i'm a huge fan of the eagles. all of them. the ones who wanted and didn't want to go to the white house but nar -- but far more, i'm a huge fan of the truth. when you look at the controversy and the president lying about the eagles taking a knee during the anthem and look at falsely suggesting that the eagles stayed in the locker room, when you loo at the white house press secretary paid with your tax dollars attacking the team over and over, ask yourself, would members of the philadelphia eagles say the president seeks to divide us? are they wrong? we have the story covered from the white house to philadelphia. let's begin with cnn pamela brown at the white house. and just minutes ago, president trump wrapped up his alternate programming at the white house during which he boasted a larger turnout than anticipated. >> reporter: no surprise there. the president references thecro today. while there were a number of eagles fans, also a number of administration officials there as well. we're pointing that out. and it is clear the

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go ahead, you are an eagles fan. i am angood morning, eagles fan.en an eagles fan for a long time. one, i'm a veteran. i've got nothing against anybody that wants to take any. that is their privilege. donald trump refused to go in the draft. i was drafted. i had a job but i went when they called my number. if donald trump has so much respect for the flag he should have been man enough to go into the military and serve just like i did. that's my comment. yankee. from illinois, robb, who supports the president on this matter. caller: yes, i'm bob, from barrington. host: bob, sorry about that. caller: this is d-day, june 6. i protect the flag to the death. if they don't like what's going on, don't go to the ballgames. it's not a sport, it's a business. that's the way it is. caller: that's bob, stash host: that's bob, -- host: that's bob, supporter of the president's actions. if you want to continue and calling in about this cancellation, (202) 748-8000 if you support if decision, (202) 748-8001 you oppose the decision. for you eagles fans, (202) 748-80

trump versus the eagles. the president taking on the super bowl champs abruptly cancelling the visit after discovering a small number of players sws up. >>> tampering with witnesses. the special counsel says former trump campaign manager paul manafort did just that. now robert mueller is asking for manafort to be put in jail. >>> and on the sidelines as president trump prepares for the summit with kim jong-un and escalating feud with the national security adviser john bolton and the secretary of state mike pompeo. the rift leaving bolton out of the historic oval office meeting. all of that coming up. >>> fire, tst, two hours from n the white house plays host to a celebration for the country. the event is a last-minute replacement for the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles who were ysummarily disinvited. the president attacked the eagles as disrespectful and falsely criticized them for refusing to stand for the anthem. let's go to jim acosta. how do we get to the super bowl party that was anticipated on t

the eagles organization is anti-trump. and yet the eagles don't come out well. organizational level. they were unwilling to come to the warehouse. president trump is the president. he was elected. there's a tradition that sports is a great unifying factor, even eagles fans were known for their wonderful temperament with other fans. one of the iss for the president in terms of having this back-and-forth is that in an obvious way it makes him seem a little bit petulant unnecessarily. frankly this would not necessarily have been the fight for him to take. if i was advisor to the president, i would say stick to the mueller stuff because you have a vested. ret: mollie. >> people said he shouldn't have talked about the national anthem during the last nfl season and he ended up doing pretty well enough to be politically speaking. people frequently talk about the issue of standing for the naal anthem as well a that is simply about whether people have free speech. people of course have freedom of speech. there are some deeper issues in play in a country that cannot have

for the eagles, it's now back to business. super bowl champions prepping for a new season, saddled with expectations and now controversy. >> the most important thing going forward, linsey, now in my view, is what happens august 9th? when they line up to play pittsburgh? in the first preseason game. how many players are on the sideline, how many players go into the locker room during the playing of the national anthem? >> reporter: two more months until we find out. for "nightline," i'm linsey davis in philadelphia. >>> next, waves of lava gushing down a mountainside in guatemala and the race to save lives down below. >>> and later, one cliff diver's dream plunge off an antarctic iceberg. why he's doing it. woman 1: proof of less joint pain... woman 2: ...and clearer skin. woman 3: this is my body of proof. man 2: proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... woman 4: ...with humira. woman 5: humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve

