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and these tweets included, here you go, jerry jones also has created a problem for his players,cifically the black ones. if they don't kneel some will see them as sellouts. if you strongly reject what jerry jones said the key is his advertisers don't place the burden squarely on the players and then in this whole string she later clarified some of her comments, tweeting this. just so we're clear i'm not advocating an nfl boycott, but an unfair burden has been placed on players of dallas and miami with anthem directives. entertainment tonight host who is friendly with jemele hill and has covered sports for years and former nfl player ephriam salaam is back. she does say in one of her tweets a most powerful statement is if you stop watching and stop buying their merchandise. what do you make of this? >> the one thing i know for a fact is whenever you start saying boycott in the nfl the nfl will respond. espn has a tremendous partnership, very lucrative partnership with the nfl. so in any way, shape or form, if someone associated with espn or any other network who comes out and say

christine, so really great reporter, chris mortenson with espn had a conversation with jerry jones, andthem or be benched. jones emphasized nfl game ops manuel and then said you know who reminded me of the game ops policy? donald trump. >> what is fascinate something because what jerry jones is saying if a player kneels during the national anthem he's not going to play in the game. what if the entire offensive line decides to take a knee? will he have them all replaced? you have potential chaos. the cowboys have not had that many players protesting, and two weeks ago was know, jerry jones himself was taking a knee. he knelt before the anthem. that was seen as a sign of protest, it was a negative towards trump. >> it's a total 180 now. >> exactly. >> yeah, this is a free country and he can do and say what he wants, but to implement it, it will be interesting. >> the ops manuel for the nfl was not available, and dead spin and other outlets does say that players should stand and it says here is how you should conduct yourself, and as a private entity in america does a corporation have the

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then there the next night monday night football jerry jones locked in arms and then now we have jerrye have a chance of damaging not just the game but in this particular case cowboys franchise. let's come up with ways we can give a message about police brutality or we can give a message about disparity. we can give messages but won't be able to give it if by are not as substantive as we are and this flag issue is taking away from how substantive we are. so is hshermichael, what is you interpretation of that statement from jerry jones? >> i think jerry jones wants his cake and to eat it too. imagine if every nfl player, at least african-american ones, decided not to play. they said, if you don't take into consideration, we will just stay home. there will be no games. again, if the nfl is serious they need to listen to the concerns of their players. these are legitimate concerns. i understand you want it respect the flag. there are a respective number of viewers and supporters in the nfl who do not like this form of protest. i get the dollar and cents side of things. but consider your e

to be honest, a good portion of the dallas cowboys fan base agrees with jerry jones.uld stand, but, of course, you know, that will get tested if one of the star players jason witner and dez bryant takes a knee, but none of those guys have voiced any desire to do so. >> do you think, and staying with you, do you think jerry jones, is he doing what the white house would want him to do, do you think he's backing himself into a corner here? >> yeah, i really do, and it puts the players in a tough spot, too, because you know, they're going to be under pressure now to kind of stand up and not be a quote, unquote sellout against the cowboys owner. so it really puts a lot of people in tough places, but certainly jerry jones has always felt strongly about standing for the national anthem. they did the knee as you alluded to a couple of weeks ago before the arizona game as a show of unity, but certainly, there are some players, like i said, there were a couple who raised their fists at the end of the anthem and we'll see if they continue to do that and if any players make a sta

saying everybody should boycott jerry jones for that.t's her choice but it's espn's choice whether or not they want to keep her on their especially now that they're going after their own purse strings. >> maybe i'm old-fashioned but if espn hires you and they spend $15 billion you do what they want. if you don't want that i'm sure there's a way to get out of the contract. if the cowboys owner jerry jones tells his players who work for him, even though they own 55% of the revenues, i need you to stand up and salute because people looking at this as anti-american, that hurts our products. you do it. and the cowboys data. a few fists were in the air saying black power. he says if i see someone not standing or showing a demonstration i bench them. what if all the cowboys taken a? do not take any? does jerry jones and we do not play today? >> martha: it could come to that. he could lose a large number of players. the cowboys all stood for the last one, right? >> i believe one or two fists were in the air. symbolizing black power. we don't 23

