nate boyer, we had technical issues with you, thanks so much for joining us now.ou played in the nfl. you also served in the military. just from a factual basis, as someone who has looked at this from these different sides, explain why the comments from drew brees, which he has now apologized for completely, wasn't i apologize if i hurt anyone's feelings, he says i was wrong. but explain to me why they hurt or why they may have missed the mark. >> first of all, i'm proud of the demario davis, he's a great dude. i don't know if he's still on with us, i can't see anything on my screen. love you, if you're still there. demario and drew and a lot of players on the saints have done a lot in the city of new orleans, to bring about equality. and they fought for voting rights for formerly incarcerated people there and they have done so much more and whether it is post katrina or now, and it was -- i was very happy to hear those remarks. and what was most frustrating about it, i know the type of person that drew is. i don't know drew very well. but i know the type of man h

nate boyer from pleasanton is a former nfl player and green beret. who suggested kaepernick kneel instead of sit. he joins me today. hey, nate. >> how are you? >> good. for those who don't remember, remind us how you and colin kaepernick recall inially connected and taking a knee to police brule. >> i actually, i grew up in the bay area. i grew up a huge 49ers fan. when i was a kid, it was joe montana, ronnie lott era with four super bowls and steve young as well. when colin kaepernick came along, i was immediately a big fan. this guy had an immediate impact once he step on the field i loved the way he played the game. i went to college after the time in the earl. i went to college in and i had that pre season with the seahawks. i had a lot of experience with the league after that. the one game i got to play in, i stood on the field while the anthem played and it was a really emotional moment for me. thinking about my brothers in arms. guys fighting overseas, guys who made the ultimate sacrifice. i had to carry one of my friends in a box draymoped wi

nate boyer, thank you so much for your perspective. i appreciate it. your local news coming next.g update. >>> good morning, i am len kiese. we move into an expanded phase 2 of reopening today, outdoor dining, in-store shopping and outdoor religious services can resume. the easing of restrictions brings the county in line with state guidelines. san mateo county is easing its shelter in place restriction starting tomorrow. outdoor dining and services will be allowed with social distancing modifications. and, funeral services with a limited number of people. retailer gap has posted its worst loss in 50 years. the san francisco-based company took a $900 million hit in the last quarter. sales went down 43% despite strong online transactions. >>> taking a look at the roadways right now, we have a couple of trouble spots if you're headed toward sfo this morning, there is an accident near the airport, that exit there. we are seeing a backup as a result. in that area, self 101 we have a crash there as well. brake lights headed into redwood city and again for the crash on the northbound si

. >> reporter: nate boyer is the person responsible forsuesting t to kaepernick. >> kneeling w bground, you know. two people that disagreed on a lot, but two people that were willing to just have a conversation and listen. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting. >>> alameda county is reopening more places today and allowing more face-to-face or mask-to-mask contact in smaller groups. nbc bay area's jackie ward is live in oakland for us, where it's back open. is that right, jackie? >> reporter: that's right, chris. health officials are saying that this part of the reopening is possible because of all the progress that the people in the county have made so far. so what is a social bubble that they're talking about? it's a group of 12 people or less from different households that should be maintained for a minimum of three weeks. people should restrict themselves to being in one social bubble at a time. social distancing and face coverings are still encouraged. hanna watson of oakland thinks slowly adapting to a prepandemic lifestyle is necessary, but under the right precautions. >> that's

. >> reporter: nate boyer, who gave kaepernick the idea to kneel instead of sit, says he's amazed by how far we have come. >> as much as it, you know, it does hurt me that people don't feel inspired to stand, i'm glad that it has happened because of what will come of it. it's worth it to me. >> reporter: now a hope among many, more than justic gesture. j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >>> and warriors coach steve kerr joined protesters who are calling for the elimination of the oakland city police department. the group marched through oakland before ending at youth uprising for a rally. demanding the end of the school police force. swefz to list >> we have to listen to the people in the communities. they know each other, they're the ones who understand what's happening and how they can make some progress with their lives. >> the oakland unified school strict will vote tomorrow on eliminating the school police force. >> tz issue of defunding law enforcement came up for alameda county and it got heated at times. the board went through its proposal for the upcoming fiscal year and took public c

. >> reporter: nate boyer, who gave kaepernick the idea to kneel instead of sit, says he's amazed by how far we have come. >> as much as it, you know, it does hurt me that people don't feel inspired to stand, i'm glad that it has happened because of what will come of it. it's worth it to me. >> reporter: now a hope among many, more than just a nice gesture. j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >>> and warriors coach steve kerr joined protesters who are calling for the elimination of the oakland city police department. the group marched through oakland before ending at youth uprising for a rally. demanding the end of the school police force. swefz to list >> we have to listen to the people in the communities. they know each other, they're the ones who understand what's happening and how they can make some progress with their lives. >> the oakland unified school strict will vote tomorrow on eliminating the school police force. >> tz issue of defunding law enforcement came up for alameda county and it got heated at times. the board went through its proposal for the upcoming fiscal year and took pub

he chose to kneel because an army ranger, a green beret, excuse me, nate boyer, told him when you takenee, it is a sign for the fallen. maybe drew brees didn't understand the connection but we've had three or more years to find out and understand what colin kaepernick's protest was really about. so the back lash that he received was from people who felt like he took what is a very trying experience of being black in america and he made it about himself, rather than what the issue is about, which is police brutality. the apology, i'm not sure if credit or being commended, if that is what he exactly deserved. he needed to apologize for sure but i would like to see what drew brees does from here on out. as the old adage goes, pay attention to what they do, not to what they say. >> i want you to watch a clip from fox commentator laura ingram. she's talking about nba star lebron james speaking up on politics. and then she talks about drew brees. >> it's always unwise to seek political advice from someone who gets paid $100 million a year to bounce a ball. oh, and lebron and kevin, you're gr

