. >> hello, thank you for this opportunity to speak and i'd like to thank michael smith for acknowledging my letter that i sent to him. my name is gary narimore, i have lived in san francisco, worked in san francisco for 4 years. i have lived in this neighborhood for 20 years. i have walked lampson lane and all the blocks around my neighborhood almost daily, i have enjoyed watching construction and remodels in the neighborhood and was pleasantly surprised and pleased with the tastefulness that's been done to date. when i saw the scope of this project and this huge box that was going to replace what is currently there, it was just unimaginable to me. i'm not objecting to the addition of a second unit, i think i'm all for -- i'm not anti-growth, i think development there is reasonable, but the current scope and size of this thing and the footprint is just beyond my imagination and i respectfully request that as proposed this be denied. thank you. >> thank you. any further speakers? >> good evening, commissioners, my name is jued igt lamb, i am speaking for the eureka valley association plan

i'd also like to thank michael smith and others in the planning department for investing a significant amount of resources into getting us prepared to be here today. my primary goals in purchasing the house at 4546 19th street were first to stay close to the neighbors who have become a part of my family. i have lived in this neighborhood, specifically in a house diagonally behind the subject property, for 17 years. i have looked at this home out my rear window for the past 17 years. if we could have the slides, thank you. this is the neighborhood and the subject property is the first one after the canadian flag and you can see multiple styles of architectural nature within the neighborhood. my view from my rear window that i've been looking at for the past 17 years, if i could have the overhead projector on -- overhead projector, please -- has given me the opportunity to watch 4 houses in a row be developed behind my home. these 4 houses right along here have all been developed in the past several years and you can see the pattern of large homes all the way up the street. the subject p

. >> hello, thank you for this opportunity to speak and i'd like to thank michael smith for acknowledging my letter that i sent to him. my name is gary narimore, i have lived in san francisco, worked in san francisco for 4 years. i have lived in this neighborhood for 20 years. i have walked lampson lane and all the blocks around my neighborhood almost daily, i have enjoyed watching construction and remodels in the neighborhood and was pleasantly surprised and pleased with the tastefulness that's been done to date. when i saw the scope of this

[applause] >> michael smith. [applause] >> and me, debby smith. [applause] and five of our wonderful contributors out a 32 computers. so i thought i would take a look at about myself. i've been a socialist since going to college in boston in the radical '60s. it was in boston that the address you provide and encourage everyone to question societies assumptions. i worked full-time for the anti-vietnam war movement, penn state legal defense fund, the feminist union and socialist movement. i'm a longtime supporter of the brecht forum, the new york marxist school and i still participate in anti-capitalism and pro-democracy movements that are growing so rapidly. [applause] now i'm going to get a bit about francis. i love the francis. [applause] >> frances heard the word socialist when she was 18. ann taylor, sound like a great idea. she got married at 20. our activism began, and at age 89, it hasn't stopped yet. i can tell you she is a dynamo. in 1959 she helped organize new york's lower east side community robert moses and save the neighborhood and th

michael smith is a surgical director of lung transplantation at st. joseph's. >> what we've done is taken out of the donor's body and put it into an ice chest. >> but on ice, limited window of six hours before they're unsuitable for transplant. >> that period of time there is no blood flow or oxygen getting to those lungs so that's called ischemia. >> the lungs the moment they leave the donor's body those they? >> that's right. the lungs don't like that. >> the transplant team is on call 24-7. when a donor becomes available, they rush into action and retrieve the organs needed to save the life of one of their patients. patients like 69-year-old victoria bloomfield. >> we were gorgeous. hmm. >> brian and vick yah have been married for 47 years. together they raised three children. they kept active lives up until three years ago. when victoria was diagnosed with ideopathic pulmonary phi borrows is, a chronic and ultimately fatal lung disease. >> psychologically are you ready for the transplant? >> i'm ready for it. i don't have any option, there is no o

michael smith is the surgical director of lung transplantation at st.oseph's. >> historically what we've done is taken them out of the donor's body and put them into an ice chest. >> but on ice, fragile organs have a time limit of only six hours. >> that period of time there's no blood flow or air getting to those lungs, that's calls keep ya. >> those lungs are deteriorating, aren't they? >> exactly. those cells don't like that. what this device has done is taken it so we can remove the lungs from the donor and put them in this device that profuses the vessels with blood and also has a ventilator circuit that actually pushes air into the lungs. the lungs are constantly oxygenating warm blood as they would in someone's body. and essentially, diminishes that ischemic time to almost nothing. >> lungs been maintained on the organ care system for almost ten hours, nearly doubling the time they can be kept on ice. >> you are essential doubling the travel time, travel is a nonfactor. >> katherine vosh is a joseph's. it is her responsibility to monitor lungs in

