. >> jonathan martin left the dolphins. the player was treated with emotional distress, went back to california, following that latest incident with team mate richie andre knott. richie incognito. two other players have been diagnosed as having signs of cte, a d degenera tiff disease. >>> rick renteria is settle to take over the reins in chicago, as the coach in the past season and has played for parts of five major league season. that's a look at our sports headlines. we'll dig a little deeper into this. >> thank you jessica. a new study has shown that palestinian yassir arafat was poisoned. >>> a lawsuit by two women in a small new york town could impact the nation. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here are the top stories. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was back on capitol hill to talk about the problems on the healthcare.gov website. >> too many hardworking people have been waiting too long for the ability to obtain health insurance. >> the secretary told the senate's

martin bullying scandal has captured the county. >> rickie incognito told fox sports that jonathan martin was his best friend and the text mess ims and voice mails were taken out of context. the suspended linesman opened up to fox sport about his harassment scandal. rickie incognito said he redeprets using -- regrets using the racial slurs, he said it was not bullying, it was an accepted part of locker room culture. >> when the words are put in the context, i understand why eyebrows are raised. people don't now how john and i communicate to one another. for instance, a week before this went down, jonathan martin text me on my phone, "i will murder your whole effing family", now did i think jonathan martin was going to murder my family. not one bit. i knew it was coming from a brother, a friend, a team-mate. that puts in context how we communicate with one another. i'm not a race ist. to judge me by that one word is wrong. in no way, shape or tomorrow is it acceptable for me to use the word. even if it's friend to friend on a voicemail. >> i can't sit here and say who overreacted. i can on

rawson announced he would meet with jonathan martin. but today the investigator into the matter asked for a reschedule until wells has a chance to talk to jonathan martin first. jonathan martin's attorney said martin would issue a video tape, but didn't say if it would be before or after the meeting with wells. in addition to an announcement that he planned to meet with martin, he will create a task force to deal with what appears to be a toxic out of control behaviour in the dolphins change room. >> i don't think so. from the guys - i guess he would have on the committee - we found it pretty much we follow in their footsteps, the locker room code, the way it is - it's a trod i suggest, coming from a line of traditions. the guys that i saw - it came from those guys. it is what it is, you know. >> with the nfl and college football seasons at the apac of their schedule, the start of the college basketball campaign gets overlooked. now is when the first step down the road to the final four begins. we may have witnessed a final four preview

>> we need to here from jonathan martin. >> that's it. thanks, ross. >>. >> the story for the united states is snow, and boy are we getting snow in montana, but also around the great lakes, lake superior getting north winds that's caused a la lake-effect snow advisory put into effect. as we look at the wider view, see the moisture coming straight out of the west and that's what's bumping into the cold air over northern montana and two to five inches snow total out of this particular system. what it's going to do is make for slippery roads and bring pour visibility through the passes and mountains in montana, through north dakota, northern portion of south dakota getting snow tonight. what we are watching is up to the north/northeast, high temperatures cooling off. a shot of arctic air. i say a shot because it's going to push down quickly for the north interior. we are also going to get cold air pushing farther south. when that happens, we are all going to start to feel it as the temperatures, the highs will be hit and continue to plumbing

new allegations are surfacing about what happened between jonathan martin and ritchie incognito. we have the latest from south florida. >> reporter: ritchie incognito's locker, his clothes hanging neatly, quite a contrast to the mess and how else do you put it, caused by the incognito-jonathan martin bullying scandal. thursday, dolphins head coach joe philbin was back in front of the microphones. he wanted to talk tampa bay, the opponent monday night. nothing else. >> any comments we would make at this time would be a disservice to the process that's about to take place. >> reporter: in the locker room, most players had had enough of it, too. >> you all ask us questions. >> reporter: when asked how does a locker room stay together with all this distraction? people outside don't get it. players who would talk were still trying to make sense of it all. >> gets to the sense where you can't differentiate between what's fact and what's opinion. >> reporter: what's been most puzzling is the relationship between incognito and martin that has begun to emerge. can we really believe they w

. >> people are wanting to hear from jonathan martin. he spoke to nfl investigators today, jonathan martin in new york city today as i said meeting with nfl investigators giving his side of the story concerning the team's bullying scandal that has ensnared mart martin, richie incognito. the session breaking up in the early evening. he eermdz mechani emerged to a f reporters and gave brief comments. we'll have that in a few minutes. >>> jamison miller's role in an alleged sexual assault, they could decide whether to pursue charges against the in nfl quarterback. several witnesses have been interviewed and the timing of the attorney's decision is important because if winston is charged with a felony he will be immediately suspended and ineligible for competition according to the florida state athletic rules. >>> officials have cancelled a contest, after being johnson being beaten up in the bathroom, 22-year-old la plont britt, clarnlgd with misdemeanor assault, inflicting serious injury. johnson was treated and released. >> active bizarre

