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but dale earnhardt, jr. this morning in support of the test -- protest.>>> 6:32 as we take a live look outside, 888 oakland as the traffic looks good and on the left a gorgeous shot of the bay bridge and the east bay as the sun comes up. >> that really is beautiful.>> we have clear skies unlimited visibility. >>> good morning everyone. here's another view looking out of mount diablo past. 90, the flag is not even on the flight this morning. san francisco coast is clear, offshore push but at the pictures go up the relative humidity goes down. red flag warning in effect today through wednesday. i imagine that will extend through friday at the offshore push continues. 80 in pacifica, low 90s inland, full fonuteparestthca at48the are tracking some slowdowns for drivers across the san mateo bridge picked an accident is blocking 2 of 3 lanes westbound. you can see traffic completely backed up in the westbound direction. a live look at the toll plaza, we are tracking over a one hour commute for drivers going from 8

. >> but earlier today, driver dale earnhardt jr. all americans are granted rights to peaceful protests. ♪ 'o say >> sunday, at least 28 teams, 130 players, several owners across the country joined armed arms sat or took a knee. the entire pittsburgh steelers team stayed in the locker room with the exception of ex-army ranger alejandro. villanueva. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. out. he's fired. >> after friday's speech in alabama, some of president trump's own supporters fired back. former nfl head coach, rex ryan. >> like i am pissed off, be honest with you. because i supported donald trump. calling our players, sobs and all that kind of stuff. >> that's not, not the man that i know. >> the steeler offensive lineman, who stood alone for the star spangled banner now leads the nfl in jersey sales. anthony. >>> at a popular cafeteria on chicago's predominantly black south side. the president's words were still reverberatin

however nascar driver dale earnhardt, jr. packed nfl saying all americans have the right to peaceful pro sgleingt carmello anthony express is his frustration with trump administration. in app interview with us is a today sports anthony says people are afraid and don't know how to feel and that most are looking for some kind of security that the president has their backs but says the president showed that he does not have their backs. >> next up, puerto rico native del tore owe is urging with emto donate to devastated country. del toro recorded a video for "people" magazine saying nothing you read or watched on tv compares to the destruction we've seen th some describe it as apock owe liptic. >> and outrage over controversial medical experiments on dogs. surgery failures and canine deaths in research projects at va facilitys in virginia. 300 dogs are shuted to undergo invasive sperment on brinz, spipz and hearts to look for other ailments. >> the national museum of african-american wrist a and culture. smithsonian installed an

it will be legend dale earnhardt jr.'s last turn on the monster mile. the nascar icon will be part of the nbc sports team next year. we spoke with a lot of fans who will miss the 88 car going around the track. >> it is a bummer, but, you know, man got to do what a man got to do. >> really cool live, race cars, yeah, really good. >> earnhardt feels confident after a great qualifying run yesterday. >>> well, not exactly nascar here, but people at the delaware state fairgrounds are having their own fun behind the wheel last night. these are not your average bumper cars though. these run on ice. it's a new feature at the fairgrounds this year. the fair runs through tomorrow. >>> all right. we're going to start with a look at some temperatures across the region. check it out, now down to 50 degrees in parts of the pennsylvania suburbs and 54 in the lehigh valley. feeling more like fall this morning. 59 in philadelphia and 63 in south jersey. we're at 57 over the jersey shore. let's drop down in some of our philadelphia neighborhoods, look at those numbers a

while one of the sport's biggest names, dale earnhardt jr., is voicing his support for peaceful protests. tonight the nfl spokesman who says this feud has unified the league and its players is delivering a message to the president insisting if he wants to engage in a positive, constructive conversation, he has their number. savannah. >> peter, thank you very much. >>> also from the white house, news about the new travel ban the administration is hoping will pass muster with the supreme court which weighed in on the issue today as the president's senior adviser and son-in-law was swept up in a controversy all too familiar over his e-mail. chief white house correspondent hallie jackson now with the story. >> reporter: tonight the president's original travel ban long in legal limbo is catching a break from the supreme court. the justices set to hear arguments in two weeks are instead postponing that, a sign the court thinks the legal battle over the old ban is moot because of the new version just unveiled. >> the tougher, the better. >> reporter: the president's new tougher ban puts indefin