francis golden. [ applause ] >> michael smith. and me, debby smith. and five of our wonderful contributotrs. i have been a socialist since going to college in the radical '60s in boston. the atmosphere encouraged everyone to question everything. i worked for the non-vietnam defense young, the women's movement, and i participate in the movements that are growing so rapidally. -- rapidly -- now i will tell you a little bit about francis. she heard the world socialist when she was 18. she got married at 20 and her activism began and at age 89 it hasn't stopped yet. in 1959, she helped organize lower new york's community to meet moses and save the neighborhood from urban renewal. she founded the francis golden literary agency and it is still going strong savoring books that help change the world. now she says let's free mumbia. francis, why did you want to do this book? >> well, i was feeling pretty -- okay. i have it. can you hear me? >> yes. >> i was feeling dispondent because it was once said give me socialism or barberism. it is build into the system.

michael smith from the planning staff and his residential design teamworked pretty hard with this project architect and the owner to come up with the best possible house for this setting. and i think they have done a really good job with it. they have created a house that is both responsible and respectful of the character of the block. it follows the contour of the topography. the setback at the top is very respectful of pedestrian experience along 19th street. but what it also does, it presents gifts to the block just as the corner block -- corner houses on the other corners of the block do. the front setback area gives us an open notched courtyard with the terrace above so light will come through. it is not a maxed-out property by any stretch of the imagination. there are opportunities to create living space where architectural details were placed and placed carefully. the rear building wall was sculpted very specifically to address view issues that were of real concern with the canadian consulate. we met with them several times before the application was filed and discussed exactly wh

michael smith is a surgical director of lung transplantation at st.oseph. >> historically we've taken them out of the donor's body and put them into an ice chest. >> but on ice fragile organs like lungs have a window of six hours before they're unsuitable for transplant. >> that period of time there is no flood flow or oxygen getting to those lungs. that's called ascheme i can't. >> as soon as lungs leave the donor's body, they're deteriorating. >> yes, exactly and the cells don't like that. >> the transplant surgical team at st. joseph are on call 24/7. when a donor organ is available, they rush to action to save one of their patients. patients like 69-year-old victoria bloomfield. >> look at how skinny i was. i like that one. >> we were gorgeous. >> they have been married for 47 years together they raised three children. they kept active lives up until three years ago when victoria was diagnosed with pul pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal lung disease. >> psychologically are you ready for this transplant? >> i'm ready for it. there is no option. i either g

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. >> that was michael smith speaking on the melissa harris-perry show this morning.a black man living in america, and for that reason alone, he fears for his life on a regular basis. as you think about the michael dunn case in the coming days and weeks, you might feel tempted to believe justice was served for jordan davis and his family. after all, dunn was convicted on four of five counts and will likely serve the rest of his life in prison. but ask yourself, was the value of 17-year-old jordan davis' life addressed in last night's verdict? as my next guest put it, the mistrial further sends a chilling effect to parents in the 23 states that have the stand your ground law or similar laws. joining me now is someone who spent his career giving voice to the voiceless, fighting against injustice, fighting for equality. he's been instrumental in keeping dr. king's dream alive and keeping the movement growing. and not only shining a light where it's needed but helping to heal and move the conversation forward. most recently leading a rally to honor trayvon martin attended

, i work with a fellow named michael smith. he is the white house decorator at the moment.riend and we have worked together for over 20 years. >> if he were to say to you, howard, would you come to the white house? what would you say to obama? >> i would say what everyone said in the first campaign, he is a great communicator. i think we can communicate better. his casehink he makes strongly enough. >> he's not doing it well anymore. >> i think since he took office -- i would've liked to see him saying, here is what is going on in the country with the financial crisis. here is why the banks are important. i would like to be on tv saying when congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling it is not about paying money, it's about spending bills. i would like him out there on that. >> the latter may have said the former doesn't win votes. >> the question is whether you hear something about other than just votes. >> we will be back with final thoughts. stay with us. >> i am stephanie ruhle here with matt miller. >> it is great to have you here, howard. bob benmosche is going to joi

