karl you brought up john amaechi. i talked to john amaechi yesterday.lay ball and came out. and he said to me brooke, i don't understand what is. the media is all over this story. if it is not such a big deal why do you think it haslong karl? >> look let me say this okay. i can really care less what somebody else's opinion is okay? if that's chris' opinion, god bless him. i'm not here to get intochris. because i do respect him as a person. that's not what i'm doing. i'm speaking on behalf of karl anthony malone. and i'm telling you that some of my best friends are gay. that don't test my manhood, but another thing, it is time for us to kind of accept it. it is here guys. we got to accept it. i'm not here to go back and forth with anybody what they think. i'm telling you i personally have experience with john amaechi my brother-in-law, who iely love like he's my blood brother, is kin, he's openly gay. i'm not here to judge. that's not what the point is. the point of the matter is the point of the matter is it is here we can be can go on from there. i'm a

joining me now fro former nba player john amaechi, john amaechi came out after he retired from so, johnoes this coming out mean to you? >> i think it is a remarkable e's an active player is f who he is. we could not, and don't mean gay people could not, society could not ask for a better more positive, more eloquent role model than tman. he is remarkable in that extent. him knows he's not your average athlete. he is going to be able to come along with the many good things that ar he's going to be able to talk with nuance about issues that finds quite difficult and the sporting world within ameri very difficult. it gives me wonderful, warm feelings to know he's there and he's going to be able to take e along with playing hopefully several more nba seasons. >> you know just reading the piece, he talks about how -- he talks about his sheer physicality took someone out on the court, that person had to be rolled out one's not, you know maybe someone who his playeld think could be gay. even his own twin brother when he told his twin brother, his twin brother was surprised, but back to your po

there is no context where his management style is appropriate. >> john amaechi, we appreciate it. words from you this morning. former nba basketball player. thank you. >> yes, thanks so much, john. eight minutes after the hour. new developments this morning in the case of two murdered prosecutors in kaufman, texas. investigators looking at former justice of the peace named eric williams who was fired in a corruption probe. cnn's george howell live from kaufman. george, what's the latest on this? >> john, good morning. cnn spoke to david sturgi, williams' attorney, and we learned that investigators met with williams at a local denny's here to take swab samples from his hand to test for gun residue. cnn does not know what the result of those swab samples revealed to investigators but his lawyer says his client did voluntarily cooperate because he, quote, has nothing to hide. very important note to put all of this in perspective. this person, williams, could be one of many other people that investigators are talking to and there are many theories out there. for instance the aryan bro

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we have former nba basketball player john amaechi and cnn investigator reporter john barr who's beenthen michael jackson's doctor, who was convicted of manslaughter, in the king of pop's death, is speaking, from his prison cell, with anderson cooper. it is a bizarre interview. there is singing involved. you have to hear this. we will talk to victims rights attorney gloria allred, get her reaction to him singing the blues. and then you know him as one half of espn's tough talking mike and mike in the morning. mike greenberg explains to us why he's written his new fiction novel about relationships between women. so it's pretty inspirational. a sports dude writing the first person perspective story about three women. but the whole thing, all the proceeds, go to fighting cancer. don't miss the interview. >> so unlikely. >> and you were telling me yesterday the back story about what inspired him -- >> it's so inspiring. >> you got to see that. >> thanks, brooke. cold and windy start to the northeast for more on that we get to jennifer delgado live in the cnn weather center. good morning,