and jon gruden needed to resign.t's imperative he resigned and i'm glad he resigned. >> let me read. this is a statement. i resigned as head coach of the las vegas raiders. i love the raiders thank you to the players, coaches, staff and fans of raider nation. i am sorry. i never meant to hurt anyone. you say, look, this is the whole thing when people when we talk about cancel culture. and i hate that term cancel culture because it can be accountability culture. people are saying that kbrooud is getting canceled. you say this is accountability, not cancel. tell me what you're thinking. >> it's not that jon gruden never meant to hurt anyone. it's that jon gruden never meant to get caught. here is why jon gruden was not canceled but rather held accountable, because jon gruden said i don't have a blade of racism in me, closed quote. what does that mean, don? that means if he was racist while not having racism in him, then he has done nothing over the last decade to fix his racism. if he was misogynistic while not having

i mean, everything jon gruden stood for in those emails that were private emails sent while he was atspn but clearly represents who he is, gruden was, you know, completely opposite of everything the nfl has tried to stand for. how about this? the las vegas raiders have the first openly gay player, carl nassib, to play in a regular season game. how would jon gruden, after sending that homophobic email, with players knowing that's what he really thinks, how would he stand up in the middle of the room and lead this group of men with several people in that looker room knowing that, privately, he makes fun of them or is against them. it could not work. that partially explains why jon gruden resigned to owner mark davis and then to his staff last night. >> nassib, first openly gay player on the nfl roster in the regular season, how would that work out after the emails came to light? 70% of the players in the nfl are black. how would they feel after seeing the racist email that came to light earlier? randy moss on nfl network last night, he was talking about this. you could see the emotion.

whereas jon gruden is leading a prominent team. so that's why this has become a focus. >> well, it's interesting because allen's e-mail was on the official nfl team e-mail. and gruden's was not. this was his personal e-mail. i'm not sure how much of a difference that is. but they're sharing these pictures of women and what have you and these horrible e-mails on work e-mails, at least allen was. thank you, ken. i appreciate you joining. and good job on writing that story and breaking this. i want to bring in now cnn contributor bob costas. bob, good evening to you. he's resigning. my first question i want to get to you, though, ask you, the players, some of the players who he offended, jon gruden, actually stood by him. i wonder how those players feel now after all this trove of e-mails have been uncovered. >> yeah, i guess the first, which was the insulting comment about demaurice smith with obvious racial implications, maybe some players who know gruden in a different context and in a different way were inclined to give him the ben

but this is the real jon gruden, not the, you know, not the polished jon gruden we see on tv. i think he did do a good job of welcoming carl nassib into the team this year. not making a big deal out of nassib being first openly gay player. it hasn't really been a story line, which i think reflects really a great progress for society and for the nfl, that, you know, we haven't really been talking about having this openly gay player in the nfl. that said, you know, the raiders especially trying to have this image as being very progressive, there was no way they could move forward with jon gruden as their coach now and like i said, i think people who know gruden weren't too surprised this is the real person that was revealed in these emails. >> how indicative is this, ben, of other coaches, perhaps in the nfl, or, you know, just football in general? as you said, this is like -- it is sort of every bad stereotype, right, of what you would imagine it could be. but it is all there. so just how pervasive is it in 2021? >> i think it is still there. especially from the football guys w

jon gruden. >> the coach of the las vegas raiders. >> he was a very popular tv analyst. he was with the tampa bay buccaneers. he's a very well-known commodity with the nfl. he got called out for saying ugly and racist things -- >> emails. >> about the head of the players union. an email he said i'm not a raisest. he apologized. he said it was a long time ago. but now there is more. >> he said there is not a stick i'm paraphrasing here of racism in him but apparently, the new emails, there is a trove, another trove of emails, chris, that have been uncovered and revealed and reportedly in these emails, it doesn't show what he said in that apology that he made on just the other evening. so that is our breaking news. i know people will be talking about this. they are talking about it now. but -- >> it's not about football. it's about a developing aspect of our culture. >> let me give you the breaking news and we can talk about it. there are multiple reports tonight, chris, jon gruden is resigning as