michael robinson from money map press and sandra smith is here, and michael smith of social radar, we'llomments from all of them in a moment. first to the market, the opening trend is up. it makes a nice change. 12 points in the very, very early going, the dow, remember, 15,450 at the moment. that means we're down still over 1,000 points in this calendar year. right out of the box let's go straight to the price of twitter. i know it's going be to be down. i know it's going to be down big. user growth, user growth is slowing. not as fast a pace as everybody wanted to see. the stock is at 50. down 24%. michael robinson, is twitter a buy at 50? >> no way to know exactly if it's a buy at $50. you know, the thing i worry about, we talked about this in the past,stuart. when i've got post ipo like this, it's always volatile. this is not the first time we've seen a big social media giant stumble shortly after the ipo. stuart: come on, michael, you're the guy who jumped out of the box and said apple's going to 1,000 and you're not quite sure whether you'd buy twitter at 50? come on. >> there's no

the leader of the labour party michael john smith died wholly unexpectedly.e was apparently a youngish man in his 50's. he might never have been prime minister. it's about being at the right place at the right time. gordon brown was the shadow chancellor. he was in charge of the economic policy. he was also in charge of the election machine. he was into election strategies. >> gordon brown went out to be prime minister for how long? >> over three years. >> here is a famous name for people who can remember 20 years ago. here is ian paisley. you can explain after we see it. >> if he wants a settlement the only honorable thing he can do is resign. >> order. i really must seek a withdrawal from the honorable gentleman about the use of the word falsehood. i am sure he has tried to use his words very carefully this afternoon, but i would ask him to reflect for a moment while i am speaking so he may withdraw so we can have copper order in our exchanges and are questioning in this house. just the thing i am sure he would have liked. >> madam speaker, there are far to

. >> i want to show you what michael denzel smith wrote.see this, we have a cultural problem in this country that allows trayvon's life and death to be turned into a spectacle. is he right? should america be better than this? >> if you watch a lot of tv, we turn events into spectacles into events. i think we have the option. it's going to be a pay per view fight. i spoke to dana feldman, it will be on the web. so you have an option to not tune in. >> we do want to mention george zimmerman has sued nbcuniversal for defamation and the company has strongly denied his allegations. >>> clay is running for congress. it's time for the "polysidebar." he joined chuck todd to talk about his run for congress as a democrat in north carolina. now, he believes he has a good shot in winning. >> i think at the end of the day, what people want in washington is somebody who they know cares about them. someone they know who listens. the people of this state put me where i am today. they were integral and largely responsible for me to have the platform and the

who described the moments before officer michael maes fired his weapon killing sgt. smithonight the officer who asked us to conceal his identity questions the decision not to call in the swat team he talks to kron4's haaziq >> pam: madyun in a story you will only see here. >>"there was a decision that was made that the swat team was not going to be needed to conduct this search that obviously deemed to be a fatal mistake" >> reporter:according to the bart police website their swat team is utilized to make high-risk entries, it also says the use of specially trained team membersenhances the safety of police personnel. so why weren't they called in to clear the park sierra apartment in dublin before allowing sgt. tom smith and at least 3-other officers to go inside? bart police chief kenton rainey >>"number one this was not a swat call out, this was a probation search that is not uncommon to law enforcement officers across the country that they respond to" >> reporter:however this former bart police colleague of sgt. tom smith says he is convinced a call should have been mad

and look who is up there in the top 10, regan smith, j.j. yaly, michaelowell, drivers with small teams challenging the power houses of this sport with a lap and a half to go. >> you know what, they are praying for that it finishes just like this. let me finish right where i am. up front, different story. >> what a great payday for those teams. >> here they come boys and girls. >> go now or finish second. >> when we cross this, it's a race. >> and oh, by the way, it's not over. it's just now on. >> darrell, keep an eye on -- >> oh, car in the wall hard! turn one. and it's the 93 of travis -- >> no caution. nascar, if the track is clear, they'll let them finish. we are still green and here comes the leader. >> mark martin is really pushing dale earnhardt jr. in the 88. >> junior to the inside of greg biffle. the green flag still flies. martin's number 55, keselowski in the 2. biffle backing up. patrick behind him for the second time the daytona 500 goes to jimmie johnson, five-time champion from california and his rick hendricks chevrolet. >> he can thank d

