this weekend oakland a's catcher bruce maxwell became the first major league baseball player to kneel during the national anthem. moments later the oakland a's issued a statement supporting maxwell and his constitutional right to freedom of speech. >>> happening now philadelphia police are looking for the man who let loose a volley of bullets in center city. police heard shots being fired near 13th and chancellor just before 3:00 this morning. that's where they responded. they tried to catch the gunman but ran into a subway and got away. police are talking to a man at einstein medical center who says he was injured by the gunfire while sitting in his car. we'll keep you posted on this one. >>> now to some international news. no response yet from north korea after that show of force of u.s. warplanes buzzing the north territory yesterday. according to the pentagon american bombers and fighter jets flew to the farthest point north of the border between north and south korea. this is the first time that's happened this century. the flyover followed a large anti-u.s. rally in north korea'

maxwell's shoulders. the athletics released a statement shortly afterwards expressing support for all players' freedom of expression. >>> a lot of uncertainty in berkeley tonight. hundreds marched to protest free speech week, which has now been canceled. the controversial speaker milo yiannopoulos said he's going to be at uc berkeley tomorrow no matter what. protesters are going to be there too. nbc bay area's anser hassan live at berkeley where there are now suspicions the whole free speech week event may have been a hoax. >> reporter: that's right, terry. campus officials say sprou plaza is open to anyone. they say yiannopoulos has the right to speak. but they also say there's now evidence to suggest that free speech week may have been fake news from the very start. >> we don't care about any of that. we're going to go and exercise our rights. >> reporter: like it or not, milo yiannopoulos says he will speak tomorrow at uc berkeley. >> we, however, are not going to be deterred. >> reporter: the student

that is catcher bruce maxwell. teammate mark canha put a hand on maxwell's shoulder. this protest is said to be the first we have seen from a major league baseball player. the a's put out a brief statement in support of maxwell. it reads: "the oakland a's pride ourselves on being inclusive. we respect and support all of our players' constitutional rights and freedom of expression." ( jr stone ) joining us now to weigh in on what's been a whirlwind day of events is kron 4 sports director gary radnich...( justine ) gary...what is your take on this situation with the warriors and the president? we saw the first mlb player... oakland a... take a knee today. what do you think will happen tomorrow with all the nfl games? another big story we are watching.. the student group organizing free speech week at u-c berkeleyoffici ally canceled the events today. the lineup of conservative speakers on campus would have begun tomorrow. but headliner milo yiannopoulos says he still plans to speak on sunday. kron four's spencer blake has been getting both sides of this story. he's live

open a's catcher bruce maxwell said it was a decision long time coming. now during the national anthem yesterday he bowed after the president blasted nfl players for doing the same thing. maxwell is the first major league baseball to join the growing protest. he says mr. trump's rhetoric on twitter took the movement to another level. yesterday the catcher tweeted, inequality is being displayed bigger than ever right now as our president shows that freedom of protest and speech is not allowed. maxwell talked to the media yesterday after the game. >> this was the right thing for me to do personally, just through the endeavors of what i have been through and where i'm from. and the people i do know that are victims of racial indifferences. >> if he wants to take a knee, take a knee. are we going to ban him from baseball like kaepernick? >> the baseball players are doing it because they believe they have a platform to make a change. but theeople striking back, to me, you're seeing what the fabric of america is like. >> the oakland a's issued this statement sa

oakland a's catcher bruce maxwell took a knee during the national anthem on saturday as the team tooke texas rangers. he is the first major league baseball player to do so. teammate and cal alum mark canha stood behind maxwell and put his hand on his shoulder in a show of solidarity. maxwell later tweeted "don't be surprised if you start seeing athletes kneeling in other sports now." ( marty ) and new this morning.. under armour is now showing it's support for steph curry after he and the warriors were disinvited to the white house yesterday. the sports apparel company tweeted that it "stands for the flag and by our athletes for free speech, expression and a unified america." (marty) the raiders have a game in our nation's capitol vs washington this evening. nfl network's ian rapoport is reporting that the raiders starting offensive line intends to sit or kneel as a group during the national anthem. we'll have much more on the president's comments and reaction coming up later in the newscast. more quakes have hit central mexico. we'll take a look at new damage. the controversy between