raiders head coach jon gruden is out. s this this is a story that seems to be getting worse by the hour. today new emails surfaced where gruden allegedly used misogynistic be homophobic language. according to "the new york times" he used that language to describe roger goodell and president biden. these were from about ten years ago. he also criticized the nfl rule changes and policy changes leak allowing women to become referees and the drafting of a gay player. last week an email surfaced where gruden used racist language to describe the head of the nfl players association. let's bring in now from nbc bay area sports monty pool. we have been following this. you know jon gruden for years, as vi. nothing surprises me anymore. does it surprise you what's gone on in the last couple hours? >> no. you realize things people say in public are not going to be necessarily the way they think in private, and these emails were going to people who he thought had like minds and some of them did. he felt comfortable enough to share his

were uncovered during a workplace misconduct investigation into the washington football team. >> jon gruden'seer is ruined you might not say that that's collateral damage, but he wasn't even the reason why this investigation took place. >> reporter: gruden was introduced as raiders head coach in 2018, signing a en-year, $100 million contract. the largest in nfl history. >> it is the biggest day of my life right now to have him here to run this organization. >> reporter: keesean johnson played for gruden for two years and said the coach's public comments were different behind closed doors. >> it's the talking behind people's back. that was one of his traits in tampa. >> reporter: gruden won a super bowl in tampa bay. today we found out he will be removed from that team's ring of honor. the special teams and assistant head coach will take over. a lot of questions have to be answered by team ownership and the nfl. >> perry russom live in our boston newsroom tonight. >>> sports reporter, director of sports journalism at northwestern's school of journalism, thanks a lot the nfl is reportedly sitti

well, they cost jon gruden his job. jon gruden has resigned as head coach of the las vegas raiders. >> he is no longer the coach. the team owner mark davis drove to the team's facility in nevada, short time ago met with gruden and gruden has informed his staff that he is out. he is no longer the head coach. we revelations that came to light on friday. that regarding gruden talking about demaurice smith, who is the nfl players union representative he's the lead of the players union. that was a racist comment. gruden made written reference to demaurice smith's appearance will now the new york times today has this explosive article that outlines a pattern of homophobic and misogynistic comments that gruden wrote in e-mails over a seven-year period while he was working at espn that period ending in 2018, which is the year he left espn took the raiders job a 10 year contract worth a 100 million dollars and here we are a few years in and gruden is out in one instance. according to the times gruden chastise goodell, the nfl co

if they were, in fact, harmed emotionally by jon gruden. >> let's talk about the larger cultural issues within the nfl. first to the homophobia. it's worth noting until last night, gruden coached the only openly gay nfl player, carl nasib as coy mentioned who has not made a public comment about this yet. take us into a typical nfl locker room. is that kind of language normal? >> you know, honestly, it varies. it depends on where you are, who is the leader on that team and what's really tolerated by your captains on that team. honestly speaking, growing up playing the game of football, it was, you know, naturally frowned upon growing up, but we've grown. we've matured in our time and we've learned to accept things and accept people for who they are. so as times have changed, the expectation is for you to get better, especially when you're fortunate enough to wear the tag of the nfl brand, whether you are a player or coach. there's a certain standard that you have to uphold and, look, these emails were sent to somebody. so that speaks to the culture. not only from jon gruden or from head

. >>> former nfl players are sounding off about jon gruden. they say his shocking e-mails are part of a larger problem in the league. this morning new fallout in the wake of nfl coach jon gruden's sudden resignation after e-mails show he used racist, sexist and misogynistic language. >> jon gruden's career is over. it's over. >> he's just always been a fraud to me. never -- from day one, he's been a used car salesman. >> am i surprised that he used racial, insensitive things? am i surprised that he was acting homophobic situation? i'm not surprised. >> gruden losing his sponsorship deal with skechers. this morning there are questions about whether gruden is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to offensive behavior in the league. the nfl players association is demanding the release of all e-mails reviewed during an investigation into workplace misconduct at the washington football team. it was that investigation that uncovered gruden's remarks which were leaked to the media. >> jon gruden wasn't sending those e-mails to himself. there wer