rincu sen, the executive president of the race forward, and publisher of colorlines.com, and michael denzel smither for the nation.com and a nobler fellow at the nation institute. so i want to go right to you guys on the panel and sort of get your reactions to what you just heard. sort of the framing, jelani, of this case by the dunn defense. >> well, i mean, a few weeks ago, we heard richard sherman say that when people were calling him a thug, they were using that as a reference for the "n" word. they couldn't use that word, but they could use the word "thug," so that's what they were saying in coded language. that's the same thing here. it's also too perfectly neat. in the zimmerman trial, we saw the allegation that trayvon martin, that told him that he was going to kill him and this is how he knew that his life was in jeopardy. a perfect tailor-made statement that says, at this point, i know, because this person has said it, and now allegedly jordan savvis says the exact same thing as he's get out of the car. and it really just lends itself to incredulity that people can see the situation and

michael sam. the all-american defensive end who could make history as america's first openly gay nfl player. now meeting with the very teams that could choose him. ryan smith now. >> reporter: today the nfl combine. football showcased for promising prospects. michael sam ready to focus on football. >> i just wish you guys will see me as michael sam, the football player, instead of the gay football player. >> reporter: speaking out for the first time since his interview with espn's chris connelly, sam said he knew he did the right thing. >> i didn't have doubts. i wanted to get my story out there. >> reporter: so far he's gotten support from teammates like l'damien washington. when asked if he could do what sam did, he said, oh, no, that takes some guts. he's more man than me. a standing ovation at a basketball game. >> i love my fans. what they did this past weekend was amazing. i wanted to cry, but i'm like, i'm a man. >> reporter: sam says he ready for the road ahead. >> i have been in locker rooms where all slurs have been said. i think a little naive and uneducated. as time goes on, everyone will adapt. >> reporter: in meeting so far with nfl teams, th

inside >>: chief rainey says that is now swat officers including officer michael mace who fired the fatal shot killing sergeant smithnts. >>: mike maze is a very experienced well-trained officer. obviously, something did not go the way he wanted it to go you can have all the training and experience in the world. we can train our people every other day and have them actually perform out in the field on their off days and probably something like this could go wrong about >>: but this former bart copses shooting a bar officer is avoidable if the bar officers are properly trained. >>: he died by another officer. that is so tragic. how often does that happen and law enforcement. it's so rare permit them at any time that there's going to be tacked on clearing or presidential searches it should be barred swat team? >>: yes. by all means the swat team should be conducting the research is for the searches because they are proficient. >>: haazig madyun, kron4 news. >>darya: vallejo police chief joseph kreins is retiring but will remain chief until his replacement is found. kreins the former nevada chief of police was appointe

prospect michael sam told the world he's gay, another openly gay athlete makes history. john henry smith the details. >> in a sense jason collins made history twice. first, he became the first openly quay player to sign a contract to play in a major american pro-team sport. hours later collins became the first openly gay man to play in an n.b.a. game. he checked in at the 10:28 mark of the second period. collins and his team the brooklyn nets led by nine. collins played 11 minutes in all collecting two rebounds, no points and a steal and 108-102 win. the nets signed him to a 10-day contractor after a search for a big man. here is collins after the game. >> i understand there is significance. but at the same time there are other athletes, you know, robbie rogers, michael sam, male athletes who are active. all of us, you know, it's about being athletes, going out there and winning and competing, playing hard. it's just - that's what it's about. well, the winter olympics are over. three medal events on the final day of competition. we start with the one event that had the most positive outc

from a former bart police officer, who described the moments before officer michael maes fired his weapon killing sgt. smith the officer who asked us to conceal his identity questions the decision not to call in the swat team he talks to kron4's haaziq madyun in a story you will only see here. maligned they stated that the use of team members enhances the safety of police personnel. why were not-as they call this a clear this before they allowed tom smith and three other officers to go inside? the police chief stated >> this is not a swat call. this is a probation search which is not uncommon. >> however, this former colleague stated that he is convinced that this call should have been made. >> the danger that was presented. the lack of training that these officers have. at that point they should have backed out. if they had done this properly, that probably did not have this. they could have just way. there was no urgency for them to do this. >> the chief stated that his non swat officers including the one that killed the officer all have the appropriate level of training. >> as far as mike, he is very exp

