others say the navajo nation does not speak for everyone. >> tonight members of the navajo nation told us by phone why their president chose to watch the game with owner dan snyder. >> we're looking to create opportunity for navajo people who make jewelry or rugs. >> a member of the navajo nation who advises the tribe's president said he had a deal to sell navajo crafts on the team's website. >> the mascot game gives us so offense. shelly ys president ben and his wife wore redskins caps to show their support for that deal and the word redskins is not as important as issues like bs and education. >> it takes precedence over the matter of a mascot game. >> fans watching largely supported snyder and the name. >> we have issues in our own country that are so much bigger than this and we have other things so much more offensive. >> even as a cowboy fan, you support keeping the name "redskins? >> true. >> but there has been backlash. one native american tweeting looks like dan snyder got his tone but that doesn't mean -- token but that doesn't mean we'll stop. another tweeted disgusted at ou

head of the navajo nation. >> he's the outgoing president. he's not been reelected to head the navajo nation but a lot of people upset that not only was he sitting next to dan snyder but wearing the redskins hat. party said this was in because he has agreed to a deal with snyder and the redskins to and crafts atts fedex field and also on the redskins website. it's something he's been trying to get done with the entire nfl. retweeted this picture and made a big deal of this on twitter, saying that supports the redskins name and doesn't see any offense with it. but there were other people on twitter, also associated with the navajo nation, who say they are offended by the name and think it should be done away with. >> we posted it on our facebook page. over 100 people have already weighed in. people think this was nothing more than a publicity stunt by snyder and the redskins. on over, take a look. -- youre to leave us our opinion. ladies.s, some observe this columbus day a day off from school. others honor the explorer credited with discoverin

december. >>> the controversy over the washington redskins name heating up as the head of the navajo nation was seen sitting with dan snyde ar during the game. a navajo spokesman said jobs are a bigger issue than the team's name. that's it for us here at cnbc. back to you. >> thanks, jackie. >>> a monday night football comeback. the play of the week, but it is not from the nfl. "early today" is back after these messages. >>> this morning on "today," putting it to the test. we're talking with lisa freeman, the editor of shop smart, about your coffee. the experts weigh in on the best cup of joe. >>> now the latest in sports from nbc's betty nguyen. good morning, betty. >> good morning. let's get the latest in sports. the rams hosted the 49ers for monday night football. st. louis wore their throwback uniforms and got off to a strong start, 14-0. they give up a huge play to the 49ers just before the half, making it a four-point game. the 49ers dominate the second half, colin kaepernick threw for are 343 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-7 win over the rams. >>> tampa bay certainly had a bolt o

the navajo nation has pursued that formally. we regularly send delegations to the human rights -- to the united nations. we do not have a voice on the floor, or a vote, because of our being under the united states. we do have word that the navajo nation now has consulted status at the united nations. we don't have to go to an ngo anymore to present our case on the u.n. floor. that is a wonderful thing. when we think about an international forum under the united nations, seeking a thatnce as tribal nations are akin to any other nation in the world with the same sovereignty and self-determination respected. some of the things we also continue to strive for as a enact a form of , laws or regulation, cultural traditions, language, based upon our own principles. we continued to determine for determinewhat to d what such confidence -- concepts mean it. treaties to be a reminder of the possibility for creation of a tribal nation of our own choosing. i want to end with a story. the essay that i did is also based upon the work that i did

the owner has vowed to never change the team's name and was sitting with the president of the navajo nation at the game yesterday. >>> after the break, it's time to weigh in on wall street after one ugly october. >>> outside kind of damp but it's not raining and i think the trend will be for far fewer showers this afternoon. that doesn't mean we won't have showers this afternoon. the bulk of the rain is lifting to the north and east. yellow alert for wednesday. we'll let you know what that's about as we return. >>> and a look at the gas prices. at gaithersburg you can get a deal. fill up for $3.21 a gallon. wusa 9 news i >> therefore frayed nerves on wall street. the dow erased all gains for the year last week. will there be a rebound? here now is joe gallagher a certified financial planner. start with a headline i read. the most dangerous stock market since 2008. would you agree? >> i hate to see this. it is dangerous. the things that the professional investors are talking are not earnings as we normally see earnings run the market but things such as ebola. you have isis if they invade bag

snyder invited the president of the navajo nation to sit in the sky box, wear the team cap and appearhis this awe tom tweet to make the point, see, this guy who is the president of a native american tribe is totally fine with the name. problem. been shelly, the man in the ki box and current president of the navajo nation will not be president much longer. he lost his re-election primary in august by a lot. he came in seventh. his one term, which began in 2010, has been marred by fraud and theft charges related to the alleged misuse of tribal funds. charges later dropped for-n exchange for him paying back money to the tribal council, which voted 9-2 back in april to oppose the washington team name. they want mr. shelly was sitting in the sky box, native american protesters were gathered in glendale for a change the name rally. including aggi hart who told a.z. central, for people who say it's not offensive, they're not in my shoes. they don't know. when i hear that term, it takes me back to the 1800s. it's never been a term of pride for native americans. so happy columbus day, dan snyd

