on monday, kaepernick's attorney mark geragos filed a grievance against the nfl alleging that team owners have colluded this season to keep his client off the rosters because of his protest against racism last season. i spoke to attorney geragos earlier about the case. >> thank you for joining us this morning, attorney geragos. first of all, the knee in that colin kaepernick did on manufacture the issues that many of us have been concerned about certainly i have been involved with, you have filed a grievance on his behalf saying there was actual exclusion between nfl owners and to keep him from being able to continue his career and to really work this season. tell us the basis of the grievance and who decides on the outcome of the grievance once you make your full presentation? >> well, thank you for having me. and the -- we filed under the collective bargaining agreement. one of the reasons we did that is because collin specifically wants to get back on the field and play. i think you've seen during this past week we filed exactly a week ago almost to the hour and since then some of the

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<mark geragos: "i am going to predict right now that we will have a smoking.t will be, but we have a high degree of confidence that this will be able to be proved and that there are people who are not going to get into an arbitration proceeding and they are not going to lie. they are not going to lie. they are going to tell the truth and they're going to say what happened. they were told no, you're not going to hire him.">( darya ) kaepernick opted out of his contract with the san francisco 49ers earlier this year. he has remained a free agent since. ( james ) still ahead on the kron four morning news... we continue to cover the devastation across the north bay. after the break hear how one bay area couple was able to survive when they got trapped in their santa unlike ordinary toothpaste colgate total... fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums for a healthier mouth. so you're totally ready. colgate total. be totally ready for life. trusted battery for your son's favorite toy?t maybe not. maybe, you could trust he wouldn't leave the upstairs water ru

kaepernick, of course, he started the national anthem protest last year and joyed by his attorney mark geragoss. good morning, mark. >> good morning. how are you? >> we're doing well, mark, we said colin started this protest but now you're seeing multiple players on multiple teams who have joined the protest. you talk to him regularly. what does he have to say to that? >> i think he's -- there's a certain amount of gratification that this movement has kind of caught fire. i obviously -- i don't think anybody ever expected it to be as big or as widespread or as talked about as it's become and i don't know that anybody could have foreseen it but at the same time, look how we've sparked a conversation nationally and internationally. >> they had the big meeting yesterday, nfl officers here in new york. the other players said they wanted him there. he was not invited. do you and did colin feel like he should have been there, that he should have been invited. >> well, he absolutely should. in fact, my office had the discussion on sunday and specifically asked or on monday, i should say and specifica

his name, mark geragos. >> i've had many a client who i have no doubt was capable of the acts that he was accused of. this is just not one of them. >>> coming up -- in the last hours of jennifer's life, something was caught on camera. does it prove paul is not guilty? >> so you had sex last night with her and videoed it? >> yeah. >> anybody who watches this is never going to have the impression that this was somebody who was ready to kill her. >> when "dateline" continues. - for my family, we are three for three in our siblings for getting married. i thank eharmony for that. - [narrator]top waiting, start communicating for free today. theseare heading back home.y oil thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home >>> defense attorney mark geragos has made a name for himself defending clients in difficult and highly celebrated cases, not the least the scott peterson friel. but defending paul zumot would present its own set of challenges. zumot was accused of killing his girlfriend jennifer schipsi and then trying

his attorney, mark geragos released a statement saying, if the nfl is to remain a meritocracy, then principled and peaceful things should not be compromised. colin kaepernick's goal has always been and remains to be simply be treated fairly. the players union plans to speak his his advisers this week. >>> firefighters turned a corner in their battle against those historic wildfires raging in northern california for more than a week. as they get a better handle on the flames, the death toll has climbed to 40 and many people are still missing this morning. now, more than 5,000 homes burned but thousands of evacuated residents are being allowed back home. and power should be restored to nearly everyone by tonight. and take a look at this. a glimmer of hope in the middle of the devastation. firefighters there found an american flag virtually unscathed as everything around it was reduced to ashes. >>> now let's take a look at your weather for this monday morning. the chicago area is drying out after a heavy weekend of rain causing some widespread flooding. the windy city's famous riverwalk was clos

