. i'm not a sports fan so i can't comment in great detail but i think it's wonderful and i hope that it is the direction that we move in, in the future, in all realms. >> more tonight after the news

jason collins who became the first openly athlete in the four major spores met privately in denver with the family of the late matthew shepard following brooklyn's win over the nuggets in nba action. he tweeted this picture of himself withs shepherd's parents and brothers and presented them with the number 98 jersey he wears to memory of their son matthew, murdered in 1998 in an anti-gay hate crime in wyoming. >> my friends and family know why i picked that number and it is cool to see that so many people support it as evidence by people buying that jersey. >> he wore that number with the wizards and the celtics before three came out. he signed a 10-day contract with the brooklyn nets last sunday. >> and now read maps on the smartphone while behind the wheel because of a traffic ticket in the central valley. a court issued the rule starting when a man was ticketed for looking at a map on the iphone while stopped in traffic. he challenged the fine and lost until it went to an appellate court. the judges ruled it prohibits people from talking on the cell phones but does not apply to maps. text while driving remains illegal. >> president obama and vice president biden are running again but not

show she was personally tweeting, quote, you're an inspiration to all of us,@mikesamfootball, we couldn't be prouder of your courage both on and off the field. she hosted jason collins and white house aides say the president is sending a clear message. >> any athletes' abilities should be measured by what -- in the traditional way, in terms of how he or she performs in the sport. >> a more far-reaching announcement came saturday from attorney general eric holder. in a speech to the human rights campaign's annual gala. >> formally instruct all employees to give same-sex emergency full and equal recognition to the extent possible under the law. >> now, same-sex spouses of individuals involved in civil and criminal cases will have the right to decline to give testimony, citing the spousal privilege. federal inmates in same-sex marriages will get visitation rights and furloughs in a crisis involving a spouse. and in bankruptcy cases, same-sex married couples will be able to file jointly. moves that democrats say fit right in with last year's landmark supreme court decision to overturn the defense of marriage act. >> well, i can tell you, it's logical, it's kinlt, it's c

star jason collins the first openly gay athlete in the four major sports had a special meeting in denver meeting with the family of the late matthew shepherd following the win over the nuggets and tweetede with his parents and brother, and presented them with number 98 jersey. he wears that number in memorial riff matthew who was murdered in 1998 in anant gay hate crime in wyoming. >> my friends and family knew why i chose that family and it is now to see so many people support it as evidence by people buying the jersey. >> come hips wore 98 with both the celtics and the wizards before he came out in the spring. the star sign add ten-day contract with the nets on sunday. >> have it your way, mcdonald's is letting lucky customers bill their own burgers in a new way. >> president obama and vice president biden are running again. not talking about for office,. >>> at 6:00, first immigration. then gay rights. arizona lawmakers are trying to [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf

jason collins tweeted this picture of himself with matthew shepherd's parents and brother last night. he presented them with an autographed number 98 jersey that he wears in honor of their son. shepherd was tortured and murdered in 1998 for being gay. collins, who was in college at the time, says shepherd's death had a huge impact on him. he wore 98 with both the wizards and celtics before coming out last spring.