tiger woods and phil mickelson will play there. >>> roger goodell defends the redskins name. ten members of congress wanted it names. they felt it was offensive to many native americans. goodell caused it a unifying force that stands for courage. >>> lgbt pride shirts on sale now. nine different names and numbers sell for $25. they are players supporting gay rights. >>> jim kelly is back at home after surgery to remove cancerous cells from his jaw. the wife of the buffalo bills hall of famer says doctors are pleased with kelly's recovery so far. >>> meet 13-year-old nick legrand in kansas city. 1800 miles away in oakland, california, meet the telerobotic pitching machine. nick throws the first pitch on the left. on the right, the pitch goes and is caught. nick can't travel because he's fighting a life-threatening disease. >>> early today sports is brought to you by new just for men autostop. gray is over. >>> just ahead, paul mccartney takes stephen colbert by storm. >>> and nelson mandella is responding well to treatment. >>> welcome back. there's an upper level storm spinnin

big names in play. >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell defending the washington redskins name. bers of congress wanted it change. they felt it is offensive to many native americans. goodell called it a unifying source. >>> lgbt t-shirts on sale. they're players supporting gay rights. >>> jim kelly back at home after surgery to remove cancerous cells from his jaw. doctors are pleased with kelly's recovery. >>> meet 13-year-old nick legrand in kansas city. 1800 miles away in oakland, california. he's fightening a life threatening disease. great stuff. >> great stuff. thanks so much, richard. >>> time to dig deeper into some of our topo lit call stories. we're joined by bob franken. thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> earlier in the show we mentioned bill clinton has comments about obama being too soft. is it time for obama to be more aggressive? >> what's interesting is that he said president obama might be relying too heavily on the polls. during clinton's presidency his opponents complained about exactly that. his administration was poll driven. it's interesting how thing

ten members of congress, including members of the republicans, sent a letter to roger goodell said wed not keep this type of name and keep in mind, washington, d.c. .6% of the population is native american. they would never get away with it if it was bigger. if your team name depends on a genocide, you ought to get a new team name. >> john: i get flack back saying indians don't mind. yeah you'll find chiefs in newark who come out and say we have no problem with it. they have a bigger problem than the bigetted team name. but there are plenty of caucasians and african-americans, and latinos who are embarrassed to have a team with this name. >> it's so shamer that roger goodell, said in a letter issued today, he said the team named redskins is a symbol of unity and never meant to disparage anybody. if there is one thing that george preston marshall loved it was not disparaging people in unity. >> john: exactly. he didn't consider them people, so he probably meant it. you have issued a challenge to dan snyder. >> yes, i have an article coming out tomorrow. and i have a challenge to dan sn

in a letter to congress nfl commissioner roger goodell defends the name."usa today" sa strength, pied and respect. it looks like the redskins' name is standing pat for now. if you had to change the name of washington's nfl team, what would you change it to? washington gridlock, something like that. most creative ones in the show. #waytoopc. looking for creative and taste full alternatives, and there are many. >>> still ahead, tom brady, one of my favorites, weighs in on his new tim tebow favorite. what he has to say about timmy. >>> a presidential interruption. please turn your ringers off. don't want to do when you're seeing the president. we'll check on the weather. "way too early" comes right back. >>> it's hard to find another legal case that has affected american politics as much as the one involving the pentagon papers. from watergate to white water the legacy in the cynicism about its leaders and attitude toward the media. [ male announcer ] i've seen incredible things. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge je

the nfl commissioner roger goodell under fire after defending the redskins nickname for washington, d.c team. in a letter to congress, goodell backed away to condemn the name and instead said it represented courage, pride and respect. the native american group called the nickname insulting and racially incentative. . >>> supposed to do some sound there, but there wasn't. as you can see, there she is. >> royal princess. >> all right, that was duchess of cambridge. she's christening the royal princess. kate middleton carried out the honors for the cruiseship this morning. another christening on the horizon, too. she's due to deliver reportedly in about a month. >>> turning now to your money. home repossessions are on the rise, while that may be bad news, that is bad news for homeowners, but turns out good news for others. alison kosik is at new york stock exchange to explain it all. good morning, alison. >> clearly, carol, it's not good if you are the one being kicked out of your home. there is a silver lining because the silver lining is for those looking to buy a home. it means even mor

. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell toughened the conduct policy six years ago making it easier to sanction players for infractions. goodell declined our request for an interview but a spokesman told cnn the average arrest rate per year of nfl players is consistently lower than the general population. >> a few players can make the whole league look a certain way. >> cleveland browns safety t.j. ward says he has not been in trouble, but understands how one arrest can tarnish the brand. >> a couple of issues can make the whole league look a certain way. it's all about perception, especially in our society. it's all about what people perceive. >> reporter: consider this, nielsen ratings for the past nfl season were the highest in a decade, despite everything, fans keep watching. >> i made the decision a long time ago to respect athletes for their performance on the field more so than for their behavior off the field. >> i love football. i'll probably be following, but we'll see. >> jason carroll, cnn, new york. >>> terence ward joins me from new york. he's a columnist for mlb.com. a sports con

>> request well, i think the nfl and roger goodell, roger goodell has been known that he can't standor this type of activity to take place. and he has cracked down on it, he has come down on the players very hard. he wants to clean all of this up. if you're talking about 24-27 players and their arrests, yes, it's not a good statistic for the national football league, but it also represents less than 1% of those who are playing in the league. so a very, very few are tarnishing and besmirching the very, very many. and 27 is too many, but there are 3,000 football players in the national football league roughly. so it's a small statistical number, but it's too big of a number for high profile nfl teams. rick: jim gray is a fox news contributor, veteran sports caster. thanks so much for the new details. >> thank you, rick. jenna: appreciate that context, too, as the daughter of an nfl player, just for the record. it's nice to know it's a small percentage. >>> well, edward snowden is, apparently, still in that russian airport. in the meantime, the president says he shouldn't have to call t

. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell toughened the league's conduct policy six years ago making it easiere arrest rate per year of nfl players is consistently lower than the general population. >> a few players can make the whole league look a certain way. >> like the vast majority of nfl players, t.j. ward says he's not been in trouble but understands how just one arrest can tarnish the brand. >> a couple issues can make the whole league look a certain way. it's all about perception especially in our society. it's all about what people perceive and not necessarily what's true. >> if truth lies in numbers, consider this. nielsen ratings were the highest in the decade despite everything fans keep watching. jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> jason, thanks so much. let's talk more about these arrests and what it means to the league. let's bring in cnn's rachel nichols and sports agent doug aldridge. rachel, you heard it in jason carroll's piece. 27 people arrested since february that are nfl players. as jason also points out that's a small percentage of all of the players in the nfl. do you th

. >> one of the questions would be, dan, when you look at roger goodell, he has the ownership and playersade him so far and how did he do in the last year or two where he had to deal with so many different off the field incidents and had to step up and make tough decisions? >> he had tough decisions and a lot of players don't agree with what he's doing as far as fines are concerned. all of the things he has to deal with with the concussions and as far as the players going on strike and new collective bargaining agreement, i think he's done an excellent job. he was put in over the last two years. >> you're an afc guy. >> yep. >> played in the afc and talk afc every sunday. coming off the draft, who put themselves in the best position, do you think for this year? baltimore, super bowl champs, no more ray lewis, peyton manning in denver. who's the team to beat now? >> denver is going to be the team that will be there again. they added wes welker. and he'll continue to be a very productive player and last year it wasn't a fluke, but they lost that game on a bad play at the end. i think they a

>> i have to say, i didn't know this, senator charles gudell's son is now the nfl commissioner roger goodellbelieve i meet e met him. i am no longer bib liberal. thank you to bertha coombs. we had a couple years. we all went through that stage t. surge in american oil production have reached levels no one would believe years ago. it is also making a pot of people suddenly rich. we will talk to the man who helps the suddenly wealthy deal with it. up next, our co-host rich lowry the fascial review. he has a fabulous new book about lincoln and how he believed and supported free markets and patents, by the way. so i would say, as always, don't forget, free market capitalism is the beth path to prosperity. that's what ape lincoln knew the "kudlow report." we're coming right back. . drill, trip, drill, that's right. the u.s. oil production grew by more than a million barrels a day last year to an incredible 8.9 million barrels per day. that's right. the largest increase in the world. the largest in american history or at least going back to the 1960s. this record growth was mainly fuelled by the g

something he shouldn't have done, he'll be asked to go to new york city and meet with commissioner roger goodell. but that's all part of this initial process. for now, though, i think the nfl and the patriots just trying to use other means to figure out what happened. >> and just real quick, a couple more seconds, boston.com sports writer, a popular writer there, adam kauffman's column today is calling for the patriots to sever ties with hernandez even though he's not been arrested, he's not a person of interest, at least officially from police. is that the right or wrong call? >> from a business standpoint, it's definitely the wrong call. they give him $12 million in a signing bonus when he signed that contract. they have ways they can try to get a big chunk of that money back, if he does end up convicted of a crime. if they cut him, they can't get a penny of it back. for business reasons, it makes sense to hold on to him no matter what he ultimately may have done. >> wow, mike. thank you very much. i really appreciate you sticking around past the breaking news to talk with us about this. thank

