he's now given an exclusive interview to former nfl coach and nbc football analyst tony dungy. >> i'mrown man. i've been in locker rooms. there's vulgar language in locker rooms, one instance of it doesn't bother me. it's the persistence of it. i wish i would have had more tools to solve my situation. i felt trapped, like i didn't have a way to make it right. it came down to a point where i felt it best to remove myself from the situation. >> just a small portion of the conversation there between tony dungy and jonathan martin which will air tomorrow on "today." >>> this next item makes sense when you consider how many people have referred to the new pope as a rock star. pope francis is on the cover of "rolling stone." he's no stranger to publicity or magazine covers, for that matter, he was "time's" man of the year, this is the first time a pope has made the cover of the chronicle of rock 'n roll. proof of what they say on the cover, the times, they are achangin'. >>> because it takes a giant to lift a giant a massive floating crane called the left coast lifter has moved through the

. >> i think tony dungy was the best person to do that interview. look at the setting.warm and inviting. and tony dungy doesn't care about being on tv. he cares about jonathan martin, and it showed. i thought it was an absolutely perfect choice for an interview. >> ini think incognito should run for toronto mayor. >> what are you talking about? >> i'm trying to rhyme. >> i think it speaks to, as much of it is a fail. for the dolphins organization as it is for someone like incognito, who was basically kicked off the nebraska football team for bad behavior, so this guy is a total meathead, as it does for jonathan martin. sitting in silence, he supposedly said something to the organization, but they didn't do anything. you don't just run away. there's plenty of blame to go around, but we don't know what happened. >> they don't understand he's a minority in the nfl as a white man. also a loud, brash, disgusting, ridiculous fool who ought to be off the dolphins. he's not that good a player anyway. >> "one more thing" up next. [ male announcer ] meet mary. she loves to shop o

martin tells "football night in america" tony dungy the persistence of vulgar language in the locker room made him feel trapped. martin, who played at stanford, felt it was best to remove himself from the situation. he left the team in october, claiming bullied and harassed by teammates including richie incognito. incognito was suspended. i report into the allegation is expected to be released after the super bowl. watch the interview on the "today" show this morning. >>> temperatures in the teens and light snow likely won't keep tens of thousands of football fans from enjoying super bowl boulevard. >> a live look at times square in new york where broadway's transformed into the entertainment hub for super bowl week. the boulevard officially opens this morning at 9:00 new york time. most events are free, including photo op with vince lombardi trophy, autographs with players. fanfare leads up to big showdown between the broncos and seahawks sunday at metlife stadium in new jersey. >>> around the corner, baseball. major league baseball taking a major step forward to protect pitchers. a

he actually took over the job there between 2009 and 2011 after tony dungy retired.im caldwell is now the head coach of the detroit lions. that is the sporting line at this hour. >> we want to show you the performance that solidified the olympic dream of a 15-year-old girl from san jose. paulina evans is heading to sochi. we spoke with her this afternoon for the first time since she was named to the u.s. olympic team and we'll have that at 7. >> 15 and going to the olympics. tonight at ten the latest on this fire burning in the delta at this hour and the challenges that firefighters are facing. that's coming up at ten. >> we're always here for you at www.ktvu.com, facebook and twitter. thanks for joining us tonight. good night. good. good answer. check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy bear. remember when the battery went out? [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abc's. all i learned was a new definition of fear. i need s

tony dungy from new york, has a reward for the first road win since before thanksgiving, this seasonheir first playoff road win ever, get to go back to seattle where they were blown out 34-7 a month ago. did new orleans show you anything tonight to make you believe they can beat the seahawks in seattle? >> they really did, bob. not just winning on the road but the way they won. they won without drew brees throwing for h400 yards. it was the running game, the defense and physical play that did it. and that's what they're going to need to go to seattle. i do think this is a confident team and they can learn from that first time up there. they know they have to bring this same type of game. good physical running and defense. >> by the way, tonight's result which sends new orleans to seattle means that the winner of a likely ice bowl tomorrow between san francisco and the packers in green bay will then move on to carolina to play the panthers. this afternoon, andrew luck and the colts put together the second large he's comeback in playoff history. they rallied from 28 points down in the

