>> reporter: philadelphia eagles safety malcolm jenkins addressed the media today for the first time since president trump canceled the eagles' white house visit. among the several signs he held this one, which read "you aren't listening." jenkins, one of the league's most outspoken activists, refused to answer questions about the controversy, highlighting the very issues that first inspired some nfl players to take a knee during the national anthem in the first place. police brutality. prison reform. jenkins also honoring players who protested in the name of social justice, calling them true patriots. and when he was finished -- >> is there anything you want to say on camera? >> it's pretty much said here. appreciate it. >> thanks, malcolm. >> reporter: jenkins simply walked away from the cameras. >> what i saw malcolm jenkins doing in that locker room was saying, the president is not listening to my words. he kept putting up that sign, "you're not listening." he's trying to find a way to communicate to the president in a way that words seem, at least for him, to have failed. >> rep

the team captain and safety malcolm jenkins did raise his fist to protest but jenkins never knelt. now once the facts that none of the eagles ever knelt was pointed out to president trump, he tweeted, staying in the locker room for the playing of our national anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. sorry. he locker room, it was not tayed the eagles. and again the suggestion it was the eagles who did that. false. deceptive. a lie. this afternoon the white house launched a third attack on a football team. press secretary sarah sanders claims the vast majority of the team abandoned their fans. i know fans who could dispute that and then launching another white house attack accusing them of staging a, quote, political stunt because they told the white house late in the game that so few players wanted to come. now this does all come in a context -- the context ofmer first lady barbara bush and john mccain not wanting president trump to attend their funeral. the context of this bizarre new era where most of a super bowl winning team does not want to visit the president of

as malcolm jenkins said, we are true patriots.of america, the idea that continues to lure us forward to build our nation to the best that it can become. in the meantime, he is using his platform, his privilege, and his celebrity to focus an issue that the president of the united states should be focusing on. and all good americans of conscience should be focusing on here. this proves again that despite all the brew that that, despite the news about this particular kind of incident being replayed again and again, it is not a deterrent. to police people in mesa who you would think given the atmosphere, given the temperature that has been raised, the discourse ratcheted up, we would be be calm and respectful of the fact that there is probably a security camera somewhere recording our particular behavior, and it does not discourage it. >> yeah. >> that's why it is necessary to bring the power of celebrity the leverage with malcolm jenkins, chris long and many others do to make sure that this issue, as colin kaepernick, insist indeed i

malcolm jenkins raised a fist in protest.entire salary to chart bl causes. the president's thinking is not that different from congressman dent and that's unfortunate. i think people made this issue out to be something different than what it is. colin kaepernick, eric reed, malcolm jenkins all these players are protesting police brutality in this country. they're not protesting the flag, the military, the national anthem, they're protesting injustices that happened to african-americans. the irony in saying that someone needs to find a better way to protest is simply like saying that the four kids, february 1st, 1960 at the county shouldn't have sit in they should have found some other way to protest. or maybe dr. king and don lewis shouldn't have stood across the bridge because they're blocking traffic. malcolm jenkins, the philadelphia eagles are leaders in that. i'm proud of them and any player that wants to take a knee that could afford to take a knee should take a knee because that's the only way they're going to get chan

in his statement, malcolm jenkins there said look, there are some goo players on this team and he pointed out exactly chris long, one of the best defensive linemen who donated his entire salary last year to sohe argument that's being built up here by the eagles is we do things for the community. we are not anti-military, but you've got the white house here, who very clearly as you just heard from president trump say, there are people who died for this flag. there are people who died for this country and when there is the national anthem the least you could do is stand up and put your arm and your hand over your heart. liz: blake burman, thank you. reporter: yup. liz: i jant to see a football game, [laughter] can you imagine that? i also want do see a game here on wall street that comes to an end in about 51 minutes we've got the wall street move at the moment the dow fighting tooth and nail to stay in the green at this hour after being down about as much as 102 points earlier right now the dow clinging to a six-point gain really been the nasdac that's shown the most muscle if you could ca

