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You have daily interaction in the season in the top football players in the country, pro football players in the country. if they hadnt been on the football field, many of them, coming from difficult backgrounds, what might have happened to their safety and well being had they not been in the nfl? >> good to see you too, laura. its clear that football is such an important part of our culture and its taken such a major role in helping provide opportunity and financial benefit to a whole group of ...

Important. it shows you a lot about life. everybody comes from different backgrounds, but they come together pointed towards one goal. >> coach, thank you. we appreciate your perspective. you be well. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> he was great. just ahead, a really powerful hurricane force winds are downing trees and power lines. a child was killed. thousands in the dark this morning. its happening in san francisco. well take you live there. when it does, aspen dentalal is here for you. we off...

Named president, he started asking questions. >> are they being true about what this country is about, or are they leaning into the benefits of inheriting an advantage? >> do you think it rigs the system? >> it rigs the system. >> reporter: he scrapped it, joining other top schools like mit and caltech. what is the effect of getting rid of the legacy admission program? >> its simple. its opened up a lot more space for us to be able to recruit students from a host of different backgrounds. >> rep...

Poignant thing i have heard. of course, none of us can read and hear everything when so many people are focusing on this, but i have seen and read a lot and the most poignant thing i heard came on monday night. john brennan was talking with if from salaam, who played 13 years in the national football league as an offensive lineman and he said this -- i played football so that my boys would not have to play football. many players come from relatively disadvantaged backgrounds. there is a lot of m...

Black. isnt this also -- your take on it -- perhaps a way for democrats to say that they dont want republicans to go forward with diversity. its their lane, apparently. >> yeah, but it is not diversity. you ever notice when you have a conversation with someone and they mention the concept of diversity you have to ask what do you mean by diversity? diversity has come to mean, i think, honestly, i think diversity means black. i think thats what it has come to mean. truly what it means is a group o...

Are of other ethnic backgrounds. and that sits uneasily with a lot of people in the 2020s. whatever happens throughout the commonwealth, king charles�*s reign could witness big changes closer to home within the uk. here in scotland, the snp is pushing for a split from england, but, crucially, it wants to leave the new king in place. at no point have the snp been critical of the monarchy, indeed, been critical of the king. it has been stressing that their policy was always that they would maint...

You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thats bbc.co.uk/sport lets return to the war in ukraine. russia says it will hold officials accountable for mistakes that led to the deaths of at least 89 russian servicemen in a ukrainian missile strike in the donetsk region. its deadliest single incident moscow has acknowledged since the start of the war. in a moment well hearfrom film—maker 0lly lambert who spent two months on ukraines southern front line with groups made main...

Programme. is this a flash in the pan, britain doing so well on the top ten this year? trio. pan, britain doing so well on the top ten this year?— pan, britain doing so well on the top ten this year? no, i think were here to state- _ top ten this year? no, i think were here to state. all _ top ten this year? no, i think were here to state. all the _ top ten this year? no, i think were here to state. all the great - top ten this year? no, i think were here to state. all the great music. here to...

.e that this seemed similar in terms ofc the actual collapse that took place.e. but this was on a footballthat field. it involved contact. you got to receive receiving hie higgins that had the ball. and what hgge did was, as he wag running, nothing intentional atd all. he was jusntt trying to make a play. but he leaned intoo hamlins chs chest or whatever and evidently hit it. and the nextth get thing you kne gets up is looked likew a routine tackle. but as you showed, hhee fell c back down. and ...