pressure of the corporate sponsors backing out because he has to watch his bottom line the national football league is the world's richest sports professional league you know so when you factor in that they have a lot to lose you know for that for that matter and then when you consider the teams the biggest the 1st i guess straw that broke the camel's back so to speak was fed ex fed ex you know paid them over $200000000.00 for the naming rights of their stadium they threaten to take their name off other companies followed suit nike amazon if you want to look for washington redskins merchandise right now you can find it on anywhere available because they've taken it you know off of you know the availability list is the one team right now you cannot buy any merchandise well interesting ok tell us about this team's name in washington well so the team has always you know been embedded with racism there founder did not even want to integrate the national football league this is back in the 1960 s. he had to do so because he was pressured by the kid the administration you know basically so he obviously b

here is a think about the national football league and professional sports in general, it's about profitsthe national football league last year made a record $16 billion. all right. so that is bigger than principle. the washington redskins this has been a racist franchise forever. the founder of the franchise back in the mid 1930s, he was a racist. he was a noted racist. they were the last team to integrate in 1962, which should tell you an awful lot right there. so it's all about money here. and that's the only thing that's moving this guy. when fedex and nike said, look, you have to change your ways. that's all of a sudden all the principles went out the window for anybody associated with the washington redskins, including daniel schneider. >> yeah, yeah. so we also have the nfl floating the idea right now of playing lift every voice during the first week of games in the fall. what's your reaction of this and what do you think the general public will think about it? >> this is the height of hypocrisy, first of all. the nfl is saying let's sing a negro spiritual and negro freedom song. c

unit insists he's not changing the name never is the word he's used in the past week the national football league condemn racism the national football league has acknowledged there's change in the air and never might come sooner than he thinks alan fischer al-jazeera washington. your chances are of me the whole romney reminder of our top stories almost 5000000 people in the u.s. went back to work in june bringing the unemployment rate down to 11 percent but only a 3rd of the 22000000 american jobs lost in the pandemic have been restored this is not just luck what's happening this is a lot of talent all of this incredible losers the result of historic actions my administration has taken working with our partners in congress to rescue the u.s. economy from a horrible event that was formed took place in china and came here and they could have stopped it they could have stopped it nobody likes to write that but they could have stopped it they know it and i know it the full partner of the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein has been arrested and charged claimants well it's accused of recruiting young

national anthem. protests this year are focusing on police brutality and systemic racism old complaints that are seeing new momentum to address them as part of its efforts the american football league the n.f.l. says it will play the song before the national anthem in all 16 games of its opening weekend september critics are already calling it a marketing stunt for an organization that had banned its players from dealing during the national anthem to protest against these very issues up until last month read the national football league believe lives matter and calling capper nick the player whose kneeling protest action and 2016 is now repeated by players and teams around the world he still doesn't have a job there are a lot of conversations to be had about inclusive ety and sports and some solutions are bound to be problematic just as black in f.l. players have felt silenced and exploited native americans have complained for decades about the n f l. the washington redskins a team in the u.s. capitol is under pressure to change its name many consider it an offensive racial term. its main corporate sponsor fed ex says the name should change and nike has removed the team's bircham d

they're now all in it seems in terms of reversing their position and apologizing with the national football league believe etc etc etc almost as if they've taken dictation. from the black lives matter movement i don't have a problem with that but since they have reversed field i think that some team has to give them a try out but as you and i know larry we've been following sports all a lives the shelf life of an athlete is short he's been out for 3 years it has rarely happened that someone has been away from top level competitive sports for that long out lead it but even he great as he was was a different fire when he came back. still great but not as great and not in the same way so capper nick deserves a chance maybe some team like seattle peak hour of their coach appears to be a progressive guy he deserves a chance for a legitimate tryout and if he doesn't make it those who support our critic have to be convinced that he didn't make it after being given a full complete and fair chance and if he does make it great padrino holmes 24 years old signs a 10 year contract over a 1000000000 over a hal

moving and there is the national football league shift on the. taking the knee going to see a lot of it if they play this year. yeah i think you are and i think that a lot of players black and white many of whom agree with the idea but some may feel pressured into doing it because they don't want to be labeled as insensitive or worse yet racist somehow so we're into an area where there's no room for thoughtful disagreement there are people who could say look i am totally in sympathy with the issue the column tapper nick 1st tried to bring to attention and now has has grown in terms of people's interest in that in the black lives matter movement that we are badly in need of the reform of policing and of criminal justice reform but some individual black or white might say the national anthem is not the place that i feel most comfortable making those points and most comfortable protesting but some of those people are going to get subsume in the general tone there's not going to be much room for disagreement anymore or even for shades of difference.