certainly with jon gruden's resignation. the league is not happy with the way mark davis handle this situation. remember, the e-mails came out on friday of last week. the league was hoping according to an insider from the nfl. adam schefter, the league was hoping that jon gruden would be suspended or fined before the sunday game against the bears. he still went on to the field and coach that game. of course. and then on monday during monday night football perhaps by design. the new york times then released more emails that were damaging, certainly to gruden everything blew up at that point and gruden resign. >> and this may speak to some bigger questions here along with the gruden issue still, the raiders have issues with their front office. remember team president mark with dane and 3 others resigned over the summer. there's still no full-time team president. looking forward. the raiders have a new interim head coach. now rich, this. ah, he did a great job coaching special teams for the raiders. he's been coaching football

♪ ♪ >>> so the fallout from former las vegas head coach jon gruden ma misogynistic and racist emails nto the culture of the washington football team. he was working at espn at the time. his emails are a few of hundreds of thousands captured in the investigation. joining me contributing writer for "the atlantic." i couldn't wait. i wanted to talk to you last night. we didn't have time to get you or the night before when this broke. listen, you say good evening, hello, welcome all that. you say that the nfl is full of jon grudens. you talked to people in the league. you have sources. is this just the tip of iceberg? >> i think it is. i mean, listen, the results speak for themselves. don, we know by the obvious institutional racism that exists in the nfl that this is the mentality they have. it may be different degrees. they may not use the same vulgar language as jon gruden but in word, deed and action this is kind of who the nfl is and has been. a league with only three black head coaches, a league that's never had a marjority black ownr and 101 year history the league just got the fir

>> jon gruden one of the biggest names in the nfl, one of the highest paid and all this is unearth. "the new york times" and "wall street journal" reviewed emails from gruden showing he used homophobic, misogynistic, racist language referring to some of the biggest names as part of the nfl, specifically releasing a statement as he resigned saying in his departure, i love the raiders and don't want to be a distraction. thank you to all the players, coaches, and staff and fans of raider nation. i'm sorry. i never meant to hurt anyone. but when you look at the emails, spanning 2011 to 2018 as an espn analyst, he used racist language to describe nfl players association executive director demaurice smith during the backout over the collective bargaining negotiations, "the times" showing he criticized the team drafting an openly gay player in 2014 in michael sam, used homophobic language to describe roger goodell. a league source confirmed to cnn the accuracy of "the times" reporting and reached out to gruden, the nfl, raiders, and we haven't gotten a response just yet. but amid all these

jon gruden out as las vegas raiders head coach. >> reporter: jon gruden announcing his exit as head coach of the raiders. just hours after a "new york times" report detailed a series of e-mails he wrote over the course of nearly a decade that include sexist, racist and anti-gay language aimed at a slew of targets ranging from players to league officials. in a statement to the team gruden saying, "i love the raiders and do not want to be a distraction. i'm sorry. i never meant to hurt anyone." the e-mails sent while gruden was an analyst for espn and confirmed by the nfl but not seen by nbc news were initially discovered during an nfl workplace misconduct investigation. the report detailed several e-mails from gruden including a racist description of nfl union chief demaurice smith, anti-gay slurs insulting the nfl commissioner, panning the hiring of female referees and chiding the hiring of the league's first openly gay player, michael sam. wide receiver keyshawn johnson, who played under gruden, on espn. >> he's just always been a fraud to me never from day one, he's been a used car sale

that's happening for jon gruden.d not think he was that guy and the particular pain that comes from a person in the position of a person oppressed in society, you thought a person might have been all right is actually all wrong. that's the kind of emotion that comes through. i imagine for a lot of people, tim brown and charles woodson, defending jon gruden, i imagine they did it because their. of him was so high to begin with. what do you think about the dude now that you see all of this? and when confronted with it, he's like, i'm going to quit my job, sorry, didn't mean to hurt anybody. what do you think about a guy like that now? >> this was happening while he still had a very public-facing role. and clearly knew not to say those things on an open mic, right? that's what it comes to. who is the real person here, right? and who is the person you're seeing? >> my colleague marcus spears made a very good point i had not thought about because eric reid, who played with colin kaepernick in san francisco and was with hi

