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plus, powerful words from one of the biggest icons in sports, nba lenld, kareem abdul-jabbar will join us with his compelling message for all americans about the need for what he calls a rush to justice. >> let's focus in on the big stories we are watching in this final hour of trade. mike tracking the market action as always. julia boorstin following the cory russ of dissent inside facebook and courtney covering the civil unrest mike, start us off with the broader market and this continued strength we are seeing >> yes, continued, persistent strength it's a day when it's gone a little bit away from the nasdaq leaders that were we're so familiar with. that trend has remained in place. did want to look at the nasdaq 100. it is fool hardy to call any kind of a top in a high conviction way nasdaq 100. been the leadership area of the strongest sub sector of this market for years it's over five years has increased more than half again as much as the s&p has however, take a look at this very, very steep looking v here. it's almost complete just more elongated on this side of it. maybe unders

kareem abdul-jabar joins us now.s in situations like this, police leaders, others, try to caricature those out in the streets as mostly looters, mostly left-wing radicals, et cetera, i wonder if you could describe in your view what is at the root of most of what we're seeing out there on the streets today. >> well, i would have to say it is a combination of just decades of being different toward a very real problem in the black community. the indifference that people have to repeated shootings of black americans, unarmed black americans, by white police officers who don't seem to have been trained very well, or that they have like a personal animus against minorities and people of color. this seems to be a trend that is so stubborn and it won't stop. these are people that really have no other voice now. they don't get the political power or the financial power to change the circumstances, so what are they going to do? the voices are people who have no voice. that's how they make their presence known. i just remember

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let's talk to kareem abdul-jabbar kareem, thank you so much for being here i appreciate this. and thank you for talking with me and continuing to talk about what's going on in the world this past weekend you wrote a piece for the "l.a. times" that's had a lot of pickup basically about the protests and the title was, "don't understand the protests? what you're seeing is people pushed to the edge what do you tell people who don't understand what the protests are >> well, you know, the protests are about something that is very real for black americans and poor people. and something needs to be done about it you know, we have no way -- there's no way that we can deal with bad cops that works for everyone >> jimmy: one of the lines that stuck in my head when i was reading your piece was, you said racism is like dust in the air. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that never occurred to me, can you explain that analogy? >> the analogy is, have you ever been in a room, and it's really dusty, but you can't see it until you shine a flashlight and see all the dust motes in the ray of light >> jimmy: yea

kareem just said almost exactly what i said yesterday.tty tame now compared to what we're looking at. you know, i don't know what it takes to wake some people out of their denial, which i think drew brees must be in. to equate taking a knee with somehow being unpatriotic boggles my mind. my dad and his brothers and many other black men of his generation fought in world war ii in a segregated military to defend the freedoms they were not permitted to enjoy when they came home, and they were forced to say the pledge of allegiance and stand up when "america the beautiful" was played. they did that hoping that their kids would see a day of greater opportunity. and those greater opportunities did come along. but look at the struggle that continues to go on the expand that opportunity and to expand equal treatment under the law. any expression of protest is considered unpatriotic. i think racism is unpatriotic. >> well said. >> dan, you wanted to jump in? >> i think the images some time ago with colin kaepernick kneeling made a lot of americans

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kareem abdul jabbar is an advocate for social justice. i know you said you hoped this horrible incident will lead to a moment of clarity in the united states, but there needs to be political will before there can be any real change in the country. do you believe that will change? >> i believe people are starting to understand what the situation is and what it has been for 400 years for black americans especially. when they finally get it, i think they can have the political will to ask for change because without the support of all americans nothing is going to happen. >> we are seeing, and you have seen it as well, viewers have seen disturbing videos from around the country of police aggression towards peaceful protesters. what does it say to you that some of these peaceful demonstrators continue to experience the same police brutality they are protesting? >> i think the police probably feel like they are under fire. maybe they are responding emotionally to what other people have had to deal with for a long time. the fact that some police

