He was forced to hit for a Sham Interview for a new job even though a white coach had already been selected merely to satisfy league rules on interviewing minority candidates. His lawyers write this, quote, in certain critical ways the nfl is racially segregated and managed much like a plantation. 32 owners none of whom are black profit substantially from the labor of nfl players, 70 of whom are black. They watch from the boxes while their Majority Workforce put their bodies on the line taking vicious hits and suffering debilitating injuries to their bodies and brains while the nfl and owners reap billions of dollars. Well talk to civil rights attorney. Cnn Sports Anchor andy scholes has more on the allegations in this lawsuit. Shock waves really says it. This is a bold and brave move by flores here. Yeah, it certainly is a big moment in nfl history. Brian flores taking a stand fully knowing this may cost him his career after being fired by the dolphins last month after three seasons,
for more on this here s our political correspondent alex forsyth a warning her report contains flash photography. it was still dark when conservative mps arrived at downing street earlier this morning. over breakfast, the prime minister was trying to persuade them to back his latest attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. are you going to vote against the bill? are you satisfied? they were tight lipped on the way out about whether they d been convinced. some have been clear about their doubts. we are all of one mind on this. we all want the government to succeed in stopping the boats. we all want this legislation to be the right tool to deliver that. and i am genuinely grateful to the government for what they have done to make sure that this is the toughest ever piece of legislation. it is still partial and incomplete. successive home secretaries have been to rwanda, but so far no asylum seekers. some conservative mps say the government s latest attempt still falls short,
expected imminently. these are the live pictures from the general assembly. this was an emergency session brought by the arab countries after the united states vetoed a resolution on a cease fire within the security council last week. tonight 193 countries voting on a similar text. it is a nonbinding resolution so it does not carry any legal weight but the result, which we expect to be in favour for the resolution will add to the pressure mounting on the israeli government. we will keep watching that. we will take you to new york as and when we get a vote in the assembly. back to events in westminster. the government has tonight seen off, at least for the moment, a rebellion that was building over its rwanda legislation. this is the new bill they have proposed that is supposed to counter every legal challenge to deporting asylum seekers to rwanda. here s the moment the speaker announced the result. the ayes to the right, 313. the noes to the left, 269. so the ayes have it, th