and out came the birth of leland jr -- leland stanford be jr. university. >> host: and herbert hoover was the first graduate or first student at stanford. >> guest: yeah. he's deemed the first student because he actually moved into the dorm first. >> host: deborah perry piscione, can you underestimate the importance of stanford to silicon valley? >> guest: no, you truly can't. when we first moved there, we had been living in the washington, d.c. area for 18 years and moved out there less than seven years ago and people kept asking me, don't you want your kids to go stop signford? -- stanford? i said, no, i want them to go back to east coast schools. it was just an academic environment i was used to since i was schooled on the east coast. now living there for nearly seven years it is unparalleled, the collaborative environment that stanford provides. it's so based in collaboration and students working together that professors actually have to document on their syllabus when students can't work together. and the interesting thing is not just this continued f

idea one day and start a company the next. >> host: who was leeland stand ford, and how did stanford university come about? >> guest: unfortunately, over tragic events. leeland stanford made money, came west in the gold rush, but he didn't make money actually in gold. he made his first, but, you know, batch of money really supplying miners with the tools they needed. he knew the west would expand dramatically and recognized that railroads, they needed transportation, infrastructure, so he was a railroad who made an absolute fortune, ran for governor, got very, very involved in california, very involved at the federal level, and then, unfortunately, he and his wife waited to have their child, lee land, jr -- they had him at -- leeland was 44 years old, she was 49 years old, and just prior to to leeland, jr.'s 16th birthday, he contracted typhoid fever and died in florence, italy. it was a tragic event. the stanford looked for an opportunity to really comem rate their son and figure out how can all of california's children be their children and best serve, you know, this growing western populatio

>>reporter: margaret thatcher is honorary fellow with stanford university hoover institution. >> for thousands of cancer patients smoking medical marijuana is an effective option for controlling the pain and side effects of their disease. but now research project that we have been following for several years could be on the verge of using a compound in marijuana to fight cancer. itself. medical marijuana and ingredient thc provided relief and accompanying buzz for patients fighting cancer. but a little more than 5 years ago researchers at california pacific medical center in san francisco began focusing their attention on a far tamer compound in the marijuana plant. >> this is a non-toxic agent from cannabis that is also not psycho active. >>reporter: shawn and pierre are producing synthetic version of cbd which they say targets a specific gene in the body related to the spread of cance cancer. >> we found this had specific effect on l cancer cell. very agrivs tumor cell. >>reporter: in the recently published study the team documented that affect on brain cancer in large scale animal

and founding director of the martin luther king, jr., research and educational institute at stanford university. during 2009, he also served as the king distinguished professor at morehouse college and the first executive director of that institution's king collection. (applause) >> thank you. during his undergraduate years at ucla he participated in civil rights and anti-war protests and many of his subsequent writings reflects his experiences by stressing the importance of grassroots political activity in the african-american freedom struggle. his first book, end struggle snick and the black awakening of the 1960s remains a definitive history of student nonviolent coordinating committee, one of the most dynamic and innovative civil rights organizations of our time. he served as senior advisor for a 14-part award winning public television series on civil rights entitled "eyes on the prize." i know we all remember that. (applause) >> his recent, his recent publication, the book, martin's dream: my journey and the legacy of martin luther king, jr., a memoir about his transition from being a teen

>>reporter: margaret thatcher is honorary fellow with stanford university hoover institution. >> forhousands of cancer patients smoking medical marijuana is an effective option for controlling the pain and side effects of their disease. but now research project that we have been following for several years could be on the verge of using a compound in marijuana to fight cancer. itself. medical marijuana and ingredient thc provided relief and accompanying buzz for patients fighting cancer. but a little more than 5 years ago researchers at california pacific medical center in san francisco began focusing their attention on a far tamer compound in the marijuana plant. >> this is a non-toxic agent from cannabis that is also not psycho active. >>reporter: shawn and pierre are producing synthetic version of cbd which they say targets a specific gene in the body related to the spread of cance cancer. >> we found this had specific effect on l cancer cell. very agrivs tumor cell. >>reporter: in the recently published study the team documented that affect on brain cancer in large scale animal s