union insists he's not changing the name never is the word he's used in the past week the national football league racism the national football league has acknowledged his change in the year and never might come sooner than he thinks alan fischer al-jazeera washington. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera china has accused washington of interfering in its internal affairs after the u.s. congress approves sanctions on beijing over its new security law in hong kong the bill would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials who acted the new legislation sarah clarke has more from hong kong china in a statement by the media agencies of the government led media agency says that pretty much that these new national security laws introduced in china have widespread support across china as well as hong kong and says the u.s. move is not about democracy it interferes in china's internal affairs and it grossly tramples on international law i'd also say it's a move or a bid by the u.s. to contain or stop china's progress and development and once again that these laws have widesp

unit insists he's not changing the name never is the word he's used in the past week the national football league condemn racism the national football league has acknowledged there's change in the air and never might come sooner than he thinks alan fischer al-jazeera washington. place have been with us now an assistant professor at the university here and whose work focuses on the relationship between sport and culture thank you for sticking around with us can talk to you last hour unfortunately so on the issue of the redskins specifically if not now when i mean look at the move in a moment you've got outdated caricature is on on on pancake syrup and rice products being changed and this one issue which keeps coming up of the redskins i want. yeah it's an interesting one and it's probably the most potent example of acceptable racism it seems in america at the moment. n.f.l. teams and the redskins obviously they're a unique case in sport and that the teams are very much own privately by the guys in charge like dan snyder who has said this is mine i'm not going to change it the redskins name to him

history of the franchise but also input from our alumni, the organization, sponsors, the national football league and the local entity. prominent rit sponsor which is fedex today nike merchandise from it online for. >> at 5, an update on the mountain lion captured in sanford earlier this month wildlife officials say it was hit and killed by a car on enar oras and diwainaroundsanfd the wild and samateo county. wildlife officials found body on highway 1 this morning with the matching aerotech crews caught the video of a car fire in oakland. 27 and market. lease investigating exactly what happened. no sign of any fireworks. fortunately nobody was hurt. another fight broke out in the ap, lord. it started before midnight at an apartment complex under construction on willow hospital fire ripped through all three floors of the is able to keep it from spreading to the neighboring structures. but he was hurt there. cause of the fire is under investigation. >> eight straight risley peak boulevard. is going to be closed for 24 hours. so emergency crews on faster to any fires starts tomorrow 5 am >> it is ti

it's important for the national football league to play.we have to learn how to coexist with this virus moving forward. we have to mitigate the risks if you say, it's not just important for sports but for all of us. claw dean, i don't know. it may or may not happen. it would be a good sign for us to see at least the national football league come together even without fans and play some football. >> it's prosports, high school sports and weighing how to keep the players safe. should you have fans in the stands and if you do, how do you create that. soccer has been trying to figure that out. it's tough, you don't know. >> it is going to be tough. that's it for the mornings on two. we will be back at noon with the noon news. thanks for joining us, stay tuned for wendy williams who is coming up next. >> announcer: live from new york city, edits "the wendy williams show" ♪ >> wendy: how you doin'? >> announcer: now, here is wendy! ♪ >> wendy: thank you for watching the show. say hello to

our next guest is one of the most feared men in the national football league, but it turns out, his truen "ultimate tag," wednesday nights on fox. from the houston texans, please welcome three-time nfl defensive player of the year, #99, j.j. watt. welcome to the show, my man. thank you for being here. i want to just get right into it. i notice you got a beard, and i want to know, is this a new look? or is this some type of "i'm not shavin' till corona's over"? >> i've had a beard for a while. maybe it hasn't been this pronounced. i got more hair than i've had. i let hair grow during corona, that's for sure. but, no, i mean, i -- >> sebastian: did you, i'm sorry, but did you just stretch your chest out on national tv? >> i mean, listen, you are sittin' there with a perfect tan. you got a nice suit. you're lookin' like you're going to go get a bottle of prosecco and head down to the restaurant. i'm here in a gray tee shirt, i didn't realize we were going all out with our outfits. >> sebastian: that's right. this is national tv, you look like you just got out of the gym. >> i did, i did. ha

