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Ration. currently there are only three black coaches in the entire league, and throughout the league's nearly 102-year history, only 25 black men held that position, and among them, tony dungy. >> the question is, does the nfl have a race problem? >> we do have a problem. >> tony dungy is one of the most recognizable names in football, and his career spans more than three decades, and in 2006 he led the indianapolis colts to a super bowl victory, the first black coach to ever win it all. i am struck that can you love the league and also be critical of it. >> i think one thing i learned from co...

Episode of our streaming show "meet the press reports," and tonight we are tackling the question of does the nfl have a race problem? the issue was thrusts back into the spotlight when the former miami dolphin's coach sued for the racist hiring practice, turning it into a class action suit. he was fired unexpectedly a month before. two more black coaches joined the class action lawsuit last week. the suit has forced the country to address race in the sport that tens of millions of americans tune into every week. joining me now, and this is one of the stories where the nfl simply feels 20 years...

Christians weapon against social evil. we ought to have the spirit of forgiveness even in hurt, writing the wrong changing society and he ended with this quote from a he said this is the solution to the race problem. he would be appalled, i'm sure he would have made other roles and actions and thought a little further continue that and fight for civil rights. arthel: he what happened 93. we have to go but a quick final thought, we have to see each other, past the façade, the color of skin, the way we look, it doesn't matter how we see each other in our hearts first. >> yes, we do. one way of ...

Citizen, we wouldn't have a racial problem. if the emancipation proclamation was authentic, we wouldn't have a race problem. >> watching a guy like denzel as malcolm x, top of the game, intimidating in many ways. >> mr. becket, come in. >> when we made "philadelphia," he was malcolm x already. that was like starting a movie with marlon brando and having just seen "the godfather" the night before. >> what happened to your face? >> i have aids. >> oh. oh, i'm sorry. >> "philadelphia" was an important film. denzel washington represents the audience's apprehension with people with aids. >> how did...

Time with of course bomani jones. this is a huge story. elway is pitting himself -- putting himself -- pitting himself directly against flores. so, the giants are doing it, as well. i spoke with flores last night. his claims sound credible. it is obvious, the nfl has a race problem. there is just one black head coach. are you surprised about how forceful these denials are? >> i am, actually. um, i did think flores put himself in a tricky situation when he started to presume about why it was the broncos' brass might have looked the way it did and then come back and say hey we just got off a pla...