the washington football team making history adding jennifer king to their sideline as assistant running bucs' defensive line, lori locust. >> strong broad shouldered league so popular, so masculine, so set in its ways, running smack dab into this tidal wave of change in the united states. >> reporter: in an nfl off-season with black coaching candidates being overlooked for jobs, only mike tomlin and brian flores in current head coaching roles. now king's promotion hopefully a sign of progress. king is a seven-time all-quarterback and receiver for the woman's pro football team, the carolina phoenix and in 2018 she made her nfl debut as coaching intern for the carolina panthers. she has put in the work. joining us live now is coach jennifer king. good morning. good to see you. nation. >> good morning. >> good morning. okay. >> thank you. >> you're very welcome. not many people can say my promotion led to a history making moment. you can say that. when did you first hear about this? when were you first told about your promotion and what was your reaction? >> we're in the middle of game wee

jennifer king, seen here in the middle in this photo tweeted out by the buccaneers is the offensive assistant lori locust on the left and maura will help coach the tampa bay buccaneers. if their teams win a few more games they'll be following in the footsteps of katie sowers. you might remember she made history last year when she became the first woman and openly gay coach to help lead a team to play in the super bowl. very nice. >> good luck to all of them. not everyone can win. but the best of luck. thanks for watching. we're back after the football game. >> we'll see you then. have a good night. you work hard for your money. stretched days for it. juggled life for it. took charge for it. so care for it. look after it. invest with the expertise of j.p. morgan, either with an advisor or online, through chase. after all, it's yours. chase. make more of what's yours. heisman trophy. >> announcer: nbc sports, home of the olympic games, the nhl, the pga tour, premier league, and primetime's number one show sunday night football only on nbc. this is "football night in america" presented by allsta

take a look at jennifer king.r position as assistant coach, the second female coach in the nfl, first black woman coach. also take a look at sarah thomas. she will be the first woman to officiate the super bowl. she's been in the league since 2015. also take a look at becky hammond, month ago she became the first woman to be active head coach of san antonio spurs during nba regular season game. i didn't even mention baseball. a female general manager. it is a new era as bob dylan would say, the times are changing. >> greg: wait, he said that? >> juan: yeah, bob dylan. >> katie: you might be surprised to hear i'm recruited for the hockey team. no, you guys come i love my job so. >> greg: dana. >> dana: high school in texas i want to tell you about. it is in singer, texas high school run grocery store but it is supporting the community. they offer free food to people in need as well as students and staff. it is linda taught high school. it was founded in partnership with local nonprofit i schools whose families are

washington's football team just promoted jennifer king to assistant runnings back coach.he's now the first black woman with a full-time nfl coaching job. and the youngest inaugural poet in history, amanda gorman just signed with a modeling agency to build a profile in fashion and beauty. her upcoming books are currently at the top of amazon's best seller list. >> wow. all right. in his final hours in office, president trump issued scores of pardons and commutations to prisoners, including a convicted drug smuggler who is still facing separate accusations of violence and threats. cnn's jason carroll joins us now. what do we know? >> well, the man in question is a new yorker by the name of jonathan braun. braun's attorney says nothing out of the line here, that his client deserved to have his sentence commuted, but prosecutors in new york saying there's no way a man with his history deserved it. >> i care about money more than you. you're a [ bleep ] liar, a cheater and a thief. >> this video captured how jonathan braun treated people who allegedly owed him money. >> you're

. >>> the wobble football team announcing they have hired jennifer king as the first if you recall-timeg back coach, head coach ron rivera praising king's work. in a statement saying the sky is the limit for king. >>> finally, just a devastating world for the nba report, longtime report sekou smith passed away. covering the nba for two decades, writing for nba.com in 2009. tributes pouring in across the league to commissioner adam silver, to chris paul% dwyane wade, releasing a statement saying we're heartbroken over sekou's passing. his commitment to journal icht basketball community was immense and we will miss his warm, engaging personality. he's survived by his wife and children. it's devastating, those at turner sports and nba tv, they're heartbroken. he was the guy, you came across him, he always had a smile. everyone loved him. >> tough news for everyone. especially in your business. andy, thank you so much. obviously, we wish his family peace and comfort as they move forward from here. >>> 55 minutes past the hour. thanks for joining us this wednesday morning. i'm christine roma

jennifer king, seen here in the middle, is the offensive assistant coach for the washington footballocus there on the left. and madel javidafar on the right are assistant coaches for the tampa bay buccaneers. if their teams win a few more games they'll be following in the footsteps of 49ers offensive coach katie sowers. you may remember she made history last year when she became the first woman and openly gay coach to help lead a team to play in the super bowl. by the way, the bucs won tonight's game that you saw right here on nbc bay area before this newscast. >>> making its way around the globe. up next we'll explain why there's growing concern in australia tonight. it's hard to have an invisible illness. like depression. no one sees you need help. no one knows you're not okay. so when someone recognizes the importance of mental health and offers a hand, it means everything. my illness may be invisible. but thanks to covered california, i'm not. all covered california health insurance plans are comprehensive - with mental health coverage, and financial help for people who need it.

note in an nfl hire of historic proportion, the washington football team will reportedly promote jennifer kingfull-time offensive assistant, making her the league's first ever full-time black female coach. it comes about a year after king was brought on by washington coach ron rivera as an intern. she had previously served as an intern under rivera on the carolina panthers for four months ahead of the 2017 season. congrats to her. >>> and let's turn now to the nba, where the los angeles lakers defeated the milwaukee bucks last night behind a season-high 34 points scored by lebron james. the 113-106 win puts the lakers at the top of the nba standings with a 12-4 record. and after a second straight loss for milwaukee -- third in the eastern conference at 9-6 -- they won't play until sunday, hosting the atlanta hawks. tonight's matchup against the washington wizards was postponed for coronavirus concerns. >>> and there are new questions about this summer's tokyo olympics. it was, of course, already postponed for a year, but the city is now entering a state of emergency after a new spike in cases