amy: that is malcolm jenkins, your new teammate. i am wondering your thoughts. would you go to the white house if you are -- well, if you take the team with jenkins to another super bowl? >> it is all about dialogue. we conversation is how do have dialogue about things that are really happening? if trump is willing to listen and find out why we're taking the knee, that is something i would be down to do. you don't want to be able to always, you know, make issue and not be able to have that conversation. i want to be able to be like, hey, this is what is happening. if you're willing tlistennd make a change, let's go about it. but the opportunity to change the way that america is an change my community, i'm always going to take those opportunities to express my needs and the passion of other people. so if the opportunity is a real one, i don't mind taking the opportunity to do that. i know a lot of people i like, "i can't believe you said that." it is not about the perception of what people feel, it is about are we really going to make a change? you willing to chan

safety malcolm jenkins raised a fist last year. some players have been kneeling to protest racial injustice. it famously prompted the president to say this. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off our field right now. out. he's fired. >> cnn'se tapper learned the eagles had team meetings and no. somewhere between 10 and 12 wanted to attend. eagles management released the statement. this has been an inspiration to come together. we are grateful for all of the support we have received. tory smith, who will play for the panthers next season, was far more vo tweeting so many lies. the men and women that wanted to go should ahave been able to go. and the philadelphia mayor echoing the sentiments on cnn last night. >> there is no one more disrespectful in this country than our president which is a sad thing to say. he avoided the draft five times in vietnam. if he wanted to be patriotic, he could have been back then as opposed to the sham of the issue of the

malcolm jenkins has been a very strong force in philadelphia.ons for inner city schools. we know his teammate chris long was strongly against going to the white house. when the patriots won the super bowl in president trump's first year in office, he did not go to the white house. hoongor us here at fox news, a great family. chris long lives in charlottesville, virginia. after the violence there and the president's reaction to that, chris long became a very strong advocate for making sure that everybody knew that the protests that began a couplears awitholi nothing to do with dissing the military or being anti-american. colin kaepernick himself at the time said that he would go from sitting on the bench during the national anthem to kneeling because he met with military members and they said, the optics looks bad, so he came out and said, i'm not trying to disrespect the military or america. we're talking simply racial injustice. the flip side of this, shep, is that it plays well for president and his base. you look at these polls from "the wash

so ben, you saw malcolm jenkins. are you listening? >> look, i think it was a great way to make a point, and a great way to make a point and maybe have the conversation come back where people can actually talk about things instead of it being about stunts of not showing up to the white house and then seven are going to show up. i'll say it at the very beginning and i'll say it again -- >> i think there was a report today that said it was only one that wanted to come. >> the bottom line is it was cleary done by the eagles to try to embarrass the president of united states of america. and i think he made the right decision by canceling. it was a missed opportunity by the same guy that's holding the signs up to go to the white house and with his teammates and have a dialogue with the united states of america. you're not going to fix a problem if you're not willing to sit down with the most powerful man in the country. whether you like it or not he's the president. and you should have the time to talk to the president of the united states

malcolm jenkins delivered >> what are you listening to? handwritten signs that said people aren't listening, pointing to the treatment of minorities, the criminal justice system and many more. >>> officers on administrative leave showing them beating an unarmed men. robert johnson was with a friend who tried to enter an ex-girlfriend's apartment. she called 911. responding officers were told about a possible weapon. >> get down. sit down. sit your [ bleep ] down. >> police found johnson was unarmed. he is seen leaning against a wall before he is punched multiple times. johnson's attorney says he lives in the building and was not trespassing. the officers involved are under internal investigation. the police chief said he is disappointed by the video. the local police union contends it does not contain the full context of the encounter. >>> samantha bee back on air for the first time after making a comment about ivanka trump. she addressed it at the beginning of the show full frontal. >> i'm a kphaoed be yann. people who hone their voices in

malcolm jenkins to protest by raising a fist gin the national anthem in what has become one of the mostng images of the protest. last week malcolm jenkins silently held up a series of signs to reporters in a team locker room who asked about his response to trump canceling the white house visit the next day. among the signs that jake is displayed "you're not listening." in prison% of people are of color. michael eric dyson, your thoughts on what happened last week and what has been happening and what these protests are about? reagan with the pasast mr. jenkins. i was on book tour in philadelphia. i had dinner with him m and then e to hear me preach philadelphia where the reverend dr. alan waller's pastor. there is a connection here between this young man, break them articulate, highly intelligent the willing to lay everything on the line that is his career, the fortunes he is been able to accumulate. peoplelf of vulnerable who have no platform, no voice. there's a community behind him. dr. waller's church, thousands of members standing up to applaud and to praise him and to let him know