. >> demario davis, nate boyer, thank you for both your time for this discussion and for all that you're doing. be well. >> thank you. >> thank you. be blessed. >> a lot of news this morning. cnn's coverage continues right now. >>> a very good and busy thursday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. today hours from now the first of several memorials scheduled for george floyd, we'll bring that to you live. first this morning, we're following several major developments, largely peaceful protests overnight across the country after charges were announced for all four minneapolis police officers involved in george floyd's death. three of the former officers have now been charged. they have been charged with aiding and abetting in the murder. they will appear in front of a judge today for the first time and charges for the man whose knee, that officer chauvin, whose knee was on floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, as he died, those charges, jim, upgraded to the more severe second degree murder. >> such powerful pictures there to see the mug shots of police officers. we're als

nate boyer, he advised colin kaepernick that kneeling was more respectful and sitting in 2016.us on our with authority podcast which is now up on youtube, sound cloud, all major podcasting platforms. he is taking a lot of criticism. he says people need to get comfortable discussing issues that make us all uncomfortable. >> i don't want people to sit or kneel during the anthem. i want people to feel the same way i do. if they don't, what can i help to get to it a place where they do? you know, i don't want anybody to do anything out of obligation. i don't want you to stand for the anthem because you feel like you have to or you can't wait for those two minutes to get over with. i want to you stand and put your hand on your heart because you feel the way i do. if you don't, let's figure out how we can make this country better and how we can fix these issues so you feel the flag and the anthem and the symbols are representative of what the country is supposed to be about. >> with authority! hey, first tonight for abc7 call my play video, my narration, how about some axe throwing?

. >> the green beret nate boyer who told colin kaepernick to cestn h stead of sit was our th find t hf-houronversation and our website all of our social platforms. he tabbed helping military vets and athletes find purpose when the uniform comes off. >> what are you going to do to make this country better, really, to improve your family's life, you know what i mean? we're so able, we're so capable of doing great things, and that's not just veterans and former professional athletes, but i think people look up to us. there are mutual respect between the two groups and a pretty big respect i think by and large from the rest of the nation, they look up to us. we're leaders. >> third round of the rbc heritage in hilton head, south carolina. daniel berger, last week's winner is in contention, one shot off the lead at 14 under par, nearly holes out on 16 for eagle. it is crowded atop the leaderboard, four players at 15 under, including webb simpson. he has a nice birdie on 15. tyrell hatton long birdie on 18, tied for the lead. you got 36 players within five shots of the lead, it should be a wild f

. >> the green beret nate boyer who told kohlen kaepernick inst recent guest on the "with authority"hour conversation with larry, casey on our youtube and all social foundation. he talked about military vets and athletes find purpose when the uniform comes off. >> what are you going to do to make this country better, really, to improve your family's life, you know what i mean? we're so able, we're so capable of doing great things, and that's not just veterans and former professional athletes, but i think people look up to us. there are mutual respect between the two groups and a pretty big respect i think by and large from the rest of the nation, they look up to us. we're leaders. >> third round of the rbc heritage in hilton head, south carolina. daniel berger, last week's winner is in contention, one shot off the lead at 14 under par, nearly holes out on 16 for eagle. it is crowded atop the leaderboard, four players at 15 under, including webb simpson. he has a nice birdie on 15. tyrell hatton long birdie on 18, he got 36 players within five shots of the lead, it should be a wild fi

. >> the green beret nate boyer who told colin kaepernick to neil instead of sit was our recent guestnd the half-hour conversation with larry, casey on our and athletes find purpose when the uniform comes off. >> what are you going to do to make this country better, really, to improve your family's life, you know what i mean? we're so able, we're so capable of doing great things, and that's not just veterans and former professional athletes, but i think people look up to us. there are mutual respect between the two groups and a pretty big respect i think by and large from the rest of the nation, they look up to us. we're leaders. >> third round of the rbc heritage in hilton head, south carolina. daniel berger, last week's winner is in contention, one shot off the lead at 14 under par, nearly holes out on 16 for eagle. it is crowded atop the leaderboard, four players at 15 under, including webb simpson. he has a nice birdie on 15. tyrell hatton long birdie on 18, he got 36 players within five shots of the lead, it should be a wild final round. for the first time in history the belmont

