racist? no. that s the kracraziest i can understand that question. i ve been around this guy four years. i know he don t mean it in the way people are saying it. richie was like jonathan s brother. he was the first one there to have his back. it s a big surprise what s going on. reporter: that s just a sampling of opinion from some of the players i spoke to here in the locker room. there are 53 players, not all of them were in the locker room. all that were in the locker room and spoke came out in defense on incognito. while many of them said they felt for whatever situation jonathan martin is going through, they said that they felt unified behind incognito. tamron? all right, kerry. thank you. let me bring in sirius xm s michael smerconish. michael, this story has taken many twist and turns since it first broke. now you have at least one former dolphins player, not named, that said richie is an honorary black guy. he says, i don t expect you to
may not even get to the house. speaker john boehner has prie previously said he s opposed to taking up that legislation. and we have new developments in the scandal surrounding the miami dolphins. the nfl has brought in a high-powered attorney as an independent investigator to look into bullying allegations within the franchise. meanwhile, many miami dolphins players are rallying around richie incog niincognito, telli reporters he s not racist and had a good relationship with his teammate jonathan martin. whenever i saw jon and hung out with jon, it was usually with richie. they were friend. they re always playing around. you know, the o-line as a group is a big family. kerry sanders is at the dolphins training facility in south florida. now more details, obviously, kerry, are coming out here. what is the team saying at this point? reporter: well, there are so many new developments. perhaps top of the list is what
anything that needs to be corrected, we will take all necessary measures to fix it, to ensure that this doesn t happen again. reporter: and with reports surfacing that dolphin coaches pressed incognito to, quote, toughen up martin, head coach joe philbin fended off questions about the scandal. everything we do here is based on the best interest of the players. reporter: as for the two principle players, martin remains out of sight. his father gave a brief answer when asked how his son was doing. he s a strong man. he s doing fine. reporter: incognito was seen driving his new ferrari wednesday. he wasn t answering questions, but his glendale, arizona, high school football coach described him as a hard working kid. he wasn t a boy scout by any stretch of the imagination, but we never saw anything like this coming down the road. reporter: dolphin teammates say they didn t either. do you believe richie is a