malcolm jenkins, one of the most outspoken team leaders, delivered his message in a different way. instead of speaking to reporters, he held up signs in the locker room. one time, colin kaepernick gave $1 million to charity. >> people think you are disrespecting the flag, which is never the case. it's about the killing of unarmed minorities. that's what it's always been about. >> the white house says the super bowl champions were disinvited because only a handful of players planned to show up. also, the administrative felt that the rest of the eagles team was trying to use the event to make a political statement. >>> the woman who served 21 years in federal prison is back home with her family this morning. that's after president trump commuted her life said inspector alice johnson was released from an alabama prison yesterday. she was sentenced to life without parole in 1997 for a first-time nonviolent drug offense. reality tv star kim kardashian heard about johnson's case and met with president trump to lobby for her release. johnson says she now plans to fight for another inmate

.>> i want to get your reaction about a statement put out by malcolm jenkins.'s well respected on the team and throughout the lead. he said the decision made by the presidents to cancel the event, he paints the picture that each players are anti- american, anti-flag, and antimilitary. what's your response to the statement he put out? >> i addressed this a few times, the eagles were the ones that committed to an event on friday, they submitted over 80 members of t eagles franchise, for the event along with over 1000 fans participating, it was the eagl organization who tried to change the commitment at the 11th hour, once again if this wasn't a political stunt they would not have planned to attend the event then backed out if was -- if it wasn't a pompd st reschedu for when they knew the president would be out of the country. and they would not have waited until the last minute tomake these changes if this absome kind of political stement that they were trying to make towards the president. >> comg up tonight, a look at the 2018 wildfire forecast. a report examine

what is your response to what malcolm jenkins put out in a statement today?>> i addressed this a few times again. the eagles were the ones that committed to an event on friday. they submitted over 80 members 0 the eagles franchise for the event along with over 1,000 fans to participate. the eagles that tried to change their commitment at the 11th hour. if this once again wasn't a political stunt and they wouldn't have planned to attend the event and backed out. if it was ant political stunt, they wouldn't have attempted to reschedule an event for when they knew that the president would be out of the country. they wouldn't have waited until the very lastake e changes if this wasn't about a political statement that they were trying to m towards is president. >> are you saying the president bears zero responsibility in this cancellation? this is a president that called nfl players sobs, who implied that some players that don't stand for the national anthem do not belong in this country. does he bear zero responsibility for players like the warriors and the cavs

malcolm jenkins, an advocate wrote "it's hard to meet with people who don't agree with you and to have tough conversations about uncomfortable race related issues and make positive change." this is what is my leagues and i have been facing for the past two years. instead the decision was made to lie and paint the picture these players are anti-american, anti-flag and anti-military. philadelphia mayor jim kenny expressed pride in the hope town players blast add the president. >> well, the eagles are still world champions regardless where they're going today. i'm very proud of our team and proud of the organization for their involvement in the community. donald trump is meaningless to this whole process. it's meaningless -- he's meaningless to the city and the city's success. he tries at every chance he gets to tear cities down and eventually he'll be gone. one way or the other. we'll move on. >> i'm joined by donte stallworth, a veteran of the nfl who played for the eagles, david xi ron author of "game over, how politics have turned t sport world updedown." and jimmy kem ski. >> dahntay

what is your response to what malcolm jenkins put in a statement today?ed this a few times. again, the eagles were the ones that committed to an event on friday. they submitted over 80 members of the eagles franchise for the event, along with over a thousand fans to participate and it was the eagles organization that tried to change their commitment at the 11th hour. once again, if this wasn't a political stunt, they wouldn't have planned to attend the event and then backed out. if it wasn't a political stunt, they wouldn't have attempted to sidentldee an event for when out of the country and they wouldn't have waited until the very last minute to make these changes thif this wasn't about some kind of political statement they were trying to make towards this president. cecilia. >> reporter: are you saying the president bears zero responsibility in this cancellation? this is a president who called nfl players s.o.b.s, who implied some players who do not stand for the national anthem don't belong in this country. does he bear zero responsibility for like th