maxwell the wl anthem at futur games. indubefore the oakland a's -untpdeci beretween president trump and warriors basketball star steph curry. curry telling reporters he didn't want to visit the white house as nba champs are traditionally invited to do. the president responded by withdrawing the invitation. abc 7 news report sa galegon has more. >> reporter: this prompted the president to post this tweet, going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. stephen curry is hesitating, therefor, invitation is withdrawn. the team had planned to privately discuss the potential white house visit before president trump's tweet. >> this is kind of beneath the leader of a country to go that route. it's not what leaders do. >> reporter: curry's teammates quickly coming to his defense and shifting the conversation away from political affiliation and towards something bigger. >> there was a respect for the offi office, but respect for us and for the president himself. >> it's for going and calling every pl

that is catcher bruce maxwell. teammate mark canha put a hand on maxwell's shoulder.is the first major league baseball player to take a kneel during the anthem. the a's put out a brief statement in support of maxwell. it reads: "the oakland a's pride ourselves on being inclusive. we respect and support all of our players' constitutional rights and freedom of expression." (jr stone) the 49ers also released a statement supporting their players decision to exercise their first amendment rights. (justine) and both the n-b-a and n-f-l commishioners released statements criticizing what president trump said. and earlier tonight we spoke to kron four's sports director gary radnich about how this could impact these teams going forward. <"there is a good portion of this country that do support trump, maybe not so much here. and the nfl and the nba and the guys that own this team. if people are looking for a reason not to support this team or products supported by these athletes. this has kind of opened the door for them to say maybe i will stay home or support what these people

teammate mark canha put a hand on maxwell's shoulder in a show of support.maxwell said he plans to continue the protest. (jr stone) coming up at nine on sports night live.. mark carpenter will join me and we will show you what nfl owners are saying about their players decisions to kneel or link arms. we'll also give you the latest on the warriors situation with the white house. that's tonight in a full hour of sports night live starting at 9. ( jr stone ) the weather is heating up in the bay area... and that has prompted a warning tonight.( justine ) chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now four our first look at the four zone forecast... a gradual warming trend will continue through the first half of the workweek as high pressure across the eastern pacific builds over california. while slightly cooling is expected late in the week, temperatures are forecast to remain above seasonal averages. ( jr stone ) a story we have been following out of the south bay. the san jose girl reported missing earlier this week has been found safe. family members found

maxwell said it was a decision that was a long time coming. he said mr.rump's rhetoric on twitter took the movement to styeerytweedated, inequality is being displayed bigger than ever right now as our president showst t of protest and speech is not allowed. maxwell talked to the media after yesterday's game. >> this was the right thing for me to do personally just from the endeavors i've been through myself and where i'm from and the people that i do know that have been victims of racial indifferences. >> if he wants to take a knee, take a knee. are you going to ban him like they did kaepernick? >> the players feel they have a platform to make a change, but the people that are striking back, they're seeing to me what the fabric of america is like. >> the oakland a's issued this statement which says the oakland a's pride ourselves on being inclusive. we respect and support our players' constitutional rights and freedom of expression. maxwell says he will continue to kneel during the anthem at future games. >>> before the oakland a's, there was the dust-up

bruce maxwell said it felt like the right thing to do. >>> developing news here, president trump signed a proclamation with new travel restrictions. they fall on certain foreigners from eight countries, chad, iran, libya, north korea, somalia, syria, venezuela and yemen. the white house deemed all inadequate i.d. management protocols. the administration's ban on foreign nationals from six muslim majority countries expired earlier today. >>> a 3 1/2 hour standoff in san francisco ended when the suspect was shot and killed by a police officer. it happened in the nob hill neighborhood. police responded to a domestic violence call involving a woman. the suspect refused to release his wife and children. at 2:30 this morning officers enthe tered the apartment and shots were fired. all three victims were rescued. >>> a vallejo woman fell asleep while driving and ended up down a hill. three passengers were in the car. they're all okay. everyone managed to get out safely but getting to the road proved difficult. >> it's a very big hill right here. and we were all just trying to climb up this hil