national football league has made some changes in light of the protests against police brutality and systemic racism typically may just boarding events play the national anthem but the n.f.l. will now play another song as well on that but the captions the black american experience under chappelle explains live to everybody. when civil rights activist james weldon johnson put pen to paper and wrote these words he knew that the road to equality would be a long one. originally a poem lift every voice and sing was sung for the 1st time 120 years ago he recalls america's failure to address the issue of slavery somehow managing to strike a hopeful tone for the future acknowledging so much work remains to be done. it's commonly known as the black national anthem. protests this year are focusing on police brutality and systemic racism old complaints that are seeing new momentum to address them as part of its efforts the american football league the n.f.l. says it will play the song before the national anthem in all 16 games of its opening weekend september critics are already calling it a mar

national anthem. protest this year of focusing on police brutality and systemic racism old complaints that are seeing new momentum to address them as part of its efforts the american football league the n.f.l. says it will play the song before the national anthem in all 16 games of its opening weekend september critics are already calling it a marketing stunt for an organization that had banned its players from dealing during the national anthem to protest against these very issues up until last month . read the national football league believe lives matter and collin capper nick the player who's kneeling protest action and 2016 is now repeated by players and teams around the world he still doesn't have a job there are a lot of conversations to be had about inclusive ety and sports and some solutions are bound to be problematic just as black in f.l. players have felt silenced and exploited native americans have complained for decades about the n.f.l. the washington redskins a team in the u.s. capitol is under pressure to change its name many consider it an offensive racial term. its main corporate sponsor fed ex says the name should change and nike has removed the team's birch an

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for the washington redskins will soon no longer be the washington redskins the national football league team today announced that it will change its name the word redskins in the team's logo are seen as a slur against native americans and this is a major reversal for the team's owner who said just a few years ago that he would never change the name in a statement on twitter the team said today we want to keep our sponsors fans and community apprised of our thinking as we go forward. joining me here in the studio now the big table is my colleague chris harrington from do you have news for it's chris as we mentioned the owner dan snyder he said back in 2013 he would never change the name he actually said you could put that in caps as well never but you know that's the pressure of profit potential profit you know the big sponsor that 1st put out the warning that they would take their name off of the stadium is fed ex they play at fed ex field they have about 8 years left on a contract they already paid $200000000.00 for the naming rights and then other companies followed suit the n.f.l. is

the national football league or the no fun league when there were 6 practice games 6 exhibition games as they're called then they went down to 4 exhibition games recently they announced it would be 2 exhibition games and now i think drum roll please we're going to have a big goose egg for exhibition games or is that right that is what it's looking like rick it looks like there will be no preseason but in the past 48 hours has been a lot of sporting events major ones canceled another wave now where when leagues and events are realizing they can't actually go on with them so here's a list for you in the past between yesterday and today the blondie or is canceled it's the 1st time since 1956 will not be given out now this is the most prestigious individual ward in the sport of soccer or football or internationally it's given to the best footballer in the world that we got and that's out for the 1st time i don't give you the set of facts that we got men's t 20 cricket were held till next year it was supposed to be in australia but it's a california high school sports postponed until at le

the fact that it's a name of the team of the national football league is just absurd.dian symbol, the indian head logo that they use and the feathers and everything, all of that are stereotypes of native people. they promote stereotypes of native people. and all of that imagery allows fans to show up at games wearing fake headdresses and wearing a red face. and so in orderfor the tea m face. and so in orderfor the team to really do the right thing, they need to get rid of the name and they need to get rid of all of the imagery. the name and they need to get rid of all of the imagerylj see. rid of all of the imagery.” see. that's important. thank you for clarifying that. and given that there's been such resista nce given that there's been such resistance in the past and now it seems to be the sponsor coming forward and the kind of financial pressure, does that really leaves a bad taste in your mouth that there isn't this from their side to just change the name? yes, absolutely. native people have been fighting this for decades. this fight was happening before i was even