earlier we spoke to professor salema do kareem is the epitome ologist leading south africa's covert 19 advisory team she told us about the problems the country is having securing covert 19 testing equipment this is really most frustrating for all of us the country is now doing somewhere between $25.30 tests per day so it's not maybe we doing you know only a handful we do a whole lot of tests but i would need is much much greater that we really would like. to be able to do you know twice or thrice that and we have the capacity that capacity to do you know 70000 tests may 2000 tests a day we have that capability because that capability was built in order to do testing for each a.v. and also for tb so because we have the best we have the machines and everything we just can't get hold of the kids and the fact that the supply is just not able to supply the numbers we need is a real problem because it's not a money issue it's just an international supply issue. not so the other stories making headlines this hour canada's prime minister justin trudeau says he's disappointed at china's decisio

visit petmeds.com today. >>> kareem abdul-jabbar wrote an op ed.ts often are used as an excuse to some to take advantage. i don't want to see stores looted or even buildings burned, but african-americans have been living in a burning building for many years choking on the smoke as the flames burn closer, closer. racism in america is like dust in the air. it seems invisible, even if you're choking on t and then you let the sun in, then you see it's everywhere. we have a chance of cleaning it wherever it lands but we have to stay vigilant. it's always still in the air. and speaking with cnn's anderson cooper abdul-jabbar explained why he wrote that. >> i tried to set up an analogy that people could understand. you know, there's another way of describing it. it's like the united states is this wonderful bus with great seats in the front of the bus but as you go further to the back of the bus the seats get worse and the fumes from the exhaust leak in and really wreck with people's 4e8 ae's lives bu people at the front of the bus have no complaints. whe

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kareem is an intelligent black man and probably the smartest athlete i've ever known in my life.et me go back to governor cuomo. we need a leader like him. he has been strong. he's had an incredible strategy for the state of new york. he was on top of it. governor whitmer of michigan has been strong. i know she was on your show. thank you for protecting my state, michigan, where i'm from, governor. you've done an amazing job. governor newsom out here in california has done an amazing job. you know, we've had strong leadership. right? we've seen it. we've seen those people who say, hey, we got to unite the people. we got to bring people together. not divide the people. and right now, that's so important, what comes out of our mouth because these protesters are serious and they're not going to stop until their voices are heard and justice is served for george floyd. that's very important. >> yeah. justice. magic johnson, thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you, anderson. >>> news continues. i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> really important conversati

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. >>> coming up, visionary leaders including kareem abdul-jabbar weigh in on a path forward. >>> plusembers of george floyd's family march. and the impassioned words from his daughter. >>> we can tell you about these hospital workers and why they're clapping for someone else. >>> we can tell you about these hospital workers and why they're clapping for someone else. niethese hospital workers and why they're clapping for someone else. did you know that every single flush fling odors onto your soft surfaces? then they get released back into the air so you smell them later. ew. right? that's why febreze created small spaces. press firmly and watch it get to work... unlike the leading cone, small spaces continuously eliminates odors in the air and on surfaces so they don't come back for 45 days. now that's one flushin' fresh bathroom. rt >>> amid the protests overnight were memorials to the man whose death started it all, george floyd. >> he grew up in houston, and the city's mayor joined with more than a dozen members of floyd's family in a march through downtown. more than 60,000 people