she also worked at tufts university and now here at stanford. the website, nalinineedsyou.com explains how you can get involved, going to registration events or registering online. a cheek swab is all you need to get started. that can be sent to you. the challenge is that the pool of south asian donors is very small. even if you are not a match, donations are still needed to cover test kits that they are trying to get out in india. reporting live at stanford university, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> we wish her well. 6:06 right now. christina loren is sprinkling sunshine, good vibrations all over our weekend. it looks beautiful, young lady. >> that on top of the icing that is friday. good morning to you. great-looking day. great-looking sunrise over san jose. not a cloud in the sky here. we have low clouds developing at the low coast. expecting more clouds in the sfo area as we head through the next couple of hours. getaway friday. 45 degrees in san jose. 42 in gilroy. to start, you are at 49 degrees. ie, it is colder by about 5-8 degr

>>reporter: margaret thatcher is honorary fellow with stanford university hoover institution. >> for thousands of cancer patients smoking medical marijuana is an effective option for controlling the pain and side effects of their disease. but now research project that we have been following for several years could be on the verge of using a compound in marijuana to fight cancer. itself. medical marijuana and ingredient thc provided relief and accompanying buzz for patients fighting cancer. but a little more than 5 years ago researchers at california pacific medical center in san francisco began focusing their attention on a far tamer compound in the marijuana plant. >> this is a non-toxic agent from cannabis that is also not psycho active. >>reporter: shawn and pierre are producing synthetic version of cbd which they say targets a specific gene in the body related to the spread of cance cancer. >> we found this had specific effect on l cancer cell. very agrivs tumor cell. >>reporter: in the recently published study the team documented that affect on brain cancer in large scale animal

i'm going to open up with the fund around the stanford university about the quality education act. specifically what the pta has increased the district by over $500 per student is a two year measure. and the teacher element is in two components around teacher recruitment and retention and peer review. in the study had a very straightforward focus to document the p t and evaluate the effectiveness. opposing open around the recruitment we're drawing applicants who have only applied to once higher paying district and as a result there's been a increase to 20 to 25 percent of the number of applicants and 49 percent were is new hires from the district. particularly drawn to the initiative were folks drawn to the salary increase. now to the retention increase during the implementation of the pta was the economical challenges which corresponds to the initiative but as the result there was higher retention in the higher staff schools because of the bonus. secondly, for the par program it may be that par is one of the best aspects for the teacher quality. you'll see at the same time there a

i'm willing also a professor at stanford university and documentation conservation of modern monuments and i'm a current member of the national board. having been through a project ourselves, my wife and i recently renovated a house in the neighborhood. i'm very disappointed at the valuable time and attention of the planning commission that has been wasted on a project that in my view is obviously compliant with the planning code. and these are the few points why i think it is compliant with the planning code. first, the project is far within limits of the buildable envelope. no. 2. barely visible from the public right of way. no. 3, no measurable impact on neighbor especially light and air, no. 4, set backs for the project are the same as applied throughout san francisco. therefore, no further action should be proceeded by the commission. also, because of my experience with the no cal board and national board, we are often presented with advocacy for projects and i have advocated on both side both pro and con -- for these projects. let me comment on these projects. let me remind you t

i am lecturer at stanford university, not a professor. that is another level of this conversation teary let me extend the conversation a little bit. one of the things that it was after i left or go, i taught for many years at stanford and talk, as i told the kids, real stuff. i started a class on cloud computing. three years ago, i started a class at the university in beijing as well on this subject because i feel it is really important. we are in my opinion in the second year of a 20-year cycle that is no different than the client server cycle that happened last time around, and i think education is an important component of this. so i'm going to take my four or five minutes to educate you guys a little bit on what is this thing we call cloud computing. i'm going to try uses much plain english as i can, leave all the technical buzzwords aside, and try to eliminate -- illuminate for you what is happening. fundamentally, is an economic thing that is happening, and that is what has always driven technologies economics. i will get to that in

