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Absolutely. >> tucker: so, i mean, tell us -- give us the overview of what you think is happening here. >> so, in this concussion settlement case, i could talk to you about my players. i have 90 clients. and 95% of my players are african-american. 5% are white. none of them have been paid. ive submitted 41 claims. and 38 of them are in audit for fraud. over 99% of the players that are in audit for fraud are african-american. and i just believe that if this were a group of retired white golfers, ...

Not be good. absolutely. >> tucker: so, i mean, tell us -- give us the overview of what you think is happening here. >> so, in this concussion settlement case, i could talk to you about my players. i have 90 clients. and 95% of my players are african-american. 5% are white. none of them have been paid. ive submitted 41 claims. and 38 of them are in audit for fraud. over 99% of the players that are in audit for fraud are african-american. and i just believe that if this were a group of retired wh...

Auditioning for reality show. that anonymous producer talked him out of hurting anyone and into turning his life around. portis has since filed multiple lawsuits against his former financial advisors, and is again working as a broadcaster for the washington redskins. he is also eligible for financial coverage as part of the nfls concussion settlement, but to get the money hed have to agree to be tested for neurological problems, which he wont do because hes "scared of the results." martha. >> ma...

Highcamp, north dakota, and joe manchin from west virginia. all plan to join several republicans at that meeting. all four democrats and they are from states that donald trump won in the presidential election. to north carolina with a court temporarily blocked a law passed by the republican controlled legislature, stripping the democratic governor of some of his powers. claiming that lawmakers overstepped their authority when they approved that law. and there are calls for new protests against c...

The throes of cte. so little is known about cte. and theres no way to determine while the players are still alive if they have it. but a study hoping to change that lost one of its biggest backers just this week. guess who? thats right, the nfl. espns outside the lines reportreport ed yesterday that the nfl vetoed for the study.eviously set aside i want to talk to christine brennan. christine, we should say this cte study is going to get funded any way. the national institutes of health is going...

Diagnose head injuries. the meeting will focus on the leagues technology to improve and advance player health and safety. in the meantime, payouts from the leagues potential billion-dollar concussion settlement with retired players may not happen until at least next year. thats because dozens of ex-players are appealing the deal. all right, this next one is a crazy story. the case of a doctor recorded while making inappropriate comments about her patient. >> yeah, the patient had just been pla...

Critics of a newly approved deal that settles thousands of concussion lawsuits against the nfl say the deal doesnt go far enough. the average individual award for players will be about $190,000. more details from jim avila. >> reporter: the numbers are huge but so are the hits and the damage they cause. a blow that lasts less than a second carrying the impact of a sledgehammer. a federal judge approving a concussion settlement that could cost the nfl $1 billion. paying for testing, treatment and...

Guilty to one federal charge of mishandling classified information. prosecutors will recommend he pay two years probation and pay a 40,000 fine. the concussion settlement getting final approval from a federal judge. it allows for payments for as much as $5 million for players with the most severe neurological conditions. under the settlement the nfl makes no admission of guilt and it removes any limit to what the league could have to pay out to retired players. chris. all right, alisyn. four...

Were talking about 18 sick, including a 9-year-old child. one woman, a 54-year-old woman, has already passed away. in addition theyre monitoring another 21 point in time. botulism when we hear foodborne illness, we think a bellyache. but some of these patients are on ventilators. and sometimes patients with botulism are on ventilators for many months. >> thank you, elizabeth cohen. just in to cnn, we have news a federal judge just ruled on an nfl concussion settlement involving thousands of fo...

Of prosthetics. the video has gone viral. take a look. >> look daddy! >> that little boy! indeed hes got it. because of a birth defect 2-year-old kaden had to have the right foot and left leg amputated. with the help of a walker her took his steps. his mom posted the video to facebook where it has more than 45,000 shares. now stories with richard lui. isnt it an uplifting story? i got it. >> i can watch him smile and walk all morning. >> good morning. lets talk about sports. a federal court ap...