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kareem is an investigative journalist who's moderating some of the panels out this year as a virtual d.w. global media forum which is looking at the role of reporters during the global health emergency welcome house to weaponize ing of the pandemic by populist leaders affected journalists ability to do their job. when i when i saw the report now it it makes you somehow angry because we as journalists already have hard conditions the way we work and when we try to investigate and to travel the word now with people and presidents attacking us in this way it's just worsening the conditions we are working in and you know our security and our credibility and this all means we have to work more we have to have much more energy we have to convince the people to talk to them because even here in germany when you when you want to report you hear the phrase you could put press that which is like the liars or you are not telling the truth and when i'm in the middle east you're here it's also so this all the whole atmosphere against journalists is just worsening the conditions for us to work and

kareem abdul jabar has kindly explained the issues at the heart of the protest over the death of georgespeaking with anderson cooper abdul jabar says it is time for the country to change their tactics. >> i tried to set up an analogy that people could understand. it is like the great seats in the front of the bus but towards the back of the bus the seats are worse and the exhaust wreck with people's healths. it is kind of like that t. the skpu it democracy, it does not work for us. last hired, first fired. we have a different set of expectations from the criminal justice system. so many ways of american life. i think we have come to a moment of clarity here where it can result in such a horrible incident that we saw in mr. floyd's death. >> president obama spoke about it today. i am paraphrasing. essentially channelling the energy that we are seeing, this extraordinary and real change. do you think that is possible? marching in the discretes is powerful but where does it lead to? >> something has to be done. it is not enough to say that was terrible and thoughts and prayers are with you

. >> all new "tonight show" tonight with kareem abdul-jabbar, phoebe robinson, and w. kamau bell right after this. >>> happening now, a grass fire is burning in the area of pinole. no structures threatened at this time. firefighters say it's just about out now but we saw one neighbor helping out in a garden hose. we're back with more news in a moment. >>> the back and forth between the president and north carolina officials over holding the republican national convention during this pandemic appears to have reached a sudden conclusion. tonight president trump tweeted, quote, we are now forced to seek another state to host the 2020 convention. it is scheduled to take place in late august in charlotte. public health concerns are in direct conflict with the president's wishes for a full-scale convention. the governors of both florida and tennessee have expressed interest in hosting that convention, though. >>> and as the race for the white house quietly moves along, presumptive democratic nominee joe biden racked up another string of primary victories. nbc news projects b

miriam carey was shot in her car with her baby in the back of her me soccer game and i remember when kareem games was killed that every always who was also me there were blaming her for it they were bleeding or remember or member when ronnie should ride knocked on the door to get help and the white man children people say why did you go to this party why was she hi like this is these are the responses when trayvon martin was killed were cuboid was actually shot by a police officer trayvon martin was killed by a local neighborhood guy and yet it wasn't ricky a boy that started the movement and she was shot by a cop and totally a racist from this thing so when we bring these things out it's embarrassing it's hurtful and it's an indictment and it de censors black men who with it with out our history for civil rights and everything we have held on to this believe that it's black men who are going to lead us and we're going to take a sense of this promised land when really it's been the black women who have been doing all the work behind the scenes to sustain communities and sustain movements wh

see more of coaches and players and league officials be like talk about this please get involved kareem a ball of jobar good lord i'm so angry about this you can hear it in my voice and he even came out and spoke about it so you need to see the other leagues the n. the n.h.l. the m l b the n.f.l. pushing their players that this is good to talk about this for the betterment of everybody absolutely and i think that in all of the leagues we need. coaches like steve kerr live popovich to have the entirety of their careers being race forward being the people who are just extremely understanding of what's going on this isn't new to them they've been true to this more decade no they they stand by what they say they stick by their morals so much for bringing us this news from the sporting world always a pleasure from. ordering tear gas attacks on peaceful protesters in the nation's capital backfired for us president. it looks like his last minute photo op in front of one of the oldest church is holding a bible wasn't the right move not only is trump facing criticism from the bishop of the local

kareem abdul-jabbar penning an op-ed for "the new york times" saying, racism in america is like dustn the air. it seems invisible even if you're choking on it 'til you let the sun in, then you see it's everywhere. as long as we keep shining that light, we have a chance of cleaning it wherever it lands. kareem abdul-jabbar concluding that op-ed saying, what i want to see is not a rush to judgment but a rush to justice. >> and levity from chris rock over the weekend. he had some standup that supposedly said, some jobs just can't have bad apples, some and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. and because we're committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. helping riders focus on the road ahead. >>> breaking overnight on "world news now," america cries out for a sixth straight night. ornhtd 20 major american cities are under curfew orders right now. fires set just across the street from t