. >> now there is a big local angle here, we visited researchers at stanford university today, who sayt will likely keep them busy for the next several years. tonight, we'll look at what they hope to accomplish when it comes to finding out what makes us tick. >>> and something for your brain to enjoy, confirming a finding nemo sequel, the new movie will be called "finding dory," who you may remember was the fish, the voice by ellen degeneres. >>> and celebrity witnesses are getting the most attention. >>> also? >> i don't think anybody really knows what california really looked like. what you see now is not what california was like. >> yeah, what did it look like around here before people, before we all got in the way? one man is trying to figure that out and turn back the clock right here in the heart of silicon valley. >>> plus, will it get much worse? the new prediction for this year's allergy season. >>> and good afternoon, i'm jeff fournier in the nbc bay area, walnut creek, 72, oakland, maybe the a's game? clouds, increasing temperatures in the 50s, back with rain in just moments

before we talk, let's listen to these words from martin luther king, jr., spoken at stanford university just a year before his assassination. it's as if he were saying them today. >> there are literally two americas. one america is beautiful for situation. and in a sense this america is overflowing with the milk of prosperity and the honey of opportunity. this america is the habitat of millions of people who have food and material necessities for their bodies, and culture and education for their minds, and freedom and human dignity for their spirits. but tragically and unfortunately, there is another america. this other america has a daily ugliness about it that constantly transforms the buoyancy of hope into the fatigue of despair. in this america millions of work-starved men walk the streets daily in search for jobs that do not exist. in this america millions of people find themselves living in rat-infested, vermin-filled slums. in this america people are poor by the millions. they find themselves perishing on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosper

they had given more than $1 billion so far including a $40 million donation to stanford university. he is a democratic activist. he had spent millions trying to torpedo the oil pipeline and has been one of president barack obama's prolific fundraisers. >> now president obama has a brunch and lunch reception on his schedule in atherton on the peninsula. the brunch will cost you $32,400 and the lunch $1,000 a plate. now if you want to have your picture with president obama, that's an extra 5,000 plus 2500 for each additional person in the photo. another 20,000 will get you into a coffee clatch with the president and his host. we have live coverage of the peninsula stops on abc7 morning news at 4:30 and on our midday newscast at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. stay here with us. >>> right now a band of showers is just off the coast. let's check in with the abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel with live doppler 7hd. >> as you check out live doppler 7hd you can see the leading edge of the storm and that the moisture has not reached the bay area just yet. it is a short time before we see that moist

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he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear risk reduction initiative and preventive defense project. please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. (applause) >> what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of america's millery power, the uss macon island. what a pleasure it is to be among the men and women of our armed forces and the men and women of the first responders of the san francisco bay area. fleet week for many years in san francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the military and the first responders, the great coming together of our uniformed personnel and a great [speaker not understood] of san francisco. this amazing transformation in the last few years was due primarily to the vision and the dedication of three people, george and charlotte schultz and mike myers. i'd like to pause to thank all three of them for this work. (applause) >> and in april of 1996, my last year as secretary of de

. >>> a stanford university professor diagnosed with leukemia is turning to social media to help save her life. she has only eight weeks to live unless she receives a bone marrow transplant. she is of south asian dissent. they say the chances of finding a match are 1 in 20,000. they are asking to tweet her story to find a do i nor. all it takes to determine if you are a match is a swab of the inside of your cheek. >>> san francisco leading that charge on its first ever walk to work day. mayor ed lee and other city leaders will march from the powell street b.a.r.t. station all the way to city hall. organizers say san francisco is the very first city in the entire country to celebrate walk to work. the event is being held to promote ped safety following recent deadly collisions involving cars. mayor lee is expected to unveil new public safety initiative. >>> checking out the forecast with christina loren. >> happy, happy friday, everybody! . you made it. we have a really good day and weekend shaping up. temperatures are nice and mild if you will be walking to work at 8:00 a.m. we are ta

i want to be the president of stanford university. stand up if you have ever said that aloud to anyone else. >> stand up, lean in. these are more than buzz words for cheryl sandberg who says that women need to fight hardener the workplace. she wants women doing more than reading her book. they want them in lean in circles. >> it's blieklike a book club w purpose. >> reporter: here in.org encourages people to form lean in circles not just to share experiences but to push one another. >> focus on what women can do. >> reporter: catalyst found this year that women make up 18% of elected officials into congress. 14% of executive officers. 8% of top earners and just 4% of ceos. >> women have held 14% of top jobs in corporate america for ten years. ten years of exactly no progress. >> reporter: as for the gender wage gap the institute for women's policy research found progress but even after decades women make 77 cents for every dollar a man is paid. >> men always negotiate and women rarely negotiate. that's where the wage gap comes from. >