and jon, the eagles practiced today in philadelphia.w the mayor of philadelphia did not hold back his opinion today. >> reporter: he sure didn't. he issued a statement, responding to the president's treatment of the'sle eagles, sa, quote, disinviting them from the white house only proves that our president is not a true patriot, but a fragile ego maniac obsessed with crowd size and afraid of embarrassment of throwing a party to which no one wants to attend. that, the word, from the mayor of philadelphia. david? >> jon karl, thank you. >>> the other major developing headline at this hour, the new warning tonight. the volcano emergency in guatemala getting worse. volcanic debris coming down yet again at this hour. the death toll rising today. and we have new images tonight, showing a wall of ash erupting from underground. people on the road scrambling for their lives. tonight, more on that warning just issued. and abc's victor oquendo is on the ground for us again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, guatemala's volcano of fire is erupting yet

i'm also a life long eagles' fan. >> i wanted to establish your connection to police chief and the eagles of the president abruptly cancelling this visit tomorrow? >> the fact that i'm a philadelphia yan and eagles' fan. it's one more way the president has changed the norms. every president republican or democrats would welcome the team if they won the championship whether it's the super bowl, stanley cup. that would be the i know of it. i still are the president reagan hosting the red skins and throwing a football. that's the norm. and yet, yet again donald trump has found a way to divide people and make it about himself instead of the championship team and his fans. >> this isn't the first time that players don't want to g to the white house. there a lot of time players have gone against a number of administrations not going to the white house because they disagree with them politically. they didn't uninvite them to the white house they continued and celebrated with the people who showed up. here's what you tweeted, you even make aionship team visiting the white house about you. what is

"this can't be serious," eagles tight end zach ertz tweeted.ing before games with my teammates, well before the anthem, is being used for your propaganda?" fox later admitted the error and apologized. but with the nba finals now under way, don't count on the winner showing up at the white house. >> it's typical of him. i'm not surprised. i mean, i know no matter who wins this series, no one wants the invite anyway, so, it won't be golden state or cleveland going. >> i agree with bron. >> jon karl live with us from the white house tonight. and jon, the eagles spent the day practicing in philadelphia. i know the mayor of philadelphia did not hold back his opinion today. >> reporter: he sure didn't. the mayor of philadelphia, jim kenney, issued a statement, responding to the president's treatment of the eagles, saying, quote, disinviting them from the white house only proves that our president is not a true patriot, but a fragile egomaniac obsessed with crowd size and afraid of embarrassment of throwing a party to which no one wants to attend. tha

this was to be that party, honoring the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles but 20 hours before this actual event the president abruptly pulled the invitation after learning only three of the players and the mascot were going to show up. i do believe that the owner jeffrey lurey was supposed to be there as well but then the ent said do you know what i'll pull the invitation, very concerned that the team in whole would not be there. wh hse when the president the speaks, but as we watch all of this, the controversy began as we said about now 20-21 hours ago. the philadelphia eagles won the super bowl and beat the patriots as many of you know and of course this is a big deal because who has been able to beat the patriots after all these years and they were then invited to the white house's all super bowl champions are, of course the kneeling issue became a controversy and many of the players did not want to come to the white house and meet the president and some couldn't come for others. here is the president now let's listen in. president trump: we love our countr we respect our flag a

his assertion the eagles have abandoned their fans the, he doesn't really have a clue about the eaglesa they would ban their fans or fans would abandon the eagles. it's been 50 years since we winning our first super bowl. even when we were terrible, wione or two games a year, the fan base was still there. i think it's clearly this white house is out of touch with the eagles organization and eagles fan base. >> do you smell a hint of politics in all of this in there are no eagle players -- no eag player took a knee or stayed in the locker room during all of last season. >> i mean the whole issue over the anthem is just ridiculous. it probably would have gone away on its own. i think players had the right, the first amendment right to respond to something things they think are wrong in our society. i, as a privileged white male stand and cover my heart when the national anthem is played because i have a reason to. it's been beneficial to me to be in this country. there are other people who don't have the same experience i have. they want to express their disdain or anger the way things g