for the first time since he was suspended, for bullying jonathan martin, are richie incognito gives his side of the story. incognito says he and martin were the best of friends. he wasn't a racist and this was a case of locker room banter going too far. martin was engaged in the same why are that incognito has been accused of. >> i didn't intend to hurt him. what i was going know for, i haven't seen my buddy, i wanted to shock him, call me back. when the words are put in the context i understand why a lot of eyebrows get raised. but people don't know how jon and i communicate with one another. for instance, a week before this went down, jonathan martin texted me, on my phone, "i will murder your whole if-ing family". >> he texted that to you? >> i knew it was coming from a brother. a family member. >> jonathan martin is yet to answer any part of this, but before or after he meets with the nfl lead vector about the hazing, martin's attorneys david cornwell sent out a tweet which included this image. cornwell says when incognito sent him a message, this is what he actually sent him. joini

he said jonathan martin was his best friend and he regrets using the racial slurs. the text messages were taken out of context. rickie incognito was suspended by the dolphins, last week martin left the team and the league continues to conduct their own investigation. houston, you have a problem. running back airion foster decided to have back surgery for a bulging disc in his back. he'll try and play through the pain, he decided to shut it down. the cincinnati bangles needed a miracle. 2 seconds left, they need a touch down force overtime, he throws up a prayer - knock it down, looky here. aj hauls it in too tie things up. batt more's justin from 46 yards out, ball game - ravens win 20-17, snapping a three day losing streak. the big story, rickie incognito speaks out. we'll hear from him later. >> thank you. still ahead - typhoon haiyan is one of the strongest storms recorded. it hits them as climate talks begin in pole and. will it relieve progress on global warming. we ask two experts on the week ahead segment next. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are

do i think jonathan martin was going to murder my family? not one bit. i knew it was coming from a brother. i knew it was coming from a friend. i knew it was coming from a teammate. that puts in cogtexas how we communicate with one another. what i want people to know is the way jonathan and the rest of the offensive line and our teammates xhuj indicate, it's vulgar. it's not right. there is a lot of colorful words thrown around in the locker room we don't use in everyday life the fact of the matter remains that was left on a private voicemail for my friend and it was a joke. i am not a racist, and to judge me by that one word is wrong n no way, shape, or form is it ever acceptable for me to use that word, even if it's friend to friend on a voicemail. i can't sit here and tell you who over reacted, who did what. i can just sit here and be accountable for my, and my actions were coming from a place of love. no matter how bad and how vulgar it sounds, that's how we communicate. >> that's how our friendship was, and those are the facts and that's what i am a

ross said he plans to meet with second-year tackle jonathan martin tomorrow. martin left the team two weeks ago after alleging he was harassed by teammates, including suspended guard richie incognito. ross said he is appalled by the accusations and he asked the nfl to launch an independent investigation. >> we want to get to the bottom of it. we want to hear what the real facts are. there's so much said and done to date. that, you know, i don't think anybody really knows what has happened because no one has really spoken with jonathan martin directly. >> the investigation will also cover whether dolphins officials knew of any player misconduct. >>> and things did not improve for miami on the field with martin and incognito not playing. the dolphins offensive line struggle against the winless buccaneers. and in the fourth quarter, tampa bay takes the lead for good on a short touch downby bobby rainey. the bucs get their first win of the year 22-19. >>> finally check out this wild buzzer beater in spain. real madrid's filippe reyes hits nothing but net. reyes ma

richie incognito says he never meant to hurt fellow dolphin, jonathan martin. >> the owner announces today he'll meet with martin to get the facts. jessica kartalija has the latest on the scandal. >> i never meant it that way. >> reporter: richie incognito says he's embarrassed by the language he used with teammate jonathan martin. >> no matter how bad and how vulgar it sounds, that's how we communicate. that's how our friendship was. and those are the facts and that's what i'm accountable for. >> incognito says his actions came from a place of love. >> as the leader, as his best friend on the team, that's what has me miffed, how i missed this. and i never saw it. i never saw it coming. >> reporter: martin left the team two weeks ago after accusing incognito and others of harassment. incognito gave fox sports more than 1,100 text messages he exchanged with marten over the past year. one of them sent by martin just three days after i left the team saying, just know i don't blame you guys at all. it's just the culture around football and the locker room got to me a little. >> i blame t