since that season former green beret nate boyer says he continues to support the quarterbacks actions and i said when i when i see you sitting on the bench isolated i think it could come off to some people as it's you're making it about you you know and not this movement of this cause and i said much like in the military i think it's important to be alongside your teammates so he agreed and he said but i'm not but i'm committed i'm not going to stand you know until things start to change i said ok that's fair. then i guess your only other option is to take a knee he was standing up for or taking a need for. millions and millions of people that don't have a platform and don't have a voice it's the fact that he was willing to make a sacrifice. of his job of his livelihood his image to demonstrate and speak for so many that are voiceless professional golf is set to make its return from the coronavirus a lockdown with the tournament in texas on thursday but several players have also been calling for social justice following the death of george floyd and the p.g.a. to announce they would b

a former military person, nate boyer, told colin kaepernick it would be more handle to take a -- mored with drew brees. i know malcolm jenkins' hart. brees has to understand how can you tell an oppressed person when to protest aggression? that does not -- that defines the fact that oppression exists. i'm going to tell you when you can protest your mistreatment. that to me does not make sense. so drew brees, i would hope that he would be somebody who would watch one of the videos i put out and learn before you speak. this isn't about disrespecting a flag. this never was about a flag. this was about awareness. >> right. i hope -- i hope everybody watches your video, by the way, of every color. thank you so much for being with us today. emmanuel acho, we appreciate it. we'll be right back. stay with us. you're watching "cbs this morning." >>> in our series "a more perfect union," we aim to show that what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. as peaceful protests sweep the nation, small groups of vandals and looters in some areas are destroying store fronts and steal

. >> reporter: nate boyer is the person responsible for suggesting kneeling as a protest to kaepernickborn out of a middle ground, you know? two people that disagreed on a lot, but two people that were willing to have a conversation and listen. >> so steph, goodell didn't address the kneeling during the anthem, but what do you think is going to happen with the upcoming season and those protests? what will we see? >> reporter: yeah, hoda. his statement is vague although a lot of people have interpreted it as a green light for kneeling. you know, there have been a handful of players who say when they come back, that's exactly what they're going to do including running back adrian peterson. he thinks that kneeling could potentially save lives and create change. hoda? >> all right. stephanie gosk. steph, thank you. >>> all right. when we come back here on a monday morning, prince andrew facing a formal request from the u.s. justice department to testify in the jeffrey epstein investigation. will it compel the royal to talk with prosecutors? we'll have a live report from london right after

nate boyer is the former nfl long snapper and united states army green beret who suggested to kaepernick stop sitting and instead use his knee to make his protest. he says he's disappointed that brees seems to be missing the message. >> i hope it was just something he didn't think about and kind of maybe said too quickly and wasn'tea maybe not, maybe that's how he feels. >> reporter: the timing of this in the streets of america protesters are marching, over the same killings and injustices that players in the nfl will no doubt kneel for this coming season. in a statement this season brees says he's story. i stand with the black community in the fight against systemic racial injustice and police brutality. >> fans are divided, some praising brees for defending the flag and others saying that at the very least he is down deaf and should retire. >> and this in some ways makes the point of the protesters. we've been trying to be heard for years. silently kneeling is what kaepernick was doing, nobody was listening to now the protesters have gotten out on the streets and have gotten clouder be

. >> nate bowyer knows he put himself in the crosshairs when he stood along side kneeling colin kaepernick. we will see a lot of kneeling this season. be sure of that. boyer joined us on our podcast. and the green berret wants everyone to love and respect the flag but knows we have a lot of work to do. >> i don't want people to sit or kneel, i them to stand and feel the way i do. but if they don't, what can i do to help get it to a place where they do? you know, i don't want anything don't wt you to stantd for the youee like you have to. you cannot wait for the two minutes to get over with. i want you to stand and put your hand on your heart. >> time for call my play, your video, my description, hold on to your ax, scott love built this wall for fun. he is throwing the long ax, not as easy as it looks. scott's wife amanda with the hatchet. >> she is dangerous. >> how about daughter, viera. >> the family that axs together, stays together. son jack. >> nice. >> backaten ks wi dention when you can show them this video. every year, you can see spectacular celebrities at aids walk san francisco. this year they are coming to you! join bette midler gloria estefa

. >> nate bowyer knows he put himself in the crosshairs when he stood along side kneeling colin kaepernick. we will see a lot of kneeling this season. be sure of that. boyeroined us on our podcast. and the green berret wants everyone to love and respect the flag but knows we have a lot of work to do. >> i don't want people to sit or kneel, i them to stand and feel the way i do. but if they don't, what can i do to help get it to a place where they do? you know, i don't want anything out of obligation. i don't want you to stantd for the anthem because you feel like you have to. you cannot wait for the two minutes to get over with. i want you to stand and put your hand on your heart. >> time for call my play, your video, my description, hold on to your ax, scott love built this wall for fun. he is throwing the long ax, not as easy as it looks. scott's wife amanda with the hatchet. >> she is dangerous. >> how about daughter, viera. >> the family that axs together, stays together. son jack. >> nice. >> back to dad, who needs to threaten kids with detention when you can show them this video. -hi, america.ca. -it's me.rica. with quarantine hair. listen, it's kin