jon gruden needed to resign. it was imperative he did resign, and i'm glad that he resigned. >> reporter: "the new york times" reviewed emails from gruden from 2011 to 2018 while he was an espn analyst, using a slur according to roger goodell. he denounced women as referees, the drafting of a gay player, and the players protesting the national anthem. >> all of it obviously reaches critical mass very quickly, to the point that gruden decided himself that there's no way out of this and has to resign or he was pressured to resign. this is a pattern of behavior apparently. there's a lot here. it can't be rationalized. >> reporter: last week, a "wall street journal" report revealed an email sent by gruden in 2011, where he used racist language while referring to the head of the nfl players association, smith, during a contentious lockout over the bargaining negotiations. he apologized for the email after the game on sunday. >> i'm not a racist. i can't tell you how sick i am. i apologize again to d. smith. i feel goo

years to denigrate people around the game and to mock some of the league's momentous changes." >> jon gruden'sareer is over. it's over. >> reporter: while working for espn, in an e-mail to the former president of the washington football team, bruce allen, and others, gruden reportedly called nfl commissioner roger goodell a homophobic slur. and said he should not have pressured the rams to draft gay players. a reference to michael sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted in 2014. but according to "the times," his past e-mails revealing more vulgar remarks. >> the conversations that evoked these vulgarities were about openly gay players being drafted or about protesting during the anthem, about player safety and concussions, about women referees. >> reporter: today, espn stating, "the comments are clearly repugnant under any circumstance." pittsburgh steelers head coach mike tomlin, the nfl's longest-tenured black head coach, reacting to the news of his former boss. >> i'm saddened for the raiders organization. i'm saddened for the people that were offended by it. i'm saddened for coach g

i want to highlight what he said. >> jon gruden wasn't sending those e-mails to himself. there were other people that knew about it. there were other people involved across the league, and this went unchecked for years. so, no, resigning to me is not accountability. it's not enough. it's something reactive and really kind of minimal in the -- in the very least at that the league can do. >> so he touched on what you touched on regarding the culture and just this acceptance internally of this kind of dialogue, but what about accountability? what else should happen. >> well, i mean, here's the thing. i don't know if a league that has this deep of a problem when it comes to racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia if they can correct themselves because the still -- still, the ownership groups look what they look like. you still have probably a lot of people, i think it's a safe assumption to say that there are a lot of jon grudens in the nfl and i guess -- i just don't have the confidence that this league can really put itself in self-check because this is the same league that wa

jon gruden is the fall guy, but you allow someone a level of comfort to speak to you in such a manner. >> of course, we'll have much more on gruden as well as the nfl and what this means for the nfl throughout the day right here on cnn. >>> now, the u.s. justice department is again trying to hit pause on the texas law that essentially bans abortions. a law so restrictive it set off nationwide protests. you remember, on monday the d.o.j. asked the conservative circuit court of appeals to halt the abortion law while a suit challenging it is appealed. last week the justice department secured a preliminary order blocking the ban, but the 5th circuit put a hold on it and effectively revived the law. >>> now, meanwhile, the texas governor has issued an executive order banning coronavirus vaccine mandates. greg abbott says it applies to private employers who cannot require their staff to get vaccinated. now, he has previously issued executive orders prohibiting government mandated vaccine passports. take a listen. >> now what we see is the texas governor really trying to prevent these mandat

jon gruden out, as las vegas raiders' head coach. >> reporter: jon gruden anousing his exit as head coach of the las vegas raiders, after e-mails uncovered as part after separate investigation revealed a torrent of sexist, racist, anti-gay language. in a statement to the team, gruden saying in part, i love the raiders and do not wish to be a distraction. i'm sorry, i never meant to hurt anyone. the e-mails confirmed by the nfl but not seen by nbc news were initially discovered during a workplace misconduct investigation into the washington football team while gruden was an analyst for espn. he used a racist trope to describe demorris smith, writing dumbbories smith has lips the size of michelin tires. he used offensive language to insult roger goodell, and calling michael sam a queer, disparaging players who protested during the national anthem, painting the hiring of female referees. >> it wasn't just something that crossed his mind, which is bad, but he then took that thought, formalized it in a writing and hit send. people say all sorts of things sort of on the cuff that they shouldn't