the eagles were a blue collar team. pennsylvania is a swing state. >> which he won. >> and philadelphia is an urban area which didn't vote for him, but there are a lot of eagles vans in the lee high valley and the counties around there. i don't know how this will play. >> the politics of it -- i think we're searching for strategy where there's really just impulse. the eagles when pennsylvania - helped win your presidency? sure. it doesn't help. >> he may be turning the eagles into america's team. >> they unseated berman's patriots. i was watching that. believe me. i saw the whole damn thing. i'm not happy about it. >> is that their name, berman's patriots. >> joe, don't go anywhere. sit right there and you too, john avlon. >>> rudy giuliani says he can explain why the white house keeps changing its story about donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russians. could the shifting narrative simply be a mistake? it wasn't a lie, two lies, three lies, ten lies? no. it was one big mistake he says. >> announcer: today's starting l

the eagles did not comment that figure.ames to the white house that would show up to the event. now you see how it led up to this. erica, the president is tying it to the national anthem. the eagles say that was not part of the discussion when they decided who would come and would not. >> that never came up in the discussion. thank you. in terms of the national anthem, fox fuss news is apologizing of eagles players kneeling in prayer. critics said the way the photos were used suggested during the national anthem. we have more on this angle. what do we hear from fox? >> reporter: erica, last night during fox news, a segment about donald trump disinviting the eagles players from the celebration and him connecting it to the national anthem. during the segment, fox aired the photos. they were kneeling during prayer. not during the national anthem. no eagles players knelt during the national anthemtests in the past season. it was criticized as a misleading segment. it seemed as eagles players were kneeling when they were not. fo

. >> even with the delegation of 10 or 15 players showing up, the president should honor eagles and eaglesfans by seeing those players in the white house. >> reporter: president trump said a different event will be held at the white house today. a tribute to the military that will feature the national anthem. philadelphia's mayor jim kenney has issued this statement saying, quote, these are players who stand up for causes they believe in and who contribute in meaningful ways to their community. they represent the diversity of our nation, a nation in which we are free to express our opinions. the mayor's also offering a party of his own in philadelphia saying city hall is always open for a celebration. hena? >> laura podesta here in new york, thanks, laura. >>> guatemala's national disaster agency said lava from the so-called volcano of fire hit area villages much faster than expected, arriving as evacuation alerts were being sent out. at least 69 people were killed by the lava, debris, and poisonous gas. the death toll is expected to rise. villagers said they were caught offguard. victims

kimski covers the eagles. and congressman boyle, whose district includes the philadelphia area and for the purposes of this conversation we should note that he is also a really big eagles fan. mr. kimski, let me start with you, sir, because you cover this team well. for folks who may not have been following the story closely, why is it that this football team would only be sending a handful of its players and staff to the white house? >> well, even before the super bowl occurred a couple of different players said they weren't going to attend any invitation to the white house. even before they won the super bowl. and then thereafter, about a half dozen eagles players, you know, also stated that they weren't going to attend the white house, you know, because they disagreed with the policies of the current president. a couple of players also noted that -- the vast majority of the team likely wouldn't show up for su an invitation as well. when donald trump made the invitation to the eagles back on i believe it was

the eagles won't go this year. in fact, the cleveland browns released a statement saying the only reason they've never won the super bowl is because they don't want to meet trump. yeah, apparently they're not losing. they are #resisting. ( laughter ) it's gotten so bad, that, like, they can't get anyone to visit. i wouldn't be surprised if, like, jared kushner is going to be on the corner trying to get people in. just like, "come on to the white house! ladies get in free!" ( laughter ) and now, if you were the president, and like 40 out of 50 players said that they weren't coming to your party, you would probably be embarrassed, right? or, or, you would come up with a crafty excuse about how those players didn't stand you up. they stood america up. >> donald trump saying, "the eagles disagree with their president because he insists that they proudly stand for the national anthem." adding"the team wanted to send a smaller delegation, but fans deserve better." >> the white house has now rebranded the day as "a celebr

of course, i said the phillies, we mean the eagles. we philly-affiliated people sometimes get the sports teams all tied up. the president tried to blame the eagles, by the way, for not attending the white house on the national anthem protest. but here's the thing, during the regular season, not a se eagl p locker room or took a knee during the national anthem. this was the only protest that the eagles took part in last season, a raised fist. now, we all know the city of philadelphia is known for its passion, especially for its sportsteams. passion that was perhaps best conveyed by the mayor of philadelphia who wrote, "disinviting them from the white house only proves that our president is not a true patriot, but a fragile egomaniac obsessed with crowd size and afraid of the embarrassment of throwing a party to which no one wants to attend." joining me now on the phone, mayor jim kinney. thanks for being on the show. i always prefer to talk to you under better circumstances than these. but this seems actually to have been a unifying for