. >>> the washington football team promoted coaching intern jennifer king to assistant running back'sith that hire, king becomes the first black woman in nfl history to be named an assistant coach of a position group. >>> finally, the baseball hall of fame has no plans to expand as the baseball writers association of america elected no new players to the hall this year it's the first time since 2013 that no player received the 75% of votes needed to be elected. some did get closer than others to enshrinement, curt shilling led all vote getters, 16 votes shy of the 75% he said he doesn't even want on the ballot next year, the final year >> i didn't hear him say that. i'm from philadelphia. he's a former philly i'm a fan of his from what he did in philadelphia, and everybody knows about the bloody sock i'm not 100% sure he's a hall of famer. one of my producers told us the same thing. >> i was a diamondbacks fan, and he really came through for them. him and randy johnson. >> just because you're clutch, doesn't mean you're hall of fame. >> we can go on and on and on. >>> still on deck, i

plus, we're talking with the game changer, jennifer king, making history as the first black woman to be a full time nfl coach, she is live with us, a great interview, hoping you will tune in for, just a couple of weeks, actually less than two weeks before the super bowl. what do you think of this shot hint behind me. couple of inches of know. >> gorgeous, the church behind you it a whole scene. people are playing and running around. >> you look like a lifetime movie special. >> he really does. >> the roads are another thing, that's for sure. since you mentioned it, i'll go in the church and say a prayer for you guys after this. >> please do. because if i walk in, you know, lightning might strike. robert marciano, thank >>> that was at 1:30 this morning. hopefully you were traveling across the bay bridge like this person was. it was coming down in buckets. look at the standing water on the bridge. it was breezy at that time. that's definitely one of the heaviest of the storm was rolling through. thankfully they got across it with no issues and provided us this wonderful video. what mo

jennifer king is now the assistant running backs coach she spent all of last year is a coaching internsays she deserves the promotion after gaining experience during the season, as well as participating in all the work during the off season. thing is the second woman to be an assistant position coach in the league. the first is tampa bay's assistant defensive line coach, laurie locust. former san francisco giants star barry bonds was not voted into the hall of fame again and next year will be his last year, his last attempt to get in with the baseball writers voting he did receive nearly 62% of the votes yesterday, but you do need 75% for induction. pitchers curt schilling and roger clemens did not make it because o. russian river brewing company is expecting a virtual shopping rush tomorrow when the highly coveted pliny the younger craft brew is released online. the annual event is, you know, normally draws long lines, thousands of people go to sonoma county, but it's been canceled this year. so the releases going virtual and the pre sale start at 11 a.m. drop axle include four bottle

jennifer king, washington's full-year coaching intern, saying that she was excited to face off againstength and conditioning coach. >> we have been speaking throughout the week on some things, and it will be exciting to see her, you know, her and mj are good friends. i haven't seen them in awhile now. >> reporter: tennis legend billie jean king sharing this picture of the coaches on twitter wishing all three women luck. and in a football season changed by the pandemic, in buffalo fans finally had a reason to celebrate. bills' fans at the stadium for the first time all season. to see their team get their first playoff victory in 25 years, against the colts. with the bills winning 27-24. >> it's over. it took a quarter of a century and the buffalo bills have won a playoff game! >> reporter: the buffalo bills tweeting this video showing coach sean mcdermott addressing the team. >> it's a great win for the organization. and what we just went through this week. a great win, a gritty win, you got to have that in the playoffs. we got work to do. >> did love seeing that bills fan crying there.

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tomorrow, we have a "gma" exclusive live interview with jennifer king.ory. >> all right, looking forward to that but in the meantime, let's go to our "gma" cover story. a "bachelor" exclusive. this season's drama-stirring queen victoria larson, well, she's now in the hot seat after a mug shot emerged from a 2012 arrest for shoplifting. kaylee hartung here with what victoria is saying about it now. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, amy. this season on "the bachelor" no one is standing out quite like victoria. she's calling it like she sees it and sometimes that involves some name-calling in an unbelievably unapologetic fashion. but what she's sorry for is the mistakes she made shoplifting nine years ago. >> that's a bit dramatic. >> reporter: the self-anointed queen of this "bachelor" season. >> i'm victoria like the queen. >> reporter: quickly becoming the villain with words sharper than her crown. >> brittany interrupted me to make out with matt. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> victoria seems to thrive on being mean to other girls. >> vict

king: i think the point jennifer made about cost is very important. you can have a great fiber connection in the middle of the city but if you can afford $100 a month or whatever it will cost you, it may as well not be there. cost has to be a part of this. i started talking about the universal telephone service. there was a recognition that it was a basic service and there needed to be some subsidies to make sure that it was in fact universal. we are all cheerleaders. this has been a great session of everybody saying yes. dena,y on the panel -- maybe i will make you the devils advocate. what is the opposition? what are the arguments people will make? what are the arguments people will encounter when we try to go ahead and make permanent some of these provisions? are they going to be from physicians, from hospitals, broadband providers? what are the negatives that we are going to encounter? otherwise, this is something we ought to be able to do next week. dena: right. i think the big one is the money. this costs money. without really good data showing