. >> reporter: this is the first sighting of jonathan martin since he left the miami dolphins. seen outside his parents' home in southern california. the latest statement from his lawyer, david corn well, said: but dolphin players defend richie incog veto, the suspended lineman alleged to be his tormenter. dmitri patterson is with the n.f.l. >> n.f.l. environment is different. it's not like a corporate america setting. it's different. it's a little different so things that guys take as a joke in here people may take serious outside. >> reporter: the dispute is playing out now as a series of dueling accounts and images, painting two portraits of incognito. one, the jocular teammate sitting with a smiling martin on a team flight. the other a bully repeatedly crossing the line, illustrated by this this complaint made to police by a volunteer at a dolphins charity golf tournament last year. the volunteer accused incognito of acting inappropriately, touching her body with a golf club. no charges were filed, but at least one former dolphin at the tournament apologized to the woman. w

martin. mark strassmann has the latest. mark? >> reporter: scott, ted wells investigating the allegations of sexual abuse in the syracuse university program and at the n.b.a. players union. dolphins head coach joe philbin talked about wells and this controversy after today's practice. >> if the reviewer reveals anything that needs to be corrected we will take all necessary measures to fix it, to ensure this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: philbin would not answer questions about reports that dolphin coaches told richie incognito to toughen up jonathan martin. incognito was suspended without pay by the dolphins last sunday. since then his only comment about the bullying allegations was to miami television station wsvn. >> i'm just trying to weather the storm right now. this will pass. >> reporter: martin, his teammate, left the dolphins last sunday because he felt threatened. informal investigators are reviewing taunts and threats including racial slur slurs that incognito left martin in te

steven ross called this issue a nightmare and said he plans to meet with jonathan martin wednesday. ross said he wants to hear all of the facts before he decides richie incognito's future. >>> mary is live in the newsroom with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a man kicked out of an indie rock band, killed three former bandmates and wounded a fourth before killing himself. happened just after midnight. they can rent cheaper space than in trendier parts of the city. they had come to the u.s., seeking more musical freedom. at least 200 people were inside the building at the time. police are interviewing them for more information on all of this. vic? >> thank you. the one band member who survived the shooting is in stable condition. >>> tens of thousands of people are dead or missing. three days after typhoon haiyan swept through the philippines. bodies are strewn in the roadways. and survivors are becoming desperate. our complete coverage continues. rochelle ritchie has measure on what a local organization is doing to help. >> reporter: well, many of the families in the ph

jonathan martin launched legal access. for football players past and present it's a betrayal of the sport's core values. >> we don't allow weakness, that is what jonathan martin is shown and why the players on the team are taken aback. this is what we know a football locker room is. this guy is showing a weakness. it's amazing. >> reporter: serious questions are raised about what happened between the two players. the team-mates involvement and whether it was sanctioned by manager. incog neato is accused of physically and verbally abusing i player he was supposed to be mentoring. highs team-mates closed ranks. >> for fans it's a divisive issue, for the game it could be more dramatic, if the allegations of what happened with the team turn out to be true, locker room culture could face a shake-up. legal expert tamara says fines and penalties that the dolphins play could change the way teams are run. >> if he is penalized, he could be gone after under state and federal laws, it will make a difference. it will send a message. >

do i think jonathan martin was going to murder my family? not one bit. i knew it was coming from a brother, a friend, a tome mate. that just puts in context how we communicate with one another. i'm not a racist, and to judge me by that one word is wrong. in no way, shape or form is it ever acceptable for me to use that word even friend to friend on a voice mail. i can't tell you who overreacted, who did what. i can just be accountable poor my actions. my actions were coming from a place of love. that no matter how bad and vulgar it sounds, that's how we communicate, that's how our friendship was, and those are the fact and what i'm accountable for. as the leader, as his best friend on the team, that's what has me miffed. i never saw it coming. >> in response to incognitos assertion that jonathan martin sent him an off-colored text, martin's attorney sent a copy of a text in which the words "i will murder your whole explea active family" was on a picture of a smiling woman and smiling dog, that text allegedly coming from jonathan martin. >> peyton manning

not sure when they're going to hear from jonathan martin. since abruptl abruptly leaving e dolphins, jonathan martin has yet to share his side of the story. in a scheduled meeting with dolphins owner steven ross, the meeting will be postponed. ross said he would meet with martin on wednesday, to get the to the bottom of his allegations. but independent investigators asked they reschedule until wells could talk to him first. martin's attorney has issued that martin would issue a video statement sometime this week but did not say if that would be issued before or after martin averages meeting with wells. now in addition to his announcement yesterday that he planned to meet with martin, ross said he would designed to perceived whij the dolphins organization. but some of the current players on the dolphins feel as if that is an unnecessary step. >> i don't think so. i mean from the guys i guess he would have on committee you know, we thought pretty much following their footsteps in the beginning, like the locker room code or the way the locker r