tonight jerry jones is still talking about this.ight and guess where it seems jerry jones got the idea. here's what the reporter tweeted, quote, jones emphasized the nfl game ops manual and then this. you know who reminded me about the policy? donald trump. mr. jones's admission comes a couple weeks after he joined the cowboys in kneeling before the national anthem at a monday night football game. back with the panel and joining us is legal analyst jeffrey toobin. can the owners do this? >> the first amendment only applies to the government. the government cannot punish you can be cannot throw you in jail for expressing your opinions of any kind. but the first amendment does not apply to private employers. private employers can fire you for exercising your first amendment views. just today an espn analyst was suspended for two weeks for expressing her views about the current political situation. >> jamal hill. >> yes. you and i could be fired if we start endorsing candidates. that is a power employers have in the united states. the

mr jones you ain't got a team jerry jones loads of money way too much you can bench a whole team a negro you think what you going to do you think he was playing to dallas he's playing to dallas he's playing to the state of texas and quite frankly i don't know what conversations he and goodell have had but everybody knows that jerry jones is one of the most highly regarded you know respected by some owners in the league but to threaten i mean one minute we're talking about respecting their right to free speech and the next minute we're telling them if you do that we're going to bench you this is this is. as a. as a black american you know what is the flag and the anthem mean to you. is that the land of the free in the home of the brave i am a proud african-american number one number two my father served in the military for thirty seven years in this country so i have nothing but but respect for my father and every other man or woman who has ever wherever will serve in our armed forces number two number three i have great respect for our flag and for our sovereignty but i do not believe th

don't won't play. >> that decision was withheld by president trump who tweeted a big salute to jerry jonesplayers who disrespects our flag. jones donated $1 million to the president's inaugural committee. president trump blasted the nfl to allow the protest to go on. roger goodell asking 13 owners asking them to support a plan to move on. joining us to discuss our cnn contributor and devonte, first, as a former player, what's your reaction to jerry jones' mandate? >> it is disheartening. we have talked about it a number of time of players having the right to exercise their first amendment rights and so for any n nfl owners that want to do that, it is discouraging. it can tear the team apart and as i am sure that jerry jones is aware of. >> there is also been owners who have come out and support the players as well. you have the ceo from san francisco 49ers who said according to eric reid, and kaepernick taking a knee of the beginning of this last year. >> he would not forced players to stand or he would support the players in whatever they want to do. if you remember a couple weeks ago the

now praising cowboys owner jerry jones, a contributor to trump's inaugural committee tweeting, coat, a big salute to jerry jones owner of the dallas cowboys who will bench players who disrespect our flag. stand for anthem or sit for game. that expression of admiration coming after jones told reporters his players would stand for the anthem or take comments issued just two weeks after jones himself kneeled arm in arm with his players before the playing of the national anthem. but now former 2016 presidential candidate hillary clinton announcing her support for those players taking a knee. >> and by the way, let's be clear. those players aren't protesting the national anthem or the flag. they are protesting racism and injustice and they have every right to do so. [cheering and applauding] >> meanwhile a new controversy for espn, the sports network has suspended anchor jamel hill for two weeks for suggesting on twitter that fans boycott cowboys advertisers after team owner jerry jones said that he'd bench players who, quote, disrespect the flag. espn said hill violated the social media

he did an interview tonight with espn reporter and guess where it seems jerry jones got the idea? orter tweeted a short time ago, "jones emphasized nfl game ops manual several times then this. you know who reminded me about the game ops policy? donald trump." mr. jones' admission comes a couple weeks after he joined the cowboys kneeling before the anthem at a monday night football game. they aended up standing once th flag was displayed. back with the panel. joining the conversation, jeffrey toobin. jeff, legally can employers tell their employees not to do something which they feel expresses their right to free speech? >> yes. the constitution, the 1st amendment, only applies to the government. the government cannot pun issue. they can't throw you in jail for expressing your opinions. the 1st amendment does not apply to public employers. just today an espn analyst was suspended for two weeks for expressing her views about the current situation. >> jemele hill. >> you and i could be fired from cnn if we start endorsing candidates. that is a -- you know, a power that employers have.