one of those eagles players who had actually said they weren't going to the white house anyway, malcolm jenkins you upset with the white house and the president for cancelling the trip? malcolm, who isn't listening? all of us? jenkins also held up cards defending players who mr trump had implied were unpatriotic because of their protests against social injustice during the national anthem. he chose not to reply out loud to any of the questions, letting his cards speak for themselves. and you can see more of that on bbc.com. nasa says it has found evidence that there might once have been life on mars. the discovery was made by the curiosity rover, which discovered what nasa says were organic molecules in rocks dating back 3 billion years. their conclusion — while it is not necessarily evidence of life itself, it can't be ruled out. we found organic molecules in rocks from an ancient lakebed. those organic molecules could have come from life. we don't know that there was never life on mars. there is... the organic molecules that we found not specifically evidence of life, because there are other

. >> reporter: eagles safety malcolm jenkins, an advocate for social justice rejecting the president'sxplanation. writing, the decision was made to lie and paint the picture that these players are ca andti anti-military. after the white house applauded the supreme court's decision in favor of a colorado baker's refusal to make a cake for a same-sex couple. >> so if the white house supports the baker's right of free speech, why doesn't the white house support the players' right to free speech? >> the president doesn't think that this is an issue simply of free speech. >> reporter: this issue isn't over. tonight the nba's rival stars steph curry and lebron james are in agreement saying no matter which team wins the nba finals, the next champs will not visit the white house. as lebron put it bluntly today, no one wants the invite anyway. lester? >> all right. peter alexander at the white house, thank you. >>> tonight on our nbc news excluvee learned hundreds of children are stuck at u.s. border stations and are rapidly running out of space after many were separated from their parents unde

eagles safety malcolm jenkins struck on a new form of protest and damn if it wasn't effective. >> machornberry refused to answer questions about president trump uninviting the super bowl champs to the white house this week but said he wanted to set the record straight as to why some n.f.l. records have been taking the knee. >> are you surprised you guys are embroiled in this controversy with the white house? >> are you not going to say anything today or just going to use these posters? ( cheers and applause ) >> what aren't we listening to? ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: i'm not gonna lie. i loved every single moment of this because he's basically doing love actually but for justice. ( laughter ) you realize for black people racial equality is our kiera knightley. it's love blackly. you can feel it. jenkins has found a way to protest where president trump will never come after him, all right? he's done it in a way trump will never come after him because we all know trump doesn't read. ( laughter ) ( applause ) when trump sees words, his brain just slides right over them. he's goin

don't trump one of their players delivered a powerful message without saying a word eagle safety malcolm jenkins refused to answer reporters' questions and said he held up britain's signs with messages like you are listening and more than sixty percent of people in prison the people of color jenkins was among the players who said they didn't want to visit the white house he and many of his teammates have supported needing protests during the national anthem which have drawn attention to racial inequality and police brutality in america. ten time french open champion rafael nadal is fighting back as he bids to reach the semifinals of this year's tournament the spaniard dropped his first set in paris since two thousand and fifteen in his quarterfinal with diego schwartzman on wednesday before rain stopped play well they have resumed just a short time ago in adel looks to be back on track to level the match at one set all and is ahead in the meanwhile one. is a set up on byron chile which later on thursday the women's semifinals will take place madison k.'s will face sloane stephens in a repeat of

leading eagles' player malcolm jenkins to accuse the white house of lying to make players look anti-american, anti-flag and anti-military. 49% of americans agree with the president's stance against kneeling. we caught up with joseph brown in a south philly barbershop to share his perspective. >> first of all, i'm a disabled veteran. i fought in the vietnam war. i shed my blood for this country. and if i felt like i wanted to kneel in protest, that's my right. >> reporter: now, tomorrow many of the eagles' players are planning to make themselves available to the media. star athletes like lebron james and steph curry, they wasted no time weighing in on this matter, saying that both the cavs and the warriors will not accept an invitation to the white house. jeff? >> glor: demarco morgan outside lincoln financial field in philadelphia. demarco, thanks. new evacuations were ordered today in guatemala where the volcano of fire has been sending out ash and smoke. the official death toll since sunday's eruption is 70. that is expected to rise dramatically. thousands are staying in shelters. manuel b