. >> reporter: kaepernick hired high profile los angeles attorney mark geragos to represent him who tweeted today, "principalled and peaceful protest which the owners themselves made great theater weeks ago should not be pushed and athletes should not be denied employment based on partisan political provocation based on the executive branch of our government. this threatens all americans and hearkens back to our darkest days as a nation." at the white house president trump said the nfl should discipline all players who took a knee during the national anthem. >> you're disrespecting our flag and you're disrespecting our country and the nfl should have suspended some of these players for one game, not fire them, suspended them for one game and then if they did it again, it could have been two games and three games and then for the season. you wouldn't have people disrespecting our country right now. >> reporter: but the anthem protests are only spreading now overseas. this entire soccer team kneeled during the german national anthem sunday saying it was a sign of solidarity with american athl

the former superstar quarterback hiring attorney mark geragos and filing a grievance against the nfl alleging league owners are colluding against hiring him because of his repeated protests during the national anthem. >> kaepernick has a very difficult uphill battle to show that there is some sort of agreement or collusion among the teams in the league to prohibit his employment. >> reporter: kaepernick's protest against racial inequality and social injustice became a movement with teams kneeling together after president trump weighed in last month. >> he's fired. he's fired! >> reporter: ahead of an owner's meeting tomorrow, dealing with this very controversy, today the nfl is declining comment. kaepernick, who opted out of his contract with the 49ers last year -- >> kaepernick is in the end zone! >> reporter: -- is still considered a high caliber quarterback. >> he's surely better than guys who are currently drawing an nfl paycheck. >> reporter: a former standout player who took a knee and has been sidelined ever since. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> new troubles tonig

but whether you can successfully litigate that, even with mark geragos as your coup, remains to be seen. >> it will be somewhat of an interesting question. because of subject activity, they don't have to prove why they did things, i don't think, in this kind of forum. you are put on the field because of how you do on the field but also what you mean to the franchise and the face they want to put forward. do you think that is why kaepernick is not on the gridiron? >> follow this as closely as some of the restaurants. but what i read from people i do trust, yeah, he's very, very good. somebody should have picked him up in some role. that opens the door for what could be expensive litigation as far as the reputation of the nfl. if they harness this through the civil rights movement that colin kaepernick set off and joined by taking his action, then there is a lot of pressure. that, plus, as you know, all sort of e-mails, discussions start to come out, the pressure starts to mount. then that's when you see the owners trying to settle. >> good points. fellows, thank you very much for startin

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and now he's going to try to prove collusion with oj simpsons old attorney mark geragos.o pay attention to him. because you got a situation in green bay that's screaming out for a new quarterback. we havent heard anything if the packers are interested. hey , i don't know all the legalese, i just know its going to be pretty tough to prove, that every team sat down together and said dont touch him.(ááádaryaááá)that's exactly right. that's what he has to prove. not every team . but at least two teams, the good old boys talk to each other. or that the league talked to at least one team. and that they colluded. and its really difficult to prove. in fact, what's interesting. so im looking back over the history at how they prove this kind of thing. in baseball they have had more success. but one big collusion allegation came from barry bonds. so in 2015 he said, you remember, that ill play for anybody, anybody for the minimum. and he tried to prove collusion and lost.(ááágaryááá) yeah and the comeback was then, if i remember right, was that, we'll we cant touch barry because my

his attorney mark geragos, blames donald trump.ent based on partisan political provocation by the executive branch. today trump fired back, saying the whole anthem controversy could have been avoided had the 49ers suspended the kaepernick the first time he protested. >> the people of our country are very angry at the nfl. all you have to do look at their ratings and look at their stadiums. you see empty seats where you never saw them before. reporter: when packers quarterback aaron rodgers went out yesterday with an injury, green bay fans lit up twitter. some want kaepernick. others said, absolutely not. melissa: how about performance on the field or attitude, or whether you're a leader, all these things count? i don't know. william, thank you. david: their only job is to fill seats. that is their only job is to fill seats. if you can't fill seats, i don't think you should have a job. anyway, could any u.s. politician possibly defend iran? well nancy pelosi is getting pretty close insiding with their protests against the trump admi