smith writes there's no room for bigotry. it takes courage to change american cull tuj. deion sanders writes i applaud missouri de michael the bravery. i pray he gets to play the team he loves. attorney general eric holder says that same-sex marriages will be recognized to the greatest extent possible under the law. the move affects how same-sex couples are treated in bankruptcy cases, prison visitation rights, survivor benefit, and the league right to refuse to testify to incriminate a spouse. >>> at the olympics the olympics strikes gold in a brand-new event while the u.s. continues to rack up medals on the slopes. adriana diaz takes a look at the sunday winners and what's ahead. good morning, adriana. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this is the first time women's figure skating is an olympic event. the russia took the inaugural event. the 31-year-old wowing him for his performance. he got a congratulatory handshake from russian president vladimir putin. american ashley won saturday night. she'll go for the singles event in nine days. meanwhile jamie anderson has taken the second gold medal for team usa. the cal

smith was shot and killed by b.a.r.t. officer michaeloperation. b.a.r.t. has insisted all officers with qualified to perform probation searches. >>> time is 9:4 #, the death of a celebrity doesn't mean the death of whatever project they were working on. the technology that is allowing people like philip seymour hoffman to live on after they are gone. >>> today we have ticketed to see disney on ice, the magic words you're going to need to know in order to win. [ male announcer ] progresso's so passionate about its tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ timer dings ] at first, it wasn't the perfect amount of tomatoes. not ready. [ male announcer ] later it wouldn't be the perfect amount of spinach. not ready. [ male announcer ] then, the sausage and pasta. ♪ not ready. [ male announcer ] but finally, it happened. perfection. yes! [ female announcer ] this week at safeway, buy one progresso rich & hearty soup and get one free with your club card. . >>> welcome back. we've got mostly cloudy soggy conditions ove

michael dunn admits to killing the teen but is claiming self-defense and abc's ryan smith is trackingng, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, george. michael dunn is being charged with both murder and attempted murder for shooting into a car full of young men and killing jordan davis in the process. but as this trial gets under way, we're seeing fierce arguments in court both from the prosecution and the defense and witnesses are stepping forward to talk about what they saw and heard that night. stop and listen closely. >> oh, my god, somebody is shooting. >> reporter: those are the gunshots that rang out at a jacksonville, florida, gas station on black friday, 2012 ending the life of 17-year-old jordan davis and this morning prosecutors continue pressing their case against this man, 47-year-old michael dunn who they say murdered davis after an argument over the teen's loud music. in opening statements thursday, prosecutors painted a software developer as a cold, calculating killer. >> michael david dunn pointed a semiautomatic pistol at four unarmed kids and then drove off. >> reporter:

smith, 69-yard pickoff of peyton manning. put it far in advance. up 22-0, at halftime. i'm curt menefee, along with howie, michael and jimmy. this is what the seahawks have done all season long. opportunistic on both sides of the football. >> jimmy: great defense. but also thursday, pete carroll told me, he said, i'm going to get the ball in the hands of the most exciting, the fastest player on the team. and that's percy harvin. he didn't waste any time. he gave it to him off the bat 30 yards. then, he threw it to him. percy harvin is the fastest player on the team. fastest player on the field. >> michael: another thing we talked about, we talked about defense. we talked about pressure. we talked about how this defensive front can put pressure on peyton manning. this time, they brought a blitz. cliff avril, put pressure on peyton manning. interception. this time, avril gets his hands up. gets into peyton manning's arm. smith intercepts it. runs it all the way back. this defense can get pressure on peyton manning, with four guys, five guys. and they have linebackers, when that ball is in the air, they don't hesitate to get t

michael sam came out on sunday a number of n.f.l. stars and publicly declared their support super bowl of bowl and m.v.p. balcombe smith for example. tweeted out there's no room for bigotry in american sports it takes courage to change the culture dozens of other players' executives tweeted out similar messages of support are definitely homophobes in the n.f.l. like the rest of society league is growing more accepting of sexual abuse the unnamed executive who said otherwise the sports illustrated should be ashamed of himself in large part for refusing to even put his name on his own statement this definitely is definitely the best. and the very very ugly the copenhagen zoo the zoo is under fire today for killing a healthy male giraffe and feeding it to the lion it's yes that actually happened check it out to. copenhagen zoo chose to euthanize. healthy male to wrath so what void inbreeding but then the animal was dismembered in front of an audience that included children and fed to the zoo's lions animal activists started an online petition to save mario but the zoo said it had no place for him and its giraffe herd and i thought den

