olympian gwen berry who turned her back on the flag last month now says she's proud to wear red, white blue at the tokyo games but will she protest our national anthem if she makes it to the podium again. >> our next guest also represented team usa on the world stage and shares his thoughts coming up next. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome back. republicans bashing the house investigation into the january 6th capitol riot. take a listen. >> but i do not think it was right for the speaker to decide which republicans should be on the committee. >> they don't want to address one of the fundamental questions which is why wasn't there a better security posture that day. part of it is they have nothing else to talk about. they can't talk about crime in the streets driven by everything they said about the police, so what are they going to do, attack president trump one more time. >> meanwhile, committee member adam kinzinger said he would support subpoenas of kevin mccarthy and jim jordan to see what contact they had with president trump on january 6th. fox news host trey gowdy blasts the media for

this comes as the olympic hammer thrower gwen berry who turned her flag on the national anthem at the do what she's been doing saying, "i feel that i've earned the right to earn this uniform and i will represent the oppressed people. that has been my message for the last three years. all those people who hate me, they aren't here. they cannot affect me." lawrence, my question for these athletes protesting. i don't think is about anyone hitting anyone. i think it is about people in this country saying you have a first amendment right to speak and worship. we think of press, due process and you are competing against countries like china who have none of that. it is a complete disparity that seems to go unrecognized. >> lawrence: will say is that she may have earned the right to put that uniform on. she's a terrific athlete and no, i do not hate. i'm such a free-speech purist and i believe that people can do what ever they can want. here's my own critique as an american. i do not like family business -- and i know we have in a complicated american family. i do not like it being on the in

olympic hammer throw gwen berry turned her back at the american flag on the olympic trials.she is doing if she medals. she said i feel like i've earned the right to wear the uniform. i will represent the oppressed people. my message for the last three years. i want to bring in a comedian michael loftus for this. what do you think about gwen berry's position if she medals i would add, if. >> well first of all good morning and let dana know i can do that move that simone biles does. it usually happens in the middle of the night, you have to go to the bathroom really bad and there is a dog on the floor so you have to tiptoe and spin around over. >> dana: video or it didn't happen. >> that won't be happening. but i want to congratulate gwen berry in getting the gold medal in selfish, clueless narcissist. i didn't realize there would be this many heroes and villains in the woke olympics. she is throwing the hammer in the olympics like is she trying to line up speaking dates? do truly oppressed people want to hear her story. people who grew up in famine and war-torn countries. oh,

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they are already more auteur than gwen berry paid the event was held in georgia and sponsored by usat sprint here but they're arty pooping and peeing on themselves like the marathon runners. i actually heard what had these athletes has been juicing. mostly apple but sometimes cranberry. there's a huge controversy this year end why the kids took a knee for bob black sheep. some of these girls have been trading their whole lives for this. unfortunately they all end up losing to a 30-year-old to identified as a 2-year-old. then second-place winner invited them all back to party at her crib. shaken and stirred, topic number two. let's go to australia shall we? for a little bit of unconventional jewelry, guys were there's a jeweler there creating custom necklaces and rings from the teeth of dead loved ones. perhaps you like a fine toothed comb. these are the works of jackie williams who integrates the remands of the dead into commemorative accessories. [laughter] what a great way to stay in touch with your families routes. jackie surrounds the teeth with gold, platinum, diamonds and other

and then you have these athletes like gwen berry and raven sanders who knows this is the only time anyoneent not to lift us up and lift our spirits but to tear their country down. i find that very sad. and i wish if they really want to learn about systemic oppression they should go across town and talk to bell rugs bella resolution sprinter. they could learn something about what systemic oppression. no one going to arrest them when they come back they will just be forgotten. >> mike: will marc mentioned sanders green and silver hair. making an x shaped symbol crossing her wrist. the ioc not too amused by that mara, your thoughts on politics at the olympics. >> look at what happened to that belarus san threeted. she might not ever get to go home again. people have defected during cold war. olympic committee has rules about displays of political messaging on the podium. they apparently did not decide that this broke their rules. i don't know if what she -- the making an x symbol tears the country down. played a clip of someone saying that simone bias dropped out because she was overwhelmed

olympian gwen berry turned her back on the flag?arned the right to wear our countries uniform. i will ask you talk congressmen verges on what he thinks about that. he's on the show later. ♪♪ liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need. how much money can liberty mutual save you? one! two! three! four! five! 72,807! 72,808... dollars. yep... everything hurts. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ stuart: when the dow jones average is up 200 points who are the big winners? caterpillar, 1.7%. old men down, travelers, disney all in the list of dow jones stock winners. s&p winter, microchip tag, polo, ralph lauren, under armour, under armour inc. all doing well and the nasdaq, microchip tech i'm a tesla is up 3.7% now at $712 a share. that's a pretty good performance. susan: a lot of high-tech high growth stocks i don't know. we talked about that a lot but you are down to 121 on the 10 year end that's clearly helping big tax. susan: and all that chip stocks with the global ship