actually came to light as part of a completely separate investigation that had nothing to do with jon grudeninvestigators reviewed during the continuation of an investigation into the workplace culture at the washington football team ordered by nfl commissioner roger goodell, himself a topic of some of gruden's crude insults last year. that investigation began after this truly disturbing expose by "the washington post," incredible piece of investigative reporting, found rampant sexual harassment at the washington football organization. among other things it revealed that according to one former staffer a ten-minute video of lewd outtakes from a photo shoot with the team cheerleaders was made without their knowledge for washington football team owner daniel snyder who denied he acknowledged the video but a copy was obtained from another employee. in a 2004 incident he is alleged to have told a team cheerleader that he and her friend were at a hotel room and she and her friend should go upstairs and get to know each other better. the nfl fined the team a record $10 million. sounds like a lot o

tonight jon gruden is out of a job. new allegations exposed by the "new york times" in emails from 2011 to 2018 where he casually used misogynistic and homophobic terms. criticized nfl changes allowing women to become referees and drafting of a gay player. email surfaced last week where he used racist language to describe head of the nfl players association. >> you realize that things people say in public are not necessarily the way they think in private. these emails were going to people he thought had like minds. some did. he felt comfortable enough to share his thoughts on these things and it's ugly stuff. >> reporter: nbc sports bay area's monty poole thinks raiders owner marc davis would have fired him if not for quick resignation. >> his priority is like his dad, protect the raiders, and davis has been equal opportunity employer. and hearing what he had in the emails, marc is not going to tolerate that. >> reporter: also criticized the league for trying to reduce concussions and argued that eric reid should be fir

. >> reporter: the fallout continues for jon gruden.fter stepping down as the raiders head coach, the tampa bay buccaneers announced they are removing jon gruden from the ring of honor. he led tampa bay to his first super bowl title back in 2002, so the story goes. nothing to cheer about for jon gruden, as that story just does not seem to want to go away at all. the knockout blow, that is the play for the giants. they've got to make a little ground up on the dodgers if they are going to take a little business and end this divisional series round. moving pictures coming up ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> finally here at 6:00, another big event returns to in person in the east bay. nevermore's pride festival will be back this weekend. it kicks off this friday at carnegie park with an adult only burlesque show. livermore pride fest is also offering covid-19 vaccines and boosters to attendees. >> haven't seen a peace sign in a w

oh, p- come has the latest on that. >> jon gruden on the sidelines. this afternoon. the las vegas raiders dealing with a major fumble head coach jon gruden stepping down after a scathing new york times report detailing homophobic misogynistic and racial remarks gruden made in emails sent over the course of many years the times reports that in several instances crude end sent e-mails using derogatory slurs to refer to nfl commissioner roger goodell in one email gruden said goodell shouldn't have pressured a former rams coach to draft, quote, clears a reference to michael sam. the player who was picked by the team in 2014, the times also reports gruden use homophobic and offensive language to describe nfl owners coaches and even journalists who covered the league according to other emails reviewed by the new york times grid and announced the hiring of women referees as the wall street journal first reported on friday, the nfl was already investigating crude in for a racially charged email. he sent in 2011 he addressed those comments after sunday's raiders game apologiz

overnight, jon gruden resigning as head coach of the las vegas raiders, amid a scandal from previous gruden saying, i love the raiders. i don't want to be a distraction. i'm sorry. i never meant to hurt anyone. hours after "the new york times" reported that gruden used racist and misogynistic terms in numerous e-mails from 2010 and 2013. he reportedly called roger goodell a homophobic slur, a clueless anti-football expletive. he also reportedly criticized the hiring of female referees and the drafting of a gay player. he used a racist trope to denote morris smith. gruden, acknowledging his language went too far. saying i never had a blade of racism in me. >> i am not a racist. i can't tell you how sick i am. i apologize again to dee smith. i feel good about who i am and what i've done my entire life. >> reporter: gruden, who won a super bowl with the buccaneers in 2003, is one of the highest paid coaches in the nfl, signing a ten-year $1 million contract with the raiders in 2018. >> that is probably the end of what was a storied nfl career as a super bowl winning coach, a famed broad

