obviously he kept this very well hidden, his twin brother didn t know he was gay, either. but i can understand where she s coming from. i think she s actually doing a job of showing that she s proud of him, she wants him to be happy, she loves, she cares about him, but i can understand her frustration as a woman. mark, she has shown extraordinary courage herself, i think, in being so positive about it, given she has just found out herself. does it tarnish at all, do you think, what he has done? no. i think it actually opens up a much more interesting and provocative conversation about sexuality. sexuality s complex. identity is complex. it s entirely possible that jason didn t know exactly who he was or what he was. he talked about being in those different stages of denial and doubt and negotiation. it s quite possible that in that relationship, he thought he was happy. it s quite possible that he thought she was the one. it s quite possible that he did in fact love her. sexuality
teammates for years, his long-time girlfriend and fiancee carolyn moos didn t know either. she is also a former wnba player and joins me now. welcome to you, carolyn. my obvious question to you is how do you feel about all the events of the past week? you know, for me, it s a lot of mixed emotions. obviously first and foremost, for someone to actually realize who they are and be happy in their own skin is a very important message for mass public. i think the important message here is to realize who you are early in life and to be able to be comfortable enough to bring that to mass public and those who surround you as in your loved ones, really understand who you are as a person, and to be comfortable enough to say who you are to those people. i totally endorse that. you spent eight years with him. you ve said here that you had eight years, your dream was to have a husband, a soul mate, a best friend in him, which is what you had. in 2009 i think he called off your wedding and it wa
there has been a lot of love for this player in the last 24 hours or so. but there is one dissenter out there, someone who is not in the league. we re going to talk about him here in a moment. first, let me bring in elsy grander son. welcome to you. on the phone, somewhere on a lake in louisiana, we have nba hall of famer karl malone. gentlemen welcome to you. karl let me begin with you. first, your reaction to the news jason collins coming out. well my reaction is i think everybody should embrace what he did. jason didn t do this to be talking to the president of the united states. i always say this right here. it is time that we kind of move past that kind of thing. it is not for us to say because what s in the bible that this shouldn t do this. we re not the judge, you know? the almighty is the judge. whoever that is to you, it don t
bombings in recent time and people here are getting very very afraid. they re feeling the civil war come closer and closer to home brooke. as they re feeling the war coming closer and closer to home with the possible usage here as chemical weapons what are those in damascus saying? who do they believe is responsible? reporter: it is a big unknown. it is really interesting when you speak to people, you hear a lot of people on the face of it tell you they believe their government is not using any chemical weapons. they believe if it is anyone s doing, it is the opposition. but people are not sure. they know that this regime is one in and they don t believe a lost thingt of things they see on tv. the chemical weapons debate didn t play much of a role of the discussions here in damascus in syria. and the government-controlled part. but now that s picking up lite of momentum are people are hearing about the international debate and with the u.s. possibly shifting its position, a lostt
trained a fighter who was in the famed national championship tournament that tamerlan tsarnaev was in in salt lake city in 2009. he observed tamerlan for a week at that tournament. here is eddie bishop. flashy guy. he has cowboy boots on leather pants flashy shirt, hat, he was he was eccentric. he was a talented fighter. he could punch. he could definitely punch. i notice he was lacking a key element, you know. he lacked heart. you can look at somebody in a ring and say that guy can punch, that guy can move just know the little subtle things, you know, he lacked heart as a fighter. so he got to the national championships. didn t win them just lost the bout and some coaches are putting together the reasons why, didn t put it together at the end. the next year he gets disqualified because he s not a u.s. citizen. he thinks that turned him down that dark path.