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navajo nation president rubbing elbows with the owner of the washington redskins at sunday's game in arizona. shelly was given the treatment. outside the stadium protestors marched against the redskin's name calling it racist. >> switching gears a wild day of football in the nfl. sunday night was all eagles. the philadelphia eagles lighting up the giants in a blowout philly debut in a black uniform that may be here to stay because they won 27-0. the dolphins hosting the packers. green bay scores the game winning touchdown with seconds on the clock. they win 27-24. a frustrating end in incincinnati. panthers and bengals in the final seconds of over time. they miss the field goal. the game ends in a tie 37-37 first of the season. i will take a tie over a loss any day. coming up, another bounce house blows away with children inside. why they should have never been in it in the first place. >> why do people sign up to defend our freedoms? according to actress kristen stewart because they are not smart. give me a y-e-s. the cheerleader and her captain boyfriend. that's cute. i see the lev

he sat with the president of the navajo nation on sunday. >>> what is the weather going to be like forning commute? >> let's get to topper with a quick look at the forecast. >> not bad. it looks kind of dreary outside. i get that, but radar is quiet. here's radar over the past couple hours. we can't find anything in the immediate metro area, a couple sprinkles toward cumberland and these were the showers we had earlier today. they've even marched across the delmarva, not exactly postcard picture perfect but okay. tonight a few showers, but keep your plans. bus stop temperatures nice 58 to 68 tomorrow. tuesday just a few showers and warmer. go into the warm sector of air tomorrow, talking mid-70s and we've issued a yellow alert wednesday for thunderstorms. some could be hefty especially in the afternoon. that's why we're mainly concerned about the evening commute wednesday. 7:00 tonight we could see a couple sprinkles, but i think this is overdone. i'd pay attention to temps here, 70 downtown, mid-60s pretty much elsewhere. 9:00 it's 69 downtown, 64 in leesburg and gaithersburg and 60 o

there is only one tribe out of the 22 in arizona that has a treaty with the united states, the navajo nation the other tribes have no treaties. yet you will frequently hear non-treaty tribal members referring to their treaty rights, talking about enforcement under the rights of a treaty they do not have. treaties have become synonymous and both indian rights indian sovereign power. interestinga rather situation. you see demonstrations. the treaty organization holding a meeting. treaty is an iconic emblem of that source of power. well, of course, this all creates a bit of the contradiction. if treaties are in fact the his store coal vehicle for the doctrine of discovery and therefore dispossession of indigenous people of their aboriginal lands, how is it they iconic sources of native power and rights? it is that history i want to focus your attention on briefly in my remaining time. neither the british nor european, generally colonial indians, side, nor the thought of treaties and alliances as a memorialized document. the british side had conceptions of alliances that were top down, familial

he actually watched the game with the president of the navajo nation and he says he supports the name as well. >>> touchdown to pierre garsone. >> it was looking like the redskins might pull off a come back to their second within of the season last night in arizona and after this the fourth quarter touchdown pass washington got the ball back, down by just three points but then cousins threw an interception over johnson who took it back for the pick six, one of three interceptions by cousins in that quarter four washington turnovers in all fourth quarter, redskins ended up falling as a result 30-20 and they are one in five as a result hosting tennessee next sunday. >> goodness that was painful. >> you're telling me. >> well maybe the orioles can help us out a bit and find themselves rooting for them today. they are in desperate need of a win tonight. baltimore dropped the first two games of the alcs. >> now they have to win on the road in kansas city to have any chance of advancing to that world series and the royals make the most of their first trtoip the post season in 29 years, and

there is only one tribe out of the 22 in arizona that has a treaty with the united states, the navajo nation. all of the other tribes have no treaties. yet you will frequently hear non-treaty tribal members referring to their treaty rights, talking about enforcement under the rights of a treaty they do not have. treaties have become synonymous with both indian rights and indian sovereign power. that causes a rather interesting situation. you see demonstrations. the treaty organization holding a meeting. the treaty is an iconic emblem of that source of power. well, of course, this all creates a bit of the contradiction. if treaties are in fact the his -- the historical vehicle for the doctrine of discovery and therefore dispossession of indigenous people of their aboriginal lands, how is it they become iconic sources of native power and rights? it is that history i want to focus your attention on briefly in my remaining time. at contact, neither the british nor european, generally colonial side, nor the indians, thought of treaties and alliances as a memorialized document. at contact, the bri

but it's also the result you also mentioned the war coalition on the buffalo preservation or the navajo nationsn't owned by a nation by the way, by the company that's fueled by peabody and also the also have powers that a central arizona project which basically is a water reservoir and the native people that have been working to the solar project and at the same time marketing different sustainable agriculture developing a sustainable cooperative solar and all those different kinds of things. both in terms of developing the alternatives and then at the same time building the political powers that we can do as we say that goes up with resources, the law and policy, etc.. others name that which we have in the private sector right now and the commonwealth that will show up. building the administration and their vision in jackson mississippi and detroit is also going to be showing up in the members here. in san antonio texas as well. [applause] >> i have a short follow-up question. i talked about some of these spirits and i think people know who their enemies are. so what i was saying is part of t