. >>> and quarterback's manning, smith, brady and rogers, pitcher matt cane and bill bell belichick all had sunday off. >>> michaelded on the second extra hole. allen had this effort for eagle. made this tap in. birdie putting the effort on waldorf. >>> there's another young woods in the circuit. chayenne woods is tiger's niece. the 23-year-old woods won by two strokes. she will now play in next week's women's australian open. >>> well there are very few occasions in the last 20 years and we talked about a loss by the stanford women's basketball team. tonight is one of them. the third ranked cardinal played washington. but he jumped out early and it was uphill the whole day. agumike with 11. and then a nice move and a jumper from kelsie plum. the huskies win it handing stanford its first pack 12 loss in 12 games this year. the cardinals 22-2 over all. >>> while stanford was being upset 23rd ranked cal had to come from behind to make sure the same thing did not happen. down by as many as eight points. the bears got strong efforts from britney boyd. boyd plus the foul on the way to a 53 point game. ray added 24. and

smith, abc 7 news. >> jeopardy battle of the decades continues tomorrow at 7. arthur chu will return on february 24th. >> pretty clever. >>> distracted and dangerous drivers. >> michael is here now with how police are cracking down. >> yes. happening out with the sf pd. learn the secret to kching people illegally using their phone while driving. i'll share with you so you won't get busted. and why you still might get a ticket even without a hand free device. >> plus. too crowded even more toll pairs. why some drivers being kept out of car pool lanes. >> and talk about a buzzer beater. incredible shot fans storming the court in storming the court in sacramento ♪music the lord says, "come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and i will give you rest." join us for the majesty of the catholic mass here sunday mornings at 8:30. for more information visit mysundaymass.org there's a curly fry tree.jack. information visit mysundaymass.org and a chopper out back. there's a barn full of buns. and a thing you gotta try. a critter that makes burgers with bacon inside. boooorrrk- it's beef and pork! get bacon in your burger. jack's new bacon insider has a juicy b

smith, abc 7 news. >> jeopardy battle of the decades continues tomorrow at 7. arthur chu will return on february 24th. >> pretty clever. >>> distracted and dangerous drivers. >> michael is here now with how police are cracking down. >> yes. happening out with the sf pd. learn the secret to kching people illegally using their phone while driving. i'll share with you so you won't get busted. and why you still might get a ticket even without a hand free device. >> plus. too crowded even more toll pairs. why some drivers being kept out of car pool lanes. >> and talk about a buzzer beater. incredible shot fans storming the court in sacramento at kaiser permanente we've reduced serious heart attacks by 62%, which makes days with grandpa jack 100% more possible. join us at kp.org and thrive. . >> we hear a lot of, about distracted driving these days. question is what is allowed and what gets awe ticket. >> michael has been looking into that and joins us now with some really terrific information. >> most shocking thing for me wasn't even in california. 40 states have no law banning adults from using the cell phone when driving down the road. now california does. but how do p

smith, abc 7 news. >> jeopardy battle of the decades continues tomorrow at 7. arthur chu will return on february 24th. >> pretty clever. >>> distracted and dangerous drivers. >> michael is here now with how police are cracking down. >> yes. happening out with the sf pd. learn the secret to kching people illegally using their phone while driving. i'll share with you so you won't get busted. and why you still might get a ticket even without a hand free device. >> plus. too crowded even more toll pairs. why some drivers being kept out of car pool lanes. >> and talk about a buzzer beater. incredible shot fans storming the court in sacramento [ man ] yo buzz! drop that beat! remix! ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ ♪ you got that medley crunch ♪ go! go! buzz! ♪ go! go! go! buzz! ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ clusters, flakes ♪ that medley crunch, crunch! ♪ clusters, flakes ♪ that medley crunch, crunch! go! ♪ ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ hey! you got that medley crunch ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ . >> we hear a lot of, about distracted driving these days. question is what is allowed and what gets awe ticket. >> michael has been looking into that and joins us now with some