supporters and fans, they won't put up with disrespecting our country or flag," nascar royalty, dale earnhardt jr not buying it, tweeting a quote by john k. kennedy. other sports icons weighing in, like terry brow shadshaw. >> fpeople died for that freedo. i'm not sure if our president understands those rights. >> reporter: the typical and league brass melting away. owners linking arms with players. but the president's words and the protests that followed are also igniting new tensions between fans. >> i hate you! >> boo! >> reporter: new england patriots fans booing the team including tom brady, as members linked arms. after most of the steelers stayed in the locker room during the national anthem, jim heeney burned a mound of steelers fan. >> i'm a lifelong steelers fan. not anymore. >> reporter: during the campaign, the president made this prediction. >> the thing that will surprise people, i'll be a unifying. i'm bring people together. that including blacks and whites and everything. >> reporter: but tonight, as fans head into the stadium, no matter what side they are, people telling us the p

but earlier today, driver dale earnhardt, jr., tweeted, "all americans are granted rights to peaceful protest." ♪ o say can you see on sunday, at least 28 team, more than 13 players, several owners across the country joined arm, sat, or took a knee. the entire pittsburgh steelers' team stayed in the locker room with the exception of ex-army ranger alejandro villanueva. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these n.f.l. owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, get that son of a [bleeped] off the field right now? out. he's fired. >> reporter: after friday's speech in alabama, some trump supporters fired back. >> i'm pissed off. i'm honest with you. i supported him. calling our players s.o.p .m.s and all that kind of stuff, that's not the men that i know. >> reporter: alejandro villanueva, who stood alone in the "star spangled banner," now leads the n.f.l. in jersey sales. >> mason: demarco, thanks. more reaction to the president now from dean reynolds in chicago. >> reporter: at a popular cafeteria on chicago's predominantly black south side, the president's words were still rev

nascar royalty dale earnhardt jr. not buying it, tweeting a quote of john f. kennedy. >> if our country stands for anything, folks, what? it's freedom. people died for that freedom. i'm not sure if our president understands those rights. >> reporter: dallas cowboys owner jerry jones locking arms and taking a knee with players before the anthem of the then both teams linking arms and standing as the anthem is played. the president's words and the protests that followed are also igniting new tensions between fans. >> i hate you! >> boo! >> reporter: new england patriots fans booing the team, linked arms. after most of the steelers stayed in the locker room during the national anthem, jim heeney burned a mound of steelers gear. >> i'm a life long steelers fan. not anymore. >> reporter: the nfl commissioner reacting strongly saying the way we reacted this weekend made me proud. now, oddly enough, it took a controversy of this magnitude after years of bitterness and friction in the league to finally unite players, coaches and the commissioner. matt gutman, glendale

today dale earnhardt, jr. tweeted a message in support of peaceful anthem protests. it came after several team members said they would be fired if they chose to stay a stand. >> congressman john lewis who stood with martin luther king jr. in civil rights marchs in 1960s shared his thoughts on national anthem protest. >> by standing or kneeling or holding hands it sends a message. they believe in the goodness of america and they believe in freedom of the people to speak up. to speak up. that's what we did during the 60s. >> congressman lewis as moved by players's coaches and owners who stood by them. >> brein howard county a man killed in a car crash in clarksville this morning was d.c. police officer. barry eastman of ellicott city four year veteran of the department. his car was headed north on route 32 when crossed double-yellow line and hit a tractor-trailer southbound side. eastman was killed instantly and the driver of the truck was not hurt. >>> new tonight leesburg a family continues to grieve after finding out their loved one was stabbed to death by his son a