hill criticized owner jerry jones' ultimatum saying it puts an unfair burden on players.suspended her in response to a second violation of a social media guideline. >>> and speaking of that ultimatum, stand or get sidelined, reactions are brewing over that order for jerry jones' players to stand for the national anthem. john clark is joining us. >> malcolm jenkins is expressing strong feelings about that new order. >> this is a very big issue. there's a lot of fans who are not happy that some nfl players take a knee for the national anthem. the nfl and their owners are satisfied about this and jerry jones says any of his players who disrespect the flag during the national anthem, they won't play. now, today the nfl players association says they were told that mayers could express themselves without retribution. here is malcolm jenkins who raises his fist during the national anthem and says he will continue to do that even if his owner told him not to. >> my demonstration is in no way disrespectful to our country or flag or service members or anybody in the league and i th

unfortunately, those on the left in this country were quick to accuse jerry jones of being racist. this is pathetic. watch this. >> jerry jones displayed leadership but i need to be with my players, he got down and linked arms. i understand that. it seems like that's where he was going. now it seems like it was as phony as a three dollar bill. the word that comes to mind, i don't care if he doesn't like me using it, plantation. the players are here to serve me and they will do what i want, no matter how much i pay them. they are not equal to me. >> jerry jones -- his decision in many ways, smacks of the plantation mentality. >> sean: what about nfl players? are we restricting their free speech rights? and when they put on their cleats 9/11 oh oh two meg zero? they were forbidden from doing that. you can't twerk or taunt or do a fake bow and arrow in the end zone. author of how to turn good men into whiners, weenies, and wimps. burgess owens is back with us. there are plenty restrictions on free speech in the nfl. can't remember 9/11. you cannot honor dead police officers assassinat

she tweeted out something, if you are against jerry jones forcing his players to stand for "the nationalm," hit them where it hurts. go after his advertisers. within minutes, espn suspended her. >> she attacked her employer, so that's the difference. we've gotten so far away from this discussion. it happened against colin kaepernick was sitting on a bench. a special forces veteran was offended by that. and he said the best way to peacefully protest in a respectful manner was to take a knee. >> brian: i appreciate your service and your sincerity, but when you take a seat for "the national anthem," i can make my own decision. and that's the problem. the american people are looking for a pie chart. they know how someone feels when they take a knee and disrespects the flag. >> and the espn commentator, far worse than what she said to the supporters of trump. she called all 60,000 supporters white supremacists and she should have been fired two weeks ago the fact that she gets a slap on the wrist because she offended the employer because she went after the dallas cowboys, that's ridiculous. s

the way we look at games, the next dallas cowboys game where the pressure will be on to do what jerry jones has succeeded in the past to do. to get his players and himself to neil in sympathy before the national anthem and then rise for the national anthem. what do you think? >> yeah. i certainly think all eyes will be on the national anthem for the near future. but listen, this certainly put points on the board for trump once again with his base. a controversial issue that pence has put back in the news with his move. >> neil: thanks, judy. meantime, we're just learning that espn is suspended jahmile hill for two weeks after encouraging a boycott of the dallas cowboys advertisers should that see jerry jones punish players or just bench them if they did not follow his order to stand for the national anthem. warner wolf on all of that. what do you make of what happened to her? >> number 1, i would say, neil, you talk about a double standard. if she was a caucasian, especially a male, and tweeted the same thing and we had an african american president, it wouldn't have taken espn two weeks. o

jerry jones has been in constant contact with the president.very saturday, the nfl is working the teams to find out to what the players want to do and where the team is at. a distraction at the very least and joining us now with his reaction and her reaction, from denver, ted harvey. to defend the president. and from washington, robin biro. when you heard the vice president went to celebrate the retiring of peyton manning's number at halftime and he went to indianapolis, what were you thinking? were you thinking something was going to happen? >> i also want to say i'm a veteran u.s. army ranger. i am deeply patriotic. what i expected to happen did happen. the vice president did go there. and under donald trump's instructions, if one of the players took a knee, he did leave. i will assert to you that that is his right to exercise a peaceful protest just like these nfl players did. he very peaceably got up and left because he was protesting how these players chose to exercise their right to peacefully protest racism in america. that fact is getti

