we ll have near term election, we ll have constitutional reform and that reflects the will of the ukrainian people and tint of the united states and europe. reporter: ambassador rice warned russia against intervening in ukraine saying it would be a grave mistake to take military action. t.j., back to you. thank you as always. turn now to new reaction today to college football star michael sam after he spoke to reporters for the first time since revealing he s gay. he s focusing anthony weekend s annual scouting combine and wants the media to focus on his athletic abilities instead of his sexual orientation. no. no. i ve been getting a lot of great positive from all kinds of fans. so, you know, while i m on the field i don t focus on fans, so i just focus on my responsibilities and wishes the guy right across from me. contributing sports writer
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get the publicity out of the way, betty. all right. we will wait to see who the lucky person is. and joe fryer, it is not you or myself, because we would not be here right now. and it is michael sam s first stop on what is expected to be a h historic journey, and he could become the nfl s first openly gay player. less than two weeks of revealing he is gay, the university of missouri star defensive end faces the scouting combine in indianapolis this week. it is a multi-day pressure-filled job interview ahead of the draft in may. michael sam is going to be one of 300 college stars at the combine, but he is expected to get a whole lot of attention. joining me now is dave ziron sports editor and host of edge radio for sirius xm. thank you for coming on. thank you, betty. and explain to us what happens at the nfl combine, and what does michael sam need to show to the nfl scouts?
vestages. that draft concept was ridden not by an nfl scout. it wasn t ridden by a team member. those are just draft projections. right. he ll go to the scouting combine. it ll be important in those 20 minute interviews he has with teams to be honest, but then shift the issues. this is not a marginal player. he was fcc defensive player of the year. then he ll go to proscouting day. those ratings move up and down all the time. you re getting the first knee jerk reaction, but it won t be what prevails. five years from now, no one will even remember when there was a time when gay players were not