oakland a's catcher bruce maxwell took a knee during the national anthem. that made him the first major league baseball player to protest during the anthem. teammate and cal alum mark canha stood behind maxwell and put his hand on his shoulder in a show of solidarity. (darya) we have much more on the protests on our website including more reaction from around the n-f-l. and - don't forget you can download the new and improved kron four mobile app for free. and you can get breaking news push alerts sent your phone. chat with gary radnich about coming up at ( darya ) happening today... a rally against white supremacy will be held at u-c berkeley.( mark ) this comes after nearly a dozen people were arrested at protests when conservative speaker milo yiannopoulos showed up on campus yesterday. ( darya ) lydia pantazes is live at u-c berkeley this morning with the details. lydia. ( lydia ) <"i think, ya know, he should have the opportunity to have a platform. i don't think he should have a special opportunity; i think he should have the same opportunity as anyon

kevin maxwell on their bus, bound for the new farmt heights high school. a big change for students and staff from their old historic building which dates 1950. >> it was okay. you could tell the building was old and it was time to go. >> i'm exciting. new gym. get to get back in the gym and work. >> each one of our students will be assigned their own chrome book. all of our textbooks are digital. >> reporter: student laptops, a highlight from fairmont heights school tour which included maxwell and county executive rushern baker. maxwell also proud of another new addition, a competitive dual enrollment program. >> the 3d scholars where students can get a four-year diploma for under $10,000. >> reporter: and dr. maxwell was here for a kickoff ceremony for that 3d dual enrollment program. he says the day should go smoothly and pretty soon they expect to hire more teachers and bus drivers here for prince geor c >>> we could learn what happens next for a popular trail closed for purple line construction today. no one is able to use the georgetown branch trail f

bruce maxwell knelt for the second straight day. first major league player to do so.n pitching a jam, struck out six. he left the game after five for precautionary reasons. chris davis capping off a five-run fifth. see ya. his 41st home run of the season. a's win a season high seventh straight. 8-1 the final, sweeping the rangers. >>> giants and l.a. marty grandal with all three runs for l.a. straton, five hits. kersha kershaw, eight innings, striking out six. dodgers win 3-1. >>> tour championship. jordan spieth finished in a tie for seventh. finished the day 3 under 67. and the rookie shot a 2 under 68. this kept him in the lead. and justin thomas tied for the lead, a 25-foot birdie on 18. he's won five times this year and how did that not go in? so zander had this three-foot birdie for the win. first rookie to win the tour championship, earning $1.58 million. >>> we'll take a tour around the rest of tonight's nfl action at 11:00 p.m. over on abc 7. today, over 200 players chose to protest donald trump's statement. last week, only six players protested. i'm almost g

they are had to maxwell air force ace ahead of hurricane irma. two members were part of that team in houston that helped to make the 10 rescues, pulling people from flooded homes and neighborhoods. family members not getting a lot of time to spend with their loved ones after arriving home, but they know their help is needed. take a listen. so, as we come back out here live, you can see the members dropping off the bags and have to be checked in. everyone is being told to be here by 7:00 a.m. and the goal is to get on the road and had down south to alabama by 10:00 this morning and they anticipated later this week making the drive further south into florida ahead of hurricane irma. live this morning, ryan hughes, "good morning washington." overnight city of charlottesville voting to remove a statue of stonewall jackson, confederate general. the meeting didn't wrap up until late last night. the earlier decision to remove a statue of robert e lee is being challenged in court. both are covered following a white nationalist rally in which a counter pr