but i find interesting jerry jones is a hero for this.play. steroid users. accused murderers, accused. and this is the most offensive thing that happens that they take any? why don't we go after all of them? >> trish: have said is roger goodell's fault. and has allowed that great i agreed with you. i was very outspoken. you remember ray rice. there's no place for that in this sport, absolutely not. they shouldn't be allowing them to play. >> jessica: when you have the numbers of people and all those categories in the list could go on. you would end up with very few people who could be out there. >> ron: i don't think that's fair to players, but you're right. i think that they should be tough on that. i think the fans don't like to see bad people out on the field to cheer for bad people. you want to cheer for good people. the flag is the same thing. it's hard to cheer for people who are going to disrespect our national symbol. you can have your political agenda, find a different way to channel it rather than choosing to protest the flag it

unfortunately, those on the left in this country were quick to accuse jerry jones of being racist.is pathetic. watch this. >> jerry jones displayed leadership, because he seemed to understand compromise, he got down and linked arms and all that stuff. i understand that. it seems like that's where he was going. now it seems like it was as phony as a a three dollar bill. the word that comes to mind, i don't care who doesn't like me using it, is plantation. the players are here to serve me and they will do what i want, no matter how much i pay them. they are not equal to me. >> jerry jones' decision in many ways smacks of a plantation mentality. >> sean: what about nfl players?ma are we restricting their free speech rights? when one player wants to put on his cleats on the 15th anniversary of 9/11? "never forget," and put the date, or when the cowboys wanted to honor the police officers that were assassinated in the line of duty, they were forbidden from doing that. and you can't do a fake bow and arrow and the end zone and you can't talk. really? a lot are free-speech restrictions in

trump later tweeted in response -- "a big salute to jerry jones, owner of the dallas cowboys, who willench players who disrespect our flag. stand for anthem or sit for game!" last month, jones, along with members of the dallas cowboys, took a knee before the anthem in a statement of unity with players. the nba also has now said, i mean, trump is really pushing this. that players cannot take the knee during the anthem. the owners are going to meet later this week in the nfl. >> >> owners are threatening the players in challenging their sense of manhood. these players are going to neil in the lineage of their families they come from. i would have jerry jones will not take a position so strong that is so anti-american. he is otherwise a fairly decent guy. i've known him for a long time. he is a good guy. justice to- racial the flag -- how can trump take the lead on patriotic flag test when when it was time for war, he ran a stop he is a draft dodger. amy: you are a reverend. we had reverend barber on last week. symbolic about the importance of taking a knee, of the symbol of prayer. dr. k

jerry jones is a man of his word.does any kind of protest where he calls disrespecting the flag, i would probably expect him to bench those guys. but, again, he is going down a slipperly slope. >> it would be an interesting game if all the players decided to ictakntake a knee and they k them off the nfl. would you take a knee if you were playing at this point the. >> it's easy to say what i would do now. i know i've always been vocal. >> fair enough. this has become about the flag. christine, i wonder what your take is. ask i want to ask you in your take on this, why are people picking and choosing what patriotism is, how the flag should be represented? if you're looking at the flag and you're a staunch believer and want to follow all the rules, a flag should never be touching the ground, that's one, and it should always be carried aloft and free. and you see the flag on the field not being aloft and horizontal. so what's the issue? whoo why are people picking and choosing? what's your take the. >> think about it, don

now jerry jones and keep in mind this was not during the anthem, this is before the anthem, jones said have to stand for national anthem if they want to play. that came out after they lost to greenbay. the nfl players association put out a statement saying, the union was assured players would be allowed to protest without retribution, as you can probably guess, the words from jones threw praise from the president who tweeted a big salute to jones who will disrespect the flag. stand for anthem or sit for game. a look at your final five. up next the real first lady claps back at the president's first ex-wife. it's connecting the dots, a relationship expert join police to talk about the back and forth between ivana and milania coming up next. up next. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: ed gillespie wants to end a woman's right to choose. ed gillespie would put the government in charge of a woman's personal decisions, not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie

what kind of blowback does jerry jones risk, or will he come out with a stronger hand?ayers take a big risk. they are. the nfl, a conservative institution, they know the owners have a lot of control over their careers. we don't have guaranteed contracts in the nfl. i actually think in a lot of ways some of these guys what they're doing is extremely brave. >> yes. >> and i want 20 sto say, kasie regardless whether or not we agree or disagree with their decision to take a knee, we as americans have to agree on the right to do that and i hope owners will respect that right. and that they will understand that their players are individual human beings with feelings and statements they want to make. to allow them to do that and maybe embrace this a little bit and use this as a positive to raise a conversation, or what we can do better and move forward together as a country instead of continuing to divide us. >> colin allred, mark thompson, thank you both. >>> up next, the nation's growing opioid crisis is touching nearly every community. our kate snow join meese after the bre

