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>> no. >> for this coach. it's several -- is it several practices? >> it was 30 minutes of video that was actually showed to university officials back in december. of course we're just seeing a part of that. what i think is interesting here, actually, you make a good point christine, we're hearing from nba superstars lebron james, you know, ray allen, who are saying, look, this is not commonplace. this is not the way it should be. and they're sounding off on twitter. >> eric murdock, who we believe was the man and his attorney who made this video public who was involved with rutgers basketball...

>> reporter: seeing basketball coaches lose their cool is nothing new. remember legendary coach bobby knight, he was known for his hot temper and throwing chairs. but it was this video showing him with his hands around a player's neck that led to his dismissal at indiana. >> maybe i grabbed reed by the shoulder. maybe i took him by the back of the neck, i don't know. i don't remember everything that i've ever done in practice. >> reporter: now the question looms. will rice face the same fate as knight? >> and we attempted to get comments from rice or the university, and we were unsuccessful. b...

Tears. his life on the run now over. new this morning, the elusive fugitive known as the mountain man, tracked down, and caught. >> wow. seven years in the woods. >> seven years on the run. welcome back to "early start," everyone, i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans in for zoraida sambolin. it's 30 minutes past the hour. >> this morning so many people are questioning why rutgers university let basketball coach mike rice keep his job. after that video surfaced that shows him physically and verbally abusing players during practice, even hurling gay slurs. rice was fined and suspended but ...

Some nba stars are sounding off about rice's homophobic rants and abuse toward his players. hurtling basketballs at players' legs. even their heads. [ bleep ] >> reporter: grabbing, pushing, kicking, and punching them. and screaming homophobic slurs. >> [ bleep ] you're a [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> reporter: this video obtained by espn's "outside the lines" shows rutgers head basketball coach mike rice going off the handle and abusing his players during practices from 2010 through 2012, according to the sports network. the footage surfaced after eric murdock who was rice's director of player devel...

Really, 60 days is the blink of an eye. we're talking about an election that's 1,300 days away. >> reporter: but the clinton watch has left her potential opponents in limbo, worrying she would hog the limelight, the money, the enthusiasm. one of those potential candidates, vice president joe biden, also came to the event on tuesday, perhaps to size up her intentions with the rest of the political world. >> i love the speculation. it's really fascinating to see hillary clinton and joe biden on stage together. hmm. >> we've got 2 1/2 years of talking like this? >> it's exciting. thank goodness. ...