barrett brooks and dave spadaro, thank you so much for being with us and for your insight. dave: thanks, rosemary. rosemary: next on nbc10@issue we'll tell you how this disturbing salute is linked to the pledge of allegiance. that and other facts about honoring the flag that may surprise you. rosemary: with so much attention on the way we honor the flag, we decided to ask a local historian for some background on the pledge of allegiance. for example, did you know that the pledge was written to honor christopher columbus's arrival to north america? joining me now is historian, dr. lee arnold. he's the senior director and chief operating officer of the library and collections for the historical society of pennsylvania. dr. arnold, thanks for being with us. lee arnold: glad to be here. thank you. rosemary: so first, let's begin with a big surprise for a lot of people. the original way we saluted the flag. lee: right, so as you mentioned, that the way we saluted the flag was a very common way in the late 1800s, early 1900s, which unfortunately, people refer to as the nazi salute

eagles insider dave spadaro is live at bank of america stadium he joins us now. dave, i have to ask you first what is the status of fletcher cox tonight? >> i wish i can give you a definitive answer. i think there's on the missile that he can give eight go here tonight. he'll come out and test the calf. and the eagles will see they have until about 6:55 to turn in their up active list. i would say the optimism is growing. i just don't have a definitive answer right now. >> it would be great to have him back. what does carson wentz have to do tonight to help the eagles lead them to win? >> here's the thing kristen. the eagles don't have lane johnson the right side is a question mark against julius peppers, have i tie has to may better than he did last season. and then convert on third downs eagles number one in the nfl converting on third down the panthers number two in the nfl converting on third down a very aggressive defensive approach against carson wentz but look he's prepared as well he can for four days. should be ready to play a very fine game against some

later we'll have live report from our eagles insider dave spadaro at the game. lucy, iain. >> thank you very much, kristen. >>> the situation in california is desperate as search and rescue teams look for victims of the wildfire. 26 people now reported dead. hundreds are still missing. firefighters cannot even out run these flames right now. they are growing containment not yet in sight. fox's ellison barber reports from napa. >> reporter: many people have lost their lives, hundreds are still missing and thousands of homes have been destroyed. fires in so know sonoma county have been deadliest. >> as of this person we have 900 missing persons reports, we have found 400 and 37 of them safe. 463 are still outstanding. and i'm going to talk about something that's really sensitive harder part of it and very hard for the families. we're moving into a recovery phase. what we're doing is, we're working the missing persons through their families, through conventional contacts, phones, other addresses. >> in napa county officials say while they've made some headway, they

into the controversy of "taking the knee," with former player barrett brooks and eagles' insider, dave spadarothe united states of america. rosemary: flag flap, emotions run high when it comes to honoring the stars and stripes. today we'll discuss the surprising back story behind the pledge of allegiance. and why it was written in the first place. rosemary: off the books. if you plan to tailgate next time the eagles play at home, you could be breaking the law. today a city councilman explains and tells us about the other out-of-date laws he's pushing to throw out. male announcer: nbc10@issue starts now. male: i think that everyone should stand and support