you had an nba hall of famer on your network, kareem abdul-jabar and he brought rodney king in that issueid, there hasn't been change for 30 years and i thought to myself, i may not complete agree with that, but if he feels that way and families feel that way, and our communities of color feel that way, that's a strong statement that we have to accept and get to the table, the right people at the table, rank and file, the leaders of the associations across america, and fix whatever problems, policies, jobs, education, it's all intertwined, but you have the wrong people at the table the whole time. >> i wonder what your reaction to that is about getting the rank and file at the table, but also that sentiment that things haven't changed. >> yeah, well, things haven't changed for 30, 40, 50 years. the enforcement model seems to be stagnant, and that is for a heavy handed overmilitarized, pushed away from community relations and enforcement. that's been current for the last 30 years at least but if you really want to change the situation where you have black and brown people killed by crimina

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kareem abdul-jabbar wrote about it eloquently, spoke to him, people can look at one protest and see differenting on the side of the aisle or zip code they're in, whatever point of view they have. not sure how one overcomes that but i think there are a lot of people not sure about where this goes and maybe some people focus more on law breaking and looting and others focus on police actions that are brutal. and yet the vast majority of police and vast majority of protesters have been trying to follow the law and peaceful and -- how do you get away from the us versus them? and this polarization, stoked by our political leaders, media, everything. >> first you have to acknowledge it is us versus them and you have blind spots. social narrative shapes your world. information you got from parents, school, neighborhood. and develops the lens and filter through which you interpret everything. social filter determines how you interpret what you see on the news, people rioting and protesting and police. my social narrative is one of 7 billion. i don't know everyone's. i have to humbly say help me under

in 2020, muhammad ali, kareem abdul-jabbar, jim brown still fighting this fight.us to keep it going. >> we are the problem are the first public words issued by britney brees, she and husband drew brees continue to respond to the criticism that came from the quarterback's initial stance. brittany brees saying that white americans are not listening and not hearing what anthem protests are really about. she says x "to say i don't understand what disrespecting the flag means means i now understand. i was also saying i don't understand what the problem really is. i don't understand what you're fighting for and i'm not willing to hear you because of our preconceived notions of what that flag means to us. it's our job to educate ourselves." lastly, potentially troubling news for hoping for a college football season as students were allowed back to campus to start participating in training, this week. sports illustrated and a.l..com reporting that five alabama football players at least have tested positive for coronavirus. that at least one of those players took part in a

>>longtime social justice activist an nba legend kareem abdul-jabbar said that in order to see change in america. all members of society must participate he also reflected on the killing of george floyd and the subsequent state of unrest in america. >>well i police probably feel like there under fire. maybe they they responding emotionally to what the other people have had to deal with for a long time. the fact that some police don't respect everybody's rights is is what the problem is and go. they're having a hard time understanding that the they are part of the problem until they understand that a debt problem is going to persist. >>since his abdul-jabbar has remained active socially in 2016 here, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by barack obama abdul-jabbar hi michael jordan abdul-jabbar says people of color have long had to deal with racial bias and injustice at the hands of police often times with deadly consequences. >>oakland native and portland trail blazers star damian lillard join demonstrators who yesterday. protested the death of george floyd willard posted

you can see the giants whose shoulders i stant behind me at the ali summit, kareem abdul-jabbar, jimll russell at a time when they were protesting racial injustices, you know what they were doing, losing their championship belts, losing their reputation, losing sponsorship, losing their careers. tommy smith and john carlos when they got back from the olympics after raising the fist could not find a job so for those sacrifices that led to colin kaepernick to take a knee and how eerily similar is colin kaepernick taking a peaceful protest before a football game is to george floyd and the officer who murdered him. let's call that what it is. let's stop saying died when one of these situations happen at the hands of police, okay. that's not dying. dying -- at 105 in your sleep is peaceful. these are murders. these are lynchings. these are killings, so what we want people to do to understand that they have the strength to make changes, prosecutors, judges, senators, mayors, governors and definitely the president. >> jalen, i have to say, i said to you in the break, i always loved will you