at 10:00 this , virginia task force one ichiro for maxwell air force base. -- towards maxwell air force base. >> good to have someone that has been there already, the to houston where there is a lot of water and you have boat opera -- boat operations. >> they will be staged in alabama and go further south into florida once irma hits. they expect to be there for at least two weeks. in chantilly, ryan hughes. adrianna: we are tracking irma's every move, connect with us online and on social media to keep up with the hurricane's path .47. two consecutive life since it is for the man who went on a shooting rampage in maryland last year. shootingd guilty to his wife and injuring another person outside high point high school in beltsville. the next day, he went on a shooting spree in montgomery county, killing two people and one day after the trump administration announced an into the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, backlash continues. the president says he may revisit daca in six months if congress does not pass legislation to protect undocumented immigrants who arrived in the

maxwell put his hand over his heart.eammates stood in line next to him. >>> and president trump is replacing his travel ban with new restrictions. the new rules include chad, sudan, libya, syria, and yemen. the restrictions range from an indefinite ban on visas to more targeted restrictions. it was announced after a ban on six majority nations was set to spire. >>> several republicans updated their latest last dich effort. two, john mccain and rand paul say they oppose the bill. several others say they don't think they'll support the measure. it adds $14 billion for states. republicans have until september 30th when their ability to pass the measure with a simple majority expires. >>> and ahead on "cbs this morning," oprah winfrey looks at the political divide impacting americans in the media, culturing and particularly in politics. in a portion you did not see on "60 minutes" last night, she talked to people in michigan which played a key role in the election. a mavericked gunman opened fire yesterday at burnette chapel

putting a hand on one of maxwell's shoulders in solidarity. the athletics released a statement shortly afterwards saying they respect and support all players freedom of expression. >>> in other news now, details on a double shooting in sonoma county. the sheriff's office is identifying the man who died. 46-year-old of santa rosa. a second victim in his 40s is on life support and not expected to survive. the shootings happened near a marijuana grow site near forestville in santa rosa. they suspect the crime is related to the marijuana operation. >>> a man is in custody this morning after he used a bat to break windows of businesses, cars and the police department. we had pictures sent to us from the watsonville police department. after 11:00 at night, peter gill walked down main street and started bashing the windows of several stores and cars. then he ended up at the police department where he broke multiple windows. according to police, gill was in a drug-induced state. >>> much more coming up. the rescue issues continue after an earthquake h

maxwell knelt for the second straight day during the anthem. first major league player to do so.hit. struck out six. left the game in the fifth for precautionary reason. oakland then giving him run support. chris davis capping off a five-run fifth with his 41st home run of the year. a's win with a season high 7 straight. 8-1 the final sweeping the rangers. facing the dodgers. yasmani grandal. chris stratton. stratton four innings three runs on five hits clayton kershaw was money. eight innings allowed only one run on eight hits struck out six. dodgers win 3-1. 2-4 down the stretch to avoid 100 losses. >>> jordan spieth the fedexcup leader coming in finished in a tie for seventh but he had this eagle on 13, finished the day 3 under 67. that par on 17 kept him in the lead. justin thomas tied for the lead. 25-footer for birdie on 18. he's already won five times this year. that looks like it's in. how did it not go in? he had a three-foot birdie for the win. look, it rolls around the cup and drops. first rookie whe touo t championship. justin thomas wins the fedexcup final and $10 mi

oakland catcher bruce maxwell is from a military family.e held his hand to his heart and faced the flag as he knelt. maxwell says he received both support and threats in reaction. >>> nashville police are holding a 25-year-old man after a shooting at a church. one worshipper is dead, seven others injured. it might have been worse if not for the courageous actions of an usher. adrian bankert with more. >> reporter: the small tennessee church ripped apart by a gunman on a deadly shooting rampage. >> the church of christ, people have been shot that location. >> reporter: the first calls came in at 11:15 as the service at burnette church of christ let out. >> this is a level one mass casualty incident. >> reporter: police say the gunman killed one woman in the parking lot, then made his way inside, all the way to the pulpit. >> the guy came from the right side of the church and he was just shooting. he was just shooting. he just came right to the middle. >> reporter: minerva rosa's dress bloody from helping the pastor, one of seven hurt along w

