and i guess tony dungy has something on the line here as well? >> tony dungy is a man's man and a good christian and very, very, very well-respected by the league, by the teams and by michael vick. and that was one of the things commissioner goodell insisted on, as you know. so, the bottom line is, roger goodell said it is not about minimizing the young man and making him a loser. it is all about giving him the best opportunity to win. so it is very important to tony dungy, as it is to michael vick, as it is to one of the teams that signs him as it is to the nfl. >> rick horrow friend of ours on cnn weekend. >> see you in five days, man. i can't wait. >>> by now, many of you heard that president obama will host henry lewis gates and sergeant crowley from the cambridge police department at the white house thursday night. the incident between the two men, the professor and the police officer, sparked a national debate, conversation about racial profiling. and cnn wants to hear from you about t on both sides, if you have been a victim, you think, of

former colts head coach tony dungy visited vick in prist and has taken on the role of advisor and mentor to the troubled quarterback. the commissioner said he will rely heavily on the recommendation of dungy before deciding on full senate. >> a quick question. how likely is it do you think that a team will pick him up? >> i think someone's going to take a chance on him. he was a very good quarterback when he played. the question is, will someone take a chance on him to plaw quarterback or would someone take a chance on him maybe to return kicks or return punts. he was one of the best rushers and runners in the nfl. so it's not like his only opportunity is to be a quarterback. that's what he wants to play. i think someone is going to take a chance, but keep in mind he's not eligible until october so no one is going to bank their entire season on a quarterback that can't even come into play until week five of the nfl season. >> we'll stay on top of it. thanks very much. >>> alexaria's top cop finds himself on the other side of the law. officer arrested chief baker saturday night after a ca

. >> tony dungy being involved as a moan mentor on this? >> i think that's a beautiful thing.impeccable reputation, a stellar human being that's recognized throughout nfl circles and throughout anybody in the sports world, you know about tony dungy. that's a good man to have as your supporter. >> stephen a., thanks so much. i want to bring in michael mcgraw of p.e.t.a. people for the ethical treatment of animals. good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks for joining us. now, your organization has weighed in to this. do you want michael vick to have the opportunity to play again and to go out and make a living at what he was doing before? >> p.e.t.a. thinks it's premature for michael vick to be reinstated and to have an opportunity to play again, absolutely. it's great goodell has said that he has submitted to some type of exam. but to our knowledge, he still hasn't been examined by a neurologist. we're not convinced that the remorse he's expressing is really genuine. >> a neurologist? >> what does that do? in the legal system, he wasn't required to t

tony dungy has agreed to sponsor him and mentor him. >>> and then there was this one from marcus in mitchellville -- >>> well, there was plenty outcry. but i think you raise an important question. why does it seem that at times we get a lot more emotional about what happens to animals than people? after all, humans get beaten every day? but when it is involved in -- but when it involves an animal i get an e-mail about that every day and then what happened with barbora, the same thing. what's that all about? i would love to hear your means. please include your name and write where you are coming from. you can log on any time you like at wusa9.com where we're ah on. i will see you a little later on. bye-bye. (announcer) create a gourmet meal on a weeknight? introducing anytime gourmet culinary kits for two. it has everything you need. just prep, cook and share your way into a gourmet meal. wild salmon dijon in puff pastry with whole-wheat orzo and vegetables. new stouffer's anytime gourmet. make it amazing. new stouffer's anytime gourmet. really fresh. come into your local giant today for mouthwate

meanwhile, former colts head coach tony dungy will act as a mentor to michael vick. in this instatement, roger goodell said that he had to be fully sure that events of the past would not repeat themselves. the commissioner spoke a few minutes ago about his conversation with the former falcons quarterback. >> he was disappointed in himself. he was direct about the fact that he lied to me about his involvement in dogfighting. i accept his apology. i understand. i don't like being lied to like anybody else. but this is something that we have to go forward. we have to move forward. and michael understands that i am judging him on his activities going forward and the words that he said to me and the conduct that hopefully will support the seesprdo m texpressed to me .akicic v sepely >>hael vick released this statement through his agent. he said i fully understand that playing fonba ill the nfl is a privil ae,ot n i right. i am truly thkfulor the opportunity i have been given. as you can imagine t l tas twot years have given meewoim t to re malimteuay telife, mature asn in

issuing this statement through his agent today -- to help construct the life nfl has appointed tony dungy to be his mentor. he is one of the people who visited him in prison. >> he is ale regarded man and if he gives him the stamp of approval. >> some are getting one. some are calling it a pr move by teleology to put a well respected guy to his camp but probably a good move. >>> john from chantilly is all for it. mr. vick did the crime and did his time. that debt is over and he has the right to make a living. it is probably a sure thing whichever team takes on vick with his considerable skills they will take on a huge public relations task. thank you for the quick reaction time. more gk -- mcginty's mail bag later in the broadcast. and we want your opinion on this. >>> breaking news in the michael jackson death investigation. a law enforcement official says the pop star's personal doctor administered the powerful drug that authorities believe killed him. the official tells the associated press michael jackson regularly received the anesthetic propofol to go to sleep and he gave him the dr