. >> reporter: collins first played for stanford university and has since played for six teams in 12 seasons in the nba and he still wants to play. is there going to be a stigma attached to him. >> that's not for me to answer. >> reporter: would he be welcome as a warrior. >> if he had game. >> reporter: warrior's president says collins will do well. >> i think that's where we are. we're lacking behind where our society is on this issue and, i think to some degree we caught up a little bit today. it is really courageous what jason did today and i'm very proud of him, and i think he's going to see the benefits of this both personally and professionally going forward. >> reporter: does it matter to you that an nba player is gay or not. >> not at all. >> it's his business. >> reporter: it doesn't change your attitude about him or whether he could be a good basketball player. >> why should it. he might be one of the best. it don't matter. if michael jordan was gay, man, what would they say. >> what would they say. the social media of course is a buzz with the news. kobe bryant twittered

and there have been recent studies by new york university, stanford university, the united nations, which confirmed a complete trauma that is being experienced by the young and that women particularly. and large sections of these populations have escaped and are living destitutes in neighboring towns. >> they can see the drones, hear them? >> bayh your them buzzing around all the time. -- they hear them buzzing around all the time. the impact of the drones when they arrived means that people are waiting for them at odd times. they may strike at night, the next morning. drone operators have recorded in their books and playing games with their victims. they're watching them have sex. let them have sex and we will kill them the next day. it has become a detached execution almost. >> and your concern in terms of security is that this is creating a new generation of jihadists? or that it is alienating in their class in pakistan that has the potential to be more pro- western? doing.k of what it is for every one person killed, it may be creating 100 more were enemies for the american spirit. --

they had given more than $1 billion so far including a $40 million donation to stanford university. he is a democratic activist. he had spent millions trying to torpedo the oil pipeline and has been one of president barack obama's prolific fundraisers. >> now president obama has a brunch and lunch reception on his schedule in atherton on the peninsula. the brunch will cost you $32,400 and the lunch $1,000 a plate. now if you want to have your picture with president obama, that's an extra 5,000 plus 2500 for each additional person in the photo. another 20,000 will get you into a coffee clatch with the president and his host. we have live coverage of the peninsula stops on abc7 morning news at 4:30 and on our midday newscast at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. stay here with us. >>> right now a band of showers is just off the coast. let's check in with the abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel with live doppler 7hd. >> as you check out live doppler 7hd you can see the leading edge of the storm and that the moisture has not reached the bay area just yet. it is a short time before we see that moist

another simple example of loneliness are being alone there was a study at stanford university between eight ann coulter of girls how they use social the working. and the people who did the most amount of social networking and multitasking we're sort of together but not really have the lowest self-esteem analyst self-confidence. and if you were between eight and 12th who would look in the i the people you are talking with which is hard for teenagers and a lot of adults but that would compensate redefining a different -- different competency? >> somebody works that go with the name of dan russell and he has a concept of what he believes that education needs to be geared, he is not alone in this and unfortunately people are arguing the same thing we should be spending efforts teaching people how to find information on the internet. this is different from knowing so if i took all the electricity away and we have a blackout in washington we did not have electricity and i said if your devices don't work what do you know, ? the answer is they will say not much because they need to be able to

professional training, she switched from [speaker not understood] shoes to birkenstocks and went on to stanford university. after graduating with a degree in communications, she became a documentary film maker. she drew on her past to make an award winning pbs documentary [speaker not understood] about students vying for a spot with the san francisco ballet. flash forward to 2006, lisa graduates from san jose state's library school and discovers that times have changed. sensible pumps are no longer the [speaker not understood] for public libraryianses. they need to get out from behind the reference desk, lace up running shoes, and get out into the community. and that's exactly what lease did when she started working in the omi. as an oceanview branch manager of the san francisco public library, lease took a position conducting in-depth research of the oceanview neighborhood to discover how best to serve this diverse community's needs. in reaching out to the community she learned that seniors needed a place to learn computer skills and so she developed and led weekly basic computer classes for seniors and