there he was bruce maxwell, kneeling with his hand over his heart.k ka nashowing support. a's fans giving a nice applause during his first at bat of the game. it was all seattle, this is mitch han ger from arch bishop high school in san jose. the mariners crushed the athletics. the win streak for oakland is over. seattle wins 7-1. >>> part of a big five-run inning the giants cruise to a 9-2 win in the desert. >>> back in a moment with more. >>> going to be a nice toasty look. look how nice it looks outside now, jeff. >> it is beautiful. not much in the way of fog as we take you into tomorrow morning's forecast. mostly sunny, fog free. san francisco mostly sunny to start at 56. and the north bay 53. what about that extended forecast, just mentioned the toasty temperatures on the way, inland 92 degrees. we're going to see a dryer wind develop out of the northeast, 10 to 20 miles per hour. that's going to increase the fire danger increase the humidity down to 10 to 20%. closer to zero, the faster a fire gets started. by friday we're down to 83 and by mo

maxwell said he plans to continue the protest.(james) even after organizers cancelled "berkeley free speech week".. conservative commentator milo yiannopoulos still came to campus for a brief speech yesterday. kron four's spencer blake was there as it happened. as promised, milo as promised, milo yiannopoulos arrived at sproul plaza to address an audience sunday at noon. protesters who didn't want him to share his message showed up, too, linking arms at one point to make a human barricade."thank you. how are you all? very disappointing protester turnout today."both campus police and berkeley p-d clearly had a tight grip on things, with preparations that must have taken hours - barricades preventing entry into the plaza except through one narrow pathand a metal detector.with the long lines, hundreds of people waiting to get in didn't get to hear yiannopoulos.this video is from his facebook page.at one point he led his group of supporters in the national anthem.(singing: "gave proof through the night that our flag was still there")t

tonight maxwell and his a's playing seattle. final week of the regular season.othing tastier than a nice set of binoculars at the game. chomp down on those, sparky. marcus siemian. it is gone in a flash. that's a lead-off homer. 1-0 a's. just like that. to the fourth. robinson cano facing daniel megdin. the mustached one. jay smolinski makes the catch and crashes into the wall p able to hang on. 2-1 mariners in the sixth. they call him crush. khris davis to xfinity and beyond. look at the effort. he almost went to extra if he would have leaned any farther. danny valencia taking ryan dull deep for a three-run homer and the mariners go on to win this by a score of 6-3. >>> how about the giants in arizona? no binocs on the menu. so junior -- look at the size of that hot dog. almost big as he is. in the second matt moore, david peralta to buster posey. throws home. nick hundley missed the tag on a sliding jake lamb. next batter a.j. pollack. 4-0 arizona. the giants decided they're going to pick up moore's option next year for $9 million. perhaps making that decision

bruce maxwell was cheered as he stepped to the plate last night. kneeling for the anthem on sunday. after the game he talked about the reception from a's fans since kneeling for the anthem. "i've gotten a ton of support, also a ton of hate. so seeing how the fans were putting in action their feelings, a understand the reason why i'm doing what i'm doing is huge and made me smile a little bit. so that's a good feeling."(darya) by kneeling on sunday... maxwell became the first major league baseball player to protests during the national anthem. ( mark ) coming up on the kron four morning news... more protests during the national anthem... this time during monday night football/ coming up at six... see how president trump is responding this morning. and after the break... a refugee born with no arms and now living in the u-s. how he is preparing to compete for a world championship. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelic

tonight maxwell and his a's playing seattle. final week of the regular season.ng tastier than a nice set of binoculars at the game. chomp down on those, sparky. marcus siemian. it is gone in a flash. that's a lead-off homer. 1-0 a's. just like that. to the fourth. robinson cano facing daniel megdin. the mustached one. jay smolinski makes the catch and crashes into the wall p able to hang on. 2-1 mariners in the sixth. they call him crush. khris davis to xfinity and beyond. look at the effort. he almost went to extra if he would have leaned any farther. danny valencia taking ryan dull deep for a three-run homer and the mariners go on to win this by a score of 6-3. >>> how about the giants in arizona? no binocs on the menu. so junior -- look at the size of that hot dog. almost big as he is. in the second matt moore, david peralta to buster posey. throws home. nick hundley missed the tag on a sliding jake lamb. next batter a.j. pollack. 4-0 arizona. the giants decided they're going to pick up moore's option next year for $9 million. perhaps making that decision a l