jake taerp, eagles fan, who spoke to the members of the eagles about this, it wasn't about the anthem the reason they didn't go to the white house. the eagles are telling jake sit a whole range of things the last year. chris long, the defensive end said, look, for me, it is could i tell my kids down the line, if they see a picture of me standing next to the president, how do i explain this down the line? that's his position. it has really moved beyond this, wes. >> of course. and i think that is important. and april's line of questioning was appropriate and important. the question has shown and signaled he wants to use this. it is politically apparent to him. he wants to make it about the military, about the flag, the disrespect to the military. when the players time and time again said if we are taking about a knee, it is about the police brutality, police killing of unarmed black men. i think that line of question, does the president recognize what these protests are intend to be about is important. but as you note, this isn't even necessarily just about the protest. this is about s

i want your thoughts about the eagle's event and the white house sayin thahe eagles are to blame becausethey were trying to pull a political stunt. you know politics, you know the white house. you know football. what do you think? >> tough day at the office. look, here's what happened with the eagles. 80 people said they were coming and in the end, ten came. in the end, it would have been a boycott. that's what the president lashed out. the president when he lashes out brings up issues that are not jermane, this is not a team that kneeleded or a single player to single out. it was the reaction of nfl players that don't like donald trump. so donald trump doesn't like them. welcome to a polarized america. other people's going to alienate >> >> dana: for the second dare in questions about the president's involvement in the troupe tower meeting that she's talked about and i'm sure she was given that information. turns out to be different than what the president's lawyers said to her. she's saying she's not going to get in a back and forth because it has to do with special counsel. they do an

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i know you w eagles. >> we're eagles fan but we're staying away from the politics of this situation. >> there you go. >>> we told you at the top of the show about harvey weinstein heading to court, you saw him walking in entering a plea on those rape charges. let's go outside the court in manhattan. what's the latest here? >> reporter: what we know, hallie, is that just moments ago harvey weinstein entered a plea of not guilty before supreme court judge. this is the second appearance for him in this courtroom and a formal arraignment on charges of two counts of rape and a count of criminal sex charge against him. again he has pleaded not guilty. he says that any sex that occurred it was consensual sex. this is involving a case -- cases around two women, one that occurred in '04, the other in 2013. we were told to expect that harvey weinstein's attorney would request a dismissal of these charges against him llinghe grand jury indictment last week saying that there's not enough evidence. that's pretty much a standard procedure. but also it's a standard procedure that the judge is expec

the white house accused the eagles of attempting a t. >> if this wasn't a stunt by the eagles, then theyouldn't have planned to attend and backed out at the last minute. >> reporter: mr. trump accused them of not being patriotic, lumping the team in with other nfl players who kneeled during the national anthem in protest of police brutality. an issue he talked about at rallies. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now? he is fired. he is fired! >> reporter: here is the problem. no eagles players took a knee during the regular or postseason. philadelphia's mayor lashed ba in a statement. patriot but a fragile ego not a mani maniac.egomaniac. >> the eagles will not visit white house tomorrow. >> fox news showed photos of eagles players kneeling. but they were praying, not protesting. fox later apologized. the president had to fly. he left ten minutes after it began and refused to answer our questions. are you saying the football players are not patriotic? the president has been busy on tw

the eagles clearly, the young men who play for the philadelphia eagles and the organization are very much involved in hour community. they rebuild parks. they try to get criminal justice reform. they feed the hungry and homeless. these are really dedicated athletes who are playing high level, but they have a high concern for our community and i love them all and i'll stand with them anytime. >> what do you think did happen to go from 81 to ten is a huge decline. was there something you're aware of specifically that happened where so many members of the team changed their mind? >> no, the premise of your question is based on their assertion that 81 people responded. >> that's what you're saying. >> i watch, yeah, i think this is all a stunt. and i think that the president is playing the nfl like a fiddle and these players are caught in the middle. not one philadelphia eagle took a knee last season. not one stayed in the locker room during the anthem and he's making it aup enough to divide this country. >> obvious b, many athletes have difficulties with this president. some athletes an