we're about to launch this into the navajo nation. so our idea is if you can address this in the poorest of the poor, we can make this work for the rest of the country. [ applause ]. >> thank you again for this opportunity. as my introductory comments had the opportunity to say a little bit about what we do. but i would like to tie together a couple of points that have been made and elaborate a little bit on our mission. as i mentioned, we're in the business of operating hospitals. and hospitals in our health care delivery system are really the front line in providing care to people, particularly when they need it urgently in an emergency. and i also mentioned in my introduction that our company alone is spending $800 million a year in compensated care. i was pleased, president clinton, that you mentioned we have succeeded in bending the cost curve a bit in this country. we're spending a little bit less as a percent of gdp, and the rate of inflation has reached historic low legals, probably lower than anybody in the audience can remem

we're about to launch this into the navajo nation. so our idea is if you can address this in the poorest of the poor, we can make this work for the rest of the country. [ applause ]. >> thank you again for this opportunity. as my introductory comments had the opportunity to say a little bit about what we do. but i would like to tie together a couple of points that have been made and elaborate a little bit on our mission. as i mentioned, we're in the business of operating hospitals. and hospitals in our health care delivery system are really the front line in providing care to people, particularly when they need it urgently in an emergency. and i also mentioned in my introduction that our company alone is spending $800 million a year in compensated care. i was pleased, president clinton, that you mentioned we have succeeded in bending the cost curve a bit in this country. we're spending a little bit less as a percent of gdp, and the rate of inflation has reached historic low legals, probably lower than anybody in the audience can remem

navajo nation president rubbing elbows with dan snyder, owner of the washington redskins at sunday'se v.i.p. treatment, as protesters marched against the redskins game outside the stadium. >> the orangutan ride? >> it was the orangutan ride. >> we've all done it. >> thank you, heather. meanwhile, extreme weather out in the midwest. encredible new video from oklahoma city. check out that lightning from last night. >> the storm also producing massive hail. this morning a tornado watch is in effect over there. >> wear a helmet, i guess. let's head to maria molina who is outside. >> it is early here in new york city but i want to take you to parts of the plains because we have that strong system pushing eastward. early this morning we already have tornado watches in effect including parts of eastern texas, parts of louisiana, arkansas and into oklahoma. we have that risk for not only tornadoes but also damaging winds and more large hail from some of these stomplets we are watching out for -- storms. we are watching out for the possibility of some of these thunderstorms and possibly rotat

mesa arizona, everybody on the field, practically everybody in the bleachers is a member of the navajo nationople there reject the idea that redskin is a slur. the superintendent says, of that school district doesn't find it derogatory, says it is a sense of pride. one of the most prominent redskins name people is amanda blackhorse. most people in the town dismiss her causes. they don't know who she is. >> most of the parents love going to these games. they have a new stadium they rally behind. they say fear the spirit and redskin nation as they pound the bleachers. they don't see this as derogatory at all. they see it as someththey take pride in. >> 220 kids eagerly accepted free tickets to the redskins october 12 game in phoenix. so for those of you out this who said redskins is derogatory, time to wake up, grow up and move up. i think we should consult this high school first. >> one of the schools there said it is not a racist slur if it originates from a native american tribe, it's always used in the context of sports. what do you think? you think they have a right or do you think the peo

over the washington redskins name heating up as the head of the naffo nation was seen sitting with dan snider during sunday's game. navajo spokesman said jobs are a bigger issue. >> monday night football. st. louis wore they're throw back upforms. got off to a strong start at 14-0. at the half it was a four-point game. 49ers dominated the second half of the game. >>> winston is being investigated whether he was paid to sign for than 340 autographs. winston is facing an upcoming disciplinary hearing for an ongoing sexual assault investigation from 2012. the coach voiced his support for winston. >> i think we need to be more responsible in our reporting and opinions and base on the facts and not write articles that are not true and put out things are truthful before we ruin someone's career not based on opinion. texas high school pulls off a trick. the team huddles in the middle except for one player. he has the ball chipped to him. nicely done. the 25 most influential teens in the world, and one politician calls another just plain ugly as sin. we have those details next. yikes. >> tornadoes continue, the threat right thro

each privately held land under multiple was in jurisdictions the navajo have the largest contingent land-based among the native nations nearly 16 million acres or 25,000 square miles. larger than about 25 gates that have membership in the united nations. and you get the other aspect of this book is a major theme when it was at war with much of the world with indigenous people in the 19th century. demanding than enemy surrender unconditionally or face annihilation. it was inevitable the earlier wars against indigenous people have not acknowledge your repudiated through the world. this has been written on this subject and called regeneration through violence. in the 20th century they overlap in to the caribbean with annexation in 1890. according to the oregon native it is more of a rebellion against oppression in that narrative flows of balding a deepening of democracy in the 20th century mission to save europe from itself twice in the triumphant flight against communism with the burdensome task a narrative of progress in 1960 social revolution from the african american liberation to complicate the narrative but it is u