hate, misogynistic emails. plus a public health failure. a damning report warns the british government acted too late in its covid-19 response. biden playing a balancing act with foreign policies while tensions remain over dhchina an taiwan. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome, everyone. it is tuesday, october the 12th. and one of the best-known and highest-paid coaches in the nfl is resigning after reports that he used racest, sexist and homophobic language in emails. he stepped down late monday night. he had won the super bowl with the tampa bay buccaneers back in 2003, but it was a 2011 email when gruden was an analyst for espn that really started the scandal. the wall street journal reports gruden used racially insensitive language to describe an nfl executive, da morris smith who is black. gruden issued this statement. i have resigned as head coach of the las vegas raiders. i love the raiders and do not want to be a distra
start with us. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers around the states and around the world. atlanta and johannesburg to get to. we start with breaking news. jon gruden resigning a s head coach of the las vegas raiders after the new york times reported he made homophobic and misogynistic comments in numerous emails over the course of 1e6seven years. our corey wire is here. how did all those emails come out after so long? good morning to you. the emails came out as part of a workplace misconduct legal case against the washington football team. the report says gruden denounced women as referees and drafting gay players when the rams drafted michael sam in 2012. player ache reed who kneeled during the national anthem should be fired. and used a homophobic slur when referring to roger goodell. the emails are from a seven-year period that ended in 2018. gruden said, i love the raiders and do not want to be a distraction. thank you to all the playe
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, october 12th. i am brianna keilar with john berman. breaking overnight, jon gruden stepping down as head coach of the nfl s las vegas raiders hours after the new york times reported on homophobic, masochistic, and racist remarks that he made in emails over a seven-year period. the emails were discovered as part of a workplace misconduct investigation. in them, gruden denounces the drafting of a gay player and the tolerance of players protesting the national anthem. gruden, who won a super bowl nearly 20 years ago with the bucs, was in year four of a ten-year $100 million contract. overnight, he put out a statement that didn t explain what he said or apologize explicitly for the homophobic or masochistic things he wrote. what he did say was, i m sorry. i never meant to hurt anybody. coy wire joins us now. coy? reporter: hi, john. this is days after emails from gruden dating back to
ah. there is other major news this morning. one of pro football s most high profile coaches resigns after an avalanche of new homophobic, masochistic emails come to light. las vegas raiders coach jon gruden resigned after the new york times revealed a pattern of homophobic, masochistic emails over a seven-year span. this followed a racist email that came to light a few days ago. in the new emails, gruden denounces the drafting of a gay player and calls for the firing of players who protested the national anthem. this is a stunning downfall for one of the game s highest paid and highest profile coaches. gruden was in the fourth year of a ten-year, $100 million contract. in a written apology, he says he never meant tojoining me is ian nfl insider. thanks for being with us. i want to read the statement gruden put out last night. i ve resigned as head coach of the las vegas raiders. i love the raiders. i do not want to be a distraction. thank you to the players, co coache
loves lewis lane, she writes. period. hollywood is trying to make superman gay and he s not. i cannot stress the level of ignorance in this tweet, first of all, because she spells lois lane, lewis, to begin with. a. and, b, she says that superman loves louis lane. lois lane is his mom. how depraved is this wendy rogers from arizona? right. look, i think i don t know whether it is just being a strain, i read that as louie lane. whoever louie lane is, i hope he s happy. we re going to get some backlash for this, but the key for me isn t the people that are upset, it is for the people welcomed in by this that say today, you know, this is more powerful than a locomotive. that this is literally the most powerful superhero in comics. and one of the best known all around the world is now bisexual. and i think that s a really big and really strong statement. tom taylor, i appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you very much. thanks for having me. new day continue