the t is, the eagles stood as well. the eagles stood at every time. none knelt.g today so he cancelled their event and said the philadelphia eagles disagree with him and standing for the national anthem. st for every game last e team season. after the president scrapped the event, torre smith tweeted as follows. so many lies, shake my head. one, not m people were going to go. two, no one refused to go simply because trump insists folks stand for the anthem. three, the president continues to spread the false narrative that players are anti-military. some athletes have knelt during the anthem to protest police brutality. president trump has criticized player who kneel calling them sobsnd urging nfl owners to fire them. john roberts is live now. john? >> shep, good afternoon to you. we didn't get to the south lawn because the briefing was so long. so that's why we're still in the briefing room. it's no dispute tha the president is at war with the nfl over the issue. tonight the white house slammin the philadelphia eagles and offering a rare glimpse into the negotiat

so there were 10 or 15 eagles that would show up at the white house rather than 50 eagles and the president thought that was probably too small of a quorum of eagles and it was probably a symbolic protest as a result of the nfl owners' decision. so the combinhe president made a decision to cancel the invitation and then to go with the celebration of the flag. >> we know what did he. the question is why he did it. >> s going t disagree with me perha on this and i have said this publicly and i don't mind saying it on your show. i have no problem with the peace and social justice movement and em consistently has beenplayers. with the venue. they're beingaid to be on the field. the nfl is super tied into our military. i've been to our air bases, our military support bases in iraq and afghanistan and the troops love the nfl. so it is a little dishonoble to me, me personally, that they're kneeling. i think the president takes that it way. i have no problem protesting, find venues to do this. clearly the nfl can work the players outside of the arena. >> i've heard this before. it is not an uncommo

not one eagle took a knee.ying in the locker room for the playing of our national anthem is as disrespectful for our couny's kneeling. that is also not true. they didn't stay in the locker room. when it became cle that the event had been canceled. press secretary sarah sanders tried a little gaslighting. is loyal to its team in goodes or bad. then late today another line came from the white house. >> look, if this wasn't a political stunt by the eagles franchise, then they wouldn't have planned to attend the event and back out minute. if it wasn't a political stunt, they wouldn't have attempted to reschedule the visit when they knew the president was going to be overseas. and they wouldn't have waited until monday to offer a tiny handful of representatives to atte the event. >> a political stunt she says. one eagle today telling jake tapper reasons quote vary from player to player. and anotherlayers and other leagues currently share. >> i know no matter who wins thisseries, no one wants to invite anybody. >> a

the eagles committed to an event on friday. they submitted over 80 members of the eagles' franchise to e event along with 1,000 fans to participate and it was the organization to change their commitment at the 11th hour. if this wasn't a political stunt, they wouldn't have planned to attend the entnd then back out. if it was nth a political stunt, they wouldn't have attempted to reschedulen event for when they knew the president would be out of the country. and they wouldn't have waited until the very last minute to make these changes that this wasn't about some type of political statement that they were trying to make towards this president. reporter: are you saying that the president bears zero responsibilityn this cancellation? this is a president who called nfl players s.o.b.'s and implied that some players who do not stand for the national anthem do not belong in this country. does he bear responsibility? sarah: the position hasn't changed on this throughout the process and the president's position was very clearly stated

we are still going to cheer for the eagles. the trump peoennsylvania are still going to pull the lever for donald. >> kimberly: here we go. supported her needs news at night. >> juan: i am deeply offended. nobody said hey, aren't you juan williams? [laughter] >> jesse: no, juan. i did not happen. >> juan: you noy pulling your leg. last week, the nfl owners said they were setting new rules for this coming season to require the player sitting for the anthem will remain in the locker room. this morning he is tweeting out no escape to the locker room. the owners aren't even escaping. trump is bullying the players and the owners, am i wrong? >> jesse: i think bullying is a tough term, juan. i think we all need to grow upde about bullying here. these are billionaire owners making a fortune. i think everybody is a grown up here. he didn't like the settlement. he didn't like this kind of in between deal where you get to stay in the locker room for the anthem or you're going to come out and stand. he wants it all in. you're either 100%