he seems emboldened that he made an inroad with jerry jones., that seems to be dissipating. let's see what happens. >> is there a middle ground anywhere in here? because there is an argument to be made that by not moving on, you're only indulging trump. trump actually likes the conflict, likes the fact that players continue to take a knee. there's one thing we know the president likes. he loves drama. pat? >> there is no rule that they have to stand for the anthem. what's happened is we have a conflating of the anthem and military police with social issues like racial injustice and inequality that the players are actually protesting like kaepernick 14 months ago. i think there is a middle ground to figure out what is the right way to deal with both issues. >> stephanie, if i could real quick, with the nba season about to start, i'm really fascinated to see what happens there because i think some of these issues could be more jermaiengi there. >> all right, we have to leave it at that. i'm stephanie ruhle. my colleague is on assignment right now

>>> cowboys owner, jerry jones says he would bench any players who disrespect the flag. jones's remarks were the most blatant comments yet by an owner, during an ongoing debate on the players and their right to protest. >> reporter: here we are, week 5 of the nfl. it seems every week, the national anthem protest story remains. this week is no exception. a report surfaced over the weekend, that the redskins were told, they had to stand for the national anthem. players told me today, they hadn't heard that, and it's just not true. >> i have never heard that. i don't know where that came from, but i was never told that at all. >> it's a tough situation. as a team, we've had our talks about it. we're good we're understanding in this locker room. >> i'm a big believer in everyone having equal rights. i'm a big believer in that. as far as trying to campaign, figure out everything that's going on, i'm not in the position to do that. right now, my focus is the season. and that's what i'm trying to do. help guys win games around here. >> reporter: the national anthem protest story

this week jerry jones says a line in the sand. if you sit, you are not playing.ally caused jemele hill who two weeks ago who avoided suspension by apologizing to go out on twitter and call out the cowboys and jerry jones. steve: right. she tweeted this. this play always worked. change happens when advertisers are impacted. if you feel strongly about j.j., jerry jones statement boycott his advertisers. so, keep in mind, this is the same person who called the president of the united states a white supremacist two weeks ago did not get into trouble for that essentially they said. brian: she apologized. steve: don't get political espn said. but yesterday she got suspended because it was a violation of their social media policy. al sharpton is really angry that they have benched her. >> i think it's outrageous. to try and silence her will not silence many of us that feel what jerry jones has done. we are supposed to be a country where the first amendment gives you freedom of speech. so he is saying if you want to play on my team, you suspend your freedom of speech, yo

good for jerry jones.s for this idea that it's okay to offend the american people, we get the right to also choose whether we are going to watch something that we don't like. leo talked about these boycotts in the past during the civil rights era, where people were able to say, i don't like what you are doing. i won't participate. in overwhelming numbers, we are watching the american people say we don't like what you are doing and we will not participate. that's as american as apple pie. >>ri brian: before you talk, i've got to read the rest of the letter. just in case our audience didn't. he doesn't just say stand. he said he's actually trying to be positive and says this -- "we will include in our conversation elements that in season platforms will exist to promote core issues that they say matters most and promote positive change in our country." rather than split the country about disrespecting the flag, that's how i view it and you view it differently, they will work on the programs necessaryry to mak

she's offered an option for the people that are coming in now, it gives jerry jones.solution. neil: she's a disney employee. she says change happens when advertisers are impacted if you strongly reject, the key is advertisers. is she -- so what happens and what should happen to her? >> espn is in business at the national folk alley. the advertiser she's talking about boycotting are likely espn advertisers as well. someone probably needs to have a talk with her, explained the business she's been common explain his paying her salary and that would be the end of it. i'm watching a lot of people from nfl leadership, and that clearly doesn't understand their business to the players who have no understand why they're making millions and billions of dollars. it is not the place if i were espn i would have a conversation with jamele hill. neil: i was reminded by bob baker who runs obviously espn. he did not like the way she discussed responding to president trump and involving that now. i guess it's incumbent upon him because he regretted remarks to fire her. >> well, i'm not