do i think jonathan martin was going to murder my family? not one big. >> reporter: last week inn cog knee inn cog knee toe's name was tekd. >> incognito provided fox sports with 1,100 text messages he exchanged with martin over the last year. one of them sent by martin three days after he abruptly left the team. he said, i don't blame you guys at all. it's just the culture around football and the locker room got to me a little. but in cognito agreed his actions made him look like a madehead and a racist pig. >> if jonathan martin was sitting right here next to you, what would you say to him? >> honestly i think i'd give him a big hug. i'd give him a big hug and say, dude what's going on. why didn't you come to me. i'll apologize to the family. they took it as malicious, but i never -- i never meant it that way. >> reporter: incognito wouldn't answer questions whether dolphins told him to toughen up martin, but charlie and norah, the text messages he sent have stirred up a controversy in the nfl that is clearly not going away. >> thank you,

edwards, jonathan martin was hazed as a rookie. he was forced to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for teammates meals and vacations. he was given the nickname of big weirdo. typical hazing that happens in the nfl that i think people like you guys are aware of the nfl knew about, but this went far further. they went to physical threats, voice mails and text messages involving racial statements leading to an emotional break down. how relevant is this in the nfl, and in sports in particular. >> i've been associated with the informal for the last 30 years. i was in with the golden state warriors for ten years, and i had a lot of dealings with team in the nba. i was with major league baseball for five years and then in all of these sports there is some degree of this kind of thing that goes on. this is an extreme case, but it typically runs a spectrum from having people saying the school songs of the colleges that they came from right up through this, and even worse upon occasion. the thing that has changed is that the technology

jonathan martin is there. . >> reporter: it is meant to grab your attention. new message boards reminding drivers that nearly 900 people have been killed on tennessee roadways so far this year. this colonel is with the tennessee highway patrol. he says distracted driving specifically texting behind the wheel is behind many of these deadly crashes. >> it has definitely gotten worse. i would say it's the number one traffic safety issue in the country. >> reporter: in the four years since the tennessee law went into effect, highway deaths have not gone down. 2012 saw one of the state's highest fatality rates ever, with 1,019 people killed. violators right now only face a $50 fine. >> i would like a stronger law that we could easily enforce. i think in the future, probably five to ten years from now, it will be against the law to have an electronic device in your hands and drive. >> reporter: a safety council report details how bad the problem has become. 7% of all fatal crashes were caused by texting or talking on the phone in 2010. that number jumped to 10% a ye

. >> jonathan martin spoke publicly for the first time. that story and more in sports. >>> welcome back, i'm morgan radford. these are the top stories. eight days after typhoon haiyan hit the philippines survivors scramble for food and water. relief is flown in from around the world. rescuers are getting access to those hit hardest. >> an unarmed teenager shot dead. a michigan home owner faces charges. >> an emergency supply of medicine imported to the united states to treat a meningitis outbreak at an ivy league dismoo. toronto's mayor may see his last days in office. a string of violations increased outcry. canadians want him out. >> it's never happened before. toronto city councillors moving against their mayor, stripping away authority. the city never had a mayor who admitted no drinking, smoking crack cocaine. he was a little contrite. >> obviously if someone else steps out of line like i have it will affect the councillors and the mayor for, i think, for years to come. >> in fact, when it came to a vote just the mayor and his brother

who had jonathan martin's back the host. they'll tell you - me. all this stuff coming out - it speaks to - it speaks to the culture of our locker room, the culture of our close possess and brotherhood. the racism, the bad words. that's what i regret most. that's a product of the environment dash darn something that we use all the time. stay tuned. college football between alabama and the nations. the tide turned after half-time. aj mc-carran and company, the two tv time defending champ con will be down early. >> jc coughed it up. giving credit. there were two fumbles. there was a 7-3 lead. >> the big fellow showing the feed. he's going 52 yards. just before that tigers respond. nice pass. here comes this. that's for the faps, they like it. tied at 17. this is this the third. bama number one. tj eldion getting it down. they gone op a roll. try rattling off 21 unanswered points. lsu has to bounce back, their next opponent it this guy, johnny manchesterel playing -- mann zel, playing and what could be final game. a career high touchdown. 31 touchdown

jonathan martin, al jazeera, atlanta. ♪ >>> and i'm dave warren. seeing some winter weather developing across the midwest. the radar is tracking all of this developing here, a little yellow here indicating some heavier rain, but a little farther north it is snow. this is nebraska, and this will spread through iowa and into minnesota. and will accumulate, the close-up shows this rain, snow line, really starting to come down fairly heavy here. but then the rain changes to snow and the snow will be heavy and could be slushy on roadways. the visibilities are dropping. that's how we see how heavy the snow is coming down. just less than a mile in north platte, nebraska, omaha is at 4 miles. once it gets down to an mile or less, that's an indication it is getting a little heavier. just to the south is heavy rain, heavy snow coming down where it's cold enough. by 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow morning, the storm is clearing out, and there is cold air behind it. about two to six inches of snow expected through this whole area, and again, with the temperature just drop