fantastic citizens in their own community they've done so much good i've read a lot about their team malcolm jenkins chris long these guys are stars are amazing so it'll be nice when we can just. get back to normal in three years. twelve time grand slam champion novak djokovic says he may not play at wimbledon next month after suffering a shock defeat to sleaze marco czech announcer in the quarter finals of the french open on cheese day joke which missed three chances to send the much into a fifth set before eventually losing to the world number seventy two hadn't won a grand slam much before this tournament joke which was gracious in defeat but was really in the mood to speak to the media afterwards on the food world one cost down to over his participation in the season good grand slam. why do you think you'll find playing the grass i don't know i don't know if i want to play much more sort of talk i don't know if i'm going to play grass. thank you did you even start to keep it a long time sorry i'm not. checking all ties next opponent well of the seven dominate team tain defeated second seed alexa

fantastic citizens in their own community they've done so much good i've read a lot about their team malcolm jenkinschris long guys are stars are amazing so it'll be nice when we can just. get back to normal in three years. ok that's all the sport for me from no i'll have another update for you in the twenty one hundred g.m.t. zero zero but for no end you back to sue in london thank you pater young women worldwide are being encouraged to use technology to reporter restaurant in an effort to make streets safer and international charity has developed which women can use to highlight public areas that make them feel unsafe under thomas reports from city for young women city streets can be or see a hostile environment one way to improve things an international charity is to highlight which areas are best and which worst for the last month women in sydney have been encouraged to use a website to mark where they felt particularly safe or unsafe when and why more than three thousand incidents have been uploaded so far doughtery so powerful and it tells a story three numbers which a lot of the time is one o

. >> reporter: eagles safety malcolm jenkins, an advocate for social justice, rejecting the president'slanation, writina hese players are anti-america, anti-flag, and anti-military. it comes just a day after the white house applauded the supreme court's decision in favor of a colorado baker's refusal to make a cake for a same-sex couple. >> so if the white house supports the baker's right to free speech, why doesn't the white house suppers'ort th ght to free speech? >> the president doesn't think this is an issue simply of free speech. >> reporter: this issue isn't over. this morning the nba's rival stars steph curry and lebron mes are in rare agreement, saying no matter which team wins the nba finals, the next champ won't visit the white house. as lebron put it bluntly, no one wants the invite anyway. phillip? >> peter, thank you. >>> it's not nbat superstar players that are weighing in on the west virginia controversy. warriors coachsay. >> the presio try to ga we all look forward to the day when we can go back to just having a celebration of athletic achievement and celebrate america

safety malcolm jenkins delivered a powerful response to the super bowl champs being disinvited without saying a word. >> i think he will answer without words. >> malcolm. >> are you surprised you decided not to go to the white house? >> instead, jenkins held up handwritten signs that said, "people aren't listening." pointing to the treatment of minorities in the justice system and pointing to colin kaepernick and chris long who gave money to the initiatives. >>> a police sergeant and three officers with the mesa police department on leave after this video shows them beating an unarmed man. the police chief tells knxv robert johnson was with a friend who tried to enter an ex-girlfriend's apartment. she called 911. the responding officers were told about a possible weapon. >> get down. sit your [ bleep ] down. [ bleep ]. >> after police found johnson was unarmed, he is seen leaning against the wall surrounded by officers and punched multiple times. johns johnson's lawyer says he lives in the building and not trespassi trespassing. the local police union contends it does not include the f

if you look at their leader malcolm jenkins, chris long gave up his entire year's salary to help the kids. these guys are out in the community doing good work. the fact of the matter is every single one of those guys stood up for the national anthem each and every game. so this is confusing me. i don'tstand why the philadelphia eagles ball club and donald trump aren't communicating. they agree on a lot of issues. but in front of the lights and cam rats they are going at each other. i have asked for donald trump to please bring our black athletes to the white house and let's have a conversation and let's heal this nation. jesse: that sounds like a good idea. the president offered an olive branch. here is what he said. president trump: a lot of people in the nfl in particular, but in sports leagues, they are not proud enough to stand for our national anthem. i don't like that. for the league,n if they have people, friend, or people they know about who have been treated unfairly by the system, let me know. if i find and my committee find they are unfairly treated, then we'll pardon them