ainsley: gwen berry.urned her back on the flag at the podium. and she has been very outspoken. there is her picture. she says i feel like i have earned the right to wear the uniform. i will represent the oppressed people. that's been my message the past three years. all those people who hate me they aren't here. so they can't affect me. that was her statement. pete: they are not watching either. i want to watch people who love our country and represent our country. if you think you are so oppressed then why would you wear the united states of america on your chest and stand on that podium. ainsley: they have the right to do that because of that flag and freedoms of this uncan trip. pete: not according to the olympic committee on a levels they don't there could be repercussions. steve: they are looking into the shot putter. we will see what happens on that. on "fox & friends first," seth john, he a former paraolympickian army veteran talked about what these type of demonstrations say. >> she says she earne

hammer thrower gwen berry turned awhy from the flag while the anthem played and draped a t-shirt withchange. john, i read that tamara was so nervous the night before the competition that she barely slept. she pulled it together. >> john: when you look at her match, she was really moving it. moving fast. what else do we know about her? >> so interesting. these 28 years old. she grew up in katie, texas. she began wrestling in the tenth grade and almost quit the sport after tragically her father died in a car accident on the way home from one of her high school tournaments. now as we have heard, she's taking most hoff her olympic prize money and buying her mom what she always wanted, a food truck. >> john: that's my favorite story. she got $37,000 and taking 30,000 to buy mom a food truck. >> she's so sincere. >> that's what i love about her. want a food truck, sandra? >> sandra: a fantastic story. you know i've been on a mission to share the good stories coming out of this olympics. you don't want to take away from the athletes that worked so hard for these moments. good to highlight th

. >> dana: we found out that gwen berry the american hammer thrower, remember this she didn't want tofailed to medal. so there will be no protest. >> bill: got it. i believe that ends her olympics in tokyo, japan on the same day that simone biles got back on the balance beam and brought home the bronze medal. >> dana: and team silver. >> bill: she looked great on the beam. >> dana: she should have won the gold. >> bill: give it to her, right? >> dana: yeah, absolutely. want to see this? just for fun. here is a violinist playing for the whale and the whale seems to like it. kind of dancing, too. >> bill: it looks like it. >> dana: he has that emoji face that is dead pan. i need a face like that. >> bill: we'll get you more information out of the pentagon as soon as we can. >> dana: i'll be on "the five". "the faulkner focus" is up next. >> sandra: the white house facing a messaging crisis. fallout continues after biden ordered federal workers to either get vaccinated or tested frequently. cdc urging even vaccinated americans to wear masks again.

so often we've been seeing the headlines about gwen berry and what she did turning her back on the flag are we talking about this when we could be talking about someone who shows passion for their country and this woman came the day. she won our hearts. she was asked by a reporter what does it mean to you to represent your country? it was a genuine excitement. the words are one thing. anyone can say words. the genuine excitement and giddy and happy and she pumped her fist and said i love representing the usa. i got up and i said i love the usa. >> bill: she said i freaking love living here. we can't show it because? >> dana: nbc is holding it back. they have the exclusive. why not give this young woman a chance to shine and have this sound bite? she said i love representing the u.s. i freaking love living here. i'm so happy i get to represent the usa. also pretty interesting. she wins $37,000 and she said $30,000 of it will go to her mother to buy her mom the dream that she has had, a food truck. >> she doesn't even eat meat. my mom makes the best barbecue. that's an accomplishment itse

stuart: olympic hammer thrower gwen berry made waves for turning her back on the american flag.e berry protested raising a fist twice before she began the hammer throw competition. the athlete says that gesture was her way of bringing attention to social and racial injustice. and she says to represent those who are too scared to speak out for them several. now berry ended up finishing in 11th place out of 12 competitors. a long way from the medal podium. but the athlete also had a message for her critics saying this, quote, all those people that is happy that i failed, they're sitting on their couch watching me fail. what does that tell you about them? stu. stuart: however, ashley, there is one olympian who is putting her patriotism on full display, we love it. tamera mensa stock. took goold in women's wrestling. give me her story and her patriotic statement. >> winning a gold, it was her pride, enthusiasm, patriotism made her one of the most likeable athletes at games. no fists of protests, no turning her back on the american flag. when she was asked how it feels to represent h