. >> sarah sanders spoke to reporters about the president's decision to cancel the philadelphia eagles visit to the white house. we will hear from the white house council of economic advisors chair who provided the update on the u.s. economy and job maet the portioy's n of white house briefing is 25 minutes. >> good afternoon. we are bringing out the big gu today. since the president, his office, the economy has created nearly 3 million join unemployment rate has fallen to 3.8 % matching the lowest level in nearly 50 years. the beurre does make th of labor statistics six -- statistics, job openings outnumbered those who are employed. american workers looking for new opportunities or finding them because of the presidents policies of lower taxes, the regularization, and fair and reciprocal trade. the potential has been unleashed. i invited the chairman of the economic advisors to join us today and offer more details out thgrowing economy, we will take your questions on this topic. after that i will be happy to ke questions on news today. thank you.>> i watched these things a lot, i was

the mayor responded by saying, i am proud of the eagles on and off the field.philadelphia says, thanks for on inviting the super bowl champions to the white house. it highlights your resentment towards anyone who uses their voice to speak out against injustices. the city of philadelphia is proud to have the philadelphia eagles who play hard and fight hard for justice. >> on wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on-sn2, the memorial service mark in the 50th anniversaryhe assassinaon of robert f kennedy, from ro arlington national secretary. speakers include family, friends, members of congress, and former president, bill clinton. watch the memorial service at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio at. >> earlier today, president trump held the bill signing ceremony at the white house for the childhood cancer survivorship treatnt aess and research active 2018. participants included childhood cancer patients, their families, members of congress, and health and human services members. this is ten minutes. >> hello everybody. have a se

why were the eagles players in your mind making that decision not to go?> well, the players talked about it eloquently throughout the season. these guys from the philadelphia eagles have been working on a number of criminal justice reform issues. they've been working on a number of policing issues by going on their off days, going to speak with legislatures in pennsylvania, going to speak with police chiefs, so these players have been proactive and the president obviously does not agree with the tactics of some players that have been taking a neer knee, but i think it's ironic to note that none of the philadelphia eagles during the season last year have taken a knee. you have some guys raise a fist but none of the guys took a knee. if the president seems to be open to some type of criminal justice reform with having kim kardashian in last week in the oval office to discuss at least one person that's close to her on criminal justice reform, so these players i think the president is missing out on a big opportunity here to really bring forth some -- probably

the eagles raised $2.5 million for autism. some of these players and management at the eagles have personal dakotas autism. i think that -- personal connections to autism. they are willing to come forward and talk to the philadelphia eagles. so it's -- we dock that any time. some -- we can do that at any time. but some people want to have the conversations away from the white house and keep the issues alive. jess will be that's surprising that they wted policy time and backed out of it. >> that's not all the eagles. jesse: when the eagles repeat as super bowl champs, maybe they can do it. the mayor of philadelphia is a total hot dog. he said some disparaging things against the president. then a small ball judge said philadelphia city can be a sanctuary city. here is his reaction to that. >> we are a sanctuary city. jesse: how pathetic is this guy. >> philadelphia under this mayor's watch has seen an increase in homicides. they increased dramatically. the statistics showed philadelphia has the 12th highest rate in the country.

you are an eagles fan?>> sean: they were invited and said yes, the last 24 hours they decided last-minute not to come as a group. maybe three players would show up. 1,000 fellow eagles fans like you. >> i was there. >> sean: you were there. >> i showed up. >> sean: and guess what? they were not there. that speaks volumes to me about your eagles. about how classless that was. they were not thinking of you and your fellow fans of the eagles. >> listen, the eagles blew it. they fumbled it to use the football analogy. patriotism is more important than politics. i could have played pro ball. >> [laughing]. >> if i had won a championship which i would have and gone to the white house under the obama administration, i would have gone to the obama administration even if they didn't like the president. >> i have not gotten to see anything yet. >> sean: are leading, jessica. >> oh, i am leading. >> sean: the point is simple: they didn't care about the fans. they send the invitation. 1,000 fans and even jesse watters