but it was outspoken safety malcolm jenkins who tried to set the record straight by not saying anything at all. >> are you not going to say anything today or just use these posters? >> reporter: while being peppered with questions, jenkins simply held up handwritten signs, often this one saying, o? >> reporter: his signs citing some of the statistics that initially inspired some nfl players to take a knee during the national anthem. on this sign, the disproportionate number of black men shot and killed this year by police. the president initially canceled the team's super bowl celebration in a statement that said the team disagreed with his insistence that they proudly stand for the national anthem. but the eagles were one team where no players kneeled. today, tight end zach ertz responded to this image aired in error on fox news that they have since apologized for, which conflated him praying with taking a knee. >> i wasn't mad, it wasn't upset. i think it was just kind of disappointed. >> reporter: although few players on the team were planning to go to the white house, eagles coach d

so one eagles player, malcolm jenkins, made his points via hand—written cards instead, with commentsard also appeared to address the president directly, reading "you aren't listening". that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. rafa nadal into the semifinals and leading at the moment. let's get more on brexit — as theresa may works on her brexit customs backstop proposals after crunch talks with david davis the brexit secretary. in the proposal, the uk would match eu tariffs temporarily in order to avoid a hard irish border post—brexit. any temporoary arrangement would end by the end of december 2021. chris morris from reality check is with me now to explain more. it's all very complicated, explain first of all the idea of backstop has come from? for a lot of the audience it is a case of, what? it's important because it affects people's lives in the end. the backstop originated back in december, the eu and uk agreed there should not be a hard order in northern ireland and they hoped the good sort it out to the future relationship bu

today, eagles safety malcolm jenkins said, "the decision was made to lie and paint the picture that thesers are anti-america, anti-flag and anti-military. is the president aware that not a single player on the eagles through the entire season knelt for the national anthem? >> the president's position on not just the anthem has been clear. but let's not forget, this isn't -- there were 80 members of the eagles organization that rsvped and committed to attend this event, as recently as friday. >> reporter: why is he acting like this about the national anthem? >> look, if this wasn't a political stunt by the eagles franchise, then they wouldn't have planned to attend the event and then backed out at the last minute. >> reporter: the president has been talking about the anthem controversy since last september, lashing out at players who protested police misconduct and social injustice by taking a knee. >> get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now, out. he's fired. >> reporter: the issue fired up many of his core supporters. just yesterday, fox news showed this image of eagles player

. >> malcolm jenkins blamed the president, quote, the decision was made to lie and paint a picture theyican and anti-military. we will continue to fight for impacted citizens and give a voice to those who never had one. >> the ousted deputy director of the fbi wants to trade his testimony for immunity. the attorney for andrew mccabe asking senate for protection against possible prosecution ahead of the congressional hearing on handling the clinton email investigation. mccabe was fired over allegations he linked to the media and lied about it a couple times and fbi agent peter stzrok played a larger role than originally thought. the fbi espionage chief detailing his work in a closed-door meeting on capitol hill, he was demoted, the anti-trump text was sent to a coworker and lover. thomas homan defending the 0-tolerance policy at our nation's borders. a parent of the me. entry, take but because it i mean we ignore the law. i lieve anybody would want to be part of the greatest country on earth, there's a right way and wrong way. heather: isis policy separating parents and childrenght illeg

malcolm jenkins and chris long had been the most present players in the protest of the national lampoon released a statement last night they said it's been incredibly thrilling to celebrate our first super bowl championship. we're grateful for the report we received and look forward to continuing preparations for the 2018th season. the nfl community overwhelmed with sadness as he learned of the passing of icon dwight clark, the man who made the catch to end the title game, get the niners in the super bowl. ark was only 61 losing his battle with als. hall of famer joe montana said he was saved right charismatic soul. while we knew was inevitably come in extremely too soon. we are grateful for the decades of love and friendship we shared march 2017 when he revealed he had als. if you could send a baseball contract for nearly $5 million logic you are doomed to be a quarterback in the nfl? tyler murray is a richer sophomore to be the starting quarterback this season. last night in the baseball draft two is taken by the oakland a's. the folks at seven plus million dollars bid would you do? >

malcolm jenkins, and john bolton and benjamin watson responded to the offer in a new york times op-edt pardon for drug offenders like alice johnson who served long sentences. we are happy to have benjamin watson here tonight to tell us more. let's talk about this. you say individual cases are one thing but there are other systematic problems through the criminal justice system and you think the president needs to do more. i want to read the piece you co-authored, donald trump could help, he could use his powers including clemency power to make a real dent in the federal prison population. people like alice johnson should not be given life sentences for nonviolent drug crimes in the first place, the president could stop that from happening by issuing a blanket pardon for people in that situation who have already served long sentences. how do you feel he would be able to tackle that? how many are we talking about? >> thousands. you mentioned the president and staff are reviewing those names. we apply the president and are happy for people like alice johnson who were able to get out afte