workings of the nfl locker room this season, and he sat down with "football night in america's" tony dungy for an exclusive interview about the alleged bullying incident. it'smartin's first interview since leaving the dolphins and first time he's speaking publicly about that investigation. >> i worked hard to be friends with richie incognito and others. i think it's important to build these friendships with your teammates, and, you know, that was kind of my driving force. i turned the microscope back on myself. what am i doing wrong that i'm being treated like this? what makes me different? and i'm not different from any other football player. >> really interesting. we'll have a lot more from that interview coming up on "morning joe." >>> want to get a check on your weather, though, with nbc meteorologist bill karins. you saw that clip of jim cantore? pretty amazing, right? >> his legend grows, yeah. >> he's like a ninja. >> reporter: i've come to charleston a few times before to cover tropical storms and hurricanes, but not an ice and snowstorm, which is what we're expecting. we have not

plenty of folks are blasting him, including indianapolis coach tony dungy, richard sherman made the playo win it. but show a little class, richard. >> i think that's totally bogus. this notion that somehow celebrating yourself is classless to me makes no sense. you have some of thele greatest athletes in the world known for their ability to psychologically dominate opponents and sherman is no different. this is the kind of guy where you can look at him and say, you know what, i like the way the guy approaches the game. who cares if he's yelling and screaming at a reporter. there's nothing prom mat particular with being loud in front of a camera. >> he wasn't yelling at a reporter. >> he was yelling in the vicinity of a reporter. >> right. at his opponent. exactly. the one other thing i want to ask you about, there was a lot of racist directed at him. he commented on that in a column he wrote and then also this idea that he's a thug for what he did. >> right. let me explain this. america, loud, screaming black men are not by default dangerous or thugs. it's as simple as that. these sort o

tony dungy from new york, has a reward for the first road win since before thanksgiving, this seasonheir first playoff road win ever, get to go back to seattle where they were blown out 34-7 a month ago. did new orleans show you anything tonight to make you believe they can beat the seahawks in seattle? >> they really did, bob. not just winning on the road but the way they won. they won without drew brees throwing for h400 yards. it was the running game, the defense and physical play that did it. and that's what they're going to need to go to seattle. i do think this is a confident team and they can learn from that first time up there. they know they have to bring this same type of game. good physical running and defense. >> by the way, tonight's result which sends new orleans to seattle means that the winner of a likely ice bowl tomorrow between san francisco and the packers in green bay will then move on to carolina to play the panthers. this afternoon, andrew luck and the colts put together the second large he's comeback in playoff history. they rallied from 28 points down in the

martin tells football night in america's tony dungy the persistence of vulgar language in the locker room made him feel trapped. martin, who played at stanford, says he felt it was best to remove himself from the situation. he left the team in october, claiming he was bullied and harassed by teammates, including richie incognito. >> comments, comments of a raceful nature. aggressive, sexual comments that related to my sister and my mother. i've spoken to my teammates, former teammates in other locker rooms, is this normal rookie hazing. the consensus was this is not normal. >> incognito suspended. a report on the league's investigation into the allegations expected to be released after the super bowl. >>> you can watch more of martin's exclusive interview on the "today" show this morning. >>> from football to baseball, major league baseball taking a step forward to protect its pitchers. the league has approved this padded cap for pitchers to wear on the mound. it's optional now, includes a half inch pad in the front and near temples. it's heavier than regular hats. the change comes i

if all men were like tony dungy the world would be a better place but i think coaches have become substitute father figures for a lot of american society. we don't believe in politicians anymore. businessmen, clergy, etc. but coaches still seem like people who practice tough love, like a good father would be and i think that has to do with their high standing in society. host: who was a coach you liked? guest: frank boomer, virginia tech. i knew there would be portions very critical but i wanted to also show it could be done in an ethical manner. so i intent the 2011 football season with the virginia tech football program. in the locker room, traveled with them and so on. the book explains how it is that frank boomer has been able to have 20 consecutive winning seasons and yet aggravated assault 77% of his players. if all college programs graduated 77% of their players, college football would not be notorious. host: we got interested in this book for the connection to the taxpayer. i want to show you video from 2006. an economics professor roger knoll from stanford. >> in order for to it be

tony dungy joins us now. brought in as an outside adviser by the dolphins in this situation.u have talked to many players at different points in their career. being a head coach in the nfl, what struck you most about jonathan martin? >> well, jonathan is very much like a lot of players i coach. he's intelligent, passionate. i didn't see him as any different. and the thing that maybe didn't come across in this was just how personal this was for him. not the normal things. i listened to some of the voice mails and saw the text messages. and it was as he said racial, personal, attacking his family. and it was a tough, tough situation. >> this was beyond hazing you've seen in your time in the nfl? >> yeah. i couldn't picture anything like this going on in the locker rooms i was going on in. >> if you were still coaching, hearing from mr. martin, would it change any of your coaching tactics today? >> i think we've got to be sensitive to what's going on in this whole environment. and, you know, i don't know how it started, but it definitely escalated into something more than you wo