people of color, the way women are asserting power, gaining power and it makes a lot of people like jon grudennd you see a straight line between all these things in gruden's emails and most importantly to me, how they parallel them saying for a long time, and they're just almost identical to things he talks about when you compare them. >> you said that gruden was possibly supercharged by the nfl environment. but isn't the league just really a microsocosm of the rest of th country? look at the reaction to social media -- social justice protests. >> yeah, there is truth to that. what happened with colin kaepernick, he was really the energizing force for people like gruden who just hated the fact that to them, football was their game. and colin kaepernick was disrespecting their game, and colin kaepernick was disrespecting police and their american flag. years later, of course, we see the irony of people who hated coalin kaepernick storming the capitol and attacking police officers with american flags. but he really got a lot of people, i think, more republicans, people like jon gruden, really up

. >> las vegas raiders head coach jon gruden has stepped down from his job. yeah.mes after new reports detail offensive language group news and e-mails dating back years kron 4 sports reporter kylen mills joins us here in the studio. she has the latest on what happened and what this is going to mean for the team. highland. >> pam and jonathan on friday, wall street journal report details an e-mail from 2011 were jon gruden made a racist remark when referring. >> to the nfl players association executive director. it turns out that was just the tip of the iceberg tonight, the new york times uncovered emails were grew news racist misogynistic and anti-gay language repeatedly over the course of 7 years. the e-mails were sent between 2011 2018. the new york times reports that he sent photos of topless cheerleaders to the president of the washington football team while he was an espn analyst gruden called nfl commissioner roger goodell, a homophobic slur. he denounced hiring women as referees and mocks drafting a player. espn is reporting that raiders owner mark davis we

jon gruden is able to decide the future of men.ion where he's interacting with them in a very intimate level and to now know that this is what he really thought about him. here is what they think about you, it's really a slap in the face on a lot of levels and think about it this way. you were talking about colin kaepernick. the nfl has basically made it known that there is always going to be a place for jon gruden but not for colin kaepernick. that's the message. >> absolutely. let me play one more. this is keyshawn johnson that played under gruden on the tampa bay buccaneers. >> he's always been a fraud to me. never from day one he's been a used car salesman and people bought it. >> one more. let's play randy moss and he's making his comments. take a look. >> we talk about leadership. we give guys these big contracts because they want to be able to lead 70 men, coaches, equipment staff and manager for us to be moving back and not forward in the 21st century, like i said, man, national football league, this hurts me. >> you know,

las vegas raiders head coach. >> reporter: and nfl coach and former monday night football analyst jon grudenhis exit as head coach of the raiders after emails revealed a torrent of sexist, anti-gay language aimed at players and league officials. gruden saying in part i love the raiders and do not wish to be a distraction. i'm sorry, i never meant to hurt anyone. the emails confirmed by the nfl but not seen by nbc news were initially discovered during a misconduct investigation into the washington football team while gruden was an analyst for espn. and last week, it was learned gruden used a racist trope to describe demaurice smith in a 2011 email writing that i has lips the seize of might be lynn tire measure lin might be lin tires. and he also called michael sam a queer, disparaging players who protested during the national anthem, panning the hiring of female referees and mocking league efforts to reduce concussions. >> it wasn't just something that crossed his mind, but he formalized it in a writing and hit send. people say all sorts of things sort of on the cuff that they shouldn't. this

and jon gruden email. according to nfl network, gruden has resigned. into the fourth season of a 10 year contract. our sports director marco baniyas is working this story and he will have much more on this is jon gruden has resigned as the head coach of the las vegas raiders will have more in sports. meanwhile surfers, swimmers and beachcombers got some great news and honey to beach in southern california. the beach is closed for more than a week after that undersea pipeline leak crude oil into the water. are back open again. that's far sooner than many had expected. the area was hit hard economically by the nine day beats closure. officials were able to reopen the beaches today after water quality tests revealed. no detectable levels of oil toxins in that water oiled wildlife network reports 38 birds have been found dead since this bill was reported. back on october, the second. well this afternoon, senator alex padilla and california attorney general rob bonta were briefed on the spill and the investigation. all right now to capitol hill, where progr