>>> the eagles are grounded. president trump canceled the champs visit to the white house over the national and then controversy. >>> and special counsel robert mueller accuses paul manafort of witness tampering. >>> i don't subscribe to that taking over the world. >> candid apple ceo talking about phone usage. it could change your lifestyle. are you on the phone a lot? >> i am. >> he was surprised. he thought he had it under control. >> our children is the big issue. >> good morning. welcome "early star i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it is one week until the singapore summit. crowd size is an issue for the president. quote, our president is not a true patriot, but a fragile ego maniac and obsessed with crowd size and afraid of embarrassing of throwing a party to which no one wants to attend. this is over the controversy over players kneeling for the national anthem. in a statement from the white house, mr. trump says they disagree with their president because he insists they proudly stand for the nati

the eagle the represent the best of the nfl. 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

the super bowl champions philadelphia eagles are the latest fall team to feel the wrath of president donald trump of a national anthem protest he cancelled the traditional white house victory celebration for the many of whom had already pulled out of the ceremony instead he held his own celebration of america ellen fisher has more from washington. it was meant to be a celebration for the american football champions but missing the guests of honor the philadelphia eagles this invited so instead of a president shaking the hands of big name sports stars a medley of the u.s. national anthem and what the white house described as patriotic songs we love our country will respect our flag and we always proudly stand for the national anthem we always well stand for the national and the eagles would drop because several players decided they wouldn't attend there's so much that's been kind of swirling around that in ministration that. i don't think i don't see it as beneficial right at this moment in time to to visit in a celebratory fashion in

the president disinvites the philadelphia eagles from the white house. rudy giuliani becomes a press pinata with his loose talk of stormy daniels and his view of women. >> i don't respect a porn star the way i respect a career woman or a woman of substance. howie: i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." james wolfe, a former top staffer on the senate intel committee. the "new york times" reporter work for "buzzfeed" broke this story about carter page. a former trump advisor met with a russian spy. watkins and wolfe exchanged over 100 text messages that day. >> why did carter page confirm this to you and what was his affect towards this information becoming public? >> he was very forthcoming with it. i had been doing a lot of reporting on it and knew it was him in the document. president trump: i'm a big believer in freedom of the press, but i'm also a believer in classified information. it has to remain classified. and that includes comey and his band of thieves who leaked classified information all over the place. howie: joining us, mollie hemingway,

there were 10, 1 eagles that would sw up. versus, 45, 50, eagles. the president felt that probably too small of a quorum of eagles. and probably a notion of symbolic protest as a result of the, nfl owners decision. and so the combination of the two things, the president made a decision to, cancel the invitation. and theno with the, celebration. >> right move? we know what h did. the question is why did he do it? what is he trying to achieve? >> you are going to disagree with me perhaps on this. said this publicly. don't mind saying it on the show. high have no problem with the peace, social justice movement and protest of the players. my problems has been with the venue, chris. they're being paid to be on the field. the nfl is super tied into our military. i have been to our air bases, military support bases in iraq,. the troops love the nfl. and so, it i a little built dishonorable, to me, personally they're kneeling. the president takes it that way. and so i have no oblem, protesting, finding venues to do this, cly the nfl can work with the player

you don't have to be an eagles fan to know that would not go over well in philadelphia. "the 11th hour" just getting started even though our music ere foa moment, on a tuday nigh ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchange it any time. no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. so take audible with you this summer... on the road... on the trail... or to the beach. start a 30-day trial and your first audiobook is free. cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. no matter where you go this summer make it better with audible. text summer17 to 500500 to start listening today. >>> welcome back. the white house aide who made a crude and morbid joke about or the

jane: right now he is focused on the eagles, the philadelphia team. n't this risking annoying people in philadelphia, a keyty n a key state? anthony: pennsylvania was theat pivotal the keystone state for donald trump's presidential victory in 2016. it is going to be again.na anytime you al any sort of fan base, particularly an eagles fan base, fanatical as experienced in the past -- jane: i was there. anthony: that is risky. while ere is benefits of wrapping himself in the flag and showing that you are patriotic, and he is extending this by saying that you caot only not kneel for the national anthem, you can't even stay in the locker room. fieldve to stand on t with your hand on your heart and proudly sing the lyrics. he wants this fight to continue . it is clear, even if this particular one he may not have chosen, forced on him because of possible embarrassment from the msit, he is going to play this up and see if he ce it a campaign issue. d jane: whs this tell us about the way notions ofe patriotism hanged in america? anthony: for a long time patri

