extension that was passed by the senate. today neither side shows any signs of giving in. i told the president there s one big reason why we need to do a full year, and that s jobs. a one-year bill like the president requested and like the house produced is simply better for jobs and better for our economy. let s enact this bipartisan compromise, however, to eliminate uncertainty for american families and then get right to work on a one-year version. not wait until february. not walk away and hold off until the last minute. got more encouraging news about the job market. the number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since april of 2008. labor department says initial claims dropped to 364,000. that is down 4,000 from a week before. many economists say a level below 400,000 means enough job growth to lower the unemployment rate. a wave of explosions rocks baghdad. car bombs, six roadside bombs, and a mortar ro
plus, a band keeps a promise after this horrible stage collapse, and tonight their tribute performance. and funny man darrell hammond gets serious. stabbing, beating, electrocuting. and how his past led him to the mental ward all while taping saturday night live. it is all right here on cnn. thank you for joining us. i m don lemon in in cnn newsroom. right now protest occupiers in denver, colorado, face to face with the riot police. police say they use non-lethal agents including mace and pepper balls when the protesters tried to enter the state capitol. this affiliate is from kusa, and more than half a dozen people were arrested and police say that one officer was knocked off of his motorcycle and two officers were kicked in the head by demonstrators, but one of the protesters says it was not like that. the only thing that happened is that they asked to us take a tent down and some kid was standing too close to him and they started to attack people and spraying p
in minutes. plus, a band keeps a promise after this horrible stage collapse, and tonight their tribute performance. and funny man darrell hammond gets serious. stabbing, beating, electrocuting. and how his past led him to the mental ward all while taping saturday night live. it is all right here on cnn. thank you for joining us. i m don lemon in in cnn newsroom. right now protest occupiers in denver, colorado, face to face with the riot police. police say they use non-lethal agents including mace and pepper balls when the protesters tried to enter the state capitol. this affiliate is from kusa, and more than half a dozen people were arrested and police say that one officer was knocked off of his motorcycle and two officers were kicked in the head by demonstrators, but one of the protesters says it was not like that. the only thing that happened is that they asked to us take a tent down and some kid was standing too close to him and they started to attack people an
you were a coach yourself. the coach is highly motivated to get them playing again. it has to be done by a doctor. i had a concussion when i played in i played the whole game of it, but when i looked at the film, i don t remember one thing that happened in the game. i played and functioned and played okay. i don t remember any of it. i didn t remember a thing when i saw the film. this can happen, but it s a macho thing. players don t want to say you got your bell rung or got a dinger or whatever call it, but it is a concussion. like the doctor said, when you collide with your head the brain moves around with the skull and you can have a lot of things happen. a lot of parents are concerned about their own kids playing sports, even pee-wee players, high school kids and nfl teams. what do you do to try to keep these kids safe? all the things we ve done ever since the nfl instituted the new guidelines all the way down to youth sport. so i think it s really
football, if you can walk, you can play. these guys, they want to play. how do you take them off the field when they re so motivated to be out there. you were a coach yourself. the coaches are highly motivated to get those guys playing again. yeah. it has to be done by the doctor. the coach will want the player to play. the player wants to play. i had a concussion, and i played the whole game with it, but when i looked at the film, i don t remember one thing that hatched in the game. i played. i functioned. i played okay, but remember any of it. i didn t remember a thing when i saw the film. it s a macho thing. players don t want to come out and say you got your bell rung or you got a dinger or whatever you want to call it. but it is a concussion, and like the doctor says, when you collide with your head, the brain moves around in the skull and you have a lot of things happen. i want to end it with the doctor here because obviously a lot of parents are concerned about their kids pl