i'm jonathan martin, al jazeera, brook port, illinois. >>> eboni was it freak or unexpected? >> like what we dealt with yesterday with that severe weather outbreak, we were watching areas across the midwest, we have been dealing with warm where front, temperatures were climbing we made it up to 70° in chicago. we had an unstable environment, we had a very strong jetstream and that was kind of pushing the storms off t to the east. a lot of wind energy, that allowed for those supercells to spawn tornadoes not only into illinois but into indiana. we still had lots of wind damage over 500 severe weather reports yesterday. del. >> eboni, thank you very much. now to the philippines. it's been a week since mien struck. authorities are still -- haiyan struck. authorities are still trying to get help to where it's needed. 4 million have been displaced, nearly 13 million have been affected by the storm in one way or another. the philippine president now visiting some of the places, benigno aquino is visiting those places. officials say the process is slow, they say they have few resou

jonathan martin has more. >> you are work into the oldest letter press shops in the country. >> hatch is an iconic place that's been around for 130 years. >> i know that we saw led citizen liedzeppelin in here ea. >> latch is a functioning museum of are rolling out posters, no digital posters here. >> the layman's definition of letter press is letters are pressed into paper with ink. >> letter press for everyone from elvis to johnny carb to b.b. king. retroand cutting edge in our digitally dominated culture. >> we are proud when the new band comes in and asks us to help dweeb thei define their prn into being print. >> right of passage for many bands all over the world. >> it could be mum ford and sons, these guys are traveling everywhere, hatch fans proud to say. >> where preserving history is their business. it's a museum within a museum but nothing sits on the shelves and gets dusty. the design and press he are always up and running. >> we are an accredited museum. an important part of america's culture. we had an important part of america to save it we 30 we have been good tutors.

that. >> that alfa male is richie incognito who is accused of bullying jonathan martin, a young player who has left the team. martin has now launch league action. and to many football players past and present that's a betrayal of the sport's core values. >> we don't allow weakness, the players on the team are so taken back by it. this is what we know what football locker room is, no weakness, and this guy is showing weakness. it's amazing to an nfl player. >> serious questions are being raised about what happened between those two players, whether it was sanctioned by managers. incognito is abused of physically and verbally abusing a player that he was supposed to be mentoring. and teammates have closed ranks. >> reporter: this is a divisive issue but for the game itself it could be far more dramatic. locker room culture could face a change up. jonathan martin's allegations, the potential fines and penalty that is the dolphins could end up paying could change how teams are run in the future. >> if mr. incould go neat toe is criminally penalized and i feel he could be gone after by stat

with the jonathan martin and rickie incognito saga unfolding only time will tell. tilburn may be a casualty. the coach ha large role in establishing the leadership in the dolphin's locker room. >> joe tilburn wanted to control all that went down in the locker room and the council that rickie incognito was a part of. he was appointed - these are joe filburn's guys a part of the council that were the leaders in the locker room. >> and finally the miami heat will be without chalmers, suspended for a foul against dirk last night. chalmers hits dirk in the head and neck with his forearm. he was ejected from the game. chalmers hit blake griffin high on a similar reply. the nba upgraded it to a flagrant 2 and fined chalmers $15,000. that's a wrap. any time in the nba you hit a guy up high you are penalized. >> you heard of a classic car show, how about a classic trolley show. russia celebrating the 18th anniversary of a trolley bust. some of the 50 trolleys pulled over to let people get a closer look at the trolies. people move around moscow in them, but they are newer. >

richie incognito said he's embarrassed about the language he used with jonathan martin. >> i'm embarrassed by it. what i want people to know is te way that jonathan and the rest of the offense line, how we communicate is vulger. >> martin left the team after accusing him of harassment. both players are expected to discuss the case with the nfl special investigator. >>> the employee killed by a wildcat at an oregon animal sanctuary is a worker who was comfortable with the animals. saturday night sheriff's deputies say the 36-year-old woman was attacked by a cougar just outside of portland. the board member said she knew what she was doing but there had been some kind of mistake. the facility is home to over 60 wildcats that have been abandoned or abused. >>> the memoir win by the pakistan activist is now banned this her homeland. they said it does not show enough respect for islam. she rose to international fame when the taliban shot her in the face for advocating for women's education. >>> here in maryland one lucky powerball player is about to be a million dollars richer. here's a look at