kaepernick's attorney mark geragos will join us this morning.n this. a baltimore middle schoolers, this video has gone viral. their incredible rendition of rise up, well, they are live here in our studio this morning. they're going to give us a little inspiration on this wednesday morning and matt and tam, they have been rehearsing all morning long. they are adorable little kids you'll see them here on "gma." they're so cute. >> my guess is this is now andre day's favorite version of rise up and it's her song. they are wonderful. >> looking forward to it. thanks robin. >> reporter: we've got a surprise. andrade is going to surprise them. >> you at home don't tell anyone. [laughter] >> reporter: no, no. [laughter] >> i like that she tells us secrets. >> just for us. >> just us. >> hey, just for you we've got all kinds of problems i want to help you get around them. we're looking live in bristol township bucks county. this is an accident i just told you about a report of an accident. we've got a camera shot and saw fire crews pull up to the scene.

. >> so our friend, mark geragos, representing colin kaepernick, he writes, the mere suspicion of collusionnick has risen to the level of concrete and actual collusion. now, i'm no lawyer. but that's pretty circular reasoning, from our friend there. >> yeah, it is. and i want to -- you know, show me the beef, as they used to say in the old burger commercial, you know. he's got to have concrete proof to win this. and just because he's bringing a case doesn't mean that he has it. geragos' statement was filled with patriotic exhortations about he shouldn't be punished for protesting because it's all american to protest. but you need the evidence. >> what should we make of the fact this case is not being brought initially by the nfl players association, the union? the union has now said they're going to talk to the kaepernick's team, and they're going to support him. but kaepernick chose to go a private route, not through the union. >> yeah, you know, i think it indicates that union members have trouble with the case. i mean, they really -- they need evidence, you know, to jump in full-footed i

he's hired celebrity attorney mark geragos who has said it was filed only after pursuing every other the giants pulled off one of the upsets. they dominated the broncos in denver. picked up the first win of the season. jason pierre-paul three sacks. they did not allow a touchdown until late in the fourth quarter. >>> this is the way you end a game with a lot of drama and style. that's justin turner and his beard. taking it out of the park, three run walk off home run and that will give the dodgers a two game to none lead over the cubs and it came on the 29th anniversary of kirk gibson's walkoff homer to give l.a. game one of the world series against oakland. game three at wrigley tomorrow night. >> well, you can now order food on facebook. details next. >> all right. there you go. >> like and food. >> live look outside. look at the lincoln memorial. it is 6:12, 62 degrees and a little rain out there. we'll check in with mike thomas for your details next. >> ♪ >> blank ralph northam: i'm ralph northam and as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want m

he hires mark geragos to represent him. it's going to be very hard to win. he waited for a team where it was a team that played with a style that he was very much part of so he could fill in for mariota because they are the same style of quarterback. he went and signed a bad guy, a real bad player in weeden which helps his case it's about the best scenario that he can have, but i still think it's almost impossible to prove that he was in any way -- that there was in any collusion, so from that point i don't think he'll win but i think he could get a settlement the other part of this is he'll never play in the league again because now that he went after of the league this way, i can't see an owner giving him a job under any circumstances. they might pay him to go away, but he's not going to get another job. >> jim cramer is here with us. he has something for you. >> a great honor that you called on the show. >> jim, i know you want to talk about the eagles but don't bore me with the eagles >> i'm not going to do that. i wanted to get your feel about why const