kareem jefferies and todd davis helped make it happen. >> we felt strongly about what was going on inso it was important for us to get out there together. >> it was one thing to talk about things, it was another to actually get out and put a plan into action. that's what we wanted to do. we wanted to make an impact in our community. >> reporter: the commissioner made no mention of kneeling in the future and we don't know if we will have a season in the fall. but president trump has been critical of the protest that calls out police brutality. >>> it's going to be fascinating to see how this plays out, chris. because on one hand, you have a tidal wave of emotion from the players. they're committed to this cause at this point. you have the commissioner, who has been dragged, if not totally on to their side, he's saying he's with them. you have owners like jerry jones who said in the past, anybody that kneels will not play for the dallas cowboys. i don't know if jerry is planning on suiting up himself this season, but where does this go? >> yeah. it will be very interesting to see, larry

i talked to kareem abdul-jabbar who wrote about it in the l.a.ecently, i thought very eloquently. you know, people can look at one protest, and see completely different things, depending on what side of the aisle they're sitting on or what, you know, zip code they're in or whatever -- whatever point of view they have. i'm not sure how one overcomes that but i think there is a lot of people who are still not sure about where this goes, and maybe more -- some people focus more on, you know, lawbreaking and looting. and others focus, more, on police actions that are brutal. and, yet, the vast majority of police and the vast majority of protestors have been, you know, trying to follow the law and peaceful. and -- and -- allow do you get away from the us versus them and this polarization which is stoked by our political leaders, media, by everything? >> the first thing you have to acknowledge is that it is us versus them in that you have blind spots. our social narrative is a story that helps shape how you see the world. information you got from your

shut up and dribble but says he is inspired by the likes of muhammad ali, the oscar robertsons and kareemre than about just sports. eva. >> janai, thank you. >> joining us is chiney ogwumike, a two-time wnba all-star who plays for the los angeles sparks and also an espn analyst. thanks for being with us. how much of an impact do you think athletes can make in something like the more than a vote campaign which you're also participating in? >> we aim to make a real impact, okay, so i am going to tell you a secret when it comes to sports, athletes love game plans. we love strategy. and i think what makes this initiative special is that now e innghasa eney, ve voice, we game plan, strategy to issues that matter. because i believe we're at a point in society where we need to turn activism into action. lebron james knows this. and the best way to accomplish that is getting our community out to vote. so thanks to lebron james we formed a team, a team of athletes and entertainers across the nation, a team that refuses to stay on the sidelines because we simply have too much at stake. so more than

jackie robinson, and muhammad ali and kareem abdul-jabaar and, yes, colin kaepernick are among the athletes've fought systemic racism. but last week, liberated from the grind of a season, unencumbered by risk-averse team owners and publicists, athlete voices echoed extra loud. they flooded social media, of course. but they also took to the streets. put together, the george floyd story became, at least in part, a sports story. like an athlete coming back from injury, we'll see what role sports will fill now. where the leagues themselves will stand, and what conversations will fill locker rooms. we envision sports emerging not as distraction or lightness; but something heavier, more relevant to repairing this deep tear in the national fabric. athletes may grip rackets and clubs and the seams of balls, but, as we've just been reminded, they have a unique grip on us, as well. i'm jon wertheim. stick around. a special edition of "60 minutes presents" is coming up next. and we'll be back next week with another new edition of "60 minutes." ( ticking ) investments, we do things differently and othe