what is that well ok the founder george preston marshall he did not want to integrate the national football league of the united states he was the last to do so actually what caused the redskins to integrate was pressure from the kennedy administration in 1962 ok you know that's one side of it you know and on annoyed it's. been a very negative thing he said very vicious comments and so forth you know racist comments he's a known racist you know basically but the irony is that the redskins were the 1st team to have a black african-american quarterback win a super bowl you know so you have anything like out of me there you know it is so but you know in terms of preston he had a statue removed from him last month you know a lot of statues you see being taken down he had one of his statues up in front of their old stadium that was taken down ok now because he's an owner races ok so what is going to be reaction to this and i guess everybody wants to know what is going to be the new name right will the reaction obviously those that empathize you know with being disrespected or receiving racial slurs of

it's a ost tightrope walk national football league commissioner roger goodell has canceled the 2020 pre season due to covid-19. >>the nfl is working to make the full contact game safer. we got the message of people wanted football. that's not the reason to apply that people want it. but if we can do it in a way that is as safe as it possibly can be then we should and we will and that's what we're going to do however some say the league may be forced to punt. >>what is common sense tell you about the possibility of getting through a full football season. doesn't make much sense some in major league baseball which already shortened its season. >>also barking i'm scared. >>i really in my level of concern when for about 8 to 12 2 monday night games were postponed because of covid-19. >>and numerous florida marlins players and coaches tested positive, according to espn. >>we want sports. we don't need ports. >>and if i had to prove my credentials a guy was interested in sports that people have in the bank attention i'm john lawrence reporting. >>well happening today baseball returns to oracl

and history of the franchise but also input from our alumni, organization sponsors, the national football leaguend the local community. is proud to represent on and off the field. quite a far cry from comments to usa today twee 7 years ago when he said, quote, we will never change the name, that simple, never. new head coach juan rivera who was previously with the panthers weighing in on the possible name change. >> i know what i think. i support the movements, support the players. i believe in what they are doing and again i think there are certain things, all about the timing and the best time to discuss them. >> across the country in the world they are weighing in on the name change on social media channels. when you can expect it won't be as the braves, the original name of the team. team leaders are simply reviewing the name change. the final decision is expected to be made in the coming weeks. mike: tomorrow at 6:00 pm eastern time on fox news channel we will bring the president absolute to america's celebration, the guest list will include front-line workers, their families, members of la

. >>> the first practicing doctor to play in the national football league also is the first nfl playerto take a pass on the 2020 season, due to covid fears. he won the super bowl in february, as an offensive lineman with the can kansas chiefs. but lately, he has been treating long-term care patients near montre montreal. he must follow his convictions and not transmitting the disease to play a sport. >>> pro athletes are facing another sad coronavirus reality. games played in lonely stadiums with not a fan in sight. cnn's ed lavandera explains that the scenes and sounds don't stop there. >> welcome to globe life field. it is baseball time in texas. >> reporter: chuck morgan's i n iconico iconic voice has becomed fans to the ballpark for 40 years. >> the starting lineup for your texas rangers. >> reporter: but with no fans allowed in major league baseball games -- morgan's words echo flatly over the field. >> playing first base, number 21, todd frazier. >> reporter: a public address announcer, with no crowd to talk to. >> i'm a fan of the fans. i hate it they can't be here. i'm sad abou

in the national football league, washington's team will no longer be known as the redskins. it is dropping the name after coming under pressure from sponsors and retailers. principal owner dan snyder and coach ron rivera are coming to -- working to come up with a new name. it's a big reversal for snyder, who said in the past, that the name would never change as long as he owned the team. if you are black in america, the coronavirus is more likely to kill you, and the disparities have gotten worse as cases have begun to surge across the country. where residents are mainly black, the death rate is 3.5 times the national average, up from three times several months ago. in places with more than 100 deaths, blacks have made up 23% of them, almost twice their share of the population. hong kong is taking steps to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. ands shutting down gyms game arcades for the next several days. all inbound travelers will have to pass a virus test. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analys