. >> miami dolphins players say richie incognito and jonathan martin were like best friends and brothers. they played side by side on the offensive line. >> did you have any sense anything was wrong? >> no. if you asked jonathan martin a e who his best friend was he would have said richie. >> details have emerged of voice mails and text messages from incognito to martin that caused martin to leave the team. incognito had little to say when asked questions by a miami tv station. >> i'm just trying to weather the storm right now. this will pass. >> the storm may worsen. new video posted by tmz shows ig incognito shirtless at a bar using profanity and the n word to refer to one of his teammates. >> the story has all nfl teams on alert recording possible hazing. in owens mills ravens players say it's not an issue. >> in baltimore it would never happen. we have great leadership and guys are focussed on trying to win. if you're out there focusing on trying to win then the little hazing and things like that doesn't matter. >> john harbaugh banned hazing among his players when he took over as he

jonathan martin seen outside his parents's home. the latest statement from his lawyer david cornwell said jonathan endured harassment that went far beyond the traditional locker room haze sexually violent threats against his sister. but dolphins players defend incognito. dimitri patterson is a defensive back. >> nfl locker room is a different environment. it is not like corporate america. it's different. it's a little different. things that guys say as a joke here people take serious outside. >> the dispute is playing out now as a series of dualing accounts and images painting two portraits of incognito. one, the jocular teammate sitting with martin on a team flight. the other a bullying crossing the line. this made by a volunteer at a dolphins charity golf tournament last year. the volunteer accused incognito of acting inappropriately, touching her body with a golf club. no charges were filed, but at least one former dolphin at the tournament apologized to the woman. so how will the turmoil unfold in the locker room behind affect t

he said jonathan martin was upbeat and had a weight lifted from his shoulders that his story is being said. we haven't heard directly from jonathan in your tin. we heard he plans to play in the nfl again, whether this season or next season remains to be scene. >> let's talk about another troubled nfl player. >> aldon smith back with the team after spending five weeks in rehab for alcohol treatment. he could strap it up on sunday against the carolina panthers. smith vowed to clean up his act and stay sober. it appears he's on the right path. he was arrested in september for suspicion of d.u.i., his second arrest since 2012. he's dealing with felony gun charges from a party at his house. he is getting treatment, as you can imagine, he is taking it one day at a time. >> we can all look into our lives and find something we need to work on. i've taken my time and i've done that. if anything, it's just one day at a time and just working towards that goal. of course i didn't want to be away from the sport i love, but it was good for me to get away and get my mind, you know, together and work

jonathan martin is scheduled to meet with an nfl investigator tomorrow. >> in baseball, the america's valuable player for a second season, cabrera led on slugging percentage. >> n.b.c. andrew mckuchon drove an 84 runs and stole 37 base, claiming 28 of the 31st votes. finally, doctors forced indianapolis winner to retire because injuries suffered in a crash make it too dangerous for him to race. he fractured a spine and suffered a fracture in houston. more sports coming up later. >> see you then. prove of evidence - a test not done that could help thousands of rape victims >> former first daughter, barbara bush, tells me about her life and passion after the white house. >> maybe a superstar tomorrow - standing in line today - we take to you the star wars casting call. >> good evening everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. here is a look at the top stories. health care overhaul. president obama says he's heard the anger about his law. and now he's making a big change. the president says his administration will no longer require insurance companies to

jonathan martin reports from nashville, it's a billion dollars problem. >> reporter: kathy walsh is a survivor of domestic abuse. and the director of the tennessee coalition to end domestic and sexual violence. she says crimes against women are not a private matter. >> domestic violence is an issue that impacts every level of our community. from law enforcement to courts, to socia social serve service a. >> reporter: the tennessee economic council on women examined the cost connected to violence against well, including human trafficking and sexual assault. they bound the cost to the state just last year alone was staggering. >> when you deal with the areas that we researched, whether it's in health care, judicial system, law enforcement, we came up with nearly a billion dollars, $886 million. and that's what we could count. >> reporter: the latest fbi crime data shows tennessee has the highest per capita violent crime rate of anywhere in the u.s. researchers worked closely with state officials trying to understand all of the factors involved. >> reported domestic violence incidents ma

. >> reporter: the lineman and jonathan martin played side by side. by all accounts the players say they seemed to get along. >> he said he is like my brother. i think that's an accurate depiction, he gave him a hard time and messed with him but he was the first one to have his back in any situation. >> reporter: martin left last week saying that he was threatened and voices with racial slurs. and he was suspended without pay the nfl appointed ted wells to investigate. he is one of the most powerful trial lawyers. >> if it reveals anything that needs to be corrected, we will take measures to fix it and it does not happen again. >> reporter: and james brown said the nfl locker rooms are not chapels but what happened in miami went too far. >> let me be clear the use of racial slurs, language about the man and his mother is not to be condoned. >> reporter: martin's father said he is strong and doing fine. >> he has only said he wants to clear his name. the team's coach said they will focus on monday's game in tampa bay. >>> here, a judge declares a mistr

