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Black players were started from a lower cognitive base when considering concussion benefits

Allegations which include bigotry, racism, sexism and home phobia. the committee is requesting documents and information. also tonight an agreement to scrap race as a factor in nfl concussion settlements. "the new york times" purporting the league reaching the agreement. let's discuss now. also ken jenkins, a former player. good to have both of you on, to see both of you again. we wanted you to keep us updated on this story, and you all are, so thank you very much for that. so ken, it's been a long battle getting to this point. explain this policy of race norming and what the agreement will me...

Documents and information. and also tonight, an agreement to scrap race as a factor in nfl concussion settlements. "the new york times" reporting the nfl and lawyers for black players who accuse the league of discrimination reaching the agreement. so let's discuss now with ken belson, nfl reporter for "the times," and also ken jenkins, a former player. good to have both of you on. we wanted you to keep us updated on this story, and you all are, so thank you very much for that. so, ken belson, it's been a long battle getting to this point. explain this policy of race norming and what the agre...

Numbers of vaccinations have been quite good in the adolescent population. as high as 30%. so we'll see. i have good confidence that parents will get kids vaccinated. i hope it will convince some families to get vaccinated earlier. >> heidi prezbola, thanks to both of you. a major change today on how the nfl will pay out concussion settlements. in july we experienced the hottest month ever recorded on earth. now up with city is getting people to pay more attention to heat waves. coming up they're going to name heat waves and categorize their

Federal system. more and more investors hitting the sell button. >> we appreciate it, thank you, alison. still ahead in "newsroom" crisis in syria. the british aren't coming. will the u.s. go it alone? plus -- >> concussion settlements. 700 million plus bucks. we'll talk to one of the players in the lawsuit. and it's called the drop of doom. it goes 90 miles an hour. it's 41 stories tall. and you can see philadelphia 55 miles away from the top of this thing. keep your arms and legs inside the ride. "newsroom" is back after a break.