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They win it. they will play the winner between the broncos and the chargers. those two will square off later today. kick-off is at 4:40 eastern. panthers hosting the 49ers that one gets started at 1:05 this afternoon. the rare nba rain delay. a leaky roof at the verizon center in washington caused two delays in the game between the wizards and rockets. they had to bring out trash cans put them on the court to catch the water. what do you do in a 45 minute delay? if youre dwight howard you pick t...

Substances himself because a-rod was, quote, scared of needles. rodriguez says hes innocent and wont give up vowing to fight this suspension in federal court. they say the odds are heavily stacked against him. >> looks like the experts are right. heavy rain on top of melting ice, now some areas are seeing major flooding. the state of ohio, warmer temperatures created an ice dam that pushed water over the river banks on saturday. >> and check this out. indoor nba game delayed because of rain. h...

Wizards, which is derogatory. people did not want the city associated with high bullets. the crime rate in d.c. has fallen dramatically. people wouldnt necessarily associate with word bullets with crime now in washington, d.c. but you cannot -- its inescapable to get around the complications of that name are. >> absolutely. i keep thinking, i live in new orleans, where we just changed the nba name to the pelicans, because there are no hornets in new orleans. so it does feel as though this resist...

>> its actually not as derogatory as some people would have you believe. it is used sometimes way back in the day as not derogatory. in the century, it was described as cheating indians and very negative terms and as in other words, change in the language over time. its become more and more offensive. the only place you really see it now is in the nfl standings. >> if it does change, lets hope they dont change it to the wizards because that was a really bad move. josh levin, i appreciate it is a...

Been so large making it nostalgic for the clintons. >> is the question do you think shes going to run? >> is she going to run? >> i do not know. i dont know if she knows but this era of inevitability being created for her is in some ways making me flashback to 2008 when it didnt work out so well. >> if she showed up in the second half of the primary campaign she will be tough to beat. >> i think shes going to run because the polling is hard to ignore. >> indoor cycling is revolutionizirevolutio ...

Signed up to be jay-zs first basketball client. wolf, on top of all the other things that jay-z does, hes being a sports agent now, so kevin durant is going to be the face of his basketball arm. and you could be his anchor client. you could be jay-z anchors r us. what do you think? >> ive got a good agent. youve got a good agent, too. >> are you a jay-z kind of guy? >> i like jay-z. i like kevin durant. i like the washington wizards, too. big night tonight. >> absolutely. nba draft. >> you got a...

>> its pathetic. giving a speech at the brandenburg gate is akin to the rose garden or super bowl. you book it, you better bring it. this time, only 5,000 people showed up. a lousy speech. he was flat. what do we known we listen to those wizards at msnbc, we know the sun distracted him. people were too hot and tired to feed off his energy, we know the glass distracted him. why dont they say he gave a lousy speech? >> i cant answer those questions. all right. lets stay with nbc news for a section...

>> its pathetic. giving a speech at the brandenburg gate is akin to the rose garden or super bowl. you book it, you better bring it. this time, only 5,000 people showed up. a lousy speech. he was flat. what do we known we listen to those wizards at msnbc, we know the sun distracted him. people were too hot and tired to feed off his energy, we know the glass distracted him. why dont they say he gave a lousy speech? >> i cant answer those questions. all right. lets stay with nbc news for a section...

Dropped the indians name and mascot. in 1994 marquette changed team maim to the golden eagles. st. johns went from the red men to the red storm. meanwhile some teams have gotten rid of controversial names all together. washington the nba team went from the bullets to the wizards after the team owners decided it was time to drop the name because of the violence invoking image. joining me now is the congress woman from washington, d.c. who signed on to the congressional letter. a recent ap poll sh...

Grand wizards of the knights of the ku klux klan. so then he became the good guy in the race something that was perfectly expressed in whats my all time favorite political bumper sticker, said vote for the crook. its important. really that was basically edwin edwards entire message in that runoff campaign. my opponent was a grand wizard and i wasnt. >> edwin for business to vote for you they have to hold their nose, close their eyes and cover their ears. >> you have to get out from under the she...