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Documentary that contains hateful rhetoric against jewish people, a lot of hateful rhetoric. the apology from him came after the nets suspended him. heres what he said shortly before he apologized when he was talking to the press. >> so im not here to compare anyones atrocities or tragic events that their families have dealt with for generations of time. im here to continue to expose things that our world continues to put in darkness. im a light. im a beacon of light. its what im here to do. >> ...

But very slow and silent in many cases on this. >> has lebron said anything about this? >> we heard from him about twitter and hate speech there but nothing about kyrie irving. irving oddly popular among players, a lot of people like him throughout the league, but hes crossed the bridge several times now and they remain silent. also kevin durant, the superstar on the nets, brought kyrie to brooklyn, has said nothing. >> praise for a film that does it not deny the existence of 6 million jews who ...

The brooklyn nets tonight for a minimum of five games. this is days after he tweeted a link to a documentary that has been criticized as antisemitic and then defended his decision to do so. heres what he had to say today. -- sort of wanted to hear the word i apologize -- >> in mine you said i didnt mean to cause any harm. were you apologizing? >> i didnt mean to cause any harm. im not the one that made the documentary. >> the nets issuing a statement, saying in part, quote, such parity dissent o...

Nba, starting in boston and now with the nets. hes a complicated person. to your point i think its well noted, he needs to deal with some of the things that he feels and figure out a way to express them that makes sense that doesnt do irreparable harm to communities. thats what this is about. >> thank you very much. we are going to be joined later in the show by bob costas. >> i cant wait to hear what bob has to say. >> me too. iran asking russia for help building up its nuclear capabilities...

Apologize and yet he continued to fail to do so. at the same time, kate, we know that the adl said, they cant good in consciousness accept that $500,000 from both the nets and kyrie irving and then finally just before midnight last night, kyrie irving did send out a statement that included an apology. i want to read part of it to you. it said, to all jewish families and communities that are hurt and effected from my post, i am deeply sorry to have caused you pain and i apologize. i had no intent...

Hear is that yes or no, on that question. yes or no. >> i cannot be anti-semitic if i know where i come from. >> what was your reaction to hearing that, rabbi? >> it was sadness more than anything else. that he couldnt bring himself to apologize for something as toxic and awful as anti-semitism, the holocaust denial, the things that he had trafficked in on his instagram, that he doubled down if you will. and that it took the nets suspending him for him to put out an apology on instagram and we o...

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What he did and said this. >> i take full responsibility again ill repeat it for posting something on instagram or twitter and ive had some falsehoods in it. but i also am a human being that is 30 years old and ive been growing up in a country that was telling me that i wasnt worth anything and i came from a slave class. im not here to compare anyones aprosities or try to [ inaudible ]. im just here to continue to expose things in our world and continues to put in darkness. im a light. im a beac...

In that film. so brin, you have this not a settlement but a donation or an agreement and then you had the league act. so where does this all stand. >> it is quite a week for kyrie irving and the net franchise. they had an agreement that would each, the nets and kyrie irving, give $500,000 to the adl. but then kyrie irving went for it and said this. >> i didnt mean to cause any harm. im not the one that made the documentary. i cannot be anti-semitic if i know where i come from. >> playing the vic...

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