dale earnhardt, jr., americans are granted rights to peacefully protest. those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. >>> here in the bay area, the group of athletes is at odds with the president. steph currie is questioning the president's ability to lead. he accused the president of dividing the nation. he is withdrawing an invitation. the president blamed currie for hesitating for going. >> the things our country has going, especially him representing us. for me, very damaging way. >> because of the differences that exist in the country, the president made it really, really difficult for us to honor that institution. >> after winning the nba title in 2015, the warriors visited president oh obama. they won't have the traditional visit. instead, they will use the trip to celebrate equality, and inclusion. washington's mayor extended an invitation to the team. >>> ace catcher bruce maxwell became the first baseball player to take a knee during the anthem. teammate, mark, put his hand on maxwell's shoulder. maxwell,

it will be the last race in dover for legend dale earnhardt jr.rom racing to become part of the nbc sports team next year. >>> if you're still looking for something to do today, you could head to a national park. it's national public lands day. the national park service is offering free entry at more than 400 parks across the country. >>> there's a renewed push to give philadelphia's 30th street station a new name. yesterday state representative w. curtis thomas and others called on amtrak to comply with the federal law to rename the station after late congressman william gray. gray represented pennsylvania's sektd congressional district from 1979 to 1991. >>> we have a live look now at 30th street station. president obama signed a bill in 2014 to rename the station as a tribute to gray. but amtrak has yet to make the change. william gray passed away back in 2013. he helped get millions of dollars to refurbish the station in the '80s. amtrak told us it looks forward to working with his family to honor his legacy. >>> today's black girls run will h

driver dale earnhardt jr. broke with his team, saying all americans are granted the right to peaceful protest. ben roethlisberger says he regrets not coming out on the field for the playing of the national anthem yesterday and says you can bet we are going to be there next sunday. >> bret: john roberts, thanks. the president seems to have done what nfl management and union officials have been unable to do, bring the players and owners together on the same side. senior correspondent eric shawn has more from outside nfl headquarters in new york. >> even after taking a hard hit, nfl commissioner roger goodell is protecting his players, like an unmovable offensive line. he told "sports illustrated" "they reflected the frustration, disappointment of the players over the divisive rhetoric we heard." roughly 200 kneeled or locked arms in solidarity during the sunday games. out of a total of 1,696 players. >> you don't like this country, find another one. >> it's their right to have something to say. >> owners join th

fact that team owner said he wanted his team members to stand up for the national anthem, dale earnhardt jr. tweeted, all americans are granted rights to peaceful protests. those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. quoting jfk. >> shepard: john, thank you. the top administration announced a new ban, but it's climate nothing more than window dressing on muslims. his temper a band on travelers elected to expire. from six majority muslim nations from entering unless they had a soul card so-called bona fide relationship here in the u.s. now, sudan is fine, and off the list. it's neighbor chad is now on the list, and venezuela. although the restrictions apply only to a group of government officials and their families. the changes take effect on october the 18th. the home unsecured officials say the eight nations either failed to sharing of information with the united states or did not take enough security precautions in making the announcement. president trump said this is all about security. the president tweeting, making america safe is my number on

this morning from someone you could describe only as nascar racing royalty, that would be dale earnhardt, jr., who tweeted around 8:54 this morning, all americans are granted rights to peaceful protest, those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. interesting tweet from a race car legend's family. now, on the other issue of the president's assertion the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race, that seems to fly in the face of the facts as laid out by the professional football players who have been engaging in the kneeling protest going all the way back to colin kaepernick, the nfl quarterback that started this protest kneeling during the national anthem. his point and the point of many of the other players has been, that this is all about racial inequities in the united states and trying to put a highlight or, you know, a focusing on those issues. so this is a kind of controversy that's going to go on and on and on. meanwhile, we all watch capitol hill to see what's happening in policy on things like health care, kate. >> right. or emergency re

