and david goodell was no exception. >> she was in her car.hat was 23 days before the homicide. >> david goodell kept pictures in his cell of the woman he admitted to tormenting and strangling to death. his former girlfriend, vivianna tulle. >> why? because sometimes i get a messed up thought, i like to remember her in a happier sense, you know. yeah, i miss her. but, you know, what happened happened. and that's what it is. >> goodell never expressed remorse in any of our interviews with him, but another inmate, louis pizzi was broken up over the murder. he was supposed to have seen vivianna the night she was killed. >> the only thing i have left of vivianna is this prayer card. i went to the wake and it was pretty upsetting to me. i didn't -- i couldn't even go in the whole way. i was in the back of the line when i seen her face, i broke down in tears and, you know, i ran out of there. every time i look at it, you know, i feel like i want to cry. but i hold it in and i pray. my exact saying to her was, you know, you still want to chill tonigh

david: goodell went further than that. he actually said he wants players to stand.d demands players to stand. he hasn't demanded they stand. this leads to the question, what they will come up with. because nfl players association, they're not going to play softball with roger goodell. they never do. >> if i had to guess, it would be something where players feel like they want to protest racial injustice or police brutality will find some way to express that, but not during the anthem. before the anthem they stay in the locker room, you name it but i think this is where we're headed. david: anecdotally, this is anecdotal, i talk to a lot of people say, we're turning it off. granted it is basketball season, there are opportunities for sports than the nfl. meeting different towards the end of the season. bottom line, a lot of people are totally turned off. they say they're turned off forever to the nfl. we'll wait and see. howie, good stuff. stay with us. a lot more to come. howie will be back. melissa: this is not the only dramatic meeting going on today. disgraced pr

david: eventually they turn around. you look at roger goodellmpletely behind the players taking a knee. now wishes they would all stand up during the anthem. >> he has to tell them to stand up. hold the helmet and be quiet for four minutes. not asking too much. david: will the defeat, and i think it's going to continue because it's been happening every month since he's been president, will the defeat of the pc culture he's after, it will lead to political victories, more political power inside the beltway so he can get tax cuts and other stuff? >> power in the beltway comes from others in the beltway. he's tapped into those, you know, it's like when we grew up, the silent majority in america that was significant in the 60s and the 70s, a silent majority out there again appalled by all of this. they think these are privileged people, basically violate other people's rights and i think to a certain extent he's tapped into that. david: it's interesting, you say rush limbaugh says it as well, he doesn't think the media is parroting what the democrat

david: nfl meeting continue. day two of the annual conference with social issues front and center. commissioner roger goodellrlier today. here from the site of those meetings, connell mcshane. connell, he didn't say anything new, did he? reporter: no, that is the headline, you're right, david, nothing has changed. the nfl has guideline for gameday procedures in place that already says that players should stand up when the national anthem is being played. goodell said number of times they should, they should be standing up when the anthem is played but he wouldn't go further than that when he was asked in the news conference if he feels that way, if the league feels that way, why not make it the rule, this is what he said. >> i think one of the things we need to keep a focus on is again, we believe that our players should stand for the national anthem. that is important part of our game and our moment. we believe in that. what we try to do is deal with the underlying issue and understand what it is that they're protesting, try to address that matter. reporter: to that point, the owners and players from what w

. >> reporter: goodell says only a handful of players are protesting, compared to a few weeks ago. owners and players are scheduled to meet again within two weeks. david? >> adrienne, thank you. >>> next this evening, if you thought the russians and their involvement ended with the selection, authorities say, not to fast. this evening, a new report about russia's efforts to stir up racial conflict, right now, inside the united states. here's abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross. ♪ >> reporter: a stunning claim tonight about just who is behind the group promoted in this music video, black matters u.s. congressional investigators say black matters u.s. was actually set up by the russians during the 2016 election to stir up racial tensions. >> it's not fair. i don't think it's fair. >> reporter: the st. louis rapper who wrote the music for the video says he got instagram messages from people he didn't know asking him write a song dealing with police brutality. >> i had no clue that it was russian or anything like that. no, sir, it messed me up. >> reporter: all part of a sophisticated campaign that included facebook ads, twitter posts and e

david johnson. the army sergeant killed along with three other service members in niger earlier this month. >> do you roger goodell that myesha johnson -- >> reporter: but the questions are not going away, in part because the sergeant's widow myesha johnson shared with abc that the president said her late husband knew what he was signing up for in a phone call. >> the president said that he knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyway. and i was -- it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone in his voice. the only way he remembered my husband's name because he told me he had my husband's report in front of him. that's when he actually said la david. i heard him stumbling on trying remember my husband's name, and that's what hurt me the most. if my husband is out here fighting for our country and risks his life for our country, why can't you remember his name? >> reporter: shortly after the interview, the president took the unusual step of correcting the widow, tweeting i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of sergeant la david johnson and spoke his name from the beginning without hesitatio

david johnson, one of four soldiers killed in that a.m. bish in niger. and the other big story that we're following, nfl commissioner roger goodell expected

david, are you confidence we're con going to continue that trajectory? to adam's point, wages are improving a little bit. hang on. roger goodell is about to speak. this is the moment everyone is waiting for. we're wondering whether or not or not he is going to allow players to take a knee or not. is he coming to the podium there? moye producer, let's see if we can look at the shot. yes he is about to come out. a lot of pressure on him. we'll see whether they start to get stricter with the players. can you fix audio on that? >> -- job to raise the bar. they have set a new standard for the draft, created a new experience for our fans that we think will be extraordinary, and we are confident that dallas will raise that bar even further. so i'm happy to introduce charlotte jones anderson, who will give her view of what to expect in dallas. again the ownership was very supportive and we're all very excited to be going to dallas next april, for the draft. charlotte. >> thank you, roger. on behalf of the dallas cowboys, the city of dallas, the city of arlington and the city of frisco, we're excited that the nfl gave us opportunity to host the draft in

david johnson, one of four soldiers killed in that a.m. bish in niger. and the other big story that we're following, nfl commissioner roger goodell expected to speak any moment now addressing the league's position on protests during the national anthem. we're going to bring you the commissioner's response. first, this is the video of mayesha johnson mourning over her husband's casket. as she was traveling to greet her husband's remains. she received a call from president trump. fredricka wilson has known the slain soldier said she was in the car listening to the call on speaker phone when it came through. >> i didn't hear the whole phone call, but i did hear him say, i'm sure he knew what he was signing up for, but it still hurts. and i asked them to let me speak with him and the master sargeant said, no, you can't speak with him. i said, but i want to speak with him, because i was livid. >> to speak out to the widow, how did she hear it? what was her response? >> she was crying. she broke down and she said, he didn't even know his name. so this -- >> did you hear that part? did you hear the part where it left the impression that he didn't know his name? >>

david, perhaps his days might be numbered? >> look all to come downs in the end to numbers and this is likely to hit the nfl and roger goodell is trying to get beyond this. what will be interesting is the drama unfolds now. what players out there will stick to their guns and kneel during the national anthem and risk millions of dollars. that is what i want to see next sunday and sunday after that. trish: oh, he is trying to defend free speech, this and that. when there were players who wanted to show their support for breast cancer, he didn't let them do that. when players wanted to dance in the end zone excited because they got a touchdown, he didn't let them do that. but he said, okay, you can actually stand for the anthem. let me share with you his statement, because as i said he is reversing his tune. he writes, like many of our fans we believe everyone should stand for the national anthem. important moment of our game, honor our country, and our flag and fans expect that from us. it is true, they do expect that. and these are people employed bit teams, adam. >> yeah, so i read this morning in quote-unquote failing "new yor

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