michael sam. takes courage for where he is in his career and where we are as a league. i applaud him." super bowl mvp malcolm smith is no room for bigotry in american sports. it takes courage to change the culture." the scout, assistant coaches, folks in charge of player personnel, executives is not so positive. "sports illustrated" granted anonymity in return for honesty. one of them, nfl player personnel assistant told "si," "in the coming decades or two, it's going to be acceptable, but at this point in time it's still a man's man game. to call somebody a gay slur is still so common place." cameron, first question is, i want to get your response to the anonymous quotes in the "si" article making the rounds today. what do you feel when you hear that? >> i feel sad for the person who said that, actually. you know, i think we have a problem here in that there's a really vocal minority and they get so much play in the media. i've had just an outpouring of texts, calls and e-mails from friends of mine, colleagues of mine that work on the team side, whether it be scouts, front office guys, guys on coaching staffs. th

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michael has been playing his college ball. at the area tweeted we support tigers of all stripes. we are proud of you. tigers of all stripes. pretty nice. the reigning super bowl, malcolm smith praised him and tweeted this: there's no room for are bigotry in american sports, and the news reached the white house. michelle obama tweeted this. you're an inspiration for all of us, we couldn't be prouder of your courage on and off the field. as i said, not all reaction has been positive. former head coach edwards compared sam to an off the field player, saying he would bring baggage into the locker room. and a former nfl player said he wished he had not made the announcement. patrick creighton said, stay in the closet and keep it to yourself. i also have reaction from a family member, michael sam's aunt is going to be joining me from texas at the bottom of the half hour. >> we'll look forward to that, thanks very much, richelle. anthony 96odimo came out to his basketball team, openly gay high school basketball coach. anthony, welcome. >> good evening. >> give me your reaction to michael sam. >> as an educator, i think it's tremendous. it's okay to be gay. you can be a pro athlete

michael sam announced he is gay. and in russia, the question remains, is this a temporary period of detente or will the cold war on gay rights return once the public games are over? nbc's harry smith more. >> same-sex marriage an equal rights for gays and lesbians took a few more steps to becoming a national reality last saturday. >> i will formally instruct all justice department employees to give lawful same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. >> thank you. >> reporter: while proponents applauded, opponents were dis y dismayed. america is changing. and changing quickly. michael sam, a star football player from the university of missouri, came out this week. i heretofore unthinkable act for a player with pro potential. >> i'm michael sam. i'm a football player. and i'm gay. >> the fact that his teammates all knew and this was an open secret for so long is what really blew me away. >> oh. >> andy cohen is the host of bravo's watch what happens live." >> it seems like in missouri he was judged for how he played on the field, which is exactly how it should be. >> which is more than i an measure of tolerance. it's acceptance. >> i'm

michael sam's move is helping some players. he's seen as a role model, where there was none before. >> when shaun smith swam for the university he never doubted his ability to finish a meet or break a record. as a gay man he kept his image preserved. >> i get my gay lifestyle secretive and tried to be a swimmer and police the identities so there was no crossover. >> during his senior rear his secret surfaced. >> i was dating another swimmer on the team. he was not closeted. he was tired of keeping up with my lives and told more and more people. >> his last year was disrupted. he graduated, becoming a swim coach at the university, but the enterm battle was present. halfway through his first year he stepped away. >> i quit, because i needed to catch up on allowing this other identity to mature. >> smith knows who he is but has not forgotten the journey. members of the l.g.t.d. believes 5% are out, 4% are pressured to be silent. >> the biggest thing an athlete has to decide is postpone being their full sell. there's pressure to conform. >> smith used his experience to help others cope with their identities. >> i knew that there wer

smith is here, good morning. >> strong opinions both for and against the announcements and reactions are pouring in about the announcement by nfl prospect michaelis gay. they have run it from the must respect to cowboy quote there goes the nfl message. bullying victim jonathan martin tweeted hats off to you michael sam, that takes guts and washington tweeted i'm so tired of who gay and who not i could care less. the nfl issued this response, quote, we admire michael sam's honesty and courage. michael is a football player, any player with ability and determination can succeed in the nfl and look forward to welcoming and supporting michael sam in 2014. former nfl player wade davis who came out after his playing days says this message will help sam's transition into the league. >> i think it just reaffirms his true trust in what the nfl stands for. i think often times we imagine the nfl of being an homophobic place but it's something i have known for a very long time but it's not. the players are used to being in places where players from different races and different classes and different religions and transcending the fears and saying they are m