but driver dale earnhardt, jr. rebuked the president saying everyone has a right to peacefully ploe test. all of this coming as the president works to tackle tax reform and revive the gop health care bill. >> we have team coverage of this drama on and off the field. a lot of reaction on both sides here in washington today. >> that's right. but first let's go live to arizona as anticipation is building for the game there tonight. nbc's jay gray is there. jay, what's the feeling there, what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, leon, pat, it's interesting because i think a lot of people are more interested in what happens before kickoff than what goes on during the game. we'll see how all of that plays out. to give you an idea of how quickly all of this escalated, last weekend six players were involved in protests during the national anthem. yesterday as you talked about more than 200 and that number is expected to grow here tonight. it happened on the field, but this is no game. across the nfl players, coaches and own

dale earnhardt jr. jr.eting all americans have >> interesting because even some of the president's close friends from the new england patriots -- owner bob kraft, tom brady, the quarterback saying basically in the last 24 hours they don't agree with what the president said at that rally in alabama friday night basically saying that an s.o.b. -- any player who doesn't stand for the anthem he called an s.o.b. and should be fired. press secretary sarah sanders today defended the president. >> this isn't about the president being against anyone. this is about the president and millions americans being for something. being for honoring our flag. >> interesting, because there were a lot of reporters pressing sarah sanders at the daily briefing today. you have been there before, dana perino. basically saying most of our questions have not been about the puerto rico crisis. most the of our questions have not been about health care. instead many of our questions are about the nfl. didn't the president mess up here b

however, nascar officials say it supports free expression and dale earnhardt jr.ed all americans are granted rights to peaceful protests. those who make peaceful revolution make possible violent revolution inevitable he says quoting jfk. even president's close friends from the new england patriots. bob craft and tom brady said they don't support what he said at a rally in alabama friday night while joe lockhart said the league is more than willing to try to talk it out. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [bleep] off the field right now. out. he's fired. >> if the president wants to engage in something positive and productive and constructive, he knows our number. he had he had lockhart of course the former white house press secretary. sarah sanders pressed today president sent a dozen tweets on the nfl when there are other big issues. reporters noting sanders got many more questions about nfl than healthcare and the crisis in puerto rico. she noted she doesn't control what the reporters a

nascar's biggest star, most famous guy in all of nascar, dale earnhardt jr., responded this morning byeting, quote, all americans are granted rights to peaceful protests. those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. that, of course, is a quote from jfk. >> taking to a knee is about as peaceful a protest as you can get. also speaking out, tom brady, who calls the president a friend. brady critical during an interview on boston radio. >> i certainly disagree with, you know, what he said and, you know, thought it was just divisive and, you know, like i said, it's -- i just want to support my teammates. i always am never one that says, oh, that's wrong or that's right. but i do believe in what i believe in. and i believe in bringing people together and respect and love and trust. >> from nfl spokes mman to form press secretary for bill clinton, quote, yesterday was an important day in the nfl. this is what real locker room talk is. >> tom brady did not go to the white house when the patriots were invited after they won, yet the president made no co

of nascar fans of white but not everybody is on board or arguably the sport's biggest star dale earnhardt jr with verse three cheering a quote from john f. kennedy supporting the right for peaceful protests now over on our facebook page michael washington left us this comment saying that as a former u.s. marine veteran he fully supports americans exercising their rights and freedoms michael says the country should give these athletes more reason not to neil now take a look at this response from miami dolphins player michael thomas which has had almost one hundred thousand tweets. it just amazes me with everything else that's going on in the world especially about the u.s. that's what you concerned about them and you don't you get a leader for the world is watching this would you talk about so it. doesn't have a father after american man has some money and affairs my sons a bitches you know like. yeah that's a good person but at same time like i said i'm up to the poses bigger you know it's not like it's bigger than me i've got a daughter you don't have to live in this world you know on sunda