they had given more than $1 billion so far including a $40 million donation to stanford university. he is a democratic activist. he had spent millions trying to torpedo the oil pipeline and has been one of president barack obama's prolific fundraisers. >> now president obama has a brunch and lunch reception on his schedule in atherton on the peninsula. the brunch will cost you $32,400 and the lunch $1,000 a plate. now if you want to have your picture with president obama, that's an extra 5,000 plus 2500 for each additional person in the photo. another 20,000 will get you into a coffee clatch with the president and his host. we have live coverage of the peninsula stops on abc7 morning news at 4:30 and on our midday newscast at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. stay here with us. >>> right now a band of showers is just off the coast. let's check in with the abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel with live 7hd.oppler 7hd. >> as you check out live doppler 7hd you can see the leading edge of the storm and that the moisture has not reached the bay area just yet. it is a short time before we see that mo

we do this in conjunction with stanford university researchers and scientists. >> we will engage 3 toear-old children that spans all dimensions of learning. we hope to be the pixar of early learning. >> the pixar of early learning. they can't react just yet. on our panel today we have the ceo and founder of angel list. let's huddle up first. why don't you go ahead and give me your first impressions of this app and product? >> pixar is a very expensive business to start up and run. i would be concerned this is more of a content than technology business. are you going to. >> how much real learning is going on as opposed to entertaining. you are now in the hot seat and we're going to ask you a few questions. >> how much of this is content versus technology? and how much of the progress and learning and the effort that you make can be leveraged from application from application? >> leo's pad is a way to demonstrate the kind of learning that can happen to parent and teachers through what we're calling parents pad. folks like disney, nickalodian and ours will want to port their content to o

stanford university of seats harvard and a new list of the top-10 colleges that students at where theirs schools. here is a look at which universities that made the top five and that includes a non i believe school. no. 1 stanford university no. 2 party colleg two harvard college columbia university no. 4 new york university no. 5 princeton university. >> 7:41 a.m. and the big story that broke this morning as the college coach and that was basically beating up players to get them to do what he wanted them to do. we have the latest with gary radnich coming up with the video that you have to see. a live look from our roof cam and van ness it is all fogged in. we will be right back. $4 doe dsn't really buy you much these days, huh? unlessle you're at denny's. where erthere are always great choices for four dollars, on the t 2$4$6$8 value menu ®. get 3 yeaon brand nameree financingmattress sets. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest-free for 3 event is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> tracking a hot spot at walnut c

stanford university unseats harvard in a new list of the top-10 colleges the students said were theirat which universities made the top five and include one non id league school. the list is no. 1 stanford university, number two harvard college, and number three columbia university, no. 4 in new york university, and number 5 princeton university. two other schools here in california made the top 10, they are u.s. the l.a. and uc berkeley. >> dissatisfied with expectations for the company, goldman sacks has taken apple off this list of most highly recommended stocks. in a note to clients, a goldman sacks analyst says that the iphone 5 has not slowed as well as they expected. he says that apple needs some real " hits " among the products it rolls out during the second half of the year. this does not mean that the company is off of sex or rape are completely. goldman still list apple at a " buy " rating. apple has been on goldman's preferred stock list since december of 2010. list since december of 2010. >> we will be right back. that''s too much bacon. said nido one ever. baconacolia is

. >> to visit stanford university and hear students hammering nails may set a student to wondering.these students are engaged in manual labor. >> have you learned how to hammer a nail street administrate snoo getting there. >> how many times have you hit your finger? >> quite a few. >> look what they've managed to build. what will be a 1500 square foot house. >> they want to you design and build a net zero home. you're producing more energy than you consume. >> they, being the department of energy. not only must they built an energy efficient house but one that can tear apart and rebuild for a contest oo. we're trying to show modulear home building could be more affordable and maintain the level after tractibility we've sneen a normal house. >> you sound like a brochure. >> we've done this a few times. >> it will produce 30 kilowatt hours of electricity every day. that form of energy has just reached a symbolic milestone. >> from around this point it's going to be producing more than it's consuming. dr. michael dain dale zibs it as obscure milestone. they now support themselves in a

treatment is supposed to help with traumatic brain juries and alzheimer's disease and we are seeing stanford universityssors along with others and we are there live waiting for the president's announcement on government funded research. >>> time now 6:57 we are with sal and we are looking at the traffic. sal? >>> southbound 280 an overturned truck and at 208 a three car -- 280 a three car crash there. let's go to mark. >>> fog has been increasing in coverage since we started 4:30 and temperatures are ranging from lower 60s to lower 70s and another storm is coming in on thursday, approaching the weekend we have a chance of a sprinkle or light shower on sunday. >>> we are marking a tragic university in oakland which started one year ago. >>> and a crash on the peninsular, why the cab driver is now in custody, stay with us.