trump accused the eagles of not being sufficiently patriotic.ping the team in with other nfl players who have kneeled in protest of police brutality. an issue he talked about at rallies. >> 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 the field right now. out. he's fired. he's fired. >> reporter: but here is the problem. no eagles players ever took a knee during the regular or post-season. philadelphia mayor lashed back in a statement, disinviting them from the white house only proves our president is not a true patriot but a fragile ego manny acobsessed with crowd side and the embarrassment of a party no one wants to attend. >> the president announcing the eagles will not visit the white house tomorrow. >> reporter: fox news ran with the president false assertions showing photos of eagles players kneeling. but these players were praying, not protesting and fox later apologized. back at the celebration for america event, the president had to. he left roughly ten minutes aft

no eagles took a knee last season. 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 sinc

sarah sanders says the eagles are pulling a stunlt. if you look at this, the president lying about the players taking a knee, and the attack on the team today, who is orchestrating orchestrating stunt? >> donald trump sits on throne of lies. these are people who sits and ready to throw meat out there o trump can distract people with all the thing arising around him, with michael cohen, paul manafort and someone else.sarah t t podium and says i refer you to outside counsel or whatever other thing that are coming out of her mouth that's moving are lies. the eagles players have not knelt on the field, have not engaged in protests. it sho teach the nfl owners a valuable lesson. they bent the knee and still cut their heads off, still yew them, he still wen after them. >> april, so you asked sarah sanders if the p understands the rean some nfl players, and you also want pointed out that none of the eagles east players kneeled. >> does the president aware that this is about -- is the -- there's an underlying issue that keeps going backpect of

are you still an eagles fan? >> of course.d that the philadelphia eagles won super bowl lii, lifelong family born in camden, new jersey. mothered in philadelphia. season ticket holder and, you know, i'm old enough to remember sitting out at veteran stadium season after season when they didn't do so well and i went to the super bowl against your patriots in 2005 and went this year as well and i'm very happy. i'm very happy that the eagles won the super bowl and i'm happy that yesterday here on the south lawn hundreds and hundreds of americans joined the president celebrating america. both things can be applauded. >> i like the 2005 result better. just so i understand the president's position, he says it is unpatriotic for players to kneel during the national anthem, even though no eagles kneel during the anthem during the regular season or playoffs last year? >> let's not conflate a couple different things. let's unpack that separately. the president has made clear for about a year now that he believes it's a very simple reques

this was not a political stunt by the eagles franchise.n they would have planed to attend and backed out at the last-minute and would not have attempted to re-schedule the visit when they knew the president was going to be overseas. monday after over 1,000 of their fans took time off of their schedule to attend the event. >> sean: the presint was right to cancel this event. by the way, look at the nfl today. look at the new rule requiring players to stand or go hide the locker ro the owner of the new york jet offered to pay the fines for any player that protests the anthem. i have had it. i am suppoto tune into a football game and watch people who make a lot of money mak statement. not the eagles in this case. but they made a political statement regarding the white house. the flag is honoring men and reach.who died for their count look what roger goodell and other nfl owners have done. i am done with the t. i am done with the nfl. i like college football. unless members of the national football league gain the respect for the flag and thos

president uninvited eagles. good call? >> good call. missed opportunity bit eagles.ith him? >> yes. i'm not only a jaguar fan but i'm also a retired navy veteran. and it's a shame that they don't respect the flag like i think they should. again it's a missed opportunity. i think a lot of them might regret it some day. steve: they will still have the party. apparently 1000 fans will show up. there won't be a professional football team there. abby, brian, very latest. as the president flips the bird, headline in the post. brian: good job, steve. as you know, if you ask a giants fan about eagles you get reaction any way for the most part. 11 minutes before the top of the hour. kris kobach firing back what he calls a snowflake metdown after he gets attacked after being on a jeep mounted with a fake gun at a parade. abby: we're handing you keys, bill, ten minutes. >> great show. we'll pick up on the conversation. what will the white house look like today, absent eagles? that is coming up in a moment. what is expected from the singapore summit. we're only days away. numero