so i'm for the sports here's joe thank you and be a basketball legend kareem abdul-jabbar hopes the killing of george floyd will awaken people to the horrors of racism protests continue around the u.s. against racial injustice and police brutality floyd an armed man died 10 days ago after a policeman knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes a number of sports stars have spoken out including up to he remains the highest point score in n.b.a. history there's been a lot of talk about how horrible the rioting and looting is. that that is no way to demonstrate but people should think about the fact that. collin copulate tried to demonstrate peacefully what did he cut he got ostracize he lost his job he was black ball that that was a peaceful protest about an issue that is very real and no one could it could acknowledge that we've got to get to the point where we take these people seriously and acknowledge the wrongs that they are trying to identify and right one thing that we can do all of us we can go out and make a friend of someone who doesn't look like us you know we have to understand what pe

and a basketball legend kareem abdul-jabbar hopes the killing of george floyd will awaken people to the horrors of prices and it's been a lot of talk about how horrible the rioting and looting is. that that is no way to demonstrate but people should think about the fact that. hollande happen to try to demonstrate peacefully what did he cut he got ostracized he lost his job he was black ball that that was a peaceful protest about an issue that is very real and no one could it could acknowledge that we've got to get to the point where we take these people seriously and acknowledge the wrongs that they have trying to identify and right and one thing that we can do all of us we can go out and make a friend of someone who doesn't look like us you know we have to understand what people's lives are like people that we don't spend a whole lot of time with on a regular basis but we have to get to know our communities who are our fellow americans. for me one champion lewis hamilton is not the athlete who's spoken out saying he's overcome with rage over events in the u.s. meanwhile the new f one s

you have kareem abdul y dul jdu the other day. 99% of police officers are good police officers.t of that oath in coral gables is we hold ourselves and others accountable for our actions. we need, as a culture of police officers, to weed out the bad apples. i don't know fits if it's racist this country suffers from implicit bias we have to recognize because as long as we recognize it within ourselves, you know, this is something that's going to help address the pain. and these pains are legitimate. as police officers now, with everything that you all have done that we see this, as chiefs, we don't have to wait. we saw. you know, eight minutes and 46 seconds. and bigger wise, that the officers, you know, that stood there are just as culpable. and that's the accountability part of our oath. >> listen, wise words, chief hudak. important words. we appreciate it. let's keep up the conversation. i think a lot of americans want to hear the kinds of things you're saying and doing, and see the things you're doing. >> to your point, you know, the chiefs in that group that you saw, and that

basketball legend kareem a abdul jabbar wrotete in "thehe los ans times" -- "racism in america is like dust in the air. it seems invisible -- even if you're choking on it -- until you let the sun in. then you see it's everywhere. as long as we keep shining that light, we have a chance of cleaning it wherever it lands. but we have to stay vigilant, because it's always still in the air." meanwhile, many athleteses are speakiking out against n new ors saintsts star quarterback drewew brees,s, who recently criticized playayers who have takaken a kne during the nationanal anthem saying he would "never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the united states of america.a." his teammate malcolm j jenkins posted a video on instagram responding. >> here we are in 2020 with the whole country on fire, everybody dying,ing a black man murdered at the hands of police, in cold blood for everyone to see. the whole country is on fire. in the first thing you do is criticize peaceceful protest?t? amy: in other sports news, 16-year-old tennis s star coco gauff spokoke wednesesday at a k lives matter

and i want to close with something that kareem abdul gentleman par wrote in the "l.a. times." in part, he wrote, yes, protests are often used as an excuse for some to take advantage. i don't want to see stores looted or even buildings burned, he wrote. but african-americans have been living in a burning building for many years, choking on the smoke as the flames burn closer and closer. racism in america is like dust in the air. it seems invisible even if you're choking on it until you let the sun in. thanks so much for being with us. it's been a difficult time for everyone. we know our responsibility to report accurately and effectively and comprehensively. that does it for today. ari and katie pick up our coverage after a break. katie pi coverage after a break a unique tri-layer supplement that calms you, helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer great sleep comes naturally with sleep3. only from nature's bounty. could another come aroundot, the corner. or could it play out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is prove