i give credit to malcolm jenkins and chris long for the leadership on the real issuesth mentioned, police brutality or relations with police and community and inequality and racism. issues that donald trump refuses to acknowledge and address as real issues. he just wants photo ops and play politics. the players are talking about real issues and using the voice and position. they are not going to be told by donald trump where to be and stand. he doesn't get to dictate in a trump/putian dictatorship. this is someone who ran when he had the opportunity to serve the united states and overcompensates by talking about the military all the time. we are proud of the philadelphia eagles. we are proud they won super bowl. i acknowledge and herald the players. the entire philadelphia organization. we had our parade. we had our celebration. he canceled on them because apparently crowd size still matters to donald trump. >> charlie dent, you are a former republican congress member from pennsylvania. also philadelphia eagles fan. the president seems to thrive when he picks a fight along these lines. th

. >> andlaye like malcolm jenkins, writing the decision was made to lie and paint t picture these players are anti-america, anti-military. we'll continue to fight for impacted citizens and give a voice to those who have none. >> he has a big concern about crowd size and side of things. that is him. and he's a dysfunctional person that happens to be president. >> hallie jackson reporting there. >>> well, coming up, kari has a look at our forecast for the rest of the day and the wk. >>> and it looks really nice out there. as we take a live look out soid in palo alto. a nice little breeze. reaching the mid-60s today and we are in for some 70s, 80s, even 90s. i'll talk about the changes coming up in the forecast. trate and e-mail every day. >>> nbc bay area responds to frustrated consumers that send us an e-mail every day. >> and tonight file a complaint in pn. chris chmura is here to explain how. >> good morning. we'll be meeting consumers face-to-face at the walnut creek first wednesday street fest tonight from 5:30 to 8:30 and we'll listen and tell you about what we do,ike sav viewers more

i love malcolm jenkins, he never took a knee.ake almost $90 million from nfl owners to do some community outreach. so i think that trump probably thinking he's winning in all this. >> he is winning, one of the biggest policy was attack beautiful black protests consistently. if he can disinvite the eagles make his own version of patriotism, what is it that's stopping him to change how politics are, shifting against these athlete. what's to stop him from winning. >>> thanks to both of you. we hope we can continue the conforms. we'll be right back. but i reall. i'm on the move all day long, and sometimes i don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost to get the nutrition i'm missing. boost high protein now has 33% more protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals. and it has a guaranteed great taste. man: boost gives me everything i need to be up for doing what i love. boost high protein. be up for it. where we're changing withs? contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a doubl

trying t figure out what you're dell fg into, rudy guiliani and his comments about stormyr daniels malcolm jenkinshe philadelphia eagles. these are ideas we are trying to put together while thinking about making the entertaining show. if its not funny, entertaining, i don't think i doing my job. >> covering a famously s unpredictable presidentt easy. these days, jokes are written at a tweet's notice, moments before tapes in front of a live audience. >> i think donald trump is teaching us the buddhist philosophy of not being attached to anything. why attach to a story or an idea or anything that you plan. just live in the moment and appreciate what's happening to you. >> every late night sho one way or another is engaging donald ump. how do you set yourself apart in that landscape where everyone is talking about the same gu >> i think the daily show thing is how we process that inefrmation. ie to exist in a state of outrage. you know, i think at times people allow themselves to get outraged at everything donald utump does, at some point i'm just going to accept certain ideas and norms of him as a p