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if all men were like tony dungy the world would be a better place. but coaches have become substitute father figures in american society. we don't believe in politicians anymore, businessmen, clergy. coaches still seem like people who practice tough love, like a good father would be, and it has a lot to do with their high standing in society. > >> see our discussion with greg easterbrook today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. clock, highlights from our original history series "first ladies." tonight come a 20th century first ladies. edith roosevelt to rosalynn carter. including newsreel footage, archival video clips, on location tours of homesteads and historic sites, radio broadcasts, and more. tonight it on a card p.m. eastern on c-span. -- tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. we are c-span, created by the cable

for the first time since that unusual case, martin broke his silence, telling forward nfl coach tony dungy on nbc what finally made him walk away. he said i've a grown man, i've been in hocker rooms with that one instance doesn't bother me. it's theence of it. i wish i could have had more tools to solve my situation. i felt trapped. >> the other hot button topics of the nfl this season has been concussions and former lions running back is suing the league and helmet maker for his injuries. he suffered five concussions in his career, two at college and thee during his time in detroit, one of them caused him to miss an entire season. major league payable has taken a step to protect pitchers in the field, approving the first protective cap with energy diffusing plates to protect pitchers from those scary line drives you see all the time. this is going to be six or seven-ounces bigger and an inch wider. >> by the way, i'm in the middle of my career, too. >> i am sticking with i'm on the home stretch. >> we're not there yet. >> a little ways to go. >> some interesting images of pope francis fro

several prominent names are injury momentum beanies, michael strahan, tony dungy and tim brown.e february 1 with a minimum 80% required for induction. >> you haven't grown your beard for the playoffs. >> i was mentioning that earlier. everyone's growing beards starting with the red sox and now nfl players. maybe our producer. that's not my look. >> rock the beard. when we come back, we'll talk about the science of sharks, how researchers are unraveling the secrets of the great white. >> we are following this breaking news out of egypt. police in cairo firing tear gas at supporters of ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi mannerring in opposition to an upcoming constitutional referendum following friday afternoon prayers. demonstrations in cairo hurled stones and empty bottles at security forces in the southern city, protestors hurling gas bombs at police who responded in turn with tear gas. last month, authorities declared morsi's party a terrorist organization. >> we have new information concerning that holiday security breach at target. target said hackers got their hands on

you told tony dungy that you didn't think either richie incognito or jonathan martin would be returningight now, jonathan martin is on our roster. and richie incognito is a free agent. but i think, you know, the report is due out after the super bowl. and i think for me to have any comment before the investigation, the report's out, you know, would be a little premature. i mean, there's a lot of thoughts i have and things that we will do in the future, you know, in reaction to that. but i don't think it's really right that i really comment before the report's out. >> but things that you would do in reaction to the sense of bullying tends to change how it operates. >> yes. no the that we did anything wrong, but i think you overall look at it, you saw how americans reacted to it. you know, as it became a real story that lasted for, what, several weeks or a month, at least. so i think something has to be -- there has to be a response to that. and i think, you know, i'm totally -- i'm looking at it. i know how i'm going to react, but i think i need to wait till the report's out. >> did wood

. >> tony dungy, former nfl coach of the indianapolis colts. christian guy, veriet, composed.rm at that level. we see this from other nfl coaches. reserved. smart, confident and insecurity yelling like this. esquire though weighed in on this. network released a statement saying we believe friday night tykes believes up important and serious questions about parenting and safety in youth sports. we encourage americans to watch, debate and discuss these issues. >> that doesn't surprise me at all that this show has come out. just toddlers and tiaras up a notch and changing the sex. >> what a pompous statement how we are trying to spur conversation now are not you filthy sleaze merchant. you are doing whatever it takes to make money. it's absolutely disgusting. you are putting on another freak show on television. >> parents are letting the kids be in the show and let pg. >> you have to sign waivers. let us know what you think about. this friends@foxnews.com. have you ever watched this show? in debuted already. did you ever watch the show. do you plan to watch the show. find us on t