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Actually tackling 90% of the time at practice. >> head coach pastor says they executed at football fields and it's called putting it up. that's where the players engage after a few seconds without hitting the turf. >> my whole model is not taking anybody to the ground because i know a lot of concussions are caused by helmet to helmet contact but it's also caused when the head hits the turf. >> miami dolphins are taking an even more proactive role. >> in a first of its kind program, the team has funding for 15000 miami-dade high school athletes to undergo baseline testing. they will test the at...

Unattended on the national mall. u.s. capitol police arresting the owner of the car. our nation's capital remembering those hop served our country. a wreath laying ceremony at the national world war ii memorial honoring more than 400,000 americans who defended our nation. we're having some trouble with the fire alarm here in our studio. so if you hear that alarm from time to time don't worry about it. we are told everything is okay. the alarm just keeps tripping here. concussion dangers for football players have sparked lawsuits in the past against the nfl and on the collegiate level. bu...

This issue. they have no requirement for baseline testing, no requirement even than an athlete a concussion stay off the field. if you don't test for these symptoms, this is unfortunately going to keep happening. we're going to be sitting here doing this story over and over again because these are 18, 19, 20-year-old kids. they want to play their sport. they don't always report their symptoms right away and many times when they do it's too late, as in this case. we saw that with the really sad text of this kid to his mother. there is some change coming down the pike. i should mention that ther...

Nfl's genuineness here. >> i think we have come a long way. there was not mandatory baseline testing when i retired in 2005. there is now. there wasn't an independent neurologist on the feel when i played. there is now. in 2011 they negotiated a new cba and got less hitting in practice. a lot of my concussion, rachel, i got in practice. so they're not hitting nearly as much, not putting the pads on nearly as much and for that reason i think they're going to cut down on a lot of the concussions. >> and it is always going to be tough on the players in all sports because the burden is going to be...

The youth athletes and the president really played that role yesterday. >> and, ted, i saw you shaking your head when asked about the nfl's genuineness here. >> i think we have come a long way. there was not mandatory baseline testing when i retired in 2005. there is now. there wasn't an independent neurologist on the feel when i played. there is now. in 2011 they negotiated a new cba and got less hitting in practice. a lot of my concussion, rachel, i got in practice. so they're not hitting nearly as much, not putting the pads on nearly as much and for that reason i think they're going to cut ...