and in essence, what jerry jones is saying is that you can bow if i tell you to bow. you can take a knee if i tell you to take a knee and take it with me, but if you want to do it on your own, then you'll be off the field. on wednesday jones reportedly told his players that he has taken this new stance to "play the bad guy and deflect attention from the players." mr. jones, you have succeeded. because as i said on tuesday, it takes a plantation mentality to tell grown men facing racialized conditions you absolutely cannot relate to that they can kneel when you brand it and be threatened by them losing their jobs they must stand while their lives are being threatened. the cowboys are off this week. giving players some time to rest and no doubt think about things. and for your sake, mr. jones, let's hope that their betterselves can continue to co-exist with your bottom line. because if not, they might stand up just like you asked only to turn around and say i gotcha. [ faint screams ] we need to find the pattern. who does he leave the snowmen for? [ distorted voice ] by

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jerry jones' policy is if you kneel out the national anthem, you sit out the game. what do you make of that? >> well, they're doing what they should have done last year. i agree. if it wasn't for the fact that we have a corporation, the nfl, that is actually -- was more interested in politics, this never should have happened. they put parameters and every other demonstration and yet they allow this young man to demonstrate against our flag. the american people have spoken. i love the fact that free enterprise and americans across the board told the companies what to do now the dollars are coming out of their pockets. they'll figure out how to make it happen and they will punish the guys that do not toe the line. some guys say that's okay. they'll use their money for this cause. that's fine. we'll see what happens in the off-season. we'll have a flood of money and mentors for help for the kids on the sidelines that have lost hope in our country because of the left. >> neil: this has become as you indicated warped more to a racial issue and a lot of players. seen thro

jerry jones has every right to do what he wants to do with his team. obviously there are contract stipulation and so on, but generally speaking that's true. the point that was just made about the significance of the flag and how this is being coopted is an important one. the fact that this is being made about the flag, about the military is because those are political winners. the military is a political winner itself. donald trump is extremely unpopular, vice president pence -- they're protesting the military to gather people around. he spends so much more time dealing with this than he has, frfrm, the aftermath of haurk maria if puerto rico. it's something that his base and republicans get excited about and he needs that support right now. and so he's seizing on what jones did in part because it's another win in his column on this issue, which he thinks is important. >> gentlemen, i can't think you enough. a terrific discussion on a monday night of all things. thank you both. coming up after another break there's been a lot less trashing about robert

: jerry jones of the dallas cowboys. >> yeah. as we know in the league. so i think what roger goodell did today was good and was needed. >> neil: you think that jerry jones would honor that, if one of his players do that, that hey, the commissioner said they can do that? >> i'm hoping after this last meeting where the owners came together and really talked about the issues. we all live in our bubbles. sometimes you can't see things through others eyes. right now that's what this country needs. those owners needed that. just to be able to hear from the players direct and hear what their voices are saying and their perspective. >> neil: some of the players, you know, were forced into a corner. if they were forced to stand, they would stand and they would be benched and who knows what else. that seems to be taken off the table. but for fans watching, it means those fans are still going to be ticked off, right? >> yes, they are. listen, kneeling for the flag offends a lot of people. >> neil: does it offend you? >> i don't want to say

people are still reacting to the stand or be benched order from cowboys' owner jerry jones. on sunday jones issued a statement saying any of his players who disrespect the flag by taking a knee during the anthem will not play. the eagles' safety, malcolm jenkins, known for raising his fist during the anthem said he would continue to do that even if owner jeffrey laurie told him not to. >> it is in no way disrespect to our flag, country, or service members. i think we've made that very, very clear that what we're demonstrating about has nothing to do with the flag but everything to do with social injustice, racial equality. >> vice president mike pence left an nfl game sunday minutes after players took a knee during the "star spangled banner" the move was planned in advance and directed by the president. >>> also from the nfl anthem controversy, espn hosted host jemele hill for two weeks for a second violation of the network's social media policy. on sunday, hill blasted jerry jones on twitter calling for a fan boycott of his advertisers. the suspension came just weeks after