before i get to my question i would like to quote kareem abdul-jabbar racism is everywhere in the world and until you shine a light on it, and you don'te see it so america should take this issue to redeem its leadership and deal with it and the rest of the world will follow. now my question, how do we make the supreme court and the independent body again. smy suggestion is to take away the appointment from the president and also for the body to renounce their political dedication in writing they will renounce their political affiliation and the decision-making. there itak is. >> guest: i think when it comes to the courts, they faced the same challenge. we need balance between accountability and independence. so, to argue for the fully independent supreme court makes sense if we think they will always make better decisions than the political system that is answerable to the public. public. there'there is also the huge che how it could cease fully independent. who are these people with this problem without accountability and who will decide who is on the court. i think our system reaches

players kareem jackson and todd davis helped make the event happen. >> we felt very strongly about whatwas important for us to get out there together and show that no matter what race, ethnicity you come from this locker room was unified. >> it's one thing to talk about things, it was another thing for us to actually get out and put a plan into action and that's what we wanted to do, make an impact in our community. >> reporter: currently, the nfl has no rule preventing players from kneeling during the national anthem. robin. >> we'll see what happens going forward, steve, thank you. >>> and joining us now live, michael wilbon, the co-host of "pti," "pardon the interruption" on espn. michael, always good to have you with us. appreciate your time. >> good morning, robin. >> good morning, michael. i want to get your reaction to the statement. do you think this could be the start of some real change in the league, michael? >> robin, one would hope so because i want to tell you my first reaction and my first reaction was, this is stunning to hear goodell say this, we, the national football

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. >> caller: thank you for taking my call with kareem abdul-jabbar's racism is like dust it's everywhere the world until you shine light on it so america should take this issue and deal with it the rest of the world would follow now my question how do we make this an independent body again my suggestion is to take away from that in the president and also for the body to renounce the dedication in writing they will renounce their political affiliation in their decision-making. there it is. >> guest: will meet comes to the courts we face the challenges of every other institution we need a balance between accountability and independence. so to argue for a fully independent supreme court makes sense everything that will always make better decisions in our political system which is answerable to the public. there's also a huge practical challenge of how it could actually be fully independent, who are these people who will have that much power without accountability and who will decide is on the court? i think our system reaches a compromise that makes sense. judges have lifetime tenure so the

before i get to my question like to quote kareem abdul-jabbar hat racism is like dust. it's everywhere in world and until you sign -- shine light on it you don't see it. so america should take the issue to regain its leadership some deal with it and the rest of the world will follow mitchell my question, how we make the supreme court an independent body again? my suggestion is to take away the april appointmentship from the president and also for the body to renounce their political dedication in writing, they will renounce their political affiliation in their decisionmaking. there it is. >> guest: well, i think that the -- when it comes to courts he face the same challenge witch need some billion between accountability and independence. so to argue for fully independent supreme court makes sense. i we think that court will always make better decisions than our political system which is answerable to the public. also a huge practical challenge how it can be fully independent. who are these people who will have this much power without accountable and who will decide who

to my question, kareem abdul-jabbar, racism is like dust, it is everywhere in the world. you don't see it. to redo its colored -- career leadership and the rest of the world will follow. my question, how we make the supreme court independent body again, my suggestion is take away the appointmentship for president and also the body to renounce the political dedication in writing, for decision-making. >> we need some balance between accountability and independence. to argue for a fully independent supreme court makes sense if we think the court will always make better decisions which is answerable to the public and a huge practical challenge, how it can be fully independent. why these people who will have this much power without accountability. and it reaches a compromise, and not answerable to elections or elected officials once they are appointed but they are appointed by elected officials who are answerable to the public so there's a connection between them and our democratic system but there is independence. it can be rethought. for 18 year terms for example so that you