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Past comments seem to contradict that. its an awkward position to be in. i dont see how he could finesse out of this. maybe one comment, two comments. but there were many other e-mails. >> let me just go through some of them, okay? with you, ken, and get your response. he denounced the emergence of women as referees, the drafting of of gay players, the tolerance of players protesting during the playing of the national anthem. thats according to e-mails reviewed by the "new york times." his messa...

Queer. and disparaging banning female referees and to reduce concussions. >> it wasnt just something that crossed the line which was bad he took that thought and formalized it in writing and hit send. people say all sort of things on the cuff that they shouldnt. >> reporter: and showing women wearing only bikini bottoms and in the statement, the league slamming the comments calling them appalling, abhorrent to values. >> steve, gruden was working as a commentator for espn. what is the network sa...

In. i dont see how he could finesse out of this. maybe one comment, two comments but there were many other emails. >> yeah, let me go through some of them and get your response. he denounced the emerge again of women as referees and drafting of gay players and the protesting of the playing of the national anthem according to emails reviewed by "the new york times." his messages were sent to bruce allen. bruce allen was the former president of the washington football team and others working for e...

Smith writing back writing"the e majority ill from john gruden confirms that the fight against racism, and intolerance is not over." the new york time report also says gruden criticized the hiring of female referees and said a player who protested during the national anthem should be fired. the 58-year-old also used an anti-gay slur when speaking about nfl commissioner roger goodell for allegedly pressur ing the rams to draft the first openly gay player michael sam. gruden leaving the team just ...

Im not like that at all, but i apologize. i dont want to keep addressing it. >> well, but the scandal doesnt end there. the "the new york times" uncovered a trove of other troubling emails from gruden. in them he denounced drafting gay players and letting women work as referees. he said the player who kneeled during the national anthem should be fired and he used a homophobic slur referring to nfl commissioner roger good all. take a listen. >> what he is saying goes against not many of the thing...

Start with us. im christine romans. >> im laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers around the states and around the world. atlanta and johannesburg to get to. we start with breaking news. jon gruden resigning as head coach of the las vegas raiders after "the new york times" reported he made homophobic and misogynistic comments in numerous emails over the course of 1e6seven years. our corey wire is here. how did all those emails come out after so long? >> good morning to you. the emails came out a...

Tampa bay buccaneers and he came out as bisexual in 2019. look, ryan, thank you so much for being with us to talk about this. i just wonder what your reaction was when you first heard what gruden had said. >> my first reaction was heart break. i mean, no player -- no person that loves football wants to hear that, that -- the sport we love and the organization that is held at the highest standard is kind of reinforcing and allowing this behavior, this uncomfortability for players, for staff, for ...

Team cheerleader. he also denounced women as referees in the league. now, a league official confirmed to cnn the accuracy of the times reporting, but last week, the "wall street journal" reported racist emails that gruden sent about the head of the nfl players association, demorris smith, and here whats gruden had to say about that over the weekend. >> all i can say is im not a racist. i cant tell you how sick i am. i apologize again to dee smith, but i feel good about who i am and what i have d...

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Coaches might agree with grudens sexist remarks about female referees? >> i cant honestly speak to that. i definitely dont know. i know that we have a tremendous culture here in tampa bay with bruce arians at the helm who showed the nfl world how its done, bringing in women to work for our organization who have done a tremendous job, and i think, you know, you just have to lead by example. we have some great examples of the majority of coaches. i coached -- played under coach rich basachia. the ...