so the cowboys, so jerry jones who himself was kneeling two weeks ago now is saying he's not going to play anybody who kneels. so let's put that in the mix of completely bizarre behavior. jones says you can kneel beforehand, is anybody going to be keeping an ion they are kneeling now, strike up the anthem, if they don't stand within a second, two seconds, are they not going to ply? >> but what's getting lost in this is the reason they took a knee to begin with. didn't have to do with the flag or disrespecting men and women in uniform. it had to do with kaepernick and others feeling police brutality and african americans in this country. >> social justice. >> social justice. >> injustice. and the concerns he has. i'm one of the people that stand for the anthem and get tears in my eyes when i hear it. but i person bally believe full in the right to stand for the anthem. that's my personal belief. but the idea we'll start legislating this. oh, my goodness, nfl that's a slippery slope as i said earlier. and i don't know for example the cowboys, let's say that entire offensive line decides

so essentially espn has a vested interest in the nfl survival and further for her to go out to jerry jones the dallas cowboy opener owner to say the nfl shares its tv deal with the teams so you can not just boycott jerry jones and not be boycotting the nfl. basically she said boycott my own company and she didn't realize it. charles: she does it when a time that espn is just bleeding viewers, and i think he's write not only espn anchors but a lot of the players saying if you don't like what i'm doing don't come to the same. some saying are you nuts? >> yeah this is a business debacle for sure. she's bit the hand that feeds her on this one but when we're talking about i think trump's playing of this he's the only one that benefits from it and he's got these players and these teams between a rock and a hard place. any choice that they make they're putting an x on their back for some group or another and i think that's part of how we've seen him pick up on social issues that resonate like this before. i think it's a distraction a bigger political issues but i wouldn't want to be an espn busin

if you feel strongly about jerry jones' statement, boycott

if you feel strongly about jerry jones statement, boycott his advertiser.r burden has been placed on nfl players in dallas and miami because players risk being bench ed if they don't stand respect fully for the national anthem. apparently she thinks it's unfair to be respectful to the flag and the nation. the result espn announced it will be suspending hill for two weeks citing a second violation of the company's social media guidelines. of course, the leader in sports only taking action when it affects their bottom line, perspectively at least. the sports network pays nearly $2 billion a year to the nfl for broadcast rights, but when she insulted president trump last month, espn did absolutely nothing warning the host about her conduct. it's no wonder the espn is struggling losing subscribers facing higher costs and a decline in ad revenue, and that's where we are in this nfl player-led protest. these protesting nfl players are such ingrates that they and some of the sportscasters who cover them believe standing for the national anthem hand over heart cons

also, what jerry jones, the owner of the cowboys, had to say. lottery. >> good norming, i'm kristen rodgers, the sixers got underway last night as they look at the pre-season expectations, ben simmons with his first nba minutes looks good, get the steel, takes it to the other end, and finishes with a dunk. he had 18-point on the night. crunch time though. sixers looking to tie up a jj reddick three does not fall, 6ers lose the opener 120-1150. >> nfl commissioner roger goodel says players should stands for the national anthem. wasn't a lot of clarity from his comments on wednesday, just feels like it is continuing the discussion. >> i would unprecedented conversations and dialogue going on between our players, between our owners, between our club officials, between the league, and that's a really positive change for us. >> alcs game five, no score, greg birds hits deep to right field, new york gets on the board first, yankees win it, they lead the series three-two, game six in houston on friday. that's sport in a minute. i'm kristen rodgers. >>

well, at one point she was married to jerry jones. >> oh, is that? >> from the cowboys. >> then changed her name to joyce because she new it wouldn't fly in fill. >> i wouldn't work, so whether she got the job here she divorced that jerry jones. i don't know if you knew that or not. >> she -- she is done. >> but back in my day, back whether i was alive, there was a talk show host named jenny jones. anybody remember her? crystal? you remember her? yes. >> so that's what you are thinking of. nice save. >> nice. >> at one point, 27 talk shows on the air at one time. >> why were you thinking of jenny jones, if we're doing this show? >> jenny jones could be, it looks like, her mother. >> oh, okay. >> delco in the running, newark, new jersey, camden, i see like philly and camden can come together with their proposal. >> you would think. >> up in mercer county they have one. harrisburg. >> pittsburgh. >> but the bug win pittsburgh, that is why i'm going to take on about 20 pittsburgh people at a bar down the street, in a few minutes, and i have my note card