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After being accused of what "sports illustrated" calls inappropriate and inappropriate comments." espn today lost its president when john skipper resigned. skipper says its because of substance abuse problems, and hes embarrassed about letting down the people he cares about. >> shannon: trace gallagher with the latest. thank you. the worlds busiest airport shutdown after an underground fire left atlantas hartsfield international airport without power for almost 11 hours. even as power is restore...

After being accused of what "sports illustrated" calls inappropriate and inappropriate comments." espn today lost its president when john skipper resigned. skipper says its because of substance abuse problems, and hes embarrassed about letting down the people he cares about. >> shannon: trace gallagher with the latest. thank you. the worlds busiest airport shutdown after an underground fire left atlantas hartsfield international airport without power for almost 11 hours. even as power is restore...

Touchdowns. freeman, thats a fumble. offensive lineman jumps on the ball. thats a touchdown. love that. hell keep that ball for the rest of his life. 14-7 lead. freeman would also redeem himself in the third quarter. 32 yard run. no fumbles this time. safety. >> that poor guy. >> 24-14 lead. here come the bucks. hes looking for adam humphries. touchdown. only down by three. time for the kicker. this is for the tie. jeez. that was low and right the whole way. that pretty much sums up the bucks se...

One of the most powerful figures in television is out. espn president john skipper says hes resigning to treat a substance abuse problem that he has struggled with for years, he says. he led the sports network since 2012. this is a live look at los angeles from our affiliate fox 11. big story there tonight, firefighters trying to take advantage of better weather as they deal with one of the largest wildfires in california history. fire officials say two days of cooler temperatures, slightly high...

You, they get fired. there are literally ethics codes that forbid you from speaking out on your own personal social media accounts. of course, this all has to do with the fact that we dont have organized labor in this country either so you have nobody with your back. i thought john skippers statement was disgraesful. its one thing if you want to discipline your employee, but once the white house comes after you, you get behind your employee and you are stubborn. >> youre getting an amen from jas...

>> espn has been hypocritical, they should hold anchors to a fair and consistent standard. espn suspended a long-time anchor linda cohn not too long ago for expressing a viewpoint. >> do you still stand by your statement? >> i do. >> this is a media matter, claire. the idea of the white house calling for an individual journalist to be fired. your thoughts? >> i mean, it is pretty surprising and i think sarah huckabee is going to be censured for that to an extent. when i first heard about this is...

Consistency they should probably focus on. >> cnn senior media correspondent brian stelter is back with us now to break all this down. what is espn saying? how are they responding to this thus far? >> number one, theyre not apologizing to president trump. his tweet said apologize for untruth but theyre not doing that. but they are trying to move past this. they say that hill did violate the social media guidelines the network has. lots of media company, lots of companies of all stripes have guid...

This. she said her views expressed were her personal beliefs and that she grets painting espn in an unfair light. theyve accepted her apology. at this point why is it important forest peen to stand up for her? is it because of exactly what were talking about right now, that they might be, you know, a bulls eye of a target if they dont? >> yeah. espn is a business and as a business they have to be concerned. but you also have to protect your employees. i actually thought that what she said was wh...

Following controversial comments, like a conservative baseball announcement curt schilling who spoke out against muslim extremists, hillary clinton, and transgender bathrooms, , and was fired, though, in fairness, schilling had been mourned. but when it was said that the network had become too political, espn president john skipper personally told her not to show up for work that day. then this week, "sportscenter" host jemele hill posted this. "donald trump is a white supremacist who has largel...