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Pee wee players, nfl players. what do you do to keep kids safe? >> i think all of the things we have done since the nfl instituted new guidelines all of the way down to youth sport. i think its really understanding the signs and symptoms of concussion, realizing you have to pull a player out if he or she has symptoms, err on the side of being conservative. evaluate the player and then get a health care professional or physician to make the diagnose of whether or not they actually had a concussio...

In high-impact sports. coach, i want to start with you. how big of a problem is this? >> well, you know, football is a violent game. people hit hard. you put a helmet on somebody and it becomes a security blanket. people dont have fear striking with the head or in the head because the helmet provides protect but when you collide helmet-to-helmet, a lot of things happen to the brain. you cant legislate hitting out of football because it is a physical sport. what the league is doing on concussions...

Lips, he says hes willing to die as what he calls a martyr before giving up rule. if things continue the way theyre going, he might have no choice in how he goes out. its going to be crucial in the next day or so how the paramilitaries, not the mercenaries, bae hav. they have no qualms about shooting people in the streets. >> appreciate it, mike. now is your chance to choose the news. well tell you about three stories and you vote. by text message what you want to hear. in the tent with moamma...

30-mile stretch of i-5. the interstate reopened last night. in orange county, california, sheriffs deputys are trying to find a disorganized robber. it took him six long minutes to pull a gun on this convenience store clerk. he eventually took off with the cash and cigarettes. now to nashville, where things got a little rowdy at the vanderbilt/tennessee game. a student wound up with a bloody nose when the vanderbilt mascot moved through the crowds. school officials are looking into it. thi...

Ground its very unpredictable, and then you also have the leader who is unpredictable. at this point no one is saying that there is any direct threat to those americans. >> okay. thank you for clarifying that. thank you, jill. we want to go across country for stories that cnn affiliates are covering. our first stop is mount vernon, washington. a familiar site this winter. there is heavy snow taking traffic from slow now to just stopping. a lot of folks have just left their cars where they were...

In the senate, the key vote, where everybodys eyes are because thats where things roar lel any at a standstill with the 14 democrats leaving the state effectively boycotting because they did not want it to come to a vote because they say they want the governor to compromise. the union wants the governor to compromise. everyone wants to come to the table which we have seen for the past two weeks no one is ready to compromise at the moment. republicans will say the vote in the assembly if it comes...

Ditka about keeping players safe. >> football is a violent game. people hit hard. you put a helmet on something, and the helmet is a security blanket. people have no fear of striking with her head or striking in the med because the helmet provides protection for them. when you also collide helmet to helmet, a lot of things happen to the head and brain. thats what happened. you cant legislate hitting out of football, because it is a physical sport. what the league has done now on concussions, the...

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And were going to tell you what to expect. time for the help desk where we get answers to your financial questions. with me is ryan back the president of optimum capital management and doug flynn. thanks for being here today, guys. the first question is im a 22-year-old college student and i have $20,000 in debt not including student loans. i have considered bankruptcy because i want to start fresh. will that affect my student loans? what do you say, ryan? >> as of right now, the answer is no....

You were a coach yourself. the coach is highly motivated to get them playing again. >> it has to be done by a doctor. i had a concussion when i played in -- i played the whole game of it, but when i looked at the film, i dont remember one thing that happened in the game. i played and functioned and played okay. i dont remember any of it. i didnt remember a thing when i saw the film. this can happen, but its a macho thing. players dont want to say you got your bell rung or got a dinger or whateve...