attorney mark geragos, a celebrity lawyer whose client list includes michael jackson and convicted murderer scott peterson. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >>> coming up, with amazon and now walmart making online shopping easier than ever, could we be seeing the end of the mall? >> you're watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ >>> with so many of us doing more and more shopping online, our local malls are taking quite a hit. in fact, a recent study found that 25% of american malls will close in the next five years. our consumer expert vera gibbons has been tracking this trend on nonepoliticalnews.com and joins us with more details. alarming trend. many jobs are involved there. of course you can go to a mall and see many of them empty but how do you know if a mall is dead? >> well, the malls -- some of them are dying. the malls anchored by the likes of jcpenney and seers, those are the ones in biggest danger. the malls that are reinventing themselves are in pretty good shape. >> you say reinventing themselves. american malls aren't necessarily dead? >> no they're just mixing things up, trying dif

his high-profile attorney mark geragos has kept kaepernick from a job after he became a free agent this spring. >> 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, out? he's fired. he's fired! >> reporter: president trump weighing in on the issue last month. kaepernick's filing alleges all 32 team owners violated the league's bargaining agreement, an effort to prevent kaepernick from playing this season. >> kaepernick is in the end zone. >> reporter: with the nfl declining comment the players association says in a statement they have a duty to assist mr. kaepernick, as we do all players and we will support him. but legal experts say kaepernick could have a hard time proving collusion. >> there needs to be an agreement that he has to have evidence of in order to successfully prove his collusion claim. >> reporter: in a statement, kaepernick's legal team says his goal remains to simply be treated fairly by the league he performed at the highest level for and to return to the football playing field

mark geragos who's now leading our case, quinn emanuel, advised us in a court case before. some of the greatest legal minds in our nation. >> kelly, you want to jump in here, kelly? >> yeah, thanks. shervin, hi, again. >> hey, kelly. >> take up on the thought -- hi. i know your attorney said express this has a formal notice, if you vote in favor, our attorneys -- >> that's right. >> you've begun such a part of this company you know, what do you mean by that what are the potential outcomes here that they're referring to >> in my opinion, when a firm like benchmark decides to take such actions against a company, $12 billion investment is worth over $9 billion and they begin to strip the rights of not just the founders, but the early foundational employees of the company, they bleed into a territory of ethics and law that we think really matters for people to take a stand to have courage to stand up for what's right so what we said in that letter is absolutely true if the board of directors decides today to strip those rights, we will be filing a class-action suit against them

i know mark geragos.e's a great lawyer, but he has his work cut out for him because that's going to be a tough standard to prove. neil: all right. i hear there are far lesser, far less talented quarterbacks among the 89 or so that are either lead or back up or back up to the back up quarterbacks and surely he would fit in that group. and the fact that he's not is curious. what do you think? >> people have made that argument. what's important here for viewers to know is that you need to have hard evidence of this case for a case of collusion to stick. now, in the grievance, it was totally vague. it didn't reference hard evidence at all. . neil: what is hard evidence, though? what would you need as hard evidence? >> e-mails. notes. actual audio. something between two or more teams that allude or cite specifically, yes, we have a grieve not to hire this specific person. now, vague directives, they cite that they succumb to president trump's comments. neil: but you say two or more. so could get away with as f

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kaepernick has hired mark geragos the celebrity attorney based out of the west coast who has in the pastson. ainsley: he said i hear you. he has talked to some of the players he said i'm listening to you in your efforts. i appreciate your efforts but i think you should be standing for the national anthem. is he denying any black balling of quarterbacks or any of the team members who refuse to stand. steve: by the way, his former team, the 49ers were booed as they kneeled for the anthem again. they have now lost six games in a row. pete: we're also hearing that hillary clinton on her blame tour in the u.k. -- book tour, sorry, book tour, just sounded off and said she supports the kneeling. ainsley: in london. pete: in london wor loan londong about how she supports the kneelers. pete: fbi happened to find new documents about it. will this ignite the entire scandal? former congressman jason chaffetz here to react the tom of the hour. ainsley: halloween costume of the wall. look at that sparking a lot 6 talk online. carley shimkus is here to talk about what's trending coming up next. ♪ why d