of color, the way women are asserting power, gaining power, and that makes a lot of people like jon gruden very uncomfortable. and you see a straight line between all these things in gruden's emails and, most importantly to me, how they parallel a lot of these things that the right wing have been saying for a long time. >> mm-hmm. >> and they're just almost identical, the things he talks about when you compare them to some of the things that the right wing have been saying. >> yeah. you say that gruden was possibly supercharged by the nfl environment. but isn't the league really just a microcosm of the rest of the country? you say it's the right wing, but look at the reaction to social media protests -- social justice, excuse me, protests. >> there's some truth to that. what happened with colin kaepernick, he was really sort of the energizing force for people like gruden, who just hated the fact that to them, football was their game, and colin kaepernick was disrespecting their game, and colin kaepernick was disrespecting police and their american flag. years later, of course, we see the i

new fallout in the wake of jon grud gruden's sudden resignation. >> jon gruden's career is over. >> reporteryshawn johnson, who won a super bowl with gruden, saying this about his former coach -- >> he's always been a fraud to me. never from day one, he's been a used car salesman. >> i'm not surprised he used racial incensensitive things. am i surprised he was acting with homophober situations? i'm not surprised. >> reporter: gruden getting the boot from the tampa bay buccaneers ring of honor. this morning there' questions about whether gruden is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to offensive behavior in the league. the players association is now demanding release of all of the e-mails reviewed. an investigation uncovered gruden's remarks that were leaked to the media. >> jon gruden wasn't sending the e-mails to himself. there were other people that knew about it. there's people across the league. >> reporter: a top executive with the play heers association who was himself a racial trope used by gruden said, this is not about much as belie tle look an nfl spokesperson saying we haven

for more on jon gruden's resignation, i'm joined by peter king.eing the "new york times" story, i think the question was are the raiders going to fire him or will he resign and we got the answer pretty quickly. but i'm curious, what do you make of the way that this got dripped out? first the "wall street journal," then he stewed over the weekend and it was sort of like, oh, that didn't cause anything, here is more. i don't mean to be a cynic here, but that is how it looked like from watching this from my end with the political cynic's hat on top. what say you? >> well, chuck, i think that there is a couple things that really are just like almost begging to be answered. one is that the raiders had all these e-mails for 48 hours before the divorce -- sorry, 72 hours before the divorce. 48 hours before jon gruden was to coach his last game. and they did nothing for that time until obviously the "new york times" printed what it printed. the other issue i think is a major issue and that is that, you know, jon gruden's collateral damage in this case, hi

breaking overnight, jon gruden resigns. the raider head coach steps down after email surfaces. with statements against female referees and guy players. >>> deadly plane crash. a twin engine crashes into a neighborhood leaving at least two dead. how good samaritans rescue a couple trapped in a destroyed home. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne marie green. we begin in breaking developments in the fight over covid-19 mandates. yesterday, texas governor banned any entity in the state from requiring shots for employees or customers. basically, no prove needed anywhere in the lone star state but the order may not last too long. in new york tracking the latest developments on this one. >> good morning. there will likely be a court battle over the order banning companies requiring vaccines. similar to how the san antonio school district is fighting back on the previous government order banning vaccine requirements for government workers. >> texas governor's new executive order forbids any entity from enforcing vaccine mandates in the nations second most populated state. t

>>> jon gruden gone. he's facing backlash over controversial e-mails. how he's responding this morning. this is "today in the bay." >>> it's tuesday, and good morning to you. thank you so much for making us part of your morning. i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. let's check in with meteorologist, kari hall, this morning. she has more on the red flag warning we have still in place. >> yeah, continues until 5:00 this evening. still a high fire danger, and we have seen the high wind advisories expired for the rest of the baydvisory until 2:00. we should see our winds gradually calm down as our temperatures head for the upper 60s and low 70s. still nice and cool today but we will be warming up. we'll talk about all of the changes ahead coming up in our forecast in a few minutes. >>> a busy night for firefighters in the north bay. firefighters are monitoring for hot spots after this fast-moving grass fire that started last night near american canyon high school. it burned 150 acres. evacuation warnings were lifted last night. here's a look at the