. >> roger goodell is defending the redskins.e says the name stands for strength, courage, pride, and respect. >>> the nsa scandal has catapulted george orwell's book "1984" on the bestseller's list. sales have jumped 10,000% in the past week. the book may be 64 years old but people say it's more relevant than ever. in the novel "1984" george orwell presents a frightening future, war never ends, privacy doesn't exist and crimes committed by the states are quickly erased. it was published in 1949 after the second world war. it is an expression of political fear and warning to all citizens. seen here in a movie adaptation of the book, orwell's most famous idea is that of big brother. the name of overtime it's become ubiquitous. >> we shall prevail. >> used to sell computers. >> on january 24th apple computer will introduce macintosh, and you'll see why "1984" won't be like 1984. >> market reality tv. and in a movie that might just prove truth is stranger than fiction, headlines about the nsa surveillance was so orwellian last week

jon: roger goodell the lead commissioner has made player conduct a center piece of his administration the nfl players that they represent the shield, the so-called nfl shield the logo there. let's turn our attention to the awful case out of ohio, ariel castro back in court today. rebecca, the death penalty apparently is still on the table because of the fact that help is alleged to have punched one of his victims, one of the women he was keeping in the stomach to the point that she aborted. what are the chances of a plea deal here? the defense has said they are open to that. >> well, you know, if i were the defense attorney in this case i would be begging for a plea deal. ohio does have a fetal death statute, that if the prosecution can prove he did kill a child they believe a life begins in the fetal stage, before the baby is born that is a life and there is a death penalty statute in place in ohio. they are looking at a very serious crime, and they have three eyewitnesses that he captured in their teens who are now, thank god, free who can testify against him. so any defense attorne

. >> we should know it's father's day and roger goodell's father was a great liberal republican senatorin his grave, the hateful kmepts of the commissioner. i'd also like to mention my own father is in the hospital recovering from surgery and we're all thinking about our families today with love. >> all right. george. >> i think what people should really know this week is congress is ready to put food stamps on the chopping block. the house is going to take up the farm bill this week. they are already -- the bill that came out of the agriculture committee proposed cutting $20 billion from food stamps, which would throw 2 million people off the program at a time when dependence on it is at a record high. it would cost 280,000 jobs. unfortunately a bill came from the senate cutting $4 billion passed by democrats who should have known better, i think. there's going to be a debate about how much to cut and people need to watch that and stay on top of it. >> josh. >> the justice department, eric holder raised the stakes in what we have that's as close to a debate about gun control in the new

>> reporter: nfl commissioner roger goodell toughened the league's conduct policy six years ago, making an interview, but an nfl spokesman told cnn "the average arrest rate per year of nfl players is consistently lower than the general population." >> you know, a few players could make the whole league look a certain way. >> reporter: like the vast majority of nfl players, cleveland browns safety t.j. ward says he has not been in trouble but understands how just one arst can tarnish the brand. >> or a couple issues can make the whole league look a certain way. it's all about perception, especially in our society. it's all about what people perceive, not exactly what's true. >> reporter: if truth lies in numbers, consider this. neilsen ratings for the past nfl regular season were the highest in a decade. despite everything, fans keep watching. >> i sort of made the decision a long time ago to respect athletes for their performance on the field more so than for their behavior off the field. >> i love football, so i'll probably be following, but we'll see. >> well, it should be noted, wolf

dear roger goodell, it's me, ari, look, commish, it is tough to come out against the washington redskinsworld's fourth most valuable sports team, worth more than $1.5 billion. but your response to ten members of congress urging a name change that we saw this week was pretty disappointing. you wrote that, no our view a fair and thorough discussion of the issue must begin with an understanding of the roots of the washington franchise and the redskins name in particular well, yeah, let's do just that, let's look at the root of the word a redskin." in your letter to you, the ten members of congress tried to explain to you that native americans throughout the country consider the "r" word a racial derogatory slur. yet the national coverage of washington's nfl football term profits from a term disparaging to native americans. commissioner, the debate may continue, but for many it traces back to one man, commissioner, meet sensor phipps, he issues the phipps proclamation in 1755 which called for the general -- colonized unless the -- men, women and children. those bloody scalps are believed to

six years ago nfl commissioner roger goodell instituted a much harsher player conduct policy. used to be not only did you have to be charged and prosecuted and not only found guilty, then the process would start with the nfl and any discipline around you. the conduct policy is now basically saying, hey, if there's conduct detrimental to the league, even if it's the appearance of doing something wrong and that's bad for the image of the nfl, we have the right to suspend you. we have the right to sign you and the right to call you under the carpet and the commissioner's office. so, i would think one of their key high-profile players being led off in handcuffs probably qualifies as conduct that is seen as detrimental to the nfl. we'll have to see what happens first with the legal process and then what the league and patriots decide to do about it. >> i'll bring in sunny hostin and ask her about possible charges against aaron hernandez. police in massachusetts have moved very slowly with this case. i think they searched his house two or three times. they haven't made publicly any

