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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140107:01:32:00

years now. >> all island. >> looks like i picked the wrong week to quit drinking. >> let me talk, stop. >> how many margaritas do you knock back during an average sitting? >> five or six. >> fox. >> oh, man. >> i got too much stuff in my hands. >> oh, you spilled the bud light. >> oopsie! >> what are you? >> on my way to being tammie, i used to be tom. >> making excellent progress. >> does the canadian health care system pay for that? >> under certain circumstances they will. >> have you heard of obamacare? >> obamacare? is that a violent thing? >> sounded like a damn monster movie. >> what size cup are you now? >> those are after a year and a half. >> i like the way you're put together. >> you're not a socialist doctor, are you? >> i don't -- i don't -- not sure if i use that word. >> i was going pretty good for awhile. >> this is a cling-on outfit, clearly.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140107:04:44:00

in just a moment. first i want to go back to something we first talked about on the show on friday. a former minnesota viking punter chris kluwe gained notoriety last summer when he came out in support of marriage equality by writing an open letter to emmett c. burns jr. calling burns a bigot. big got for encouraging the nfl to steer clear of supporting gay rights. then last week, kluwe just about blew up the internet with a tell-all letter published on deadspin.com in which he suggested he was cut from the vikings because of his gay writes advocacy, writing "i honestly don't know if my activism was the reason i got fired. however, i'm pretty confident it was." kluwe also accused special teams coach mike priefer of bigotry for allegedly saying in a team meeting, "we should round up all the gays, send them to an island and nuke it until it glows." some of kluwe's former teammates rallied around the coach. blair walsh, "i personally can attest to his character. his professionalism in the workplace is exemplary and i firmly believe my teammates

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140107:08:44:00

chris kluew gained notoriety last summer when he came out in support of marriage equality by writing an open letter to emmett c. burns jr. calling burns a big biggen big bigot. then last week, kluwe just about blew up the internet with a tellall letter published on deadspin.com in which he suggested he was cut from the vikings because of his ga yrgs y writes advocacy, writing "i honestly don't know if my activism was the reason i got fired. however, i'm pretty confident it was." kluwe also accused special teams coach mike preefer of bigotry for allegedly saying in a team meeting, "we should round up all the gays, send them to an island and nuke it until it glows." some of kluwe's former teammates rallied around the coach. "blair walsh "i personally can attest to his character. his professionalism in the workplace is exemplary and i firmly believe my teammates wholeheartedly agree."

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Anderson Cooper 360-20140107-01:09:00

them to an island and nuke it until it glows. did other teammates hear him say these things. >> yeah, there are witnesses to all the things i put in that piece on dead spin. i made sure i had witnesses. otherwise that's a defamation of character case. >> that scope, particularly the special teams coordinator he denies this, he says he has gay family members, what did you make of that? >> well, you know, it's not like he's going to come out and say, yeah, i said all those things, please end my career now, generally these things go through a certain legal process, i'm confident in everything that i related. really encouraged by the fact that the vikings are taking it seriously.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140107:01:44:00

a former minnesota viking punter chris kluew gained notoriety last summer when he came out in support of marriage equality by writing an open letter to emmett c. burns jr. calling burns a g biggbi bigot. then last week, kluwe just about blew up the internet with a tellall letter published on deadspin.com in which he suggested he was cut from the vikings because of his ga yry writes advocacy, writing "i honestly don't know if my activism was the reason i got fired. however, i'm pretty confident it was." kluwe also accused special teams coach mike preefer of bigotry for allegedly saying in a team meeting, "we should round up all the gays, send them to an island and nuke it until it glows." some of kluwe's former teammates rallied around the coach. "blair walsh "i personally can

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140107:04:46:00

but just for whatever reason, i couldn't catch on with the team. it looked like as if my nfl career was done anyway, might as well tell the story now. >> the most damning part of your account is about special teams coach mike priefer. rounding up all the gays on an island, nuking it until it grows. that coach has come forward and said he has no bias, he has gay family members. other viking team members seem to have rallied behind him. what's your reaction to all that? >> well, it's to be expected. i would have been very surprised if any active nfl players had come out in support of me because if you look at what i'm saying, you know, if i'm telling the truth, and obviously i believe i'm telling the truth since these are things that

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140107:08:46:00

career was done anyways, might as well tell the story now. >> the most damning part of your account is about special teams coach mike preefer. rounding up all the gays on an island, nuking it until it grows. that coach has come forward and said he has no bias, he has gay family members. other viking team members seem to have rallied behind him. what's your reaction to all that? >> well, it's to be expected. i would have been very surprised if any active nfl players had come out in support of me because if you look at what i'm saying, you know, if i'm telling the truth, and obviously i believe i'm telling the truth since these are things that happened to me, i was essentially drummed out of the league, off the team, but a of ecause the things i said. to come out in support of me would be inviting the same sort of treatment. i'm not surprised players haven't spoken up, and, you know, it's really being blacklisted in the nfl is

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140107:04:32:00

years now. >> all island. >> looks like i picked the wrong week to quit drinking. >> let me talk, stop. >> how many margaritas do you knock back during an average sitting? >> five or six. >> fox. >> oh, man. >> i got too much stuff in my hands. >> oh, you spilled the bud light. >> oopsie! >> what are you? >> on my way to being tammie, i used to be tom. >> making excellent progress. >> does the canadian health care system pay for that? >> under certain circumstances they will. >> have you heard of obamacare? >> obamacare? is that a violent thing? >> sounded like a damn monster movie. >> what size cup are you now? >> those are after a year and a half. >> i like the way you're put together. >> you're not a socialist doctor, are you? >> i don't -- i don't -- not sure if i use that word. >> i was going pretty good for awhile. >> this is a cling-on outfit, clearly.

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AC 360 Later-20140107-03:20:00

homophobic language saying that all gays should be brought to an island and nuked and he was going to hell with all the gays. >> he had been the punter for eight years. the average nfl career is about three or four years. he was living on borrowed time anyway. he was a good punter. it's not like one of the great players in the nfl got fired. the vikings could make an argument that they -- >> they are investigating. they appointed two jurists to look into this. >> you don't want a player a punter overshadowing the team. >> but there, i disagree with you. because his views on same-sex marriage shouldn't matter one way or another. can you punt? >> and he could.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140107:01:46:00

couldn't catch on with the team. it looked like as if my nfl career was done anyways, might as well tell the story now. >> the most damning part of your account is about special teams coach mike preefer. rounding up all the gays on an island, nuking it until it grows. that coach has come forward and said he has no bias, he has gay family members. other viking team members seem to have rallied behind him. what's your reaction to all that? >> well, it's to be expected. i would have been very surprised if any active nfl players had come out in support of me because if you look at what i'm saying, you know, if i'm telling the truth, and obviously i believe i'm telling the truth since these are things that happened to me, i was essentially drummed out of the league, off the team, but a ecaf the things i said. to come out in support of me would be inviting the same sort of treatment. i'm not surprised players haven't spoken up, and, you know, it's really being blacklisted in the nfl is

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