maxwell said he plans to continue the protest. (justine) senator scott wiener weighed in on the protest tweeting -- quote -- "it was inspiring to see so many nfl players respond to trump's thuggish behavior with grace, unity, and mutual support. love trumps hate." (jr stone) the man who started the movement...colin kaeprnick... the former 49ers quarterback took a kneel during the national anthem last year as a protest against police brutality in the country. people in kaepernick's home town of turlock had mixed reaction about people protesting during the national anthem. <"it doesn't matter to me who started it. it puts our town on the map a little bit, but if it wasn't him, it would have been somebody.""for him to start that and be able to be that person to do that, all you can have is respect for the guy""i fought for this country. i feel for us, the ones that fought and put their lives on the line, do it for them. i mean i get it, there are things that are wrong, but do it for the people who put their lives on the line so you g

oakland a's baseball player bruce maxwell showing his support.nd tonight, the nfl will play this ad in primetime showing how football can unify. >> inside these lines, we may have our differences, but recognize there's more that unites us. >> ryan joins us from outside metlife stadium. i know you're talking to your sources in the nfl. are they saying this is only the beginning of the protests? >> reporter: emotions were running high among many players, and fans were generally supportive of the protests on sunday. that means there could be more protests to come. >> ryan, thank you. >>> also breaking tonight, the deadly church shooting in tennessee. at least one killed, several wounded. authorities say the gunman wearing a mask, arrived at the church and opened fire. a church member standing up to the gunman. adrienne bankert is in tennessee. >> reporter: this small tennessee church, ripped apart by a gunman on a deadly shooting rampage. >> the church of christ people have been shot at that location. >> reporter: the first calls came in at 11:15 a.

taylor maxwell represents gun safety group moms demand action. there are against the bill.maxwell / moms demand actionit takes away states rights to control who can carry a hidden loaded gun in their state.track: while some states have requirements such as gun safety classes to carry concealed handguns - others don't. the north carolina native says recognizing permits from states with weaker standards puts lives at risk maxwell: in north carolina you have to pass a background check. you have a strong permit to carry a hidden loaded gun in public. if this passes it means people from states that don't even have a permit process could carry a hidden loaded gun in north carolina in public places track: gun rights advocates see the reciprocity act as a way to protect constitutional rightsin washington brie jackson ahead at eight.. just when you thought the airlines were already charging every fee imagineable.. now some have found yet another way to pinch your pocketbook. a child dangles from a malfunctioning ferris wheel ride .. tonight the mother speaks out on the terror of it,

obviously to his family. >> reporter: on facebook gruver's mother has posted photos of a beaming maxwell with his family. at a football game, and at his high school graduation in roswell, georgia. a vigil is scheduled on monday at lsu. >> gruver's funeral is set for tuesday in his hometown in georgia. elaine, final results of his autopsy could take up to four weeks. >> quijano: roxana saberi, thank you. in greensboro, north carolina this eck weaned a carnival worker took a frightening fall from a ferris wheel. he was trying to rescue two young boys who were trapped inside a broken carriage when he slipped and fell to the ground. he is okay now. another worker was able to climb up and get the boys. they were frightened but not hurt. >> coming up next after the storm in south texas and florida, an explosion of mosquitoes, what is being done to prevent them from spreading diseases. >> quijano: the flood waters from hurricane harvey and irma created perfect conditions for an explosion in the mosquito population. omar villafranca shows us how hughes con is teal-- houston is dealing with the t

