Powerful sports league. You cant go against the nfl. They will squash you. Narrator next, league of denial the nfls concussion crisis. Im really wondering if every single Football Player doesnt have this. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from and by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation. Dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. whistles blowing erenberg touchdown listen to this crowd, theyre on fire the steelers have their key receivers in. Stallworth on t
It rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by co rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Im lucky. One of those rare instances where a little boys dreams came true. Rose bud selig was Major League Baseball nice commissioner. Say he was the most influential. On saturday at the age of 80 he stepped down after 23 years on the job. He grew up in milwaukee where he rooted for the new york yankees. In 1970, at age 35 he bought the seattle pirates in Bankruptcy Court and he then moved the team to milwaukee. He calls this his proudest accomplishment. As commissioner he revolutionized the economics revenue grew to 8 billion. Playoff expansion and interleague play were among the additions he introduced. Also faced a number of challenges. Among some of the games best players continued to cast a wide shadow on t
Fire occurred. [ indiscernible ]. Reporter he had little time to get the family out of the building. My mom, 97yearold. And the woman 55yearold. His daughterinlaw and a baby. No one among the 33 people displaced was injured. Now they are removing all they can salvage. The two booms caught others by surprise as well. I heard two bangs. Like fireworks bangs and then we went to the kitchen and we saw the smoke. We found signs of spent fireworks and that is one thing that has investigators interested. The fire is an active investigation. We are not labeling it suspicious. Citizens reported hearing large bangs large bangs. Some are saying in a red cross shelter but he and his family were not comfortable there so they are staying in a hotel. John sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. Grounds crews at levi stadium spent the day ripping up the new Million Dollars field after practice cause cut short yesterday because players were slip practice was cut short yesterday because players were slipping. Ktvu
Pelley good evening. So lets start with the good news about the flu. Today, the c. D. C. Said that the flu season in much of the country appears to have peaked. So weve seen the worst of it. But the worst still includes this the flu is now widespread in all but six states, and its sending americans 65 and older to the hospital at the highest rate in at least a decade. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Reporter at a Senior Center in new york city, the fridays bingo game is in full swing but 96yearold may robinson is thinking about her friend who recently caught the flu. My deceased friend had it. They worked very hard to save her, but she passed. Reporter the c. D. C. Began tracking flu hospitalization rates 10 years ago. This year, the hospitalization rate for patients over 65 has been more than twice the average rate over the previous five seasons. Dr. Susan ream is an Infectious Disease specialist at the cleveland clinic. People who are 65 years of age and up tend to have other diseases like Hea
It has been a tough year. Roger goodell reflects on a bruising nfl season. Now its game on for super bowl xlix. Its really getting close. We can feel it. Ready for game time. Were excited for the opportunity and it will be a great matchup. With deflategate everyone will be keeping his eye on the ball. This is my job, to protect the integrity of the game. Say it aint snow. A new went r storm is affecting nearly 100 million people. Folks in boston are trying to thaw out as another storm moves in. Two men, one american one russian claim the world record Long Duration balloon flight. The pilots expect to land in mexico today. Hes out, mitt romney the gop candidate for president in 2012 wont be running for the nam nomination next year. But Chris Christie is still considering it. Which means this video that went viral just went viral. The record setting performance at the wing bowl. This guy eight 444 wings. All that look at this. Thanks to the winter deep freeze a thrill seeking dare devil