former nfl coach tony dungy will serve as his mentor during the season. goodell spoke about the decision within the next hour. >> whether he makes it on the fields for the nfl is determined on the field but he has big decisions off the field in the way he conducts himself. >> i think he is at a point right now where he is prepared to make those decisions and conduct himself in a more positive way. >> reporter: we want to know what you think, our web poll asks do you agree with the nfl's decision to reinstate michael vick. only 42% have said yes. and 58% do not agree. voting still open at wusa9.com. >>> up in college park, ralph's waistline is not the only thing shrinking so is the pool of upper classmen. 38 seniors graduated this spring and that made experts skeptical about maryland. the preseason poll came out today and the terps finished to pick fifth. he has ten of his 22 starters returning. speaking at arc media day today he thinks the gloom and doom is way overstated. >> there's something about this team that says winner. and the goals are high and i

he will have former colts' coach tony dungy serve as a mentor. the commissioner said vick needs to prove himself in order to get back in the game. >> he has a very difficult transition coming forward. and we want to support him in that and give him that opportunity. and he recognizes he has to ear atis a hnd actionless have to hpport th >> michael vick releasedhis statement through his agentloe j siegel. he said, "i fully understand that playing football in the nfl is a privilege and not a right, and i'm truly thankful for the opportunity i have been given. y ouan cimagine, the last twoan haaren gvee miv reime to -evaluate my life, mature as aan individual and fully understand the terrible mistakes i have made in the past and what type of life i must lead moving forward." so michael vick looks to get on with an nfl team now. which team that could be is obviously the big question out there and goodell will take the chance to decide if he will dully reinstate him, he abe lyef probably before game six. >> thanks, y.lisend se> animal rights activist

sean: but tony dungy would not curse in front of the players. and he had a pretty high standard. high standard as well. >> love tony. he did the foreward for the book, and we share some things there. but if you're a coach, you're in those meetings. everything is so intense. guys pretty much get a measure of you and you get a measure of them. sean: you said the hardest and the best lessons you've had in life you've actually had from your failures, not necessarily all the super bowl championships. >> when you play the game of life, my problem was i veered away from that playbook, and i think that's part of my testimony through the book. where i've made mistakes -- and i've made some big ones. i had a financial real mess in 1982, pat and i did, and the time we're going through it, we said this is the worst thing that ever happened to us. now i look back on it as one of the best times, because i learned the most. i actually sat down and i made a list of the things i learned from that financial mess. number one on the list, listen to your wife. but that's the great thing about it. sean

former colts head coach tony dungy will work with vick. vick released this statement.e sa,id i fully understand that playing football in the nfl is a privilege, not a right, and i am truly thankful for the opportunity i've been given. the last two years have given me time to reevaluate my life, mature as an indivi,nd a fulltaunrshede tnd terrible mistakes i have made in the past and what type of life i must lead moving forward. we are expecting to hear from the nfl commissioner, roger goodell, in the next hour. guys, a lot of questions remain. which team he'll end up with is the biggest one. >> but the timeline for earliest he could play -- >> is week six of the regular season. >> all right. >> he could immediately be on the field practicing with a team. >> all right. thanks. >>> we now know the name of the teen driver killed in friday's crash involving a sheriff's deputy. 18-year-old rachel campbell of dunkirk, maryland, died when the deputy's cruiser slammer into her car as she turned left at an intersection. this happened at route 4 and apple way. the deputy was res

. >> we will have more on michael vick at 6:00 including the pro- interesting news that tony dungy wi be his mentor and what, if any, teams are interested in signing vick. but right now an interesting story of of all the heart wrenching aspects of homelessness most insidious is the manner in which it dehumanizes its victims 67 when you walk past a homeless person, do you walk by and say hello and think of their family. a group of men who are trying to help themselves. >> dan and his team aren't just playing soccer. >> come on, pedro. come on pedro. >> they are rebuilding lives, too. >> every one of these people that come from difficult situations are going through hard things in your life. >> reporter: you see every one of his players is homeless. >> being homeless, you are lonely. and don't know anybody. you are on the streets and fend for yourself. >> reporter: but not here. >> when we come out here on the soccer field it is a level playing field for everybody. no matter what their life experience has been. >> reporter: it is called dc street soccer, a national program for the homel

someone who will give you guy dab guidance, support at critical moments. >> he's going to get it from tony dungyave other professionals around michael vick helping him out psychologically. his probation officer will report back to the nfl with progress reports. essentially what this means one tiny little slipup by michael vick and he's out of there again. >> what about pshs eeta -- peopr the ethical treatment of animals, they vow to protest unless michael vick got a brain scan proving that he was sorry. >> no evidence that a brain scan could prove that. he did see psychologists. so that said, peta is still going to protest that game for whatever team picks him up. the humane society is a whole different story. the humane society talked to michael vick in prison. heel work with the humane society traveling around the country teaching young kids not to get involved in dog fighting. he'll make some public service announcements appearing on television. if he does all that, maybe, maybe the public will kind of -- >> i don't know why you have to be taught it's not good to soak dogs in water and kill t