tradition and history of the franchise but also input from alumni, organization sponsors, the national football leaguel community. it is proud to represent on and off of the field. quite a far cry from usa today, seven years ago where he said "we will never change the name. it is that simple, never. you can use taps. the new head coach ron rivera previously in charlotte with the panthers also weighing in on the possible name change. >> i have my beliefs. i know what i think, you know, i support the movements, you know, i support the players. i believe in what they are doing. and again, i think there are certain elements of things and it's all about the timing and the best time to discuss those things. >> fans in the country are weighing in on a name change on many different social media channels. one name you can expect won't be the braves, the original name of the team spirit right now team leaders are simply reviewing a name change. the final decision has not been made, but is expected to be made in the coming weeks, mike. >> mike: david spunt thank you very much. 6:00 p.m. eastern time fox news cha

tomorrow night, the giants start theiseason playing the >>> the national football league has canceled preseason games after the nfl offered a chance to plano preseason games because of the pandemic. the nfl network had said that players and the nfl had agreed on players who opt out of the season. after negotiations, they look to reduce preseason rosters down from 90 to 80 players. >>> all right, let's check in with steve paulson. i wanted to say it was exciting to see a woman on the baseball field coaching. >> that is a great big deal. >> a very big deal. yeah. pam, you are not excited about the wind? >> yeah. very windy. it makes me a little concerned about fire danger and everything. >> that is true. humidity is high. we are not expecting high temperatures. wind kicking out is cause for concern. we have a low moving in. that is the cause of these wind events. we have been answering a lot of emails. why is it so windy? it is because of the lows. we have cool temperatures, but this time of year, all they do is increase low clouds and crank up wind. also, monsoon cloud cover continues

young man, but advanced athlete age, especially in the national football league. see if that any part in this. >> it was caught on tape and given a slap on the wrist. >> to the completely indefensible. completely indefensible. >> yeah. you know, bob, it's interesting because a lot of what you're saying i said in the open in a very short way. i don't understand, you know, if you don't know what you're talking about, right, again, i don't think you should be saying it on social media. but you cannot say that you want people to understand that the plight that african-americans are going through and that people are innorton about whant they say or how they react and not having understanding for an ignorant jewish trope. it doesn't make sense. >> you're right. just as i hear you say this, it popped into my head. i think it applies. many years ago i was interviews a holocaust survivor who won the nobel peace prize. he told me he lost members of his family. he was a boy when he went into concentration camp. he told me about when it was liberated and he could still see th

. >>> the national football league announced it is not completely ruling out fans in the stands for the upcoming season. they confirmed fans are indeed allowed back. the nfl has not announced a leak wide policy for fans at games and are leaving that up to the teams based on local mandates and the new york jets and giants did recently announced there would be no fans at their home games at metlife stadium. >>> the committee putting the barrie area name in the hat for the 2026 world cup. the host committee met virtually to talk about potential serving as one of 10 u.s. most rejects. they selected the united states, mexico and canada to jointly hosted. the bay area is one of 17 finalists competing. >>> tomorrow, get ready to take in the sights of the coast. we are checking out the beaches that the bay area is known for from popular haunts around san francisco to the hidden gems of marin and looking at tourist destinations such as monterey and santa cruz to see how those places and others are meeting the challenges surrounding the pandemic. >> in the very beginning we had to just pivot. tha

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history of the franchise, but also input from our alum any, the organization, sponsors, the national football leaguesent on and off the field and roger goodell confirming his support of this latest step shortly after, but the key here is the sponsorship dollars. money talks and this is coming just a couple of days after ad week reported that investment firms totalling $600 billion and more really voiced their concerns as some of these brands are not on board with the inclusion and diversity issues they really care about and that is a very, very loud alarm for an owner like dan, particularly with an uncertain financial climate in this pandemic. >> i know. it's been a a conversation for years but yeah, time for some real discussions and potential changes. thank you and same to you, happy fourth. and to you at whom, don't you want to spend your fourth with dana bash and don lemon? good news. you can. they're going to be hosting this big show on cnn. you can tune in for these performances. tune in. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. thank you for being with me. i'm brooke baldwin. happy, health

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