. >> reporter: jonathan martin has kept a low profile but no longer. jonathan martin was in new york city meeting with nfl investigators concerning the team's bullying scandal that has engulfed johnny martin and richie incognito and the desiree dolphin organization. martin was swarmed by reporters, and we'll have his comments coming up later in sports. >>> derrick rose will likely miss tonight's game with a sore right hamstring. rose was held out of today's shoot around after missing two days of practice earlier in the week rehabbing the injury. the team has taken a cautious approach with rose after he missed all of last season recovering from knee surgery. >>> in other nfl news, mike mccormick has died at the age of 83. he was inducted into the hall in 1948 after a career mostly with the cleveland browns. they call mccormick the finest offensive linemen every coached. and he was instrumental in bringing the nfl franchise to charlotte. >> thank you. coming up on al jazeera america, one man's story of finding a son through foster care. i'm here to make

i care about the players, i care about jonathan martin and i care about our fans. hearing all of this, it's been something very upsetting because it goes against something that i really believe in. and to hear these type of charges and being part of that, you know, is something that i find very -- something i can't really live with. >> what needs to be done going forward off of all of the stuff that's come out here over the last couple of weeks? >> i 30 most important thing is the -- think the most importantly thing is the nfl has to complete their investigation. i want to see it the team wants to see it the coach wants to see it because they all really care. they're involved and so much is being said you know who knows what is true and what isn't? with that being said you know personally, i want to make sure that the type of racial slurs, harassment, you know, bullying doesn't occur in our team in our locker room or have anything to do with it. and so i really thought you know i know what i would do, my first reaction, is you can't just come down on people because

incognito was encouraged to toughen up on his teammate, jonathan martin. dolphins suspended him for misconduct related to alleged bullying. he made a brief statement yesterday. >> just trying to weather the storm right now and this will pass. >> the association says it will conduct an investigation for all involved. >> reporter: amanda knox's ex- boyfriend is on the stand in italy. tina kraus reports that knox who served four years in prison has not returned for this trial. >> reporter: raffaele sollecito made a plea to give him back a real life. he and his ex-girlfriend, american college student amanda knox are facing the third trial for the 2007 murder of british student meredith kercher. an expert testified that the dna on the knife prosecutors claimed was the murder weapon belonged to knox, not the victim. that backed up the claim that the knife was a regular kitchen knife. italy's high court ordered a third trial saying the acquittal was full of contradictions. amanda knox is not in court. she told british tv she's too scared to return to italy. >> i

accused of bullying and harassing former teammate jonathan martin. he has been suspended from the league while the nfl investigating the claims. in a televised interview, he says he regrets the language he used but that it came from a place of love. >> this isn't an issue of bullying. this is an issue of mine and john's relationship. i've taken stuff too far, and i didn't know it was hurting him. i can't sit here and tell you who overreacted, who did what, i can just be accountable for my actions. >> martin has not spoken publicly about the issue but is expected to discuss the case next week with the nfl special investigator. >>> prince george's county fire crews investigate a deadly morning blaze. crews say they had a difficult time getting the fire under control because the house was filled with boxes from floor to ceiling. an 80-year-old woman was able to get out of the house. but an elderly man believed to be her husband did not survive. the cause is still under investigation. >>> it's a long road to recovery from a state trooper hit by a car whi

richie incognito said he never meant to hurt fellow miami dolphin jonathan martin. now the dolphins owner said he will meet with martin tomorrow to get the facts. here is jessica kartalija with more. >> richie incognito said he's embarrassed with the language he used the jonathan martin. >> last how -- that's how we communicate, how our friendships was. >> incognito said his actions came from a place of love. >> as the leader, as his best friend on the team has me mythed, how i missed this and never saw it. i never saw it coming. >> martin left the team two weeks ago after accusing incognito and others of harassment. incognito gave fox sports more than 1,100 text messages he exchanged with martin over the last year. one of them sent by martin just 3 days after he left the team saying just know i don't blame you guys at all. it's just a culture around football and the locker room got to me a little. >> i blame the culture. i blame what was going on around me. if i was a racist and bully bullying that locker room would have said, listen, we saw this, we saw that. i'm

suspended for allegedly threatening teammate jonathan martin and his family using racial slurs. martin left after a lunchroom prank that was apparently the last straw. >> threats of "i'm going to get your mother." i'm going to find your mother, "i'm going to kill you." that is above and beyond what is accepted anywhere. >> reporter: the nfl will now conduct a workplace review. >> if the review shows that this is not a safe atmosphere i will take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that it is. >> reporter: incognito's record has not gone unnoticed. in his first four years he led the league in penalties for unnecessary roughness. nfl players voted him the league's dirtiest player in 2009. dolphins players said they didn't notice any locker room hostility. >> i didn't feel anybody was being bullied. none of that. i feel we were doing things that football teams do. playing with your brother. >> reporter: incognito tweeted sunday "three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth." theresa garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> incognito went to the dolphins after h

jonathan martin is hurting. and then you have the coach who is hurting. but at some point in time, you know, bullying has no place in anything. i think there's going to be something good that comes out of it. and i think for the nfl, they have a lot of smart people. this organization has a lot of smart people. and i think the coach is a smart man. i think it's a hurdle you have to get over. i think it's an isolated incident. because there was a racial under tone to it. but in this situation it's tough. it's a tough, tough thing. when you look at it, these two guys played next to each other. it's tough to imagine that somebody that you were relying on is actually hurting you in some way, shape, or form. that to me is one of those things that is unimaginable. it's a tough thing. it's a tough thing for the dolphins. it's a tough thing for the nfl. but like i said, we'll get through it. >> i can't believe its happening in the informal, these are adults. i think you have to move cautiously. you can't forget it. you can't act like it didn't happen, but i think