treatment is supposed to help with traumatic brain juries and alzheimer's disease and we are seeing stanford universitys along with others and we are there live waiting for the president's announcement on government funded research. >>> time now 6:57 we are with sal and we are looking at the traffic. sal? >>> southbound 280 an overturned truck and at 208 a three car -- 280 a three car crash there. let's go to mark. >>> fog has been increasing in coverage since we started 4:30 and temperatures are ranging from lower 60s to lower 70s and another storm is coming in on thursday, approaching the weekend we have a chance of a sprinkle or light shower on sunday. >>> we are marking a tragic university in oakland which started one year ago. >>> and a crash on the peninsular, why the cab driver is now in custody, stay with us. >>> big troubles in san jose along northbound 101 and 280. a couple of different crashes there making a mess of the morning commute. >> reporter: we're live in oakland where the community remembers those killed at oikos university one year ago today. we'll tell you what memorials they have

she is a professor here at stanford university. she is also the mother to two teenage daughters. she is battling leukemia which she first battled in 2004. her story is being spread through social media. she is originally from india, the first indian professor in the psychiatry department at harvard university. her research covered in malcolm gladwell's book, blank. how quick and accurate first impressions can be. the website nalinaneedsyou.com. her match will most luckily be of south asian dissent. there are a low number in the donor pool. the push is on to get more people to register as a donor. a cheek swab is all it takes to get started. that information can be found at nalanineedsyou.com. help is needed to cover the cost of test kids to india. >>> 5:06. the los angeles police department says cases of celebrity swagging will now be kept under wraps. it involves fake 911 calls targeting the homes of stars. recent incidents have sent emergency responders to the homes of tom cruise, justin bieber and ashton cutchier to make a few. >>> local grape growers are discrediting a new re

stanford. the university says it sent letters to more than 38 students from around the world on friday. of them, a little more than 2200 were accepted. stanford said this was the largest applicant pool in university history with just under 6% getting acceptance letters. students have until may 1st to decide if they will attend in the fall. >>> stockton bankruptcy case expected to get a ruling from a federal judge today. the cash strapped city filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection of a the financial crisis devastated tax revenues. the decision follows a three-day trial last week where the city says it is $26 million in debt. historically municipal bankruptcies have been rare but this ruling could set a precedent for other troubled u.s. cities. san bernardino has also filed for bankruptcy. some expect detroit to be next. >>> coming your way, it is the injury that just has everybody talking this morning. while very gruesome, we do have some good news about the louisville player's recovery. >>> also rising tensions in north korea. the latest threat the u.s. is taking seriously. >>> a bus

the current stanford university professor shared some of her priorities. one of them making sure that highly skilled people have a way to stay and work in places like silicon valley. >> obviously, when you have a statistic out of that duke study that 44% of the companies here, the startups founded with one immigrant partner, it says something about the talent of this -- you want to keep that amount of people coming. they're unique people. >>> immigration task force is working to engage the high tech community in building bipartisan support for immigration reform. >>> well, there's growing anger in berkeley tonight now that the u.s. postal service officially announced plans to sell the city's 99-year-old post office. the renaissance revival building is on the national register of historic places. the exterior and murals must stay intact. but the inside of the building will likely undergo a remodel under a new owner. the postal service is selling off several buildings in the country in an effort to raise money and cut costs. the city council is asking the po

. >> reporter: collins first played for stanford university.e has since played for 6 teams in 12 seasons in the nba and he still wants to play. is there going to be a stigma attached to him now. is he going to be able to get on teams. >> that's not for me to answer. >> would he be welcome as a warrior. >> if he had game. >> reporter: there is the question of how other players would feel in the locker room. warriors president rick welch who came out himself several years ago had this to say about that. >> well, i think, you know, we used to say that about female reporters in the locker room as well. that doesn't appear to be an issue anymore. >> reporter: does it matter to you whether an nba player is gay or not. >> no, not at all. >> it's his business. >> reporter: it doesn't change your attitude about if he could be a good basketball playerer. >> he might be one of the best. if michael l jordan was gay, what would they say. >> he has no regrets coming out and he wants to play, and we'll see what happens next. >> reporter: linda yee kpix 5. >>>