jon gruden. jon gruden. >> we'll tell you why. the x-rays from your urgent care visit look good. what about my rec team? i'm all they got. next season. thanks doc. wow, he already scheduled my pt. i love doctors who work with athletes. does he know you tripped over a basketball? that's a sports injury. at kaiser permanente, we make getting care easy so you can get back on the court quicker. >> a major scare for many people in american canyon were what he had to say about it all and how the teams moving on. >> and the san francisco giants are moving on to hopefully eliminate the dodgers tonight from the playoffs. we'll see what happens. >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron 00:00am morning news at 6. >> i didn't wear it's the

they weren't even looking for jon gruden.oss these emails and said, whoa! look at this! this guy is a leader of the nfl. he is a team manager. he's a head coach of a team. >> with black players and a gay player. >> is this acceptable in the workplace, somebody who should be setting an example for the league, somebody who hires people and makes decisions about people's future? is this what we want? it is not acceptable. jon gruden is not cancel culture. this is not an accusation. this is something that they found, there is obvious evidence of it and if it was not true, do you think he would have resigned? he probably would have said, this is not true, i did not write those emails, and therefore i'm not going anywhere. he self-canceled. he canceled himself. he said, i'm out. so let's not put jon gruden in that category and let's not for conservatives and people saying this is cancel culture, conservatives, you can't do anything, you can't say anything anymore, are you fighting to make racism okay, to make sexism okay, to make h

wide receiver keyshawn johnson played for gruden in the early 2000s. >> i didn't know that jon would say things like that and put them in an email. he just always been a fraud to me. >> reporter: gruden was in year four of a 10-year, $100 million contract. today skew company skechers cropped him as a brand ambassador. his downfall comes after the n.f.l. began investigating workplace misconduct within the washington football team. and out of 650,000 emails, "the new york times" obtained some emails exchanged over a seven-year span between gruden and then-washington team president bruce allen. gruden allegedly called the n.f.l. commissioner a homophobic slur, denounced women referees, the drafting of a gay player, and slammed players for kneeling during the national anthem. ken belson broke the story. >> but the n.f.l. also understands, like i think a lot of workplaces, this touches an issue that i think a lot of employers now have to grap wel-- how do you police somebody's behavior before they come to your company? >> reporter: bill rhoden writes for "the undefeated." >> don't think fo

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the question now, will jon gruden be suspended or maybe even fired? ng the nfl lockout back in 2011 when he worked for espn, gruden sent an email insulting the head of the players association. he said, smith, a black man, has lips the size of michelin tires. gruden has since apologized to the public, to the team, and to his own players. he says he doesn't have a, quote, racist bone in his body. he says he often refers to liars as people who have rubber lips. the nfl issuing this statement today. the email from jon gruden denigrating demaurice smith is appalling, abhorrent, and wholly contrary to our values. we condemn the statement and regret any harm that it may inflict on mr. smith. here's what demaurice smith had to say. this is not the first racist comment that i've heard, and it will probably not be the last. this is a thick skin job for someone with dark skin, just like it always has been for many people who look like me and work in corporate america. >>> a notable announcement from the san jose earthquakes. within the last 30 minutes, the team a

out as las vegas raiders head coach. >> nfl coach and former monday night football analyst jon grudenouncing his exit as head coach of the las vegas raiders. after emails uncovered as part of a separate investigation revealed a torrent of sexist, racist and anti-gay language and a slew of targets ranging from players to officials. gruden said, i love the raiders and do not issue to be a distraction. i'm sorry. i never meant to hurt anyone. the emails confirmed by the nfl but not seen by nbc news were initially discovered during an nfl workplace misconduct investigation into the washington football team while gruden was an analyst for espn. last week it was learned gruden used a racist trope to describe the union chief demaurice smith in a 2011 email saying dumboriss smith has large lips. and gruden using offensive language to insult roger goodell and calling the first openly gay player michael sam a queer, disparaging players, panning the hiring of female referees and mocking rules for concussions. >> it wasn't just something that crossed his mind that was bad but he took that tought,