maxwell, the superintendent and the county executive about measures in place to protect students. >> to make sure that if there's anything out there in anyone's background, we've looked at it thoroughly before they come into our classrooms to make sure. the other thing we're doing different is we're working with other jurisdictions. so we're getting teachers from virginia or montgomery county or other places, we're making sure we're checking with before they come into our school. >> every system has things from time to time. i'm not diminishing that. we had some very serious things. we dealt with those things, we're moving forward. we've trained our people. >> both maintain the educators have to be trained and that vetting has been thorough to keep students safe in and outside of the classroom. >>> now, we'd love to see your pictures of your kids at the first day of school, and we're not just talking about the little ones. it can be the high schoolers and middle schoolers too. here's a young one, here's david going into the sixth grade. he has his notebook in his hand. he's all ready

teammate, mark, put his hand on maxwell's shoulder. maxwell, who is african american was not disrespecting the flag, but kneeling for the people who don't have a voice. >> the festival is closely aligned with the humanitarian goals of the u.n. he did this in prayer for our quote, planet, our future, and our leaders of the world and our globe. >>> benefit dinner happening later today to provide financial support for daca recipient. it's being held at the franklin room in san francisco. to benefit the in addition asset fund. it provides $495 scholarship to dreamers who can't afford the daca renewal filing fee. the mission asset fund provides scholarships for more than 2 ,000 dreamers. >>> raised more than $88,000. cell phone video showing matias encounter with a police officer earlier this month went viral. in it, the police officer sited him for not having a permit. the officer then is seen confiscating the $60 that was in his wallet, saying he was holding that money as evidence. people upset created a go fund me account for him and on

maxwell who is african-american and comes from a military family, said he was protesting the, "racial divide that's being practiced from the highest power we have in this country." for more about this weekend's intersection of sports and politics, i am joined from washington by npr contributor," washington post" sports columnist, and university of maryland professor kevin blackistone. >> so i first wanted to start out by asking you about president trump's motivations. ink he decided to wade intoyou this? >> well, of course the cynic in me suggests that he did so to divert our attention from serious things like what's going on with north korea, what's going on with climate change, what's going on with the health-care bill. but on the other side of it, i also think he just interjected himself into this debate simply because it was in front of his base in alabama and he thought coget away with it. >> it is rare when it comes to owners with hot button political topics but we are hearing from many of them and they are by and large agreeing with the players. how do you think that that is go

>> catch your bruce maxwell is believed to be the first major league player to not stand during the national anthem. >> rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> now, he has tried to turn the u.n. arena into a gangster's nest where money is respected and blood shed is the order of the day. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good morning to you. politics, patriotism and kickoff comes in a few hours in the nfl. >> what is going to happen on the field before the games after president trump criticized players who take a knee during the national an consist them in protest of racial inequality. this morning, we know more nfl executives and athletes are talking. the controversy protest, it's spreading to another pro sports league as well. >> listen to this from the president. they won't be around much longer. president trump ratcheting up the threats on north korea after its foreign minister speaks at the u.n. saying president trump's insults are pushing the countries closer to o

for the second day in a row, oakland as catcher, bruce maxwell knelt in the game against the rangers. he is the first major league baseball player to join in the protest. he says the president's rhetoric on twitter takes to it a whole other level. maxwell said he's gotten support and threats. >>> the trump updated its travel ban just before it was set to expire. the restrictions now include eight countries some not majority muslim as with the original ban. five are with the middle east and venezuela. arguments will be heard october 10th and restrictions kick in october 18. >> nearly a dozen mi milo's brief appearance. it was supposed to be a four-day event dubbed free speech week. our story. >> reporter: conservative provocateur milo, surrounded by an unprecedented number of police officers. his appearance on the steps of the hall lasted 15 minutes. >> i got to say my peace on campus. i would have been there if one person wanted to hear me speak. >> reporter: the brief visit took the place of what was supposed to be a more formal address but the group sponsoring free speech week cance

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a's catcher bruce maxwell knelt during the national anthem again tonight. this is video from when he did it over the weekend. we talked to fans about how they feel about his decision to protest (vicki) the anthem protest is creating a buzz across the nation. you can join in on the conversation by logging onto the kron four facebook page. tell us how you feel about the recent national anthem protests and how president trump is responding. you can also find more reaction on our website kron four dot com. (vicki) the cost of protecting free speech is a growing burden for u-c berkeley (steve)