. >> one player who did not speak today was malcolm junctions -- malcolm jenkins. washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> and fbi special agent -- >>> hoax, threats are serious. in addition to being serious they are a federal crime. >> the new team dedicated to prevent threats in northern california. >>> later in sports. more on the warriors. bid come from behind win tonight. mark will show us how kevin durant shined in all facets of the game. we will have a more from a scott reese who was at the game in cleveland. >>> up next. the race for general election coming up in november. and i am a senior public safety my namspecialist for pg&e. my job is to help educate our first responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. i live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. once i moved here i didn't want to live anywhere else. i love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other people's lives. together, we'

malcolm jenkins has been the leader of this group that will now have $150 millio0 million at their disposal to help do criminal justice reform and social justice. chris long donated every paycheck, 16 game checks to charity as a way of making a statement. carson wentz, $500,000 for haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake. to them, to donald trump, they're sons of bitches. and they're that because they don't kneel to him. this is an imperial presidency. putting the democracy at risk. there isn't just today's example. we have four of them today. it's just this evening's example. >> what do you think? >> i think the major was really eloquent and speaks for a lot of americans, and i think joe is right, there's only one metric donald trump uses above all others to judge people. that's how readily and expansively. he is so demonized nfl players and done so in such an gratuitous way and some of them didn't want to come. his response is okay, none of you come. of the united states to be the t biggest person ithe room, not the smallest person in the room. and donald trump scuttles that expectation

i have to ask you, there's malcolm jenkins on the team who is questioning the president's motivationsand on. there are a lot of players out there. where do you want to see this go? >> so, my thing is still for the president to actually try and understand. when we talked about the differences and the devisiveness, the tone that he has set in america. you know, listen, he -- kim kardashian had this talk to or seen this show, in two or three weeks she was meeting with the president of the united states. african-american professional athletes, and for people to think thecause we're athletes this thing doesn't happen to us. so, here, you guys, you make -- colin assigned to $100 million what is is he complaining about. i can speak for myself, we played in super bowl 23, after that, i'm from los angeles, california, i go home, even though i'm with the 49 rers, i t home and i was stopped bythe police four or five times. i had one inciden through beverly hills, i had the helicopters, i had four or five police officers cars surrounding me, got out, put guns to my head, helicopters shining on m

eagles safety malcolm jenkins responded to the president, quote, it's hard to meet people who don't agree with you and to have tough conversations about uncomfortable race-related issues and how to make positive change. instead, the decision was made to lie and paint the picture that these players are anti-america, anti-flag, and anti-military. philadelphia's mayor, jim kenney, dismissed trump's decision in an interview today. >> donald trump is meaningless to this whole process. he's meaningless to this city and the city's sucss he tries at every chance he gets to tear cities down, and eventually he'll be gone one way or the other, and we'll move on. >> at a briefing this afternoon, the white house press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, repeatedly blamed the eagles for what she called a political stunt. our own peter alexander asked sanders about the president's seeminglnsistent views on free speech these days. >> so i guess my question is simple. so if the white house supports the baker's right of free speech, why doesn't the white house support players' right to free speech? >> the p

joining me now is nfl player benjamin watson who, along with malcolm jenkins and quan bolden wrote that op-ed telling president trump what to do with his pardon power. and also joining us, sportswriter howard bryan, author of "the heritage: black athletes, a guided america, and the politics of patriotism." let me go to you first, benjamin. you and your colleagues wrote this op-ed piece and i was very intrigued when i read it and happy at the same time because you answered the president, but at the same time you didn't bite the bait, as i would term -- not your term, mine -- to go into free this one, free this one, free this one, and said wait a minute let's deal with the systemic problem of why people have taken a knee and deal with a real problem of systemic high incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders, you ought to pardon them, something many of us worked with president obama toward. >> yes, sir. it's important that we address these issues. it's one thing to look at it and say, okay, the president was kind enough to ask us about people to pardon, and while we should commend him fo

malcolm jenkins is involved in criminal justice reform.ellar individuals and i don't think the president understands that. >> thank you very much for joining us today. i know it's a busy day for you. we really appreciate your >> thank you. nice talking to you again. >> joining me now is jonathan jones. >> what is your take away for this? the eagles thrust into controversth this white house. seems as though it came out of nowhere. >> it's not very surprising. the last time we spoke we talked about the anthem policy and how it was a bunch of half measures designed to satisfy everyone and doesn't satisfy anyone. donald trump taking aim at the nfl. this is very easy for him to do. you have a league that's 70% black. you have a league that didn't alhim to becomer back in the '80s. he loves to play the hits. when he says something about the nfl and talks about players, it doesn't matter who stayed in locker room or who kneeled or who took a fist. he noknows he can say that and stoke the flames with his base. >> there was a white house statement