first, tony dungy, a man who does not lend his name to anyone has offered to serve as a role model andentor and friend to him. first of all, roger goodell, many people wondered what he would do. the fact that he was willing to offer this opportunity, even with strings attached, shows me that he must have heard something from him during their meeting that must have been quite impressive. martha: can you imagine what that four-hour meeting was like? i do not know if everyone knows, but he lied to him originally. he said he was not involved. >> remember, he can file an appeal after the first came to get back in the league. roger goodell could say that you have proven to be remorseful, and you can come back. that is what is being remembered. he is not being thrown back into the elite. he has the opportunity to do all of these great things, so long as he remains a good citizen. >> i hope some of those protesters, those people who cannot protest him being there, will also look at the statistics that you put on the screen, and maybe they will look and a few statistics of people who have been

in addition, tony dungy has agreed to continue his work with vick as advisor and mentor. >> espn sources selig hasn't changed his thinking on pete rose's suspension. earlier today, the daily news reported that selig was considering reinstatement for rose. selig may now be more willing to lift owe rose's lifetime suspension at least partially. as hank aaron boasts support for rose. espn sources also say selig is now currently considering reinstate many. >> i always thought that whatever pete rose did, and i thought that by asking for forgiveness, that we should look at it very carefully. you know, he's a terrific ballplayer, you know. and i'm not here advocating that he should be inducted into the hall of fame. but i am saying that, you know, we all have done some wrong some time. you know, i mean, really. all of us. all of us have done something that we are not -- we are ashamed of. but, you know, if that be the case, then pete asks for forgiveness, that's what we ought to look at. >> rose certainly boasts a hall of fame caliber resume. first all time in major league baseball in games pl

another part of the deal is -- or part of what's being called a transition plan, former nfl coach tony dungy will serve as his mentor. great pick there. one of the great men in football. so the next big hurdle for vick, will any nfl team be willing to pick him up? joining me now to talk about this, sports radio talk show host arty spannier. also with us, michael markarian, an executive vice president at the humane society. we'll talk to him about whether any deal is in the works with michael vick to tie his career to long-lasting work with the humane society. real quick, i want to get from both of you, and arnie, i'll start with you, did the commissioner get this one right? >> no, not really. a little bit. they got him in right away, and i'm okay with that. let him practice, let him get in the preseason. what i'm not okay with is he'll let you decide within the first six weeks when he's going to be allowed back. because he's judge, jury, and executioner. he's been punished enough. we took $130 million from this guy. we put him in leavenworth prison. we put him in home confinement. we took ev

if at the end of training camp, if tony dungy calls up and says, listen, i'm as solid on this as possible, that might be, he might be eligible for week one. that's certainly what his representatives will try to do, try to keep that option open. you can see there is plan there now, and if things go well from michael's standpoint, and there is a team there, at least they can try to suggest making him available for week one. >> john clayton, espn.com senior writer, thank you so much, john. >> thanks, guys. so much more reaction on michael vick's reinstatement to the nfl coming up next here on espnews. chris mortensen will weigh in. stay tuned. - ( microphone feedback ) - whoa. hi, i'm john. all: hi, john! going to college and need a laptop. what do you got? you, in the top corner. our next class laptops could be perfect for you. we got student feedback and designed them specifically for college. are they legit brands, though? boom! we partnered with hp, toshiba, sony and dell. okay. uh, what's the square root of 841? 29. announcer: laptops designed for college and thousands of people eager t

brian: the last question is really i know what tony dungy that wrote the forward to your book where don whether michael vick should be back in the nfl this year. >> i think michael vick has paid a heavy price. you hate to see that happen to someone. he has so much and obviously made a horrific mistake there. he has paid a price for it i think, you know, i think he is probably going to get a second chance. i would think that's certainly the position i would take. brian: how like is life football. you break it down there and put it together very uniquely. congratulations coach. game plan for life is now out available. joe gibbs, great to see you in the person and you are a morning person. >> thank you. brian: we showed you this incredible video yesterday. firefighters save a mom and two kids from a burning car. we talk live to those two heros next hour. and rationing patient care it could be a big part of the health care overhaul. could it severely compromise your quality of care and put your life in danger? we'll find out. steve: democrats are pushing for a government run health care pr

the quiet mvp of this situation tony dungy visited him twice in prison has been a mentor.ievable golf shots ever. leon the tee. par 15. comaddian open. shot off another player's ball. watch this. and straight into the hole. we're playing pool. he has won just 19,000 in pro golf career. won $40,000 for that one. bmw. set a pga record seven holes in one in the tournament. finally sad news. hold on to something or somebody. looks like kim darr dash shan kardashian. they have been dating for more than two years and rumors of wedding bells. suddenly. this we get up to this news. u.s. magazine says the reality show star and football star going different directions. reggie in the open field and looking to score somewhere else. gretchen: that was two puns in that sentence. brian: thank you. gretchen: open field and scoring. steve: so a moment of silence. michelle malkin come on over. gretchen: all right. here in person. >> i descended from the mountain top. >> great to see you. steve: brand new book comes out this week. culture of corruption. obama and his team of corroboration an