roger goodell sent a letter to congress yesterday after being urged to consider changing the redskinscause it was derogatory nature. he said the name redskins represents "a positive meaning" and is a unifying force that stands for strength, courage pride and respect. >> bill: and racism. >> said the white man about the team owned by a white man who also defended the name redskin. >> bill: they've hired frank luntz. he's going to tell them how they can explain it to the american people in ways that we'll all support it. >> we also want to be called that, right? >> it might be the quickest transition from uniform to suit ever. jason kidd retired from the new york knicks on june 3rd after 19 years playing in the nba. now he's got a new job as the new head coach of the brooklyn nets. kidd tells -- he tells "usa today" he's been studying for a coaching role throughout his playing days and is thrilled to have this tremendous opportunity to return to that team for him back when they were the new jersey nets, he helped take them to two nba finals back in 2002 and 2003 which by the way he lost

they didn't wait for roger goodell to suspend him.y cut him after about two hours after he had been formerly charged with murder. he's done. >>alisyn: prosecutors establish a motive or what they believe is a motive. they say two days before odin lloyd, the victim, was shot to death, he and hernandez went to a boston bar and apparently hernandez was angry that his friend lloyd was talking to some of his enemies. he didn't like the group of guys that odin lloyd was talking to, and so two days later, according to prosecutors, he called in some hit men basically from connecticut to drive to boston, and they at 3 a.m. picked up odin lloyd and drove around with him. he was so nervous -- the victim -- in the car, he knew something terrible or suspicious at least was going to happen that he sent some a large text messages to his sister. >>steve: the text messages said, among other things, justice so you know, i'm with hernandez right now. then a little while later according to the prosecution, mr. hernandez and confederates stood over this gu

roger goodell, commissioner of the nfl, and what can be deemed as an ignoreant response, mr. goodell responds claimed that neither the intent nor the use of the name was ever meant to denigrate american indians. then, in a dismissive manner, mr. goodell further declares that the r word has a positive meaning and represents many positive attributes. mr. speaker, i join my colleague, the gentlewoman from minnesota, the co-chair of the congressional native american caucus, congresswoman betty mccollum, who states that mr. goodell's letter, and i quote, is another attempt to justify a racial slur on behalf of mr. dan snyder, owner of the washington franchise, and other nfl owners who appear to be only concerned with earning ever larger profits, even if it means exploiting a racist stereotype of native americans. . to embrace the twisted logic that redskin stands for strength, courage, pride, and respect is a statement of absurdity and a total lack of appreciation of the culture of the native american community. i also join, mr. speaker, my colleague, the gentleman from oklahoma,

roger goodell, the commissioner of the national football league, and all the nfl club owners will seriously raise this matter with mr. dan snyder to try and change the name of his washington football franchise. the nfl has a moral responsibility to take corrective action on this matter. it is the right thing to do. under the mandate of the u.s. constitution, mr. speaker, the u.s. congress has both the legal and moral responsibility to look after the needs of our native american nations. it is for this reason that the bill h.r. 1278 was introduced to not allow or to cancel the registration of the word redskin as a trademark name simply because it is a derogatory term and a racial slur against native americans. mr. speaker, don't get me wrong, i'm a great supporter and fan of the sport of football. in fact i played four years of football in high school. many of my relatives played both in college level and in the nfl. the late junior seau of the san diego chargers, troy polamalu, jesse of the 49ers, just to name a few, many others. mr. speaker, we need to correct this inequity. we need to sho

in a recent letter, to the national football league's commissioner, roger goodell, said essentially that the use of the r word is meant to honor native americans. baloney. he added, for the teams' millions of fans and customers, it is a unifying worse, courage pride and respect. nornsenornedse, mr. speaker, the national football league is telling everyone, native americans included, they cannot be offended because the national football league means no offense. mr. speaker, mr. goodell's dismissive response is indicative of the racist history behind the washington franchise name. the founder is identified by his torians as the driving -- historians as the driving force of the color barrier in the national football league. a sad chapter from 1934 to 1935 when african-americans were rohibited from the league by not allowing to play. for years, mr. marshall changed the team's name from the braves in 1933 and after the nfl's color line was crossed in 1946, marshall's franchise was the last team in the field for african-americans were allowed to play, not until 1962. might also add that mr. ma