. >> he bullied jonathan martin. accusations that have incognito, tight-lipped. >> no comment right now. >> but new video, posted by celebrity gossip site, tmz shows the suspended player, shouting topless at a bar. using the n word to talk about one of his teammates. the nfl looking into whether the hazing crossed the line. and for the first time, ravens are addressing the controversy. he said bullying as a way for stripes isn't holerated. -- tolerated. >> from my experience in baltimore, it would never happen. we have great leadership. and guys are focused on trying to win. if you have guys there focused on trying to win, the little hazing, and things like that, it doesn't matter. >> reporter: it's a cautionary tale, bullying won't be tolerated at football's highest level. >> reporter: so far, jonathan martin has not publicly commented on what happened to him. back to you. >> thank you, christie. incognito makes $4 million a year. nfl rules allow the team to suspend a player for up to four weeks. they will fine him

martin, is not a bullying issue. now he's speaking out about his suspension. >> reporter: in an interview with fox sports, incognito said he took things too far. but he said he never meant to hurt his teammate. >> i never -- i never meant it that way. >> richie incognito said he is embarrassed by the language he used with teammate jonathan martin. >> no matter how bad and how bulge vulgar it sounds, that's how we communicate. that's how our friendship was. and those are the facts. and that's what i'm accountable for. >> incognito said his actions came from a place of love. >> as the leader, as his best friend on the team, that's what has me miffed, how i missed this. and i never saw it. i never saw it coming. >> reporter: martin left the team two weeks ago, after accusing incognito and others of harassment. incognito gave fox sports, more than 1100 text messages he exchanged with martin over the past year. one of them sent by martin just three days after he left the team. saying, just know know, i don't blame you guy

the nfl is currently investigated his ongoing threats to jonathan martin who left the team last week. >>> in baseball the seattle mariners have hired lloyd mcclen ton to be the new manager. mcclel done served as a detroit tigers hitting coach since 2007. >>> soccer x was canceled just three weeks before it was to be held in rio due to the current civil unrest in brazil. that's according to the event's organizers. the state government said it was canceled due to funding problems. it raised more fears about possible disruption of next year's world cup scheduled for brazil. we'll have more sports news in about 20 minutes as al jazeera continues. >>> welcome back. we're keeping an eye on the election results across the country, but here are some of the other stories we're following tonight. secretary of state john kerry is back in israel hoping to get the stalled middle east peace talks going again. after three months of negotiations, there's no sign of a break through. he's expected to meet with palestinian and israeli leaders on wednesday. >>> the family of the young man who fired shots

ter real pryor, the quarterback for the raiders said jonathan martin, he has ketoacids. i would play with him any day. people on the other side saying something different mike golic bemoaning the fact jonathan martin wasn't quote, unquote manly enough to fight incognito and punch him in the head. >> others have had similar things. what struck me the most is some have argued that the problem is specific to the dolphins, somehow it's the dolphins' locker room that was toxic and that joe fillpin, the head coach and the general manager, geoff ireland should go. some think they aren't going to survive. if you look back at the history of the n.f.l., you have the saints' bount i scandal where p players were getting cash bonuses for causing injuries. claim cleveland hazed where he almost lost an eye. it's not just the dolphins. >> it's definitely not just the dolphins. the most challenging thing as someone who has been investigating this and writing about it is to do what you said, disentangle what is general to the n.f.l. and what is specifically toxic about the miami dolphins'

it's a question that talks about martin's toughness. >> there has been a lot of talk about jonathan martin, god bless him. he'll be back. does the stanford team face trouble. and did they have a problem in the nfl? i think we have one of the best quarterback in the league from stanford, and they're playing well, and you see who we are, a big physical team that plays extremely hard and plays well together. >> martin's attorney also issued the following statement today. quote, jonathan endured harassment that went far beyond the traditional locker room hazing for the season and a half that he was with the dolphins. he attempted to befriend thos te same teammates who subjected him to the abuse with the hope that doing so would end the harassment. this is a text book reaction of victims of bullying. despite these efforts the taunting continued. beyond the well-publicized voice mail with its racialet racial e. >> they want to ensure that he remains in victim in all this until all the facts come out. he wants to make this more about bullying, about hazing, to begin to clarify that these facts go