our thoughts are with his family. >>> now to nfl hall of famer tony dorsett.e's been in the news this week for his comments about football and the brain condition he now suffers from. in 2013 the former dallas cowboy was diagnosed with signs of cte, which is caused by head trauma and causes memory loss. he recently told a dallas radio program he started his career not knowing that the end was going to be like this. today, dorsett and his wife janet spoke with me in their first tv interview about living with cte. it sounds like an awful diagnosis, cte, words like brain trauma. what does that mean in terms of your day-to-day life? >> well, it varies. i mean, there's good days and there's bad days, lester. i mean, there's some days i can be going somewhere, a place i've been going to for maybe over 20 years or so and i forget how to get there. or my mood swings. >> and, janet, it sounds like it's a team effort to conquer this. >> it is a team effort. when you hear it it sounds a lot worse than what it actually is. it just takes a lot of preplanning. so he was luc

tony dorsett battling a brain disease. he and his wife discussings the impact of cte with lester holt in the first joint tv interview. take a listen. >> there's good days and there's bad days lester. i mean there's some days i can be going somewhere, a place i've been going to maybe over 20 years or, so and i forget how to get there. >> i know you don't want to be the poster image for cte, but to the extent that there's so much awareness now about head trauma about sports about taking care of our kids and young athletes to that extent what message do you want to send? >> i thought it would be something good for me to come out with this and let people understands the fact that it's there and it's real. >> strong man. no doubt. tony dorsett. cte causing memory loss and has been linked to repeated head trauma. the famous dallas cowboys player was diagnosed with signs of cte in 2013 and has a lot of folks in his corner. >> absolutely. >> ice hockey, candidate for goal of the year st. louis's tj au she, passing between his legs

. >>> taking you to sports envelope legend tony dorsett is battling degenerative brain disease. he and his wife discussing the impact of cte with nbc news' lester holt in their first joint tv interview. >> there's good days and there's bad days. there's some days i can going somewhere, a place that i've been going to maybe over 20 years or so and i forget how to get there. >> i know you don't want to be the poster image for cte. but to the extent that there's so much awareness now about head trauma about sports about taking care of our kids and young athletes. to that extent what message do you want to send? >> i thought it would be something good for me to come out with this and let people understand the fact that it's there and it's real. >> power to him. cte causing memory loss and has been linked to repeated head trauma. the famous dallas cowboys player was diagnosed with signs of cte in 2013. >>> ice hockey a candidate for goal of the year. st. louis' t.j.oshi passes between his legs wide-open david backes fires for the score, st. louis takes tampa bay 6-3. >>> pga tour in

tony dorsett living with traumatic brain injury which he says came from hits he took on the field.ghtly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news."

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. >>> alabama protests and former nfler, tony dorsett.ak us in a mark of the anniversary of last year's bloody protest movement. some threw projectiles and rocks at riot police who responded with tear gas. last february they called supporters and had months of violent protests more than 40 killed and arrests of several, including the opposition leader. >>> in chapel hill north carolina, fbi inquiry under way following murders of three muslim college students. this morning we are learning more about one of the victims, 21 yusor mohammad abu salha last summer. >> growing up in america has been such a blessing and, you know, although in some ways i do stand out, such as the hijab, the head covering there are so many ways i feel so embedded in the fabric that is you know our culture. >> yusor went on to say here we are all one. she was killed with her husband and sister. police say the shootings a result of on-going parking dispute between neighbors. the victims' families expressed concern that the murders may have been motivated by hate. >>>

nfl legend tony dorsett, a hall of fame running back who played ten seasons with the dallas cow byesbout his opponent in a life after football. in 2013 dorsett became one of the first living ex-nfl players diagnose with signs of cte, degenrive brain disorder linked to head trauma and concussions. it left him aware that he had likely experienced symptoms like memory loss and mood swings for the rest of his life but in an exclusive interview with lester holt dorsett and his wife spoke about fighting back against the condition. >> what message do you want to send? >> i thought it would be something good for me to come out with this and that people understand the fact that it's there and it's real but, you know, when you see your kids especially when young kids out there playing pop warner junior high high school football they get these concussions. you've got to take it very seriously. >> we just think across the board in the sports world no matter what the sport may be, if there is any type of a head injury involved, you you need to be proactive about taking care of your children. >> d